Chapter 3: Do your best and leave the rest to fate
If there were not many disciples, but only five elders and myself as the sect leader...
People who come to become my disciples would probably give up after just one look.
Who dares to come to this kind of sect?
There are seven disciples here. Regardless of their talents and strengths, at least there are more disciples than management, and they look "healthier".
Moreover, for those who have not yet entered the mountain gate and have not yet started the path of cultivation, they can at least be considered as "cultivators" who have entered the stage of cultivation and opened up a few mysterious doors.
The vegetables are vegetables, but at least they are not so unbearable for ordinary people.
"Three days later."
Just as the five of them thought, Lin Fan also believed that three days later would be the Lan Yue Sect’s last chance.
Things like opening the gates to the mountain and recruiting disciples happen once a year.
This is the case for all major sects, and the time has long been fixed.
Therefore, every time this time comes, those who are interested in seeking immortality and entering the Taoist world will come to sign up. As for which sect to choose, it is their own business.
Want to change the time? The mountain gate is open every day?
That's fine, but who will come?
Those who want to come will come on that day. If they don’t come, there’s no point in leaving the door open.
Moreover, if he really traveled to a game, or a fantasy world within the game’s universe, then at the latest one year later, there would be a crisis of extermination of his entire family.
If I fail to recruit reliable disciples this time and develop the sect a little bit, this time next year will most likely be the anniversary of my death.
The remaining small probability is that you will be dead before this day next year.
"You have to prepare well."
"And then..."
"Well, it depends on your luck."
"But don't most games have novice gift packs? I'm not asking you to give me an SSR hero, but can you at least give me a guaranteed A-level hero? Otherwise, I really can't survive!"
Lin Fan prayed like this.
But this guy doesn't believe in gods or Buddhas.
Because gods and Buddhas never helped him.
The so-called prayer is nothing more than a desire for some psychological comfort.
"I'm not the type to sit and wait for death. Although the sect rules have been changed, it's not enough. I have to think of other ways!" This guy pondered.
Even if you leave everything to fate, there is still a prerequisite - do your best!
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Think twice.
Lin Fan could only go one step further and get as many people as possible to come and pay their respects to the mountain.
No matter whether the cat is black or white, just get it up the mountain first!
If it’s not suitable, send it back; if it’s suitable, accept it and train it well!
"advertise."
Finally, Lin Fan decided to advertise.
Of course, there are no products like the Internet and television in this era, but it is not completely without solutions.
At least you can put up a banner?!
If you don’t have money to buy a banner, you can probably carve something on a stone, right?
After all, several elders are in the Cave Heaven Realm, so this can be done.
But they have to go down the mountain and do the work.
Afterwards, he found the five elders and told them all his thoughts.
The five people looked at each other after hearing this. Finally, the Great Elder said, "Master, we are not going to refute or refuse to carry out your order. However, we have something to tell you."
"Great Elder, please speak."
"To be honest, our sect is short of resources."
He smiled bitterly, "The main reason is that we don't have much industry. There is only this mountain left in the sect's territory. Many years ago, this mountain was just one of the mountains of our Lanyue Sect's outer sect. There was nothing good there."
"With the current consumption being met, training ten new disciples is already the limit."
"so···"
"I see."
Lin Fan remained calm: "I've roughly guessed it."
How many resources can a declining sect like this have?
I have been mentally prepared.
"But rest assured, elders. I am only trying to get more people to come and pay respect to the mountain. With a larger base, the chances of finding a genius will naturally be higher."
"Besides, have the elders forgotten the new rules I set?"
The Great Elder heaved a sigh of relief: "It's good that the Sect Master knows, then we will go down the mountain."
Before leaving, he handed Lin Fan a jade token: "If there is an emergency, the Sect Master can destroy the jade token. We will sense it and rush back immediately."
"Okay, thank you for your hard work."
Lin Fan took it, smiled and nodded.
Soon, the five elders turned into streams of light and disappeared, each in a different location.
In the southwest region, there are more than tens of millions of sacred mountains!
Most of them are relatively scattered.
Where the Lanyue Sect is located, there are more than a hundred thousand sacred mountains gathered together. Originally, the Lanyue Sect occupied ten thousand sacred mountains and was the most powerful sect here for a time, making it a well-deserved local tyrant.
But times have changed...
Today, there are more than ten thousand sects, large and small, gathered here.
A small one, like the Lanyue Sect, has only an ordinary hill.
There are also many large sects that occupy thousands of sacred mountains.
There is also a super sect that occupies more than 20,000 sacred mountains - the Haoyue Sect.
Speaking of which, the Haoyue Sect was originally the rival of the Lanyue Sect. It was suppressed by the Lanyue Sect for many years. Until the Lanyue Sect gradually declined and was in a period of transition, the Haoyue Sect began to suddenly exert its strength!
During these years, they occupied most of the territory of Lanyue Sect, and the rest was divided up by other sects...
By now, the Haoyue Sect is more than twice as powerful as the Lanyue Sect at its peak.
Standing on the top of the mountain, feeling the cold wind, Lin Fan felt particularly sad.
"Bright moon, embrace the moon."
"Both of us have the word 'moon' in our names. Theirs is a bright moon in the sky, but we want to embrace the moon in our arms. No wonder we are sworn enemies..."
"But now, I guess people won't even look at us, right?"
"But there is also a possibility that the reason why Lanyue Sect has been getting worse and worse over the years is related to Haoyue Sect."
"Perhaps, their ruler is a pervert who does not seek instant destruction, but instead watches others suffer and go through despair?"
It's not impossible, but it's still too far-fetched to think about it now.
What Lin Fan has to do is to let the elders advertise on the roads leading to the various sects.
You can hang a banner, write on the ground, carve on a stone, or on a tree trunk.
In short, just grab as many people as possible.
And in view of the current pitiful situation of Lanyue Sect, Lin Fan did not dare to be too presumptuous, so the advertising slogan was still quite restrained.
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Peach Blossom Valley, one of the only ways to Peach Blossom Sect.
From the northwest, mortals and people with low cultivation who want to pay homage to the mountain will pass by this place.
At this moment, many people are on their way.
But halfway through the journey, they suddenly stopped.
"What is this?"
“So many words!”
"Is it a technique? A secret technique!? Hisss!!!"
"Pfft, you don't even know how to read, and you want to join the Xuanmen sect and become a cultivator? What a joke!"
"So what if I don't know you? Where there's a will, there's a way!"
"Hey, stop arguing. Can someone tell me what this says?"
Everyone was arguing loudly. After all, they were all "competitors", so their tone was naturally not very friendly.
"It was written by Lan Yue Zong."
"Lanyue Sect? What kind of sect is this? I've never heard of it."
“They wrote...”
"What is it?" The illiterate people around pricked up their ears.
“Is it true?!” the man muttered, causing the illiterate people around him to become furious and almost explode.
(End of this chapter)