Chongming Xianzong

Chapter 321: New Rules (Thanks to Big Bone Brother, who loves to sleep, for points)
"Eleven people with three spiritual roots, and thirty-one people with four spiritual roots." As soon as the list handed over by Duan Anle entered the hands of Sect Leader Kang, the latter frowned after reading the first line of words.

Kang Dabao smacked his lips and murmured, "It seems like there's too much."

The Chongming Sect now owns a majority stake in the Cangcui Stone Mine in Tanggu County due to the income from the Lingshi Mine.

Moreover, the county magistrate of Kangda still has tax money from households in Ping and Jin counties passing through. In order to fit in, he has to get some of the money.

Not to mention, there were also various tributes sent by families in the two counties.

Although this last item of income was somewhat taboo to the Yunjiaozhou court, after all, the government would not investigate unless the people reported it. Who among the families around here who knew a little bit would have the courage to report it to Emperor Chongming?

Besides, do you want to sit in the Pingrong County Temple and watch the Great County Master Kang sitting on the main seat and knocking the wake-up stick while you interrogate the Great Master Kang who is kneeling in the hall?
Therefore, the Chongming Sect has had a relatively sufficient supply of spiritual stones in recent years. In recent years, there are about 20 new disciples joining the Ascension Conference every year.

This number is not a lot. After all, even a declining family like the Ma family can count hundreds of people who practice Qi cultivation.

Chongming Sect, with only Kang and Jiang, had two people who had established their foundation, which was not a small number in Yunjiao Province where the Immortal Dynasty was not prosperous. However, Chongming Sect had less than a hundred Qigong disciples, most of whom were outer disciples who had only been in the sect for ten years and had not even found a master, so they were not up to the task. This made Chongming Sect look a little top-heavy.

Since the Heart-Searching Formation was used for the first time in this Ascension Conference, Great Master Sui Kang told Duan Anle a rule that disciples with poor qualifications could also be promoted as long as they had good character.

But after Kang Dabao saw the book, he still felt that it was too much. He turned his eyes and focused on the list of immortals from the immortal cultivation families, and started to draw.

The disciple sent by Feiyue Shan Family was chosen by Kang Da Sect Leader first: "Although Shan Jiong has three spiritual roots, he can't even last five breaths in the Heart-Searching Formation. So we'd better not take him."

Duan Anle did not speak, but Sun Fu, who assisted him, said: "Master, after all, Shan Jiong is from the Shan family, and the two families have always been allies. I am afraid that..."

Although Sun Fu's words were mature, Kang Dabao shook his head and said, "It's okay, let's leave it like this."

The head of the Kang family had met Shan Sheng, the head of the Shan family, on the way to Xuanwei City a few years ago. The latter looked ruddy and energetic at the time. However, his concealment method did not work at all under Kang Dabao's pupil technique. Kang Dabao could assert that he would definitely die this year.

It has been quite a while since Shan Sheng took the Five-Patterned Heavy Yue Stone on credit from the head of Kangda, but there is still no movement from the Shan family of Feiyue.

In addition, because of Wu Cangyun's incident, Kang Dabao still has some grudges towards Shan Shengke.

Regarding this point, even after the Shan family heard that Shan Xuerong and her son had "passed away" due to illness, and that they had sent a legitimate daughter to Zhou Yixiu as a concubine, this prejudice had not yet disappeared.

In this context, Kang Dabao was willing to give up a three-spiritual-root immortal seedling with a bad character. Now, he actually didn't want to deepen his relationship with the Shan family.

After all, this will involve the issue of debt collection in the future. If the friendship between the two families is too deep, and if the Shan family falls too badly by then, it will be difficult for Master Kang, who is so generous, to ask for help.

After crossing out Shan Jiong's name, Kang Dabao continued reading the book.

Duan Anle has indeed been well trained as the head of the family over the years, and there is nothing wrong with the immortal seedlings he selected.

In this book, except for Shan Jiong who was slightly controversial because of his involvement with a large foundation-building clan, there were no problems with the rest of the people. Master Kang looked at it for a long time without writing anything else.

It was not until he read the end of the book that Kang Dabao's eyes suddenly lit up: "Did this little girl named Qi Ke really last twenty-eight breaths in the Questioning Heart Formation?"

Duan Anle immediately responded, "Master, Senior Brother Wei Gu and I all saw it with our own eyes, there is no doubt about it."

