After learning that Tie Wuqing had to eliminate the remnants of Qiu Baichuan's forces within a year to qualify as a judge for the Luoyang Tournament, Su Xin couldn't help thinking that the Tie Family of the Six Fan Sect sure did manage its disciples with brutal pragmatism.
You had to prove your strength before you were entitled to the treatment you deserved.
It was just as Tie Zhan had told Su Xin back then: if Su Xin took the position of Jiangnan Circuit Chief Constable and held it securely, everything would be fine.
If he couldn't hold it, then, well, the Tie Family didn't raise dead weight.
The same rule applied to the younger generation of the Tie Family. The only difference was that they had one more opportunity than everyone else.
If Su Xin had known the Tie Family planned to do this, he would have weakened the Six Fan Sect in Bashu Circuit a little while he was there, helping Tie Wuqing, his old friend, in the process.
Tie Wuqing had helped him back then for the sake of mutual benefit, but there was no denying that without his help, even if Su Xin had escaped the Qingcheng Sword Sect's pursuit, he would have ended up in a wretched state.
After seeing Tie Zhan off, Su Xin began his seclusion. He didn't shut himself away at the Jiangnan Circuit Six Fan Sect, though, but in his own palace in the Underworld.
Postnatal warriors tempered their bodies; Xiantian warriors cultivated their qi.
At the Xiantian Realm, Su Xin had focused mainly on cultivating his own true qi. Now that he had reached the Primordial Spirit Realm, however, he could sense the changes in the world's vital energy and draw it into himself. Compared with his cultivation speed at