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The author writes the disciples in such a way to make them as grating on the nerves as possible. If he isn't wasting words on them, he is wasting words on describing how aloof and serene the mc is at all times. For a novel that is going to probably heavily deal with his disciples, none of them are pretty much likable outside of the first two and that is obviously only because they have barely appeared. The author will ruin them as well.