After a hundred years of ringing the bell, I became the ancestor of the sect

Chapter 127 The Empress Dowager Becomes a Celestial Phenomenon (asking for monthly tickets)
The annual recruitment of new members of Shenjianmen has begun in full swing.

In addition to the original eight counties of Jianzhou, one county of Mingzhou, and three counties of Xuanzhou, the Divine Sword Sect also occupied the territory that originally belonged to the Xuanming Sect, which is the other six counties of Xuanzhou.

This meant that the Divine Sword Sect’s territory extended to as many as eighteen counties.

The recruitment of new disciples for the entire Divine Sword Sect will start from these eighteen counties.

Generally, there are two stages: preliminary selection and final examination.

The preliminary selection is for the Divine Sword Sect to recruit new personnel who go to the eighteen counties, and with the cooperation of the Divine Sword Mansion in each county, they select those who meet the requirements from the children of the common people.

As for those martial arts forces that have close ties with the Divine Sword Sect, they are not among the preliminary selections, and they will send their people to the Divine Sword Sect on their own.

Because of the long journey, the children of common people could not come to the Divine Sword Sect to participate in the inner sect assessment on their own. Only after passing the preliminary selection would they be organized by the Divine Sword Sect and sent over in carriages.

Generally speaking, those who can pass the preliminary selection are basically qualified to stay in the Divine Sword Sect as menial disciples.

"Junior Brother Li, the people here were all sent over from Pingze County. There are 529 people in total, and they are all from commoner families."

Elder Kang pointed at a large group of young boys and girls who were lined up in a formation.

Li Qian looked around carefully but did not find the young fisherman in Pingze Lake.

Even if one needs to pay to participate in the preliminary selection, that young man has a blue dragon fish, so he should be able to raise the money. Besides, he has good aptitude, so why didn't he come?
There must be something fishy about this.

Li Qian nodded and scanned the entire place with his spiritual perception to check the aptitude of these young men.

There are some good ones though.

But most of them are ordinary.

Under normal circumstances, it is impossible that there are only these few good candidates when selecting from a large number of children from the common people.

It is very likely that it happened in the preliminary selection stage. By reducing the proportion and number of talented people among the children of civilians, the chances of the children of martial arts forces passing the assessment can be increased.

After all, the number of inner disciples is fixed. Once there are more children of civilians, there will naturally be fewer children of martial arts forces.

"Elder Kang, these people's aptitude is not good enough."

Li Qian said in a deep voice.

"Junior Brother Li, this is normal. The chance of a genius emerging among common people is already very low. In the end, it all depends on the martial arts forces."

Elder Kang said with a smile.

"Then let's go and take a look at the disciples of those martial arts forces."

Li Qian didn't say much and went to another team under the guidance of Elder Kang.

These are the descendants of various martial arts forces from Pyeongtaek County, and their number is even greater.

Li Qian used his spiritual perception to scan and found that the overall physique qualifications were much better than those of the civilian team.

However, the proportion of good seedlings is not high.

Next, he learned about the aptitude of people who took the test from more than a dozen other counties, and they were all similar to the situation in Pyeongtaek County.

"Junior Brother Li, isn't it true that the chances of a genius emerging from among the children of commoners is much higher?"

Elder Kang smiled and said, "If there are no problems, we can start the inner sect assessment."

"Elder Kang, whether it is the children of civilians or the children of martial arts forces, I feel that this batch is not very good. The inner sect assessment cannot be conducted for the time being. I have to go to the next county to conduct a field investigation first."

Li Qian shook his head and said.

"Ah? Not doing it?"

Elder Kang was stunned.

"Yes, I won't do it."

After Li Qian finished speaking, he turned and left, leaving Elder Kang with a look of disbelief.

What the hell is wrong with Li Qian?
All those who are taking part in the inner gate assessment have arrived.

Now you say you won’t conduct the inner gate assessment?

"Elder Kang, what should we do now? Should we proceed?"

An examination hall deacon asked hurriedly.

"I'm going to the Sword Palace first."

Elder Kang shook his head, then turned and headed towards the Divine Sword Hall.

Li Qian suddenly said that he would not take the inner sect assessment. This was a bit mysterious and it was obviously not Li Qian's intention. Could it be that the sect leader was behind this?
When they arrived at the Divine Sword Hall, Elder Kang explained the situation.

"Elder Kang, just follow Li Qian's instructions first, and you just need to assist."

Sect leader Feng Shaoyu said calmly.

"Master, it has always been like this. If we suddenly stop conducting the inner sect examination now, it will cause controversy."

Elder Kang said quickly.

