The wealth of the weak won't help them because someone at the second mortal coil can steal their wealth from them instead of selling the technique to them.
He believes that it is unfair that a weak person having wealth won't help them become stronger and transcend. He doesn't think it is right that wealth will only cause their early demise. But what he thinks doesn't matter as it is the way of the world.
Fortunately, all hope is not lost for the common people. There is a chance for them to acquire the technique without seducing rich young masters or swearing their lives into the service of a powerful organization. That opportunity is the special regional sect examination.
In fact, that opportunity is one of the lowest that can be acquired in the examination. Those who fail to be recruited by sects can still get the technique. They just need to perform up to a certain standard.
Such a low-level opportunity can be acquired with power at the seventh transformation. But the true opportunity, which is to be recruited by a sect, needs power that is at least at the ninth transformation.
That is his goal. His mother couldn't get the opportunity because the exam is held every five years, and she was too old for it when it was her turn.
But he has a very good chance of getting the low-level opportunities and even the true opportunity. After all, he is already at the eighth transformation, and he still has more than ten years to prepare.
The 100 rank 1 grand blood pill and the second part of the fire mana techniques that he just earned will go a long way in helping him achieve that.
So he too was in a good mood as the graduation ceremony started. He was bored by some of the speeches, but he had food to keep him preoccupied, so he didn't care too much.
The interesting part of the graduation came when the graduates took to the fighting pit to duel. He had seen them fight before, but this fight was far more thrilling because they were very desperate, and it showed in their fight.
There was a lot at stake for them than blood pills. They were fighting for their future, so they took the fight more seriously than they normally did.
This was especially so for the children of servants. They went all out against each other, causing broken noses, split lips, and bruised faces to their opponents.
Their martial uniforms were soaked in blood, and some even fractured their limbs. Even then, they still continued to fight. They didn't stop fighting until they became unconscious.
The fights were brutal things reminiscent of the famed gladiator fights. It looked more like a fight. to the death than some spar.
The guests enjoyed them very much. They cheered for the fighters while he felt some solemnity.
The seriousness of the fight made him feel some pity for the graduates and get a new understanding of how lucky he was.
He thought to himself, "All of these just for an opportunity to maybe reach the ninth transformation in their lifetime."
Things might be difficult for him, but he can still earn a chance to transcend the first mortal coil by working for a decade or for the Dyson family. But these people don't have that opportunity.
They have to fight here with all their might to show their worth because it will determine where they will be recruited in the family and what treatment they will receive. Even then, their hopes of transcending the first mortal coil are slim at best.
This is essentially what the graduation ceremony is. The ones that reach the sixth transformation before or at the age of 20 get to be assigned to positions better than ordinary guards in the family.
These are the best that the academy produces every year. But the best position they can get is to be assigned to guard the children of the inner court for the rest of their lives.
That's why Delia and the other wives with kids at the age of five and above came to the graduation ceremony. They came to pick personal guards for their children.
The guard that they will pick to protect their kids must be someone who is not afraid of pain and must be willing to do everything in their power to protect their charges.
The graduates must prove that they can do that, so they must keep fighting even when they have dislocated their legs or broken their arms.
Arthur sighed when he saw this. He thought to himself, "I don't get to have a personal guard. But I guess I am very lucky too."
He would have liked to have a guard, as that would have prevented the demonic deer that raped his scalp from having its way with his hair. But he is content with not having to fight tooth and nail for a mediocre future.
The children of servants need to graduate from the training facility, as it is the easiest way for them to get the second part of the fire mana techniques. He didn't need to do that because he had a rich mother.
That and the need to keep his power at the eight transformation hidden is why his mother insisted that he quit the training facility. Now that he sees what Lady Vena is saving him from, he has decided that maybe she didn't need to give him an allowance.
The rest of the graduation ceremony was uneventful. Every graduate was sworn into service of the Dyson family. They had little choice about it.
On the surface, it looked like they had a choice, but anyone who was trained at the training facility and refused to work for the Dyson family will have to pay the family back a price that is equal to the six-year budget of the training facility.
That means they will have to pay the cost of training another batch of graduates. It didn't matter if they received any blood pills throughout their stay at the training facility.