Bai Ziran watched Ye Lin's actions with a face full of confusion.
"Elder Ye, why is this necessary? Could it be that someone in our Dao Heaven Sect intends to harm him?"
"Fellow Daoist Bai, you do not understand. One must never let down one's guard against others. Let us go."
Ye Lin merely smiled faintly and changed the subject. Bai Ziran did not press the matter further, only nodding as she followed behind Ye Lin. The two arrived together at a plaza somewhere within the Dao Heaven Sect.
This was the Dao Heaven Sect's Outer Sect. Inner Sect disciples specialized in battle, while Outer Sect disciples mainly gathered intelligence, established forces in the mortal world, and collected resources. It could be said that they handled all the miscellaneous tasks.
After all, for such a massive sect, its logistics had to be assured, and the Outer Sect was where those logistical supplies came from.
You could say Outer Sect disciples were not strong, but you could not say they were useless.
The sect's basic supplies were all provided by the Outer Sect, while the Inner Sect's role was to protect the Outer Sect. The two complemented one another; neither could do without the other.
By the time Ye Lin and Bai Ziran arrived, the plaza was already packed with figures. At its center stood exactly thirty disciples, half male and half female, all below the Immortal Realm.
There were even Golden Core cultivators among them.
After all, even the Outer Sect Elders were only at the Spirit Transformation and Dao Integration stages. Of course, there were also a few outstanding Outer Sect disciples with decent talent and long seniority.
But compared with Inner Sect disciples, the gap became obvious. The difference between the two was anything but small.
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