Chapter 3 The Sacred Sect of the World
There is a saying in Liantiancheng Holy Sect: The Holy Sect is the holy sect of all people in the world.
As the unquestionable leader of the Xiangzhou Immortal Cultivation World, the business philosophy of the Holy Sect is to embrace all rivers and have no distinction between religions. For two thousand years, the Holy Sect has never closed its doors to the world. As long as it can pass a strict and standardized trial procedure, even those who are ordinary and have no background can join the Holy Sect and receive the most advanced guidance on the cultivation of immortals.
There are now 300 immortal cultivators who are officially registered in the Holy Sect, and more than 250 are from families of immortal cultivators outside the Holy Sect. Among them, more than one-fifth of them are casual cultivators who have no background at all.
This ratio can be said to be contrary to common sense. No matter how open and inclusive the ordinary sects take it as a selling point, after a hundred years of inheritance, they will also produce interest groups that will gradually solidify the class and hinder the entry of outsiders. The children of nobles are also nobles, and the children of ordinary people can only be civilians.
The Holy Sect has been passed down for more than two thousand years. It is not prohibited to marry and have children, nor to cultivate successors in the sect. So class solidification should be even more serious.
But to this day, the Holy Sect is still the Holy Sect of the world, not the Holy Sect family.
Except for the inheritance of the sect leader's bloodline and inheritance, the other positions of elders and messengers are open to the world, and those who are capable have lived there. For the past two thousand years, there has been almost no phenomenon of "son inheriting the father's business" in the Holy Sect. The elders and messengers rarely have a relationship of interest. Therefore, the Holy Sect can maintain its neutrality for two thousand years and thus maintain its prestige.
If you think rationally, there are certainly problems.
People are not sages, who can have no selfishness? Who doesn’t want a successor to be in an important position to follow his will? And a cultivator who is capable of passing the trial of the Holy Sect and finally becoming an elder-level immortal, of course, it is easier than others to cultivate an heir who meets the standards of the Holy Sect. In this case, why hasn’t there been any son who inherited his father’s business and interests gathered together for two thousand years?
Of course, this is not because the cultivators of the Holy Sect have high awareness and strong qualities, but because they have intentionally suppressed the grouping and expansion of the internal forces of the Holy Sect through the recruitment procedures since the first generation of the Sect.
Of course, the introductory trial of the Holy Sect is strictly unified, and it is the same procedure for everyone, and the process is transparent and open. It has been jointly supervised by the Third Academy and the Seventh Family since the trial process started two thousand years ago. Some monks who failed the trial but showed outstanding talents can also be favored by famous sects.
Then with the progress of the times, civilization has developed, and recently, a live broadcast business has even appeared. The leading company in Jinyucheng, and the live broadcast network spread all over the world has been quickly launched. Each introductory trial of the Holy Sect can attract hundreds of millions of viewers and bring extremely rich live broadcast income. Even if the trialists are unable to enter the Holy Sect or be regarded by the seventh family of the Three Academy, as long as they show their excellent personal talents, they can still sign a live broadcast contract with the company of Jinyucheng and become
So, how to intentionally screen in such a transparent and open program?
The plan given by the Holy Sect is a simple and crude policy of bonus points, which provides various bonus points for those cultivators with poor innate conditions and relatively harsh growth environment until the internal personnel structure is balanced, and the second generation of immortals has no special advantages.
Of course, this extra points policy will face criticism. Since it is a fair and open trial procedure, internal personnel do not have the risk of leaking questions in advance. Why do you have to give extra points to others? The purpose of the Holy Sect trial is to be able to accurately invest the resources of cultivating immortals to people with better qualifications and broader growth prospects. Then cultivators who have been trained by internal personnel since childhood have obviously a better foundation and are more suitable for the investment in resource of the Holy Sect. For the so-called structural balance, adding extra points to outsiders with inferior qualifications will be what are the benefits of the overall interests of the Holy Sect?
Faced with such criticism, the answer given by the Sect Master of the Holy Sect is very simple: there is no benefit, it is purely to balance the internal personnel structure.
The Holy Sect is the holy sect of the people in the world, not the holy sect of the holy sect. No matter how successful the childhood education of the insiders is, no matter how excellent the heirs cultivated are, they are only the resources of the Holy Sect’s own family. And on the vast land of Xiangzhou, there are still thousands of immortal cultivators who cannot get such childhood education.
Should we abandon them all?
Indeed, with the abundant resources controlled by the Holy Sect, even if the external gate is closed from the very beginning and internal reproduction cycle can ensure that the Holy Sect has supreme dominance in its strength. But in this way, the Holy Sect is no longer the Holy Sect of the world.
A sect that works behind closed doors, is isolated from the outside world but is superior, is destined to reach the opposite of the world in the long historical development.
