Even though both are at the First-Layer Foundation Establishment, the gap between Yuan Lang and Ma Junyi is still very evident.
Yuan Lang, born in a sect, gained the inheritance technique from the Golden Core Sect, and was guided by a Crystallization Stage master, who bestowed him with magical artifacts.
Whether in terms of cultivation techniques or magical artifacts, he absolutely crushes Ma Junyi.
Ma Junyi, as a loose cultivator, resorted to robbery due to poverty and a lack of cultivation resources, making his cultivation techniques and equipment, and indeed his entire standing, far inferior to Yuan Lang's.
When Yuan Lang said, "I came from Shenxiao Palace," it made Ma Junyi's eyes narrow, and he immediately recalled the background of that sect.
In his younger days, Ma Junyi was a loose cultivator wandering in the Chu Kingdom. Due to some grudges and conflicts in his early years, he fled to the Qi Kingdom to make a living and cultivate, to avoid his enemies.