Put Away Your Divine Techniques Now!-Chapter 1037 - 308: Goodness Gracious!

Chen Yan listened to Gu Tongbing’s words and couldn’t help but sigh.

This guy is indeed sinister and cunning, with a quick mind!

Seeing Chen Yan remain silent, Gu Tongbing nodded with certainty and said blandly, "Hmm, you do recognize Gu Jinjia... As I thought, you must be a member of that Brotherhood he’s organizing."

At this point, it was meaningless for Chen Yan to deny or remain silent, so he simply replied, "If you say so, then yes."

Gu Tongbing seriously evaluated Chen Yan up and down, sighed and said, "You have a spirited temperament, act decisively, possess a unique spell, and your cultivation... The Third Realm cultivation is not low.

Daring yet meticulous, respectable cultivation, good character.

Such talent being noticed by Gu Jinjia and pulled into the Brotherhood is not surprising.

However... I just can’t figure it out."

Hmm?

Chen Yan frowned.

What does this mean?

Gu Tongbing’s tone was composed as he spoke slowly, "My brother organized that Brotherhood, and I said to him before, it’s a mess. He recruits loose cultivators struggling at Snow Cliff Pass as members of the Brotherhood, using hierarchy to attract talent—this method is decent.

But he uses brotherhood loyalty as the core of the organization’s cohesion, which is too crude.

I used to say to him, that Brotherhood is too mixed up and won’t amount to anything substantial.

And later, as I predicted, his Brotherhood, although it made quite a fuss at Snow Cliff Pass, never produced any notable figures.

Hmm, I remember there was one called Luo Shang, who was decent, considered a character, with exceptional skills and temperament, one of the few in the Brotherhood who caught my eye.

Such people hold strong obsessions in their hearts, guided by shared beliefs and ideology, they could indeed become the core force within his organization.

Unfortunately, using something as crude and superficial as brotherhood loyalty for cohesion just doesn’t work.

For an organization to endure, to have cohesion, it must have its own advocated ideology and principles!

Birds of a feather flock together, with shared aspirations, attracting more like-minded individuals and forming unity and cohesion.

Otherwise, like my brother’s Brotherhood, when confronted with core issues concerning each individual’s beliefs and path choices, when disagreements arise, relying solely on brotherhood loyalty won’t sustain it.

Ultimately, I later heard that Luo Shang did something angering the masses and left the Brotherhood, joining the City Defense Army at Snow Cliff Pass.

It’s a pity, he was a talent, but my brother didn’t know how to utilize him.

If I were Gu Jinjia, such individuals as Luo Shang, if I couldn’t restrain him with a good ideology and principles, then I simply wouldn’t absorb him into the Brotherhood from the start!

Such people, if they don’t share the same heart, bringing them into the Brotherhood, when future conflicts arise, allowing them to leave the organization will cause greater harm to the Brotherhood!"

At this point, Gu Tongbing smiled at Chen Yan, "You are quite a talent too, lacking neither character nor skills, with a Third Realm cultivation already quite high, if supported by the resources of an aristocratic family, the probability of a Realm-Breaking Celestial being is over fifty percent, and you can be considered as core personnel for the organization.

This kind of talent, yet my brother doesn’t keep you close to cultivate and win over properly?

As expected, he is always like this, ambitious, wanting to accomplish big things, yet his methods remain crude."

These words were spoken so eloquently that even Chen Yan couldn’t help but agree inwardly.

Gu Tongbing’s evaluation of Gu Jinjia, and the Brotherhood, indeed hit the nail right on the head!

The Brotherhood, that organization, truly is overly loose, with unclear principles, merely using the loose cultivator hierarchy as attraction, and brotherhood loyalty as organizational principle.

To put it bluntly, it is indeed a hodgepodge.

Back then, was Luo Shang a talent? Of course! That person’s methods were exceptional, temperament resilient, the only flaw being too deep an obsession, pursuing ends by any means.

Such a person, just as Gu Tongbing said. Either he needs a principle that truly convinces him, willing to put aside his inner obsession under that principle.

Or don’t absorb him into the Brotherhood at all! Such people, the stronger their abilities, the greater the loss when they leave the Brotherhood!

Gu Tongbing...

Chen Yan suddenly realized that this guy has characteristics outside of being cunning and ruthless.

Pride!

His evaluation of his elder brother Gu Jinjia, although indeed insightful and hitting the nail right on the head, naturally reveals arrogance, which Chen Yan captured clearly.

It seems this third Gu Family member doesn’t quite respect his elder brother Gu Jinjia.

However, although Gu Tongbing says this, Chen Yan naturally wouldn’t echo him.

Chen Yan’s expression stayed calm, shaking his head, "How can you speak like this about your brother as Gu Jinjia’s sibling? Brother Jinjia treats me very well. You say relying on brotherhood loyalty isn’t good, but I think that without his emphasis on loyalty, the Brotherhood wouldn’t attract so many brothers in such a small Snow Cliff Pass."

Gu Tongbing was dismissive, "Numbers are useless; if they don’t share the same aspirations, they’re nothing but loose sand, calling themselves brothers warmly, drinking, and eating together, but once real issues arise, mere brotherhood loyalty won’t hold."

Chen Yan shook his head, deciding not to continue speaking with Gu Tongbing on this topic.

Yet Gu Tongbing didn’t seem to want to let Chen Yan off so easily, staring at him, his eyes shifting as he smiled and asked, "So, who exactly are you in the Brotherhood?"