Moon Sea (5)

Cultivators were naturally sparse in the seven emotions and six desires, seeking hearts free of entanglement. Those who were both supremely gentle and supremely unyielding were rare; being without feeling or thought was the norm.

The previous generation of the Profound Heaven Sect could all be called freaks. If Shen Yuxi had to put it, it was entirely because Eldest Martial Uncle had spoiled them too much and raised them crooked.

Raising a group of cultivators the way one raised mortal children, with endless indulgence—how could they possibly not grow crooked? A doting mother bred wayward sons, not to mention Eldest Martial Uncle's nearly bottomless tolerance. He had turned a group of cultivators who should have severed emotion and cast off desire into people even more sentimental than mortals.

The contrast became especially clear when compared with this generation of direct disciples, who had grown up in a normal cultivation environment.

Whenever matters of emotion and reason were involved, the previous generation always leaned toward "emotion" first—they would sort out their feelings before remembering "reason," before considering whether something followed the rules or carried risks.

The disciples of this generation, meanwhile, would mostly weigh the pros and cons from the perspective of "reason" first, calculate gains, losses, and risks, and only then make their final choice according to the affection between them.

The two approaches seemed similar in outcome, but in truth, they were as far apart as heaven and earth. This was especially true for cultivators.

One only had to look at Ninth Elder to understand how obvious the difference was. Those not raised by Eldest Martial Uncle had a far more rational way of thinking.

And True Person Yu Qing, even among that previous generation of martial brothers who had been spoiled beyond all rules, had possessed the