"Without our involvement, the Xuanhuang Small World has no chance of successfully advancing."
Jiang Yu glanced at the slightly overexcited Diviner and gave a short laugh. "The experience of housing the remains of a legendary dragon gave this world sufficient capacity, but not sufficient resources... Those scattered legendary auras cannot even mend this world's shattered earth veins, let alone help it advance! Not to mention that we still need to transport large quantities of yin-yang and five-element essences, along with other spiritual materials, from beyond this domain to 'feed' it..."
"That is true enough."
Xiao Xiao nodded seriously. Seemingly thinking of something, he could not help but sigh. "I have always felt that Jiu You Academy's ideal of 'equality' was too naive. Now that I think about it, I was absolutely right... As long as there are enough resources, even a Grand Wizard's rank can be piled up. What equality can there possibly be in this world?"
Hermione was startled by his somewhat impolite words.
Instinctively, she looked toward the witch behind the stone table.
She knew perfectly well that the person who would benefit most from the Xuanhuang Small World's advancement was this witch, and the Diviner's remark about "using resources to pile up a Grand Wizard" had also been aimed at her.
But unexpectedly—
Jiang Yu was not angry in the slightest.
She merely nodded lightly and agreed. "In a world with Tricksters and Legendary Wizards, there was never any true equality... Who would truly place the chairs of a Trickster and a Legendary Wizard side by side? And ideals are ideals precisely because they are what we pursue. Jiu You Academy pursues equality, Starry Sky Academy longs for battle, Alpha loves freedom, Atlas devotes itself to faith, Fringe does not fear sacrifice, and so on. We gaze