Materialist cultivation required resources. Occupying one tract of land gave you only that land's output, and that could support only so many Nascent Soul cultivators.
Unless you found disciples with exceptional talent, who could reach the highest cultivation with fewer resources. There was a reason everyone liked talented disciples: they took the least resources, the least time, and the least effort to nurture. The resources needed to train one ordinary cultivator could train two geniuses.
With talented cultivators, one share of resources could produce two Nascent Soul cultivators, maximizing value for money.
Unfortunately, talented disciples could only be encountered by chance, not sought at will. Most of the time, they still had to spend more resources nurturing an untalented disciple. Alas, what a sorry state of affairs.
As Chen Mo listened to Mo Caihuan bring up resources and explain the Covering Moon Sect's problems in terms of resources and cost-effectiveness, she felt helpless. Within the sect, she could fire up her disciples, but that would not work on the shrewd Fellow Daoist Mo before her. She had to analyze the turning point that could let the sect rise again.
They needed either resources or geniuses. Shouting empty slogans when they had neither was useless; Mo Caihuan would not be tempted.
"As for resources, the Heavenly South still has plenty of ruins to explore. As for talent, as long as more people join the Covering Moon Sect, we'll naturally find geniuses. Every era has roughly the same number of geniuses. It's all a matter of sifting gold from the waves-we need to cast a wide net. With the three of you joining us, we could cast that net wide. If you join, you'll be distinguished contributors to the sect."
Mo Caihuan said, "Could you let us discuss this?"
"Of course. I'll