Several days later, Hu Bugui came to visit.
Xu Changqing asked, "What brings you here?"
Hu Bugui looked haggard as he said, "Old Xu, I'm leaving the Immortal Sect."
Xu Changqing seemed to understand. "An external assignment?"
Hu Bugui nodded. "Today, the Valley Master spoke with me."
He bluntly said that my aptitude was limited and that further breakthroughs would be difficult. I had already been placed on the external assignment list and had to leave the Immortal Sect within half a year."
Xu Changqing frowned. "Where are you going?"
Hu Bugui drew a deep breath. "Right now, I have two choices."
"First, go to the Central Region and assist Li Lingbi in taming demons."
"Second, go with Xiaoyan to the Flameglow Sect and eventually become an elder."
Of the three of them, his aptitude, comprehension, and cultivation were the lowest, and he was doing the worst as well.
Xu Changqing and Zhao Ziyue were both Middle-grade Golden Core cultivators.
Zhao Ziyue lived without a care in the world. As long as he could fish, it did not matter whether he remained in the Immortal Sect.
Xu Changqing was even more different. He was already the Spirit Fields Steward, and now he was also the acting peak master of Azurewood Peak. His future prospects were self-evident.
Upon hearing this, Xu Changqing understood everything.
Hu Bugui's situation was the epitome of countless ordinary members and disciples in the Worldly Engagement Plan: mediocre aptitude, no patron, no background, able only to become chess pieces for the sect to spread its risks.
After all, even his master was merely a Golden Core cultivator and did not have much say in such matters.
"Ah..."
Hu Bugui sighed softly. "Old Xu, I came to bid you farewell."
Xu Changqing waved a hand. "Don't rush into