My construction materials are weird

After the four privately discussed, they moved on to other topics.

Yan Lai: [Sovereign Manager Sun Hui, what exactly happened with the Ghost Ship before?]

After asking, Ming Hui and Yan Lai were also waiting for a reply. Ming Hui was slightly better off, as Sun Hui had roughly told him about it, but he didn't know the detailed situation.

Sun Hui: [Nothing much happened. The Ghost Ship esteemed me for being too steady in my work, so it made its own decisions, bypassing me. Overall, it was a blessing in disguise, at least our teleportation array was repaired.]

Yan Lai: [That's true. What we thought would be a very troublesome matter was resolved by the master in one go. It is said that after the news was sent back to Qingyun Mountain, Junior Brother Yuan Tianchun took it very seriously and personally went to observe the nearby teleportation arrays.]

Jiu Tong: [Then, what about the Ghost Ship master? This time, its great name can be considered to have shaken the cultivation world.]

Sun Hui: [After the master finished these things, it returned on its own. Currently, I have broken free from the master's control. I don't know exactly where it is, but it should have returned to Lord Jin Xing's place, right?]

Sun Hui added: [As for shaking the cultivation world, that's for sure. Let me tell you a piece of gossip that my niece told me: the competition for the treasures of the Xuanshi is also very fierce. The Ghost Ship master's actions were probably aimed at becoming famous throughout the world, to gain more luck and attention.]

Everyone fell silent at this topic, but upon careful thought, it made sense.

Don't think that only you and others are competing; who isn't competing?

In this great era, not competing means falling behind; how can one not compete?

Yan Lai: [Alright, let's not talk about this. What do you think about the spirit beast matter? Sovereign Manager Sun's subtle reminder was heard by everyone; he's dissatisfied with us.]

Sun Hui: [The mistake we made this time was indeed very big. I am also saddened to see those cultivators who died tragically. Since Sovereign Manager Sun said so, we must make some efforts. Of course, we can also pretend we didn't hear it, but!]

He continued: [But, if we ignore the reminder, and another mistake occurs next time, the blame will fall on our heads. I think it's a good thing to take a step back. We must give the spirit beasts a chance to perform. If we don't give them a chance, how can we seize their weaknesses? It's a strategy of retreating to advance.]

Ming Hui: [Amitabha, I agree with Sovereign Manager Sun's opinion. What's wrong with taking a step back? Give them a chance to perform. If we don't give them a chance, firstly, our reputation will be bad, and secondly, they won't make mistakes. Some things, as long as they are done, mistakes will be made; on the contrary, not doing them will not lead to mistakes. Actually, Holy Mother Tushan has misunderstood us. How could we suppress spirit beasts? We are doing it for their own good.]

That's what he said.

Jiu Tong: [Yes, yes, yes, Master is right. How could we suppress them? We are completely doing it for their own good. Look, we often make mistakes and are criticized by the Merit Hall. Alas, our good intentions are not understood.]

Ming Hui's sentence of "for their own good" was considered hitting the mark.

The four unanimously agreed that they were not suppressing, but doing it for their own good.

Yan Lai: [To say that we are suppressing is a misunderstanding. In my opinion, the progress of the divine cultivators is even greater. Have we suppressed the divine cultivators? No, right? So, we don't even suppress the divine cultivators; how could we suppress the spirit beasts?]

Just say that spirit beasts are also people, ah, no, spirit beasts are also members of the Xuanshi sect. Now that the spirit beasts have objections and say we are suppressing them, we have no choice but to give up some places to the spirit beast army. As for the dissatisfaction of the rogue cultivators, we can't do anything about it.]

[Yes, yes, yes!]

[Everyone is indeed a wise person; this method is good.]

[After listening to the words of several fellow Daoists, it's like a thunderbolt from the blue. Everyone is indeed a person of great wisdom.]

[...]

It's hard to imagine that this place is like a mutual praise group. The four great leaders' shamelessness is definitely stronger than their own cultivation.

What "for your own good," what "there is no suppression," what "spirit beasts are also people," what "the rogue cultivators will suffer," etc.

They put on an act of being righteous gentlemen.

But...

The patrol continued, and the four restrained their emotions, each looking like a kind leader, patrolling various places.

Of course, they didn't forget their main task: the aftermath!

They were accompanied by a photography team.

Or rather, it's not called photography, but a recording team. It's cultivators using dream imprints and the cultivators' own network area network.

It's a website specially opened by Dragon Masters for cultivators, accessible only to cultivators.

Recently, the dream imprint video recordings and the network area network have been filled with the four great leaders personally handling the aftermath, compensating and appeasing the previously lost cultivators.

Some of the descendants of the dead cultivators were even selected for preferential treatment, and those with promising talents were directly invited to join the four great sects.

