Chapter 180 Managing a Sect is Really Troublesome
After two days, everything on the mountain of Liuyang Study had been basically tidied up.
As expected of a monk, he works very quickly. Basic spells can be used in many places, and problems like transporting materials can also be solved with storage bags.
Currently, only the main hall and the square have been completed, and other residential houses and functional buildings have not yet been completed.
Ruan Xing then put together this team.
She is the sect leader, Ruan Tao and Hu San are deputy sect leaders, and the Fairy Demon Lord is the supreme elder.
It is divided into the Law Enforcement Hall, which is presided over by Cui Yurong. Her office is the dungeon. The rest of the positions in the hall are temporarily vacant. When the number of disciples increases in the future and their cultivation level improves, Cui Yurong will be able to select them herself.
This is mainly because Ruan Xing saw that Cui Yurong's Netherworld Ghost Fire was very suitable for torture and forced confession.
Of course, it would be difficult for Cui Yurong to extinguish the ghost fire once it got on her body. If she really used it, it would not be to force a confession but to silence her. It could be regarded as a deterrent to other disciples not to betray the sect.
There are also the Department of Talents and the Consulate.
The former is held by Cai Wen, assisted by Ruan Tao. They are mainly responsible for managing the exchange of internal and external spiritual stone resources, as well as the handover with various families in towns and villages within the jurisdiction, as well as the various hidden dangers left by the original Liuyang Study.
The latter is managed by Hu San, with Wang Dongxing as his deputy. Their main responsibility is to lead the disciples they brought out from Xumi, as well as handle all other miscellaneous matters.
The sect's rules and operating standards largely imitate those of the Xuanbing Sect.
In this way, it can basically be considered a formal sect.
Cui Yurong completed the task well. Ruan Xing harvested some new corpses, and the number of puppets in his storage bag also returned to double digits.
However, these puppets were not very powerful, and Ruan Xing was too lazy to give them names and numbers.
She could finally erase the words above the square behind the mountain gate and replace them with Fengling Yueying Sect.
Although Ruan Tao was helping, Cai Wen was still the busiest person in the entire sect. He had not rested for two days and two nights. After Ruan Xing had sorted out the sect's rules and regulations and various tasks, he hurried over to report.
"Master, please take a look at these files." Cai Wen looked a little tired, but his expression was very calm.
Although he was not so tired when he worked in Liuyang Study before, he had to worry every day whether he would be discovered or die. He could not sleep well because of the fear. It was really difficult for the old man.
Now he obeys Ruan Xing. Although he doesn't know how long or how far the Fengling Yueying Sect can go, Cai Jiao and his life and property depend on Ruan Xing, so he feels much more at ease.
Ruan Xing lifted the top layer and took a look.
It is a document sent from Yunyang City.
It says that the roads and farmlands near the city gates have been disturbed by monsters in the past two days.
This matter has to be handled by the sect to which they belong. Although there are cultivators in the city, subduing monsters is a thankless task. Most of the valuable materials on the hunted monsters have to be handed over. The sect collects taxes anyway, which is equivalent to protection money. Of course, the cultivators in the sect have to solve any problems.
Because there are often cultivators passing by the road outside the city gate, there are basically no monsters coming out from the depths of the forest, but... the Demon Lord took the monster snake away, and the monster snake's original territory was occupied by other monsters. The losing monster was chased to the periphery and was injured, so it had to run away.
This matter is easy to do, but it is also difficult to do.
Because all of her disciples are in the Qi training stage and have no practical experience, and half of them are magic cultivators who are unable to perfectly conceal the magic aura on themselves, these people cannot be sent out to do things.
Cui Yurong is a ghost cultivator, Fairy Demon Lord is a puppet. Cai Wen has a low level of cultivation and is not good at magic.
After all the calculations, the only ones who could go out were her and Ruan Tao.
"Let Ruan Tao go to gain some experience and bring a few more disciples who practice Taoism with her," Ruan Xing made the decision.
The busiest two days have passed, and Cai Wen had no objection to transferring Ruan Tao from his work to do other things.
However, sending out a Jindan-stage cultivator and seven or eight Qi-training-stage cultivators to deal with only a few Qi-training and foundation-building monsters is really a waste of talent.
When the time comes, she will give out pills as rewards to those disciples who go out to do things, so that they can improve their cultivation as quickly as possible.
The second thing is the issue of the city lords of Yunyang City and Huayang City.
