Han Mansion in Yunzhou City.
That night, the little devil walked into the clean room with his left foot first and bumped into the deity. Most of the incense he had kowtowed for during the day was taken away by an unscrupulous man.
While practicing the Sleeping Immortal Skill in the middle of the night, the kid's body was twitching. In his dream, his tears turned into an ocean, and he cried so hard that he felt sad.
Chu Chen and Xu Ping, masters and apprentices, stayed at Han Chen's house, found a clean courtyard, and taught the dual cultivation method of "Yu Yi Jie Lin and Running to the Sun and the Moon".
It's a pity that Taoist Xu Ping is too preoccupied to meditate and can't understand the true teachings of the immortals at all.
In front of the clean room window, Chu Chen sat cross-legged, and the moonlight fell on him. In front of him, his master, Taoist Master Xu Ping, sat opposite each other, worrying about comprehending the Dharma.
This scene seems familiar.
However, the roles of both parties have been reversed.
In the beginning, it was Taoist Master Xu Ping who guided Chu Chen, but now it is Chu Chen who mentors his master.
Chu Chen understood his master's thoughts and immediately said with relief:
"Master, you don't need to worry too much. Mr. Mingjing intends to train you, and he doesn't really want you to let Yuqin Taoist Temple catch up and be among the best in just a year or two."
The Dachang Dynasty has many talented people, and there is no shortage of good "mountain leaders". There is no need to rush ducks and force others to do things.
Mr. Ming Jing named Taoist Xu Ping as the head of the Taoist Academy in Yuqin County, Yunzhou, mostly out of training considerations.
After all, as the Taoist Mountain Master, he has the right to browse through the Kung Fu library and understand the four top practices and hundreds of other various practices. This is of great help to Taoist Master Xu Ping who wants to deduce and perfect the Kung Fu.
Not to mention, staying in the Taoist temple and studying the classics intensively and guiding the disciples in their practice are also of great benefit to the mountain chief's own practice.
Take Chu Chen as an example. In the past three years, he has been cultivating in Wanquan Taoist Temple and practiced steadily, and has built a profound foundation. This is not only beneficial to his current practice, but also of great benefit to his future efforts to achieve the realm of great supernatural powers.
Taoist Master Xu Ping, who is in the middle stage of the fifth rank of Taoist practice, is appointed as the deputy governor of the county. He is indeed qualified to guard a city. However, in terms of development prospects, he is better as the mountain chief of the county Taoist Academy.
After hearing what his apprentice said, Taoist Master Xu Ping felt a little comforted, but in the end he still shook his head:
"Disciple, I know that Master Yulou has also mentioned it, but Mr. Mingjing values it so much, how can I let Master Tian down?"
Chu Chen nodded slightly.
Master Xu Ping, Taoist Master, is strict in self-discipline, meticulous in doing things, and has high demands on himself. Most of the time, he makes demands on himself, and the pressure comes from his own pursuits.
"Master, Mr. Ming Jing's original request to me was to bring the Taoist temple to a mid-level level, even if it meant giving him face. You should always follow this goal."
Chu Chen recounted his situation at the time, and after thinking about it, three years had passed. It was not easy for Yuqin Taoist Temple, which was lagging behind others, to catch up. It was even more difficult than when he led Wanquan Taoist Temple. He immediately Tao:
"It's not easy for Yuqin Taoist Temple to catch up. As the saying goes, if the master has something to do, the disciple will do his best. I have the magical power of [Heart Vs Divine Transmission]. No matter what, the disciple will find time to go to Yuqin Taoist Temple to give lectures every month. Help the master guide the disciples..."
Taoist Xu Ping originally had a sad face, but when he heard his disciple's words, he suddenly smiled:
"Disciple, this is good. We have agreed that you will find time to come to my master's Yuqin Taoist Temple to give lectures every month."
Chu Chen's smile froze: "..."
Good guy, ginger is still spicy.
The emotional master's frown just now was all fake, just waiting for him to take the initiative to speak.
People compete for their attainments in classics, their attainments in alchemy, and their management of Taoist temples. It would be better for you, Mr. Xu, to compete as apprentices.
Before he even took office, he started planning to become his apprentice.
…
Perhaps with Chu Chen's promise, Taoist Xu Ping's pressure was greatly reduced, and he felt much calmer.
