Not long after this, An Lin followed Elder Zhu to the vow altar of the Vermilion Bird Sect and swore a vow to officially become an in-name disciple.
An Lin chose to become an in-name disciple as it presented him with a high degree of freedom, and he didn't have to take on any responsibilities either.
To put it more harshly, the in-name disciples of the sect were all disciples that none of the masters wanted to teach.
Under normal circumstances, in-name disciples didn't even have the right to enter the main branch of the sect. They were usually deployed to some side branches and left with some extremely basic cultivation techniques which they had to figure out on their own.
However, setting all that aside, An Lin was now a member of the Vermilion Bird Sect, as well as the most powerful in-name disciple of the Vermilion Bird Sect!