Martial Arts and Longevity: Starting from the Spiritual Beast Picture

"This is the ascension gift for the Foundation Establishment Monk. Please accept it, Fellow Daoist Zhao."

County Sheriff Zhu Yanping handed Zhao Lin a lock bag and said with a smile.

Once you enter the foundation-building realm, you are the true backbone of the sect. The oath of establishing the Tao and the soul-lighting lantern are constraints, but at the same time, generous treatment also comes with it.

Foundation-building monks can practice second-level and third-level spells without restrictions. As long as they have the ability, they can even build their own cave.

The Ascension Gift is equivalent to a big gift package, which is the sect's reward for the monks to build their foundation.

The lock bag contains five elixirs needed for the initial stage of foundation building: Solid World Pill, Spiritual Essence Pill, Ganlin Pill, Fusion Spirit Pill, and Five Form Pill.

As well as a third-grade spiritual bead and a set of silk robes embroidered with cloud patterns.

"Thank you, Lord Sheriff."

Zhao Lin took the lock bag and thanked him.

"Brother Zhao, you're welcome. You are now a foundation-building monk. You can treat me as an equal. You can call me a Taoist friend or a brother."

Zhu Yanping chuckled, "Brother Zhao is now running a shop in Fangshi, right?"

"Exactly."

"Brother, what are your plans for the future? There have been many monks coming and going in Dongfu County in the past few years, and there are also many monks from other sects. The patrol hall does not have enough manpower. I plan to upgrade it to a patrol battalion. Currently, there is a lack of a foundation-building realm patrol. Chief Wei is in charge, I wonder if Brother Zhao is interested?"

Seeing that the other party wanted to recruit him, Zhao Lin pondered for a moment and said: "Thanks to Brother Zhu for being considerate, but I am entrusted to run the store and have some connections with the state government. It is not convenient to leave for the time being. I can only thank Brother Zhu for his kindness."

Although the patrol camp is good, Zhao Lin has a better choice.

Lu Yuanxiu once said personally that as long as he could break through the foundation building, he would be transferred to the state capital to serve.

Chu Hongtian of Chiwei Island wanted Zhao Lin to serve as captain on the island when he was still in the middle stage of Qi refining.

Also, if Zhao Lin is willing, he can also write back to Chi County to serve as an elder.

All three options were better than being the leader of the patrol camp, so Zhao Lin naturally declined.

Zhu Yanping did not force anything, he nodded and said: "Okay, then I wish Brother Zhao good luck in his practice and a prosperous journey."

……

It’s the end of the year in a blink of an eye.

This morning, Zhao Lin called together the staff of Jindantang and Chizhutang stores to hold a year-end summary meeting.

"Shopkeeper Zhao, this year Jindan Hall has made a total profit of 36,500 spiritual stones after deducting expenses, salary, rent and miscellaneous taxes, and has done 10,200 good deeds."

"Chizhu Hall has a purchase of goods in transit. The exact results have not yet been calculated. The overall profit is about three times that of Jindan Hall."

Wan Zhangfang summarized the operating conditions of the two stores and stated them in public.

Hearing this, everyone's faces showed joy.

The store's dividend is usually 30% of the total profit, which works out to more than 10,000 good works.

There are a total of nine monks in the two shops. Except for the top shopkeeper Zhao Lin and the two second shopkeepers Gude Zhao and Liang Song, each of them can get almost a thousand good deeds.

For Qi Refining Realm monks, it is a great fortune. Moreover, working in the city is out of the wind and out of the rain, which is definitely a good job.

"It's great. It's all thanks to the good leadership of Shopkeeper Zhao!"

Gude Zhaolanxudao.

"Yes, it's all Shopkeeper Zhao who has the ability to get the franchise of Chiwei Island."

Gu An was the second to follow.

When Liang Song saw this, he also wanted to speak respectfully, but Zhao Lin quickly raised his hand to stop.

"The business is on track, and it will definitely be better next year. I will be less involved in store operations in the future, and I have to thank you all."

