However, the Zhengyang Sect and Yingshan Academy had no such scruples.
Perhaps their very natures—the Zhengyang Sect as a pure Jianghu sect and Yingshan Academy as an academy—made them more inclusive.
After all, anyone who picks up a blade can claim to be part of the Jianghu.
By the same token, anyone who is literate can call themselves a scholar.
The barrier to entry was much lower than for the Buddhist and Daoist factions.
After all, not everyone could accept ascetic cultivation and a shaved head.
But the Celestial Profound Sect and the other three academies, who were in similar situations to the Zhengyang Sect and Yingshan Academy, also began to stir with ideas.
As long as they absorbed enough of the sealed experts...
In a few years, it would be as if they had several more Divinity Grandmasters of their own.
At that point, who would care about principles?
They could unify the world with absolute power, and who would care if their members were truly scholars or not.
