Qian Renxue's words carried a heavy hint, or rather, they were a clear statement.
Providing for the welfare of commoners was originally the responsibility and obligation of the Two Great Empires.
Yet Spirit Hall, a religious organization, was being asked to implement policies similar to those of a nation, which was somewhat ridiculous.
Doesn't this implicitly acknowledge that Spirit Hall is also a nation?
Zhu Zhuyun hadn't expected Qian Renxue to refute her like this. It immediately put her at a disadvantage, making her expression turn slightly sour.
She then shook her head and thought to herself: As expected of the Young Lord of Spirit Hall, her mind is indeed sharp.
Seeing this, Bibi Dong in the Supreme Pontiff Palace could no longer sit still.
[Supreme Pontiff: You don't need to worry about this matter. I will give orders shortly for Salas and the others to handle it.]
However, Qian Renxue didn't give her biological mother any Face at all, directly retorting in the group:
[I Really Dont Have A Preference For Men: Bibi Dong, you should save it.]
[I Really Dont Have A Preference For Men: The number of ordinary commoners on the continent is vast, and the funds involved are astronomical. This is a matter of great importance.]
[I Really Dont Have A Preference For Men: A decision of this level must be discussed with Grandfather and the others.]
[I Really Dont Have A Preference For Men: Just a word from you, the Supreme Pontiff... might not carry enough weight.]
Inside Spirit Hall.
Seeing Qian Renxue's merciless "brutal honesty," Bibi Dong's Face instantly turned ashen, and her grip on her scepter made it creak.
"That wretched thing..."
Although she was furious, she couldn't refute it.
Despite her current status as the Supreme Pontiff of Spirit Hall, looking glorious and powerful.
In private, the true core power of Spirit Hall, especially regarding major finances and top-tier military deployment, was actually still held in the hands of the seven High Priests of the Hall of Worship.
She couldn't even command the Arbitrating Elders in the Elder Palace.
While the drama of "filial piety" was unfolding in the group,
Lin Yuan's diary continued.
[However, from a long-term perspective, those Four Great Single-Attribute Sects didn't actually gain any real benefits.]
[Because ten thousand years later, the Tang Sect was nearly wiped out, and those Four Great Single-Attribute Sects didn't even leave behind a Legacy, completely disappearing into the long river of history.]
[On the contrary, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, though it had fallen to a second-rate Sect by then,]
[at least its Legacy continued.]
Writing this, Lin Yuan paused, thinking of something extremely ironic.
[And there's one thing I've always found quite strange.]
[In the original work, at the end of this era, the Shrek Seven Devils led by Tang San guided the Two Great Empires to defeat the Spirit Empire.]
[At that time, the Tang Sect could be said to be in its prime, the number one Sect on the Douluo Continent!]
[Forces with close ties to the Tang Sect included the Clear Sky Sect, Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, Shrek Academy, and others.]
[Even because the Heaven Dou Emperor Xue Beng was Tang San's Disciple, and Dai Mubai was the Vice Sect Leader of the Tang Sect,]
[the relationship between the Tang Sect and the Two Great Empires could also be said to be very close.]
[However, ten thousand years later, the Tang Sect fell to the point of nearly being exterminated!]
[The entire Tang Sect only had Sect Leader Tang Ya and Thunderbolt Beibei, who only joined under Mu En's suggestion.]
[This is simply the height of absurdity!]
[You should know that ten thousand years later, although the Clear Sky Sect lived in seclusion, it was still a top-tier power on the Douluo Continent.]
[And Shrek Academy became the number one academy on the continent, independent of the Empires, with many Titled Douluo and Limit Douluo within its ranks!]
[So the question is, why did these Sects and academies, which were originally close to the Tang Sect and called each other brothers,]
[watch idly as the Tang Sect declined step by step?]
[Why did they watch the foundation left by Tang San, even the Legacy itself, almost get severed?]
[What were they actually thinking?]
[Or is it that so-called "brotherly affection" is worth nothing in the Face of interest and time?]
[Furthermore, because the Spirit Empire was destroyed,]
[ten thousand years later, there was no longer any organization on the Douluo Continent willing to help commoners awaken their Spirits for free.]
[This effectively blocked the only path for commoners to advance upward!]
[In this World, Spirit is everything.]
[What Spirit do you awaken? What is your Innate spirit power?]
[These two points basically determine what kind of life you will lead—whether you will be a superior person or live like a beast of burden.]
[There's a saying that I think is perfect for this World:]
[Nobles rely on Legacy, commoners rely on mutation.]
[In this World, for a commoner to become a Spirit Master, they first need to have Innate spirit power.]
[And to change their social class, their Innate spirit power needs to be high, and the quality of their Spirit needs to be relatively good.]
[How difficult is this for commoners whose ancestors for generations had hoes and sickles as Spirits?]
[It actually requires their Spirit to undergo an extremely rare "beneficial mutation" to achieve this.]
[In the original work, Ma Hongjun is the most typical example of this.]
[The people of his village had "Grass Chickens" without any attack power as their Spirits for generations.]
[But he alone had a mutation with an extremely low probability, Awakening the top-tier Evil Fire Phoenix!]
[Although it had the fatal side effect of Evil Fire and required finding women to vent, it was at least a positive mutation, and his Innate spirit power wasn't low either.]
[It was precisely because of this mutation that he was noticed by Flender, brought back to Shrek Academy, and accepted as a direct Disciple.]
[However, there is only one Ma Hongjun.]
[In thousands of Grass Chicken Villages, how many Phoenixes can there be?]
[More common are those ordinary people whose mutations failed or who didn't mutate at all.]
[I've racked my brain trying to think of a second path for commoners to change their fate besides Awakening a Spirit.]
[But unfortunately, I can't think of anything.]
[In this World, Spirit is everything; one could also say Bloodline is everything!]
[Because Spirits originate from Bloodline, and once the Spirit Empire was destroyed, no one awakened Spirits for commoners for free anymore. Commoners were stripped of even this last sliver of hope.]
[The tragedy of that era ten thousand years later makes me feel chilled just thinking about it.]
[At that time, there were even Spirit Masters with decent talent who had to sell their bodies for money to treat their relatives' illnesses!]
[Even Huo Yuhao, the Child of Luck, had to spend his spare time selling grilled fish at the school gate to make a living.]
[There would even be people who thought one grilled fish for five bronze coins was too expensive and would haggle for three bronze coins.]
[This is simply unimaginable for the Spirit Masters of today!]