Chapter 101: The Kind-Hearted Senior Brother Yang
Li Qiuchen said, puzzled, "We are Chu people. If we don't pledge loyalty to Great Chu, who else would we pledge it to?"
Senior Brother Yang gave a cold snort, "Have you gotten so used to being a servant that you need someone standing on top of your head at all times?"
"Only after cultivating my Elixir Viscera did I learn that the quality of the Elixir Viscera varies by grade, from the first grade to the ninth, and the difference in effectiveness between them is not even in the same conversation. In the county school we can only cultivate a first-grade Elixir Viscera. If you want to obtain a higher-level cultivation method, you must attach yourself to the authorities and work for them."
"That is nothing less than a collar fastened around our necks. If you don't put in work and effort for the authorities, you will never be able to match the officials' hunting dogs. Do you understand?"
"I understand."
"As for the Dao Methods, the cultivation manuals stored in the county school's Hongwen Hall have all been edited and reworked. Practicing them won't cause serious problems, but the spirit of advancement that the ancients possessed has been stripped out. As long as you practice within the prescribed boundaries, you will never be able to break through the ceiling the authorities have set for you. In other words, we are like rats in a cage, forever to be toyed with and manipulated at someone else's pleasure."
"I see now!"
Li Qiuchen's face was a picture of shock, "My view of things was so narrow before. If you hadn't pointed this out, Senior Brother, I would have had no idea these hidden constraints existed."
Senior Brother Yang nodded with satisfaction and said, "These words of mine are only for behind closed doors. If they got out, the teachers would certainly see them as heterodox and rebellious. It's good that you can understand. But this isn't the teachers' fault either. They were raised with these ideas from childhood, and traditional ways of thinking are not easy to overturn."