"Senior brother, why is the master so distracted? Is something wrong?"
"It doesn't matter, Master was overjoyed when he saw me receiving the award from the Immortal Court. He was immersed in the surprise, so he was absent-minded."
"Oh~ It turns out that the master is almost the same as me. Now my mind is full of spiritual fragrance."
"Hahaha~ That's it."
Chu Chen chatted with the little ghost kid every now and then.
He guessed a thing or two about Master Xu Ping's thoughts, but at this moment he didn't have time to think too much.
For no other reason, Senior layman Qingzhu announced the Immortal Court Award on behalf of Mr. Tianshi Mingjing.
Climb the third list and be rewarded with fifty immortal tributes and one hundred thousand jade coins;
Reach the second rank, be the leader of a state, and be rewarded with fifty immortal tributes and one hundred thousand jade coins;
Climb to the top of the list, win the first prize in eight states, receive hundreds of tributes from immortals, and receive one hundred thousand jade coins
It doesn't look like much, but it's not.
These rewards are not given to the county and Taoist treasury, but to the mountain chief personally.
In this case, the reward is quite generous.
As soon as the awards were announced, cheers erupted in the hall, and the awarded mountain chiefs all held their heads high and were overjoyed.
One hundred thousand jade coins is not a small amount for a fifth-grade expert, let alone fifty immortal tributes.
Chu Chen was also overjoyed.
Immortal Court's awards can be stacked. He has been on three rankings in a row, which means he can receive three rewards. The total adds up to two hundred immortal tributes and three hundred thousand jade coins.
Chu Chen is not short of jade money. Three hundred thousand jade money is dispensable to him, but immortal tribute is a good thing. The more the better.
Before that, Chu Chen had saved two hundred immortal tributes, and with another two hundred, the number of immortal tributes in his hand reached four hundred.
This is quite a fortune.
Many veteran fifth-level masters who have been on the fifth-level path for one or twenty years may not necessarily be able to accumulate so much immortal tribute.
Of course, the Immortal Court's awards don't stop there. The "golden light of merit" will be showered on you for your achievements in enlightenment.
Previously, Zhu Tianjun, who did not believe in the Dao, was sent down on his own initiative, not by the Dachang Celestial Dynasty who took the initiative to offer sacrifices.
At the end of the three-year term, Dachang Immortal Court reported the teaching achievements of various county and Taoist schools, prayed to heaven, and received blessings from heaven in a few days.
After some fasting rituals, the immortal court envoys burned flying seals, and the results of preaching and education in each county's Taoist academy were also announced.
At first, all the Koyama chiefs who failed to make it onto the Immortal Court Award List were a little unconvinced, but as the flying medals recording the results of the Taoist missionary work were released, all of them fell silent.
The middle level of Bazhou Taoist Academy is to train about 300 ninth-level Taoist disciples plus a few eighth-level Taoist disciples.
The Taoist academies that make the list generally produce more than 400 disciples with ninth-grade Taoist cultivation, and more than ten fingers of disciples with eighth-grade Taoist cultivation.
The leader of the Eight Prefectures has trained more than 500 ninth-grade disciples. Many veteran fifth-grade experts who have been in the fifth-grade Taoism for one or twenty years may not be able to accumulate so much immortal tribute.
Of course, the Immortal Court's awards don't stop there. The "golden light of merit" will be showered on you for your achievements in enlightenment.
Previously, Zhu Tianjun, who did not believe in the Dao, was sent down on his own initiative, not by the Dachang Celestial Dynasty who took the initiative to offer sacrifices.
At the end of the three-year term, Dachang Immortal Court reported the teaching achievements of various county and Taoist schools, prayed to heaven, and received blessings from heaven in a few days.
After some fasting rituals, the immortal court envoys burned flying seals, and the results of preaching and education in each county's Taoist academy were also announced.
At first, all the Koyama chiefs who failed to make it onto the Immortal Court Award List were a little unconvinced, but as the flying medals recording the results of the Taoist missionary work were released, all of them fell silent.
The middle level of Bazhou Taoist Academy is to train about 300 ninth-level Taoist disciples plus a few eighth-level Taoist disciples.
