In the past six months, dozens of sects, families and casual cultivators have come to our door, requesting to join the ‘Xiantian Yiqi Southern Sect’.
It's just that because of the incident of 'Emperor's Liquid', everyone in the sect was busy and never took the time to respond.
Now Zhang Ke raised this issue and wanted to hear the opinions of everyone in the sect.
There are also differences within Nanzong as to whether the sect should accept outsiders.
The disciples of the sect who were born in Dingzhou believed that these outsiders were a mixed bag, and they were alienated from the sect in terms of habits and ideas.
The purpose of joining the sect is only for their own interests, and it is difficult to truly integrate into it.
However, Zhenjun Suqin, Xin Baoshan and other disciples believe that since the sect wants to develop and grow, it must have the courage and courage to embrace all rivers.
No matter why they join the sect, as long as they join, they are a member of the sect and will be bound by the sect's precepts from now on.
Practitioners are human beings, not puppets, and no one is willing to sacrifice for no reason.
As long as the sect can deal with things fairly and impartially, it will naturally bring people back to their hearts over time.
They used themselves as an example and believed that their identification with the sect was no worse than that of disciples born in Dingzhou.
Even the disciples of Zhenjun Suqin used the depravity of the previous sect disciples as an example. In that incident, the Dingzhou disciples fell far more than the Mist disciples.
Therefore, when Zhang Ke asked, everyone in the hall immediately started arguing about this point.
Zhang Ke watched with cold eyes, familiar with the dispute between the two groups.
In fact, the reason for everyone's quarrel is only superficial, and the core reason is still due to interests.
The reason why disciples born in Dingzhou are unwilling to accept outsiders is simple.
The resources and responsibilities of the sect are limited, and each carrot is a pit.
If outsiders join, their part will inevitably be diluted, and they are also worried that these outsiders will become powerful and affect the authority that originally belongs to them.
The reason why Zhenjun Suqin and his disciples agreed to accept him was precisely because of this.
There are eleven Yuanshen True Lords in the sect, including True Lord Suqin and other outsiders. Not counting the fallen Xin Baoshan, there are only three True Lords Suqin, Shui Xingfeng, and Shi Zhongxiu.
The remaining eight people are all from the Dingzhou lineage.
And through the opportunity gained from the battle with the Zerg in the void, Jiuren, Qingmei, and Ding Xiaoxiao all advanced to the 'Five Qi Realm'.
In addition, Zhang Ke is now in the ‘Dongtian Realm’.
Those who joined the sect from the secret realm of mist, such as Zhenjun Suqin, cannot compete with the Dingzhou clan in any aspect.
Although the sect acts fairly, people will be partial to others.
Relatively speaking, disciples of Suqin Zhenjun's faction are slightly worse than disciples of Dingzhou faction in terms of duties, tasks and resources allocated within the sect.
Therefore, the disciples of the Mist Secret Realm faction will naturally feel more and more pressure.
Therefore, they are now very eager to bring in manpower from outside to dilute the influence of the Dingzhou Clan on the sect.
Zhang Ke could clearly see the plans in the minds of these disciples, but he would not feel angry or disappointed.
As early as in Dingzhou, the Yuegui family was also suppressed, but it was only after Zhang Ke was promoted to Jindan that he reversed all this.
This situation exists in every sect. It existed in the past, exists now, and will exist in the future.
People's hearts will never be satisfied, and all Zhang Ke can do is try to ensure relative fairness.
After everyone's discussion calmed down a little, Zhang Ke opened his mouth and said:
"Qingzhi, what's your opinion?"
Xu Qingzhi has been in charge of the sect's affairs all year round, and his prestige among his disciples is second only to Zhang Ke.
So when Xu Qingzhi stood up, hundreds of people in the hall were instantly silent.
Qingmei, who was sitting next to Zhang Ke, suddenly narrowed his eyes and felt a little wary of Xu Qingzhi.
