Chongming Xianzong

Chapter 246: The Sect Leader Establishes His Foundation (Happy Mid-Autumn Festival to Everyone)

Kang Dabao calmed down and looked inward at his dantian, only to see a clear and flawless spiritual spring lying quietly in it.

The gurgling sound of the spring and the gurgling sound of water seem to have a lingering Taoist charm in the melodious sound.

The rising smoke and water vapor continuously wash this place where the internal organs and the root of the twelve meridians are located, making it gradually clear as a mirror and holy as jade.

Master Kang had no idea what had happened to his Dantian and could only conclude that it was a good thing.

However, the Dantian is the source of a cultivator's life and vitality. If the abnormalities in it are not thoroughly investigated, this good thing may turn into a bad thing.

Kang Dabao pondered for a while, took the fasting pill, and concentrated on studying it for more than a month. Apart from discovering that his dantian gradually turned into jade color, he did not find any other abnormalities or changes.

However, Master Kang had a vague feeling that this spiritual spring formed by spiritual dew and the jade-colored dantian might be of great benefit to his foundation building.

This Hunyuan Gourd once saved the life of Sect Leader Kang Dabao. Kang Dabao didn't believe that this gourd would harm him, so he felt relieved and opened the door to leave.

When Master Kang went out, he saw Kang Rongquan in the yard, sweeping the courtyard meticulously with a broom.

The latter is now eighteen years old. The child has grown up and has become a handsome young man with a face like Xu Gong.

The aptitude of the three spiritual roots is really good. Even though Kang Rongquan also has the skills of a door-knife master, he has now cultivated to the sixth level of Qi training.

This speed is even faster than Jiang Qing back then, and is even faster than Duan Anle and Pei Que, who started practicing much earlier than Kang Rongquan.

Because his spiritual practice has been going smoothly, this child has a bit of a playful personality.

However, although Kang Rongquan's personality is not very stable, based on his cultivation and farming skills, he can be regarded as a young talent in Chongming Sect.

"Great uncle has come out of confinement!" Kang Rongquan immediately showed a look of joy and said happily.

"Why are you here, kid?" Kang Dabao said, and without waiting for Kang Rongquan to answer, he walked into the kitchen and picked up some food.

Although the fasting pill is useful, it is a bit bland for someone like Master Kang who loves to talk.

"I just harvested the tea-colored grains. Master Zhou said that the market is not good this year, so he asked my grandson to take these spiritual grains back to the sect for storage. My grandson just came back from the warehouse after completing the delivery, and thought that no one was sweeping my great-uncle's yard, so I came to take a look." Kang Rongquan said with a grin.

"Yes, cultivation is the right way. Don't worry about these little things." Although Kang Dabao was very touched by Kang Rongquan's filial piety, he still gave a warning.

"Alright, alright. Ring the bell and summon all the disciples with duties in the sect to come into the hall to discuss matters."

"clang clang"

The sky was already dark and the sound of bells could be heard from within the Chongming Sect. It happened that when Master Kang came out of retreat, all the key members of the sect had gathered.

Hundreds of large animal oil candles were burning brightly in the meeting hall, and the smoke curled around them while illuminating the room as if it were daytime.

Kang Dabao sat in the main seat and asked the elder Pei Yi to come out and call out the names of the disciples. After confirming that all the disciples were present, Pei Yi straightened his clothes and bowed first, saying, "Greetings, Master!"

"Meet the leader!"

Sect Master Kang stood up and bowed in return. After passing by everyone, he said calmly, "I have not been back for two years. I feel ashamed that you have taken care of all the important matters of the sect. When discussing matters today, I hope you will stick to the facts and not talk nonsense or be bound by etiquette. Tell us everything that happened in the past two years without hiding anything. Correct mistakes and praise merits. Speak freely without any taboos."

"promise!"

"Junior brother Pei is the elder who teaches the skills and is in charge of training and examining the disciples. Please let me speak first." Kang Dabao thought about it and decided that no matter from what angle he would speak, it would be better to let Pei Yi speak.

"Reporting to the headmaster, thanks to our hard work, six more immortal seedlings have joined the sect in the past two years, including five with four spiritual roots and one with five spiritual roots. They have all been placed in the Young Eagle Hall and are being taught by the supervising disciple Zhang Le.

At present, our sect has one foundation-building disciple and five disciples in the late stage of Qi training (Kang Dabao, Ye Zhengwen, Pei Yi, Yuan Jin, and Chu Huer);
Eighteen disciples in the middle stage of Qi training (Zhou Yixiu, Duan Anle, Pei Que, Kang Rongquan, Jin Shilun, Zhang Le, He Yuanbin, Mingzhe, Zhou Xinran, Ye Yaoling, Ye Pingshui, Wei Gu, Du Qing, Niu Kuang and four other Shandugang disciples);

Seven disciples in the early stage of Qi training (Moer, Yuan Changsheng, Song Cheng, Liu Ya, Zhu Yunsheng, and two disciples from Shan Dugang);
There are six immortal seedlings whose spirits have not yet been brought into their bodies.

