"Mortals? Heh. Do you know what a revered holy land the Martial Soul Holy Hall is in the hearts of soul masters across the Continent?
Every day, we welcome great numbers of soul masters who want to join the Holy Hall. When has our Holy Hall ever worried about lacking manpower?
If mortals came in, they would only get in the way. Besides, these mortals are all subjects of the empire. It should not be our Spirit Hall's job to look after them.
Granting them Martial Soul Awakening is already an immense blessing. On top of that, we not only maintain order in the Spirit Master World, we also protect mortals from the attacks of Soul Beasts through force.
Each and every one of these achievements—how could a junior like you, who has contributed nothing, have the right to criticize them?"
Salas seemed to have heard some kind of joke, sneering as he spoke his true thoughts.
His face was the complete opposite of the compassionate savior's mask he had worn just moments ago.
When Quan Yi heard his reply, he could not help but let out a cold laugh.
"Heh. Salas, you seem to have gotten one thing wrong.
Awakening martial souls for commoners and protecting commoners are duties you ought to fulfill, not blessings your Spirit Hall bestows upon them.
Spirit Hall rose by relying on the vast masses of commoners, and it is nourished and upheld by those same masses. These things were what you should have been doing in the first place.
Yet you talk endlessly of privileges without speaking of obligations, and even shamelessly call yourselves saviors.
If you did not do these things, the public would immediately choose another group of soul masters to uphold justice for them.
And from that moment on, you