During the war with Tianyin Temple, Jiang Feng obtained a lot of spiritual stones, talismans, elixirs and magical weapons from many opponents, especially Chen Fuliang and Song Zixun. There was nothing rare about the first three.
items, and the latter, because both of them are disciples of Yuanying Qin Jiuzhen, also have many fine products in their hands. Jiang Feng took the opportunity to go to Li Zong Zhenwu City to appraise one or two items, and selected from them, and finally got two items that were quite practical for him.
Magical weapon.
One of them comes from Chen Fuliang:
[Qingying Fuyi Cufflinks], a third-level high-grade magic weapon with attribute 1 [Qingying]. When activated, the body will be extremely light, which is more conducive to dodging melee attacks. The effect is equivalent to the blessing of a third-level light body charm, but it can be reduced at the same time.
The damage received from earth and fire spells is 30%, and can be activated at most once every six hours; attribute two [Fuyi], if there is a third-level or lower shield on the body, there is a one-third chance of re-condensing the same type when it is destroyed.
The shield can last at most half an hour, or can be destroyed by being hit by any attack at most three times; attribute three [treasure], the cufflinks themselves have a storage function, and can store up to three items no larger than one square, and take them out.
It does not consume any spiritual power. If it is an offensive magic weapon, its sharpness will be increased by 20% in the short term, but it will not be added repeatedly. Attribute four [fitness] can perfectly fit any robe and slightly enhance the effect of the robe.
For those that restore spiritual power, protection is more effective.
The second one was obtained from Song Zixun, but it was not the time when he was captured by him, but because of his own behavior, and was later given to him:
[Ghost-killing Flowing Flying Knife], a fourth-level low-grade magic weapon with attribute 1 [Ghost-killing]. It has special restraint on ghosts and evil objects. The projection can break all the protection of the ghost and directly capture the mind, making it unable to do anything for a short time.
Movement; attribute two [Flowing Sword], any target hit by the projection will have a probability of failure in the next five castings of talismans, except for healing talismans. Even if the talisman is successfully cast, an additional three times of spiritual power will be consumed.
; Attribute 3 [Shadow Escape], the flying knife will not show any external light. It can hide itself in dark places until it hits the target, and can hide in the target's body for half an hour. The flying knife is difficult to be corroded.
Spells or dissolving instruments are damaged; Attribute 4 [Rotation], within half an hour after hitting the target, the flying knife can rotate with the caster's thoughts. The rotation will cause secondary damage, and can destroy three layers of three layers from the inside.
A shield of grade 1 or below; Attribute 5 [Appearance], the flying knife can be hidden in a magic weapon that has not been bred by the weapon spirit, but the size cannot be less than twice the size of the flying knife.
This is also the first fourth-level magic weapon in Jiang Feng's hands. Its effect is comparable to that of a magic weapon. Judging from the situation at the time, this magic weapon is also the best quality one among all Jian Xing's possessions. Recalling what Jian Xing said at that time, let's talk about this
The weapon is suitable for me. It must be because my fighting skills are really mediocre and I don't have any impressive skills, so I picked this magical weapon suitable for assassination.
Although this guy Jian Xing doesn't have the ability to appraise treasures, he still has a sharp eye. Jiang Feng chuckled in his heart and put away the other three second-level high-grade magic weapons. These three were selected as gifts for his apprentices. Although
I don't have time to teach, but preparing some magic weapons can be regarded as fulfilling the responsibility of the master.
Most of the remaining magic weapons have been sold by Jiang Feng, but he also did not choose to sell them within the sect. The reason why he chose to go far away was because he wanted to sell more spiritual stones.
With the proceeds from this war, Jiang Feng paid off all foreign debts except for Xiao Mingzhen's arrears, as well as various payments that should have been paid out of his own pocket recently. In the end, he was left with 435 third-level coins. This was because Song Zixun did not have any
The reason for the spiritual stone must have been determined by the person who struck first. Although this number seems to be a lot, it is only enough for seven trips to and from the Whale Sea Islands.
As for the sect's treasury, Jiang Feng has made up his mind that unless it involves a war, he will no longer pay for it out of his own pocket. The sect should get back on track in a timely manner. This is what he has been longing for. If he relies on himself as the leader to finance every time,
, then when will it rise?