By the winter of the 432nd year of Qianfeng, there were a total of 37 disciples on the list. The revival of the sect had been completed, all thanks to the hard work of the head brother. "

Pei Yi put away the tablet and bowed solemnly.

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Junior Brother." The flattery of an upright gentleman like Pei Yi is much more valuable than that of those who curry favor with the powerful. In addition, the development speed of this sect is indeed quite good, which makes Master Kang feel extremely comfortable.

He then threw all the warnings he had just given out to the back of his mind, suppressed his smile, turned his gaze to Zhou Yixiu, and asked, "Junior Brother Zhou, please tell me in detail about the spiritual field and spiritual plants."

“Reporting to the headmaster, our sect’s spiritual fields (all of which are of the lower grade of the first rank) are now distributed in the following places: 30 mu of spiritual land in Qingxi Mountain, 26 mu of spiritual land in Qinye Forest, 21 mu of spiritual land in Xiaohuan Mountain, 16 mu of spiritual land in Hengshan, and 4 mu of spiritual land in Fangshi Mountain.

There are six spiritual fields totaling 97 mu. Among them, except for the 30 mu of spiritual fields in Qingxi Mountain, which are cultivated land, my junior brother planted Yangling grass, which harvests once every four years.

The rest of the spiritual lands are newly reclaimed and the soil fertility is insufficient. Even the 21 acres of spiritual land in this mountain, which has taken the longest time to be reclaimed, still needs to be planted with white alfalfa and brown grain in rotation to ensure returns.

Because the spiritual fields in different places have different soil strength, climate and spiritual veins, the harvests from each place are slightly different. Junior brother only roughly calculated the income from the past two years, if the income from the unripe Yang Ling grass is also included.

So on average, excluding the costs of spiritual fertilizer, seeds, manpower and animal power, our sect's 91 acres of spiritual fields can earn between 540 and 620 spiritual stones per year, taking the lowest estimate.

Besides this, Junior Brother has also explored six sacred sites with Rong Quan and Mo Ku. Within next year, they may be able to open up another twenty acres of sacred land. I will ask Senior Brother for the final decision then.

As for the spiritual plant, the vitality of the big locust tree is recovering faster and faster. According to my junior brother's estimation, it will take less than ten years for it to recover to the level of the first-class top-grade.

Brother Rende, until now Lu Yunniang has come to drive the bees to collect honey, and the price has not been raised.

However, her spiritual honey has become more valuable in the past two years, and we will earn more from the spiritual honey profit now, approximately between 150 and 210 spiritual stones.

The quality of locust flowers is much higher. Last year, my junior brother sold most of them to Baifangzhai opened by Feiyue Shan's family in Chongming Market, and a small part was left in Chongming Building for Xinran and Shilun to sell.

The total amount earned from these two places is about 150 spirit stones.

The big elm tree has only been transplanted for a short time, but the tree has a good foundation. Junior brother chose the soil replacement method in "Nine Theories of Spiritual Plants", and it seems to be working well. I think within five years, the tree will be able to enter the advanced stage, and there will be another output.

In addition, last year my junior fellow apprentice asked for some money and spent eight hundred spirit stones to buy four first-grade lower-quality spirit trees, namely peach, plum, mulberry and jujube, and transplant them to this mountain. They should produce some next year, which could increase the income by sixty to eighty spirit stones per year.

Junior brother has also opened up an acre of spiritual land in Fangshi Mountain to try to plant 'Su Xue Rui', and the progress is good. I think in another five or six years, our sect will be able to have a unique spiritual plant that can produce stably. What Junior brother mentioned to the head brother before, beekeeping and honey making are also feasible. "

The more Master Kang listened, the happier he was. Back then, when he wanted to teach martial arts on behalf of his master and accept Zhou Yixiu as his fourth disciple, there were actually some people in the sect who opposed it.

Now looking at it again, it seems that the rough estimate is an underestimate. The spiritual fields and plants that Zhou Yixiu is in charge of can earn a net income of 900 spirit stones for the sect every year.

If you count more, it would cost more than one thousand spirit stones.

What's more, Zhou Yixiu has only been in Chongming Sect for about ten years, and Chongming Sect is now on the verge of revival. In the future, there will surely be large tracts of sacred land for Zhou Yixiu to display his skills. It is still unknown how much benefit he will bring to Chongming Sect by then!

