Most of these people are young, mostly in their early twenties or early thirties, and a small number are in their thirties or forties.

As a newly promoted seventh-level qi-training monk, Yu Peng was also silently adjusting his breathing in a corner of the courtyard.

In a room, Meng Zhou accepted a bag of spiritual stones handed over by Chu Zheng.

Inside, there are exactly one hundred high-grade spiritual stones, no more, no less.

This is the remaining balance after he last withdrawn 60 pills.

This time, he gave birth to a total of 175 late-stage qi-training monks for the association.

He sighed to Chu Zheng: "It seems that there are really many young talents in the association."

"It's all forced on me, puffy and fat!" Chu Zheng laughed at himself with a wry smile.

However, he immediately went back and added:

"After all, the association's influence now extends to Nuanyun Valley and Hongsong Ridge. There are many good seedlings that can be developed."

Having said this, a little worry appeared on his face again.

"But after this, the first-order elixirs are basically useless to them.

For the rest of the practice, we can only rely on hard work and climb up little by little.

Their only advantage now is that they are young. In the future, even if it takes ten or even twenty years, they will be able to reach the peak of Qi training before the age of fifty.

I am worried that they will be whetted by the rapid progress of more than a month and will not be able to persist for more than ten years.

If this is the case, their future will be like this."

Meng Zhou's perspective on this issue was much more optimistic than Chu Zheng's.

"Brother, you might as well think about it this way, even if only 10% of them can persevere, that's still nearly twenty seedlings who are expected to sprint towards foundation building!"

After hearing this, Chu Zheng finally laughed.

Then, an object appeared in his hand with the shape of "O" on top and "Ten" on the bottom. This was the pattern logo of the Professionals Association.

The last time Chu Zheng obtained a Huashi membership for himself, he gave himself a similar object. The shape was exactly the same, but the material was very different.

The piece that Chu Zheng took out now exudes very obvious spiritual fluctuations.

Chu Zheng introduced:

"The association purchased a piece of second-grade high-grade spiritual gold. This kind of spiritual gold has a very peculiar property, that is, even if it is the same kind of spiritual gold, as long as it is not the same piece, the spiritual fluctuations on it will be hugely different.

In other words, the spiritual fluctuations of that piece of second-order high-grade spiritual gold are unique.

After we smelted the piece of spiritual gold, we divided it into nine tokens. This is one of them, and it is also the one numbered first.

This is not my decision alone, but the unanimous decision of all current members.

The qualification you hold was not recommended by me alone, but unanimously by our first association senior management."

With that said, he handed it to Meng Zhou's hand.

Meng Zhou saw the number carefully engraved on the ring surface, "001".

“We don’t know how many talking members the association will have in the future, that’s not something we can decide.

But we can decide who to give these nine tokens to. In the future, even if the association recruits new members, it will develop on this basis.

Moreover, this is also a clear proof that the association’s inheritance is orderly.

Therefore, as long as the other eight holders of the token are still in the association, even if the Qihuang Gate remains hidden for many years, as long as they come to the gate with this token, they will be recognized by the association."

Meng Zhou nodded lightly and put this token, which was likely to be priceless in the future, into the jade volute.

"Brother is interested."

Chu Zheng thought more carefully than himself.

Indeed, through this thing, you can bind your own membership to eight other members. In this way, even if you are absent all year round, you don't have to worry about the disapproval of the new association's top management.

Now that Chu Zheng mentioned this topic, Meng Zhou couldn't help but ask a few more questions.

"Brother, do you have a specific target candidate now?"

Chu Zheng nodded and said: "We already have eight target candidates."

Meng Zhou was surprised and said: "Eight? So many? So, there are really a lot of talents coming out of Nuanyun Valley!"

Chu Zheng shook his head and smiled:

"Really speaking of the origin, due to the special environment of Nuanyun Valley, almost all casual cultivators have stayed in Nuanyun Valley during their Qi training stage.

It's just that the time varies, some leave many traces, and some leave shallow traces.

However, we do not use this as the only consideration in determining target candidates. What is more important is to look at their behavior before and after building a foundation.

Even the person’s professional level is not the most important, the most important thing is to ensure that no wolves are attracted into the house!”

After hearing what Chu Zheng said, Meng Zhou nodded in approval:

"Yes, it doesn't matter if your professional level is low. The most important thing is your character and character. The second thing is to try to cover different career directions."

Chu Zheng said:

"Of the eight target candidates we identified, only three have deep connections with Nuanyun Valley.

Among the other five people, three are foundation-building professionals who have been rooted in Qinglinfang for a long time, and their abilities and reputations are very good.

The other two are from two second-order spiritual lands respectively."

Chu Zheng gave a general introduction to their professional standards and career directions, covering several common second-level professions.

In addition, there is a very important point, these people have powerful wings.

However, they are basically the "entrepreneurial generation" or the "lords of ZTE", and they themselves are the most powerful backers behind them.

Chu Zheng only gave a brief introduction, and Meng Zhou roughly imagined how much more complicated the future situation of the association would be compared to now.

But correspondingly, it will also become more powerful, the kind that is truly qualified to become a chess piece.

To be honest, he was really looking forward to it.

"When will formal contact begin?"

Chu Zheng said: "Wait for two more days, we plan to make up for the last shortcoming."

Meng Zhou nodded, he also knew what Chu Zheng called the final shortcoming.

The gap between Qi-training monks and Foundation-building monks is all-encompassing. The same topic is completely different when it is spoken by a Qi-training monk and by a Foundation-building monk.

They didn't just go out and invite a few masters back and then become dogs themselves.

In order to obtain the qualifications for relatively equal dialogue as much as possible, in order to better preserve the integrity of the current association and to smoothly enter the next generation.

Yu Peng and his group of young talents who have high hopes can get relatively fair opportunities to grow.

In the future, they will also need a channel through which they can speak out in the association, rather than relying entirely on the wishes of the next senior executive of the association.

It is based on these considerations that Chu Zheng and the others plan to cultivate several foundation-building monks who are good at martial arts and combat. They will be the future military leaders of the association.

This is also the real reason why Du He was able to be persuaded by Chu Zheng.

The two of them left the room one after another. In the courtyard, there were many monks who had just broken through and were crossing their legs with their eyes closed, trying to stabilize themselves.

Meng Zhou walked past them and was about to leave, but saw Yan Xiong, who had been waiting at the door for an unknown amount of time, following him and seeing him off.

"I don't know if I will have a chance to see you again, sir." Before leaving, Yan Xiong suddenly said with emotion.

Meng Zhou was curious: "Why do you say that?"

Yan Xiong said softly: "A few days ago, the association secretly conducted a screening to determine which people would be more successful in breaking through and building foundations. I cheated by using the power of Qi and blood."

Meng Zhou was stunned.

Using the power of Qi and blood can comprehensively increase a person's overall condition, but this is useless when building a foundation.

Meng Zhou said softly: "You can wait until the foundation is more stable before planning to build it."

Yan Xiong shook his head and said:

“I am no longer young now, I have really solidified my foundation. The older I am, the harder it is to break through.

There is no better opportunity than this time!

I am determined not to die!"

He is taking the initiative to cut off his own retreat and sink the ship.

But on the other hand, this is actually an attempt to avoid being considered and liquidated by the association afterwards.

Meng Zhou stared at Yan Xiong, suddenly patted him on the shoulder and encouraged him:

"Don't worry, I believe you will succeed, just do it boldly!"

Yan Xiong smiled bitterly.

He knew his own situation, and as the date got closer and closer, the pressure in his heart became more and more intense.

Only in front of this person did he dare to reveal his inner feelings.
To be continued...