Xiao Yan pondered.
But he did not think for long before refusing again.
"May I hear your reason this time?" Dao Wushuang asked.
"Nothing is absolute. Senior Lu is quite right, but I still want to stay in my clan to cultivate. The Jin Tian Immortal Clan has enough resources to support me, and I have confidence in myself," Xiao Yan said simply.
"When you say nothing is absolute, do you have someone in mind as a comparison?" Old Lu asked.
"Don't the disciples of that faction also have someone backing them up in everything? Haven't they all grown exceptionally well? Even that man using the alias Wu Yun can contend with you, Senior Academy Master," Xiao Yan said.
"Wu Yun?"
Dao Wushuang chuckled, not expecting Xiao Yan to bring up Hua Yunfei. "He is indeed different, but he isn't a flower raised in a greenhouse. His ancestors back him up, but generally, they only intervene when the gap in cultivation is too great."
The battles Hua Yunfei frequently took part in were ones that only top-tier figures were qualified to enter. As a newcomer who had only recently broken through to Overlord, was he supposed to batter his head against them instead of calling for help?
In any case, Dao Wushuang knew of no one within a certain cultivation gap who could force that fellow to call for help. Usually, that fellow fought many with few and swept straight through them.
"I meant when cultivating and tempering himself within his clan," Xiao Yan said.
"Wu Yun is different from everyone else. Resources aside, his talent alone would allow him to become a Young Heaven with ease. He is one of those exceedingly rare people Old Lu just mentioned."
"People like him, with nothing but overwhelming stats, are rare. They're