The years when I explored the fairyland.

Chapter 140 137: Grand Ceremony, Division of Labor (Please give me a vote!)

What if Chu Zhou were to comment on this disciple-recruiting ceremony?

He could only say: one word, chaos.

Two words: too messy.

Five words, so fucking confusing!
First of all, as the abbot of the temple, he seriously underestimated the influence of Xuanzhen Temple and the shock that a warrior like him, who was not even a congenital but could kill congenitals like butchering dogs, would bring to outsiders.

Then, there is a full month of fermentation time.

As a result, more and more people came, not to mention those in Baisha County. Almost everyone who had a family of appropriate age came to try it.

Further away, in Tianquan County, all the powerful families and forces participated to varying degrees.

Even outside of Tianquan County, all the counties within Chishui Prefecture received the news and sent a lot of people.

No one knows how much water is mixed in this.

Secondly, Xuanzhen Temple's preparations were seriously inadequate. Almost none of the aspects, including manpower, supplies, buildings, food, screening, etc., were complete.

In fact, the screening mode prepared by Xuanzhen Temple actually has no mode at all!
According to Chu Zhou's "letting the water go" plan, that is, to touch the bones, check the physique, and do some simple thinking and logic questions, it would be best if the person can read and write.

It’s almost passed!
You want to ask about the standards, what standards?
In fact, there is no standard?

As a result, this lack of standards leads to greater confusion.

The quota was 300 people, but more than 3,000 teenagers of appropriate age poured in, not to mention the others who kept coming in to try their luck or take a chance.

It’s not over yet!

According to the division of Wenxiang Temple, Xuanzhen Temple is now also a martial arts sect that governs two counties. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a "local snake" in the local area.

Then, it would be okay for the surrounding martial arts sects to come visit us, right?

It’s okay for friendly forces to send people to congratulate us, right?

These people come and bring visiting cards, so we have to entertain them.

If we don't entertain well and others complain about it, it will damage the image of Xuanzhen Temple.

Seeing that the situation was getting out of control, Chu Zhou directly asked the county lord Ji Mingqian for help. In addition, people from the county lieutenant Wang's family, the county magistrate Zhao's family, and the chief clerk Gu's family were all pulled in to intervene at the same time.

Of course, even if they join, command and dispatch will still be a big problem.

Fan Zhong is loyal enough, but he has never experienced such a big scene before, so naturally he has no experience to speak of!
Fortunately, at this time, Hao Songqing, the chief steward of Wenxiang Temple, came to visit.

Chu Zhou agreed without hesitation to his proposals on cooperation on the flesh and blood of spirit beasts, production of the 'Calming and Soul-Calming Incense', and a 40:60 profit split between the two parties.

The only request was that Hao Songqing help with the arrangements. Chu Zhou was impressed by his ability in internal affairs.

Hao Songqing did not refuse, but he did not do it himself. Instead, he followed Fan Zhong and let Fan Zhong make arrangements while he checked for any deficiencies and filled in the gaps.

Fan Zhong was familiar with the people and things here, and he had rich experience. With the two combined, he managed to maintain the ceremony that was about to collapse.

The result was that Wei Jinkuiding had stopped at the mountain gate and was only responsible for the diversion work.

Those who want to become disciples please register on the left and follow the procedure; those who want to visit please go to the right and follow the mountain path into Xuanzhen Temple.

As for Xu Cheng, he was specifically responsible for food. He set up dozens of large pots and dealt with all kinds of food, vegetables, cooks, and three meals a day.

Yi Huai was in charge of the backyard, arranging accommodation for the people, distributing toiletries, and solving all the messy issues facing a group of teenagers.

As for Fan Tiehu, he is taciturn, has strong deterrent power, and is responsible for the screening of outer disciples.

It is worth mentioning that because there are too many people, the plan previously decided can only be regarded as a primary election.

In other words, as long as they are similar, they can all stay and be given food, drink and accommodation.

But this is not the final result!

Once the ceremony is over, Xuanzhen Temple will conduct corresponding training and instruction, but this training will adopt an elimination system.

The assessment is tentatively scheduled to be held at the end of each month. Only those who can stay by this time next year will be considered as official outer disciples of Xuanzhen Temple.

This plan was naturally what Chu Zhou thought of. It was to stretch out the things that needed to be solved in a short period of time to a year to deal with, which could also greatly alleviate the current pressure on Xuanzhen Temple.

With this policy, it is estimated that in the next year, these young people will not dare to relax for even a moment, and will be in a desperate situation.

Then there is Wei Fangjie, who is the most active and clever of the four. His main job is to welcome guests. He travels on the mountain roads every day, or arranges for people to stay in Baisha City.

As for Chu Zhou, he never left the reception room, receiving wave after wave of guests.

Listen to their self-introductions, chat with them, and then praise each other for business, and from time to time you have to deal with some of their almost unreasonable requests.

For example, sharing some viper blood and flesh.

In fact, Chu Zhou really didn’t remember many names. The only thing he remembered was his stomach filled with tea and his face that was frozen with a smile.

The original plan was that the disciple-taking ceremony would be completed in three days, but in reality, it only got on track after three days, and it was not until the eighth day that it was truly completed.

Those who should be sent away were sent away, and those who should stay stayed. When counted carefully, the number of disciples recruited by Xuanzhen Temple was as high as 2,600.

If only 300 are left in the end, then nearly 80 to 90 percent will have to be eliminated, which is definitely selecting the best of the best.

……

Xuanzhen concept,
In the reception room.

