Public Expectations and Ambition
Young talents, good material and fine jade.
Few people had ever received such praise from the old man before them.
It had been a long time since a Chosen One of the new generation had won such appreciation from him. If word got out, it might even stir up another wave of attention.
After all, the last person he had praised like this was Su BiLuo, the current Void Abyss Garrison Chief, hailed as the Heavenly Origin White Jade.
Lü Yingyue smiled faintly. "I always feel that 'good material and fine jade' isn't exactly a compliment anymore. The last time I praised him like that, his face went pale."
"It is always a good thing when there are successors."
The old man sighed. "Tong Shan, Wen Wen, Lou Yanyue, Zhou Yu, Chen Haiqiu—now there is also the Craftsman Chief. These past years, you have overseen your region to remarkable effect."
"I was just lucky. What do the achievements of young people have to do with me?" Lü Yingyue dismissed it. "Children who have suffered grow quickly. Only among dwarfs do they seem tall. How could we compare to the abundance of talent in Central City?"
She paused and sighed softly. "Haizhou is the same—remote, impoverished, and too weak to recover. We have merely shouted ourselves hoarse, which makes our voices seem a little louder.
Everyone thinks too highly of me."
"Whether they overestimate you or not, the facts remain."
The old man said, "The two parties are now locked in a struggle as fierce as fire and water. At this critical juncture, there is indeed room for you to make small gains big. But do not forget: one day, the truth will come out, and people's patience is ultimately limited.
If you still intend to swing