These disciples would obviously still be a disciple of the Desert Sun Sect, but this transaction would be like; [a Loan Move Between Football Clubs in Modern Day Earth…]
Thus, these smaller sects get to use the disciple for a while, and when the disciple realizes his or her potential, they return to the Desert Sun Sect…
So, these sect leaders were here to also see some disciples they could request the Desert Sun Sect to give to them, because there were also some cases where a single disciple would have high talent for two different Daos which might cut across two of these Sect affiliates, thus some might look to stake claim on these disciples before the competition even ends…
In terms of the Merchant Alliance, they weren't a sect like the Saber God Sect and the likes, but they simply look to recruit disciples who could serve as their guards whenever they were moving massive amount of valuable goods...
