Upon hearing that Huo Hai had come from the Ink Lotus Domain, the people who had vaguely been surrounding him seemed to disperse somewhat. Their wariness toward him also lessened greatly, which left Huo Hai rather puzzled.
Huo Hai secretly glanced around, then asked in a low voice, "What is going on with them? Why did they suddenly scatter?"
Jin Sheng said with a beaming smile, "Isn't it because of your background? Brother Huo, you've only just come here from the Ink Lotus Domain, so you don't know this yet. People from the Ink Lotus Domain generally do not hold very high status in our Heavenly Soul Domain."
Huo Hai looked confused. Jin Sheng was not surprised and immediately began explaining. As Huo Hai listened, he gradually understood that it was still a matter of potential. The Ink Lotus Domain lacked inheritances and resources, so those born there generally did not have much potential. The stronger one became, the more severely one's own potential was damaged instead.
As a result, people from the Ink Lotus Domain were basically unable to join the major forces of the Heavenly Soul Domain, and many of them were lone wanderers. Thus, in the eyes of Heavenly Soul Domain experts, Ink Lotus Domain experts were simply nothing worth mentioning.
The second point was inheritance. The Ink Lotus Domain's inheritances were far inferior to those of the Heavenly Soul Domain. With years of warfare, all kinds of profound secret arts had gradually been lost. Because of this, Ink Lotus Domain experts were generally not very strong in Battle Spirit Arts.
Even some people born into major factions were sometimes not as strong as rogue cultivators from the Heavenly Soul Domain. Huo Hai nodded. No wonder these people had reacted so strangely upon hearing that he had