Chronicles of Celestial Origins

"To be honest, Pingbo, I am looking for you this time just for these magic crystals. I wonder how many you have now and whether you can resell them to me. I know that the sect will not hand over the magic crystals to your elixir department without any conditions. Unlimited use, I am willing to buy the magic crystal in your hand for one hundred and fifty spiritual stones, just as a favor, don't ask what it is used for, I have my own use." Tang Ning said. , he really couldn't think of any excuse to buy the magic crystal, so it was useful to be strict in advance.

When Mu Pingbo heard that he wanted to acquire the magic crystal, he looked doubtful, but he didn't ask any more questions and just said: "It's not that I won't help you, I only have two magic crystals on hand. Corey sent them to me, and he explicitly ordered me to use the five internal organs real fire." It is used for the experiment of refining the elixir. At that time, Corey will also discuss matters, and each alchemy disciple will summarize the experience of refining the five internal organs and true fire elixir, including the problems that arise during the process, and propose solutions. "

Tang Ning was greatly disappointed when he heard this, but his face remained calm. He originally thought that Mu Pingbo had at least twenty or thirty magic crystals in his hand, but he didn't expect that the sect had strict control over these things and had not distributed them all.

Although the Alchemy Department is a large department with more than a hundred people, there are only about twenty or thirty people who are truly responsible for the alchemy. The last time everyone entered the trial area, they obtained at least 2,000 magic crystals. If all of them were sent to the Alchemy Department, In the medicine and weapon refining departments, alchemists like Mu Pingbo can each divide at least twenty or thirty pills.

"Actually, although magic crystal can increase the success rate of alchemy, it can only be regarded as a special auxiliary medicine for alchemy at best, and it is only effective for low-level elixirs in the Qi training period, and its value is far less than one hundred and fifty spirit stones. Although the sect rewards one magic crystal with the value of one hundred spirit stones, it is mainly a reward for you to kill monsters and complete the sect's mission in the trial place. It does not mean that the magic crystal is really worth one hundred spirit stones. "

"Think about it, a furnace of Wan Ling Dan only sells for 300 spirit stones, and the profit is only about 150 spirit stones. If the magic crystal is really worth 100 spirit stones, there will be almost no profit from that furnace of elixirs, let alone Don't mention the possibility of failure." Mu Pingbo continued. He naturally knew something about Tang Ning's reselling of medicinal herbs, and thought that he purchased the magic crystal for reselling, so he gave him a friendly reminder.

Tangning nodded: "I know, let's end this matter! As if I haven't said anything, I hope you can keep it a secret for me and don't tell others."

"Of course, I'm not a chatty person."

"I'll take my leave now."

Tangning returned to the herb garden and sat cross-legged on the bamboo bed. She originally planned to use spirit stones to buy magic crystals, but now it seems that there is no chance. She should wait until the next trial area opens again to hunt more monsters!

He was a little annoyed. Why didn't he think of buying other people's magic crystals in the trial land at that time? It was much easier then than it is now, but having said that, the sect's rewards had not been released at that time, so he didn't know how much the magic crystal was worth, and others might not be willing to sell him the magic crystal on hand.

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Yuan Yidian is in charge of the sect's finances, and all assets inside and outside the sect are under the control of Yuan Yidian.

This day is the financial meeting held once every ten years by Yuan Yidian.

In the meeting hall of Yuanyi Palace, there are dozens of people sitting in order, including those in charge of Yuanyi Palace, as well as deacons from various departments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Forbidden Secret Academy. Everyone is whispering to each other in pairs, or in groups. There was a lot of discussion among the group.

When a group of four people walked in at the entrance of the hall, the originally noisy voices suddenly became quiet, and you could hear a pin drop. Everyone looked solemn and sat upright.

The four people in this group are none other than Peng Wanli, the master of the Yuanyi Palace. The other three are Cheng Shuimin, the president of the Foreign Affairs Academy, Geng Tong, the president of the Internal Affairs Academy, and Tong Quan'an, the president of the Secret Academy. Financial discussions are held every ten years. , in addition to the stewards of Yuan Yidian, the stewards and deacons of each department in each college must also participate.

Before the discussion officially begins, the Master of Yuanyi Hall and the deans of the three houses will conduct a simple discussion, mainly explaining the financial situation of each house in the past ten years, as well as the income and expenditure in the next ten years.

Peng Wanli sat on the main seat of the main hall and nodded slightly to a man below. The man stood up and said: "Let's start the discussion. Senior uncles and senior brothers, let me briefly talk about the various expenses and income of our sect in the past ten years. ”

"In the ten years since the Chinese New Year, our sect's total expenditure will be 95.8 million spiritual stones."

"The Ministry of Internal Affairs spent 11.7 million spiritual stones."

"The Foreign Ministry spent 13.4 billion spiritual stones."

"The Secret Academy spent 16.3 million spiritual stones."

"Compared with the stipulation of 700,000 spiritual stones per year for each academy, the average annual spiritual stones for the House of Internal Affairs is 300,000, the Foreign Affairs Academy exceeds 500,000, and the Secret Academy exceeds 900,000."

Peng Wanli waved his hand and motioned the man to sit down: "Everything that is predicted will be established, and anything that is not predicted will be destroyed. You all know that the sect's finances are tight, and I also know that each house has its own difficulties. Last month, I talked with Qingxuan Hall, Xuande Hall and The boss has discussed it, and future financial expenditures must be carried out as scheduled. "

"Beyond the regulations, you must have the seals of the masters of the three halls before you can receive the spirit stones in Yuanyi Hall. You can no longer exceed the limit as before. In addition, considering the actual situation of each hospital, I just discussed with the three deans and decided The annual financial expenditures of each house will be increased. From now on, the House of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will receive 900,000 spiritual stones every year, and the Secret Academy will receive 1.1 million spiritual stones every year.”

