protect our patriarch

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(ps: In the previous chapter, the interest rate of Qianliu was wrong, so it was changed to Wanliu.)
After a long while.

Patriarch Ji Yan and God Son Ming Zhe seemed to have come to their senses and began to seriously think about this matter.

"Xing Lan~"

Patriarch Ji Yan's attitude gradually became serious, and he pondered: "I did some calculations, and the current price of 4000 million warehouses of third-grade spiritual rice is about 400 Chaos Lingshi, which is equivalent to the output of your Wuji Temple for [-] years, right? When did you hoard so much Lingmi?"

If it was just a sale of one or two hundred chaotic spirit stones, Patriarch Jiyan would have made the decision without saying a word.

But this list, the amount is really too big.

Patriarch Jiyan had to cheer up to avoid mistakes.

"In fact, our Promise Shrine has only 160 million hectares of third-grade spiritual fields, and the annual output is only 20 warehouses! Without eating or drinking, there is no loss, and it will take 500 years to save [-] million warehouses."

Goddess Xinglan didn't fool him, she just told the truth.

"The current total current price of these two grains is 7000 Chaos Spirit Stones. They are the futures orders that I have mortgaged through other transactions with Shenbaodian!"

At this time, Goddess Xinglan took out the futures contract with Shenbao Palace.Fearing that the ancestor Jiyan would not understand, she also explained the meaning of the futures bill very thoughtfully.

Both Patriarch Ji Yan and God Son Ming Zhe are smart people with flexible brains. Under her explanation, they immediately understood the principle and value of this futures contract.

If they spend 7000 chaotic spirit stones at once to take over this futures contract, they can withdraw 100 million warehouses of third-grade spiritual rice and [-] warehouses of fourth-grade spiritual rice from the Shenbao Temple every year, or chaotic spirit stones converted at current prices. Until a hundred years later, all of them were mentioned.

According to the current continuous rise in food prices, this deal is undoubtedly extremely cost-effective.But if food prices plummet in the next century, they may lose money.

However, in the current situation, will food prices fall?
Patriarch Ji Yan made some calculations in his mind, then he could not help shaking his head secretly, the possibility of grain price falling in the short term is extremely low.

As far as their Nanming Temple is concerned, with the approaching of the third Great Tribulation of the Immortal Emperor, Emperor Zun's desire for war has become more and more vigorous. Now Nanming Temple has actually entered a state of war preparation secretly, and has begun to plan and purposefully Stock up on food.

In addition, the war zones under the jurisdiction of the Wuyue Temple and the Ziwei Shrine and other major forces are also fighting fiercely. Their own food production cannot keep up with consumption, and the demand for food is also very strong.

No matter from which angle you think about it, there is only one result. Not only will the price of food in the past century not fall, but it will definitely increase a lot!

If his ancestor Jiyan really wins the futures, he must make a steady profit without losing money. The only question is how much can he earn?

If it can increase by [-]%, it will be a huge profit!

"Xinglan, you have to think it over." Patriarch Ji Yan said with a smile, "Our Nanming Temple is bullish on the future price of grain. If you sell this futures in advance, don't blame us if you feel that you are losing money in the future. .”

"If it weren't for the lack of money, why would you sell this futures?" Goddess Xinglan also sighed helplessly, with a look of distress and reluctance.

But soon, she changed the subject and continued: "However, the market has always been unpredictable, and no one dares to say that their judgment must be accurate."

"You can't say for sure. It's still unknown that the price of grain will plummet in the next hundred years. In case, I mean in case, if Patriarch Ji Yan loses money, don't blame us."

"Hahaha~" Patriarch Ji Yan laughed boldly, "How can you make a profit without losing money in business? I still understand the principle of 'buy and leave, and be responsible for the profit and loss'."

"What's more, our Nanming Temple is going to stockpile food for a long time. Xinglan's large futures order is a timely rain."

"However, seven thousand chaotic spirit stones is not a small amount. I can only give you our Nanming Temple's own chaotic spirit stone ticket."

