Upon hearing Bai Xiaosheng's words, Pei Xuanjing's calm gaze was as still as an ancient well. He had taken his own desired actions, yet others saw this as leniency - a notion which he found quite commonplace.
The world indeed followed such rules, and despite the grand aspirations of many predecessors, the divide of classes was ultimately ingrained and hard to break, even for someone like Pei Xuanjing.
Before he could respond, he heard Bai Xiaosheng continue, "Why did you choose to establish the Taoist Academy on your own, Brother Pei? Could it be because you didn't want to suppress others with your power? Otherwise, with your status and influence, if you had decided to enforce this within the Taoist School, who could have stopped you? Yet, you chose to give up this path."
Indeed, with Pei Xuanjing's strength and influence, who in the Taoist School could have stopped him from collectively enforcing the establishment of the Taoist Academy?
