Chapter 144: You say how good Spirit Hall is to commoners?
Facing Dugu Yan's rebuttal, Qian Renxue did not get angry. Instead, her reply was unusually frank and domineering.
[I Don't Like Men: I cannot guarantee that. When the forest is big, all kinds of birds exist; that is human nature.]
[I Don't Like Men: But I can guarantee you one thing: the proportion of scum like this appearing in our Spirit Hall is definitely far lower than among the nobles of the two great empires!]
[I Don't Like Men: Because Spirit Hall has strict doctrines, and the Judgement Elder Palace oversees everything.]
[I Don't Like Men: I will say this here, if you think any branch hall master or any red-clothed bishop has oppressed commoners, say their name right now!]
[I Don't Like Men: As long as it is verified to be true, there is no need for a long trial. I can immediately dispatch the Judgement Soul Master squad to deal with it!]
[I Don't Like Men: Kill without pardon!]
Qian Renxue's words left Dugu Yan speechless.
However, Qian Renxue's offensive was not over yet.
[I Don't Like Men: But can the royal families of the two great empires do the same?]
[I Don't Like Men: Not to mention anything else, just look at Heaven Dou City, that well-known Fourth Prince, Xue Beng.]
[I Don't Like Men: You should have all heard of the things he has done, right?]
[I Don't Like Men: Galloping horses through the streets, forcibly taking civilian women, beating commoners, even driving families to ruin over trivial matters.]
[I Don't Like Men: But what was the result? Did Emperor Xue Ye manage him?]
[I Don't Like Men: No!]
[I Don't Like Men: He is still a high and mighty prince, still acting tyrannically in Heaven Dou City, enjoying luxury and riches!]
[I Don't Like Men: Just because he has royal blood, he can stand above the empire's laws!]
[I Don't Like Men: Is this the empire you defend? Is this the so-called justice?]
Dugu Yan looked at Qian Renxue, opened her mouth, but found herself unable to say a word.
Prince Xue Beng's notoriety was indeed widespread throughout Heaven Dou City.
In the eyes of outsiders, that was ironclad proof of royal corruption.
Ning Rongrong also lowered her head. She was a beneficiary of the system, but faced with such bloody comparisons, her heart could not help but waver.
Although Spirit Hall was domineering toward sects that did not affiliate with them and toward the two great empires, at least in how they treated commoners, they were indeed much "cleaner" than the two great empires.
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In the chat group, although Dugu Yan had been suppressed by Qian Renxue's words and did not know how to refute for a moment,
She knew that when it came to arrogance, indulgence, and greed for pleasure, the scale within the two great empires was far greater than in Spirit Hall.
This did not require investigation; one only needed to look at the reputation.
However, not everyone looked only at surface appearances like Dugu Yan.
Zhu Zhuyun, who was at the center of the Star Luo Empire's royal vortex and had grown up amid power struggles, had a different view.
Looking at the diary copy, she raised her doubts in the group.
[Queen of the Night: What you say sounds grand and righteous.]
[Queen of the Night: But although your Spirit Hall helps commoners awaken their Martial Souls for free,]
[Queen of the Night: Isn't your real purpose also to screen for those with innate Soul Power, then recruit them into Spirit Hall to serve you?]
[Queen of the Night: This is nothing more than a wide-net investment. Don't make it sound so selfless.]
[Queen of the Night: Furthermore, you say Spirit Hall treats commoners so well?]
[Queen of the Night: In my view, that may not necessarily be true.]
[Queen of the Night: Take the monthly Gold Soul Coin subsidies your Spirit Hall distributes to Soul Masters.]
[Queen of the Night: As far as I know, most of that money actually comes from taxes of the two great empires!]
[Queen of the Night: Your Spirit Hall only contributes a very small portion or merely handles the distribution.]
[Queen of the Night: And the recipients of your subsidies are only "Soul Masters," which just happen to include "commoner Soul Masters," not the entire group of "commoners"!]
[Queen of the Night: As for those ordinary people who cannot cultivate, I don't see Spirit Hall providing much real subsidy either.]
Zhu Zhuyun's words struck directly at the core, each sentence sharp and precise.
These remarks left Ning Rongrong, who was only a little over seven years old, completely stunned.
Although she was the future successor of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and had been exposed to sect affairs from a young age,
She was still too young, her thinking still simple, far from as perceptive as Zhu Zhuyun, this "mature queen-like woman."
Qian Renxue looked at Zhu Zhuyun's sharp remarks, a trace of surprise flashing in her eyes, followed by a cold smile in her heart.
A perceptive one.
Unfortunately, her perspective was still a bit narrow.
[I Don't Like Men: Your point is sharp, but you have overlooked a fundamental premise.]
[I Don't Like Men: If not for Spirit Hall putting pressure on the two great empires, do you think they would be so kind as to provide Gold Soul Coins for Soul Master subsidies?]
[I Don't Like Men: They would rather use it to build palaces and raise armies than give a single Copper Soul Coin to those mud-legged commoners!]
[I Don't Like Men: As for what you said about free awakening being for recruiting talent, I do not refute that, nor is there any need to.]
[I Don't Like Men: Any organization needs fresh blood. But if even you can think of this, do you think the emperors of the two great empires cannot?]
[I Don't Like Men: They could also send people to the countryside, awaken Martial Souls for commoners for free, then recruit them to expand their Soul Master armies.]
[I Don't Like Men: But have you seen them do it?]
[I Don't Like Men: No!]
[I Don't Like Men: Because in the eyes of those arrogant nobles, commoners are just commoners, not worth investing effort in. They are merely cheap labor tools.]
[I Don't Like Men: Only Spirit Hall is willing to give these "ants" a chance to defy fate.]
Qian Renxue's words once again pulled the situation back.
Then, her tone shifted.
[I Don't Like Men: As for what you said about not providing subsidies to ordinary commoners, this is indeed an oversight of our Spirit Hall.]
[I Don't Like Men: I will take note of it. At that time, I will have Spirit Hall specifically draft a subsidy policy for ordinary commoners.]
[I Don't Like Men: But there is something you should know. Spirit Hall is only an organization, not a country.]
[I Don't Like Men: Those commoners belong to the two great empires, yet you expect Spirit Hall, an organization, to implement such public welfare policies, hahaha!]
[I Don't Like Men: Fine, as you wish. Now, are you satisfied?]
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