After dining with his parents and talking to them, Ken returned to his house in the sect. While his parents were important to him, they were not part of his cultivation journey anymore. He knew he would have to leave them behind at some point, he just hoped to provide them with safety before that. They were too old and weak to walk on his path.
In the next few months, Ken settled in the Serene Lotus Sect. His life was peaceful there; he had no enemies within the sect as he knew nobody, and the only time he left the sect's base was to visit his parents in the city nearby. Although he had to complete missions, he simply used his skills as an alchemist to complete a few within the confines of his house.
He joined the three divisions he needed, revealing some of his talents by passing the exams for fifth-rank alchemists and formation masters.