For the convenience of transactions, the major temples and shrines often issue their own spirit stone tickets.Those who have a spirit stone ticket can go to the branch of the corresponding force at any time to exchange for the corresponding spirit stone.

And this is also the privilege of the few major forces standing at the top of the pyramid in the fairy world.

The more financially powerful the power, the better the reputation and circulation of the Lingshi tickets issued.

The Nanming Temple itself has a solid foundation and strong financial resources. The Lingshi Tickets it issues have a good reputation and are recognized throughout the fairy world.

In the past, the Promise Shrine was also eligible to issue spirit stone tickets.

However, with the fall of Emperor Wuji, the spirit stone ticket of Wuji Shrine was run on. At that time, in order to maintain its reputation, Wuji Shrine could only sell a lot of assets to cash the spirit stone ticket.

In this way, although a large amount of assets were lost, the reputation of the Promise Shrine was maintained.

But in today's Wuji Shrine, it is extremely difficult to issue spirit stone tickets.A power without an immortal emperor is not qualified to issue spirit stone tickets at all!

"The circulation of the Lingshi tickets in the Guishen Temple is very good, so there is no problem." Goddess Xinglan readily accepted, "If that's the case, then we will sign a contract."

Although it is said that the catastrophe of the Immortal Emperor Nanming is coming, but this "coming" will at least be "coming" for nearly ten thousand years, and judging by the appearance of the Nanming Temple, there should be no problem with the normal inheritance of the son of the gods. There is a high probability that the credibility will not be affected.

Taking a step back, Goddess Xinglan can also use up the spirit stone ticket and exchange it for some fixed assets.

Subsequently.

Naturally.

In a harmonious and friendly atmosphere, Patriarch Jiyan and Goddess Xinglan signed an agreement on the transfer of bulk grain futures.

So far, this transaction can be regarded as a perfect ending.

And in this very short period of time, the available funds of Goddess Xinglan also reached [-] Chaos Spirit Stones!
Everything went very smoothly.

Of course, even if Patriarch Jiyan is unwilling to accept the futures, it is not a big problem for Goddess Xinglan, there are other ways to deal with it.

According to Mr. Shouzhe's strategy, as long as the futures are divided into [-] or more shares at that time, it will naturally be easy to sell under the situation of rising grain prices, but it will take some time.

In fact, if she hadn't met Mr. Shouzhe, even Goddess Xinglan would never have believed that food prices would fall!

There is no impenetrable wall in this world.

Goddess Xinglan's plan went smoothly. On the other hand, under the "inadvertent" propaganda of Elder Baohu, Goddess Xinglan's "super prodigal" "faint" operation behavior also seemed to have grown wings. was quickly spread.

a time.

All kinds of rumors about Goddess Xinglan seizing power and prodigal are spreading.

There were even rumors that Goddess Xinglan was dissatisfied with her master's plan to marry her to Godson Mingzhe, so she began to frantically sell the assets of the Jingu Palace, and was about to run away with money.

Planning to elope with her is also a young man with a mysterious background, handsome and extraordinary temperament.

There are also rumors that that mysterious young master is the manipulator behind Goddess Xinglan's scenes. His purpose is to persuade the Goddess to sell the assets of the Shrine, and finally kick the Goddess away after taking the money.

These rumors spread so fast and spread so widely, naturally Elder Baohu secretly contributed to the flames.

His purpose is also quite clear, that is to completely confirm this series of mortgages, gambling and other contracts, so as to prevent Taoist Chen Guang from making trouble afterwards and causing many twists and turns.

After all, although the Promise Shrine has declined and is notoriously poor, the inheritance foundation of the Shrine is still there. The inheritance lineup of dozens of Taoist-level elders, Da Luo over a thousand, and [-] true immortals is no joke.

Even if the strength of the Divine Treasure Hall is very strong, they are not afraid of the Promise Palace, but there is really no need to ask for trouble.

