Chapter 271: Immortal City changes hands, lifespan is nearing its end

The President is in closed-door cultivation, charging towards Foundation Establishment!

This news swept through Danxia Peak like the wind.

All Luo Tian Society cultivators, regardless of age, regardless of gender, almost all learned this news in a short time.

For this female president, who in other forces would be a sect leader, and in an immortal cultivation family would be a clan head.

The feelings of Luo Tian Society cultivators towards her are very complex.

She is extremely strict, preventing any behavior of slacking off, and once discovered, it is a heavy punishment.

She focuses on production and development, and even the Battle Hall cultivators who should be fighting are sent to farm in their spare time.

She is also very stingy and stingy, directly cutting a large chunk of the generous salary set by the President at the beginning.

I heard it's not the first time she's done this!

Back in the Dahe Square period, she cut the basic salary to the bottom in one go.

It can be said that no one in the Luo Tian Society likes her.

Towards her, most are disgust and fear.

However, everyone can see that under her personal management.

Everything in the Luo Tian Society appears orderly.

While developing rapidly, the weak have not been left behind.

For the strong who have made great contributions, she is not stingy with rewards and promotes them often.

Nowadays, the strength of the Luo Tian Society is considered powerful among the forces within a hundred-mile radius.

It has even long surpassed the old immortal cultivation family, the Geng family.

Even the slightly further Shen Gong Sect is far inferior.

There are cultivators who don't like the President, attributing all these merits to the wise President!

But in the eyes of those with discerning eyes, Sima Huiniang's merits cannot be erased.

Therefore, among those disgust and fear, there is always a touch of awe and admiration.

Now, she is about to charge towards Foundation Establishment.

Some hope she fails, fearing that after her realm is higher, she will become even more excessive.

Some hope she succeeds, so that she is good, and the Luo Tian Society will be even better.

One prospers, all prosper; one suffers, all suffer.

Overall, the latter accounts for the majority.

Because of these miscellaneous thoughts, in the situation where Sima Huiniang is not sitting in town, the air above Danxia Peak seems to be filled with countless restless air.

Hearts are floating!

Even the cultivators who farm daily have become slack in using spells to loosen the soil.

It looks just like a superior leader going out for further studies, and the subordinates starting to slack off.

Some high-level officials soon noticed this sign.

But with their positions, it is difficult for them to point fingers at this.

Even Duan Feng, the Foundation Establishment stage Hall Master, can only manage his own one-acre-three-fen plot of the Tool Hall.

Other halls seem a bit powerless.

This, won't do!

It was also at this time that some high-level Qi Refining 9th-level officials who were secretly unconvinced by Sima Huiniang realized what an important role she usually played in the Luo Tian Society.

Some people who wanted to take this opportunity to replace her even more helplessly discovered.

In the Luo Tian Society, they seem to be far less prestigious than that woman.

It can only be said that some people usually look important, and after she is gone, they will find that she is even more important than imagined!

However, this restless atmosphere within the Luo Tian Society soon disappeared.

Because, Luo Chen is here!

"Sister-in-law, how is your body?"

In the Luo Tian Hall, Luo Chen looked at Murong Qinglian who put down the merit book, and didn't look at the book for the first time, but asked with concern.

It has been more than a year since the failure of Foundation Establishment.

Murong Qinglian seems to have walked out of that defeat.

She smiled gently: "No major problems."

"Speaking of which, it is thanks to you for saving me at the first time."

Luo Chen shook his head, "I dare not take credit, it is still Brother Qin who takes good care of me."

"He is a big rough guy, how can he take care of people!"

Murong Qinglian scolded with a smile.

It's just that the happiness in the smile is visible to the naked eye.

Over the past year, Qin Liangchen has put down his usual chauvinistic style and taken care of Murong Qinglian with all his heart, which is truly impressive.

Outsiders are so surprised, let alone the dao companion who is in it and feels the deepest.

"The books here are basically a summary of before and after the merit policy change."

"A bit much!"

"If you want to finish reading it, it may take some time."

Luo Chen smacked his lips and picked up a merit book somewhat unfamiliar.

Since handing over the position of President to Sima Huiniang at Xieyue Valley back then, he hasn't flipped through these things for a long time.

At first glance, it is dense and extremely trivial.

But he endured the impatience and read it carefully.

