At the very bottom were those with the least magical power and the poorest aptitude. They normally handled chores and were given the pleasant-sounding title of "Duty Disciples."
The middle tier consisted of those who had won Foundation Establishment Pills but still failed to advance to the Foundation Establishment Stage after taking them. Most were at the peak of the Qi Refining Stage. They supervised the Duty Disciples and were called "Steward Disciples."
Those with the highest standing and the best treatment were naturally the disciples with the greatest aptitude, who were also the most likely to reach the Foundation Establishment Stage.
At this point, Uncle-Master Wang glanced at the fellow surnamed Lu, who possessed a single mutated wind spirit root, then looked at Naruto, Hinata, and Karin as well.
Among this batch of disciples, Lu Cultivator was the most likely to reach the Foundation Establishment Stage in the future, followed by Naruto and the two girls.
Once they successfully achieved foundation establishment, they could move away from here and find a place with abundant spiritual energy anywhere in the Taiyue Mountain Range to establish a cave dwelling of their own.
They would no longer have to perform any chores, either, and the sect would provide them with various cultivation resources free of charge every year.
Their only obligation was to lend their aid whenever the sect faced a powerful enemy. They could not disobey that order.
Aside from these disciples, Yellow Maple Valley also had various stewards who wielded authority within the sect.
These stewards were cultivators who, after reaching the Foundation Establishment Stage and realizing they had no hope of advancing to the Core Formation Stage, gave up cultivation to focus on managing the sect's various administrative affairs.
Strictly speaking, Sect Master Zhong was also a steward, merely