Feeling Yang Yuanwen's aura steady and return to its usual state, Yang Lingqing nodded lightly. "Good that you understand. Today's words were not wasted on you."
"I am grateful for the Patriarch's guidance today. Yuanwen knows what he should do."
Yang Yuanwen's tone was much firmer than before, and a gleam of light had lit up in his slightly profound eyes.
He rose and bowed to Yang Lingqing, then stepped forward with a solemn expression and tightly grasped the white Dharma robe.
It seemed like a very simple gesture, yet to Yang Yuanwen at this moment, it carried extraordinary meaning.
If cultivators lost their drive to strive ahead on their path of cultivation, the ultimate height they could reach on their Dao Path would be greatly diminished.
Yang Lingqing had called him here for a private talk today because she wanted him to understand one thing: he must never underestimate his own potential.
He was only at the early Core Formation Realm, still at the starting point of his cultivation journey, with immense talent and potential yet to be unearthed.
If he merely felt that he would forever fall short and ought to yield in every matter because those few clan prodigies before him were too dazzling, then he would truly be delaying his own future.
At the very least, in Chen Yang and Yang Lingqing's eyes, Yang Yuanwen's Dao Path ceiling might not compare to Yang Yuanxing's or Lin Qiao's, but it was certainly not much worse than Yang Yuanling's or Yang Yuanzhao's.
Not to mention that over the years, he had displayed outstanding talent and comprehension in the art of talismans. Even Chen Yang had specifically praised Yang Yuanwen's accomplishments during several discussions with Yang Lingqing.
This time, when the Twilight Ancient Path opened, the Yang Clan's young