Why are the Talismans I Drawn Banned Again?!

Chapter 335: Chapter 254: Jiang Cheng Broadly Accepts Disciples_2
 

But Yun Shu didn’t seem to know how to teach others very well. She had no idea about breaking things down into simple terms, proceeding step by step, or tailoring her teaching to the student’s abilities. She would just say whatever came to mind, which made Jiang Cheng’s learning process quite difficult.

And he was extremely grateful for Yun Shu’s previous grace of not teaching.

Luckily, she hadn’t taught anyone before; otherwise, she would have ruined them from the start.

However, from Yun Shu’s perspective, she didn’t quite understand why Jiang Cheng found learning spells so difficult.

She felt that what she explained was very reasonable, and she completely understood it herself—it wasn’t difficult at all.

Looking at Liu Qing, who was silently pouring water for Jiang Cheng, Yun Shu suddenly had an idea and said, “Liu Qing, do you want to learn as well?”

Although Liu Qing was not her disciple, and she didn’t need to bother teaching Liu Qing spells, she was always generous. It was no trouble to teach Liu Qing while she was at it with Jiang Cheng.

Moreover, Yun Shu wanted to figure out through Liu Qing whether Jiang Cheng was too dull to learn spells, or whether she herself hadn’t taught well.

“Master, Liu Qing isn’t interested in spells, so you needn’t bother teaching her,” Jiang Cheng tried to prevent Yun Shu’s overconfident dangerous act.

But Yun Shu didn’t care at all, “It’s okay, I don’t mind the trouble. Liu Qing, come here, I’ll teach you the ‘Spiritual Vein Sword Rush’. Don’t you want to learn the same spell as Jiang Cheng?”

Jiang Cheng thought to himself, please stop joking, why would a Mahayana cultivator be interested in such a trivial spell?

However, to Jiang Cheng’s surprise, Liu Qing actually seemed quite interested.

Since that was the case, Jiang Cheng didn’t speak up to prevent it and just let Liu Qing have her fun.

Yun Shu, planning to use Liu Qing as a case study, to contrast with Jiang Cheng and prove that it wasn’t her teaching that was the issue but rather Jiang Cheng’s own inability to learn, took extra care in teaching Liu Qing.

She basically explained ‘Spiritual Vein Sword Rush’ in great detail.

“Now, I’ll demonstrate it for you once, and then you try to follow my movements and practice on your own,” Yun Shu said.

Liu Qing listened attentively and nodded in agreement.

Yun Shu then pinched her fingers together, using the index and middle finger to form a blade, and demonstrated ‘Spiritual Vein Sword Rush’ to Liu Qing.

The sword energy flew out a thousand meters and cut a large tree at its waist from a great distance.

“The secret of this move lies in using your own spirit vein to accelerate and compress the spiritual power within your body to achieve an instantaneous attack. The power of this move mostly depends on how much spiritual power you can accelerate and compress. But for starters, we’re not aiming for power, just to release it smoothly,” she explained.

“Okay.”

After a simple acknowledgment, Liu Qing copied Yun Shu’s movements, silently channeled her spiritual power, and then sent out a sword strike!

The sword energy flew out a thousand meters, easily bringing down a swath of large trees.

The power was much stronger than when Yun Shu herself had used it.

Jiang Cheng was not surprised, but Yun Shu was stunned.

“Uh, how did you do that? How could you get it right on your first try? Not only did you get it, but you also exceeded your teacher!”

Yun Shu herself had a very high talent for cultivating immortality, but even she admitted, she couldn’t achieve such a feat of learning in one go, let alone surpass her own master!

That talent was just too outrageous.

Yun Shu tried to teach Liu Qing some other spells, and unsurprisingly, Liu Qing learned them all on the first attempt, exceeding both her expectations and abilities.

“Jiang Cheng, your girlfriend seems to be a genius!”

Jiang Cheng wiped away sweat, “Just a fluke.”

“I have a proposal for you,” she said.

“What’s that?”

“In a while, there’s the Immortal Sect’s grand competition. How about you lend me Liu Qing for the event? We’ll work together and fiercely claim the first-place reward!”

“Forget it, Master, Liu Qing doesn’t like to fight others.”

“And you, Liu Qing? What do you think?”

“I’ll listen to Jiang Cheng.”

“Ah, what a wasted opportunity, such a pity.”

Jiang Cheng consoled, “Master, we’re not after fame or fortune; living a simple life is quite nice.”

Yun Shu thought to herself, if you hadn’t boasted about overthrowing the Demon Sect at the feast yesterday, I might have actually believed your nonsense!

