Douluo: The Holy Spirit Master, Twelve Talismans Chaos the Continent

Chapter 88 No Loss, No Win
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The dinner went smoothly. Nan Feng never made a fuss while eating. This was one of his few qualities, or his basic respect for food.

Of course, after the meal, that’s another story.

"Brother Tianfeng, do you know why I would help the Tiandou Empire?" Nan Feng suddenly said.

Dai Tianfeng was stunned. "I wonder what the elder means?"

The Spirit Hall has always instigated the conflict between the two empires in peacetime and appeased it in wartime. This situation has lasted for hundreds of years, but this time is the first time that it has almost directly taken sides.

Moreover, to be honest, they couldn't understand what the Spirit Hall wanted to do this time.

They could understand that Spirit Hall did not want Xing Luo to destroy Tian Dou, but at the same time, Spirit Hall would not want to see the two empires become more powerful.

The stronger the country is, the better treatment it can provide. When the two empires develop to the point where they can provide treatment that the Spirit Hall cannot, the Spirit Hall will lose the necessity of its existence.

Anyone can see that over the past thousand years on the continent, the number of soul masters has been increasing. If this continues, the current noble status of soul masters will inevitably disappear.

Scarcity makes things valuable, not only precious gems, but also people.

There are not many soul masters nowadays, accounting for less than one thousandth of the total population of the continent. There may not be one soul master in a thousand people, so a social system has been formed in which ordinary people support soul masters. But if the number of soul masters increases, and the fittest survive, one day, soul masters will be everywhere, and even Titled Douluo will no longer be a legendary figure.

This situation has little impact on the two empires because their social rules are based on the majority of the people.

But the Spirit Hall is in an awkward situation. As an organization composed purely of spirit masters, when the spirit masters lose their noble status, the Spirit Hall is no longer noble.

Looking at the continent today, there are nearly 100,000 soul masters who are counted in the register. What if we add in those soul masters who are not counted by the Spirit Hall?
Most of the sects, the eight major families, and some nobles will not reveal their information to the Spirit Hall. After all, a big tree attracts the wind, and it is inevitable that people will plot against it.

Therefore, in addition to the soul masters counted by the Spirit Hall, there are still a large number of soul masters on the mainland who are not counted. Adding up the entire continent, there are at least tens of thousands of soul masters.

In other words, there are now more than 100,000 soul masters in Douluo Continent, and in another hundred years, it is expected to exceed 200,000.

But a thousand years ago, the total number of soul masters in the entire continent was probably less than ten thousand.

Why could a big white goose like the Tiandou royal family rise from the war and become a royal family? There is no other reason, it’s simply because the number of soul masters was too small a thousand years ago.

Even the big white goose spirit of the Tiandou royal family still has powerful martial arts for most people.

After the establishment of the two empires, information on the continent began to flow, marriages and childbirths between soul masters and non-soul masters became more frequent, and the number of soul masters began to increase significantly.

But in a thousand years, the number of soul masters has only increased this much. Is this really reasonable?

According to Xing Luo's statistics over the past hundreds of years, it was discovered that the Spirit Hall was intentionally controlling the number of spirit masters. Even the history of the two empires can only be traced back a thousand years, but the prototype core of the Spirit Hall can be traced back ten thousand years.

For ten thousand years, the number of soul masters in Douluo Continent remained almost unchanged. However, after the establishment of the two empires, the number of soul masters began to increase rapidly.

But this upward trend changed hundreds of years ago. The number of soul masters returned to a stable state again, and even almost stabilized. It no longer continued to increase. The total number of soul masters in the same period remained at around 100,000.

And this is all thanks to the Spirit Hall. They secretly instigated fights between sects, and also instigated wars between Xingluo and Tiandou. Wars will result in deaths, and conflicts between spirit master sects will also result in deaths.

In other words, it is because of the existence of war that the number of soul masters has not gotten out of control, and the soul masters of Douluo Continent can maintain their noble status!

Only the Spirit Hall, a pure spirit master organization, can maintain its noble status. This is the fundamental reason why the Spirit Hall instigated the two empires to go to war, but did not want either of them to destroy the other.

But now, the Tiandou Empire has become more united than ever because of Nan Feng's trouble. Facing such a Tiandou Empire, Xingluo cannot start a war in a short period of time, because it will gain nothing and will only increase consumption.

If there is no war and both sides rest and recuperate, the number of soul masters that should be consumed by the war will gradually get out of control!

If this continues, the noble status of soul masters will no longer be preserved!

This will not benefit Spirit Hall at all!

"Because I am a kind-hearted and peace-loving person," said Nan Feng.

"The Tiandou Empire is getting worse year by year, but Xingluo is thriving. If nothing changes, a war to destroy the country will surely break out in the near future."

"I don't need to tell you what war means, do I?"

Dai Tianfeng nodded. "So, Elder Nanfeng hopes that Tiandou and Xingluo can maintain a balance? So that the Spirit Hall can profit from it?"

"No, I don't intend to let anyone profit from it." Nan Feng said.

"I hope that Tiandou and Xingluo can promote each other in a peaceful way."

"Just like the thing I sold you today, if Tiandou bought it, Xingluo will definitely buy it too. In order to get rid of your dependence on my stuff, you will definitely improve it based on the crossbow chariot and create a new weapon that surpasses it."

"And in order not to fall behind Xing Luo, the Tiandou Empire will also try every possible way to become stronger."

"The two empires can become more powerful without war."

Dai Tianfeng was stunned. "But the two empires are getting stronger and stronger, which is not good for the Spirit Hall."

"I don't care." Nan Feng said.

"It is only natural that things that cannot keep up with the times will be eliminated, whether it is the Spirit Hall, the two empires, or the seven major sects, it is the same."

"Wouldn't it be better if Xingluo destroyed Tiandou, unified the continent, and there would be no more wars?" Dai Tianfeng said.

“Then what do you think will happen if the Spirit Hall destroys the seven major sects and the eight major families, eliminates all the spirit master forces, big and small, on the Douluo Continent, and only the Spirit Hall remains the dominant force?” Nan Feng asked back.

Dai Tianfeng was speechless for a moment.

Then the Spirit Hall must ascend to heaven?
"I always believe that power tends to corrupt, and absolute power will inevitably lead to absolute corruption," said Nan Feng.

"Human beings are creatures that, once they lose the threat of external forces, their desires will completely get out of control if they are in a high position."

“There is progress only when there is competition, and there is motivation only when there is pressure.”

"If there is no opponent, then there is no winning or losing. But if there is no losing, will you still think about winning?"

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(End of this chapter)