Pawn Crossing the River

Qi Xuansu didn't want to pay attention to it. The water palace was guarded by spiritual officials. Naturally, these spiritual officials could not do anything to the old master. But if the old master did not follow the rules and used force to break into the water palace, that would be another matter.

Of course, these old masters will not be at the immortal stage. If they are at the immortal stage, they must be Pingzhang Danzhen. His essence is that he is a second-grade Taiyi Taoist priest. Because he is willing to retreat bravely, the Taoist sect gave him the honorary title of Da Zhenren. Therefore, there are only two possibilities for his realm cultivation, either the pseudo-immortal stage or the good fortune stage.

The reason why the Taoist sect has a retirement mechanism is not because the old master is old and frail and lacks energy, but because there are too many secular affairs, which will affect his cultivation. After many people get older, they are still willing to fight for it. The pseudo-immortals naturally seek immortality, not the pseudo-immortals, who also want to live as many years as possible. A natural disaster that occurs once every hundred years does not mean that the lifespan is only a hundred years. If the three corpses can be suppressed in various ways, the lifespan can also be extended. I dare not say that I will live to be two hundred years old. Living for more than ten or twenty years is still not a big deal. question.

As for killing the three corpses, it only means that the three corpses will no longer attack his life. It does not mean that the three corpses will no longer exist. It is more like being suppressed. Therefore, even if it is an immortal immortal, after encountering a backlash, the three corpses in the body will still take the opportunity to cause chaos. It is the so-called three corpse gods that jump violently. If one is not careful, the immortal may also be in danger of falling. The incarnation of the three corpses is equivalent to recruiting the three corpses and using them for your own use. However, there are countless things that can turn around and rebel, and there are also risks.

Before immortality is achieved, the three corpses cannot be suppressed, but it is still possible to find ways to delay and resist one or two. For example, taking medicine, but at least it must be at the stage of creation. People who are under the state of creation should not think too much about it. Moreover, this kind of method usually has extremely negative effects, and often leads to a complete stagnation in the realm of cultivation, which is just lingering. There is no possibility of relying on this method to buy time and then advance to the next level.

But looking at it from another perspective, they spend more time in the human world than the Immortal Immortal.

The old people want to live longer and recuperate, while the young people want to move up and make progress. The two hit it off, so this mechanism of retreating to the mountains and forests came into being. In principle, it is not mandatory to retire to the mountains and forests, but Taoist priests who take the initiative to retire to the mountains and forests will receive various rewards, usually to be promoted to a higher level. Qi Xuansu now requests to retire to the mountains and forests, and can be directly promoted to the second-grade Taiyi Taoist priest, but Jinque will definitely not approve it. .

There is also a special situation. Ordinary second-grade Taiyi Taoist priests voluntarily retire to the mountains and forests to enjoy the treatment of Zhenzhi Zhenren. Only when Zhenzhi Zhenren voluntarily retires will he be promoted to a first-grade innocent Taoist priest and be given the title of Da Zhenren.

The higher-up Pingzhang Dazhen and the deputy headmaster Dazhen are not subject to the hermitage system. Regardless of whether they are refunded or not, they cannot be upgraded to another level.

This Master Sun's name is Sun Heyu. He used to be one of the thirty-six Masters of Shenzhi. Even if he is not ranked high, he is still quite powerful. There must be many disciples who are old friends. Even if they retire, they still have a certain influence and their influence is still there.

Qi Xuansu already knew the general past of Sun Laozhen through the files. He was Wang Jiaohe's predecessor. Before that, he served as the real person in charge of the Borneo Taoist Palace. At that time, Wang Jiaohe was the chief deputy palace owner, and Sun Heyu was an outsider. Airborne, there is the real person in charge, the real person in charge, and the local snake king Jiaohe below. This real person in charge is very difficult to do. However, Sun Heyu was already very old at that time. He was obsessed with various external elixirs, suppressed the three corpses in his body, and seldom took care of things. In fact, he let Wang Jiaohe take the power, so instead of conflict, the two got along well.

Later, Sun Heyu simply applied to Jinque to retire to the mountains and forests in advance, and after receiving the title of Da Zhenren, he did not return to the Central Plains. Instead, he settled down in Borneo and retired here.

Because the situation in Borneo was somewhat unstable at that time, Wang Jiaohe was familiar with the situation and was conducive to stabilizing the situation. He took advantage of the situation and replaced the real person in charge of the Borneo Taoist Government. However, Jin Que later suspected that the chaos at that time was actually Wang Jiaohe's behind the scenes. Planning, in order to take over the position of real person in charge.

This made Jinque very angry. The seed had been planted long ago. Many events later watered and fertilized the seed. Today, the seed finally took root and sprouted out of the ground.

Qi Xuansu didn't want to come forward, so he was submissive in disguise. The old man took care of his face and maintained his identity. He just yelled a few words and that was enough. Both sides had steps to go. In the eyes of outsiders, the old man still has great face, and Qi Xuansu doesn't care about this false reputation.

But I don’t know if Master Sun is old, or if he took the elixir to suppress the three corpses and his brain was damaged, or if he has been away from Jinque for a long time and has forgotten many unwritten rules of the Taoist sect. In short, he is a little unclear. , unexpectedly refused to give up, and showed a strong attitude of not leaving.

This impact is too bad.

