Because they were orange grade formations he was able to do a scan over the area without triggering them.
Through his palace sense he could see the dilapidated facilities, the wastes and the disintegrating sulfur desert lace flower, and finally the outersect disciples. Some were in the same state as Ma Qi when he arrived at the courtroom, sluggish in every sense of the word while others were in an even worse state.
Yang Qing continued his scan upwards and realized the drastic difference in status within the sect. The facilities got better, along with the environment and the vibrancy of the disciples something that was severely lacking in the fringe areas of the sect which was likely the region where the outersect disciples were being housed.
One could hardly believe they were part of the same sect from how wide the difference between the outer sect and the rest of the sect.