Lu Changsheng looked at the prized disciple he had personally trained over the past three thousand years and nodded with satisfaction.
"Let me ask you this. Suppose you were traveling abroad and ran into a rogue cultivator with only the cultivation of a Heavenly Immortal. He insulted you, and even tried to snatch your magic treasure. What would you do?"
Lu Ping'an sat upright on his cushion, his front paws pressed together, and answered without hesitation.
"Reporting to Master, I would never argue with him."
"I would immediately use the Earth Escape Technique to flee three thousand zhang underground. At the same time, I would set thirty linked Illusion Arrays and fifty Yin Lightning Talismans along the way to block his pursuit."
"If he still chased me relentlessly, I would detonate the arrays along the way and run straight back to my cave abode without looking back. I would never engage him head-on!"
Listening to this "Dao of Cowardice" answer, which was nothing short of perfect, Lu Changsheng's smile grew broader.
"Good. You've learned well from me."
"Remember, in the Primordial Land, don't judge others by their apparent cultivation. That rogue cultivator who looks like a Heavenly Immortal might have a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal elder backing him—or even be the incarnation of some Daluo Golden Immortal."
"As long as you don't make a move, you won't incur cause and effect. As long as you run fast enough, danger will never catch up with you."
Lu Changsheng taught him earnestly. Lu Ping'an nodded again and again like a well-behaved pupil, engraving these words of wisdom firmly in his heart.
After three thousand years of painstaking instruction, Lu Changsheng had thoroughly turned Lu Ping'an—a dignified Pure-blooded Jade Qilin—into an "iron tortoise" wearing the hide of a divine beast.
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