Overcome your inner demons and defy heaven.
Submit to your inner demons and settle for mediocrity?
As Xiao Yu watched Li Ningyue struggle, tears streaming down her face.
He truly believed that this woman would choose to give up her parents to pursue cultivation.
Because...
All she had to do was give them up, watch her loved ones in the illusion die, and accept it.
Then she would pass the test.
But...
Was that really a good thing?
Xiao Yu searched his heart: once she truly decided to "abandon her parents" and "devote herself to cultivation," and passed the test, would he really like-could he really like-a female disciple like that?
Impossible.
He could never like her.
If she could abandon her parents for cultivation now, she could abandon the Heavenly Mechanism Gate and him, her master, for personal gain in the future.
So what was the point of taking her as his disciple?
"Maybe... taking disciples and passing on the Heavenly Mechanism Gate's legacy are two entirely different things?"
"Could the disciple selection test simply be about taking disciples?"
"Is there a possibility... that stepping outside the circle means passing, but staying inside doesn't count as failing?"
Xiao Yu did not know.
There was nothing about this in the Cultivation Memories.
And he did not want to interfere with Li Ningyue's choice.
Given her personality, this choice should not have been difficult for her.
After all, she was willing to give anything for cultivation.
Yet.
Xiao Yu waited for several hours, until the seven days were up, and she still had not made a choice.
Her behavior truly surprised Xiao Yu.
Very few things could surprise the great Master Xiao.
At the same time, a thought and a question arose in Xiao Yu's mind.
Namely...
Why did it have