Chapter 17: Being Thick-skinned Conquers the World
The next day, Wu Chen-zhenren from Frostcloud Sect returned from his travels bringing an eleven-year-old level-1 Qi Refining disciple with him. Although it was currently not within the duration when the sect opened its doors, there were special circumstances. They had not found the legendary auspicious person of the sect, so this particular disciple did not go through the sect selection process but was directly absorbed into the inner gates.
Naturally, this disciple was Jing Yue in disguise. To avoid being recognized, he consumed a Camouflage Pill and concealed his cultivation level, and even the blue phoenix was left behind at Whitefog Summit.
He chose to start from the inner gates because the inner gates were heavily influenced by the core disciples, and at the same time, their influence greatly affected the outer gates too. It was akin to the bridge in the middle; once the bridge was broken, the core disciples would lose their roots, and the disciples of the outer gates would lose their source.
His main objective at the moment was to find out the current situation of the three factions. Of course, he could choose the easy way out and just get rid of these people, but the symptoms were not the root cause, so he had to solve the problem fundamentally.
With the sect token in hand, Jing Yue traipsed through the beautifully kept compound of the inner gates and came to the dormitory assigned to him.
At this time, the evening class had already ended, so his three other roommates were in the room. They had most probably received the news in advance and were not surprised to see him, but merely glanced at him indifferently before turning their heads away and ignoring him.
Jing Yue took it in stride and said graciously, “Greetings to all the Shixiong, my name is Jing Shan.”
A lanky young man who seemed to be the oldest responded coldly, “Oh,” his eyes never leaving the book he was reading. The other two were both in their teens. One of them looked very refined, even without speaking, he looked a little delicate. The other person was a bit chubby. He stole a peek at Jing Yue before looking around furtively and ended up staring out of the window.
If the information collected by Jing Yue was accurate, all three of them belonged to the Civilian faction, whereas he was brought back by a Golden Core Zhenren, so by definition, he belonged to the Primary faction. In that case, it was natural for him to be ostracized by his roommates.