On the contrary, the higher you climbed, the clearer the view became. Inside the Starry Sky Ring, Huang Mei seemed to have realized something and sneered. "Still haven't figured it out? Director Yu was showing you the way. I don't know where a brat like you got all this luck with women. You're like the protagonist of some novel, with an absurdly powerful halo that makes all the beauties in the story instinctively show you kindness. Tsk, tsk..."
Xu Yi ignored Huang Mei's teasing, but the words "showing you the way" had set him thinking.
After a long moment, he finally understood and smiled. "So Director Yu was telling me to take a different path. This new one may not be easy, though."
Huang Mei said, "It may not be easy, but it's probably still better than scrambling for a position as a merit officer. One in a hundred merit officers gets promoted to academy envoy. That step is a chasm. If you stay in your current post, you'll certainly gain authority, but the road upward will be all but blocked."
Xu Yi said, "Looks like you've completely digested Han Ba'er's life wheel. Now you're giving me a lecture. Fine, let's hear it. According to you, all my efforts so far were wasted."
"How could they be wasted?" Huang Mei said. "Without your position as a merit officer, how could you have gotten on Director Yu's good side? When I say your path upward is blocked, I mean from the standpoint of your current post and situation."
"Your standard goal is obviously high office and great influence. Starting from a low-level clerk's post like merit officer was originally your only option. But that was always the narrow path. Now you have the qualifications to try the broad avenue."
Xu Yi