Chronicles of Celestial Origins

Peng Wanli stood up and said, "Let's go! I'll take you to the storage room."

Tang Ning followed him out of the hall and stood up against the light. Not long after walking, he came to a majestic and majestic peak. The entire mountain was shrouded in a cyan light curtain.

Peng Wanli turned his hand and took out a black formation plate. He moved it slightly and the light curtain melted to create a gap.

The two of them entered the inner room, and Peng Wanli said: "This formation is called the Five Elements Mutual Generation Formation. It is a third-level defensive formation. Even the Jindan monks cannot break it in a short time. We originally asked everyone on Qiyun Island to practice the formation specifically. There are two formation disks in this formation. The one I have is the main formation disk, and there is also a secondary formation disk, which can control the south side of the formation and is given to the guard disciple here. "

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a ray of light coming towards him, and the figure of an old man with white hair and beard appeared. He bowed to Peng Wanli and said, "Disciple Wei Jie pays homage to our uncle."

"Weijie, this is Tang Ning, the new steward of our palace, who is in charge of the sect's finances."

"Disciple pays homage to Master Tang." Wei Jie glanced at Tang Ning and bowed.

"Junior Brother Tangning wants to see our sect's storage room, take us there!"

"Yes." Wei Jie led the two of them to a black mountain wall. Two disciples on duty were sitting cross-legged and practicing with their eyes closed. When they noticed the arrival of several people, they quickly stood up and saluted.

Wei Jie turned over a token with his left hand and pointed it towards it. The token shot out a red light and hit the black stone wall.

Just hearing a roar, the mountain wall moved to both sides, and a wide passage appeared inside. The three of them walked in, and after walking about a hundred steps, another light curtain blocked them.

Peng Wanli took out the array disk and fiddled with it. The light curtain disappeared and his eyes suddenly opened up. Inside was a huge stone chamber with many boxes on display.

Peng Wanli said: "This is the storage room. Each stone box contains one hundred thousand spiritual stones. No one but me can open the restrictions outside. Only with the official document of Yuan Yidian can you come here to receive the spiritual stones."

Tangning pushed open a stone box and saw countless crystal spiritual stones neatly arranged inside.

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"There are only 25 million here, and they are all low-grade spiritual stones. Even if a thief sneaks into this place secretly, these stone boxes will not be transported out so easily." Peng Wanli said.

Tangning asked, "Where are the eight million spiritual stones left?"

"That belongs to the headmaster's financial custody and has nothing to do with me."

The two left the peak and returned to Yuanyi Hall. Peng Wanli said: "You turned out that the cave is at Zhongzhi Peak! Now that you have been promoted to Jindan, you can choose any place in the sect to build a cave."

Tang Ning said slowly: "I hope to send someone to Yuan Yidian to help me complete the sect's financial reform plan."

"who?"

"Intelligence Section Xu Qingwan, when I was the director of the intelligence station, she was in charge of the station's finances. She was later recruited into the sect and is now at the Yingxia Mountain Camp. I hope she can come and help me."

Peng Wanli glanced at him with a half-smiling expression: "I know her."

Seeing his expression, Tang Ning knew that Peng Wanli must have heard some rumors between herself and Xu Qingwan, but she didn't explain too much.

The reason why he requested to transfer Xu Qingwan here was firstly because of Xu Qingwan's own request, and secondly because he had no close confidants in Yuanyi Palace and needed to transfer a trustworthy person to help him, otherwise many things would be inconvenient.

"This matter needs to be discussed with the headmaster. Which department do you want to transfer her to?"

"The Palm Print Department," Tang Ning replied.

The Palm Seal Department is a department shared by the three palaces, and it is also the most powerful department among the thirty-seven departments.

Qingxuan Hall has the Qingxuan Hall Palm Seal Department, Xuande Hall has the Xuande Hall Palm Seal Department, and Yuanyi Hall has the Yuanyi Hall Palm Seal Department.

The Palm Seal Department, as the name suggests, is the department in charge of seals. Any articles, official seals, and edicts need to be stamped with a seal to be effective. All financial expenditures of the sect cannot bypass the Palm Seal Department of Yuan Yidian, and they must agree before they can be allocated. Spiritual stone.

For example, when the intelligence station applies for spiritual stone funding, the final decision-maker is the Palm Seal Department of Yuan Yidian. Tang Ning's transfer of Xu Qingwan to the Palm Seal Department is equivalent to placing a spokesperson within Yuan Yidian.

Some things can be communicated directly to the following through her, including some difficult and offending things, which can be handled through her without having to go into battle directly.

At present, Zhu Zhongwen, the deacon of the Palm Seal Department of Yuan Yidian, is Peng Wanli's first disciple.

"Okay! You go directly to the Headmaster about this matter and talk to him about it. Only the Headmaster and Junior Brother Shi have this authority to transfer sect disciples." Peng Wanli said.

"Then I'll take my leave." Tangning stood up and left the meeting hall, with the light rising. Not long after, she arrived in front of Luo Qingshui Cave Mansion, waved her hand, and handed the talisman inside.

Soon, as the thick fog rolled, a ray of light shot out, revealing a middle-aged man with a heavy back and a heavy waist. He was Yan Yuan, the head of the Zhili Department.

