Q&A Day

Of these 480 people, not everyone liked to fight, and those who did enjoy sparring did not necessarily have the time.

Furthermore, some Pavilion Masters were at the late Foundation Establishment stage or peak Foundation Establishment stage, and they might not be willing to spar with early Foundation Establishment stage cultivators like the two of them.

Once those Pavilion Masters were excluded, there might not be many people left.

With so few people remaining, seeking them out once or twice would be fine. But if they went too often, they might annoy them and cause offense.

Although they had only recently become Pavilion Masters and still had much to learn, they had gathered from the First Senior Sister that there was competition between the pavilions.

If they offended people, what would they do if those Pavilion Masters teamed up against them during the competition?

Xiaoyao was a single entity. Every pavilion and every abode was a component of it.

They had their respective divisions of labor but also cooperated with one another, working together to maintain the smooth operation of Xiaoyao's various affairs and resources.

Last night, while browsing through the past records, she had discovered that in the daily affairs of Songyue Pavilion, there were inevitably areas that required cooperation with other pavilions.

If they pestered those Pavilion Masters too frequently and annoyed them, what would they do if those masters intentionally made things difficult when cooperation was needed?

No, that wouldn't do. It was highly inappropriate.

She explained her concerns to Wen Xuan. “Let me think of a safer way.”

“Fortunately, you're thorough. Otherwise, our Songyue Pavilion would have had a tough time in the future!” Wen Xuan patted her chest, a look of lingering fear on her face.

With the many clever tricks from the “Prosper Together” group chat, Gu Ningyun and Wen Xuan found handling the pavilion's affairs slightly easier.

Two months gradually passed, and the two of them finally finished reading all the past records from the last ten years. The speed at which they processed affairs also increased significantly.

During this period, they encountered a few matters they couldn't handle, for which they couldn't find any precedent in either the past records or the jade slips.

She and Wen Xuan would first discuss the issue between themselves and come up with a preliminary solution.

The senior sister who had handed over the duties to them had long since created a group chat for the four of them: “Songyue Pavilion Affairs Discussion.”

So, they would post the issue and their initial solution in the group chat, pointing out the areas they were unsure about and asking for guidance from their senior sister and senior brother.

Under their senior sister and senior brother's guidance, and as they encountered such matters more frequently, their ability to handle affairs independently grew stronger and stronger.

Sometimes, when dealing with unprecedented matters, the initial plans they proposed would even be approved by their senior sister and senior brother to be used as the final solution.

By the third month, they had almost completely moved past the stage of needing to look up precedents for every single issue. Instead, they could handle affairs by combining their memory, experience, and the actual circumstances.

They had also accumulated a pile of recorded issues regarding the abodes. In the middle of the month, they called a meeting with the twenty Abode Masters to implement some rectifications.

When the meeting first began, several Abode Masters had objections to a few of the issues.

They felt that these were long-standing traditions and that changing them would be highly inconvenient.

However, compelled by Gu Ningyun and Wen Xuan's cultivation, these Abode Masters, though reluctant at heart, still sat in the Songyue Pavilion discussion hall and participated in the meeting.

By the end of the meeting, once final rectification plans for all the issues had been worked out, those Abode Masters realized that the rectifications would actually make handling their affairs much easier, so they stopped complaining.

After the meeting concluded, various affairs were run according to the rectified plans for half a month.

The Abode Masters under Songyue Pavilion, including those who had initially objected, all praised the new plans as excellent. They greatly improved the efficiency of handling affairs, giving them more time to cultivate and do their own things.

With many of the issues resolved, Gu Ningyun and Wen Xuan also felt a lot lighter.

Take the reports submitted to them, for instance. While most Abode Masters kept their reports relatively orderly, there were two who wrote whatever popped into their heads. Sometimes, even after finishing, they would think of something else and tack on a few more sentences at the end.

Their main attitude was: I've reported everything I need to report; as for what you want to read, find it yourself.

The entire message would be an absolute mess, and just understanding the cause and effect required a massive amount of mental energy.

The senior sister and senior brother who had handed over the duties had also spoken to the two of them before, telling them to refer to the formatting of the other Abode Masters' reports.

They did refer to them, but...

The senior sister's exact words were, “The reports they submit now are actually considered good. If you flip through the older past records, those were truly too painful to look at.”

The senior brother had said, “They just lack talent in this area. Oh well, the Abode Masters will change in a few years anyway, and you only have to serve as Pavilion Masters for ten years.”

They had given up, but Gu Ningyun and Wen Xuan were stubborn; they insisted on rectifying it.

Following the Governing Peak's requirements for Pavilion Masters, they modified several standardized templates and sent them down, unifying and regulating the format of the reports.

No longer needing to research or refer to other formats, but simply copying the existing templates, the reports from those two Abode Masters finally took on a brand-new look.

With all the Abode Masters transmitting messages according to the unified template, the reports instantly became well-organized and logically clear.

Whether it was other Abode Masters or the Pavilion Masters, opening a message allowed them to see everything at a glance and quickly pinpoint the key information.

When the Abode Masters' expressions of gratitude reached Songyue Pavilion, Gu Ningyun and Wen Xuan looked at each other and smiled.

The idea of recording shortcomings daily and then holding a unified meeting later to rectify them had not been conceived by the two of them. This was a clever trick from Jiang Yao and Si Puyu.

Fighting alone was never the way; gathering collective wisdom was indeed the best policy.

The Head and Deputy Pavilion Masters were required to visit the External Sect once every three months to answer the questions of the abode disciples regarding their cultivation.

Seven days before the Q&A day, Wen Xuan drew lots from among the twenty abodes. She drew a total of nineteen times, each time pulling the name of an abode.

She recorded the names of the abodes in order and, along with the drawing method, wrote them down in a message to be sent to each Abode Master.

From then on, the order in which they visited the abodes for the Q&A days would follow this sequence.

Seven days before each Q&A day began, they would also send out an advance notification and reminder according to this sequence.

This way, the disciples of the other nineteen abodes would know the scheduled time of each Q&A day, making it convenient for them to travel over and participate.

The order obtained through drawing lots was entirely up to fate without any human interference, so the abode disciples naturally had no objections.

For the first Q&A day, the lot drawn was an abode located on a plain.

Excluding the disciples who were away on business, the remaining four thousand-plus disciples, including the Abode Master and the managers, all gathered in the abode's plaza.

She and Wen Xuan were responsible for answering questions, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.

With an amplification array in place, they could answer in their normal voices, and the disciples across the entire plaza could hear them clearly.

The abode disciples had many questions, and the two of them answered them very smoothly.

Thousands of disciples brought thousands of different questions, many of which they had never even thought of before.

These questions also gave them a fresh perspective on cultivation, sparking new thoughts and inspiration.

Both the questioners and the answerers gained something, making it a win-win situation.

However, after the day-long Q&A session ended and they returned to the Songyue Pavilion affairs office, both Gu Ningyun and Wen Xuan slightly frowned.

This was because both of them had noticed a few problems.