PCJ – Chapter 762 Sect Operations

A few days later, the elders of the Enforcement Hall were officially confirmed. Yuan Suihu, being the cultivator Zhang Jiaohua trusted the most, was appointed by Zhang Jiaohua as the Grand Elder of the Enforcement Hall, even though his cultivation was not high. He would represent Zhang Jiaohua personally. The other elders were Hu Tengda and Hu Ran of the Hu family, Qi Zhuangzhuang and Qi Shengchao of the Qi family, Fan Zihan of the Fan family, Tian Ningxue of the Tian family, and Zhou Yingtong and Zhou Lingling of the Zhou family.

As for the deacons of the Enforcement Hall, they were to be selected by each elder from within their own families or from among the new cultivators who had joined the Meishan Sect.

On the day the Enforcement Hall was established, Zhang Jiaohua announced to them: “From this day forth, the Enforcement Hall will establish the rules of our Meishan Sect. I do not want to see chaos within the sect. Each Enforcement Elder and each deacon must fulfill their duties! Anyone who violates the sect rules within Meishan Sect will be punished according to the rules by the Enforcement Hall. Anyone who dares to defy the Enforcement Hall may be killed on the spot without mercy! Each Enforcement Elder and deacon must also restrain members of their own families. Anyone who shelters offenders will be punished based on the severity of the situation. In serious cases, their titles as elder or deacon will be revoked.”

That very day, the Enforcement Hall issued the sect rules of Meishan to all members. Anyone unwilling to follow them could immediately leave the sect but was forbidden to remain on Meishan territory. All disciples of the Meishan Sect were required to abide by its rules. The Enforcement Hall was authorized to take action against any violations.

Many people who did not want to be restrained left the Meishan Sect immediately, but many more chose to stay and observe for the time being. For a while, the Meishan Sect became surprisingly calm.

With tens of thousands of members, and formed by combining many forces, if one tried to use traditional sect management methods, it would have been impossible to run the sect according to Zhang Jiaohua’s plans in a short time. So Zhang Jiaohua directly transplanted modern corporate management structures into the sect’s organization. It turned out to work extremely well. In less than a month, all administrative departments of the Meishan Sect were established. The sect began operating efficiently like a tightly assembled machine.

Zhang Jiaohua believed that in order for the Meishan Sect to achieve its goals in the Abandoned Lands, the most effective method was to rely on refining techniques. From what he had learned recently, he was shocked to discover that the level of refining in the Abandoned Lands was even more backward than that of the Meishan Sect in the human world. Although the cultivation environment in the human world was poor, it relied on modern technological equipment and combined it with cultivation refining techniques, resulting in a refining standard clearly superior to that of the Abandoned Lands.

The fundamental reason cultivators of the Abandoned Lands were trapped here was their weak combat power. They could not break through the Immortal Beast Mountain Range. Their cultivation levels were low, and their refining skills were even worse, resulting in inferior weapons and tools. In battle, auxiliary equipment plays a crucial role for cultivators—how could they fight powerful spirit beasts, whose bodies were strong, spiritual power abundant, and numbers overwhelming, using only raw spiritual power?

Therefore, Zhang Jiaohua focused on developing refining techniques and talisman crafting. Within the Meishan Sect, he established special Refining Classes and Talisman Classes to research and teach these skills. All Meishan disciples were required to share any refining and talisman techniques their previous sects had taught them. If they tried to hide them selfishly, Zhang Jiaohua had ways to deal with them. Entry into the refining and talisman classes required a certain amount of sect contribution points, which were earned by contributing technical knowledge or material resources from one’s family or faction.

With contribution points, disciples could enter the refining and talisman classes. The sect also provided spiritual tools, magical weapons, and talismans to its disciples—but these too had to be exchanged using contribution points.

Very few cultivators who had joined the Meishan Sect had pure motives—this Zhang Jiaohua had known from the beginning, but he was not concerned. Under modern management systems, it would not be easy for people to slack off or fish for profit. In fact, Zhang Jiaohua had even more ruthless methods prepared. If anyone truly pushed him too far, he could just apply some of the most sinister pyramid scheme tactics from the human world—those scheming types would probably end up helping him and even thank him for it.

Backward productivity meant that production techniques were not that precious, so it was rare for people to hoard knowledge. After all, the refining and talisman techniques they had mastered were nothing compared to what Zhang Jiaohua provided. Feeling inferior, they believed their skills weren’t worth much anyway—so why not trade them for contribution points?

Zhang Jiaohua then selected a group of young disciples from within the sect who had natural talent for refining and talisman crafting. He trained them professionally. Meanwhile, he had Yuan Suihu organize a team to explore and mine mineral resources in the Abandoned Lands. These mining missions naturally became one of the ways for disciples to earn contribution points.

Wen Xiaoqun, the guide Zhang Jiaohua had met when he first entered Yan’gui City, was now honored with a position as a deacon of the Meishan Sect. He knew the area around Yan’gui City very well and had access to a lot of information. He was now mainly responsible for mineral exploration and mining operations near Yan’gui City.

The mineral resources of the Immortal Realm were far richer than those on Earth, but people’s understanding of minerals here was extremely limited. Fortunately, Zhang Jiaohua had brought many precise high-tech instruments within his cultivation diagram space. He had prepared those before entering the Immortal Realm, planning to continue his research no matter what.

Wen Xiaoqun introduced some of his close friends to Zhang Jiaohua: “Master, although my friends don’t have high cultivation, they are extremely clever and know the area around Yan’gui City very well. With their help, I am confident we can quickly gather all kinds of ores from around Yan’gui City for your inspection.”

“You may decide on that yourself. If you achieve great merit this time, I can give you the position of elder of the Exploration Hall and grant you one hundred deacon appointments. But only if you do better than everyone else. In the Meishan Sect, everything depends on contribution—the more you contribute to the sect, the more the sect will give you in return,” Zhang Jiaohua said clearly.

“With your words, Master, I’m relieved,” Wen Xiaoqun replied, and he immediately gathered all his friends.

However, Wen Xiaoqun’s friends were still uneasy. “Our cultivation is so low—we have no voice anywhere we go. Are you sure the sect leader of Meishan isn’t deceiving you?”

“He won’t,” Wen Xiaoqun said. “You still don’t understand the Master well enough. From what I know, he is determined to make the Meishan Sect powerful, and in the process, he needs a large number of capable people to work for him. As long as we can get things done for him, he will not treat us poorly. They say a thousand gold coins can buy even the bones of a fine horse—perhaps we can be those horse bones. Let’s treat this like a gamble. If we lose, we only waste some time. But in our situation, are we really afraid of wasting time? What if we win?”

“Brother Wen, we trust you. Just tell us what to do!”

“That’s right—we’ll follow you!”