The Taoist academies that make the list generally produce more than 400 disciples with ninth-grade Taoist cultivation, and more than ten fingers of disciples with eighth-grade Taoist cultivation.
The leader of the Eight Prefectures, he has trained more than 500 ninth-level disciples. For a time, Chu Chen became the focus of the Mountain Chief Conference, drawing everyone's attention.
It's a pity that this time it was not because Zhu Tianjun, who did not believe in the Dharma, made a show of his holiness, and the Shanzhang meeting was over, and the "golden light of merit" failed to fall on the spot.
According to usual practice, the "award" from the Heavenly Court of the Upper Realm will be postponed for two days.
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At that time, Dachang Immortal Court will make arrangements accordingly. Taoist priests with poor performance in preaching will be removed from their posts and replaced with talented people and those with outstanding performance. They will be given promotions and salary increases, merits, golden light, immortal tribute, jade coins, etc.
Rewards are distributed together.
After the Shanzhang meeting ended, Chu Chen left the hall together with his master, Taoist Master Xu Ping, and Han Chen.
However, not long after he left, an envoy from the Immortal Courtyard came and stopped Chu Chen.
"Chief Chushan, the Heavenly Master has invited me."
When Chu Chen heard Mr. Ming Jing's invitation, his eyes suddenly lit up.
If it hadn't been for this incident, he would have almost forgotten that Mr. Mingjing had agreed to it. If his Wanquan Taoist Temple could be ranked among the upper-middle level of Taoist temples in the eight counties in the southwest, Mr. Mingjing would be rewarded with many rewards.
Right now, he has exceeded his goal.
Needless to say, Chu Chen immediately followed the Immortal Court envoy happily and left, leaving behind Han Chen and Xu Ping who looked envious. Han Chen said with envy on his face:
"Fellow Taoist Yunshui, I heard that it was the Heavenly Master who made the decision when Ling Xiao was appointed as the mountain chief of the County Taoist Academy. Now that he has achieved such great results, the Heavenly Master is proud of his face. This boy Ling Xiao is very lucky."
Taoist priest Xu Ping smiled: "He has always had good luck, but ordinary people cannot seize this opportunity."
"That's true!"
"Disciple, the mountain chief of Wanquan Taoist Academy, and the supervisor of Wanquan, Chu Chen, pay homage to Sir."
In a side hall of Yunzhou Taoist Temple, Mr. Ming Jing was sitting on the main seat, looking at Chu Chen who was saluting below, with a smile on his face:
"Ling Xiao, you have done well in the past three years. When I asked you to reach the upper echelon of the Eight Prefectures Taoist Academy, I thought it was to sharpen you, but I never expected that I underestimated you. You went out of the Eight Prefectures and won the championship without saying a word."
Mr. Mirror rarely relaxed and was in a good mood.
Back then, he pushed against all the odds and promoted Chu Chen, who was young and had just entered the fifth rank, to the rank of Mountain Chief of the County Daoyuan. Although no one under his command dared to make any unreasonable objections, he knew very well that there must be people who secretly slandered his decision.
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Nowadays, the original doubts and slanders have disappeared, and it is still revealed that he has unique insight, rewards talents, and is wise and martial.
When Chu Chen saw that Mr. Ming Jing was in a good mood, he felt happy, but he quickly said modestly:
"Sir, that's a ridiculous compliment. I'm just doing my best. I'm just doing my duty."
"You're good at doing your duty! If everyone was as talented as you, I would be relieved."
Mr. Ming Jing shook his head. After accepting the position of Heavenly Master of Immortal Court and taking charge of half of the Dachang Dynasty, troubles have come one after another, and there are not many surprises.
"Ling Xiao, I promised you that as long as you do well, you will be rewarded. Tell me, what reward do you want?"
When Chu Chen heard this, he felt a little embarrassed.
At present, he has a rich net worth, and he doesn't like ordinary treasures. He has a heart for martial arts, magical powers, etc., and has no special needs. However, the treasures that he really values can't be opened at will.
After all, it is inappropriate for a Heavenly Master to ask for a reward in person, no matter how minor or serious it is.
"Sir, whatever reward you give me, my disciple will ask for it."
"You are really naughty."
