Hermit in the Mountains

Li Anlan spoke eloquently, explaining that she had modified the name to better suit the cultivation community, referencing the company's management system.

"In addition to the Pavilion Master, Supreme Elder, and Deputy Pavilion Master, the Longevity Pavilion can also establish the positions of Elder and Steward as core members, and the positions of Disciple and Nominated Disciple as executors."

The moment the six clearly defined ranks of Pavilion Master, Supreme Elder, Deputy Pavilion Master, Elder, Deacon, Disciple, and Registered Disciple were announced, the eyes of the six old men in the room lit up.

These job titles are very much in line with the power structure of the spiritual community.

Zhang Yuanfu nodded slightly and continued, "An Lan, what suggestions do you have regarding the positioning of Wanshou Pavilion?"

His words were a test for Li Anlan. If the other party's answer matched his own thoughts, it wouldn't be impossible to let him join Wanshou Pavilion.

Upon hearing this, everyone turned to look at Li Anlan, curious about what she would say.

Hearing that Zhang Yuanfu was testing his granddaughter, Li Jianguo was overjoyed.

After a moment of brainstorming, Li Anlan organized his thoughts and said, "Grandpa Zhang, the Wanshou Pavilion should be guided by the ideal of pursuing immortality and staying away from worldly troubles."

"The Longevity Pavilion can serve as a trading venue for cultivation resources, remain neutral, serve all factions, and collect transaction fees."

"As long as Wanshou Pavilion controls a vast trading channel, all kinds of cultivation resources will naturally converge on Xiahe Village from all over the world."

When Zhang Yuanfu heard the twelve words "pursue immortality and stay away from worldly troubles," he nodded. These words resonated with him and were in line with the Peak Master's consistent style.

However, upon hearing the last two sentences, his brows furrowed deeply. Li Anlan's ambition in the last two sentences was too great, and the main point was that if there were more people in Xiahe Village, it would inevitably become noisy and affect the peak master's cultivation.

Li Anlan noticed Zhang Yuanfu's change in expression out of the corner of her eye. She immediately recalled what she had just said, and suddenly her heart skipped a beat. She had made a mistake. She thought to herself, "Stubborn fool, think quickly..."

In the blink of an eye, she thought of a remedy and continued, "The Longevity Pavilion is located in Xiahe Village, while the main pavilion only handles strategic planning, resource allocation, and task distribution."

"Set up branch offices in towns or counties to handle specific affairs."

"Or, instead of setting up branch pavilions, Wanshou Pavilion can form a cooperative relationship with others, similar to a franchisee."

"Each franchisee has its own location, which can be set up in a town or county."

"For example, Senior Shen and Senior Shi are skilled in alchemy, providing Wanshou Pavilion with medicinal resources."

"My grandfather and Grandpa Fang could be responsible for both private and official sales agents, and for the resources needed to sell or trade the elixirs."

"Grandpa Yang and the villagers can grow medicinal herbs and go into the mountains to find herbs to sell, which solves the problem of raw materials for alchemy."

"Grandpa Zhang, you can take charge of Wanshou Pavilion and coordinate and integrate resources from all sides."

"In this way, Wanshou Pavilion is just a core transit point, and the work is done by the franchisees. If any franchisee has a problem, they are responsible for it themselves."

"All of you grandfathers and seniors are franchisee managers and members of Wanshouge, so there are no barriers to cooperation among you."

Li Anlan's remedial measures were to encompass the interests of all parties, build a network of shared interests, and place Zhang Yuanfu at the core to balance the interests of all parties.

With powerful backing, Zhang Yuanfu would be respected by all sides as the leader.

The six old men in the room had all lived most of their lives and were all shrewd old foxes. Li Anlan's suggestion was the best solution, allowing them to remain in Zhang Yuanfu's circle while also building their own network of relationships.

As long as they can complete the tasks assigned by Zhang Yuanfu, they will receive the protection of the mountain behind Zhang Yuanfu.

They could cooperate with other forces, but the risks were too high, and they could be swallowed up at any time. However, this wouldn't happen in Zhang Yuanfu's circle, since the peak master wouldn't care about the resources they had, so their safety was guaranteed.

