By directing the disciples' hatred and fear towards the Immortal Sect in advance, we can avoid questioning Lu Zhouming's own management style and make Xiaoyun Temple more united due to the external pressure from the Immortal Sect.
Although the methods used are indeed somewhat shameful, those in power have always been willing to use any means necessary.
Kindness is predicated on having become the ultimate winner.
Now, ten years have passed, and Xiaoyun Temple remains as stable as Mount Tai, operating behind the scenes and participating in the great struggle among the Tian Shu Immortal Sects.
The new Immortal Sect Grand Awards have begun, and this time Xiaoyun Temple will send people to the awards again. Due to the large number of people, the team will be larger than before, and more talented people will be sent.
In particular, the Xiaoyun Temple had just finished its latest sect competition.
In the competition system established by Xiao Linlin, the Xiaoyun Temple sect competition is divided into three types: semi-annual competition, annual competition, and ten-year competition.
The semi-annual grand competition is an opportunity for outer disciples to be promoted to inner disciples; the annual grand competition is an opportunity to select new stewards or receive divine rewards.
The ten-year grand competition offers extremely generous rewards. The champions of both the literary and martial arts competitions can become the personal disciples of the sect's abbot or choose any master in the sect to become their apprentice, truly entering the core of the sect and obtaining even more precious rare treasures and divine objects.
Due to the long-standing ideology of Xiaoyun Temple, Su Lin's personal aspirations were very strong, and almost everyone wanted to become a disciple personally taught by the abbot.
In particular, with the previous abbot's personal disciple Wang Qingyue already taken away by Tianya Mountain, the abbot is now basically without disciples. Who wouldn't want to become the new personal disciple?
In the recently concluded ten-year competition, although no champion with both literary and martial arts prowess like Wang Qingyue emerged, the two champion disciples in the literary and martial arts competitions were still extremely outstanding, both possessing the potential to become SSS-level followers, and their cultivation aptitude was only slightly inferior to Wang Qingyue's.
Although Su Lin did not recruit them as followers, he kept his promise and took them as his personal disciples.
However, the two new disciples, a boy and a girl, had only been in the sect for a short time when the grand prize arrived! Moreover, they were personally selected by the Immortal Sect to be among the participants in the grand prize!
This was a very sad event, and it deeply saddened the two of his direct disciples.
He hasn't even been carefully taught by Su Lin for a few months, and he's already going to the Grand Prize. I reckon he'll be taken away by some immortal sect.
As the person in charge of dealing with the grand prize, Lu Zhouming immediately approached his two protégés to do ideological work, explaining the seriousness of the situation and using Wang Qingyue as an example to appease them.
"Don't worry, participating in the grand prize may not be a disaster. Ten years ago, the abbot's chief disciple, Wang Qingyue, was selected by Tianya Mountain, and he is now famous."
"It is said that he made great contributions in the struggle against Changshen Palace and has now entered the Nascent Soul Realm, which is higher than the abbot's cultivation."
"He also remembers the old friendship and still acknowledges the abbot as his master. If this operation is carried out, you may be selected by Tianya Mountain and will also receive the care of Wang Qingyue and the young sect leader, which would be an even greater blessing."
Lu Zhouming spoke earnestly, but his two disciples were unmoved. One of them, filled with resentment, shouted angrily, "Tianya Mountain has gone too far! They have taken so many of our disciples, and too many brothers and sisters have already been sacrificed. Now they want to take away our talented disciples and destroy the foundation of our sect!"
Another disciple nodded with deep feeling and made a request to Lu Zhouming: "Elder Lu, why don't you ask the young sect leader if we can remove our names? We really don't want to recognize a thief as our father, we just hope to stay by our master's side."
Judging from their attitudes, it's clear that their ten years of ideological work have paid off, and they genuinely treat Xiaoyun Temple as their own home.
This is not surprising, after all, Xiaoyun Temple is known for its generous treatment of its disciples. It is willing to give ordinary people the opportunity to cultivate, provides its disciples with more resources than other sects, and has a clear path for advancement within the sect, giving people hope.
Not only that, the sect also takes good care of the disciples' private lives and personal matters, providing them with guaranteed Daoist partners, free purchase of blessed lands, and profit sharing from sect shops for senior disciples.
In comparison, they might not have had as many advantages if they went to the Immortal Sect. After all, there are many people and a lot of gossip in the Immortal Sect. They have only been cultivating for a short time and their cultivation level is still low. They would not be able to gain any attention or resources in the Immortal Sect. It would only be worse than their days at Xiaoyun Temple.
Moreover, their families and friends are all at Xiaoyun Temple, and even their parents and elders in the mortal world are supported and protected by Xiaoyun Temple; while he himself is now forced to serve the immortal sect because of the great reward.
Anyone with a conscience would feel extremely guilty towards Xiaoyun Temple and have no words to face the abbot.
"It's tough..."
Upon hearing this, Lu Zhouming's smile faded, and he sighed deeply: "How could the abbot not want to keep you? Disciples are like children; who would be willing to give their sons and daughters to outsiders?"
"The difficulties are... alas, don't blame the abbot, it's not easy for him to be a master either. This world is vast, but no one can defy the decrees of the immortal sect."
Lu Zhouming's eyes held a hint of sadness. He waved his hand, not wanting to delve deeper into the topic.
But both disciples knew, and everyone understood, that with the Immortal Sect looming overhead, even if Xiaoyun Temple had immense power, it couldn't cause any trouble.
This world is just that cruel.
The only sect that treats mortals as human beings is nothing more than a candle flickering in the wind, barely able to stay afloat, and it doesn't know when it will be blown out by a violent storm.
Thinking of this, the two disciples looked at each other, seeing the resentment and sighs in each other's eyes.
After a long silence, they clasped their hands in a fist and bowed to Lu Zhouming: "Elder Lu, rest assured! Even if we join the Immortal Sect, our hearts will remain with Xiaoyun Temple! Although we are not in control of our own lives, our hearts will always be those of the disciples of the temple. We will never betray the sect, never fail the sect's cultivation, and never forget the sect's kindness and teachings!"
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