Guan Shanyue's mouth fell wide open at her patriarch's words. After a long moment, she finally asked in disbelief, "You mean... seduction?"
Ma Sanniang was a little displeased when she heard the word "seduction." "Don't put it so crudely. The Daoist Order also has cultivation. I'm just saying that Tang Wenji got together with Feng Mountain Lord, then attained the Innate Realm and established Azure Mountain. Don't you have any thoughts about that?"
After thinking it over, Guan Shanyue answered cautiously, "But they've known each other for a long time. Besides, Patriarch, our Cinnabar Cloud Heaven isn't inferior to Azure Mountain now. The disciples have all started working hard too. Given time, surpassing Azure Mountain isn't impossible."
Steward Guan had always cared deeply about Fugu Mountain, and she was not opposed to adapting when necessary. After painstakingly running Cinnabar Cloud Heaven for many years, she had finally ushered in a period of explosive growth.
Now that conditions were improving, she felt that the disciples ought to cultivate pride and confidence in their sect. Thinking about such things now might seem overly ambitious, but Guan Shanyue did not see it that way. She believed they needed to prepare for the future.
A sect's character could not take shape overnight. It had to be cultivated and tempered over a long period. What Steward Guan was doing now was precisely that—she had to ensure that her disciples' conduct and bearing matched Cinnabar Cloud Heaven's status.
"You really are..." Ma Sanniang shook her head, caught between laughter and tears. "I never intended to compare ourselves with Azure Mountain. Even if we surpassed it, that wouldn't be anything to be proud of. You should be comparing yourselves to Luo Hua..."
"You must understand: aim for the highest, and you may achieve the middle; aim for