My Wife Is The Final Boss-Chapter 788 - 0444 The So-Called Senior (Two-in-One)_2

"So, Ah Li, why have you decided to temporarily give up learning the sword?" Zhu Pingniang stared at Wen Li and said, "If you also say that it’s because your progress in cultivation is too fast and you can’t grasp it, or your foundation is unstable, such as lack of promise and self-confidence... I would really be disappointed in you."

"..." Wen Li was slightly taken aback; she probably didn’t expect Zhu Pingniang to react like this.

In fact. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

As long as you don’t rely on external forces for forced enhancement, any improvement is the result of your own efforts. Even if you suddenly promote several realms overnight, it’s the result of your accumulated hard work.

To Wen Li, any improvement is impossible to escape her control, so why would she need to slow down?

Therefore, if Wen Li felt her progress was too fast and her foundation unstable, Zhu Pingniang would indeed be very annoyed.

Annoyed at Wen Li’s lack of confidence, at this mindset of undermining her own efforts.

"Fortunately, sister knows your nature, it shouldn’t be that unpromising." Zhu Pingniang asked, "Then, what’s the reason?"

"..." Wen Li thought for a moment and said, "Martial Aunt, I’ve gone too far lately... so I need to look back and carefully organize the path I’ve come."

"Are you talking about your progress in the Sword Dao?"

"Yes."

"That’s why I said it’s strange. You just need to look ahead. What’s the use of organizing the path you’ve taken... Don’t tell me you can’t see clearly the road you’ve walked and need to settle it down?" Zhu Pingniang was incredulous.

"Martial Aunt, some things I understand alone are meaningless; I have to let my junior sisters understand too... So, progressing too quickly is not necessarily a good thing." Wen Li shook her head, and under Zhu Pingniang’s stunned gaze, she softly said, "I am their senior sister."

"Senior sister..." Zhu Pingniang blinked and then her eyes widened a bit.

After a while, Zhu Pingniang finally understood something and said helplessly, "What, do you think if you stop for them, they will be happy? If those girls knew they held you back, they might even leave the sect."

"But I am, after all, their senior sister." Wen Li looked at the rain outside the window.

As someone who seems to have no other role but cultivating, if her path can illuminate the paths of her junior sisters, it would be the best for her, a crucial step on the road to "Chang’an."

"This title of senior sister... you didn’t earn it for nothing." Zhu Pingniang had nothing to say.

"Those girls..." Wen Li thought of the white pear blossoms embroidered on their shoulders and sighed gently, "Ultimately... it’s my fault."

Because of her presence, many girls who initially had dreams started learning the sword.

You could say that on Muyu Peak, too many junior sisters have taken the path of the Sword Dao—a path of broken heritage and no bright future because of her.

Wen Li is unsure if this is the right thing, but since her junior sisters are influenced by her, then... as their senior sister, she must be responsible for them.

"Does Martial Aunt think I shouldn’t stop and carefully settle the path I’ve taken?" Wen Li asked.

"I... don’t know what to say, what’s your decision?" Zhu Pingniang looked at her.

"Hmm, my decision... is to stop first and look at other paths."

"..."

Now Zhu Pingniang didn’t know what to say at all.

Wen Li stopped her cultivation in the Sword Dao for the junior sisters who aspire to be like her and learn the sword from her.

If Xu Chang’an knew, he would probably immediately understand Wen Li’s thoughts.

Just like a top student, some problems are solved by Wen Li in an instant without any thought.

But for all the other girls, not only couldn’t they solve this problem, they couldn’t even understand the questions...

So Wen Li needed to stop and think about how to explain in the simplest and clearest way to her junior sisters how she solved the problem...

In such a case, Wen Li naturally couldn’t continue moving forward, because she knew with her current eerie speed in sword intent advancement, if she kept cultivating for some more days, she wouldn’t even be able to explain to her junior sisters—they wouldn’t understand at all... This is the gap in vision.

Zhu Pingniang: "..."

She could understand Wen Li’s thinking but was also extremely helpless.

Wen Li is not a qualified teacher; she knows how to cultivate but doesn’t know how to verbalize her insights well, so... she most often uses a naïve method.

