The Sims: I Open the Immortal Path for All Beings

Chapter 518: Chapter 466: Let them suffer a bit, I’ll take the blame.

Ever since the rise of Pei Xuanjing, during the Great Morning Meeting at the Imperial City, he broke the monopolistic control of the Great Ming royal family and thereby wrested some of the powers that previously belonged to the Great Ming royal family and the imperial court. It can be said that he created an opening for various forces worldwide.

Afterward, Pei Xuanjing teamed up with various forces of the Taoist School, broke the seal of Heaven and Earth, revived the Heaven and Earth once again, paving the way for the global martial artists.

In the subsequent battle outside the border, several factions were promoted to the Divine Position by the Divine Dynasty…

Each of these events undoubtedly gained them the favor of these great powers, as the interests gained by these large forces were significantly more than those earned by ordinary martial artists.

However, there are two sides to everything. Despite them reaping substantial benefits from the events promoted by Pei Xuanjing, these incidents led to both worldly martial artists and the Great Ming imperial court gaining even more.

Take for example the Military City that Pei Xuanjing gifted to the global martial artists outside the border. After the promotion of Great Ming to the Divine Dynasty, with the increasing strength of the Great Ming Divine Dynasty, they would naturally strive to suppress various forces again. It’s an inevitable trend, absolutely irreversible.

Why would the Great Ming Divine Dynasty support Pei Xuanjing’s proposal to establish the Taoist Academy this time? Because the Great Ming Divine Dynasty understands that it would be the ultimate beneficiary. With countless martial artists rising without any background, their dependence on these large forces would reduce, and there would be more people to replace them.

“Ever since the appearance of Grandmaster Pei, while we seemingly gained more benefits, the actual proportion we hold in the world has been reduced.”

This was an evaluation made by a wise person in a great power about everything that Pei Xuanjing had done.

Pei Xuanjing is indeed aware of this, but he doesn’t care a whit. He knows that there are even more outrageous statements made when he plans to establish the Taoist Academy and teach all skills to the global martial artists.

“What does Pei Xuanjing want to do? This is undermining our foundations. Now that Pei Xuanjing has successfully cultivated, he might not care about us, but does he disregard his Shenxiao Sect as well?”

Although they seemed to be scared by Pei Xuanjing’s deterrence, countless offensive words came out behind his back. To say the least, this move by Pei Xuanjing almost caused a number of furious conservative vested interest holders, which left them indignant.

Everyone with a sane mind knows that if Pei Xuanjing’s plan is pushed forward, their advantages would be continuously chopped down in the future, and they will have to stand on the same start line as the martial artists of ordinary origin. This is almost unbearable for them.

Pei Xuanjing’s use of Divine Positions to exchange skills and his push to establish the Taoist Academy looked quite smooth. However, numerous open and hidden battles took place behind the scenes. If not for his power being substantial enough to suppress the world, he probably would have met the same fate as his previous life – being shot in the back 27 times and then accursed for “going berserk” and dying.

Bai Xiaosheng, who always looked down on these people, could not help but advise Pei Xuanjing against popular anger: “It’s better to slow down the push for this matter. If forcing it, those people cannot deal with you, but posing a threat to the disciples of Shenxiao Sect and Taoist School who carry out the plan is very likely.”

After all, although Pei Xuanjing is strong enough to resist them, he is not alone. He has the backing of the Shenxiao Sect and the Taoist School, and he needs people to execute these plans.

These people dare not take action against Pei Xuanjing, but if they are cornered, they would probably act against the disciples who carry out Pei Xuanjing’s plans. Even Pei Xuanjing cannot fully look after everyone, and he cannot do everything by himself.

“Time does not wait, if they dare to act, then don’t blame me for being ruthless.” Pei Xuanjing decisively rejected Bai Xiaosheng’s proposal at that time.

He understands that any reform will inevitably provoke a series of conservative opposition. Those established interest groups will do anything crazy to protect their interests.

For all this, Pei Xuanjing has made preparations in his heart, and is ready to carry out with iron-blooded hands.

It is about his path to Becoming Immortal and his plan, he does not allow anyone to hamper his plans. Even if he does not like killing people, if someone acts recklessly, then don’t blame him for being ruthlessly harsh.

“The path to trascendence is unpredictable, and any opportunity to increase the chances should not be missed. Someone always has to make sacrifices in this world. So, for the sake of our great cause to Becoming Immortal, we have to make these great powers suffer a bit longer.” Pei Xuanjing seriously said to Bai Xiaosheng and others at that time, “Just do what needs to be done and let me bear the burden.”

Pei Xuanjing’s plan must be carried out. For his plans, these great forces had to make some sacrifices. When that day comes, Pei Xuanjing, not being a bridge burner, should naturally have something to gain as well.

Of course, if these people act recklessly, Pei Xuanjing wouldn’t mind making them pay more.

Don’t even mention that they could incite ordinary martial artists to riot. If they really went rogue and caused chaos, Pei Xuanjing would show them who held the true power by stepping on their bones in the Heavenly Street, staged a peasant uprising, and then redistributed their land.

When it came to these types of tactics, Pei Xuanjing has seen more and understood more than they do.

Seeing Pei Xuanjing’s determination, Bai Xiaosheng and others could only stop persuading him. After all, Pei Xuanjing was not wrong, either these great powers bear the burden, or the ordinary martial artists worldwide have to suffer.

However, if they oppressed the global martial artists too much, it’s easy to cause big trouble, so it’s better to make these great powers suffer. After all, it’s easier to make them pay.

Even so, Pei Xuanjing became more cautious, such as in selecting people for the Taoist Academy, a task that a first-grade martial artist could do, but he dispatched Deng Zhong, a Spirit Realm powerhouse, to execute it personally.

In a nutshell, although Pei Xuanjing was still in closed-door practice, the series of plans and actions he initiated undoubtedly led to a fierce Internal Competition among the world’s martial artists.

No one wants to admit their inferiority, especially those martial artists of ordinary origin. Most of them just thought that they were not better than the disciples of the great powers, only because the latter had better skills to practice, better teachers to instruct, and enjoyed more resources.

They thought that if they put themselves in the same position, they would perform even better.

Previously, such thoughts of theirs were sneered at by the children of these great powers, mocking them for wishful thinking.

But now, when the news of Pei Xuanjing establishing the Taoist Academy spread all over the world, countless ordinary martial artists went crazy. The dreams that they originally could only encounter in dreams were now happening in reality.