When they saw Chen Changan appear, Proud Lord and the others hurried over.
"Brother Chen, how did it go?" Proud Lord and the others looked at Chen Changan expectantly.
"Pretty well. I passed."
He passed?
Gasp!
At Chen Changan's words, everyone sucked in a breath of cold air.
He had actually passed so quickly? It had only been a little over a month, and he had already grasped what mastery meant?
"Brother Chen, could... could you tell us about it?" Proud Lord's voice had begun to tremble slightly.
"Of course."
Chen Changan did not refuse, nor did he care that there were others nearby who could hear him too.
After all, there was no reason to keep something like this hidden. Even if he explained it, whether they could ultimately comprehend it still depended on their own abilities.
"When it comes to mastery, most people's first thought is mastering everything."
"All things in the world, heaven and earth, the sun and moon."
"But have you ever thought about what we should master above all else?"
At Chen Changan's words, everyone shook their heads blankly. Wasn't mastery about mastering everything—all things in the world, heaven and earth, the sun and moon?
"What we should master above all else is ourselves."
"If we can't even master ourselves, how can we master anything else?"
"In other words, this second trial is actually a test of the self."
"It helps us better understand how to know ourselves and master ourselves."
"When someone achieves the utmost mastery over themselves, the road ahead becomes much easier to walk."
"Because people have emotions, the seven passions and six desires, and all sorts of things can happen to them."
"Can anyone truly have complete mastery over all of that?"
"I don't think so. You get angry, you act