Xiang Baiwei looked calmly at Chen Yu before her and said, "The organization I mentioned is the White Lotus Sect."
The White Lotus Sect?
Hearing this, Chen Yu looked at Xiang Baiwei curiously.
So Ah Zhen and Xiang Baiwei were both spies lying hidden within the Dao Sect?
As he pondered this, Xiang Baiwei said slowly, "Here in the Dao Sect, registered disciples are like livestock penned up for slaughter.
"They harvest them every three years. Who knows how many white bones have piled up by now?"
"Outer sect disciples either burn themselves into kindling like the disciples of Heavenly Flame Peak, or shoulder crushing debts like those of Emerald Cloud Peak, suffering beyond words."
"And yet, amid all this, some people live peaceful, carefree lives simply because they were born noble..."
"You should have seen everything I'm talking about."
Chen Yu understood, of course.
He had worked his way up from a registered disciple to an outer sect disciple. He knew better than anyone.
Xiang Baiwei continued, "And don't think life gets any better once you become an inner sect disciple. The Dao Sect's inner sect disciples... heh. Those are the materials the great ones truly favor."
Chen Yu froze at that.
"What do you mean?"
"Have you ever considered this? Registered disciples reach no higher than the third layer of qi refining, while even the strongest outer sect disciples reach only the sixth layer of qi refining. Most fall far short of even that. Can the spirit essence refined from cultivators at those levels really aid the elders in their cultivation, when every one of them is at least in the Foundation Establishment Realm?" Xiang Baiwei asked.
She did not wait for Chen Yu to answer.
Instead, she gave him the answer outright.
"It's useless. Spirit essence no