Dao Path

What a fresh way of putting it, A-Xu. You two becoming friends—that was a match made in heaven.

The words sounded in Wen Xu's mind, washing away his thoughts in an instant. Master doesn't have to take every phrase he hears and use it straightaway.

"You're right. The Dao might not matter. What matters is the person walking the path."

Wen Xu felt as though the clouds had parted to reveal the sun. He had never been set on ascension. His old goal had simply been to reach Core Formation as quickly as possible, then go back for revenge. If he had spent so long wondering which Dao to choose afterward, it was partly because he had some ambition: if he was going to do something, he wanted to do it as well as he could. And partly... because he did not want to let his master's guidance go to waste.

It was just like the way he had once studied desperately to fulfill the old scholar's lifelong wish. Somehow, he had stepped into the same position again.

Sweat dampened Wen Xu's back. Perhaps his master had seen through his state of mind long ago and simply had not pointed it out.

"Exactly. If it's you, Wen Xu-Xu, I think you can do anything." Bian Chunchou said it as if it were obvious, without seeing anything strange about it.

After all, this was Wen Xu-Xu, and he had the Divine Dragon teaching him. If even Wen Xu-Xu could not ascend, then Chunchou could slack off with an even clearer conscience.

"...You see me through far too rosy a lens." After so much time with Chunchou, Wen Xu had clearly picked up some rather new turns of phrase.

"I've got facts to back me up. You have to believe me." Bian