"Master, to feed so many people, I'm afraid you need a very large territory. I heard that most sects have to occupy several villages or even several cities, and rely on the offerings from these villages and cities to maintain operations. .”
Lin Beichen suddenly nodded: "By the way, I inherited the position of the leader of the Yunxiao Sword Sect. The territory of the Yunxiao Sword Sect before was naturally my territory. So I have to go back to the Yunxiao Sword Sect."
Lao Huang said with some worry: "Master, what happened? You just said the master of the Yunxiao Sword Sect? What's going on?"
"It's a long story. Let's talk slowly when we get on the road. Did anything happen to you here?"
Xiao Hong was chewing rice on the side and said: "Master, we haven't even taken a single step while staying here. We don't know what's happening outside. It's boring to be here. Ouch, wife, are you pinching your ass?"
Xiaobai pinched Xiaohong hard under the table.
Lin Beichen smiled and said, "We are leaving here soon, and there will be a place for you to play around."
Xiao Hong was so happy that her head nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.
After eating, Lin Beichen entered the Shanchuan Cemetery.
As soon as he stepped into the mountains and rivers cemetery, the Lord of the mountains and rivers immediately came to Lin Beichen: "Master, these guys are spending too much money here. I can't afford to support them. Please take them away quickly. Otherwise, my mountains and rivers will be buried in the cemetery." It won’t be long before the market collapses.”
Lin Beichen had a headache and said, "I know."
Every small world has countless resources. A thousand foundation-building monks are absorbing spiritual energy just by sitting there and panting.
This is not a thousand ghosts, and it basically consumes no resources.
For Lin Beichen, it was just a meal, but for these monks, a whole day had passed here and they were waiting very eagerly.
Seeing Lin Beichen coming, they immediately surrounded Lin Beichen in the center.
Several most prestigious monks came to Lin Beichen.
One of them asked: "Sect Master, what should we do next?"
Lin Beichen said: "Of course I want to find a way to feed you. Let me ask you, do you know how many vassal cities and villages our Yunxiao Sword Sect has outside? How much support do they have to pay every year? When we go back, let them make the donation It’s enough to pay 10% of the cost in previous years. After all, we only have more than a thousand people now, so we don’t spend as much money as before.”
All the monks shook their heads.
Several experienced people replied: "We do have some cities and villages on the Yunxiao Sword Sect's territory, but we have never collected tribute from them. According to the sect leader, they just happen to live in the Yunxiao Sword Sect's territory. Our Yunxiao Sword Sect is a neighbor, and I have never heard of anyone asking for donations from their neighbors. In addition, these people live in poverty. Our Yunxiao Sword Sect not only does not collect donations from them, but also distributes food and porridge every time there is a famine. , to help people tide over difficulties."
Lin Beichen's eyes widened when he heard this. He originally thought that he was very enlightened and reduced the donation to 10%. Although he did not want to accept this 10%, after all, in his opinion, this was still a kind of exploitation. He thought that after overcoming the current difficulties, he would slowly stop collecting donations, but he did not expect that Zangjian would be more radical than him. Not only did he not accept donations, but he also wanted to help those cities and villages.
Lin Beichen quickly asked: "How did the Yunxiao Sword Sect maintain its operations in the past? It consumes a lot of money to eat and feed horses."
A monk replied: "The sect master has a few treasures of creation that can produce spiritual energy on its own. Not only are these spiritual energy sufficient for our practice, there is often a surplus that can be sold to other sects in exchange for a large amount of various resources."
Lin Beichen's eyes shone slightly: "The sect master must have given this treasure to one of you, right?"
All the monks looked at each other and shook their heads deeply.
Lin Beichen stared at everyone with wide eyes: "Could it be that one of you wants to hide the treasure privately? With the knowledge and experience of the sect master, how could he not know that after I inherit the sect, it will take a lot of money to feed these more than a thousand mouths of yours?" Resources? Since he has already made arrangements, he will definitely leave me such a treasure."
The monks looked at each other again.
The leading monk coughed dryly and said: "Sect Master, you may have some misunderstandings about the old sect leader. Some things are not easy to talk about..."
Someone next to him said to him: "Yu Qingyang, you know how to flatter the old sect master on weekdays. What's not to say? Sect master, let me tell you, the old sect leader doesn't care about the affairs of the sect at all. He is basically a throwaway. The shopkeeper, daily expenses and other matters are all taken care of by a group of elders. Therefore, even though the sect leader has lived for five thousand years and founded the Yunxiao Sword Sect, the sect leader may not really know more than a thousand years. A monk eats horses and feeds these trivial things."
Lin Beichen looked around at the monks, and the crowd of people nodded towards Lin Beichen.
Lin Beichen slowly took a breath of cold air, the situation was terrible!
There are two things he doesn't understand now.
On what basis did Zangjian throw these more than a thousand monks to him? This was simply a joke.
What did Xia Houying read from him? Obviously, Hidden Sword assigned Xia Houying the task based on what he read.
