The Fourth Lingshi Financial Crisis

Chapter 255 Cultivation
Since the Yangjiang Port project was going very smoothly, Li Qingning returned to Haiya City after only leaving for more than ten days.

But when she saw Yang Lu again, she didn't talk to him about Yangjiang Port's business right away, but asked him with a strange face if she had an affair with Tian Beixi on the Outlying Islands!
Faced with this sudden accusation, it was impossible for Yang Lu to admit it. After seeing Yang Lu's resolute denial attitude, Li Qingning also secretly heaved a sigh of relief, and then explained the cause and effect of the incident to Yang Lu. Only then did Yang Lu know why Li Qingning would ask such outrageous questions.

It turned out that the person in charge of the Yangjiang Port project of the Shenhuo Sect was none other than Tian Beixi who had just fled back from an outlying island!
The Yangjiang Port project is progressing so smoothly, and Tian Beixi can be said to have contributed a lot. There have even been rumors in Huoyun Prefecture that Tian Beixi has secretly received spirit stone coins from the Haiya Chamber of Commerce, and is delivering benefits to Zhongzhou practitioners.If not, how could the equity transfer of a large port be completely finalized by the Sea Cliff City consortium in less than a month?

Not only that, Tian Beixi also took the initiative to find Li Qingning after the incident, asking to see Yang Lu, a consultant of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce, by name.

Li Qingning didn't know that Tian Beixi was able to escape from the outlying island because Yang Lu took the initiative to release the water. She only knew that Yang Lu and Tian Beixi had fought in the air on the outlying island.

Therefore, seeing Tian Beixi's face full of embarrassment and annoyance, it seemed that Yang Lu had "played badly" to him, and he kept chanting "Did I ask Yang Lu to do something for me?" Keep him away from me, I will make him look good sooner or later", she thought that Yang Lu molested him on an outlying island!
Out of some inexplicable sense of crisis, even Li Qingning, who usually doesn't like to use his brain, became active at this time, thinking that Yang Lu obviously won a big victory, but Tian Beixi, the commander-in-chief of Huoyun Prefecture, was let go She became even more suspicious on the spot.

But if his junior brother Yang did such a beastly thing, why did Tian Beixi not seem to resent him, but instead came to help him? Could this be the "Stockholm Syndrome" that President Lu Yang called back then?

Although his little brain was running fast, when facing Tian Beixi, Li Qingning still put on a poker face with no expression, saying that his junior brother had something to do this time, so he didn't come to Huoyun Prefecture to participate in the bidding.

After hearing that Yang Lu didn't come to Huoyun Prefecture at all, Tian Beixi gnashed her teeth again on the spot, asking if your Qingning Chamber of Commerce looked down on her, otherwise why didn't Yang Lu come over in person for such a big deal as the acquisition of Yangjiang Port?

This question stunned Li Qingning on the spot.

It wasn't that you said to keep him away from you just now, why are you angry again now that you heard that he didn't come over?
And she really wants to tell Tian Beixi that I am the president of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce. Now that I come in person, it doesn't matter if I come in person. It's only important if Consultant Yang from our Chamber of Commerce comes. What's your logic?

What's more, the Qingning Chamber of Commerce is participating in the Shenhuozong's bidding, not participating in your Huoyunzhou Tianjia's bidding. Even if our Haiya Consortium really looks down on people, it still looks down on Shenhuozong. What does it have to do with you, Tian Beixi!

However, before Li Qingning could explain anything, Tian Beixi got up angrily and left in a huff.

Before leaving, Tian Beixi left a word viciously, saying that we have canceled the matter of the outlying islands, and then everyone should do things according to their own abilities, so that Li Qingning choked so hard that he didn't know what to say.

After all, there seems to be no conflict of interest between us!

What are we going to do on our own merits?

Unable to understand, Miss Li had no choice but to characterize Tian Beixi as a female psychopath, which is why Li Qingning had just returned to Haiya City and asked Yang Lu if he had molested Tian Beixi.