"Elder Kang, we should be more cautious in recruiting new members and try to select more martial arts talents for our Divine Sword Sect."

Sect leader Feng Shaoyu took a sip of tea and said with a smile.

"Yes, Master."

Elder Kang didn't say anything else. He felt that there was something else behind the sect leader's words. It seemed that there would be new situations in this recruitment.

So after he left the Divine Sword Palace, he visited several elders one after another.
Pyeongtaek County City.

Divine Sword Mansion.

Li Qian rode here on a fast horse as soon as possible.

There are more than a dozen inner disciples of the Divine Sword Sect in charge here.

"Meet Senior Brother Li."

The leading inner sect disciple of the Divine Sword Sect hurriedly said respectfully.

"Junior Brother He, mobilize all the power of our Divine Sword Sect in the county city and issue a notice to all the counties and towns below, ensuring that all young people of appropriate age must participate in the Divine Sword Sect's primary election."

Li Qian said directly.

"Ah, Senior Brother Li, isn't the preliminary selection already completed?"

The inner sect disciple surnamed He was extremely shocked and spoke quickly.

"Don't you understand what I'm saying? Do it now."

Li Qian snorted coldly, and an invisible sword intent spread. Instantly, the inner sect disciple's face turned pale, and he trembled with fear. He didn't dare to say anything, and hurriedly took the other inner sect disciples to handle the matter.

"Brother He, what should we do now? Are we really going to issue the notice?"

After these inner disciples left the Divine Sword Mansion, someone couldn't help but speak.

"It's just a gesture, the people below know what to do anyway, haha, this Senior Brother Li is so arrogant, I don't believe he can really do anything."

The inner sect disciple surnamed He sneered.

The unspoken rules of the primary election are all known to the higher-ups, and they have already accepted them.

It has already become a routine for these inner disciples who guard the Divine Sword Mansion to take advantage of the preliminary recruitment to make some money.

In the blink of an eye, three days passed.

Li Qian, who had been staying in the Divine Sword Mansion, suddenly said, "Starting today, we will conduct primary elections in each county, town, and village."

"Ah? Senior Brother Li, it would be too inefficient and troublesome to conduct preliminary selections one by one. It would be better to let the people below send the candidates over."

The inner sect disciple surnamed He said hurriedly.

"Although it's a little troublesome, this way we won't miss out on the true martial arts genius. Just do as I say."

Li Qian said calmly.

The inner disciple surnamed He looked embarrassed
Because the notice he issued was only sent to the county level. As to whether the county has notified the villages and towns, it is unknown and the possibility is estimated to be very low.

"What? What's the problem?"

Li Qian asked in a deep voice.

"Brother Li, no."

The inner sect disciple surnamed He quickly shook his head.

With no other choice, he could only follow Li Qian and leave the Divine Sword Mansion, but he secretly signaled someone to notify everyone.

The primary election site in Pyeongtaek County.

Hundreds of young boys and girls gathered there.

Many of them are children of common people in the county town.

"Only this few people?"

Li Qian frowned slightly.

"Brother Li, they are all here."

The inner sect disciple surnamed He said hurriedly.

"I remember that the population of Pyeongtaek County is about 800,000, right? Ask the people in the government office to bring over all the names of all the eligible teenagers between the ages of ten and eighteen in Pyeongtaek County. I want to examine their bones one by one."

Li Qian waved his hand and said.

The inner sect disciple surnamed He's face changed drastically. If they really checked the bones according to the household registration list, the real inside story of the new move would never be covered up.

"Senior Brother Li"

"What, what's the problem?"

Li Qian's face darkened slightly.

The reason why he made the trip in person was to find out how serious this new inside story was.

"Brother Li, I will send someone to the Hu Ya immediately."

The inner sect disciple surnamed He said hurriedly.

Since Senior Brother Li wants to investigate, let him do it.

Once he finds out the truth, he probably won't be able to investigate further.

"Forget it, I'll go there myself."

Li Qian said.

He didn't want a fire dragon to burn down his warehouse.

So he jumped on his horse and headed towards the government office.

The inner sect disciple surnamed He and other wives could only hurry to catch up.

After arriving at the Household Registration Office, the chief officer came out quickly to greet them, and then under Li Qian's order, large piles of household registration lists were moved out.

"According to the compiled list, call the people to the Hu Ya according to their households."

Li Qian said.

Now many yamen runners and clerks in the Household Affairs Office are counting the names of eligible teenagers between the ages of ten and eighteen one by one.

"Yes, Brother Li."

The inner sect disciple surnamed He felt helpless, but he had no choice but to do as he was told.

As a large number of yamen runners were dispatched, young men of school age from various towns in Pingze County gathered.

