"Was my true self testing me?" Hua Yunfei asked.
[No, he never thought of testing you.]
"He's not worried?"
"Once I split off on my own, it would be extremely disadvantageous for him," Hua Yunfei said. "There'd be one more person in this world who could threaten him."
[He knows what Hua Yunfei would do and what he wouldn't. It's precisely because he knows that he dares to let you be.]
[You're different from the other clones. If you were a special clone who'd inherited negative emotions, then this might have been a test.]
[After all, negative emotions mean instability. You could do anything—there's no such thing as certainty.]
Hearing the system's words, Hua Yunfei felt touched. Just as Xia Qiuer had said, his true self had never treated him like some tool.
They were both Hua Yunfei; when one prospered, so did the other.
[By the way, aside from trusting himself, there's one very, very important reason he didn't test you.]
"Oh?" Hua Yunfei asked curiously.
[He's lazy.]
Hua Yunfei: (￣□￣;)
He chuckled. "That does sound like him."
His true self really was quite laid-back, and a little lazy too. He didn't like moving around much.
If the responsibilities weighing on his shoulders hadn't pushed him forward all these years, he would surely have stayed cooped up in the sect, slacking off.
Of course, that kind of slacking off wasn't the real thing. He wouldn't let his cultivation or strength fall behind.
After all, he still had true immortality to pursue.
[Oh, right.]
"What?"
[Ask Xia Qiuer if she'll pose for photos. Tell her to name her price.]
"Get lost, get lost! (ー`′ー)"
[Ask her to pose, and I'll give you a treasure! A real treasure!]
Hua Yunfei simply ignored the system.
Xia Qiuer had just helped him immensely.