Huangfu Yuan was the first to step forward.
He clapped his hands, his eyes burning as he looked at Li Xiao, and spoke in a loud, eager voice:
"Brother Li, this proposal is exactly to my liking!"
He looked around, his tone carrying the sincerity of someone laying his heart bare:
"To tell you the truth, I've been thinking about this for a long time myself.
We all have our own abilities and backgrounds. That we've gathered here today is fate.
In the future, we'll spread our wings and go our separate ways to every corner of the land. If we have an organization we can trust to fall back on, none of us will be left isolated and helpless, whatever happens."
He looked at Li Xiao, a meaningful glint in his eyes. "Now that Brother Li has brought it up, I, Huangfu Yuan, will be the first to answer the call.
Count me in."
With Huangfu Yuan taking a stand, the others no longer hesitated and nodded their agreement.
Du Tianshan thumped his chest and said:
"I'm all for Brother Li's proposal! If any trouble comes up in the future, I, Du Tianshan, won't shrink from it."
Su Chen gave a slight nod as well. "Count me in."
Though Qingyunzi said little, he also nodded.
The others voiced their agreement one after another. No one objected.
But then another question surfaced.
A Fifth-Turn Cultivator stroked his chin and spoke with some uncertainty. "Our organization needs a name, doesn't it?
Something that reflects our ambitions and sounds imposing. We can't have people hear it and think we're small-time."
At that, everyone began tossing out ideas at once.
Some suggested the "Gathered Worthies Alliance," others the "Eight Directions Society," and someone proposed the "Soaring Cloud Pavilion." Seven or eight names were