Starting My Cultivation With Time Management

Chapter 729: Chapter 63 Junior Sister Xu Becomes My Secretary
 

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The policy of cadre rejuvenation, after being approved by Chi Song Immortal, was thus set by the Ziwei Master.

In this operation, Changgeng True Person served as the commander-in-chief, while Qiong Ying True Person served as the deputy commander.

If this kind of promotion of young leaders had occurred in the Mortal World, it would have definitely stirred up quite a bit of trouble.

However, firstly, the build-up of Changgeng True Person’s prestige had started early and was now sufficiently established; secondly, with the endorsement of both the Ziwei Master and Chi Song Immortal, and thirdly, because Cultivators care more about their own Daoist path and Cultivation Level than Sect power, no objections were raised, and everyone tacitly accepted the arrangements of the Ziwei Master.

Qiu Changtian also smoothly came into contact with many of the overall affairs of the Kunlun Sect… to be honest, he was completely uninterested.

Having dealt with more than enough affairs at Wei Dongliu’s side, he saw no need to continue delving into Kunlun’s matters.

Thus, Qiu Changtian could only resort to his usual method, calling Junior Sister Xu to his side with a smile,

“Have you looked at these materials, Junior Sister?”

“Not at all.” Xu Yinglian remained very composed, “After all, Senior Brother, you are the one in charge of overseeing everything, so I didn’t look.”

“Hahaha, aren’t you and I Daoist companions, why differentiate between each other?” Qiu Changtian laughed heartily and handed her a set of documents, “Take a look.”

Xu Yinglian naturally took them and, after flipping through for a moment, said,

“The number of Foundation Establishment Realm disciples has been on the decline in recent years.”

“There are two reasons.” Qiu Changtian said calmly, “One is that there have been more Core Formation achievements in recent years, and the second is indeed that we recruited fewer disciples from the outside.”

“It’s mainly the latter.” Xu Yinglian pondered and said, “The number of aspirants who can complete the journey to ascend Kunlun has been dwindling.”

“Why not relax the standards a bit?” Qiu Changtian mused, “If the number of Foundation Establishment Realm disciples does not keep up, it is feared that after several 60-year cycles, it will impact the entire structure of Cultivators in Kunlun.”

“That won’t do.” Xu Yinglian raised an objection, “Completing the journey to ascension within three days is a strict requirement for becoming a disciple of Kunlun.”

“If we relax this condition, not to mention the seniors, even the current disciples would have reservations.”

“You do have a point,” Qiu Changtian understood this reasoning, just like how landlords in the same community would not like their neighbors to lower their price for selling a house, “then what strategy do you have, Junior Sister?”

“Those who have entered our Kunlun Sect in the past have mostly been descendants of Cultivation families and the offspring of high-ranking members from various small and medium-sized Sects.” Xu Yinglian thought for a moment and then suddenly said, “Put simply, the background and social networks of these people allow them to come into contact with cultivation at an earlier age.”

“In other words, among those seekers from impoverished backgrounds, could there be many who also possess talents for cultivation, but just because of their family circumstances, are unable to pass Kunlun’s Entry Level tests?”

“What if we were to set up Taoist temples in various parts of the Divine Land, hire mortal Daoist priests to specifically search for talented but impoverished children for cultivation? Wouldn’t this be a better way to scout talents for the Sect?”

Upon hearing this, Qiu Changtian was slightly amazed.

It wasn’t that Junior Sister Xu’s strategy was unimpressive, on the contrary, it was excellent—modern societies’ recruitment strategies are exactly like this, and various universities already have very mature plans in place.

However, this is the Cultivation Realm we are talking about—a place with extremely primitive management efficiency!

Sects with a more enterprising spirit like the Demon Cult and the Six Paths, where True Elders would travel all over the Divine Land, would snatch up pleasing disciples on the spot to become their apprentices (for example, Wei Dongliu taking Guo Jin and Wang Cong, and the elder Caie taking Jiang the Witch).

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But many operated like wooden figures—I just stand here, silent and stoic. If you come to apprentice, I am not pleased; if you don’t, I am not saddened.

Anyway, just lie flat and wait for others to come to you—that’s all there is to it.

Kunlun, Shushan, Penglai, and the majority of the slightly larger sects basically operated this way. They even glorified it as “governing by non-action,” believing that doing nothing was the pinnacle of management… In such an environment, for Junior Sister Xu to think of setting up recruitment offices was truly a groundbreaking feat.

What reason was there to refuse? Agreed!

“Junior Sister makes a good point, I’ll add a few more,” Qiu Changtian’s mind also became active, and he simply transferred the management system of later enterprises, smiling as he said, “First of all, the Daoists need to be selected from our Kunlun’s outer sect disciples, to ensure the cohesion of the various Daoist observatories.”

“Each outer sect disciple who is willing to be stationed in Daoist observatories throughout the Nine Provinces will be credited with one merit, returning to Kunlun after an agreed number of years. This will be treated as a sect mission, with corresponding rewards.”

“During their external assignment, if they can find a talented cultivation seed, they can recommend them directly to the sect. For a successful recommendation, an additional reward will be offered.”

“Additionally, we’ll establish an Exemplar Edict: any loose cultivator who finds a cultivation seed can, aside from taking them as a disciple, choose to recommend them to Kunlun. After verification, Kunlun will also provide a certain reward.”

Xu Yinglian: ………

Her facial expression slowly changed, quickly becoming profound and enigmatic.

Originally, if Junior Sister had asked, like “Senior Brother, your strategy seems quite familiar, why does it so closely resemble Demon Head Wei’s unconventional method of transmitting the law and motivating followers,” then Qiu Changtian would naturally respond, “Indeed, I am inspired by that demon.”

But Junior Sister Xu’s expression, coupled with her lack of questioning, not giving him a chance to explain, made Qiu Changtian somewhat uneasy.

“Senior Brother speaks very well,” Xu Yinglian said with a smile after a moment.

“Cough, Senior Brother is also inspired by Demon Head Wei…”

“Coincidentally,” Xu Yinglian said with a smile, “I am also inspired by that Demon Head Wei.”

This “coincidentally” truly made it hard for Qiu Changtian to keep his composure, so he quickly picked up a “Guanzhong Management Strategy” to change the subject:

“The mining spots near Chang’an are few, but if you continue westward past Heavenly Water, many spirit veins become dense.”

“Looking at it this way, our strategic baseline would be Heavenly Water. The frontline of the battle with the Demon Cult should be controlled near Chang’an as much as possible and must not be allowed to cross Heavenly Water.”

“Indeed, that’s the case,” Xu Yinglian also shifted her attention cooperatively and said thoughtfully, “But Iron City Mountain, where the Asura Path lies, stretches between us in Kunlun and Heavenly Water.”

“If the other side cuts through from this direction, our connection with the Guanzhong Area will be severed. We must be vigilant and prevent the Demon Cult Six Paths from using Iron City Mountain as a bridgehead to encircle our frontline at a critical moment.”

“Exactly,” Qiu Changtian said with a nimble mind, “From this, we must form an alliance with Shushan to restrain Iron City Mountain from the south!”

“The elders may not be willing,” Xu Yinglian said tactfully.

In the past, when Shushan was under siege, they did not seek help from Kunlun. Now Kunlun was seeking assistance from Shushan, the outside world would not care about the many cultivators who died or were injured in Shushan’s independent struggle; they would only think Kunlun was inferior to Shushan.

“I will personally make a case to the Sect Leader, making clear the pros and cons,” Qiu Changtian said composedly.