Danqing Prefecture has four cities and thirty-two important towns, among which Danding City is the most prosperous.

Danding City is also known as the Dan Seaport, the place where the world's elixirs are exchanged, where countless alchemists and people seeking elixirs gather, and thousands of immortal boats rise and land every day.

It also echoes the Jianzhou Jianlu next door, providing the entire human race with the elixirs and magic weapons they need every day.

Today, Danding City is different from before. There is a bit of solemnity among the excitement.

The flying swords in the sky are like flowing water, and the Taoist soldiers on the ground are like trees.

A floating cloud-shaped fairy boat descended majestically above the city. The formations in the city showed no response. The city lord and a group of great monks below had been waiting for a long time.

On top of the fairy boat, a Taoist wearing a plain white Yuqing sect robe, with a broad nose, piercing eyes, and a serious appearance walked down the ladder.

The aura of the Return to Void Stage came, and the Lord of Danding City couldn't help but secretly groan in his heart.

In previous years, the most I could do was to repair the soil during the Nascent Soul stage, but this year I actually sent a True Lord to check the accounts.

This will inevitably lead to a bloody storm. I just hope that this true gentleman can be flexible and not cause everyone to face each other.

The city lord composed himself, went up to him with a smile on his face, bowed his hands and said, "Danding City welcomes the immortal envoy, and I have prepared a banquet to welcome the immortal envoy.

"I'm on official business, so it's not convenient for me to have a good time."

Yuan Sheng, the elder of the Yuqing Sect, shook his head with a cold face, looking unsatisfactory.

"But the banquet has been prepared, and it will be wasted if you don't eat it. How about the immortal envoy review the bill while eating."

"All I need to see when I come here is the bill and the spiritual stone."

"Can·....."

"Are you going to resist the decree?"

The two looked at each other, and their swords, guns, swords and halberds collided with each other.

As a feudal official, the Lord of Danding City is in charge of a "Dan City" and is also a powerful man.

My cultivation has reached the integration stage, and I can look forward to the Mahayana in the future.

If the city lord didn't have to give a good face to the Void Returning Stage before, who knew that Dao Zong was standing behind him?

The confrontation only lasted three seconds, and the Lord of Danding City softened his attitude again and said: "It's all up to the Immortal Envoy's arrangements. Please move to the palace."

Yuan Sheng nodded expressionlessly, then walked three steps at a time to the front, asking about the bill as he walked.

The sound gradually faded away, and the surrounding gradually began to become noisy. Countless people were whispering, some were guessing Yuan Sheng's intention, some were worried, and some were watching the show.

The Daozong Immortal Boat hangs in Danding City, like a sharp sword hanging in the Tianling Cap, as if it might fall at any time.

Atop the Flowing Cloud Immortal Boat, a man and two women were sitting in the upper room, glancing outside from the corner of their eyes from time to time.

They chatted and played cards leisurely.

Gu Wen, Chi Yuzi, and Jade Sword Buddha are a retired trio, while Lu Chan is a serious Tianzun who usually needs to take care of things, so it is impossible to travel around with them.

But this time they came with a mission.

Since the Jiang family was uprooted, it was naturally involved in many major corruption cases, which totaled tens of millions of spiritual stones. According to Zhenwu Palace's rough calculation, only 30% of the profits from selling pills every year were confiscated.

In other words, the Taoist sect gets 30%, and the sects below get 70%.

Because the amount involved in the case was too large, Li Yunshang was immediately alerted and Gu Wen was sent.

Chi Yuzi said: "These city lords are usually the sect leaders of the local sects, at least they are also supreme elders. Some people call them immortals who share the world with the sect. It was also the old guy from Huayang who did it. Originally, the position of city lord is not a powerful one.

Private property."

Gu Wen said: "I think it's quite good. If we don't do this, it will be difficult for Dao Sect to succeed. At least it won't be as prosperous as it is today."

"What's the difference between this and before? It's just a layer of skin. They don't dare to eat people blatantly."

Akabane pouted. From her simple point of view, she never thought that the sect was a good thing.

At least most of the sects cannot be regarded as serving the people, but the righteous way is more compassionate towards mortals.

Gu Wen said calmly: "Actually, there is a big difference. Evil cultivators say that the righteous path is hypocritical, but can they say that the righteous path kills more people than evil cultivators? You can't criticize everyone for being perfect. Desire is never-ending."

"Moreover, the people are not all good. There are also unruly people among the masses, just like there are evil cultivators among the monks. In the final analysis, we are all human beings. Who is nobler than the other?"

"Then why does Senior Qingcang insist on helping the people?"

"Because the common people are undoubtedly the good majority and the foundation of the human race."

Gu Wen answered in an almost determined tone, which made Chi Yuzi frown, somewhat confused about Gu Wen's position.

In the past, it was still the "Huayang sect", even the unruly people said so, and later it was said that the common people are the foundation.

She asked, "So whose side are you on?"

