The young disciples around them saw that Chun Xiaobai's imposing presence was actually a few degrees stronger than that of the gentle, jade-like Bai Yutang.
And Bai Yutang had even called him "Big Senior Brother." They all began muttering to themselves.
"Who's this guy? What's his background?"
"I haven't heard of Senior Brother Bai Yutang becoming a disciple of any Core Elder."
Still, seeing the reverence in Bai Yutang's eyes, everyone knew this "Big Senior Brother" was no ordinary man!
So a handsome young disciple with an outstanding bearing stepped forward, cupped his hands, and explained.
"Big Senior Brother, it was them! These old disciples suddenly showed up today. Not only did they snatch all the slots we'd reserved, they took over our cultivation spots the moment they came in!"
"So they took them. Is that really worth arguing over...?"
Chun Xiaobai waved impatiently, instinctively glancing toward the old pine tree.
That casual glance gave him quite a fright.
"Son of a bitch!"
The once-lush old pine tree had now vanished behind the crowd.
A dense, dark sea of heads filled his view!
By his rough count, there had to be over ten thousand old men and women!
"Holy shit!"
Chun Xiaobai was dumbfounded. Did the Azure Cloud Sect really have that many elderly disciples?!
The Azure Cloud Sect only had about a million inner disciples in total. By that calculation, didn't that mean one in every hundred disciples was old?
What was the point of sticking around in this sect anymore?
He scratched his head, feeling that something wasn't quite right.
But when he looked again, every one of those old men and women was wearing the attire of the Azure Cloud Sect's inner disciples. He really couldn't find anything suspicious.
Surely they couldn't all be sect elders?
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