Chapter 159

Sanqing Mountain has been established for six thousand years, with more than 100,000 people, and it is not a simple matter to operate.

Six thousand years ago, when Grandmaster Ge Hong opened the mountain and established the sect, there were only seven disciples of the first generation, and everything was discussed and solved by the eight masters and disciples.

By the second generation, there were thirty or forty disciples, and it was difficult to gather everyone for a meeting.

The third generation of disciples had more than a hundred people, and the disciples were already not very familiar with each other.

Then there were four or five hundred people, one thousand, three thousand, ten thousand, thirty thousand, one hundred thousand. It was probably around the fourteenth or fifteenth generation that the number of disciples in Sanqing Mountain stabilized, maintaining around 150,000, and no longer recruited disciples on a large scale.

At this time, it was no longer possible to expect the master to find the disciple. They were all recruited as registered disciples, and then after the registered disciples showed their talents, they would consider accepting them as direct disciples.

Like before, one person recruiting seven or eight direct disciples would not happen anymore. Most recruited one or two, some three or four, and some were unwilling to accept disciples.

With many people, relying on the master-disciple relationship naturally could not operate such a large sect. Just issuing orders from top to bottom and centralized scheduling were very difficult.

So there was a line of Hong Jiaozhu-Vice Hong Jiaozhu in charge-Mountain Master-Vice Mountain Master in charge-Consulting Elder-Direct Disciple-True Disciple-Registered Disciple, with clear top and bottom, issuing orders from top to bottom, which was convenient for management while inheriting the Dharma lineage.

Later, it was discovered that this line alone was not enough to operate a large sect, because people could not only cultivate, but also had many other affairs. And when there were many people, there were many things. So, relying on each mountain, many administrative offices were developed.

For example, the Qianjun Hall of Yuhua Peak, which is responsible for handling emergency affairs, the Foreign Affairs Institute, which is responsible for external exchanges, the Inspection Division, which is responsible for external investigation, the Inspection Division, which is responsible for internal correction, and the Duwu Institute, which is responsible for handling various miscellaneous affairs.

The operation of administrative offices naturally relies on people, but this undoubtedly occupies the cultivation time of these disciples, so there are benefits such as signing in, rotation, rest, and salary.

And besides the above three, there are logistics departments in the mountain, such as the Duchu Institute responsible for food processing, the Dujiao Institute responsible for coordinating lectures and urging cultivation and managing books, the Nishan Shennong Institute for planting and harvesting spiritual rice and spiritual fruits, the Scheduling Institute responsible for coordinating the supply of resources for each mountain, and the Procurement Institute responsible for external procurement.

It can be said to be dazzling.

However, the management of the logistics department is relatively loose. The supervisors of these departments are basically old people whose Dao path is broken and whose lifespan is running out. The disciples working inside are all part-time, just earning some money and points, and the superior-subordinate relationship is quite vague.

For the former three, the Sanqing Mountain rules clearly stipulate that the master-disciple relationship is the greatest, the Hong Jiaozhu and Mountain Master are second, and the administrative office chief is third.

That is to say, when a disciple is issued orders by his master, mountain master, and office chief at the same time, the master's order is respected, followed by the mountain master, and then the office chief.

This is done to ensure the inheritance of the Dharma lineage. If the master-disciple relationship cannot be guaranteed, then naturally there will be people who don't want to accept disciples and pass on the Dharma to waste time for power and resources, and only want to climb up.

This is no longer a sect.

In the final analysis, Sanqing Mountain is a Daoist sect with master-disciple inheritance as the core, and the rest are added for the convenience of management.

Especially the administrative offices, the superior-subordinate relationship only takes effect during official hours and official business. Maybe after leaving the office, your office chief has to call you Uncle Master.

However, among these offices, the Yingyuan Mansion is the most special. The seriousness of the thunder method naturally gives the office officials different rights. And the Yingyuan Mansion is divided into Mansion-Institute-Division-Office-Group-Team, very detailed, and the direct superior office official above you is generally your master.

