"Why are they here as well?"
Lin Buzheng was surprised. Not long after the Outer Court Deacons took their seats, a few dozen Outer Court Disciples arrived and took their seats on the other side of the banquet.
There were males and females among these Outer Court Disciples, and they were of different ages. Some were handsome youths similar to Lin Buzheng's age, and some were old men with white hair and beards. They had never met Lin Buzheng, Chu Fantian, and the other new Outer Court Disciples. However, their fates had changed greatly because of each other.
These Outer Court Disciples that came were none other than the owners of the 32 names that Elder Lei had erased from the Outer Court Stone Tablet not long ago.
At that time, Lin Buzheng and the others had seen the power of the stone tablet transform into images of these people. He never imagined that in less than two hours, both parties would meet in the Outer Court's canteen.
Lin Buzheng instantly came to a realization. This banquet was a welcoming ceremony for the new Outer Court Disciples, and at the same time, it was also a farewell banquet for the expelled Outer Court Disciples.
These expelled Outer Court Disciples sat opposite Lin Buzheng and the others. Although there was only a short distance of a few meters between them, it was as if they were in another world, and the atmosphere was completely different.
Although Lin Buzheng, Yun Weiwei, and the other new Outer Court Disciples had just arrived and didn't understand the affairs of the Outer Court Disciples, and they seemed to be very careful in their actions, they were full of vigor and joy, and they seemed to be filled with hope.
However, these people were different. Although their cultivations were higher than the former, and their horizons and experience were wider, they were lifeless, and their expressions were pessimistic. Their gazes were dazed, and they were unable to extricate themselves from the failure of being expelled.
Gulp, gulp!
An old man with a gloomy expression sat at the farewell banquet. He picked up a jar of wine, and as if no one else was present, he gulped down large mouthfuls of wine as if he wanted to drown himself. After drinking a dozen mouthfuls, he suddenly fiercely smashed the wine jar on the ground, and it shattered into pieces. He was crying and laughing at the same time.
"Haha! This old man entered the Divine Might Sect's outer sect fifty years ago. When I was young, I was incomparably glorious. I once fought my way into the top ten thousand of the outer sect's ranking list, and passed four tests in ten years. I originally thought that it wouldn't take long for me to pass all nine tests and be promoted to the inner sect. Who would have thought that after fifty years, I would still be drifting in and out of the outer sect. Today, I've finally been expelled from the sect! "
"In these fifty years, I had no distractions and trained hard. In the end, after a lifetime of hard work, I didn't have a wife, I didn't have children, and I didn't accomplish anything. What a cruel fate! Fate — "
This elder's cultivation had reached the Peak of the Ninth Step of the Spirit Path. According to sect rules, he could cultivate in the outer sect for up to 50 years.
It was a pity that after such a long time, he was still unable to pass the nine tests of the outer sect. His cultivation was unable to take another step forward and break through to the Dao Realm. He did not fulfill any of the conditions to enter the inner sect, so he could only be expelled from the outer sect.
The old man's words seemed to resonate with the expelled disciples. Not far away, a handsome young man also burst into tears.
"Father, Mother, I'm unfilial. I didn't fulfill the oath I made in front of your graves. I've brought shame to you!
"During the eight years I was in the outer sect, I cultivated hard day after day without wasting a single moment. But I still couldn't pass the fifth test.
"I have the Celestial Prime Body, so my comprehension of Martial Arts is naturally superior to others. In the Country of Abundance where we live, I have the constitution of one in ten thousand. But in the God Power Sect, there are too many geniuses!
"The Emperor's Son and the Goddess are high above us, as bright as the stars. No one has the slightest desire to catch up to them. There are even more Ancient Sages and Heavenly Sovereigns. The gap between us is so huge that it makes one feel hopeless. There are countless Venerable Bloodlines and Spiritual Bodies. I'm just the most inconspicuous one among them. How can I compete with them?
"Father, Mother, I've thought it through. When I go back, I'll build a thatched hut beside your graves and find a woman who loves me. I'll help each other in times of hardship like the two of you and spend the rest of my life together …"
This man was still very young, and he had the Celestial Prime Body. His future was bright and limitless. However, his tone was extremely sorrowful. His belief in Martial Arts had suffered a double blow from the fierce competition within the outer sect and the Heaven's Favorites of the same generation.
At the end of the farewell banquet, a man and a woman were crying on each other's shoulders. The man was still fine. He was ranked in the top 90,000 of the outer sect and was still a distance away from being expelled from the sect. The woman, on the other hand, was expelled from the Sect. This pair of lovestruck lovebirds were destined to be separated.
"Darling Zhao, I'm leaving!"
"During the time I was in the outer sect, I'm indebted to darling Zhao for never abandoning me.
"All these years, we've blushed, we've argued, we've loved each other. We've accompanied each other until now. It's a pity that I'm leaving the outer sect. I can't accompany you any longer!
"I'll engrave this beautiful memory in my heart and never forget it. As for darling Zhao … just forget about me! Carry my belief and work hard until the end, I'll be promoted to the inner sect! "
The woman's eyes were brimming with tears as she forced a smile.
Obviously, the woman was very clear that after she left the Divine Might Sect, the gap between her and the man's status and identity would gradually widen. The heights they could reach in the future would also be very different. It was better to let go and give each other their freedom. It was better to forget about each other in the pugilistic world.
"Sob sob sob, Sister Su, I really can't bear for you to leave!
"Don't worry, I'll carry your unfulfilled belief in Martial Arts and continue on my path!"
"This is a spiritual bamboo leaf I plucked from one of the thirty-six scenic spots in the Chongsheng Sect, the Imperial Concubine's Bamboo Garden. I know you like the spiritual bamboo there the most. It's verdant and tall, and would rather break than bend. So this morning, I spent five hundred spiritual stones to bribe the deacon guarding the bamboo garden and finally plucked a bamboo leaf from there. I'm giving it to you now. I hope that in the future, when you see this bamboo leaf, you'll think of me, of the years we spent together …"
The man was also an infatuated man. He hugged the woman and burst into tears.
Most of the other Outer Court Disciples who were expelled were drinking with all their might, and they were silent. However, their expressions were sorrowful, and their eyes were bloodshot. Their moods were terrible to the extreme. For a time, the entire Farewell Banquet was filled with a gloomy atmosphere, and it was filled with a melancholy atmosphere.
Lin Buzheng, Yun Weiwei, and most of the new disciples were no longer laughing or chatting after witnessing the scene before them. Instead, their faces were filled with silence.
The departure of these people served as a vivid lesson for them.
In the outer sect, only results mattered, and everything revolved around the ranking.
Even if one had a shocking background, and was always cultivating diligently, touching the hearts of oneself and the people around you, it was still not enough. In the end, one would still be eliminated mercilessly.
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