Taoist Master Xuanhuang

"Butler...?"

Seeing Sun Tong coming back with a smile on her face and an unconcealable happiness, Xia Qing knew there was hope.

So I asked tentatively.

"Don't worry that it was done by Master Xuan. This is just the beginning. Qingyun Mountain and its surrounding areas will see even greater changes in the future. Just don't worry." Sun Tong said.

"Master Xuan? Is that possible?" Xia Qing asked hesitantly.

"That's right, Master Xuan has come out of seclusion. All of this is Master Xuan's action. Don't worry."

"Huh!" After getting the exact news, Xia Qing breathed a sigh of relief.

How to put it, the atmosphere when Xuan Huang is present and when Xuan Huang is not present are two completely different ones.

This is something that cannot be replaced by the Gold Element Master.

Take the Merit Hall for example. Ever since Master Xuan went into seclusion, everyone, including the general manager Sun Tong, has been very serious.

The laughter and relaxation from before were gone.

Everyone seems very cautious, which is the difference when Xuan Huang is in seclusion.

It’s hard to describe or explain, but it’s like the pillar of a family is gone.

"I'll go and reply. A lot of people have been asking questions." Xia Qing said happily, as if he had put down a heavy burden, and was about to leave.

"Wait a minute!" Sun Tong called her.

While Xia Qing was puzzled, Sun Tong cupped his hands in the air and asked, "Is Daoist Wan Ling here?"

Xia Qing hesitated for a moment at this action.

"Wow!"

"Here!" All spirits condensed in the void, and Xia Qing didn't even notice how the old man in gray appeared.

"This is Master Xuan's most precious treasure, the Wanling Palace Spirit Artifact. It is different from other treasures. You only need to know that Fellow Daoist Wanling is a fifth-order Venerable Artifact. Due to special reasons, he can only display the power of the third order. From now on, Fellow Daoist Wanling will stay in our Merit Hall, but he will not show up unless there is something important..."

Sun Tong introduced Xia Qing.

She just repeated what Xuan Huang had said to her.

Xia Qing's reaction was the same as when she first heard it. A fifth-level, venerable weapon, isn't it just a magic weapon spirit? Or a mid-level magic weapon.

What a powerful strength, level five?
"Xia Qing greets Senior Wan Ling." She didn't dare to call him fellow Taoist and just called him senior.

Logically, Sun Tong should call him "senior", but if he calls Wan Ling "senior", Wan Ling will not agree and will correct Sun Tong's way of addressing him.

Wan Ling is not stupid, how could he not know some special people.

It's an antique, and he knows all the tricks.

"Yeah!" Wan Ling nodded to show that he understood, a completely different attitude.

"Fellow Daoist, you can assimilate the Hall of Merit. From now on, the Hall of Merit will be a part of you." Sun Tong said.

"Manager Sun, you're welcome." Wan Ling responded politely.

Then he nodded and began to assimilate the Hall of Merit.

By the way, according to Sun Tong’s suggestion, many buildings will be added, and it will become even more majestic and vast.

It deserves the title of the Hall of Merit in the world of monks.

This process will last for an hour and will be completed quickly.

After all, it is just a Hall of Merit, not the one that was slowly integrated into the main world from the inner world.

Therefore, the assimilation process is very fast.

After learning the time, Sun Tong made a plan.

"Well, go and notify the four major schools and eight middle schools, as well as the masters and representatives of various forces in Qingyun Mountain, and ask them to come to the meeting in two hours. At that time, I will give them a satisfactory answer."

"Yes!" Xia Qing responded respectfully.

Then he left to inform the four major and eight middle schools and representatives from all parties. After waiting for two hours, the first meeting was held in the newly renovated Merit Hall.

the other side!
The changes in Qingyun Mountain, and the increasingly distant South City and its surrounding areas, attracted the attention of many cultivators.

In these troubled times, everyone is very concerned, fearing that unpredictable things will happen again.

Therefore, even the four major groups' plan to go to Tushan for discussion was temporarily delayed.

Daomen headquarters.

"Master, after more than ten days of continuous cleaning, all the parasites who had fallen into the evil path and had the information have been cleared out. Among them, 38 people were beheaded for their unforgivable crimes and could not be reincarnated... 162 people were pardoned from death but could not escape the punishment of living crimes, and were allowed to become ghosts after death... 496 people were expelled from the sect... 2,685 people were punished..."

Hearing the strings of numbers makes everyone feel heartbroken and uncomfortable.

These were the mainstays of Taoism, but I didn't expect them to degenerate into this state.