Li Qian directly used spiritual perception to test the bones, which was very efficient. However, the proportion of good seedlings was not high, and was even very low.

But I can't stand the large number.

After completing the household registration, the number of eligible teenagers in the entire Pyeongtaek County City turned out to be over 110,000.

Even if the ratio was lower, Li Qian still selected nearly three hundred good seedlings.

There are even several who have very high aptitude.

This is just a county town.

There are more than a dozen counties below, and the number of villages and towns is even greater.

"I really thought there were no good talents among the common people."

Li Qian smiled faintly.

The inner sect disciples including the He family felt numb in their hearts.

In fact, they don’t know how many talented people there are among the children of ordinary people.

It has never been counted and it is impossible to count it.

But now seeing that Senior Brother Li has picked out so many, it is obvious that they all have good aptitude.

In the next half month, Li Qian traveled to more than a dozen counties in Pyeongtaek County and hundreds of towns and villages.

Whenever they arrived at a place, they would first go to the local household registration office to look for a list of young people of appropriate age.

In the end, the number of teenagers of appropriate age who had their bones examined exceeded one million, and ultimately about two thousand good candidates were selected.

Moreover, the young man he met last time at Pyeongtaek Lake had just been selected.

Finally, he took these promising talents directly back to the Divine Sword Sect.

As for other counties, it was impossible for him to examine the bones one by one.

It took him about a month just to go to Pyeongtaek County.

If I really want to travel through all 18 counties, it will probably take two years.

He was just taking the lead in finding out more about Pyeongtaek County.

Through the situation at Pingze Lake, he was basically able to grasp the actual situation of the entire Divine Sword Sect's territory.

Even though counties vary in size and population, and given the risks of war and other factors, a county should be able to pick out at least a thousand qualified candidates, right?

In this way, it should be reasonable to select 20,000 to 30,000 good candidates from the 18 counties, not to mention a lot, right?
When Li Qian brought two thousand eligible teenagers back to the Divine Sword Gate, Elder Kang of the Assessment Hall looked unhappy. He had long known what Li Qian had done in Pingze County. He was simply too serious, conducting preliminary elections in villages and towns one by one, and even conducting them according to the household registration list.

"Elder Kang, my request is that each county should send at least one thousand people according to the population ratio, and the minimum standard of root bone must be silver bone level."

Li Qian said.

"Junior Brother Li, this is impossible. This has never been done before and it is not in accordance with the rules. You are breaking the rules by doing this."

Elder Kang said in a deep voice.

"It was the past, but from now on, you have to recruit new members according to my rules."

Li Qian said calmly.

"Brother Li, are you kidding me? Follow your rules?"

Elder Kang was extremely shocked, and then sneered: "You are not even an elder, so I am afraid you are not qualified to set new rules for recruiting new members."

"Haha, you'll soon find out if I'm qualified."

Li Qian smiled indifferently.

After saying that, he turned and left.

He went straight to the camp of the Shenwu Legion.

"Uh? Li Qian, are you sure you want to mobilize the Shenwu Corps to recruit new members?"

Xiao Tianren was a little stunned by Li Qian's idea.

Mobilizing the martial arts corps to recruit new members, what a big deal!
"Of course, the people in the Assessment Hall are unreliable. Temporary transfer of other people is also not an option. The only one who can be used now is the Divine Sword Corps."

Li Qian said.

"But the Excalibur Corps cannot move lightly. Once there is any movement on the front line, we must rush to the front line."

Xiao Tianren said in a deep voice.

"Uncle Taishi, don't worry about this. That senior said that the Ning Wangfu army cannot cross the Min River."

Li Qian said in a low voice.

"Really?"

When Xiao Tianren heard this, his expression immediately became relaxed, and he slapped the table and said, "Okay, the entire Divine Sword Corps will be temporarily lent to you for recruiting new members."

With the promise from that senior, what else does he have to worry about?
Moreover, he saw greater potential in Li Qian.

"Thank you, great uncle Tai Shi. This recruitment will definitely exceed your expectations."

Li Qian said immediately.

"Haha, then I'll be waiting."

Xiao Tianren laughed.

He had just read the recruitment information of Pyeongtaek County given by Li Qian and was shocked, even to the point of his scalp tingling.

He couldn't imagine the situation would be so serious.

Half a day later, the entire Divine Sword Legion made a big move. After receiving the order, teams of soldiers left the camp and headed towards the three states and seventeen counties of the Divine Sword Sect.

At the same time, Li Qian brought a team of warriors from the Divine Sword Legion to the examination hall.

The first thing he did was to take control of everyone in the Examination Hall.

"Li Qian, how did you do that?"

