Beneath the calm surface of the Hundred Schools' first stirrings, undercurrents had never ceased.
Under the overt and covert influence of various factions, the Human Race quietly began to divide and change.
Before long, a disturbance neither too great nor too small would bring many contradictions into the open.
That day, the first serious dispute erupted within a Human Race settlement. Its cause was the distribution of the day's fishing and hunting haul.
According to Xuanjizi's principle of "order between young and old, fair distribution," the elderly, weak, women, and children in the settlement should receive sufficient food first, followed by the able-bodied laborers.
However, several young people who had learned some techniques of strength from the Interception Sect and had also been subtly influenced by the Western Teachings' words, "All Beings must cross the sea of suffering and joy themselves," disagreed.
They believed that those who contributed more should receive more, and they clashed with the clansmen who insisted on the original method of distribution.
"Without us risking our lives at sea to catch the big fish, where would you get so much fish to eat?"
A burly young man named Zheng raised his arm and shouted. More than a dozen equally dissatisfied youths gathered around him.
"But the old priest is ill, and the children are still growing! By the rules Mister Xuanji taught us, they should receive more in the first place!"
A middle-aged woman argued her case, with many elderly, weak, and traditionalists standing behind her.
Neither side would yield, and the atmosphere grew increasingly tense.
Blacktooth, a hidden demon agent lurking among the crowd, had a flicker of barely concealed excitement in his eyes.
He secretly sent a voice transmission to his companion Greenpupil. "The opportunity has come. A rift has opened within the Human