With the events that unfolded at the beginning of the Great Ming World as a precedent, they could foresee what was bound to happen once the Taoist Academy started its construction.
Disciples from the academy would either become Independent Practitioners, or they would be recruited by other factions.
However, joining a new faction, their backgrounds determined that only a very small part would be appreciated and quickly rise through the ranks. Many disciples might find themselves shunned by the existing members.
After all, apart from newly established factions that were short on manpower and had enough benefits to go around, the many Imperial Dynasties, the longer they had been established, the more internal factions they had. The established interest groups certainly would not share their influence with newcomers, planting the seeds of conflict.