He turned to look at Ding Xiaoxiao and saw that she was also looking at him. After decades of fighting together in the void, the two of them had already developed a tacit understanding.
Just one look made the other person understand what he was thinking.
Xu Qingzhi stood on the steps and faced the disciples in the hall and said:
"As for the upcoming great catastrophe between heaven and earth, some disciples may have heard from the master before.
If you have anything unclear, you can ask fellow practitioners around you. I won’t go into details here.
In order to cope with the catastrophe in the future, what we have to do now is to strengthen ourselves as quickly as possible.
Only in this way can we have a chance to survive the catastrophe in the future.
Therefore, our sect and practitioners will definitely accept these external sects and practitioners who seek refuge in our sect.”
As soon as this statement came out, many disciples who were born in Dingzhou couldn't help but feel a little commotion, and they all whispered to each other.
Since the sect has already made plans, why bother to ask questions? Isn't this unnecessary?
Xu Qingzhi ignored everyone's comments and continued:
"I have had conversations with these sects, families and casual cultivators before.
Based on a general understanding, it is expected that practitioners from the three ninth-grade sects of 'Fulong Mountain', 'Qianqiu Pavilion' and 'Jiqiao Sect' and 'Mo Sect' Fenghua and Lingyun Zhenjun will join our sect.
There are nine True Lords of Yuanshen in these sects, more than 800 True Lords of Jindan, and about 40,000 Xiantian disciples, most of whom are from the lineage of True Lord Fenghua.
In addition, there are seventeen families and more than a thousand casual cultivators who also want to join the sect.
Adding them all together, it is roughly estimated that 22 million people will join the sect together with the sect."
"Ss—!"
Many disciples in the main hall breathed in secretly.
No wonder the sect is excited, the addition of these sects will immediately double the sect's strength.
But is this a good thing or a bad thing?
The bucket is so big. If you want to squeeze twice as much stuff into it, the first question is whether the bucket will burst.
The disciples in the hall couldn't help but ask each other and discuss the gains and losses.
"Ahem!"
True Lord Baishi coughed twice and stopped the discussion of the disciples in the hall. He first looked up at Zhang Ke and then said to Xu Qingzhi:
"As the leader of Wushuang, it is a good thing to be able to quickly increase the strength of the sect to cope with the catastrophe.
Moreover, after our sect moves to the Crescent Bay, if we want to develop rapidly, we will indeed need a large number of people to build it.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! But I have some doubts and would like to ask for advice."
"Speaking!"
Lord Shiraishi slowly opened his mouth and said:
"Our sect was first inherited from the Shangqing Sect and has been adhering to the right path for thousands of years.
Maybe the sect is not too strong, but in the eyes of the people in the world, our sect is also a righteous sect with upright roots.
Regardless of his reputation or deeds, he is still recognized by sects all over the world.
I have no objection to accepting other sects to join our sect, but these people are mixed, and many of them have extremely bad reputations. They may just join this sect to seek refuge.
If we bring these notorious practitioners into the sect just to strengthen ourselves, I'm afraid it will damage the sect's reputation."
Lord Shiraishi's words touched the hearts of many disciples, and they couldn't help but speak.
"Yes! Once the sect accepts these notorious practitioners, it will definitely have an impact on the sect's atmosphere.
Never let a piece of smelly meat ruin a good pot of soup!"
"Yes, these people do evil things outside, but let this sect take over the consequences.
If this continues, if there are people like this in the future who see the opportunity to join our sect, won't this sect become a place for evil and evil?"
"My disciples believe that even if we accept outside practitioners, we must at least screen these people.
Any practitioner who has violated similar precepts of this sect will not be allowed to join."
"..."
While everyone was discussing, Xu Qingzhi said:
"Shiraishi Zhenjun is right, so I have a new plan."
After looking around at everyone in the hall with eyes as bright as stars, Xu Qingzhi continued:
"I am going to open the gates of the mountain and openly recruit practitioners from outside.
