After successfully entering the city district, Ren Huai found work copying documents. He then explained his plan to that voice: first establish a foothold in the city, then take the annual selection examination, gradually reveal his talents, join the Creation Institute, and finally find a way to climb to the upper ranks.
Unlike Celestial Xia, the Hao Clan did not spread literacy and knowledge, treat the people kindly, or strive to improve their lives. Instead, they exploited the lower classes severely and reinforced that exploitation with laws. Yet for those with genuine talent, no matter how humble their origins, they would still be accepted. Throughout the Hao Clan's history, there had been no shortage of people who rose in status this way.
That voice reminded him, "But Ren Huai, have you considered this? Right now, someone like you is utterly inconspicuous. Perhaps they will recruit you as a talented man and overlook your background.
"But once mystic cultivators from other places begin appearing, they will surely grow suspicious of your origins. Before you can enter the Creation Institute, your identity will definitely be examined again and again. If they uncover a problem, they will not sit down and reason with you. They will find a way to control you and pry secrets from you. Are you sure you are going there to study Creation, rather than to be studied by them?"
Ren Huai said, "Rest assured, Senior, I will not act rashly. Until I have truly resolved the matter of my identity and origins, I will not reveal too much. Besides, this is only a projection body, so there is nothing to fear. Even if I am captured, do I not still have the Heaven-Training Dao Canon? I can wait for my fellow cultivators to rescue me. After all, I