Chapter 774 - 387: Personnel Screening in Progress

Chapter 774: Chapter 387: Personnel Screening in Progress

From a seat in the lower section, Cheng Zongliang rose. He, too, had changed immensely.

Dressed in sharp black martial attire, his posture was as straight and tall as a pine tree. His hair was neatly tied back, revealing a broad forehead. He had sharp brows and bright eyes, and the calm maturity in his gaze had long since replaced his youthful look.

His stern face held a maturity and decisiveness that belied his age, as if he had weathered countless storms.

His expression was serene as he spoke with a calm smile, "The Darknet has infiltrated every nation. By consolidating information from all possible angles—reputation among associates, rumors, and direct investigations—we have compiled personal information profiles with a ninety-percent accuracy rate."

"Over the past three years of investigation, the Darknet has compiled dossiers on 6,714 individuals. They come from all walks of life: Imperial Court officials, local officials, family members, gang leaders, independent scholars, and even common peddlers. Anyone with a known reputation was investigated.

Ultimately, 2,953 people met the requirements. These five books contain detailed records of each target’s entire history, and we can continue to trace their pasts at any time."

"Excellent!" Luo Dingran laughed. "As expected of the intelligence department our Lord has placed such high hopes in. Have you begun preparing personnel for the Immortal Realm?"

Cheng Zongliang nodded. "Training is ongoing, but we have largely resolved the initial personnel structuring. Subsequent trainees will be rapidly deployed to the Immortal Realm."

"Good." Luo Dingran nodded in acknowledgment.

Immediately, everyone began to study the individuals detailed in the five books. They analyzed each candidate, suggesting suitable positions based on their talents and ideologies to create a preliminary list of selections.

Afterward, they would discuss and vote on each candidate one by one to finalize the second-round selections and a list of alternates.

As for the final decision, that could only be left to Cheng Zongyang.

「Another six months passed in discussion.」 ⅇ

After all, the process of studying the files of over two thousand people, then moving through the first and second rounds of selection, required unanimous agreement at every stage.

Once the managerial candidates for the two major systems were decided, Luo Dingran convened another meeting to announce that the headhunting plan could begin.

"Our target this time is 2,256 people. The two Immortal Official systems have a combined sixty-four departments. The sixty-four department heads will be personally appointed by the Lord. The remaining personnel will be divided evenly, with roughly forty assigned to each department, whether as deputies or section managers."

The subsequent steps were straightforward.

Agents from the Darknet and members of the Immortal Martial Hall, each carrying a letter from the Cheng Family of the Immortal City, departed in batches to their respective destinations.

This recruitment effort was also coordinated with the Royal Families. Poaching their people directly would displease the various monarchies. Although the Immortal City didn’t need to care about their reactions, avoiding potential trouble for Cheng Zongyang was a simple enough precaution.

This was something Luo Dingran had insisted on.

As long as the rulers of the Royal Families were sensible, they would let the people go. Whether the recruited individuals were willing was not a concern; there were plenty of alternates among the two-thousand-plus candidates. Refusing would be their loss alone.

But the benefits described in that letter were enough to make even Cultivators envious, let alone ordinary people.

Once large groups of personnel were dispatched, the next step was the selection of the Immortal Officials.

These Immortal Officials would be the enforcers, dealing with Martial Artists from the Martial Arts Realm and Cultivators from the Immortal Realm.

Therefore, under the established rules, Li Xuejin launched a grand recruitment event in the Martial Arts Realm to find these Immortal Officials!

Recruitment from the Cultivation Immortality Realm would be handled later. They could only start with a trial run in the Martial Arts Realm; if it succeeded, they would replicate the process in the Cultivation Immortality Realm.

Thus, the recruitment event was organized on a grand scale, much like an Immortal Sect recruiting new disciples.

To save applicants from having to travel vast distances, Li Xuejin established a two-stage selection process: a preliminary screening at designated locations focused on education and character, followed by a second round of trials and competitions in the Immortal City.

Joint teams from the Darknet and the Immortal Martial Hall were sent to the capital city of each nation to conduct the preliminary screenings.

The preliminary screening required a certain level of education and passing a character assessment. Success meant the applicant was officially registered. After all, an enforcer could not be illiterate. As for character, an Array could be used to test the applicant and clearly determine their moral standing.

There were too many people who were good at feigning virtue, and with the sheer number of applicants for these enforcement roles, it was impossible to use the same meticulous, individual vetting process as they did for the high-level officials.

Those who successfully registered would travel to the Immortal City for the second round, which consisted of a Cultivation test and a series of verification trials.

The trials used an Illusion Array to place candidates in various law enforcement scenarios, testing what methods and approaches they would take. The goal was to understand their philosophy on enforcement. As long as the evaluators approved, the candidate would pass.

Although there was no age limit, older candidates naturally had an advantage in terms of knowledge, experience, and mental fortitude. This didn’t rule out the possibility of exceptionally talented younger applicants, but they were, of course, a minority.

As for Cultivation, while not the most critical factor, it still provided an edge. If two candidates both passed the character assessment and the trials, the one with higher Cultivation would naturally be favored. To do otherwise would be unfair to those with greater strength.

However, the Immortal Martial Hall wouldn’t let those with lower Cultivation go to waste. They would recruit those who were filtered out to serve as reserve personnel.

As the Immortal City in the Immortal Realm continued to be developed, more manpower would always be needed.

Thus, these reserve candidates could be appointed and integrated at any time in the future.

They were, in essence, a ready reserve.

Those who passed every stage were, of course, officially recruited.

Although the process was complex, the status of an Immortal Official was extraordinary. They couldn’t be chosen carelessly, as individuals of poor character would undermine the prestige of the entire corps.