And for those at the Early-stage Foundation Establishment and Mid-stage Foundation Establishment, their numbers increase every year, and there are quite a few who manage to advance.
As it's even harder to advance at higher levels, the numbers there accumulate even more.
Hence, the first warehouse is truly the bottom of the ladder.
Of course, there are also a very few disciples with exceptional talent, for whom advancement is just a matter of time.
Or some who are Inner Sect Disciples right from the Qi Refinement stage; these people generally encounter good people.
Because at the bottom, anyone who wants to live a decent life would not provoke these individuals.
They are highly talented and will attract attention.
Even in the Inner Sect, there are incidents of Outer Sect "borrowing" Spirit Stones.
But no one would dare trouble them.
Going logging? It's even less likely they will encounter people who would make them do such labor.
