My clan is super powerful

The Eight-Nine Arcane Arts is indeed a good cultivation path, and it is indeed more powerful than cultivation of immortality or fantasy paths.

However, spring is when all flowers bloom.

After being furious, Zhang Zhi felt nothing at all. He thought to himself, "No wonder this region of the world can't produce geniuses like Fang Long, Fang Qi, and Fang Ke."

The current strength of the human race in the Lingbao Small World does indeed seem to be able to easily crush the people in the Qi Refining Small World.

The Eight-Nine Arcane Arts cultivation method certainly has the right to look down on other cultivation methods besides the Qi Refiner method!

However, although the human race in your Lingbao Small World appears powerful, given the current internal situation of the human race, it won't be long before they are overtaken by the Qi Refining Small World, and may even be left far behind.

Right now, within the Lingbao Small World, at first glance, it is indeed true that many people are practicing all the cultivation methods, and everything seems to be thriving.

However, once your cultivation level is high, you will find that there are obstacles everywhere. For example, if your cultivation level is high enough, you must pass an assessment in order to obtain the legendary realm and higher-level cultivation techniques!

However, all the examiners were cultivators who had mastered the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts.

They even have the audacity to call it a selection process!

In other words, everything in human society is still under the control of cultivators who follow the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts!
During the period immediately following the exchange between the humans of the Lingbao Small World and the humans of the Lianqi Small World, everything was indeed developing in a positive direction.

However, at some point, the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts launched a fierce counterattack.

Judging from the current situation in the human kingdoms, the counterattack by the vested interests within the Lingbao Small World has ultimately succeeded.

After a series of clashes, the traditional forces and the emerging forces ultimately succeeded in suppressing the emerging forces.

Or rather, the majority of the humans within the Lingbao Small World are still conservative.

Therefore, after realizing the true nature of the human kingdoms in the Lingbao Small World, Zhang Zhi paid almost no more attention to the human race here during this period.

In a few years, it will be time for the two small worlds' human races to communicate again. At that time, let's see if the higher-ups of the human race in this world will make a painful decision to change their ways after being stimulated by the human race in the Qi Refining Small World.

If nothing changes, Zhang Zhi is prepared to abandon the human race in the Lingbao Small World.

Although the rise of the human race in the Lingbao Small World back then seemed incredibly heroic and tragic, and the journey was fraught with hardship, now, those cultivators who fought countless battles against other races for the sake of humanity have become stumbling blocks for the human race.

Moreover, such stumbling blocks are everywhere!
Zhang Zhi no longer has much energy to correct the human race in this world, after all, he still has the Qi Refining Small World.

Moreover, the history of the human race in the Lingbao Small World is much longer than that in the Lianqi Small World. The power structure at the higher levels is deeply entrenched, and many of the higher-ups have ingrained conservative ideas.

This is why this 'reform' failed.

Judging from the current situation of the people in the Lingbao Small World, even Yang, the founder and leader of the human race in this world, would probably be powerless to change the current situation of the human race in the Lingbao Small World.

Zhang Zhi even suspected that the reason he entered the Underworld was likely because he had sensed some of the thoughts of the higher-ups in the Lingbao Small World.

He glanced down at the human capital below again, thinking that if the establishment of the demon kingdom could move them again, it meant that these guys were not yet beyond redemption.

But if even the demon race's establishment of a kingdom can't get them moving, then the human race in this world is indeed hopeless, and I don't need to waste any more energy on them.

Thinking of this, Zhang Zhi sighed inwardly, realizing that taking too long to deduce during the initial stage of opening up a small world was not a good thing.

If you start interacting with the intelligent beings within a small world shortly after it's been created, it's easy to guide and develop them into the kind of beings you desire.

However, if this goes on for too long, it could very well end up like the human kingdom in the Lingbao Small World now.

After a long period of development, the entire nation has developed a complete social structure and interest groups. In simple terms, the intelligent beings within this small world have their own ideas.

Moreover, the thoughts, or rather the interests, of intelligent beings may very well differ from those of the world's ruler.

Although they may fear your position as the ruler of the world and outwardly obey you, many things will turn out to be superficial, hypocritical, and perfunctory.

In that case, it would require a great deal of effort and energy to potentially steer the development of intelligent beings within the small world back to the direction you desire.

This is the drawback of the excessively long deduction time in the small world!
Although the intelligent beings in such a small world are quite powerful, they are simply not easy to use.

Moreover, judging from the situation in the Qi Refining Small World, healthy competition is the greatest driving force for social progress!

But now, under his oppressive aura, the various races in the small world live in peace, and they can hardly feel any pressure anymore.

Most races believe that if the sky falls, the Supreme Being will hold it up.

This is why it has taken so long for the first low-level divine power realm being to appear within the Lingbao Small World.

The atmosphere within the Lingbao Small World needs to be properly changed.

With a soft sigh, Zhang Zhi turned his head and glanced in the direction of the demon kingdom—or rather, the kingdom now known as Jin.

He hoped that the establishment of the Jin state would put some pressure on the other races besides the human race.

After shaking his head slightly, he returned to the main world with a thought.

Early the next morning, Zhang Zhi received a communication jade talisman. Looking at the special markings on it, he remembered that the talisman should belong to Director Xia.

Upon examining the jade talisman, they discovered it contained a list.

This list is the second batch of candidates for inspector.

The list contains more than 300 people, while the second batch of inspectors is tentatively set at five.

Each name on the list is clearly recorded with its cultivation level, background, life story, personality, and the comments made by the person who collected the information.

Director Xia sent over the list, his purpose being to have Zhang Zhi select the list of inspectors.

Clearly, Director Xia now understands that the power to appoint inspectors is a hot potato for him, given that countless people are watching his position.

