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Chapter 100: Ancestor, let's revise the workflow!
"Wang Yan won't fight for it," Jiang Linyue suddenly said with great certainty. "He's not interested in power; he's much more interested in the Divine Script combination!"
"At that time, Wang Yan will have no choice but to fight for it!" Di Nan's gaze sharpened unusually. "If that Senior Brother Mo is truly petty, how could he allow Wang Yan to suppress him within the sect with his six-petaled white Wenxin Flower?"
"At that time, Senior Brother Mo will probably secretly deal with Wang Yan. And Wang Yan is not the kind of person who will surrender easily; he will definitely fight back."
"In short, I will secretly support Wang Yan in vying for that position. Only if he becomes a core scholar will our sect have a chance to advance further in the future."
Qiao Bendu was stunned again, then asked Di Nan incredulously in a low voice, "You mean, promoted to Grade A? He can't be that amazing, can he?"
"His very first submission was enough to make him bloom with a white, six-petaled literary flower. Only the core literary talents of those three top-tier sects could achieve that, right?" Di Nan's eyes revealed a hint of admiration: "My intuition is always very accurate."
"Sure, I support it too." Jiang Linyue immediately chimed in earnestly, "Although Senior Brother Mo used to take good care of me, he was indeed quite arrogant. Actually, we can let Senior Brother Mo hold the fort for a while, since he's decades older than all of us!"
Qiao Bentu shook his head: "The sect can only cultivate two core scholars at most. You have the Void Mirror, so you've already reserved one. Senior Brother Mo was also cultivated by the sect leader a long time ago. After several decades, if another one comes out... well, I prefer Wang Yan. I'll support him secretly."
Di Nan and Jiang Linyue exchanged a smile.
Then, they suddenly received a message from Deng Jianghui: "Juniors, the sect has sent supplies. Anyone who is short of supplies should come back to me to collect them."
Qiao Bendu was surprised: "They arrived so quickly? It seems that Master Dulong had a lot of inspiration this time and won against Master Fang and Master Zhou! Let's go and collect the supplies."
At the same time, on the Blazing Fire Sect's airship, Qian Li listened to his subordinates' reports about setting the mountain on fire. Gradually, he frowned in confusion.
"Where is Mi'er? Has Mi'er's team not returned yet? Has the fire not been lit?"
The Fiery Blaze Sect disciple who reported hesitated for a moment, then shook his head, indicating that he had not received a reply from Wu Mi.
Qian Li angrily summoned his eldest disciple, Xu Jinhua, who was overwhelmed with work: "What's going on with Mi'er? Three hours have passed, why hasn't she set the fire yet?"
Xu Jinhua was taken aback, then realized: "Master, I haven't received any news from Mi'er for quite some time... I'll go and ask right away."
He contacted Wu Mi's identity plaque in front of Qian Li.
However, half a cup of tea passed, and Wu's fans still hadn't replied.
"That's strange. Even if it's a battle, it should be over by now!" Xu Jinhua muttered in confusion.
"Where are the people on his team? Go and ask them quickly! He's your disciple, my grand-disciple. His record must be impressive, lest the Third Elder laugh at us when we return to the sect!" Qian Li instructed with great displeasure.
"Yes, I will contact him again." Xu Jinhua replied.
However, at that moment, a disciple at the Condensation Realm rushed into the control room in a panic, glanced anxiously at Qian Li, gritted his teeth, and quickly clasped his hands in a fist and reported to Xu Jinhua: "Uncle-Master Xu, something terrible has happened, Senior Brother Wu, he..."
Seeing the man stammering and his face ashen, Xu Jinhua felt a pang of unease, a sense of foreboding gripping her. She grabbed the man's collar and demanded, "How is Mi'er?"
The reporter, his face contorted with grief, reported, "He, his entire group, were all killed by the disciples of the Cloud Cauldron Sect! Even that extraterrestrial meteorite iron sword was confiscated!"