The first sect leader of the Holy Sect once read a large amount of historical materials left over from the prehistoric times and made his own judgment. No matter how excellent the immortal cultivation sect is, he must not lose his connection with the people of the world. Therefore, he would rather sacrifice the interests of his insiders, slow down the progress of the Holy Sect, and ensure that the Holy Sect can unite everyone around him.
"The above is the historical reason why this gay envoy was able to join the Holy Sect. Thanks to this bonus system, the proportion of cultivators in Liantian City has been rapidly increasing in recent years. Not long ago, Shen Jinghai's glorious record in Shencheng has greatly encouraged the cultivators. In some areas, heterosexuality has become an original sin... How about it, are you feeling desperate about the cultivator world in Xiangzhou?"
Zhao Chenru didn't care at all that Zhang Qing's tiny complexion was almost overflowing from behind the blue mask, and he was unscrupulously teasing the other party's sexual orientation and the Holy Sect's bonus system.
However, after a long silence, Wang Jiu said, "I think this over-corrected Holy Sect is more suitable for humans than the Wanxian Alliance of Jiuzhou."
When talking about the Wanxian Alliance, Zhao Chenlu's smile became calm. After a while, she let out a light sigh and said, "Indeed, compared to **, the Wanxian Alliance was even more disgusting. Fortunately, the most disgusting people were crushed into a foam by your sword in the Daluo Golden Immortals. Otherwise, I really didn't want to rely on the framework of the Wanxian Alliance to be the Nine Immortal Lord."
"So, although there are indeed many suspicious things in this Holy Sect, and it is even difficult to explain its causes with historical laws, its existence is more beneficial than disadvantages to Xiangzhou."
"...Yes, although I hate the old sect leader very much, I must admit that the Holy Sect now, no matter how suspicious it is...it is worth respecting."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard an old laugh not far away.
"Hahaha, it's really not easy to hear Lord Zhao's words. We have known each other for so many years, and you have no more than three positive comments on the Holy Sect."
Zhao Chenlu frowned: "Three sentences? Old man, you are being self-indulgent again."
"Haha, I'm indeed self-indulgent. It's twenty years. This is the only time you use a compliment to describe our Holy Sect. I just couldn't believe my ears, and I thought I was hurt by the demons of the prehistoric spirit."
While speaking, an old man with a tall and energetic figure appeared in front of several people.
It didn't look as old as the sound. Although it was full of silver hair and its two silver eyebrows were hanging down from both sides of its eyes, its skin maintained the delicate and smoothness of the young man, and its eyes were even bright and energetic.
Judging from the understanding of humans by the Sword of Heaven, the old man should be quite old, at least at the age of 100, but he is still at the junction between youth and prime years in his entire life.
This is a cultivator who has a lifespan of over 300 years and has a decades-long rise in his life.
Judging from the human life expectancy law in Xiangzhou, those whose natural life expectancy can exceed 300 years are those who have reached the pinnacle of the true essence realm and are at the top of Xiangzhou.
Since the Tianwai Divine Sword woke up, it has seen many powerful people, including Li Fengyun, Li Tianya from Qingyun City, Shen Ruoshi from Shen City, and Zhao Chenlu from Jinyu City, all of them are top strong people in Xiangzhou.
But compared with the 100-year-old man in front of him, he is a little inferior.
There is no doubt that this old man was the first person in Xiangzhou who had seen by the Divine Sword of Heaven, and the unique true energy fluctuations emitted by the other party made Wang Jiu instantly lock his identity.
Master of the Holy Sect.
However, while locking in this identity, a long sword in the sword world that Wang Jiu often used to search for people and things trembled slightly.
This kind of indefinition is like thunder in the ground to the owner of the sword world.
Wang Jiu responded almost instantly.
The pure white magic sword body drooped slightly.
Otherwise, the sharp edge on the sword body would be irresistibly alarmed to the other party.
Then, Wang Jiu concentrated his attention again and observed the dark fingering sword in the sword world. This time, the black sword did not react any longer.
Illusion? Error? Or is it a fault caused by changes in the laws of heaven and earth in Xiangzhou? Or, what other reasons are there?
For a moment, Wang Jiu remained silent and betted all his mind on the small abnormal movements in the sword world.
Zhao Chenlu noticed Wang Jiu's abnormality and immediately smiled and put out a cover for him.
"Old man, I remember asking no idle people who have affected their appetites at the welcoming banquet. What are you here for?"
The leader of the Holy Sect said: "It's a free meal. The standard of your meal is much higher than that of the old man's working meal. I have to eat two bites during the holidays..."
"Forget it, you can eat freely to affect your appetite."
The sect leader frowned and said, "You are not kind enough. Once you visit, the reception fee will be 200,000 spirit stones, all of which are paid by the Holy Sect. Now, I, the sect leader, can't even afford the meal?"
Zhao Chenlu sneered: "The reception fee for your Holy Sect that time did not recover the cost? Tell me, what are the problems this time, do you need my help?"
Chapter completed!