Zhong Yan took the time to go to the small courtyard where Yu Qingyao used to live in Wuyi Lane with Gu Baiyu to deal with the Shen family guards.
Ge Qing, a monk who is quite handsome, fair and tender.
He was only at the fifth level of Qi Refining, so he naturally couldn't find out any secrets about the Shen family, but he did learn a lot of scandals about the deceased Shen Lanxin.
Kill to avoid future trouble.
I don't know if it was a coincidence or not, but the end of Shen Lanxin's death actually caused the evil cultivators in the city to stop their actions, and there were no more assassinations of cultivators.
In mid-June, Zhou Yunning led the martial arts warriors to go to Shizhu Mountain to fight against bandits and annihilated more than a hundred bandits in one fell swoop.
Nine of the thirty elite warriors died, and the rest all entered the Zhong Mansion and became direct bodyguards.
Life is peaceful again.
At the end of July, Zhong Xiaozhong brought news from the city lord's palace. Qin Ben's original speculation of "trial prayers in a few cities to obtain prayer beads" was actually carried out in thirty cities at the same time, with the number of people reaching 500 million.
National prayer and prayer beads practice will become an unstoppable trend.
However, Qingyang City is not among them for the time being because it was 'reviewed by the Supervisory City'.
Zhong Yan felt anxious and wished he could spend twice as much time every day to practice hard.
Mortal affairs are taken care of by the family members in the mansion.
Over at the Colosseum, he arranged for Gu Baiyu to cooperate with Bai Siyuan in managing the place, and it was prospering.
Two concubines assisted Yu Qingyao in managing the affairs related to the monks in the mansion.
He divides his daily time into three parts - making talismans, practicing formation carvings, and practicing martial arts and magical powers. The schedule is full.
Occasionally, he takes time to take care of his wives and concubines and give them lessons. Naturally, he spends more time on Yu Qingyao, Yan Sandao, and the two new monk concubines who entered the house.
It's worth mentioning.
Su Yunxi and Wen Yongshan have similar system rewards, but they are both less than Miss Ruoyun from Feixian Pavilion, that is, Jiang Yunruo, and there is a big gap.
Example:
Jiang Yunruo: [Fire Spirit Root Bonus +39, Wood Spirit Root Bonus +27, Cultivation Experience +45]
Su Yunxi: [Fire Spirit Root Bonus 18, Earth Spirit Root Bonus 19, Cultivation Experience Bonus 15]
Wen Yongshan: [Water Spiritual Root Bonus +17, Wood Spiritual Root Bonus +18, Cultivation Experience +14]
Aside from the fact that Jiang Yunruo practiced special skills, the fact that Su and Wen had not been in the mansion for a long time was also a key factor.
But Zhong Yan feels that the gap shouldn't be that big.
Extrapolating backwards, he realized again that perhaps Jiang Yunruo's feelings for him were deeper than he imagined.
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Time flies, and the Spring Festival is here again in a blink of an eye.
In the main hall of the first courtyard of Zhongfu, everyone gathered for a family meeting.
One by one, they came forward to report their respective work results and progress.
Li Shangwen: "The war in Wei State has continued intermittently and is still at a stalemate. More and more monks are involved... An army of 150,000 troops has been stationed at the school grounds in the northern suburbs of Qingyang City..."
Zhou Yunning: "The number of people in the battle hall has reached 145, and there are 24 shadow guards, including two in the Xiantian realm..."
With the support of a large amount of precious medicinal materials, monster blood and other resources, many highly qualified warriors in the Zhong Mansion have made rapid progress.
The family members in the mansion have also been greatly improved, for example: Zhou Yunning is at the sixth level of innate level, Tang Xiaoshu is at the peak of the fourth level of innate level, and Yan Sandao is at the second level of innate level.
In addition, Jiang Ping and Jiang Huan have entered the acquired realm, and Zhimei and Zhilan, two concubines who originally had acquired realms, have also advanced to the later stage.
What is even more gratifying is that Yu Qingyao succeeded in breaking through to the seventh level of Qi Refining and became a late-stage monk, but it was not reported to the outside world.
