As Im lying down on the carriage seat, I visualize where we will need to go after getting our cultivation thods.
Sothing that already could take a day or more.
Most likely, this step is already the one that will separate the groups in terms of coordination. So people will already know what they need to do, while others will need guidance from the librarians, who are true experts on all the different thods available.
This will make it so that so people move onto the next steps and can leave, while others could be there for days. Only inner court mbers would be allowed to go for longer than a few days, at most.
They should be able to guide new sect mbers in making a decent choice by training those put into those sections.
With that said, for the outer court mbers, they may just suggest the sects generalized light-based thod. A good way for those of average strength to beco one of the sects guards. A relatively prestigious position for a normal cultivator.
But that wont be the right choice for these guys. Such a thod wouldn't have utilized their individual strengths optimally, even if I hadn't improved them.
Its main strength lies in how it assists in the sects formations. Not the type where there is a formation flag placed, but when hundreds of sect mbers using the sa cultivation technique combine their technique to make sothing greater than the sum of its parts.
But they dont need to actually learn the aforentioned cultivation thod to learn the technique. It just makes it more effective and easier to do so.
With that in mind, it might actually be more effective for to go to each person now, with what type of thod would work best for them. This would give them the what they need, so the librarians, based on that knowledge, could accurately guide them.
I can already see the scenario of a librarian taking offense to an outer court mber going against their advice, so I run my scan on ways to avoid that. Which just cos down to approaching the library as a group and informing the desk that this is my group, who are looking to get their cultivation thods. While introducing myself as the core disciple for Sister Nuan.
With this approach, they should treat anything my people say as though theyve already gotten guidance, which they had.
After they receive their thods and techniques, theyll head to the Sect Repository, where they can either purchase or receive their cultivation resources. For those in the inner court, theyll receive resources and money as support.
As could be expected, outer court mbers receive nothing.
My thoughts pass quickly as the sun lifts over the horizon, with so others waking.
I use this as an opportunity to approach people one by one with what thod they should be getting. Many are surprised to hear about certain affinities they had, but accept it, considering that I was the one who healed them.
There are benefits to being a healer. People assu youve learned what you needed to from their body if theyve trusted you with that information.
Others were not so receptive.
Im sorry, Young Master, but Ive promised my family Id learn the Seven Winds cultivation thod
The young man before is from one of the noble families. He seems strangely disheartened by his own words.
Strange, if I didnt know his situation.
This is one person who my scan inford I might have issues with. Not due to him, but pressure from his family.
He was the one with an above average potential. His brother actually had lower potential than him.
But guess who was the favored son? Not this guy.
By this ti, most people are awake and are now looking over at the person who denied my advice.
I can already see so twisted faces and people about to speak up, so I raise a hand for silence.
Liu Wei, I understand the situation you are going through with your family. I know you dont want to be held subordinate to your, to be frank, malicious, older brother. And that they are using the cultivation thod as a bind. Putting down your cultivation base and suppressing your progression below your brothers.
Several eyes soften at this, particularly those of the noble group.
Unfortunately, interfamily conflicts are completely normal and expected. Things like this happen all the ti, but despite that, sothing universally disliked.
The Seven Winds thod isnt a bad one but it is fully owned by his family. Not only that, but they have a superior one that will probably go to his brother.
So, not only would they be able to deny him progression in the thod by not giving him the next parts to it, but they also would support his brother with a better thod and likely more resources.
Liu Wei seems surprised at my knowledge of his situation. But as seems to happen frequently, he cos to so understanding on his own.
So, it is already known to that point I dont know what to do. Even after entering your group, I wont be able to escape their reach.
I think for a mont. Letting the conversation scan run through .
A lot of eyes are on . What I say here will determine how and where my mbers rely on . And to what extent.
How far am I willing to go for them?
to be frank, Id wish for each one of them to defend each other to the death on a battlefield. Sothing that may unfortunately happen in the future, considering all the crazy things that happen in this world.
The sect would most definitely expect them to fight on its behalf, in both an ergency and in calls to action, but I want sothing deeper than that. A group that will actually care about each other and will work to help, even if they arent being forced to.
It starts with .
I look away from him. A collective breath is released from the group and Liu Wei looks down at this.
Young master, Im sorry to have
I hold up another hand to have him stop for a mont.
Really going over my options with the conversation scan. Literally thinking through what I want to say.
You all likely do not know my origins
Just at these words, I have the entire groups attention.
Even Ai and Lin.
While they have heard far more than the others, where I co from is probably still a mystery to them.
I co from a land an unimaginable distance away from here. Soplace with different societal rules, cultures, and things to live by.
But there were a few things that carried over to this one. One being that family is extraordinarily important in a persons life.
I can practically feel the disappointnt rise from Liu Wei. I can tell there was a piece of him hoping to buck the trend.
With that said, there were a few words that match this situation from a Marge Kennedy.
family is what you make it. It is made strong, not by number of heads counted at the dinner table, but by the rituals you help family mbers create, by the mories you share, by the commitnt of ti, caring, and love you show to one another, and by the hopes for the future you have as individuals and as a unit.
I look directly at him.
Do you feel as if you have a strong family, full of love and care?
A wry, sad smile is on his face.
not for , young master. Not for .
I give him a small smile in return.
Theres another quote from my holand for you, then.
Family isnt always blood, its the people in your life who want you in theirs
The air grows still.
What is ant to be a heartwarming mont is one of shock. But my conversation scan is not mistaken in the impact on them, especially for people in this culture. Even more so for nobles, where their family heads are comparable to rulers. ant to be obeyed without question.
You do not leave. They exile you.
Liu Wei shakily asks a question.
Are you saying that I should leave my family?
I shake my head.
No. Im not saying that.
There are so sighs of relief. But I imdiately follow up with sothing else.
But I believe it is your right to find a family that will truly care for you. And by joining my group, I want to protect you to the best of my ability even when, as they say here, it is family business and not mine.
Once again, the group goes silent. This is the ti to push further.
And even in the worst-case scenario, I would dare to defend you from high tier experts, seeking to drag you before your family elders. Because when you joined , you beca irreversibly tied to . And I to you.
I can hear heavy breaths coming from one area, pulling my attention away from him and locking eyes with the blond-haired, red eye noblewoman, Shi Ji.
She seems quite invigorated by this.
When I gathered my attention back on Liu Wei, he gave a grateful look.
My intentions went through.
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