Chapter 66 - Righteous as Surfing the EAC
Benton was more than a little bemused at how quickly the twins had jumped to his defense from mere words when they’d been perfectly fine with him facing a Foundation Establishment cultivator alone.
“Everyone calm down!” he yelled. “Yang Xiu, Yang Ru, sit down. Put away your weapons. Zou Tian did nothing wrong.”
They both complied, but neither looked happy.
“Master, he spoke without using any honorific,” Yang Xiu said. “He disrespected Master with a horrible accusation.”
“Okay, point taken,” Benton said. “Zou Tian was a little rude in his speech, but I’m the last person who can throw stones at someone for that particular sin.”
The twins and Shi Long looked shocked, Zou Tian wary.
“For the record, I am not now nor have I ever been a demonic cultivator.” Benton turned to Zou Tian. “Normally, I would have you explain the reason for your question to the others, but they’re a little tense right now. I think it’s best if I do it. You can correct me if I misstate your views.”
The boy nodded.
“To the best of everyone’s knowledge, including me up until just over five months ago, there are only two types of cultivators in this world,” Benton said. “Righteous cultivators are the type you all are learning to be. You learn a cultivation method, draw in and cycle qi using that method much of the day, slowly accumulate qi, and breakthrough realms minor and major. Do not ever mistake righteous cultivators for being good, though. Much evil has been committed by those claiming to be righteous cultivators. You’ll find some to behave a lot better than others, but generally speaking, righteous cultivators do have some ethics. Mostly, though, the term is used in comparison to the techniques or methods associated with the other type of cultivators.”
Benton made sure that each of the four was following his explanation and most importantly that Zou Tian didn’t appear to have any objections before continuing.