In general, they did a good job of handling the aftermath as instructed by Sun Tong. No one dared to engage in underhanded tactics; they were personally watching over it.

In addition, the cultivators' assumption that the monsters would continue to invade did not occur.

This made them feel very nervous. It was most uncomfortable when things didn't go according to their guesses.

On the contrary, even if an invasion occurred, even if they suffered attacks and losses, they wouldn't be so nervous.

Therefore, recently, in major population gathering cities, the cultivators have been keeping a close watch, fearing that accidents would occur in the areas they were guarding.

An atmosphere of tension spread throughout the cultivation world.

Waiting is a very tormenting thing.

Like the cultivators, others were also waiting and feeling equally tormented.

It was Gou Jianren. He had suddenly lost contact with Qiao Liangyu in the past few days, and he couldn't get in touch no matter what, which made him very tormented.

Not understanding what had happened, and combined with the fact that no fanatic believers had been deployed recently, Gou Jianren thought of a terrifying possibility.

"Could it be that Qiao Liangyu has met with misfortune?"

The leader among Gou Dao people, cautious and careful, he thought of such a terrifying guess.

But he immediately overturned it.

According to what the gods said, the strangeness that Qiao Liangyu was driving was very secretive, even they couldn't predict it.

Such a secretive place, such a hidden method, shouldn't be found by Xuan Huang Daoren.

As long as it couldn't be found, no one could pose a threat to Qiao Liangyu.

There was no way to contact him, so he could only wait in torment, waiting for Qiao Liangyu to re-establish contact with him.

This wait lasted for half a month.

The cultivators were feeling tormented, and so was Gou Jianren. As time went on, his previous guesses became clearer.

And in this half month, the four great leaders completed the previous aftermath work and returned to Qingyun Mountain.

A bloody storm of great cleansing awaited the four great sects.

The four great leaders may have been smiling and gentle for the past half month.

But as more and more information was collected, their hearts became heavier and heavier.

The speed at which people's hearts changed exceeded their expectations.

Who would have thought that in just two or three short years, some places had developed into this, resembling local emperors.

Fortunately, the bottom line didn't involve ordinary people and hadn't touched very deeply. Even if it did, it was very rare.

It seemed that the words of the Xuanshi and the influence of the source played a crucial role.

Those involving ordinary people were often the middle and lower-level cultivators who had no prospects for advancement or were destined not to advance in this life.

After they lost the ability to improve, they still had a long time. They couldn't beat experts and geniuses, so they could only wield their knives at the weak, bullying even weaker ordinary people.

Looking at it, the cultivators at the bottom caused the most harm to ordinary people.

Those with high cultivation or outstanding talent didn't bother to mess with ordinary people. Instead, they kept their distance, not wanting to cause trouble for themselves.

If this pattern of cultivators and ordinary people living together isn't separated, this behavior of the bottom tier wielding knives at the even lower tier will be repeatedly prohibited without success.

This was what the four great sect leaders felt was the most difficult.

Those who were possessed by demons or had ulterior motives were easier to deal with.

Kill those who should be killed, expel those who should be expelled, and recover what should be recovered. It was simple and clear at a glance.

It could also achieve a good deterrent effect.

These bottom-tier cultivators, who didn't have the qualifications to continue advancing, were the most difficult to deal with.

The only way, the only way they could think of, was for the Mystics to come forward and directly cut off these people's qualifications to cultivate.

It was difficult. If you said they couldn't cultivate, they could cultivate.

But if you said they could achieve much, it seemed they couldn't achieve much. You could see the end at a glance.

It was difficult to break through the fourth level of entry, and it was good to break through the middle stage of entry, but the threshold of the later stage would be the end of cultivation.

There were many such people, who had the qualifications to cultivate, but their aptitude was very ordinary.

In the eyes of the four great sects, it was entirely possible to prevent such existences from cultivating, because that was all they were.

It saved them from putting their minds elsewhere after their aptitude was insufficient to improve, such as bullying ordinary people.

No one is wrong, one head, one hair, one inside, one content, all in one look!

However, nothing is absolute. Not all those with ordinary aptitude are like this, but in cases involving the oppression of ordinary people, 90% are done by those with ordinary aptitude.

This is an unsolvable problem.

If a one-size-fits-all approach is directly prohibited, it will indeed save a lot of trouble, but it will also reduce some miracles.

There are indeed such miracles, where those with ordinary aptitude rise against the trend and achieve achievements far higher than geniuses.

Such miracles exist, although they are pitifully few.

If it is proposed to prevent those with ordinary aptitude, who are destined to enter the early and mid-stages of entry in this life, countless such existences will stand up and be dissatisfied with this decision, believing that they are that miracle.

