Ascending Five Lotus Peaks

Zhao Wuji fell silent for a while. A hint of resolve flashed in his eyes. "I want to make a change, even if I can only change a small part of things."

Zhang Mingshu nodded. He could understand Zhao Wuji's thoughts. But he himself was powerless as well. The Zhang Lineage of today could not completely act according to his own will and show a little more favor to those mortals at the bottom.

As the number of cultivators in the various minor Houses gradually increased, even the relatives within those Houses were rapidly splitting into different strata. Those with the aptitude to cultivate swiftly gained privileges, while mortals could only enjoy preferential treatment for one generation.

Beyond that, the Houses would be unable to support them. Still, no matter how one looked at it, their prospects in life were far better than those of most impoverished mortal commoners.

The two of them discussed things until dawn. Zhao Wuji still had not completely given up, but on the surface, he agreed with Zhang Mingshu's reasoning. He was willing to set aside this obsession for the time being and work hard to increase his own strength.

He would also learn from Zhang Mingshu's methods, seek out like-minded people, and promote those who had fought their way up from the bottom.

At the same time, he needed to remain wary of those who came from commoner backgrounds but were swiftly corrupted after gaining power.

Thus, he also needed a solid core of supporters.

In this regard, the Zhang Lineage had still not found a solution, even after reaching the third generation. In particular, its rapid expansion in recent years had exposed many problems.

Those thousand-year-old Aristocratic Clans certainly had people who could see these problems. Once they decided that the Zhang Lineage