"What about these people themselves?"
From Gao Chuang, Meng Chao heard several thunderous names, all heavyweight figures from the Nine Super Enterprises.
Meng Chao had even dealt with several of them before, and they had not seemed like petty-minded, profit-obsessed people.
He truly did not understand. "Have they not realized that what they are doing has already crossed the red threads by far?
"Once these scandals are exposed, they'll all end up condemned by thousands, their reputations ruined?
"They've already climbed to the summit of Dragon City. Why don't they know when enough is enough?"
"When you're in the martial world, your fate is no longer your own. Do you think these big shots who seem able to summon wind and rain truly have choices?"
Gao Chuang said, "In Dragon City, only powerful fighters have any chance of occupying important positions in every industry.
"The problem is that combat power and important positions are naturally locked in an irreconcilable conflict.
"The stronger a person is, the more time they need to spend cultivating and fighting in real combat.
"Even a battle-hardened First-Rate Expert, if they live in comfort for ten days or half a month, will see their instinct for danger and Neural Reaction Speed drop drastically. A twenty or thirty percent plunge in combat power is perfectly normal.
"Managing the Nine Super Enterprises also requires handling ten thousand affairs every day, consuming tremendous time and energy.
"Even a martial arts genius blessed by heaven would find it difficult to reach the pinnacle and stand head and shoulders above the rest in both corporate management and martial cultivation, two mutually conflicting fields.
"Yet internal competition within the Nine Great Cultivation Families is exceptionally fierce.
"So many illegitimate sons and adopted sons, along with their children, have to participate in annual