Chapter 52: The Son of God Jun Hao! Wants to treat Li Ci to dinner
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The main hall of Wuji Shrine.
Goddess Xinglan’s generosity scared the crowd into silence.
Due to the tight economic conditions, life is difficult for all branches of the shrine. Everyone's life is so tight that even a single spiritual stone would like to be broken into two flowers.
The result of this accumulation over time is that every channel in Wuji Shrine has an invisible air of being a shabby little family.
Even the second half-step Immortal Emperor of the Shrine, Taoist Master Tianshu, his eyes that had been slightly closed since he sat down, as if he were drowsy, suddenly opened their eyes.
Invest tens of thousands of Chaos Spiritual Stones in one go to acquire minerals?
How many years?
How many years has it been since the Shrine has been so generous?
"I object!"
As a result, before Elder Yigeng could put away the spirit stone tickets, a handsome and elegant man in white clothes stood up with a frown.
He was seated very close to the front, and the white clothes on his body were spotless, which made his already outstanding temperament even more extraordinary, shining as brightly as the bright moon, even among a group of Taoist masters whose demeanor and majesty were outstanding.
It can be regarded as standing out from the crowd.
It can also be seen from the eyes of the surrounding Taoist masters looking at him that his status among the elders of the shrine is not low.
There was obvious disapproval in his tone: "Xinglan, you either got this money by mortgaging your ninth-grade spiritual veins, or you borrowed the money from the food sold in advance by the Divine Treasure Palace."
"You actually exchanged most of your money for various minerals and hoarded it!"
"As we all know, mineral collection, smelting, forging, and sales all have a long cycle! If one of them fails, the tens of thousands of Chaos Spiritual Stones will be unable to circulate... By then, my palace will have to sell off its core assets.
To deal with creditors!”
This elder with extraordinary appearance and good looks is named [Star Sword King].
What he practices is the kendo tradition that Wuji Immortal Emperor evolved from his own sword intention - [Star Dao Code].
This Star Sword King is less than 30,000 years old and is in the middle stage of Hunyuan Realm. Moreover, because he is a sword cultivator, his fighting power is extraordinary. Even if he encounters an ordinary late Hunyuan Realm, he can fight in a fight.
undoubtedly.
This Star Sword Emperor is one of the only Taoist masters present who was born among the five quasi-god sons.
It’s just that he has not obtained the inheritance of the Immortal Emperor. After cultivating to the Hunyuan realm, he will retire from the position of quasi-god son and become a core elder of the shrine!
Because the potential of the core elders far exceeds that of ordinary Hunyuan realm elders, and they often have the ability to reach the late stages of the Hunyuan realm, or even reach its peak. Therefore, they enjoy a very high support quota, and their status is far beyond that of ordinary elders.
The Star Sword Emperor's words were very organized and his analysis was spot on, and the hidden dangers he raised at the end actually existed.
As soon as he said this, he immediately aroused the agreement of some elders.
They all talked about it, and they all felt that the operation of Goddess Xinglan was too hasty, and if one mistake was made, the Wuji Palace would be in trouble.
Since the previous events have become an established fact, then this sum of tens of thousands of Chaos Spiritual Stones must be carefully considered and figured out how to use it wisely.
"It turns out to be Elder Xingchen." Seeing this, Goddess Xinglan remained calm and even smiled at Elder Xingchen, "From your tone, it sounds like you know how to make money? Come on, come on, bring out some of the past.
Come on, let me, the contemporary palace master, learn from you."
The Star Sword Emperor's expression froze slightly, feeling a little embarrassed when he was stabbed by her soft knife.
He was silent for a moment, and finally shook his head: "I am a member of the Star Sword Emperor lineage, and I have always majored in combat~~ And I am even more obsessed with Emperor Zun's Star Sword Way, and I don't know how to do business, but you, Xinglan..."
"Shut up if you don't understand!"
Goddess Xinglan's smile faded, and her tone instantly became extremely cold.
