Everyone followed Peng Jun and the others deeper inside. Throughout the Profound Sect, exotic flowers and ancient trees grew everywhere, most brimming with spiritual vitality. Almost nothing was mundane.
Spirit medicines several decades old could occasionally be spotted among the grass, and every so often, they even saw century-old ones.
The sight left everyone burning with envy, while inwardly marveling at the Profound Sect's reserves.
Even the roadside held century spirit medicine. It was hard to imagine how many treasures lay in the places dedicated to growing and cultivating it. "Every one of these spirit medicines is registered with the sect and tended by appointed caretakers. Do not touch them. If you're caught, at best you'll forfeit your monthly stipend; at worst you'll be expelled.
"Stop staring at these things. In the Profound Sect, as long as you have the ability, all kinds of resources will flow your way," Peng Jun said.
Xu Yang inwardly shook his head. Ability did indeed draw resources, but it also depended on whether you threatened someone else's interests.
Without anyone backing you, if your gains could not benefit others, the resources flowing your way would still be limited.
Factionalism ran so deep in the Profound Sect that someone like him, with no roots here whatsoever, could only dream of benefiting without joining a faction. For now, he wanted nothing to do with any of them. He had too many secrets and too little cultivation. He only wanted to keep his distance from those experts, even if it meant fewer resources. He had plenty of time to cultivate slowly and could not take risks for resources.
He could seek resources, but only if it was safe. If there was a risk, he would refuse them no matter how abundant they were.
A Barrier-Breaking Prodigy who