Every single disciple inside the Administration Hall, including those who had followed him and Liu Mei because they were waiting to find Liu Mei's identity, all turned their attention towards Shun Long at the same time.
Shun Long wasn't too surprised that the young man in front of him had heard of his name.
After all, although Shun Long knew that he was definitely not famous throughout the sect, it was only natural that a few people would pay attention to him as the person who managed to pass through the Holy sect's test with a cultivation at the peak of rank 1 in the Nascent Soul.
Things were exactly as Shun Long had imagined them to be. His name had actually started to spread among the weaker outer disciples' ears, and was known as a person with an extremely powerful bloodline, attracting the attention of even some of the relatively stronger outer disciples.
Of course, Shun Long wasn't the only one who had attracted some attention from the newest batch that had entered the Holy sect!.
Liu Mei, Xie Xingyi, Jiang Chen, Bai Longtian, Sheng Huang, Jun Ren and the names of a few other powerful new disciples had also started to spread in the ears of those people as well.
However, what surprised Shun Long was that the young man in front of him actually seemed to have expected his arrival here.
Noticing the doubtful look on Shun Long's face, the young man behind the 'Faction Registration' counter took a deep breath before saying
''Brother Shun Long, you probably don't know this, but you being ready to create a faction has already been known by some outer disciples already.''
Shun Long's brows furrowed when he heard this, but the young man behind the counter didn't seem to mind as he continued explaining
''Actually, this is all because of Jiang Chen. Nearly a week ago, senior brother Qian Tao personally approached Jiang Chen and offered him a spot in his faction, but Jiang Chen refused without a second thought, saying that he would only join your faction!
This is why I knew that sooner or later you would come to create your own faction.''
A sharp look flashed past Shun Long's eyes when he heard this.
Of course, he wasn't angry at Jiang Chen for exposing the fact that he was going to create his own faction before he did so.
After all, creating his own faction wasn't going to be a secret to begin with.
What Shun Long was most surprised about was that someone had actually approached Jiang Chen at the very first day after they had joined the sect.
''Based on what Jiang Chen had said and considering his own character as well, after leaving my room he would definitely go straight to his own courtyard and start cultivating. So, that senior brother Qian Tao could have only approached him before he reached his own courtyard. Hehe, he really acted fast. Too bad that it's only a fool's dream to try and steal away someone I have set my sights on.''
Almost as if he had guessed part of Shun Long's thoughts, a mocking smile appeared on the face of the young man behind the 'Faction Registration' counter as he looked at Shun Long, but he quickly suppressed it before he continued
''Brother Shun Long probably doesn't know about this, but even after registering your own faction you still won't be eligible to join the faction wars and obtain any resources from the sect for your own faction.
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To obtain resources from the sect your own faction, you first need to join the faction wars and beat other factions, thus entering the faction rankings, before you are able to obtain any resources.
However, to even become eligible to enter the faction wars, your faction first needs to complete 5 D-rank faction missions and a single C-rank one!
As for senior brother Qian Tao's faction, it's already a faction that belongs to the top 1000 factions of the sect!''
Seeing the stunned look on Shun Long's face, the young man behind the 'Faction Registration' counter smiled brightly before he continued in a more amiable tone
''Actually, if brother Shun Long is interested, senior brother Qian Tao has said that he is willing to accept both you and your wife into his faction along with Jiang Chen.''
As he said this, the young man turned his eyes towards the ice-cold Liu Mei who was standing next to Shun Long before he gulped a mouthful of saliva in the process.
This was the most beautiful woman that he had seen in his life!
With just a glance, he immediately realized that this was the same white-robed young woman who had covered her face with a white veil during the fourth test.
At the same time, Shun Long was a bit confused when he heard the words D-rank and C-rank faction missions.
He clearly remembered that a week ago, when Elder Zhuan had introduced the 'Assignment Hall' to the newly entered disciples, he had said that every disciple needed to complete at least a yellow-rank mission every 3 months and 4 yellow-rank missions every single year. However, there was no mention of any D-rank or C-rank missions.
''It looks like I have to pay a visit to the 'Assignment Hall' soon.''
Nodding his head at the young man behind the 'Faction Registration' counter, Shun Long shook his head, before he turned his attention towards his own sect identification token that he had already handed to the man in front of him and said
''I am not interested in joining someone else's faction, regardless of who that person is.''
''Y-You... do you really want to refuse senior brother Qian Tao's goodwill?!''
The young man hadn't expected such a response after he took so much time to patiently explain everything regarding the new factions to Shun Long!
He was certain that after hearing the difficulty of completing 5 D-rank missions and a single C-rank, paired with senior brother Qian Tao's high ranking of his faction inside the sect, Shun Long would definitely know what to choose.
However, the cold and uncaring look in his eyes as he said that he is not interested in joining another faction left the young man speechless.
Even the surrounding disciples inside the Administration Hall couldn't believe, that Shun Long had rejected senior brother Qian Tao's offer without a second thought!
''Are you certain about this? You still have time to change your mind! If you really refuse senior brother Qian's offer you won't get a second chance!''
The young man behind the counter didn't seem willing to accept this as he stared at Shun Long seriously while he warned him, hoping to change his mind.
And yet, Shun Long wasn't planning to spend his entire day refusing to join another person's faction even if that 'senior brother Qian Tao' was standing here in front of him, let alone when someone else was insisting on it.
With a cold look in his eyes, he stared at the young man in front of him before he said seriously
''I already refused once. I don't care what kind of relationship you or the person you are following in the sect have with that Qian Tao, but I don't have the habit of repeating things.''
Seeing that Shun Long refused to even consider his offer and 'wasn't willing to give anyone any face', the young man behind the 'Faction Registration' counter snorted before he said
''Just a mere rank 1 Nascent Soul stage rookie and you want to create your own faction? Fine. Let's see how it will do then.''
Without waiting for a response, the young man took Shun Long's sect identification token from the counter with an angry look on his face, before he placed it on top of a palm-sized white-colored jade that was hidden placed below the counter. Shun Long's sect identification token suddenly lit up with a white light, while the words 'Shun Long's faction' appeared on the jade's surface for a moment before they quickly disappeared barely a moment later.
The young man then took Shun Long's sect identification token and placed it on the counter in front of him before he said mockingly
''Hmph, your faction is officially registered in the sect. I have to tell you that to accept someone in your faction you need to have them place their sect identification token next to your own token for a few moments and infuse your qi inside it. However, aside from Jiang Chen, I doubt that anyone will even be willing to join your faction even if you beg them.''