"More?" Tai Yu repeated the key word in Xin Rui's statement, then laughed. "You want to get more out of me. I'm not sure I can manage that. But this time, you dragged the 'Training Ground' into it, and they definitely aren't easy to push around. You increased their costs and made them lose face. Later, they'll surely make you pay it back tenfold."
"I was warning them. I was helping them reduce their losses."
"So you're making a clean break from your Mother?"
Xin Rui fell silent for about a breath before replying, "I need a Window Period. Of course, I also need enough money and resources to fill that Window Period."
"Oh?"
"Right now, I don't have any bargaining power. But as long as I complete the cultivation of the Heavenly Human Interference Pattern, even if only preliminarily, things will be different."
That sounded very much like the thinking of a Divine Palace School student.
Indeed, if she could complete the preliminary cultivation of the Heavenly Human Interference Pattern, then by Sky Abyss Empire standards, her Furnace Law Deployment would basically be complete. Her development path would be clear, and her Form and Spirit Framework would be fully sorted out, unobstructed and lucid. She could basically reserve herself a spot as a Sky Ladder Expert. By then, if she joined the Divine Palace, she would begin as an Acolyte Priest. Within a few years, she would become a Formal Priest and live well anywhere.
Tai Yu smiled. "That route really is inspiring. But why should anyone give you this Window Period?"
Xin Rui lowered her voice. "Because I'm only one step away."
"Huh?"
Xin Rui did not continue that topic. She only said, "We've been coasting for too long. Committee Member Tan and Yong Zhu haven't felt any