0161 - Is this climbing up or down the Grief ladder?

"I have nothing to do. I hold nothing but the name of Clan Manager. The vaults are empty but filled with dirt and scraps. My father never bothered with any trade or anything else but the Martial escort protection business, and most of that was in the Outer Family's hands anyway. The Core family just gets their share for providing Core Formation Expert. The mines are just for show as per the records; they contain nothing but Spirit Ores, which are dirt for cultivators," Lu Sheng stated bitterly.

[So would you let them do whatever they want?] the System challenged.

"What else can I do? I am just alone, one man... not even a man but a boy," Lu Sheng said, a hint of rage against the helplessness he was feeling.

[What if hypothetically you had all the power, what would you have done?]

Lu Sheng thought for a moment.