This is a must-do!

If his exquisite alchemy is the foundation of his survival, then the Luo Tian Society is his foundation.

Without the Luo Tian Society, the income generated by his alchemy would be greatly discounted.

Even said, in the situation where it has developed now.

Even if he doesn't refine elixirs himself, the Luo Tian Society can barely manage self-sufficiency.

People like Mi Shuhua and Wang Haichao haven't seen any special skills!

Didn't they still live a very nourishing life relying on the gang back then.

Although the number of people in the Luo Tian Society is not as many as the Poshan Gang and Dajiang Gang, the members are all elite soldiers and strong generals!

Talents in all aspects, alchemy, tool casting, formation setting, planting, and even business, are all available.

Among them, there are many elites in the industry!

It can be said that the current Luo Tian Society is a truly adult beast.

What Luo Chen needs to do now is to pull the reins himself in the absence of Sima Huiniang, the beast tamer, and lead this beast in the originally correct direction, avoiding it from going astray.

While Luo Chen was reading the merit book, Murong Qinglian had been sitting quietly on the side.

Occasionally, when the other party had questions, she would immediately give an answer.

A year of recuperation does not mean not asking about world affairs.

The movements of the Merit Hall have been brought back to her by Sima Wenjie and Qin Liangchen with file copies.

Recently returning to the Merit Hall, various affairs are still like counting family treasures.

With her help, Luo Chen quickly had a preliminary understanding of the personnel situation of the Luo Tian Society.

He has always paid close attention to financial aspects.

Now as long as he masters personnel, he can handle various things subsequently, with a target, calm and unhurried.

"The expansion of the outer sect has been going on."

"Deacon Xu is in charge, and President Sima is verifying."

"Currently, the number of outer sect cultivators has reached over a hundred, almost half of the inner sect. Some high-level officials inside are worried about whether it will cause a situation where the tail is too big to wag, and suggest pressing the number down."

Regarding the affairs of the outer sect, Murong Qinglian appears very cautious.

After all, the Luo Tian Society is not a sect system and lacks the cohesion brought by inheritance.

If there is really a situation where the outer sect is powerful and threatens the inner sect, then the joke will be big.

However, Luo Chen is not very worried about this.

"As long as I am in the inner sect, and there are a few Foundation Establishment cultivators like Duan, the outer sect won't be able to make waves."

"No need to refer to the major sect system, it should be more aligned with the peripheral forces of the Poshan Gang."

"These outer sect cultivators are mostly here because they think the Luo Tian Society is a big tree that is good for shade, just like the thousands of loose cultivators who hung on the Poshan Gang at Dahe Square back then."

"In my opinion, there is no need to suppress, but rather, while ensuring that their backgrounds are relatively clean, we can expand recruitment in large numbers!"

Mentioning the Poshan Gang, Murong Qinglian understood.

At that time, the core of the Poshan Gang was the mid-to-late stage cultivators of the nine major halls.

For those early-to-mid stage cultivators, they were basically treated as cattle and horses.

The treatment was almost non-existent!

When things happened, they were always driven to the front.

Now in Tianlan Immortal City, this set can still be used.

After all, in the immortal cultivation world, Qi Refining stage loose cultivators are the least valuable!

If this batch is gone, the next batch will grow up again.

Tianlan Immortal City is located at a traffic hub, gathering loose cultivators from all directions every day.

Those loose cultivators who want to come to the immortal city to seek opportunities are not all like Luo Tian Society cultivators, who can rent cave dwellings on Tianlan Peak or settle down on Danxia Peak.

They need to cultivate, they need a place rich in spiritual energy.

The Luo Tian Society gave them this opportunity, and they naturally have to pay a price.

And the more people recruited, the easier it is to support the high-level cultivators of the Luo Tian Society.

"Of course!"

"Blind exploitation and oppression are not advisable, we must give them appropriate promotion channels."

"There must be a bridge between the outer sect and the inner sect, so that they can see the hope of getting ahead."

Luo Chen couldn't come up with specific promotion channels for a while.

He needs to sort out everything first before he can have a target.

And mentioning cohesion!

Luo Chen held the book, stopped flipping, and fell into deep thought.

After a while, he came back to his senses.

"Inheritance, it's time to proceed!"

