Expectations for Wang Sheng
When Xiao Wu finished Secondary Soul Ring Refinement, Zhou Qing found Wang Sheng and inquired about his cultivation progress.
"Qing Ge, my Soul Power has reached level ten!"
While Zhou Qing, Tang San, Romantina, and Bu Yi were away, Wang Sheng trained desperately and finally reached level ten of Soul Power before the end of the semester.
"Alright! When this semester ends and the holidays begin, I'll take you to hunt Soul Beast." After saying that, Zhou Qing led Wang Sheng to the Back Mountain of the academy and had him sit down cross-legged.
"Qing Ge, what are you doing? Are you cultivating?" Wang Sheng asked, puzzled.
"Did you know that the human body actually has two systems for operating Soul Power, just like two gears that are fitted together and working together? The cultivation of Soul Master is to make these two gears work together."
Zhou Qing used this analogy to describe the circulation of Soul Power within the human body and its operation within the Martial Soul, to facilitate Wang Sheng's understanding.
"If Martial Soul evolves and becomes stronger, it will also improve the 'gear' system of cultivating Soul Power in the human body. Similarly, if the way the human body cultivates Soul Power becomes more powerful, it will also accelerate the growth and evolution of the Martial Soul."
"I will now teach you a completely new way to cultivate Soul Power."
It's not Tang San's Mysterious Heaven Skill, but a simplified version of Zhou Qing's own Innate Internal Scripture Chart... that is, it only includes the major acupoints and Meridians such as the Three Passes and Nine Apertures, and the rest—
Zhou Qing hopes that Wang Sheng will be able to modify and supplement his own cultivation method based on the characteristics of his Martial Soul, so as to create a cultivation method that is unique to him.
Wang Sheng was the first person to make him realize his arrogance and his need to understand his true nature. Coupled with his simple and honest nature, he taught Wang Sheng how to circulate Soul Power through the Three Passes and Nine Apertures, which was both a way of repaying Wang Sheng and expressing his expectations for Wang Sheng.
At least, among all the people Zhou Qing has met so far, the only one who truly comes from a humble background and possesses a remarkable quality that catches his eye is Wang Sheng!
In a sense, Wang Sheng is more trustworthy than Tang San.
After all, Tang San's dream is still closely related to "rebuilding the Tang Sect" at this stage, but only Wang Sheng is a true blank slate. Under his teaching and guidance, Wang Sheng is the most likely person to truly inherit his will.
Besides that, there's Xiao Wu, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast who transformed into a human but has no identity or background in the human world.
Wang Sheng sensed Zhou Qing's Soul Power flowing within his body, realized something, and tried hard to remember this feeling of circulating Soul Power.
"Did you write it down?"
Zhou Qing manipulated his Soul Power, circulating it through Wang Sheng's body three times before stopping and asking questions.
"Um, Qing Ge, I..."
Wang Sheng lowered his head and spoke softly, his face full of shame and self-reproach.
Even though Qing Ge was planning to teach him an even more powerful method of cultivating Soul Power, he couldn't remember it. He really is a good-for-nothing.
"Fine."
Zhou Qing also understood that this was the normal situation. Wang Sheng was not Transmigrator, nor did he have any method to train his Spiritual Power. It was the strangest thing that he could remember the corresponding feelings in one day.
"Before the end of this semester, I will bring you here every day to help you memorize. When you cultivate in the future, you should also meditate on your Martial Soul to deepen your connection with Martial Soul. I am not taking you to hunt Soul Beast immediately because I hope you can take advantage of this less than a month to familiarize yourself with this way of Circulating the Heavenly Cycle your energy. This will not only purify your Soul Power but also make it easier for you to absorb Hundred-Year Soul Ring in the future."
"I've got it, Qing Ge!"
Wang Sheng was deeply moved. "I will never tell this secret to anyone else, nor will I pass it on to my future children."
This is a benefit Zhou Qing gave him!
He can't be too greedy!
However, Zhou Qing shook his head and said, "No need to be so serious. In fact, perhaps one day in the future, I will release the basic parts of these Three Passes and Nine Apertures to the whole continent."
"This!"
Wang Sheng's eyes widened, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.
But he understood that if Zhou Qing did this, the people who would benefit the most across the entire continent would definitely be Commoner Soul Master!
"Don't be surprised."
Zhou Qing laughed, "Actually, I'm not worried about others surpassing me. On the contrary, I'm quite looking forward to it... I want to change the world—"
"You know, I hope that people can be equal."
Wang Sheng was silent for a while, then said, "But that's impossible. Even disregarding nobles and commoners, the power of Soul Master far surpasses that of an ordinary person."
"I understand that, of course. People's talents and wisdom are different, which means that they are of different importance and status to an organization, power, or country. This will never change."
Zhou Qing said, "However, my idea is that even if someone holds a high position of power, they should still be punished if they make a mistake, and in serious cases, they could even be sentenced to death."
"According to the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire, the emperor is subject to the same laws as the common people."
"But I think you also know that this statement is just them trying to glorify themselves! If the emperor really broke the law and was discovered, and the problem was so serious that it was irreparable, he would issue a letter of self-criticism and announce it to the world... What does that mean? It means: I have already written a letter of self-criticism, and if you are still dissatisfied, then you are in the wrong."
Wang Sheng opened his mouth, and his body trembled.
Fear!
Excited!
The fear stemmed from the fact that Zhou Qing dared to speak so rudely to the emperors of the Two Great Empires.
He was excited because he seemed to understand what Qing Ge wanted to do in the future—it was truly a great undertaking!
"My idea is very simple: since the emperor is subject to the same laws as commoners, then there is no need to distinguish between nobles and commoners in terms of status."
Zhou Qing continued, "Everyone must be a citizen."
"But the power of Soul Master does indeed bring a sense of superiority—"
"Based on this, I've come up with two solutions: The first is to eliminate the power of Soul Master. Once the sense of superiority that comes with power is gone, then there will naturally be harmony in the world!"
Wang Sheng was trembling with fear. His lips quivered as he stammered, "This... this shouldn't be possible, right?"
"It's simply not possible right now."
Zhou Qing admitted that, after all, this world contains spiritual energy, the Heaven and Earth Energy, and the Elemental Power. Even if it could be erased, there are other Life Planet in this universe where intelligent beings can cultivate and strengthen themselves.
Therefore, unless one day we understand the laws governing the generation of spiritual energy and make corresponding modifications based on the underlying logic of the universe, simply erasing the spiritual energy of a Planet is tantamount to courting death.
Therefore, Zhou Qing chose the second method—
"Therefore, I have decided to allow everyone to cultivate Soul Power in the future. In this way, everyone will have the opportunity to become Soul Master, which can be considered a form of equality."
In fact, this also brings up a problem: when everyone has a gun, we need to add more ideological and moral elements to future education so that Soul Master know etiquette, shame, and right and wrong; otherwise, the world will become even more chaotic.
In addition, it is necessary to establish corresponding laws and regulations, as well as law enforcement agencies, etc.
Indeed—
The road ahead is long and arduous!
I will search high and low for the truth!
Moreover, Zhou Qing also realized that even if he broke through to Level 100 in the future, he would not be able to handle everything perfectly and would need more and more people to join in.
Wang Sheng is not the first, nor will he be the last...