A cultivator's life, for as long a lifespan as they had, the higher up the realms they moved, was ironically short, given the dangers they had to weather through in pursuit of higher realms. And this was even more so for rogue cultivators. Many rarely lived to become powerful, with most dying at their early steps, and those who were lucky enough to go further had their path halted by various things, such as injuries, as it was with Fan Jie.
But if by some luck and a whole lot of talent and chance they managed to grow into their potential and actually reach the summit, these rogue cultivators who were generally looked down upon and treated as detritus ended up producing some of the most powerful experts, capable of overturning the waves of an entire era and continent with a single wave of their palm.
As such, Yang Qing took great care to be mindful of the rogue cultivators he encountered, because who knew what they might amount to in the future.
