Chronicles of Celestial Origins

At night, a group of people from the Qu family arrived here, and Qu Yuan brought a large amount of spiritual wine and food to reward everyone.

"Fellow Taoist Tang, I've heard about what happened today. It's really a big thank you to you for being able to repel the rebels this time. If you hadn't turned the tide, the elixirs that had been cultivated in this spiritual vein in our house for so many years would have been looted. I can't thank you enough." Thank you. If you have any use for my house in the future, just ask." In the room, the two of them sat opposite each other, Qu Yuan raised his wine glass and said.

The two of them had a drink, and Tang Ning said slowly, "There is something I am about to discuss with fellow Taoist monks."

"If Fellow Taoist Tang gives you any instructions, Qu will do his best to the best of his ability."

Tang Ning said: "Today, I exchanged views with the brothers from our headquarters who came to support us. They all agreed that our troops are too spread out, which is not conducive to preventing rebel attacks."

"Since fellow Taoist friends already know what happened today, I won't repeat it again. The four-man team from our headquarters that arrived the fastest for support took nearly an hour, and the last support team arrived two and a half hours before the war ended."

"In accordance with the requirements of fellow Taoists, we have stationed personnel in the six resource jurisdictions of your mansion. Each resource jurisdiction has only three to four Nascent Soul cultivators. This has greatly weakened our strength. If we encounter a rebel team again It is impossible to defend the formation with just this small number of people."

"If our own strength is not enough to defend the territory under your jurisdiction and we wait for reinforcements, I'm afraid the day lilies will be cold. By then, the rebels will have already broken through the formation, wantonly destroyed and fled."

"The rebels were defeated this time. One was because they were caught off guard. The rebel detachment did not know that we had entered our pavilion, so they were unprepared and lacked manpower. The other was because of the sacrifice of several brothers in the headquarters and their courage to fight with them. The rebels offered death in return.”

"But not all the brothers stationed in your government's resources department are willing to fight so hard. To put it bluntly, this has nothing to do with us. We fought hard against the rebels and won by luck. What we defended was your government's property. If you lose, you will lose your life.”

"In this case, if the rebels want to attack again and the garrison strength is insufficient, they will naturally abandon their formation and flee. This is human nature."

"Fellow Daoist Qu, do you think this is true?"

Qu Yuan pondered: "Then according to Taoist friend Tang's wishes, how should we deploy it?"

"Your mansion has six resource areas. We will only focus on the three most valuable ones for defense. The remaining three will be guarded by your monks. What do you think?"

"What if the rebels get the news and know that the defenses of the three resource areas are weak and launch an attack?"

"The rebels now know that we are stationed in your mansion. If they come back, they will definitely be more well-prepared. Our small manpower alone is simply not enough to resist them. Only by concentrating our troops can we possibly fight against them. Spread our troops over six If a small branch of the rebels attacks any place, it will be difficult for us to resist. Instead of focusing on guarding a few key places."

Seeing that he was still hesitating, Tang Ning continued: "Friend Qu, to be honest, when I talked about this matter with the brothers in this department, they all had this worry. If there is another rebel attack, we will be outnumbered and outnumbered. Under the circumstances, I can’t guarantee that they will abandon the formation and flee.”

"Okay! Now that fellow Taoist Tang has considered everything, let's do as you said. I have no objection. We are very grateful that your department can help us defend the resource area. I won't get too involved in the specific deployment plan. Everything I’ll leave it to you.”

…

With Qu Yuan's consent, Tang Ning sent people to contact the troops stationed in various resource jurisdictions the next day to shrink back the troops.

…

The days have been uneventful, and half a year has passed in the blink of an eye. The rebels have indeed not launched attacks since the failed attack on the spirit mine. On the other hand, the search team organized by the column also achieved good results and successfully captured several rebels. The army infiltrated the monks into the city.

According to the intelligence information provided by the arrested persons, the rebels sent two small teams to each city in Yuanxian County, led by Huashen monks, to specifically attack the resource jurisdictions of the weaker cultivating families in the coalition.

Except for a few captured monks, the rest of the team that has infiltrated Qianyuan City have fled back to the rebel camp.

Despite this, everyone was still ordered to station in the resource areas of each Tingcheng to prevent the rebels from attacking by unexpected small teams. Everyone was happy with this. There was no miscellaneous business here and it was very leisurely.

…

On this day, Tang Ning was sitting cross-legged in the room and practicing meditation with his eyes closed. He heard footsteps outside. He opened his eyes and heard a knock on the door.

"Enter."

A man with a high nose came in from the outside and saluted: "Senior, I have seen you. There is a man from Yun Plateau outside. He came from Xuantang City and said that he has something to ask for and wants to see you."

Gao Yuan, why is he here? Could it be that something happened to Yuan Ya and Chen Xiaofan in Xuantang City? Tangning immediately thought about the incident of rescuing Shao Hui. Could it be that the Xingyue Sect found out about them and took action against them?

"Invite him quickly." Tang Ning was a little worried. He had been worried about this ever since the Xingyue Sect came to visit him. The Xingyue Sect didn't dare to do anything to him, but if they wanted to deal with Gu Yuanya, they would have a lot of trouble. method, and she doesn't have that much scruple, after all, she is just a recruiting monk.

