Celestial Immortal

Chapter 697
Han Mansion in Yunzhou City.

That night, because the little ghost stepped into the clean room with his left foot first and bumped against the gods, most of the spiritual incense that he kowtowed for during the day was taken away by some unscrupulous master.

In the middle of the night when he was practicing the Sleeping Immortal Kungfu, the little ghost boy's body twitched. In his dream, the tears turned into oceans, and the waves of tears rolled down. He cried so sadly.

Chu Chen and Xu Ping, master and apprentice, lived in Han Chen's mansion, found a clean courtyard, and taught the method of dual cultivation of occasional scenes [Yu Yi Jie Lin Flying to the Sun and Moon Method].

It's a pity that Daoist Xu Ping has a lot of things on his mind, he can't calm down, and he can't comprehend the true law of immortals at all.

In front of the window of the clean room, Chu Chen sat cross-legged, the moonlight fell on him, and in front of him, Master Xu Ping sat opposite him, worrying about comprehending the Dharma.

This scene seems familiar.

However, the roles of the two parties were reversed.

At the beginning, it was Taoist Xu Ping who gave advice to Chu Chen, but now it is Chu Chen who guides Master.

Chu Chen knew what Master was thinking, and immediately comforted him:
"Master, you don't need to worry too much. Mr. Mingjing intends to train you, and he doesn't really want you to catch up with Yuqin Taoist Academy and become the best in just a year or two."

Dachang Tianchao has capable people in large numbers, and there is no shortage of good "mountain leaders". There is no need to drive ducks to the shelves.

Mr. Ming Jing named Daoist Xu Ping as the head of the Daoyuan in Yuqin County, Yunzhou, more out of training considerations.

After all, as the head of the Taoist Academy, he has the right to browse through the library of exercises, comprehend the four top-level practices and hundreds of other practices, which is of great help to Taoist Master Xu Ping who wants to deduce the perfect exercises.

Not to mention, staying in the Taoist monastery often intensively studies the scriptures and teaches disciples to practice, which is also of great benefit to the mountain master's own practice.

Take Chu Chen as an example. During the past three years, he has cultivated subconsciously in Wanquan Daoist Academy, practiced steadily, and laid a solid foundation.

Daoist Xu Ping has a mid-fifth-rank Daoist practice, and he is in charge of the deputy governor of the county. He is indeed qualified to guard a city, but in terms of development prospects, it is better to be the head of the county daoist academy.

After listening to his apprentice's words, Daoist Xu Ping felt a little bit of comfort in his heart, but finally shook his head:

"Disciple, as a teacher, I know that Master Yulou has also mentioned it, but Mr. Mingjing values ​​it so much, as a teacher, I can't let Tianshi down."

Chu Chen nodded slightly.

Master Xu Pingdao is strict with self-discipline, strict in doing things, and has high demands on himself. Most of the time, he sets the demands on himself, and the pressure comes from his own pursuit.

"Master, Mr. Mingjing asked me to bring the Taoist academy to the middle level and it would be a face to him. You always follow this goal."

Chu Chen talked about his situation at the beginning, thought about it, and three years later, it was not easy for the Yuqin Taoist Academy, which was behind others, to catch up. It was even more difficult than when he led the Wanquan Taoist Academy. road:
"It's not easy for the Yuqin Taoist Academy to catch up. As the saying goes, if the master has something to do, the disciple will do his best. I have the supernatural power of [Speaking to the Gods], the big deal is that I will find time every month to go to the Yuqin Taoist Academy to give lectures and help Master, guide your disciples."

Daoist Xu Ping originally had a sad face, but when he heard what his apprentice said, his old face burst into a smile:

"Apprentice, that's good, it's settled, you take time out every month to give lectures to Master's Yuqin Dao Academy."

Chu Chen's smile froze: "."

Good guy, ginger is still old and spicy.

Master Emotion's frown just now was just pretending, just wait for him to open the mouth on his own initiative.