After listening to Li Qingning's narration, Yang Lu couldn't help being a little funny. This Tian Beixi looks smart, but in essence she is a very emotional woman. From the time she went to outlying islands alone to prove that she was already passive, she still planned to If you put all your eggs in one basket, you can see that although this woman has some intelligence and intelligence, she has a very easy personality.

It's just that he obviously didn't have anything to do with Tian Beixi, but he was inexplicably splashed with dirty water. This kind of thing is absolutely unacceptable to Yang Lu. Fortunately, Li Qingning's biggest advantage is his soft ears. After his explanations, Li Qingning Finally, I can barely believe that nothing happened between the two of them. If it were another woman, Yang Lu's words would not work.

After Li Qingning returned from Huoyun Prefecture, the handover of Yangjiang Port's management can be carried out step by step.

After another month of command dispatch and work arrangement, until the management team formed by Qingning Chamber of Commerce relying on He Mingyuan's old team, took a fast boat to Yangjiang Port to officially take over the work, the equity investment project of Yangjiang Port finally came to an end temporarily.

While helping to manage the Qingning Chamber of Commerce, Yang Lu's own practice did not stop.

Relying on the supernatural powers in dreams granted by President Lu Yang, Yang Lu has now officially stepped into the third level of Qi Refining.

Although the first three levels of qi refining are the fastest stages for a cultivator to enter the realm, Yang Lu can break through to the third level of qi refining in less than half a year of practice. Inferior.

After cultivating to the third level of Qi refining, a cultivator needs to face the first major threshold of cultivation——

The mid-stage bottleneck of gas refining.

According to the realm division of a cultivator, every three to four small realms correspond to a middle realm, and every three middle realms correspond to a large realm.The first to third levels of qi refining correspond to the state of the early stage of qi refining; the fourth to sixth levels of qi refining correspond to the state of the middle stage of qi refining; the seventh to tenth levels of qi refining correspond to the state of the late stage of qi refining.

The Foundation Establishment Stage, Golden Core Stage, and Nascent Soul Stage all follow similar grading standards.

For ordinary cultivators, breaking through the first to third stages of qi refining requires only chanting sutras without thinking. Reciting scriptures in retreat is no longer enough. After reaching a certain number of times in retreat, the cultivator still needs to go through the process of accumulating energy and breaking through.

Generally speaking, the maximum amount of aura that each realm practitioner can store is fixed, but if the concentration of aura around the body is high enough, this limit can be exceeded for a short time.According to the mainstream view in the cultivation world, the so-called Qi storage breakthrough is to let the body's spiritual energy concentration exceed its own limit, break through the body's major acupoints, and thus be promoted to the next level.

It is said that in the Middle Ages when the aura was rich, the aura between the heavens and the earth was extremely strong, and it would be a matter of course for those who cultivated in the early stage of qi refining to advance to the middle stage of qi refining. In order to break through the limit of one's own aura, and the current market price of Qi Gathering Powder is as high as 3500 yuan Lingshi coins!

This price is already equivalent to the income of an ordinary monk in the Qi refining period who does not eat, drink, or practice, and works part-time for three or four years.

It is precisely because of the high price of Qi Gathering Powder that for the vast majority of ordinary Qi-refining monks from grassroots backgrounds, the biggest difficulty in breaking through the bottleneck in the mid-stage of Qi-refinement can be summed up in only two words - no money!
Every time a monk in the ordinary qi refining stage tries to break through the middle stage of qi refining, he needs to spend 3500 yuan of Lingshi coins, and the lower the level of the kung fu practiced, the lower the success rate of the breakthrough. Less than 10%.That's why it takes several years, or even decades, for many monks from small sects to advance to the middle stage of Qi refining.

For the grassroots disciples of the Haiya Sect, their personal income mainly comes from the contribution of the sect.

The most common way to obtain sect contributions is to serve as the resident immortal master and be responsible for the grassroots governance of the Haiya area. Although the sect contributions obtained in this way are not many, the victory lies in stability. If managed properly, you will also get a little extra heaven Merits are added to the body, and leisure time can also be used for cultivation.

