"I don't need your persuasion, and I certainly don't want to be a bookworm who can only talk about those laughable principles in the face of strong enemies," Yichuan Ying said resolutely.
"Please put aside your prejudice against scholars," Cheng Ziang said sternly, "the more knowledgeable people are, the more they know how to respect the learned and defer to the virtuous; the more ignorant people are, the more they know how to be arrogant towards others. Your prejudice very plainly shows that this viewpoint is correct, and if you always hold a bias against scholars, then even if you become a cultivator, you are merely for show, not worth mentioning."