"If you don't like her, why are you so upset?"
Chen Changsheng asked him.
At his words, Ma Yuxuan lowered his head and said, "I'm mourning our parting."
"It's true that I don't like her, but it's also true that I consider her a friend."
"Isn't parting with a friend something to be sad about?"
Hearing this answer, Chen Changsheng said, "So you only think of her as a friend!"
"That makes this easy to solve."
"We can just take her along to cultivate with us. Friends fight shoulder to shoulder. Having someone to help you is a good thing."
"We'll handle it just as we did with Gu Yi and the others."
At Chen Changsheng's words, Ma Yuxuan's head drooped a little lower.
"Teacher, this is different."
"Bai Su wants to change the Divine Land Epoch, just like I do, so she can walk shoulder to shoulder with me."
"Gu Yi has ambitions and ideals, so he can walk shoulder to shoulder with me too."
"Hong Ling wants to become a cultivator unrivaled throughout the ages, so she can cultivate alongside me."
"Xue Huan doesn't want to change this world, and she has no ambitions or ideals in her heart."
"She wants to follow me only because she likes me and sees me as her sole support in this world."
"If she sets out with convictions like that, I'll surely bring her harm someday."
After listening to Ma Yuxuan, Chen Changsheng smiled and said, "Congratulations on successfully experiencing life's first lesson: parting!"
"From this moment on, you've taken your first step toward becoming an adult."
"Teacher, is there really no way to have both?"
Ma Yuxuan was still struggling.
Seeing this, Chen Changsheng gazed into the distant darkness and sighed. "When I first started down this road, many people