"Yu Qingyang, right? Go figure out how much spiritual energy these monks need for daily practice."
Yu Qingyang has a white beard and white hair, and he looks somewhat immortal. Unfortunately, it is difficult for him to reach the realm of pill formation. The older he gets, the less likely he is to break through.
However, this kind of people are also needed in the sect, because they need to do many chores. After all, they themselves know that there is no hope of cultivating immortality, so they naturally invest their energy in other directions.
Yu Qingyang had already calculated the figures and reported them directly to Lin Beichen.
"Monks need a thousand Spiritual Energy Pills to maintain their current level of cultivation. If they want to practice upward, the number of Spiritual Energy Pills required must be doubled. Some of them are about to break through the current level, and the number of Spiritual Energy Pills required must be calculated separately. , because the values are not equal."
Lin Beichen rubbed his brows: "A thousand spiritual energy pills? How many pills do they have in their hands now?"
"We have also made statistics on this and collected all the spiritual energy pills in their hands. There are a total of 6,387 pills."
"That is to say, it is only enough for the monks to maintain their current cultivation level for six days."
Lin Beichen was silent for a moment and then asked: "Where can I get a large amount of spiritual energy pills?"
Another old man next to Yu Qingyang said: "There are three fastest ways to obtain spiritual energy pills. One is to complete the tasks assigned by the court, and the other is to complete the tasks in the black domain. The rewards given by the imperial court are relatively small. For some, although the rewards of the tasks in the black domain are high, you get what you pay for, and the dangers are also great. Another one is to hunt those powerful spiritual beasts and monsters, and take their inner elixirs to convert them into spiritual energy. Fur, flesh and blood It’s also a treasure and can be exchanged for spiritual energy pills.”
Lin Beichen couldn't help but think of the underworld. The number of underworld in his hell was too small to support a thousand foundation-building monks for a long time. If he could steal a complete underworld, all problems would be solved.
Presumably the Hidden Sword Sect Master has a treasure similar to the underworld in his hands.
As for court tasks, Lin Beichen was still relatively familiar with them, and the rewards were indeed not high. Moreover, when he went to the Yamen to get his reward, he would often be deducted, and Lin Beichen was not willing to suffer that kind of anger.
He is also familiar with the Black Domain, and the rewards for tasks there are really high, so he can use it as an option.
As for hunting spiritual beasts, that's an option, especially if you find those spiritual beasts that gather in groups, you can harvest a lot of spiritual energy at once.
He has more than a thousand foundation-building monks here. Although there are a thousand mouths to eat, they are also a thousand laborers. If they are allowed to hunt spiritual beasts, they should be able to be self-sufficient, right?
"Is there anywhere near Kyoto where I can hunt a large number of spiritual beasts?"
Lin Beichen asked.
"Near Kyoto? There are no places for hunting large numbers of spiritual beasts within tens of thousands of miles around Kyoto. There may have been thousands of years ago, but they have all been killed over the past few thousand years. Kyoto is the most prosperous place in the Immortal Continent."
"Unless we go to the Royal Hunting Ground, a hunting place prepared for the royal family, there are spiritual beasts everywhere on the mountain, but there are old monsters stationed there, so it is impossible for us to hunt."
Lin Beichen nodded and said: "So the only way for us to obtain spiritual energy now is to find a mission in the dark realm."
Lin Beichen searched for a long time before he found the Black Domain blood card.
Then his spiritual thoughts sneaked into the black realm.
Then his mind entered an empty and distant world of yellow sand.
The long wind threatens the yellow sand rolling in the sky like worms.
At the center of this world there is an altar.
This was not Lin Beichen's first time here. He walked to the altar with ease.
There are phantoms around the altar. These phantoms have no appearance, they are all exactly the same, and their voices are exactly the same. Lin Beichen is also like them, completely phantom.
In this way, others will not be able to guess who he is through his appearance and voice. .z.
There are notice boards around the altar.
There are words written on it with flashes of inspiration.
Lin Beichen went up to take a look. They were tasks one by one. The contents of the tasks and the rewards were written in detail.
What Lin Beichen needs now is tasks that can give a lot of spiritual energy, so he looks for tasks with high rewards.
He killed Saburo, the master of Dadaomen, cut off his penis, soaked it in wine and sent it back. The reward was a piece of Yunxi Bone Jade.
What is Yunxi Bone Jade and how much is it worth? Lin Beichen didn't understand it, but the conversion was given next to it.
Because all transactions in the Black Domain require the bounty party to first place the bounty or items into the Black Domain before issuing an announcement.
So the Yunxi bone jade is now in the hands of Heiyu. Heiyu has inspected the Yunxi bone jade and proved that it is not a fake, and also given a corresponding price.
After completing the mission, the monk can choose whether to take the Yunxi Bone Jade or exchange it for a spiritual energy pill.
The price of this Yunxi bone jade is 2000 spiritual energy pills.
