Volume Eight, Chapter Eight [The New Opening of the Mountain]
Volume 8, Chapter 8 [The new generation of disciples]
Wang Rui's "reform" caused a huge sensation, not only in the Xutian Sect, but also in the entire world of cultivation. In the history of the world of cultivation, a sect pays so much attention to its registered disciples and outer disciples.
The first one.
Of course, this view is not always good, it also has a bad side.
Some people say that the Xutian Sect is just trying to attract the attention of the entire world of immortal cultivation through such stunts, thereby making Wang Rui famous.
Some people say that Wang Rui's move was just caused by the shadow of inferiority in his heart. He could not get rid of the experience of being a registered disciple, so he wanted to use this method to satisfy his current vanity and make the registered disciples and outer disciples be grateful to him.
Some people even said unkindly that the Xutian Sect had made a very bad start in the entire world of cultivating immortals, making registered disciples from other sects ready to take action, leading to many people defecting to the Xutian Sect.
Even in the sect, Wang Rui's reforms encountered resistance. Among the top ten deacons and elders, only five including Lei Wantong supported him, but the other two just chose not to oppose it. There were even three elders who opposed it.
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Wang Rui began to consider the number of deacons and elders. He decided to add one more to form a numerical suppression. However, there were no good candidates for a while. After all, he did not know much about the sect before, and he had just taken office and had not yet formed a
Although Lei Wantong and others support him as his true power, they do so with reservations and are not counted as his confidants.
In addition, among the Supreme Elders, several people with alchemy cultivation also gave him a few "kind" reminders, asking him not to act too hastily and to make changes to the sect slowly, otherwise it would easily lead to unrest and turmoil in the sect.
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Fortunately, Le Guishan didn't give any prompts and seemed to be immersed in his own practice.
Wang Rui had anticipated these resistances before, so he was mentally prepared. He did not waver, but focused all these resistances and pressures on himself, allowing Lei Wantong and others to actually implement them.
Much more relaxed.
On this day, after Wang Rui finished handling the day's sect affairs in the head's study, he stood up, stretched and walked to the door.
There is a peak foundation-building monk at the door as a personal attendant. In the corridor leading from this door to the outside of the temple, there are as many as 20 people guarding and guarding them. These people are all in the early to middle stage of foundation-building, and they are of all ages.
Older, usually in their fifties or sixties.
"Hongji, I think the number of guards can be reduced to ten in the future. There is no need to waste so many foundation-building monks. Just let the Qi-training monks serve as guards. The foundation-building monks should spend more time on practice and experience.
Even better." Wang Rui said to the attendant Li Hongji beside him.
Li Hongji looks a bit older and has a more honest personality. Wang Rui can't help but think of his sworn brother Chen Fuzhi.
"Head, twenty people are already very few. The previous head had fifty people. This is the number you reduced once." Li Hongji was a little anxious. He was first recommended to Wang Rui by Lei Wantong.
Yes, being able to serve as the head's personal attendant is a huge opportunity for many people. As long as the head can be trusted and satisfied, his future future is just around the corner, so he often puts Wang Rui's interests first.
Wang Rui shook his head and said: "Hongji, I am not being unconventional, but based on reality. Our sect still has too few foundation-building monks now, but there are only three or four hundred people. Not to mention compared with the four top sects, even if
Compared with some similar sects, the number of people is still small. Nowadays, these foundation-building monks spend most of their time on guard duty every day, which is meaningless for practice. Only the number of foundation-building monks continues to increase, and their strength continues to increase.
Only when the number of people who advance to the Dan Formation level increases can the Xutian Sect truly become stronger."
Li Hongji sighed, clasped his fists and said: "The leader is far-sighted, but his subordinates are not as good as him. I will consider that among the guards on duty in the future, a foundation-building monk will lead them, and the rest will be Qi-training monks. The number will still be twenty.
, but divided into two batches, so that if someone has an accident or illness, they can be replaced at any time. The disciples who serve as guards can receive additional subsidies every month, mainly elixirs or spiritual stones. This will be beneficial to their practice and mastery.
What do you think, the doorkeeper?"
"Well, let's do this for now. It's more reasonable. By the way, Hongji, is the sect recruiting new disciples recently?" Wang Rui asked.
Li Hongji nodded and replied: "That's right, Master. The sect opens the mountain every three years to recruit mortal disciples or casual cultivators. It started a few days ago and will last for a month."
"I plan to go take a look, but don't reveal my identity. You and I will pay a private visit incognito." Wang Rui said with interest, and Li Hongji nodded in agreement, just the two of them.
The two of them easily hid their true cultivation, and then used disguise techniques to change their appearance, instantly turning into two ordinary teenagers of fifteen or sixteen years old.
Located in a mountain forest area south of Xutian Sect, this is where the mountain gate is opened. There are about five well-known peaks in the area. From a distance, they look like five old monks meditating. Therefore, this place is called the "Five Old Peaks"
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Starting a few days ago, the Xutian Sect officially opened its gates to recruit disciples, mainly for mortal men and women under the age of twenty and casual cultivators under the age of fifty who have a certain foundation in cultivation.
