Different types of people can be found from the same rice eater.
Although cultivators do not eat rice, there are all kinds of people, just as many as you can find among normal humans.
Take Mei Wangsu's disciples for example, Meng Buwei and Wen Bubei are the typical examples of elder and younger disciples, the former is good at calculating, while the latter is sincere in his quest for the sword, both of them are talents in their own right.
Although Chang Buqing and Pang Buchu are slightly inferior, they excel in obedience. From the perspective of being handy tools, they are quite excellent.
Qin Bupo and Cheng Buque, however, are no good. They are mediocre in both strength and intellect, merely average people.
They can't be called stupid since they know the rule of 'strength in numbers', and they exploited it by luring Master Buzheng into a trap for a two-on-one.
But they can't be called smart either, because they were used by Jing Ji and still count money for him.
