Even so, until Fang Qianyuan reached Earth Rank, he would never belong to the same world as they did.
Countless hardships and dangers lay between them, all far beyond his reach.
He could not even begin to address the old grudge over his father Fang Hai's murder and the theft of his opportunity.
Fang Qianyuan did not dwell on this. Advancing to Earth Rank remained his foremost priority.
He knew that only after he reached Earth Rank would these matters gradually become important. Before then, no amount of thought would serve any purpose.
As for Earth Rank, he had already reached the tenth-turn peak. Taking the next step depended entirely on accumulating a solid foundation; once the time was ripe, enlightenment would come naturally.
To that end, Fang Qianyuan planned to spend this period developing a signature move of his own, preferably one involving the use of heaven and earth essence, so that he could gain some understanding of the Earth Rank realm.
"You want to create your own signature move?"
On another day, Fang Qianyuan went to the Administrative Affairs Institute to visit his senior brother, Sun Zhuo.
Sun Zhuo made time to chat with him in the courtyard.
"What a fine ambition! When I was your age, I wouldn't even have dared think of doing something like that!"
"Still, you now have tenth transformation cultivation, and you've studied the Spirit Formation Borrowing Art. Perhaps you can grasp the wondrous uses of heaven and earth essence and touch upon a sliver of the Earth Rank path."
"Even if you fail in the end, it won't do you any harm. The sect called in quite a few favors and paid a considerable price to promote you to Wind-Catching Envoy precisely to give you this freedom and opportunity-to do what you