In comparison, the generous rewards that were not stated clearly were not taken to heart at all.
In the sword spring sect, other than the sect's higher-ups, such as the sect's Deputy sect leader and elder Qin, the highest status was the sect leader's direct disciple. They were people who had the potential to become the next sect leader!
The next would be the direct disciples of the other higher-ups. As long as there was the prefix 'direct disciple', they would definitely be the top existence among all the disciples.
As for elite disciples, strictly speaking, they were not considered to be in the same rank. They were half a rank higher than inner disciples, but they were still inner disciples, just that their treatment was much better than inner disciples!