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Chapter 240: Mirror Moon Dao Child
After hearing Yu Shuiyao's account, the patriarch's manifestation chuckled, shaking the sea of clouds into turmoil.
"Oh? A Heavenly Evolution Dao Foundation... another after the Mirror Moon Patriarch."
The Heavenly Evolution Dao Foundation was a mysterious domain even he had never entered.
The heights of this young man's potential and aptitude might rival those of the Sect Founding Patriarch.
In the future, he might become a Spirit Transformation Venerable whose name shook the Nine Regions and Ten Realms of the Southern Wild Region!
However, if a prodigy with such aptitude could not serve the sect, he would be a calamity rather than a blessing. Pouring the sect's resources into nurturing him would only wound the sect itself.
There was no helping it. He had to keep a prodigy of such aptitude at his side and instruct him at all times, lest he stray down the wrong path.
At this thought, the patriarch's manifestation said solemnly, "Such outstanding natural gifts appear but once in ten thousand years. This young man is an exceptional talent of our sect."
"But those of outstanding aptitude are like blades quenched in fire. Too rigid, and they break easily. Only with a renowned master's patient guidance can they balance hardness with softness and unravel the mysteries of becoming a True Lord."
Here, the patriarch's manifestation paused slightly. "Whose disciple is he?"
"The Fourth Disciple of Zhu Shaoyuan, master of the Justice Hall and ninth elder of the Main Lineage." Yu Shuiyao's expression remained unchanged. Knowing that the patriarch was considering taking him as a disciple, she was not surprised.
Most cultivators in the sect were like this.
When they encountered a cultivator of exceptional aptitude, they either took them as a disciple or eliminated them early, lest they grow