"It seems that they are wrong, but in fact, we have made many mistakes as well. It is because we did not have effective supervision that so many Taoists made mistakes. As the headmaster, I have an unshirkable responsibility. I will send a letter of apology within the Taoist sect..."

Jiutong's words were very sad, but no one said anything.

Because this review is inevitable, it can also calm the emotions below.

"The loophole has been found, but how about the solution to fix it?" Jiu Tong asked again after he finished speaking.

"Master, we will select 10% of our experts to form patrol teams, and conduct unannounced visits and overt inspections in various places from time to time..."

Jiuda wrote a long article, which, when summarized, includes various regulations and other items, totaling about 10,000 to 20,000 words.

In short, after listening to it nine times, no loopholes were found.

Then he nodded with satisfaction, indicating his agreement with this plan.

"It's never too late to mend the fence after the sheep have been lost. Remember this bloody lesson. They didn't die on the battlefield, but died in their own greed. Although it was inevitable, such a huge loss is still heartbreaking..."

"Master Xuan created the great path of human spirits in the midst of the chaotic world. We cultivators have been blessed with a chance to follow Master Xuan in cultivating the Dao..."

"The Dao is vast and endless. As the luckiest people, we have endless time to follow the footsteps of the mysterious master and appreciate the vastness of the Dao. We should establish a lofty belief..."

"Don't let the Tao disappear before you have found it. It's such a pity... I can't find any temptation that is greater than the pursuit of the Tao. Fellow Taoists, let's encourage each other and never deviate from our original intentions and go astray, and walk into an irreversible abyss..."

A sigh of emotion echoed in the Taoist headquarters.

The Taoists felt the same way.

"We will follow the master's instructions!" the Taoists responded in unison.

It was not until Xia Qing's notice was conveyed that the Taoist sect ended the review meeting.

Similar to Taoism, the other three sects were also holding the same review meetings.

After summarizing the previous process of cleaning out the termites, each of the major sect leaders took the lead in self-examination, and then gave a long speech to exhort themselves and their fellow Taoists.

Such conferences even extended to No. 8 Middle School.

The Big Four are really in pain, and although No. 8 Middle School is just watching the fun, put yourself in their shoes.

If there are such termites in the Big Four Middle School, is there no such thing in the Eighth Middle School?

Even if it's very little, it exists.

The reason why there are so few people in No. 8 Middle School is because they are weak. Because of their weakness, they are overwhelmed by the four major forces no matter where they are.

Under such pressure, they have no time to do bad things. They are all working diligently to develop their influence in various places, purely for the sake of self-protection.

It can be said that they escaped disaster because of their weakness.

However, learning from one example and applying it to other situations is also a good habit of the people of Blue Star.

The Big Four were reviewing themselves there, and they would not miss this opportunity, and became their own law enforcement team.

After the four major and eight major middle schools established strong patrol and law enforcement teams, a significant shortcoming emerged.

Or it could be said that this shortcoming existed before, but no one paid much attention to it. Now, this shortcoming is becoming more and more obvious.

There is not enough manpower again.

The situation was already very urgent and there was a shortage of manpower everywhere. Now, one to two percent of the experts have been assigned to patrol and enforce the law, which has exacerbated this shortcoming. "Maybe we really can't do this anymore. Even if Manager Sun didn't say so, we should restrain ourselves."

This is the common voice of many people in the four major countries.

There really isn't enough manpower.

Xuan Huang has been preaching for three years, and overall there are now more than ten million cultivators.

It is the number of people in small worlds of all sizes and the main world combined.

The main world has the largest population, accounting for more than half, or nearly six million people.

The remaining four million are the result of the condensation of countless small worlds.

Moreover, Di Ting Lou has inferred and given a number, saying that the number of 10 million will last for a long time, and there will be such a large number of people for a long time in the future.

Unless the number of newborns increases.

This seems to be an unreliable and ridiculous inference.

But everyone found out that this is true.

Three years is neither long nor short. The number of humans that can be affected has reached a limit due to the expansion of the monks.

After all, there is a threshold to spiritual practice, and it is a rather large threshold.

The number of people affects the number of monks. Among the previous stock, after the talented ones began to practice, it became difficult for the number to continue to grow.

We can only wait for the new generation to grow up so that they can increase.

As for the endless small worlds, Di Ting Lou's investigation found that there were not as many as previously expected.

It’s not that the population is small, but that there are not many people who can practice and have the talent for practice.

Compared with the main world, the main world is the place with the highest proportion of cultivation qualifications. There is a big gap between the small world and the main world.

Therefore, even though there may be nearly 100 billion people in Xia Country alone at present, and 99% of them live in small worlds, there are still not many people who can practice cultivation.

All together, they are still not as many as before the Xia Kingdom in the main world.