"Born from the Liulin military family and originally from Gaomudong?" Master Kang remembered the marching notes submitted by the anti-theft unit after they cleared out the evildoers in Ping and Jin counties, and he had an impression of it.

He asked softly, "That town has been badly damaged by a few evil cultivators. This kid has a good character, but is his mind?"

Duan Anle was obviously well prepared, and said without hesitation: "This child is just taciturn, but his mind is still sound. If Master is worried, then let Junior Sister Ye take more care of him."

"Well, you did a good job." Sect Leader Kang asked casually just to be cautious. He was actually reluctant to give up this immortal seedling that could last nearly thirty breaths in the Heart-Searching Array, and Qi Ke had three rare spiritual roots.

Calculating in this way, Qi Ke's qualifications are almost comparable to Kang Changyi, who has two spiritual roots. If there are no other problems, how could Master Kang not accept him?
After deciding this matter, Kang Dabao said, "Let's do this. These 41 disciples will enter Yulin Hall and will first be managed by Ye Yaoling, the supervising disciple.

In addition, Han Xundao, a former disciple of Yulin Hall, has advanced to the fourth level of Qi training and is the leader of all the disciples. He has been promoted to Ye Yaoling's deputy and is also responsible for supervising the enlightenment disciples and assisting in the enlightenment matters. "

Due to the gradual increase in the number of disciples in the sect, Chongming Sect had already formulated a rough set of rules a few years ago.

This charter was derived from the organizational structure of the Chongming Sect when Patriarch Zhang was alive. Master Kang and several of his fellow disciples made some appropriate improvements based on it.

In the new regulations, in addition to the four levels of duties that have always been implemented, namely, headmaster, elder, deacon, and disciple in charge, three new identities have been added: outer disciple, inner disciple, and true disciple.

As soon as new disciples join the Chongming Sect, unless the sect leader gives special permission, they will be considered outer disciples and must first enter the Yulin Hall to practice for five years.

During this period, the disciples had no master, and all were taught by the elders who taught the skills and the supervisors. The teachers of various trades would also teach them in stages, and during these five years, the disciples only had to collect their annual salary and practice diligently, without having to worry about worldly affairs.

Regardless of their qualifications, outer disciples only receive an annual salary of five spirit stones, plus an additional two spirit stones for medicine subsidies.

After five years, if the disciples who came out of Yulin Hall have not been selected by the headmaster, elders, or deacons to be accepted as disciples, they will have to practice alone for the rest of the time.

In addition to practicing, these disciples must complete five tasks issued by the Good Deeds Hall every year before they can receive the full annual salary and various benefits provided by the sect; only then can they use their good deeds to gain the opportunity to attend the Taoist meetings held by their teachers every ten days and every month.

If an outer sect disciple fails to break through to the seventh level of Qi training before the age of eighty-five, then Chongming Sect will provide him with a travel allowance to go down the mountain and return home. The identity of this Chongming disciple can only be retained by the outer sect disciple for another ten years.

If these outer disciples can cultivate to the fourth level of Qi training before the age of twenty, they can apply to become inner disciples after passing the advanced test.

The treatment of the inner disciples is much better. Not only do they not have to passively accept the tasks issued by the Good Merit Hall, but they can also receive various benefits in full. The annual salary is also much higher than that of the outer disciples. Every year, they can get 15 Lingshi white-collar workers and 8 Lingshi pill subsidies.

Those Chongming disciples who are able to advance to the seventh level of Qi training and become late-stage cultivators before the age of 45 can, after completing the advancement task, ask to become true disciples.

Regardless of whether they were inner or outer disciples, anyone who met this condition could become a true disciple. This was like leaving a way for some outer disciples who were a step behind to overtake.

The annual salary of a true disciple is fifty spirit stones, and the sect distributes a bottle of grass dew leopard embryo pill every year to improve cultivation. Just adding these two items together, a true disciple's annual consumption is nearly a hundred spirit stones.

Besides, the benefits of being a true disciple cannot be limited to this. In addition to the generous annual salary, the more important thing is that the true disciple will have the opportunity to take the initiative to worship under a foundation building elder. As for whether it will succeed or not, that is another matter.

However, a late-stage cultivator who is less than 45 years old can be considered a good talent in any sect in Yunjiao Province. If he does not have any major problems, he should not be rejected.

