Pawn Crossing the River

Today, Qi Xuansu is already in his thirties and has just turned thirty.

Forty-one years after watching for a long time, he was twenty-five years old, still a seventh-grade Taoist priest. He had just ended his several-year career as a wandering Taoist priest. He came to Yujing alone, entered Tiangang Hall, and began his journey in Taoism. journey of advancement.

Now for forty-five years, Qi Xuansu has become a second-grade Taiyi Taoist priest, and has established a firm foothold in the upper echelons of the Taoist sect and has his own team.

Five years, exactly five levels.

It's almost one level a year. This promotion speed is really shocking in the Taoist sect.

If Qi Xuansu can successfully enter the Yujing Jiu Hall next year and serve as the chief deputy hall master, it means that he is expected to become the Shenzhi Master before the age of forty, and will be the youngest Shenzhi Master in the entire Taoist sect.

Take the age of forty as an example. From forty to sixty, there are still twenty years. There are still two thresholds from the real person in charge to the real person in charge of the hall, and then to the real person in charge of the third hall.

A threshold of ten years should not be difficult.

No matter who looks at it, Qi Xuansu will be a strong candidate to compete for the eighth generation master.

Although in theory, any Master Shenzhi is qualified to compete for the Grand Master, in reality it is still limited to the Master Shenzhi of the Shangsantang. Basically every Grandmaster has been in charge of one of the Three Shangtangs, and even In some cases, they all took turns.

Thirty years old is the age when you should start a family and start a career.

Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu's marriage has been roughly decided. When both of them return to Yujing, Qi Xuansu will be next year at the earliest, and Zhang Yuelu may be a little later, maybe half a year later, maybe a year later.

However, judging from the state of the two of them, even if they form a Taoist couple, they are destined to spend less time together and more time apart. When they were both in Yujing, they could still live together, but when Qi Xuansu became the real person in charge of the place, they were separated again.

This is the disadvantage of being evenly matched, no one can accommodate the other.

Therefore, many high-quality Taoist priests simply marry someone who is not as good as themselves. Wherever they go, their Taoist companion will follow.

Speaking of which, Zhang Yuelu was only one year younger than Qi Xuansu, and he was already twenty-nine years old in the blink of an eye. In ordinary people's homes, marrying off at the age of fourteen is already considered an old girl.

However, this is not a big deal in the Taoist sect. The ridiculous thing of getting married at a hundred years old has also happened, so it is nothing.

In other words, for those in the Taoist sect who have a guaranteed lifespan of a hundred years, it is very irresponsible to completely decide the next few decades when life has just started.

Last year, Qi Xuansu absorbed the "Jade of Life" and successfully entered the stage of creation.

When Qi Xuansu first entered the infinite stage, the seven totem pillars were lit. The totem pillars of Wu Yang, Wu Xian, Wu Xiang, and Wu Luo all stayed on the sixth scale, and the totem pillars of Wu Zhen and Wu Gu stayed on the sixth scale. After reaching the fifth scale, only Wu Peng's totem pillar held up the sky and climbed to the seventh scale.

This means that Qi Xuansu has the Escape Realm of the Sanren Boundless Stage, the Small Five Qi Chaoyuan Stage of the Banished Immortal's Carefree Stage, the Thunder Movement State of the Alchemist's Return to True Stage, and the Dharmakaya State of the Wu Zhu Carefree Stage.

Among them, the martial arts inheritance is affected by both the shaman totem and the shaman totem, and like the Sanren, it has reached the immeasurable stage, that is, the ever-changing state. Although the Qi Refiner is also affected by the totem of the shaman, the shaman still focuses more on the inheritance of humans and immortals. Therefore, the Qi Refiner has not been able to enter the realm of refining the realm of the infinite stage, and is still in the realm of returning to the void of the free stage.

After Qi Xuansu absorbed the "Jade of Death", Wu Zhen's totem rose to the sixth scale, and Wu Lu's totem rose from no scale to the sixth scale.

In this way, Qi Xuansu's inheritance of ghosts and immortals directly jumps from the thundering realm of the return to the true stage, skips the true transformation state of the carefree stage, and first enters the creation realm of the infinite stage.

Because the witch-legged totem also corresponds to the immortal inheritance, the witch-legged totem has been upgraded to the sixth scale, so the immortal inheritance also benefits. Although it has not reached the immeasurable stage of the Dharma Realm, it is only one step away.

Under this impetus, the Wu Peng totem corresponding to the inheritance of Zhi Jie Xian also increased by half a mark and entered the "bottleneck" stage, still missing the mark.

In addition, the Wuyang Totem corresponding to the inheritance of the immortals has also made progress, but if you want to reach the limitless stage of the Little Three Flowers Gathering Stage, at least three inheritances must reach the limitless stage, and there is still one short.

This piece of "Jade of Death" is a bit like laying a foundation. On the surface, it seems to have little impact, but it is indispensable. If you want to build a tall building, you must lay a good foundation.

This piece of "mysterious jade of life" is the building of a tall building.

Wu Gu's totem rose to the eighth scale, and Wu Fan, who originally had no scale, rose to the fifth scale. This brought Qi Xuansu's martial arts inheritance to the creation stage, which is the Shattered Void Realm.

Wu Luo's totem has reached the seventh level, and at the same time, under the influence of Wu Fan's totem, Wu Zhu's inheritance, which was only just a step away, was finally promoted to the immeasurable stage, which is the Dharma Image Realm.