Murong Qinglian hesitated: "What do you mean?"

"In the Luo Tian Society, there are already four Foundation Establishment true cultivators including me. Although not comparable to Jin Dan major sects, we can also compete with those declining small sects. They can use the inheritance system to improve cohesion, and naturally, we can too!"

Luo Chen talked eloquently, and soon made a decision in his heart.

"I have already accepted Qu Lingjun as a disciple, and it is only right to accept another disciple to inherit my mantle."

"Duan Feng has always been teaching apprentices, he can completely pick a few with good talent from them to teach his tool casting skills, or his cultivation mantle."

"Min Longyu has always had the idea of revitalizing the Min family in his heart. Now that the Min family no longer exists, his array cultivation comes from the family, and he can also inherit it in another way!"

"As for Wang Yuan, whether it's for show or sincerely accepting a disciple, I will go and talk to him."

Murong Qinglian listened to these words, and layers of waves rose in her heart.

This move seems ordinary.

But she knows better than anyone what it means.

The old people of the Luo Tian Society, no matter how much they trust this force and have cohesion.

But in the end, they just treat it as a place to rest and earn spirit stones.

It's just a major sect shop with better treatment and closer relationships.

But if the inheritance system is really determined, it will be completely different.

That means the Luo Tian Society is evolving from an ordinary loose cultivator gang force towards a sect system!

And the sect system is not inferior to, or even better than, the family system linked by blood.

Not to mention anything else, just mention her Qin family!

Son Xiaohu has been in the Luoyun Sect for more than ten years since he worshipped!

These ten years, although there are reasons for the war, he has truly never been home, not even once!

From the later restoration of contact, in the other party's letters.

The two of them also found that the other party frequently mentioned senior sisters, senior brothers, and senior uncles in the sect.

That feeling is just like having a "new home" outside.

A mature sect system can truly give cultivators a feeling like home.

Even, it will make people have the idea of coexisting and dying with the sect from the bottom of their hearts!

If Luo Chen's inheritance system is really implemented.

Its influence will exceed the merit policy implemented when Sima Huiniang was in office.

Swallowing her saliva, Murong Qinglian couldn't help but say: "President is wise!"

"Sister-in-law praises people so well!"

Luo Chen smiled and continued: "However, how to inherit, how to accept disciples, and how to continue this system in the future are all things that cannot be sloppy."

"I just mentioned the beginning of this matter, and the specific details still need to be discussed."

"Alright, I will continue to read. Sister-in-law, if you are bored, you can go out for a walk, and I will call you if there is anything."

Murong Qinglian shook her head and still sat patiently on the side.

Luo Chen continued to flip through the merit book.

Time passed slowly.

Suddenly, Luo Chen's gaze paused on a corner of a page.

Looking at that page, he fell into long deep thought.

Murong Qinglian noticed the impropriety and asked curiously:

"What's wrong?"

With her control over the Merit Hall, the details are like counting family treasures, and she quickly recalled the content of that section.

That was the Danxia Hall rented on Yuelu Street.

It involved the lease nearing its end, and in order to continue to maintain the discount of 5000 spirit stones per year, Gu Caiyi went to the Binglan Palace many times.

Finally, the rent was negotiated to 5200 per year.

Increased?

No, Gu Caiyi has done her best.

The rent of Tianlan Immortal City is rising year by year.

That they were able to only increase this much after three years is truly considered taking advantage.

In this process, Gu Caiyi contributed a lot, so naturally, a merit should be recorded.

However, the focus of Luo Chen's attention is not here.

"Why this time, there is no three-year lease? Instead, it was set as a short-term lease of one year?"

Murong Qinglian replied as a matter of course: "Naturally, it is because the ten-year rotation period of the Ice Fortress in Tianlan Immortal City is nearing its end, involving the handover with the next Jin Dan major sect, so the lease can only be renewed year by year."

"This, it is already the convention of the immortal city."

She said it as a matter of course, but Luo Chen's expression rarely fluctuated.

The Ice Fortress's ten-year rotation period is about to end!

This is not good news!

The backer of his Luo Tian Society is the Ice Fortress.

If the ruler of the immortal city changes to another sect, then the various businesses of the Luo Tian Society will inevitably be affected in various ways!

"I actually haven't noticed this point all along."

