The Donkey had been holding back the words in its heart for a long while before finally speaking them.
It had listened to everything afterward and completely failed to grasp the deeper meaning behind those words.
Yet it had understood one thing: even its master was not qualified to accept this child as a disciple.
Just what was this child's background?
How could he be such a monstrous prodigy?
The Donkey could not figure it out no matter how hard it thought.
After all, from its perspective, being accepted as its master's disciple was already an immense blessing in this world.
Had it not seen that even this Great Dao Prodigy, a future Human Emperor by birth, could have his incomparably noble Destiny Pattern suppressed by its master?
There was even a trace of master-disciple affinity between them.
Clearly, even heaven and earth acknowledged it.
"Heavenly Secrets cannot be spoken of."
The old Daoist shook his head slightly.
"You need only know that some have always come to cross tribulations, while others return from tribulations."
The old Daoist did not reveal the Heavenly Secrets.
After turning away just now,
he had gradually gained some understanding of that flash of Heavenly Secrets Spirit Light.
Not a Great Dao Prodigy among all living beings, but one crossing a tribulation in the Mortal World.
Yet what kind of tribulation in this world could be so perilous, so bizarre?
He could not understand it.
Even walking upon the Great Dao would absolutely not entail such danger.
This was not a cultivation matter the old Daoist could involve himself in.
Besides, there was another possibility. If it was not a tribulation, then the other party had been born a prodigy, with an unfixed Destiny. He had been naturally muddled yet detached in cultivation, and once