Chapter 1431 - 677: Sect Strategy

Chapter 1431: Chapter 677: Sect Strategy

After following along for a while, Tie Dan also understood. These three disciples were not easy to handle.

Hei Zi is thoroughly prepared, meticulous to the smallest detail, full of his own ideas. Not only does he understand the grand schemes of the world, but he has also calculated every step from opening the doors to recruiting disciples. He is clear about how the sect should develop, how to plan, how to upgrade, and how to carry out Body Refinement. These cards up his sleeve are indeed results of using his SL hack, but to be so dedicated to saving humanity is almost a demon barrier.

Meanwhile, Bai Zi’s endless babbling actually masks his astonishing intelligence. He is the only one here able to keep up with Hei Zi’s thoughts throughout. Every question and complaint he raises strikes at the heart of the issues. Apart from his naturally bright mind and quick thinking, the main reason might be he has also run similar scenarios in his mind, which helps him know what Hei Zi is talking about, where the key points lie, how to proceed with deductions, and what difficulties and issues might arise.

Even though Tie Dan’s comprehension is not inferior, his mind is filled with thoughts of fighting and eating, so he has never seriously thought about how to open a sect and preach, and recruit and teach disciples. Recruiting disciples now is just a convenient way to save the world; he hopes the three will cooperate to make it easier. Moreover, once the disciples are recruited, how they cultivate their Daoist Heart, how the disciples’ families and backgrounds are handled, and all these side issues were never considered.

Of course, Zhu Yuer doesn’t need Tie Dan to worry. Surrounded by old monsters who have lived for hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of years, without a certain amount of accumulated experience, one could not keep up with the conversation, but this kid maintains his consciousness, learning as he listens, his golden eyes shining brightly with intelligence, without a trace of the usual sleepy student nodding off in class. It appears he has already opened his mind in the Divine Court Realm, and unlocked his potential during the Heavenly Demon Tribulation. With Hei Zi and Bai Zi leading him, he certainly won’t remain a small fish in the future. Indeed, the Three Heads technique is truly powerful!

Ahem, in short, this Zhenyang Temple is the second base Hei Zi prepared to save humanity. It is fully equipped to cultivate like-minded companions who can fight until the very end, and it has been redesigned with an Immortal style facade to look like an ancient Taoist Palace excavated from underground. From the Immortal Palace to the Mystic Sect, these Taoist Palaces belong to the same lineage, although the sect signs and architectural styles differ across various periods, their functions are essentially similar.

For instance, the sect planning and management within the Mystic Sect are mostly based on five arts districts, splitting into separate institutes for calculation, array, elixir, talisman, and artifact, equivalent to the trunk of a large tree. Then, dependent on each sect’s actual situation, additional branches such as mining, Medicine Gardens, zoos, kindergartens, nursing homes, and family quarters can be added, including sect forbidden areas like the Scripture Pavilion, Sword Storage Pavilion, and Treasure Pavilion. For larger sects with many disciples, there may be dedicated departments like human resources or a discipline institute. However, for those who pass their lineage down through generations of single descendants, many issues are spared, though the independent workshops of the five courts are usually distinct.

Currently, the Zhenyang Temple is roughly divided into nine institutes. The first room encountered upon entering the main gate is called the University, meant for selecting disciples and imparting teachings. Besides the towering piles of Heavenly Books and bamboo slips, there is also the essential Testing Stone. In front of the Scripture Pavilion, there’s a Pill Furnace and meditation cushions for conducting lectures. Taking a bamboo slip from here and inscribing one’s name on it counts as registering as a university student.

Moving further inside, there is a wide flat area that appears to be a Refinement Field, though it isn’t made of black Sun Ice, but some kind of white marble. Looking back, there are no doors around, just a circle of Echoing Jade-like white jade walls. At this moment, as two people pass by, the jade wall reflects one person with four skeletal shadows. Not only can it display the situation of the meridians, bones, and Qi Sea, but also project the Primordial Spirit...

Zhu Yuer exclaimed, "Huh! Master! Who is this man on you!"

Tie Dan, "..."

Ahem, in short, Zhu Yuer fell into a depression upon discovering the soul inside the Immortal Sister was actually male; this will not be mentioned for now. According to Hei Zi’s explanation, this place is the Transmission Institute, and this jade is the Transmission Jade, a non-object, able to connect to Jiuxiao above and to the Nine Nether below, perceiving through the bone marrow, reflecting the true essence.

In plain words, it’s a kind of superdimensional jump, an inter-temporal encrypted quantum channel, much like the private cell in which they lived on Titan before. It’s designed to prevent disciples from being possessed by outsiders and infiltrating the sect. Once entered, any Outer Demon who hasn’t registered at the University will flounder like a salted fish in a net in the superdimensional space, unable to find a way out.

Meanwhile, apart from arranging one’s attire using the Echoing Jade and checking body condition, Qi Flow Map visualization can aid with refining and conveying teachings. During daily practices and sword fighting at the Teleportation Institute, images can be retained in the Echoing Jade for later viewing by other disciples to review battles and teaching impacts, observe and learn the nuances of meridian circulation techniques, muscle exertion skills, and the Primordial Spirit Fighting Technique.

If a sect disciple suffers in a tribulation and dies, as long as they are still on this cord, they can leverage the superdimensional channel for the Primordial Spirit to return to the sect for help. Staying in the Transmission Jade won’t be snatched by Gods and Demons outside, nor will it decay due to obsolescence, allowing them to wait for a suitable Dao Body and undergo Soldier Disintegration Reincarnation.

In the University, anyone may enter, while only disciples can access the Transmission Wall, but only by passing through the Transmission Institute can they go to the other seven institutes of calculation, array, elixir, talisman, artifact, mechanism, and non-object.

The Five Arts correspond to the five institutes, and their science parallels the Institution of Mechanisms, akin to workshops, production lines, and research centers. Naturally, the five institutes of the Mystic Sect are not arbitrarily defined; the Elixir, Talisman, and Artifact institutes belong to the logistics support departments, while the remaining calculation and array institutes can simply be understood as responsible for offense and defense, respectively.