What's more, in addition to commercial taxes as a major input, the sect now has two major sources of income: one is the contract with the Lingcong Chamber of Commerce, which is worth forty third-level coins per year. Although the profit is less than half, the links involved
Quite a few, which can further promote the development of various undertakings of the sect; the second is the excavation of spiritual veins. This kind of destructive action can bring 320 third-level advancements every year. This alone is enough to cover the entire sect.
Gate all current expenses.
Of course, the sect's expenditures are also growing rapidly. In order to prevent talents from flowing into other sects in the alliance, Jiang Feng once again increased the monthly salary of each position after the war. Among them, the monthly salary of the elders, guards of various counties, and abbot of Kuji Temple has already increased
Upgraded to the second level of nine coins, deacons under the elders, deacons of the seven divisions, and Funing envoys have five second-level posts. Lower positions, such as deacons of other courtyards, guard assistants, and inspections, etc.
There are two second-level coins, ten inner sect disciples, fifty first-level coins, twenty-two outer sect disciples, twenty-five first-level coins, ordinary people without positions, seventy-six registered monks in the outer sect who have not entered the inner sect, and five
There are 962 ordinary servants in the Seven Divisions, two first-class servants, and so on. The only monthly salary is counted in the sect, which reaches an astonishing twenty-four third-class servants every year.
If Jiang Feng, as the leader, follows the previous agreement and his monthly salary is the sum of all the elders, then this expenditure will continue to increase. Therefore, in order to reduce the sect's expenditure, Jiang Feng can only continue not to receive salary.
Spending more money is also a good thing, it is better than not having a monk to receive a salary. To change his mind, Jiang Feng was in a much better mood. Moreover, during the war, a group of subordinates also presented him with several second-level mid-grade or above artifacts, including the last
Wu Tiande was forced by Jiang Feng to sell the Renshou City array disk to the sect for half of the spirit stones and half of the tribute, which gave himself and the sect a lot of advantages. Now, when the sect's expenses become more abundant in the second half of the year, this
The array will be relocated to Luochuan, which has more than tripled in size, and will become a protective presence here.
As for the artifacts for visiting the old immortal Bai Yao, Jiang Feng had thought about it before. After thinking about it for a moment, Jiang Feng decided not to change his original intention and took the "Soul-fixing Clam Bead with Chi-pattern" with him.
This object has the effect of stabilizing the soul. Although it is only a third-level low-grade magic weapon, recalling the previous gathering at Little Batu Mountain, the Baiyao Old Immortal who has been trapped in the Xuan level for a long time wanted to cultivate multiple clones in order to improve his self-protection ability. No matter how he
Doing so will inevitably lead to instability of the soul, and this object will most likely attract his attention. As for the other fourth-level magic weapon that Baoyuan gave to him, which is comparable to a magic weapon [Yangxu Soul-nurturing Treasure Box], he is absolutely
Don't dare to take it out, otherwise, once this wonderful artifact is claimed by Bai Yao Lao Xian, his plan to feed the ancient treasure Eternity Tower will be impossible to realize.
In this "Yangxu Soul-nurturing Treasure Box", Jiang Feng has placed a third-level mid-level magic weapon with little function. Although there will be no third-level monsters for a short period of time, if he is lucky, he might be able to use it in half a year.
If the weapon spirit can be born, the left and right are used for feeding. Whether the weapon spirit is suitable for use or not, there is no difference.
After gathering all the utensils, Jiang Feng picked up a "letter from home" on his desk. It was said to be a letter from home, but in fact it was sent by someone from Su Liqing, but it was not delivered in the form of an official document. This made Jiang Feng wonder.
The news that his wife, Su Jin, is promising on the road has reached his ears. The matter has been fermenting for less than two months. Although Su Jin's cultivation has shown signs of loosening, it will not be seen, unless he is still around Su Jin.
There are spies planted by Su Liqing.
For this reason, Jiang Feng specially sent Zheng Yiyu and Hua Baiqian to conduct a secret investigation. The scope even covered the servants around Su Jin's eldest sister Su Qiong, but in the end no clues were found. While thinking that he was overthinking, Jiang Feng turned to
And he doubted the purpose of Su Liqing's move.