All kinds of rumors were raging outside the Shrine, and many elders in the Promise Shrine were not of the generation to close their eyes and listen, so naturally they all received the news one after another.

Immediately, some elders of the Jingu Palace couldn't sit still, and strongly advocated holding a joint meeting to ask Taoist Master Chenguang and Goddess Xinglan what was going on with the rumors outside.

The main hall of the Promise Shrine.

As the most important building of the Promise Shrine, this main hall not only covers a large area, but also stands tall and magnificent.

The main hall is located in the center of the entire Wuji Shrine, not only the venue for many high-level meetings, but also the formation hub of the entire Wuji Shrine.

Strictly speaking, the Promise Shrine high above the sky is actually not just a simple building, it is an extremely powerful secret treasure in itself, which can be used as a Dao boat when necessary, not only has a strong defensive ability Strong, and even has a certain attack ability.

The former Promise Shrine was the most powerful force in the 33 heavens of the Immortal Realm, so naturally there must be more than one "Shrine" like this high above the sky.

It is said that this "Shengong" was once only one of the many palaces of the Wuji Shrine. The last group of people in the Wuji Shrine used to flee all the way in this shrine, and only then did they save the last lifeline of the Wuji Shrine .

Today, after so many years, the entire shrine has basically maintained its original appearance under careful maintenance, but there is a touch of vicissitudes left by the years.

now.

In the main hall of the shrine.

A high-level meeting of the shrine attended by the Taoist elders and some high-ranking Daluo Jinxians began.

According to the rules.

The interim palace lord, Goddess Xinglan, sat on the main seat of the hall grandly.

Her expression was calm as usual, as if she had expected this scene long ago.

But this time, her Master Chenguang Daoist took a position on the left side of the main seat, that is, the position of the Supreme Elder!
In the main hall, there are two rankings for the Supreme Elder, and they are respectively located in the first position of the left and right hands of the main seat.

It represents the authority second only to the Acting Palace Master in the Promise Palace.

But at this moment, sitting opposite to Taoist Master Chen Guang was an old man who was thin in stature but hale and hearty.

The old man's name is 【Tianshu Daoist】.

Taoist Tianshu was also born as a quasi-god son when he was young, and he was once at the top of the Shenying list for a long time, and he is also a well-known leader of the younger generation in the world.

Now, many ten thousand years have passed, and he has reached the level of Taoist peak and half-step immortal emperor just like Taoist Chen Guang.

In fact, Taoist Master Tianshu was by no means the only one who was born as a son of a god and a daughter of a god.

Among the thirty or so Hunyuan Realm dao masters or powerhouses of the same level in the Wuji Shrine, there are three more who were born as quasi-gods and quasi-goddesses.

They have different ages, different genders, and even different directions of cultivation, but one can tell by looking at their breaths that without exception, they have all reached the strength of Taoist masters in the middle and late stages, and their appearance is still young.

No wonder.Taoist Chenguang has been in charge of the shrine for 10 years. During this period, how could there not be a quasi-god son and quasi-goddess?
It's just that although Daoist Master Chenguang has the reputation of being a prodigal, he actually worked hard to break his heart for the shrine, and he did a good job overall, so his position is relatively stable. position.

Of course, it is not ruled out that these quasi-god sons and quasi-goddess-born powerhouses are unwilling to take over the thankless position of acting palace master and clean up the mess for the shrine.

After all, power and responsibility have always been one.

Taking over the position of Acting Palace Master will inevitably allocate a lot of time and energy to deal with all kinds of complicated and trivial matters in the shrine. From foreign business and trade to the internal affairs of the shrine, the workload is very huge and terrifying, and the energy consumed is also huge. It is very huge, and the daily practice time will definitely be severely squeezed.

No way, although the territory of the Promise Shrine has shrunk a lot compared to its heyday, it is still very large, almost several times the territory of the Sanctuary today.

It can be said that the position of the Palace Master of the Promise Palace has not many benefits, but also a lot of troubles. It is probably only a quasi-goddess like Xinglan Goddess who has a particularly sense of responsibility, who will rush to take over.

