"Of course. Everyone in the Chiqing Realm knows about it." Ji Ruyue raised her head slightly, a trace of reminiscence showing on her face. "During that period, the immortal gate opened several times, and many heavenly soldiers and generals descended. The envoy leading them seemed to hold an extremely exalted status. Among them was a Giant Spirit God who seemed to have once had an arm severed by Su Hao, yet still had to fawn over him and curry favor with him."
Luo Yujie had actually investigated already, and the intelligence was more or less the same as what Ji Ruyue had said.
The only thing she could not understand was how Su Hao had managed to soar to the heavens in a single step and be granted such a powerful, important post.
"You regret it now, don't you?" After a moment of silence, Luo Yujie suddenly shot Ji Ruyue a mocking glance. "I told you long ago to make some sacrifices and go please Su Hao. But you failed to seize the opportunity. One wrong step led to another, and now you've ended up like this."
"Ended up like this?" After all these years of quiet cultivation and calming her heart, Ji Ruyue had long turned this matter over in her mind until she understood it thoroughly. There were no longer many ripples in her heart. "At most, I missed a shortcut and failed to take the easiest path. My present circumstances are what someone with my background and aptitude ought to have achieved under ordinary fortune. It is only because these are troubled times, and because someone like Su Hao appeared, that my accomplishments seem so meager."
She paused, her tone calm, even carrying a faint hint of relief. "Even those prodigies of the Immortal Realm and descendants