"Should I go or not?" Chao Li was in a dilemma.
After deep contemplation, he thought like, 'I should first go and check what this meeting is up to, and then, I can decide what to do next.'
'And also, it isn't the best thing to quarrel right after the joining. It isn't a bad thing to lay low to a certain extent until I gain some status.'
Chao Li knew that, since he was new, he didn't have any power or strength in the sect, so until he gained some foothold, it would be best to lay low.
Through his life experiences, he had learned many lessons, so he wasn't a hot-headed youth who couldn't take the slightest of insults. He was a calm, collected, and calculative youth.
He would adjust to circumstances and take decisions accordingly, and he would also bear the grudges and take the tenfold revenge when he gained status and power.
After the decision, he clad a new set of decent white robes for the meeting then slowly moved towards the destination.
Like him, every youth who got invited by the senior disciples started moving towards the meeting spot.
The meeting spot was a large independent courtyard, and it was located northwest of the outer division.
After arriving at it, Chao Li saw so many youths coming towards it with enthusiastic expressions.
Maybe some of the disciples made their script of fawning the senior disciples.
Chao Li slowly went in, and as he went in, at the center of the courtyard, he saw a vast open hall, which was enough to accommodate ten thousand people at a time.
That hall was filled with a large number of round tables with a variety of cold dishes.
At the entrance, as he was about to enter the hall saw a table occupied by four youths.
Those four gently blocked Chao Li with their welcoming question,
"What's your name?"
"Chao Li," He calmly replied.
"Chao Li!" They took some large jade transparent square plate then gently tapped that and said,
"Chao Li!"
As they spoke, a profile appeared on it with some short description.
"Chao Li, Orphan, a person of planet Xiao, arrived at the sect one month back. He had a Trash Shu Seed, but Mutated Earth Level Spirit with unknown essence. Evaluation, below average."
Those youth silently read the information and then marked the jade,
"Presented."
They made the entry of Chao Li so that they could track who came to the meeting.
After that, they said, "You can go in and sit wherever you want, but best, don't sit in front rows."
Chao Li casually nodded and went in with a solemn expression.
He chose the table, which would attract less attention, and then sat around it.
Slowly one after another, the new disciples arrived and occupied the tables.
They energetically started discussing the gathering, and at one point, two teens, one young lady and one young man, who looked timid, came in and shared the table with Chao Li.
After taking the seat, they gently looked at Chao Li and greeted, "Hello Brother,"
"Hello," Chao Li also casually replied.
"Brother, aren't you the person with weird Immortal Spirit?" The youth of the duo suspiciously asked.
Chao Li sharply looked at that youth when he said Chao Li had a weird spirit, "Excuse me,"
By Chao Li's displeasure, the youth hurriedly replied, "Brother, I didn't mean to insult you, and I just casually mentioned as everyone is calling you like that."
"It's okay! What do you want?" Chao Li sipped the cold tea as he asked.
"Brother, Which faction do you want to join in this meeting?" The youth eagerly asked.
"Faction? What faction?" Chao Li stopped sipping the tea as he suspiciously questioned.
"Brother, Don't you know the purpose of this gathering?" The youth looked astonished while questioning Chao Li.
"No, I don't know anything. They came and invited me to the meeting." Chao Li frankly replied.
"Brother, I don't know your name," The youth asked before replying to Chao Li.
"You can call me Chao Li."
"Brother Chao Li, this gathering is an informal meeting for joining in the Factions." The youth cautiously said and continued,
"In the Sect, there are some factions which are contending for the seat of sect master. There are some other factions apart from them, but they are indirectly lending their hands to leading factions, but there are even some neutral faction, but a very few, and maybe only two."
Chao Li attentively listened to the words of the youth.
"And in today's gathering, we must join any of those factions if we want peaceful days in the sect, and there are no exceptions." The youth severely said.
"Oh! It's an inescapable net, ah!" Chao Li was also slightly taken aback by the news.
"Well, I forget to ask your name, brother." Chao Li embarrassingly asked.
"My name is Cui Tian, Brother Chao Li." The youth replied.
"Cui Tian means sky, an apt name for you who have aspirations as high as the sky." Chao Li replied and looked at the lady, who was silent till then, and gently asked,
"Sister, What is your name?"
"I am Qin Ya," The lady shyly replied.
Chao Li nodded and once again looked at Cui Tian before suspiciously asking, "Brother Cui Tian, are you two relatives?"
"That, Brother Chao Li, we two came from the same planet, and in fact, we two belonged to the same village." Cui Tian replied.
"Oh! That's great then; at least you have someone you know." Chao Li positively said and shifted the topic,
"Brother Cui Tian, do you know how many factions are there in the sect and about their strengths?"
"Brother Chao Li, I have a little knowledge through my intensive gathering all over the month."
"According to my information, The Sect has Four leading Factions, some subordinate factions, and two independent Factions."
"Those four leading factions are,"
"Roc Wing Faction,"
"White Claw Faction,"
"Grey Eye Faction,"
"Black Leg Faction,"
Cui Tian reverently said.
'Black Leg Sanji!' Chao Li amusingly muttered as it was one of the famous manga characters' names of his previous life.
In that life, he died before the completion of the series, and he had a wish to know the ending of the series.
He ignored that and calmly asked,
"What about those independent factions?"
"Those two are,"
"Floating Feather Faction,"
"Jade Ice Faction of Gemini Sisters."