At this, understanding dawned on Chen Yang's face. He said, "Fellow Daoist, you have truly devoted no small amount of thought to the future development of the Canglan Righteous Path."
Upon hearing this, Dark Underworld Venerable revealed a rare bitter smile. Then he drew a deep breath and said, "Lingxiao Dao Academy is the leader of the righteous path. As the Academy's master, it is only my duty to plan and act for the sake of the righteous path."
Chen Yang naturally welcomed the matter of Xiao Yao taking Yang Yuanhong as her master.
On the one hand, this would draw the Dao Academy and the Yang Clan closer together; on the other, it would benefit the future unity of the righteous path.
But whether this could ultimately succeed still depended on Yang Yuanhong himself.
Chen Yang had never taken an overly forceful stance toward the cultivators of the Yang Clan.
Other than certain matters of utmost urgency, he would let them make their own decisions whenever circumstances allowed.
Thus, regarding this matter of apprenticeship, he would not make the decision for Yang Yuanhong today.
However, since they had come to this subject, Chen Yang also asked about the Dao Academy's plans for raising this child.
After all, a genius like Xiao Yao, one seen perhaps once in a thousand years, had to receive focused cultivation from childhood. Only then could she lay a solid foundation before entering the Dao, rather than wasting time on such matters once she came of age.
Dark Underworld Venerable's answer once again surprised Chen Yang.
In his view, this child was a shared precious jewel of the Xuanhuang Dynasty and Lingxiao Dao Academy. The initial work of polishing and carving her should naturally have been handled by those two parties themselves.
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