Don't think that in the David Immortal Dynasty, the status of the farming master is much lower than that of the alchemist, weapon maker and other glamorous skills. Those forces without a real farming master are still cultivating spiritual fields and planting spiritual objects.

But cultivating spiritual fields is actually something that is easy to learn but difficult to master. Even if a layman can learn some basic techniques, he will get half the result with twice the effort when he actually puts it into practice.

Those families who throw away seeds and spiritual fertilizers, exchange their spiritual objects for spiritual stones, reduce their own manpower, and still have a few spiritual stones left in the end are actually considered quite good.

It is normal for more portals, especially those who are too ambitious and want to plant advanced spiritual medicines right from the start, to end up losing everything.

The Qingxi Mountain Villa that the second master of the Ming family promised to the Chongming Sect last time is a clear proof of this. The thirty acres of good low-grade spiritual farmland was managed by the lazy children of the Ming family to the point where the income was not enough to cover the expenses. Later, it was taken over by the Qingzhu Gang and leased for ten years.

The latter worked diligently for ten years, but in the end did not earn many spirit stones. Even the fellow practitioners' association, which was used to exploiting people, could not squeeze much money out of the Green Bamboo Gang.

But after Zhou Yixiu took over, he was able to try to grow first-grade mid-quality spiritual herbs such as Yang Lingcao in the cultivated land.

Needless to say, the difference between the two is obvious.

Master Kang was interested after hearing this. Although he had only been back to the sect for a short time, he had heard a few words about Zhou Yixiu's recent troubles.

Seeing that this junior brother is so capable, Jiang Qing might have to take some time out after some time, bring his flying sword and go to Feiyue Shan's house to deepen the impression on Shan Sheng.

Where did this young widow from the foundation-building family get such a bad temper? She even learned it from the Fei family in Yingzhou.

You don't want to learn good things, but learn bad things. You've been in the room for so long, but you're not even allowed to touch my hand. What kind of talk is this? !
Kang Dabao made up his mind that if the Shan family couldn't even handle such a small matter, the two families would cancel the marriage.

After all, Feiyue Shan's family is now in an increasingly bad situation in the New Cloud Alliance. Alliance leader Ye Zhen assigned several risky tasks to Feiyue Shan's family, resulting in many casualties among the few outstanding descendants of the Shan family.

It was only in the past one or two years that the situation began to improve due to the marriage relationship with Emperor Chongming.

This marriage seems to be that Shan Xuerong, a young widow in her twenties, marries Zhou Yixiu, an old widower, but the Shan family of Feiyue did not suffer any loss. In fact, his family is the one that gets the advantage, and Master Kang is not afraid of not being able to take advantage of his family.

As for Zhou Yixiu's pulse, Sect Leader Kang had also taken it well. It was nothing more than the three conditions of being young, beautiful, and a female cultivator, so he was not very picky.

The head of Kangda asked the Shan family to replace him with a younger one, which probably made Zhou Yixiu happier.

"From today on, Junior Brother Zhou will be appointed as the spiritual elder of our sect. The disciples under him will be promoted in turn and receive all the benefits and take up their positions immediately." Kang Dabao couldn't suppress the joy on his face. For the development of the sect, wealth, land, Dharma and companions, the four Taoist decisions are indispensable.

The ranking order of the four finalists may be controversial, but there is one thing that the head of Kangda is clear about: this "wealth" must not be windfall.

Chongmingzong had previously acquired the initial capital with a pile of storage bags. What remained to be done was to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, and to advance step by step.

Only those who have constant property can have perseverance. A sect that only thinks about growing and expanding by killing people and stealing treasures is either an evil sect or will perish overnight. It is absolutely not acceptable.

"Thank you, Master!" Zhou Yixiu's excitement was genuine. He had never thought before that he could become the fourth incumbent elder of Chongming Sect after Pei Yi, Jiang Qing and Ye Zhengwen.

After all, even Yuan Jin, the prospective leader, was only a weapon training deacon in title.

This is the position of an elder of a great foundation-building sect! Who wouldn't look up to him if he were to be told so?
Looking back now, Zhou Yixiu feels that leaving his family and career to join the insignificant Chongming Sect when he was nearly 70 years old was the best decision he had ever made in his life!

After the other disciples in the hall finished congratulating him, Kang Dabao concealed his inner joy, called out the name of his second disciple, and asked softly, "An Le, you also come out and speak to the elders present."

"Yes, Master." Duan Anle stepped out calmly and said loudly, "It has been more than five years since I took over the Chongming Caravan. I have led the team out seventeen times. During this period, after deducting the expenses of training fees, material losses, personnel pensions, and the share of each family, I have earned a total of 1,500 spirit stones and opened a new trade route."

Master Kang was quite satisfied to hear this. The term of the agreement between Chongmingzong and Hedezong had expired, so there was no need to deduct this part from the profit mentioned by Duan Anle.