"I have the final say on what to do with the money that this palace master brought back with his own ability. If you don't accept it, go get 10,000 Chaos Spiritual Stones and bring it back. I promise you won't let a fart out if you do whatever you want.
"
Xingchen Sword Emperor's face turned black with anger. He waved his sleeves and said angrily: "Xinglan, you are also a quasi-goddess after all, and you are the face of the palace to the outside world! Can you pay attention to your image when you speak? I think back then, I was the Sword Emperor.
When he was a quasi-god son, he was a contemporary of Sword Crown and the idol of countless young heroes!"
"That's right. I heard that when you were young, Star Sword Emperor, your star sword power was unparalleled in the fairy world, and you even ranked second in the Shenying Ranking." Goddess Xinglan said, "In addition to your extraordinary combat power, you are even more legendary in the legend.
You are so charming and suave that you will make several contemporary quasi-goddess jealous of you~~~"
Talking about his romantic affairs and glorious deeds when he was young, the Star Sword Emperor became less angry.
He was secretly a little proud of himself, but his face was still calm and calm, and he waved his hand freely: "It's okay if a good man doesn't mention his bravery in the past."
"How can we not mention such great achievements?" Goddess Xinglan's eyes were bright, as if she had thought of some fantastic ideas, "I heard that [Elder Li Yun] of Taishang Shrine, [Elder] Jun of Ziwei Shrine
Elder Yan] and [Elder Huanmeng] of Haotian Temple still seem to have unresolved feelings for you."
"What... do you want to do?" Star Sword Emperor's heart skipped a beat, and a bad premonition suddenly arose.
"Those elders are not like you, who only know how to practice and fight. They are the mainstays of their respective forces and the powerful elders responsible for specific affairs." Goddess Xinglan was slightly excited. The more she thought about it, the more she felt that her idea was quite brilliant.
"Well, Elder Xingchen, if you have nothing to do, just go and visit them one by one. While keeping in touch with each other, you can also ask them to borrow some money."
"Borrow money?"
Xingchen Sword Emperor panicked and quickly refused: "No, no, no, I, Xingchen, have never borrowed money in my life, and I will never borrow money."
For a man who prides himself on being an incomparable person, asking him to look down on his ex-girlfriends to borrow money is simply going to cost him his life.
Star Sword Emperor started to feel uncomfortable just thinking about that scene, as if he was being fried in a pan, and his whole body was numb.
"Asshole!"
Goddess Xinglan slapped the chair, her voice filled with awe-inspiring anger: "My master can be shameless enough to borrow money to support his family, and I can be shameless enough to borrow money to save the palace! Why can't you, Xingchen, go out to borrow money?
Are you the only one with a big face? Are you the only one with self-esteem?"
"Did you know? Among the one hundred and fifty-one Chaos Spirit Stones in our shrine's personnel expenses every year, there are two Chaos Spirit Stones for you to practice and sprint to the realm!?"
"Ask Elder Yigeng, he is frugal and only consumes 20 immortal spirit stones in a year!"
"It's okay if you don't go. Our temple is financially strapped right now. We can't afford to support a useless core elder like you. From today on, you will be an ordinary middle-stage Hunyuan Realm elder."
"According to the current rules, your annual support standard will be reduced to 40 immortal spirit stones!"
Goddess Xinglan caught the Star Sword Emperor, and unleashed a continuous barrage of attacks that made the Star Sword Emperor turn green and white, and the peerless Sword Emperor's demeanor and magnanimity were knocked down.
"How can the resource support of 40 Immortal Spirit Stones per year be enough?" Star Sword King looked a little embarrassed, "I am already in the middle stage of Hunyuan Realm, and these resources can only sustain my consumption."
He used to enjoy a resource ration worth two Chaos Spiritual Stones every year. Although it was still not as good as his peers from other forces, it was enough for him to steadily advance towards the late Hunyuan stage.
