What Is the Tang Sect's Goal?

However, before returning to Holy Soul Village, Zhou Qing found Wang Sheng and took him to the Soul Hunting Forest to hunt down a hundred-year-old Rock Tiger before returning to the village with Tang San and Xiao Wu.

Holy Soul Village —

Although it cannot compare to the prosperity of Nuoding City, it has the unique freshness of the countryside. However, at this time, the rice in the paddy fields has been harvested, leaving only clumps of straw roots and oval-shaped "huts" built from the straw.

Most of these straws will be burned by the villagers before the spring of the following year, turning into ashes to enhance soil fertility.

The remaining small portion was stored by the villagers in each household as flammable material for starting fires or for repairing leaks in their houses.

Xiao Wu leaped from the path into the farmland, stepping on the sturdy straw roots, and jumped onto the stacked straw piles that looked like houses. She gazed at the rows of white and yellow farmhouses in the distance, seemingly even more excited than Zhou Qing and Tang San, the two children who had grown up in Holy Soul Village.

After saying "We're here," Xiao Wu jumped off the straw stack and, ignoring Zhou Qing and Tang San behind her, ran straight towards the direction of Zhou Qing's house.

It was as if that was her home.

Helpless, Zhou Qing could only tell Tang San to hurry up and catch up, lest Xiao Wu, in her excitement, kick open his front door and force him to find someone to fix it later.

"Xiaoqing, Tang San, you're back from your holiday?"

Uncle Wang, who was already able to walk, was sitting at the village entrance chatting with Old Jack. When he saw the two of them return, he quickly stood up, leaning on his cane, and went to greet them together with Old Jack.

"Uncle Wang, how are you recovering? And Auntie Wang?" Zhou Qing helped him sit down.

"Thanks to you and Tang San, my wife is alright, and my leg is almost healed. I'm just used to using this cane now..." Uncle Wang was truly grateful to Zhou Qing and Tang San, after all, they had saved Wang Shi's life.

"No need to thank me, no need to thank me. Just bring us some big peaches next spring and summer when the peach trees are in bloom, bearing fruit and ripening."

Zhou Qing waved his hand casually and then asked Old Jack, "Grandpa Jack, has anything happened in the village recently?"

"It's nothing! What could possibly happen to our village?"

Old Jack laughed heartily, then a worry arose. "After the villagers learned about Wang Shi's ordeal, they've become hesitant to go out. I'm worried that if any children awaken with Innate Soul Power in the future, they won't dare let them go out and explore."

"If you have the chance, it's best to go out and explore. Staying in this small village all the time won't lead to anything great."

Staying in the village is a dead-end job?

That's not necessarily true.

Zhou Qing said to Old Jack, "Grandpa Jack, we are on holiday, and the uncles and elders in the village are also free. They don't need to work in the fields anymore. I want to set up a school to teach them to read and write and to exercise."

"Great news! This is fantastic news!"

Old Jack readily agreed, "I will immediately take men to build a school."

"No need, Grandpa Jack, isn't there Martial Soul Hall Office in the center of the village? We can just stay there." Before Old Jack could object, Zhou Qing continued, "That office is usually empty. Even if we send people to clean it regularly, the walls and eaves will still slowly rot. Why not use it when it's not busy and let it get some human presence? It might last longer."

Old Jack thought about it and realized it made sense.

Uninhabited houses age quickly. Not to mention the Blacksmith Shop provided to Tang Hao by the village, even Zhou Qing's house would have accumulated a layer of dust if he hadn't come back and cleaned it.

The village's Martial Soul Hall Office can be used to teach the villagers, and after the classes, everyone can help clean up.

It's definitely a win-win situation.

As for whether it's disrespectful to the Spirit Hall, Xiao Tang San and Xiao San are quite familiar with Grandmaster Su Yuntao, so it shouldn't be a problem.

So, without saying a word, Old Jack hurriedly went to tell the other people in the village about it.

