Chapter 8: Sect Headquarters

  Having determined the most pressing matter at hand, Ye Wen and Ning Ruxue's next move was to make a series of preparations for this goal.

  In fact, what the two people need to do most now is not to loudly announce the rebuilding of the sect, but to find a suitable place as the new site of the sect.

  Otherwise, the sect was established, but there was no fixed place. This kind of thing sounds good but is hard to say. When going out and greeting people, I don't know how to introduce my own sect.

  In Ye Wen's impression, except for a few extremely individual sects, those well-known martial arts giants and famous schools all have their own fixed old homes. Even the evil sects will have a fixed place as their base.

  Only in this way can some young people who are eager to enter the door find a way to enter, after all, this era is not like the one where Ye Wen lived before, even if you don't leave an address, leaving a phone number or fax number can still be contacted.

  In this era, if you want to discuss something, you can only visit in person. How much more so for a serious matter like becoming an apprentice? You must show your sincerity by visiting in person, even if it's the child of a wealthy and influential family who wants to learn from a great master.

  At the same time, a sect's base is also equivalent to the foundation of this sect, because many things in this sect are based on their own base and surrounding areas as the root of their sect.

  Whether it is gate income or main source of disciples, it must rely on the site to achieve.

  From this point of view, running a sect is similar to a vassal operating his own fiefdom, with the two major foundations being income from silver, money, grain and grass, as well as sources of troops.

  So, choosing a suitable sect site is a very important thing for a sect.

  For the Shu Shan Sect, which is facing reconstruction, they don't need to worry about where their sect should be established. Neither Ye Wen nor Ning Ruxue gave it a second thought, believing that their sect would only be established on Book Mountain.

  The two men were surprisingly consistent on this issue and did not produce any divergence.

  The only trouble now is where exactly on Book Mountain the sect was located...

  This Shu Shan is not small, although it's not the most famous mountain in the world, but it has a lot of momentum, especially the main peak of Shu Shan - Shu Jian Feng, which is steep and towering into the clouds, resembling an unsheathed sharp sword.

  Because of the terrain of Shushan, most sects that set up their headquarters on Shushan have placed their residences at the foot of the main peak of Shushan, even the highest ones do not exceed one-third of the entire main peak. The original Shushan Sect was also like this, and it was even closer to the foot of the mountain.

  Some other sects, due to their location, often send some disciples to wander around at the foot of the mountain. When they see someone who wants to enter the mountain to pay homage to a master, they will rush up to greet them, either enthusiastically introducing themselves or forcibly dragging them into their own sect.

  Normally, those who come to the mountain to find a master and learn martial arts can easily find the Shushan Sect without much effort. If the leader of the Shushan Sect manages well, it's not like they wouldn't be able to get even one disciple.

  Unfortunately, none of the masters of this generation have such awareness, and they just stay in their own homes waiting for people to come to them. But unfortunately, the decline of Shushan Sect is too severe, and its reputation is not prominent, unlike those famous sects, where people go up the mountain specifically for that sect. So many people, even if they see this sect, will hesitate for a moment and then continue on their way to join another sect.

  In recent years, the number of people coming to the door of Shushan School has increased, but the number of people who can become apprentices is limited, so the competition is becoming increasingly fierce. As a result, mergers and acquisitions are becoming more frequent. In fact, the extinction of Shushan School is also related to this point. Apart from occupying a good name, the location near the foot of Shushan Mountain is another major reason why many "neighbors" covet it.

  "The only relatively good thing is that there isn't any truly powerful force on the entire Book Mountain, and now the only one that's slightly stronger is the Zhengquan Gate who took over our original base!" He said to his amnesiac senior brother as they headed towards Book Mountain.

  Ning Ruxue didn't think there was anything wrong with telling Ye Wen these things, except that Ye Wen had been injured and lost his memory. Originally, her senior brother wasn't someone who cared about the situation around him, and he was muddled about many things, also too lazy to ask. It was precisely because of this that when Master let Ye Wen take over as the head of the sect, she would be very unhappy.

  After all, poor martial arts skills can be practiced, but if you don't even bother to understand the situation that affects the survival of your own sect, how can you lead a sect? Even if this sect only has two people!

  As for now, Ye Wen actively inquired about the distribution of forces on Shu Shan, which made her feel a kind of 'Finally, my senior brother understands!' So she explained it very carefully, without missing a single detail.

  Her face still looked impatient as usual, and her detailed explanation of everything formed a strange contrast, leaving Ye Wen bewildered for a while.

  "Zhengquanmen? The boxing method is very fierce?"

