People were different. They had been different from the moment they were born.
And there were different kinds of being born different.
Take Beitang Shu. He had been born a Prince, enjoying glory, wealth, power, and beauties. A single word from him could shake countless people into doing his bidding. One could say that at birth, he had already reached the finish line that the overwhelming majority would never reach in their entire lives.
But there was another kind of innate difference: differences of flesh, soul, endowment, and aptitude.
No matter how noble Beitang Shu's status or how extraordinary his bloodline, he was still a mere mortal. He was only an ordinary person.
People like Liang Muqiu and Shen Tianci, however, possessed Special Physiques. They had been born a cut above others. This superiority did not refer to status or position, but to their cultivation talent, natural gifts, aptitude, and Martial Dao potential.
Whether in the Medieval Era or the present age, many powerful and wealthy people already possessed far too much, yet remained unsatisfied. Thus, they pursued what they lacked—Special Physiques and special bloodlines, for instance—to improve their cultivation aptitude.
That was also why the Purple Infant Pill had become so widespread, and why the Heavenly Infant Sect had been able to wreak havoc for a time.
It gave such people hope. Whether it could truly achieve such results was not important. Even the slightest effect—such as Cleansing Marrow and Essence or improving one's physique—was enough to drive people mad.
Seen this way, it was not impossible that Beitang Shu had committed such atrocities.
After all, to someone as lofty as him, people were merely tools meant to serve him. Their lives and deaths were his to control.
As for that Lan Chunyi, perhaps he had been beguiled by