Following Zhang Ke's question, the face of the person sitting opposite him was shaken as if the surface of the water was shaken.
During a ripple of turmoil, a pair of eyes filled with white mist became as clear as snow springs, revealing a peerless face that was both angry and happy.
"Qingzhi has met the leader!"
Seeing that Xu Qingzhi had changed his appearance, Zhang Ke's heart calmed down. Anyone who suddenly saw a person who looked exactly like him would be startled.
I turned around and looked at the slightly unfamiliar environment around me, and remembered that this was my quiet room for practice.
It turns out that I have returned from the void!
But looking at Xu Qingzhi's robe that was similar to his own, Zhang Ke had an idea in his mind for no reason.
After hesitating for a moment, Zhang Ke asked:
"Qingzhi, you borrowed my appearance, Qingmei, Xiaoxiao, do you know?"
Xu Qingzhi looked stunned, with a smile on his face, and said in a long tone:
"In order to hide the fact that the master is away these years, the disciple has been on good terms with the two ladies.
Well, it’s common to sleep on the same bed together!”
Many inappropriate images flashed through Zhang Ke's mind instantly, and his face turned green.
The tone was hard and authentic:
"You...were you a male...or a female when you transformed into me?"
Xu Qingzhi smiled and said:
"you guess?"
Zhang Ke swallowed his saliva and rationally did not continue the topic. He looked around and said:
"By the way, was there anything strange when I just came back?"
Xu Qingzhi stopped making fun of her and said seriously:
"When Master Shicai returned, it was like a phantom turning from virtual to real, nothing unusual."
She understood the meaning of Zhang Ke's words. The "Xiantian Yiqi Nanzong" has been under the surveillance of others. If Zhang Ke makes too much noise when he returns, others will guess some clues.
"That's good!"
Zhang Ke nodded slightly and then asked:
"Has the sect's development been fairly smooth in recent years?"
Xu Qingzhi would not change into his appearance in the mountain gate for no reason, there must be a reason.
Xu Qingzhi sorted out her thoughts and said in deep thought:
"In the four hundred years since the leader was away, the sect has developed very smoothly, and its strength in all aspects has improved greatly.
that is..."
She paused briefly and then said:
"Through some detailed information, it seems that some people have been secretly inquiring about the leader in recent decades.
Two months ago, some people came to see the leader!"
Zhang Ke raised his eyebrows and asked in a serious voice:
"who?"
Xu Qingzhi wrinkled her beautiful eyebrows and said softly:
"They are the island owners of the Bixiao Palace and some True Lords of the Soul. However, among these people, the disciples discovered that there are people from the Loose Cultivator Alliance and the Hehuan Sect."
Zhang Ke felt slightly embarrassed when he looked at Xu Qingzhi's half-smiling eyes.
"Ahem~!"
He coughed slightly, thought for a while, and finally understood what Xu Qingzhi meant.
"You mean there's a problem with people from the 'Rogue Cultivator Alliance' and the 'Hehuan Cult' mixing in there?"
The 'Loose Cultivator Alliance' has never had any contact with me, and the 'Hehuan Cult' still has quite a grudge against me. There is something wrong with these two groups coming together to visit me.
Xu Qingzhi said ‘hmm’, hesitated for a moment, and then said:
"Perhaps even the island owner has something to do with it!"
Zhang Ke couldn't refute that although Shan Qianhui had an unusual relationship with him, people would change!
However, Zhang Ke thought about it carefully and felt that Shan Qianhui had no reason to plot against him.
Since the ‘Xiantian Yiqi Southern Sect’ established a foothold in the South China Sea, ‘Bixiao Palace’ has gained a lot of benefits from it.
In addition, the big island owner of the Bixiao Palace, Fei Sword Immortal Qin Qing, has a good relationship with him. Even if Shan Qianhui loses friendship with him, he should not become an enemy.
But these are just the thoughts in Zhang Ke's mind. He cannot mislead Xu Qingzhi's investigation based on his personal likes and dislikes.
"Well, do you know why these people want to see me?"
