Tian Yuan Xian Ji

Chapter 566 Zongmen Assets
A few days passed by. On this day, Tangning was sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, when there was a knock on the door outside. He opened his eyes and said calmly, "Come in."

Mu Tiancheng pushed the door open and entered and bowed to salute: "Uncle Master, Aunt Xu Qingwan from the Palm Printing Department asks to see you."

"Invite her to come!"

"Yes." Mu Tiancheng responded and left. Not long after, Xu Qingwan came into the room. After saluting, the two sat facing each other. Tangning said, "How is it? Have you finished checking all the assets in the sect?"

Xu Qingwan turned her left hand and took out a stack of files: "This is the result of our investigation, which is similar to what was reported by various departments."

Tang Ning took the files and looked through them. Most of the departments in the sect didn't have any fixed assets. At most, they were just a few talismans!Artifacts and other objects.

Only a few departments like Herbs, Pills, and Spiritual Animal Husbandry have surplus money.

Tangning read it carefully, and now she has a general understanding of the sect's assets.

Currently, there are a total of [-] magical artifacts and [-] spiritual artifacts in the sect.

There are [-] first-order talismans, and [-] second-order talismans.

There are [-] sets of first-order formation flags and [-] sets of second-level formation flags.

There are [-] bottles of first-tier pills, and [-] bottles of second-tier pills.

Thirty-five sets of first-order spiritual weapons and seven sets of second-order spiritual weapons.

There are [-] first-tier medicinal herbs, and [-] second-tier medicinal herbs.

There are also three thousand catties of Xuanyan stone, three hundred bottles of Xuanyan liquid, and one hundred carts of yuan silver powder...

There are countless practice materials like this.

"I will trouble you during this time. Next, we need to check the assets outside the sect, and record them one by one, especially those shops, gambling houses, and places where resources are important. I think there will be a lot of deficits here. Well, there must be some underreporting by the local principals. You need to work harder to get accurate data."

"I understand." Xu Qingwan nodded and said, "When are you going to implement the sect's financial reform?"

Tang Ning said, "I forgot to tell you about this matter. During the last meeting, I proposed that the Yuanyi Palace directly distribute the funds to Lingshi, but they rejected it. Tomorrow, I'm going to talk to the head teacher. Enlist his support. I have decided to make some changes to our original plan and am planning to discuss it with you."

Xu Qingwan said: "What change?"

Tang Ning said: "Implementing financial reforms is not as simple as you and I thought. It involves the interests of the upper echelon of the sect, so there is a lot of resistance. It is impossible to achieve it in one step."

"Besides, I don't seem to be very supportive of the teacher's intentions. When I talked about these things with him, he told me more than once to slow down and walk slowly."

"If I rashly propose to directly reduce the funding by one million, even if the head teacher agrees, the people in other temples will not agree."

"Because among the one million spirit stones, at least three to four hundred thousand were originally theirs. Although the sect had made many cuts in funding before, none of them affected their interests. They just canceled the original subsidies of various departments. Another sum of money was cut from various departments.”

"Actually, they should have taken a little bit more, but this time is different, and the departmental funds have been reduced to a very low level."

"If this one million goes down, if the top doesn't get rid of it, the department below may not be able to operate."

"Actually, the reason why Dianzhu Peng waited for me to come to Yuanyi Palace before implementing the Zongmen's financial reform is to push me to the foreground, so that even if there is any problem, it is my responsibility and has nothing to do with him."

"Of course, there are some deeper considerations here, so I won't talk about it. In short, he is now the shopkeeper and leaves everything to me. He doesn't even have the spirit stones for this year's sect funds." Come back and let me make a decision directly."

"So I want to take a more compromise method to make the voice of opposition a little smaller. I plan to put the [-] million reduced funds into the assessment review."

"Aren't we going to promote the whole sect's disciples to participate in the alchemy and tool refining sessions? I want to use the one million spirit stones as an incentive to cultivate a qualified qi refining, alchemy, and crafting master in each hall and courtyard." Disciple Fu will return [-] spirit stones, and when there are [-] qualified disciples, we will return [-] million spirit stones to them."

Xu Qingwan pondered: "If that's the case, doesn't the funding mean that it hasn't been reduced?"

Tang Ning smiled and said, "Why haven't we reduced it? Let's reduce it by one million first, and then return it one after another. During the process of returning it, those disciples also cultivated their skills, and they themselves can create the value of returning the spirit stone. Suddenly, the reduced one million spirit stones are still not moving at all?"

Xu Qingwan nodded and said, "I understand what you mean, but didn't the sect ask you to propose a plan to reduce the number of spirit stones by two million?"

Tangning waved her hand and said, "Stop talking about two million, it's basically impossible, and I'm doing my best to achieve this. I'm just a manager, and there's only so much I can do. Let them do the rest. Come yourself!"

"Okay, I'll modify the plan according to your wishes." Xu Qingwan got up and said goodbye.

