Unsheathed

Chen Ping'an turned around, and he saw that Pei Qian had placed all of the husks of the roasted seeds into one palm just like him. Her actions were as natural as could be.

Chen Ping'an poured the seed husks from his hand into Pei Qian's hand, saying, "There will eventually come a day when you come across people who will point at you and make comments if you casually throw some seed husks onto the ground of a small alley. These people can be separated into two different categories.

One type hails from wealthy clans, and these people have never experienced the struggles or hardships that come with living an impoverished life. The other type of people are those who are destined to remain in Dragon Riding Alley forever, even after you've already left. You need to be more careful of the latter type of people when you travel around the cultivation world in the future. This is because the former type of people are arrogant, while the latter group of people are ill-intentioned."

Pei Qian's eyes were wide with incredulity as she exclaimed, "I'll get scolded for casually tossing seed husks onto the ground? The small alleys are filled with chicken shit and dog shit already, so why don't they complain about this instead? What the hell is wrong with this world?!"

Chen Ping'an didn't mention the two more extreme possibilities. For example, the moral shortcomings of sages and the good deeds occasionally performed by incredibly vile people.

It was still too early to mention these matters to Pei Qian. These matters were too profound, and mentioning them wouldn't make Pei Qian a better and more reasonable person. Rather, these matters would become things that weighed down on her little shoulders.

In any case, Chen Ping'an didn't want Pei Qian to become the second him.

As such, Chen Ping'an tried his best to transform his principles into something akin to steamed buns and small bowls of congee when he expounded them to Pei Qian. That way, she wouldn't get sick no matter how she ate and digested them. Even if Pei Qian ate too much, she would simply feel a little stuffed. She could set aside the rest to eat later. When it came to teaching Pei Qian, Chen Ping'an hoped that he wasn't feeding her a bowl of bitter medicine, a cup of strong wine, or a plate of spicy food.

Chen Ping'an smiled and explained, "I'm saying these things to you because I'm afraid that you'll hide somewhere and feel angry by yourself in the future. I want you to know that these kinds of people exist in the world. Moreover, these people whom you don't necessarily like might do things in a way you dislike in some aspects, yet they'll do things in a way even better than you in other aspects. With this in mind, we should try our best to gain a deeper understanding of the world."

Pei Qian scratched her head and said, "Master, my brain hurts."

Chen Ping'an patted her head and replied, "It's okay as long as you roughly understand these principles. You can look more and think more when you travel around the cultivation world by yourself in the future. Of course, you should also act decisively when you need to, as not all of the rights and wrongs in the world are murky and ambiguous."