The winds were truly beginning to shift in the Dao Sect's Outer Sect.
In the blink of an eye.
Two months had passed.
For most ordinary Outer Sect disciples of the Dao Sect, nothing had felt particularly unusual about these two months. They merely noticed that more disciples had been promoted to the Inner Sect lately.
Previously, even over an entire year, no more than two exceptionally outstanding Outer Sect disciples would successfully advance to the Inner Sect.
Yet in the past two months, five disciples had already been promoted.
Moreover, without exception, these disciples had all been obscure nobodies who had never appeared on the Outer Sect Genius Ranking.
A friend they had known for years, for instance, might always have struck them as utterly mediocre: neither talented nor untalented, plain-looking, the sort of person who would disappear into a crowd. Yet someone that ordinary had suddenly transformed into an Inner Sect Disciple.
It left people clicking their tongues in wonder.
Without inside information, however, most disciples did no more than marvel at it.
Those in the know, like Chen Yu, had already guessed the reason.
The members of the White Lotus Sect and the factions behind Senior Brother Wu and Senior Sister Ding who were hiding in the Dao Sect's Outer Sect have started withdrawing.
Still, he had his doubts.
With the number of disciples advancing to the Inner Sect suddenly surging in such a short time, would the Dao Sect really fail to notice something was wrong? Especially when this is happening right after rumors emerged that the Dao Sect might be about to move against the Outer Sect.
As one of the Four Great Sects of the Eastern Continent, the Dao Sect certainly was not stupid.
The extent of the sect leader's injuries remained unknown.
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