  Ye Wen, who had been slowly digesting all the news he had heard, finally knew who his and his predecessor's creditor was. However, he didn't expect that the other party seemed to be a boxing school. The one who defeated his predecessor that day seemed to be a knife user, and the other guy's palm technique was also not bad.

  He had thought that the other party's housekeeping skills were either palm techniques or knife techniques, but unexpectedly it was a group of boxing practitioners. Just thinking about how his predecessor, who was familiar with people, didn't even force out the familiar moves before being beaten to death on the spot, was indeed a bit too clumsy. No wonder this cheap junior sister always looked down on her senior brother - at this time, Ye Wen firmly drew a line between himself and the previous owner of this body, although he himself was only slightly stronger than the clumsy one.

  Ning Ruxue seemed to have guessed Ye Wen's thoughts and didn't answer his question. However, from her expression, it was clear that she was indeed dissatisfied with her senior brother's behavior on that day.

  However, considering that Ye Wen is after all a respected figure in the martial arts world, and especially now seems to be making an effort to revitalize his school, I said a few words of comfort: "Although Zhengquan Men mainly focuses on fist techniques, because many of its disciples are skilled in other areas, there are also many disciples who are proficient in other martial arts!"

  "Really?!"

  Anyway, Ye Wen's heart felt a little better, and the two of them had already climbed up Book Mountain and wandered around in the mountains for a while.

  Two people took the less-traveled path, and as a result, they didn't run into any disciples from other sects who were rushing to kidnap them. After all, those who wanted to climb the mountain to pay their respects would generally take the main road.

  They've gone around in a big circle and found that the better places have been occupied by slightly larger sects, and even some of the slightly worse places have small households. They set up a thatched hut, surrounded it with bamboo fences, put up a sign, and considered themselves to have taken over the mountain. However, no matter how down on their luck they were, they were still stronger than these two, with a few disciples and even a couple of kittens, absolutely better off than Ye Zhangmen who was only slightly stronger than Guangzheng Commander.

  It's not impossible to rob a strong one, but now Ye Wen's injury has not healed yet. Although his own junior sister is powerful, it's unknown what level she is at on this book mountain. However, it definitely won't be that kind of high-ranking master, otherwise, even if the sect leader loses, he wouldn't have let someone rob their sect's base.

  It can be seen that although Ning Ruxue's kung fu is more powerful than his, it's not necessarily a big deal. Therefore, Ye Wen never considered competing for a place to rebuild the gate.

  Moreover, according to his original plan, after finding a suitable place to rebuild the gate, what he wanted to do was not to find someone to take revenge or make a name for himself.

  The most important thing now is to find a suitable place to practice martial arts, and when the martial arts have made some progress, it will be easy to revive the sect or avenge past grievances. After all, in this Jianghu, strong power is the foundation of everything.

  Without strength, others may not even give you a straight look, but once you possess formidable power, those weak and timid people will either cower before you or be completely annihilated by your absolute force.

  Ye Wen deeply understood this truth, so no matter what he did next, the first thing he had to do was to expand his own strength, rather than running out and getting into trouble when he was still very weak.

  He hadn't told Ning Xue about this, but he believed that his junior sister wasn't a fool and would definitely understand what to do and what not to do. Compared to this junior sister, the original Ye Shixiong was more like an ignorant fool who didn't know the ways of the world.

  With this in mind, Ye Wen and Ning Ruxue searched the lower part of Book Mountain for two days, but still couldn't find a suitable place.

  In the end, Ye Wen was still puzzled and asked: "Isn't there a suitable place on Book Mountain?"

  "There is indeed, but this mountain is too steep, the higher you go, the more inconvenient it is to walk. If a sect were established there, going up and down would be quite troublesome!" Ning Ruxue grew up in Shu Shan after all, so she was relatively familiar with the environment of this mountain.

  Upon hearing this, Ye Wen was overjoyed: "What's there to be afraid of? Once our skills improve, not only climbing up and down the mountain, but even reaching the summit will be as easy as lifting a hand! For now, let's just consider it light exercise!" Before he had finished speaking, he led the way up the mountain, completely disregarding the fact that the current time was already quite late.

  Because he was muttering to himself in his heart: "This group of fools, without ambition! Which big sect or school puts its base at the foot of the mountain? A truly big sect or school is always established on a mountain, only this way can it be impressive and show off its status! As for the trouble of going up and down the mountain? Once I've practiced my lightness skill well or my internal strength is deep, do I still care about that little bit of trouble? Besides, some minor matters in the future won't require me to personally come and go, just collecting a few disciples to run errands will be enough!"

  With this intention, he didn't care where his family's sect was located, no matter how difficult the place was. On the contrary, he cared about whether the environment was beautiful enough and whether the house could show off the grandeur of a big sect after it was built.