In fact, long after He Dezong's death, He Degong had already written a letter to Kangda's head, saying that the eleven percent profit would be terminated and all the gains in the past would be returned.

Although Kang Dabao liked spiritual stones, how could he possibly do such a thing? He refused outright, which moved He Degong again.

Putting aside this influence, Sect Leader Kang secretly calculated in his heart that, in this way, this Chongming merchant caravan, which was led by Duan Anle and supplemented by Du Qing, could earn eighty to ninety spirit stones for the Chongming Sect for each trip, excluding various costs.

Of course, this average is not very reliable.

After all, the business world is unpredictable. One may earn hundreds of spirit stones on the previous trip, but in the next trip, due to natural disasters, bandits, beasts, and other situations, goods may be lost or personnel may be injured. It is normal to earn less or even suffer more losses.

However, this Chongming caravan was only established with the help of the He family caravan. Such a situation has far exceeded the expectations of Master Kang.

Besides, Duan Anle has only been managing the caravan for five years. He cannot compare with those old hands and there must be a lot of areas where he can improve.

If Duan Anle can make up for his own management shortcomings by then, and after Chongming Sect has sufficient manpower, he can equip the caravan with elite soldiers and generals, the profits of this caravan will surely be more substantial.

"Let's talk about the zoo." Master Kang mentioned another matter that was also under the responsibility of Duan Anle.

"Reporting to Master, in the beast garden, apart from the seven first-grade low-quality wild cattle that I have collected, there are no new black-blooded foals or old donkeys.

A few years ago, my master asked me to tame a litter of fire pig cubs, but I failed to do my job properly. The cubs showed some initial results, but later I failed to raise them well and none of them grew up. As for the reproduction of grass deer, I still haven't figured out how to do it. There is only one male and six females left in the zoo.

As for the miscellaneous livestock that have not been classified, they have been breeding in the zoo for more than ten years, and there are currently 300 of them in the zoo.

Most of the less robust male animals are sold every year, a small portion is leased to the Chongming Caravan, and occasionally a few are transferred to the Chongming Building for meat. The three together can earn the sect about 65 spirit stones, which can barely offset the cost of raising the entry-level spirit beasts in the beast garden."

When Duan Anle talked about the Beast Garden, he couldn't help feeling a little guilty. After all, the title of the Beast Garden disciple was still on his head.

More than ten years had passed, and the zoo hadn't seen any improvement, and he felt guilty.

Kang Dabao just sighed when he heard this. He knew that Duan Anle was not to blame. After all, this honest child had to spend most of the year on the road of business, and in the remaining time, he had to take out most of the time to practice.

This zoo matter is very complicated and difficult to handle, how can he do it well?

If it weren't for the younger ones, who were grateful for the kindness of their second senior brother, they would have gone to the zoo to help out after practicing at home.

It is still unknown whether the zoo can still have the scene that Duan Anle just described.

Master Kang was in a dilemma when he saw his good disciple who was feeling guilty.

"The caravan is just getting better. It's not right to transfer Anle back to the sect, but the animal garden is not useless. Those who do well can also develop. We should find a disciple to manage it wholeheartedly.

But there is no such talent among the young people nowadays.
Yes, the Beast Garden cannot be separated from Anle. As for the caravan, we will try to choose one person from Que'er, Yuanbin, or Mingzhe to take over."

The head of Kangda clarified his thoughts and made a good plan. He did not blame Duan Anle, but just raised his hand to let the latter leave first.

If Duan Anle was a disciple of other fellow disciples, even if the zoo was not well managed, there must be reasons for it. Kang Dabao might promote Duan Anle to be a deacon because of the success of this caravan.

But Duan Anle is his disciple, so he can't be too lenient with him.

If the promotion is slow, then it's fine. Master Kang will give him some benefits in private, so that his honest disciple won't suffer any loss. Then he turned around and said, "Niece Xinran, you also say something."

"Reporting to the headmaster and all the teachers, our Chongming Building has a very good reputation in the market. Last year, we made a profit of 120 spirit stones from the sale of magic tools, 216 spirit stones from the sale of elixirs, and 150 spirit stones from the operation of the wine shop, food and accommodation.

The income from Chongming Tower alone can bring in a profit of 486 spirit stones a year.

There are also 51 spiritual stones from commercial taxes, which will be sent to my nephew every year through the chief accountant of the City Weiguan Temple. Adding the two together, the sect can make a profit of about 530 spiritual stones every year in Chongming Market."

Zhou Xinran inherited Zhou Yixiu's good brain, and Kang Dabao chose her to be the wealth disciple of Chongming Xiaolou, and he made the right choice. With the help of Jin Shilun, the income of Chongming Xiaolou has also been rising steadily.