People fight for the attainments of the Confucian classics, the attainments of alchemy and daoism, and the governance of the Taoist academy. It's better for you, Lao Xu, to fight for apprentices!

Before he took office, he began to play tricks on his apprentices.

With Chu Chen's promise, Daoist Xu Ping's pressure was greatly relieved, and he became much calmer.

In the next few days, under the arrangement of Xianting, Chu Chen and Xu Ping, master and apprentice, stayed in Yunzhou Taoist Academy to cultivate.

On the one hand, a group of Taoist priests in Yunzhou County continued their studies, comprehended Taoist scriptures, discussed Taoism, and sat down to discuss Taoism;

The first to come was the appointment decree of Daoist Xu Ping.

Under normal circumstances, after the three-year tenure of Confucian officials of the Celestial Dynasty and Immortal Officials ends, those with excellent performance will be promoted to a higher level.

Daoist Xu Ping has done quite well in the Department of Ghosts and Gods in Guangping County. His performance is excellent, and he is expected to be promoted to the fifth rank.

There is an unwritten rule in the Immortal Court. The official fifth-rank immortal officials need at least the late fifth-rank cultivation to be able to serve, and a few outstanding Taoist and supernatural powers can be promoted exceptionally.

Daoist Xu Ping did not meet the requirements for promotion. With this transfer, his talismans and ranks of immortality have not changed. It is exactly the same in Guangping County, Qingzhou.

The transfer took place in a real position, from Qingzhou Guangping County Deputy Governor of Ghosts and Gods Division to Yunzhou Yuqin County Daoyuan Shanzhang, and Yuqin County Ghosts and Gods Division Deputy Governor, in charge of preaching and enlightenment in a county.

Strictly speaking, Daoist Xu Ping is flat-out this time.

However, at present, Huangzhou County is a strategic place of the Dachang Dynasty, and it is easier to practice meritorious deeds. If you do a good job, you will have a golden light of merit and virtue, and your journey to immortality will be brighter. Generally speaking, it can be regarded as a small improvement.

It was Chu Chen who really made great progress.

At present, Chu Chen's fifth-rank cultivation is in the late stage, and his mana and true energy are not inferior to the ordinary fifth-rank Great Perfection. In addition, Wanquan Daoyuan won the championship in eight states. thing.

[Ten years to grow trees, a hundred years to grow people.The head of Wanquan Daoyuan has been in charge of the Taoist temple for three years, and he has cultivated talents for the fairy court. ", changed to (the fifth grade) Shenxiao Fumo Envoy], knowing Tianshu's exorcism of evil, and doing cheap things. 】

The decree of the Immortal Court came down, and the golden light of the eight merits directly entered Chu Chen's body, making him refreshed and warm.

Seeing this scene, no matter it was the emissary of the Immortal Court delivering the decree, the Daoist Xu Ping at the side, or the headmasters of other Taoist temples in Yunzhou, everyone was envious.

Even the head of the Taoist Academy who is on the list of awards has only three or four golden lights of merit.

Ordinary mountain leaders only have one or two golden rays of merit.

As for the mountain chiefs who have no meritorious virtues, there are also mountain chiefs, but they are no longer in Yunzhou Taoist Academy at the moment, and have been transferred away long ago.

The golden light of the eight virtues entered his body, and Chu Chen was in a great mood.

In addition to the previous eight golden lights of merit, he suddenly had sixteen golden lights of merit.

The preciousness of the golden light of merit is self-evident. Before the Red Dragon Devil had injured him with the supernatural powers of the heavenly demon and divine weapon, thanks to the protection of the golden light of merit, his consciousness and soul did not suffer more severe injuries.

Under normal circumstances, the golden light of merit is not needed, but when the breakthrough in enlightenment and disasters are faced that day, the golden light of merit can save one's life and help the Tao.

In addition to the golden light of merit, Xianting's previous rewards and salaries were also issued together.

