Xuantian 1: Ancient Xuandongtian

[-]. The first tax statement

Yanmo Mountain is a training ground.

A young man wearing Qingyu uniform is practicing on the training ground.

On the field, not underground.

The training square is about thirty feet in diameter. The inner circle is circular, and the outer circle has stone pillars that are generally regular but not completely regular, standing at intervals.

The stone pillars are heavily weathered, cracked and smooth.

There are green moss and brown debris from dead vines embedded in the cracks of the stone pillars.

Under the moss, there is a seal-engraved inscription: "Yanmo Mountain No. 17 Training Ground."

Mu Hanchan's appearance on the training ground proved that he had completed the general training cycle.The air in the basement under the field is stuffy, the field is breathable, and the spiritual power is running and adjusting the breath every day for the last time.

"Are you Mu Hanchan?"

Suddenly a greeting interrupted Mu Hanchan's practice.

Before greeting, Mu Hanchan had already felt a few noisy footsteps.But he didn't think much about it, thinking that someone came here to practice together.

Opening his eyes, he saw several young people wearing uniforms.

Mu Hanchan had never seen this kind of robe before. There was a big word "service" on it.

"It's me, what's wrong?"

Mu Hanchan did not stand up, but still asked with his legs crossed.

"How many refereeing games have you officiated in the past month?"

One of them asked, and took out a wooden board and a writing brush.

Mu Hanchan had seen this brush before. It was the snow silver black eagle brush used by the third table when he was admitted.

He himself was recruited from the fourth table.

The fourth table uses a bronze gray goose pen. According to Wu Ke, the first three tables are all reserved, and the last two tables are open to the public.

"16 games, what do you want from me?"

When he saw the brush, Mu Hanchan stood up sharply, answered the questions first, and then asked about his identity.

After hearing Mu Hanchan's answer, the person with the pen immediately recorded it.

But no one answered his question.

Mu Hanchan frowned and asked again: "Who are these people? What do you want to see me for?"

"Can't you see the big characters on our clothes?" another person asked.

Another person said: "Who recruited you here? Didn't they teach you how to recognize clothing marks when you started?"

"I can see it, but I'm not sure. Are you from the Zongwu Hall?" Mu Hanchan asked.

The leader finally spoke and said, "You still have some sense, do you know what we are looking for you for?"

"I don't know, please ask a few senior brothers to tell me." Mu Hanchan replied.

One of them asked reprimandingly: "You earn 16 yuan of spirit stones in a month. Don't you know how to take the initiative to pay taxes to the sect? Do you still want us to come to you?"

"what?"

Only then did Mu Hanchan realize that it was the Zongwu Hall who had come to collect taxes.

He said, "Didn't you say that you can just pay it in before New Year's Eve?"

"Then you have to wait until the last day of this year? You can pay it after 23. It must be paid before the [-]rd of the year, otherwise who will wait for you?" another person said.

"Several senior brothers!"

Suddenly there was a sound from outside the venue, and then someone rushed over quickly.

As we got closer, we realized it was Chang Quan.

"Sixth Brother, why are you here?" Mu Hanchan asked with some confusion.

Chang Quan did not answer Mu Hanchan and quickly said hello to several people.Although several people did not know Chang Quan, they had heard of this name and responded one by one.

"Hey, this junior brother of mine has just started and doesn't know the rules very well. Hey, brothers, tell me how much spirit stone tax you have to pay. I told him that I promise to pay it all this week." Chang Quan said .

"He has recently enforced a total of sixteen competitions. Calculated based on one spiritual stone per game, he has earned a total of 16 spiritual stones. According to the sect's "Public Training Tax Regulations", he should pay [-]% tax, which is one spiritual stone. Six points for spiritual stone.”

The leader said.

"what?"

Mu Hanchan asked.

Chang Quan waved his hand to signal Mu Hanchan not to speak.

Said: "But our Yanmo Mountain belongs to the last four mountains and has tax exemptions."

The leader looked at Chang Quan and Mu Hanchan and said, "Well, it's optional or unavoidable. After all, we are all members of the Yunyang Sect. No one has any privileges and everyone is equal. But considering everyone in your mountain sect. The reduction and exemption policy is based on Jiazi's total spiritual stone income and the number of monks who have broken ranks."

Chang Quan said: "I still hope that some exemptions can be given."

"Well, it's hard to say. Besides, your junior brother earned 16 yuan of spiritual stones in one month. He became rich in one month. Others are jealous. If I give him too much deduction, people will definitely talk about it.

Another point is that if his monthly income exceeds five spiritual stones, he will be charged a heavy tax, which will be doubled for every five more spiritual stones.until seven times. "

"what?"

Mu Hanchan asked again, obviously not understanding or accepting what the other party said.

