Why? Why! Why~~~
Everything that happened at the auction made Yuan Lin feel that his faith in life and his worldview were collapsing. Was this the Shang Kingdom that seemed so bright and promising? How could this be
The corruption and depravity here have completely exceeded Yuan Lin's imagination.
Facing Yuan Lin's somewhat neurotic question, Long Dakuan chuckled: "It's very simple, because human desires are infinite; the greater the ability, the greater the desire. For an ordinary citizen, the greatest desire is good weather and good harvest every year. We call this simple, low-level desire 'good wishes'. A person with a little ability, such as a cultivator, or a big businessman in Shangguo, will want to go further, hope to become a superior person, and hope to stand out. We call this desire for progress 'ambition'. And a powerful cultivator, the controller of a large group, they will have greater desires. For example, immortality, wealth that rivals a country, control over others, etc. For example... Enjoy your own abilities and rights! With greater abilities comes greater desires, and the final result is what is happening right now. The reason why Shangguo has such dark corners is because there are too many capable people in Shangguo. There is a saying among the people that 90% of the masters in Yingzhou and Haozhou are in Shangguo; but I want to tell you that this saying is wrong, or at least one-sided! Because the number of new masters in Shangguo in recent years has exceeded the number of masters in the entire Yingzhou in the past, and it is several times more! If you have to describe the number of masters in Shangguo, you should say: half of them are masters in Shangguo!"
"How can there be so many?" Yuan Lin was a little unconvinced. Now the population of Shang Country has exceeded 10 billion. If half of them are masters, that would be 5 billion. How is that possible! Even in Shang Country, practicing is not that easy!
Long Dakuan shook his head: "Do you still remember the standards for masters before the establishment of Shang State?"
Yuan Lin was stunned for a moment, then slowly said, "Foundation Building Stage."
"Yes, the foundation-building stage! Before the establishment of the Shang Kingdom, people generally regarded the foundation-building stage as a master, the golden elixir stage as the top master, the Yuanying stage as the ancestor of the sect; the spirit transformation stage was almost legendary. Now people generally regard the spirit transformation stage as the starting point of masters, but in fact this is only the situation in the Shang Kingdom. From a foreign perspective, the foundation-building stage is still a master. Now the Shang Kingdom has universal education, and social resources are abundant and cheap. After so many years of training, half of the people in the Shang Kingdom have reached the foundation-building stage standard. As for students, it is even more amazing. Now junior high school graduates can reach the foundation-building stage level, and almost all high school graduates can reach the foundation-building stage. Jindan stage. As for those above the Huashen stage, in fact, within a radius of tens of millions of kilometers, almost all masters above the Huashen stage have come to Shangguo. Because Shangguo has cheap, high-quality, and abundant resources, because Shangguo has the "Wanzang Complete Book", "Lingtai Neidan Gong", countless theories and thoughts, countless exchanges, and a universal education mechanism. In the past, it was generally difficult to improve after reaching the Huashen stage, because the resource problem troubled all cultivators. This kind of resource includes not only material resources, but also wisdom resources. But in Shangguo, all are not a problem. "
Yuan Lin looked at the crazy auction in front of him and gradually agreed with Long Dakuan's statement. Yes, because Shangguo became powerful, there were so many desires.