Even Cultivation Requires Grassroots Work

Exam-prep streamer Fu Gongju transmigrated into a cultivation novel.

The good news: He's the sect master's only son, a second-generation cultivator, and was born with a plum position waiting for him. No civil service exam needed!

The bad news: It's a wish-fulfillment cultivation novel about a broken engagement, and the arrogant female supporting character whose engagement gets broken is his martial niece.

Not only does his niece mock the male lead to his face, she also joins forces with the sect elders to persecute his family, earning the male lead's hatred and leading him to wipe out the entire sect.

If Fu Gongju wants to survive, he has to stop this damn plot.

But his talent is mediocre, and he only got the empty post of head of the Discipline Hall by pulling strings through his father.

So how is he supposed to stop it?

By teaching the core socialist values?

That's right!

Fu Gongju may not be much, but he's an old hand at promoting civility and public safety. So, using the spiritual network as his foundation, he follows the latest trends and sets up the "Wuji Sect Public Service Portal."

As long as there's enough work, rigorous enough evaluations, frequent enough surprise inspections, and a strong enough sense of civic duty, he can keep his niece from going out and getting herself killed.

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The one thing Fu Gongju never anticipated was that the male lead, You Jiuyou, had been reborn and wanted to infiltrate Wuji Sect early as a disciple.

But it's not a big deal. Thanks to Fu Gongju's reforms, joining the sect now requires taking an entrance exam.

Along with aptitude requirements, body cultivators must pass a physical fitness assessment, while talisman and alchemy cultivators have to take an extra vocational aptitude test. Sword cultivators need five years of sword training, and artifact cultivators must sign a five-hundred-year service contract...

Unexpectedly, even with odds of one in a thousand, You Jiuyou still passed, thanks to his protagonist's halo!

With no other choice, Fu Gongju pulled some strings and had him assigned to work under his direct supervision.

In the first month, Fu Gongju had him get familiar with the sect layout. "Last month's inspection found that the sect master had set up a private spirit array outside his room to charge his spirit artifacts. It's a major fire hazard. Pay close attention to it this month."

In the second month, Fu Gongju had him get familiar with the people. "The spiritual network hotline 54321 received a complaint that the Sword Peak chief disciple is disturbing the neighbors with noise in the middle of the night. Go have a word with him."

In the third month, Fu Gongju placed great hopes in him. "We've received a report from Spirit Talisman 011 that the Grand Elder is embezzling and taking bribes, and has teamed up with Spirit Herb Peak to scam people out of a hundred top-grade spirit stones. Take the lead on the investigation."

In the fourth month, Fu Gongju wanted him to raise his sense of civic duty. "Do you know what it means to make people run only once to get things done, and to stay one step ahead of the public? You're in charge of this quarter's campaign to sweep out demons, crack down on evil, and raise awareness about cults and scams."

Fu Gongju was certain that as long as he did this work, the dispute over his niece's and You Jiuyou's "engagement" would be resolved peacefully!

After all, as the birthplace of the "Public Service Portal," Wuji Sect's disciples had a duty to keep their dispute mediation and satisfaction rates among the highest.

Things later unfolded just as he'd hoped, except for some reason, You Jiuyou's gaze grew more and more strange.

"Master, open the door. It's my turn to inspect your room tonight. Have you sent away the vicious beast you keep?"

"Master, open the door. Hotline 54321 received a complaint that the hot spring in your room is leaking and flooding the spirit herb fields below the mountain. Let me in and take a look."

"Master, open the door. Report 011 says your room is on fire. Hurry and let me in to check."

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