Later, he heard people mention that a Nascent Soul True Lord had indeed chosen Senior Brother Shi as a disciple. However, Senior Brother Shi had not concealed the damage to his Spiritual Root, so he had merely entered the Inner Sect and had not truly taken a master.
Because of this, Senior Brother Shi had been like an invisible man in the Inner Sect, cultivating alone and attending lessons alone. Though his combat strength rivaled Foundation Establishment, not a single disciple in the sect had been close to him. Most were merely nodding acquaintances, and because he had remained unable to reach Foundation Establishment for so long, some Outer Sect disciples had even whispered that he was "squatting in the latrine without taking a shit."
Compared to the Inner Sect disciples, the Outer Sect disciples were indeed a mixed bag. Bian Chunchou had encountered it twice and firmly refused to indulge this vile habit of speaking ill of others behind their backs. Gossiping about fellow disciples was one thing, but slandering them was another. Senior Brother Shi had neither committed heinous crimes nor treated his fellow disciples harshly, so why should he suffer such treatment?
Still, he had been quite curious then about exactly how Senior Brother Shi's Spiritual Root had been damaged to cause his cultivation to stagnate. In truth, many people in the sect had wanted to know as well. Yet before the reason emerged, Senior Brother Shi had made a name for himself in one stroke, shooting straight from the Qi Refining Peak to Foundation Establishment Late Stage.
It could truly be called covering a thousand miles in a single day, delivering a fierce slap to countless faces.
After that, no one ever brought up the damage to Senior Brother Shi's Spiritual Root again. Everyone tacitly assumed