"How can this be!" James could not stop these words from leaving his mouth as his face turned ashen. He had never thought much of this eldest senior brother disciple of his. The latter was not as talented as himself and was also lacking in ambition, someone who tried to be on good terms with everyone else. Hence, James never really respected the former, the only thought he had was to replace this senior brother's position once he grew stronger.
Over the years, James was only ever able to achieve 4 paths of ablution each time, a result that always fell short of James's own. Hence he never imagined that Mubarak would actually reach 6 paths of ablution this time.
One must know that basically, only the chief disciples of each peak would achieve 6 paths of ablution, people that even someone as capable as James felt he had no hopes of catching up to.