Chapter 369 Let's be our own patriarchs

"Brother Tongzi, go through the risks and benefits of this plan again."

【receive! 】

[Driving simulation in progress...]

[Risk Assessment: In the early stages of establishing a sect, it is highly susceptible to being coveted by surrounding forces, with a 78% probability of being seen as easy prey. The risk of identity exposure is 31%. The probability of encountering attacks from high-level cultivators is 19%.]

[Benefit Assessment: Upon successful completion of the plan, we will have the autonomy to explore and research freely, with information acquisition efficiency increasing by 400%.]

[Can establish long-term bases, actively recruit local cultivators, gain in-depth understanding of social structures, with a success rate of 92%.]

Zhou Jue looked at the data listed by the system in his mind.

The risk is very high.

But the returns are even greater.

She opened her eyes and picked up the internal communicator on the table.

"Receive Commander Qi, Staff Officer Chen, and Chief Zhang."

"I have an emergency to report."

Fifteen minutes later, in the conference room of the post-apocalyptic base, several people sat down.

"Xiao Jue, what happened?" Chief Zhang asked first.

"The original plan has changed."

Zhou Jue cut straight to the point, projecting a sand table of the Cangyun Realm onto the center of the conference table.

The location of the Qingfeng Sect was marked with a red dot.

"At the current pace, if we set off ahead of schedule, we will need to wait five months before entering the Azure Maple Sect."

"But this five-month gap is our biggest weakness."

Zhou Jue drew a line on the sand table with his finger.

"One hundred and one people, wandering in a strange world as independent cultivators for five months, is too big a target and there are too many variables."

"Any mistake in any part of the process could result in the loss of one of our lives."

Commander Qi nodded slightly: "This risk does indeed exist."

Chen Jianguo frowned: "Moreover, parasitizing a mature sect system is the best way for us to quickly obtain information and resources."

"Then why can't we become a mature sect on our own?" Zhou Jue countered.

There was a moment of silence in the conference room.

Chen Jianguo thought he had misheard: "Establish your own sect?"

"Xiao Jue, building a sect is not child's play. We have nothing: spiritual veins, mountain gate formations, cultivation techniques, elixirs, and magical artifacts!"

"Moreover, any new force that suddenly appears in any place will generally be suppressed, because the new force will inevitably divide up the resources of the old force."

"Therefore, once you show up, you are very likely to be targeted."

Faced with the almost unanimous questioning from the three bigwigs, Zhou Jue did not offer any explanation.

She simply reached out and gently touched the area on the sand table that represented the "Ten Thousand Mountains".

"Our foundation is here."

She succinctly recounted the script she had conceived, a story about being chased, falling off a cliff, having a miraculous encounter, and breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage in a mysterious formation.

"As for the spiritual veins and grand formations you are worried about, do you think I, a Nascent Soul cultivator, cannot find a suitable unclaimed spiritual land to establish a sect?"

"I have the cultivation technique."

"In the early stages, we can either refine the pills and magical artifacts ourselves or buy them from the market using spirit stones."

"As for being targeted, as long as our chosen location isn't near the four major sects, but rather in a slightly more remote area, what can the surrounding forces do to us even if they are being watched?"

The conference room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Commander Qi and Chief Zhang exchanged a glance, both seeing the shock in each other's eyes.

Zhou Jue refuted all their objections, point by point, with sound reasoning and evidence.

This plan... it actually sounds feasible.

"Too...too daring..." Chen Jianguo muttered to himself.

He wasn't denying it, but rather marveling at it.

Commander Qi's breathing became somewhat rapid. As a tactical expert, she instantly saw the unparalleled strategic advantage behind this plan.

"If we succeed..."

“We will no longer be apprentices living under someone else’s roof, but teachers who can recruit students on our own.”

"We are no longer passively accepting the rules, but chess players who can make the rules."

"We can openly and legitimately study everything in this world, because that's how we build our own 'sect'!"

"Xiao Jue's choice of location is somewhat like 'surrounding the city from the countryside,' laying a foundation in a small place first."

Chief Zhang remained silent, listening quietly while his fingers tapped unconsciously on the table.

After a long while, he finally raised his head, and a sharp light shone through his cloudy eyes.

If this succeeds, they could even bring their experience in building sects in the cultivation world to Earth.

"I agree." Since it was decided, there was no need to hesitate; he was the first to agree.

Commander Qi suddenly stood up, her voice filled with barely suppressed excitement.

"I will assess the risks, refine the plans, and personally take charge of all logistical support!"

"I agree too!" Chen Jianguo stood up, his face glowing with excitement.

"I'll assemble a top-notch team right away. We need a completely new equipment list! Portable spirit vein detectors, miniature array energy analysis modules, bio-information collectors... Good heavens, there's so much to prepare!"

The plan was thus finalized.

The atmosphere of the entire base changed instantly.

The planned "actor training program" was abruptly halted.

Instead, a brand new training camp called "Rise of the Sect" was launched.

One hundred team members were reassembled.

When they learned that they would no longer be infiltrators, but would instead become founding elders of a brand-new sect, everyone was stunned.

Cheng Gan stood in the queue, looking at Zhou Jue on the stage, his heart pounding.

This is...too exciting!

"From today onwards, your identities remain the same, but your direction has changed."

Zhou Jue's voice echoed across the training ground.

“You are no longer servants, no longer household servants.”

"You are the first batch of disciples of the 'Xuantian Sect', and you are a rising star in the future cultivation world."

"Cheng Gan".

"arrive!"

"You will serve as the senior disciple of the Xuantian Sect and concurrently as the head of the Enforcement Hall."

"Zhao Sizhe".

"arrive!"

"You are the elder of the Transmission Hall, responsible for the cultivation of all disciples' skills."

"..."

Zhou Jue called out their names one by one, giving them new identities and responsibilities.

Each person will play a different role in the new sect based on their own strengths.

Combat personnel are organized into the Enforcement Hall and the War Hall, responsible for the sect's security.

Researchers entered the Transmission Pavilion and the Refining Hall to analyze cultivation methods and tackle technical challenges.

The logistics staff, on the other hand, supported the medicine hall and the general affairs hall.

A small but complete sect framework was erected in just a few minutes.

"Your mission is no longer simply to disguise and infiltrate."

"You must learn management, learn operations, and learn how to develop a poor, makeshift organization into a true sect."

"Now, everyone, in groups of one branch, immediately begin to develop your own development plans."

"I want to see a complete 'Five-Year Development Outline of the Xuantian Sect' within three days."

"yes!"

Meeting adjourned!

One hundred elites looked at each other, their eyes burning with an unprecedented flame.

This is no longer a mission.

This is... a startup.

A grand undertaking to establish a sect in another world.