"Accustomed to the invisible protection of the Ice Fortress, but forgot that it has been a full six years since coming to Tianlan Immortal City!"

"Calculate it, the immortal city is indeed about to change hands."

Luo Chen's eyes flickered, and he closed the merit book.

"I want to go to Binglan Palace, Sister-in-law, please take care of the Luo Tian Society for me often."

Murong Qinglian nodded, this is her duty.

It's just that.

After watching Luo Chen leave in a hurry, she also realized something belatedly.

The expression on her face gradually became solemn.

Inside Binglan Palace.

The one who received Luo Chen was the familiar Shi Lan.

The other party told him a bad news.

All Foundation Establishment true cultivators of the Ice Fortress have not seen outsiders recently, and it is said that they are conducting a handover with the cultivators of the Qingdan Valley.

"Is the rotation sect of the immortal city for the next ten years Qingdan Valley?"

"Yes!" Shi Lan said sweetly: "This is related to the holding of the auction. Whichever sect is rotating next year, the two sects will jointly hold it."

The last auction was exactly the Ice Fortress and Qingdan Valley.

And the next one will be the turn of Qingdan Valley and Luoyun Sect.

That is to say, the rotation order is arranged according to Ice Fortress, Qingdan Valley, Luoyun Sect, and so on.

As for further back, it is Ailao Mountain, Baihua Palace, Yan Alliance, and finally back to Yuding Sword Sect here.

Thus, it is a cycle of seventy years.

Getting this news, Luo Chen's expression eased slightly.

He also knows two Foundation Establishment true cultivators from Qingdan Valley, it seems the situation will continue to be maintained?

However, the cautious Luo Chen naturally will not place his hope on Tao Yisheng and Xuan Yunzi.

Those two, Xuan Yunzi might be able to have a small status in Qingdan Valley by virtue of his outstanding alchemy.

But Tao Yisheng definitely cannot be considered to be in a high position.

And!

In case the person sent by Qingdan Valley to rotate the immortal city is not the one he is familiar with, his bit of connections will be completely useless.

"Xiao Lan, when your grandmother is free, tell her, I want to have a chat with her."

"If possible, it would be best to meet Fellow Daoist Tantai Jin!"

Shi Lan showed a sweet smile and said: "Okay!"

Leaving Binglan Palace, heading towards the nearest Tianlan Peak.

Passing by Cave Dwelling No. Bing-6, Luo Chen paused for a while.

"Without Huiniang, I really am not used to these busy days!"

With a faint self-mockery, Luo Chen went home.

With the Earth Mountain Technique and Wave Technique at Great Perfection, he now has more time every day.

The Tongyou Elixir has also been brushed to the Great Perfection level, and he only needs to refine it once a month to be enough for his use, so he has more time.

In the case of not actively learning new spells, his time is still very abundant.

Except for refining Jade Marrow Elixir and Jade Dew Elixir, his spare time is basically used to read various books.

"Shanghu Alchemy Solution," "Tianpeng Transformation," and several Tier 1 elixir recipes collected before.

As the insights of a Tier 3 alchemist, "Shanghu Alchemy Solution" gave him great help.

For two or three years, he has been observing it from time to time.

Combined with his own profound alchemy, Luo Chen now feels that those few Tier 1 elixir recipes are very simple.

Even without system entry, he feels he can easily get started.

Even Wang Yuan's "Blood Evil Elixir" recipe, he has already explored thoroughly.

If Wang Yuan can gather the main materials, he can try to refine it on the spot.

It's just a pity that Wang Yuan gathered a lot of cultivator essence blood, and Zihuche can also be bought from the black market.

But the Yellow Springs Yin Evil has never been gathered.

Otherwise, Luo Chen could personally take action to refine a batch of Blood Evil Elixirs for Wang Yuan.

After a night of cultivation.

Luo Chen rested simply for an hour, and when it was dawn, he picked up a few books and prepared to go out.

However, just after leaving the cave dwelling door, the middle-aged man waiting in the morning wind made him stunned.

"Coming to find me so early, is there anything?"

The visitor is exactly the Li family cultivator of Qinhua River, Li Yingzhang.

Foundation Establishment seedling, the future pillar of the Li family.

He said respectfully to Luo Chen: "My family ancestor's lifespan is nearing its end, and he wants to see you before he sits down."