Cultivation Starting from Choosing Augments

Chapter 773: Chapter 290: Appraisal: True Monarch Can Ye Figures Out the Truth

"Alright, it’s just a small matter. You can go attend to your duties."

Kuang Ruihong readily agreed and respectfully withdrew.

After he left.

Purple Jade True Monarch, however, said impatiently, "This is too strange. That Xiao Chen actually couldn’t recognize the Boundary-breaking Stone."

"Ye, do you think it’s possible he doesn’t have any significant background at all?"

However, True Monarch Can Ye didn’t think so. "Impossible. He must have a special origin."

He thought about it carefully, and suddenly, a flash of insight struck him. "I understand now. He’s using this method to give us a hint."

"A hint?"

Purple Jade True Monarch was a bit confused. "Hint at what?"

However, True Monarch Can Ye had already vaguely guessed the reason behind it. "I can’t be completely sure yet, but I have a rough idea."

"Last time, I invited him for tea."

"During our conversation, I mentioned that if he had any other collectibles in the future, he might as well bring them over for me to have a look."

"So I speculate that Xiao Chen, or the family he belongs to, probably wants to use this method to test whether we can recognize the Boundary-breaking Stone."

"If we can’t recognize it, then we’re not qualified to cooperate with them."

Purple Jade True Monarch felt something wasn’t right. "If that’s the case, why did he go to Elder Kuang?"

"Shouldn’t he have come straight upstairs?"

True Monarch Can Ye just smiled faintly. "That’s very simple. It’s because he has already taken that step, but he hasn’t broken through yet."

He was gradually figuring out the truth.

But Purple Jade True Monarch only grew more confused. "Ye, I don’t quite understand what you’re saying."

’What does this have to do with his Cultivation?’

True Monarch Can Ye explained patiently, "Miss, you also walked the Path of Enlightenment back in the day."

"Think back. After you took that step, how did you feel when you looked at other Cultivators?"

Purple Jade True Monarch recalled for a moment. "I felt that I was smarter than them!"

...

True Monarch Can Ye was silent for a moment. "That’s right, Miss. You are smarter than all of them."

"But besides that, what else?"

This question, in turn, made Purple Jade True Monarch fall silent for a moment.

Then she pleaded skillfully, "Oh, come on, Ye, stop teasing me. Just tell me what’s going on."

Hearing this, True Monarch Can Ye immediately explained, "Actually, the reason is very simple. It’s because of status!"

"Once you take that step, Nascent Soul Formation is only a matter of time."

"Xiao Chen most likely already considers himself no longer a Golden Core Cultivator, but half a Nascent Soul True Monarch."

"Given his aptitude, such a way of thinking is quite reasonable."

"The problem lies here: he hasn’t actually broken through yet. If he came to see me directly, he would be expected to observe the etiquette of a junior."

"Normally, that wouldn’t be a big deal. But if we were to cooperate in the future, we would have to meet many more times."

"If he takes the initiative to visit me as a junior now, wouldn’t he be implicitly putting himself in a lower position during our future cooperation?"

"He calls me ’Senior’ this time. Next time, after he breaks through to the Nascent Soul realm, what should he call me?"

"In any case, this visit was just to test the waters."

"He’s a young man, after all. Thin-skinned and concerned about saving face, so naturally, he’d think to avoid meeting me directly."

After listening to True Monarch Can Ye’s detailed explanation, Purple Jade True Monarch instantly had a revelation. "So that’s what was going on."

"That Xiao Chen... he’s really full of himself."

As she spoke, her eyes suddenly went wide. "Oh no! If I had known, I should have called him up here just now!"

"I could have made him properly call me ’Senior’."

"Now that I’ve missed this chance, the next time I see him, I might have to call him ’Fellow Daoist’."

True Monarch Can Ye comforted her, "It’s alright. Breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm isn’t that fast."

"There will definitely be another chance."