"I think you're doing quite well yourself," Li Qingxian said.
"I'm only a minor Fate Arts Master, merely a little luckier than most. I could never compare to you." Gai Fengyou flung back a compliment.
"You and I are the same. The path of Fate Arts is far too difficult. It is manageable now, but the higher one climbs, the harder it becomes. What a pity. If Literary Cultivation and Fate Cultivation were like Martial Cultivation, where one could improve simply by training the body, that would be wonderful," Li Qingxian said.
"Each has its gains and losses. Martial Cultivators place greater emphasis on training the body, and the body is almost entirely innate. If someone is born physically unfit, they will have no chance of cultivating in the future. Literary Cultivators and Fate Cultivators are different. Even if they are born frail, they can slowly learn and make up for their shortcomings. Among Martial Cultivators, there are few late bloomers, but among Literary Cultivators and Fate Cultivators, late bloomers are countless."
"I still don't know whether Chief Minister Zhao was a late bloomer or whether he advanced step by step, laying out every move," Li Qingxian said.
"For now, he seems more like the latter. Besides, Chief Minister Zhao was only ordinary as a child. It was only after Learning from a Farmer that he awakened." Gai Fengyou said.
"By the way, since that farmer was so wise and could enlighten Chief Minister Zhao to gain the Method of Accumulating One, his later achievements must have been considerable, right?"
Gai Fengyou sighed softly. "That farmer truly differed from ordinary people. He was exceptionally skilled at farm work—planting crops, raising silkworms, tending livestock, he excelled at them all. Before long, he became a wealthy local household. But his business prospered