After Ning Wangshu and the others left the classroom, Ma Junfan and Liu Qi deliberately fell behind, letting Ning Wangshu and Shen Chuxia walk ahead by themselves.
Seeing that no one else was nearby and Ma Junfan and the others were some distance away, Ning Wangshu asked Shen Chuxia directly, "Chuxia, you said earlier that you wanted to talk to me about something. What was it?"
At that, Shen Chuxia didn't hesitate any longer. "Ning Wangshu, do you think this world will really become one dominated by cultivators, like some people say?"
"After all, even secret realms and immortal sects like this one have appeared. Will ordinary people really become second-class citizens, completely beneath the cultivators? Will those cultivators be free of any constraints?"
Ning Wangshu pondered for a moment before replying slowly, "Well, it's not impossible. But it's still too soon to say. The only thing we can be sure of is that the world of the future will be very different from the one we know now."
"At the very least, cultivators have now been brought out into the open..."
After a pause, Ning Wangshu continued, "And I can tell you that Shangqing Palace isn't the only secret-realm immortal sect in this world."
"Perhaps before long, other secret-realm immortal sects will appear one after another."
He looked at Shen Chuxia and couldn't help asking, "Chuxia, why are you asking all this...? Is there something on your mind?"
Shen Chuxia hesitated briefly, but finally nodded. She drew a small breath and said, "I've been reading a lot of the discussions online these past few days."
"So I've also been wondering whether I should start cultivating again, using the Cultivation Method I got from Godly Sword Pavilion back then. After all, if the world really does become the way I