Liu Yu had originally belonged to the Outer Courtyard Faction, but his dealings with it had hardly been smooth. Most of his connections had depended on Geng Yuanzhang acting as a bridge.
After Geng Yuanzhang died, many of those connections broke off, and Liu Yu had not received the attention he deserved.
Because he had concealed his strength, others saw Liu Yu as nothing more than a newly advanced Foundation Establishment cultivator. Naturally, the higher-ups of the Outer Courtyard Faction paid him little attention.
Everything had its good side, and naturally its bad side as well.
Since they paid him little attention and had invested no "resources" in him, he was effectively left to fend for himself. Thus, the bitter assignment of reinforcing the front lines had not fallen to him either.
Since the Outer Courtyard Faction doesn't value me, why not move closer to the Lineage Faction and cultivate stronger ties with the Yan Household?
Liu Yu reconsidered. A worthy bird chose its tree to roost in; he understood that principle perfectly well and was no rigid traditionalist.
Aside from his somewhat closer relationship with the late Geng Yuanzhang, he had no deep ties to the Outer Courtyard Faction. It had given him no help, so there was naturally little affection to speak of.
By contrast, his friendships with Yan Qun'er and Yan Hongyu of the Yan Household had brought him tangible help, allowing him to take assignments such as overseeing Bingliu Spirit Herb Garden and exterminating the Huang Household. Those were real benefits.
Liu Yu had always followed his interests. Since befriending the Yan Household benefited him most, why abandon what lay close at hand to seek something far away?
If the Yan Household could put in a few words for him among the sect's higher-ups while he