Today's third update: Chapter 1965! 3/4!
"I can only say that I'll work toward this goal, but whether I succeed or not isn't up to me. As for achieving knowledge on par with the ancient sages, that's unrealistic for me right now."
The receptionist nodded, understanding that it was impossible for someone in the second realm to possess knowledge comparable to a Jixia Academy Chief Sacrificer.
A person's horizons were closely tied to their realm.
For example, Xu Kun was the God of Starforging's sole disciple. As long as he followed the proper path, his Forging Art would one day reach the pinnacle of the world.
But right now, even though his Forging Art had reached S-rank Grandmaster level, he was only a second-realm forging grandmaster. Although he had participated in forging the seventh-realm Supreme Divine Artifact · Hold On, that did not mean he could forge an item beyond his own realm by himself!
It was like someone who had never fought a battle questioning the command abilities of famous generals from antiquity, then claiming they could do it too. Zhao Kuo at least had theoretical foundations when he talked strategy on paper. You had not even seen a corner of a battlefield—if you went up there, you'd just piss your pants!
For Xu Kun, or anyone who reached Upside-Down Mountain, climbed to the height of the twenty-first step at Qi Mountain Gate, and entered Jixia Academy to study, their greatest goal in the second realm was to become a Jixia Master!
Becoming an honorary Chief Sacrificer was impossible!
Only by raising their realm and broadening their horizons in the future, then returning to continuously learn more new things at Jixia Academy, could they eventually match the Chief Sacrificers in knowledge—or even surpass them!
The receptionist added, "Confucius