The Rise of the Cultivation Family

Chapter 266: First time participating in clan meeting

"Second brother, you can eat it yourself. I have to run to the clan leader."

After saying that, Yun Yongzhu used the "Air Control Technique" and flew out of the cave.

Not long after he set out, he received a paper crane as a message.

It was sent by the clan leader, Grandpa, asking him to go to the meeting hall of his cave to attend the clan meeting.

Yun Yongzhu thought to himself that he was just about to go to the patriarch's grandfather.

Half a quarter of an hour later, he flew to the outside of Yun Shichang's cave.

He lightly tapped the outer barrier with his spiritual power, and soon a hole was revealed in the barrier for him to enter.

Yun Yongzhu went straight to the hall facing the main entrance. The clan leader was waiting for him.

"Xiaojiu, why are you here so early? Others haven't arrived yet."

"I've met the Second Grandpa. The child has other things to do, so he happened to come to your place."

"Sit down and say, what's the matter?"

Yun Yongzhu sat on the chair, took out a jade slip and handed it to him.

"Second Grandpa, this is an unexpected gain from my return to the sect, a magic formula. Take a look."

Yun Shichang took it curiously, wondering if it was some kind of secret technique, otherwise Xiaojiu wouldn't hand it over to him.

He put the jade slip against his forehead and soon looked at Yun Yongzhu full of surprise and emotion.

"I didn't expect that Xiaojiu would have such a great opportunity when you go back this time. With this mid-level "Spirit Locking Technique", the family can develop new ways of making money."

"Yes, Second Grandpa, when someone in the clan learns this spiritual skill, they can open a few restaurants. Then the business will be better than that of ordinary restaurants."

"This matter will be brought up at the clan meeting later. Let the twelfth brother and the fifteenth brother discuss it carefully and decide who will be responsible for the catering house."

"Well, it's better to make plans early."

"Oh, by the way, Xiaojiu, I have discussed with Uncle Jiu and Uncle 25 about the Five Elements Spirit Fruit Tree you brought back. It doesn't matter even if I tell a few elders and core clan members in the family. It just so happens. Also ask them to discuss how much of your family contribution should be counted, as well as this "Spirit Locking Technique"."

"OK, all right."

"It's still early. You sit here for a while while I go change clothes."

Yun Shichang called his attendants to give Yun Yongzhu some tea, and then went to his yard.

In less than half a quarter of an hour, Yun Shichang had changed his clothes and came out.

"Let's go and wait together in the meeting hall."

Yun Shichang led Yun Yongzhu out of the living room and walked into another magnificent palace on the right.

Yun Yongzhu remembered that he had been here seven years ago. He had just returned to Yunwu Mountain from Ziyuntai alchemy.

At that time, he went directly to the second grandfather's cave. In the lobby of this palace, he took out bottles of pills he had refined, shocking all the elders.

"Second Grandpa, what is the main content of today's clan meeting? Who are participating?"

"There are more. The first is to report on last year's income and expenditure, the second is about the Immortal Fate Festival, the third is about the auction, and the fourth is about you, as well as some other small things.

This clan meeting is a big clan meeting, held once a year, so in addition to the five elders, there are also seven core family members participating, one of whom you probably haven’t met yet, and it’s just a good time to get to know each other. "

Yun Yongzhu nodded, wondering how much his family's annual income is now and how many members there are.

The grandfather and grandson were sitting in the meeting hall of the main hall chatting. After nearly a stick of incense, the elders and family stewards came to Yun Shichang's cave one after another.

Yun Yongzhu met another elder, an elder who looked as young as his nineteenth-century grandfather, his eighteenth-grandfather Yun Shiguang.

Grandpa Yun Shiguang, the eighteenth grandpa, is the person in charge of the Yunxiao Pavilion store in Cangzhou. He does not come back to the family every year. Only at the annual gathering of wealthy families can he be seen.

Chen Zheng, except for the other four Foundation Establishment Masters, all the core figures of Yunwu Mountain have arrived, and everyone sat down at the long table in the lobby according to their status.

Yun Shichang asked his attendant to add a chair next to him, asked Yun Yongzhu to sit down, and then said to everyone:

"The time has come. The clan meeting will begin. Let's first talk about the income of the shop last year. Fifteenth brother, let's get started."

Yun Shiqiong, the family elder, is the fifteenth in his generation and is in charge of the business of all the stores in the family.

He took out a thick account book, opened it and began to tell.

"Everyone, last year the family's ten shops earned a total of 21082 spiritual stones.