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At night, Tang Ning came out of the cave, the light rose, and she came to Luo Qingshui's cave. With a wave of her hand, the talisman was handed in.

Not long after, the thick fog billowed, a ray of light flashed out from inside, and a man with a fair complexion appeared, bowing and saluting: "Master, please come in."

Tangning followed him into the inner room, went straight to Luo Qingshui's main room, stepped forward and saluted, "My disciple pays his respects to the head teacher."

"You're here, sit down!"

Tangning took her seat as promised, Luo Qingshui said, "The sect's assets have been checked almost!"

"Yes, the inventory has been completed and the register has been registered."

"The next step is the sect's plan to train disciples to refine alchemy, refine qi, make talismans, and make formations!"

"Yes, I have an idea, and I'm here to report it to the head teacher."

"Speak!"

"I want to carry out the plan for the sect's disciples to learn skills and the sect's financial budget reduction at the same time. This is my preliminary plan. Please read it over." Tangning flipped through her left hand, took out a file and handed it to him.

Luo Qingshui took the file, scanned his eyes and smiled and said, "You want to use one million spirit stones as collateral, so that each hall and courtyard will hand over a hundred disciples with mature skills?"

Tang Ning said, "That's what it means. Whether it's alchemy, weapon refining, talisman making, or formation making, it's a cumbersome, time-consuming and labor-intensive task. In fact, the disciples below may not be willing to learn it sincerely, especially those who have reached the late stage of Qi refining." Disciples are the main people we want to cultivate."

"And most of these people are only thinking about building foundations. They have to spend a lot of time on trivial matters such as alchemy and weapon refining. There must be quite a few people who are unwilling, and the deacons of various departments may not fully cooperate and supervise them. .”

"Now that the spirit stone funds are used as collateral, whichever department trains a qualified disciple, we will permanently reward [-] spirit stone funds. When it comes to department funds, they must be more motivated."

Luo Qingshui said: "You have a good idea, but I'm afraid it's not the right time to implement the budget reduction plan. Now the sect is confronting the Demon Sect in Yingxia Mountain. It is better to be quiet at this time. The frontline disciples are fighting against the Demon Sect. It is not appropriate to cut the funds in the rear."

"Let's delay the matter of funds first! Don't be too hasty, but the disciples who cultivate alchemy and weapon refining should implement it as soon as possible. When are you going to start?"

Tang Ning said, "Tomorrow, I will discuss with Senior Brother Zhuang. If there is no problem with the Internal Affairs Department, within three days, we can arrange for people to participate in the learning of alchemy, qi refining, talisman making, and array making skills."

"I hope to form a separate team for overall coordination."

"Including disciples who are selected from the Department of Pills, Instruments, Talismans, and Banners to teach skills and participate in the study, as well as reserve personnel who provide them with raw materials, all join this team and conduct unified command. In this way, we I think the efficiency will be much higher.”

Luo Qingshui said: "That's a good idea, I'll leave it to you to take full responsibility for this matter! You are a highly skilled alchemist yourself, and you are in charge of Yuanyi Palace. I don't think there is anyone more suitable than you in the sect."

"You don't need to wait for tomorrow, I'll invite Zhuang Xingan here, you all discuss a plan immediately! Tomorrow, I will call the deacons of all departments to select disciples, and join your coordinating team to learn skills."

"Come on."

Luo Qingshui was obviously very concerned about this matter, and he was very interested. As soon as he finished speaking, a man from outside the room opened the door and entered, bowed and said: "What orders do you have, Master?"

"Go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and ask Zhuang Xingan to come."

"Yes." The man replied, turned and left the room.

After about a stick of incense, Zhuang Xinqian entered from the outside, Jishou saluted and took his seat.

Luo Qingshui said: "The inventory of the assets of the Yuanyi Palace sect has been completed, and the next step is to let the disciples of the entire sect participate in learning the skills of alchemy, weapon refining, talisman making, and array making. There is no problem with the Internal Affairs Department!"

Zhuang Xinqian said: "I have already told them a few days ago and asked them to step up their preparations. I intend to send a steward and five skilled disciples from each department to teach the disciples from other departments of the sect."

Tang Ning said, "The five disciples in the Artifacts, Talismans, and Banners are about the same, but I hope to send a few more people to the Pills department, because the main skill we teach and pass on to the sect's disciples is alchemy."

"I think it should take the form of rotation. No matter whether it is pills, array flags, utensils, or talismans, it can't be done overnight. It needs years of accumulation. At least you have to teach them the most basic skills! And this one may require It takes years."

"It may not be enough to rely on only a few people in one team. I suggest that in addition to the deacons and supervisors, all the disciples and stewards of these four departments should participate in the team of teaching and imparting skills."

"Divide them into four teams and take turns every three months. Only in this way can the learning efficiency of Zongmen disciples be guaranteed."

"In addition, I hope that each team of the Dan Yao Department can send ten disciples to participate in the teaching."

(End of this chapter)