Chapter 1409: Strong on the Outside but Weak on the Inside

"Listen well, Yichuan Ying, as a friend, I hope you live a good life, a spectacular one, not give up on yourself just because you can't cultivate. The world doesn't revolve solely around cultivation," Cheng Ziang said patiently.

"But that's just how Kyushu works; everyone and everything revolves around cultivation. If you'd seen those cultivators strut about with their noses in the air, you might understand how I feel," Yichuan Ying said lowly, a note of grievance in her voice.

"Have you ever considered the Nine Streams?" Cheng Ziang asked.

"You guys actually know about the Nine Streams?" Yichuan Ying looked at him in surprise.

"Is it that surprising?" Cheng Ziang asked with a shrug.

"No, how should I put it," Yichuan Ying took a deep breath before responding, "People like us, unless it's really necessary, our families wouldn't allow us to join the Nine Streams. Joining them would be a disgrace to our family's name."