If anyone else had said that something he had spent years researching was flawed, Aiden would have attacked and killed them on the spot.
But when Liu Zhi said it, Aiden fell into thought instead.
He thought back over what had happened since he started down the path of crystal-ball micro-ecosystems. In the end, he realized that ever since he had moved everything in his ecosystem out of his own Underworld, his level had stopped growing.
At first, he had thought his crystal ball wasn't perfect enough. But now that he thought about it, the real reason was that he had lost his foundation.
"I..."
"Have you figured it out?"
While Aiden was thinking, Liu Zhi had already looked through all the crystal balls here.
He had to admit, a core inheritance was nothing like the book he had obtained. Many of the practical details here were things Liu Zhi had never considered.
He had worked out many things only after suffering setbacks, but here, they had clearly been developed into a system.
If Aiden hadn't gotten an idea into his head and gone down the wrong path, that system alone would have been enough to get him to level 9 without any trouble.
At the same time, Liu Zhi realized that for members of the Id family who had always stayed in this plane, reaching level 10 was more a matter of luck than anything else.
"Aiden, answer me honestly. Is the patriarch the only one in the family who can break through to level 10?"
"You noticed?" Aiden looked up at Liu Zhi. "I suppose that makes sense. With your strength, once you get even a little information, there isn't much that can escape your notice.
"It's true. Other than the patriarch, the strongest players in the family