The elders discussed among themselves, each choosing Inner Sect disciples for their respective Mountain Gates.
Only Su Mo had no elder asking after him... asking would have been pointless anyway.
Once everyone had made their choices, the Inner Affairs Elder casually took out ten jade tokens, inscribed words on them, and tossed them into the hands of the ten newly promoted Inner Sect disciples.
Only Su Mo received none.
Su Mo stared at the jade token in Chen Meiren's hand. Wasn't that the same kind of jade token he had?
Su Mo snatched the jade token from Chen Meiren's hand. Chen Meiren froze, then shrugged without saying anything.
Su Mo examined Chen Meiren's jade token carefully and discovered that it was still a little different from his own.
There was no writing on the back of Chen Meiren's jade token, while his own had the character for "medicine" on its back.
The elders walked over to the disciples they had selected for their respective Mountain Gates. The Gray-Robed Elder also approached Chen Meiren, looked him over, and nodded approvingly.
"Settle your Outer Sect affairs and come to Reflecting Mountain tomorrow," the Gray-Robed Elder told Chen Meiren.
"Yes!" Chen Meiren answered respectfully.
The Gray-Robed Elder nodded, glanced at Su Mo, and left.
Du Pingsheng also rose calmly and came to Su Mo's side. The Inner Affairs Elder nearby shook his head and was about to leave when Du Pingsheng called him back.
The Inner Affairs Elder paused, suddenly feeling a bad premonition. "What else is there?"
Du Pingsheng calmly held out his hand and said to the Inner Affairs Elder, "Hand it over."
"What?" The Inner Affairs Elder froze, not understanding what Du Pingsheng wanted.
"The welcome gift for an Inner Sect disciple!" Du Pingsheng said evenly.
Su Mo turned to