There is also Gu Baiyu, who has good qualifications in the Three Spiritual Roots. With the resources, he has successfully entered the third level of Qi Refining.
As for Su Yunxi and Wen Yongshan, their qualifications are inferior and remain the same. The former is at the peak of the second level of Qi refining and the latter is at the third level of Qi refining.
Zhong Xiaozhong: "Master Qi, according to the news from the City Lord's Mansion and Yangquanfang City, the prayer beads are progressing smoothly. It is expected that the number will be increased to fifty cities next year. After Qingyang City is included in the big city, it should be included... In addition, in the city No female cultivator named 'Yuan Zhiqing' was found."
Yuan Zhiqing, the seventh disciple of the Fire Cloud Sect's Seven Peaks, has left the sect and gone down the mountain. Her specific whereabouts are unknown. The news came from Huo Donglai.
Zhong Yan had an intuition and suspected that the other party might come to Qingyang City.
However, Yuan Zhiqing acted in an extremely low-key manner. Huo Donglai didn't even get his portrait. He only knew that his name meant that he had a level of foundation building.
Zhong Yan nodded and said, "There is no need to spend too much energy on it."
If you want to come, you will come to your door.
Now, in less than half a year, the number of monks in Qingyang City has increased from over 300 monks in the first half of the year to nearly 700.
Almost doubled.
The reasons are, firstly, Qingyang City is about to become a big city, secondly, the reputation of Laikeqing Mansion has gradually spread, and the Colosseum has also attracted many casual cultivators to settle in the surrounding market towns.
But 60% of these monks are registered in the Keqing Mansion.
It would be quite troublesome to check them one by one.
Dongcao: "This year's total silver income is fifty-two thousand eight hundred and twenty-three taels and four cents and five li, and the expenditure is one hundred and ninety-nine thousand, seven hundred..."
Yang Liu'er has newly added two mundane properties, but they have not yet reached profitability, so the expenses are much higher than the income.
Xia He: "As of yesterday, a total of more than 38,600 kilograms of various kinds of monster meat, 2,270 kilograms of monster blood, medicinal materials and spiritual fruits...first-level talismans...the total amount of low-grade spiritual stones at discounted prices has been consumed. Fourteen thousand nine hundred and seventy-six."
As soon as this account came out, the main hall was quiet, and everyone exchanged glances at each other.
Especially for several monks, even though Yu Qingyao knew about it in advance, she couldn't help her face trembling.
Gu Baiyu and the others were shocked and secretly sucked in the cold air. The expenditure of such a large amount of spiritual stones was beyond their understanding, and they also realized the Zhong Mansion's financial resources.
The main reason is that there are more warriors, and the monsters consume more flesh and blood. In addition, the Zhong Mansion spends a large part on wedding banquets and parties.
However, Yu Qingyao said privately that Zhong Yan spent money too lavishly and gave away dozens or hundreds of spiritual stones just to make friends.
As for the income, it was not stated in public.
At the end of the year, Zhong Yan went to Tangfang City and earned 1,300 spiritual stones from selling talismans. He exchanged some of Li Henian's remaining spiritual materials for 8,000.
In addition, the Colosseum shared 20% of the proceeds, and nearly two thousand spirit stones were discounted, including some prayer beads.
And this is only half a year, so you can imagine how profitable it will be in the future.
Nowadays, the Zhong Mansion has begun to take shape. It is at the height of its power in Qingyang City and is famous. It is undoubtedly the second largest aristocratic family after the Yang Mansion.
Afterwards, Dongcao and Qiuxiang reported on the situation of the women and children in the mansion.
By the way, Zhimei from the eighth house, Zhilan from the ninth house, and Xiao Xuening from the Li Mansion became pregnant with Zhong Yan's help.
Finally, Jiang Ping briefly talked about the general situation in the house, and with an uneasy feeling, handed over the drafted 'clan rules' to Zhong Yan.
Zhong Yan glanced through the pages, frowned and asked dissatisfiedly: "Is this what you spent a year making?"
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