"Worse still, I haven't fully grasped the path of the Alchemy Era either, so what I can give her is limited."
"As for how to climb higher, she'll have to work that out herself. She might even travel this path faster than I did."
After listening, Bai Ze looked toward the mountaintop and said softly,
"The Void Demon Flame is her foot in the door. Only by shining with dazzling brilliance can she win the favor of the various powers."
"If those powers extend an olive branch, they'll naturally have to offer something useful."
"A little from one Household, a little from another—piece it all together, and she'll have a chance to become a Golden Core Alchemist."
"Exactly." Chen Changsheng smiled faintly. "Wasn't that how I got here?"
"I borrowed a little influence here, learned a little skill there, and dared to take on the Three Great Holy Lands while dressed in rags."
"Who would've thought I'd actually win?"
"If I could do it, she can too, because she's a lot like me."
At that, Bai Ze stared at Chen Changsheng, speechless.
"How is Ping Girl anything like you?"
"How isn't she? We both came from poverty, yet we were so gifted that everyone envied us."
"Faced with hardship after hardship, I never gave up. I fought my way upstream and overturned everything in my path."
"Oh, give it a rest!"
Bai Ze dismissed him outright and said with disdain, "You might fool other people, but you can't fool me."
"Before the Bitter Sea System came along, you think you deserved to be called gifted?"
"You were only a little better than cannon fodder."
"If we're talking talent, you couldn't even compare to Huai Yu, let alone Wu Li and the others."
"Back then, all you had going for you