"I won't take the Spirit Stones. The faction I joined gives ten a month, plus an extra Elixir allowance. It's safe and worry-free."
"I'm thinking of turning the Demon-Spottng Talisman into a faction benefit and selling it within the faction for one Spirit Stone. That way, fewer Cultivators will buy them, and the risk will also be lower."
Yang Shengwu hid in the Outer City and, after being recruited, joined a faction. Even so, he still hadn't forgotten to sell the Demon-Spottng Talisman.
Factions are just a game for mortals. Cultivators have more mature Sects, and if a faction grows too large, it digs at the roots of the Five Elements Sect.
Who knows how many years a faction can last?
By comparison, the Demon-Spottng Talisman is a long-term business. Without the Talisman Cultivators' Association to suppress them, the income potential was higher, and it was safer too.
"A faction? It's just small-time play after all."
"Your faction isn't Chang Le Gang, is it?"