And today.

In addition to the Taoist Master Chenguang, the Taoist Master Tianshu, and several former quasi-god sons and quasi-goddesses, other Taoist-level elders from the Promise Shrine also rarely gathered together, and even those who were too far away to come here in time were sent The projection descends to participate in the meeting.

Thirty Hunyuan Realm Daoist Masters sat in a circle, and almost all of them had serious expressions on their faces.

A dignified atmosphere permeated the air.

No one took the initiative to speak.

After a while, a white-haired and childlike elder with a fairy-like temperament finally couldn't hold back, stood up and cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness Goddess, don't you have anything to tell us?"

Goddess Xinglan glanced at him casually, and said in a calm tone, "So it's [Elder Yi Geng], what do you want the current palace lord to explain?"

Elder Yigeng's expression froze, apparently he did not expect Goddess Xinglan to have such a reaction.

However, he quickly reacted, and began to output in an obviously agitated tone: "It is rumored that Her Majesty the Goddess mortgaged the remaining 23 Ninth-Rank Spirit Vein land lease coefficients in the Shrine, and signed some kind of gambling agreement with the Divine Treasure Hall! "

"Such a big matter, Xing Lan, you didn't even discuss it, and you made a claim without authorization!"

"Could it be that you are really like the rumors, are you going to run away with money?"

Faced with Elder Yigeng's questioning, Goddess Xinglan waved her hand without raising her eyelids, and said, "Business opportunities are fleeting, and if Elder Yigeng doesn't understand things in the business field, don't worry about them."

Elder Yigeng only felt a lump in his throat, and he almost vomited blood from the anger.

He also never expected that Goddess Xinglan's attitude towards him was so impatient and so righteous.Shouldn't she be ashamed?

Seeing this, another female Taoist elder couldn't stand it any longer, and stood up and said, "What are you talking about, Your Highness Goddess? Although your Chenguang lineage is in charge of the shrine, this shrine is not your family's shrine! Don't you even have the right to question the Dai Palace Mistress's stupid decisions?"

"Decision-making?" Goddess Xinglan looked at her with a half-smile, "Elder Cangyu, you seem to know management and business well? Come, come, let you take the seat of the current palace lord, let's see what you have What a wonderful strategy and magic method, which can break the decline of the shrine!"

As she spoke, she took out the [Wuji Shenyin] and slapped it forward.

In an instant, a bright golden light burst out from the Promise Seal, transforming into a majestic divine power that permeated the entire hall in an instant.

The Wuji God Seal is the symbol of the authority of the Wuji Temple.

Seeing the seal of God is like seeing an immortal emperor.

Everyone's expressions suddenly became serious and dignified, even Elder Cangyu, who was about to refute, shut his mouth subconsciously, got up and saluted obediently.

That's right, Goddess Xinglan holds the Seal of Promise, and now, nominally and legally, she is in charge of the shrine on behalf of the Immortal Emperor, so her status is naturally different from that of ordinary goddesses.

Even if the place is temporarily calmed down.

As for the words that Goddess Xinglan said that Elder Cangyu should take the seat of Acting Palace Mistress, Elder Cangyu selectively forgot at the moment.

If there is an opinion, there is an opinion, if you criticize it face to face, let her accept the seal of Wuji God, she is determined not to dare.

"Cough cough~"

Daoist Chenguang coughed lowly, breaking the silence in the hall: "Everyone, Xinglan is now the Acting Palace Master. If you have any questions, please ask them carefully. Don't just listen to a few rumors and then get out of breath and get angry."

"I believe that everything Xing Lan did was for the good of Shen Gong."

After saying that, his eyes sharpened, and a coercive aura of a strong man at the peak of the Hunyuan Realm swept out.

His majestic eyes swept the audience!

As a master, Taoist Chen Guang naturally wants to support his disciples at this critical moment.

It's just that he said he believed it, but his heart was miserable.

