The Sims: I Open the Immortal Path for All Beings

Chapter 749: Chapter 699: The Problem of the Taoist Academy

“Men ascend, water descends.”

This is an immutable phenomenon, just as a starving man cannot be asked to give up the food in his hands for the so-called dream, the future.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Many disciples of the Taoist Academy acknowledge that it was the academy that gave them the opportunity to practice, allowing them to embark on the path of cultivation and reach their current realm. Such kindness cannot be erased.

Yet, when the current resources or skills of the Taoist Academy can no longer assist their cultivation, or even become an obstacle, how many people can choose to give up better opportunities and willingly remain content with the current situation?

Those who remain indeed possess noble characters and principles, but they certainly cannot criticize the character of those who have left.

As for the current situation of the Taoist Academy, Pei Xuanjing is very clear. After all, with various divine statues maintaining the existence of a contribution exchange network within the academy, he can proactively inspect the situation of any part of the academy as long as he is willing to do so.

Moreover, each head of the various branches of the Taoist Academy possesses the ability to communicate with Pei Xuanjing. Any cultivator sitting in such a position, no matter how docile they seem, would inevitably become aware of such problems sooner or later. They must have already communicated with Pei Xuanjing and asked for solutions.

“Even a clever woman cannot cook without rice. Even I, myself, cannot conjure a multitude of cultivation methods suitable for countless cultivators out of thin air,” Pei Xuanjing sighed softly.

Does Taoist Academy have a practice method that can reach the Spirit Realm Eightfold?

Naturally, it does.

Not to mention other things, Pei Xuanjing’s own Nine Revolutions Divine Sky Skill sits at the top of the contribution board. Regardless of who, as long as they have enough contribution points, they can practice it.

Apart from that, Pei Xuanjing has exchanged a portion of cultivation methods from powerful forces, such as the Imperial Family, Demonic Cult, Dragon Tiger Mountain, and True Martial Sect of the Great Ming Divine Dynasty. Although these methods cannot rival his Nine Revolutions Divine Sky Skill, they can easily reach Spirit Realm Sixth Level. Currently, these are sufficient for the many disciples of the Taoist Academy.

But does that solve the problem?

No, it doesn’t.

Why not?

What is the reason?

The reason is simple: both the number and the universality of the cultivation methods are too limited.

Yes, the problem lies in the small number and the lack of universality of these cultivation methods.

The methods put forth by Pei Xuanjing and the others amount to about twenty. Such a collection would be sufficient for any faction to facilitate their disciples’ training.

However, when it comes to the Taoist Academy, it is too little!

The number of disciples across the vast expanse of the Great Ming Divine Dynasty is unknown even to Pei Xuanjing himself, but there are at least over ten million.

Of these ten million members, they all obey the guidance of Pei Xuanjing, their Academy Master. Even without making any explicit statements, he has already driven the entire Great Ming Divine Dynasty into envy and fear, for Pei Xuanjing possesses the power to replace the Great Ming Divine Dynasty.

Out of the million Academy disciples, even if just one-tenth can reach the Spiritual Realm, and only one-tenth of those require even more advanced cultivation methods, it’s still a number in the hundreds of thousands.

Don’t forget that apart from Pei Xuanjing, there are other figures like Zhao Baiyang, Xue Wuheng, and Qingxu – each one an exotic bird amongst humanity, possessing unparalleled talents and god-given aptitudes. Otherwise, they wouldn’t be at their current realm and strength today.

The cultivation methods these individuals practice, how can they impose no demands on innate talent or comprehension level? Even if they are drastically simplified, modified, and the barriers of entry lowered, they are still no ordinary methods – not every Tom, Dick, or Harry is eligible to practice them.

Therefore, of the twenty or so methods collected by the Taoist Academy, how many of these hundred thousand disciples are truly capable of practicing them?

For most of the academy students, even if they possess extraordinary talents, it’s not certain they can find a cultivation method that perfectly suits their personal path to enlightenment amongst these mere twenty odd methods.

What?

You say, at this stage, they can create their own cultivation method, carve out their own path?

Joking – such geniuses are not accounted for. Even if they are, how many can emerge from these hundred thousand people? Yet, most cultivators still follow the path taken by their predecessors until the day they accumulate enough experiences to initiate their personal path to enlightenment.

Why say that advancing from the Spirit Realm Sixth Level to the Seventh Level of the Spiritual Realm is a critical leap? That is because even many cultivators hailing from top-notch forces, despite the guidance of experienced mentors, require this leap to truly comprehend their personal paths to enlightenment.

Understanding one’s own path requires exposure to a vast number of paths. How can the Taoist Academy hope to enlighten its disciples about a vast number of paths or bolster their body of knowledge when it can’t even provide enough cultivation methods?

Therefore, the biggest predicament facing the current Taoist Academy is not only the insufficient quantity and a lack of universality in its cultivation methods but also that it can no longer provide the majority of its disciples with further cultivation methods for their study. It has ceased to be a force of empowerment, only a burden instead.

Under such circumstances, choosing to leave doesn’t warrant a blame game.

“Though the purpose of my establishing the Taoist Academy was only to give more people an opportunity to take control and change their own destiny. Whether they choose to remain in the academy or be loyal to me is actually not important.” Pei Xuanjing reflected on his original intention. His goal was not to win their loyalty and obedience. Apart from accumulating the power of their Incense Faith, it was more to give them a chance, an opportunity to not be buried in oblivion.

“If it was before, with no opportunity, I wouldn’t play the babysitter, wasting my time finding cultivation methods for them,” Pei Xuanjing thought.

He has long been aware of this problem, but except for offering his own cultivation methods or some exchanged methods, he didn’t genuinely wish to expend too much of his energy trying to solve it.

After all, given his level of comprehension and experience, if he just tried a little harder, he could certainly create a few more methods to relieve the current situation, even if he could not necessarily create a method suitable for every academy disciple.

However, Pei Xuanjing didn’t do so. He chose to let things run their natural course. On one hand, he wanted these individuals to strive for themselves. On the other hand, he didn’t want to over-prioritize this issue, thereby wasting his own time and energy.

“But now, since the opportunity has conveniently come along, let me do something. After all, with the advancement of heaven and earth, when those from the Sky Wasteland come back, I can’t let you lag too far behind.” A faint smile appeared at the corner of Pei Xuanjing’s mouth.

If it was before, he wouldn’t have gone out of his way to solve this problem.

But now, by a fortunate coincidence, he has gained these cultivation methods and divine abilities from various factions, so why not take advantage of them? Otherwise, it would be a waste.

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