He cannot have no purpose.
This is almost certain, but the other party doesn't care about his suspicions and knows that he will definitely be suspicious, but he still does it. Is it a sign of goodwill, or is he paralyzed, or is there a deeper conspiracy? After the battle with Tianyin Temple
, under the initiative of Zheng Jiasheng, the head of the Biyun Sect, the Qianshan Sect has removed the shackles of the past and obtained the same voting rights as other members. Speaking of which, Jiang Feng did not understand why Zheng Jiasheng would help him, and this was not the first time.
, after thanking the other party, Jiang Feng did not get any useful clues, so he could only keep this suspicion in his heart and wait for the opportunity to unearth it.
There is no love without reason, this is what Jiang Feng has realized a long time ago.
The content of the letter is very simple. The first half is a greeting to Su Jin and himself, expressing his good wishes to have a grandson as soon as possible. Along with the letter, he also sent a lot of blood-regulating elixirs. Jiang Feng and Li Ming have read about the elixirs.
The level was not high, but it was very practical. It was a common item among wealthy mortals and low-level monks. As for the ones given to him, Jiang Feng gave them to Li Mingdu without even looking at them.
Huh, do I still need this?
The second half of the letter mentioned another matter. Chixiamen recently wanted to join the Jincheng League and had expressed this intention to Su Liqing. Su Liqing asked him what his position was on this matter.
Of course I objected. The Chixia Sect has repeatedly caused mischief behind the Qianshan Sect. It seems that although the losses are not big, their intentions are to be punished. The matter of joining the alliance is different from the matters agreed in other covenants. Every sect must do it.
All must agree. The question is, Su Liqing's attitude was not stated in the letter.
Should he be the one who stands out, or should he agree with his opinions? Putting down the letter, Jiang Feng thought about it for a long time, but did not get a suitable answer.
"Call Gu Yansi."
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Chixiamen, Huiyao City.
As soon as the preaching ceremony in which elder Huang Yanjie was promoted to the prefectural level, the leader Zeng Baoxian summoned the rookie, along with Zeng Baojun and Dugu, into the secret room of the leader's inner palace.
"What is the attitude of the Qing Yu Sect?"
Zeng Baoxian looked at Dugu. The matter of joining the Jincheng League was decided by himself, but Dugu was responsible for communication. On this issue, the foreign affairs elder Liu Bozhao was only responsible for communication and not for decision-making.
"In addition to abiding by the established covenant, Chen Kun put forward two conditions for joining the alliance: first, we have no voting rights on the issues of Tianlimen and Yufeng Sect; second, while abiding by the covenant, we must open up connections with the alliance.
The existing trade routes are connected, and the monopoly rights of all monks’ supplies within the territory are cancelled.”
"It seems that they are still on guard against us. At the beginning, the Qing Yu Sect established the Jincheng Alliance with the invitation of the Jincheng Sect, and thus led the war with Tianyin Temple and expanded its territory with the help of the alliance's strength. Now, they are afraid of us
We repeated our old tricks to mislead them to go north, so I can understand why we are so cautious."
"I think so too. Therefore, I threw out the monk battle formation plan made by you, the leader. Chen Kun was noncommittal about this. He said that he needed to discuss it with Wan Yuting."
"Wan Yuting is not in the sect?"
"At least I don't get to see him."
"In my opinion, they must be interested in the monk battle formation, but they will definitely not show it." Zeng Baojun interrupted, still looking lazy, "So, if we can join the alliance, this must be necessary.
Conditions, but they will not be listed in any contract. However, I still mean that, I am opposed to joining the alliance."
"Is it still your reason to have both sides?" Zeng Baoxian glanced at him, showing hesitation.
"We are sandwiched between the Jincheng League and the Tianli Sect, and the Yufeng Sect is protected by the sect in the northwest. Whichever side is weaker, we will form a good relationship with the other side. In this way, after ten years, when the monks' battle formation is complete, we can enter again.
Wouldn’t it be better to play games?”
