What I teach you is real stuff.

Wang Qingying couldn't understand her father's thoughts and actions. She clearly had a bright future ahead of her, so why did he insist on making her give up halfway at this crucial moment?

Given Wang Qingying's talent, as long as she continues her training at the Northern Continent Academy, she should have no problem passing the Northern Continent Alliance's assessment five years from now, and entering the Northern Continent Alliance in the future is practically a certainty.

But then her parents actually wanted her to come back and get married? And they wanted her to stay at the Northern Continent Academy to develop her career? Wasn't this ruining her future?

While the Northern Continent Academy was also good, Wang Qingying was pursuing a much brighter future. Only by joining the Northern Continent Alliance could she continuously climb to higher peaks, and perhaps even break through to the Nascent Soul or Void Refinement stages in the future…

Not only Wang Qingying, but Ye Tianlin next to her also didn't understand.

Ye Tianlin said, "Uncle and Aunt, you probably don't understand Qingying's future and achievements in our Northern Continent Academy. With Qingying's current abilities, it's almost a certainty that she will join the Northern Continent Alliance in the future. She has a brighter future ahead of her. There's no need for her to waste her time and talent on the Northern Continent Academy."
Moreover, it's not a good thing for you to plan her future this way; she has better paths to take.

Ye Tianlin continued, "You can rest assured that my Ye family has a considerable status and position within the Northern Continent Alliance. As long as Qingying enters the Northern Continent Alliance in the future, my Ye family will naturally take care of her, and there will be no problems."

Ye Tianlin was clearly interested in Wang Qingying, and he had come back with her this time. Now that he heard Wang Yue and his wife arranging Wang Qingying's marriage in this way, he was naturally unhappy and took the initiative to reveal his identity.

However, when Ye Tianlin's words reached Wang Yue's ears, Wang Yue became even more uneasy.

Judging from Ye Tianlin's attire, one can tell that he is either rich or noble, not an ordinary person. His family must be extremely wealthy and powerful. Moreover, from what he just said, one can also tell that he comes from a family of cultivators within the Northern Continent Alliance.

The offspring of such cultivation families are always the most dissolute. Wang Yue and his wife only have this one daughter, and they don't want her to have any trouble.

Wang Yue said, "How I raise my daughter doesn't seem to be much of your business, does it?"

Wang Yue has never been fond of people from cultivation families, and he was unwilling to offend Ye Tianlin at this moment, but he also didn't need Ye Tianlin to teach him how to do things.

Ye Tianlin's words are eloquent, but he may have some feelings for Wang Qingying. However, people can change, and no one knows Ye Tianlin's true character. Who knows if he will change his mind in the future?
Wang Yue didn't want to make a mistake by using Ye Tianlin, in case the man turned on him faster than flipping through a book.

Therefore, Wang Yue didn't really like Ye Tianlin; he still felt that finding someone of equal social standing was the best option.

Ye Tianlin's face was grim. He was indeed from a family of cultivators, and his Ye family held a prominent position within the Northern Continent Alliance. Ye Tianlin himself was also quite influential.

He had never been treated like this before, and he never expected to be scolded by an ordinary person today. However, considering that this person was Wang Qingying's father, he could only swallow his anger.

Ye Tianlin fell silent. Wang Yue looked at his daughter and said, "Qingying, your mother and I have already thought this through. You certainly have talent for cultivation, but you also need to understand one thing."

This world has never lacked geniuses, but a genius who doesn't grow up is nothing. Do you know how many brilliant minds have died tragically throughout history? In this world, without a background, talent alone is useless.

Wang Yue has been through it all; he understands the reasons all too well.

Even the most outstanding geniuses in this world can perish. Playing your talent alone is a dead end. In the world of cultivation, the most important thing is background, and that is what Wang Qingying lacks.

Although Ye Tianlin has a background, he is still an outsider, and his background is unknown. Moreover, one cannot rely on others to cultivate immortality. Mountains may crumble, and people may run away. One must be wary of all kinds of people.

The safest option is to stay at the Northern Continent Academy as a teacher, as the teachers there are already considered mid-level cultivators in this world.

Most teachers only need to reach the Nascent Soul stage. With Wang Qingying's talent and abilities, the Northern Continent Academy will also provide her with cultivation resources. It's not impossible for her to break through to the Divine Transformation stage in the future.

And most importantly, the North Continent Academy is relatively safe, has a simple network of connections, is close to home, and won't have any external grudges or entanglements. Wouldn't it be better to live a peaceful and safe life?

The competition in the Northern Continent Alliance is too fierce; it's easy for Wang Qingying to get in but difficult to get out.

