Hu Yunni smiled and waved her hand. "I'm quite surprised that you didn't force yourself to practice the Dragon Taming Technique, Mr. Sun."
Leng Tieya smiled. "You thought I was too arrogant to take Miss Hu's warning to heart, and would insist on practicing it by force?"
Hu Yunni nodded.
If it had been her, and Mr. Sun had warned her like that, she would never have accepted it. She would certainly have tried with all her might.
The more impossible it was, the more she would want to master it.
It was a common failing among those with exceptional aptitude—their pride propped them up and drove them to act so.
The greater one's talent, the more stubborn one became in cultivation. They trusted their own gifts and judgment all the more, firmly convinced that no strange art beneath heaven could stump them.
Leng Tieya smiled. "One of my virtues is that I listen to advice."
Hu Yunni pursed her lips in a smile. "What if my advice is wrong?"
"Then it depends on my own judgment. If I judge wrongly, then so be it." Leng Tieya said, "I believe Miss Hu wouldn't deceive me or harm me."
"Mr. Sun, your judgment is sharp, and you're cautious enough," Hu Yunni said. "The consequences of forcing this art are grave, yet many of my senior and junior brothers insist on it despite knowing that. In the end, they suffer Qi Deviation."
"It's different," Leng Tieya said. "You disciples of Star Picking Cliff have the capital to act recklessly. Even Qi Deviation is no great matter when you have Miraculous Pills and Elixirs. I'm all alone. If I truly suffer Qi Deviation, I'll be finished for good, so I have no choice but to be careful."
Hu Yunni looked thoughtful and slowly