Unsurprised that Ling Wuyuan could sense his own true condition, Pei Yiman said with a light laugh:
"Yes."
"However, compared to advancing right away, I would rather remain in the [Source Gathering Realm] and continue honing myself for a while longer."
"After all, advancing quickly does not really prove anything. You still need to be strong enough and steady enough..."
In every respect.
Pei Yiman and Ling Wuyuan shared a great deal of common ground when it came to cultivation: they could not sacrifice their future for a momentary burst of speed.
Especially when there was no external pressure at all!!
If there had been sufficient necessity, that would have been another matter.
But when there was no need whatsoever, a sufficiently stable and powerful foundation was countless times more important than advancing a little earlier!!
Ling Wuyuan immediately nodded.
"Very good. Then you need to keep working hard."
"I imagine Pavilion Master Su and the others have great expectations of you as well."
After saying that.
He even winked at Pei Yiman.
Faced with that gesture, Pei Yiman was a little helpless.
"That is true."
"However... their expectations are somewhat heavy for me..."
Of course.
Even so, she was merely voicing a casual complaint or two.
Pei Yiman understood very clearly the principle that whoever wished to wear the crown had to bear its weight.
As someone who enjoyed the corresponding resources, she had to withstand everyone's expectations and give them a fitting response. That was one of the basic rules of the world.
No one knew better than she did just how many resources and how much effort Su Qingyue and the others had invested in her...
To say nothing else.
The rune artifacts she carried solely for protection were probably enough to buy the life of an