"It's difficult," Mi Fei sighed, "Almost a Jiazi has passed, yet there's been no breakthrough."
"A Jiazi?" Zhao Xing was bewildered. He recalled that he had only become the Grand Minister of Agriculture in the 81st year of Yuan Shou, which meant that, counting this year, Mi Fei had only been at the Tao Research Institute for four years.
Where did a Jiazi come from?
Seeing Zhao Xing's confusion, Mi Fei said, "Back then, when you took me, Chen Shijie, Hu Yang, and Zhang Tianxing to the Western Extreme State, you discussed the Xuanhuang Analysis Technique with me."
"At the time, I didn't pay much attention, but after the great battle in the Western Extreme State ended, I was demoted—oh, it was around the 20th year of Yuan Shou—and I began researching the Xuanhuang Analysis Technique."
"Thanks to you, although I was demoted by the emperor, no one dared to provoke me."
"When I returned to Star Ruins City, my situation was completely different from before."
