A Genius's Only Qualification Was Meeting Me

Time flew by, and a week passed in the blink of an eye.

As time went by, the major events happening throughout the world also spread toward the center of the Great Li Dynasty.

Great Li City!

This was a massive city with a population of three million.

Its buildings were towering and magnificent. Palaces and pavilions rose into the clouds, with red walls and green tiles gleaming resplendently. Its grandeur was overwhelming.

The roads were broad and even, paved with stone slabs. Trees flourished on either side, while carriages and pedestrians streamed back and forth in an endless flow.

Outside the city stood many temples and Taoist monasteries, all thriving with incense. The Buddha statues within the temples were solemn and dignified, while the sound of sutras rang out. True Persons of Taoism also preached to the masses, creating an atmosphere of solemn tranquility.

As the capital of the Great Li Dynasty, this was the most prosperous place in the world. Shops lined both sides of the streets, and all kinds of goods dazzled the eyes.

There were wealthy gentlemen dressed in silk, martial artists wearing long swords and short sabers, and cultivators with an otherworldly bearing and light in their eyes.

While the common people of the sixteen provinces of the Great Li Dynasty struggled to survive, Great Li City remained a place of singing and dancing, steeped in luxury and debauchery.

Even in the cities nearest Great Li City, groups of refugees fleeing famine had gathered. Yet these refugees could not enter Great Li City at all; they were stopped outside its boundaries. The masters of the Great Li Dynasty were kindhearted, after all, and could not bear to witness such tragedies of the human world.

Dusk settled heavily over the land. A river ran through Great