"Brother! I was wrong!"
Jiang Tapo knelt on the ground and shuffled on his knees in Chang Wei's manner until he reached the calm-faced Jiang Hengchuan, then hugged his thigh.
Facing the pleas of his closest cousin, Jiang Hengchuan merely sighed.
"Third Brother, do you remember the old days? We came from wandering cultivator backgrounds. Everywhere we went, people looked down on us. If we wanted to rise and obtain cultivation techniques, we had to become dogs for aristocratic clans and powerful families, and even then, the techniques they taught us were only third-rate..."
Jiang Hengchuan's expression softened as he began recounting their past.
Before obtaining the "fortuitous encounter" of the Six Paths, Jiang Hengchuan had suffered countless hardships as well. Life was difficult for wandering cultivators; no matter how clever and adaptable one was, one still had to break one's spine to rise above others.
Jiang Hengchuan had been born into humble circumstances, yet he had always thought highly of himself and refused to bow and scrape. No amount of cleverness could change that.
Had he not encountered the Six Paths, even if he had exhausted every scheme to obtain cultivation techniques, he would have remained obscure for life, never reaching the Outer Scenery.
Now, he was on the verge of achieving perfect Unity of Heaven and Man, after which he could pursue the Perfect Half-Step and perhaps even dare to hope for Ascension in a Single Step. Dongyang Villa was therefore of paramount importance!
This concerned not merely fortuitous opportunities and resources, but also the organization's assessment and evaluation of him.
For Jiang Hengchuan, this time was not simply about passing the assessment. He wanted to leave a good impression on Myth's upper ranks, to make them see that he was worth cultivating and investing in.
Myth was