The outer and the inner struggle

Marcus adjusted his glasses, subtly smiling at her and nodding slowly, approving of the information Yuri had just told us.

"You have a good memory Yuri, and I'm not surprised that you have one in your household since it has become more of a household ornament in the past few decades, but you're correct my family is one of the very few that still pass down this tradition..."

Yuri's face lit up with pride as she flicked her hair, basking in the praise. Tian Wei compared Marcus' poles to her own collection of ancient katanas and cultivating rods, suggesting that Marcus' poles were less impressive.

Attempting to impress Yuri, Tian Wei remarked, "It's not that impressive," while I observed their fruitless argument.

Curious, he asked if Yuri was familiar with any of them, to which she responded sheepishly, "I'm not sure, I've never heard of them Tian Wei..."