Chapter 33: Heavenly Pride Grade Comprehension

Yin Mansion, in the courtyard.

Yin Qi withdrew his fists and stood still, his entire body surging with Blood Qi, and he let out a long, turbid breath.

"Yin Hai, how many copies of the newspaper were sold, and what is the public response?"

Today is the first day of the *People's News* publication, so he is naturally concerned about how things are going.

It is just that he needed to practice, so he let Yin Hai go out to inquire about the situation.

Yin Hai said excitedly: "Young Master, the newspaper has already sold over six thousand copies. If you add those sent to other counties, it totals more than ten thousand copies."

Mr. Tao said that even in Shanghai, this sales volume would be considered a major newspaper.

But Mr. Tao also said that such high sales are partly because everyone is curious and looking for something fresh; on the other hand, it is also because our pricing is very low, so ordinary people can afford it.

Today can only be considered a successful start; the subsequent sales are the key.

Only after the novelty wears off will the sales stabilize."

Yin Qi nodded.

Yin Hai continued: "Speaking of the response, it is naturally very enthusiastic; everyone is discussing our newspaper everywhere. Even the young lady keeps the newspaper in her hands all day long. However, Young Master, there are also many who curse us, saying that our use of vernacular in the newspaper is an insult to refinement."

Yin Qi smiled faintly and said: "Controversy is for the best. If there were no controversy, how could this society progress?"

Yin Hai continued to speak vividly, while Yin Qi listened quietly.

After Yin Hai finished speaking, Yin Qi prepared to practice Alchemy, as the Peiyuan Pills had run out again. He said: "Yin Hai, the Ginseng and Ganoderma are almost used up, and it is still early, so go buy some back."

"Very well, Young Master!"

Yin Hai nodded, turned, and left.

He does not need to ask Yin Qi for the money to buy the medicine; he can just draw it from the accounting office.

Alchemy Room.

Before sunset, Yin Qi refined two batches, obtaining a total of eighty Peiyuan Pills, and also used up the Ginseng and Ganoderma.

Thirty-year-old Ginseng and Ganoderma are rare goods even in the pharmacy.

Yin Hai returned at this time, carrying two medicine packets in his hands, and said: "Young Master, the Ginseng and Ganoderma in the city have already been bought out by us; there is only this much. However, I have already told those pharmacies to prepare stock as soon as possible."

"Mm, good."

Yin Qi said, handing a bottle of Peiyuan Pills to Yin Hai, and said: "Take this bottle. Practice your skills well; it has been almost a month, and you still haven't mastered the Bright Strength."

Yin Hai said helplessly: "Young Master, how could I compare to you?"

Time passed, and the night grew deep.

It was already midnight after finishing the Imperial Pole Saber Technique.

He has become increasingly proficient in the Imperial Pole Saber Technique and has even gradually touched upon the Blade Intent; it is not simply overbearing, but should be the demeanor of ruling the world, looking down upon all living beings.

It is just that this kind of demeanor cannot be experienced unless one is an Emperor.

That is to say, unless he can become the Human Emperor, it is impossible for him to practice the Imperial Pole Saber Technique to the Great Completion Stage.

He suddenly also understood why the *Human Emperor Scripture* can only be practiced by the Human Emperor.

If the state of mind is not reached, it simply cannot be practiced.

After taking a cold shower, Yin Qi lay on the bed and was just about to sleep when a grand voice suddenly rang out in his mind:

"Promoting the progress of history, National Fortune bestowed."

Accompanied by the grand voice, Yin Qi's consciousness suddenly arrived deep within his mind.

He saw that on the vast Altar, the 1.1-chi white fortune, like a wick doused in gasoline, suddenly surged violently and grew to about 1 meter in height.

1 meter, which is 3 chi.

"Hiss!"

Yin Qi took a deep breath, both surprised and delighted: "The so-called promoting the progress of history must be the initiation of the New Culture Movement."

He originally thought he would have to become the Human Emperor to obtain fortune; he did not expect that this would work too.

In an instant, various thoughts surged in his mind.

With fortune skyrocketing, he must, of course, find a way to use it and convert it into foundation and strength.

For a cultivator, bone structure and comprehension are the foundation.

