I Can See Your Combat Power
Chapter 1902 - 333: Selfishness, Teaching

Chapter 1902: Chapter 333: Selfishness, Teaching

Unparalleled Academy is magnificent, and the dean of Unparalleled Academy is even more powerful beyond measure.

Those who can ascend above the sixtieth cloud stair are all exceptional, truly aspiring to join the Unparalleled Inner Court to train under Tang Luo. Yet this does not mean they will overlook the current injustice.

Strive directly forward, do not seek in a roundabout way.

Those with good martial aptitude are often somewhat obsessive; without such persistence, they could not have endured in a martial world dominated by monsters and powerful clans, even if they join the Inner Court later, they will not change their nature for the sake of benefits.

Hence they turned their gaze towards the Inner Disciples’ Eldest Senior Brother - Yang Fan.

Although among the disciples who later joined the Inner Court, many are older than this Eldest Senior Brother, in terms of seniority in the sect, it’s not sorted by age. The disciples who passed the exam and joined the Inner Court all cast their eyes towards their senior brother, and this renowned opener of the Unparalleled Inner Court from Xiehe did not disappoint them.

Yang Fan stepped forward, clasped his hands in salute, and was about to ask the master, when he saw Tang Luo gesture to wait patiently.

"You must be very curious as to why suddenly the Inner Court has so many new disciples."

Tang Luo leisurely walked to the pavilion behind the mountain, facing these disciples who entered through the cloud stairway, saying: "These people are due to my own selfishness; they bypassed the cloud stairway trial and were directly summoned into the Inner Court, and will train together with you from now on."

As soon as these words were spoken, there was a buzz among both the disciples summoned into the Inner Court through the cloud stairway trial and the Tang Clan disciples.

Being magnanimous and open-minded is never about being completely selfless, but rather that one’s actions can be shown to others. The Inner Court was established by the dean, and how to recruit people is naturally decided by the founder at a whim, but the Inner Disciples were dissatisfied because the difficulty for them and the Tang Clan disciples to join the Inner Court was vastly different.

However, since the dean spoke so candidly about his own selfishness, the dissatisfaction instantly vanished, and they felt valued.

After all, the newly joined Inner Court disciples often feel anxious and estranged; even knowing they are not of any value coveted by the king, they still worry, which is not rebellion, but the instinct of humans seeking fortune and avoiding disaster.

But after hearing the dean’s words, all the Inner Court disciples calmed down, whereas the Tang Clan disciples felt like ignited oil barrels.

Those young men who experienced great highs and lows were particularly sensitive at this moment, hearing the dissatisfaction of those Inner Court disciples, they were furious.

They were actually looked down upon by some mediocrities?

Realize that a lean horse is bigger than a donkey when dying; they are disciples of the Tang Family, and the Tang Clan was once the overlord of Longzhou West. Once, they freely roamed the seven cities along Lingjiang, yet today they are looked down upon by these ordinary-looking, ordinary-attired, even more ordinary-cultivated itinerant cultivators?

Along with anger, there rose shame, for they had forgotten how long it has been since they received such kindness.

They had long become accustomed to being treated differently because they were Tang Clan disciples; even when they were in Yuanzhou, many Xu Clan disciples disdained associating with them, even the distributed residential quarters were seldom seen snowy mountains.

These disciples, less than even street rats, had forgotten how long it has been since they experienced such concern.

Those slightly older could balance their anger and shame, but those younger, like Tang Ziqi at the very end of the group, couldn’t contain it any longer.

"Who says we entered through the back door!"

The young boy’s clear and sharp voice stood out in the quiet back mountain. Everyone looked towards him; a boy with rosy lips and white teeth, with three parts of lingering youthfulness, wearing a tense smile.

Though called a boy, he had an adult-sized tall figure, and seeing everyone’s gaze, he didn’t shy away, angrily addressing the Inner Court disciples: "Just as you entered, so can we. The sons of the Tang Family never bowed their heads in Ying City, how can we be underestimated by people like you!"

"Humph, if truly capable of ascending the cloud stairway, why would the master speak for you? Benefiting yet not keeping silent, is especially annoying!"

Among the Inner Court disciples, someone crossed arms and snorted coldly; looking at others, though silent, mostly held the same attitude.

This made the experience very unpleasant for the Tang Clan disciples. Although they had heard of the difficulty of the cloud stairway upon entering the city, due to the pride of the family, they felt even if they went through the cloud stairway, they wouldn’t fare worse than these ordinary itinerant cultivators.

Seeing both sides about to argue again, Tang Luo lightly raised his hand, and Primary Qi formed into a large image suspended above the pavilion, quickly focusing all the disciples’ attention.

"First lesson: How to tame Spiritual Power, taught by me."

He did not concern himself with the quarrels and opposition because this situation was designed by Tang Luo. In recent years, Tang Xing indeed well trained the spiritual power of Marshal Star Pavilion’s disciples in Yuanzhou, but because he was too responsible, these Tang Clan disciples even carried a hint of weariness amidst their tranquillity.

Tang Luo designed the opposition, hoping external stimulation would awaken the upward passion of Tang Clan disciples, and also aimed for mutual progress; positive competition has always been the best nourishment for advancement.

And the method of proving oneself should not be through mutual attack, claiming one entered through the back door, or the other as a mere mediocrity; such approaches only drain energy.

Investing effort into academic pursuit is the better way to prove oneself.

"The heart belongs to fire, the lungs to metal, the liver to wood, the spleen to earth, the kidneys to water."

"The spirit-heart like a pump, with Yang Qi as fire; when the lungs expand easily, exhaling forms a sword..."

"First lesson of taming Spiritual Power: Seek the True Spirit and based on the timing of finding the True Spirit, determine the grading of the first lesson. The last one will be asked to leave the Inner Court."

The illustration of Primary Qi, and the king’s teachings, made the seemingly immense lecture feel like mere moments. Just as everyone was still immersed in the king’s profound Spiritual Power theory, they heard such jaw-dropping content.

Looking again in the back mountain pavilion, there was no sign of the dean. After exchanging bewildered glances, the group quickly scattered.

Elimination of the last one, in the jungle laws rampant Xiehe, is not considered cruel, yet because it isn’t particularly cruel, none become that unfortunate last one.

After all, no one wishes to be expelled right after joining under a king, all Inner Court disciples are determined to find their True Spirit.

But for humans, reflecting upon oneself is the hardest, as the eyes are used to observe others. Even with the knowledge of soul-searching methods received from the dean, applying them often proves confusing.

And when difficulty arises, one can see the considerably different handling by the itinerant cultivators compared to the Tang Clan disciples.

Disciples who entered the Inner Court through the cloud stairway each hold a resolute toughness, searching a quiet place to begin internal viewing, practicing, executing moves, and studying techniques, fast or slow, pressuring themselves wildly.

Whereas Tang Clan disciples, once hitting a bottleneck, would consult peers with similar cultivation, either one on one, or in groups of three to five, each expressing their views and confirming with each other.

Everyone is practicing their academic lessons in their own way.