He has received much more intelligence and news than other elders, and because of this, his mentality at the moment is far more disturbed and disturbed than these elders.

He couldn't figure it out at all, what the hell was Xinglan's lover doing?

Everyone said that he, Chen Guang, was the Prodigal Palace Mistress, but compared with Xing Lan, he was really nothing.

However, no matter how uncertain he was, he didn't show it on his face.

Seeing that he had completely calmed down the situation, he looked at Goddess Xinglan, and the expression on his face became kind: "But Xinglan, everyone here is the elders of our shrine, and they are all your elders. If you have any clever ideas, you might as well share them with everyone, so that the elders can rest assured."

"Master, the rise of the Jingu Palace is not a dinner party, and business competition is even more dangerous than a battlefield! In order to make people feel at ease, do I have to leak commercial secrets?" Goddess Xinglan said coldly, "Master, do you know You have been in charge of the Shrine for a hundred thousand years, and you have devoted your energy and dedication, so why can you only support the Shrine from falling?"

Uh……

Daoist Chenguang was embarrassed for a while.

This precious apprentice is now hardened, and has a lot of power. Today, he didn't even give his master face.

"Let me read the financial income and expenditure~" Goddess Xinglan was clearly prepared, she took out a form while speaking, and said with a stern expression, "In the past 100 years, the total financial expenditure of our shrine has reached 20461 A chaotic spirit stone."

"The total expenditure of all personnel reached 15291 Chaos Spirit Stones."

"The management fee and miscellaneous expenses of the Shrine forces are 913 Chaos Spirit Stones."

"The loan interest payment has reached 210 Chaos Spirit Stones!"

"..."

As each item of expenditure was read out, the expressions of the elders all changed.

In the past, although they also knew that the shrine was expensive, they only had a vague concept, and they didn't know the specific situation at all.

So the cost of the shrine is so huge?
Especially the personnel expenses, the amount is too huge~~
And just as the Taoist masters were stunned, Goddess Xinglan had finished reading all the expenses, and began to read the income list again.

In the past hundred years, the total income of the Promise Shrine has reached 19239 Chaos Spirit Stones, with a net loss of more than 1000 Chaos Spirit Stones!

However, in the past year, Daoist Chenguang has miraculously turned losses into profits. Although only one Chaos Spirit Stone was left at the end of the year, it was a good start.

Daoist Chenguang has presided over the shrine for so many years, and there are not many times when he can make a profit. For a while, he is also a little proud.

But Goddess Xinglan ordered directly: "Elder Yi Geng obeys the order."

Elder Yi Geng's face was slightly surprised, but he still answered honestly.

He at least admitted that it was really hard for Chen Guang to act as the Palace Master.

"Your Yigeng lineage is good at metal ore smelting. I want you to organize and lead all the disciples of your sect to go out and purchase raw materials of various grades of fairy gold and spirit iron, as well as raw ore veins of various grades!" Goddess Xinglan said seriously.

"Your Highness Goddess, although the old man is somewhat disrespectful to you in words, you don't want to give it to the old man on the spot..." Elder Yi Geng's expression changed, he was ashamed and angry at the same time.

Her Highness Goddess really has a bad temper, and will avenge her revenge on the spot.

Even if you wear small shoes for him, won't it work after a while?
Goddess Xinglan glanced at him, knowing that he had misunderstood, but she didn't explain, and directly threw out a jade slip that recorded the information.

"Here's a list of things to buy."

Then, she took out another thick stack of spirit stone tickets.

"You can take as much as you want, and you can take as much as [-] chaotic spirit stones! When this batch of money is used up, I will send someone to give it to you!"

What? ! !
Elder Yigeng took the Lingshi tickets in a daze, counted them subconsciously, and found that there were twenty tickets!

These are all large denomination spirit stone tickets of 100 Chaos Spirit Stones, twenty tickets, that is a full 2000 Chaos Spirit Stones!

He was dumbfounded immediately.

In his whole life, he had never seen so many spirit stone tickets at one time.