Xu Qingzhi replied:
"The official statement is that I have business to contact the leader, but the disciple feels that these people want to confirm something.
As for what it is, my disciples don’t know.”
Zhang Ke held his chin with one hand and thought for a long time, but he couldn't guess the real intention of these people.
He simply stopped thinking about these people's thoughts.
there is always a solution to a problem!
Since these people want to get in touch with themselves, traces will be revealed.
Putting aside his thoughts, Zhang Ke asked:
"Wushuang, how is the sect developing now?"
Xu Qingzhi quickly sorted it out in his mind and then said:
"Before the leader went out four hundred years ago, our sect had ninety-three Yuan Shen realm monks, more than 8,600 Jindan realm practitioners, and more than 400,000 Xiantian realm monks.
In addition, there are approximately 900 million ordinary people in the ‘Tai Chi Circle’ island chain.”
Xu Qingzhi first talked about the situation of the sect four hundred years ago, and then said:
"After four hundred years of rapid development, our sect now has more than 160 Yuanshen True Monarchs, more than 20,000 Golden Core Realm disciples, and more than 2 million Xiantian Realm disciples.
In addition, there are currently about 1.6 billion ordinary people in Daolian."
Zhang Ke's expression couldn't help but change slightly.
The strength of the sect has actually doubled compared to four hundred years ago, especially how could the number of True Lords of Yuanshen increase so much.
Xu Qingzhi guessed Zhang Ke's doubts and explained:
"The vitality of heaven and earth in this world has become more and more abundant in recent hundreds of years, and it is becoming easier and easier for the Golden Core Realm to break through to the Yuanshen Realm.
Over the years, casual cultivators and small sects have been joining our sect one after another, but most of the True Lords of Yuanshen broke through from our disciples."
‘The Heaven and Earth Yuanqi Pill has changed so much, could it be that this world has gradually transformed into the ‘Great Thousand Worlds’?
Does this mean that the immortal cultivators who left back then will return to their original realm earlier?’
Zhang Ke was thinking silently in his heart, listening to Xu Qingzhi's continued story.
"In addition, in addition to the growth of the sect's disciples and population, the sect is also developing rapidly in other aspects.
Our sect has now promoted the establishment of 'money banks' in the five major regions of the world, and 80% of the markets in the world have established 'money banks'.
Of course, except for the Eastern Region, the development of 'banks' in other regions is much different.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! From this business alone, our sect can now harvest nearly 60 million gold talismans a year."
Zhang Ke's breathing stagnated slightly and he reminded:
"The purpose of establishing a 'bank' is not to make money. Wushuang needs to pay attention to this."
Xu Qingzhi nodded and said:
"Master, don't worry, my disciples know what's appropriate.
‘Qianzhuang’ is just a tool for the rapid development of our industry.
However, all the top-ranking sects in the world have also established their own 'money banks', and almost all sects have made huge profits from the 'money banks'."
"Well, this is a good thing. A single flower is not spring, but a hundred flowers bloom and the garden is full of fragrance!
The 'bank' is bound to be related to the interests of all sects, and our sect must try its best to tie it with other sects.
Only by forming a community of interests, when danger comes, other sects will do their best to tide over the difficulties with this sect."
Zhang Ke explained briefly. He believed that Xu Qingzhi could understand the meaning of his words.
The "bank" industry contains too many benefits. As time goes by, the influence brought by "bank" will become greater and greater.
Even the major sects in the world cannot swallow this huge benefit alone.
The reason why Zhang Ke asked Xu Qingzhi to convene various sects to discuss this matter was to tie other sects to his own.
Most of the 'banks' in Tianxiafang City today are basically established by the 'Xiantian Yiqi Southern Sect' and sects from various places.
"Co-deposit and cash-out" is the main reason why "money bank" has become popular in the spiritual world.
In order to better manage all the 'banks' in the world, Xu Qingzhi established an independent system after discussing with each sect.
In this system, the ‘Xiantian Yiqi Southern Sect’ and the top-level sects are at the decision-making level, and they determine the future development direction of the ‘Qianzhuang’.
