Lonely Immortal

However, it was useless even if the disciples in the outer hall were fried. The hall masters and deputy hall masters left after announcing the results. They did not pay attention to the situation here and their attitude was extremely arrogant. Anyway, the disciples in the outer hall did not resist at all. There is room for elimination, and almost everyone is eliminated with one sentence, so what?

Zhao Mingyin and others also looked extremely ugly. They thought they still had a chance to be promoted to the inner hall, but now it seems that no one is given a chance at all. This is the way the county government promotes. There is no fairness at all, and no fairness is needed. .

If it matters, you will be promoted directly. If it doesn't matter, then no matter how hard you try, it will be useless. And the harder you work, the more you will be slaughtered. Isn't this the experience in this polluted land? After entering, basically no benefits were obtained, and many people lost their lives. Moreover, it was not enough to act like a cow or a horse, but it was necessary to kill them on the spot. What's the point of this? What's the point?

"Let's go."

Zhao Mingyin didn't say anything, he led everyone out of the outer hall.

The other monks also gradually dispersed, because it was useless to continue complaining here, and it was even more useless to shout about injustice. It would even attract the county government's law enforcement team to enforce the law, which would be more gain than loss. It can be said that people have to bow their heads under the eaves, everyone There is no choice.

Back in the side courtyard, Zhao Mingyin and others were speechless. Even Zhao Liumei did not say anything, but everyone looked extremely depressed. Everyone knew very well that if they were not promoted to the inner hall, it would mean that it would be difficult to cultivate in the future. Forget about promotion and secret techniques. So what if you have an innate Taoist soul? Completely useless.

"Forget it, let's disperse. Let's go back and rest first. We'll talk about the rest later."

Zhao Mingyin said listlessly, and then he went back silently, as did everyone else, but Zhang Zhiwen didn't say much. In fact, there was nothing strange about this kind of thing. When he was in the secular world, he had long been used to it. Although this is the world of cultivation, it is still the same, even more cruel and shameless.

Zhang Zhiwen also went back to the house to meditate, but his thoughts were different from those of Zhao Mingyin and others. He could not stay in the outer hall all his life. Compared with Zhao Mingyin and others, he was more eager to improve his cultivation, and he The way to improve one's cultivation level can only be achieved with the help of elixirs, so he must get the elixir recipe, that is, the elixir recipe of the Soul Pill.

This is one, and the other is that he also needs secret books. He cannot always use low-level Taoism. Of course, Taoism is not a very urgent matter. In addition, Tao Soul Stones are also very needed. These things Only by entering the inner hall can you have a chance to obtain it, or obtain more.

So his first priority now is to improve his cultivation level. His beast soul soul has actually reached a bottleneck. If his cultivation base does not improve, then his beast soul soul will not be able to improve, and his strength will be relatively weak. And he can't show the power of the reincarnated soul, which is a fatal problem.

So how do you get the recipe for the Magic Soul Pill now? Generally speaking, you need to complete the tasks in the inner hall to get the magic soul pill formula. Of course, there are other channels, that is, the outside auction, that is, the auction market between the county offices or maybe You can get the recipe for Dharma Soul Pill.

But Zhang Zhiwen has no money now. Is it possible that he still has to steal a recipe for the Magic Soul Pill? This theft seems not to be difficult. He sneaked into the inner hall and then stole a recipe for the Magic Soul Pill, which should not attract anyone's attention.

But he also does not have the beast soul stone or Dao soul stone to support the Tiandao practice method. This Tiandao practice method consumes a lot of money. Unless he has a large number of Dao soul stones to support it, he will not be able to break into the inner hall and steal the elixir, so , Zhang Zhiwen is in urgent need of Dao Soul Stone, but Dao Soul Stone is not just for a while. They will be able to get it. The outer hall can only get a small amount of Dao Soul Stones by completing some tasks, and it also needs Zhao Mingyin to lead the team. Then when the time comes, everyone will also score Dao Soul Stones, and then they will get even less. And Zhang Zhiwen He has almost no chance of getting the assignment on his own.

Could it be that he went out looking for strange beasts like a headless fly? That's almost unrealistic. This Ten Thousand Immortals Island is extremely vast. It's hundreds of miles away from one island to another, and there's no telling where the strange beasts will appear.

Thinking of this, Zhang Zhiwen couldn't help but feel a little helpless. It was obvious that he was at his wits end. He had no skills but no use for them.

