Chapter 88: The Dark World of Crows
Chapter 88: The Dark World of Crows
If you like a girl, you should pursue her boldly. Similarly, if you like a talent, you should also do your best to poach him.
The Jiejiao sect was tolerant and open to all, teaching everyone without distinction based on the background or race of its disciples. The reason it could not recruit human disciples was because its reputation had been ruined by the Western Zhou court after the Conferred Gods calamity.
At that time, the world was still divided by the royal court of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and the public opinion environment of Jiejiao was still extremely bad. It was very difficult to recruit human disciples, and they could not be forced to do so against their will. That was not recruiting disciples, but laying the groundwork for future traitors.
Currently, the only remaining sects of Jiejiao are Lishan Xianzong and Jinlingzong. The purity of their disciples is too high, almost all of them are demons, making it seem as if Jiejiao has become a demon sect.
The members of the "Chamber of Commerce", an external organization of the Jinling Sect, are all human, but there are very few talented people with immortal roots, and the cultivators are all temporary workers who are hired from outside to teach the human race.
The system stipulates that only disciples who have reached the Jindan realm are considered official disciples of Jiejiao. This has blocked all members of the Chamber of Commerce, resulting in the current shortage of human disciples of Jiejiao.
Out of "diversity" considerations, recruiting human disciples has always been a major development plan for Jiejiao that Wen Rui has been concerned about.
However, there were too many obstacles in recruiting new members. The parents of those talented human children believed the propaganda of the Western Zhou royal court and had deep prejudices against the Jie Religion. They refused to entrust their children to Wen Rui.
Wen Rui did not dare to accept some young people who, knowing the stigma of Jiejiao, wanted to join the sect anyway. He was afraid that the purpose of such people joining the sect was not pure, and accepting them would only harm Jiejiao.
In order to achieve a breakthrough in the number of human disciples in the Jinling Sect, Wen Rui had no choice but to focus on the outstanding disciples of other sects and try every possible way to poach them without any bottom line.
The first step in poaching people is to give them a little shock to their three views, to hit their pride and sense of belonging to their own sect and religion, to make them understand that the sect they are proud of may not be on the side of justice. If they really want to do something practical for sentient beings, then they should join Jiejiao.
The method of poaching someone needs to be subtle and should be done slowly and subtly with patience. Wen Rui stopped at that point and did not continue to challenge Cheng Ziwei's three views. He pretended to clean up the body on the operating table.
He sutured the wound, cleaned the burn marks from the electric shock, and applied makeup to the body. Soon, a beautiful corpse with a smile on its face was unearthed. Wen Rui was very familiar with beating the wronged souls and comforting the families, and he quickly handled the funeral arrangements.
After sending the body away, Wen Rui instructed the staff of the Chamber of Commerce clinic in charge of registration at the door to temporarily stop accepting the wounded, and asked the disciples of the Chan sect queuing at the door to be patient and not die. He said that the attending physician needed to rest, otherwise the success rate of the rescue could not be guaranteed. The body that had just been carried out was a lesson learned.
The seriously injured at the door were indeed very anxious, but when they saw the bodies being carried out, they could only suppress their anxiety, suppress their injuries and wait patiently. Otherwise, they would not be in a hurry to be rescued but in a hurry to be reborn.
After interrupting the rescue to gain some rest time, Wen Rui did not fall asleep immediately. Instead, he focused on watching the meeting in the command tent of the four major sects through the monitor.
Although Cheng Ziwei was very tired, she was also very curious about whether the elders of the four major sects would make the decision to stop the exploration of the secret realm, so she went aside and secretly watched with Wen Rui.
In the video, Master Zhang, who advocated stopping the activity, was at a disadvantage. The elders of the Jinting Immortal Sect who had originally supported him turned against him and began to persuade him:
"This reform strategy is the consensus of our several major sect leaders. It is also an important pilot for foreign sects to cooperate in exploring the secret realm activity model. The reform will definitely not be smooth sailing, and it is normal to encounter obstacles and problems."
"We must put the overall situation first. If this reform is abandoned halfway, and the factions within the sect that do not support the reform use this as an excuse to restore the old rules during the next secret realm exploration, then it won't be the Jindan and Yuanying disciples who will be killed or injured. Losing one elite disciple in the Return to Void Stage and the God Transformation Stage is more regrettable than losing a hundred Jindan and Yuanying disciples!" The two elders of the Yuding Immortal Sect and the Yunxiao Immortal Sect also chimed in, "The current casualty rate is not unacceptable. The level of doctors at the Chamber of Commerce's clinic is far beyond expectations, and is enough to cover the bottom line for this event. We roughly calculated that the worst result this time is that the four major sects combined will have a total of 50 deaths and 500 serious injuries."
"If we call a halt now, wouldn't that prove that we were poorly organized and ill-considered in the early stages, which led to the frequent problems? Someone with ulterior motives will go to the sect's opposing elders to complain, and we will be questioned at the sect's elders' meeting, and we will be blamed for nothing! With such a serious mistake, will the sect still give you a powerful defensive magic weapon when you cross the tribulation?"
"Now that we have the Chamber of Commerce Clinic as a backup, the casualty rate will not be too outrageous. We can take advantage of the situation to announce to the public that all situations have been considered in advance. The Chamber of Commerce Clinic is also an emergency plan that we have agreed on in advance. The correct decision has saved many disciples' lives."
"We should immediately issue a notice to inform all disciples that this reform of secret realm exploration is already very difficult. It is designed to test low-level disciples who have been away from battle for a long time and have neglected cultivation. This is done intentionally to train them!"
“Even if there are some casualties, as long as the reform of the secret realm exploration activity is completed in the end, and one or two Jindan and Yuanying stage disciples break through the numerous obstacles and obtain the core magic weapon of the secret realm, it can prove that this activity is a success. It will kill two birds with one stone and select geniuses with outstanding strength and great blessings.”
"Isn't it worth it to select a one-in-a-million genius disciple and eliminate one or two hundred mediocre disciples?"
"Yes, then as the host of this exploration reform, we will have made great contributions to the sect's reform! And the contribution will be huge!"
Master Zhang was obviously shaken. He pulled his long beard and said in a hoarse voice, "So many lives... Alas... Isn't this just tricking them into dying in vain?"
"Foolish and corrupt words, womanly kindness, and mean-spirited views!"
"Aren't we all working for the development of the Chan Sect? Which is more important, the Spiritualization, Return to Void or the Golden Core, Nascent Soul? Which is more important, a genius or a mediocre one? Let the disciples suffer, and I will bear the blame. Just say that it was my insistence on increasing the difficulty this time!"
"Humph, if the reform is successful and sets a model for future secret realm exploration, then it won't be a disgrace, but a great achievement. Are you trying to take credit for it?"
"On the other hand, Master Zhang, do you dare to take the responsibility for stopping the reform pilot and causing the reform to fail? Then let's deal with it this way. We won't fight back, and you beat the three of us until we are seriously injured and unconscious, so as to clear us of the suspicion of not trying our best to stop your wrong decision, and then you can do whatever you want with us!"
"Okay, okay... I'll listen to you. The overall situation is more important. It's me who is too narrow-minded."
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Cheng Ziwei was really eye-opening. These old guys are so sweet and evil!
She couldn't help but secretly rejoice that it was fortunate that Wen Rui had cheated them out of a sky-high fee for unlocking the door, so they used the huge entrance fee to block the disciples of the Human Sect. Otherwise, the disciples of the Human Sect would have foolishly entered the secret realm and would have been cheated to death without knowing what was going on!
(End of this chapter)