Cultivation: I Have Studied Abroad in the Modern World

Master Pang and Xiao Yuying's expressions were still somewhat incredulous, or rather, they didn't quite understand the meaning of this development plan.

The First 50-Year Plan was originally suggested in outline by Zheng Fa, with Sister Zhang initially refining the details.

This booklet contained Zheng Fa's expectations and Sister Zhang's diligence.

But such a grand plan was already beyond what just the two of them could achieve—in the end, it involved countless details and the effort of every member of the Jiushan Sect's Hundred Immortals Alliance. Without unity, the plan would ultimately amount to mere talk.

Having seen how to realize such a plan, Zheng Fa knew that the most crucial factor for this blueprint to succeed was not himself and Sister Zhang, but every member of the Jiushan Sect.

Otherwise, it would merely be self-deception, akin to daydreaming.

In other words, many aspects of this plan were very complex and time-consuming.

For those present, it was likely to be quite a challenge as well.

Zheng Fa and Sister Zhang must make them willingly, even proactively, undertake these tasks.

To instill such initiative, Zheng Fa believed he must explain clearly, making them understand every component, even every word, of this plan.

In other words, he learned something important in the modern era—it might be effective to push a task through orders, but it's more effective to make the executors understand the meaning of the task themselves.

Only then can the individual's subjective initiative be fully activated.

The purpose of this meeting was to persuade the Jiushan senior members present, and then utilize them to unify the entire Jiushan Sect disciples, and even the thoughts throughout the Jiushan Realm.

Speaking about it, Zheng Fa only gradually realized after becoming Sect Leader—meetings may seem like a formality, but when used correctly, they can indeed solve most problems.

Or to say, while meetings might not solve problems, not having meetings definitely won't solve problems.

"After the alliance meeting, the Xuanwei Realm should experience a period of stability," Zheng Fa explained to the people, "and because we have this nominal advantage, some things can be brought out without fear of taboos."

In the past, many technologies and plans Zheng Fa would at most experiment with within the Jiushan Realm and never implement externally—

At that time, the Jiushan Sect could not withstand the scrutiny of outsiders.

But now it's different—as one of the six factions of the Xuanwei Realm today and the rule setters of the current world, at least in the current territory of the Hundred Immortals Alliance, Zheng Fa and the Alliance could rest easy and freely engage in development!

"This period of stability is our most important, perhaps our final, time for development."

Zheng Fa's tone was calm, yet it contained an undercurrent of restlessness.

"I believe we should take bigger strides, be bolder."

The essence of the First 50-Year Plan is to seize the time, gather the whole sect's strength, leverage research, strive for industrialization, and achieve leapfrogging development regardless of the cost.

This model was unheard of, a first for those present.

But Zheng Fa had already made up his mind.

Currently, the Jiushan Sect, to put it plainly, although bearing the name of the six factions, could be in a more dangerous position than before.

Both Zheng Fa and the Jiushan Sect had no choice but to focus on two words—develop with all their might!

From another perspective, this alliance meeting gave the Jiushan Sect its greatest advantage—a rare safety period.

This is a golden development period for the Jiushan Sect, rare since the emergence of the Great Freedom Demon Sect, constantly facing crises.

Sister Zhang observed the confused expressions of Master Pang and the others and added:

"Uncles, although we may seem superficially robust now, time is always on our side."

Everyone's gaze was drawn to the confidence on Sister Zhang's face.

She rarely displayed such extroverted emotion and high spirit.

"The highest level of cultivation in our Jiushan Sect now is that of Master Yuan, but merely at the Nascent Soul level." However, at this moment, Sister Zhang's tone was full of determination, "Yet we have already grasped parts of the Dao Fruit's secrets, even to a degree that we can rival the Five Sects."

"For our Jiushan Sect to stand in this position is enough to prove our potential, and enough to prove our path is correct!"

After hearing the words of the two, everyone nodded.

Sister Zhang was not a person of eloquence, yet her simple words raised the temperature in the hall, even causing boiling blood to almost burst through the hall's roof:

Even a sense of heroism surged within Zheng Fa's heart—was it not a miracle that the Jiushan Sect, with its meager resources, could stand before the Five Sects and make them take notice?

Five years, ten years ago, who among the present could have imagined that the Jiushan Sect would have today?

Aren't they the creators of this miracle and deserve to be proud?

Perhaps the Five Sects thought that Zheng Fa harbored a terrifying Dao Fruit behind the scenes, or that he was originally some Dao Fruit cultivator hidden in the secular world.

But those present understood that although Zheng Fa might have special inheritance, the current Jiushan Sect was built by Zheng Fa and them, brick by brick.

The wisdom of predecessors may have existed.

But to say it was all thanks to some serendipity or inheritance would be to underestimate them too much.

Zhang's "Talisman Dao Foundation Establishment Method."

The Immortal Formation of Master Pang and others.

To Lady Xuanhua's contributions to the "Jiushan Golden Core Method."

Even Xiao Yuying, in the fields of agriculture, Spiritual Material Study, and even Thunder Skill, greatly aided the Jiushan Sect—having been an archaeology professor, she now has almost a hundred disciples she has taught.

Perhaps Zheng Fa contributed the most to the Jiushan Sect, but each person present added bricks and tiles to the Jiushan Sect's present glory.