After advancing to foundation building, his eyes are no longer limited to the city. He said this to pave the way for the future.

Maybe it won't be long before I have a new place to go.

At this moment, someone knocked on the door outside the hospital.

"Who?"

Li Sancai walked over and opened the door and saw an old man with gray hair standing outside the door. "you are?"

"Excuse me, is Senior Zhao Lin here?"

The old man glanced into the yard.

"I am."

Zhao Lin got up and walked over.

"I, Chen Zhongqi, came here to deliver a message on the order of Elder Lu."

As he spoke, the old man took out a letter sealed with red paint from his sleeve and presented it with both hands.

Zhao Lin took the letter and was puzzled. Lu Yuanxiu used to send messengers when delivering letters, and the messenger would deliver them to his door.

I don’t know what the purpose of sending a special person to deliver the letter this time.

"Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Chen. Please come in and sit down for a while."

The old man's cultivation was only at the sixth level of Qi Refining, but he was sent by Lu Yuanxiu after all. Zhao Lin did not dare to claim to be a senior, and his tone was very respectful.

"Alright."

The old man stepped into the store.

Zhao Lin dismissed everyone, took the old man into the tea room, poured a cup of tea for him personally, and then sat down.

I opened the letter and read it from cover to cover, feeling amazed beyond words.

Lu Yuanxiu has been promoted!

From the elder of Nanhe Prefecture, he was promoted to the elder of the sect!

There are thirteen states in the Chenghua Sect. It is a big hurdle to go from the state elders to the sect elders. It can be said that you have entered the center of power.

Lu Yuanxiu did not explain the reason for the promotion in the letter, but Zhao Lin could roughly guess it.

Lu Yuanxiu is a capable man and has made outstanding achievements in the years he has been in charge of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

In particular, the establishment of Dongfu Haifang opened up a new source of revenue for the state capital and attracted a large number of monks from other sects.

The purpose of Lu Yuanxiu's letter was to hope that Zhao Lin would come to Huanglong Mansion to assist him.

Zhao Lin was surprised and happy.

Lu Yuanxiu has been the elder of the state capital for many years, and he must have many capable people under his command. The reason why he was called over must be because he is a martial arts cultivator.

Of course, being able to run your own store is also a reason.

do you want to go?

There is no need to think about this issue at all, you must go!

The closer you are to the center of power, the more resources you have for practice.

More importantly, none of his seven second-level spells were perfect, and it was difficult to find someone to capture the spells in the market.

Huanglong Mansion is the headquarters of Chenghua Sect, and its status is equivalent to the capital of the world. With the gathering of experts, it is much easier to capture spells.

Lu Yuanxiu mentioned in the letter that although Chen Zhongqi who delivered the letter was of low cultivation, he was an old official in Huanglong Mansion and was very familiar with political affairs.

Zhao Lin lamented in his heart that Lu Yuanxiu not only promoted himself, but was afraid that he was inexperienced and had even found a candidate for his assistant.

"Mr. Chen, I wonder what position Senior Lu will hold in Huanglong Mansion?"

Chen Zhongqi stroked his beard and said slowly: "Mr. Minister of Industry."

Zhao Lin was speechless secretly when he heard this.

In the mortal world, the most powerful among the six departments are the Department of Husbandry and the Department of Personnel.

One is in charge of finance and the other is in charge of human resources. The Ministry of Industry is basically at the bottom.

It's different in the world of cultivating immortals, because the four arts of elixirs, talismans, utensils, and formations are all classified under the Ministry of Industry, and their importance is no less important than the other five.

Lu Yuanxiu is the elder of the Minister of Engineering, which shows that the sect attaches great importance to and recognizes him.

Don't know what I did?

Zhao Lin didn't ask this question, and I'm afraid Chen Zhongqi didn't know either.

In the next month, Zhao Lin handed over all the store affairs to Gu Zhao and Liang Song. In addition to practicing, he asked Chen Tieqi every day for advice on how to handle government affairs. (End of chapter)