The race of Ke Ji Mei is Human.
Cultivation: Soul Severing Realm Seventh Layer.
Auspiciousness: Mire's Blessing, Scholarly Household, Graceful Mind.
Attributes:
Root Bone 42, Comprehension 28, Spiritual Sense 13, Charm 39, Ingenuity 41.
Water Spiritual Root 45, Earth Spiritual Root 63.
Although Ke Ji Mei's auspiciousness was blue, she only had three entries. Her attributes were not much different from Zhu Yu Yan, except her Earth Spiritual Root was more prominent, reaching the level of a high-grade spiritual root.
It was a pity that this idiot, with such good spiritual root aptitude, practiced a cultivation technique that absorbed others' essence. It was a complete waste of talent.
However, the [Scholarly Household] in her entries was an attribute suitable for becoming a teacher.
The other three Soul Severing Realm cultivators also had dual-attribute spiritual roots, with at least one reaching the level of a high-grade spiritual root. It seemed that spiritual roots were indeed a condition that limited the upper limit of cultivation in the immortal cultivation world.
This was something to pay attention to later, or to focus on selecting and nurturing.
In the following days, Yang Hong acted as a supervisor. In addition to his daily unchanging task of planting spiritual plants and anointing them on the mountainside, he also set aside some time each day to go down to the foot of the mountain to observe the disciples cultivating and building.
Of course, this was only one aspect. On the other hand, he maintained the attribute inspection of 30 people every day.
He had not forgotten the original purpose of recruiting these disciples.
His primary goal was to research the accurate meaning of attribute entries, and then to select some disciples to experiment with special cultivation techniques.
He discovered that some entries appeared frequently, or were very common, such as "Roar like Thunder."
Through observation and some experiments, he found that people with this entry had louder voices and their cultivation of sonic techniques would be twice as effective with half the effort.
There were also some entries that appeared frequently, such as "Martial God," "Reincarnation of Martial God," and "Unmatched Divine Might." Disciples with these entries cultivated body-refining techniques much faster than ordinary people.
Disciples with entries like "Exceptional Intelligence," "Exceptional Spiritual Sense," or "Reincarnation of a God of Magic" cultivated spells faster and with greater power.
For disciples with entries like "Ingenuity," "Unique Ingenuity," or "Dexterous Hands," they were suitable for practicing various arts.
In fact, the meaning of these attribute entries was straightforward and did not require further interpretation.
Subsequently, Yang Hong focused more on finding disciples with special entries, especially those suitable for cultivating the [Confucian Path].
However, the auspiciousness of this batch of disciples was somewhat poor. Apart from many disciples with the "Scholarly Household" attribute, there were no entries related to calligraphy, poetry, or painting.
Soon, the year was up.
"Greetings, Sect Master~ Greetings, Sect Master~"
It was the same square where the flying boat had landed before, but the small flat area that had been simply created with spells had now become a true plaza.
At this moment, 11,300 disciples knelt in unison, which was quite imposing. The disciples' loud shouts startled all the birds and beasts nearby, and even the nearby palaces trembled with their cries.
"Alright, you may rise.
This year, I am very satisfied with your performance. All of you have successfully cultivated the 'Five Elements Harmonious Circle Art,' including ordinary mortals who had never cultivated before. This is very rare.
For this, I will promote a few people to be the stewards of the handyman disciples and promote a few more to be outer disciples."
As soon as Yang Hong finished speaking, the entire plaza erupted in cheers.
"Outer disciples~ Outer disciple promotions have finally begun?"
"Wuwuwu~ Can I finally cultivate normally?"
"Hahaha~ I must be promoted, I definitely can be promoted~"
"The Sect Master has finally shown mercy."
Listening to the disciples' commotion below, Yang Hong's lips curved slightly.
The [Qingfeng Villa] had a rule: handyman disciples, in addition to the spirit stones obtained from completing tasks, received a monthly "salary" benefit of one low-grade spirit stone.
