Volume 8, Chapter 8 [The New Founding of the Mountain]

Wang Rui's "reform" caused a huge sensation, not only in the Xutian Sect, but also in the entire immortal cultivation world, in the history of the cultivation realm, a sect attaches so much importance to registered disciples and outer disciples, and it is the first one.

Of course, there are not only good things to this view, but also bad sides.

Some people say that the Xutian Sect is sensational, but he just wants to attract the attention of the entire immortal cultivation world through such a gimmick, so as to make Wang Rui himself famous.

Some people also said that Wang Rui's move was just a shadow of inferiority complex in his heart, and he couldn't get rid of the experience of the registered disciple, so he wanted to use this way to satisfy his vanity at the moment, so that the registered disciples and outer disciples would be grateful to him.

Some people even said unceremoniously that the Xutian Sect had made a very bad start in the entire immortal cultivation world, which made the registered disciples of other sects ready to move, causing many people to defect to the Xutian Sect.

Even in the sect, Wang Rui's reform has encountered resistance, among the top ten deacons and elders, only Lei Wantong and other five people support him, but the other two just chose not to object, and even three elders are opposed.

Wang Rui began to consider the number of deacons and elders, and he decided to add one more to form a numerical suppression, but there were no good candidates for a while, after all, he didn't know much about the sect before, and he had just taken office, and he had not yet formed his own real power, although Lei Wantong and others supported him, they also had reserved support, and they were not counted as their own henchmen.

In addition, among the Supreme Elders, a few people who have the cultivation of the Sect also reminded him "kindly", telling him not to be in a hurry, and to make changes to the sect slowly, otherwise it will easily cause unrest and turmoil in the sect.

Fortunately, Le Guishan didn't make any hints, and seemed to be immersed in his own cultivation.

For these resistances, Wang Rui had expected them before, so he was psychologically prepared. He did not waver, but concentrated these resistance and pressure on himself, which made it much easier for Lei Wantong and others who really put it into practice.

On this day, after Wang Rui finished handling the sect's affairs in the master's study, he stood up, stretched his waist, and walked to the door.

There is a peak monk at the door as a personal attendant, and on the corridor leading from this door to the outside of the hall, there are as many as twenty guards and guards, these people are all in the early to middle stage of foundation building, and they are not very old, generally 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 cultivation period monks serve as guards, and it is better for foundation building monks to spend more time on cultivation and experience." Wang Rui said to Li Hongji, the attendant beside him.

Li Hongji looks a little old, and his personality is relatively honest, so that Wang Rui can't help but think of his sworn brother Chen Fuzhi.

"Boss, twenty people is already a small number, the previous head, but there were fifty people, and this is still the number you cut once." Li Hongji was a little anxious, he was first recommended to Wang Rui by Lei Wantong, being able to serve as the personal attendant of the head of the house is a huge opportunity for many people, as long as he can make the head trust 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'm not unconventional, but from reality. There are still too few foundation building monks in our sect now, but there are only three or four hundred people, not to mention compared with the four top sects, even compared with some similar sects, the number is still small. Now, these foundation building monks are on duty every day, and they will consume most of their time, which is meaningless for cultivation, only when the number of foundation building monks continues to increase, their strength continues to increase, and the number of people who advance to the knot pill increases, can the Xutian Sect really become stronger."

Li Hongji sighed, clenched his fists and said, "The head of the family is far-sighted, and his subordinates are not as good as him, and his subordinates consider that among the guards on duty in the future, one Zhuji monk will lead the team, and the rest will be Qi cultivation monks. The number of people is still 20 people, but it is divided into two batches to prevent anyone from having an accident or illness, and they can be replaced at any time. Disciples who serve as guards can receive additional subsidies every month, mainly pills or spirit stones, so that it is beneficial to their cultivation, what does the head think?"

"Well, let's do it first, it's more reasonable. By the way, Hongji, isn't the sect opening a mountain to accept disciples recently?" Wang Rui asked.

Li Hongji nodded and replied, "That's right, boss. The sect opens once every three years to recruit mortal disciples or loose cultivators, which starts about a few days ago and lasts for a month."

"I'm going to take a look, but don't reveal your identity, you and I will have a private interview." Wang Rui said with interest, Li Hongji nodded and agreed, just the two of them.

The two of them easily hid their true cultivation, and then changed their appearance with the disguise technique, instantly turning into two fifteen or sixteen-year-old ordinary teenagers.

Located in a mountain forest area in the south of the Xutian Sect, this is the place where the mountain gate is opened, and there are about five well-known mountain peaks in the area, which look like five old monks meditating and practicing from a distance, so this place is called "Five Old Peaks".

Since a few days ago, the Xutian Sect has officially opened its mountain gate to recruit disciples, mainly for mortal young men and women under the age of twenty and those under the age of fifty who have a certain cultivation foundation.

