The formation center and management organization of Gongming City are still in the old city, and the permanent population and major shops are also there, so the old city must be diverted.
In this regard, Tiansheng Sect has introduced many measures, such as no longer renewing contracts for casual repairmen in the old city, increasing rents, improving the construction level of the new city, lowering rents, etc.
In addition, large businesses have moved to the new city one after another. A year later, many casual cultivators moved out of the old city. The population of the new city slowly increased. The low-level casual cultivators who had previously been affected by the high rents slowly returned to the new city.
After returning, the population of the entire Gongming City quickly exceeded 15,000 and was increasing rapidly. Gongming City became the holy land for cultivating immortals in Tianyun Prefecture.
After finishing the entire Gongming City expansion project, Lin Xiao felt physically and mentally exhausted and it was time to take a good rest. However, Zhang Mingtang sent reports one after another for Lin Xiao to deal with, which made Lin Xiao unable to rest.
"Master Zhang, haven't you been handling these chores all the time? Why were they sent to me?"
"Master, have you forgotten, I am retiring soon?"
Zhang Mingtang looked sad. According to the rules of Tiansheng Sect, monks from Zifu retired at the age of 180, but he was already over 170. In a few years, he became the first elder of Tiansheng Sect for more than a hundred years.
, the powerful man wants him to retire, but he is actually very reluctant.
"How old is Zhang Shouzuo this year?"
"Back to the head, it's one hundred and seventy-two years, and there are still eight years left."
"Where is your cultivation?"
"Sixth Floor of Purple Mansion"
Zhang Mingtang answered honestly. As the first elder, he was extremely busy and had no time to practice. Therefore, breaking through the Zi Mansion for more than a hundred years was only the sixth level cultivation of the Zi Mansion. If he had the twelfth level cultivation of the Zi Mansion,
I will also fight for the Dao Ji Dan.
"Where's the Baiqing Divine Flower Pill? How many more are there in the treasure house?"
"The sect has refined a total of fifty-four Baihua Shenqing Pills, and there should be sixteen more now."
"Then you go and redeem three of them. I am the leader of the franchise. You can buy them at a 20% discount. Then the first elder will work for another twenty-eight years until he is two hundred years old. But for these twenty-eight years, you have to give me,
Train a qualified successor to the first elder of the sect."
"Thank you, Master. It's just that, I'm afraid..."
"There is nothing to be afraid of. I have the final say on everything in the sect. The first elder is different from other elders. There is nothing to say. If you are not convinced, let him come to me."
"Yes, Master"
"This rule establishes the convention. From now on, the first elder will have the priority to exchange for a life-extending treasure. For how many years his life is extended, he will stay in office for two-thirds of the life."
"Yes, thank you sir"
"Go, take these things away, and don't try to trick me anymore."
Lin Xiao waved his hand and asked Zhang Mingtang, who was looking embarrassed, to leave. He had purposely used these sundries to block Lin Xiao. As he got older and retired, some of his instructions gradually became inoperable.
Many elders of the General Affairs Hall were ready to replace him.
Facing this undercurrent, Zhang Mingtang would not ignore it and wait for death. He knew very well who was the biggest center of power in the entire sect. No matter how many Daogang monks the sect produced, the real person in charge would always be Lin Xiao.
That's why Zhang Mingtang used this little trick to obtain the right to retain the position from Lin Xiao, and he could exchange it for life-extending treasures in an honest and fair manner.
After Zhang Mingtang left, Lin Xiao opened the system page and checked the loyalty of some people. As expected, the loyalty of some high-level officials was declining and wavering. They had not lost confidence in the sect at this time, but they were keen on fighting for power and profit.
Especially for several Dao Gang monks, when they joined Tiansheng Sect, Tiansheng Sect was already very strong. Although the resources increased, competition also became fierce, which cultivated their scheming character and various negative aspects.
He has many more emotions than the previous disciples, and is no longer so pure.
Lin Xiao happened to be traveling abroad when they were growing up, so they didn't have much belief in Lin Xiao, let alone any admiration for him.
And Lin Xiao came back and accomplished several major things. He conquered the Wei Kingdom, annexed the southern part of the Chen Kingdom, fought against Chunyang Palace in the north, expanded Gongming City, and commanded tens of thousands of monks and tens of millions of Xuanmen with a wave of his hand.
Crystals flow through the hands, which is an extremely beautiful thing for some people who are passionate about power.
When outsiders talk about the Tiansheng Sect, they only know that the leader Lin Xiao, the alchemist Li Muxue and others have never had the names of others, which makes some people even more obsessed with power.
"The forest is really big and there are all kinds of birds."
Lin Xiao shook his head. He was speechless for such short-sighted people. Maybe they only saw Lin Xiao's beauty. They never thought about the pressure of this position. If they were not careful, they would be in danger of catastrophe.
Lin Xiao had no intention of playing a power struggle with them. These people were still unable to challenge Lin Xiao within the sect, and Lin Xiao wanted to curb their development.
Soon, Lin Xiao went through a series of personnel decisions and transferred Bai Zichen and Yu Tianxiang back from Weiguo. He also transferred the two Daogang monks from the sect out. As for the Zifu monks, they were transferred out one after another.