But now, doesn’t Goddess Xinglan want to ruin his future?
"If it's not enough, just think of a way. From today on, our palace will not support idlers." Goddess Xinglan refused harshly, and then glanced at him again, her tone was somewhat meaningful, "Senior Xingchen, sometimes you let go of your inner reserve.
Once you let it go, maybe your world will suddenly become clearer."
"Xinglan, you have changed!" Xingchen Sword Emperor said quietly.
He remembered that when Xinglan was a child, he was quite cute and cute. He always liked to chase after him. Senior Xingchen was taller than Senior Xingchen, and he especially admired him, the quasi-god son of the previous generation!
But now, for a few stinky money, she actually forced him to sell the most precious memories of his youth, and even sold them to three houses at once!
"Are you going or not?" Goddess Xinglan glared at him.
"go!"
The Star Sword Emperor quickly gave up resistance.
Does he dare not to go?
If you don't go, the support will be greatly reduced.
As the Sword King, he has always only been able to fight and show off, and he doesn't know any sub-professions. Even if he wanted to rely on sub-professional skills to subsidize training resources like other Tao masters, he was not that capable.
In the main hall of the shrine, silence fell once again.
The elders all feel that Goddess Xinglan has changed and become more powerful.
Although some people were still dissatisfied with some of her strategies, they did not dare to speak out in person anymore. After all, among the elders present, there were only a few who were better at cards than the Star Sword King.
Seeing this, Goddess Xinglan knew that her initial prestige was almost established, so she calmed down a little and started to serve sweet dates.
"Everyone here is Xinglan's elders, and Xinglan will be in charge of the palace this time, only for a short period of a hundred years." She spoke sincerely and looked sincere, "Why don't we all put aside our distracting thoughts and cooperate well within these hundred years.
Me once."
"If we lose, then I, Xinglan, will bear all the blame. But what if we win? From now on, the shrine will get out of trouble and prosper. Only in this way can we regain the lost ground of the shrine and restore the glory of our ancestors.
Foundation."
yes.
But in just a hundred years, we can see the outcome, so why bother holding Xinglan back at this time?
The minds of many elders gradually changed.
As Xinglan said, what if we win?
"I will put all the remaining thousands of Chaos Spiritual Stones into the treasury of the Shrine." Sensing the change in everyone's mentality, Goddess Xinglan immediately struck while the iron was hot and announced in a sonorous and powerful voice, "From today on, everyone in the Shrine will be in the same position as before.
A merit system will be implemented on the basis of support."
"Whoever wants more resources to practice, or wants to cultivate loving disciples and grandchildren, just give them merit in exchange!"
These words once again stirred up waves with one stone.
Many elders immediately became energetic and began to discuss the merit system eagerly.
Everyone is no stranger to the merit system. Among many forces and the military, there are many merit systems.
But before, the shrine was too poor, and everyone had to live with the corresponding minimum guarantee based on their status, position, and sequence. In fact, it was very difficult for the shrine to maintain even this minimum guarantee.
But the core of the merit system is rewards and punishments. Without enough rewards as a temptation, who would be willing to earn merit?
If the temple's financial resources are so stretched, how can it implement the merit system?
A few days later.
The meeting finally ended.
While most of the elders have received different tasks, they are busy working with a little excitement.
Two Taoist elders were detained by the goddess Xinglan.
"Elder Qingmu and Elder Xuanhe." Goddess Xinglan politely invited them to drink tea, "Both of them are top masters of the Nongsang clan. They are in charge of all Nongsang matters in our palace. You have worked hard these years.
"
The two elders hurriedly responded: "Your Highness the Goddess, you are so complimentary. We are just doing our duty."
Unlike the core elders who were born as quasi-gods like the Star Sword Emperor, the two of them are ordinary elders. They were nearly 30,000 years old when they reached the Hunyuan realm. Their potential was basically exhausted. There is a high probability that they will stay in the Hunyuan realm for the rest of their lives.