Uncle Wang followed behind Old Jack, helping with the promotion...

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"Qing Ge, what made you think of establishing a school?" Tang San asked, puzzled. He felt it was completely unnecessary. When the time came for change, the Holy Soul Village Residents would surely follow them, given their trust in them.

"Do you remember the behavior of the people of Falling Star City?"

Zhou Qing asked.

"Of course! I feel those people have even less backbone than the uncles and elders of Holy Soul Village." Tang San naturally wouldn't forget—

They'll help whoever wins...

The residents of Holy Soul Village would never do that!

"Why···"

Zhou Qing sighed and said, "The people in our village are indeed more courageous than those in the city, but courage alone is not enough. They are easily instigated by others, which can lead to defection or even internal conflicts. So we need to first give them a basic understanding of what people live for."

"Only by having a goal and striving for it can a spirit and will be passed down and endure forever."

"To achieve this goal, they need ideological guidance, which is our responsibility. And for them to understand our ideas, they must enrich themselves; in short, it boils down to two sentences—"

"Enrich their spirit! Strengthen their physique!"

Enriching their minds involves imparting knowledge they've never encountered before, teaching them history, broadening their horizons, and explaining the methods by which the powerful oppress the common people, so they can understand why, despite their hard work every month and year, their lives are still so miserable.

Building a strong physique is relatively easy; rural farmers, who spend all year working in the fields, are naturally stronger and have more endurance than city dwellers.

Afterwards, by passing on the Broadcast Gymnastics, their physique can be initially strengthened. In fact, Broadcast Gymnastics itself is a method of strengthening the body that combines collective techniques and breathing, which was summarized in the previous life. In this world with spiritual energy, it is already the most basic technique that can cultivate Soul Power and Qi and Blood at the same time.

Tang San stood there, stunned by the phrase "Enrich their spirit! Strengthen their physique!"—his mind was buzzing.

This--

This is a policy to strengthen the people!

Qing Ge truly wants to lead all the people to fight for equal status!

Zhou Qing, who had taken three steps forward, turned back in confusion when he saw that Tang San hadn't followed, and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing."

Realizing what was happening, Tang San immediately leaped to Zhou Qing's side and followed him into the entrance of Holy Soul Village. Taking a deep breath, he spoke of his dream, "Qing Ge, tell me, if I want to establish a sect, how can I surpass any sect that has ever existed on the continent before?"

"Oh?"

Zhou Qing immediately realized that his words might have touched something to Tang San, so he asked with a smile, "Impressive, you actually want to establish a sect."

"It can't compare to Qing Ge's dream of equality for all, of allowing farmers to live with dignity in this world," Tang San said with a wry smile.

Seeing this, Zhou Qing pondered for a moment, sighed, and asked, "To surpass the sects of the past... you must already have some ideas, right? How do you think we should surpass them?"

Tang San then voiced his thoughts. "Stronger cultivation techniques! More powerful weapons! Better advancement paths! A more complete sect system! And—"

At this point, Tang San paused for a moment before continuing, "I've come up with the first four points so far."

In fact, Tang San had already thought of the fifth point, which was to set one or more more ambitious or even great goals for the Tang Sect, goals that would inspire future disciples to follow in his footsteps!

Otherwise, if it is established for the sake of establishing the Tang Sect, or surpassed for the sake of surpassing the Tang Sect... without any specific description, it doesn't even qualify as fake, grandiose, or empty. So how can it inspire future disciples to keep pursuing it?

The goal must be clear!

What goals should we set?

Cultivation techniques, poisons, Soul Conductor techniques, Hidden Weapon...

He wasn't sure.

Moreover, I always felt that these were just means, and could not be regarded as the goals or ideals for the development of the sect.

Are we going to take Qing Ge's target and use it?

It's not that it's impossible.

But his inner pride led him to seek a goal that belonged to the Tang Sect, a goal that would not conflict with Zhou Qing's, and in fact, must complement it.

But he couldn't figure it out...