Volume 9 Chapter 1 [The Eyes and Means of the Head]

Wang Rui has been feeling tired recently, which is different from the fatigue of being the head of the sect to deal with the affairs of the sect, mainly tired of dealing with the internal friction between the sectmen.

Obviously, Le Guishan and the others changed their strategy, no longer targeting Wang Rui's position as the head of the sect, but began to interfere in the affairs of the sect.

As the Taishang Elder, he is also the head snake, and the Yuanying Elder and the Jiedan Elder, whether it is the accumulation of spirit stones or the connections, they all surpass Wang Rui, which makes two opposing camps form within the sect, which are the new faction that supports him and the old faction that supports Le Guishan and others, and there are a very small number of centrists.

Ling Huxiao, Li Hongji, Chen Yan and others are his henchmen, Lei Wantong and others are his core allies, with these people, he can currently resist the old faction, but in this way, the development of the Xutian Sect has been hindered, and he has to waste a lot of energy on prevarication and blame, which makes Wang Rui's next innovation plan seriously frustrated.

Wang Rui and his henchmen and others had secretly discussed, once they decided to take action to solve Le Guishan and others, the odds of victory were not high, and even if they won, it would be a miserable victory, and the sect would definitely be greatly damaged.

"Dealing with Le Guishan alone, the old man can do it, but this person has a deep business in the Xutian Sect, and there are definitely a lot of hole cards and killer features, once he is forced to be in a hurry, I am afraid that the jade will be burned, and I am afraid that the Xutian Sect will be destroyed at that time." Ling Huxiao and Wang Rui said while playing chess.

There is also Li Hongji next to the two of them, and Chen Yan is on guard around with the head of the Dharma protector, this is a quiet place in the mountain behind the main peak where the head is located, and a resting pavilion and some landscapes have been built, the scenery is good, Wang Rui usually comes here when he feels bored or takes time to practice.

"Hongji, I heard that you have recently had the perception of Yudan, are you sure?" Wang Rui asked.

Li Hongji nodded and said, "That's true, with the head of the family taking care of me, I have the confidence to impact the knot pill this year."

"Okay, you arrange it as soon as possible, the sooner you get married, the better it will be for us." Wang Rui looked at him expectantly.

Li Hongji was moved, bowed down and said, "The subordinates must bow down and die."

"It doesn't have to be like this, we are like-minded people, and the Xutian Sect is our stage, unlike Le Guishan and others, they just want to use the Xutian Sect as their forbidden body, and constantly suck blood from the sect, such a moth, sooner or later the sect will be ruined. At the moment, I don't want to tear my face, that is, considering that the sect is developing rapidly and rising, once it is interrupted, it will delay the opportunity, and now the immortal cultivation world is generally peaceful, but I have a hunch that it will not be too long, maybe decades or hundreds of years at most, after this, maybe there will be accidents, and at that time, if our Xutian Sect wants to survive and grow in the catastrophe, and even become a place comparable to the four major sects, it will fall on the shoulders of you and me." Wang Rui's words made Li Hongji very excited, he originally did not have a strong sense of belonging to the sect, but under Wang Rui's promotion, he gradually became a core elder, and he also agreed with Wang Rui's concept.

The vision of the leader of a sect is very important, it can be said that the vision of the head of the sect determines the future status and achievements of the sect.

I have to admit that Le Guishan has contributed to the sect and has feelings, but his vision is too low, and his vision is still not enough. On the other hand, he no longer did his best to contribute to the status sect as before, and instead began to pursue enjoyment and rewards.

The Xutian Sect had the potential to become a top-level sect, but Le Guishan and the others began to obstruct it from going to a higher place, so they would inevitably be rejected and abandoned by the future Xutian Sect.

Wang Rui didn't want to do it so desperately, if Le Guishan and the others were just willing to be Taishang elders and devote themselves to cultivation, then he would do his best to support them, but right now, Le Guishan and the others wanted to interfere with his power and want to seize power by cutting flesh with a blunt knife, so they were too ignorant of current affairs.

"Head, among the deacons and elders, although there are five people who support us now, plus me, can form a suppression. But recently, with their movements, some of these five people have begun to have ambiguous attitudes, and some of them have been repetitive, once I retreat and cultivate, I am afraid that they will turn against the water, and when the time comes......" Li Hongji said worriedly.

Wang Rui nodded and looked at Ling Huxiao with anticipation.

"Don't look at me, the old man has long been accustomed to idle clouds and wild cranes, and it is already difficult to be dragged by you to be a big man, and to become a deacon elder is not in line with the old man's temperament, but after a long time, it is easy to be dissatisfied, and when the time comes, it is not beautiful to destroy the relationship between you and me." Ling Hu Xiao immediately shook his hand and refused, Wang Rui shook his head with a smile, in fact, he also understood that Ling Hu Xiao had no intention of being attached to the secular affairs of the sect, and his style of acting pursued domineering and rude, which was very suitable as a lone ranger, but in the handling of sect affairs, it was not suitable.