Among them, there are 2860 pieces in the main city, 2456 pieces in Cangzhou, 2586 pieces in Lanzhou, 2086 pieces in Xiangyun City, 2170 pieces in Wuyou City, 2046 pieces in Yunfu City, 2090 pieces in Yunmeng City, 2120 pieces in Yunjin Mountain, 2015 pieces in Wanhua Valley, and 653 pieces in Yunwu Town. The shop's income is [-] pieces. "

Everyone listened carefully, and some people took out pens to take notes.

The clan leader nodded and said to Yun Dai Feng: "Dai Feng, what's going on at the ore veins? How much ore was produced last year?"

Yun Daifeng, the only elder in the family, is responsible for managing the family's four mineral veins. He is also one of the participants in the ore trade.

Yun Daifeng answered: "Clan Chief, last year the three black iron mines produced a total of 220 kilograms of ore, and the black iron mine produced 120 kilograms of ore. Last year, the ore income was 4200 spirit stones."

Yun Yongzhu listened on the sidelines and felt that the number was a bit shocking.

The elder Yun Shifan summed up: "The fifteenth brother's data is consistent with the spirit stone I entered. In addition, the family shipped 100 million jins of black iron ore last year, with an income of 2200, and 50 jins of dark iron ore, with an income of 2000. , the total income last year was 25282 spirit stones."

Yun Yongzhu did a mental calculation and found that the ore was equivalent to selling at a low price. However, as a person who has been away from home all year round, he still needs to explore more about the family's situation, and he believes that the elders in the clan are not fools.

Here he listened to Grandpa Wu talk about last year's expenses.

"After talking about income, let me talk about expenses. Last year's actual monthly expenditure was 7032 spiritual stones, 530 kilograms of first-order low-grade spiritual rice, 930 kilograms of first-order medium-grade spiritual rice, and 310 kilograms of first-order high-grade spiritual rice.

It costs 2460 to maintain the family formation, 2520 for the three elixir gardens, 3220 for withdrawing mission rewards from the mission hall, 1800 for purchasing weapon refining materials, 900 for purchasing elixirs and fruits, and 866 for temporary workers. The total expenditure is 18798 souls. stone.

After deducting expenses, 6484 spirit stones were saved last year. After excluding the 6000 spirit stones that must be donated to the sect every year, there are still 484 left. "

Everyone smiled after hearing this. Last year's income was much higher than the year before.

I saved more than 5000 spiritual stones the year before last, but I still had to set aside the amount for the donation. After all, I still suffered a loss, but last year I actually had a surplus income.

No matter how hard you work this year, you should have good income, and it will get better and better in the future.

Looking back seven years ago, the family's finances were in deficit, and every year they calculated how much debt they still owed.

"Okay! Not bad! Fourth child, please tell me the current number of people in the family."

"Clan leader, everyone, the number of mortals in the family is close to 22. The number of monks has increased by one from last year. There are 182 in total, 33 in the late stage of Qi training, 93 in the middle stage of Qi training, 53 in the early stage of Qi training, and 3 in the foundation building stage. [-] people!”

"Are there any rewards for the parents of the newly added monk?"

"Everything has been arranged according to the rules. The elixirs, nourishing medicinal materials, money, honors, etc. have been arranged. The clan members are very encouraged. You can look forward to this year's Immortal Fate Festival."

"Great! Are there any other changes?"

Yun Shiqian is the only second-level high-grade weapon refiner in the family and is responsible for the training of the family's weapon refiners.

She said: "Clan leader, last year there was a little guy in the clan who was promoted from a qi training apprentice to a first-level low-level weapon refiner.

However, many of the disciples in the clan are no longer inclined to refine weapons and have chosen the art of alchemy. What should we do? "

"This... Fourth brother, please tell me."

Everyone was talking about it. Some said that it could not continue like this because it would affect the inheritance of the family's weapon refining. Others said that the spiritual stones earned from alchemy would sooner or later exceed the income from the weapon refining, which would be beneficial to the family's finances.

There were different opinions, and the hall became noisy for a while.

After a while, the elders came to no conclusion.

Yun Yongzhu had been listening quietly without making a sound. At this time, he was also thinking about this issue.

There is some truth in what the elders said. After all, the family's weapon refining technique has been passed down for more than 200 years, and it is also a combined strike weapon refining method, which naturally has its advantages. For example, there are four second-level weapon refiners in the family, and they can take turns. Guide the tribesmen in refining magic weapons.

