So they had to take the initiative.
A glint of light flashed through Ye Xiu's eyes, so faint it was almost impossible to notice.
He looked toward the valley before him, his gaze seeming to pierce through the profound night and travel to some unfathomably distant place.
"What is Sir looking at?"
Xu Qing noticed that subtle shift.
Though Ye Xiu's eyes were directed straight at him, their focus was no longer on him at all.
"Nothing."
Ye Xiu smiled and waved a hand. "Leaving serious matters aside for now, consider this the graduation examination I prepared for you."
Xu Qing's expression did not change.
Most cultivators who emerged from the Academy actually knew what they would do in the future.
Having grown up in the Alliance, their thirst for cultivation power was far less intense than their thirst for authority.
What skill was there in teaching heaven-and-earth upheavals within this tiny space between one's fingers?
To completely change the rules by which this world operated—that was what counted as blazing an unprecedented new trail.
They desperately hoped to use the knowledge within their understanding to change everything as it was now.
"Just as Sir wishes to see."
Xu Qing raised two fingers on one hand.
"Within three months, this student will assist this place in establishing a basic order, find a way to maintain balance and keep things running normally, and use the existing output resources to build up a surplus..."
As he spoke, Xu Qing suddenly seemed to think of something and looked at Ye Xiu before him.
"Has Sir made any other discoveries?"
Ye Xiu smiled at this student, one of the finest in the Academy.
"What sort of answer do you wish to hear?"
Ye Xiu smiled and shook his head. The two fell silent once