Therefore, after he meditated for several days, he still couldn't think of any good solution, but Zhao Mingyin came to him again, and this time it was a task from the outer hall.

"The new captain is called Zhuo Yaoming, Zhuo Yaoyue's cousin. You don't need to tell me what he is like. Yes, he replaced Zhuo Yaoyue and was in charge of the Yaoyue team. Now it has become the Yaoming team. , as the saying goes, the first thing a new official does when he takes office is that he is in the same situation. As soon as he reports, he plans to gather the entire Yaoming team to hunt down the strange beasts! "

Zhao Mingyin said, everyone was a little surprised, but they seemed to have expected it, so everyone remained silent.

But Zhao Mingyin showed a hint of expectation and continued: "Then do you know what the mission is this time? In fact, I tell you, this is a great opportunity, and it is also the key to whether we can advance to the inner hall. Task!"

As soon as these words came out, not to mention Yan Ting and others' eyes suddenly lit up. Even Zhang Zhiwen became interested. Everyone thought that this so-called new captain was just playing with the fire in the next life. Who knew that there would be such an opportunity? .

Therefore, everyone was looking forward to it and looked at Zhao Mingyin, waiting for him to continue.

Zhao Mingyin paused, and then continued: "Actually, we also know that our hope of advancing to the inner hall is slim, it can even be said that there is no chance, especially after going through this experience, we also..."

"Dad, please stop being so long-winded. Can you quickly talk about the key points? What kind of tasks can we have the chance to advance to the inner hall?"

Zhao Liumei was a little impatient, because Zhao Mingyin always talked like this. When he encountered something very important, he always wanted to talk about the importance of it.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with saying this. Since everyone is looking forward to it, he must say that this matter is very important and make everyone pay more attention to it. However, Zhao Liumei's temperament is completely different from her father. Her temper is very impatient. She couldn't stand it.

Seeing her like this, Zhao Mingyin didn't take it seriously. Of course he knew what was going on with his daughter. How could he be anxious? She had been with him for hundreds of years anyway, so being anxious was not something he could be anxious about for a while. He usually had a lot of troubles. .

Zhang Zhiwen and others were better off. Everyone naturally knew that Zhao Mingyin would definitely continue to talk, so they were not very anxious. However, seeing Zhao Liumei looking so anxious, everyone also found it a bit funny. Both father and daughter have been together for hundreds of years. After spending so much time together, how come she still doesn’t understand her father’s temperament so well?

Of course, Zhao Mingyin definitely wanted to continue talking, so he waved his hand to signal Zhao Liumei to calm down, but Zhao Liumei had no choice. She could only look at her father with a somewhat annoyed look, and did not continue to urge her. , and Zhao Mingyin continued:

"Normally speaking, we can't be promoted to the inner hall now. Apart from anything else, you have also seen that the promotion of the inner hall is almost predetermined. I didn't know about this before, but now I have learned what it means. Shameless!”

These words have reached everyone's heart. This Chen's county government is indeed extremely shameless. The heads of the outer halls are all clan elders. Aren't the so-called clan elders all from the clan named Chen? It is impossible for him to do this solely because of his own intention, nor is it entirely possible because of the joint intention of several deputy hall masters.

So what do they mean? That must be the meaning of representing Chen's County Government, and Chen's County Government just wants to predetermine quotas. Anyway, it relies on connections to promote candidates. This method is common among small clans, and other non-connection households have no channels for promotion at all. .

If there is no channel for promotion, you will have to work at the bottom for the rest of your life, which will naturally make people extremely dissatisfied. Then Zhao Mingyin will naturally scold Chen's county government for its shameless behavior.

Everyone understands this, and Zhang Zhiwen naturally despises Chen's county government's actions. However, he has experienced a lot of hardships and is not surprised by the current situation. But this does not mean that Zhang Zhiwen likes to endure hardship. If a person likes to endure hardship, There must be endless hardships, and Chen's county government is no longer as simple as making monk disciples endure hardships.

For example, when we were in Feixian City, the worst possible outcome was to just lie down. The clans in Feixian City were not forcing everyone to complete any dangerous tasks. At that time, Zhang Zhiwen also worked hard to improve his cultivation level in order to break through the foundation building. , because if you don’t improve your cultivation level and don’t break through to foundation building, your lifespan will be very short. Once you die during the Qi refining period, your soul will dissipate. This is the huge price of cultivating immortality.