If you want to get more martial contributions per unit time, you can consider serving as the leader of the ocean fleet on the sea cliff. The contribution of the martial arts per unit time is twice as much as that of the immortal masters stationed in the town, but there is no way of heaven With the additional benefits of merit, there will be correspondingly less private time for cultivation, and you will need to leave your hometown for a long time, and your quality of life will be much worse than that of the resident immortal master.

There are also some temporary tasks like maintaining air traffic and clearing snow on roads. This kind of temporary task is not like the immortal masters stationed in the town and the immortal masters who lead the team, who have to work continuously for several years.Although this kind of temporary task can also get a little contribution from the sect, it is not very stable, and there are not always suitable sect tasks for you to do at any time.

In addition to the different task content, it will lead to different sect contributions for completing the tasks. Even if they are engaged in the same job, the higher the cultivation level, the disciples will receive more sect contributions, and some difficult tasks will also require The disciples who accept the task can only receive it from the sect when their cultivation level reaches a certain threshold.

After the end of each fiscal year, the Haiya faction will conduct an overall accounting calculation.

After calculating the total profit of the Haiya faction for the year, the Haiya faction will reward the disciples based on their contributions. Normally, the Haiya faction’s resident immortal masters can give 500-900 yuan of Lingshi coins in dividends every year. The leader of the ocean-going fleet can give 1000-1800 yuan in Lingshi coins, which is relatively high among the factions in the southeast coastal area of ​​Zhongzhou.

Of course, the level of economic development of Sea Cliff City has a crushing advantage compared to neighboring cities. It stands to reason that the treatment of grassroots disciples should far exceed that of Mountain Eagle Sect and Guyun Sect disciples, but it is the same as other large commercial trusts on the earth. The distribution mechanism of the Sea Cliff Chamber of Commerce is very serious.

Su Yuanfeng and Jiang Hua'an's financial resources are far superior to those of Chen Ming and Fei Fan, and the total number of cultivators of the Haiya Sect is twice that of the Shanying Sect. Pai is too strong.

However, how much each Haiya faction disciple gets each year has to be calculated according to the size of the year.

For example, because of the Sea Cliff City Ascension Conference held this year, the sea trade income of the Haiya faction is much less than in previous years, and the dividends for each Haiya faction disciple will be less. However, the expedition to the outlying islands commanded by Han Fulai was a great success , not only made up for the losses caused by the Haiya Ascension Conference, but also had a slight surplus compared to previous years, which led to an increase in the final dividend instead of a decrease.

That's why many low-level monks of the Haiya faction were very polite when they met Han Fulai.

It is precisely because the expedition to the outlying islands earned all Haiya faction monks an average of thousands of Lingshi coins, many grassroots monks of Haiya faction had the opportunity to try again to break through the bottleneck. When the grassroots monks saw him, they respectfully called him Manager Han.

After all, who would have trouble with Lingshi coins?

If there is another action like the outlying island war that can earn extra money next time, even if Jiang Huaan refuses to let Han Fu come to lead the team, the grassroots monks of the Haiya faction will probably not agree. Everyone will definitely vote with their feet and stand for those who can make money for themselves !

Compared with those low-level hard-working cultivators who work for the sect, Yang Lu will naturally not be troubled by the bottleneck in the mid-stage of Qi refining.

In Yang Lu's view, as long as a problem can be solved with money, it's not a problem!
In the ordinary Qi-refinement period, it takes many years of savings to buy Qi-gathering powder. Every time before taking Qi-gathering powder, he can't wait to use metaphysical methods such as burning incense and bathing to increase the probability of breakthrough as much as possible.However, Yang Lu, who is rich and powerful, can even eat Qi Gathering Powder as jelly beans. If one pair of Qi Gathering Powder is not enough, then get two pairs, and if two pairs are not enough, then get three pairs...

If seven or eight Qi Gathering Powders are not enough, Yang Lu can even consider building a spirit stone gathering array with a lot of money, artificially creating an ultra-high concentration spiritual energy environment similar to the Middle Ages, which will greatly increase the success probability of breaking through the bottleneck.

