Chapter 1224 - 341: Cloud Descending Sect Incident (4)
"She has many ways to test my cultivation, but she just doesn’t dare."
"She’s scared, huh."
The matters of Yuan Xuan and the state capital often show that cultivators at the Nascent Soul Stage exist in a very awkward position. They undoubtedly have the talent to reach the Divinity Transformation Stage, yet they are heavily suppressed by institutions like the Star Observatory. It’s clear they are being controlled without any means of resistance.
It’s just like the Blade Prohibition Order; when a martial artist reaches their peak, they want to use a blade? No way, they simply won’t allow it. Cultivators only need to reach this level; what’s the point of becoming too strong? If everyone gets too strong, who will do the menial tasks when everyone is powerful?
A jade token given by Yuan Xuan appeared in Yuchi’s hand.
This jade token will probably never light up, so it’s likely we’ll never set foot in Cuncha City. She doesn’t allow us to go there because she’s afraid we’ll take her food and drink, unless she breaks through to the Divinity Transformation Stage; otherwise, she doesn’t have that kind-hearted attitude towards herself.
"Of course, whether this is right or wrong, each person’s attitude is incorrect."
"Never mind the simple malice from past lives, just consider the current world."
"Is it better to have more top experts, or fewer?"
"From the perspective of a cultivator, a mortal, or anyone else, each viewpoint is different. It’s not simply black or white; we need to consider the overall situation in the Third State. Compromising the breakthroughs of Nascent Soul cultivators to maintain peace in the Third State—is this viable? Can it last long?"
There is one thing that can be summarized in a word.
"The more someone has suffered, the greedier they become after gaining power, whether it’s for money or authority. Such is human nature."
"If Yuan Xuan painfully struggled to the Divinity Transformation Stage, can we expect her to treat other Nascent Soul cultivators kindly?"
"This is highly unlikely; resentments accumulate generation after generation."
This world is not something that can be explained in a sentence or two. Only through personal experience can one understand how awful it truly is. Given the current situation, it’s better to first eradicate the Cloud Descending Sect and ensure the safety of the Immortal Robe Pavilion; as for other things, we’ll look into them slowly later.
Putting away the jade token, Yuchi still wants to chat with Yuan Xuan. Conning her into joining his sect is impossible; a Nascent Soul cultivator requires countless elixirs, and who knows what a Nascent Soul cultivator might bring to a sect without having observed them from a young age.
He simply wants to hear Yuan Xuan’s views on this world.
We can’t just view this world through our own perspective.
That would inevitably be superficial.
While Yuchi ponders these grand truths of life, the disciples of the Cloud Descending Sect in front of him are engaging in some heated discussions.
The disciples of the Cloud Descending Sect look at each other, being aware of the Jiangzhou City situation, they are now a bit speechless.
"Didn’t our Cloud Descending Sect send two disciples to Jiangzhou City to kill a few people from the Immortal Robe Pavilion? But now they still haven’t completed the mission."
"The client is already angry, although it hasn’t reached the one-month deadline yet, he is pressuring us now. After all, Xun Xian’s strength is merely at the first level of the Core Formation Stage, not a remarkable cultivation, yet we still can’t resolve it."
"Impossible, right?"
"Our two people from the Cloud Descending Sect are quite formidable. Both of them are multiple levels into the Core Formation Stage, what are they afraid of in Jiangzhou City?"
"Yes, they are at the Core Formation Stage, killing a few people in Jiangzhou City should be easy, even if there’s a Core Formation Stage first level Xun Xian, they shouldn’t be afraid, right?"
"Who knows, anyway the situation is that they disappeared in Jiangzhou City, no one knows what they’re doing there, but whatever they’re up to, they haven’t killed the people from the Immortal Robe Pavilion, nor completed the mission promptly."
At this point.
A disciple cautiously said, "The Grand Elder of the sect has expedited and offered a bonus for us, even though the procedure declares thirty working days, we must resolve this quickly. Otherwise, if someone complains, will we still be able to do business in the future?"
"That’s true, although procedures are what they are, and thirty days seems non-negotiable, these regulations just give us room to accept extra money for skipping ahead. If the payer still sees no quick results, why would they pay extra next time?"
The disciples chattered away, leaving Yuchi in a cold sweat.
For heaven’s sake!
It turns out the people of the Cloud Descending Sect truly love their work? They can even openly talk about bribery and underhanded operations, it’s genuinely astonishing. If they applied this to legitimate means, wouldn’t they soar directly?
But then again, if they were to conduct legitimate business, the person doing it wouldn’t be too unscrupulous, and without being unscrupulous, they wouldn’t know about such arrangements. Thus, these practices can only be said to result from the convergence of time, place, and people. Without any one of these, achieving the final effect is indeed unfeasible.