Early stage.
Elders like them are also the most numerous among the elders, and they also have the lowest status among the elders.
Therefore, their attitude towards the Xinglan Goddess is much more polite than that of the Xingchen Sword Emperor.
Goddess Xinglan drank half a cup of tea with them and complimented them for a while with free words. Finally, she finally took out some grains sealed in jade jars.
"I have some third-grade and fourth-grade grain seeds here. Can you please two elders try planting them to see how the yield and quality are?"
With the strength of a strong person in the Hunyuan Realm, planting third-grade and fourth-grade grain seeds is completely overkill, and naturally there is no difficulty.
The two elders were puzzled, but they didn't ask any more questions. Instead, they bowed respectfully and said, "I obey His Highness's orders."
After sending the two elders away, Goddess Xinglan also felt a slight uproar in her heart.
Although she has never grown these grains, she has already learned about them from Mr. Shouzhe.
And they are the key to her daring to make this huge gamble this time!
She believed in Mr. Shouzhe and firmly believed that the destiny of the shrine was about to be changed.
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after a while.
The northern heavens of the fairy world.
The entire fairyland is divided according to regions, and is divided into thirty-three days.
The so-called "sky" refers to a large area of void sea within a certain range.
The scope of the Void Sea contained in this "region" is often very large. The entire territory governed by the Immortal League at that time was roughly slightly larger than the scope of a "sky".
In the thirty-three days of the immortal world, each "heaven" has its own name, such as "Wandao Xuantian" where Wuji Palace is located, "Qinghuangtian" where Qinghuang Palace is located, etc.
For most forces, their sphere of influence is limited to a certain sky. For example, Wuji Shrine occupies most of the territory of Ten Thousand Islands Xuantian. However, there are also some behemoths who live at the top of the pyramid. The forces they govern
The scope even covers several days.
[Haotian Temple] is one of them.
As the third top power in the fairy world, the Haotian Temple has its foundation in the northern heavens. It actually controls three heavens, and the scope of its influence is much larger than this.
The core area of its power, that is, the headquarters of the Haotian Temple, is located in "Tai Haotian".
Its core main city is called [Haotian City].
now.
Haotian City.
As the core and most important main city under the jurisdiction of the Haotian Temple, Haotian City is huge, and its territory even spans several worlds.
At the same time, it is also the most prosperous city under the jurisdiction of Haotian Temple. Countless ferries come and go at the port every day, and massive resources gather from all directions.
Haotian City Western Region.
A mighty giant Milky Way flows across the west of the city, like a huge jade belt, shining brightly in the dark and deep void.
On the bank of the Tianhe River, there is a huge teleportation array.
This is an improved giant teleportation array. While retaining the style and characteristics of the fairy world teleportation array, it also incorporates many "hyperspace corridor" technologies learned from the demons. This gives it the same characteristics as the "hyperspace corridor"
"Similar functions can achieve ultra-long distance space travel through the dark virtual world.
now.
The giant formation has been activated.
In the dazzling light of the formation, a huge space channel slowly formed in the void, in which the dark space energy was constantly distorted, exuding terrifying power.
Immediately afterwards.
A giant ferry, comparable in size to a giant galaxy beast, shuttled through the twisted space passage.
This ferry boat has a thick and solid appearance, giving people a particularly solid and steady feeling.
The twisted dark energy was wrapped around it, but it could not affect it at all, and it could not even shake the defensive formation.
Soon, the giant ferry shuttled through the space passage.
After it completely left the twisted space, the giant teleportation array quickly closed, and the space channel also entered the closed state again.
A space teleportation that consumed huge amounts of energy has come to an end.
At this moment.
Several small void ferries came forward and began to conduct various inspections on the giant ferry to prevent enemies or prohibited items from getting in.
This giant ferry is a special ferry that travels through the endless abyss. On weekdays, it only travels back and forth between the two ends of the giant teleportation array.
