Chen Yun leaned against the elevator wall and smiled at Qin Shi.
"Do you really want to take this job seriously? Little Qin, don't be too earnest. I applied for this temporary inspection pass for you because my dad told me you have some conflicts with the Qin Family."
She toyed with the sunglasses hanging at her chest, as if recalling something unpleasant, then sighed.
"'Chen and Lin rule half the world; Qin and Zheng fill the streets.' That's an old saying from Hengzhou. I was born into the Chen Family and benefited a lot from that. I understand that these forces, which bear the name of Pioneer Families and have sunk their roots into the major cities, have all sorts of ways to suppress or crush someone if they set their minds to it."
Qin Shi had just passed the third-tier temporary inspection exam and had not expended much energy, so he looked relaxed.
He listened carefully to Chen Yun. In the Great Universe Era, for someone in Eastern Xia to shake the stars through personal power alone, they would have to be a Martial God at the very least.
Below the Martial God level, one couldn't escape the rules.
Hengzhou had been expanding its frontier for thousands of years, and many geniuses had emerged, even Blazing Sun-level talents, yet none had made much of a splash. Ultimately, the upper-tier resources were firmly controlled by Central City and the four major Pioneer Families. Their ancestors had established the order governing this land, giving their descendants far too many advantages.
Qin Shi nodded. From online research and scattered references in history books, he had learned that the Pioneer Family system had been passed down from ancient times.
Its original purpose had been to curb the vast roots of the great