"Sure enough, the new generation replaced the old. It seemed I really was getting old..."
Hyuga Hiashi lowered his head and sighed, his heart filled with helplessness.
Chen Feng withdrew his finger and smiled. "Clan Head Hyuga, there is no need to be so disheartened. If Dao Sect techniques did not restrain the Gentle Fist, it would not have been so easy for me to win by luck."
Shaking his head slightly, Hyuga Hiashi looked at the uneasy Hinata and asked, "Do you truly want to cultivate the Dao?"
Hearing the question, Hinata nodded resolutely. "Yes!"
Seeing that his daughter had made up her mind, Hyuga Hiashi sighed softly. "So be it. I have indeed been too demanding of you these past few years. Since you wish to join the Dao Sect, then go."
"As for the clan, I will explain it to them. However, once you make this choice, it will mean giving up your right to inherit the main family. You must think it through."
Hinata still nodded firmly, clearly determined to walk this path.
Chen Feng chuckled. "Do not worry, Senior. Perhaps one day, the Hyuga Clan will be begging her to return and inherit the position."
Hyuga Hiashi gently shook his head at those words. "The rules of the Hyuga Clan will not change for one person."
Chen Feng did not say anything more. He merely smiled.
Indeed, the Hyuga Clan's traditions of so many years would not be easily overturned for one person. But what if the entire Shinobi World changed...
At that moment, Hyuga Hiashi looked at Hinata and said with utmost seriousness, "You must cultivate diligently. You will have to walk the road ahead yourself."
His daughter had chosen to give up her identity as a ninja. From a certain perspective, this meant