"I'm not taking any side, I'm just stating a fact." Gu Wen shook his head and said: "Practice is not passed down by blood. Monks are born in ordinary people's families. No matter how we cut off the mortal world, in the final analysis, we were all mortals."

"If there are no monks, mortals like the land of immortality will still exist. If there are no common people, then monks will cease to exist."

This statement made even the Jade Sword Buddha look askance at him.

This is unheard of, and it is not something that can be said in a social environment like the spiritual world.

Since ancient times, monks have been striving for immortality, and no one has ever looked down at mortals. Some people can realize the importance of the people, but never put them first.

Immortal Qingcang is one, and so is Gu Wen.

But the difference is that Qingcang Immortal has a majestic and upright spirit that is difficult to question, while Gu Wen is a kind of existence that is as invisible as a Taoist road.

He rarely expresses opinions, and every time he speaks out, it is an irrefutable fact.

Without the common people, monks would not exist, because no one can be born to be a cultivator.

This is the ultimate principle, and it is also the principle of Buddhism.

The Jade Sword Buddha stood up, bowed his hands to Gu Wen and said, "Young monk has received the teaching."

"Since you have been taught, then this will be used as tuition."

Gu Wen once again took away the mountains of spiritual stones from the Jade Sword Buddha. Although he rarely won at cards, he basically did not lose money.

Akabane scratched his head and asked a little bluntly: "So where are you standing?"

"I just look at my own preferences and just cultivate myself. I'm too tired in the ordinary world. Let's go to the city to find a Sanqing restaurant to eat."

Gu Wen picked up the somewhat worn Gu Qiankun bag, stood up and walked outside the house. Within three steps, the three of them were already in the busy city.

Sanqing restaurants are all over the world, but they are not all opened by people from the Sanqing Dynasty. The Taoist sect granted the miscellaneous students the preferential treatment of cultivating the soil, allowing them to open restaurants anywhere in the world without difficulty.

For example, restaurants, chefs, doctors, etc. are just minor paths for many monks, and they will not learn them unless they are forced to do so.

If you know how to cook, make wine, or treat diseases, it is better to learn one more method. There are many different methods and they can only be used as a means of making a living.

Danding City Sanqing Restaurant's famous dishes include braised ground beef with ground root and stir-fried golden elixir with red fruits.

Gu Wen ordered thirteen dishes at once, spending 300 high-grade spiritual stones and leaving 1,800 spiritual stones.

After the meal, Gu Wen slowly exhaled a breath of hot air and commented: "It's not as good as the Nine Turns Golden Elixir stewed pig's trotters. It's really more expensive."

Nine-turn golden elixir stewed pig's trotters costs 300 high-grade spiritual stones, and the food on this table only costs 300 high-grade spiritual stones.

The Jade Sword Buddha suddenly raised his head and looked in a certain direction, stared for a while, then stood up and said, "Thank you, donor, the young monk has to deal with some evil spirits."

After saying that, the little nun had disappeared where she was.

Chi Yuzi and Gu Wen ignored it. After having enough wine and food, they went to Qianfeng Tower to listen to music and watch a show.

Their daily routine consists of having a big meal at the Sanqing Hotel and listening to ditties.

On the other side, after entering the City Lord's Mansion, Yuan Sheng noticed that the magnificent decoration was not up to standard, so he couldn't help but ask: "This City Lord's Mansion doesn't seem to be up to standard?"

The city lord seemed to have expected it, saying: "This city is rich due to the alchemy trade, and it has also received many gifts from people.

Naturally, it looks more impressive."

Whether giving as a gift is illegal or not is not clearly stipulated by Taoism.

In governing the world, Daozong paid more attention to evil practices and had clear provisions on the criminalization of murder, but the economic aspect was very rough.

Yuan Sheng thought about it but couldn't find the reason, so he had no choice but to turn a blind eye and followed the other party through the curtains one after another with Zhuyu Baoguang, and came to a side hall where incense was lit.

A long table is filled with various account books, stacked more than one meter high.

Yuan Sheng came to the table and asked, "Why not record it on jade slips?"

In terms of information recording, if paper, stone tablets, and bamboo slips are copper coins, then jade slips are gold. He came to collect the gold, but the other party actually settled with copper coins of the same value. Isn't this a clear sign of embarrassment?

The city lord replied with a smile: "The collection of jade slips seems to have been modified. If the immortal envoy finds it troublesome, I can find someone to do it for me."

"No need."

Yuan Sheng sat down, and he sat there all day and night, carefully checking the account books and recording all the false and bad accounts.

What is false cannot be true, and what is true cannot be false.

Everything will eventually turn into a spiritual stone. No matter how beautiful the book looks, there will be a problem as long as the spiritual stone does not match.

The Lord of Danding City tried many hints to no avail. He suddenly reached out and patted down the account book in Yuan Sheng's hand, and said coldly: "Immortal envoy, please keep a line in your life so that we can meet each other in the future. Everyone is well aware of the situation. There is no need to make such a fuss.

stiff."
To be continued...