protect our patriarch

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The Great Hall of the Promise Shrine.

The generosity of Goddess Xinglan scared the scene into silence.

Due to the tight economic conditions, life in all branches of the Jingu Palace is not easy, everyone's life is tight, and a spirit stone can't wait to be broken into two flowers.

As a result of such accumulation over time, all veins of the Wuji Shrine exuded an invisible sense of shabbiness and pettiness.

Even the second half-step immortal emperor of the shrine, Taoist Master Tianshu, opened his eyes that had been slightly closed since he sat down, as if drowsy.

Investing tens of thousands of chaotic spirit stones to acquire minerals in one breath?

how many years?

How many years has it been since Jingu made such a big deal?

"I object!"

As a result, before Elder Yi Geng put away the spirit stone ticket, a man in white with a handsome appearance and elegant demeanor frowned and stood up.

His seat is extremely high, and the white clothes on his body are white and flawless, which makes his already impressive temperament even more outstanding, shining like a bright moon, even among a group of Taoist masters with outstanding bearing and majesty. It can be regarded as standing out from the crowd.

It can also be seen from the eyes of the surrounding Taoists looking at him that his status among the elders of the shrine is not low.

There was obvious disapproval in his tone: "Xing Lan, you either got the money by mortgaging the Ninth Grade Spirit Vein, or you borrowed the money from the Divine Treasure Hall to sell the food in advance."

"You actually exchanged most of the money into various mines and hoarded it!"

"As we all know, mineral collection, smelting, forging, and sales all have a long cycle! If one fails, tens of thousands of chaotic spirit stones will not be able to turn around... At that time, my shrine will have to sell its core assets. To deal with creditors!"

This elder with extraordinary looks and demeanor is named 【Star Sword Emperor】.

What he practiced was the swordsmanship orthodoxy that Immortal Emperor Wuji evolved from his own sword intent——[Xingchen Taoism].

This star sword emperor is less than [-] years old, and he is in the middle stage of Hunyuan realm, and because he is a sword cultivator, his combat power is extraordinary, and he can fight even when he encounters ordinary late Hunyuan realm.

undoubtedly.

This star sword emperor was one of the only Taoist masters who were born as five quasi-god sons present.

It's just that he didn't get the inheritance of the Immortal Emperor, and after he cultivated to the Hunyuan Realm, he would step down from the position of quasi-God Son and become a core elder of the Divine Palace!
Because the potential of the core elders far exceeds that of ordinary Hunyuan realm elders, they often have the ability to hit the late stage of Hunyuan realm, or even the peak. Therefore, they enjoy a high quota of support and their status is far beyond that of ordinary elders.

Star Sword Emperor's words are very organized, the analysis is also in place, and the hidden dangers raised at the end are also real.

As soon as he said this, some elders immediately echoed him.

They talked a lot, and they all felt that Goddess Xinglan's operation was too sloppy, and if she didn't do it right, the Promise Palace would be in trouble.

Since the previous incidents have already established the established facts, then this sum of tens of thousands of Chaos Spirit Stones has to be carefully calculated and how to use it wisely.

"It turned out to be Elder Xingchen." Seeing this, Goddess Xinglan was still unhurried, and even smiled at Elder Xingchen, "From your tone, it seems that you know how to make money? Come here, take out some old Earn money and get good grades, let me, the contemporary Palace Master, learn a little bit."

Star Sword Emperor's expression froze slightly, a little embarrassed by her soft knife.

He was silent for a while, and finally shook his head: "I'm from the lineage of the Star Sword Emperor, and I've always majored in combat~~ And I'm even more obsessed with Emperor Zun's Star Sword, and I don't know how to do business, but Xinglan, you..."

"Shut up if you don't understand!"

Goddess Xinglan closed her smiling face, and her tone instantly became extremely indifferent.

"I have the final say on what to do with the money that the current palace lord has brought back based on his ability. If you refuse to accept it, go and grab [-] Chaos Spirit Stones yourself, and I promise you won't fart on how you want to do it. "

Xingchen Jianhuang's face was blackened with anger, and he waved his sleeves and said angrily: "Xinglan, you are also a quasi-goddess after all, and you are the face of the palace! Can you pay attention to your image when you speak? Back then, this Sword Emperor When he was the quasi-God Son, he was the same generation as Jianguan, and he was the idol of countless young heroes!"

"That's right, I heard that when you were young, Xingchen Sword Emperor, your Xingchen Jianyi was unparalleled in the fairy world, and even won No. It is romantic and suave, making the contemporary digital quasi-goddesses jealous for you~~~"

Talking about his romantic affairs and glorious deeds when he was young, the Star Sword Emperor's anger eased a bit.

