Evil Master and Disciple

Chapter 1325 Re-employing Dugu Changkong

Seeing that Yunyi Shangren had handed over the task of delivering the gift to Huang Ling'er to Dugu Changkong, Fu Jinghong's lips twitched slightly.

Liu Changyuan and Zhou Qinhan also had somewhat strange expressions.

Everyone seemed shocked by the incident.

Master Yunyi's behavior today is very unusual.

Dugu Changkong committed such a grave mistake that, according to the sect rules, he should be executed.

However, Master Yunyi only imprisoned the Yunhai Sect disciples and elders, including Dugu Changkong, who had stolen spiritual energy from the array's core, for a few months, which was almost no punishment for them.

Logically speaking, Dugu Changkong had already lost Yunyi Shangren's trust and the chance to compete for the position of sect leader.

In the following process, Dugu Changkong and the core members of his faction will gradually be marginalized within the Yunhai Sect, and like Master Yulin and Fairy Yumian, they will be relegated to obscurity for life, only able to achieve something in the path of cultivation, with no future prospects within the sect.

However, today in the dining hall, Master Yunyi not only inquired about the Transmission Academy from Dugu Changkong, but also took the initiative to bring up the upcoming assessment of outer disciples.

He also asked Dugu Changkong to visit Huang Ling'er on his behalf.

This is a signal.

An extremely strong signal.

Not only did Master Yunyi have no intention of taking back the power from Dugu Changkong, but he even seemed to trust and value Dugu Changkong more than before.

Master Yunyi was a man skilled in political maneuvering. After speaking with Dugu Changkong, he inquired about the recent affairs of Tianfeng Academy and Lingbao Academy from Fu Jinghong.

They were all trivial matters.

As for the issues involving the Demonic Sect, the Jade Maiden Sect, and the Venerable Master, Venerable Yunyi did not mention a word about them at the dinner table.

Finally, Master Yunyi instructed his disciples that they were, after all, cultivators, and that they must not neglect their cultivation when dealing with these mundane matters.

After dinner, Venerable Yunyi returned to the backyard alone.

When only a few young people remained in the dining hall, the atmosphere was no longer as heavy as before.

However, the clever Zhou Qinhan and Liu Changyuan also got up after their master left, saying that they were full, and quickly left the dining hall.

In the end, only Dugu Changkong and Fu Jinghong remained in the dining hall.

Fu Jinghong still sported his usual nonchalant, unconventional look, with long, side-swept bangs that almost covered half of his face.

He revealed his eye, glanced at Dugu Changkong, and finally his gaze fell on the exquisite little wooden box in front of Dugu Changkong.

He laughed and said, "As expected of the eldest brother, his abilities are truly outstanding. Master not only relies on the eldest brother to handle major affairs within the sect, but even minor matters like visiting juniors are handled by the eldest brother. In our Yunhai Sect, we can do without anyone else, but we cannot do without the eldest brother."

Dugu Changkong held a small wine cup in his hand, looked at Fu Jinghong sitting opposite him, and said, "Second Junior Brother is joking. I am someone who has made mistakes. In the future, I will hardly be able to interfere in the major affairs of the Yunhai Sect. I can only run errands for Master and do some small things within my power."

"Hehe, Senior Brother, why be so modest? The outer disciple assessment will be used to recruit inner disciples, and this time, 3,600 people will be recruited at once. This is a more important event than the inner sect competition, as it is related to the foundation of our Yunhai Sect."

"Sigh, I thought that after what happened last time, Senior Brother would be completely devastated, but I never expected... just a few months... he's back to his peak. All my efforts these past few months haven't amounted to anything compared to what he did with this one thing. No wonder he was so at ease during his confinement; he's already in control."

Fu Jinghong has been causing a lot of trouble at the Transmission Academy lately, all in an effort to seize control of the upcoming outer disciple assessment.

According to past practice, only about a hundred outer disciples would enter the inner sect each year.

This time is different, because the internal strife last time caused considerable losses to the inner disciples.

Therefore, Venerable Yunyi plans to select outstanding disciples from the outer disciples to enter the inner sect on a large scale this year.

This is equivalent to the imperial examination in the mortal world; whoever takes on this task becomes the chief examiner.

All students are the examiner's protégés.

The three thousand outer disciples and six hundred collateral disciples and aristocratic family disciples are all young people in their teens. In a few decades at most, these three thousand young people will grow up, and in a hundred years or so, at least several hundred experts at the elder level of the Divine Silence Realm will be born.

Originally, Dugu Changkong's power within the sect had been more than half destroyed, but this time, it was a complete revival for him.

Because Dugu Changkong made it very clear at the dinner table that he needed to conduct a detailed background check on these outer disciples and aristocratic family disciples, and who could enter the inner sect and who could not was entirely up to him.

Those disciples chosen by him to enter the inner sect will be grateful to him and will naturally become his people.

Even if Fu Jinghong manages to recruit some people through certain means, the number will definitely not be large.

Young people are full of passion and loyalty, and ordinary interests are hard to sway them.

They struggled in the outer sect, dreaming of entering the inner sect. Now that Dugu Changkong has brought them into the inner sect, how could they easily betray their benefactor?

Moreover, this time it's not just about recruiting 3,600 inner disciples; there will also be a large-scale recruitment of outer disciples.

That is, to select teenagers aged eight to twelve from the human world to enter the Cloud Sea Sect.

Which mortal doesn't want to cultivate immortality?

Even noble young masters and ladies in the mortal world yearn to enter a sect to cultivate, and they would rather become an outer disciple of the Yunhai Sect.

Most of these new disciples will definitely become Dugu Changkong's people in the future.

Compared to this matter, the fact that Master Yunyi asked Dugu Changkong to send a gift to Huang Ling'er is simply insignificant.

Dugu Changkong said calmly, "Jinghong, have you ever thought about why Master would rather delay the recruitment of outer disciples and the inner disciples, two matters related to the foundation of the sect, by three months, than entrust them to you?"

Fu Jinghong frowned and said, "I would like to hear the details."

"Jinghong, your talent in cultivation, including your cultivation level, is truly admirable. However, when it comes to strategy, you are still quite lacking."

My master didn't kill me then, but imprisoned me and didn't remove me from my positions. I already guessed my master's intention.

When Master still hadn't entrusted you with the task of recruiting new members for the Transmission Academy, I became even more certain of my guess.

It's not that Master doesn't want to teach you, but that he can't entrust you with this task. The sect is like the imperial court.

Why were left and right prime ministers appointed in the imperial court? It was for balance, to prevent one side from becoming too powerful and threatening His Majesty the Emperor…