Sitting in the carriage, Yu Ci gave a bitter smile.
His train of thought had certainly cleared, but all he could think of were the various shortcomings. As for what he should actually do, there was still no fixed answer.
Forethought brings success; lack of it brings ruin.
But what was someone like him, who could not even manage to plan ahead, supposed to make of that?
He truly had no talent in this regard. Back then, Old Mr. Zhu had only asked him to ensure that the Shangqing lineage would not be severed, never mentioning the revival of the Shangqing Sect. Had that been part of his consideration as well?
He was not discouraged. No one was perfect; recognizing his own flaws and inadequacies was better than blundering about in ignorance and doing foolish things.
Though he still had not devised a plan, he had at least made one thing clear: what could be done, and what could not.
Strengthening the foundation was the most urgent task.
Recently, Yu Ci had also been studying matters concerning sect inheritances. He had even borrowed several related books from Xuanhuang.
He learned that among the great clans and major sects, the healthiest talent structure generally meant that the first and second generations of elders had Earth Immortals suppressing the sect's fortune, along with several Calamity Law Grandmasters stationed in this realm year-round.
Among third- and fourth-generation cultivators, the outstanding ones could enter the Longevity Realm. Then there were great numbers of Void-Stepping and core formation cultivators, serving as the foundation stones of the sect.
It was said that in large sects, one Void-Stepping expert would reliably emerge from every ten core formation cultivators. As for those who advanced from Void-Stepping to become Longevity True Men, it was one in thirty. Beyond that,