Come to think of it, the positions of Hong Jiaozhu, Mountain Master, and Office Chief are all pushed up by ability, magic power, and prestige. After thousands of years of system, everyone is convinced and accustomed to it, so there are rarely cases where the master, mountain master, and office chief issue orders at the same time to embarrass a disciple.

In other words, you have to listen to all of them. If there is any contradiction or conflict, most of the time it is this disciple who carefully deals with the requirements of all parties and tries his best to complete them.

Although the Office Chief only has authority during official hours and official business, as the authority accumulates, if the seniority is originally higher than yours, then many people cannot refuse if they ask you to do other things outside official hours and official business.

The Inspection Division is such an office with quite strict superior-subordinate boundaries.

Office Chief Ma Jingyi believes that the Inspection Division, as an office for correcting sect atmosphere and clearing ghosts, has a heavy responsibility, and there are so many files that need to be followed up and organized, so official hours should be extended.

And the Inspection Division, as one of the only two places for punishment in the sect, and also a place for public debate, what is the problem with being strict and gloomy in layout?

No one has ever felt that there is a problem before, and all previous Inspection Division and Bai Hu Shanshan Masters and Inspection Mansion Mansion Masters have felt that there is no problem.

But now, the White Tiger Envoy of the Inspection Division itself told the Inspection Mansion Mansion Master, Inspection Division Office Chief, and all colleagues in the Inspection Division on the first day of taking office that this is wrong.

This news spread quickly, and many people in Sanqing Mountain heard about it. On this day, the new White Tiger Envoy Cheng Xinzhan questioned Gong Weijian, the Mountain Master of Bai Hu Mountain, and Ma Jingyi, the Office Chief of the Inspection Division, for abusing official power. Both did not debate and admitted their mistakes.

This questioning happened at a quarter of the Mao hour, and it reached the ears of Dong Shouren, the Vice Hong Jiaozhu of the Yuan Yin Hall and the Vice Hong Jiaozhu of the Pure Yang Hall, at three quarters of the Mao hour. He immediately issued a Dharma decree to suspend Ma Jingyi's position and at the same time required Gong Weijian to go to the Pure Yang Hall to report on duty immediately.

Soon, Shi Tongxuan, the former Vice Hong Jiaozhu of the Pure Yang Hall in charge of Bai Hu Mountain, entered the Two-Yi Mountain from Yujing Peak and went straight to Sanqing Palace to plead guilty to dereliction of duty.

After dawn, the Yingyuan Mansion of Shuji Mountain heard about this, and the Inspection Office and Self-Inspection Office of the Yushu Division immediately began to clear the Yingyuan Mansion and the Yushu Division itself to see if any similar things happened.

Subsequently, Zhao Wuji, the Mansion Master of the Yingyuan Mansion, also released words welcoming the White Tiger Envoy to inspect the Yingyuan Mansion. In addition, if the Inspection Mansion Inspection Division did not have enough manpower for self-inspection, the Yingyuan Mansion could help.

Immediately, the Qianjun Office, the Foreign Affairs Institute, and other institutions all released words welcoming the White Tiger Envoy to inspect.

So, the entire sect began to jump around.

Among them, it is not that there are no opposing and complaining voices. The other division in the Inspection Mansion, the Inspection Division, has complaints, saying that they are all their own people, why can't they close the courtyard door and talk. In addition, the Duwu Institute also has complaints, saying why the White Tiger Envoy still wants to intervene in the management of the office, just manage individuals.

This matter didn't pass long, and it was on the same day that the Two-Yi Mountain had a decision, which was just a few words.

Ma Jingyi was removed from the position of Inspection Division Office Chief and punished to carve prohibitions in the Puppet Institute for five years.

Gong Weijian remained in the position of Mountain Master, but the Inspection Mansion Mansion Master was demoted to Vice Mansion Master, observing his later effects.

Chu Jinghe, the manager of the Inspection Division, was promoted to Office Chief, taking office immediately to rectify the Inspection Division.

