"You two, sit down. Let's have a proper talk." I took the sisters by the hands and found somewhere to sit.
Du Qingxiao looked dignified and meticulous, but sitting right on the ground left her unsure of how to sit properly.
In the end, she could only kneel on the ground, looking as though she were reverently listening to me preach.
Xuan Qingxiao, on the other hand, casually dropped into a duck sit. That told me she had given up entirely—if I wanted to talk, then I could talk.
I smiled. "Actually, I don't really care what kind of people you are. Whether you live recklessly or tread carefully, I don't care. Do you know what I do care about?"
"His Holiness must care whether we're useful to the three thousand Dao-Proving universes under his rule," Du Qingxiao said seriously.
I shook my head. "With your current abilities, managing even a small area has already stretched you thin. How could you possibly be useful to me?"
Du Qingxiao was immediately struck by a sense of defeat. "His Holiness, I'll work harder and improve myself from now on. I won't fail your expectations."
I shook my head again. "Striving to improve is a virtue everyone should possess. You're very decisive and far-sighted, but you're too hard on yourself."
Du Qingxiao looked at me in confusion. "His Holiness, compared to your efforts, I'm not even one ten-thousandth as diligent..."
"No, I'm actually not very diligent. At least, I'm not as diligent as you." I patted her hand.
Du Qingxiao stared at me in shock and hurriedly said, "How could that be?"
I didn't answer. Instead, I looked at the astonished Xuan Qingxiao again. "What about you? On the road of self-improvement, why do you insist on following your sister's old path? No