"It doesn't matter. The old man said, "The key is that the application of the teleportation circle will greatly change the basic situation of the entire human world, and even the entire Shining Continent." ”

"It's just an increase in travel speed, is it so exaggerated?" Gu Tiancheng disagreed.

"Is it just faster? It's too fast. Quantitative change is enough to cause qualitative change!" the old man said, "Do you know why there has never been an empire with a wide field on the mainland? In history, more than one eloquent and strategist wanted to fulfill the dream of the empire, and the successive great envoys of the Psychic Temple even regarded the establishment of the Psychic Temple Empire as their lifelong goal, but all of them failed without exception. Why?

It's because the management cost is too high! The cost of labor and time are both.

Labor costs are not as simple as they seem. With the expansion of the territory, the management of people will become more and more difficult, the cost will become higher and higher, but the centrifugal force of people will become stronger and stronger, and the more remote the place, the easier it will be to have the idea of self-reliance.

Even if there is a perfect system for the management of the flow of officials, it is not enough to have a perfect rotation system. Those who are self-reliant will set up all kinds of obstacles for those who come after them, so that some local things can only be done by him.

In addition, the Shining Continent is not just the Psychic Palace, as long as those who are willing to stand on their own can win the support of other forces, it is easy to get rid of the control of the Psychic Hall and successfully claim hegemony.

And the time for the Psychic Hall to quell this rebellion, after learning the news, dispatching troops, and marching, a year or two or even more has passed. By the time the counterinsurgency army arrived, the daylily would be cold.

The cost of time is better understood, the larger the territory, the more time is wasted on the road for information transmission, and many affairs can only be left to the local government. And the greater the power at the local level, the more likely it is to create centrifugal force.

But with the advent of the teleportation circle, none of this is a problem. No matter how far away you are, the headquarters can be managed in the same way as you manage the perimeter of the headquarters. In the event of a rebellion in a remote place, the headquarters can also send troops in place to quell the rebellion as soon as possible.

This made the emergence of great empires possible. Once the Psychic Hall and the Seven Guilds relied on their respective strengths to carve up the human world. Do you know what the consequences will be?"

Gu Tiancheng said: "It's nothing more than a separatist and a scuffle. Isn't the current battle between the rivers and lakes also a division and a scuffle? What's the difference?"

The old man shook his head: "On the surface, there seems to be no difference, but if you think about it carefully, you will know that the two are completely different."

The current division is based on the fact that no single organization can actually control the entire human world. Those organizations at the top can only master the largest and highest quality cultivation resources to ensure their own strength.

But no matter how strong they are, they can't control all the resources, and some people want to cultivate their spirits, and they can always find suitable spiritual cultivation resources in the corners, achieve themselves, and change their fate.

Once the psychic hall and the major guilds on the top floor divide the human society in the form of an empire, these behemoths on the top floor will be able to master all the spiritual cultivation resources of the human world, and there will be no chance for the small people at the bottom to rely on spiritual cultivation to change their fate.

Once spiritual cultivation becomes the preserve of the noble class, a de facto monopoly will be formed, not the monopoly of a certain organization, but the monopoly of a certain class. This is exactly what the psychic gods tried to avoid. ”

Gu Tiancheng was a little confused when he heard this, "Are you saying that the Psychic Hall and the Seven Great Guilds will master all the spiritual cultivation resources? In fact, this is almost the case now." Even if they were allowed to master all the spiritual cultivation resources, so what? There could be no harmony between them, as long as there was competition between them, there would be no monopoly, right?"

The old man said: "The mission of our Long family is to maintain a healthy competition system for human spiritual cultivation. We look at nature more far-reaching. You are right, the vast majority of the spiritual cultivation resources in the mainland are now in the hands of the Psychic Hall and the Seven Great Guilds, but don't forget, there was no teleportation circle before, even within the Psychic Hall and the Seven Guilds, it was very loose. The lead family does not have complete control over the interior.

On the surface, the vast majority of resources are concentrated in the hands of the Psychic Hall and the Seven Guilds, which are actually very scattered, even if the leading families of the Psychic Hall and the Seven Guilds have the intention to unite and control all the spiritual cultivation resources, they can't do it, because the vast majority of vested interests will not allow them to do so.

But with the teleportation circle, it was different, the power of the leading family was greatly strengthened, and soon, they would be able to form de facto absolute control over the interior. Once they do that, a compromise union between the great families is something that is bound to happen. Human nature is selfish. It's human nature, and it's hard for anyone to stop it. ”

Gu Tiancheng finally understood the worry in the old man's words, and couldn't help but admire the dragon clan led by the old man. With such a complex relationship, they were able to peel back the cocoon, find out the most critical factors, and successfully deduce the most threatening ones. It takes a lot of insight to do that.

For a long time, Gu Tiancheng naively believed that in the Shining Continent, as long as his strength was strong enough, he would be able to run rampant, and he would be able to rank among the top of the human race and become a successful person.

Now, Gu Tiancheng seems to understand one thing, due to the existence of a ceiling in spiritual cultivation, in the case of holy steps all over the ground, if you want to be at the top, it is far from enough to have a stronger brain than others.

The city government and strategy shown by the previous great god envoy made Gu Tiancheng feel palpitations, and now the foresight shown by the old man of the dragon clan made Gu Tiancheng feel impressed.

What made Gu Tiancheng even more admired was that the dragon clan saw this trend, but they did not selfishly cater to it, but adhered to the entrustment of the psychic god and adhered to their duties.

Human nature is selfish, Gu Tiancheng knows that the persistence of the dragon clan may not last long, but the persistence at this time is still very valuable.

"I understand that at this time, the spiritual cultivation rivers and lakes are indeed facing a fundamental change. If it is not handled well, it is easy to have a monopoly and secession. Gu Tiancheng said, "But, as you said, human nature is selfish, and the emergence of the teleportation circle has made this trend inevitable. What are you going to do to turn the tide, and what role can I play in that?"

The old man smiled: "You also said that it is the trend of the times, and there are only two ways we can do, one way to treat the symptoms and one way to cure the root cause." ”

"How to talk about treating the symptoms, and how to talk about treating the root causes?"

"The symptom is simple, form a new guild and reject the belief in psychic gods. In this way, it is impossible for the Psychic Hall and the Seven Great Guilds to be compatible, and the new disputes in the rivers and lakes are bound to heat up again. As long as the new guild can resist, there is naturally no way to talk about the unification of the rivers and lakes.

The second is to preemptively establish the empire, get rid of the control of the Psychic Hall and the Seven Guilds, and achieve complete autonomy within the empire. The Psychic Hall and the Seven Guilds will also be incompatible, and it will still cause disputes in the rivers and lakes to heat up again. As long as the new empire can withstand the pressure, there will be a steady stream of future generations trying to break free from the shackles and build an empire. In this way, it is also impossible to talk about the unification of the rivers and lakes. ”

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