"What do you mean? I'm sorry, I don't understand what Elder Shi is saying."
Su Cheng smiled and looked at Shi Mingyi. He didn't understand Shi Mingyi's question either, just as Shi Mingyi didn't understand why he asked Shi Yao to choose new disciples.
"Sect Leader Su asked Shi Yao to select new disciples for Lingxian Palace. Could there be some deeper meaning behind this?"
Su Cheng burst out laughing; to be honest, he really couldn't hold it in.
"Deeper meaning? What deeper meaning? I was just too lazy to ask everyone individually, so I decided to leave it to Shiyao~"
"Isn't Sect Leader Su afraid that Shi Yao might just randomly select some people?"
Su Cheng pursed his lips. To be honest, he didn't know whether he should say this or not, or whether it was within the scope of what Heaven allowed.
But Li Shiyao wasn't stupid; how could no one believe such a thing?
"Elder Shi, Shi Yao was raised under the watchful eyes of you elders. Is there any bad person among the people Shi Yao likes?"
Shi Mingyi thought to himself: Bad people? How many good people are there in this world? Is your eldest disciple Ye Qinghan a good person? Are you a good person?
"This... could it be that the Holy Maiden is..."
Su Cheng could, of course, see that such words would not fool a mentally sound but stupid man.
"Elder Shi, I said this when Shi Yao became my disciple, but it seems you haven't understood what I meant."
"Let me put it more bluntly, Shiyao is very smart. This is not because her master is protecting her, but because she is inherently smart."
"But it's not your fault. It's human nature to question things you can't understand."
"The world seen through the eyes of the saintess is different from that seen through yours and mine. I don't know how to describe it to you, but I can give you a simple example."
"If you put a pair of twins in front of an ordinary person, the ordinary person might think that the two look very similar, but in Shiyao's eyes, they might look like two bottles, one red and one black. Shiyao can distinguish the two people just by their red and black colors."
"This is just an example, and although I can understand it, I can't see the world through Shiyao's eyes."
"Perhaps Shiyao can distinguish scents, or listen to the good and evil in their hearts, or perhaps there are other methods."
"In short, since I have entrusted her with this task, I will trust her completely, so Elder Shi need not worry."
"As for other things, since the world in the eyes of the Holy Maiden is different from that of mortals, her way of thinking about and dealing with problems will naturally be different as well."
"What you call stupid or foolish is, in my eyes, a kind of nobility that you lack. It is Shiyao's way of expressing goodwill or communicating. It's just that it's too straightforward, and you interpret it as a lack of social skills or a lack of flexibility."
I want to be your friend. I like your master.
This sentence doesn't actually have any other meaning.
Li Shiyao was simply expressing goodwill; she had no idea that "like" could have another meaning.
For Li Shiyao, this is the most efficient way to express goodwill.
Shi Mingyi's pupils dilated in shock once again, and he finally understood why Li Shiyao seemed to have changed completely.
It was as if, after a life of wandering, she had finally met her master, a master who understood her.
Shi Mingyi felt ashamed. He never allowed anyone to say that Li Shiyao was stupid, but frankly speaking, this was just a few elders deceiving themselves.
In fact, all the elders thought that Shi Yao was mentally unstable. At this moment, he even hated himself for not thinking of this.
How could a saint be an existence that ordinary mortals like them could comprehend?
Why didn't he think about it more?
Why is there a rule on the Holy Mountain that the Holy Maiden has the right to decide all major matters on the Holy Mountain?
Feeling both ashamed and fortunate, Shi Mingyi felt ashamed of his foolishness over the past ten years and fortunate that Shi Yao had finally met Su Xianren.
"Master said it has to be something Shiyao likes. Shiyao doesn't like you!"
Li Shiyao rarely said such things to girls, and the girl obviously didn't expect to encounter such a thing.
She had assumed that Sect Leader Su would like pretty girls, and even if she couldn't compare to Ye Qinghan or Li Shiyao, being an outer disciple would be enough for her.
But she didn't expect that Li Shiyao would eliminate her based solely on the three words "I don't like her".
The girl pointed to a girl next to her. That girl looked somewhat similar to Miaomiao in personality; she seemed like an easy target.
"This isn't fair! Why can she do it when she's only at the Qi Refining stage!"
The girl seemed to think that Li Shiyao was being unreasonable and trying to show off her abnormal sense of superiority. She wanted a reasonable explanation!
But just three words, "I don't like it," weren't enough to convince her!
But Li Shiyao is no pushover, especially when it comes to people she doesn't like; she doesn't want to waste words on them.
"Shiyao, I'll say it again. I'm here on my master's orders to select the junior brothers and sisters who are about to enter the sect. I don't need to explain anything to you or anyone else."
Li Shiyao tilted her head, acting all high and mighty, and pointed at Ye Qinghan not far away, then shouted loudly.
"Either go hide away and cry your eyes out, or go talk to my senior sister. She's the most reasonable person!"
Although the girl felt wronged, she understood that this was why she wanted to become a disciple of Lingxian Palace!
Because everyone in Lingxian Palace is a villain, she is unreasonable and extremely protective of her own!
They are bad, but it's different if you can become one of them.
The girl looked at Su Cheng with pleading eyes, but Su Cheng ignored her.
Su Cheng knew what kind of girl Shi Yao was. Shi Yao wouldn't dislike someone for no reason, especially someone she had just met.
The saint's actions need no explanation.
Dongfang Jue just stared at Li Shiyao, wondering what she would do if it were her.
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