"Too deeply entrenched to change? Heh, you're being awfully polite!
People in the sect have long said that the Mystic Xin Kingdom is riddled with entrenched abuses, and that sooner or later, popular resentment will boil over. Better to abolish it now."
Yellow Cloud True Person sounded indignant, but there was also resignation and helplessness in her voice.
"As if I didn't already know all that! Do I need those people running their mouths? But this is my temperament, the kind of cultivator I am. Some people don't want our Mystic Xin Kingdom to endure, and I refuse to let them have their way so easily. At the very least, I'll use the years I have left to build up a little capital..."
Clearly, she was no fool. She knew perfectly well about the many problems within and beyond the kingdom, at every level of the spirit peak.
Li Ling opened his mouth, unsure how to persuade her.
Yellow Cloud True Person said, "You've now worked alongside the people on the peak. From your brief time together, what impression have they made?"
Li Ling said, "Old Ancestor, I believe the younger generation of disciples on our peak is indeed somewhat mediocre."
Yellow Cloud True Person showed no surprise. She merely asked, "Where does the root of the problem lie?"
Li Ling answered honestly, "It is all because of your leniency, Old Ancestor. There is little pressure driving anyone inside or outside the spirit peak. Even I am actually lax and lazy. Without some outside force pushing me, I would rather drift with the current.
As for the kingdom, the princes and nobles are a mixed lot. Some crave pleasure and live in a drunken stupor, some are cruel, inhumane, and twisted, some chase grand achievements blindly and foolishly, and some