The three-level disciple system set by Kang Da is not fixed. After all, there are always some disciples in this world who are the type who accumulate a lot of knowledge and then make a big splash. In order not to bury talents, Kang Dabao will not set all the conditions.

Outer disciples who have made great contributions, even if they missed the opportunity to become inner disciples, can still be recommended by the elders of the sect to become inner disciples, as long as they can pass the public discussion held by the head of the sect and the elders. The same is true for inner disciples and true disciples, but the difficulty of passing the public discussion is much greater than that of promoting outer disciples to inner disciples.

Disciples who have made contributions will be rewarded, and those who have made mistakes will be punished. If a true disciple makes a serious mistake, he will most likely be demoted to an outer disciple, but this also requires public discussion.

In addition to the establishment of the three levels of disciple status, Kang Dabao also made some improvements in the old job assignments. For outer disciples with poor qualifications, they can also take this path to obtain as much cultivation resources as possible from the sect.

Regardless of the disciple's status, as long as the disciple successfully cultivates one of the Hundred Arts to the lower level of the first stage, he can ask to take on the role of a disciple in charge of this Hundred Arts.

Generally speaking, there are three to four disciples in charge of each of the Hundred Arts. In addition to completing the tasks assigned by the sect, the disciples in charge also have the responsibility of teaching and nurturing the younger generation.

Correspondingly, the disciples in charge can receive an additional ten spirit stones allowance per year, and can also participate in some unimportant meetings. The news they receive must be much more informed than the outer disciples, or even the inner disciples.

Above the disciples in charge are the stewards of each of the Hundred Arts. Generally speaking, there is only one steward of each Hundred Arts. To be a steward of the Hundred Arts, in addition to the hard condition that one's attainments in the Hundred Arts must reach the first-class upper grade, one must also have a cultivation level above the late stage of Qi training.

As the deputy of Elder Baiyi, Deacon Baiyi not only has an official allowance of thirty spirit stones, but also has the privilege of being able to participate in most of the sect's regular meetings like true disciples.

In this way, the Deacon of Baiyi can barely be regarded as a middle-level member of the sect and has the right to accept disciples.

As the name implies, the Hundred Arts Elder is the one who leads the Hundred Arts of Cultivation. In addition to reaching the second level of attainment in the Hundred Arts, according to the new rules of Chongming Sect, because of the word "elder", the disciples who hold this position must also reach the foundation-building stage before they can receive the annual allowance of 100 yuan.

Needless to say, such a person must be the core of Chongming Sect. Even the head of the sect must respect him.

However, if an outer disciple is not good at alchemy, weapons, talismans, and arrays, and knows nothing about puppetry and beast control, he is not completely without a future. If such an outer disciple reaches the late stage of Qi training, he can participate in the selection of war hall deacons.

As long as one is good enough at fighting, one can also stand out. The first elder of the War Hall of Chongming Sect was Jiang Qing, and his appeal to the disciples was self-evident.

In addition to the battle hall, there are also assignments such as property, caravans, and power transmission, which can be applied for regardless of identity. In this way, if there are really talented people among the outer disciples, they should not be buried.

The new organizational structure and job assignments set up by Sect Leader Kang and his fellow disciples are much less of a big-pot meal than the old rule of Chongming Sect which only distributed subsidies based on the level of cultivation.

There was also less support for outer disciples with poorer qualifications, and more resources were concentrated on inner disciples, true disciples, disciples in charge, and deacons of a hundred arts.

In fact, 90% of the sects in the world have the same philosophy when selecting and training talents. Only a few sects are as lenient as the Chongming Sect in the past, treating all disciples equally regardless of their qualifications.

Geniuses and mediocre people are treated the same, which seems fair, but in fact it is the greatest injustice in the world.

After Master Kang Da reformed the old system, it also meant that the Chongming Sect had gradually gotten rid of its previous embarrassing situation and slowly began to get on the right track.

However, in the short term, this new system will not be effective, and the financial pressure on Chongming Sect is not great. After all, in Chongming Sect, there are not many people like Duan and Kang who are both true disciples and core disciples who hold positions.

There were many more disciples like Du Qing who could only barely hold a position as an outer disciple. As the quality of the disciples recruited by Chongming Sect in recent years became better and better, it was only a matter of time before he was caught up by the younger generation and took his place.

