"It's impossible. No one can violate human nature." Yu Chen spoke frankly, shaking his head honestly.
Seeing him like this, Qian Xunji's expression softened a bit, but his words still carried disdain as he continued, "Then that's that. What's the point of discussing these things? At the end of the day, it's just empty talk. Instead of wasting time discussing this, it's better to cultivate diligently and increase your spirit power. That's what truly matters. The biggest taboo for young people is to be overly ambitious."
Qian Xunji shook his head.
He utterly disparaged Yu Chen's words.
Even Bibi Dong, standing nearby, frowned slightly.
However, Yu Chen, the person directly involved, remained calm as ever.
Even when denied by Supreme Pontiff Qian Xunji, he showed no sign of wavering. Instead, he continued to shake his head, insisting on his viewpoint. "No, I don't think this is empty talk. There are many ways to help, and replacing their labor is the most basic. Supreme Pontiff, do you know the biggest difference between humans and animals?"
"What?"
Qian Xunji hadn't expected Yu Chen to suddenly ask such a question.
Hearing him, he was momentarily stunned.
Yu Chen then spoke, immediately adding to his own point. "Tools!"
"The biggest difference between humans and animals is the use of tools! From the initial use of fire to the current use of implements forged by blacksmiths, the reason why ordinary people's lives have improved is due to the continuous innovation and progress of tools."
"Since spirit tools already exist in the Spirit Master World, and can even store items, why not consider promoting spirit tools for common people to use? Why has there been no attempt to design spirit tools specifically for common people to improve their lives?"
"spirit tools for common people? What a joke! Do you know how expensive spirit tools are to manufacture?" Qian Xunji scoffed.
"Of course, I know, because I'm already doing it. This is a modified curved-shaft plow, improved using spirit tools, and it's already being promoted within the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
My purpose in coming to Spirit Hall this time was to see if Spirit Hall had anyone with the same goal as me. Unfortunately, so far, I haven't seen anyone.
The main reason for my regret and disappointment is this: Since Spirit Hall possesses the most commoner Spirit Masters on the entire Douluo Continent, it should make good use of this resource.
It shouldn't disappoint the expectations of these commoner Spirit Masters and their parents and relatives.
After all, this Douluo Continent doesn't only have Spirit Masters and Spirit Beasts; it also has ordinary people, and they are the true majority."
Yu Chen spoke earnestly.
From his perspective, he was wholeheartedly considering Spirit Hall's interests.
But upon hearing him speak like this, Qian Xunji was enraged.
"Presumptuous!"
"Do I need you to teach me how to be the Supreme Pontiff of Spirit Hall?"
"Yu Chen, aren't you being a bit too disrespectful?!"
As he spoke, his Supreme Pontiff Scepter slammed to the ground.
Like a clap of thunder.
It shook the neatly arranged books on the surrounding bookshelves, causing most of them to fall.
Seeing this, Bibi Dong's face paled, and she quickly knelt, pleading on Yu Chen's behalf.
"Master, Yu Chen didn't mean that..."
"Yu Chen is also thinking for our Spirit Hall."
However, hearing her, Qian Xunji did not stop there.
His gaze shifted, finally landing on her.
He added in a low voice, "Hmph, whether he's thinking for our Spirit Hall or not, I have my own judgment. And you, Bibi Dong, what do you mean by arbitrarily giving an outsider like Yu Chen access to the Supreme Pontiff's notes?"
"I... I..."
Bibi Dong was speechless, wanting to explain but not knowing what to say at that moment.
Ultimately,
this conversation about whether Spirit Masters should care for ordinary people ended without resolution.
Bibi Dong and Yu Chen were each given 30 lashes by Supreme Pontiff Qian Xunji and confined for a month.
This matter seemed to have come to an end.
However, the exchange in the Hidden Scripture Pavilion echoed repeatedly in Qian Xunji's mind every night for half a month afterward.
Late at night, when no one was around,
facing the candlelight,
Qian Xunji even muttered to himself.
This time, only he was speaking, yet two distinctly different voices emerged from his mouth.
One side agreed with Yu Chen's viewpoint.
As for the other, it was filled with denial and malice towards him.
It felt that he was merely boasting intentionally to attract Bibi Dong's attention this time.
...
The final scene of the heavenly curtain showed Supreme Pontiff Qian Xunji.
Under the lamplight, half of his face, illuminated by candlelight, was as majestic and amiable as usual.
The other half, however, was completely hidden in shadow, appearing sinister and terrifying.
Reflecting his torn soul.
Upon seeing this scene, all the onlookers on the Douluo Continent below the heavenly curtain were stunned.
Especially the common people, who were now in an unprecedented uproar.
Originally, when they saw the heavenly curtain, they merely treated it as gossip.
After all, normally, let alone the Supreme Pontiff or members of the Seven Great Sects,
even if a random Spirit Master came to their village, they would respectfully call him "Grandpa Spirit Master." The so-called power struggles at the top were simply too distant for them. Naturally, they felt no sense of involvement.
They also didn't feel that this matter had anything to do with them, but the exchange between Yu Chen and Supreme Pontiff Qian Xunji in the Hidden Scripture Pavilion just now deeply moved them.
It showed them a future they had never seen or even imagined.
In the commoner's tavern, countless people looked up at the sky, excitedly discussing the possibility of spirit tools serving ordinary people.
"Improving spirit tools to serve the common people? Can this really be achieved?"
"Theoretically, there's no problem. Using spirit power as a guide, spirit tools would certainly be more convenient and practical to use than ordinary tools."
After receiving an affirmative answer, this excitement immediately turned into confusion and indignation.
"If that's the case, then why, before Yu Chen, did no one ever think of us ordinary people?"
"So, after all this, whether it's Spirit Hall or the two Empires, all their talk of 'loving the people like children' is just an empty slogan. Just as Yu Chen said, their so-called care is merely the shepherd's care for the livestock in the sheepfold. They never truly considered us."
Ultimately, it turned into unprecedented support and praise for Yu Chen.
"Now I understand why the heavenly curtain predicted that Yu Chen would eventually become the monarch who unifies the Douluo Continent. If I were in another World within the heavenly curtain, I would also stand before Yu Chen without hesitation and help him conquer the World."
"Exactly. If a lord treats me as a national scholar, I will repay him as a national scholar! If such a person cannot win the World, then there truly is no justice."
"So, after all this talk, where is the Yu Chen of our World? Can we wait for our own Yu Chen to appear?"
Everyone whispered, speaking as if they wished they could cross the heavenly curtain directly to join Yu Chen.
And seeing everyone like this,
someone sneered, mercilessly pouring cold water on them.
"Heh heh, Yu Chen? Don't even think about it. In our World, there's only Yu Xiaogang."
"Sigh..."
After these words, the scene fell silent.
Many people lowered their heads and began to sigh deeply.
Almost everyone's focus at this moment was on Yu Chen's recent words about spirit tools serving the common people.
If there was one exception, it was Qian Renxue, who had just left the Heaven Dou Empire Imperial Palace.
Only she, watching the heavenly curtain end, with her father's face appearing uncertain in the final image, fell into deep thought. Her bad premonition grew stronger.
She felt as if she was vaguely touching the truth of the matter.
However, no one knew what she was thinking at the moment.
The attention of the Douluo Continent's onlookers was quickly diverted back to the heavenly curtain.
Because next, accompanied by ripples, the reward for the lucky viewer Yu Xiaogang was finally released.
However, upon seeing the reward appear, everyone's expressions became strange.