Chapter 1569 — Returning Together
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"Yes, from now on we'll have one more guard. If you don't perform well, I'll dismiss you!" Gu Mengyao said half-jokingly. In truth, she was also somewhat envious of Feng Xiaoxiao's fortune.
"Oh, if you don't want him, I do. I want Brother Arrow Brand to be my personal bodyguard!" Shen Yushu quickly put in.
Gu Mengyao found herself at once amused and exasperated. Hadn't she only been joking? Tang Zhi, too, could not help smiling.
"What, are you all envious of Xiaoxiao? Could it be you want to become cultivators as well?" Wei Zhao asked with a teasing smile.
"Wei Zhao, then tell me—can we cultivate too?" Gu Mengyao suddenly asked.
"Huh?" Her words caught Wei Zhao off guard. He had only made an idle remark; he had never imagined that careless words might be taken seriously. Gu Mengyao... actually had the idea of becoming a cultivator?
"That's right, can we?" Tang Zhi asked as well.
"Yes, yes, I can't fall behind either! We've already said we're partners—later on, it won't do for her to be a Heaven-rank expert while I'm nothing at all, right?" Shen Yushu chimed in.
"Well..." Wei Zhao had not expected the three women to be so interested in cultivation! But cultivation was no easy matter; it required not only good aptitude but also a compatible method and oral formula.
In Wei Zhao's possession, there was no cultivation method suitable for girls. The Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art was certainly out of the question, and besides, the three women had already passed the optimal age for beginning cultivation.
If they wanted to cultivate, they could either, like Zhang Naipao, practice some heterodox skills for quick success; or, like Xiaoxiao, possess such excellent aptitude that a famous sect took them in; or else he could find them suitable cultivation methods, get them started, and then forcibly raise their strength himself.
At present, the third option seemed the most reliable, but finding suitable cultivation methods for them was no easy matter.
Every person's constitution had its own particular traits; one could not simply pick up any random method and start cultivating. Take a clan, for instance: the constitutions of blood relatives were generally similar, so they all cultivated the same method, which had been tempered and perfected over many years until it fully suited the clan's practice.
Sects, however, were different. Within a single sect, there were many cultivation methods for practitioners to choose from, yet even so, some people still failed to find a method that matched their constitutions, and as a result they accomplished little and made no progress on the path of cultivation.
So it was said that a good teacher was hard to come by, but a good disciple was even harder to find. That was also why Feng Xiaoxiao had become such a hot commodity the moment she arrived at the Ice Palace.
But looked at from another angle, no matter how excellent Feng Xiaoxiao's aptitude was, if she had not happened to go to the Ice Palace—if she had gone to the Tomorrow-and-Tomorrow Sect or some other ancient school—she would probably have been treated as a dying person with a trash constitution.
This was also why Wei Zhao had never let those around him who had no foundation in cultivation enter the path of cultivation. It was easy enough to pick up any random manual, but truly finding a suitable one was not.
"Everyone's constitution is different. Not everyone can become a cultivator, and not everyone is fated to accomplish something along the path of cultivation." Wei Zhao paused thoughtfully before explaining. "Xiaoxiao's case was entirely a stroke of good fortune. If you want to cultivate, it is not impossible, but you must first find a cultivation method suited to your own constitutions. Otherwise, not only will you make little progress once you start, but you may easily fall into a demonic trance."