Listening to Yu Xiaogang's words and looking at his calm and unhurried demeanor, Captain Lu Jinjue felt his throat go dry.
Their thoughts had been seen through; did this mean the other party held no favorable impression of them, and they had already missed this opportunity?
Seeing Captain Lu Jinjue turn pale upon hearing his words, Yu Xiaogang chuckled lightly.
"Don't be nervous. I didn't say you aren't allowed to continue building a good relationship with Uncle Gu and the others."
"I'm just reminding you that they are busy right now, and frequently trying to curry favor at this time will only have the opposite effect."
Yu Xiaogang's words calmed Captain Lu Jinjue's panicked heart a little.
He looked at Yu Xiaogang and asked cautiously,
"You discovered our actions long ago?"
"Of course. Your motives were too obvious; anyone observing for a day or two would have figured it out."
Hearing this, Captain Lu Jinjue's face couldn't help but turn a little red.
They had thought their concealment was flawless.
"So, you don't forbid us from doing this?"
This was the question he cared about most at the moment.
According to their plan, they would use impeccable service to build good relationships with the people on the ship, and then casually steer the topic toward some cultivation-related issues.
Through this method, they would test whether Gu Rong and the other two had personalities willing to guide others.
If they were, they would take a step further and ask more questions.
Even if their purpose was discovered at that time, they would already have a good relationship, so there shouldn't be any major problems.
But things did not go as they had imagined.
The ship had set sail for several days, and Gu Rong and the other two hid in the conference room all day long. The only ones they could build a good relationship with were Yu Xiaogang and the other two.
More importantly, their purpose had already been discovered.
"Why forbid it?"
"Whether Uncle Gu and the others are willing to guide you is their freedom."
"If you really have the ability to win the regard of those three, I would actually think more highly of you."
Yu Xiaogang took a serious look at Captain Lu Jinjue.
"Don't think of people like us as those who view cultivation experience as more important than life itself. Don't forget, I am the one who publicly declared at the Spirit Master Competition that any Spirit Master could exchange their unique skills for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect's Legacy."
"As long as you can make me willing, I can even give you the most precious treasure of our Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect. Everything depends on whether you have this ability."
Bibi Dong, standing to the side, chimed in,
"Spirit Hall is the same. As long as you can demonstrate your value—"
Captain Lu Jinjue left somewhat dazed.
As someone who made his living wandering around Vast Sea City, especially having purchased a lot of public knowledge from various Sects in the past, Captain Lu Jinjue knew very well how stingy those families and Sects were with knowledge.
The truly important things were completely out of reach for civilian Spirit Masters like them.
Those families and Sects seemed to act as if they were afraid that once commoners rose to prominence, they would threaten their status.
But thinking about it, such vigilance on their part was indeed normal.
The talent of the Spirit system was entirely determined by the heavens. If a Family or Sect failed to produce a Spirit Master with decent talent for several generations, they could only rely on the Sect's Legacy to guarantee their lower limit.
If the knowledge of the Sect was spread out, civilian Spirit Masters rising up and wanting to establish their own Family or Sect would threaten their status.
This was a conclusion that was very easy to reach and yet had no solution.
Putting himself in their shoes, Captain Lu Jinjue believed he would do similar things.
On one side was his own Family, and on the other were strangers; wasn't choosing which side the simplest thing imaginable?
This was also why the entire Douluo Continent was in an uproar when Yu Xiaogang publicly exchanged knowledge back then.
Smaller factions feared that their status would not be secure, while larger factions feared that smaller factions would acquire knowledge and threaten their status.
Throughout the entire Douluo Continent, Spirit Hall was probably the only one that wasn't afraid of its status being threatened.
"You think very highly of him?"
Bibi Dong watched the departing figure of Captain Lu Jinjue.
Yu Xiaogang's words were actually already a form of guidance for Captain Lu Jinjue.
Not only did he tell him about the situation of Gu Rong and the other two, but he also stated that as long as he could demonstrate value, he could hand over the most precious treasures of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect to the other party.
This was practically saying that as long as they had the ability, whatever they wanted from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, they could have it.
"A little bit. I was touched when I fought him during the Spirit Master Competition back then, and now I find that he is still working hard."
"I succeeded because I had the support of my father and the Sect behind me, so my hard work wasn't in vain."
"To tell you the truth, I imagined more than once back then what my future would be like if all my hard work amounted to nothing."
"Fortunately, I succeeded."
"And now, I see a person who is still working hard. Plus, his service is truly thoughtful; during the days we've been on the ship, I can definitely give their service a five-star rating."
"In that case, it's no big deal to give them a little hint. Whether they succeed or not still depends on themselves."
Yu Xiaogang said with a sigh.
As someone who had also worked hard, Yu Xiaogang knew all too well the confusion and helplessness during the process of striving.
Since that was the case, why should he lock away even this shred of an opportunity for them?
Looking at Yu Xiaogang's sighing expression, Bibi Dong was silent for a moment, and finally broke into a smile.
"Looking at you, you really don't look like a Young Sect Master of the Upper Three Sects at all."
"Clearly possessing such a noble background, yet you aren't like those nobles."
"Is it really because your Sect's education is good, or are some people born good and some people born bad?"
Hearing this, Yu Xiaogang raised an eyebrow.
"My apologies for not turning out like those nobles. Honestly, I can't stand those nobles either."
"All day long they eat, drink, and make merry, yet they possess heaps of resources and extremely high status."
"My father is a Titled Douluo, and I still have to work hard; otherwise, a bunch of people would come to mock me."
"I just can't figure it out. Those nobles clearly have far more mediocre people among them, why do they all fix their eyes on me?"
Whenever Yu Xiaogang thought of the mockery and sarcasm he heard before acquiring his First Soul Ring back then, he felt uncomfortable.
"...That's true, too. It really seems like no one mocks those nobles. Is it because we didn't see them being mocked, or because people simply disdain to mock them?"
Bibi Dong also began to ponder, but after thinking for a long time, she couldn't come up with a definitive reason. However, very soon, Bibi Dong thought of another topic.
"By the way, what would you be like if you turned into one of those nobles?"
Bibi Dong asked with curiosity.
Following Bibi Dong's topic, the image of those nobles emerged in Yu Xiaogang's mind.
Eating, drinking, and making merry all day long, living an extravagantly decadent life, acting arrogant on a daily basis, and ultimately indulging in pleasure until death.
The moment he thought about how he would become like that if he were a noble, Yu Xiaogang couldn't help but feel disgusted.
"If I were to become such a person, wouldn't I have come to this World for nothing?"
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