Sect Announcement Board
To all my Earthling disciples, you have made me and the sect proud from the day you are part of Immortal Ascension Pavillion. The base of operation you have built on Eldorin has progressed way beyond the sect's council best estimation. All of you have done such a good job that Eldorin is now experiencing a severe shortage of manpower as many of you have noticed. This will only hamper Eldorin's growth potential if the issue is not addressed.
To this, the council has come up with a two-pronged solution to address this issue. I will first announce the solution that everyone are most familiar with and also the most straight forward. The sect will now bring forward the recruitment schedule for the next batch of new disciples. It will no longer only be done when phase three begins. With the latest adjustment, the sect will begin recruiting new disciples when all twelve new settlements in the frontier have successfully upgraded its spirit gathering array to level two. Note that unlike phase one, you don't have to complete the construction of all other supporting infrastructures. The only requirement is the spirit gathering array. All four disciple recommendation slots that you are eligible to obtain will be given out as reward by that time. So, if you desperately want those slots as soon as possible, do complete those level two spirit gathering array quickly.
In any case, all of you are well aware that the first solution is just a band aid and won't permanently solve Eldorin's demand for manpower for the long term. To that, the council has decided to initiate the refugee retrieval campaign. Empires and sects come and go in the lower realm. Even the most powerful of cultivator will one day return to dust. Whenever an old power collapse, war ensues as new emerging powers fought for hegemony. These war-torn regions is where the sect has planned to retrieve the said refugees. We will be receiving as many refugees as there are job vacancies available. However, I will have to point out that there is a number of complications that needs to resolved for the second solution to work as intended.
First and also the most critical among the complications is the sect's circumstances. It is time for me to reveal the truth about the sect's background and current predicament. Immortal Ascension Pavillion is not your typical sect overseeing a small piece of land in the lower realm. Our sect used to be one of the most powerful and unquestionably the wealthiest sect in the immortal world. As mentioned, all sects come and go and Immortal Ascension Pavillion is now at a juncture that will decide whether it will become history or survive and return stronger. Blinded by our hubris at the peak of our power, the sect lost three of our four emperor realm powerhouse due to an internal act of betrayal. Even the last surviving emperor realm powerhouse, a grand elder of the sect was so heavily injured that he will no longer be able to recover to his peak. In the immortal realm, an emperor realm cultivator can equate to what Earth deems a nuclear deterrence. As long as a sect still have the protection of even a single emperor realm expert, no sects out there will provoke an act that will end in mutual destruction. The lost of four emperor realm powerhouse has immediately led to the relentless assault of all opportunistic vulture eyeing the sect's tremendous wealth.
Even in the worst case scenario where the sect lost the protection of all its emperor realm powerhouse, the sect is still confident of its survival. The sect protection array has been reinforced since its founding to a point where it is too tough a nut to crack without paying a butcher's bill. The sect's contingency is to turtle up within the sect until their enemies give up and leave. No alliance, especially one formed by opportunistic vultures can last forever with new unknown variables coming into the picture with each passing year. Immortal Ascension Pavilion have the resources to outlast any siege indefinitely. Regrettably, even this contingency failed when an unforeseen ploy left the mortal population and disciples with cultivation lower than the fourth major realm decimated. Without them, the sect has no means of replenishing its disciples base and will one day be an empty shell without a single cultivator. Off course, there is still the possibility a new immortal realm powerhouse emerging in the near future thus resolving the sect's crisis before the sect ran out of disciples. However, such emergence is a no different than winning a jackpot. No sect will bet their survival on such a low probability event. The sect's enemies have also made sure that it will be near impossible for the sect to recruit from any known worlds. This has forced the sect to seek out new recruitment ground unknown to the rest of the cultivation world to survive.
It was more than two thousand years later when the sect eventually found Earth. Ever since everyone of you have join the ranks of Immortal Ascension Pavillion, none of you have fail to disappoint and have proven yourselves worthy of being the best groups of disciples the sect has recruited in the recent millennia. I am confident to say that everyone of you will be sect's salvation. Not only will you help the help sect survive and bringing it to greater heights, I am confident that you will eventually discover the identity of the sect's mortal enemy that caused our downfall. An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. Immortal Pavilion never forgets a debt. We will always repay goodwill with gratitude and malevolence with vengeance.
To summaries, the sect is in a precarious situation at this point in time. It is imperative the sect's operation in the lower realm is never discovered. Thankfully, war-torn regions are chaotic and we can always push the blame of missing population to some other adversaries. However, conflicts are unavoidable in such regions. Thus, only disciples that have achieved the second major realm will be allowed to participate in this retrieval campaign. Although the likelihood is low, there is still a possibility for any participating disciples to encounter an enemy in the third and fourth major realm. In such eventuality, a team wipe will be inevitable. The priority in such cases is to destroy all evidence revealing your true identity. A specially crafted cloak will be given to all participating disciples to conceal your identity. Don't hesitate to sacrifice yourself to protect the sect in the eventuality of capture. In return, the sect will ensure you do not lose your cultivation progress upon revival. As long as none of you made a mistake out there, it will be almost impossible for any of the sect's enemies to link your operations back to Immortal Ascension Pavillion. It has already been widely known in the cultivation world that the sect has pretty much lost all our cultivators below the fourth major realm.
Before the campaign can begins, we will also need to build ourselves a gateway. The infrastructure is complex and it will take months before the gateway can be completed. Without the gateway, it will be near impossible to open a stable portal that can last for more than a few days. Even than, opening a portal is expensive business. To maximize the returns, each campaign will be timed to match the weekend on Earth and login limit for disciples in the second major realm extended to twenty hours a day.
Last of the more serious complication, we will need to construct sufficient transportation to ferret the refugees back to Eldorin. Airship will not be an option as the sect needs to keep a low profile nor will you be able to operate one to begin with. The main transportation mean in the cultivation world are carriages towed by magical beasts. Needless to say, you all have a proven track record of coming up with new innovation by integrating Earth concept and technologies. Do surprise me!
I am positive that every one of you will without fail rise to the occasion to build a thriving new base of operation for the sect in the lower realm. With that, I hereby announce the start of the refugee retrieval campaign. More details will be release in later announcement or if you are in the good books of any mentors, supervisors or managers, they will be able to provide the answers you seek.
Your truly,
Sect Leader Maximus Radcliffe
P.S. Although dying in the lower realm will not caused you to lose your cultivation progress, nothing can be done about the downtime during revival. So, if you don't want to loose out participating in the campaign, don't die!
P.P.S. The gateway will be built near Oryn, the national capital of Eldorin.