All flying boats, holy boats, Tao boats, etc. that need to go back and forth through the teleportation array need to purchase tickets to enter the giant ferry before they can go back and forth through the giant teleportation array.
Of course, not only private airships and cargo airships can be boarded in the giant ferry, but individuals, flying chariots, mounts, etc. can also be boarded. You also only need to buy a ticket to enter.
It's just that the space inside the ferry is limited. Once it's full, you have to wait for the next batch.
And with the huge size of this giant ferry, even a Dao boat can accommodate many boats, and the carrying capacity each time is extremely large.
After a short while, the inspection was completed, the hatches on the front and rear sides of the giant ferry were opened, and empty boats of various sizes flew out one after another, heading towards their respective destinations.
A beautiful-looking blue Taoist boat flew out among these empty boats, and soon merged into the Tianhe River in the direction of the rushing energy.
Half an hour later, the green Dao boat docked at the airport of the Western Region Market in Haotian City.
Soon, the hatch of the blue boat opened, and two young and beautiful women got out of the boat.
One of these two women has a beautiful appearance and the other has a delicate temperament. They both have outstanding temperament and extraordinary style, but their spirit is restrained and their charm is deep. At first glance, they look like they have a lot of background.
That's right.
These two young women are Qingli, the contemporary quasi-goddess of Wuyue Temple, and her good sister Wang Lizi.
"Sister Li Ci, this [Haotian Mineral Market] is one of the three most famous mineral markets in the fairy world."
Goddess Qingli was obviously very familiar with this place. She took Wang Lizi on the chariot and took her around the big market. While shopping, she introduced the details of this big market to her.
"Because it is backed by the Haotian Temple, this market has a high reputation. The business has been growing over the years, and many forces are willing to bring minerals here to sell."
"But there is nothing interesting in the mineral market. After I deliver the large shipload of spiritual minerals that I escorted over, I will take you to the main city of Haotian City for a stroll. It is really bustling and lively there, and there are all kinds of new and interesting things.
By the way, I can also take you to try various delicacies.”
The main purpose of this trip to Haotian City and the Qingli Goddess was to escort some minerals to be sold at the Haotian Mineral Market, and to purchase a large amount of grain and finished weapons and equipment back.
Being in a state of war for a long time, Wuyue Temple consumes a huge amount of food, elixirs, magic weapons and spiritual treasures every year. The temple's own production capacity of alchemy and weapon refining cannot keep up, so it can only purchase them from outside.
Fortunately, there are many kinds of minerals within the Wuyue Temple. After mining the spiritual minerals for preliminary processing and smelting, you can exchange for a lot of military supplies.
In addition to this main purpose, the secondary purpose is naturally to bring Wang Lizi to the Haotian Temple to prepare for the [Shenying Temple] dungeon, achieve good results, and become famous.
The previous Qingli Goddess was not ranked high, but this time, her goal is to be in the top three of the Shenying List!
"Actually, there are a lot of delicious things in this mineral market."
In the flying chariot, Wang Lizi was lying on the porthole, looking at the giant space box filled with various spiritual minerals in the trading area below. His eyes could not help but shine, and the greed in his body was ready to move.
She could feel that there should be a lot of delicious food hidden in those space boxes.
"I almost forgot." Goddess Qingli slapped her forehead and couldn't help laughing, "Sister Li Ci, you have a natural sense of the good things in the raw minerals. This time, we two sisters must wash out the mineral market with blood.
, teach those profiteers a good lesson."
However, follow-up matters will have to wait until the official business is completed.
Soon, they arrived at the largest ore trading house in the market.
This is Haotian Temple's self-operated trading firm, with fair prices and strong strength. It is also the long-term partner of Wuyue Temple.
"Oh~ This time, the goddess Qingli came to escort the minerals in person?"
As soon as the two girls entered, an elegant Taoist Master in Qingpao greeted Qingli Goddess and the others warmly and familiarly: "Come on, come on, let's sit down and drink tea first."