In addition, everyone is busy with cultivation on weekdays, so things should be pursued one level at a time. Shi Tongxuan and Dong Shouren are innocent. It is also because of busy cultivation that all offices are strictly forbidden to increase official hours.

Now all the mountains know that the Sect Masters support the White Tiger Envoy to intervene in management affairs.

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After making a big move as soon as he took office, Cheng Xinzhan left here under the respectful eyes of his colleagues in the Inspection Division after making records.

But he didn't leave Bai Hu Mountain, but went to the Weaponry Institute.

Before entering the Weaponry Institute, he specifically put the White Tiger bracelet on his right hand.

He came to the bottom of the Alchemy Cave with ease.

Jiang Weishan sat here like a rock.

"Master Jiang."

He stepped forward to salute.

Jiang Weishan saw the silver bracelet on his hand at a glance and smiled and called Cheng Xinzhan to sit down.

"Are you here to see the sword on the way?" Cheng Xinzhan said yes.

"It's also a good time. The fire sword has been re-refined and completed. You can take it away and start nourishing and refining it with magic power earlier. It won't bloom if you keep refining it in the furnace. The water sword is also being refined. I will work harder to see if it can come out of the furnace this year."

Cheng Xinzhan laughed happily.

It was after returning from the sword fighting in Baiyujing that the words of the Master of Huanzhu reached the ears of the Hong Jiaozhu. The Hong Jiaozhu listened to it and felt that Xinzhan was a teachable talent, so he picked materials from the Hong Jiaozhu's secret treasury and asked the Weaponry Institute to refine the Five Elements Magic Sword for Xinzhan, but the materials provided were only enough to refine the fire element.

This fire sword was cast two years ago when he was traveling in the north.

However, later he performed excellently in the battle of West Kunlun and brought back ginseng fruit, making great contributions. Several Sect Masters calculated together that if there is merit, there must be a reward, so they simply used the materials from the sect treasury to cast all the Five Elements Magic Swords for him.

Jiang Weishan was naturally happy from ear to ear, regarding this as the pinnacle of his refining path, because even if his refining method reached a higher level in the future, he would not be able to find such good materials.

For this reason, after obtaining Cheng Xinzhan's consent, he specifically re-cast the already formed fire sword and used materials with higher grades.

However, after re-refining, he didn't let Cheng Xinzhan participate in the refining together, saying he wanted to give Cheng Xinzhan a surprise. For this surprise, Cheng Xinzhan waited for nearly two years, and he would come to ask from time to time.

Last time he came, Jiang Weishan said it was almost done. This time he came to see it on the way, and it was indeed completed.

"The sword is there."

!

Jiang Weishan pointed to an alchemy furnace beside him.

Cheng Xinzhan looked in the direction of Master Jiang's finger. The furnace was very beautiful, one zhang high, three-legged, big belly, and the top cover was made into a flame shape. The furnace was surrounded by fire light, red and shiny, and the furnace was embossed with fire clouds and fire birds, which was very beautiful.

He thought it was a furnace that was refining treasure materials. It turned out to be just an empty furnace for storing fire swords.

He went around, lifted the furnace door, and heard a high-pitched sword hum. Immediately, a flame rushed out and rushed towards his face. He hurriedly dodged and closed the furnace door again.

Why is the furnace fire inside still so vigorous?

Oh, it should be the fire released by the treasure sword. No wonder it is specially placed in the furnace. It seems that it is still untamed!

He became more and more itchy, and directly operated the right eye "Tongyou Zhaoshen Bijing" to look at the things inside through the furnace wall.

Eh, why is there nothing but raging flames in the furnace?

He looked at Master Jiang.

Jiang Weishan looked at him with a smile and said, "You look for it again."

He was strange. Where can this sword hide? He operated the Dharma eye, but he looked at the fire furnace carefully and scanned it inch by inch. There were only surging flames, and he didn't see the magic sword.

Or nothing.