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At the same time that Goddess Xinglan was trying her best to turn the tide at the internal high-level meeting of the Jingu Palace, making great efforts to bring order.

In Luming Garden.

Under the shade of the tree, Wang Shouzhe and Wang Anye's grandfather and grandson were playing chess.

The situation on the chessboard is naturally Wang Shouzhe's momentum is brilliant, while Wang Anye can only "struggle hard" and try his best to support it.

After a while, Wang Anye couldn't hold on anymore and was defeated.

He couldn't help showing a wry smile on his face, and said in admiration: "Grandpa's chess is majestic and full of subtleties. An Ye is ashamed of himself."

Wang Shouzhe smiled indifferently, waved his hands, and did not want to talk about the issue of chess strength: "Elder Zishuang has already contacted the Immortal Formation Alliance for us. In these two days, you will go to visit the Immortal Formation with Elder Zishuang and Elder Zhantian. The predecessors of the League."

"Yes, great grandfather."

Wang Anye agreed honestly.

He has been related to elders since he was a child, and he has done countless times for such tasks as negotiating with strange seniors since he was a child, and he is already very proficient. Not much feeling.

Skillfully picking up the chess pieces on the chessboard one by one into the chess basket, he hesitated for a moment with his head lowered, and finally he dared to ask: "Grandpa, you have worked so hard to help Goddess Xinglan control the Shen Palace, don't tell me, are you really What I want to add is another..."

Wang Shouzhe's face darkened, and he gave An Ye an angry look: "Don't listen to Xiaolu's nonsense if you're fine."

However, Wang Shouzhe still didn't say anything serious to his favorite great-grandson.

He pondered for a while, and then simply explained: "In the entire fairy world, the Promise Shrine is the most closely related to our sanctuary, so we naturally have a sense of closeness, and it is the best way for us to blend into the fairy world. Helping them is helping ourselves."

"What's more, you don't want to underestimate the Wuji Shrine just because they are financially struggling. After all, the Wuji Shrine is the number one superpower in the fairy world. If they had to support too many people, how could they be as poor as they are now?" look like?"

"There are more than a thousand big Luos and thirty thousand real immortals. This is a powerful force that cannot be ignored."

Rao Wang Shouzhe did not expect that the Promise Palace still maintains such a large number of strong people.

You must know that in the entire Sanctuary, the total number of Da Luo Shengzun currently registered is only 617, and the number of True Immortal Realm and powerful fighters with the same combat power is currently only 18489 registered!
All the masters in the sanctuary combined, can't compare to a declining Promise Shrine!

Under such circumstances, what right do they have to look down on Wuji Shrine?

However, Wang Shouzhe is confident that with Sanctuary's current talent and resource reserves, as long as Sanctuary is given a certain amount of time to develop, the number of top experts will inevitably explode.

Surpassing the Promise Shrine is only a matter of time.

Wang Shouzhe was full of confidence and felt that he had explained the problem clearly.

Wang Anye looked at his great-grandfather with slightly complicated eyes.

As if he had made up his mind, he nodded heavily: "Grandpa, I understand your good intentions and exquisite layout. Don't worry, An Ye will definitely stand by your side this time."

"?" Wang Shouzhe was astonished.

Wang Anye didn't say anything more, picked up the last chess piece into the chess basket, got up and said goodbye to Wang Shouzhe, and then left lightly.

At the same time, he also made up his mind that even if his grandma beat him to death, he would never betray his grandpa.

He firmly supported his grandfather's "Empress Cultivation Plan".

It's useless to think too much, I'd better contact the formation masters of the Immortal Formation League first, maybe I can worship another master and make contributions to the family.

Although the number of masters is increasing, this Wang Anye is a little distressed.

But my great-grandfather can sacrifice for the family.

Why can't Wang Anye sacrifice himself?
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(PS: The interest calculation in the previous chapter was wrong, and the loan in the fairy world was changed to [-]/[-] per year. Thank you readers for correcting me~)