After Peng Wanli finished speaking, each department in each hospital began to report their respective income and expenditures. The entire financial discussion lasted five or six hours before it ended.

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Geng Tong returned to the meeting hall of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. With a slight wave of his hand, a flag in the cylinder on the table disappeared. Not long after, a man came to the hall holding the flag. He was the director of the direct department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Tao Jia bowed and said, "Master, why are you calling me?"

"Just now, when Palace Master Peng met with a few of his disciples on the Financial Council, they said that the sect's finances were in dire straits. In addition to some objective reasons such as poverty and lack of supplies, the disciples in charge of the sect were also enriching their own pockets and bullying the superiors and the subordinates. He also deliberately He said that some department deacons even sell the sect’s resources to outsiders through various channels for their own benefit. I feel that they are referring to something. Although they have not stated it clearly, they seem to be referring to our Ministry of Internal Affairs. Do you know about this? "

Tao Jia pondered, "The disciple once heard that Fang Liting, the deacon of the Herbal Medicine Department, resold the elixirs and herbs grown by the sect outside the sect, but every year the herbs were handed over to the sect according to the number, so the disciple did not go into details. ”

Geng Tong frowned: "How can this be allowed? Go and deal with it. Punish where you deserve, beat where you need. People like the Ministry of Internal Affairs should really take care of it."

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Tang Ning was meditating in the bamboo house of the herb garden when the formation disk in his storage belt suddenly buzzed. He opened his eyes from trance and took it out to take a look. He silently recited a magic spell in his mouth. The white light of the jade disk shined brightly, and a beam appeared in the air. scene.

He saw a talisman floating in the herb garden. He controlled the jade plate to attract the talisman, injected his spiritual consciousness into it, and a man's voice came into his mind.

Ding Yi, a disciple transferred from Qingxuan Palace, was ordered to meet with Tang Ning, a disciple of the Herbology Department.

It's someone from Qingxuan Palace. What will happen if he gives me the order? Tang Ning was slightly startled and quickly opened the herb garden's formation to welcome him out. She saw a man with a tiger body and a bear waist standing in the herb garden with his hands behind his back.

"I am Ding Yi, a disciple of Qingxuan Palace, and you are junior brother Tang Ning?"

"Yes, I wonder if Qingxuan Palace has any orders to pass on to its disciples?"

Ding Yi took out a note and said: "The demon sect is rampant today and has repeatedly attacked our disciples. He Wenban, a former disciple of the economic and trade department, was in charge of work in Jingbei. He suddenly disappeared a few months ago. The sect found out that his soul stone has been lost." He ordered Tang Ning, a disciple of the Herbology Department, to go to Jingbei to find out the matter and replace He Wenbian in charge of all affairs in Jingbei. After receiving the order, he set off immediately without delay. "

Tang Ning took the article and looked at it. What was written on it was the same as what Ding Yi had read. It had the seal of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on the top and the seal of Qingxuan Palace on the bottom.

Qingxuan Hall manages the personnel inside and outside the sect, and all personnel transfers of disciples must have the seal of Qingxuan Hall and be executed by Qingxuan Hall disciples.

Ding Yi said: "Junior Brother Tang, I order you to set off immediately without delay. If you have anything to bring, pack it up quickly! You don't need to go to Qingxuan Hall to report that you are going out. I have already reported it for you when I came. You only need to Just make a note to the Hushan Department when you leave the sect.”

Tangning was still immersed in thinking about this decree. Why did so many people choose her? Investigating disappearances and murders is the job of the disciples of the Secret Academy. Generally speaking, those who are transferred to take charge outside the sect are disciples of the Foreign Affairs Academy. How could I, an ordinary disciple of the Herbology Department, be selected? And I didn’t hear anything about it beforehand, so this thing is really strange.

"Ah! I don't have anything to pack. It's just that the central array of the Eight Palaces Array in the Medicinal Garden is wrapped around me. I want to exchange it with Uncle Fang Liting and say goodbye to her." Tang Ning came back to her senses and said.

"You don't have to give it to Master Fang Liting, give it to me! Master Fang has been dismissed as the deacon of the Herbology Department and has another appointment."

"Ah?" Tangning was shocked, even Fang Liting was dismissed: "May I ask Senior Brother Ding, what position will Senior Uncle Fang take now after he has resigned as Deacon of the Herbology Department?"

"Uncle Fang's appointment has not been announced yet, so I don't know. If you have nothing else to do, let's go right away! Go to the Foreign Relations Section of the Foreign Ministry first. If you go out to take up a post, you must first report to them."

"OK."

The two of them were silent all the way on the flying sword, and flew for a quarter of an hour to the office of the External Relations Department. The person in charge in the palace was a foundation-building monk named Li Wei.

"Uncle Li, my disciple Ding Yi was ordered by the Qingxuan Palace to order the herbal medicine disciple Tang Ning to go out of the sect to Jingbei to take charge of matters. I came here to report." Ding Yi handed the note to Li Wei.

Li Wei glanced at him and returned it to him: "Wang Ben, I will leave this matter to you. Follow this herbal medicine disciple to Jingbei to announce his appointment."

"Yes, Uncle Master." A man below responded.

The three of them left the External Affairs Department office together. Ding Yi handed the document to Tang Ning: "My mission ends here. Junior Brother Wang will take over the rest. He will take you to Jingbei to announce your appointment."

"Senior Brother Lauding is here."