A group of people all slumped in their chairs. Chu Zhou, Xu Cheng, Yi Huai, Fan Tiehu and Wei Fangjie had completely let themselves go and no longer cared about their image.

Fan Zhong and Wei Jinkui, on the other hand, looked exhausted but still remained seated.

It’s just because there is an outsider here, Hao Songqing, the chief steward of Wenxiang Temple.

This guy seemed quite relaxed, as if such tedious matters had little impact on him.

"It's finally over. How could you be so tired?"

This is a complaint from Yi Huai, expressing the thoughts of everyone.

Xu Cheng continued, "The problem is that this is only the first time. In the future, if you come again..."

Yi Huai was shocked: "Will you come again in the future?" Wei Fangjie said: "As the sect grows, we will always need to recruit disciples. In the future, won't we have to come once a year?"

Fan Tiehu looked at Chu Zhou and asked, "Big Brother, do you really have to come here every year?"

Chu Zhou paused for a moment and said, "Let's talk about the future later!"

Hao Songqing smiled and said in a gentle voice: "Xuanzhen Temple has no experience in hosting such a large-scale celebration, and has not estimated the scale well.

After this experience, I won’t be so flustered next time I hold it.

Of course, the prerequisite is that the master still insists on this way of accepting disciples?"

There was a hint of tentativeness in his words. It was true that Chu Zhou's method of recruiting disciples was incompatible with this world.

In fact, according to Chu Zhou's understanding, the method of selecting disciples used by martial arts sects in this world is a combination of the recommendation system and the assessment system.

Starting from a martial arts school, they would send their most outstanding disciples to the upper sect, who would then assess them. Once they passed the assessment, they would stay in the upper sect for further study.

In this way, it will not be as busy as Xuanzhen Temple, and the loyalty of the disciples will be guaranteed as much as possible.

Of course, there are also some guys with good qualifications who are accepted as disciples by wandering masters and brought into the sect.

But these are a very small number of lucky people, not the mainstream.

However, Chu Zhou actually still likes the current method, not because it is so good, but because it gives everyone equal opportunities.

No matter if he is a rich young master, a martial arts student, or a farmer's son,
Now that we are all at the same starting line, how far you can go depends on your own efforts.

This may not change the world, but he feels that this fairness is very important.

However, facing the implication in Hao Songqing's words, he repeated what he had just said: "Let's talk about the future later!"

Chu Zhou tilted his head slightly and looked at Hao Songqing, saying, "This time, I really thank Steward Hao for his help, otherwise, my Xuanzhen Temple would have made a fool of itself."

"Nothing, it's what I should do!"

Hao Songqing said this, and then said: "But now that things here are over, I should go back."

Chu Zhou sat up straight after hearing this, and his expression became more serious. He said, "It is indeed my fault that I delayed Butler Hao's schedule this time. I'm sorry!
I have asked people to prepare ten jars of viper's blood, weighing about a hundred kilograms in total, and more than a hundred kilograms of snake meat. I'll trouble you to take them back.

As for the distribution method, I will do as you said. I will be the Lord of Six around me, but I only want the 'Soul-Calming Incense', okay!"

"Of course it's okay!"

In that case, I'll take my leave now.

"I'll give it to you."

Chu Zhou stood up, and the others naturally moved as well. They sent Hao Songqing to the entrance of the hall before they stopped!

I have to say that although he is just a housekeeper, he has been truly respected by Xuanzhen Temple during this period and his abilities are indeed extraordinary.

When everyone returned to Xuanzhen Temple again, Chu Zhou sat at the head of the table. He asked everyone else to sit down as well, including Fan Zhong, and asked Tiehu to push him onto a chair.

After a pause, Chu Zhou spoke again: "Okay, now that everyone is here, I will assign the follow-up tasks."

In one word, everyone became excited.

"Uncle Wei?"

"I'm here."

"You are an old hand in the world, and you are familiar with it. From now on, you will be responsible for all the trivial matters of my Xuanzhen Temple. If you are unsure about anything, come to me."

"it is good!"

"Uncle Fan?"

"Master, what do you want?"

“You still have to help manage the food, drink, defecation and various internal affairs of thousands of people. You can hire a few more people and a few more managers to help you share the burden.

Don’t be afraid of spending money or crowds. You have to believe that my Xuanzhen Temple will only continue to grow.”

"Yes, Master!"

"Xu Cheng?"

"Big Brother, what do you want?"

"Two things. First, I need to learn medicine and alchemy from Taoist Master Qingjing. Second, I need to start planning my own medicinal field at Xuanzhen Temple.

This is what you must do in addition to cultivation in the future. Is it possible to do it?"

Xu Cheng said solemnly: "I'll try my best!"

"Yi Huai, Tie Hu, Fang Jie, the three of you come with me and set up the training framework for these disciples first, so that they can get into the right state."

"Yes!!!"

After looking around again, Chu Zhou said, "Of course, the sect's affairs must be dealt with, and personal cultivation cannot be left behind.

When the situation stabilizes a little, I will teach you the true secrets of Xuanzhen Temple?"

"The real secret?"

This statement naturally caused a commotion, but Yi Huai was bolder and asked directly: "Big Brother, what exactly is the real secret you are talking about?

It was always so mysterious before, can you tell us what we are supposed to learn?"

In fact, more than one person has asked this question before, and Wei Jinkui sometimes couldn't help himself.

But at that time, Chu Zhou just dismissed them with a few words.

Until this time, Chu Zhou faced everyone's questions directly and said: "The true inheritance of Xuanzhen Temple is of course cultivating immortals!!!"

　I wrote and revised today, and it took me too long!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)