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Chapter 634: Re-establishing the Dao Palace (Please subscribe, please vote)

Wang Ping did not join their quarrel. It should be said that he seemed to be involved in all matters related to the expansion of the Taoist Palace, but he was just a transparent person and never said a word during the discussion.

Because the Taoist Palace's current position in the south is as solid as a rock, he is also unable to expand his influence to other regions. After all, even Lord Xiaoshan has not done it, let alone him. So, he just needs to be a bystander and wait to reap the fruits of victory.

This quarrel was very intense and lasted for three days. One night, Wang Ping was bored and was about to invite Ruan Chunzi and Yuan Zheng to come over to enjoy the moon and drink. Suddenly, Hua Yun from the Zhenyang Sect came to ask for a meeting.

After the two sides exchanged polite words in the pavilion at the edge of the garden for a long time, Hua Yun Daoist led them to the main business: "After the battle of Shangjing City, have you ever been to Shangjing City to see it?"

"I've been busy with trivial matters and haven't had time to go and take a look, but I have a general understanding of the current situation in the Shangjing area." Wang Ping answered casually, looking at the calico cat playing with Yu Lian beside him while speaking.

"Qingpu Road and the Yunhai Grassland outside Beiguan are now the preaching areas of my Zhenyang Sect. If you are in a dispute over the Zhongzhou artifact, my Zhenyang Sect can lend a helping hand!"

Wang Ping withdrew his gaze from the calico cat and Yu Lian, picked up the teacup on the stone table next to him, and said with a smile: "Can this divine weapon fall into the hands of a third family?"

Taoist Hua Yun kept a cold expression when he heard this, and said in a calm tone: "Fellow Taoist, don't underestimate the cultivators in the world. They may not be able to accomplish anything, but they have the ability to do bad things."

Wang Ping put down the teacup without drinking it. He agreed with Hua Yun's words. There is no shortage of crazy people in this world, and even less of people who do not follow the rules. Such people may not be able to accomplish anything, but they can ruin a good situation.

"What do you want to do, fellow Taoist?" Wang Ping asked directly.

"With your foundation and cultivation, it will certainly not be difficult for you to advance to the fourth realm. By then, my Zhenyang Sect will definitely worship your statue and help you practice magic. All we need is an important Taoist palace in the northern missionary area!"

Wang Ping reacted and asked, "Fellow Daoist, do you mean to set up several main Taoist palaces and place important areas in different places to balance the forces of all parties?"

Hua Yun nodded and said, "If you agree, I will talk to the others!"

Wang Ping picked up the teacup and thought carefully. This plan had no effect on him. Then he looked at Hua Yun and said, "I don't have any objection, but in this way, the Taoist Palace will be useless."

"Don't we still have seats for different stages?" Hua Yun must have thought of a solution long ago. Facing Wang Ping's question, he answered quickly: "We can set up seven seats, add one seat for the Qigong practitioners in the world, and then make more detailed responsibilities for the three seats."

She paused for a moment, "In the beginning, the Daozang Hall was too vague about the duties of the third seat, which led to management chaos in the later period. Of course, there were objective historical reasons for this, but now we don't have such obstacles. Why not further subdivide the duties of the third seat? In addition, I suggest abolishing positions such as the pacification envoy to avoid local infighting."

Wang Ping nodded as he listened. Hua Yun's ideas were good, but he was alert. Since the Zhenyang Sect was so concerned about the expansion of the Taoist Palace, they must be planning to use it to do something in the future.

At this moment, for some reason Wang Ping suddenly thought of Lord Lieyang. According to Lord Xiaoshan, Lord Lieyang was a participant in all events in the rise of humanity over the past thousands of years, but he was just a bystander most of the time!
This is a dangerous person!
But if he was really scheming, Wang Ping knew he couldn't resist, so after Hua Yun introduced a lot, he pretended to think for a while and responded: "I agree with your suggestion in principle and support your suggestion."