The Wang couple had been earnestly trying to persuade him, and Lu Yuan, listening from the side, actually quite agreed with them.

The Northern Continent Alliance is now indeed elite, with increasingly higher entry requirements. Basically, only those at the Golden Core stage or above can pass the Northern Continent Alliance's assessment and enter the alliance.

Entering the Northern Continent Alliance does not mean success; it is merely crossing a threshold. After thousands of years of development, the cultivation hierarchy within the Northern Continent Alliance has become relatively fixed.

Within the Northern Continent Alliance, the various cultivation worlds and major sects were clearly divided into classes, each controlling a considerable amount of resources.

For an ordinary rogue cultivator like Wang Qingying to enter the Northern Continent Alliance is indeed too much pressure, because most of the competitors are young disciples from cultivation families and major sects.

Those young people are no less talented than Wang Qingying, and in some cases much more so. More importantly, they have resources, backgrounds, and protectors behind them.

Whether it's cultivation or growth, it's much simpler than Wang Qingying's. With someone teaching her step by step, she can avoid countless detours. How could it be compared to Wang Qingying, who relied solely on her own trial and error?

Wang Qingying might still be able to thrive in a small place like the Northern Continent Academy in the Chen Kingdom of Qingzhou, and is known as a prodigy within the academy.

But once she enters the Northern Continent Alliance, she will soon understand what it means to become just another face in the crowd.

To give an example: Wang Qingying now is like a genius in a third-tier city, an eighteenth-tier town, in a small town on Earth.

The stage provided by the Northern Continent Alliance is the entire Dragon Kingdom, and those who can enter are all top geniuses ranked among the best in the entire Dragon Kingdom.

Moreover, these top geniuses all received top-notch education from a young age, with their parents investing millions behind them. They participated in various competitions from childhood. Although they cultivated in the same place as Wang Qingying, their levels and realms were completely different.

Wang Qingying is considered a genius in the county school, but if she enters a bigger stage, she will be nothing. Not everyone can withstand such a blow.

The top student in the regular class becomes the last in the honors class in a second. Can Wang Qingying bear this kind of drop?

Moreover, it is almost impossible for ordinary rogue cultivators to catch up with the disciples of those aristocratic families and major sects within the Northern Continent Alliance; they will only fall further and further behind.

As for Ye Tianlin, his Ye family is probably not a particularly large family within the Northern Continent Alliance; they are just an ordinary cultivation family and cannot enter the core level.

Whether Ye Tianlin can maintain his position after joining the Northern Continent Alliance is another matter entirely, let alone take care of Wang Qingying. Moreover, the Ye family behind him is unlikely to listen to him and support an outsider like Wang Qingying.

Therefore, Ye Tianlin's words were indeed unreliable, and the Wang Yue couple's ideas were correct.

Don't force yourself into circles that don't belong together; you'll only end up hurting yourself. If it were Lu Yuan, he wouldn't let Wang Qingying join the Northern Continent Alliance either. It's too difficult to get in without a background. Staying at the Northern Continent Academy isn't necessarily a bad choice.

However, Wang Qingying is still young and at the age where she should be taking risks, so how could she possibly listen to such words?
Wang Qingying felt that Wang Yue and his wife did not understand her. She had worked hard for so many years and was only one step away from her dream, but now she was being blocked. Wang Qingying's face was extremely ugly.

"Father, let me be frank with you. I am determined to join the Northern Continent Alliance. I cannot stay at the Northern Continent Academy to teach. I will definitely make a name for myself in the future. Who says that a rogue cultivator without a background cannot achieve anything by joining the Northern Continent Alliance? I will prove it to you."

"And I would never listen to you and marry Lu Yuan; we're from completely different worlds."

Wang Qingying did not deny that she did have some feelings for Lu Yuan when she was young.

About three or four years ago, Lu Yuan had just moved next door to the Wang family from outside. At that time, Wang Qingying had just entered the world of cultivation.

When Lu Yuan arrived, he was already a Foundation Establishment cultivator. Wang Qingying would go to Lu Yuan every few days to ask him questions about cultivation.

Every time she asked Lu Yuan for advice, he would patiently answer her questions, and his answers were always very novel. At the time, she even felt that Lu Yuan was more proficient in cultivation than the teachers in the Northern Continent Academy, which greatly benefited Wang Qingying.

Wang Qingying naturally developed some affection for him.

However, as Wang Qingying's cultivation level increased at the Northern Continent Academy, she gradually no longer needed Lu Yuan, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, to guide her. Wang Qingying's realm gradually surpassed Lu Yuan's Foundation Establishment level, and after breaking through to the Golden Core stage, she no longer looked down on Lu Yuan.