As for the promise made by the provincial government that the Chongming clan could get 10% of the commercial taxes of the entire Chongming market, it was decided when the original Chongming market had not yet been upgraded to a market.

The officials of the state court, including the two Simas, have worked tirelessly to accomplish this task. How could they be willing to let Chongmingzong share such a large share of the profits?

So the two mouths of the word "official" in the names of these senior officials were closed, and the original one achievement was directly changed to one point.

As for the details of commercial taxes, the head of Kangda Sect naturally could not check them. He just accepted whatever the city official temple sent him, so he had no courage to ask about it.

The matter of Chongming Building has also been inquired clearly. Generally speaking, it is still prosperous. Zhou Xinran and Jin Shilun have worked together to achieve good results, and Huo Ying has also gone to help.

Actually, the current profit is still affected by the fact that Pei Yi and Yuan Jin are both in a stage where they need to concentrate on practicing. Pills and magic tools have been insufficient. Otherwise, the business of Chongming Xiaolou would be much better.

Kang Dabao understood what was going on and turned around and asked Chu Huer to step out.

Ye Zhengwen's position as foreign affairs elder is now just a figurehead, and most of the foreign affairs disciples are now under the management of Chu Huer.

The reasons were, firstly, that the former had just recovered from his injuries and could not afford to spend much energy on this; secondly, if Ye Zhengwen stayed in the sect for a long time, it would be a real pity for him to waste his spiritual perception skills.

Sect Leader Kang intends to send him to Chongming Market to open a shop, where he can regularly appraise treasures and pick up bargains. This won't interfere with his cultivation too much, and he can also earn a lot of spirit stones.

In this case, Chu Huer will naturally come out to shoulder this burden. Now the external affairs disciples of Chongming Sect are just a title. Most of the Shandugang disciples had experienced the battle of Xiaowu Mountain and fled. Only five of them were rescued by Pei Yi in the flying shuttle.

Among the seven disciples who came back later, after Chu Huer's screening, he only accepted one person, Niu Kuang.

These six people have been accepted as apprentices by Pei Yi on behalf of the master, and have become formal disciples of Uncle Li. Chu Huer, the external affairs steward, is actually only in charge of these junior brothers under his tutelage.

Among them, the five people brought back by Pei Yi were of average talent and ability. If they had not been luckily taken into the shuttle by Pei Yi, they might not have escaped or died.

After they entered the Chongming Sect, even though they had the sect's scriptures to practice with, their abilities still did not improve much, which was enough to be described as embarrassing.

So if you count carefully, among these six people, only Niu Kuang has slightly stronger abilities and can be barely used, which is why Kang Dabao placed him in Chongming City.

A spiritual eye has been drawn to Chongming City by the hired geomancer. Although it is not large, it can be used for two or three disciples in the middle stage of Qi training to practice.

According to what Master Kang had in mind, after Niu Kuang entered Chongming City as a garrison commander, he would be able to protect his disciples while also not interfering with his cultivation.

But when Chu Huer mentioned the only Shandugang disciple who had a job besides him, he found it difficult to speak, but he didn't dare to lie.
"It has been more than two years since Junior Brother Niu took over the defense of Chongming City. During this period, he killed one evil cultivator, captured another alive, drove away several people, and eliminated three first-level mid-to-low-grade monsters. In Chongming City, 72 mortals were killed by evil cultivators, 260 by monsters, and more than 1,320 people were killed in private fights. A total of..."

After discussing this matter for such a long time, the cultivators finally saw some displeasure on Master Kang's face.

Chu Huer had some sweat on his forehead. He was halfway through his sentence when he saw Kang Dabao's eyes and couldn't continue.

Pei Yi also sighed inwardly. In his opinion, all the fellow disciples like Shan Dugang who are still staying in Chongming Sect, except Chu Huer, have one characteristic, that is, they have neither the ability nor the heart to care for mortals.

That was why he agreed to Chu Huer's proposal and wanted Mo Ku and Wei Gu to go to Chongming Sect to guard it out of public interest and without any partisanship.

But I never thought that Niu Kuang could make the garrison look like this.

Evil cultivators and demonic beasts might be unpredictable, but such a large-scale fight was enough to cause blood to flow like a river. Niu Kuang actually didn't care, which was unacceptable in any way.

Pei Yi later found out that it was because Niu Kuang had taken betel nut in the house at the time, and the incense made his brain confused, so he failed to take care of it.

No matter what, this is also a great loss of face for Uncle Li's faction.

Pei Yi looked at Chu Huer, who was stared at by the head senior brother and dared not raise his head, and thought that his senior brother seemed to have built up such prestige.

You have to know that Chu Huer is not the spineless and weak-footed casual cultivator commonly seen in the outside market. He was actually speechless under the look of Master Kang.

