Zhao Hai returned to his courtyard. His meeting with Na Yun this time went very smoothly. Although Na Yun didn't give him anything and just chatted with him about some ordinary matters, this represented his attitude. One must know that in the Iron Buddha Temple, every core disciple had a very high status. Because of their high status, they wouldn't easily meet an inner disciple, let alone an outer disciple. If a core disciple met an inner or outer disciple, it meant that they were supporting the core disciple. This was a very important signal. In the future, the core disciple's status would be very different.
Although Zhao Hai was highly valued in the past, Na Yun didn't directly summon him like this. Because of this, everyone only paid some attention to Zhao Hai, but they didn't pay much attention to him.
However, after this matter, it was believed that many inner and outer disciples of the Iron Buddha Temple would change their attitude towards Zhao Hai. This was because they knew that Na Yun had already sent out a signal.
However, Zhao Hai wasn't very concerned about these matters. Although he had the full support of Na Yun's faction, to be honest, he didn't really need this kind of support. In fact, with the things in his hands, he didn't need the support of Na Yun's faction. It was more appropriate for him to support Na Yun's faction.
Zhao Hai was now a disciple of the Abstinence Hall, so he changed his identity card. However, he didn't move out of his Outer Court Residence. In fact, in the Iron Buddha Temple, only Inner Court Disciples would be accepted into the halls. And the hall that these disciples joined had nothing to do with Zhao Hai. The leaders of each hall didn't care which hall their disciples joined, so Zhao Hai couldn't do anything about it. Although Core Disciples had a lot of power, they weren't powerful enough to influence the temple. The halls were the foundation of the Iron Buddha Temple, so all the Inner Court Disciples had to join them. Naturally, Zhao Hai couldn't do anything about it.
On the other hand, very few outer disciples joined the halls. It wasn't that they didn't want to join the halls, but rather that they didn't have the strength to do so. The requirements of the halls were very strict. Unless an outer disciple was a genius, they would be recruited into the halls.
Disciples who joined the halls would be able to complete missions at will. Generally, they would take missions from their own halls. The missions that they took were directly related to their respective halls. For example, Zhao Hai was now a disciple of the Abstinence Hall. In the future, he could only take missions from the Abstinence Hall. He didn't need to take missions from other sects. This was because the Abstinence Hall had a lot of requirements for a disciple's identity.
As long as a disciple joined a hall, they would be able to take fewer missions in the future. Moreover, almost all of the missions that they took were done by themselves. Moreover, these missions were very secretive. Disciples of the Abstinence Hall took very few missions, and all of them were secretive missions. Sometimes, when they went out to do missions, they couldn't reveal their identity as disciples of the Iron Buddha Temple. Because of this, their names would slowly disappear. Since they didn't take any missions, they wouldn't have any contact with the outside world. Naturally, no one would pay attention to them.
Wu Du was the Hall Master of the Abstinence Hall. After he gave Zhao Hai a new identity token, he clearly told Zhao Hai that he wouldn't need to take any missions for the next year. After a year, if he wanted to take a mission, then he would take one. If he didn't want to take one, then he wouldn't need to. However, he also had a request for Zhao Hai. This was because Wu Du could see that Zhao Hai had reached the twelfth stage of the Qi Refining Realm. As long as he worked hard, reaching the Qi Refining Realm within a year wouldn't be a problem.
Wu Du's request was exactly what Zhao Hai wanted. This was because Wu Du wanted to use seclusion as an excuse to withdraw himself from the Iron Buddha Temple and return to the Poison Dragon Sect.
Zhao Hai was still an Outer Disciple of the Poison Dragon Sect. However, he had already been doing missions for a year. Because of this, he was using seclusion as an excuse to increase his strength to the Qi Refining Realm. This way, his status in the Poison Dragon Sect would be even higher.
Seclusion in the Iron Buddha Temple was much easier compared to the Poison Dragon Sect. The disciples of the Iron Buddha Temple didn't have any servants. If Zhao Hai wanted to go into seclusion, then nobody would notice. On the other hand, if he wanted to go into seclusion in the Poison Dragon Sect, then unless he specifically told Iron Snake not to come and disturb him, then Iron Snake would find out that he wasn't there. That would be troublesome.
However, Zhao Hai still wanted to return to the Poison Dragon Sect. This was because his status in the Iron Buddha Temple was now very stable. He had already become a disciple that was highly valued. As long as his strength continues to increase, then his status in the Iron Buddha Temple would also continue to increase. Because of this, he didn't need to stay in the Iron Buddha Temple all the time. It was time for him to shift his focus to the Poison Dragon Sect.