Even at this point, Qi Xuansu didn't want to face this old master and break his face directly, because Qi Xuansu's main targets were Wang Jiaohe and Chen Shuhua. Before that, he didn't want to provoke too many enemies, but Xu Jiaorong's words But Qi Xuansu changed his mind. ..

Xu Jiaorong didn't say it clearly, but just hinted. Is this old man's reaction a bit too big?

This is interesting.

The reaction was too big, which made him look guilty.

Is it possible that Mr. Sun has a lot to do with him? That's why this old man is so eager, regardless of his status and face, he comes to get people as soon as possible.

Qi Xuansu believed that Xu Jiaorong would not be innocent. After all, she had been in Borneo for a long time. Some things could not be hidden from an outsider like Qi Xuansu, who had just arrived, but not from her.

Master Sun himself may not have any obvious problems that can be grasped, but his grandson is not so easy to tell.

Xu Jiaorong then talked about the two families. There was no official marriage between the Sun family and the Wang family, but Sun Heyu's daughter-in-law and Wang Jiaohe's sister Wang Jiaoyan were junior sisters from the same school. In the Taoist sect, there is not much difference between master and apprentice like father and son, and senior and junior sisters are like real sisters. Even Zhang Yuelu, who has an unkind temperament, must have a good relationship with Bai Yingqiong and Xiao Yueru.

In other words, Wang Danqing's aunt and Sun Gongzi's mother are sisters. After going back and forth, Sun Gongzi can still call Wang Jiaohe uncle and Wang Danqing's cousin.

In addition, Sun Heyu's son Sun Jiaofeng also partnered with Wang Jiaoyan to do business. He imitated Westerners and set up a company to specialize in trade. He dared to do any business, even the slave trade, and used Posuzhou They were mainly indigenous people, and occasionally sold Westerners. When pirates robbed Western merchant ships, they sold people to them, and they resold them. Qi Muyu also has business dealings with this company. In fact, not only Qi Muyu, but also the Zhang family, Li family, and Yao family have to deal with them if they want to do business in Borneo. After all, they are local snakes, and strong dragons cannot overwhelm local snakes. .

Qi Xuansu had an intuition that the goods lost in ships that sank due to "accidents" would also have something to do with this company.

No wonder Sun Heyu wants to retire in Borneo. It's fake to have feelings for Borneo, but it's true that he can't part with real money and silver.

This is so complicated that on the surface, it seems that there is only one Wang Jiaohe, and at most one Wang Jiaoying. But the two of them are just the tip of the iceberg on the sea. Only when you really delve deeper will you discover the huge thing under the sea.

Xu Jiaorong and Qi Xuansu were already on the same boat. It was Wang Jiaoying who offended Xu Jiaorong so hard. She was no longer as reserved as before. Taking this opportunity, she spoke out and provided another statement.

Chen Shuhua and Xu Jiaorong are actually the rising generation. After all, the biggest difference between disciples of the same generation can be as much as twenty-four years. Before Chen Shuhua, there was another chief deputy palace master, also a woman named Du Yuhua. She was a well-rounded woman with a great reputation. She had many connections in Jinque and was able to call the shots. Later, due to internal personnel struggles in Jinque, he retired to the mountains and forests early.

At the earliest, she was the secretary of the previous head master before Lan Hexu, and her status was equivalent to that of Xu Jiaorong today.

During this period, something happened. Du Yuhua took sick leave for about a year and disappeared. A year later, the Du family had a child, whom they claimed to be an adopted son. But there was a saying at the time that this child was actually the grandson of the great master. With such a level of cultivation, the great master would naturally not be able to give birth to a child. However, his son was incompetent, and his cultivation was quite average. By virtue of his father's position, Conveniently, he fell in love with his father's secretary and gave birth to an evil offspring.

Du Yuhua couldn't say that she was forced, but she was happy with it. As expected, not long after the child was born, she was promoted to the second deputy palace master, and later to the chief minister. It was not until the great master ascended that she lost her backstage, and had to retire to the mountains and forests.

Now that the great master in charge is no longer alive, the truth is naturally unknown. However, this child still stayed in the Borneo Taoist mansion and married Sun Heyu's granddaughter, who was Sun Gongzi's brother-in-law.

Although Du Yuhua is no longer the chief deputy palace master, her influence cannot be underestimated. The old relationship for many years is still there, and she is also a big shot who can change the clouds and rain with her hands.

So Qi Xuansu decided to meet the old master for a while, and asked Xu Jiaorong to invite the old master to the living room of the Water Palace.

Xu Jiaorong is the secretary of Master Landa. There is a saying that goes well: Don’t look at the face of a monk to see the face of Buddha. Xu Jiaorong represents Master Landa. Even if you don’t recognize Xu Jiaorong’s face, you can’t disrespect Master Landa. , so Mr. Sun still followed Xu Jiaorong to the living room.

Qi Xuansu was waiting in the living room. When he saw the two people coming in, he took the initiative to greet the old master and saluted the old master: "It is really a sin for the old master to be so busy. The old master is old and still has to worry about the affairs of the Taoist government. It is us dereliction of duty.”

Qi Xuansu was not here just now, so Sun Heyu could naturally say something harsh. But now that the two meet, it is no longer easy to do so. Sun Heyu restrained himself, but his tone was still not very good: "You still know that you have neglected your duty."

It was as if the elders were scolding the younger ones.

Qi Xuansu was just being polite, but he didn't really want to admit his mistake. After all, he used "we", which refers to the entire Taoist government, including Wang Jiaohe and Chen Shuhua, not him personally.