Chapter 179: The report.
"Junior Sect Master Mo! According to your instructions, the Nethermoon sect had cleared up its name, repaying the enemies and returning victorious." Elder Su began, "Today, with your blessing, we would like to affirm our new elders, as well as begin new era for the sect by electing the next sect master."
It was a formal jibber-jabber, and no one paid it any attention. But then things got interesting, and some of the present, including Elder Wang, got a bad premonition that something was about to go terribly wrong.
"Before we get to that, we would like to respectfully ask the principal sect, the Celestial Abyss, to consider and approve certain structural changes to the Nethermoon Sect." Elder Su quickly continued, not allowing anyone to get a word in.
"After the war, we acquired large amounts of resources, including tens of mines previously belonging to the Blackwater Sect, in addition to vast territories." Elder Su said, "Apart from that, currently we are supporting thousands of captives and the Nethermoon sect’s treasury is experiencing a serious burden."
The first part was obvious truth, but the second – an exaggerated stretch. The Nethermoon sect had to support thousands of captives, but they were basically herded like cattle on two separate locations under a clear sky and fed a thin soup once a day. Without shedding a drop of sweat the sect could sustain that for a century or two.
Mo Qingsha wasn’t an idiot and new that Elder Su was blowing everything out proportions. And even if he didn’t – he could easily tell it from the looks on the faces of the other present.
He was really curios what schemes she had in mind, though. And he had a lot of wine to taste yet, so he gestured for her to continue and Elder Su happily obliged.
"During the past millennia the Nethermoon sect has grown a lot, but our administrative structure had never changed." She said, "But in regards to recent changes we are forced to make some alterations, therefore I’d like to suggest to establish two now halls – the Hall of Resources and Logistics Hall."
Surprisingly, there were quite a few people at the table whose interest she managed to spike. Especially the junior elders – if two more elder positions were available, their chances of becoming an elder doubled.