Still Had to See the Ends of the Earth

"Senior!" Jiang Wang's face lit up with delight.

He could clearly feel Yuheng Star Power grow suddenly denser within a radius of about ten zhang, briefly pushing all the other kinds of Star Power aside.

"Your progress amazes me," Guanyan said.

Across an unknowable distance, he could actually sense Jiang Wang's cultivation through their contact via Star Power.

Jiang Wang was both startled and impressed. "Compared with you, Master, what does this little bit of progress amount to? It's like a firefly beside the bright moon—how could it shine at all?"

Guanyan seemed to smile. He didn't mind letting Jiang Wang sense the emotion through the Star Power, either. "Your eloquence has improved."

"You flatter me." Jiang Wang felt a little embarrassed.

He wondered if his flattery had been too obvious, and not artful enough.

Then he "heard" Guanyan continue, "The questions you asked when we spoke last time amazed me. Today, you've made far more than twice the progress you'd made back then. Truly, the young are heroes."

"I'm just willing to work hard." In front of Master Guanyan, Jiang Wang didn't think he had any right to get conceited. "It was thanks to your guidance that I didn't become complacent and stagnate."

"The one who hears the Dao first is the teacher. I was merely born a few hundred years earlier and walked a few wrong turns, which I could help you avoid." Guanyan replied warmly, "With your talent and insight, perhaps one day I'll have to ask you for help."

Their last exchange had clearly been one-sided guidance, yet Guanyan had described it as a conversation, mindful of Jiang Wang's feelings. He had erased his own contribution and encouraged Jiang Wang's talent instead.

It was just as when, in the Forest Sea Source Realm, Su Qiyun had