Pei Yi was about to come out to rescue Chu Huer, but Kang Dabao stopped him with a look. He only heard the latter say in a calm voice: "Fine Junior Brother Niu one year's salary, and Junior Brother Chu will also be fined three months for failing to supervise him. How do you think?"

“Thank you, Master Brother, for your mercy!” Chu Huer responded immediately as if he had been pardoned.

Master Kang looked at Jiang Qing again. This Chongming Sword Immortal had no interest in what was happening in the hall. When he saw Kang Dabao's gaze coming over, he just shook his head slightly.

After all, the Chongming Sect has always been strict in its traditions, and there is really nothing to say about him as the law enforcement elder.

After asking all the questions that needed to be asked and listening to both good and bad news, Kang Dabao finally called on Yuan Jin and said, "Second brother, tell us about the annual expenses."

Yuan Jin stepped out of the line, picked up the silk book and spoke slowly, "The sect's expenses have increased a lot compared to the past, and the bulk of it is still the annual salary and job allowances of the disciples."

"The annual salary of our sect's foundation-building disciples is 800 spirit stones, and they need 800 spirit stones every year; the annual salary of the disciples in the late stage of Qi training is 40 yuan, and they need 200 yuan every year;

The annual salary of a disciple in the middle stage of Qi training is 20 yuan, totaling 360 yuan;

The annual salary of a disciple in the early stage of Qi training is 10 yuan, totaling 70 yuan;
He has not yet entered the six roots of immortality, and has not yet received his annual salary.

Until the winter of the 432nd year of the Qianfeng reign, disciples who had not yet reached the age of dancing with elephants (fifteen years old) were given a subsidy of five spirit stones every year, totaling fifteen spirit stones.

The annual salary alone totals 1,245 spiritual stones."

"In addition to the annual salary, each student holding a position will receive the following allowances (excluding temporary promotions within Kangda Baotang):

The head of the sect gets 100 spirit stones per year (one year is omitted below);

The elders who teach skills receive 60 spirit stones, the elders who teach external affairs receive 50 spirit stones, and the elders who teach law enforcement receive 50 spirit stones.

The alchemy deacon is 20 spirit stones, the weapon training deacon is 20 spirit stones, the spiritual plant deacon is 20 spirit stones, and the external affairs deacon is 15 spirit stones;
The disciple in charge of the caravan gets ten spirit stones, the disciple who guards the city of Chongming gets ten spirit stones, the disciple who plants spiritual plants gets five spirit stones, the disciple who handles goods in the market gets five spirit stones, the disciple who is the beast garden gets five spirit stones, the disciple who is the chef gets five spirit stones, and the disciple who supervises and enlightens others gets five spirit stones.

From then on, the job allowance totaled 380 spirit stones per year.

In addition, for the initial stage disciples, two bottles of Qi Condensation Pills are required each year, which are calculated only for the raw materials and are two spirit stones.
Mid-term disciples need to buy one bottle of Qi-training powder every year, half of which is for sale, which costs 10 spirit stones.

Disciples in the later stages will take care of their own medicine and receive an additional 18 spirit stones.

The sect does not provide subsidies to disciples who are building their foundation for the time being.

For the medicine expenses alone, the sect will need to spend a total of 284 spirit stones."

Therefore, plus the sixty spiritual stones that need to be paid to the Pingrong County Office every year, the fixed annual expenditure of this sect is 1,909 spiritual stones. "

Now, the property and population of Emperor Chongming have been significantly improved compared to the past. It took Yuan Jin a long time to finish reading this silk book.

Sect Leader Kang was quite good at accounting. As soon as Yuan Jinfang put down the silk book, he figured out that even if the current income of Chongming Sect was calculated based on the times of good harvests, it was still several dozen away from the number of 1,909 spirit stones.

When he figured it out, Kang Dabao was a little worried, but then he thought about it and realized that about half of the spirit stones were given to Jiang Qing.

Jiang Qing himself actually didn't think much of the things in the Chongming Sect's treasury, so Sect Leader Kang really gave him a foundation-building pill.

Then Jiang Qing actually owed the 50,000 yuan for his good deeds, and his annual salary and allowance could be offset by his good deeds and did not need to be paid out.

As for the remaining half of the spirit stones, most of the disciples will convert most of them into good deeds to exchange for useful items in the sect’s treasury.

Especially for disciples like Chu Huer and Ye Zhengwen who have already started preparing to build their foundation, they will definitely not accept even a single spirit stone in order to obtain spiritual objects for building their foundation.

Therefore, the financial pressure on Chongming Sect is actually not that severe. At least eight or nine hundred spirit stones can be saved in a year.

If you look into it carefully, you will find that although Jiang Qing, a true foundation-building cultivator, was born in Chongming Sect only two years ago.