He secretly felt a little complacent in his heart, but his face was still calm, and he waved his hands freely: "It's okay if a hero doesn't mention his bravery in the past."

"Such a great achievement, how can we not mention it?" Goddess Xinglan's eyes lit up, as if she had thought of some wonderful ideas, "I heard that [Elder Li Yun] from Taishang Shrine and [Jun from Ziwei Shrine] Elder Yan] and [Elder Huanmeng] of the Haotian Temple still seem to have no more love for you."

"What... do you want to do?" The Star Sword Emperor thumped in his heart, and a bad premonition arose spontaneously.

"Those elders are not like you. They only know how to cultivate and fight. They are the mainstay of their respective forces, and they are the elders with real power in charge of specific affairs." Goddess Xinglan was a little excited. The more she thought about it, the more she felt that her idea was brilliant. "How about this, Elder Xingchen, if you are free, you are free, so just go and visit them one by one, and while making contact, ask them to borrow some money by the way."

"Borrow money?"

The Xingchen Sword Emperor panicked, and hurriedly refused: "No, no, I, Xingchen, have never borrowed money in my life, and I will not borrow money."

For a man who claims to be unparalleled in character, it would be his life to ask his ex-girlfriends to borrow money from his ex-girlfriends.

Just thinking about that scene, Xingchen Jianhuang already felt uncomfortable all over, as if being fried in a frying pan, his whole body was numb.

"Bastard!"

Goddess Xinglan slapped the chair, and her voice was filled with awe-inspiring anger: "My master can have the cheek to borrow money to support the family, and I can have the cheek to borrow money to save the Shrine! Why, you, Xingchen, can't go out to borrow money? Are you the only one with a big face? Are you the only one with self-esteem?"

"Did you know? Of the 150 chaotic spirit stones in our shrine's personnel expenses each year, there are a full two chaotic spirit stones for you to cultivate and sprint to the realm!?"

"Ask Elder Yi Geng, he personally cuts down on food and clothing, and only consumes 20 fairy stones in a year!"

"It's okay if you don't go. Our Jingu Palace is struggling financially. We can't afford to support you, a useless core elder. From today on, you will be an ordinary middle-stage Hunyuan Realm elder."

"According to the current rules, your annual service standard will be reduced to 40 fairy stones!"

Goddess Xinglan caught the Xingchen Sword Emperor, and her continuous output made the Xingchen Sword Emperor's face turn green and then pale, and the peerless sword emperor's demeanor and bearing were beaten down.

"How can the resource support of 40 fairy stones per year be enough?" Star Sword Emperor looked a little embarrassed, "I am already in the middle stage of Hunyuan Realm, and these resources may only be able to sustain my consumption."

He used to enjoy the resource ration worth two chaotic spirit stones every year. Although it is still not as good as his peers from other forces, it is still enough for his cultivation base to move forward steadily towards the late Hunyuan period.

But now, isn't Goddess Xinglan going to cut off his future?

"If it's not enough, find a way. From today onwards, our shrine will not support idlers." Goddess Xinglan refused harshly, then glanced at him again, with a meaningful tone, "Senior Xingchen, sometimes let go of your inner reserve. Once you let it go, maybe your world will suddenly open up."

"Xinglan, you've changed!" Xingchen Sword Emperor said faintly.

He remembered that when Xinglan was a child, he was quite cute and cute. He liked to chase after him.

But now, for a few filthy money, she actually forced him to sell the most precious memories of his youth.

"Are you going or not?" Goddess Xinglan glared at him.

"go with!"

Star Sword Emperor quickly gave up resistance.

Does he dare not go?
If you don't go, the support will be greatly reduced.

As the sword emperor, he has always been good at fighting and being handsome, and he doesn't know any sub-professions. Even if he wants to rely on sub-professional skills to subsidize some training resources like other Taoist masters, he is not capable.

Inside the palace hall, once again fell into silence.

All the elders feel that Goddess Xinglan has changed and become more powerful.

Although there are still people who are dissatisfied with some of her strategies, they dare not speak up in person.After all, among the elders present, there are very few who are better than the Star Sword Emperor.

Seeing this, Goddess Xinglan knew that her preliminary prestige was almost established, so she also eased her face a little, and began to serve sweet dates.

"Everyone here is Xinglan's elders, and Xinglan has been in charge of the shrine this time, but it has only been a short hundred years." She spoke sincerely and looked sincere, "It's better to put aside distracting thoughts and cooperate well in these hundred years." Me once."

