The master and apprentice had not seen each other for a long time, and they had a long conversation that lasted most of the night.
Meng Zhang was very satisfied with Niu Dawei's performance in all aspects, and Haosheng encouraged him.
In addition, Meng Zhang also made some arrangements before leaving the sect.
Fang Hanyu, who is in retreat in the sect at this time, will come to Jiuqu City after he comes out of seclusion to take over Niu Dawei's position and serve as the elder of Taiyi Sect stationed in Jiuqu League.
Niu Dawei returned to Taiyi Sect, and as the head disciple and acting head, he was responsible for comprehensively presiding over all affairs of the sect.
After Niu Dawei returns to Taiyimen, he still has to complete an important task assigned by Meng Zhang.
In the current world of cultivation, in many sects, high-level monks are reluctant to accept disciples. Only those juniors who are particularly outstanding and outstanding in all aspects will be accepted by them.
The entire sect's method of cultivating disciples is somewhat similar to the university Meng Zhang attended in his previous life. Disciples spontaneously choose the direction of their cultivation, the knowledge they need to learn, and take the initiative to attend the lectures given by their seniors...
As the leader of the sect, I would actually like to see this happen.
In the sect, the master-disciple relationship is a very strong relationship. The master-disciple tradition is passed down from generation to generation, and there are many disciples and disciples, so it is easy for them to form groups and form interest groups and mountains. This is obviously not a good thing for the management of the sect. In some extreme cases, it may even cause the sect to split.
Meng Zhang himself didn't think that much. In the past, he just didn't want to interfere with the high-level monks in the sect in this regard, leaving them to make their own decisions.
The Taiyi Sect lost many disciples in the last battle with the Hai Clan. Over the years, with the increase in new disciples, the quantity has been greatly compensated, but the quality is far from what it used to be.
On the one hand, this lowers the threshold for recruiting disciples, resulting in a decline in the quality of disciples. On the other hand, Meng Zhang felt that the Taiyi Sect’s system of cultivating disciples needed some improvements.
In the past, all new disciples who entered the Taiyi Sect, regardless of their age or previous foundation, were thrown into the school opened by the sect and studied for several years to ten years.
In the school, they will learn basic exercises and the basic knowledge required for various cultivations. Some who are too young or illiterate still need to learn writing.
These disciples are outer disciples in name, but in fact they can only be regarded as apprentices.
By the time they completed their studies in the school and gained preliminary abilities, they had barely entered the realm of cultivation.
At this time, they need to be self-reliant and complete various sect tasks to obtain sect good deeds in exchange for various cultivation resources and techniques.
This set of procedures is followed by most sects in the world of cultivation, including the Taiyi Sect in its heyday and the major Yuan Shen sects in the Jiuqu League. There is not much difference.
The improvement Meng Zhang wants to make is to allow the high-level monks in the sect to invest more time and energy in cultivating younger generations.
According to Meng Zhang's idea, from now on, all monks in the sect who are above the middle stage of Foundation Establishment must accept their disciples as disciples unless there are special circumstances.
Monks in the Foundation Establishment stage can take disciples in the Qi Refining stage as disciples, and monks in the Golden Core stage can take disciples in the Foundation Establishment stage as disciples...
Regardless of whether they are outer disciples or inner disciples, becoming a master does not change their identity and status. But you can get the master's care and more guidance in all aspects.
Of course, these high-level monks accept apprentices, which is not only a mandatory requirement of the sect, but they can also obtain good deeds from the sect. The better the disciples they train, the greater the benefits they can get.
Meng Zhang gave this task to Niu Dawei, which was not only a test for him, but also allowed him to have in-depth contact with all the high-level monks in the sect, especially those Jindan masters, during the process of completing the task.
The mission's departure date was set for ten days, and Meng Zhang still had plenty of time.
During the time he stayed in Jiuqu City, in addition to communicating with Niu Dawei and giving guidance on his cultivation, he also wandered around and learned about Jiuqu City personally.
Before leaving, Meng Zhang visited Jin Li Zhenjun again.
True Lord Jin Li was busy with her affairs and did not chat with Meng Zhang for too long.
However, before leaving, she gave Meng Zhang two pseudo-fourth-level talismans for self-defense.
True Lord Jin Li is not a fourth-level talisman maker, and his talisman-making skills are even mediocre. Even with the cultivation level of the Yuanshen stage, it is impossible to draw a real fourth-level talisman.
She had spent a lot of effort and precious materials to draw several pseudo-fourth-level talismans.
Although the pseudo-fourth-level talisman is of little use in battles at the Yuanshen True Lord level, it can be of great use in the hands of a Golden Core cultivator. Not only can it threaten the Golden Core Stage monks, but it also has the ability to fight back when facing Yuan Shen level enemies.
True Lord Jin Li refined some such talismans, originally to give Jin Qiaoer self-defense.
I just had a few left on hand, and now Meng Zhang was going to travel far, so I gave him two randomly, just in case.
Meng Zhang even has a real fourth-level talisman in his hand, but he has been unable to refine it and use it.
Later, after experiencing a life-and-death duel with Ying Gaofei, a strong man from the True Dragon clan, he wanted to have a stronger trump card in his hand. He did not hesitate to waste blood and essence, damage his cultivation level, and use blood to refine the secret technique, and initially refined the fourth-level talisman. If it is cast reluctantly, it is estimated that most of the power can be exerted.
Now, of course, he happily accepted the pseudo-fourth-level talisman given by True Lord Jin Li, and kept saying thank you.
No matter how much spiritual stones are spent on the artifacts refined by True Lord Yuanshen, they cannot be purchased if there is no way.
True Lord Jin Li was so generous that Meng Zhang felt goodwill.
He saw that Jin Li Zhenjun had delayed his own cultivation because he was obsessed with power. He originally intended to give a few words of warning, but then he thought about it, with his own cultivation and knowledge, what qualifications did he have to remind Zhenjun Jin Li. It would be terrible if it offended True Lord Jin Li instead.
Thinking of this, Meng Zhang swallowed back everything he wanted to say.
When Meng Zhang came out of Zhenjun Jinli's place, Meng Zhang's mood was a little complicated.
In the past few years, because of the last battle with the Hai Clan, the senior officials of Taiyi Sect have criticized Jin Li and felt that Jin Li was not reliable enough.
In fact, Jin Li Zhenjun is not a bad person, he just has a bad temper and is a bit moody and angry. In the world of cultivation where the strong prey on the weak and fight against each other, she can be regarded as a rare real person.
She has protected Taiyi Sect for many years and has done a great job for Taiyi Sect. However, Taiyi Sect cannot always rely on others, let alone tie the fate and future of the sect to her.
In the future, the two sides will definitely have new differences, and maybe they will drift apart.
Not long after Meng Zhang came back from Jin Li Zhenjun, the day came for the mission to set off.
