"Why must heroes always receive the favor of the gods?"
"Why must heroes always possess an ancient bloodline?"
These were Faruzan's doubts about heroic legends when he was young. If heroes came from ancient bloodlines, then who had created those ancient bloodlines? If they had the favor of the gods, then before the gods became gods, whose favor had they once received?
Faruzan had never gotten answers to those two questions. Even Venti had not been able to give him an answer. It had to be said that this Anemo Archon truly did love bluffing people. He had not only woken up recently; he had already been awake for quite a few years. To be precise, he had likely been woken up by the young Faruzan.
Back then, Faruzan had fought a Ruin Guard at the Temple of the Thousand Winds. Because the battle had been extremely intense, it woke Venti up, and the two of them became acquainted afterward. However, Faruzan did not know Venti was the Anemo Archon at the time. It was not until after he became Grand Master that he learned the truth.
After becoming Grand Master, Faruzan gained some understanding of the two questions he had asked back then. Reality did not need logic, but stories did. That was why the heroes in heroic legends all had fortuitous encounters. Because to the vast majority of ordinary people, it was truly difficult to imagine how, without any bloodline or divine favor, relying solely on endless tempering and an unyielding will, a mere mortal could forge a legend.
Strictly speaking, this depended on the person. Faruzan's initial strength had indeed been achieved through his unyielding will and endless tempering. However, people in this world had limits. After reaching the limit of the human realm, Faruzan had also