Just like teaching Xu Chang’an.

Using sword intent to teach her junior sisters about cultivation, this is something Wen Li often does.

And now it’s obvious, Wen Li knows she’s reached a threshold. If she goes further, her sword intent would become something incomprehensible to anyone but her.

Going too far ahead, Wen Li wouldn’t feel distressed because she could serve as a beacon.

But if she has gone exceedingly far, Wen Li would start to feel troubled.

"...What should I say now?" Zhu Pingniang gently rubbed her brow.

Slowing down her cultivation pace deliberately for the sake of the junior sisters... standing in Wen Li’s shoes, Zhu Pingniang thinks she should advise her not to do such a foolish thing, but... standing in Muyu Peak’s shoes, Wen Li is the most satisfying senior sister.

"Ah Li." Zhu Pingniang covered her face.

"Yes?"

"I now understand why those girls admire you so much." Zhu Pingniang said.

"Admire... me?" Wen Li blinked, "Really?"

"Yes." Zhu Pingniang nodded very seriously. "If those girls knew that you’ve deliberately stopped to break down things for them that you don’t need to understand at all... they might feel so grateful they could die."

"So I mustn’t let my junior sisters know?"

Zhu Pingniang replied, knowing how those girls perceive obstacles in Wen Li’s path as enemies... If they discovered that their dearest world paused because of them...

Tsk.

"Ah Li."

"Yes?"

"You have to think clearly; though I’m not aware of how fast your so-called fast progress is now... surely, since you are worried about it, it must be a remarkable opportunity." Zhu Pingniang’s tone was more serious than ever: "If you stop in your tracks for a bunch of girls and miss out on a great opportunity... I cannot accept it."

At this moment, there was a trace of expression in Zhu Pingniang’s eyebrows that Wen Li found very familiar, belonging to ’Zhu Tongjun.’

"So, if you let me say, you should just follow your path without distractions regarding them." Zhu Pingniang exhaled a clear breath: "In this matter, I hope you will listen to Martial Aunt; you didn’t tell your Master because you knew she would stop you, didn’t you?"

Zhu Pingniang sincerely didn’t want Wen Li to do this and strongly resisted.

"Don’t always think about those girls. I don’t want you sacrificing yourself for them; that’s extremely wrong." Zhu Pingniang said earnestly.

"Sacrifice..." Wen Li listened to Zhu Pingniang’s words, and her eyes showed a few ripples. She shook her head: "Martial Aunt, for me, it’s just stopping and waiting for a while; it can’t be called a sacrifice... you also said that I have a long time, there’s no rush for now."

"But opportunities like this don’t always come..." Zhu Pingniang said instinctively: "You have to seize it..."

"If it’s mine, it will be mine, and that’s what you told me." Wen Li looked at her.

"..."

At this point, Zhu Pingniang realized the fundamental difference in thought between her and Wen Li.

That is, Wen Li does not consider this period of rapid advancement in Sword Intent as something particularly important; she treats it as something others dream of, an epiphany or opportunity, which she doesn’t take seriously at all.

It’s as if... for Wen Li, if she wants, she can move forward anytime; she doesn’t need these so-called opportunities to clearly see the path to the future.

Therefore, exchanging some of her time for her junior sisters’ advancement is the most worthwhile thing in Wen Li’s eyes.

Upon thinking this, Zhu Pingniang felt a throbbing headache.

"You foolish girl, aren’t you being too confident? Dismissing such opportunities. If confidence turns into arrogance, it won’t be likable; do you really think you’re the Heavenly Dao’s favored daughter? Making it stop and wait for you."

"Martial Aunt."

"?"

"I’ve never met my parents, but being the daughter of the Heavenly Dao, wouldn’t that mean being a half-demon?"

"Sorry, sister wanted to advise you... as long as you understand, it’s fine."

Zhu Pingniang spoke her apology and suddenly thought of something.

"Is it just for the junior sisters? You deliberately only mention the junior sisters and not Chang’an... That doesn’t seem right; he’s learning the sword too."

Saying this, she squinted her eyes, scrutinizing Wen Li, resembling a mother fox.