Chapter 144. If there is no Spirit Hall in the world.
"Sign the agreement?" After Lou Gao and the others took the agreement, they took a look and immediately understood that this was an indenture. After signing this contract, it was equivalent to not being able to betray Qian Xunji from then on and being loyal to Qian Xunji.
"What does this mean?" Lou Gao asked.
Qian Xunji said: "Soul guide technology, the secret of the Spirit Hall, can only be accessed by those who are truly loyal to the Spirit Hall and loyal to me. Lou Gao, you can also choose not to sign.
Between the soul guide and himself, Lou Gao chose the former without hesitation, selling himself in exchange for the qualification to access the soul guide.
Compared to selling himself, what he couldn't wait to wait for was to obtain the complete soul guide manufacturing technology.
But the disciples didn't think so. They looked at the agreement with some hesitation. Lou Gao turned around, looked at the disciples behind him, and said: "I won't force you. If you want to sign, you can sign. If you don't want to sign, you can leave. But I, Lou Gao, will no longer count you as my disciple."
Lou Gao's original intention was to give the disciples a way out, but after hearing this, the disciples immediately picked up their pens and signed one by one.
Finally, it was the turn of Lou Gao's favorite disciple, Silong.
"Silong, if you don't want to sign, then go away and treat me as if I don't have a disciple like you." Lou Gao waved his hand and said.
"Teacher, that's not what I meant. I just wanted to ask the Pope a few questions before that." Silong said.
"You are Lou Gao's favorite student, which means you are qualified to ask me questions. Please ask." Qian Xunji said.
Silong said: "Why does the hatred between the Spirit Hall and the Clear Sky Hammer accommodate the Power Clan? Can you tell me a reason?"
Qian Xunji laughed and said: "We are enemies, and we should eradicate our enemies, right?"
Silong: "."
"Just for one thing, the Spirit Hall almost destroyed the Clear Sky Sect and slaughtered the Power Clan. Isn't it a bit overbearing to do this?" Silong asked.
"Do you think this is a small matter? Qian Xunji tossed the Spirit Hall's investigation report from his soul guide to Silong.
Silong took it and was stunned by the report.
Every time the Spirit Hall attacked, it wasn't just their people who died, but also countless civilians.
"Can the Haotian Sect just casually launch an attack and cause so many deaths?" Qian Xunji said, "If you were a noble, you would naturally think the death of a few untouchables is no big deal, but if you were a commoner, who would uphold justice for you?"
"This..."
"You only see the Spirit Hall's tyranny, but have you ever thought about what the world would be like without the Spirit Hall?"
Hearing Qian Xunji's words, Silong fell into deep thought. What would happen if there was no Spirit Hall in this world?
"If in this world, who would preside over the soul master awakening ceremony across the continent? The Haotian Sect? The Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect? The Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex Sect? The two empires? Do you think they have this obligation?"
"If there was no Spirit Hall to check and balance, how could the Xingluo and Tiandou empires use money from their own treasury to pay the civilian soul masters who awakened their spirits?" Qian Xunji said.
"Without the balance of the Spirit Hall, the entire Douluo Continent will surely fall into a war of swords and spears, instead of being calm and peaceful like it is now."
"In this world, the people who least need the Spirit Hall are the spirit master nobles. They inherit the thousand-year-old spirit master cultivation method themselves, they inherit the top-level spirits themselves, and they can awaken the spirits of their descendants by themselves. They don't need the Spirit Hall to do anything unnecessary. On the contrary, the existence of the Spirit Hall has become an obstacle to them. Among the civilian spirit masters, one or two talented civilian spirit masters are awakened every year to challenge their status. They wish the Spirit Hall would completely collapse."
"Have you ever thought that dominance is also a kind of order? I, Qian Xunji, suppress those forces that don't like the Spirit Hall, but I maintain the order of the Spirit Hall for thousands of years and the people who benefit from this order." Qian Xunji said.
"What is the difference between the Spirit Hall and your Blacksmith Association? The Blacksmith Association represents the interests of blacksmiths, and the Spirit Hall represents the interests of soul masters, especially civilian soul masters." Qian Xunji said, "The difference between us is that the Spirit Hall has the strength to ensure our interests, while you, without the strength, can only rely on others."
"So, you think the Spirit Hall is domineering, but isn't your Blacksmith Association also an extreme - weak?"
The reason why Qian Xunji said these incredible things to Silong was because although people like Silong and Lou Gao had spirits and could practice, they were not the kind of combat and auxiliary soul masters. They were despised by the mainstream soul master world. Blacksmiths were completely all kinds of people in the Douluo Continent. Compared with those high-ranking soul master aristocrats, they could empathize with civilians more.
"So what's the difference between the Blacksmith Association joining the Spirit Hall and the Power Clan relying on the Clear Sky Sect?" Silong asked, "Don't you and the Clear Sky Sect also want to annex us?"
Qianxunji said, "Both the Spirit Hall and the Clear Sky Sect want to annex you. But I can ensure that blacksmiths are treated equally with spirit masters in the Spirit Hall, but can the Clear Sky Sect? I can guarantee the status of blacksmiths, but can they?"
Silong was silent for a moment, then asked, "How can you be sure that what you say is true?"
"With the honor of the successive popes passed down to me," Qianxunji said.
Silong sighed. He saw Qianxunji's determination, and he couldn't refute his words. As for the annihilation of the Power Clan, it was also common sense. The Spirit Hall and the Clear Sky Sect had declared war, and it was natural for the Power Clan, as a subsidiary of the Clear Sky Sect, to be attacked.
Those lower-ranking commoner spirit masters were blessed to have the Spirit Hall guarantee their interests, but the Blacksmith Association, even to this day, remained unable to change the blacksmiths' humble status. Perhaps joining the Spirit Hall offered a way out for them.
Silong finally made his decision and signed the agreement.
Seeing this, Qianxunji smiled and said, "Since that's the case, you will be Spirit Hall members from now on. Recruiting the remaining blacksmiths will be up to you."
President Lou Gao said, "Your Holiness, I will strive to persuade more blacksmiths to join the Spirit Hall, but those from the Titan and Tang Hao factions are unlikely to succeed."
"I've already outlined the benefits. What Spirit Hall spirit masters receive, what blacksmiths receive. Those willing to join may join, and those not willing, forget it."
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