Upon arriving at the original site of the medicine garden, Lin Xiao stood in the wide, empty valley, feeling a bit troubled.
"How should I build this?"
After standing there racking his brain for a while and failing to come up with a good solution, he decided to grab his peachwood sword and head back to the place where he had cut down wild mountains before.
With no better idea, he figured he'd just go with whatever came to mind.
He spent an entire day, alternating between meditating and swinging his sword. After much effort and energy, he managed to carve out several massive sections of mountain walls and store them in his private storage.
Then, he went to the Formation Hall to find Mo Yuanjiao, who was busy carving formations, and asked for a few illusion formations, barrier formations, and temperature-regulating formations.
Returning to the former site of the medicine garden, ready to begin the synthesis process, Lin Xiao suddenly remembered that most of the spiritual stones he'd mined the night before had already been used up during the creation of the Library Pavilion.
So, once again, he had to spend another night in the spirit stone mine, tirelessly digging away.
Finally, after gathering everything he needed, he returned to the medicine garden's former location. He threw the mountain walls, formations, spirit stones, and a variety of the spirit beasts' food plants into the synthesis device.
After all the materials were successfully placed inside, Lin Xiao initiated the synthesis.
Ding—Beast Garden successfully synthesized. Please select the placement location.
A semi-transparent image of a massive valley surrounded by three mountain walls appeared before him.
Inside the valley, there were various sections, each tailored to accommodate the unique plant environments needed for the spirit beasts' different food sources.
The valley was incredibly large, several times the size of the original medicine garden. Despite its size, the system indicated that it could be placed in the empty space where the medicine garden used to be.
Without hesitation, Lin Xiao confirmed the placement.
As soon as the Beast Garden settled into place, the previously empty space was filled entirely. From the outside, it looked like an ordinary valley, completely different from the semi-transparent image he had seen earlier.
However, upon stepping inside, Lin Xiao saw the vast, intricate landscape of the Beast Garden just as he had imagined it before placing it.
Within the garden, the spirit beasts' food plants had already grown abundantly, providing more than enough food for the beasts he had stored. He only needed to plant some additional crops outside as a backup.
After a thorough inspection, Lin Xiao was very satisfied with the size and layout of the Beast Garden.
However, before releasing the spirit beasts, he thought of a crucial issue.
Was the barrier of the Beast Garden activated?
If the barrier wasn't set up properly, the beasts might escape once they were released, and that would spell disaster.
Unlike the floating island, where the system had provided a control panel, the Beast Garden seemed to lack such an interface. Still, Lin Xiao trusted that the system wouldn't leave such an obvious flaw. He carefully searched the inside and the perimeter of the garden.
Sure enough, he found a small indent in the rock wall near the valley entrance. Touching it, the system chimed in:
To manage access and settings for the Beast Garden, an identity token is required.
"Identity token?" Lin Xiao was puzzled.
Did their Lingxian Sect even have such a thing?
Doubts arose in his mind, but he knew the system wouldn't create something that he couldn't use. After some thought, he opened his private storage and scanned its contents.
Sure enough, there was a new item.
Identity Token Generator.
It was one of the rewards he had received after completing the Library Pavilion task.
Upon examining it, Lin Xiao saw the following description:
Identity Token Generator: By inputting spirit stones, it can generate identity tokens of various ranks and functions based on your requirements. The tokens can be configured with different permissions and roles, managed through the sect leader's position panel. Each token requires one spirit stone to create. As the sect levels up, the generator will also upgrade, allowing tokens to have additional features.
"Not bad," Lin Xiao thought.
He took the Identity Token Generator from his storage. It was a white jade box, about 20 centimeters in length. When he opened it, a list of roles appeared.
There were roles like Lecturer Elder, Affairs Elder, Agriculture Elder, and Construction Elder, all positions he had casually assigned before.
Realizing that these roles would now have real functions, Lin Xiao knew he had to reorganize them properly. After all, the sect was preparing to formally recruit disciples, and it was time to get everything in order.
With a sigh, he sat down and started planning.
The most critical aspects were clear. First, there needed to be a Finance Department, which would handle all the sect's expenses and income, manage resources, and oversee external business dealings.
Then, there would be the Disciplinary Hall, responsible for overseeing sect members' conduct, resolving disputes, and maintaining order as the sect grew. Even though the Heart-Testing Path ensured that no one was overly malicious, small issues could still arise as the population increased.
Next, there had to be a General Affairs Hall, tasked with managing daily chores, issuing sect missions, and organizing disciples' training sessions.
With these core functions established, Lin Xiao created the following roles based on the current sect structure:
Finance Hall Leader
Disciplinary Hall Leader
General Affairs Hall Leader
Pill Refining Elder
Tool Refining Elder
Talisman Crafting Elder
Formation Elder
Library Pavilion Master
Culinary Elder
Beast Garden Master
Spirit Fields Elder
These roles, equal in rank, would all report directly to Lin Xiao.
Under these positions were various subordinates, managed by their respective leaders.
Beneath them were the disciple ranks.
Moving forward, sect members' salaries would be based on their position and contributions—essentially a base salary with bonuses for merit.
After inputting the roles and responsibilities into the system's position panel, Lin Xiao glanced at the Sect Hierarchy section.
The hierarchy still included Personal Disciple, Elite Disciple, Inner Sect Disciple, and Outer Sect Disciple, and he saw no reason to change that.
After all, only he could see this section, and he had no intention of altering the cultivation resources allotted to each disciple. Everyone would start with the same base resources. If they wanted more, they'd have to earn it through effort and contribution.