These two realms are not unfamiliar to Qi Xuansu. He has experienced them in advance through the pages of "Xirui Jing".

Coupled with the inheritance of the alchemist who had previously been promoted to the immeasurable stage, Qi Xuansu finally met the conditions for the inheritance and promotion of the banished immortal, making Wu Yang's totem rise to the seventh scale, which means that the inheritance of the banished immortal has been promoted to the infinite stage, that is, the level of the small three-flower gathering. .

This realm is also far from unfamiliar. True Yuan has a wider range of applications, and there are more great methods that can be learned. There is also the extremely idealistic "Qingyun" that can defend against most real attacks.

In this way, because it is not the shaman totem corresponding to the warrior inheritance and the qi alchemist inheritance that rises, but the witch totem that rises, the qi alchemist inheritance falls to the end, and the scale corresponding to Wu Xian still stays at the sixth scale. , it is still the realm of returning to the virtual world in the free and happy stage.

However, the Wu Peng totem corresponding to the basic inheritance Sanren has reached the eighth scale, which is the Bingjie realm in the creation stage.

When fighting Wang Jiaohe, Qi Xuansu had used this level of magical power.

In summary, Qi Xuansu has achieved two realms of creation, namely the Shattered Void Realm of the Human Immortal and the Weapon Realm of the Zhijie Immortal.

The former is the ultimate offensive method, but this realm spans the creation stage, pseudo-immortal stage, and immortal stage. Now Qi Xuansu is still in the early stage of the broken void stage, and can only shake the void, but cannot break the void.

The latter condenses the external incarnation and has many uses, but it relies on external objects and cannot compete with the three-corpse-killing realm of the banished immortal in all aspects. After all, the inheritance of lay people is not among the five immortals. It is mainly to pave the way for the banishment of immortals the day after tomorrow. If you look at it alone, it feels like it has not been completed, and it is reasonable to have some flaws.

In any case, Qi Xuansu finally reached the stage of creation, and his realm cultivation was more in line with the power he controlled.

In the next year, Qi Xuansu began to practice the method of pseudo-ascension taught by the heavenly master. However, because there were too many things in the past year, Qi Xuansu was not in a hurry to go to Lingshan Cave. No one knows what is going on in the Lingshan Cave now. If Qi Xuansu cannot come out for a while, and no one can be found in the Borneo Taoist Mansion, it will be fun. When things came to light, even if his charge of dereliction of duty was minor, the key was to alert the enemy.

There is an even worse situation, that is, Qi Xuansu accidentally gets trapped inside or even falls into it. This is not impossible. What was once a heaven on earth is now on the verge of collapse. Nothing happening inside would be surprising.

Qi Xuansu must be fully prepared before entering the Lingshan Cave.

At this time, Qi Xuansu was in Tianfu Palace.

The shareholders' meeting of Nanyang United Trading Company ended the day before yesterday. Today, Chen Shuwen and a group of Western businessmen are here to discuss business.

Generally speaking, ordinary business does not require Qi Xuansu to come forward in person, Chen Shuwen can handle it by himself, but today's business is different, it is an arms business.

When the Three Kingdoms went to war, the consumption of ordnance was astonishing. As the logistical supplies could not keep up, the Westerners followed the principle of proximity and began to purchase firearms from the Borneo Prefecture.

The Taoist government specifically asked Jinque for instructions, and Jinque agreed.

This kind of money is nothing if not earned.

So the Borneo Prefecture and the Nanting Protectorate refurbished some of the replaced old weapons and sold them to Westerners at a higher price.

If it were a time of peace, Westerners whose firearms skills were not inferior to those of the Taoist sect would definitely look down on these second-hand goods. But now that the war is in full swing and the military situation is raging, who would care about these things? They will not refuse anyone who comes, allowing the Taoist sect to make a lot of money. .

However, such a matter needs to be covered up to save face, and the Taoist government cannot directly intervene, so it is left to the semi-public and semi-private Nanyang United Trading Company. In name, the Nanyang United Trading Company sells arms.

At this time, the drums were beating one after another, and the flute played melodiously.

In this atmosphere, across the table, Chen Shuwen was discussing details with the representative of Xibosuzhou Company. Today he was in charge of the plate. Xie Jiaofeng was participating beside him, and Qi Xuansu was only responsible for the final decision.

At this time, Chen Jianchou and Han Yongfeng arrived.

Chen Jianchou asked the two Taoist priests guarding the door in a low voice: "Is the chief here?"

"Here." The Taoist priest said softly, "We are discussing business inside."

Chen Jianchou hesitated for a moment, wondering whether he should go in or not.

Fortunately, Qi Xuansu had already heard Chen Jianchou's voice and said, "Is it Yu Zheng? Come in."

Chen Jianchou walked in quickly. Now the relationship between the two has reached the level of informality. After all, they meet every day. If they greet each other with courtesy, then there is nothing else to do.

At this time, Qi Xuansu was just sitting on a chair against the wall with his eyes closed, not participating in the discussion. When he heard Chen Jianchou come in, he asked, "How is the situation?"

Chen Jianchou said in a low voice: "It's very bad. I made a rough estimate and the actual number of people may be more than double."

Qi Xuansu opened his eyes after hearing this, with no expression on his face: "I know."

Chen Jianchou stopped talking.

Qi Xuansu thought for a moment and then ordered: "Write down a statement about the specific situation, and I will find a time to send it to the real person in charge."

Chen Jianchou bowed and responded: "Yes."

He remembered something again: "By the way, Zhang Cixi promised to come over. He should be here soon."