…

When Dayan Sect fortuitously obtained the Demonic Tao territory in the Capital, Jiang Cheng gained control of a power balance mechanism, allowing Dayan Sect disciples to switch to the side with the stronger version and consequently receive some cultivation bonuses.

However, as core disciples like Yue Linger, Shen Menghan, Liang Lu, and Lin Yao made progress in their cultivation, the effect of the power balance mechanism gradually diminished.

In particular, Liang Lu and Lin Yao were quite competitive, successively breaking through to the Nascent Soul Stage, causing Dayan Sect’s territory in the Capital to be in a state of power balance, even without adding “Liu Qing” to their names.

If this was not addressed promptly, the Dayan Sect disciples would not only miss out on version bonuses, but would also be suppressed by the power balance, resulting in difficulties in their cultivation practices.

Therefore, a while ago, Jiang Cheng decided to go out and eliminate demons once again.

With the experience from a previous demon eradication, Jiang Cheng’s second attempt was quite smooth, opening up a new territory for the Dayan Sect.

But problems followed; although the Dayan Sect managed to temporarily clear the new territory of Demonic Tao forces, the insufficient number of disciples meant that the Dayan Sect couldn’t effectively occupy the new territory.

The territory in the Capital was held by the Dayan Sect because of the presence of people like Gao Miao and Li Qingge, who had deep roots there and could thus be considered an “occupation.”

Clearly, there was no similar network of contacts for the new territory.

Therefore, recruitment was necessary.

However, when it came to recruitment, Jiang Cheng always preferred quality over quantity.

He was recently designing a set of effective recruitment standards, ready for trial application.

Shidu City.

Jiang Cheng arrived to meet with Yue Linger.

Before any new recruits were found, it was Yue Linger who had been holding Dayan Sect’s territory in Shidu City. Her tireless efforts in coming to Shidu City made her an essential pillar of the Dayan Sect.

Holding the territory might sound arduous, but it was really just enjoying public-funded food, drink, and entertainment in the city, especially since there was no Demonic Tao presence and things were currently very safe.

“Have you thought of a way to recruit people?” Yue Linger asked.

Jiang Cheng said, “Yes, we’ll start with the old rules, posting recruitment advertisements in the Task Hall of Shidu City.”

Jiang Cheng’s recruitment advertisement was straightforward: Dayan Sect was looking to recruit disciples, with quite attractive benefits. It was best if applicants had work experience from an Immortal Sect and were willing to live and work in Shidu City long-term, with local contacts preferred.

However, to precisely filter the interview candidates, Jiang Cheng added a special requirement to the advertisement.

Applicants for a Dayan Sect interview must first take an intelligence test.

Yue Linger didn’t understand Jiang Cheng’s special rule.

“Jiang Cheng, by requiring people to take an intelligence test, aren’t you intentionally raising the bar for the interview?”

“That’s right, if we want to recruit efficiently, we must raise the bar for interviews.”

“But I feel that taking an intelligence test before going for an interview really seems to insult one’s intelligence. Would any normal person do that?”

“You’re right, normal people indeed wouldn’t go for an intelligence test just for an interview.”

A confused Yue Linger replied, “So are you looking to recruit abnormal people?”

“No, I want to recruit people who truly need a job,” Jiang Cheng explained.

Jiang Cheng’s approach to recruitment was a continuation of his original “Liu Qing Recruitment Method.” He wasn’t looking for the best screw, but for a screw that fit the hole perfectly.

The primary task of Dayan Sect disciples in Shidu City was just to hold the territory.

Beyond that, they had nothing else to do.

Therefore, factors like family background, talent, and abilities were not within Jiang Cheng’s assessment scope. In fact, these sparkling qualities were actually detrimental in Jiang Cheng’s view.

A “genius” would find it hard to stay in one place calmly and steadily.

As expected, very few came to interview for a position as a Dayan Sect disciple under Jiang Cheng’s stringent recruitment conditions, but with some patience, there eventually were some.

Jiang Cheng selected several practical and capable individuals, officially inducting them into Dayan Sect.

However, their current status in the sect was merely that of basic Outer Sect disciples, tasked with occupying territory for the sect. Above the Outer Sect disciples, there were Inner Sect Disciples and True Disciples.

The latter two were the ones who truly shouldered the weight of the sect.

Such emergency recruitment for occupying territory was a temporary measure in the developmental stages of the sect.

Going forward, Dayan Sect still needed to develop its foundations further, ensuring flexible replacement and having a sect office in every city in order to flexibly fill the territories left by the Demonic Tao.