In fact, Yang Lu had just broken through the third level of Qi refining, and Li Qingning excitedly dragged him to Fang City, Tianshu City, where he bought more than a dozen sets of Qi Gathering Powder and two sets worth 2 yuan. The Lingshi Gathering Array.

With so many Lingshi coins thrown down, not to mention breaking through the bottleneck in the mid-stage of Qi refining, it may even be enough to break through in the later stage of Qi refining. After all, although Yang Lu has a lot of spiritual root aptitude, he practiced the majestic heaven-level kung fu "Boundless" Heart Sutra - From Beginner to Master", when breaking through the bottleneck of the realm, it has an additional success rate bonus.

If nothing else, it shouldn't be a problem for Yang Lu to cultivate to the fourth level of Qi Refining before the start of the extraterritorial battlefield.

And Li Qingning himself was not idle, as the day when the battle outside the territory was approaching, Yang Lu felt that his eldest lady had also become visibly anxious.

Every morning when he wakes up, Yang Lu can see that Li Qingning is engrossed in learning combat spellcasting skills from Butler Zhou, and he often spends a whole day learning them. You must know that Li Qingning has never been a master of learning, and can make her practice spells so hard. This shows that the psychological pressure on her is definitely not small.

Li Qingning himself is a person who can't hide things in his heart.

After getting along for such a long time, Yang Lu already knew the hidden anxiety in Li Qingning's heart.

As the great-granddaughter of the president of the Lingshi Reserve Bank, Li Qingning not only enjoys the aura of the proud daughter of heaven, but also shoulders the responsibility of the Li Qingyang family. After all, Li Qingyang was one of the leaders of the currency reform during the third Lingshi financial crisis. One, countless cultivators died because of Li Qingyang and Lu Yang's reformers.

Now that Li Qingyang is still alive, Li Qingning is active in Zhongzhou, the headquarters of the Lingshi Reserve Bank. Naturally, no one dares to do anything to her, but if it comes to the lawless battlefield outside the territory, then Li Qingyang's enemies will have revenge.

Originally, Li Qingning felt very good about herself.

After all, she has practiced the Zhuntian-level kung fu, and is proficient in the top ultimate moves of the seven schools of Kyushu, and even holds the most powerful magic weapon in the entire Kyushu cultivation world, the Zhanma Dao Xunfeng.

If you just compare the combat effectiveness on paper, there is almost no opponent in the entire Kyushu cultivation world.

However, after fighting against Li Wen, the killer of Heyu Pavilion, Li Qingning found that his actual combat experience was indeed too stretching, and he couldn't exert his due paper combat power at all.

Since then, Li Qingning has gained a lot of wisdom, and the time to practice fighting skills has increased significantly compared to the past, and he is not even as concerned about the affairs of the chamber of commerce as before.

And as the day of the opening of the foreign battlefield approached, the time for her to practice her fighting skills became longer and longer, and even as a practitioner of the Qi Cultivation Dzogchen realm, she suddenly developed two obvious dark circles .

Although it is not a bad thing to study hard, Yang Lu can also see that Li Qingning's psychological burden is very heavy.

In the past, Yang Lu only needed to say, "Miss, you don't want your chamber of commerce to go bankrupt, do you?" Just leave it to Yang Lu to make the decision, and she doesn't even check it.

The extraterritorial battlefield trial is equivalent to the enhanced version of the college entrance examination in the Kyushu cultivation world. All the monks in the qi refining period who participate in the trial are putting their lives on the line. In fact, there are not a few "comprehension candidates" who are as anxious as Li Qingning, but seeing Li Qingning He looks very haggard every day, and Yang Lu can't help feeling a little distressed.

However, he also knows that it is useless to explain the principle of "combining work and rest" to Li Qingning. It is as meaningless as saying "Don't be anxious" to an anxiety patient. held.

Leading Li Qingning to participate in the competition can not only complete the tasks assigned by Su Yuanfeng, the president of the Haiya Chamber of Commerce, but also verify the effectiveness of the recent contact with the eldest lady, and also help the eldest lady to relax and relieve tension.

It's the right time for this Sword Discussion Conference to be held!
(End of this chapter)