After all, the truly strong are never restricted. It is difficult for him to surpass others in cultivation, and he may not be able to surpass them in the Hundred Arts. If he really fell into such a situation, he would truly be separated from the power center of Chongming Sect and completely become an outer sect disciple who was lost in the crowd.

Therefore, the introduction of this new rule is not a good thing for some old disciples who have not been enterprising in the past. Some things cannot be changed by hard work.

On the contrary, it is very beneficial for disciples like Wei Gu who have truly mastered the core skills. He is now at the sixth level of Qi training and is responsible for the formation disciple.

But because he was already over 20 years old when he broke through the middle stage of Qi training, he was only an outer disciple. However, with the two annual salaries and subsidies added together, he could get 17 spirit stones for free every year, which was already among the top among many outer disciples.

But he is only 43 years old this year. As long as he can break through to become a late-stage cultivator within two years, and then advance his formation master to the first-class upper grade, he can ask to be accepted by the headmaster and elders to become a true disciple and formation deacon. In one year, he will receive 80 spirit stones and a bottle of grass dew leopard embryo pill.

Therefore, Wei Gu has been very energetic these days, and his cultivation and attainments in formation have been improving day by day. There is no intention of slacking off at all.

As for fellow disciples like Zhou Yixiu, Yuan Jin, and Pei Yi, who already held high positions but clearly did not meet the requirements, Sect Leader Kang also flexibly used the wisdom of his previous life.

It’s simply “new people, new methods, old people, old methods”.

They are close brothers who have shared weal and woe and gone through thick and thin together. Could it be that Kang Dabao is really willing to strip Zhou Yixiu of his status as an elder, and make him serve as an outer disciple in the Chongming Sect and a spiritual plant steward, thus reducing his annual income by half?

Zhou Yixiu is almost 85 years old. Can Kang Dabao really drive him down from Xiaohuan Mountain according to the new rules in the future? If he really does that, then Master Kang will really disappoint the disciples.

Therefore, the fact that Master Kang suddenly mentioned Han Xundao's name and wanted him to take on the task of supervising and enlightening disciples together with Ye Yaoling was an obvious intention to promote Han Xundao.

After hearing his master's arrangement, Duan Anle felt that it was not appropriate.

Han Xundao was Han Yundao's second cousin, and he joined the sect a year after the latter's death. Sect Master Kang was a man who cared about old times, and Han Xundao looked alike to Han Yundao, so he naturally received a lot of care.

In fact, there are more than just Kang Dabao who takes care of Han Xundao in the Chongming Sect.

From several uncles to fellow disciples, there were several who had not donated some spiritual stones, including Duan Anle himself. Duan Anle even heard that his master had wanted his third uncle to accept him as a disciple some time ago.

However, this proposal was rejected by Jiang Qing. After He Yuanbin's death, the temperament of the Chongming Sword Immortal became even colder, and he really had no intention of accepting a disciple.

Since Han Xundao has received so many honors, his cultivation level has naturally risen. In Duan Anle's opinion, Han Xundao has already shown some signs of being too arrogant these days. If he is given more favors, maybe his tail will be raised to the sky.

However, there were other people present at the time, and Duan Anle could not reject what his master said on the spot. He just swallowed the words of advice and nodded in agreement.

After arranging this matter, Master Kang turned to Sun Fuyan and said, "Brother Sun, it has been some time since you and Brother Niu were transferred to the outer sect as deacons. Now it is time to select some outstanding juniors to inherit your mantle."

"Thank you for your grace, Master Brother." Sun Fu's face showed some joy. He and Niu Kuang were only cultivators in the middle stage of Qi training. They were able to serve as deacons and receive more annual salaries because Kang Dabao had shown them special favor because of their hard work. He didn't expect that today he would be qualified to open his meridians and accept disciples.

Sect Leader Kang nodded, and he understood Sun Fu's excitement. The latter was born as a casual cultivator, with no bloodline descendants. Once he died, there would be no one to carry on his legacy.

Kang Dabao has seen many people like him. Some people in this world are not afraid of death, but are afraid that no one will remember them.

However, Sect Master Kang naturally has a positive attitude towards the elders and deacons accepting disciples. As outer disciples who have a master, their status is still outer disciples, and the sect will not give them an extra broken spirit.

Just as Sect Leader Kang was about to say a few more words of encouragement to Sun Fu, he saw a dark-black talisman coming from the direction of Xuanwei City and coming towards him.

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