If anyone dared to hoard spirit stones during this period, their cultivation would be abolished, and they would be expelled from the sect immediately upon discovery.
In the past year, Yang Hong had already abolished the cultivation of six Nascent Soul realm cultivators. These six people ultimately died outside Qingfeng Mountain and were devoured by wandering beasts.
From then on, all cultivators surrendered their spirit stones, elixirs, and even magical artifacts. No one dared to hoard them.
Before the eyes of all the disciples, Yang Hong grabbed out six Nascent Souls with one hand, then crushed them with a rub, and the six Nascent Souls immediately turned to ashes.
At that time, the four Soul Severing Realm disciples trembled underfoot, extremely grateful that they had worried Yang Hong would find an excuse to kill them, and had surrendered all their wealth to Yang Hong after thoroughly studying the sect rules.
Otherwise, they would have been the ones crushed!
Yang Hong's act of killing a chicken to scare the monkeys was too obvious.
With this lesson of life and death, Qingfeng Villa truly achieved perfect obedience.
Looking at the excited disciples, Yang Hong was very satisfied.
Often, the stick is more effective than the carrot in managing a sect. Of course, the rewards still need to be given.
The benefits for outer disciples of Qingfeng Villa were not very good, but not bad either:
100 spirit stones per month, and 40 cultivation pills corresponding to their cultivation level.
Spirit stones were merely a bonus; pills were the real benefit.
For Qi Refining realm cultivators, they were given the most basic "Qi Boosting Pills," worth only a few dozen spirit stones. For Soul Severing Realm cultivators, they were distributed sixth-grade cultivation pills, "Earth Spirit Pills." Forty of them were worth four million spirit stones.
Moreover, and most importantly, cultivators had a cooldown period for taking pills, generally one pill per day. Taking more would lead to the side effects of pill toxins.
40 pills were enough for them to cultivate, and they could also be exchanged for a considerable amount of spirit stones and other resources.
"Here is the list of those promoted to outer disciples, the first batch of 30 people.
As for the stewards of handyman disciples, they will also receive pill subsidies, 4 pills per month. The list is also for 30 people."
As he spoke, Yang Hong released a crystal mirror artifact, which displayed two lists in two columns.
"I was not promoted to an outer disciple, only as a handyman disciple manager."
Upon seeing the list, Zhang Zhengyan's face changed. He felt that he had diligently cultivated and been friendly to his fellow disciples throughout the year. He had even taken the time to build the plaza they were standing on.
He had not expected that such performance would still not be enough for promotion to outer disciple, which made him somewhat unconvinced.
"Huh~ That scoundrel Qiu Kun was actually promoted to outer disciple?
What did that scoundrel do?"
"Hehe~ I didn't do anything. I just diligently completed all of Sect Master's orders."
As Zhang Zhengyan cursed softly, Qiu Kun appeared behind him and replied softly.
"Holy cow~ Are you a ghost? How did you suddenly appear behind me?"
Zhang Zhengyan was startled and jumped a full ten feet into the air from the ground.
"Hehe~ You're just feeling guilty. I've been behind you all along."
"You scoundrel, tell me what tasks you completed."
"It's nothing much. I led a portion of the disciples to build a road a hundred meters wide and ten thousand miles long around Qingfeng Mountain.
The foundation was made of grade three magical artifact level stones condensed by the 'Finger Pointing to Steel' spell, and the road surface was made of grade two soil, absolutely durable.
The roadside is planted with grade one spiritual plants, including flowers, trees, and seasonal spirit fruits, which can ensure that people traveling on the road will not starve to death."
Hearing Qiu Kun's boast, Zhang Zhengyan looked at him like an idiot and finally asked, "Just this? What's the use?"
Qiu Kun just shook his head speechlessly and turned to select the outer disciple quiet rooms directly for the outer disciples.
"Hey~ Qiu Kun, explain clearly~"
"Idiot~ Look for yourself who were promoted to outer disciples and what they did."