Competition in nature, selection by nature; survival of the fittest!

However, the more they argued, the clearer the truth became. Some who had originally only watched the debate also joined in, most of them supporting Fang Yun.

"Short-sighted fools! Fang Yun did this for the Human Race—what fault is there in that?"

"By that logic, if your neighbor's children outnumber yours, are you going to slaughter their whole family?"

"Idiots! The more members of the Human Race who study, the more Literary Qi is formed. Every hundred years, the total number admitted through the Imperial Examination increases. That is an indisputable fact! With these Book Repositories, the number of Imperial Examination slots will increase again within fifty years at most!"

"The gentleman before me makes great sense. I too am descended from a prominent family, yet I believe Fang Yun did the right thing! Take an example: a certain county has one hundred Licentiate slots a year. The ratio obtained by Cold Gate students and scholar clans is roughly seven to three, since there are more Cold Gate students. But do not forget that among Cold Gate students, only one is chosen from several hundred, while among scholar-clan students, perhaps one or even two are chosen from ten! Before long, the Book Repositories will increase the Human Race's Literary Qi and add ten more Licentiate slots. Would those ten still be split seven to three? Obviously, the scholar clans would benefit more!"

"The ones with selfish motives are not Fang Yun, but you scholar clans!"

"Demon Barbarians stand before us, yet you still fight over Imperial Examination slots. Have you forgotten the original purpose of the Imperial Examination? The capable rise to the top! Since when did the Imperial Examination become a force for sheltering scholar clans? If the scholar clans are incompetent, the Cold Gate will inevitably replace them