I was enjoying this story—a little. EE…It seems like IF one entered a sect to cultivate, that a cheat that made cultivation irrelevant would take away all the satisfaction—most of the satisfaction—out of attaining higher realms. Still. the tongue-in-cheek way the author handled the story made it halfway amusing. Then the act that ruins so many of these cultivation stories occurred. The protagonist ordered the little girl under his tutelage, to cripple someone's cultivation. I have no problem with murder—even torture, under the right motivation—But in a cultivation world, as described, absolutely NOTHING would justify crippling someone. There is an old proverb: "How do you hurt someone who has lost everything? Answer: Give him back something dear to him—BROKEN." IF one had been a cultivator, normal life would be hopelessly broken. Every second of every day would be like walking with shards of glass in one's shoes. You know, JUST ONCE I'd like to read about someone promptly committing Seppuku upon having their cultivation crippled. Ah well, I rant.
