Chapter 1003: Chapter 41: Delivering a Sermon_2 Chapter 1003: Chapter 41: Delivering a Sermon_2 Upon hearing Wang Baâs words, Hu Zaixi couldnât help but show a smile:
âYou, lad, always know how to make people feel comfortable!â
Ling Weizi coughed lightly, his words insincere:
âI havenât really helped you at all.â
Yet his voice unconsciously softened, and the corners of his mouth involuntarily lifted.
Still, he tried to dissuade him:
âWe appreciate your sentiments, but you should go on with your cultivation or your travels.
Donât waste your time here on account of us.â
Qiu Zhongqiu couldnât help but look at Wang Ba with a curious expression.
It seemed he hadnât expected Yao Wudi, who was always undefeated and wildly unbridled, to have such a disciple.
Wang Ba laughed and said:
âMartial Uncle, arenât you underestimating me?
Although I donât have a foolproof method, I have thought of a possibly feasible approach.â
âOh?â
Ling Weizi showed some surprise and promptly said:
âTell us.â
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Hu Zaixi also stared at Wang Ba without blinking an eye.
Qiu Zhongqiu, however, had no such expectations.
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Over the years, he had seen many disciples come to the Sect, all as confident as Wang Ba initially.
In the end, they returned disappointed.
Therefore, he didnât hold out much hope for ideas or methods that hadnât produced real results yet.
âYes.â
Wang Ba didnât pause, and immediately began sharing his thoughts:
âThe two Martial Uncles want to mark every cultivator in Sen State without missing anyone, which is nearly impossibleâŚ
So our goal should be to cover as many cultivators as possible.â
âSince Rogue Cultivators have no fixed abode and are highly mobile, theyâll evenly disperse across regions.
Thus, as long as we monitor places with disappearances, we can quickly pinpoint their locationâŚâ
âYes, thatâs what I was thinking too.â
Ling Weizi nodded.
Wang Ba continued with a smile:
âThen itâs simple.
We just need to divide these Rogue Cultivators into three groups: those who are easy to mark, those who are not, and those who refuse to be marked.â
âThree groups?â
Ling Weizi furrowed his brows slightly, seemingly beginning to grasp what Wang Ba was alluding to.
Wang Ba then asked in return:
âMay I ask Martial Uncle, what is the price of a Marking Talisman?â
âPrice?â
Ling Weizi frowned slightly, calculating in his mind, then shook his head:
âThis thing is just a piece of talisman paper and cinnabar, the cost is at most a few lower-grade Spirit Stones.â
âWhat about adding an alert function that allows us to sense it?â
âAn alert?
For several hundred thousand, each would cost just over half a lower-grade Spirit Stone more, itâs really very simple.â
âThen sell them for twenty taels each.â
Wang Ba said without hesitation.
âAh?â
Hu Zaixi couldnât help but look astonished.
Qiu Zhongqiu also stared at Wang Ba in surprise.
Only Ling Weizi seemed contemplative.
Wang Ba quickly added:
âWe can put them up for sale in the Ghost Market.
As long as they carry a Marking Talisman, they can promptly call us for help to avoid being plundered by Rob Cultivators.â
âRight, remember to let the word out that a number of formidable Rob Cultivators have recently appeared around Sen State.â
Ling Weizi couldnât help but clap his hands in praise:
âI understand now, create a crisis on one hand, offer them the solution on the other, make them come to us for help voluntarily, thereby solving the issue of their trust in us.â
âMartial Uncle indeed has a keen insight, seeing right through my thoughts at a glance,â
Wang Ba expressed his admiration.
Ling Weizi kept shaking his head:
âYou donât need to flatter me.
I had no idea until you laid it outâŚ
But what about those who are reluctant or outright refuse to accept our help?â
âThatâs simple, give them an unavoidable reason to comeâŚ
Martial Uncle, what do you think Rogue Cultivators fear most, and what do they desire the most?â
âWhat they most fear and desire?â
Ling Weizi furrowed his brows in thought.
Hu Zaixi and Qiu Zhongqiu also began to ponder.
Soon enough, Hu Zaixiâs eyes lit up and he said:
âRogue Cultivators are afraid of Sect Disciples!â
âWhat they want most must be Spirit Stones!â
Ling Weizi shook his head in response:
âWhat Rogue Cultivators want most is all the cultivation resources they need.â
Wang Ba remained silent.
At that moment, Qiu Zhongqiu suddenly spoke up:
âWhat Rogue Cultivators fear most is oppression from great powers, what they want most is to become part of a great powerâŚâ
Wang Ba looked at Qiu Zhongqiu with some surprise and then nodded:
âBoth Martial Uncles are correct, and Martial Uncle Qu makes a very valid point.â
âI was once a Rogue Cultivator myself and am quite aware of their situation.
If we boil it down to one thing: itâs the lack of security.â
âThey canât, like Sect Disciples, rely on great powers to protect them from being bullied, exploited, or even robbed by other forces anytime and anywhere, nor do they have a stable channel for resource acquisition like Sect Disciples do.â
ââLiving in constant uncertaintyâ might be an exaggeration, but the crisis of the Kingdom of Immortals sweeping across various countries has intensified the feeling of insecurity among these home and hearth left behind Rogue Cultivators.
To solve this problem, given the current environment, there is only one way, and that isââŹââ
âTo become part of a great power!â
Hearing the last statement.
Ling Weizi was struck with a revelation, his mind suddenly clear, and he asked eagerly:
âYou mean to use the recruitment of disciples as bait to draw all Rogue Cultivators to us?â
Wang Ba nodded: âYes, and also set a threshold.
If you want to become a disciple, you need to pay some lower-grade Spirit Stones as an entry fee and receive a ticket.
To prevent tickets from being stolen by evildoers, these tickets must be bound to their identityâŚâ
âThe ticket is the Marking Talisman!â