Chapter 526 - 49: Setting Out

Chapter 526: Chapter 49: Setting Out

「Three days later.」

Wei Yuting, with a satisfied expression, gracefully departed from Dawan Village.

Actually, the reason she had come in person this time, aside from answering the question Shen Changchuan had previously asked via Communication Talisman, was mainly for matters concerning the Sect’s development.

For example, strategies concerning the Sect’s operations and growth, such as trials for new entry-level disciples, and how to maintain the development of various forces within the Sect’s sphere of influence.

Speaking of which,

Wei Yuting really had it tough.

She had followed her master here to establish the Dragon Cloud Sect,

but ever since the Sect was founded, the Immortal Sect had ordered the local Sect Influences to attack the Nanyue Territory, forcing the Dragon Cloud Sect to mobilize almost all of its forces.

Not only was her master away all year round,

but her several powerful senior brothers were also on the front lines in the Nanyue Territory.

As a result, the entire mess of the Sect’s affairs, from top to bottom, had been dumped on her!

Facing all sorts of miscellaneous tasks for the Sect,

sometimes Wei Yuting couldn’t help but feel tempted to just drop everything and run off to the front lines to fight Demonic Cultivators.

It would save her from being bogged down by trivial matters every day, from the headaches of constantly having to think about this and that.

Unfortunately,

because of the near-disaster that occurred the last time she took the Outer Disciples of the Sect to the Nanyue Territory for training,

her master had firmly grounded her at the Dragon Cloud Sect Mountain Gate.

During her last visit,

Wei Yuting had noticed that Shen Changchuan’s Dawan Village was developing extremely quickly.

Since he had come to guard Dawan Village,

in just twenty years,

it had already grown to the massive scale of an Immortal Cultivation City.

Furthermore,

even while Shen Changchuan was away in the Nanyue Territory for many years, Dawan Village continued to develop in an orderly fashion. Not only did no problems arise, but it actually thrived.

This gave Wei Yuting an idea.

To be able to develop and manage a small, remote place like Dawan Village to such an extent,

meant that Shen Changchuan clearly possessed considerable talent in management.

Discussing some of the Dragon Cloud Sect’s development decisions with him might lead to a pleasant surprise.

And so, this led to Wei Yuting’s current visit.

And the result,

was clearly very satisfactory to her.

’My junior brother is a genius, as expected. He truly is accomplished in both civil and martial pursuits!’

Putting aside everything else,

’just based on his ideas for the Sect’s strategic and organizational framework, with his abilities, he would already be qualified to serve as an enlightened prime minister in a country in the Mortal World.’

Recalling the things Shen Changchuan had said,

Wei Yuting, filled with confidence, prepared to return to the Sect and put her new plans into action.

However,

what she didn’t notice was that,

standing behind and watching her leave, Shen Changchuan had a strange expression on his face.

He looked like he wanted to chase after her, but after a moment’s hesitation, he stopped.

"There... probably won’t be any problems, right...?"

Shen Changchuan silently comforted himself in his heart, though he wasn’t entirely sure.

When it came to sect management,

he naturally didn’t know a thing.

But,

as the saying goes, even if you haven’t seen a pig run, you’ve eaten pork.

’In my past life, the companies I worked for, the factories, the schools, even the government and society... isn’t every single one of them a testament to the wisdom of management?’

’If you observe carefully, you can copy enough to get by.’

’That stuff is the distilled essence of modern industrial society’s pursuit of efficiency, refined through countless rounds of elimination and optimization.’

’Just a tiny fragment of it,’

’is probably an esoteric secret in this ancient, feudal society!’

Considering how much Senior Sister Wei had helped him,

and how she was tearing her hair out over the Sect’s miscellaneous affairs,

Shen Changchuan decided to expend a few brain cells.

He took the various structures and frameworks he had seen in his previous life’s environment, modified them a bit, and offered them up as suggestions.

Things like collectivism, collective honor, a "wolf pack" culture, performance reviews, last-place elimination, and so on and so forth...

This kind of stuff,

if he were to implement it himself,

he probably wouldn’t do a very good job.

But when it comes to just talk,

it was just spouting words. It wasn’t like he was the one who had to do it, and besides, these were all time-tested strategies for success and growth.

So he just babbled on and on.

But now,

seeing Senior Sister Wei leave looking so inspired,

Shen Changchuan couldn’t help but worry a little that his words might have some kind of negative impact on her.

"Uh... those are the proven success stories of modern industrial society. There’s no way they’ll cause any problems!"

Shen Changchuan clenched his fists and comforted himself.

He watched Wei Yuting’s figure disappear over the distant horizon,

and only then did he manage to suppress the many thoughts in his mind and turn to leave.

...

「Time flew by.」

In the blink of an eye, another two months had passed.

During these two months, Shen Changchuan had spent almost all of his time on Body Refining Techniques.

However,

he had to admit,

Shen Changchuan didn’t seem to have much talent for Body Refining Techniques.

Or rather,

Body Refining Techniques were a path almost completely separate from Magic.

As a result, the Perfection Trait Experience he had accumulated from over two thousand Perfection Level Magic Skills was of little use.

’No, that’s not right.’

’It’s not completely useless.’

’At the very least,’

’thanks to my familiarity with Magic Cultivation, I already have a deep understanding of how to circulate Magical Power through my meridians.’

’Therefore, I can learn these Body Refining Techniques just by glancing at them and grasping the essence of how they use Magical Power to temper the body.’

However,

the problem was,

Body Refining Techniques acted on the body.

This meant they couldn’t be mastered in a single stroke; they could only be advanced step by step!

"It seems mastering this Wood Undying Scripture in a short amount of time is impossible..."

Inside his secret chamber in Dawan Village, he gazed at his progress panel, where only two Tier One Body Refining Techniques had reached Perfection.

Shen Changchuan couldn’t help but sigh.

Mastering only two techniques in two months...

at this rate, it would take at least ten years to master the hundred or so Body Refining Techniques required to successfully cultivate the Wood Undying Scripture!

He didn’t have that much time to waste on this.

"Still, by cultivating these Body Refining Techniques, my Physique has vaguely improved."

"It’s not a complete waste of time, I guess..."

Shen Changchuan clenched his fist, feeling the powerful strength surging within his body, and thought to himself.

In terms of pure physical strength, his power had increased by a visible amount.

But this wasn’t very important.

After all, in a battle between those in the Soul Emergence Realm, combat was basically a matter of trading blows with Magical Power and Magic.

Flesh Body combat was rarely used.

But aside from his own strength,

Shen Changchuan could also feel that the resilience of his Physique had increased as well.

And this,

had an immediate and tangible effect on his combat power.

Because the increase in his Physique’s resilience meant he could sustain the Golden Wind Jade Dew Gu’s Overclocking State for longer!

Moreover,

this was only from mastering two Tier One Body Refining Techniques.

If he could master the Tier Two techniques, and even the hundred or so he obtained from the Yuqing Immortal Sect, to Perfection,

then he could only imagine how great the boost to his abilities would be!