Zhang Yuanfu's tightly furrowed brows relaxed. He glanced at the time on his phone; the meeting had been going on for an hour.

He tapped the table, making a definitive statement, "The Longevity Pavilion is officially established today, and I volunteer to serve as its head. Does anyone have any objections?"

"Pavilion Master... +6" Everyone immediately changed their tune, confirming Zhang Yuanfu's position as Pavilion Master.

Zhang Yuanfu continued to assign positions and tasks to everyone, saying, "I will personally discuss the position of Supreme Elder with Brother Dashan."

"Master Shen and Abbot Shi serve as elders, responsible for alchemy and providing elixir resources."

"Yang Mancang will serve as a steward, responsible for providing herbs..." He paused for a moment, "and at the same time, select five physically strong young men from the village as his disciples, responsible for delivering supplies to the mountains."

Previously, the villagers were responsible for delivering ore to the mountains. This time, it would be good to do Yang Mancang a favor and also prevent the National Spirit Bureau personnel from using this as an excuse to enter the mountains.

During the first two transactions involving ores and heartwood, the National Spirit Bureau kept offering to deliver the supplies to the foot of Changsheng Peak for free, but he refused both times. Who knows if they might have placed surveillance equipment in the mountains?

"Li Jianguo serves as a deacon, responsible for channels for grassroots cultivation resources;"

"Fang Shouchang also serves as a steward, responsible for connecting with official cultivation resource channels."

After arranging the five people, Zhang Yuanfu looked at Li Anlan standing to the side and offered him a place as a nominal disciple. "Li Anlan will be my liaison, responsible for transmitting information within the pavilion."

"Thank you, thank you, Pavilion Master," Li Anlan replied excitedly.

She was only a nominal disciple, but she had taken a step forward, and the next step was to enter the circle. How could she not be excited?

It wouldn't be difficult for Qin Medicine Group to find a cultivation technique and invite practitioners to join the Li family as offerings.

However, entering Zhang Yuanfu's circle is a rare and precious opportunity, after all, Zhang Yuanfu is backed by that mysterious and unpredictable peak master.

No one would doubt that the peak master's cultivation level was low. The National Spirit Bureau's designation of the peak master as the zeroth cultivator in the spiritual energy revival was not arbitrary.

The nominal disciples are similar to the external staff of Wanshou Pavilion, and Zhang Yuanfu has the right to grant them. However, formal disciples are considered to have entered the circle, and he cannot grant them formal spots for the time being.

Shen Qingxu, Shi Yideng, Yang Mancang, Li Jianguo, and Fang Shouchang had all been registered with the Peak Master, and the Peak Master's lack of objection meant he had agreed to their inclusion in his circle.

He also needed to mention the establishment of the Longevity Pavilion to the Peak Master so that the Peak Master would know about this matter.

Zhang Yuanfu's gaze swept over everyone, and he solemnly instructed, "Everyone, remember this: only formal disciples and above can call themselves members of the Longevity Pavilion. Anyone else who dares to use the name of the Longevity Pavilion to swindle and deceive will face consequences you all know."

"Everyone, please remember that Wanshou Pavilion is for internal use only. To the outside world, we should refer to it as Wanshou Trading Company. We should avoid causing unnecessary trouble."

After saying that, he looked at Li Anlan and said, "Anlan, please compile a document and print it out for me, detailing the internal structure of Wanshou Pavilion, the personnel positions, their roles, and its philosophy."

That's all for today, everyone can go home now.

After leaving the Zhang family's courtyard and returning to their own residences, the group began to build their own social circles in their minds.

Their own circle also needs an official name to be responsible for cooperating with Wanshou Pavilion.

Previously, Zhang Yuanfu did not approve of their respective small circles, but today's meeting can be considered as giving them the opportunity to form their own formal teams.

While Zhang Yuanfu and others were having a meeting, high-ranking officials in China were also having a meeting, as were various factions.

They all knew one thing: the resurgence of spiritual energy could no longer be concealed.