Black Root Replied, "Why should you join our alliance? The first half of the short answer is that the alliance was made to cater to people like you. The second half of the short answer is that we want to invest in you."
"Here is the long answer. This alliance is called Apex Alliance because it was created to support the best of the best and to have a hand in producing the best of the best."
"The Apex alliance has a lot of money and manpower and decided to use those resources to invest in people. When the founders asked themselves who they should invest in, they settled on investing in S-grade students. After all, if the mighty and powerful sect saw something worth investing in you, then we are unlikely to go wrong in our choice."
"That choice has proven itself to be the right one over time. It is because it is not certain that an S-grade disciple can become the best of the best, but it is certain that only an S-grade disciple can become the best of the best. This is a fact."
"For example, the strongest fourth mortal core cultivator in the Five Veins Region is someone from our sect who started as an S-grade disciple. He started with a mana affinity of spatial alignment. I still don't know what that means. But I know that he is so powerful that cultivators at the fifth mortal core have fallen to him."
Blood Root's eyes were shining when he said that. He asked Arthur, "Do you know how impressive that is?"
But he didn't wait for Arthur to answer before he replied, "There are currently nine cultivators at the fifth mortal coil in the five veins region. There used to be ten. These ten were supposed to be the strongest beings in this region. But one of them died to a junior, which reduced that number to nine. Daoist Void Claw killed a nascent soul cultivator as a golden core cultivator."
He was about to continue gushing about Daoist Void Claw when the lady beside him coughed. The cough seemed to have pulled him back to his current mission, so he gave up on explaining how impressive Daoist Void Claw was.
Blood Root said, "Anyway, Daoist Void Claw's situation is just one of many. Another example is the only cultivator in all of the five veins region who can create teleportation formations also came into the sect as an S-grade disciple because he had a formation affinity physique, which made learning, drawing, and operating formations easy for him to do."
"Time and time again, it has proven that anyone can reach the apex in terms of cultivation. After all, everyone is talented in one way or another. All they need are resources and opportunities. But it has also been proven that if one doesn't have something special about them, they can never be the best of the best."
"This fact is why the alliance is made up of two main parts. The first part is the beneficiary, like you, and the second part is the support group, like us. The second part exists to help the first part, and when the first part becomes powerful, they can repay the second part for the favor."
"That leads me to your second question. Once you join our alliance, all that is required of you for now is to do your best. You can ask us for help, and we will try our best to help you, but all that concerns you is to progress and grow stronger and be the best of the best."
Blood Root smiled and said, "As for your third question, all that we get in exchange is you owing us. We are the ones taking all the risks here. You don't need to swear anything to us."
"We are taking this risk because we believe that once you reach the fourth mortal coil or beyond, a little help from you can go a long way for us. Surely, you won't deny us that little help?"
Arthur was speechless for a while. Then he asked, "So you're just going to help me as a favor and hope I will turn out well, and if I do turn out well, you hope that I will remember your favor?"
Blood Root nodded and said, "Yes. We have no guarantee that you will turn out well, but we believe that if you turn out well, you will help us because of your reputation and because it will be very easy for you to help us. It won't be worth it to ruin your reputation over something simple."
"Of course, we also retain the right to drop you if you lose your potential and show yourself to be unpromising. What our alliance offers is simply a beneficial symbiotic relationship between the two of us. We hope that you will find that pleasing and join our sect."
Arthur thought about what he had heard and found out that he didn't have anything to complain about. He was slightly wary of anything that appeared to be free, as there is nothing that is truly free. But as free things go, this looked tempting.
So he said, "Give me your contact and some time to think about it. I also need to do my own research. No matter the choice I make, I promise to inform you first before I execute it."
The offer looked good, but it was coming from only one point of view. He wants to acquire more information and get more offers before he sticks to an alliance.
Blood Root smiled and said, "I couldn't ask for anything more."
The two of them exchanged contact by tapping their identity cards against each other's. The two cards blinked, and Arthur gave his permission for the exchange of contacts. Only then was his contact information sent to the other identity card.
Blood Root dropped a pamphlet advertising the Apex Alliance. It contained more information about the Apex Alliance and stated some of the things that the alliance could do for him.