Any practitioner who is in the realm of Yuanshen and has not violated the Thirteen Killing Commandments can join the sect after passing the test."
The so-called "Thirteen Precepts to Kill" refers to the thirteen unforgivable universal precepts recognized by the spiritual community.
The first one is 'Those who betray the human race will die'.
The rest include bloodthirsty, adultery, intentional damage to the spiritual veins of heaven and earth, wanton harm to ordinary people for no reason, using people to refine magic, weapon refining, elixir refining and many other general laws.
Master Honghe, who was sitting in the hall, couldn't help but said:
"Master Wushuang has countless cultivators in the world. If he openly recruits disciples, most of them will be casual cultivators.
Let’s not talk about whether it will cause dissatisfaction from other sects. Let’s just say that it will be difficult to deal with the ‘Loose Cultivator Alliance’.
Not to mention how should so many practitioners distinguish between good and evil, as well as the details of other sects?"
Xu Qingzhi explained:
"The great calamity of the world is imminent, and there are some things that we no longer care about.
Nowadays, with the strength of our sect, threats from other sects can basically be ignored.
In addition, the leader has already discussed this matter with the ‘Yunxiao Tiangong’, and they will not interfere too much.
Since he is a loose cultivator, it means he is a free person. On the surface, the "Rogue Cultivator Alliance" can't say anything to our sect.
As for how to screen the cultivators, the leader plans to use the 'Illusion of the Red Dust' to conduct a heart-searching test on the cultivators who want to join the sect.
Presumably most practitioners with ulterior motives and those who have committed the law of killing can be screened out."
Baishi Zhenjun's heart moved. From Xu Qingzhi's words, he heard that there seemed to be Zhang Ke's encouragement and push.
For Zhang Ke, Shiraishi Zhenjun's heart is very complicated.
I admire all the incredible actions he has done, but I am also afraid of his ruthless methods.
To this day, he still doesn't understand why Zhang Ke used the 'Resurrection Grass' to revive himself that day.
It stands to reason that his act of forcing a uterus was far greater than the fault committed by the red-haired master.
The red-haired master was mercilessly killed in the first wave of trials.
At this moment, seeing Zhang Ke's shadow behind Xu Qingzhi, he immediately fell silent.
Lord Baishi could see the clues, and the others were not fools, so no one spoke after Xu Qingzhi explained.
Zhang Keji was very powerful, but few people dared to offend him.
After waiting for a while and seeing no one speaking, Xu Qingzhi turned back to Zhang Ke and said:
"Master, this is the disciple's idea. This time we will not only accept the sects, families, and casual cultivators who have come to seek refuge. We also need to expand the scale and absorb the elite talents in the cultivation world to the maximum extent."
‘Humph, sing and harmonize!’
Ding Xiaoxiao snorted lightly.
Xu Qingzhi's appearance was so outstanding that even she was a little moved when she saw it, let alone her lecherous one.
'Looks like I need to discuss some countermeasures with Qingmei,'
Just when Ding Xiaoxin was in confusion, he heard Zhang Ke's gentle voice.
"If that's the case, then this matter will be carried out after the sect moves to Crescent Bay.
In addition, Qingzhi notified fellow Taoist Fenghua and others to let them screen those who violate the prohibition on their own, and when they suppress the 'Little Haiyan', they will also need to take full action."
This move was not Zhang Ke’s intention to embarrass Zhenjun Fenghua and others.
Only by sharing joys and sorrows can people who don't know each other quickly integrate together. The people in the mist and secret realm back then are the best example.
Zhang Ke gave an order casually, and then said the third topic of the day.
"One last thing."
Zhang Ke said and took out a copper coin from his body.
It is roughly the same size, shape, and thickness as the copper coins used in the secular world, but the concave and convex patterns on it are exceptionally delicate.
Although it is only a secular coin, it exudes a red copper-colored shimmer, which is very eye-catching.
"This is the currency issued by our sect in the secular world.