"We do not have the soil to cultivate the monks' battle formation, and the previous attempts were not successful." Zeng Baoxian said, "Only when monks of the same realm as the Xuan level reach a certain scale can we form an effective combat force. It is difficult for us alone to achieve this. Moreover,
This will trigger suppression from the surrounding sects, Tianlimen or Qi State."
"Jincheng League is not a family." Zeng Baojun argued.
"In my opinion, this is also the reason why it may succeed. In the game between all parties, everyone hopes that the Jincheng League will be stronger, provided that appropriate benefits can be obtained for the people behind it. But you are right, the risks
This is also the case, but compared to the threat of Tianlimen, the benefits of joining the alliance are more. However, they have just defeated Tianyin Temple and their reputation is rising. If they join at this time, they will definitely be asked for a high price. The reason why everyone is called together today is to join together.
Think about how we can accomplish this smoothly and at the lowest cost." Zeng Baoxian looked around and paused for a moment on the last sentence. His meaning was very clear. I am not asking everyone to find opportunities to oppose me, but I need a solution.
.
"I think the attitude of the Qing Yu Sect is the key. But if we agree to their conditions, it will be tantamount to putting the sect's chamber of commerce under the pressure of the Jincheng League." Dugu said, "So, the second item must not be agreed to.
, maybe we can think of other ways, such as cooperation at other levels. As for the first point, as long as we don't take the initiative to provoke a war, there will be no problem. Whether to take the initiative or not, there is often enough room for maneuver."
"They have no reason to refuse." Huang Yanjie, the elder of the Chuan Gong, carefully interjected, "Even if we only provide the monks with training methods for battle formations, they will agree. In the battle with Tianyin Temple, the overall strength of the Jincheng Alliance has actually declined.
Although we are in harmony because of sharing the spoils of victory, each still has its own strategy. If we can negotiate with each family separately, maybe the conditions will not be so harsh." There was a contract from the Jincheng Alliance in front of him, which is what can be obtained from outside.
The most detailed version, with all the outlines on it, it can be seen that a lot of effort has been put into it.
"However, our relationship with Qianshan Sect and Biyun Sect is not good." Dugu secretly glanced at the newly promoted earth-level monk next to him, secretly thinking that there are some things that you don't understand, and you can't give appropriate opinions.
It makes sense that the reason why the leader Zeng Baoxian decided to give priority to the Qing Yu Sect was because he hoped to use the other party's influence to promote this matter.
"Yanjie is right."
Zeng Baoxian spoke up to resolve the embarrassment, "Dugu, Qing Yu Sect continues to contact, I believe they welcome our joining the alliance, and the conditions can be discussed later. Most of the Jincheng faction Su Li Qing will agree, as long as we do not threaten his position as deputy leader.
, this person probably had the idea of replacing him, but it is a pity that in a short period of time, it will be difficult for him to make further progress. As for Biyun Sect, Baojun, please go there, I believe Zheng Jiasheng will put the conditions on the table. "
"Qianshan Sect and Huanglong Sect, Yanjie, you are newly promoted to the prefecture level, why don't you go with Liu Bozhao to relax and broaden your horizons. Although I have a strategy for both of them, if it is not necessary, there may be a more appropriate solution.
Way."
"Communication through Liu Tingjian's envoy is also a way." Zeng Baojun said, "But if it is initiated by us, it is likely to have the opposite effect."
"I have also considered this."
Zeng Baoxian was silent for a long time. In the end, he just passed the suggestion lightly. He didn't say it was feasible, but he didn't say it couldn't be done either. Dugu and Zeng Baojun were equally silent. Only Huang Yanjie, who knew very little about the Nine Old Man, was confused.
He couldn't help but restrain his eyes, secretly ascending to the earth level, maybe it was just a small step. If he hadn't been lucky enough to get a glimpse of the secret and go one step further and enter the core of power in the sect, he might still be the frog in the well.
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"Junior brother, why do you sacrifice the near for the far?"
When Jiang Feng arrived at Bailing Villa, before he went up the mountain, the Old Immortal Bai Yao came out to welcome him. Jiang Feng wondered if he had any magic weapon that could be used to detect his location. If he thought about it carefully, he did.
I once gave myself a "Silver Star Ring". When I was in critical situation in Little Batu Mountain, I didn't think about it. Now it seems that I have to throw this thing away.