"Oh! I just got back from traveling," Murong Qi said with a smile. "After paying my respects to Master, I heard he had taken another disciple, giving us another fellow apprentice. So Junior Brother Liu and I came to see you. We happened to find you suffering from cultivation deviation, so I lent you a hand. As for Junior Brother Liu, he went back to the Cave Abode to fetch some healing pills for you! He'll be here shortly!"
"So it really was you who saved me, Senior Brother. I'm sorry for the trouble!" Li Xiaoya said gratefully. Senior Brother Liu Hang had told him long ago that their eldest senior brother was exceptionally warmhearted and easy to get along with, and always stood up for his junior brothers and sisters. Now that they had met, he proved to be exactly as described.
"We're fellow apprentices, Junior Brother Li. There's no need to stand on ceremony!" Murong Qi said kindly. But his brow creased almost imperceptibly as he continued, "However, although your cultivation seems to have reached the eighth level of the true cultivation stage, your state of mind is still far from matching that realm. That's why you're prone to cultivation deviation."
"Well... you can see my situation for yourself, Senior Brother!" Li Xiaoya said with a bitter smile. "My aptitude is simply too poor. I have no choice but to rely on pills to raise my cultivation. I've truly let down Master and your teachings."
"You're mistaken, Junior Brother." Murong Qi shook his head in disagreement. "Although aptitude is of paramount importance when cultivators practice their arts, countless mighty ones throughout the ages had quite poor aptitude, yet attained fruition and ascended to the Spirit World through arduous cultivation and fortunate encounters. Take the Dao Virtue Immortal Lord