Mr. Ming Jing shook his head and said generously: "Don't worry about anything, just ask for what you want."
As soon as Chu Chen heard this, he immediately wanted to beg for magic weapons and martial arts weapons that could only be used by monks with great supernatural powers. Those were valuable, and any one of them would make a strong man with great supernatural powers squeeze his head to fight for it.
However, in the end, he still held back and did not bite his nose or face.
"Sir, this disciple comes from the Guigu lineage and is good at [Throwing Beans to Create Soldiers] and other magical powers of soldiers and horses. Look, how about you reward this disciple with some Millennium Spirit Beans."
Speaking of which, the Millennium Spirit Bean is the treasure that Chu Chen needs most right now.
Unknowingly, he has reached the late stage of fifth level cultivation and is getting closer and closer to the realm of great supernatural powers. Once he breaks through, he will be able to refine his soldiers and horses into the Millennium Bean Divine Weapon, and the strength of his soldiers and horses will undergo a qualitative change.
The most important thing is that Mr. Ming Jing has the final say on the number of Millennium Spirit Beans given. He hopes that this treasure will not appear obtrusive and must be measured and measured.
Mr. Ming Jing nodded when he heard this. At this moment, he remembered Chu Chen's powerful performance of setting up eight formations and stopping eight monsters of the same level with one enemy.
"Why not? I'll reward you."
Mr. Ming Jing was quite generous and agreed.
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How is the mutual aid meeting of my good friend Lao Liu going?"
Mr. Mirror asked with great interest.
"Sir, it's been done well. Many demon cultivators who yearn for the immortal way have come to me and practiced hard."
"Yes, you and the dog demon Lao Liu will have a good time." "Yes!"
Talking about Lao Liu, Chu Chen quickly thought of the "Red Dragon Demon" and the extraterrestrial demon.
In the past two years, there has been a lot of movement from the demons outside the territory. The monks from all over the country have been harassed by the demons. The situation is getting more and more intense. This is why Mr. Mingjing asked Chu Chen to focus on the Supervision Department.
Although Chu Chen did not intend to tell the secret of his imprisonment of the Red Dragon Demon, he had a glimpse of the deep memory of the Red Dragon Demon, learned about the world of demons outside the territory, and knew many secrets.
He immediately selected important information and reported it to Mr. Mirror.
"Sir, as far as my disciple knows, the southwest demon kingdom has connected with the extraterritorial demon force [Luo Guixiang], paving the way for it and opening up a barrier channel. I am afraid that the situation will become more and more serious in the future."
"Where did you get the news?" Mr. Ming Jing looked quite surprised.
[Luo Guixiang] Of course he knows, and he also knows that the demon kingdom is colluding with him.
However, he did not know the news that the demon kingdom had colluded with the extraterritorial demon force [Luo Guixiang] to pave the way and build bridges for the extraterritorial demons and open up barriers and passages.
Because this move is to lure wolves into the house, it is certainly not good for the Dachang Dynasty, but the demons and demonic monks in their demon kingdom are not much better. This is a trick that kills one thousand enemies and damages oneself eight hundred.
Dachang Celestial Dynasty never expected that the Southern Barbarian Alliance would be so crazy.
The extraterrestrial demons are the fateful enemies of the creatures in this world.
Introducing the heavenly demons into this world and "leading the way" for the heavenly demons outside the realm is to bring about one's own destruction. If you are not careful, you will play with fire.
The Nanman Alliance is simply crazy.
Before, Mr. Mingjing thought that the demon kingdom was just a small fight, but he never expected that the southwest demon kingdom would actually "lead the wolf into the house."
"Sir, a few days ago Lao Liu broke through to the fifth level of Taoism. My disciples went to protect him. They happened to meet a powerful demon to take revenge on him. We joined forces to kill the demon and learned about it from the mouth of the demon."
Chu Chen immediately explained everything, telling the truth, but he didn't tell the whole truth.
When Mr. Ming Jing heard this, he was shocked.
Previously, it was only demons with great supernatural powers from outside the territory who took action, and the scale was not large. After all, the cost of the extraterrestrial demons descending to the human world was not small, and it was impossible to attack frequently.
