Although Joshua was obviously not in a good mood at the moment, Ves was confident that the expert pilot would bounce back in time.
Failure was normal under the circumstances. Expert pilots had to meet high standards in order to break through. Whatever changes had been made to the Red Kingdom may have lowered the thresholds, but it could change the fundamental qualities required for any pilot to reach the second major cultivation rank.
The principles of willpower cultivation were universal. Both swordmasters and expert pilots needed to temper their willpower and gain supreme confidence over themselves before they were even remotely qualified to take a step further.
Given that Joshua had not yet fully committed to a future development trajectory and often wavered in his intentions, he was obviously not ready yet. He needed more time to figure out his future and work towards it to the exclusion of every other possibility.