In order not to miss more excellent seedlings, Wang Rui has promulgated the "Psychic Testing Method" that he is familiar with. The source Wang Rui directly attributed it to obtaining it from the treasure hunting battlefield. Therefore, although some elders are suspicious, everyone is also full of confidence in this new thing.
I look forward to it. After all, the products produced in Treasure Hunt Battlefield are basically high-quality products.
Therefore, starting from this term, when recruiting disciples, all spiritual energy testing methods will be used to replace the previous spiritual root testing method.
Wang Rui and Li Hongji joined the mortal team at this time, and they both felt a sense of excitement and freshness. After all, this experience of being transformed into a mortal again was very novel. Although they had not experienced it before, they transformed into a mortal boy to join their sect.
The trial is still very exciting.
They did not choose to be in the casual cultivator team. After all, those casual cultivators all have a certain foundation and the assessments they participate in are completely different. The recruitment of casual cultivators will pay more attention to strength and special talents, but not so much about potential, so the general strength is mediocre.
Loose cultivators cannot enter.
Mortal disciples are completely different. The most important thing is to focus on potential and future growth. Among these young men and women in their teens, some may become influential figures in the world of immortality in the future. Of course, most of them can only go back home and start over.
A mortal.
"Hey, Hongji, were there so many people in the past? It feels like it's crowded, at least tens of thousands of people, right?" Wang Rui walked in the team, looked back and forth, and found that the number of mortal children participating in the assessment was staggering. If
If tens of thousands of people come every day, then in a month there will be at least two to three thousand. Even if the pass rate is 1%, there will be two to three thousand qualified cultivation apprentices in one fell swoop.
Li Hongji was also surprised for a while, and then said to Wang Rui in a special way of speaking: "Master, it was not so lively in the past. It seems that the maximum number of people was thousands a day. I guess this time it has something to do with the innovations that the master has implemented recently."
"Oh? Let's talk about it. By the way, Hongji, we are about the same age. In total, I am still a few years older than you. Don't always call me the leader. It won't be good if someone finds out. If you
If you don't mind, just call me brother." Wang Rui is less than 120 years old in his two lifetimes combined, while Li Hongji is just over 100 years old.
To the foundation-building monks, Li Hongji is a "young man." To the alchemy-building monks, Wang Rui can be called a "young man."
Li Hongji hesitated for a moment and then shouted: "Then I forgive you for overstepping your bounds. Brother Wang, the recent innovations within the sect and the emphasis on registered disciples and outer disciples have given many mortals and cultivating families hope."
, they mobilized the outstanding disciples within their own sphere of influence, and in addition to the four top sects, they almost mainly came to target our Xutian Sect."
"Well, it seems that our innovation is still very popular. For those peerless geniuses, our Xutian Sect is not very attractive. Compared with the four major sects, it lags far behind. But among ordinary monks, we attach so much importance
The middle and lower-level disciples are bound to win their favor. Hongji, I think that when I return this time, the treatment for the inner disciples and ordinary elders will also be improved, especially to give them more promotion channels." Wang Rui thought thoughtfully.
He said that now Xutian Sect cannot compare with the four major sects and some first-class top sects, so we should simply target the middle-level and lower-level disciples to make them more inclined to come to Xutian Sect.
The mortal children who came to participate in the Immortal Sect's assessment were also divided into three, six or nine grades. Most of them were recommended by some mortal dynasties, sect forces and immortal cultivating families under the Xutian Sect to participate in the assessment.
It is extremely rare for a single person to travel through mountains and rivers, work tirelessly, and encounter the entrance of the Immortal Gate by chance. After all, the places where the Immortal Gate is located are almost not accessible to mortals.
It can be seen at a glance that the princes, princes and grandsons from the mortal dynasty have brought many servants with them. They are well-dressed and well-fed, and their personal appearance, stature, and demeanor are all unique.
Those recommended by the sect are much simpler, but these people are much stronger and are often mortal martial arts masters or even martial arts geniuses. They are low-key and don't like to show up, and some even dress a little deliberately.
Shabby.
The disciples recommended by the Immortal Cultivation Family are the most high-profile. After all, they have been tested by the Immortal Cultivators and have already qualified for entry. When they come here, they have almost reached the standards of outer disciples, so they look at the other disciples.
People appear to be superior to others.
Finally, there were some people who came alone. Although these people were very few, Wang Rui looked for a long time and found out that there were more than ten people. They all looked quite embarrassed at this time, because they had traveled through mountains and rivers for a long time, and encountered threats from tigers, leopards, insects, and wolves.
Compared to the others, they all seemed too downtrodden.
However, these people who are able to persist have very good qualities, especially in terms of toughness of character. Wang Rui is quite optimistic about these people.