The previous nominal city lords were all Jindan disciples of Liuyang Study, but they are dead now.
But it's unreasonable that there is not even one golden elixir in a city.
The family in charge of the city asked Fengling Yueying Sect to appoint a new city lord.
When this incident is combined with the previous one, their meaning becomes very clear.
I want to see the strength of Fengling Yueying Sect.
The first is to look at the disciples sent out to do things, then you can know the character and appearance of most of the disciples. The second is to look at the backbone of the sect. How to judge the strength of a small sect mainly depends on how many Jindan monks they have.
"Where can I get two golden elixirs... It's really a headache." Ruan Xing rubbed his brows with a wry smile, "Forget it, it's just a nominal position anyway, I'll just change my appearance and show my face from time to time."
Most of the families in the city have only three or two foundation-building cultivators in the family. They do not have much obsession with cultivating immortals. With some strength and inheritance, they live on their one-third acre of land in the city. Although they seem to have no aspirations, they live much better than most low-level cultivators and mortals.
Although they are dependent on the sect, they are much freer than disciples.
Normally, there are always one or two people in these families who serve as inner disciples in the sect.
But the skills and inside information of Liuyang Study... they can't accept other disciples.
Thinking of this, Ruan Xing said, "If any of these families want their descendants to join the sect, they can take them in as outer disciples after their spirit bones are tested, and temporarily separate them from the others. When they see no problems over time, they can then bring them in as inner disciples."
When the time comes, let someone go to the Sumeru Realm to see the barrier tree first. With the restrictions in place, it will be much safer.
Although Ruan Xing himself hated being restrained, how could he seek asylum without paying a price?
At least they are voluntary, and for the sake of loyalty to the sect, they will always have some constraints.
After all, it was just a newly established sect, without sentiment or foundation, and no means to retain people. "Yes." Cai Wen replied, "But there is a third thing, which is also related to the families in the city. There are two families in Huayang City, who were brought out by Liuyang Book House as servants. Relying on the protection of their ancestors, they have been operating and taking root in Huayang City for hundreds of years."
"Who are their ancestors?"
"The Jindan cultivators from Liuyang Study, but one of them died six hundred years ago, and the other died four hundred years ago."
Ruan Xing touched his chin and said, "That is to say, the few people we brought out at the beginning should be dead now."
They have no martial arts skills, so even if they practiced the basic Qi-training techniques and managed to build a foundation through some incomplete martial arts techniques circulating on the market, their lifespan would only be two hundred years.
Those who stay are the descendants of development.
I have long lost any memory of the Sumeru Realm.
"Then let's see their attitude first. If there is no problem, treat them the same as other families. If they are resentful, find a reason to kill them all." Ruan Xing said.
"Why are there so many things to do? Managing a sect is really troublesome." Ruan Xing sighed, "What about the fourth thing?"
Cai Wen's expression became more serious. "The fourth item is related to those account books."
"Through various record checks, we have confirmed that it is still operating normally. Every year, we send in Lingshi case files, with a total of 32 people. Among them, there are two people in File A, seven people in File B, and 23 people in File C.
These categories are actually drawn up according to the opponent's strength and the amount of spiritual stones sent. Volume C is not a concern. Even if they are cut off, they dare not come to the door. There is no need to worry about Volume B. I have seen these seven people. They are still in Xumi Realm. They have no spiritual bones. They can only take the path of military commanders and use the meridians. But there is no war in Xumi Realm. Military officers can only be promoted to the general director. There is only one general director... and cultivators cannot forcibly interfere with the transfer of officials. These people will not have any problems for at least a few decades."
Ruan Xing sneered and said, "If they come to ask for the people, it doesn't matter if we return these seven people, but it's better not to return them. If they get the news that the owner of this place has changed and come to ask for the people, tell them that we will continue the business as usual. In this way, we can delay the appearance of Xumi World. But from what I heard from you, is there something wrong with the two people in Volume A?"
Cai Wen nodded, "Yes, one of the two people in Volume A is the retired old minister who entered the Imperial Master Palace with me three years ago. He was just in the early stages of building his foundation and died in the turmoil two days ago. The other person is still in the Xumi Realm, but this case file starts from eleven years ago. I'm afraid that person is still just an ignorant child in the Xumi Realm."
The child hasn't died yet, but he probably won't be able to catch up with the official career, because Ruan Xing plans to complete the reform of the Xumi Realm within two years. By then, there will be no official career in the Xumi Realm.
