The absurd Inner Sect of the Dao Sect presented two utterly opposite situations, despite both involving the same relationship between disciples and elders.
Lü Yanyan's brain froze at the sight.
Chen Yu, meanwhile, was thinking.
They're both Inner Sect Disciples, yet their standing is vastly different.
One knelt on the ground while an elder threatened his life; the other pointed straight at an elder's nose and hurled abuse. One of these disciples was at the peak of the Qi Refining Eighth Layer, while the other had already broken through to the Foundation Establishment Realm. Could their cultivation be what made the difference?
After all, only disciples in the Foundation Establishment Realm can provide the elders with Spirit Embryo Essence.
But the problem is... raw material pointing at someone and cursing them? That's practically turning heaven and earth upside down.
Or perhaps differences in the elders' personalities led to this situation... no, that's not right. Personality would only change how they handled things. It couldn't produce such a complete reversal in standing.
Alternatively, that disciple might hold a very high position himself. After all, the Outer Sect has a place like Purple Bamboo Peak. It's not impossible for the Inner Sect to have its own "Purple Bamboo Peak."
He could not deduce the cause from isolated examples.
Chen Yu drew a deep breath.
I know too little about the Inner Sect right now.
Elder Li of Emerald Cloud Peak was right. The Inner Sect and the Outer Sect are completely different environments to survive in. I'll have to take my time getting a feel for it.
Along the way.
Chen Yu and Lü Yanyan encountered no more situations like those.
The few Inner Sect Disciples they met afterward were either chopping wood and hunting in the mountains, raising livestock, or lighting