Aksai suddenly found himself reminiscing about the days when he was only a Spirit Gathering realm cultivator.
He remembered hiding from stronger cultivators. He remembered struggling over insignificant resources.
No...
He had not forgotten. He had merely stopped thinking about those days after his own circumstances improved.
A drifter needs to worry about their own self as there is nobody else to do that job for them. They don't have the privilege and foundation to care about the well-being of others.
However, Aksai had established himself as a mid-stage Lord at this point, only a step away from becoming a late-stage Core Formation realm cultivator. He couldn't act like a drifter in this situation. At least not when he could still afford to care for his guild and its image in the hearts of the other drifters.
Aksai slowly exhaled.
"Well… I can't blame myself. After all, I don't owe them loyalty."
He still believed that.
