The remaining portion was divided into two plans.
Two-thirds would be distributed according to work, handed down to every disciple, including the Pavilion Masters, Abode Masters, and stewards.
The final third would remain in the storehouse to serve as future reward resources within the pavilion.
After the measures were issued, perfecting and implementing the specifics still took some time.
For instance, drafting the standardized reference regulations for distribution according to work cost the Abode Masters and stewards a great deal of time and energy.
It was not until a month after the measures were issued that all the arrangements were finally in place.
When the handyman disciples received the notification to go to their abode's resource management halls to collect their resources, all twenty abodes under Songyue Pavilion erupted with excitement!
“I heard early on that the Pavilion Masters and Abode Masters were planning something big, but I didn't expect such a massive benefit!”
“I've been a handyman disciple in Xiaoyao for twenty years, and I never expected there would be a day when I could receive a monthly salary!”
“Yeah, other sects have monthly salaries, but only our Xiaoyao doesn't. It's so sad.”
“Then why didn't you go to another sect back then?”
“...I was just playfully complaining, no need to take it so seriously, sister.”
“This isn't a monthly salary. Look at your disciple jade token, there's a notification about it.”
The speaker's voice was filled with excitement. “This is a new measure in our pavilion. It says that the surplus from the spirit herb gardens and other places is being converted into resources and distributed as a reward for our hard work in cultivating them over the years. If there are surpluses in the future, they will also be distributed according to work like this.”
“In other words, the more we produce, the more we get!”
“That's exactly right. Our daily performance will be recorded by the stewards.”
“Before, since growing more didn't do us any good, I didn't put much heart into it. I just did enough to meet the sect's requirements. Now that we get a share of the harvest, I'm definitely going to put in my best effort to cultivate them.”
“Yeah. Come to think of it, places like the spirit herb gardens have arrays set up by the sect for specific purposes, like spirit gathering arrays and environmental simulation arrays. If we make good use of them, this might actually be the easiest place for us to earn resources.”
“Indeed. Although the resources exchanged from the profits don't give us promotion points or sect points, we have many spirit roots and low talent, so we desperately need pills to assist our cultivation. This new measure in the pavilion really solves our urgent need!”
“It's easier, more rewarding, and much safer than taking on missions outside the sect!”
“You know that in our External Sect, only a little under half of the outer pavilions changed their Pavilion Masters, right? I have a fellow townsman in an abode managed by a veteran Pavilion Master. Before this, he told me that since our side undergoes frequent transitions, our pavilion's strength is easily affected. In my opinion, he's just short-sighted.”
“Exactly. Although their side doesn't transition frequently and is more stable, those veteran Pavilion Masters have been in office for so many years that their thinking has long become rigid. It's nothing like our Pavilion Masters here, whose minds are fresh and full of great ideas.”
“Not only that, if you calculate the timing, the outer peaks transition their Pavilion Masters twice over a period of time, and our pavilion was in the first batch to change. What does this show? It shows that our Songyue Pavilion's Pavilion Masters have exceptional talent. They were the very first in their batch to reach Foundation Establishment. As for those in the second batch, their Foundation Establishment time was slightly later.”
“Even if it was slightly later, that's still very impressive.”
“Indeed, but that's not my main point. What I want to say is that because our Pavilion Masters have such great talent, and based on my thirty years of experience in the External Sect, most of the masters they apprenticed under are powerful seniors like inner peak Peak Masters or elders. Our Pavilion Masters received a completely different kind of nurturing since they were young. How can ordinary people compare to their insight and vision? With cultivators like them as our Pavilion Masters, what does the minor impact of a transition even matter? It's not even worth mentioning.”
“That's true. Not to mention this batch, even the Pavilion Masters of the previous few batches secured quite a few benefits for us.”
“Heh, I heard that our Songyue Pavilion has hit the jackpot this time. The two Pavilion Masters assigned to us were the top two in the Inner Disciple Promotion Competition!”
“Really?”
“Absolutely true! A friend of my grandfather's friend's uncle's nephew is an inner disciple, and he was right there watching on-site during the competition!”
“Doesn't that mean our Songyue Pavilion is about to change its destiny! We didn't even make it into the top twenty during the last Outer Pavilion Competition. This time, we're going to take back all the rankings we lost!”
“Shh—keep it down. The benefits brought by the Pavilion Masters' strategy are real. Let's follow the plan first. Go back and reorganize the spirit plant gardens and spirit beast gardens we're responsible for.”
“Got it!”
From then on, the disciples' enthusiasm for completing their basic tasks within the abodes soared. In their spare time from cultivation, they frequently ran to the spirit fields they were responsible for.
Gu Ningyun and Wen Xuan observed for a while and soon discovered another problem.
Due to the disciples' enthusiasm, the yields of the various gardens had indeed increased.
However, this increase was achieved at the cost of the disciples' own time and energy!
Because of their limited talent, the handyman disciples already needed to spend a vast amount of time in meditation.
Their time was so precious; how could it be wasted like this?
After investigating on the ground, Gu Ningyun and Wen Xuan discovered that because this aspect had been neglected in the past, most of the spells the disciples excelled at were more suited for outdoor missions.
Such as attack and defense spells.
On the contrary, they knew very little about auxiliary spells for nurturing spirit plants and spirit beasts.
To address this, the two of them made a trip to Ximu Peak and Baishou Peak. Offering pavilion resources and spirit stones as compensation, they hired two multi-spirit root inner disciples from each peak who excelled in these types of spells.
Because different spirit plants and spirit beasts had different habits, they required different spells.
Furthermore, spells of different attributes required the corresponding spirit roots to absorb that specific spirit energy in order to be cast.
The reason they invited two from each peak was to ensure that the combined spirit roots of these two disciples would cover all five elements: gold, wood, water, fire, and earth.
Additionally, the spells they excelled in would also cover all five elements.
There was no need to consider the three variant spirit roots of wind, thunder, and ice. If a variant spirit root appeared, it could only be a single spirit root, which would never be found in the External Sect.
Accordingly, spirit plants and spirit beasts of these three attributes would only be cultivated in the inner sect.
Once they had hired the disciples and agreed on the time and location, the two of them issued their second measure: grouping by spirit root to learn spells.
All disciples under Songyue Pavilion would be grouped according to the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth spirit roots.
For example, if someone had a three-spirit root, they would have to participate in three groups; if they had a four-spirit root, they would join four groups.
The learning location would be on the outer peak, at the Songyue Pavilion plaza.
The learning sessions were divided into two main categories based on spirit plants and spirit beasts, with each category further split into five sessions based on spirit roots.
The first category would be taught by the inner disciples of Ximu Peak, covering spells related to spirit plant cultivation.
A spell instruction assembly would be held once every five days, teaching only one spirit energy attribute's spells at a time.
Songyue Pavilion would issue notifications in advance, and all disciples with the corresponding spirit root were required to arrive at the Songyue Pavilion plaza on time to learn.
Those who absolutely could not make it could request leave from the stewards, but they would have to find their own way to learn the missed spells, whether by asking the stewards or their peers.
For these disciples who requested leave for valid reasons, Gu Ningyun and Wen Xuan did not mandate that the stewards teach them afterward. Instead, they left it to the absentees to figure it out themselves.
This was mainly to prevent setting a precedent where everyone might request leave and skip the assemblies, thinking they would always have a backup plan.
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