Recruiting Personnel

Jiang Yun decided to start his lecture at the foot of Spirit Bamboo Mountain a hundred years later. He instructed the Hall Masters under him to spread the news of his upcoming sermon.

Upon hearing the news, the various beings gathered below the mountain began to buzz with excitement and celebration.

Among the beings initially drawn to this area by Spiritual Energy, there were those who had harbored intentions towards the Spirit Bamboo Mountain Dao Field.

In the beginning, some beings came to the outer perimeter of the Dao Field's protective mountain array, seeking an audience with its master. Days turned into months, but there was no response from within the array. Thus, some cunning beings, guessing that the Dao Field's owner might be away, harbored malicious thoughts and began to probe the protective array with small-scale attacks.

At first, Gao Shou and Ling Xi, who were left to guard the array, paid them no mind. Who knew these individuals would escalate their actions, becoming even more brazen and attacking the formation with full force. Although these attacks had no effect whatsoever on the protective array, formed by the superposition of the Twelve Yuan Chen Guardian Array and the Lesser Heavenly Cycle Star Formation, the group's behavior truly disgusted Gao Shou and Ling Xi. Consequently, the two slightly activated the array to retaliate, easily annihilating these unwelcome guests whose cultivation did not exceed that of a Mystic Immortal.

From that point on, others understood the formidable power of the Dao Field, and no one dared to casually provoke trouble.

A hundred years passed in the blink of an eye. During this time, as the news of the lecture spread, swarms of beings began to flock towards Spirit Bamboo Mountain. To maintain order and prevent any disturbances, Yuan Tong and others spontaneously recruited personnel from surrounding tribes to act as law enforcement, managing the crowds of listeners who had gathered outside the Dao Field.

When the hundred-year mark arrived, Jiang Yun transmitted a message to everyone in the Dao Field. Then, accompanied by Huang Bao, he appeared on a cloud platform that had been erected at the foot of Spirit Bamboo Mountain. Huang Bao had by then been accepted as an attendant for the Spirit Bamboo Mountain Dao Field.

Without any superfluous words, he took his seat on the cloud platform and began to expound on the path of cultivation.

The sound of the Dao resonated, like the morning bell and evening drum, striking the hearts of every listening being below.

He meticulously explained everything from absorbing Spiritual Energy into the body to transcending tribulations and becoming an immortal, transforming the Acquired body into an Innate Dao Body.

He divided the realms below the immortal realm into four stages: Foundation Establishment, Nascent Core, Spirit Transformation, and Tribulation Transcendence. After transcending tribulations, one would achieve the status of an Earth Immortal.

He then continued his explanation from the Earth Immortal stage, detailing how to temper the physical body and Nascent Soul using the essence of laws, ultimately achieving the status of an incorruptible Golden Immortal. During this period, he also imparted cultivation methods for minor divine abilities, such as the Spirit Rain Technique. After the lecture concluded, he answered their questions and resolved their doubts.

Three hundred years passed in this manner, and the lecture concluded.

Taking advantage of the opportunity when they had all gathered to listen, Jiang Yun did not immediately depart after the lecture.

He used this chance to give the attending beings a brief introduction to the situation at the Spirit Bamboo Mountain administrative office. He then left a few Hall Masters behind to prepare for recruiting personnel for their respective halls before rising from the cloud platform with Huang Bao and vanishing back into the Dao Field.

For a period thereafter, Jiang Yun dedicated himself to his bamboo dwelling, organizing the various miscellaneous studies mentioned by the Dao Ancestor during his lectures, such as alchemy, artifact refining, formations, and talismans. Once organized, he placed them all into the Scripture Hall. This knowledge served as an excellent supplement for the cultivation and combat techniques of both Innate and Acquired beings, making their methods more systematic and comprehensive!

Meanwhile, his Hall Masters, leveraging the fame gained from this lecture, gradually recruited a considerable number of people. Promising talents were taken under their wing for meticulous cultivation, while ordinary personnel were uniformly arranged for onboarding training. After a period of training, they were quickly assigned to various halls to fill vacant positions.