In the next few days, under the arrangement of Xianting, Master Chu Chen and Xu Ping stayed in Yunzhou Taoist Academy to cultivate.
On the one hand, a group of Yunzhou County Daoyuan mountain chiefs continued their studies, studied Taoist scriptures, discussed Taoism, and sat down to discuss Taoism. On the other hand, they were waiting for awards and orders from the Immortal Court.
The first thing to come was the appointment decree of Taoist Xu Ping.
Under normal circumstances, after the three-year term of the Confucian officials of the Celestial Dynasty and the immortal officials of the Immortal Court, those with the best performance will be promoted to one level.
Taoist priest Xu Ping did quite well in the Ghost and God Department of Guangping County.
Because of his color and excellent performance, he is expected to be promoted to the fifth rank, but it is a pity that his Taoism and cultivation are a bit behind.
There are unwritten rules in the Immortal Court. A fifth-grade immortal official requires at least a late fifth-grade cultivation to be able to serve. A few people with outstanding Taoist and magical powers can be promoted as an exception.
Taoist Xu Ping did not meet the promotion requirements. With this transfer, his level of magic seal script and immortal rank have not changed. He is still awarded the ninth level Zhongmeng seal script and is titled "Master Yuxu". From the fifth rank Hunyuan Shaoqing, he is the same as before. It's exactly the same in Guangping County, Qingzhou.
The transfers were from actual positions. The deputy director of the Ghosts and Gods Department of Guangping County in Qingzhou was transferred to the head of the Taoist Academy of Yuqin County in Yunzhou. He was also the deputy director of the Ghosts and Gods Department of Yuqin County and was in charge of preaching and educating a county.
Strictly speaking, Taoist Xu Ping's move was a smooth one. At present, Bianhuangzhou County was a strategic place for the Dachang Dynasty, and it was easier to practice martial arts. Overall, it was a small improvement.
The one who really made great progress was Chu Chen.
At present, Chu Chen is in the late stage of fifth-grade cultivation, and his magic power is not inferior to that of the ordinary fifth-grade Dzogchen. In addition, Wanquan Taoist Academy has won the championship in eight states, with dazzling results and outstanding achievements. After his three-year term, his promotion has become a matter of course. thing.
[It takes ten years to grow trees and a hundred years to cultivate people. The headmaster of Wanquan Taoist Academy has been in charge of the Taoist Academy for three years. He has cultivated talents for the Immortal Court and has achieved fruitful results. God was impressed by it and bestowed the Eight Paths of Golden Light... After the Immortal Court's high-level decision, he was awarded the Tenth Level Divine Cloud Five Thunder Seal Script, with the title "Tai Xuan" "Mage", who should be appointed as the (fifth grade) Shenxiao Subduing Demon Envoy], who also knows Tianshu's work of exorcising evil and doing cheap things. 】
The Immortal Court's decree was issued, and the eight golden lights of merit directly penetrated into Chu Chen's body, making him feel refreshed and his body somewhat warm.
Seeing this scene, no matter it was the messenger from the Immortal Courtyard delivering the decree, the Taoist Priest Xu Ping standing by, or the other Taoist priests in Yunzhou, all of them were filled with envy.
Even the Taoist Mountain Chief who is on the commendation list only has three or four golden merits.
The average mountain leader only has one or two golden rays of merit.
As for the mountain chiefs who have no meritorious virtues, there are also mountain chiefs, but they are no longer in Yunzhou Taoist Temple at the moment and have been transferred away long ago.
The golden light of the Eight Paths of Merit entered his body, and Chu Chen was in a very good mood.
Together with the previous eight golden lights of merit, he suddenly had sixteen golden lights of merit.
The preciousness of the golden light of merit is self-evident. Previously, the Red Dragon Devil used the supernatural power of the demon weapon to hurt him. Thanks to the protection of the golden light of merit, his consciousness and soul were not seriously injured.
The golden light of merit is not used on ordinary days, but on that day when enlightenment was achieved and faced with disasters, the golden light of merit can save lives and help the Tao. It is of great use. The more the better, even those who have become immortals and gods will be jealous.
In addition to the golden light of merit, the previous rewards and salaries from the Immortal Court were also distributed.