The third list rewards 30 jade coins and two hundred celestial tributes.

However, the real big head is the three-year salary-15 jade coins and 130 tributes.

Served as the head of Wanquan Taoist Temple, [-] tributes per year, for three years, with a total of [-] tributes;

The Wanquan inspector also has 45 tributes per year, serving for one and a half years, with a total of [-] tributes.

Calculated in this way, Chu Chen's accumulated tribute reached 530 five ways.

Next, his salary rose again.

From the fifth-rank immortal official to the fifth-rank immortal official, the head of Wanquan Taoist Academy and the supervisor of Wanquan increased the salary of each errand by [-] jade coins and [-] cents tribute.

After one year, his salary is [-] jade coins and [-] celestial tributes, and his income is extremely considerable.

Of course, after granting Shenyun Wulei Talisman and becoming a fifth-rank Shenxiao Demon Envoy, the real change is not in salary, but in status.

Previously, after he concurrently served as the supervisor of Wanquan, he only ranked among the top five in Wanquan County in terms of real power.

But right now, when he is promoted to be a fifth-rank immortal official, he will truly be on an equal footing with Wanquan County Sheriff, Wanquan Duguan, Wanquan City God, etc., and rank among the core of Wanquan.

After receiving the appointment decree from Xianting, Chu Chen, Taoist Master Xu Ping and his apprentice left Yunzhou Taoist Academy.

On the way, the master and apprentice parted ways.

One went to work, and the other went home to continue to perform his duties.

The sky was burning with clouds, Taoist Xu Ping soared through the clouds, and his figure disappeared into the distance.

The little ghost hid behind Chu Chen, watched the master's Yundou disappear, and whispered:

"Huh~ The master is finally gone."

Chu Chen smiled: "Little ghost, you were arguing to see the master a few days ago, but you have changed your mind again in the past few days."

The little ghost nodded angrily: "The master is too bad, he either scolded me or confiscated my spirit incense, it's better to be a brother, now the brother is ranked first, sister Ying Er is ranked second, and the master can only barely rank third. "

"Little ghost, you are really strict."

"That's natural, senior brother, that. Congratulations on your promotion to the fifth rank. You can still reward me with a little spiritual incense. The spiritual incense that was rewarded to me two days ago was taken away by the master."

"What, the wind is too strong, I can't hear it!"

"Brother, you have changed, you are becoming more and more like a master"

Chu Chen rode the five-color auspicious clouds, galloped all the way, and rushed back to the boundary of Wanquan in a short time.

He did not rush to Guangling Mountain, but went straight to Wanquan County.

First, Qi Xiuxin, governor of Wanquan County, Master Tongda, the governor of the county, Wanquan City God and others hosted a banquet to congratulate him on being promoted to the fifth rank. Wanquan dealt with all parties.

Secondly, when he was practicing in Yunzhou Taoist Academy two days ago, a member of the Wanquan Supervision Department reported that he accidentally discovered that there was a breeding of evil spirits in the Gongcao Mansion of Wanquan County.

Although the evil energy is fleeting, Chu Chen is still quite concerned about this matter.

In the past two days, the higher-ups have verified the information deep in the memory of the "Red Dragon Devil", and confirmed that the Southern Barbarian Alliance has indeed spent a lot of money to open up a world barrier for the extraterritorial celestial demon forces [Luo Guixiang].

The cost of the heavenly demon breaking the boundary and descending to the human world has been greatly reduced. This means that the heavenly demon invades monks, and the situation of bewitching practice becomes extremely frequent.

As the supervisor of Wanquan, Chu Chen is extremely sensitive to such phenomena, and would rather miss it than let it go.

County Gongcao is the county guard Qi Xiuxin's assistant official. In addition to being in charge of personnel affairs, he can participate in the government affairs of a county.

The subordinates of the Supervision Department are not strong enough, so it is natural for him, the Wanquan Supervisor, to act in person in the face of such a strong man.

