Chapter 145: Nobles Rely on Inheritance, Commoners Rely on Mutation!
Qian Renxue's words carried heavy implications; one could even say they were explicit.
Providing welfare for commoners was originally the responsibility and duty of the two great empires.
Yet Spirit Hall, merely a religious organization, was being expected to implement policies akin to those of a nation. That was somewhat laughable.
Was this not indirectly acknowledging that Spirit Hall was also a nation?
Zhu Zhuyun did not expect Qian Renxue to counter her like this. She was instantly put at a disadvantage, and her expression turned slightly unpleasant.
She then shook her head and thought to herself, "As expected of the young day of Spirit Hall, her mind was indeed sharp."
Seeing this, inside the Pope's Palace, Bibi Dong could no longer sit still.
[Supreme Pope: This matter does not require your concern. I will issue orders shortly and have Salas and the others handle it.]
However, Qian Renxue showed no respect to her biological mother at all and directly retorted in the group:
[I Don't Like Men: Bibi Dong, you should save it.]
[I Don't Like Men: There are so many ordinary commoners across the continent. The funds involved are astronomical. This is a major matter.]
[I Don't Like Men: Decisions of this level need to be discussed with Grandfather and the others.]
[I Don't Like Men: Just your word as Pope… the weight is probably not enough.]
Inside Spirit Hall.
When Bibi Dong saw Qian Renxue's blunt "truth," her face instantly turned ashen, and the staff in her hand creaked under her grip.
"This wretched girl…"
Though she was furious, she could not refute it.
Although she was currently the Pope of Spirit Hall, enjoying boundless prestige,
In reality, the true core power of Spirit Hall, especially regarding major finances and the mobilization of top-level combat strength, was still in the hands of the seven great worship elders of the Douluo Palace.
As for the Judgement Elders of the Elder Palace, she could not command them at all.
While the "filial mother and daughter" drama was unfolding in the group,
Lin Yuan's diary continued.
[However, from a long-term perspective, those four single-attribute sects did not actually gain any real benefits.]
[Because in the era ten thousand years later, the Tang Sect was almost wiped out, and those four single-attribute sects did not even leave behind their inheritance, completely disappearing into the river of history.]
[On the contrary, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, although it had fallen to a second-rate sect by that time,]
[At least its inheritance was still passed down.]
At this point, Lin Yuan paused, thinking of something extremely ironic.
[And there is actually something I have always found quite strange.]
[In the original story, at the end of this era, Tang San and the Shrek Seven Devils led the two great empires to defeat the Spirit Empire.]
[At that time, the Tang Sect could be said to be at its peak, the number one sect on the Douluo Continent!]
[Those with close ties to the Tang Sect included the Clear Sky Sect, Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Shrek Academy, and other forces.]
[Even because Heaven Dou Emperor Xue Beng was Tang San's disciple, and Dai Mubai was the deputy sect master of Tang Sect,]
[Tang Sect's relationship with the two great empires could also be said to be extremely close.]
[Yet ten thousand years later, the Tang Sect declined to the point of near extinction!]
[The entire Tang Sect was left with only the sect master, Tang Ya, and Bei Bei, who joined under Mu En's arrangement.]
[This is simply absurd to the extreme!]
[You must know, ten thousand years later, although the Clear Sky Sect had withdrawn from the world, it still remained a top-tier force on the Douluo Continent.]
[And Shrek Academy had become the number one academy on the continent, independent of the empires, with many Titled Douluo and even Ultimate Douluo within!]
[So the question is, for those sects and academies that were once close to the Tang Sect, calling each other brothers, why did they watch helplessly as the Tang Sect declined step by step?]
[Why did they watch as the foundation left behind by Tang San nearly lost even its inheritance?]
[What exactly were they thinking?]
[Or is it that the so-called "brotherhood" is worthless in the face of interest and time?]
[Moreover, because the Spirit Empire was destroyed,]
[Ten thousand years later, no organization on the Douluo Continent was willing to help commoners awaken their Martial Souls for free anymore.]
[This directly blocked the only path for commoners to rise!]
[In this world, martial souls are everything.]
[What martial soul do you awaken? How much innate soul power do you have?]
[These two points basically determine what kind of life you will live, whether you stand above others or toil like cattle and horses.]
[There is a saying that fits this world perfectly.]
[Nobles rely on inheritance; commoners rely on mutation.]
[In this world, for a commoner to become a Soul Master, they must first possess innate soul power.]
[And to change their class, their innate soul power must be high, and their Martial Soul quality must also be relatively good.]
[For commoners whose families have wielded Hoe and Sickle Martial Souls for generations, how difficult is this?]
[This essentially requires their martial soul to undergo an extremely rare "positive mutation."]
[In the original story, Ma Hongjun is the most typical example.]
[In his village, for generations, everyone's martial soul was a grass chicken with no offensive ability.]
[Only he experienced an extremely low-probability mutation, awakening the top-tier Evil Fire Phoenix!]
[Although it came with the fatal side effect of evil fire, requiring him to vent through women, it was still a positive mutation, and his innate soul power was not low.]
[It was precisely because of this mutation that he was noticed by Flender, brought back to Shrek Academy, and accepted as a direct disciple.]
[But there is only one Ma Hongjun.]
[Among countless grass chicken villages, how many phoenixes can emerge?]
[More often, there are those whose mutations failed or who never mutated at all.]
[I have racked my brains, trying to find a second path for commoners to change their fate besides awakening Martial Souls.]
[But unfortunately, I cannot think of any.]
[In this world, martial souls are everything; one could also say bloodline is everything!]
[Because Martial Souls originate from bloodlines, and after the Spirit Empire was destroyed, no one awakened Martial Souls for commoners for free, stripping away even this final sliver of hope.]
[The tragedy of that era, ten thousand years later, even thinking about it makes me feel a chill.]
[At that time, even Soul Masters with decent talent had to sell their bodies to earn money to treat their relatives!]
[Even Huo Yuhao, the Son of Destiny, had to sell grilled fish outside the academy gates in his spare time to make a living.]
[And there were still people who thought selling one grilled fish for five Copper Soul Coins was too expensive, bargaining it down to three.]
[For Soul Masters of the current era, this is simply unimaginable!]
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