Even if you can't become a formal weapon refiner, it is still relatively easy to become a weapon refiner apprentice.

After all, the art of alchemy had just entered the family not long ago, and there was usually only one first-level low-grade alchemist to teach him how to make alchemy.Moreover, this only teacher has to take time to refine the Bigu Pill and Qi Gathering Pill, so he really doesn't have much free time to teach others.

In this case, it will undoubtedly be more difficult to learn the art of alchemy, and it will be even more difficult to become an alchemy apprentice, which will waste the time of many family members.

Yun Shichang suddenly asked Yun Yongzhu what he thought.

"Xiaojiu, do you think this matter is good or bad? How should we solve it?"

Everyone stopped talking and wanted to hear Yun Yongzhu's opinion.

"There is no conflict between weapon refining and alchemy refining. If the family wants to develop, the more skills the better.

The root of this matter still lies in the number of monks in the family. If the number of monks can be increased as soon as possible, this problem will not exist. The children of the clan can naturally learn whatever skills they want, as they please. "

The elders all nodded thoughtfully and listened to Yun Yongzhu continue.

“However, the problem now is that the number of monks cannot grow so fast, so we can only choose according to the advantages of the two skills of alchemy and weapon refining.

For now, learning to refine weapons has greater advantages. There is no shortage of low-level weapon refinement materials in the clan, there is no shortage of elders with weapon refinement experience, and there is no shortage of weapon refinement techniques.

What's more important is that weapon refining is the foundation of my Yun family's foothold in Yunzhou and cannot be shaken easily. Therefore, we cannot allow the younger members of the clan to all choose the art of alchemy.

As an alchemist, although my path to alchemy has been very smooth, I can responsibly say that not everyone can become an alchemist, and most people do not have the talent for alchemy.

Why not tell the little guys in the family school that as long as they cannot refine a batch of bigu pills in a month, they will no longer be allowed to practice the art of alchemy and switch to the art of weapon refining? "

This Bigu Pill is the simplest of all elixirs. There are only three to seven kinds of refining materials, and it cannot be refined in a month. In Yun Yongzhu's view, there is really no need to continue to study it. Alchemy.

This not only consumes spiritual stones and materials, but also wastes people's time. It is really unnecessary.

Yun Shichang nodded and said, "What Xiaojiu said makes sense. Sister Eleven, do you think this is okay?"

Yun Shiqian said: "It's okay for the time being. I just hope that fourth brother will cooperate more and do more homework for the little guys in the family school."

"Sister Eleven, don't worry, I will always guide them."

Yun Shichang motioned to everyone that if there was anything else they wanted to report, report it all.

The seventh grandfather Yun Shize said: "The tasks in the Family Task Hall are generally divided into family tasks and private tasks. There are very few private tasks, so we won't mention them for now.

This family mission is divided into mountain gate missions and outbound missions.

Mountain gate tasks are tasks that can be completed directly in Yunwu Mountain. Generally, they are taking care of the spiritual field and elixir garden, as well as tempering materials for refining weapons, refining weapons, making blank talisman paper, drawing talismans, refining elixirs, etc.

There is no danger involved in these missions, so the mission rewards are not generous.

The outing tasks are complex, including taking care of the family's spiritual field outside, guarding the family territory, taking care of the family store, delivering goods to the family store, purchasing materials for weapon refining and alchemy, etc. Seven years ago, a new bounty task was added. .

Among these tasks, taking care of the family shop is less dangerous, and the task rewards are not much. The rewards for escorting goods and purchasing materials are higher, but the family does not release many of these tasks.

This bounty mission is the mission with the most generous rewards in the mission hall, so in recent years, more and more clan members have taken on this type of mission.

In the past two years, three tribesmen were seriously injured because of this bounty mission, but it still did not extinguish the enthusiasm of the tribesmen.

Especially after the news of the Foundation Establishment Pill spread among the clan, more clan members accepted this bounty mission.

I'm worried that if this continues, only us old guys will be left in the clan. How can the family function like this? And if things go on like this, more clan members will definitely perish.

Patriarch, should this bounty mission be cancelled? "

Yun Shichang shook his head and looked at the other elders.

"You all tell me, should this bounty mission be cancelled?"

The Eighth Grandfather Yun Shiyuan first said: "This mission cannot be canceled. Since the release of this bounty mission, eighteen new first-level rare elixirs and three second-level low-grade elixirs have been added to the clan's elixir garden. The accumulated quantity in the past ten years!”