According to the Menzhongdi Newspaper, these three types of coins are now very popular outside the Nine Counties, with a price difference of one to five for the same value.
I would like to ask, what regulations does the sect have regarding this coin next?"
When Zhang Ke returned to the sect a few years ago, he discovered that the sect was vigorously promoting new coins in the secular world, and he originally wanted to ask about it.
Later, because I had to go all out to build the ‘Dinghai Dinghai Dharma Pillar’, I forgot about this matter.
Today, I suddenly remembered it. Taking advantage of the fact that all the commanders and commanders of the sect were present, I asked casually.
Xu Qingzhi knows best about the new coins, because this matter was originally promoted by her.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After hearing Zhang Ke's inquiry, Xu Qingzhi immediately took out one gold dollar, silver dollar, and copper dollar from his sleeve.
"Master, there are a total of sixteen kinds of this new coin.
In addition to the copper and silver coins being divided into "one coin", "five coins", "ten coins", "twenty coins" and "fifty coins", the gold dollar has an additional category of "one hundred coins" on these basis.
There are three reasons why the sect refines new coins and promotes them."
After a brief pause, Xu Qingzhi continued:
"First of all, because of the face value of the old coins, the original monetary system in the secular world was also divided into three types. It was also a three-level currency system of 'gold, silver, and copper'.
Taking copper coins as an example, there are only two denominations, namely 'one penny' and 'ten penny'.
One tael of silver can be exchanged for one ounce of money, which is one thousand cash.
I don’t know why silver and gold only have fixed shapes of “five ounces” and “twelve ounces”.
In addition to large-scale transactions, when ordinary merchants accept silver, they not only need to identify the authenticity of the silver, but also need to be equipped with scissors and a small scale, which is extremely inconvenient in daily use.
In addition, a face value that is too rare will consume a lot of gold, silver, and copper.
The face value of the new currency can not only reduce the burden on people when carrying it, but also be used flexibly and efficiently in transactions.
The most important thing is that the new coins can reduce the loss of gold, silver, copper and other ores.
If new coins are promoted on a large scale, we can recycle a large amount of old coins, which can be smelted and used in other applications.
Of course, these two reasons are just to facilitate the circulation and operation of the secular world. The most important thing is..."
He raised his head and glanced at Zhang Ke. Seeing that his expression was unmoved, he continued:
"The main reason is that money can be said to be the constant substance that has the most contact with human beings.
It is neither like food, which will disappear after being eaten, nor like housing, which will basically not function among multiple people.
The thing that everyone in the secular world comes into contact with the most is money, and the thing that circulates the most is money.
From the time a coin is forged until it is damaged, there is no telling how many hands it will pass through.
It is the same as the talisman money used in the spiritual world, it has the power of faith on it."
The power of faith!
This last sentence is the main reason why Xu Qingzhi promoted the new currency.
She is now the True Monarch of Yuanshen, and she has plans for the future.
Since coins can gather the power of faith, it may not be impossible to find the path to the 'immortal' lineage from them.
Golden elixir disciples don't have much understanding of the power of faith, and are basically unable to use it.
In the 'Xiantian Yiqi Southern Sect', apart from Zhang Ke, who has the priesthood, the only one who can use the power of faith now is the 'Dharma Protector'.
Newcomers such as Bai Shi, Shui Xingfeng, Shi Zhongxiu and others looked at each other. They also didn't know much about the power of faith.
On the contrary, Zhenjun Suqin and Zhenjun Jiuren showed thoughtful expressions.
"Hehehe~~!"
Zhang Ke chuckled twice, looked at Xu Qingzhi and said:
"Qingzhi, there are talisman coins in the spiritual world to accumulate luck, so why do you think coins in the secular world also have this function and other sects turn a blind eye?
Or is it that other sects have not discovered that secular world coins can gather the power of faith for thousands of years?"
Xu Qingzhi's heart was shocked, and any trace of complacency suddenly disappeared.
