Chapter 996 - 994, Elixir Pavilion
The four of them arrived at the foot of the mountain and found that the Liangyi Sect’s marketplace was not small. Compared to Green Cloud City in the Sea Realm, it wasn’t much smaller either. Middle Planes truly were different.
After walking around the marketplace for a while, the four asked an Outer Sect Disciple and learned that most of the elixirs, magical treasures, and talismans sold here were made by disciples within the sect. This revealed the stark difference between Inner Sect and Outer Sect disciples. Inner Sect disciples could receive cultivation resources once a month, and they could sell the items they refined or no longer needed in the marketplace. Outer Sect disciples, however, weren’t afforded such privileges and had to struggle for their cultivation resources and lodging fees.
Walking into an Elixir Pavilion, Luo Shu wanted to take a look at the prices of elixirs here.
"You’re new disciples from the Earth Realm, aren’t you?" The shop assistant smiled at the four as he spoke. He, too, lived on West Moon Peak, and on the day they arrived, he was coincidentally on break, so he saw them.
"Senior Brother, how many years have you been in the Liangyi Sect?" Zhao Longfei asked. Seeing that this person’s cultivation was slightly higher than his but still relegated to being a shop assistant, Zhao couldn’t help but wonder if he might meet the same fate in the future.
"Nearly thirty years now." The shop assistant replied. He still remembered the joy and excitement from when he first became a sect disciple—so much so that he couldn’t sleep that night. Back then, he believed that with enough effort, he would one day become an Inner Sect Disciple. But after countless assessments and failures, he had come to accept his fate. Although being a shop assistant was exhausting, it made life fulfilling. At least he could still claim the title of Sect Disciple.
"Are the assessments that difficult?" Xu Yangji asked in surprise. After all, this person had been in the Liangyi Sect for thirty years, meaning he’d gone through numerous assessments.
"Difficult!" The shop assistant nodded. If they weren’t, how could he have repeatedly failed?