"Simply put, even if I had great power, I'd still just be going with the flow?"
Ji Dong seemed to understand.
"Isn't that just going with the flow?"
Zhou Qing smiled. "If you don't study the fundamentals of cultivation, then you're only somewhat stronger than ordinary cultivators. As long as you aren't too proud, you can enjoy a decent life. But if strength alone is what distinguishes cultivators from ordinary people, then I really can't see where a cultivator's sense of superiority comes from. Instead, they seem more like beasts driven by instinct."
To put it more harshly, Zhou Qing dared to use Lie Yan as an example. Before she understood what mission she had toward the Planet that gave birth to her, and before she took the initiative to shoulder it and put it into action, she was merely an intelligent beast—perhaps even worse than an ordinary beast.
At least ordinary beasts played an indispensable role in maintaining the Planet's ecosystem, whereas Lie Yan—
For now, she was just occupying the latrine without doing anything useful.
"I hate studying!"
Ji Dong did miss his school days from his past life, but he absolutely did not miss the word "studying."
Yet a fact lay before him: without studying, he could not take part in the great undertaking of changing the world. Without that, he could not gain the corresponding experiences, could not cultivate such emotions, could not brew the finest wine in the world, and could not create wine that surpassed even the finest.
Thus, Ji Dong could only grit his teeth. "But I'll give it everything I've got!"
"Now that's a good workhorse... oh, no, a fine young man raised beneath the red banner." Zhou Qing wore an expression of approving a teachable child.
"I heard that. You called