When Elder Kang saw the soldiers of the Divine Sword Legion wearing distinct armor behind Li Qian, he finally understood where Li Qian's confidence came from in making such a big move. He actually had the support of his great uncle.

"Elder Kang, you should think about how to explain your own affairs."

Li Qian said calmly.

As he said this, he waved his hand, and Elder Kang and others were escorted away.

Just when Li Qian made a series of big moves, a group of elders in the Divine Sword Hall, including retired elders and even powerful elders, came together to find the sect leader Feng Shaoyu, thinking that Li Qian's actions were really outrageous.

"Everyone, this is what our uncle-master meant. If you have any objections, you can go to the Excalibur Corps camp."

Sect leader Feng Shaoyu said calmly.

"Master, my great-grandmaster usually doesn't care about things and doesn't understand the current situation of our Divine Sword Sect. The war is tense on the front line right now, and many of our elders are fighting on the front line. If we let Li Qian continue to act like this, I'm afraid it will make them feel disheartened, which is not conducive to the stability of our Divine Sword Sect. If it continues, it will lead to unpredictable consequences."

A powerful elder said in a deep voice.

Others also spoke up, hoping that the sect leader would take the lead, explain the truth to the great-grandmaster, retract the decision, and calm the situation.

"Huh, so you are so loyal to the Divine Sword Sect?"

Suddenly, a cold voice sounded in the hall.

Following closely behind was Xiao Wendao, a celestial being from the Divine Sword Sect, who walked out from the back of the hall with his hands behind his back.

Everyone present was shocked when they saw this and quickly stood up and saluted.

"Although there are some problems with recruiting new members, we can't let Li Qian act like this. He is undermining the foundation of our Divine Sword Sect."

The powerful elder said quickly.

"I only believe in data. When they expanded the recruitment, they even recruited disciples of bronze bone level. But they said that there were not enough people and they had to lower the standard. But look at this list. Just from Pingze County, Li Qian brought back at least 2,000 good seedlings of silver bone level and above. I think it is you who are digging up the foundation of the Divine Sword Sect and are selfish and profiteering. From now on, all the people present will remove the positions of elders and powerful elders, and investigate all the disciples. If anyone damages the interests of the Divine Sword Sect, they will be severely punished."

Xiao Wendao said coldly, holding a stack of lists in his hand.

After comparing the previous recruitment data, he came to a conclusion that made him sad.

Over the years, how many martial arts geniuses has the Divine Sword Sect missed?

How many mediocre people are filling in the gaps, wasting the Divine Sword Sect’s cultivation resources?

Everyone present felt a chill all over their body.

At this moment, they realized that their uncle-master was serious about this.

Although they are elders, powerful elders, and have great authority and prestige enough to face Xiao Tianren, the real controller of the Divine Sword Sect, they are not qualified at all.

One word could strip them of all their authority and status.

It was obvious that the uncle-master wanted to use them as examples to establish his authority and pave the way for recruiting new members and making thorough reforms.

A shocking news spread throughout the Divine Sword Sect.

More than a dozen elders, including one with real power, were removed from their positions as elders by Xiao Tianren because of the recruitment issue. He was even investigating his disciples, as if he was going to get to the bottom of the matter.

For a while, no one dared to interfere in recruiting new members.

After the people of the Divine Sword Corps arrived in various counties to recruit new members, they first captured a group of inner disciples and members of vassal forces of the local Divine Sword Mansion, and then began to conduct preliminary selection through bone examination according to the household registration list.

The entire primary election lasted almost two months.

It was three months later when all the candidates arrived at the Divine Sword Gate.

At this moment, more than 30,000 nominees have gathered in the examination hall of the Divine Sword Sect.

As for the first batch of nominees, all those who did not reach the first level of Silver Bone, regardless of their identity or background, were directly eliminated and sent back to their place of origin.

The first group of people who were able to stay originally had more than 10,000 people, but in the end only less than 3,000 people remained.

In the next inner gate assessment, Li Qian increased the number of assessment items from the original three to six, so as to assess the shortlisted candidates comprehensively and retain the truly outstanding ones to the greatest extent possible.

After more than half a month of inner sect assessment, finally 3,218 people passed the inner sect test and became inner sect disciples.

In addition, there were more than 8,000 people willing to stay and become menial disciples.

Even if they are menial disciples, their natural talents are above the silver level. As long as they work hard enough, three to five years will be enough for them to become entry-level warriors.

It took more than half a year to successfully complete the recruitment.

Moreover, Li Qian also established a complete assessment and supervision mechanism for the internal assessment to minimize the possibility of problems in recruiting new members.

