Chapter 23

That night, in the study of the Right Hall of Light, Dongfang Bubai was writing furiously. Dongfang Bai and Xue Qianxin, one grinding ink and the other standing respectfully below the large desk, seemed to be waiting for Dongfang Bubai's instructions.

After a long while, Dongfang Bubai put down his brush, and with a puff of internal energy, the ink on the paper dried instantly.

Dongfang Bai, while grinding the ink, tilted her head and asked curiously, "Brother, what is this?"

"Just some changes in the sect's positions," Dongfang Bubai replied solemnly, putting away the paper.

"Oh! Right, Brother, what position will I get?" Dongfang Bai asked hopefully.

"Ha ha!" Dongfang Bubai smiled and reached out to pat Dongfang Bai's head, "Once I fully control the sect, you won't be left out."

"Um!" Dongfang Bai nodded happily, then suddenly seemed to remember something and asked worriedly, "Brother, is your injury okay?"

"It's just a minor injury. I practiced my skills this afternoon, and it's no longer a problem," Dongfang Bubai said nonchalantly.

"Hmph, I don't know how Ren Woxing broke through to the Master level, causing you to get injured. Why didn't you take the chance to kill him? Keeping him around is a隐患," Dongfang Bai said resentfully.

"Ha." Dongfang Bubai smiled mockingly, "Ren Woxing is not a concern. His Master-level skills are quite good, and from now on, he will only be a fierce dog under my command."

"If it were me, I would have killed Ren Woxing," Dongfang Bai said fiercely, pouting.

"Ha ha ha ha! You, after all, are a girl, with a narrow mind and a petty attitude," Dongfang Bubai laughed loudly.

"What's wrong with being a girl? Even if I am petty, so what? With you, who can do anything to me?" Dongfang Bai squatted down, habitually hugging one of Dongfang Bubai's arms, and said proudly.

"Ha ha ha ha!" Dongfang Bubai laughed again, lightly patting Dongfang Bai's head. He did not contradict her but rather agreed, "With me here, who can do anything to you?"

After that, the siblings chatted a bit more. Then Dongfang Bubai turned his gaze to Xue Qianxin, who had been standing silently. Seeing Dongfang Bubai's gaze, Dongfang Bai's face changed, and she stood up angrily, saying, "Brother, you can't easily forgive Xue Qianxin. This time, it was her negligence. She didn't know about Ren Woxing's breakthrough to the Master level, nor did she know about his spreading the news. You must..."

Dongfang Bubai raised his hand to stop Dongfang Bai, looking at Xue Qianxin calmly. Dongfang Bai pouted but dared not say more.

"Qianxin."

"I am here, Lord." Xue Qianxin spoke for the first time since entering the study, her voice trembling, not out of fear of punishment but out of fear of Dongfang Bubai's distance.

"This time, I will let it go, but I don't want to see this happen again, understand?" Dongfang Bubai said sternly.

"Yes, it won't happen again," Xue Qianxin said, her beautiful face showing relief and joy.

"Brother." Dongfang Bai shook Dongfang Bubai's arm, somewhat dissatisfied.

"Enough." Dongfang Bubai said indulgently but firmly, and Dongfang Bai could only pout and say nothing.

"You may leave now." Dongfang Bubai waved his hand.

"Okay!"

"Yes."

Dongfang Bai and Xue Qianxin responded and left the study.

Dongfang Bubai continued to sit and think. The battle with Ren Woxing today had given him a clear understanding of his own strength. Although Ren Woxing's Master-level skills were somewhat lacking, he was still a genuine Master.

With Dongfang Bubai's current strength, he could defeat Ren Woxing with one sword, and thus he was not afraid of most Master-level experts. However, he knew that the truly powerful Master-level experts were still far beyond his current capabilities.

At his current level, he should prepare to break through to the Master level. He had ideas for the three methods of breaking through, but his own accumulation was still insufficient. Even with his extraordinary talent, he needed the knowledge and experience of predecessors to accumulate, in order to fully leverage his talent.

In the Sun Moon Sect, Dongfang Bubai remembered there was a secret manual that could greatly increase his accumulation. Thinking of the manual, he felt a sense of anticipation. Many things in the manual were what he needed, but he wondered what the manual was like.

