Seeing this, Wei Jiangyuan frowned as well and explained, "I just felt that I was wasting time. Can't I work harder?"
Who would have thought that Old Man Shennong would fly into a rage upon hearing this? "Wei Jiangyuan! You've been by my side since you were thirteen. As your teacher, do you think I don't know what kind of person you are better than you do?"
"You look like you don't care much about anything, as if winning or losing means nothing to you. But in truth? Your competitive spirit is stronger and fiercer than anyone's!"
"After the Pill Convention ended, you refused to come back and see me. Wasn't it because you couldn't let go of losing to Xiao Yan?"
"I reminded you many times that descendants of Dou Di advance at an unimaginably rapid pace before reaching the Dou Sheng realm. You appeared to believe me, but deep down, you still refused to admit defeat. That was why you had always wanted to compare yourself with them."
"But this time, you discovered that the gap was simply too great. So you became afraid. You felt that you would truly be left behind for good, unable to keep up with Xiao Yan and that little fellow from the Thunder Clan. That was why you couldn't even be bothered to sort out your state of mind before impatiently trying to break through your pill-refining bottleneck, all to painstakingly preserve your reputation as a genius."
By this point, Wei Jiangyuan, who had remained silent all along, began to feel indignant. He wanted to argue, but had no chance to speak.
"I know what you want to say. Nothing more than how you don't care about the empty title of a prodigy at all. Yes, I believe that. But you are