Of course, he also knew that it was impossible to completely eliminate it.

There is no absolutely perfect system in the world.

The human heart is unpredictable, and you can always find loopholes.

However, he believed that to a certain extent, he could improve the recruitment situation of the Divine Sword Sect, allowing more martial arts talents to enter the Divine Sword Sect and making the Divine Sword Sect truly powerful.

As for his recruitment this time, he offended most of the senior leaders of the Divine Sword Sect.

There are even quite a few people who hate him to the core.

But will he care?

True martial arts.

Wuzhou.

Prince Ning's Mansion.

"Is the news accurate?"

Prince Ning, dressed in a purple dragon robe, sat on the main seat with a very gloomy expression.

"Your Highness has confirmed that a terrifying celestial phenomenon has appeared in the sky above Yujing. It is exactly the same as what happened more than 200 years ago when the old Martial Emperor achieved the status of a celestial being."

A man standing in the main hall said.

"It's really abominable. I didn't expect that she would still achieve the celestial phenomenon."

Prince Ning's face became more and more ugly. "Master Danyang, didn't you say that disrupting the world's situation and interfering with the national treasure would prevent her from achieving the celestial phenomenon?"

He suddenly looked down at an old Taoist priest who was sitting cross-legged below.

The old Taoist priest carried a sword across his back and had a kind face.

He is the supreme elder of the Zhenwu Temple, a major martial arts sect.

Zhenwu Temple is known as the ancestral temple of Dachang Taoism.

Even the name of the Zhenwu Dao state came from the Zhenwu Temple. You can imagine how great the influence of the Zhenwu Temple was.

No one expected that Zhenwu Temple, the ancestral temple of Dachang Taoism, would choose to support the Ning Palace.

"According to our three sects' previous calculations, there is absolutely no problem. The problem should be with your previous plan. The three major fiefdoms of Taixing Dao, Kunwu Dao and Shuchuan Dao are still under the control of the royal family, resulting in the general situation still being on the side of the royal family, and not completely interfering with that thing."

The old Taoist priest Danyang sighed, touched his beard, and almost pulled it out.

"Who knew there would be such a big problem over there, causing the plan to fail to be completed, Master Danyang, what should we do now?"

King Ning was extremely upset.

Originally, as long as the Empress Dowager hadn't accomplished the celestial phenomenon, everything would still have a chance.

But now, there is little hope.

"Since the previous plan has failed, there is only one way left for Your Highness, or for all the kings in the world, and that is to lead the army to the capital to defend the king, gather the strength of a million martial arts corps, and suppress the heavenly phenomena. Otherwise, by the time the Empress Dowager has completely consolidated her realm, defeat will be inevitable."

Danyang Zhenren said in a deep voice.

There will be a period of instability from the true phenomenon to the celestial phenomenon.

This is the last chance for all the kings in the world.

"Master Danyang, why not go to the capital to defend the king right from the start? Before that witch breaks through his celestial phenomena, the chances of conquering Yujing will be much greater."

King Ning frowned.

Behind the entire rebellion of the kings, it was actually the three major factions that were pushing it behind the scenes.

As one of the most powerful princes in the world, in addition to his own ambitions, he also has some things that are beyond his control.

Among the army of Prince Ning’s Mansion, many celestial beings came from Zhenwu Temple.

Zhenwu Temple is the biggest financial backer behind him.

"As long as the world is not in turmoil, you won't be able to gather so many battle-hardened soldiers. Your martial arts corps won't be able to reach Yujing at all and will be completely wiped out by the royal martial arts corps. What's more, there is another reason that Your Highness doesn't know."

Zhenren Danyang sighed.

"what reason?"

King Ning couldn't help but ask.

"Your Highness, please ask everyone present to leave first, and I will explain it to you in detail."

Zhenren Danyang said.

"All of you, get out of here."

King Ning waved his hand, and immediately everyone in the hall retreated.

As the palace door closed, only Prince Ning and Danyang Zhenren were left in the empty hall.

"Master Danyang, can you tell me now?"

King Ning asked impatiently.

Zhenren Danyang moved his lips slightly a few times and actually used the secret technique of transmitting sound.

When King Ning heard this, his face changed drastically and he almost cried out, "Master Danyang, are you sure?"

"I am sure."

Danyang Zhenren nodded and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness Prince Ning, this matter must not be spread out. Just keep it to yourself for now."

"If that's the case, then the only way left is to go to the capital to serve the king."

King Ning took a deep breath and made a decision immediately.

He has no way out.

If it fails, the Ning Wang Mansion’s thousand-year foundation will be destroyed.

What's more, the reason given by Danyang Zhenren was too horrifying.

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