Chapter 1395: Kunlun Daoist Mansion
Chapter 1395: Kunlun Daoist Mansion
Huangfu Ji and Qi Xuansu returned to Tianfu Palace, and the two began discussing the topic of suffering.Qi Xuansu shared his view. The Daoist Order advocated frugality and valued grassroots experience, which was hardship in effort. Suffering and hardship differed in the sense that the former was not noble.
Huangfu Ji soon shifted his attention to maritime trade. The Daoist Order’s thriving sea trade was inseparable from its openness and inclusivity. The Southern Continent remained largely conservative, so its development was extremely difficult and heavily reliant on the Daoist Order’s support.
Each generation had its own responsibilities and mission.
For Tantai Zhenxiao’s generation, the primary goal remained resisting the Steam Evangelical Sect and securing independence.
But Huangfu Ji’s generation was to find a development path suited to the Southern Continent and to usher in a new era.
Qi Xuansu advocated bold innovation, equality, mutual assistance, and harmonious development. Compared to the Three Prodigies, his ideas better matched the needs of Huangfu Ji and the Southern Continent. Thus, Huangfu Ji’s closeness to Qi Xuansu was not mere instant rapport. It also had a deep practical significance.
Of those principles, equality and harmony were especially important to Huangfu Ji.
If Li Changge were to rise to power and intervene too forcefully in the internal affairs of the Western Daoist Order and the Southern Continent, it could easily lead to conflict between the two sides, causing serious complications.
In truth, the moment one chose a side, one’s friends and enemies were also predetermined.
It had little to do with Qi Xuansu’s personal character.
Huangfu Ji’s repeated goodwill subtly boosted Qi Xuansu’s influence. Although the Western Daoist Order could not interfere in the Golden Tower Council’s major decisions, that did not mean the Daoist Order could ignore its stance. The Western Daoist Order’s mere existence could shift the balance, like a mountain that permanently altered the surrounding landscape.