"No, really no," Duan Tianli was horrified by Ding Hao and hurriedly explained, "We really can't extract anything from registered disciples. We are just doing small-scale things. Moreover, most of what the Tianli Attic gets has to be given to some outer elders, otherwise they will punish us with the sect regulations..."
Wang Xiaoqi and others nodded and what Duan Tianli said was indeed true.
An outer disciple organization like the Tianli Attic had to pave the way with money if it wanted to survive without being punished by the sect rules. It would certainly be difficult for such organization to last long if it did not fix those outer elders up, since they often promoted their own interests under the guise of serving the sect. Many people believed that most of the Tianli Attic's income