"If we lose, I, Xinglan, will be responsible for all the crimes. But what if we win? From then on, the Shrine will get rid of the predicament and prosper. Only in this way can the lost ground of the Shrine be recovered and the glory of the ancestors be revived." Foundation."

Yes.

But in just a hundred years, we can see the outcome, why bother Xinglan at this time?
Many elders gradually changed their minds.

As Xing Lan said, what if he wins?
"The remaining thousands of chaotic spirit stones, I will put them all into the treasure house of the shrine." Sensei Xinglan noticed the change in everyone's mentality, and immediately hit the iron while it was hot, announcing in a sonorous and forceful voice, "From today onwards, the whole shrine, in the original The meritorious value system is implemented on the basis of support."

"Whoever wants more resources to practice, or wants to cultivate a beloved disciple and grandson, can exchange for meritorious deeds!"

This remark once again stirred up waves with one stone.

The spirits of many elders immediately lifted, and they began to discuss the meritorious service system enthusiastically.

Everyone is no stranger to the meritorious service system. Many forces and armies have meritorious service systems.

But Jingu was too poor before, and everyone lived with the corresponding minimum guarantee according to their status, position, and sequence.In fact, even this minimum guarantee is very difficult for Jingu to maintain.

But the core of the merit system is rewards and punishments. Without enough rewards as a temptation, who would be willing to earn merits?

The Jingu's financial resources are so stretched, so what can they use to implement the meritorious service system?
a few days later.

The meeting is finally over.

While most of the elders have received different tasks, they are busy with a little excitement.

There were two Taoist elders who were detained by Goddess Xinglan.

"Elder Qingmu and Elder Xuanhe." Goddess Xinglan politely invited them to drink tea, "Both of you are top-level masters of Nongsang, and they are in charge of all Nongsang matters in our shrine. You have worked hard these years. "

The two elders hurriedly returned their salutes: "Her Majesty the Goddess praised you, we are just doing our duty."

Unlike the core elders who were born as quasi-god sons like the Star Sword Emperor, both of them are ordinary elders. They were nearly [-] years old when they reached the Hunyuan realm, and their potential was basically exhausted. There is a high probability that they will stay in Hunyuan for the rest of their lives. Early stage.

Elders like them are also the most numerous among the elders, and they are also the lowest among the elders.

Therefore, their attitude towards Goddess Xinglan is far more polite than Xingchen Sword Emperor.

Goddess Xinglan drank half a cup of tea with them, and praised them for a long time, saying that they don't need money. Finally, she finally "seemed poorly" and took out some grain seeds sealed in jade pots.

"I have some third-grade and fourth-grade grain seeds here. I would like to trouble the two elders to try planting them to see how the yield and quality are?"

With the strength of the Hunyuan Realm strongman, planting third-rank and fourth-rank grain seeds is completely overkill, and naturally there is no difficulty.

The two elders were puzzled in their hearts, but they didn't ask any more questions. Instead, they saluted respectfully and responded: "I will obey Your Highness's order."

After sending the two elders away, Goddess Xinglan felt a little turmoil in her heart.

Although she has never grown these grains, she has already learned about the situation of these grains from Mr. Shou Zhe.

And they are the key to her daring to make this big gamble this time!

She believed in Mr. Shouzhe, and firmly believed that the fate of the shrine was about to be changed.

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after a while.

The northern heavens of the fairyland.

The entire fairyland is divided into 33 days according to the region.

The so-called "sky" refers to a large area of ​​the Void Sea within a certain range.

The range of the void sea contained in this "area" is often very huge.The entire territory governed by the Immortal League back then was roughly slightly larger than the scope of a "sky".

There are 33 days in the Immortal World, and each "sky" has its own name, such as "Wandao Xuantian" where the Promise Palace is located, "Qinghuangtian" where the Qinghuang Palace is located, and so on.

For most forces, their sphere of influence is limited to a certain sky, such as the Promise Shrine, which occupies most of the territory of Wandao Xuantian, but there are also some behemoths that live at the top of the pyramid. range, even covering several days.

[Haotian Temple] is one of them.

As the third top power in the fairy world, the Haotian Temple is based in the northern heavens. It actually controls three heavens, and the scope of its influence is much larger than this.

And the core area of ​​its power, which is the headquarters of Haotian Temple, is located in "Taihaotian".

Its core main city is called [Haotian City].

now.

Haotian City.

As the core and most important main city under the Haotian Temple, Haotian City is extremely huge, and its territory even spans several worlds.

At the same time, it is also the most prosperous city under the Haotian Temple. There are countless ferry boats coming and going at the port every day, and massive resources gather from all directions.

Haotian City Western Region.