The reward for the third list is 300,000 jade coins and 200 immortal tributes.
However, the real big deal is three years' salary - 150,000 jade coins and 135 immortal tributes.
As the mountain head of Wanquan Taoist Academy, he will receive thirty tributes every year for three years, with a total of ninety tributes;
Wanquan Supervisor also has 30 tributes every year and serves for one and a half years, totaling 45 tributes in total.
After this calculation, Chu Chen's accumulated immortal tribute reached 535.
Next, his salary increased again.
After being promoted from a fifth-grade immortal official to a full fifth-grade immortal official, the headmaster of Wanquan Taoist Academy and the supervisor of Wanquan increased the salary of each job by thirty thousand jade coins and forty immortal tributes.
After one year, his salary is 60,000 jade coins and 80 immortal tributes, which is an extremely considerable income.
Of course, after being awarded the Five Thunder Seals of Shen Yun and being promoted to the sixth rank of Shen Xiao Demon Subduing Envoy, the real change is not in salary, but in status.
Previously, after he concurrently served as the supervisor of Wanquan County, he only ranked among the top five in Wanquan County in terms of actual power.
But now, after being promoted to the fifth rank of Immortal Official, he is truly on an equal footing with Wanquan County Sheriff, Wanquan Duguan, Wanquan City God, etc., and becomes one of the core of Wanquan.
After receiving the appointment decree from Xianting, Master Chu Chen and Taoist Master Xu Ping left Yunzhou Taoist Academy.
Halfway through, the master and apprentice parted ways.
One went to take office, and the other returned home to continue performing his duties.
The sky was burning with clouds, and Taoist Master Xu Ping soared into the clouds and mist, and his figure disappeared into the distance.
The little kid hid behind Chu Chen, watching the master's Yun Dou disappear, and whispered:
"Huh~ Master is finally gone."
Chu Chen smiled: "Little devil, weren't you making a lot of noise the other day?
See Master, just in the past few days, you have changed your mind again. "
The kid nodded angrily: "I'm too bad. You either scolded me or confiscated my soul. It's better for me to be my senior brother. Now my senior brother is ranked first and Sister Ying'er is second. I can only force myself to be ranked third." "
"Little devil, you are so strict."
"That's natural, senior brother, um... I'm very happy that you were promoted to the sixth rank. Can you give me some incense? All the incense you gave me in the past two days was taken away by the master..."
"What, the wind is too strong, I can't hear it!"
"Senior brother, you have changed, you are becoming more and more like me..."
…
Chu Chen rode the five-color auspicious clouds, galloping all the way with the wind and lightning, and rushed back to the realm of Wanquan in a short time.
He did not rush to Guangling Mountain, but went straight to Wanquan County.
As soon as he came, Qi Xiuxin, the governor of Wanquan County, Master Tongda, the governor of the county, the God of Wanquan City and others hosted a banquet for him and congratulated him on his promotion to the fifth rank. Being within the system and also serving as the supervisor of Wanquan, he cannot avoid dealing with all parties in Wanquan.
Secondly, when he was cultivating in Yunzhou Taoist Temple two days ago, a subordinate from the Wanquan Supervisory Department reported that he accidentally discovered that there was an evil spirit breeding in Wanquan County Gongcao's house.
Although the evil spirit disappeared in a flash, Chu Chen was still very concerned about this matter.
In the past two days, the superiors have verified the intelligence deep in the memory of the "Red Dragon Demon Son" and confirmed that the Southern Barbarian Alliance indeed spent a lot of money to open up a world barrier for the extraterritorial demon force [Luo Guixiang].
The cost of the demons breaking through the world and coming to the human world has been greatly reduced, which means that the demons spared the monks lightly and deceived the monks to practice more frequently. The practice became more and more difficult, and many monks easily went astray.
As the supervisor of Wanquan, Chu Chen is extremely sensitive to such phenomena and would rather miss it than let it go.
The County Merit Cao is an assistant officer of the county governor. In addition to being in charge of personnel affairs, he can participate in the government affairs of a county. He is classified as an assistant to the county governor and assists the county governor. He is a fifth-grade Confucian and Taoist monk with extraordinary magical powers. He is a real big shot.
