The Inner Sect was already the backbone of the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect. Foundation Establishment and Core Formation cultivators almost all emerged from this group.
Its greatest benefit was that, after breaking through to Foundation Establishment in the future, one would be qualified to apply to guard a city alone. One only had to look at Heart Erosion City to know how great the profits of monopolizing an entire city could be.
Outer Sect Foundation Establishment cultivators did not have this qualification. Even opening a shop inside the sect required the approval and credentials of the relevant superiors.
On this point, Steward Xu and Xu's Pill Shop were typical examples.
Wang Yu's promotion to the Inner Sect had also come after careful consideration. Only once he had decided to put down deep roots in the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect had he taken action. The benefits lay in the future.
After respectfully taking his leave, Wang Yu, dressed in a completely new outfit, appeared on the plaza of the Central Halls District. Quite a few fellow disciples cast envious looks his way.
Among the Nine Peaks of the Inverse Spirit Blood Sect, the Outer Sect numbered in the hundred-thousands, while the Inner Sect only had around ten thousand. With his status one level higher, it was as if he had trampled those hundred-thousand-plus cultivators beneath his feet.
Everything was completely different now.
"I, Wang, am now an Inner Disciple too. And with the year just ending, today is the first day of my Inner Sect life!"
A few more traces of heroic spirit rose in his heart. As Wang Yu left the Central Halls District, he did not notice that, in the shadows, there seemed to be one more prying gaze upon him.
Heavenly Corpse Ward, an ordinary cave abode.
Nearly