"What?" Xu Jinhua was taken aback at first, then his tall frame swayed involuntarily, and his face suddenly turned pale: "Mi'er was killed? He was a mid-stage Qi Condensation Realm cultivator. People of the same level in the Cloud Cauldron Sect are all hiding in the great formation and haven't come out. How could he have been killed?"
The reporter said dejectedly, "It's definitely a sword technique from the Yunding Sect. We even found two broken pieces of a Yunding Sect sword at the scene, but Senior Brother Wu still has that scorching heat unique to meteorite iron swords. We suspect it's the blazing meteorite sword forged by Zhou Wumei of the Fire Refining Peak of the Yunding Sect... Ah!"
Before he could finish speaking, he was shoved aside by the enraged Xu Jinhua, who sent him flying several meters away, crashing straight into the wall of the airship before collapsing to the ground, a trickle of blood slowly seeping from the corner of his mouth.
"Master, we must avenge Mi'er!" Xu Jinhua roared furiously at Qian Li, whose face was grim.
Qian Li's eyes also blazed with shame and anger: "Fine! They dared to kill Mi'er, this time, I will definitely raze the Yunding Sect to the ground!"
"Pass down the order: if you encounter anyone from the Cloud Cauldron Sect, capture them alive and extract the divine rune combination of this formation!"
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Fifteen minutes later, Wang Yan finished the supply delivery, feeling somewhat tired.
Du Long glanced at him somewhat guiltily, bowed to Master Qin, and went downstairs to report.
Wang Yan was kept behind by Master Qin: "What were your impressions after visiting those three peaks?"
As expected, there was an exam.
Wang Yan pondered to himself.
With no one else in the room at that moment, Wang Yan answered calmly and boldly.
"Then I'll be frank. Fire Refining Peak has the most people, and they're the most undisciplined. Although Uncle Du Cheng has some ability, he might overemphasize individual potential, and in some places, he inevitably sticks to old rules. Also, the Peak Master and Elder Zhao the Second might have some conflicts."
"The people of Dan Ding Peak are more focused, have the strictest requirements, and are the least concerned with interpersonal relationships. They value skills highly and don't care much about right and wrong. The people of Ren Yi Peak are the most patient and the busiest. Moreover, I think that some of the practices of Huo Lian Peak and Ren Yi Peak might need to be revised."
Master Qin was taken aback for a moment, then raised an eyebrow with a smile: "Oh, what parts do you think could be changed?"
Wang Yan noticed a hint of mockery and disdain in his eyes, and said, "Since we're already using puppets for receiving and shipping goods, saving manpower, why not further utilize them to help Renyi Peak classify the severity of injuries and illnesses, and perform some basic cleaning work?"
Seeing Qin Bilian's smile falter and his expression turn somewhat surprised, Wang Yan chuckled inwardly but continued speaking aloud.
"Medical practitioners only need to use divine incantations to heal and treat wounds, which can save some time, allow them to treat more injured people, and give them more rest. Otherwise, when they are overly fatigued, they are prone to misdiagnosis and delay their cultivation."
"There are also Fire Refining Peak and Pill Cauldron Peak. They usually work in the same way: each disciple who can forge independently completes a weapon or piece of armor, which is then exchanged at the Myriad Treasures Pavilion and the Pill and Weapon Pavilion. The proceeds are directly split. This way, the responsibilities are clearly defined, and the operation works without problems."
"But during special periods, they all need to appropriately change their working methods."
"For example, this time, we urgently need a large number of weapons and pills, but they don't have enough manpower to meet the needs of our fellow disciples who are out in the field. Even if we temporarily transfer third-level Spirit Sprout disciples from the outer sect, they are all novices at the moment, and the basic materials they refine often do not meet the requirements, which will be a waste."
"Since this time, the weapons and armor we provide to external forces are all borne by the sect, I think we should find a faster way to speed up the production process."