In the Civil-Military Dao, there were impure people within the Literary Path, and traitors within the martial path.
From the martial path's side, it sounded as though there were simply a few more obsessives chasing after the "fruits of victory."
But the impurity on the Literary Path's side had yet to show its mountains or reveal its waters.
"If I'm to explain the fruits of victory, then we'll have to talk much further back."
Smoke Ghost propped both arms on the table and began explaining, "First of all, the first teacher of the martial path lineage was the pioneer of the Literary Path lineage. Therefore, it can be said that the Civil-Military Dao was originally one family. The most common saying was that the Literary Path cultivated the heart and harmony, while the martial path strengthened the body. The generation from the Martial Emperor's era could be called skilled in both pen and sword, cultivating both civil and military arts."
"Later, for some unknown reason, a split actually appeared within the Civil-Military Dao, something even the first teacher had not expected. The source was not on the martial path's side, but that scum appeared within the Literary Path. They used some unknown means to force the first teacher, Lin Ziqing, to take a side."
"That was how the Poetry Immortal of the Literary Path and the sages of the Literary Path came to be. Then, you saw it... the Literary Path had a golden age that belonged solely to them, while we martial path people dimmed completely into obscurity. They controlled the written word. If things continued like that for long enough, sooner or later they would erase all traces of the martial path from history."
"Civil and military were never opposed to begin with, yet in the end they