In order not to miss more excellent seedlings, Wang Rui has promulgated the "Spiritual Energy Test Method" that he is familiar with, and the source Wang Rui directly attributed it to being obtained from the Treasure Hunting Battlefield, so although some elders doubted it, everyone was also full of expectations for this new thing, after all, the Treasure Hunting Battlefield was basically a high-quality product.

Therefore, at the beginning of this session, when recruiting disciples, all the spiritual energy test methods were used, replacing the previous spiritual root test methods.

Wang Rui and Li Hongji both joined the mortal team at this time, and they both had a sense of excitement and freshness, after all, this kind of experience of re-transforming into a mortal is very novel, although the two of them have not been without it before, but it is still very exciting to transform into a mortal boy to participate in the trial of their own sect.

They didn't choose to be in the casual cultivation team, after all, those casual cultivators all have a certain foundation, and the assessment they participated in was completely different. Casual cultivation recruitment will pay more attention to strength and special talents, and will not care so much about potential, so general casual cultivation with mediocre strength will not be able to enter.

Mortal disciples are completely different, the most important focus is on potential and future growth, among these young men and women who are only in their teens, some may become influential figures in the immortal cultivation world in the future, of course, the vast majority of people can only go home and become a mortal again.

"Ho, Hongji, were there so many people in the past, this feels like it's crowded, at least not less than tens of thousands, right?" Wang Rui walked in the team, looked back and forth, and found that the number of mortal disciples participating in the assessment was amazing, if there were tens of thousands of people coming every day, then there would be at least two or three hundred thousand in a month, even if it was a pass rate of one percent, there would be two or three thousand qualified cultivators at once.

Li Hongji was also surprised for a while, and then said to Wang Rui in a special way of speaking: "Boss, it was not so lively in the past, it seems that the maximum number of people is thousands a day, I guess this time it is related to the innovation implemented by the boss recently."

"Oh? Let's talk about it, by the way, Hongji, we are about the same age, counting, I am still a few years older than you, you don't always call the head of the house, in case someone finds out, it's not good, if you don't dislike it, just call me a brother." Wang Rui is now less than 120 years old in the two lives combined, and Li Hongji is just over 100 years old.

For the Tsukiji monks, Lee Hong-gi was a "young man". For the monk Jiedan, Wang Rui can be called a "young man".

Li Hongji hesitated slightly, and then shouted: "Then forgive your subordinates for trespassing, Brother Wang, it is mainly the recent innovation in the sect, and the emphasis on the registered disciples and outer disciples, so that many mortals and immortal cultivation families see hope, and they mobilized the outstanding disciples in their sphere of influence, except for the four top sects, almost mainly for our Xutian Sect."

"Well, in that case, our innovation is still very popular. For those peerless geniuses, our Xutian Sect does not have much attraction, and compared with the four major sects, it is much behind. But among ordinary monks, we attach so much importance to the middle and lower class disciples that we are bound to win their favor. Hongji, I think that when I go back this time, the treatment of inner disciples and ordinary elders will also be improved, especially so that they can get more promotion channels." Wang Rui said thoughtfully, now the Xutian Sect can't be compared with the four major sects and some first-class top sects, so he simply targets the middle-level and lower-level disciples, so that they are more inclined to come to the Xutian Sect.

The mortal children who came to participate in the Immortal Gate assessment were also divided into three, six, nine and so on, and most of them were introduced by some mortal dynasties, sect forces, and immortal cultivation families under the Xutian Sect to participate in the assessment.

It is extremely rare for a single person to trek through mountains and rivers, work tirelessly, and encounter the entrance of the Immortal Gate by chance, after all, the place where the Immortal Gate is located is almost impossible for mortals to reach.

Those princes and grandsons from mortal dynasties can be seen at a glance, and there are many servants brought by them, and they are different in appearance, figure, and bearing.

Those recommended by the sect are much simpler, but the strength of these people is much stronger, and they are often martial arts masters or even martial arts geniuses in the mortal world. They are low-key, don't like to show their heads, and some even deliberately dress a little shabby.

The disciples recommended by the immortal cultivation family are the most high-profile, after all, they have more or less been tested by immortal cultivators, and they already have the qualifications to get started, and when they come here, they have almost reached the standard of outer disciples, so looking at others is superior.

In the end, there were some people who came alone, although there were very few of them, Wang Rui looked at it for a long time before he found that there were more than a dozen people, and they all looked more embarrassed at this time, because of the long trek through mountains and rivers, and the threat of tigers, leopards, insects and wolves, etc., compared to others, they all seemed too down.

However, these people who can persist in reaching have extremely good qualities, especially in terms of tenacity, Wang Rui is quite optimistic about these people.