In the Xuanling Sect, personal disciples usually don’t handle the sect’s operational affairs.
Their main task is to cultivate, following their respective masters, and focus entirely on enhancing their own strength and realm to become the future pillars of the sect.
As for work experience, they can always catch up later.
After all, these personal disciples are all treasures, and barring any accidents, the worst they can do in the future is secure a high elder position.
Of course, the chief disciple is an exception.
Her task is to not only excel in strength but also to start learning the sect’s operational work from the beginning.
Since personal disciples don’t participate in management, most of these affairs are assigned to the inner disciples.
The number of elders is limited, and they can’t personally handle every matter, so cultivating the work abilities of inner disciples is a crucial part of the sect’s training policy.
Some inner disciples excel in cultivation and ignore external affairs, while others are good at handling various tasks but progress slowly in their realm.
Both types receive attention from the sect.
Fang Ling belongs to the latter category.
Due to her outstanding performance in the preparation work for the “Xuanling Sect Disciple Competition,” she received commendations from the sect’s high-ranking elders, not only gaining rewards in cultivation resources but also attracting more attention.
Currently, another important task has fallen into her hands, which is to tally the support rate within the sect for Tang Xin and Yirou.
“Senior Sister Yirou is in seclusion, and Tang Xin seems to have been hit by something and hasn’t come out,” Fang Ling wiped the cold sweat from her forehead and said, “Luckily, I don’t have to offend these two people…”
If two heavyweight figures were watching, whether this support rate tally could proceed fairly would be questionable…
Leading her self-formed statistics team, the opinion collection adhered to the principle of moving from “minority groups” to “majority groups,” starting with the sect’s high-ranking elders.
“I support Tang Xin,” the Grand Elder Xuanmiao expressed his opinion, “An old chief, no need to say more.
Although she likes to oppress people a bit, her work ability is top-notch.
The sect’s affairs are overwhelming, and having such an excellent member who can do the work of ten people, can we have more of them?”
“Yirou’s ability isn’t bad either; she just needs more time.
No one can perform at their best right from the start, right?”
The Fourth Elder had no doubt in affirming his disciple’s abilities.
“Tang Xin, go kill!
Eliminate all enemies!
Tang Xin is the strongest!”
“Seventh Elder, this is a peaceful competition, not a fight to the death…”
As a result, excluding more than half who abstained and some who couldn’t be found, the core elders of the sect and the high-ranking elders responsible for key affairs showed a fifty-fifty support rate for Tang Xin and Yirou, with Yirou even having a slight advantage.
There’s a saying that the Fourth Elder played a crucial role in this…
Next was the tally for the grassroots elders, who are responsible for all aspects of the Xuanling Sect’s daily operations, from trivial matters like food and supplies to major issues like sect security, participating in almost everything.
“Tang Xin and Yirou both have excellent work abilities,” said a grassroots elder who wished to remain anonymous, “but if you ask me, Tang Xin is still better.”
“Does Senior Sister Tang Xin have any unique qualities in her work?”
Fang Ling recorded the elder’s opinion while asking.
“Not exactly unique, but when she manages the disciples, we have fewer things to handle.”
“Fewer things?”
Fang Ling was a bit puzzled.
“Can you guarantee that what I say will be handled anonymously?”
The grassroots elder asked in return.
“The investigation results are submitted directly to the sect leader, guaranteed anonymity!”
“Alright…
I’m not trying to speak ill of Yirou, but when she’s managing things, she tends to favor the sect disciples a bit too much.”
“For example, we regularly hold Q&A sessions for the inner disciples.
Since the elders are very busy, the time for these sessions is limited.
But whenever Yirou is around, she always extends the session time at the disciples’ request, causing quite a bit of trouble for the subsequent work…
Situations like this happen quite often.”
“On the other hand, if it were Tang Xin, she’d usually say, ‘Ask, ask, all you know is to ask.
Don’t the elders need rest?
Get back to your training!’
It might sound harsh, but it reduces our troubles and expresses what we’re thinking…
Sometimes, I feel like she’s deliberately taking the blame for us.”
After gathering opinions from many grassroots elders, Fang Ling found that their thoughts were surprisingly similar.
Yirou preferred to accommodate the disciples’ requests, while Tang Xin preferred to strictly follow the rules.
Clearly, the latter approach was more popular among the grassroots elders.
In this aspect, Tang Xin was the clear winner.
Since Senior Sister Yi’s strategy was to “lean towards gaining the disciples’ support,” she should have an overwhelming advantage in the final Xuanling Sect disciple support rate statistics, right?
“Senior Sister Yi is indeed good, no doubt about it,” said an anonymous disciple who wished to remain unnamed.
“She’s gentle, kind, never scolds anyone, and never resorts to violence.
If she were just a senior sister, I would definitely pursue her.
But, how should I put it, is someone like her really suitable to be the sect leader?”
“Is there a difference between a sect leader and an ordinary senior sister?”
Fang Ling asked.
“My ability to express myself is limited, but I think a leader has to consider more issues than us ordinary disciples and can’t just think from the disciples’ perspective…”
“Are you talking about vision?”
“You could say that.
A leader’s vision needs to be broader.”
The next disciple expressed it more directly.
“Even though Senior Sister Tang punishes me by making me run around the training ground, calls me useless, and beats me up every now and then, I still think she’s a good leader.”
“Why?”
“Because kindness doesn’t lead troops.
The core of being a leader is ‘management.’
As someone who has participated in major events twice, Senior Sister Tang should understand the principle that ‘dangers lurk everywhere in the cultivation world,’ which is why she’s so determined to train us.”
Some disciples expressed their thoughts in just one sentence.
“I don’t care about all that.
If Senior Sister Tang doesn’t scold me for a day, I feel uncomfortable, like ants are crawling all over me!
Can you imagine Senior Sister Tang, after being removed from her leader position, standing in front of you and not even bothering to scold you?”
“I completely agree,” Fang Ling nodded heavily.
“Every time I see Senior Sister Tang, I have to hear her scold me to feel at ease, and the harsher, the better…”
“Kindred spirits!”
With Fang Ling’s diligent work, the support rate collection was completed.
After compiling and analyzing the data, the report was submitted to the Xuanling Sect leader.
“Regarding this result,” Yu Lingzi asked Fang Ling, “are you surprised?”
“Reporting to the leader, not surprised at all,” she replied.
“Indeed, many disciples don’t like Senior Sister Tang Xin, but liking her and thinking she’s suitable to be the leader are two different things.”
“If everyone’s choices were solely based on personal preference without considering the sect, I think that would be a problem that requires serious attention…”
The Xuanling Sect support rate statistics were released.
Tang Xin won with a significant lead!
