### A Comprehensive Guide to the “Where Winds Meet” Sects

In the world of “Where Winds Meet,” choosing the right Sect can dramatically shape your gameplay experience. Each group offers unique rules and exclusive weapons, making the decision both strategic and personal. Here’s a breakdown to help you make an informed choice.

#### Velvet Shade
– **Rules**:
– *Drunk on Flowers*: Avoid forming bonds if excessively social.
– *Full Bloom*: Use your Charm to captivate others.
– *Vermillion Lips*: Assist at the Windtail Lounge.
– **Weapons/Martial Arts**:
– *Vernal Umbrella*:
– **Main Skill**: Spring Sorrow
– **Special Skill**: Unfading Flower
– **Charged Skill**: Apricot Heaven

#### Well of Heaven
– **Rules**:
– *Generous and Righteous*: Earning excessive Weekly Earnings lowers your precept value.
– *Unrestrained Spirit*: Risks losing Precept Value Points.
– *Brotherhood*: Do not harm fellow members.
– **Weapons/Martial Arts**:
– *Thundercry Blade*:
– **Martial Arts Skill**: Predator’s Shield
– **Special Skill**: Sunrush Gale
– **Charged Skill**: Galecloud Cleave

#### Inkbound Order
– **Rules**:
– *Writing and Scholarship*: Adhere to the Sage’s Words.

#### Midnight Blades
– **Rules**:
– *Midnight Judgement*: Absorb identities and karma in battles.
– *Meditative Samadhi*: Defeat open-world combatants without hesitation.
– *Kill to Seize Karma*: Accumulate Karma Points by defeating others.
– **Weapons/Martial Arts**:
– *Infernal Twinblades*:
– **Main Skill**: Addled Mind
– **Special Skill**: Calamity’s Greed
– **Enhanced Skill**: Flamelash
– **Light Attack**: Heaven’s Wrath

#### The Masked Troupe
– Currently unavailable for weapon or rules details.

#### Lone Cloud
– **Rules**:
– *The Riddle of Love*: Solve love puzzles.
– *Forgotten by the Jianghu*: Embrace camaraderie blessings.
– *Streetwise Strategist*: Engage in lucrative schemes to maintain precept.

– **Weapons/Martial Arts**:
– *Strategic Sword*:
– **Main Skill**: Inner Track Slash
– **Special Skill**: Third Track Recoil
– **Charged Skill**: Second Track Slash

#### Mohist Hill
– **Rules**:
– *Universal Love*: Helping others ensures reciprocity.

#### Silver Needle
– **Rules**:
– *Healing Bodies and Minds*: Gain at least 15 likes weekly, or risk decreasing precept value.
– *Shared Healing*: Successfully healing others boosts precept value.
– **Weapons/Martial Arts**:
– *Inkwell Fan*:
– **Main Skill**: Jadewind Shield
– **Air Skill**: Moonlit Spring
– **Charged Skill**: Glow and Flow
– *Panacea Fan*:
– **Main Skill**: Mistbound Ail
– **Healing Skill**: Emereald Dewtouch
– **Charged Skill**: Light Dust After Morning Rain
– **Light Attack**: Fourfold Inquiry

#### Raging Tides
– **Rules**:
– *Spear Still Sharp*: Daily spear usage is mandatory.
– **Weapons/Martial Arts**:
– *Stormbreaker Spear*:
– **Main Skill**: Storm Roar
– **Special Skill**: Thunder Thrust
– **Charged Skill**: Fury Spear
– *Heavenquaker Spear*:
– **Main Skill**: Sober Sorrow
– **Special Skill**: Sweep All
– **Charged Skill**: Drifting Thrust

#### Nine Mortal Ways
– **Rules**:
– *Deceiving Heaven*: Failed tricks reduce virtue.
– *A Thousand Faces*: Utilize disguises for integration.

– **Weapons/Martial Arts**:
– *Mortal Rope Dart*:
– **Main Skill**: Bladebound Thread
– **Special Skill**: Rodent Rampage
– **Charged Stance**: Rodent Resilience

#### Hollow Vale
– **Rules**:
– *Balance of Life and Death*: Balance healing and poisoning; failure leads to self-damage.
– *No Living Puppets*: Do not create Dream Puppets.
– **Weapons/Martial Arts