You wouldn’t know this ratio unless you investigated, and once you do, everyone will be surprised.

Perhaps here we can clearly explain what the main world is and what the holy land is.

The human holy land is so powerful that it crushes the humans in the small world.

Di Ting Lou had calculated that even if Master Xuan covered the entire Xia Kingdom, there would only be 20 million cultivators at most.

At present, it has been expanded to half, and the other half cannot be covered in a short time.

The monks showed signs of sluggish growth.

Moreover, among these ten million, how many are geniuses?
If we compare it with Qingyun Mountain, it is unreasonable.

Everyone in Qingyun Mountain started out as extraordinary people. Can this be compared?

In many places, those who enter the middle stage are considered great masters in everyone's eyes, and those in the late stage are incredible, well-known strong men who can influence the situation in a certain area.

Mysterious transformation and extraordinary things... It doesn't exist. There is no mysterious transformation and extraordinary things.

In other words, those who can achieve transcendence will come to Qingyun Mountain and Nanshi. After all, only here is the path to transcendence.

There are countless fellow practitioners with whom to communicate and exchange ideas, countless spells for breakthroughs, elixirs, magic weapons, talismans, spiritual beasts, etc. that can be taken by extraordinary monks.

Therefore, ninety-nine percent of them are beginner monks who are not extraordinary, and they are the main force.

The 'people with mediocre qualifications' that the Big Four faced before were very difficult to deal with. What do you think was the reason?
It is for this reason that 99% of cultivators can be called people of ordinary qualifications.

Back to the issue of lack of manpower, lack of manpower is a difficulty that all the big and small forces, including the Four Major and Eight Middle Schools, are currently facing.

Even if it is a family force, there is a lack of manpower.

There are never too many monks, but not enough.

With more manpower, we can increase the number of people, go to the four major battlefields, open up new land, guard the city, eliminate strange things, and...

Even if you have nothing to do, you still need manpower to develop the wasteland around your family.

No one can be idle. If you want to work, you can find a job anywhere.

What's more...

Stars fell from the sky, three major battlefields stood, strange things exploded, and the realm intervened. All of these required extraordinary cultivators to deal with.

Not only is there a shortage of manpower, but there is also a lack of extraordinary masters.

It is lacking from top to bottom, and the common voice of the four senior executives is to express their concerns in this regard.

You can't bite off more than you can chew. You must learn to let go and not cause unnecessary losses in order to suppress spiritual beasts or divine cultivators.

It can be forgiven the first time, but if such a mistake happens again, the punishment from Chief Steward Sun Tong will really come down.

"After the meeting, I will go find the three fellow Taoists and discuss it with the Tushan Holy Mother."

The four great masters made a decision in their hearts.

Two hours passed in the blink of an eye.

The senior executives who were notified rushed to the Merit Hall.

The Hall of Merit has changed greatly at this moment. It seems as if heaven and earth have condensed, rather than being carved by human beings.

It exudes a magical sense of agility and an intoxicating Taoist aura. It is simple, solemn, and yet majestic and extraordinary.

There are three big characters "Gongde Hall" written on it, and you seem to be attracted by it at a glance.

The entire palace seems to be formed as a whole, completely natural, with no visible signs of stacking.

"This is?"

The senior executives who arrived were all shocked, as if the world had changed so much in the blink of an eye.

Without any sound, the Hall of Merit changed its appearance.

"Hiss, such a strong aura and pressure?"

This is the sigh unique to the second-level masters, Ji Zhongfu and Tushan.

The two of them also did not know the existence of Wanling Palace.

And because he is a second-level master, what he feels is completely different. Compared with other first-level cultivators, he can feel the spiritual essence of the new Merit Hall better.

Fortunately, it was not directed against them. If it was against them, the two felt that they would not have a chance to fight back.

Is this a capability that a palace should have?
"Mother Mary?!"

Ji Zhongfu greeted him in a low voice with a puzzled look in his eyes.

"I can't understand it. It's simply unbelievable." Tushan Holy Mother also responded in a low voice.

She naturally understood Ji Zhongfu's thoughts.

The two were the only second-level masters present, so they would naturally stand together and communicate.

Difficulty communicating with other monks.

Ji Zhongfu did not continue asking. Since Senior Saint Mother had said so, it must be beyond his understanding and there was no point in asking.

The group walked into the familiar yet unfamiliar Merit Hall with anticipation and excitement.

I still don’t know why the general manager called us together.

However, the newly renovated Merit Hall already indicated that this meeting was not simple and that something big was definitely going to happen.

It’s like passing through layers of space loops.

Everyone saw the chief steward Sun Tong and an indescribable old man.

...(End of chapter)