Ninety-nine percent of people think they are not appreciated, but the reality is that they have no talent to be appreciated.

Whoever dares to raise such a topic, even the four great sects will suffer an unbearable impact and will provoke public anger.

Therefore, the four great sects will not say it, but will only think about it in their hearts.

Moreover, although it has been three years, it is still the initial stage, a very short time. It is not after the Xuanhuang Daoist methods have prevailed in the world for endless years.

The initial stage is to accept all comers, first strengthen the situation, regardless of whether the cultivation aptitude is good or bad.

Strengthen first, and the troubles can be solved with a developmental perspective.

"Our problems in this area are the most serious. What solutions do you all have? Let's talk about it!"

Confucian headquarters.

Yan Lai asked a group of senior executives.

They were the most serious in this regard because they had the most people, and the previous officials and others were also included.

On the contrary, the Daoist, Buddhist, and Martial Alliance had fewer, and their screening mechanism had already eliminated such mediocre talents, so there were very few.

Even if there were any, they were previously Taoists and monks, and they were not eliminated after the integration, and could not be eliminated.

However, as time passed and these people grew old and died, they would largely eliminate ordinary disciples, which was a legacy issue.

The Confucian school was different. There were too many officials and troops everywhere.

Some management positions were better done by ordinary people than cultivators, because they had enough time.

Cultivators still had to cultivate, and could not devote all their energy to management.

This was the Confucian school's dilemma. Having a large stall had advantages and disadvantages.

"Master, this is not easy to do. If any news is leaked, the people below will complain that we are killing the donkey after it grinds the mill. The only way is to maintain a state of high pressure, increase patrols, prevent problems before they occur, and in short, monitoring cannot be stopped," Meng Qiao said.

After speaking, everyone nodded in agreement.

This is the only way at present.

Zeng Wu said: "Master, it seems that there are many problems, but from another perspective, it is also a good thing. These dark sides have always existed, but we didn't pay attention to them before. Now that we have discovered them, it is better than existing before without being discovered. As long as we discover them, we can have hope of correction. Master, you don't have to worry so much. Our Confucian school has been developing, and we can solve problems with development."

"..."

Various senior executives expressed their opinions.

The Confucian school is the most 'fiercely' discussed major force.

There is a legacy of literati, even if their superiors are wrong, they will point it out more times than the other three.

Even after openly opposing their superiors, they will be sought after and praised by many people inside, saying that they are not afraid of power and are full of integrity.

The superiors who are criticized must admit their mistakes.

Dare you use your superiors to suppress them?

Wait for a group of literati to resist, which will make you lose your reputation or be spurned.

They have maintained the integrity of the literati very well.

True integrity, not the kind of 'literati integrity' that is ridiculed.

Literati are also extraordinary, and even gods are troubled.

Equal to having the confidence and support, and still supported by their own fists, how can they abandon the good habits of their predecessors.

Yan Lai is rarely sprayed, after all, he is the head teacher, and the people below will also 'tolerate each other for the country'.

But other senior executives are sprayed more, and the communication between senior executives and Yan Lai is not as obvious as the strength of superiors and subordinates in the Martial Alliance, Daoist, and Confucian schools.

Such 'vitality' is the biggest help that has always been the first of the four major powers.

It is almost difficult to make wrong decisions, a true model of collective wisdom.

Of course, there are also bad aspects, such as what I just said, daring to cut off the cultivation of monks with ordinary qualifications will also be sprayed to the point of being unable to take care of themselves.

This is the difference between the four major powers. The four major powers have their own difficulties and limitations, and also have their own advantages and strengths.

If Sun Hui of the Martial Alliance said that he would cut off the cultivation of his disciples with ordinary qualifications, at most some turmoil would occur, but it would definitely be suppressed.

If Yan Lai did this, there might not be any turmoil, but there would be endless troubles in the future.

Countless Confucian monks will shout to clear the emperor's side, and then they will not cause turmoil, but will crash to death in front of the Confucian headquarters, without arguing or making noise, and express their protest with death.

This is not a joke, this is true.

If you ask where the most people who have died in front of the headquarters of the four major powers, the Confucian school is second to none.

There are always some policies and instructions that cause dissatisfaction among the people below, and there are always some unknown Confucian people or officials who travel all the way to the headquarters, without making trouble or arguing, and ask the senior officials of the headquarters to give an explanation.

If you don't give it, I will die here, crashing to death on the pillars of the headquarters gate.

Use my death to express injustice.

Such cases are the most common in the Confucian school, more than the other three combined.

Very magical scene, everyone is even used to it.

Although there are always people watching the excitement and laughing, there are also many people who envy such a scene.

The four major powers have their own styles, and it can only be said that people know whether they are warm or cold when they drink water.

...(End of this chapter)