In the plans of each sect, the next development of 'Qianzhuang' will be spread to the secular world, in order to promote the rapid development of civilization in the world.
"In addition, [Sound Wave Diffusion Base Stations] have also been established in most areas of this world.
In the world of spiritual practice, the ‘sound transmission bell’ has become popular among every practitioner in the world of spiritual practice.
The benefits brought by this business even exceed that of the 'money bank'."
Xu Qingzhi explained to Zhang Ke while taking out a 'sound-transmitting bell' magical weapon.
Originally, this magical instrument was called "Shunfeng Er", but after some investigation, it was found that the name "Shunfeng Er" meant eavesdropping and peeping, so it was renamed "Sound Transmitting Bell".
Zhang Ke reached out and took the 'Sound Transmission Bell' from Xu Qingzhi's hand.
In order to adapt to the preferences of practitioners, there are now nearly a thousand styles of 'sound-transmitting bell' instruments, and the one in Zhang Ke's hand is just the most common one.
The bell is the size of a chicken, azure colored, with golden patterns all over its body.
The dense formations interspersed and overlapped like spider webs, just like sheets of runic paper covered with patterns, peeling off the patterns and overlapping them together.
Even if you hold your palm without moving, the countless Dharma patterns will bloom repeatedly like magnificent petals.
"This is the latest generation of 'sound-transmitting bell', which can accept calls from sixty people.
Nowadays, in the world of spiritual practice, the ‘Sound Transmission Bell’ has become an indispensable instrument for all practitioners.”
Zhang Ke looked at the 'Sound Transmission Bell' with satisfaction and placed it on the table next to him.
This magical weapon will play a key role in future wars.
However, the current magic weapon is just like the original dial-up telephone, with too many limitations and shortcomings.
In particular, there is still huge potential to be tapped in terms of simultaneous calls and answering by multiple people.
In Zhang Ke's vision, this magical instrument should be like the 'mobile phone' in the dream and can be integrated into the daily life of every practitioner.
Xu Qingzhi continued:
"Except for the 'Qianzhuang' and the 'Sound Transmission Bell', our sect has subcontracted the refining method of the ordinary 'King Xingzhou' over the past four hundred years.
According to the supply and demand feedback of some core magic weapon components, there are now millions of various small and medium-sized 'empty boats' in this world.
In addition, our sect has also refined a super large 'empty boat'.
This boat is five miles long and three miles wide. Its flying speed is only half the speed of sound, but its carrying capacity is extremely strong and it can transport 100,000 practitioners at one time.
The defensive formation deployed on this super large 'empty boat' is the [Great Vajra Rock Talisman Formation] deduced by the leader.
Our sect has been tested and can easily resist the continuous attacks of a hundred Yuanshen Lords.
In addition, tens of thousands of offensive sequence arrays are deployed on this super-large 'empty boat', which can deal with intensive invasive attacks."
Five miles long is 2,500 meters, and three miles wide is 1,500 meters.
This is not an 'empty boat', it is clearly an aerial fortress city.
Zhang Ke understood that the sect's ability to refine such a large 'empty boat' meant that the sect's research on floating arrays and combined arrays had made a huge breakthrough.
The size of this ship is no less than the large floating warship ‘Sha Po Lang’ that was refined by Heaven.
In a sense, the 'Xiantian Yiqi Southern Sect' is no longer weaker than the 'Tianting' back then in terms of refining floating warships.
"How much does it cost to refine one of these super-large 'empty boats'?"
Zhang Ke interjected and asked.
Xu Qingzhi thought for a while and said:
"It takes forty years to refine a super large 'empty boat', and the cost of one is about two billion gold talismans."
Zhang Ke frowned slightly.
Both the cost and time are too much.
"Is there room for improvement?"
Xu Qingzhi thought for a moment and said:
"In order to refine this boat, our sect also refined two sets of 'Wanxian Hammer Sets'.
