Minister Ding said loudly, "I know some of you must think that way! In fact, the vast majority of you do!"
"But teaching you and correcting that thinking isn't my responsibility. You have your own teachers! And I'm not responsible for that!"
"All I want to say is that there's something seriously wrong with the mindset of you young people today!"
"Your understanding of fighting on the battlefield isn't merely one-sided. You treat it like child's play!"
"And the only outcome of playing that game is throwing away your lives!"
Minister Ding stood on the platform, his expression exceedingly grave, his gaze as sharp as a sword.
"I have to say, even though bloody fighting has continued at the border without cease for millions upon millions of years, with soldiers dying at Sun Moon Pass every single day, in the eyes and hearts of most young martial artists in the rear, the battlefield is still a place full of romance!"
"Many students have already cultivated to the Cloud Transformation Realm, yet have never even seen human blood!"
"People like that really do exist!"
"In their minds, what is a battlefield?"
"The battlefield is what they see in films and television: taking a beautiful woman along as they maneuver among the enemy. Thrills, sensual delights, romance, dancing on a tightrope, brushing shoulders with the god of death... but in the end, I'm still the one who wins!"
"Once they return from the battlefield, of course they'll be made marquises and generals, granted high office and lavish salaries, with beauties throwing themselves into their arms. From then on, they'll stand above other men! Passing judgment on the realm, brimming with vigor and spirit!"
"And their battlefield experience will even give them invincible strength!"
"Yes, that's the battlefield in the minds of so