"Should I participate in the selections and join a sect?"
Faced with this question, Abel could only thoroughly analyze the options he had.
"Let's discuss the pros first, first, although I would have to strive for contribution points, sects have a lot of martial techniques, which would be beneficial for me to create my own technique."
In these two weeks Abel also thought about a way to create a martial technique, especially in the aspect of handling a double sword, he was thinking carefully about some skills that the protagonists of the novels of his previous life had and even in some games, In the end, he chose one, it was a technique that the protagonist of that novel found, to later improve it and create a better one, and it was called the orbit of the sword.
Abel considered this technique in high esteem since it served both to attack and to defend himself, and its improved version, transmigration of the sword, made it an almost absolute defense technique, but Abel when trying to reproduce it ran into a problem, he did not know how They were the other martial techniques with sword, not to mention defensive ones, so, in addition to the concept of the technique, Abel could not do more.
"If I find some techniques to draw from, I may be able to create a similar technique, although that will take time and depend on the sword techniques of the sect I join."
Thinking about this, Abel just shook his head before moving on to the next topic.
"There is a limit to what I can learn on my own, it should already be surprising to me that I was able to reach late achievement with the arts of the double sword without being taught how to properly wield a sword in the first place."
"If I do join a sect, there is always the possibility that I may learn swordsmanship properly from some elder of the sect, which would greatly benefit me."
After thinking for another moment, Abel only thought of those 2 options as his greatest benefit when entering a sect, so he began to weigh the cons.
"Perhaps the biggest drawback is that, to achieve my previous goals, I would have to excel and become an inner or core disciple, which would practically make me sect-bound."
Not all disciples were cultivated and supported by sects, in order to make the competition for resources more fierce and thus make true geniuses stand out, sects mainly divided their disciples into 3 sectors.
The outer disciples, this was where most of the cultivators the sect recruited entered, they received few resources each month and had to constantly demonstrate their progress, otherwise they would be expelled.
Then there were the internal disciples, it could be said that these were the "true" disciples of the sect, in order to enter, the external disciples had to challenge an internal disciple and defeat him, in addition, they received a greater amount of resources, so that their cultivations naturally progressed faster than the others, making the task of challenging them more strenuous.
And finally, the core disciples, these were the future base of the sect, they were nurtured and educated especially by the elders, they had a high talent for cultivation, so along with the abundant resources and technique that the sect provided them, made them virtually invincible in their very realm of cultivation.
Although Abel did not intend to advance beyond inner disciple if he did join a sect, still, the fact that he was restricted bothered him.
"Also, to be honest, I don't need resources, as cultivation with heavenly qi, no amount of resources would help me to progress in my cultivation, on the contrary, it would generate impurities in my heavenly qi."
Abel was perhaps the only cultivator who would dare to say that he did not need resources to progress in cultivating him, which was what any cultivator needed or would even kill to obtain.
"Although good, it is not like any resource is useful to me, for example, I need those that would help me strengthen my physique, or those that allow to improve the affinity to a certain element, but these resources are quite rare in a lower realm such as this."
Thus, Abel reflected on this until he got dark, which was when he opened his eyes, in which a determined look could be seen.
"If I want to improve and progress faster on my cultivation path, I must not always remain secluded and progress on my own, only by seeing the world, facing unknown dangers and putting my life to the limit is when I will develop my potential to the fullest, for so I definitely have to take this opportunity and join a sect."
Having made the decision for him, Abel calmed down, all his worries were swept away, for a moment, he felt a weight lift off his shoulders.
"Well, now that I've decided to join a cult, it's time to choose which one I should join."
With this thought, Abel recalled everything he knew about the 3 great sects of Nill County.
"Although, now that I think about it, it is quite surprising that the 3 sects recruit talents from this village, will there be something special about the children of this place compared to other places?"
Abel pondered this for a moment, before shaking his head, he did not know much about the village, after all he was only here for less than a month, his initial two years of stay seemed like they would only be an illusion if he got to join to a successful sect.
"Forget it, even if that is the case, it is not in my interest, although if the opportunity is given in the future to know more I will not miss it."
Reaching that conclusion, Abel did not dwell on that matter as he recalled the information of the 3 sects that he obtained from the library.
"The 3 major sects of Nill County are the Azure Cloud Sect, the Lightning Sword Sect, and the Burning Blood Sect respectively."
"The Azure Cloud Sect specializes in water and earth attribute martial techniques, so if we look at it from the aspect of martial techniques, this sect is definitely a no."
"The lightning sword sect specializes in sword and saber techniques, and also stands out for its cultivators with electric attributes, so, objectively analyzing it, it is my ideal sect."
"And finally, the Burning Blood sect, specializing in techniques with the attributes of wood and fire, is also recognized by its alchemists and forge masters."
Of the 3 sects, in terms of strength and martial prowess, the most powerful was undoubtedly the Lightning Sword Sect, followed by the Azure Cloud Sect and then the Burning Blood Sect.
But if we speak in terms of influence, it would undoubtedly be the Burning Blood sect, after all, they had connections with other counties due to their talents in the art of alchemy and forging, trades that are very lucrative anywhere.
"So it could be said that the Burning blood sect maintains the balance in this county, after all, anyone messing with them means that the sect would not allow their alchemists or master smiths to accept any request from those who provoked them."
"Besides, just for this reason, it can be said that this sect must have a large amount of resources if you compare it with the others, interesting."
Having come to this conclusion, Abel reflected on it for a moment before sighing.
"In itself I only have 2 options, the Lightning Sword Sect or the Burning Blood Sect, as for the Azure Cloud Sect, it is not suitable for me at all."
"Now if I join the lightning sword sect, I will be able to obtain sword techniques and even the lightning attribute, which is my main affinity, not to mention that, a sect that specializes in sword and saber must have great swordsman cultivators, perhaps there is even one who understands what I yearn for, the sword intention."
The "intention" was the beginning, the starting point to understand the great damage of that path, be it the intention of fire, thunder, light, sword, etc.
But statistically speaking, very few geniuses develop these dao while they are young and cultivating, since understanding the great dao takes time, time they can invest in advancing faster in their cultivation.
However, anyone who has understood one of the great dao would have his power greatly increased, for example, if Abel had understood the sword's intention in his duel against the lion, it would only have needed a cut from his sword to kill him, like this frightening was the discrepancy between a cultivator who understands dao or who begins his understanding than someone who doesn't.
"Forget it, although this county is quite strange having only cultivators, I doubt that there are any who have even managed to understand the sword intent, even if there is one, their judgment for accepting disciples must be extremely arduous and harsh, at the moment, better not think about it."
Abel just sighed and thought about the Burning Blood sect.
"To be honest, I am quite interested in the art of forging, if I could learn about it, I would not need to search for swords, I could create them myself, plus I could also create my own combat clothing."
Thus, Abel began an internal debate, weighing the pros and cons of each sect, it was only when it was well into the night that Abel decided his future path.
"It will be the Burning Blood sect, in two weeks, I must join that sect no matter what."