"But in the eyes of most of us scholars, you are harming them, harming our children and grandchildren. If women are allowed to take the imperial examinations one day, large numbers of men will fail. In exploring this path, you have hurt them," Zeng Yuan said gravely.
Fang Yun gradually raised his voice. "The Barbarian Race is marching south, and the Jing Kingdom is tottering on the brink of collapse. The Five Demon Mountains are stirring up trouble, and danger lurks on every side of the Saint Origin Continent. The Four Seas Dragon Palaces are growing estranged from the human race, concealing future threats. The Demon Realm is about to launch the Second Battle of Two Worlds Mountain, and the human race hangs by a thread. I know you think I will say that you ignore the harm done by so many foreign enemies and speak only of the harm caused by a mere Girls' Academy. No, I will not say that. Even if billions of foreign enemies surround the human race, everyone still has the right to point out my mistakes. What I truly want to ask is this: at our current rate of progress, will the human race have any chance of holding Two Worlds Mountain when the Demon Realm's Great Sages return?"
"The chances are vanishingly small," Zeng Yuan said.
"That is why the human race needs sweeping change, a great transformation that shakes everyone's beliefs, before we can have even a sliver of hope! Everything I have done is nothing more than using my own flesh and blood to probe the countless mist-shrouded paths before us, searching for one that can greatly strengthen the human race. That is why I have never cared about those people's accusations. But I also hope you will not stand in