Chapter 778: Civilian soul masters are not civilians
Civilian soul masters.
Quan Li was once a civilian soul master.
However, the term civilian soul master is actually a pseudo-noun.
The total number of soul masters in the entire continent is only over 100,000.
Compared to the entire population, the number of soul masters only accounts for a very small proportion.
Because of its scarcity and particularity, the moment they awaken their innate soul power, whether they are so-called aristocratic soul masters or civilian soul masters, they have already reached the top of human society. .
From this moment, even if he was a civilian before, he will gain a new identity, a soul master.
And soul master, in Douluo Continent, should be the term that is opposed to civilians.
Of course, on the mainland, soul masters from poor backgrounds cannot obtain the same level of educational resources because of the nobles or royal soul masters who previously had a monopoly.
But this injustice is just an inequality within the soul master world.
If you look at the entire human society, compared to the inequality within soul masters, the gap between soul masters and non-soul masters is truly shocking.
A soul master who basically does not produce or create value will receive free subsidies from the state from the moment he is promoted to a soul master.
Even a soul warrior who has not obtained a soul ring can still receive a subsidy of one gold soul coin every month.
With dozens of copper soul coins, you can eat a lunch box with meat and vegetables. When converted into RMB in the original world, one copper soul coin can be basically regarded as approximately equivalent to one yuan.
One gold soul coin = one hundred silver soul coins = ten thousand copper soul coins.
In other words, a soul warrior can receive a free subsidy equivalent to 120,000 yuan a year.
As for the higher-level soul masters and great soul masters, their subsidies will be ten times higher than those at the previous level.
That is 1.2 million and 12 million.
Among the one hundred thousand soul masters, soul masters in these three realms account for the vast majority. If we want to supply at least five figures of soul masters every year, the number of them will be completely astronomical. .
But the money that the country and Wuhun Palace invested in soul masters did not fall from the sky.
In this feudal society where the level of productivity is only the medieval level of the previous life, where did so much funds come from?
The answer is self-evident.
These funds must come from the lowest level of mortals, ordinary people who have not awakened their innate soul power and cannot practice cultivation.
It is from the harvest of this group of ordinary people's hard work that a part is intercepted and used to support the soul master class that is over their heads.
Of course, the privileges of soul masters are not obtained for nothing.
Just like nobles, they are not born nobles. They all made considerable contributions in the beginning, so they were named the privileged class.
However, with the development of human history, this small group of privileged classes began to become more and more greedy, taking the power given by the people as their due power.
In this way, they would never think of repaying the country and the people.
Unlike previous lives, facing the oppression of the feudal system, the oppressed were still mortals and could still use their blood to resist with their lives.
But in Douluo Continent, these low-level mortals not only have the mountain of feudalism weighing on their heads, but there is also a mountain called Soul Master above it.
This mountain is so heavy that no matter how much blood a mortal sheds, it will be difficult to move it.
Just because the gap between soul masters and mortals is too huge. Take Dugu Bo as an example. A Titled Douluo with a poison attribute fights an army of mortals composed of hundreds of thousands or millions of people. The final result will be which side wins.
In Douluo Continent, the answer is simple.
That is Dugu Bosheng!
Such a desperate contrast is also the reason why there have been no major social changes in the entire history of Douluo Continent in the past thousand years.
Among them, Wuhun Palace satisfied the common people's unwillingness to be oppressed, and was able to rapidly expand its power under the eyes of the two empires and grow to its current level.
According to Quan Yi's observation, Wuhun Temple has indeed broken the monopoly and exclusivity on awakening martial souls, opening up a channel for struggling civilians to rise.
However, the irony is that this group of soul masters who awakened from common people will break away from their status as civilians and turn into soul masters who exploit the common people the moment they transform into the privileged class.
What’s even more frightening is that this transformation begins at the age of six. Six-year-old children are not yet able to work. How can they remember the hardships of civilians.
On his way across the continent, Quan Yi saw various stone tablets erected in front of poor villages countless times, with the name of a certain soul master or someone engraved on them. The title of soul master level.
Hun Sheng Village, Soul Emperor Village, Soul King Village.
These stone tablets must have incorporated the simplest expectations of the villagers.
However, Quan Yi rarely saw such a village become wealthy because of the emergence of a soul master in the village.
You can’t blame them for being ruthless.
After all, the resources required for the growth of civilian soul masters cannot be provided by a village.
The soul masters who have been growing up in the soul master group since they were six years old, especially the civilian soul masters, know best that even in the soul master world, the gap between soul masters will be even greater. .
The small world of soul masters will form a stricter hierarchical order based on the level of martial souls, the level of soul power, and the configuration of soul rings.
In this small pyramid, if civilian soul masters want to continue climbing up, they must devote more resources and efforts.
At this stage, their own background not only cannot be a strong support, but may even become a burden that drags them down.
In this realistic situation, the Wuhun Palace, like a martial soul awakening for civilians, once again extended an olive branch to talented civilian soul masters.
They use larger resources to attract and train civilian soul masters who want to continue to climb up.
And this group of soul masters who have been trained by Wuhun Hall will naturally be grateful to Wuhun Hall after they grow up.
When they grow up and their horizons become higher, they will not look down on common people. Even if they want to prevent their soul master bloodline from being contaminated, they will only look for soul master companions.
In this way, civilian soul masters, after just one generation of transformation, will completely lose their title of civilians.
The force of Wuhun Palace is indeed very fair, especially towards soul masters.
But are they fair to civilians?
The answer must be no.
Without oppression, how would the people be grateful to Wuhun Palace.
Without a hierarchical pyramid, how could they continue to squeeze the remaining value of mortals as they should to support the top soul masters.
If they abandon this strict order, face up to the contributions of the people at the bottom, and put the status of the people on the same level as the soul masters, then Bibi Dong will respond to the majesty of the pope, and the faith will be transformed in an instant collapse.
At that time, the soul master will no longer be the most noble profession in the entire continent, but will become the most despised blood-sucking insect.
In Wuhun City, low-level soul masters are waiters, but what about the civilians?
(End of this chapter)