Did her brother want this? Did Ruthless herself want it too?
Surely she did.
"That makes sense." Meng Chuan nodded and said earnestly:
"Everything is already moving in a better direction. You really should look ahead."
"Everyone has the right to pursue happiness, don't they?"
"What Ye Fan and the others said does make sense."
Ruthless glanced at Meng Chuan. "Their lives have been far richer and more exciting than yours."
"As their teacher, you can't compare with them in that respect."
"I couldn't help it," Meng Chuan said. "When I was growing up, I hardly dealt with anyone my own age."
"My path to adulthood was rather strange. It wasn't like most people's."
By "hardly dealt with anyone his own age," he meant compared with other young people. It wasn't as though he had met none at all.
Back then, Meng Chuan's age placed him among the younger generation, but his strength placed him among the older generation—or several generations older.
Before other Heavenly Prodigies had even entered the Immortal Platform Secret Realm, he had already reached the level of a Holy Land's supreme elder or holy lord.
The level of one's cultivation determined the circles one entered and the people one met.
When you were in the Dao Palace Secret Realm, it was only natural to think Great Powers were vanishingly rare because you barely ever saw one.
You were a minor Dao Palace cultivator. It would have been strange if you could meet Great Powers in large numbers.
When they gathered, you wouldn't even hear about it, let alone find a way in.
Someone in the Dao Palace naturally spent time with others in the Dao Palace or the Four Extremes. How were you supposed to spend time with Great Powers?
Sometimes, it wasn't that powerful people