"I plan to hold a sect competition in the near future, which will last for three months, anyone who is no more than 100 years old, has no major evil deeds, and has cultivated to reach the ninth level of Qi cultivation and does not exceed the early stage of foundation building can sign up to participate, the big competition is not limited to fighting methods, but also has the operation of the sect, the handling of sect disputes, the crisis response of the sect and other tests, each assessment will be scored, the scoring criteria will be formulated by us, and then I will temporarily transfer a group of elites to other sects, and they will be responsible for scoring the participants according to the established evaluation criteria, In the end, the top 100 students will join the newly formed Deacons Elders Preparatory Council, and I will decide based on the final conversation to recruit new deacons and elders to become the new deacons and elders, and the number of deacons and elders will remain the same, still eleven." Wang Rui directly threw out the plan he had conceived in his heart, and as soon as this plan was thrown out, Ling Huxiao, Li Hongji and others were shocked.

It is normal and common for sects to have big competitions, but no sect directly decides to promote outstanding people to become deacons and elders of the sect through sect big competitions, after all, deacons and elders must pay attention to qualifications and reputation, not just strength.

But now, Wang Rui has decided to break this rule, meritocracy, and recruit talents without sticking to one pattern.

Ling Huxiao had to admire Wang Rui's mind, originally in his heart he still felt that it was not very suitable for him to serve as the head of a big sect like Xutian Sect, but now it seems that Wang Rui is indeed a talent for governance.

In the world of cultivating immortals, there are more than tens of thousands of sects, and the most popular ones may be those high-level monks with high strength, but it is those governance talents who really lead the sect to promote the sect forward, after all, those geniuses in cultivation are often not good at governing the sect, and even extremely rejected, such as himself.

"This idea of yours is unprecedented, at least I have never heard of it, there is a sect that dares to use the sect Dabi to directly promote the sect to become a deacon elder, you know, these people are often not strong enough, reputation and qualifications are insufficient, how can they be convincing in the future?" Ling Huxiao asked worriedly.

Wang Rui continued to play chess, and at the same time laughed and said, "Why should Elder Linghu destroy his own prestige and grow the morale of others. The deacon elder represents the head of the sect, as long as I, the head of the sect, can control the sect and convince everyone, I can naturally let the deacons and elders feel at ease to do things, if anyone is not convinced, it is very good, I will let him understand that the means of the head of the sect are not only gentle and drizzly, but also thunderbolts."

Looking at Wang Rui's domineering appearance, Ling Huxiao nodded with satisfaction, he always felt that Wang Rui was too clumsy, and always liked to convince people with virtue, but at the critical time, he still had to convince people with his fists.

Li Hongji asked again at this time, "Master, what about these deacon elders now?"

Ling Huxiao also thought of this, but he wanted to see how Wang Rui would solve it, which was a thorny problem that tested his skills.

Wang Rui pondered and said, "Among the eleven deacon elders today, except for Hongji, you are still young, the rest of the elders are older, they are all foundation building monks, in the absence of other adventures or elixirs, the highest longevity is only three hundred years, and now the youngest Elder Lei Wantong is also over two hundred and fifty years old, and there are a few people, and the limit is approaching, not a few years. I decided to give them two choices, first, those who are willing to take the initiative to withdraw from the position of deacon elder can be promoted to the rank of Supreme Elder and enjoy all the benefits, and they can also recommend one or three bloodline heirs to enter the sect and become inner disciples. Second, if you don't want to, then I'll exchange it for the Longevity Pill."

"Longevity Pill?" Li Hongji's eyes suddenly lit up, this is a killer feature, an absolutely good thing.

Yannian Pill is something that almost all monks desire, and in order to increase their longevity, both the foundation building monk and the Yuanying monk will spare no effort.

It's a pity that in today's immortal cultivation world, several medicinal materials for refining Yannian Dan have almost been cut off, which leads to the extremely high price of Yannian Pill, which is far from being something that foundation building monks can afford, and sometimes a Yannian Pill will even cost them their entire net worth.

Monks are also afraid of death, even more afraid of death than mortals, in order to increase their longevity, many monks will even extinguish their conscience, using tragic means to create tragedy.

Wang Rui happened to come out of the Treasure Raid Battlefield, where he refined a large number of Longevity Pills, which would definitely make them crazy.

"Awesome!" Ling Huxiao couldn't help but stretch out his thumb, he was convinced of Wang Rui's methods. If it was himself, it would be difficult to use some cruel hands to break it, although he could also refine the pill, but he was unwilling to exchange it for the pill, let alone the Yannian Pill, and the medicinal materials were almost impossible to find today.

After the discussion, Li Hongji began to make a specific plan, and Chen Yan also assisted on the side, believing that when the news of this sect competition came out, the Xutian Sect would once again shake the immortal cultivation world.