One question had weeded out quite a few elders.
Now, only three elders remained standing before him. Chen Yu thought for a moment.
Then he asked, "This disciple has one more question."
"Do you have any disciples who have reached the foundation establishment realm? If so, how many?"
At that, the three elders exchanged glances.
None of them answered first.
After all, when he had asked his previous question, they had assumed he was indirectly probing how cultivation resources were distributed. Never in their wildest dreams had they expected this boy's mind to work so differently from a normal person's. His actual concern had been his fondness for lively company.
Now that he had asked another question like this, they really could not pin down his intentions.
Is he trying to gauge my abilities indirectly through this?
No, that's not right. I can't think about this using a normal person's logic.
Since this boy enjoys lively company, naturally, only disciples at similar levels would become close. The gap in strength between qi refining and foundation establishment is too great for them to get along closely, so... I understand what he's after now.
Perfect.
Heaven itself is helping me!
One elder immediately broke into a smile and answered confidently, "Of course I do, but not many. Of my thirty-odd disciples, only three have reached the foundation establishment realm. The others are all qi refining disciples like you. You're welcome to make friends with them."
Hearing this, the other two Inner Sect elders suddenly saw the light!
They both cast admiring looks his way.
Elder Qian had figured out the intent behind that disciple's question so quickly. He was truly impressive. Moreover, he really did have the fewest foundation establishment disciples under him. It seemed they had little hope of recruiting the