But it is easier to deal with those who are not dead than those who are dead.
"Among these case files, were the cultivators who had normally cultivated to the Golden Core sent to the underground of the Xumi Realm, or were they allowed to return?" Ruan Xing asked.
"They were released. Didn't they spend so many spirit stones just to find a stable golden elixir cultivator for their family? A hundred years of support in exchange for a golden elixir of their own bloodline, and it doesn't require spirit bones. For those desperate families, it is a very cost-effective thing." Cai Wen replied, "But those who were released have restrictions left by the Xumi Tree on their bodies, so they can't reveal the inside story to others."
"Is it possible that no one died halfway? Are all the case files recorded successfully?" Ruan Xing said in disbelief.
The Liuyang Study is simply playing a big game of chess.
Stably and continuously deliver a quick-acting golden elixir that reaches the state of emptiness to all walks of life.
"I thought of this, too. I specifically checked previous years." Cai Wen stroked his beard. "Very few died young. They would be brought out urgently before they died. But even if it fails and the transaction is terminated, the previous spirit stones will not be refunded."
"Then Liuyang Study is quite resolute in this cooperation." Ruan Xing sighed, "I have an idea in my mind, you can go back and get busy."
Cai Wen bowed and left.
Ruan Tao was sent to lead people to clean up the monsters and send a reply to Yunyang City and Huayang City. Ruan Xing planned to take up the post in two days and leave them alone for the time being.
Then he called Sun Xian and went to the Xumi Realm together.
After sending Sun Xian to the National Master's Palace and placing a ban on the barrier tree that prevented him from leaving the Xumi Realm, he was allowed to see the truth about the underground bubbles.
Sun Xian cried and howled for a while before he calmed down, which was much faster than the acceptance speed in the simulation.
Perhaps it’s because Liuyang Study has been destroyed.
He cried and said, "I am sincere to the master, and I dare not have second thoughts."
He looked at Sun Xian's wrinkled face with some disdain, which looked like dry bark. He had lost the bearing of an immortal cultivator at all. He said unhappily, "Be normal. You are not a handsome young man in your twenties. Don't act like this."
Sun Xian put away his pretense, lowered his eyebrows and asked in a submissive manner: "What does the sect leader want his disciple to do?"
Ruan Xing ordered: "You have been a national teacher before, so you should continue to be one now. What did you need to do when you were a national teacher before?"
"I didn't do anything. I watched over the dynasty's operation and maintained its fortune, but I didn't need to intervene unless it was necessary. I also selected new disciples who met the requirements and tested the spirit bones of old ministers who had reached the age. I also took care of the list given by the master. If anyone on the list was in life-threatening danger, I would rescue them and bring them to the Imperial Master's Palace. I didn't care about the rest."
The people on the list are probably the ones on the account book that Cai Wen mentioned.
But...what about the royal family?
"I have never seen you select royal relatives to enter the Imperial Master's Palace. Why?"
Sun Xian said: "The royal family naturally has to know nothing from beginning to end, so that they can more easily comprehend the instructions of destiny. What they think and do in their hearts, seemingly their own will, is actually controlled by the way of heaven. Sometimes some emperors may not understand the true meaning of the National Master Palace. You only need to show a few illusions to bluff the emperor and make him respect the National Master Palace."
"I understand." Ruan Xing nodded, "Those emperors are ordinary mortals. Apart from some luck, there is no difference. Just do as you did before. However, I need you to give the emperor a hint."
"Hint?" Sun Xian didn't quite understand.
"Let him issue a few decrees. Don't the government-run private schools in various places only accept boys? Then set up a girls' school that only accepts girls. Set up an inner court in the palace that only accepts women as officials. If he doesn't listen to such decrees, change the emperor." Ruan Xing said.
If he makes drastic changes in the Xumi Realm according to his own ideas, the people at the bottom will probably panic, as this is inconsistent with the educational ideas they have received for thousands of years.
Since she wants to take care of the Xumi Realm, she must start from subtle changes.
As long as the emperor agrees to issue such an order, the officials under him will naturally come up with a countermeasure.
Unless they want to dethrone the emperor, wouldn't that give Ruan Xing a good reason to purge the court and the aristocracy?
Sun Xian nodded, not quite understanding.
Ruan Xing turned around and went to find Liu Shouye.
The three days are almost up, I wonder what he thinks.
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