In today's Azure Sky World, with the Northern Continent Alliance's pills becoming more and more widespread, even ordinary people can break through to the Foundation Establishment stage by taking pills. Foundation Establishment is no longer a threshold for cultivation.

Lu Yuan gradually became just an ordinary passerby in Wang Qingying's eyes, and it could be said that she had broadened her horizons.

In Wang Qingying's eyes, the people she admires and should pursue are the top ten peers in the inner and outer sects of the Northern Continent Academy, such as Ye Tianlin.

Those young prodigies at the Golden Core and Nascent Soul stages were her targets; as for 'ordinary people' like Lu Yuan, she simply couldn't stand them.

She didn't feel that she and Lu Yuan were from the same world, after all, Wang Qingying's cultivation level was already at the Golden Core stage, while Lu Yuan was only at the Foundation Establishment stage.

Putting aside other factors, just consider lifespan. Foundation Establishment stage cultivators only have a lifespan of a thousand years, while Golden Core cultivators have a lifespan of ten thousand years.

Lu Yuan, who was in the Foundation Establishment stage in the future, will have turned to dust, while Wang Qingying's life has just begun. How is she supposed to cope with this?
A Golden Core cultivator would never look favorably upon a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

To use a classic saying: How can a dragon live with a snake?
Wang Qingying was also getting impatient and, disregarding neighborly relations, blurted out these words.

After she said that, Ye Tianlin nodded in agreement: "Uncle and Aunt, what Qingying said makes sense. It is a pity that Qingying's talent is not going to the Northern Continent Alliance. Moreover, she will have no problem breaking through to the Nascent Soul and Divine Transformation stages in the future."

"This Fellow Daoist Lu's cultivation level is too low. Ultimately, we are not from the same world. Why force this marriage?"

Ye Tianlin was very polite. As he spoke, he toasted Lu Yuan and then drank a cup as a self-punishment, showing no intention of offending him.

Lu Yuan understood what he meant.

In their eyes, she was just a minor Foundation Establishment cultivator. Foundation Establishment cultivators were naturally not worthy of Golden Core experts, especially not a prodigy like Wang Qingying who might break through to Nascent Soul or Divine Transformation in the future.

Indeed, from this perspective, the two are not a good match.

Lu Yuan didn't refute anything, because there was no need. He was indeed at the Foundation Establishment stage on the surface, and what the other person said made no mistake. Besides, Ye Tianlin was quite polite.

Furthermore, Lu Yuan did not actually agree to this marriage, since Wang Yue did not know his true identity. He came to this place only to live in seclusion for a while and take a break.

There was a nearly 10,000-year age difference between him and Wang Yue, not to mention his relationship with Wang Qingying.

Despite his youthful appearance, Lu Yuan is actually a genuine old monster in the cultivation world, old enough to be Wang Qingying's ancestor, so he doesn't agree to this marriage.

Lu Yuan nodded, "Uncle Wang, what they said makes sense. You can't force things like marriage."

Wang Yue sighed and said, "A daughter is not meant to stay at home once she grows up. I can't change your mind no matter what I say now. I know you want to go out and try your luck, but your mother and I are worried about your safety. What would we do if something happened to you?"

If you don't agree to this marriage, that's fine; I won't say any more.

Wang Yue was in a bad mood. He took a big gulp of wine and said no more.

Wang Qingying could also tell that her parents were in a bad mood, but this time she did not compromise for the sake of her own future.

After a simple meal at home, Wang Qingying got up to say goodbye and prepared to return to Beizhou Academy.

As a disciple of the Northern Continent Academy, she was busy with her daily cultivation and naturally could not stay at home. After finishing her meal, she had to rush back. Moreover, according to what she had said before, in two days their teacher would take them into that ancient secret realm to explore, so she also needed to go back early to make preparations.

Wang Qingying said, "Father, Mother, I'll be going now. I'll come home to see you when I return from the secret realm."

Wang Yue didn't say anything, and Wang Qingying and Ye Tianlin got up and left.

Lu Yuan glanced at Wang Qingying, then at Wang Yue and his wife.

Having lived here for five years, the Wang couple often took care of him, treating him to meals and drinks.

Out of consideration for this friendship, Lu Yuan sighed, flicked his finger, and sent out a fragment of his soul, which silently attached itself to Wang Qingying.

Lu Yuan: "Very well, consider it repaying this favor. A mother worries when her child travels a thousand miles, so I will ensure your daughter's safety for life."

Out of consideration for Wang Yue and his wife, Lu Yuan left a trace of his aura on Wang Qingying, so that he would help her if she ever encountered any trouble in the future.

In Lu Yuan's heart, he also regarded Wang Qingying as a junior member of his own family. (End of this chapter)