"Elder Qingyu."
Goddess Qingli handed over a list in a businesslike manner, and her tone suddenly became calm and capable: "Please take a look at this list of minerals first, and then quote a real price. If the price is right, I will have the cargo ship deliver it directly.
Go to your warehouse."
"It's easy to talk, our Haotian Minerals Trading Company's prices have always been the most fair." Elder Qingyu looked like he was trying to make money. He took the mineral list and was about to order someone to calculate the amount.
"etc!"
Suddenly, an old man's voice sounded.
Everyone in the trading house looked around and saw an old man in a green shirt walking through the door of the trading house with several big and powerful disciples.
Judging from the Taoist charm flowing around him and his extraordinary aura, it is obvious that he is also a Hunyuan realm Taoist master.
He walked up to the Qingli Goddess with brisk steps, held his hand towards her, and said politely: "Your Highness Qingli, could you also give me a list of minerals?"
Elder Qingyu's face turned dark when he saw this, and he couldn't help but angrily reprimanded: "Yi Geng, when doing business, you have to pay attention to first come, first served, right? Besides, Wuyue Temple has always been our cooperation partner, what does it mean if you suddenly come over and interfere with us?"
"Hey, what Elder Qingyu said makes sense." Elder Yigeng glanced at him, unmoved at all, his face still calm and composed, "However, there is another point in doing business, that is, the one with the highest price wins.
"
"Your Highness Qingli, our Wuji Palace is willing to pay a higher price to acquire your shipload of minerals."
This person is none other than Elder Yigeng who was sent out by the Goddess Xinglan to purchase the ore.
Recently, he has a lot of money in his hands and is sweeping the mineral market. He is invincible and feels a wealth of wealth that he has never felt before.
Because of this, he even speaks much tougher than before.
Elder Qingyu was very angry.
Although he is also authorized by the temple, the purchase price can fluctuate within a certain price range when purchasing minerals, but the authorized price range is far less than that of Elder Yi Geng.
Because of this, he has repeatedly suffered losses from Elder Yi Geng in the last few biddings, so much so that he now has a bad look when he sees Elder Yi Geng.
Fortunately, he has already informed Shangfeng.
Seeing that this Chuanling Mine is about to be sold to Elder Yigeng at a high price again.
A gentle and jade-like voice suddenly sounded: "Girl Qingli, isn't it rumored that you are in retreat? How come you have time to do the escort mission?"
Everyone looked at it together.
I saw a young man in white clothes and carrying a long sword walking in from the door.
He looks handsome, has a graceful demeanor, and has a great bearing. Although he looks like a swordsman, his aura is not sharp and cold at all, but has a gentle and jade-like demeanor like a senior master.
"I have met the Lord Jun Hao."
Elder Qingyu's face lit up when he saw the visitor, and his whole body straightened up a bit, as if he had a backbone.
Elder Yigeng's expression changed slightly, and he secretly thought something was wrong.
It is rumored that Jun Hao, the quasi-goddess of the Haotian Temple, has a very good relationship with the quasi-goddess Qingli of the Wuyue Temple. Now that he is here, this ship of spiritual mines is probably destined to miss him.
"Brother Jun Hao." Goddess Qingli suddenly showed a happy smile when she saw the person coming, "I'm bringing girl Li Ci here to play this time."
"Huh? You brought your friends here?"
Jun Hao Shenzi took a serious look at Wang Lici and felt that this girl had a pure and lovely temperament and a charming and quiet appearance, which appealed to him very much. She was very different from Qingli's previous friends.
Looking at this close look, it seems that the relationship is really good~
He immediately smiled heartily: "In that case, after this busy period is over, I will invite you to have dinner at [Haotian Pavilion]."
take me Out to eat?
Wang Lizi's eyes lit up.
She felt that she had not heard this sentence for a long, long time. At this moment, her throat could not help but roll slightly, and her appetite increased greatly.