"Shouldn't you be at the Xuan Guang Sect? How come you're here?" You You asked seriously. She had heard Ling Qi mention before that Wu Yue had established the Xuan Guang Sect after choosing her kinship. As a fellow celestial maiden who had also chosen her kinship, she actually quite liked Wu Yue. However, it was clear that the Wu family considered her a rival, and since their two sects were in different directions, they hadn't had any contact or interaction afterward.
Wu Yue frowned, as if she had thought of something, and after a while she stammered, "I just... came out for a walk, who... who knew I would suddenly get here, and then I encountered that monster."
"So it was those white mists that caused you to get separated from your companions?" Youyou continued, "You should have a communication talisman on you, right? You can use that to contact them. Why don't you go look for them?"
"I don't want to!" Wu Yue suddenly shouted in refusal.
Youyou was taken aback. She glanced at the girl's suddenly guilty expression and guessed, "You didn't... sneak out on your own, did you?"
She looked even more guilty and lowered her head, not daring to look at her. "Anyway...anyway, I just don't want to see them."
"You... never mind." Youyou sighed. No matter what kind of trouble she had with her companion, it was their private matter after all. But she still advised, "You saw it just now. It's very dangerous here. There are even eighth-level demonic beasts. You'd better not act alone."
Wu Yue looked at her with some shock and couldn't help but ask, "Don't you want to ask why I'm all alone?"
"Will you tell me if I ask?"
"..." She was speechless. She glanced at the other woman's indifferent expression, and her brows furrowed. Perhaps it was because the other woman was also a celestial maiden; perhaps she had been holding it in for too long and urgently needed to confide in someone; or perhaps the other woman had just saved her life; for some reason, she wanted to talk to her.
"I...I don't want to be a celestial maiden anymore."
"Huh?" Youyou was taken aback. Wasn't this a job that you couldn't quit?
Wu Yue's brows furrowed even deeper, her face contorted in a grimace. Suddenly, as if a floodgate had opened, she blurted out, "They argue every day, and I don't like going back at all. Father always says I'm a daughter of the Wu family, that everything I have comes from them, and that I should be devoted to the Wu family, not always siding with outsiders. But… Longxi says a sect shouldn't be controlled by one family. We're a celestial sect now, not a noble family. If we continue to indulge Father, the sect will inevitably run into trouble. I… I…"
Her expression grew even more conflicted, her eyes filled with helplessness. "I don't know what to do. Father said that Longxi has ill intentions, relying on his special bloodline and higher cultivation level than ordinary people, completely disregarding other clans, and that one day Xuan Guang Sect will become the Long family's. But... Longxi also said that the Wu family controls the affairs of various halls within the sect, seeking personal gain for themselves, and often suppressing talented disciples. If this continues, the sect will eventually be destroyed by the Wu family."
"They argue every single day, so..."
"So you ran away?" Youyou interjected.
She lowered her head and nodded. "Father said that we must suppress the arrogance of the Long family, otherwise the Wu family will have nowhere to go. I clearly think Long Xi is quite good, not as bad as Father says. But Long Xi said that we must clean up those spies in the Wu family and drive out the sect leader, otherwise a thousand-mile dike will be destroyed by an ant hole. But... but he is my father."
Her eyes were even more bewildered, looking like she was caught in a dilemma. She turned her head and grabbed You You's hand, pleading, "You Tiannv, you are also a celestial maiden. What do you think I should do? Whom should I listen to?"
Youyou glanced at the bewildered girl in front of her. Compared to the child in Chengtian Pavilion, the innocence in her eyes had faded, replaced by a lot of inexplicable sorrow. It seemed that she had really been suffering a lot these past years.
Actually, she wasn't surprised at all that the Wu family and the Long family were going up against each other. One was a family that inherited the bloodline of the ancient gods, and the other was a family born from a celestial maiden. It was only a matter of time before the two sides clashed; the key was whether there was anyone above them who could keep them in check.
Youyou sighed, and seeing Wuyue's conflicted little face, she couldn't help but remind her, "Why are you so troubled about whose advice to listen to? Why don't you listen to your own?"
"Huh?" Wu Yue was taken aback and said subconsciously, "But...they are my father and followers..."
“But you are the Celestial Maiden, aren’t you?” Youyou interrupted her, continuing, “Isn’t that your own immortal sect? The immortal sect exists because of the Celestial Maiden, not because of your father and followers. Why can’t you make your own decisions about your own immortal sect?”
She was stunned, as if she had never thought of it before, and murmured, "But I don't know how to handle matters concerning the immortal sects..."
"Then learn!" You You continued, "You're already the sect leader, isn't it only right that you learn how to handle matters of the immortal sect? Who is born knowing how to handle things? If you don't want to be controlled by others, then you have to take control yourself. What you should be thinking about is never who to listen to, but how to make them listen to you!" What's the point of running a company if the CEO can't command his employees?
"Really... really possible?" Wu Yue was stunned, as if she had never thought of it before.
She was born a noblewoman of her family, and later became the celestial maiden of the Wu family. Everyone told her that she bore a heavy responsibility, that she would establish a celestial sect and make it powerful. Even after she gained followers, Longxi told her that he would protect her for life and would arrange everything for her. So... she became accustomed to following arrangements, accustomed to the pre-set path.
But now, someone is telling her that she can actually walk by herself?
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