Yu Zhengxing chuckled shrewdly, knowing that this whippersnapper wouldn't escape the trap he had laid. However, what's a pitfall for the mediocre may well be a ladder to heaven for the exceptional. Who can say for sure?
That was his attitude toward disciples he favored. Whether it's a pit or a ladder, they'd find out themselves. They shouldn't blame him if they ended up buried or broken, nor owe him thanks should they achieve success.
Such a cultivation strategy had already doomed many a talented Sword Cultivator, but he didn't care. He always believed that true gold isn't afraid of the refiner's fire, and what the fire ruins wasn't true gold to begin with.
