"Many people want to join the strongest sect, and the Blood Skull sect also wants a lot of people. But no matter how big they are, there will still be competition for resources."
"Even if there are enough resources to go around, the Blood Skull Sect won't distribute it evenly. The smart thing to do is to concentrate the resources on a small few in order to help those few reach their maximum potential quickly and in order to foster a competitive drive among their members."
"So if you intend to join the Blood Skull Sect, you must be prepared to fight tooth and nail for the benefits that they possess. It won't come to you easily at all."
Patriarch Calcetti paused. Then he went back to his seat before resuming.
After taking his seat and getting into a comfortable position, he said, "That's it for the strongest sect. After the Blood Skull Sect are the Sword Way Sect, the Beast Training Sect, the Black Bones Sect, and the Purple Flower Sect."
"The kingdom we came from, the Turin kingdom, is controlled by the Sword Way Sect. The Sword Way sect is the youngest sect. This doesn't make them weak by any means. They have to be strong for them to usurp the previous sect and replace them."
"Their relatively short history means that they value talent a lot more than the others, and you will have a lot of opportunities to make significant contributions to the sect. But of course, their young age means that they are in control of the least amount of resources."
"The lack of resources is obvious in the fact that the Turin kingdom only has four prefectures while the Blood Skull Sect has seven. Their territory is small, so they don't need many cultivation families to manage it for them."
"On the opposite side is the Black Bones sect. This sect is the oldest sect, and they have six prefectures in their territory. The Black Bones sect are corpse cultivators and have incited a lot of public wrath in their quest to acquire strong corpses, yet they are the oldest standing sect. That has to tell you something about their power."
"Between the two oldest and youngest sects are the Beast Training Sect and the Purple Flower Sect. The beast training sect trains and fights with beasts. Their techniques give them an advantage over lone cultivators."
"The purple flower sect fights with poison. They combine their poison with some illusion techniques, which makes them alluring despite being deadly."
He smiled knowingly and said, "The disciples of the purple flower sect are always beautiful because of the techniques that they train with. They are beautiful and alluring. But if you see one of them, you better run."
"You better run as fast as you can. That is unless you're a corpse cultivator of the Black Bones Sect. If you're not a corpse cultivator, by the time their poison is done with you, corpse cultivators might not want your corpse."
He laughed after saying this. He laughed so hard that he teared up. Apparently, he had said something very funny. But no one else was laughing.
Patriarch Calcetti didn't mind that they didn't have a good sense of humor. He laughed to his content without a care.
Then he coughed and resumed his lesson. "Which sect to choose is a matter of technique, strength, history, and resources of the sects. There are many factors to choose from. But you only have to worry about this matter if you have more than one invitation."
"If you don't have more than one invitation, then the decision you have to make is if you want to accept the invitation or return to the family. This decision rests entirely on the grade of the invitation."
"If you have many invitations to choose from, the grade of the invitation is also very important. The most important grade is the special invitation."
"If you didn't get the special invitation, it doesn't mean that you are not talented. It just means that there are a lot of talented people like you. If you did receive a special invitation, then you should prioritize it above every other type of invitation regardless of what sect it is from."
"If you enter a sect with an S-grade invitation, you will be given special attention, special techniques, and special resources. You don't need to worry about resources because you will get the best that the sect can offer, and you don't have to worry about the compatibility of resources because the sect won't offer you that invitation if they didn't think they could help you reach your maximum potential."
"Of course, there is an exception. The special invitation of the Blood Skull sect is the best invitation you can get, and the A-grade invitation of the Blood Skull sect is about equivalent to the S-grade invitation of the four other sects. The Blood Skull Sect is that good."
"If you are to decide between the A-grade invitation of the Blood Skull sect and the S-grade invitation of the other sects, you can consider it as a choice between power and potential. At least that's how I see it."
"With the A-grade invitation of the Blood Skull sect, you will surely get power because of the powerful and superior techniques of the Blood Skull sect. But their techniques might not be compatible with you, and you might not be able to go far with their techniques."
"On the other hand, if you go with the S-grade invitation of the other sects, you will get compatibility. This compatibility will enable you to reach your maximum potential. You won't be as strong as someone with the same cultivation in the Blood Skull sect, but you will have a higher chance of reaching the fourth mortal coil than them."
"In terms of resources, the two of them are equal. Nothing is certain, though. The power you gain from the techniques of the Blood Skull sect might help you survive longer or might cause you to die earlier because you are always fighting."