After learning [Golden Xin Lingyin Broken Sword Treasure], Chu Chen mastered the five-element spirit seal, was able to condense five-color cloud buckets, and his escape speed was extremely fast.

Not long after, Chu Chen arrived at Wanquan County City.

The [Wanquan Mountain Long Order] and [Wanquan Supervision Order] were worn around his waist. As soon as he arrived, he was immediately greeted by the Riyou God of Wanquan City God's Mansion leading troops and horses, and led him to a quiet place in the city. other courtyard.

In the courtyard, the senior officials of the county government, the governors of the county, the gods of Wanquan and other high-level officials prepared a banquet, and when they saw Chu Chen coming, they congratulated him one after another, and the scene was lively.

"Congratulations to Fellow Daoist Ling Xiao for his promotion!"

"Thank you, fellow Daoists!"

Under everyone's compliments, Chu Chen sat on the throne and cultivated his mind with the county guard.

"Fellow Daoist Ling Xiao, this time you really gave our Wanquan county chief a face. Eight prefectures won the championship and beat all the heroes. It's really amazing!"

County guard Qi Xiuxin had a smile on his face, and he was in a very good mood.

It is a great joy for the entire Wanquan County that Wanquan Daoyuan won the championship in eight states, and it is worthy of special mention.

Chu Chen hurriedly said humbly: "The county guard has praised it absurdly. I dare not say credit for things that are poor."

"Fellow Daoist Ling Xiao, don't be too modest, it's really amazing to win the championship in eight states."

Master Tongda was quite emotional at this meeting.

He thought he would be satisfied as long as Wanquan Taoist Academy was not counted down in eight states and ranked in the middle class.

Unexpectedly, the young, vigorous and energetic Chu Chen suddenly brought Wanquan Daoyuan to the leader of Yunzhou and the number one in eight states.

This is a height that he can't even imagine.

Master Tongda was quite happy in his heart, and let go of his worries.

Half a year ago, he had guessed that Wanquan Taoist Academy had achieved outstanding results, and he was worried that Chu Chen would be transferred away by Xianting. Now that Chu Chen was promoted to the fifth rank, but he still stayed in Wanquan, he was in a good mood.

Qi Xiuxin, the county guard at the side, and all the senior officials of Wanquan were no exception. They were quite enthusiastic about Chu Chen, the head of the Taoist monastery, and their words were full of compliments.

There is no other reason. Fellow Taoist Wanquan has trained more than 700 ninth-rank monks and 58-rank monks. It is time for a group of Taoist disciples to arrange internships and sharpen. However, Wanquan County is developing rapidly, and there is an urgent need for monks in various places. Everyone wanted to recruit people, and everyone naturally turned to Chu Chen.

Three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.

Chu Chen finally dealt with the compliments from the head of the Wanquan County Mansion and the County Ghosts and Gods Department, and finally approached the county guard Qi Xiuxin, Master Tongda, Wanquan City God, and said:
"Mr. Qi, why didn't you see the county meritorious officer at the banquet?"

Qi Xiuxin smiled, and explained: "Fellow Daoist Ling Xiao, Tian Gongcao has something to rest today, and it's not that he doesn't want to give face to fellow Daoist."

Chu Chen waved his hand: "Governor Qi, Pindao is such a stingy person, I have something to look for him."

Hearing this, Qi Xiuxin's expression changed slightly.

Master Tongda and Wanquan City God at the side also put down their wine glasses together, with expressions of surprise on their faces.

Soon, the three Wanquan bosses remembered that besides the head of the Wanquan Dao Academy, Chu Chen was also the supervisor of Wanquan.

Qi Xiuxin looked serious:
"Wanquan County will fully cooperate with fellow Taoists in the investigation."

Chu Chen was overjoyed when he heard the words:
"Then there will be Fellow Daoist Lao."

(End of this chapter)