That was only natural.
If beastification traits were so easily erased, the Turan Orcs of today would not still be half-human, half-beast, trapped in an ongoing process of degeneration.
"Can humans... accept such a change?"
Meng Chao asked with difficulty.
"To survive, humans can accept any change."
Su Mu Lian replied calmly. "However, in this particular matter, humanity's swift acceptance of the new form of 'National Beastification' was largely thanks to you two."
"Us?"
Meng Chao was stunned.
He and Lü Siya stared at each other.
"That's right. Meng Chao, because you destroyed the Blood Alliance, broke up the Nine Super Enterprises, struck at the powerful and privileged, and continuously elevated the status of children from humble families, you also made the idea that 'equality for all begins with equality of strength' take root in people's hearts."
Su Mu Lian continued, "After witnessing the selfish, dark, ugly, even inhuman things the powerful and privileged had done, all Dragon City Citizens no longer wished to see new powerful and privileged classes emerge.
"Yet traditional Spiritual Energy cultivation placed enormous emphasis on talent and resources. It could not be achieved overnight, and many factors were decided even in the womb.
"Some people would always be more talented than others. Their genes were born with elements that harmonized with Spiritual Energy, allowing them and their descendants to stand out while still in their mothers' wombs.
"Unfortunately, such people—or rather, all human individuals—often lacked the spirit of utter selflessness, of dedicating everything they had. Once their strength, wealth, and power accumulated to a certain degree, they were often unwilling to devote one hundred percent of it to Dragon City's development, construction, and blood-soaked battles. Instead, they hoped to pass most of their strength, wealth, and power down to their children, and their children's children.