Afraid that his answer would dissatisfy the immortal master, Li Zheng hurriedly added.
"But please don't worry, Immortal Master. I will have people rebuild it tomorrow. I will definitely make this new minister even taller and more majestic than before. If Immortal Master doesn't dislike it, you can stay in a humble house for the time being."
No wonder I couldn't find the Ancha Division. It turns out there is none in Yang County.
Xu Chunniang shook her head, "No need, I will take care of Chasi's affairs myself."
After saying that, he turned around and left directly.
Li Zheng hurriedly got up and chased after him, shouting as he ran, "Master Immortal, please don't leave in a hurry, Master Immortal..."
However, with a tonnage of nearly 200 kilograms, he was out of breath and sweating profusely after not even running two steps, so there was no way he could catch up.
Xu Chunniang left the county government office and thought hard about where to build the inspection department.
The original intention of Xiaoyao Sect's disciples coming to the mortal world was, firstly, to defend the order of the righteous way and eliminate evil spirits and heretics; secondly, it was to let them experience the various conditions of the mortal world and feel the hardships of life, so as to strengthen their determination to follow the way.
However, as the spiritual energy of this world becomes increasingly thinner, it is difficult for the monks to practice Taoism, and many things gradually stray away from the original intention.
Thousands of years ago, those disciples who chose to go on missions abroad were all the best among the outer sects.
Their minds are first-rate, and they take it as their duty to kill demons and defend the Way. Even if they don't need foundation-building pills, there are plenty of people who can build foundations.
But with the continuous consumption of the spirit stone veins, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth began to decay, slowly transforming into the current situation.
When selecting disciples, the five major sects also pay more and more attention to their innate spiritual roots, because cultivating a monk, the better the spiritual root qualifications, the less resources are consumed.
Three foundation-building pills can give disciples with double spiritual roots half the probability of building a foundation.
But if it were a disciple of the Three Spiritual Roots, the probability would be less than 30%.
If you change to a disciple with four spiritual roots or even five spiritual roots, the probability of foundation building will drop again and again.
In this situation of increasingly scarce resources, the sect naturally places more emphasis on the spiritual root talents of its disciples.
Xu Chunniang came back to her senses, retracted her somewhat distant thoughts, and decided to set up the Yincha Division on a hilltop a few miles west of Yang County.
This location would not be too close to the county town, which would interfere with her practice. If evil cultivators or monsters appeared in the county town, she could rush there and deal with them in time.
After finding the location, Xu Chunniang directly found some people from the county to build the house.
Li Zheng came over after hearing the news and beat his chest as he looked at the place where construction had already started.
"Since the Immortal Master is in need, why not ask me for help? I will definitely build this place beautifully."
Xu Chunniang glanced at Li Zheng and said, "As a parent official of Yang County, you are very leisurely."
The fat on Li Zheng's body trembled slightly, and he finally felt that this immortal master didn't seem to have a good impression of him.
He forced a smile on his face and said, "No. As a county magistrate, I am diligent in governing and very busy. However, the establishment of the Inspectorate is related to the Immortal Master, so it is a big matter."
Seeing that Xu Chunniang ignored her, Li Zheng felt bored and left in despair because he was afraid that if he stayed any longer he would offend the immortal master.
Xu Chunniang gave enough wages and hired many people, but it took only ten days for the new inspection department to be finally completed.
Not surprisingly, this will be her destination for the next ten years.
Xu Chunniang moved into Yanchasi and did not rush to practice. Instead, she spent some time visiting the entire Yang County.
During this visit, she truly saw the poverty in Yang County.
The people living in the county are already having a hard time making a living, but the villages under the county are even more miserable.
There is no other reason. Yang County has been suffering from drought and heat all year round, making it difficult for crops to grow and unable to feed so many people.
Xu Chunniang frowned slightly, and after a round of inspection, she found that although there were no monsters or evil cultivators in Yang County, the lives of the people were still in dire straits.
Looking at the wheat field in front of her that was about to dry up, she casually cast a spiritual rain spell.
The sweet rain as thin as hair condensed in the air, and then fell on the field. It only lasted for a short while, and no new spiritual rain appeared.
The amount of rain was actually less than half of normal levels.
Xu Chunniang was deep in thought. When she cast the spell, she felt that the spiritual energy around her was extremely thin, only one-tenth of that of the outer sect of Xiaoyao Sect.
Among them, water spiritual energy is even thinner to a rare degree.
Relatively speaking, the amount of fire aura is slightly larger. It is about twice that of gold, wood, and earth auras.
I don’t know if this is related to the unusual weather in Yang County.
In some cases, the amount of the Five Elements Spiritual Energy does vary. It is unknown what happened in Yang County to cause the current situation where the Water Spiritual Energy has almost disappeared.
And this situation seems to have been going on for a long time.
After returning home, Xu Chunniang went straight to the ceremonial room of the county government office and found the county annals to look through.
But after reading several county chronicles, I couldn't find the answer. It seems that Yang County has always looked like this in the past hundred years.
After receiving the report from his subordinates, Li Zheng hurried over and spoke with a smile.
"Whatever the Immortal Master is looking for, you might as well ask Xiaguan. Xiaguan was born as a Jinshi. I can't say that he has any talent in the world, but he knows a little bit about the history of this county."
Xu Chunniang looked at him in surprise when she heard this. She couldn't tell that this broad and fat magistrate was actually a scholar.
Li Zheng smiled sheepishly, "When I was young, I often suffered from hunger, so I accidentally ate too much."
Xu Chunniang pondered for a moment, but did not refuse, "Let me ask you, do you know when the drought in Yang County started, with severe heat and little rain?"
Li Zheng thought about it for a moment, "It must have been like this hundreds of years ago? It has been at least more than two hundred years. I remember reading a miscellaneous book when I was young. The book said that Yang County was originally an extremely wealthy place.
, but I don’t know what happened later to make it what it is now.”
Xu Chunniang lowered her eyes and said nothing. If it really had a history of hundreds of years, it would be no wonder that she couldn't find the reason in these county annals.
She raised her head and looked at Li Zheng, "Then do you know why Yang County has changed?"
"I don't know this."
Li Zheng added with some embarrassment, "But if we search the county annals, we might be able to find some clues."
Xu Chunniang glanced at the five or six county annals on the table and frowned slightly.
"But I have read all these county annals, and there is not even a single sentence mentioning these."
Li Zheng waved his hand, "That's not what the official is talking about. These are county annals in recent years. Naturally, there will be no relevant records. I am talking about the earlier county annals."
Xu Chunniang's heart moved slightly, "Are those county records still there?"
Li Zheng nodded, "Of course they are there, but they have been sealed up for a long time. If Master Immortal wants to see them, I will have them moved here."
Following Li Zheng's order, dozens of county records were found.
These county annals are well preserved, but due to the age, the pages of these books are yellowed and covered with dust.
Many of them have been damaged by insects, missing pages, missing pages, etc. to varying degrees.
She didn't know if there was anything she wanted inside.