If you want to increase the refining speed, you need to refine at least four sets of 'Vientiane Hammer Sets'. In addition, some unimportant magic weapon parts may have to be subcontracted to other sects.
But if this happens, some secrets may not be hidden."
Zhang Ke calculated in his mind for a while and said resolutely:
"Refining thirty-six more sets of 'Vientiane Hammer Sets', the super-large 'Sky Boat' can also be sold to the outside world.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! All less important parts of the magic weapon can be subcontracted to other sects.
Immortal cultivators do not know when they will return, so they must speed up the level of refining magical weapons of various sects in this world.
You can summon other high-ranking sects to discuss this matter.
As long as the price is right, the refining method of the super-large 'empty boat' can also be sold."
Xu Qingzhi couldn't help but take a breath.
From Zhang Ke's tone, she felt a sense of urgency that a storm was coming.
"Okay, I will contact each high-ranking sect in the five major regions immediately!"
After Zhang Ke gave some instructions, he asked again:
"Besides these, what other changes have occurred in this sect?"
Xu Qingzhi replied:
“There are many other developments.
For example, the new practice system deduced by the head has now developed well among the new generation of disciples of the sect.
The overall strength of the disciples of these new cultivation systems is somewhat inferior to that of normal disciples, but once they form a team, they can crush the same number of disciples.
Moreover, the disciples who practice this new system practice extremely quickly, making it easier for them to break through the realm and develop combat effectiveness faster.
Nowadays, this system of practice has been popularized by our sect, and most of the casual practitioners in the world are practicing this system.
At the same time, because this practice system needs to be complementary, the 'practitioner team' cooperation model has also been recognized in the practice world.
However, this system is highly resisted by sects all over the world.
Including the ‘Thirty-three Heavens Palace’, hundreds of sects have already raised objections to this sect on this matter.”
Zhang Kewen was very excited after hearing what Xu Qingzhi said.
He was not happy because this system of practice was recognized by casual cultivators, but he was happy because other sects raised objections.
The four words "raise objection" mean that even top-grade sects can only make suggestions when they are dissatisfied with the "Xiantian Yiqi South Sect".
This means that the strength of the ‘Xiantian Yiqi Southern Sect’ has been truly recognized by top-ranking sects.
This is not a trivial matter, it is related to the speed and intensity of Zhang Ke’s advancement in rebuilding ‘Heaven’.
Zhang Ke stood up and paced back and forth in the quiet room, calmed down his mood, and continued:
"Any more good news?"
Xu Qingzhi thought for a while and chuckled:
"In addition to these developments in all aspects, the sect has now accumulated a huge amount of resources!"
Zhang Ke smiled and said:
"Of course it counts!"
From Xu Qingzhi's words, Zhang Ke estimated that this was the extent of the changes in the sect.
After discussing the sect affairs, Zhang Ke's mind turned to other aspects.
"Oh, by the way, Wushuang, why are Qingmei and Xiaoxiao not in the sect?"
Xu Qingzhi smiled and said:
"Mrs. Qingmei traveled outside the realm two hundred years ago and has never returned.
Thirty years ago, disciples of the Dingzhou sect accidentally discovered a secret place while traveling.
The upper limit of this secret realm is very high. The Dingzhou sect asked our sect for help. Madam Xiao Xiao took ten Yuanshen True Monarchs and hundreds of Golden Core Realm disciples to the secret realm to help, but she never came back."
Zhang Ke was slightly startled.
From this point of view, Xu Qingzhi has always been supporting the sect!
After a moment of silence, Zhang Ke sighed softly:
"Wushuang, thank you for your hard work these years!"
Xu Qingzhi Pingping stood up, water seemed to be rippling in his eyes, and said softly:
"Master, my disciple has learned a lot of techniques in recent years. I wonder if I can ask the master to give me some advice."
When Zhang Ke heard what Xian knew, his heart couldn't help but beat loudly, and he said in a slightly hoarse voice:
"Okay, let's see what skills you have learned!"
As Zhang Ke said this, he held Xu Qingzhi in his arms. A white light flashed and the two of them disappeared from the quiet room.