A mighty giant Milky Way crosses from the west of the city, like a huge jade belt, shining brightly in the dark and deep void.

On the bank of the Tianhe River, there is a huge teleportation array.

This is an improved giant teleportation array.While retaining the style and characteristics of the fairyland teleportation array, it also incorporates many "hyperspace corridor" technologies learned from the demons.This allows it to have a function similar to the "hyperspace corridor", which can realize ultra-long-distance space shuttle through the dark virtual world.

now.

The giant formation has been activated.

Amidst the dazzling light of the formation, a huge space channel slowly formed in the void, in which the energy of the dark space was continuously distorted, exuding terrifying power.

Followed by.

A gigantic ferry boat, comparable in size to a star river behemoth, shuttled through the twisted space channel.

The appearance of this ferry boat is thick and solid, giving people a feeling of extra solidity and stability.

The distorted dark energy wrapped around it, but it didn't affect it at all, not even the defensive formation could shake it.

Soon, the giant ferry shuttled through the space channel.

After it completely left the distorted space, the giant teleportation formation quickly closed, and the space channel also entered a closed state again.

A space teleportation that consumes a lot of energy has come to an end.

At this moment.

Several small void ferryboats stepped forward and began to conduct various inspections on the giant ferryboat to prevent enemies or prohibited items from entering.

This giant ferry boat is a special ferry boat for traveling through the endless abyss, and it only goes back and forth between the two ends of the giant teleportation array on weekdays.

All flying boats, holy boats, Taoist boats, etc. that need to go back and forth through the teleportation array need to buy a ticket to enter the giant ferry before they can go back and forth through the giant teleportation array.

Of course, not only private airships and cargo airships can be used in the giant ferry, but individuals, flying chariots, mounts, etc. can also be used, and you only need to buy a ticket to enter.

It's just that the space in the ferry is limited, once it's full, you have to wait for the next batch.

And with the huge size of this giant ferry boat, even a Taoist boat can accommodate many boats, and the carrying capacity each time is extremely huge.

After a while, the inspection was completed, the hatches on the front and rear sides of the giant ferry were opened, and empty boats, large and small, flew out of it one after another, heading towards their respective targets.

A beautiful blue Taoist boat flew out among these empty boats, and soon merged into the Milky Way along the direction of the energy rush.

Half an hour later, the cyan boat docked at the airport of Haotian City Western Region Market.

Soon, the hatch of the cyan boat opened, and two young and beautiful women came down from the boat.

One of these two women is beautiful in appearance and the other is delicate in temperament. Both of them have outstanding temperament and extraordinary demeanor, but they are restrained in spirit and have deep charm.

That's right.

These two young women are Qingli, the contemporary quasi-goddess of Wuyue Temple, and her good sister Wang Lici.

"Sister Lici, this [Haotian Mineral Market] is one of the three most famous mineral markets in the fairy world."

Goddess Qingli was obviously very familiar with this place, she took Wang Lici into the flying chariot familiarly, took her for a stroll in the big market, and introduced the details of the big market to her while walking around.

"Because it is backed by the Haotian Temple, this market has a high degree of credibility. Over the years, the business has grown bigger and bigger. Many forces are willing to bring minerals here to sell."

"However, there is nothing interesting in the mineral market. After I hand over the large ship of spirit mines that I escorted over, I will take you to the main city of Haotian City. It is really bustling and lively, and there are all kinds of new and interesting things. By the way, I can also take you to taste various delicacies."

The main purpose of Goddess Qingli's trip to Haotian City this time is to escort some minerals to the Haotian Mineral Market to sell, and to purchase a large amount of grain and finished weapons and equipment back.

Being in a state of war for a long time, the Wuyue Temple consumes a huge amount of food, elixir, and magic treasures every year. The production capacity of the alchemy and refining equipment of the temple itself cannot keep up, so it can only purchase from outside.

Fortunately, there are many kinds of mines within the scope of Wuyue Temple. After mining the spirit mines for preliminary processing and smelting, they can be exchanged for a lot of military supplies.

In addition to this main purpose, the secondary purpose is naturally to bring Wang Lici to the Haotian Temple, preparing to enter the [Shenying Temple] dungeon, get good grades, and make a name for yourself.

The previous ranking of Qingli Goddess was not high, but this time, her goal is directly at the top three in the Shenying list!

"Actually, there are quite a few delicious ones in this mineral market."

Inside the flying chariot, Wang Lici was lying on the porthole, looking at the huge space box full of various spiritual ores in the trading area below, his eyes sparkled, and the greedy worm in his body was about to move.

She could feel that there should be a lot of delicious things hidden in those space boxes.