However, the sect's wealth and abundance of talents are no longer inferior to those of the declining foundation-building forces like the Feiyue Shan family.

The head of the Kang family spent nearly thirty years and earned a huge fortune.

He closed his eyes and thought about all these in his mind. When Kang Dabao opened his eyes again, a faint golden light appeared. He said slowly, "All elders and Junior Brother Yuan will stay for the time being. The rest of the disciples, each of you should return to your place and do your job."

"Yes!" The disciples who held concurrent positions withdrew one by one, and only five people were left in the hall.

Kang Dabao didn't keep anyone in suspense and said bluntly: "You guys take good care of the sect. I'm going to retreat and build my foundation."

Three of them were surprised at first, but then calmed down. After all, this was expected.

Only Jiang Qing remained expressionless. It was not only because he did not feel that building the foundation was difficult or dangerous, but also because just as his senior brother believed in him, he also believed in his senior brother.

Master Kang had a bumpy journey along the way. Although his aptitude was poor and his background was humble, he had already left behind a group of fellow monks who were far better off than him.

At the age of forty-five, one can try to break through the foundation-building stage, have several foundation-building spiritual objects in hand, and also have foundation-building pills at hand. Such conditions are enough to make 99% of the disciples of major sects envious.

Jiang Qing didn't think there was anything to worry about. "Junior brother, wait for me to come back and have a drink. We can go to Miaoyunzhai to drink."

All the brothers laughed when they heard this, and Kang Dabao felt a little more relaxed. He then secretly looked at these fellow apprentices one by one, bowed and said goodbye, without saying anything more.

Kang Dabao straightened his clothes and calmed his expression as he drove the flying boat out of the sect. He seemed to have thought of something, and his hand gestures loosened and tightened. When the flying boat reached Qinghan Courtyard, it was still a little slow.

After passing by, Kang Dabao did not stop, and rushed all the way to the Biha Cave.

Kang Dabao hadn't seen the Taoist Black Shoes for two years. In his opinion, the latter's aura seemed to have increased significantly, and could almost be described as vast as smoke.

When the Taoist priest Heishi saw Kang Dabao, he showed no joy. He just looked him up and down and asked calmly, "Scary?"

Kang Dabao hesitated for a moment and said, "I shouldn't be afraid."

The Taoist priest in black shoes nodded and spoke slowly, "Then I will tell you again about the foundation-building method. Listen carefully. Spiritual energy turns into liquid."

Kang Dabao held his breath and did not dare to be negligent.

Neither the uncle nor the nephew could tell how long the lecture lasted. The head of Chongming Sect only heard the voice of the Taoist Heilu suddenly stop, and the latter said in a deep voice: "Go."

Kang Dabao opened his eyes, bowed silently again, and then went into the stone chamber for retreat without looking back.

The Taoist in black shoes saw nothing unusual. He closed his eyes and listened quietly until he heard the stone door closing and the restriction being created. Then he frowned slightly, went outside the stone chamber, and began to practice.

Kang Dabao entered the stone chamber. For some reason, given his cautious nature, he should have been very nervous when he broke through the foundation.

But Kang Dabao's heart was as clear as a mirror and calm as a still well.

After spending another half a month to bring his body and mind to the best condition, Kang Dabao laid out the Liuhe Zhengyang Dates, Yimu Qingliu Heart and other foundation-building spiritual objects and the top-grade foundation-building pill one by one, and pondered for a long time.

If we go by what Kang Yilong said back then, taking pills to build the foundation is an inferior way and will hinder the great way.

Even the founder David would not take his status seriously, let alone talk nonsense to a Qigong practitioner like me.

But this top-grade foundation-building pill can increase the probability of building a foundation by 50%.
When Kang Dabao thought of this, he didn't hesitate for too long for some reason, and a sense of heroism rose in his heart from nowhere.

He picked up two foundation-building pills, but without even looking at them, he simply put them into the most important part of the storage bag.

Kang Dabao specializes in wood magic, so among the remaining spiritual objects, the Yimu Qingliu Heart is the most suitable. Unexpectedly, just as Master Kang picked it up, a voice in his heart rang out: "Give it a try, give it a try."

"Then. Let's give it a try." Kang Kang Dabao suddenly put down Yi Mu Qing Liu Xin. He remembered the question asked by Hei Lu Taoist: "Are you afraid?"

At this time, Kang Dabao's mouth curled up slightly, and he murmured: "Ha, the ancestor of the rejuvenation has already been accomplished, what else is there to be afraid of?"

Kang Dabao made a lotus seal with his hands, put his tongue on the upper palate, closed his eyes and observed his mind, silently reciting in his heart: "Be calm and do nothing, guard your destiny, regulate your breathing, and let the yin and yang simmer."