With sufficient manpower, each Hall Master began to implement their plans step by step according to their prior discussions.

Chi Mei's intelligence network began collecting information within a radius of ten thousand to a million li. The gathered intelligence was then handed over to Yuan Tong's Mission Hall to issue corresponding tasks.

Upon accepting a task, individuals would receive relevant mission details. After completion, they would await confirmation of task completion from Chi Mei's network, and finally, the Mission Hall would issue the corresponding Merit Points.

With the earned Merit Points, individuals could visit Gui Sun's Exchange Hall to redeem Spiritual Treasures, Spiritual Medicines, Spiritual Materials, and other items they required. Of course, they could also exchange such items at the Exchange Hall for Merit Points, though the value of the items would only be seventy percent of the marked price.

Initially, some items in the Exchange Hall were provided by Jiang Yun. Only after they had cultivated a group of individuals skilled in artifact refining, alchemy, and talisman crafting did Jiang Yun finally let go, finding himself considerably more relaxed.

Gao Shou's Enforcement Hall was the busiest. He had to arrange for personnel to patrol various halls and the outer areas of the Dao Field. He also regularly dispatched people to clear out any unruly beings or trespassing ferocious beasts within the territory. Suitable personnel were stationed at important nodes. Seeing that his duties were the most complex, Jiang Yun assigned him several deputy assistants to alleviate some of his workload.

The other two halls, Xue Yu's Transmission Hall and Ling Xi's Scripture Hall, although core institutions, had the simplest tasks and were less complicated to manage.

Another thousand years passed in the blink of an eye. By now, the Spirit Bamboo Mountain administrative office had found its footing, and all its institutions were operating smoothly.

Thanks to the continuous progress in repairing the Earth Veins surrounding the Spirit Bamboo Mountain node, Spirit Bamboo Mountain itself had not risen much higher compared to a few hundred years ago. Since the blockage of Spiritual Energy was cleared, the Spirit Veins had begun to recover their vertical development, and the overall terrain of the mountain had become gentler, less steep than before.

The area now influenced by Spirit Bamboo Mountain had expanded to over 400,000 li, and the initial goal of one million li was no longer distant.

Furthermore, eight outer outposts had been preliminarily established. According to the original plan, as the Spirit Bamboo Mountain node expanded outwards, outposts would be gradually established in the outer regions in stages, expanding from points to areas. The eight outposts in the first phase would be located 600,000 li away from Spirit Bamboo Mountain, allowing them to defend the million-li boundary line in the future while maintaining some buffer zones.

For these eight outposts, Jiang Yun had selected suitable races for each, granting them preferential treatment in terms of cultivation techniques and divine abilities. After making suitable arrangements, he assigned them to these locations.

These eight secondary outposts were situated far from Spirit Bamboo Mountain, beyond the coverage of its Spirit Veins. Therefore, before arranging for these tribes to settle, Jiang Yun had set up simple Lesser Heavenly Cycle Star Formations at each node. He then had his Hall Masters dispatch capable subordinates to establish branch halls in these eight locations.

Only after the Spiritual Energy at each node became abundant did they begin arranging for the migration of those tribes. Speaking of this operation, he had learned it from his ancestors' methods of settling border regions. He never expected that this knowledge would still be so useful in a different world.

During these thousand years, Jiang Yun took the opportunity to return to Pengxuan Grotto-Heaven to check on its development.

His young attendant, Rong Guang, after being refined by the Three Lights Divine Water, possessed rather good potential and was nearing the True Immortal realm!

Seeing that everything in the grotto-heaven was operating smoothly and a large batch of reserve talents had grown significantly, he felt very pleased. He then rewarded each Hall Master and Rong Guang with a drop of Three Lights Divine Water.

He then selected two thousand people from the grotto-heaven, ranging from Earth Immortals to Mystic Immortals, and brought them back to Spirit Bamboo Mountain, assigning them to Yuan Tong and the others. After all, the beings from the grotto-heaven world were more trustworthy!