Bone structure cannot be taken away, and the bone structure of this physical body is not bad, so there is no need to waste it.

But comprehension is different; it can be carried across the heavens.

Thinking of this, he communicated with the Altar with his mind: "How much fortune is needed to raise comprehension to the Heavenly Pride level?"

"Two chi!"

In the dark, a grand voice rang out in Yin Qi's mind.

"Only two chi!"

Yin Qi was surprised; this was too little.

But after thinking about it carefully, his comprehension was already very close to Heavenly Pride, so two chi is quite normal.

Thinking of this, he communicated with the Altar again:

"Altar, raise my comprehension to the Heavenly Pride Grade!"

"As you wish!"

The grand voice rang out again, and then the 1-meter-high white light began to diminish at a speed visible to the naked eye.

At the same time, Yin Qi felt a cool sensation surging in his mind.

This feeling was as if he were originally a mirror covered in dust, suddenly washed by clear water, immediately radiating its original brightness; all memories from his past and present lives, even those from his infancy, emerged one by one.

Washing away the dust, summoning the past.

After a long time, the cool sensation receded.

On the Altar, the white Qi luck turned back into 1.1 chi.

Withdrawing his consciousness, Yin Qi opened his eyes.

Even in the dark of night, his eyes shone brilliantly.

Cultivation requires innate bone structure, but learning other things requires comprehension.

He travels through the heavens; besides harvesting Qi luck, his most important goal is to learn, using the essence of the civilizations of the heavens as resources to nourish the development of the Fengshen World.

The Fengshen World is high-level, but in many aspects, it is also very backward.

For example, papermaking, printing, gunpowder, and the like do not exist.

"It seems that in the future, I must increase my learning in other areas; let's start with Medicine."

Cultivation is about strengthening one's own body internally, while Medicine is the study of the body.

Mastering Medicine will certainly be helpful for martial arts training.

………

"Extra, extra, read all about it!"

Early the next morning, the new issue of the People's Newspaper continued to be distributed, and the stream of buyers remained endless.

For no other reason than that it was cheap.

Talented scholars and beauties first read the essays, poems, and Fiction.

Scholars like Yin Chengtao, however, immediately read the Politics and Current Affairs sections.

They were more concerned with national affairs.

Those old Confucian scholars who cursed the Newspaper Office would buy the newspaper while they cursed it.

This time, people discovered that the newspaper's headline carried an announcement:

At this time of unprecedented great change in a thousand years, we should keep pace with the times, strive for self-improvement, discard the defect in traditional education where the common people find it difficult to understand essays, promote the popularization of vernacular Chinese, and enable countless common people to also understand essays, care about national affairs, and at the same time understand the great righteousness and a sense of shame.

After reading the announcement, everyone was shocked.

This People's Newspaper was indeed doing something big; it was actually going to promote a New Culture Movement!

After reading the announcement, the old Confucian scholars' faces changed drastically, and they began to curse loudly: "Ignorant child, how dare you speak of the great matter of education."

If the common people could all understand essays, then what would they be needed for?

The people can be made to follow, but they cannot be made to understand.

Keeping the people ignorant is the royal way.

The more the common people understand, the wilder their thoughts will become; how will they be managed in the future?

Compared to the consternation of the decadent old Confucian scholars, the young people cheered one after another; they had progressive thoughts, were more willing to accept new things, and had long been tired of studying the classics.

A simple sentence actually required repeated deliberation; this was purely a waste of time.

Especially in the poetry section, Tao Chengzhang brought out the ultimate weapon, "I Love This Land":

If I were a bird,

I would also sing with my hoarse throat:

This land beaten by storms,

This river forever surging with our grief and indignation,

This wind blowing endlessly with rage,

And that incomparably gentle dawn from the forest...

——Then I die,

Even my feathers rotting in the land.

Why are my eyes often filled with tears?

Because I love this land so deeply...

……

Especially upon reading the last line, every hot-blooded man could not help but shed tears, their hearts surging with emotion.

Yes, who does not love this land?

Connecting it to the announcement at the beginning of the newspaper, everyone felt a sense of historical responsibility on their shoulders.

They wanted to promote the New Culture Movement, to awaken countless common people, and to unite everyone.

Drive away the invaders, reform, and strengthen the country!

(End of this chapter)