After Su Shi'er finished speaking, some awkwardness appeared on Ling Yue Shang's originally grave face.
Of course... there was even more helplessness.
How could she not understand what Su Shi'er had said?
The Cultivation World had always been like this. On the path to immortality, people contended for limited resources and opportunities—those were often precisely what they fought over.
This had also led most cultivators to care only for themselves along the path of cultivation.
There was nothing inherently wrong with that!
After all, human nature was selfish to begin with!
But the problem was that the farther one went on the path of cultivation, the more importance was placed on one's state of mind.
One need not sever all emotions and desires, but neither should one be excessively swayed by external things.
Yet there were always people who wanted to cut corners and take shortcuts. And once one person succeeded by luck, countless others would follow suit.
As time passed, the atmosphere throughout the entire Cultivation World had grown worse and worse.
Only when a true crisis descended, one that had to be confronted and resolved, could people possibly cast aside their grudges and join hands to solve the problem.
"Alas... so be it! There is no meaning in dwelling on these matters now. Finding a way to resolve this problem is the key."
"I only hope future cultivators will take this as a warning!"
"After returning to the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect, I will do my best to persuade the sect master and the elder fellow cultivators within the sect to act quickly and seek a countermeasure."
"As for the Heavenly Gang Green Wood Sword and Baili Chen, the sword cultivator of our sect, what explanation can Fellow Daoist Tianshan give me?"
With a soft sigh, Ling Yue