The subordinates of the Supervision Department are not strong enough. Facing such a strong man, it is natural that he, the Wanquan Supervisor, has to take action personally.
After learning the [Golden Spirit Seal Broken Sword Treasure], Chu Chen learned the Five Elements Spirit Seal, which was able to condense five-color clouds. His escape speed was extremely fast, ranking first among the fifth-level Taoists, and he had the vague aura of "great supernatural power" .
Not long after, Chu Chen arrived at Wanquan County.
He was wearing the [Wanquan Mountain Chief Order] and [Wanquan Supervisory Order] on his waist. As soon as he arrived, he was immediately greeted by the Sun Travel God of Wanquan City God's Mansion leading his soldiers and horses, and he was led into a quiet place in the city. Other courtyard.
In the courtyard, high-level officials such as the county magistrates, the county governors, the gods of Wanquan and the underworld prepared a banquet. When they saw Chu Chen's arrival, they all congratulated him, and the scene was lively.
"Congratulations to Fellow Taoist Lingxiao for his promotion!"
"Thank you all fellow Taoists!"
Under the compliments of everyone, Chu Chen sat on the throne and cultivated his mind with the county governor. Master Tongda, the governor of the county, and the Wanquan City God were on an equal footing, attracting much attention.
"Fellow Daoist Lingxiao, you really gave our Wanquan County Chief some face this time. You won the first prize in eight states and defeated all the heroes. It's really amazing!"
Sheriff Qi Xiuxin had a smile on his face and was in a very good mood.
Wanquan Taoist Academy's eight-state victory is a great joy for the entire Wanquan County and deserves a special mention.
Chu Chen quickly said humbly: "The governor is so complimentary. I don't dare to claim my merits in matters that are within my scope."
"Don't be too modest, fellow Daoist Lingxiao. Winning the first prize in eight states is truly remarkable."
Master Tongda felt quite emotional at this moment.
He originally thought that as long as Wanquan Taoist Temple was not at the bottom of the Eight Prefectures and ranked in the middle, he would be satisfied.
Unexpectedly, Chu Chen, who was young and energetic and full of enthusiasm, suddenly brought Wanquan Taoist Temple to the height of being the leader of Yunzhou and the first among the eight states.
This was a height that he couldn't even imagine.
At this moment, Master Tongda was quite happy and put down his worries.
Half a year ago, he had guessed that Wanquan Taoist Academy had achieved outstanding results, and was worried that Chu Chen would be transferred away from Xianting. But now that Chu Chen was promoted to the fifth rank, but still retained Wanquan, he was in a good mood.
The county guards on the side worked together to cultivate their hearts, and the senior officials of Wanquan were no exception. They were very enthusiastic about Chu Chen, the Taoist mountain chief, and their words were full of compliments.
There is no other reason. Fellow Taoist Wanquan has trained more than 700 ninth-grade monks and fifty-eighth-grade monks.
Monks, many Taoist disciples have come to arrange internships and training, and Wanquan County is developing rapidly, and various places are in urgent need of monk manpower. The county government and the County Ghosts and Gods Department are recruiting people, so everyone naturally turns to Chu Chen.
After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.
Chu Chen finally dealt with the compliments from the chiefs of Wanquan County and the County's Department of Ghosts and Gods, and finally approached the county governor Qi Xiuxin, Master Tongda, and Wanquan City God, and said via spiritual consciousness:
"Chief Qi, why didn't you see the county meritorious officer at the banquet?"
Qi Xiuxin smiled and explained: "Fellow Taoist Lingxiao, Tian Gongcao has something to do today and has taken a break from bathing. It's not because he doesn't want to give fellow Taoist face."
Chu Chen waved his hand: "Chief Qi, how can Pindao be such a stingy person? I have something to ask him for."
Hearing this, Qi Xiuxin's expression changed slightly.
Master Tongda and Wanquan City God on the side also put down their wine glasses with surprised expressions on their faces.
Soon, the three Wanquan bosses remembered that Chu Chen was not only the head of Wanquan Taoist Academy, but also the inspector of Wanquan.
Qi Xiuxin looked serious:
"Wanquan County Government will fully cooperate with fellow Taoists in the investigation."
Chu Chen was delighted when he heard this:
"Then I'd like to thank you, fellow Taoist."
