Aim High, and Attain the Middle

When that batch of Myriad Clouds Sect cultivators successfully returned to the sect to report their fates, progress across the entire worksite suddenly slowed.

Huai Jin True Person was not in a hurry. After this round of showing off with Ye Xiu, he had thoroughly understood that sometimes, accomplishing something truly came down to a single thought.

The one who set out first was not necessarily the winner. Only those who persevered to the end could gather everything into their embrace.

That night, he pushed open the door, intending to have a proper drink with Ye Xiu, only to find neat stacks of pill bottles laid out before him.

"Is this the stock being supplied from your side?"

The two were now deeply bound together. Ye Xiu needed Huai Jin True Person's hand to open up the entire Northern Province market, while Huai Jin True Person needed Heyang City's immense power and Ye Xiu's money-making methods to help him accumulate resources.

Moreover, after enduring hardship together many times—though the two of them had brought much of it upon themselves—Ye Xiu had now accepted that Huai Jin True Person could see certain things that were ordinarily inconvenient to reveal.

"Otherwise, once the Myriad Clouds Sect makes up its mind and sends people over in large batches, it'll be too late to prepare."

Being born on Blue Star had given Ye Xiu an exceedingly broad perspective. More than anyone in this world, he understood the importance of timing.

The sect had placed considerable hopes on the later batch of cultivators from the Myriad Clouds Sect. With successful precedents already set before them, they themselves would surely hold considerable hopes for their own success.

That was only natural. Every young person dreamed of becoming a hero.

Though the vast majority would eventually be