"Master, please invite Master Tang to come in." Yan Yuan bowed and saluted.

The two of them entered the inner room one after another and came to the hall.

"Uncle Tang, please wait a moment." Yan Yuan retreated.

Around tea time, Luo Qingshui came in from outside. Tang Ning stood up and saluted: "Disciple pays homage to the master."

Luo Qingshui waved his hand: "Sit down! No need to be polite, you are also a Jindan monk now, you have to adapt to your new identity!"

"Without the support of the headmaster, how would the disciples be today?" Tang Ning said in a humble tone and sat down as he was told.

"I heard that Junior Brother Peng has returned to the sect. Have you met him?"

"Yes, just now he took me to meet with the deacons of various ministries and departments of Yuan Yidian and announced the appointment. He asked me to promote changes in the sect's financial system and reduce expenditures to one-third."

Luo Qingshui nodded and said, "Well, he talked to me about this matter. What do you think? What are your thoughts?"

Tang Ning said: "It is not feasible to reduce the sect's expenditure and put all the burden on each department. I have seen the sect's financial income and expenditure in the past ten years. The sect's average annual expenditure is about eight million spiritual stones." expenses, while the income is only 5.8 million.”

"Four million of them are used as departmental funds, and the other four million are the salaries of the disciples of the sect's foundation establishment and above."

"Uncle Peng means that at least the expenditure should be reduced to the level of the income to balance it."

"In this case, we need to reduce the expenditure of two million spiritual stones every year. Without reducing the salary, we have to reduce the funding of each department by half. Once this is implemented, I am worried that the entire sect's departments will be paralyzed."

"I haven't thought of a good solution to this matter yet, and we need to consider it in the long term, but I feel that just cutting funding will definitely not help."

Luo Qingshui nodded and said: "It has been a long time since the sect's finances have been unable to make ends meet. Since the Demon Sect rose up and occupied Qinchuan and Longyou, our financial revenue has been greatly reduced. As they erode and occupy more territory, our Finances are even more stretched.”

"I know that if this continues, within a hundred or two hundred years, the sect will have to completely spend all its accumulated spiritual stones, and there will definitely be chaos by then.

"Over the years, we have been slowly implementing financial changes and reducing expenses step by step, but we still cannot make ends meet."

"Although this matter involves the foundation of the sect, we should not act too hastily, otherwise internal chaos will occur. Our biggest concern right now is the Demon Sect. If the financial changes are too big and cause riots, the consequences will be disastrous."

"In fact, the best way is to defeat the Demon Sect and take back our original resource areas. This is the fundamental way to govern and maintain the development of the sect."

"Although you have to think of ways to control the sect's expenditure, you must also focus on the overall situation. Especially now, with the Demon Sect in turmoil and the two armies confronting each other, it is better to slow down the reform of the financial system."

Tang Ning said, "I understand that Uncle Peng also thinks about it in the same way."

Luo Qingshui said: "That's good. Things have their own priorities and must be solved one by one. You come to me not just to report the financial matters of the sect!"

Tang Ning said: "This disciple hopes to transfer a manpower to Yuanyi Palace to help him complete the sect's financial reform plan. I hope the master can approve it."

"Tell me! Who is it?"

"Xu Qingwan from the Intelligence Department, my disciple hopes to transfer her to the Palm Print Department of Yuan Yidian."

Luo Qingshui glanced at him: "Have you discussed this matter with Junior Brother Peng? What did he say?"

"Uncle Peng agreed to the disciple's proposal. It was he who asked the disciple to come and report to the leader."

"I heard that Xu Qingwan is quite popular within the sect?"

"Yes, this woman is pretty. I was the director of the intelligence station back then, and she was the financial manager of the intelligence station. There were quite a few disciples who coveted her. Over the years, there were occasional disciples from the sect who wanted me to set up connections. , I want to become a Taoist couple."

Luo Qingshui smiled and said: "I heard that this woman has a close relationship with you? If you are a talented man and a beautiful woman, you can simply become a Taoist couple to avoid criticism from others and gossip in private."

Apparently Luo Qingshui heard some of the discussions from the disciples below, misunderstood the relationship between the two, and thought that was the reason why Tang Ning proposed to transfer her to Yuan Yidian.

Tang Ning said: "In my early years, I served as a supervisor in Jingbei. I met her and had some interactions with her. Later, I worked together at the intelligence station, so we became more familiar with her. This led to some rumors among the disciples below. In fact, this is not the case, and I have already known her. Marriage."

"Oh? Are you married? I've never heard of that."

"She is the disciple's wife, and my wife is not a Xingang monk."

"I see." Luo Qingshui nodded and said, "Then let her go! I will say hello to Qingxuan Palace later."

"Thank you, Master. Disciple will resign."

Tang Ning returned to her cave and walked through the thick fog when she saw a graceful woman with bright eyes and white teeth approaching her. She smiled like a flower and said, "Master, you are back!"

This person was Gu Yuanya. When Tangning saw her return, she smiled and said, "When did you come back?"

"I heard that Master successfully formed the elixir, so I rushed here. Master, why didn't you tell me when you returned to the sect to form the elixir?" Gu Yuanya was slightly dissatisfied.

"What's there to say? If it works, if it doesn't work, try again next time."