At this time, Chang Quan immediately waved his hand to signal Mu Hanchan not to speak.

And he immediately said with a smile: "Okay, okay, okay, okay. As much as you say is what you want."

When the other party saw this, he thought about it and said, "Let's charge four times this time. There is no reduction for the first time, and it can be determined later depending on the situation."

Mu Hanchan finally said: "Four times the heavy tax, that's six quarter spirit stones?"

"correct."

"I have no objection to paying taxes, but is it appropriate for you to disturb me while I'm practicing?" Mu Hanchan asked.

After hearing this, Chang Quan's face changed slightly. Before he could speak in the future, the face of the person headed by the other party turned gloomy and asked: "What do you mean? When do we do things, we have to follow your time?"

"Didn't the sect stipulate that it should be submitted before New Year's Eve? What time is it now?" Mu Hanchan suddenly said a little seriously.

Chang Quan said: "Junior brother, you have never paid taxes. The senior brothers from the General Affairs Hall specially reminded you to prevent you from missing it. You can also pay it yourself at the Zongwu Hall in the future."

"I think they're here to beat me up, right?" Mu Hanchan said.

The leader said with an unhappy expression: "It's just beating, so what? You earn so many spiritual stones in a month, shouldn't you be grateful to the sect? You are already far ahead of others, do you have any objection to charging you four times the heavy tax?"
You have to know that even after collecting taxes, you still have nearly ten spiritual stones.

This is something that many Condensation Realm monks cannot obtain. "

Mu Hanchan said: "I have no objection, but if you receive my spirit stone, you need to issue me a receipt to prove that you have received it or I have handed it over."

"No reason!"

One of them said: "We have always been the ones to issue certificates to others. When will it be our turn to issue certificates to others?"

"That won't work."

Chang Quan said: "Okay, junior brother. I will guarantee it. Please trust the senior brothers in Zongwu Hall. If there is any problem, I will take responsibility."

"There is no need for your senior brother to guarantee it. If you hand over the spirit stone today, the tax license will be passed to you within a week."

Mu Hanchan looked at Chang Quan before giving up.

Wait until a few people leave.

"Junior brother, why do you suddenly have a conflict with a few of them?" Chang Quan asked reproachfully.

"I don't know, I just feel very uncomfortable all of a sudden. Maybe it's their attitude."

"Don't fight these people."

"I didn't fight against them, they were against me, they came to cause trouble for me, but I obviously haven't reached the time when I should be in trouble," Mu Hanchan said.

Chang Quan said: "You are right, they do have the intention to beat you, because it is rare to come to collect taxes. Especially those who come early before the deadline."

"So how do I deal with that?"

"There's no way to deal with it because they're not violating the rules either."

He added: "This is why I insist on recommending that you insist on being a fight referee. After you have been around for three years, you can join the referee committee and be able to officiate higher-level fights in the future. Instead of just refereeing fights in the courtyard.

In another 30 years, you will be able to enter the patriarchal hall as you wish.

When the time comes, you will be able to compete with them.And then your taxes will no longer be managed by the Zongwutang. "

Mu Hanchan asked: "Why do you insist on pushing me into the sect's system?"

Chang Quan looked at Mu Hanchan but didn't answer.

[-]. Sons of the Demonic Sect!
A few days later, I met Chang Quan again.

"Junior brother, what are you doing here?" Chang Quan asked.

Mu Hanchan replied: "I'm here to pick up a piece of mail."

"Why don't you send it to your manor?"

"I don't want people to know where I live, so I'd rather run a little more."

"Whose letter is it?"

"Well, a letter from Jiaozhou Desert."

"what?"

"It was my first sect mission, to deliver a message to Jiaozhou. Later, I helped them measure the magma. Seeing that I was knowledgeable, they contacted me often and even gave me fire spirit stones."

"Oh, that's okay. It seems that they intend to make friends with you." Chang Quan said after thinking.

"Yes."

Mu Hanchan answered affirmatively, and then added: "But they didn't treat me like this from the beginning, but they spoke rudely to me.

There was even an outsider from the fourth level of Ningling who wanted to kill me.

But I threatened him with the name of Master, and he got cold feet. "

After hearing this, Chang Quan frowned and said, "With your current level of cultivation, it's better not to conflict with the Ningling Realm monks. It's very dangerous."

"Yes, but if it touches my bottom line, no matter how dangerous it is, I will maintain my dignity."

"Ugh!"

Chang Quan sighed and said, "Actually, you must never rely on Master as your backer."

"How to say?"

"I can only tell you this in private."

So the two of them went to a quiet place.

Chang Quan said: "I would say that people are very selfish, and so is our master."