If the Xingyue Sect only used her as a breakthrough point to find out themselves, that would be a little better. At least there would be room for maneuver. I am afraid that the Xingyue Sect would do irrational behavior in order to retaliate against themselves. If so, In that case, it would be difficult for the moon to be rounded.

After the man left in response, he returned here not long after, followed by Gao Yuan.

"Disciple pays homage to Master." Gao Yuan bowed and saluted.

"Did something happen to Yuan Ya?" Tang Ning asked immediately.

Gao Yuan was slightly startled: "Senior Sister Gu is fine, what happened to Uncle Senior?"

Hearing this, Tang Ning felt a stone fall from her heart. She waved her hand to signal the man beside her to step back: "I thought you came from Xuantang City in a hurry and said you had something important to see me about. It was about Yuan Ya. What's going on!"

"This disciple is indeed entrusted by Senior Sister Gu to see Senior Uncle."

"She asked you to come? Why?"

"Senior Sister Gu has a letter here. Uncle Senior will know it as soon as he reads it." Gao Yuan turned his hand over and handed over the letter.

Tangning took it and unfolded it, and then she understood the whole story.

It turned out that Yan Min was transferred to Xuantang City as a manager. She went to Gu Yuanya to send a message to her, saying that Bai Jintang had something to do and asked her to go back.

Gu Yuanya did not dare to leave the Tianniu Mountains for the time being because of the Xingyue Sect, so she asked Gao Yuan to make the trip for her.

Bai Jintang must have something important to find him.

Is it about job appointments? It is very likely that since Yan Minyi has taken up the post of manager of the fifth wing, it means that the appointment at the wing level has ended, and then naturally there will be personnel transfers at the brigade level.

This large-scale personnel replenishment and adjustment of the legion is from top to bottom, first at the legion level, then at the column level, then the regiment level, the brigade level, and the squad level.

Because the sect's job appointment and dismissal procedures are decided by superiors, for example, the position of the alliance manager is decided by the column. Naturally, the appointment of the alliance must be made after the column manager, deputy captain, supervisor, and captain have all confirmed the candidate.

Tang Ning put away the letter and left the valley with Gao Yuan. After taking a leave of absence from Ye Yuan, she returned to Qianyuan City and booked a boat ticket to Xuantang City.

…

At night, with a bright moon and few stars, a ray of light fell in front of the majestic cave in the Tianniu Mountains, revealing Tang Ning's figure.

Not long after, a woman appeared from inside. She was between eighteen and nineteen years old, with early stage Jindan cultivation. She had a ponytail, a solemn face, a serious smile, and looked fresh and capable.

"Disciple Ai Yutong, I would like to pay my respects to Master Tang. Master, please come in." The woman bowed and saluted.

After hearing this, Tang Ning couldn't help but take a closer look at her. She never expected that this girl was actually Yan Minyi's disciple. Her dignified and capable appearance was very different from Yan Minyi's eccentric personality.

How could Yan Minyi's temperament teach such a disciple?

He couldn't help but remember that Liu Ruhan mentioned in her letter that she had accepted a disciple named Zhuang Qing and was teaching him how to practice.

The two walked inside, and Tang Ning asked, "When was Senior Sister Yan officially transferred to the headquarters?"

"The tutor was officially transferred to the Fifth Regiment on June 17th." The woman replied expressionlessly.

"how about you?"

"This disciple originally served in the Supervisory Department. This time he came to Xuantang City with his master. He has not officially taken up the position yet."

"Will you stay in Xuantang City in the future?"

"It depends on how the tutor arranges it."

"My venerable master has mentioned me to you."

"Disciple knows that you are Uncle Liu's husband."

"Did you meet your wife's new disciple Zhuang Qing when you were at the mountain gate?"

"Disciple has seen it."

"how is he?"

"Junior Brother Zhuang is talented, intelligent, and behaves in a measured manner, which is beyond the reach of my disciples."

"Really? When did you become a disciple of our respected master?"

…

While the two were talking, they had arrived in front of a room, where Yan Min, an old man, was sitting on the main seat.

"Master, Uncle Tang is here." Ai Yutong bowed respectfully.

"Greetings to Senior Sister Yan." Tang Ning also bowed.

"Tangning, have you met Master?"

"No, I received the news from the bad disciples and just came from Qianyuan City."

"If you don't go directly to Yuanxian City to meet the master, why are you here?"

"I heard that you were promoted to head of the headquarters, so I came here to congratulate you."

Yan Min curled her lips and said: "You are a person who can't get up early because you have no advantage. You came all the way from Qianyuan City to see me. There must be something wrong."

When Tang Ning heard what she said, she couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. She didn't expect that she would be so unabashed in front of her disciples. She didn't look dignified like a teacher at all, especially the way she curled her lips, just like a child.

"I do have something that I would like to ask for your help with."

"Hmph, let me tell you that something is wrong with you! Do you want to reinstate your position as the brigade manager? Let me vote for you when the brigade is discussing matters. I tell you, there is no way."