Unexpectedly, this time, things would go much more smoothly than Kang Dabao had expected.

The essence travels through all the meridians, moving forward without hesitation and accomplishing everything in one stroke;

The spirit energy turns into liquid, with almost no obstacles, and it is done in one go;
Although Kang Dabao felt something was amiss, he remained calm and composed, neither sad nor happy.

When the lotus was born in the divine furnace and the spiritual liquid transformed from the spiritual energy was about to produce the seed of Tao in the Dantian, the spiritual spring that was originally clearly separated suddenly began to boil.

A few drops of spring water fell into the spiritual liquid, and the spiritual liquid was condensed into several tiny spiritual crystals in an instant, which were then absorbed by the spring water and thrown back into the spiritual spring.

The spiritual spring gradually calmed down, and a pure-colored Tao seed emerged from the spring and landed on the jade-colored Dantian.

The true spiritual energy gradually emerged from the Tao seed and slowly filled the entire Dantian.

The lush red petals slowly opened from the Tao seed, and after a moment the dark blue stamens were also formed. From then on, the Tao lotus was formed, and the lotus leaves were emerald green, full of Tao charm, and extremely sacred.

"Qingye?" Kang Dabao was feeling a mixture of joy, anger, sorrow and happiness at this moment. His emotions were surging like the tide.

"Forget it, it's all good in the end. I've tried my best." After sighing in his heart, Kang Dabao saw that the spiritual spring was boiling again.

The lotus leaves stand in the spiritual spring, slowly turning from green to ice, then from ice to gold, and then from gold to purple.
"Zi Zi Ye Dao Ji, so... so easy?" Kang Dabao was shocked, and at the same time, something unexpected happened.

An air of immortal spirit permeated the Dantian, and the purple color on the Dao leaves gradually faded until the leaves turned into the color of bright jade.

"Jade color, jade leaf foundation building?" Kang Dabao was a little confused. He was considered to have some knowledge among Qigong practitioners, but this jade color foundation building was really unheard of.

Kang Dabao has always been cautious, knowing that if this matter were to be discovered by others, it would cause a lot of trouble.

Then he did not like this sudden change, and only sighed in his heart: "It would be easier to become an ice leaf."

As if a divine object had a spirit, the Dao Lotus trembled slightly according to his wishes. A breeze blew across the Dao Leaf, and the jade-like color instantly turned into an icy color.

"Could it be..." Kang Dabao had a bold guess in his mind. He tried purple, gold, ice and green one by one. As expected, they were all able to be transformed. He was immediately delighted.

He thought that even if the Jade Leaf Foundation-Building Technique could not fully demonstrate its miraculous effect for the time being, with its ability to conceal things, he would not have to worry about the troubles that would ensue, which was exactly what Kang Dabao wanted.

After thinking seriously for a moment, the breeze came again, and the Dao leaves turned into ice. Although Master Kang had never thought that building the foundation would be so easy this time, he felt relieved and came out of seclusion.

But when he opened his eyes again, he found that he was no longer in the stone chamber where he was in seclusion. In front of him were tall buildings, one after another, and in front of him were cars and people, flowing endlessly.

"Is this the inner demon tribulation? How can a foundation-building process be accompanied by an inner demon tribulation?!"

In a trance, a figure that was deeply buried in his mind reappeared in front of Kang Dabao, making him unable to tell which was real and which was an illusion.

"No, this is definitely not a dream!" He suddenly felt a little crazy. He was very familiar with the man in front of him and had never forgotten him in the past forty-five years.

He stretched out his hand tremblingly, but did not dare to touch it. His lips opened and closed, opened and closed again.

I don't know how long it was, but a word finally squeezed out of the throat with difficulty. It burst out of the teeth and rolled over the lips. It was as thin as a mosquito's sound, but sonorous and powerful.

"mom!"

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After an unknown amount of time, Sect Leader Kang finally woke up from the illusion. With tears in his eyes, he smiled and said, "Oh, thank you for making the right choice. Thank you, myself!"

"Boom!" The stone door that had been closed for many days suddenly opened. The Taoist in black shoes looked at Kang Dabao with surprise in his eyes.

Compared to the Ice Leaf, the aura of transcendence emanating from the latter surprised the Black Shoe Taoist even more. But in the blink of an eye, it disappeared. The Black Shoe Taoist thought he was just dazzled, and felt it was quite strange, so he didn't ask any more questions.

After accepting Kang Dabao's solemn greeting, the two of them returned to Chongming Sect together.

Half a quarter of an hour later, the sound of the bell could be heard in the distance.

On March 25th of the 432nd year of Qianfeng in the David Immortal Dynasty, Kang Dabao, the seventh-generation leader of the Chongming Sect, had completed his foundation, and all of Manchuria was shocked!
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