What happens next is simple.

On the third day after this conversation, a casual cultivator from the north proposed to set up several Dao Palace branches in different places, and put the headquarters on hold for the time being. This proposal was approved by most people, and after two days of discussion, it was decided to set up four Dao Palace branches in the north, northwest, south and southeastern sea areas of Zhongzhou. Originally, the Zhenyang Sect proposed to set up a Dao Palace branch in Zhongshan State where the Vajra Temple was located, but was rejected by the monk Mingxin of the Vajra Temple.

The next step was to agree on the internal structure of the Taoist Palace. The original complicated departments of the Taoist Canon Hall were reduced to six, namely: major cases, investigation, operations, supervision, guarding, and inspection.

The inspection is carried out by the lowest-level seventh seat, but the responsibilities are very broad. He can inspect all the monks in the jurisdiction area and report any problems directly to the chief abbot of the area.

The original position of Pacifier has been abolished, replaced by the "Chief Host" system implemented in the Taoist Palace now, and local seats are retained. Local seats exist side by side with the seven seats in the Taoist Palace. Another point is that the Chief Host needs to have at least three realms of cultivation, and cannot be concurrently held by the third seat.

In addition, the powers of the third seat have been clearly marked and are no longer ambiguous as in the Daozang Hall period, because the Daozang Hall has spent thousands of years proving that excessive checks and balances on some powers will cause big problems!

First of all, the third seat is set to have nine permanent seats, seven of which are fixed, namely the five sects of Xuanmen and the two sects of Tianmen. The remaining two seats are elected every hundred years, and it is the sects that are elected, not individuals.

It is worth mentioning that Qianmu Temple replaced Taiyan Sect as one of the seven fixed sects, and no sect objected. First, Wang Ping was indeed qualified at the moment, and second, Wang Ping was destined to be promoted to the fourth level. If he failed, they could share the benefits, and if he succeeded, there would be no loss.

In addition, under Wang Ping's operation, Jiuding Sect became one of the nine permanent seats, while Liuxin Sect was relegated to the second-class chief in the third seat. There are a total of twenty-one seats for the second-class chief in the third seat, and these twenty-one seats rotate every sixty years.

The nine standing seats have the power to appoint and remove local chief chairmen, convene three-chair meetings, and review case files across regions. The duty of the twenty-one second-class chiefs is to assist the nine standing seats, and the main responsibility of the remaining three seats is to inspect whether the local chief chairmen have violated regulations.

As for the fifth, sixth, and seventh seats, their powers are also divided. They are no longer the empty titles that look high-sounding but actually have no power. The greatest power of the fifth and sixth seats is that they can mobilize part of the combat power of the Taoist Palace in their area to investigate cases they consider suspicious.

As the Seventh Seat has just said, the most important power is to inspect all parties, and the cases investigated by the Fifth and Sixth Seats are the most inspected.

It is not enough to agree on these details and related regulations. It is also necessary to build an altar, burn incense and pray to the True Lords and the Lords of the Mansion, and obtain permission before the Taoist Temple can be truly legal. Otherwise, it can only do small-scale operations like before.

The prayer was presided over by Monk Mingxin, Li Miaolin, Jiang Cun, Hua Yun and Liu Shuibin, representing the five sects of Xuanmen respectively, while Wang Ping continued to act as a 'spectator'.

Before the prayer began, hundreds of monks from the third realm had gathered at Qianmu Temple. All of them came to seek the third seat. This was an unprecedented event in Qianmu Temple, and perhaps there would never be another one in the future.

The prayers continued until one morning on the ninety-ninth day, when a steady voice echoed in everyone's ears. This voice contained only one word: Allow!

after one day.

Taoist Wan Zhi personally came to Qianmu Temple and handed a list of sacrifices to Wang Ping under the kneeling of hundreds of third-level cultivators. These were the True Lords and Mansion Lords who would need to be worshipped in the future Taoist Palace.

(End of this chapter)