Shangguan Yutong offered the girls a gentle smile. Despite their young age, they were all much stronger than she was. After consuming the elixirs Ling Xiao had given her, Shangguan Yutong's strength had risen from a Tier Two to a Tier Four Demon Swordsman. This feat alone had left her master, Qiuyue Yao, utterly astonished, for Qiuyue Yao's own strength was still merely that of a Tier Five Demon Swordsman.
Although Qiuyue Yao was highly regarded by the Palace Master of Lengning Palace, Leng Qianqian, and was even entrusted with managing all the sect's external affairs, strength was strength. Within Lengning Palace, the power of master and disciple was simply not high enough to be ranked.
