Chapter 316: The Most Important Sect Member
Many months ago, Yang Xiu volunteered to be in charge of the contingent that would represent the Rising Tide Sect at the Quinquennial Tournament, and her thoughts on one specific subject had done a complete turnaround in that time. Back then, if anyone had asked her who the most important sect members were, after Master of course, she would have listed herself and her brother, Zou Tian, and maybe the crafters Xun Wu and Wan Ai. If she thought deeply, maybe she would have included the guard captain, Huang Yimun, and a few others.
Today, if anyone asked Yang Xiu who the most essential person in the sect was, after Master of course, she would have, without reservation, shouted, “Sun Hua!”
Why?
Logistics.
The entire sect ran on a mythical and mysterious force called logistics.
Being the leader of the sect’s tournament contingent did not mean helping pavilion leaders choose which sect members to send or creating training schedules or convincing Master to supply new techniques—though there was some of all of that. No, it meant logistics. The job mostly entailed determining who needed what supplies and when they were needed and how those supplies were to be obtained and where from and, most of all, how all those necessities would get from one place to the next.
It. Was. Maddening.
Lists and paperwork and counting boxes and talking to men about horses and wagons and so much boring stuff. Ugh!
Honestly, all those months ago it hadn’t looked like many members would qualify for the tournament, anyway. A small number of people meant manageable logistics, even for Yang Xiu who definitely wasn’t skilled in the subject.
But then Master had introduced the manuals. At first, they’d been a curiosity. Another thing that Master came up with to help. But they were just some books, right?
She really should have known not to underestimate Master.
First, there were a lot of books. A lot. Every possible subject from Arrays to Zoological Study of Spirit Beasts had three volumes—beginning, intermediate, and advanced—for Qi Gathering cultivators and for those in the Foundation Establishment realm.