Afraid that his answer would dissatisfy the immortal master, Li Zheng hurriedly added.
"But please don't worry, Immortal Master. I will have people rebuild it tomorrow. I will definitely make the new minister bigger and more majestic than before. If Immortal Master doesn't dislike it, you can stay in a humble house for the time being."
No wonder I couldn't find an inspection department. It turned out that there was no such thing in Yang County.
Xu Chunniang shook her head, "No need, I will take care of Chasi's affairs myself."
After saying that, he turned around and left.
Li Zheng hurriedly got up and chased after him, shouting as he ran, "Master Immortal, please don't leave in a hurry, Master Immortal..."
However, with a tonnage of nearly 200 kilograms, he was out of breath and sweating profusely after not even running two steps, so there was no way he could catch up.
Xu Chunniang left the county government office and thought hard about where to build the inspection department.
The original intention of Xiaoyao Sect's disciples coming to the secular world was, firstly, to safeguard the order of the righteous way and eliminate evil spirits and heretics; secondly, it was to let them experience the various conditions of the mortal world and feel the hardships of life, so as to strengthen their determination to follow the way.
However, as the spiritual energy of this world becomes increasingly thinner, it is difficult for the monks to practice Taoism, and many things gradually stray away from the original intention.
About three to five hundred years ago, those disciples who chose to go on missions abroad were all the best among the outer sects.
Their minds are first-class, and it is their duty to slay demons and defend the Way. Even if they do not need foundation-building pills, there are many people who can build foundations.
But with the continuous consumption of the spirit stone veins, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth began to decay, slowly transforming into the current situation.
When selecting disciples, the five major sects also pay more and more attention to their innate spiritual roots, because cultivating a monk, the better the spiritual root qualifications, the less resources are consumed.
Three foundation-building pills can give double-spiritual disciples half the chance of building a foundation.
But if the three spiritual root disciples were replaced, the probability would be less than 30%.
If you change to a disciple with four spiritual roots or even five spiritual roots, the probability of foundation building will drop again and again.
In this situation of increasingly scarce resources, the sect naturally places more emphasis on the spiritual root talents of its disciples.
Xu Chunniang came back to her senses, retracted her somewhat distant thoughts, and decided to set up the Yinchao Division on a hilltop a few miles west of Yang County.
This location would not be too close to the county town, which would interfere with her practice. If there were evil cultivators or monsters in the county town, she would be able to rush there and deal with them in time.
After finding the location, Xu Chunniang directly found some people from the county to build the house.
Li Zheng came over after hearing the news and beat his chest as he looked at the place where construction had already started.
"Since the Immortal Master is in need, why not ask me for help? I will definitely build this place beautifully."
Xu Chunniang glanced at Li Zheng and said, "As a parent official of Yang County, you are quite free."
The fat on Li Zheng's body trembled slightly, and he finally felt that this immortal master didn't seem to have a good impression of him.
He forced a smile on his face and said, "No. As a county magistrate, I am diligent in governing and very busy. However, the establishment of the Inspectorate is related to the Immortal Master, so it is a big deal."
Seeing that Xu Chunniang ignored him, Li Zheng felt unhappy and feared that he would make the immortal master disgusted if he stayed any longer, so he left in disgrace.
The salary given by Xu Chunniang was sufficient and many people were hired. In just ten days, the new inspection department was finally built.
Not surprisingly, this will be her destination for the next ten years.
Xu Chunniang moved into the Ancha Division and did not rush to practice. Instead, she spent some time visiting the entire Yang County.
During this visit, she truly saw the poverty in Yang County.
The people living in the county are already having a hard time making a living, but the villages under the county are even more miserable.
There is no other reason. Yang County has been suffering from drought and hot weather all year round, making it difficult for crops to grow and unable to feed so many people.
Xu Chunniang frowned slightly. After a round of inspection, she found that although there were no monsters or evil cultivators in Yang County, the lives of the people were still in dire straits.
Looking at the nearly dry wheat field in front of her, she casually cast a spiritual rain technique.
The sweet rain as thin as hair gathered in the air, and then fell on the fields. It only lasted for a short while, and no more new spiritual rain appeared.
The amount of rain was actually less than half of normal levels.
Xu Chunniang was deep in thought. When she cast the spell, she felt that the surrounding spiritual energy was extremely thin, only one-tenth of that of Xiaoyao Sect's outer sect.
Among them, water spiritual energy is even thinner to a rare degree.
Relatively speaking, the number of fire-only auras is slightly larger. It is about twice as powerful as the auras of the three elements of gold, wood, and earth.
I don’t know if this is related to the unusual weather in Yang County.
In some cases, the amount of the Five Elements Spiritual Energy does vary. It is unknown what happened in Yang County to cause the current situation where the Water Spiritual Energy has almost disappeared.
And this situation seems to have been going on for a long time.
After returning home, Xu Chunniang went straight to the ceremonial room of the county government office and found the county annals to look through.
But after reading several county records, I couldn't find the answer. It seems that Yang County has always been like this for the past hundred years.
After receiving the report from his subordinates, Li Zheng hurried over and spoke with a smile.
"Whatever the Immortal Master is looking for, you might as well ask Xiaguan. Xiaguan was born as a Jinshi. I can't say that he has any talent in the world, but he knows a little bit about the history of this county."
Xu Chunniang looked at him in surprise when she heard this. She couldn't tell that this broad and fat magistrate was actually a scholar.
Li Zheng smiled sheepishly, "When I was young, I often suffered from hunger, so I accidentally ate too much."
Xu Chunniang pondered for a moment, but did not refuse, "Let me ask you, do you know when the drought in Yang County started, with severe heat and little rain?"
Li Zheng thought about it for a moment, "It must have been like this hundreds of years ago? It has been at least more than two hundred years. I remember reading a miscellaneous book when I was young. The book said that Yang County was originally an extremely wealthy place. , but I don’t know what happened later to make it what it is now.”
Xu Chunniang lowered her eyes and said nothing. If it really had a history of hundreds of years, it was no wonder that she couldn't find the reason after looking through these county annals.
She raised her head and looked at Li Zheng, "Then do you know why Yang County has changed?"
"I don't know this."
Li Zheng added with some embarrassment, "But if we search the county annals, we might be able to find some clues."
Xu Chunniang glanced at the five or six county annals on the table and frowned slightly.
"But I have read all these county annals, and there is not even a single sentence mentioned about these."
Li Zheng waved his hand, "That's not what the official is talking about. These are county annals in recent years, so naturally there will be no relevant records. I am talking about the earlier county annals."
Xu Chunniang's heart moved slightly, "Are those county magistrates still there?"
Li Zheng nodded, "Of course they are there, but they have been sealed up for a long time. If Master Immortal wants to see them, I will have them moved here."
Following Li Zheng's order, dozens of county annals were found.
These county annals are well preserved, but due to the age, the pages of these books are yellowed and covered with dust.
Many of them have been damaged to varying degrees, such as insect infestation, missing pages, and missing pages.
She didn't know if there was anything she wanted inside.