Zhao Hai didn't forget why he wanted to become a Devil Sect disciple. This was because Devil Sect disciples were unscrupulous in their actions. It can be said that there was nothing that Devil Sect disciples didn't dare to do. With this status, it would be much easier for him to do things in the future. If he really wanted to harm the Watcher Gang, then he could use this status to eliminate them. In any case, Devil Sect disciples can kill whenever they want, there was no reason for them to do so.
However, Zhao Hai was also very clear that he had offended some people in the Poison Dragon Sect. An Elder and a Core Disciple. Moreover, the Elder had schemed against him once. If he wanted to stabilize his status in the Poison Dragon Sect, then there was only one way, and that was to increase his strength as quickly as possible. Only then could he truly become a disciple of the Poison Dragon Sect. His status wouldn't be lower than Jing Hai's.
Jing Hai was in the Iron Buddha Temple, and the Iron Buddha Temple was a Buddhist sect. Seniority was very important. For example, Na Yun was a Core Disciple. His status in the Iron Buddha Temple was very high. It could even be said that his status was higher than Ze Wei and Ze Zhen. However, when he saw people like Ze Wei and Ze Zhen, he still had to salute them and call them Master Bu. Even if he saw the steward of the Hai generation, he still had to call them Martial Uncle.
Some people might find this strange. At this time, the highest seniority in the Iron Buddha Temple was the Wu generation. Although there were some Elders above the Wu generation, these Elders were all Supreme Elders who didn't care about worldly affairs. Some of these Elders were even from the Bi generation, which was four generations higher than the Wu generation. As for the Ze generation, they were two generations higher than the Nua generation. Logically speaking, Zhao Hai and the others should call the Ze generation Ancestor. However, Zhao Hai and the others called the Ze generation Master Bu and the Wu generation Ancestor. This seemed to be a confusion of seniority.
Actually, there was nothing that could be done about this. Cultivators had a long lifespan. Moreover, the Iron Buddha Temple didn't accept disciples every few hundred years. Instead, they accepted disciples every 20 years. Because of this, the seniority of each disciple wasn't easy to divide. For example, Zhao Hai belonged to the 'Na' generation. Although he didn't have the word 'Na' in his name, he was still part of the 'Na' generation. Because of this, he belonged to the 'Na' generation. The 'Na' generation and the 'Wu' generation were five generations apart. How could Zhao Hai and the others address the 'Wu' generation?
Because of this large difference in seniority, Iron Buddha Temple's Inner and Outer disciples were all from the Nua generation. Because of this, they called the Wu generation Martial Uncles while the Wu generation Martial Ancestors. As for the Wu generation, they would call the Wu generation Martial Uncles. In other words, the Iron Buddha Temple was divided into three generations: the Nua generation, the other generations, and the Wu generation. If the Iron Buddha Temple were to accept new disciples, then it would be the Hundred generation. These disciples would become the lowest generation in the temple. At that time, the Nua generation would be the same as the Hai and Ze generations. They would become Martial Uncles while the Wu generation would still be Martial Ancestors. However, at that time, Zhao Hai and the others would no longer call the Wu generation Martial Ancestors, they would only call them Martial Uncles.
Obviously, that was impossible, so the Iron Buddha Temple could only do this.
However, Zhao Hai and the others could call the Wu generation as Martial Uncles, but they couldn't call the other generations as Senior Brothers. They also had to call the monks of the other generations as Martial Uncles. In other words, if the Iron Buddha Temple really accepted disciples, then Zhao Hai and the others would become Martial Uncles. They would have to call the Wu generation as Martial Uncles and the Hai generation as Martial Uncles. However, the Hai generation would have to call the Gang generation as Martial Uncles while the Gang generation would have to call the Ze generation as Martial Uncles.
Because of this, although the seniority of the Iron Buddha Temple looked messy, the internal rules were very strict. If a disciple made a mistake and called the wrong name, then they would be punished.
However, the Poison Dragon Sect was different. The Poison Dragon Sect was a Devil Sect, so they didn't care about seniority. What they cared about was strength. In the Poison Dragon Sect, if one wanted to become a core disciple, then one must have formidable strength. Once one becomes a core disciple, then one's status wouldn't be lower than an Elder. When one sees an Elder, one can also treat them as equals. There's no need to salute them, and one can even call them by their name.
Of course, all of this was based on one's strength. If one's strength wasn't enough, then one wouldn't be far from death if one dared to call others by their honorifics. Devil Sects might not care about seniority, but the prerequisite was that one must have the strength. If one didn't have the strength, then one would still have to call them by their proper names. The requirements were even stricter than the Righteous Sects, and the punishments were also more ruthless.
Therefore, as long as Zhao Hai had enough strength, then he would be able to obtain a higher status and greater authority in the Poison Dragon Sect. Therefore, the most important thing for Zhao Hai to do was to increase his strength.
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