But if the demon kingdom "paves the way and builds bridges" for the demons outside the territory, supports it from inside and outside, and opens up world barriers, that is another matter.
The cost of extraterrestrial demons descending to the human world will be greatly reduced. By then, not only monks with great supernatural powers will encounter extraterrestrial demons, fifth and sixth grade monks, and even lower-level monks will also frequently encounter intrusions from demons.
Not only does it greatly increase the difficulty of cultivating immortals, but the chances of monks becoming obsessed with evil spirits and even entering evil cults also increase greatly.
The most frightening thing is that the monks on the immortal side may have their bodies seized by the devil and be controlled by them.
He is not worried about the demon kingdom forming the Southern Barbarian Alliance to fight against the Celestial Empire. If a group of rabble gathers together, it will still be a rabble.
However, he was very afraid when faced with the demon's intrusion and deception.
A thousand-mile embankment was destroyed by an ant nest. The Great Chang Dynasty was not afraid of external enemies, but was afraid of internal collapse.
Monks in the Celestial Court are constantly being corrupted by demons, and the destructive power is unimaginable.
Thinking of this, Mr. Ming Jing took a breath and was quite shocked.
"Ling Xiao, your information is extremely important. Please don't make it public for the time being to avoid commotion."
Chu Chen quickly raised his hands and said, "Yes, disciple, I obey!"
"Wanquan Taoist Academy is on the right track under your management. With PhD students assisting in teaching, I think it doesn't need to expend too much effort. Next, you should focus more on the errands of the Supervision Department."
"Yes, disciple understands."
Chu Chen nodded respectfully. He had lectured on scriptures for many years. He not only taught the Taoist disciples, but more importantly, trained a group of doctors to teach.
There was really no need for him to take care of Taoist errands at the moment. In the past year, he occasionally gave lectures on scriptures and gave guidance to the true disciples. Most of the rest of his time was spent on double cultivation with Qingying.
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The development of the temple is far behind that of other Taoist temples.
After a few more instructions, Mr. Ming Jing left in a hurry without chatting with Chu Chen.
After coming out of the palace, Chu Chen rushed directly to Han Chen's mansion in Yunzhou City.
Coincidentally, as soon as Chu Chen arrived at the Han Mansion, he happened to meet Han Chen, his master, Taoist Master Xu Ping, who had returned from outside.
"Master, Old Han, where have you been?" Taoist Xu Ping forced a smile on his face and said:
"Just now, Master Chang Yulou of the Imperial Capital Taoist Academy summoned me as my teacher." Chu Chen heard this and became curious, saying:
"Master, Senior Yulou is looking for you, but is it related to your errand?" Han Chen smiled slightly when he heard this, while Taoist Xu Ping had a bitter look on his face and sighed:
"Yes, Senior Yulou said that the Heavenly Master is very optimistic about me. He said that I have deduced and perfected the fundamental method of my sect as a master. I have great wisdom, great perseverance, and great courage. I have also taught you as a disciple. I am good at preaching and teaching, so I let my master take up the post.
The head of the Taoist Academy in Yuqin County, Yunzhou."
"You saw this Yuqin Taoist Temple just now. It is the last one in Yunzhou.
"I originally wanted to refuse, but Senior Yulou said that the Heavenly Master is very optimistic about me, and he tried his best to make me not let down the high expectations of the Heavenly Master..."
As he spoke, Taoist Xu Ping's voice became lower and lower, and his eyes looking at his disciple were full of resentment.
At this moment, he understood Zhenqing's feelings a little bit. When Chu Chen saw his master's eyes, he felt a little embarrassed.
Good guy, Mr. Ming Jing is addicted to "picking up leaks". He picked up his apprentice's "leaks" and then set his sights on the master.
"Dong dong dong!" "Dong dong dong!"
"Congratulations to the master on your promotion to the head of the Yuqin Taoist Academy." Han Chen, Chu Chen, and Taoist Xu Ping said: "."
The next moment, Taoist Priest Xu Ping glanced at the three-inch radish kneeling on the black cloud, his eyes were sharp, and there was a hint of evil aura.
The kid was stunned for a moment and saw that the master was a little unhappy, so he immediately said obediently:
"Master, I am bringing you good news, not asking for incense."