"Sixth Senior Brother, just talk to me directly, no need to start. In order to prove that Master's selfishness is reasonable, do you first use everyone as a basis?"

Mu Hanchan answered.

"Well, what I mean is, you can't take Mo Qian too seriously. He won't care about you if something happens.

He just wants to benefit from you.

You don’t have the Lingyuan realm yet, so you don’t know. You’ll understand when you get to the Lingyuan realm.Various tasks will come, and you have to work hard to become his disciple.

And if you do well, he will promote you to a formal disciple, a true disciple, and a legacy disciple. "

"Then how can we do it well?" Mu Hanchan asked.

"Obey, be patient, and ask for nothing in return."

"what?"

As if he felt that he had said too much, Chang Quan explained: "It is our master Mo Qian who needs disciples who can be satisfied with a little reward.

He doesn't like his disciples to ask too much of him, but he demands a lot of his disciples. "

Mu Hanchan said: "This is indeed how the superiors treat the inferiors, but there is no other way but to accept it."

"You can't stand it, junior brother."

Chang Quan said with certainty.

"You can't even bear the slightest disrespect from the people of the Zongwu Hall and Lan Chen. How can you bear the meanness of Master?"

explained again.

"Uh, this..."

"Then how did you fellow seniors endure it?" Mu Hanchan asked.

"Nothing will work."

Chang Quan said: "Senior Brother Wan Cheng is estranged from Master, and I have never seen him since I started.

The second senior sister is an exchange monk from Bingxuan Sect and will stay back sooner or later.

The third senior brother is devoted to cultivation, but he wants to leave the sect and develop in the Righteous Alliance.

The fourth senior brother probably has another real master.

Don’t mention Fifth Senior Sister, she is just a woman. "

Mu Hanchan asked: "Why did Senior Brother estrange from Master? Why was Second Senior Sister exchanged? Why did Third Senior Brother leave the sect? Who was Fourth Senior Brother's previous master?"

"I don't know much about their conflict. It is said that he was originally going to be promoted to a successor disciple.

Second Senior Sister can only say that life is hard.Bingxuan Sect is a super sect, but being exchanged to a second-level sect like ours is enough to show how bumpy her journey is.

It is said that the second senior sister has no parents.

The third senior brother has no intention of doing this, or perhaps the master has made him have no intention of doing so.They are also poor monks.Master doesn't use resources, and insists on letting people do things first and then practice cultivation.

You have to know that people’s energy is limited. If they do tasks all day long, how can they have time to practice?
Afterwards, no compensation was given for the spiritual stones, or very little was given.

Over time, naturally, I no longer want to stay in this door.

From the words of the fourth senior brother, it seems that he had worshiped a master before, but his original master fell into the realm of impact, and then he turned to Mo Qian's sect. "

"Oh…!"

After hearing this, Mu Hanchan learned more about his senior brothers and sisters and his own demon sect.

"So, this is why I want you to enter the patriarchal system, so that you don't have to rely on Mo Qian in the future.

No matter how strong your backing is, you must rely on yourself to survive. "

Mu Hanchan said: "What if I don't have the ability?"

"That's cool, I have to leave it to fate. But, I think you have the ability.

"Is this why you pushed me into the patriarchal system?"

"More than that. The first thing is that among our generation from the Mo Sheng Sect, there are no people who hold positions in the sect institutions.

If there is a problem in the future, it will be difficult to deal with it.

If you look at those well-developed sects, they all have well-developed roots.There are those who make anvils (making utensils), those who grind powder (refining alchemy), and those who draw pictures (making formations). Of course, in addition to these, there is the most important link, which is that there is still someone in power.

Commonly known as: There is someone up there. "

"Ah? You want me to do this part?" Mu Hanchan asked in surprise.

"Yes. There is no need to consider the first five senior brothers and sisters. We, the Demonic Sect, cannot count on them.

Whether our sect is developed or not depends on you and me. "

Mu Hanchan asked with some doubts: "But our master is still there!"

"He is too lazy to care about others, and he doesn't care about the development of this sect. He only has eyes for himself."

"Okay, I understand, Sixth Brother, I will continue to be a fighting judge according to your plan, so that I can successfully enter a higher level in three years."

Mu Hanchan replied.

"Also, Elder Wang said that Yang Keqing from the Kung Fu Association wants to recruit you to work for him as a Kung Fu researcher. What do you think?"

When Mu Hanchan heard about the Kung Fu Association, he immediately became nervous and refused: "I won't go."

Then he found another reason and said: "I don't like the little practitioners."

In fact, he was afraid of accidentally exposing his heaven-level skills in front of professionals and causing huge trouble for himself.

"Okay then, let's just say goodbye. Remember to do the prescribed sect tasks." Chang Quan ordered again.

"Okay, Sixth Senior Brother."