"Your line of thinking is really wide open." Before Wen Xu could marvel at Chunchou's shocking words, Chen Zui, who was lowering his head to wipe his blade, chimed in, "My mother said someone studied it before."
...Cultivators really did have quite the spirit of innovation. Wen Xu could not help thinking that, compared to them, he seemed like a conservative old fogey. Perhaps he ought to try accepting some new ideas.
"Someone really studied it? What was the result? It failed, right?" If it had truly succeeded, the Cultivation Realm would surely have been reshuffled long ago.
"No, it succeeded." Chen Zui looked up. He clearly had no opinions whatsoever about who in the world gave birth. "But the ingredients needed to refine Birth Pills are exceedingly rare, and they are extremely difficult to refine. Even if the sect master of an alchemy sect refined one, there was an eighty to ninety percent chance of failure. My mother said the Heavenly Dao did not permit the widespread circulation of Birth Pills."
In other words, it was theoretically feasible, but... the Heavenly Dao would not allow it.
Why not? Chunchou was somewhat unconvinced. "Though I am a man too, if men are willing to give birth, it does not seem to violate any moral principle. Why would the Heavenly Dao not allow it?"
Chen Zui shook his head. "How would I know?" If he understood such profound questions, his mother would not always be trying to smash his head open.
"Perhaps... because Birth Pills would strip women of their unique social value. Compared with the Mortal Realm, the disparity in status between men and women in the Cultivation Realm is not so great, but think about it. Suppose men could bear children just like women. Then they would inevitably seize