Ambition

Alex looked at the man in front of him. He was a couple of years older than him, not much, and had a stoic-looking emotionless face that was cleanly shaven. 

The most surprising thing about him to Alex however was the orange linings on his yellow robes. 'A Core disciple? Of course, that makes sense,' Alex thought. 

He didn't remember seeing the man anywhere in the sect before, so the man shouldn't remember him at all. 'To be fair, I didn't see very many core disciples in the sect,' he thought.

The man looked at Alex for a single moment before ignoring him. He didn't care about anyone else at all. He started walking down the stairs and soon went past Alex. 

Alex secretly checked his cultivation base and nearly missed a step of stairs in surprise. 'Holy sh*t. 3rd Mind Tempering realm? That's nearly as strong as Senior sister. The core disciples of Tiger sect are no joke,' Alex thought.