Whether it was Ling Ji's abbot's lineage, or Wenjun's and Yuwei's two lineages of Tao Mountain and Tai Mountain, their primary purpose was cultivation.
The miscellaneous affairs of the mountain, Qingyun Mountain's relationship with Shangling Village, the Lunan Alliance, and so on were all managed by Daoist Yunsheng's outer lineage.
Though the two seemed divided by rank, inner and outer, toil and leisure, both had voluntarily placed the cultivation lineage first.
After all, no matter how much was said, if one failed to become an Earth Immortal, there would come a day when one's lifespan ran out.
But with an ageless, immortal life, all other worldly things would be no more than within easy reach.
Perhaps this division would one day cause Daoqing Temple to split apart or decline.
But Ling Qing did not care.
What he valued now, and what he would value in the future, would only ever be his three disciples: Ling Ji, Wenjun, and Yuwei.
Perhaps he could spare some care for Weiyan Zi's generation as well.
But for the "Tong" generation disciples below them, he no longer had either the time or inclination to concern himself with them.
It would naturally be best if Daoqing Temple could flourish without decline, but if one day it fell into decay, vanished altogether, or was destroyed by others, he might not even spare it another glance.
Of course, though Daoist Yunsheng had no formal connection to Ling Qing, he had ultimately studied under the same master as Daoist Lingguan.
And when Ling Qing had still been insignificant, he had braved hardship without complaint to help him establish Daoqing Temple's foundation.
Ling Qing still wished to strive for something on his behalf.
His cultivation was insufficient at present, so it was not easy for him to investigate Daoist Yunsheng's