'Yes! How could other sects not discover the power of faith accumulated in coins?'
If no one has discovered the secret for thousands of years, even Xu Qingzhi would not believe it even if he were killed.
'Did your behavior cause trouble to the sect?'
When Xu Qingzhi was confused, Zhang Ke explained:
“It is no secret that coins in the secular world contain the power of faith, but there is only one main reason why it has not been noticed.
Qingzhi, have you ever heard of a saying called..."
Zhang Ke looked at Xu Qingzhi and said word by word:
"Incense is poisonous!"
'Is incense poisonous?'
Xu Qingzhi muttered to himself and repeated these four words.
"That's right!"
Zhang Ke explained in detail:
"Coin is a very special item that is used in transactions between the person who wants it and the person who wants it.
After passing through the hands of countless people, it has condensed the emotions of countless people.
Including joy, sadness, satisfaction, greed, jealousy, envy, desire, and countless other positive and negative emotions.
For practitioners, this complex, turbid, and strong power of faith will stain their state of mind, and in severe cases, even affect their personality.
Many years ago, there was an era of great prosperity of Shinto in this world.
But in the end, due to the influence of the power of faith, countless Shinto practitioners either went crazy or perished.
That's why there is a saying that "incense is poisonous".
The talisman money in the spiritual world is different. It uses the sect as a carrier, and through the filtering of the 'money tree', the power of faith condensed on the talisman money is purified.
Not only can it be used by the 'Dharma Protector', but it can also improve the sect's luck."
Xu Qingzhi suddenly realized that she was also the newly promoted True Lord of Yuanshen.
Moreover, his usual study and research of Taoist scriptures is far less thorough than Zhang Kelai's, and he only has a partial understanding of some secrets.
After hesitating for a moment she asked:
"Master, did I do something wrong by promoting the new currency?"
Zhang Ke shook his head and said:
"It's true that you are wrong. The power of faith in the coins of the secular world is not so easy to extract.
The biggest problem with your approach is that when you actively promote new coins on a large scale, it will make other sects think that this sect has a way to purify various emotions in coins.
You must know that all humans within the five realms of the Blue Realm are using coins. If there is a way to purify coins, all the sects in the world will covet this method."
Xu Qingzhi took a breath of air and instantly understood the importance of this matter.
He couldn't help but asked in a deep voice:
"Then...what should we do now?"
After Zhang Ke pondered for a moment, he smiled lightly.
"It doesn't matter, I guess it was noticed when you introduced the new currency.
But our sect has no way to purify the power of coin belief, and it must have been noticed by other sects over the years.
This is also the reason why not even the ‘Yunxiao Tiangong’ came to inquire.
What you have to do now is not to actively promote new coins, just think of it as a way to reduce the loss of various mineral veins.
But you must never be so reckless in the future. You are in charge of a sect with tens of millions of people, so you must think twice before making any decision."
Xu Qingzhi responded respectfully, with a look of guilt and annoyance all over his face.
The reason why Zhang Ke brought up the matter of 'new coins' today was not only to understand the origin of 'new coins', but also to give Xu Qingzhi some warning.
Then Zhang Ke looked down and asked:
"I've finished the three things I want to say, do you have anything else to say?"
With Xu Qingzhi around, Zhang Ke would normally not ask about trivial matters of the sect. Now that he was asking, no one would bother him with trivial matters.
Seeing no one responded, Zhang Ke said:
"This time the relocation of Penglai and Penglai to Crescent Bay is a big event, and we should try to involve the secular world as much as possible.
Based on the scale of two hundred years ago, it is best to prepare one million young people and green branches to organize the people of the nine counties of Penglai as soon as possible.
In addition, notify Fenghua Zhenjun and others to gather one million people to come out."
"yes!"
Xu Qingzhi understands that this kind of major event in which all people participate can best bring the relationship closer between them.
Zhang Ke's move was clearly to quickly integrate the people of the nine Penglai counties with the people belonging to other sects.