Go to various places to guard and be responsible for some things that are not so important.
After such a move, insensitive people would naturally not be able to feel anything, but some sensitive people could feel Lin Xiao's skill. Lin Xiao showed enough strength to let those people see that the entire Tiansheng Sect is still Lin Xiao.
In terms of control, if you want to decentralize and seize power, you must first improve your cultivation level.
However, they will soon discover that it is absolutely impossible to surpass Lin Xiao in cultivation, because after two years of seclusion, Lin Xiao will be at the eleventh level of Daogang as soon as he comes out. The entire Daogang period lasts for Lin Xiao for an average of twelve years.
Lifting up one level left and right, only Li Muxue in the entire Tiansheng Sect can reach this speed.
The fastest among the other monks is Bai Xixi, because she is also a fourth-level alchemist and has enough pills to take. However, it will take Bai Xixi almost twenty years to reach the next level. The other monks can reach the first level very quickly in the past twenty years.
It is not impossible to reach the first level in thirty or forty years. It is foreseeable that their path will stop at Daogang, and there is no hope of breaking through to the spiritual light stage in this life.
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With the arrival of the new year, Lin Xiao did not retreat, so he went to attend the year-end meeting of the General Affairs Hall. The meeting was still chaired by Zhang Mingtang.
Now that the number of disciples in the sect has exceeded 10,000, the other sects have stopped their plans to send disciples with ordinary spiritual roots, and the focus has turned to improving the cultivation of the disciples and increasing the management and control of each spiritual mountain.
Since the Tiansheng Sect auctioned the Dao Ji Dan, the Baicheng business has become very smooth. Basically, there are no big forces deliberately obstructing it. This has made the sales of Qianling wine and Baiwu tea smooth again, which has improved the sect a lot.
Less profit.
Another major expenditure of the sect in the past few years has been on the defense of Gongming City. The defense of Gongming City has drawn on the defense systems of many large cities that cultivate immortality. It has a set of plans for both internal and external use. In recent years, it has been purchasing God-killing crossbows,
Crystal cannon, upgrade the equipment of the city guard disciples, etc.
Because of Tiansheng Sect's shortcomings in weapon refining, this expenditure is extremely difficult. In addition, Tiansheng Sect is still preparing to build warships and has already established a relationship with Wanzhoumen. However, the construction of warships is very expensive and it is difficult to equip them with weapons.
It is very troublesome to drive five to six million Xuanjing back from Central Continent. There are so many countries along the way. If you don't have enough strength, it can easily be robbed, and the cost is also very high.
However, battleships are necessary. When Song State supported Chen State, many people had seen the power of battleships. In the wilderness, except for a few high-level monsters and flying monsters, battleships had almost no opponents.
Those monsters that cannot fly are moving targets in front of the battleship. If there are enough Xuanjing, they can destroy as many as they come. The same is true for the battles between monks. The Zifu monks can fly for a short time. Those pulse-condensing beasts can fly
The monks who have opened their pulses have no ability to resist in front of the battleship.
And as the situation around Lu State worsens, not only Tianyun Prefecture is making this preparation, but other forces such as Chunyang Palace and Tiancang Sect are also tightening their belts and preparing to get some trump cards.
War is the best catalyst for weapons. Many weapons are updated in war. There were not many wars in the past. That was because the potential of the sites in various places was not developed. If you want to gain profits, just develop the sites and develop Lingshan.
It is relatively easy to obtain benefits, but as the spiritual veins improve, it will take more and more time and cost to improve again. On the contrary, the annexation war will gain more and more benefits, so the focus of the world of immortality will turn to annexation.
Both Chunyang Palace and Cang Kingdom did this.
And Tianyun Prefecture is undoubtedly the fat in their eyes. The dozen or so fourth-level spiritual mountains in Tianyun Prefecture alone can make them go to war. The reason why they haven't done anything yet is because the system's real-person mode is still intimidating. When they wait
A few more spiritual light monks will take action, so Tiansheng Sect naturally has to be prepared.
"Head"
"Master Zhang, is this the newcomer you are planning to support?"
"Yes, his name is Zhang Baosheng"
"Praise worthy people without avoiding relatives?"
"Yes, Baosheng is the grandson of one of my clan brothers. His qualifications are not very good, but he has been smart, flexible and cheerful since he was a child. I think he is qualified for the first position."
"How old are you? What is your cultivation level? What is your current position?"
"This is the 31st year. I am on the second floor of Ningmai. I am currently the first-level steward of the General Affairs Hall and a preparatory elder. I will become the elder of the General Affairs Hall in three years."
"To reach this level at the age of thirty-one, it seems that the management level is not low. Chief Zhang, I can give him a chance, but you can't do it too obviously. Find a few more people and let them compete in a healthy way according to the rules. Chief Elder
, it’s a matter of great importance and must be rigorous.”
"Yes, Master, I will find a few more successors, but they are all older."
"It's okay to be old, the important thing is to convince people, that's it."
Lin Xiao waved his hand, Zhang Mingtang was really brave, he promoted his juniors like this in an upright manner. Did the Zhang family want to monopolize the power of Tiansheng Sect?