In addition, Director Xia also understood that he could not possibly enjoy all the benefits of the promotion department by himself. His most important task was to keep his position as the director of the promotion department no matter what.

As long as I can stay in the position of head of the promotion department, everything else is negotiable.

Therefore, he felt it was better to go with the flow and directly grant Zhang Zhi the power to appoint the inspector. After all, as the patriarch who pioneered the path of Qi Refining, Zhang Zhi could let whoever he wanted promote his cultivation method do so, and no one could say anything about it.

This will greatly relieve the pressure on him.

Zhang Zhi glanced at the list briefly. The first twenty entries were all from current staff members of the promotion department. In other words, these people were all Director Xia's protégés.

Director Xia put these people first, naturally hoping that Zhang Zhi would give them priority consideration.

After pondering for a while, he carefully reviewed the information of the first twenty people, especially their life stories and the evaluations of them from the surrounding people.

Finally, I picked a few candidates that I thought were good and circled their names.

After circling the four people, he paused for a moment, and then added Li Qianjun's name and biography at the top of the list.

Then, a circle was drawn around Li Qianjun's name.

No one can ever have too much merit.

Moreover, His Majesty Li Qianjun had treated Zhang Zhi very well before, so he naturally wouldn't be stingy with the position of Inspector.

Even if His Majesty Li Qianjun also aspires to achieve sainthood and is included in the list of those to be included, he will provide assistance as much as possible.

After finalizing the list of five inspectors for the second batch, Zhang Zhi sent it directly back to Director Xia.

Watching the message talisman fly away in a streak of white light, he thought to himself that in a few days, after the news spread, more people would be looking for him, and things would become a bit unsettled again.

Moreover, the people who come to see me this time will definitely be much more important than before!
The reason for this is naturally due to the power of the inspector to appoint officials.

Any monk aspiring to achieve sainthood through merit would naturally not overlook the position of Inspector, which can yield a great deal of merit.

Most people were previously unsure of who had the authority to appoint inspectors.

Is it Director Xia? Zhang Zhi? Or Professor Zhuangzi?
Moreover, Director Xia knew that he had been appointed as the Inspector because of his own abilities and the trust of Professor Zhuangzi and Zhang Zhi, so he would never do anything that might be criticized or used against him.

In other words, there's absolutely no way Director Xia will make an exception.

Of course, this is also one of the main reasons why Director Xia has been under tremendous pressure during this period.

Many people want to bring down Director Xia, not necessarily because they want to take his position, because they know that even if the position of Director of the Promotion Department is changed, they will not be able to get that position.

What they were plotting was to obtain positions such as inspector, or other positions within the promotion department that could generate a large amount of merit.

Therefore, if these people knew that Director Xia had transferred the power to appoint inspectors to Zhang Zhi, they would definitely try every means to get in touch with Zhang Zhi.

In fact, many people are willing to pay a certain price to obtain the position of inspector.

This is actually another reason why Director Xia gave Zhang Zhi the power of appointment.

Zhang Zhi, who had only recently become a high-ranking member of the human race, could, if he so desired, use the position of Inspector to exchange for a great deal of benefits and gain the support of a large number of high-ranking human cultivators.

Zhang Zhi hasn't really decided yet whether or not to use the appointment as an inspector to expand his network and gain the support of other high-ranking members of the human race.

After all, this is a critical juncture for internal reforms within the human race.

He also hoped to gain the support of a group of centrists by taking the position of inspector through the Qi Refining path.

However, he knew almost nothing about the situation of the upper echelons of the human race, and had no idea who supported the reform of making knowledge free, who did not support the reform, or who were centrists.

If you're not careful and get led into a trap, then you're in big trouble.

In addition, his current cultivation level is too low. Although he has the title of professor, if he comes into too much contact with those people, the risk to his safety will greatly increase.

After all, he was the pioneer of the Qi Refining path, capable of acquiring massive amounts of merit. In the lists of merit-based sainthood programs compiled by various forces, he had always been number one.

If someone sees me as a competitor and secretly hires a suicide squad, or even uses members of my own clan as suicide squads, I would be unable to defend myself against it.

Therefore, it's best to play it safe.

...

Just as Zhang Zhi had predicted, Director Xia announced the second batch of inspectors shortly after receiving the list.

It was also emphasized that this was a candidate personally selected by Professor Zhang Zhi, and that all future inspector candidates would also be confirmed by Professor Zhang Zhi.

This sensational news quickly spread among everyone who was interested in the promotion department.

So, that afternoon, a being at the half-step God Realm came to visit with a visiting card.

Zhang Zhi was in the library at the time. When he learned that a being at the half-step God Realm was visiting him, he was troubled for a long time, but finally decided to rush back to meet this person.

The main reason was that the person who came to visit was so famous that Zhang Zhi had heard of him before.

This half-step god is a super senior half-step god who attained the half-step god realm during the time when the human race was declining and he fought against alien races.

They made great contributions to the resurgence of humanity back then.

However, he was a cultivator from the main fantasy world, and at that time he spent most of his time on the front lines fighting against alien races.

He did not participate in the process of opening up the path to becoming the Lord of the World, and therefore did not reap the benefits of that opening.

Moreover, this person's path seems to lean towards slaughter. In the process of the human race's resurgence, they have not encountered any particularly powerful enemies. Therefore, this person has been unable to attain the realm of a main god for so many years.

Since such a highly respected half-step God Realm expert had come to visit, Zhang Zhi naturally couldn't refuse him the door.

He now somewhat understood the helplessness that Director Xia had shown him before.

Such a highly respected being, a half-step god, is asking you for a position as an inspector. Would you grant it or not? (End of Chapter)