But once you reach the foundation-building level, your lifespan increases greatly, and your soul can barely be preserved, but this is still not enough, and there is still danger. Therefore, your soul needs to go further. In this way, Zhang Zhiwen desperately improves Cultivation, and then step into the golden elixir.

It's different when you step into the golden elixir. The soul is basically preserved. Even if the physical body dies, there is at least a chance to transform into a ghost cultivator. This is basically common sense, and there may not be any ghosts in reality. A kind of existence like Xiu!

Of course, Zhang Zhiwen didn't know much about ghost cultivators. Generally speaking, he knew that ghost cultivators did not practice in the human world, but probably practiced in the underworld. That is another level of things. Maybe he will come into contact with it in the future, but There is definitely no chance of contact now.

However, the current situation is even worse than that in Feixian City. Now it is not that you can lie down, but that you must complete tasks according to the orders of the county government, or participate in various dangerous experiences, and the county government does not care about the outer hall at all. The life and death of the disciples will not give the disciples outside the hall a chance to be promoted.

Anyway, there is nothing else on Ten Thousand Immortals Island. There are so many human monks that you can just grab a handful. Golden elixir monks are everywhere, and Nascent Soul monks are as numerous as dogs. This describes the situation on Ten Thousand Immortals Island!

Under such circumstances, what does Zhang Zhiwen mean to him as a mere early-stage Jindan cultivator? The same is true for Zhao Mingyin and others. Even though they have all advanced to innate souls, they are not even a drop in the ocean in front of such a huge base of monks on Ten Thousand Immortals Island.

It's no wonder that Chen's county government doesn't care about everyone's life and death at all, and the existence of the county government must be an extremely superior existence. It is directly subordinate to the government government, and the government government is subordinate to the state government, and then goes up layer by layer. , finally arrived at the royal family of the great clan!

This is the same as the four great leaders of the east, west, south, east, and west in the polluted land. They are the official immortals, the inheritors of the Eight Classics, and the chaotic strange beasts outside are the villains, grass bandits, and the official immortals. In comparison, the government was the target of being crushed and annihilated, and it was even the main source for the immortal officials to seize the Dao Soul Stone.

That's why Zhao Mingyin emphasized the importance of this mission and also cursed Chen's county government for its shamelessness.

However, scolding should be rebuked, and the words still have to be spoken.

Zhao Mingyin continued: "Then this is a rare opportunity for us. Anyway, I received news here that Zhuo Yaoming will lead the team to participate in the competition held by the government!"

"Oh? Dabi?"

Yan Ting couldn't help but be surprised.

"Yes, it is a competition, and this competition is also a symbolic competition!"

Zhao Mingyin said, "You all know the so-called symbolism, that is, the government government is actually the same as the county government. I don't need to say more about their methods, but no matter what, the government government still wants to control some affairs of the county government, and they will Some such competitions are held from time to time to assess the conditions of the outer halls, inner halls and even the guard homes of each county government!"

What Zhao Mingyin said made Zhang Zhiwen somewhat familiar. It seemed that Tianshui Wonderland would also monitor the situation in Feixian City at the beginning. However, Feixian City is one of the cornerstones of the development of Tianshui Wonderland, so it must be well supervised.

The same is true for county governments. They are one of the cornerstones of the development of government offices. Government offices cannot completely rely on the endogenous clan bloodline. Sometimes this bloodline is good, sometimes it is not. Who can say for sure? And the government government does not want the households related to the county government to come to the government government to cause trouble, which will easily make the county government bigger and eclipse the power position of the government government.

Zhang Zhiwen was very clear about this, and Yan Ting and others couldn't help but nod, and they immediately understood the relationship. They obviously also understood these activities.

"Of course, the government will not take this opportunity to recruit disciples from the county government, but this is a good opportunity for performance, and every competition has relatively generous rewards, such as the competition for disciples from outside the hall, then There are rewards like Dharma Soul Pill!”

Zhao Mingyin said, but when everyone heard about the Magic Soul Pill, there was no big reaction. This Magic Soul Pill is just a pill to improve some cultivation, it is nothing.

The same is true for Zhang Zhiwen. It would be different if this was the recipe for the Soul Pill, but obviously this is impossible. The government will not be so generous. Furthermore, the county government itself has the recipe for the Soul Pill. , and there is no need to reward the pill recipe.