There was also Ren Woxing's newly practiced吸星大法, which could be used to increase his accumulation. As for whether Ren Woxing would give it to him, he had no choice.

Thinking about martial arts, Dongfang Bubai also considered the affairs of the Sun Moon Sect.

The Sun Moon Sect had over 20,000 formal disciples, and if you included the peripheral disciples who gathered intelligence and did business, the number was over 50,000.

Managing 50,000 people was not simple, and the Sun Moon Sect's true management system was not very good. As the leader, he was very dissatisfied.

The Left and Right Envoys nominally managed external wars and internal disputes, and finances, intelligence, and logistics, which severely divided the leader's power.

The ten elders managed different halls or did nothing, wasting human resources and giving some elders too much power.

In short, the current Sun Moon Sect was extremely lax and lacked a strict and reasonable management system. As a modern person who had built a small fortune through his own efforts, this management system made Dongfang Bubai very dissatisfied.

This time, using the momentum of defeating Ren Woxing and becoming the leader, he would make some changes.

As for any opposition, he did not care. With his current position, no one in the Sun Moon Sect could oppose him.

After thinking for a while, Dongfang Bubai returned to his room to practice.

The next day, the entire Sun Moon Sect was decorated with lanterns and banners, and many disciples were rushing to Blackwood Cliff to attend the new leader's enthronement ceremony.

Dongfang Bubai was also busy, taking over both the overt and covert forces of the Sun Moon Sect, which only the leader could know and control.

The overt forces were the Left and Right Envoys, the ten elders, and the various halls.

The covert forces, once taken over, revealed the true strength of the Sun Moon Sect and explained why previous leaders allowed some power to be decentralized.

In addition to the intelligence organization managed by the Right Envoy, there was a unique intelligence organization for the leader called the Shadow Organization.

The Shadow Organization was not just an intelligence organization but also a combined organization of assassins and guards. It had three leaders, each managing intelligence, assassins, and guards.

The three leaders knew of each other's existence but not their true situations, and they were only responsible to the leader.

The assassin organization had 72 assassins, including 48 at the early innate stage, 20 at the middle innate stage, and 4 at the seventh innate stage, led by an eighth innate stage expert, totaling 73 people.

The guard organization had 36 guards, including 30 at the middle innate stage and 6 at the seventh innate stage, led by an eighth innate stage expert, totaling 37 people.

The intelligence organization had fewer experts and less strength, but its intelligence-gathering ability was not inferior to the intelligence organization Dongfang Bubai controlled, and it also had an eighth innate stage expert as the leader.

The Shadow Organization, in total, had over 70 experts at the middle innate stage and above, with several at the late innate stage, not fewer than the number of late innate stage experts on the surface of the Sun Moon Sect.

This force was very formidable, and Dongfang Bubai was initially shocked but quickly realized that this force was not obtained normally.

Indeed, Zhou Tianli told him that the experts in the intelligence, assassin, and guard organizations were mostly people with some talent but not high talent, collected from a young age, trained separately, and cultivated into the leader's loyalists, only obeying the leader.

Their strength was built up through secret techniques and elixirs, but they were the weakest in their respective stages and had no path for further improvement. Their current stage was their final stage, and they could never advance further.

Some powerful evil and demonic sects, families, and factions would cultivate such loyalists.

Knowing this, Dongfang Bubai was relieved. The fact that they had no path for further improvement was normal, and their strength was weak in their respective stages, making them less formidable. People like Tong Bixiong could easily take on three or even five of them.

This made them less terrifying, but they were still suitable as assassins and guards.

Unexpectedly gaining this strength, Dongfang Bubai was pleased and had more ideas for reforming the sect.

After taking over the Shadow Organization, the next two days were spent continuously convening subordinates to discuss the reform of the sect. No matter what, he needed to inform them in advance.

During these two days, the news of Dongfang Bubai defeating the Master-level expert Ren Woxing with one sword and becoming the leader of the Sun Moon Sect spread, causing shock among many people, especially the news of him defeating Ren Woxing at the eighth innate stage with one sword.

Dongfang Bubai did not care about the external reactions. For three days, he was extremely busy, even neglecting his daily cultivation time, except for using his internal energy to refine the White Peak Sword every day.

Time passed busily until the day of the enthronement ceremony.

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