Aunt Eleven Yun Shiqian said: "Even my place used a piece of star sand handed over from the mission hall to refine a second-level mid-grade spiritual weapon. I don't agree with canceling bounty missions."

Yun Shiqiong, Yun Daifeng, Yun Daihao and Yun Daixian also expressed their disapproval.

"Seventh Brother is too unfounded. There is currently no shortage of people in the clan to take care of business. There is no need to cancel this reward mission."

Yun Shihuan's disapproving reasons for canceling the bounty mission were different.

"As a monk, how can I not be enterprising? If I were not responsible for the important task of guarding the family, even I would not be able to bear to accept the bounty mission."

Yun Shijin, Yun Shifan, and Yun Shiguang made no statements.

Seeing that no one agreed with his idea, Yun Shize had no choice but to give up.

"Okay, that's it. Lao Qi, the Immortal Fate Festival will start in three months. Are the tasks in the mission hall pending?"

"Clan leader, three clan members have already taken over the task, and there are still three more to go."

"Okay, if there are not enough people before the Immortal Fate Festival starts, remember to talk to Lao Wu and make a decision as soon as possible without delay."

"Yes!"

"The next thing is about the auction in Yunzhou City. One month after the Immortal Fate Festival, it is the Qingshan Sect's 20-year Immortal Ascension Conference. Has anyone from the other four families come to pay homage to the mountain? What are the regulations?"

Yun Yongzhu suddenly remembered that he had been in the sect for 20 years. He didn't know how many of his fellow sect members would be able to find some good prospects this time.

There is also this joint auction of five companies, which Yun Yongzhu is very interested in.

"Clan leader, as in previous years, the five families gathered in Yunzhou City and each prepared their own items to participate in the auction. There is no limit to the number of items, and the order of appearance has not yet been determined."

“Our family also has magic weapons, spiritual weapons, talismans, and this year, spiritual fruit wine and elixirs.

Lao Wu, you pick and choose and draw up a list of items to be auctioned. It must be finalized after the Immortal Fate Festival.

Xiaojiu, you have taken the time to refine some high-grade elixirs in the past few months. "

"Yes! Patriarch!"

"Yes! Patriarch! How about adding another lot?"

He smiled and continued: "How about auctioning off a few free elixir refining spots?"

Yun Yongzhu did this just to make a name for himself in Yunzhou, so that fellow and lower-level monks would know that he could refine second-level elixirs and recognize his level of alchemy.

In this way, he can plan for the elixirs, spiritual plants, and even elixirs he wants to obtain. Even if he just expands his contacts, earns spiritual stones, or facilitates the task of refining elixirs in the future, it will not be a loss.

Yun Yongzhu's words made everyone in the lobby shine. This is a good idea.

They all had a deep impression on Yun Yongzhu's alchemy skills, which could not be easily erased in their lifetime.

Now that Yun Yongzhu has advanced to the foundation-building realm, he heard that he can also refine second-level elixirs, which really surprised them. They must know that Yun Yongzhu has only established the foundation not long ago.

"Okay! Xiaojiu paid good attention to this, Lao Wu, remember to fill it in."

"Okay! Patriarch!"

Yun Shichang continued: "When Xiao Jiu came back two days ago, he brought back a Five Elements Spirit Fruit tree to the family. Please discuss how much you should contribute to Xiao Jiu Ji. And today, he presented another tree to the family. The contribution of the second-level spiritual art "Spirit Locking Technique" is also discussed."

His words immediately surprised and surprised everyone.

"Five Elements Spiritual Fruit Tree? This is a third-order high-grade spiritual plant!"

"This Five Elements Spirit Fruit Tree is already 15 years old. It is expected that in 200 years, it will be able to bear the Five Elements Spirit Fruit that is comparable to the Qi Gathering Pill and the Spirit Gathering Pill. I think the Five Elements Spirit Fruit Tree can be considered as the contribution of the Xiaojiuqiqian family. point."

The others nodded repeatedly. None of them had heard of the name of the Five Elements Spirit Fruit. When they heard that their family had a 15-year-old Five Elements Spirit Fruit tree, they grinned with joy to the back of their mouths.

"This "Spirit Locking Technique" can be considered as [-] contribution points."

Seeing that no one had any objections, Yun Shifan asked Yun Yongzhu to give him his identity card, take out the family contribution point jade card, and allocate the [-] contribution points to it.

"That's it for this clan meeting. All the things assigned to us need to be done properly."

After Yun Shichang finished speaking, the elders and stewards left his cave chatting and laughing, and Yun Yongzhu also left with everyone.

(End of this chapter)