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Qi He and Ji Ye listened quietly as Ye Xiu analyzed the crux of the matter for them bit by bit.

When they heard that all of this had stemmed from the flaws established in cultivator society long ago, both of them fell into thought.

"So, to solve the current problem, the first thing we need to do is quickly raise the average quality of cultivators?"

Ji Ye spoke up and asked.

"That is indeed one solution."

Ye Xiu nodded.

The two disciples before him wore grave expressions, yet his own face remained as relaxed and ordinary as ever, as though nothing could possibly happen.

"You yourselves know that the hidden conflict between the Alliance and the independent cultivators now exists entirely because corruption has emerged among managers at every level."

"The greed in people's hearts cannot be avoided, so this is a flaw we cannot eradicate at its root."

"But the extent of the harm it causes can be controlled."

This was not difficult to understand. The Alliance's current situation was like thirty people managing a thousand cakes, and among those thirty people, at least half had already rotted through completely. They no longer followed the rules and acted with reckless abandon.

When rules were not followed, there would inevitably be victims.

The reason those victims had not yet joined together and erupted completely was purely because the Alliance was still in a period of growth. Its overall dividends concealed the losses caused by breaking the rules.

But the Alliance could not maintain such an outrageous rate of expansion forever.

The number of mortals in this world was limited. Since mortals had an upper limit, cultivators did as well. When a cultivator who had never been incorporated into the Alliance's current system joined, they could bring the Alliance vast