"Almost forgot." Qingli Goddess patted her forehead and couldn't help laughing "hehe", "Sister Lici, you have a natural feeling for the good things in the original mine. This time, we sisters must wash the mineral market with blood." , to teach those profiteers a good lesson.”

However, follow-up matters have to wait until the business is done.

Soon, they came to the largest ore trading house in the market.

This is the self-operated trading firm of Haotian Temple, with fair prices and solid strength, and it is also the long-term cooperation partner of Wuyue Temple.

"Yo~ This time, it's Goddess Qingli who came to escort the minerals in person?"

As soon as the two women entered, a Taoist master in green robes with an elegant temperament greeted the Qingli Goddess and the others warmly and familiarly: "Come, come, sit down and drink tea first."

"Elder Qingyu."

Goddess Qingli handed over a list in a business-like manner, and her tone suddenly became calm and capable: "Please take a look at this list of minerals first, and then quote a real price. If the price is right, I will let the cargo ship deliver it directly. Go to your warehouse."

"It's easy to say, our Haotian Minerals Firm has always had the most fair prices." Elder Qingyu looked friendly and made money, and after taking the list of minerals, he was ready to order someone to calculate the amount.

"and many more!"

Suddenly, an old man's voice sounded.

Everyone in the trading house followed the prestige, and saw an old man in green robes leading a few disciples who were five-year-old and three-year-old coming from the door of the trading house.

Judging by the extraordinary appearance of Dao rhyme flowing all over his body, it is obvious that he is also a Primordial Primal Dao Master.

He walked up to Goddess Qingli briskly, bowed his hands to her, and said politely: "I don't know His Highness Qingli, can I also give the old man a list of minerals?"

Elder Qingyu's face turned dark when he saw this, and he couldn't help scolding angrily: "Yi Geng, you have to pay attention to first-come, first-served business, right? Besides, Wuyue Temple has always been our cooperation partner, so what's the matter if you suddenly come over and intervene?"

"Hehe~ Elder Qingyu is right." Elder Yi Geng glanced at him, unmoved, with a calm expression on his face, "However, there is another point in business, that is, the one with the highest price wins. "

"Your Highness Qingli, our Wuji Shrine is willing to pay a higher price to buy your ship's minerals."

This person is Elder Yigeng who was sent by Goddess Xinglan to buy ore.

Recently, with a lot of money in his hand, he swept the mineral market and was invincible. He felt a wealth that he had never felt before.

Because of this, he even speaks a lot harder than before.

Elder Qingyu was very angry.

Although he also has the authorization of the temple, the purchase price can fluctuate within a certain price range when purchasing minerals, but the authorized price range is far inferior to that of Elder Yi Geng.

Because of this, he has repeatedly suffered losses from Elder Yigeng in the last few biddings, so that now he has a bad face when he sees Elder Yigeng.

Fortunately, he has notified Shangfeng.

Seeing that this ship of spiritual mines was about to be cut off by Elder Yi Geng at a high price.

A voice as gentle as jade suddenly sounded: "Girl Qingli, isn't it rumored that you are in retreat? Why are you free to do the escort mission?"

Everyone looked at each other.

A young man in fluttering white clothes with a long sword on his back came in from the door.

He looks handsome, personable, and imposing manner. Although he looks like a swordsman, the aura around him is not sharp and cold at all. Instead, he has a gentle and jade-like demeanor like a senior brother.

"I have seen God Son Junhao."

Elder Qingyu was overjoyed when he saw the visitor, and his waist straightened a little, as if he had come to the backbone.

Elder Yi Geng's complexion changed slightly, and he secretly thought something was wrong.

It is rumored that Jun Hao, the quasi-god son of Haotian Temple, has a good relationship with Qingli, the quasi-goddess of Wuyue Temple.Now that he's here, I'm afraid this ship of Spirit Mine is destined to miss him.

"Brother Junhao." Seeing someone coming, Qingli Goddess immediately showed a happy smile on her face, "I brought Lici girl to play this time."

"Eh? You brought friends here?"

God Son Jun Hao took a serious look at Wang Lici, and felt that this girl had a pure and lovely temperament, and her delicate and quiet appearance was very attractive to him, and she was very different from Qingli's friends in the past.

Judging by the intimacy, it seems that the relationship is really good~
He immediately smiled heartily: "Since that's the case, I will invite you to [Haotian Pavilion] for dinner after I finish this job."

take me Out to eat?

Wang Lici's eyes lit up.

She felt that she hadn't heard of this sentence for a long time, and at this moment, her throat could not help rolling slightly, and her greed increased greatly.

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