Chapter 317 - The First among the Disciples of the Heavenly Palace (1/2)

What Lu Xuan said stunned everyone present right away. No one had anticipated something like that coming out of his mouth.

What he said was totally opposite to what was commonly preached all over the world at the moment. After all, it was said that everyone received education equally in the present era, although some people were deemed to be more equal than others.

However, what he said called out to what was truly behind all that façade right there and then—there was never such a thing called absolute fairness.

All those young people were stunned right there and then. They realized from how Lu Xuan descended from the sky that the man in front of their eyes was none other than the man in the flesh.

Lu Xuan looked at those young people below him and shook his head. Compared to those back in his past life who rose to prominence among countless out there through their very own powers, those people right before his eyes, at the moment, were very sheltered people.

They had never seen how harsh the world out there truly was, and as such, they had no idea just how brutal the world could truly be.

Those from his past life at later eras would have never asked something like that, as they knew all too well that even geniuses were subject to all manner of prejudice and injustice.

It was absolutely ridiculous to expect absolute fairness.

Those below were, after all, cream of the crop selected from all over the country in the first place, which technically made them elites among elites.

As such, it was only natural for them to feel prideful about themselves, not thinking for even a second that they would pale in comparison to others.

However, the tests they had to go through were not the standardized high school tests; there were no marks or points making it clear if one was inferior or superior.

Where they were at the moment, all decisions rested in the hands of the members of the Heavenly Palace, and that was why they felt unfair about how things were conducted.

“So, you think it’s unfair then?” Lu Xuan asked as he looked at the elaborately dressed young man.

“I’m just saying that I don’t see why she could make it as the disciple of the Palace Lord himself.” The young man voiced his displeasure rather bluntly, speaking his mind without reservations despite knowing full well he was talking to Lu Xuan.

Lu Xuan grinned and continued, “This is hardly anything about fairness. You all are still young now, and I bet no one told you all this, but you’d all soon find out that it’s utterly ridiculous for the weak to seek justifications from the strong.”

“It is especially so in the case of beings of my likes. Do you really think there’s a need to explain myself to your satisfaction for whatever decisions I make?”

What Lu Xuan said made that elaborately dressed young man choke. He was simply too used to the fact that he came from a rather privileged background, being the ones with privileges, and no one else before him had more privilege than he did.

That young man had forgotten that times were then different. No one was deemed qualified enough to point fingers at him or even say what he did was wrong, even if that was the decision he made.

Lu Xuan continued with a smile, “Consider this my first lesson to all of you newbies on the path of cultivation. Please do voice any dissatisfaction you have without reservations. Prove it to me with what you’re capable of, and use that as a testament telling me that I’m wrong. Know that words are weapons of the powerless.”

Everyone present felt riled up by what he just said. There was, without a doubt, no way that he would be able to convince them with words alone. Many of them were dissatisfied, but they had nothing to say to rebuke him at all, given that he was just that powerful after all.

But then again, what he said had also instilled yet another idea in their minds—if they were to be able to show their mettle in their training from then on out, completely exceeding what that personal disciple that Lu Xuan handpicked personally was capable of, they would then be able to prove their worth to him.

A middle-aged man who was watching the entire process taking place from outside the base felt rather flustered by that scene unfolding before him.