Chapter 90 - 78: Looking Down Upon the World
Gu Wen took a sip of tea and asked, "Is the purpose of the three rankings to incite strife? And who established them?"
A group of young and ambitious elites gathered in one place would inevitably lead to strife, and once the rankings were established, fighting was unavoidable. In literature there is no first place, in martial arts there is no second, so a bloody battle is a necessity to determine the true leader.
"It was established by the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion, but they merely acted according to the situation. If they hadn’t done it, someone else would have."
Ao Tang lay on one side, ignored and unheard by the people around him, with no one finding it odd to bring a donkey into the tea house.
"There are many idle people in the world who enjoy watching a spectacle. Even if there were no rankings, would you not compete? Impossible. Those who diligently cultivate by severing their emotions and desires are also competing with heaven and earth. Those who turn into stones are failures, unable to maintain their true self without emotions and desires."
"Cultivation values competition, only by contending with heaven and earth can one achieve transcendence and become an Immortal."
Seeing the unmoved Gu Wen, Ao Tang laughed and said, "Second Ancestor, you are currently ranked tenth, and since you have ties with this youngster, naturally you are not interested. But what if someone ranked seventh were to emerge?"
No sooner had he spoken than a gust of wind carried the sound of a sword’s ringing, and a flash of white light arrived in an instant.
The newcomer, dressed in blue, stood with a sword in hand, his face stern and his temples meticulously groomed.
"No disturbance or troublemaking is allowed in the city."