Clicking into the platform, she saw that it was divided into four sections: Main Peak, Inner Peak, Outer Peak, and External Sect.
She clicked open a few of the peaks and took a quick look, immediately understanding.
If the platform section on the disciple jade token was like the front end—a place where disciples could view announcements, book cultivation chambers, and directly access other features—then the Deacon Jade Tablet was like the back end, a place where each peak and pavilion published announcements and handled administrative affairs.
With her current level of authority, she could open all the sections, but she could only browse them and could not make any modifications.
Only Songyue Pavilion on Fuyao Peak under the Outer Peak section, along with the twenty abodes under its name, had granted her full administrative access.
Once everyone had bound their deacon panels to themselves, True Monarch Chanxi turned her gaze toward the New Disciple Training Department.
Under her arrangements, twelve training department disciples at the early Golden Core stage began drawing lots to take over the positions of the Peak Masters for the twelve outer peaks.
A short while after they finished drawing lots, a notification popped up on the notification interface of Gu Ningyun's deacon panel. It was precisely the announcement regarding the appointments of the outer peak Peak Masters.
“Regarding the outer peak Peak Masters, I already held a meeting with them three days ago to brief them on today's matters.
“When you return later, just go directly to your corresponding Peak Master to carry out the handover of your duties.
“It would be best to complete the handover within fifteen days.”
Seeing the twelve newly appointed Peak Masters nod, True Monarch Chanxi then looked over toward Gu Ningyun and the others.
“Your batch of Foundation Establishment stage disciples is divided into ninety-three groups, and there are 144 pavilions under the twelve outer peaks.
“Aside from the ninety-three pavilions undergoing handovers, the appointments for the remaining fifty-one pavilions will continue as before.
“For those disciples who have not yet broken through to the Foundation Establishment stage, do not worry. Once you establish your foundations, Governing Peak will readjust your positions.
“Do not force a breakthrough just for this minor matter and affect your Dao foundation.
“With your talent, establishing your foundation is merely a matter of time.
“Do not rush the handover process.
“Over the next few days, I will call the current Head and Deputy Pavilion Masters of these ninety-three pavilions for a meeting. After that, they will contact you to proceed with the handover.
“As for the 507 abodes, Minister Ye and the head of the External Sect will also hold a meeting concurrently.”
At this point, she cast a reassuring look at the crowd below. “This is the first time any of you are holding office, so it is completely normal to not understand anything.
“During the handover, your senior brothers and sisters who previously held these positions will explain all the work related to your roles.
“If you encounter anything you do not understand or run into any problems during your tenure, feel free to report them to your outer peak Peak Master at any time.
“As for the Abode Masters of the abodes, your Peak Masters are not part of the New Disciple Training Department.
“If you encounter any emergency, you can contact your Senior Sister Ye directly.”
At this moment, Ye Tingran, the Head of the New Disciple Training Department, also stood up. “All Peak Masters of the twelve outer peaks are members of the New Disciple Training Department.
“The New Disciple Training Department falls under the jurisdiction of Governing Peak and is directly managed by Eldest Senior Sister Chanxi.
“Our department was established specifically to nurture the single and dual spirit root disciples of each class.
“To put it simply, for the next year and four months, we are solely responsible for you 693 people.
“In the next ten years, we will only be responsible for you 693 people and the new disciples you recruit.
“If you have any issues, come to us. We are your direct superiors.
“If you have any ideas, feel free to implement them. If anything goes wrong, we will back you up.”
Watching this scene, Gu Ningyun was completely stunned.
In her heart, she couldn't help but recall the scenes she had witnessed during her college internships at various companies before she transmigrated into the book.
Veterans bossing around newcomers, managers stealing credit from their subordinates, colleagues and leaders shifting blame to one another...
Even in school, there were times when the various departments of the student union would bicker and pass the buck to one another.
In the original book, even the Star-Moon Sect, which was one of the Nine Sects and Eight Schools and the second largest sect in the cultivation world, was rife with all kinds of underhanded schemes and power struggles.
Only Xiaoyao... Only Xiaoyao was different.
It was the only pure land in this world.
How did Xiaoyao achieve this?
How did they manage to be so magnanimous, clean, and transparent?
Suddenly, the side hall fell into complete silence.
It was only when Wen Xuan nudged her that Gu Ningyun snapped out of it.
It turned out that in her emotional agitation, she had accidentally spoken those last few sentences aloud.
All the new disciples turned their gazes toward her. Indeed, why was Xiaoyao so different?
They then turned their eyes toward the New Disciple Training Department and Senior Sister Chanxi.
Chanxi raised her hand to gesture for Ye Tingran to sit back down. With a slight curl of her lips, she smiled. “Since that is the case, it is now time for questions.
“If any of you have questions, you may ask them now.”
The new disciples present were all teenagers around fourteen, fifteen, or sixteen years old. Suddenly receiving their official appointments and so much information, they had long been bursting with a mountain of questions.
However, since the Eldest Senior Sister, who was at the Nascent Soul stage, had not spoken, they had not dared to make a sound.
Interrupting the speaker during an official meeting was also highly inappropriate behavior.
Now that they had been given the opportunity to ask questions, the hall instantly buzzed with excitement.
Just as her voice fell, a disciple asked loudly.
“Senior Sister, I have a question regarding the appointments and groupings of the Head and Deputy Pavilion Masters.
“For example, the second and third place.
“According to the current groupings, the second-place disciple is clearly stronger than the third-place disciple. So why is the second-place disciple only a Deputy Pavilion Master, while the third-place disciple gets to be a Head Pavilion Master?
“While the gap between second and third place might not be very large, when spread across all 186 disciples, the difference becomes quite significant. Is such a grouping not somewhat inappropriate?”
Once he finished asking, another disciple spoke up.
“Senior Sister, I also have a question.
“You said earlier that the twelve outer peaks were for us.
“Then why are the abodes assigned to us 507 Qi Refining stage disciples under the other twenty outer peaks?”
“Senior Sister, if the stewards in the abodes refuse to cooperate with our work, can I just beat them up?
“That wouldn't count as internal fighting among sect disciples, would it?
“After all, I'm only in the Qi Refining stage. If I don't show some strength, I'm afraid they won't respect me.”
As soon as this question was asked, a disciple immediately chimed in, “Sister, are you really that ruthless? There's no need for that, right? What if you're just overthinking things?”
“How is that overthinking? The cultivation world respects strength above all. My considerations are very realistic, okay?”
“That's true. I think if they really refuse to submit, a friendly sparring session is perfectly fine.”
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“Senior Sister, I also have a question.
“Based on my current understanding, we formal disciples and the handyman disciples have had two independent training systems right from the start.
“For example, the outer peaks are also divided into two parts, separately managing the formal disciples and the outer sect disciples who promoted from handyman disciples.
“With such a stark separation, are the higher-ups not afraid that the sect will split internally into two factions—multi-spirit roots versus single and dual spirit roots—leading to factional warfare and disrupting the harmony of the sect?”
“Senior Sister, although we are only in the Qi Refining stage, we also passed the examinations to become inner disciples.
“Why are we only allowed to serve as Abode Masters, instead of directly serving as Pavilion Masters and Deputy Pavilion Masters like the other senior brothers and sisters?”
“Senior Sister, I wanted to ask...”
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