But the sword hum was clearly heard just now.

Just when he pulled his head out in doubt, a flash of inspiration suddenly appeared in his mind. He looked at the fire furnace and suddenly made a sword formula with his hand, pointing to the fire furnace.

A silver-purple brilliance appeared out of thin air, and a thunder arc sword energy slashed towards the fire furnace, as if to split the fire furnace in front of him.

"Zheng!"

Another sword hum sounded.

The furnace suddenly burst into surging flames. Subsequently, surrounded by flames, the furnace actually turned by itself, shrank rapidly, and turned into a treasure sword!

The red treasure sword waved by itself, and also slashed out a fire sword energy, colliding with the thunder sword energy.

Thunder and fire intersected, bursting into dazzling Dharma light.

However, Master Jiang beside him flicked his sleeves, and all the thunder and fire sword lights disappeared.

He reached out to grab the fire sword, but the fire sword wanted to escape, and immediately turned into a jumping flame light and flew away.

Seeing this, Cheng Xinzhan smiled, pinched a formula in his hand, and a five-colored light circle flew out, turned into a hoop, quickly caught up with the flame light and covered it, making the flame light turn into the prototype of the treasure sword again.

"Capture!"

He recited another spell, and the treasure sword was obediently covered by the Yin-Yang Five Elements Hoop and returned to Cheng Xinzhan's hand.

He looked down. This sword was also in the Han style, red all over, with cloud patterns on it, shining with burning rosy light.

Passing a fire-attribute magic power into it, it was unobstructed.

Waving the sword twice, the fire-attribute spiritual energy around was driven, and sparks burst out in the air.

He was extremely satisfied and looked at Jiang Weishan,

"Master Jiang, your refining method is truly superb. How did you achieve such a treasure sword with both sword and furnace?"

Jiang Weishan laughed heartily, "It's still the material treasure itself that is mysterious. My refining method is just icing on the cake. This treasure sword was already formed at that time, but later I found spiritual materials like 'Heavenly Strange Tianqi Wuxiang Jin' in the treasure materials transferred by the Hong Jiaozhu, and a piece of Ge Ancestor furnace piece. The Hong Jiaozhu made a big move this time. Xinzhan, the Hong Jiaozhu has deep love for you!"

Jiang Weishan didn't know about the ginseng fruit pits, so he naturally didn't know Cheng Xinzhan's contribution.

And Cheng Xinzhan had never heard of "Heavenly Strange Tianqi Wuxiang Jin" and Ge Ancestor furnace piece. The former is actually literal, and it is speculated that it is a treasure material good at illusion, but what is the latter?

He asked, "Master Jiang, what is the Ge Ancestor furnace piece?"

Jiang Weishan explained,

"Ge Ancestor had an alchemy furnace, which was an immortal product. Once before he ascended, he was refining alchemy. I don't know what kind of immortal pill the ancestor wanted to refine. After the pill was formed, thunder clouds were born in the furnace, causing a pill tribulation. Ge Ancestor immediately performed great supernatural powers and finally saved the immortal pill, but the alchemy furnace was blown into pieces by the thunder tribulation."

"This alchemy furnace is an immortal product, and it was finally refined into such an immortal pill. Although it was blown into pieces, for us disciples, it is still a supreme immortal treasure."

"If I remember correctly, there were seventy or eighty pieces in total. Thousands of years passed, and I thought they were used up. I didn't expect to see one again this time. Haha, it is my old Daoist's blessing to use such immortal treasures to refine tools, and it is also your blessing, Xinzhan."

"You have talent in the refining path. I have also heard that you have been in contact with the Alchemy Dao recently. The Alchemy Dao and the Refining Dao have many things in common. To put it bluntly, they are all fire refining metal and stone! You have a foundation, so learn it well."

"Refining tools and refining alchemy, how can there be no good furnace? Seeing that the treasure materials are suitable, I refined such a treasure with both sword and furnace for you. Are you satisfied?"

"Satisfied! Disciple is extremely satisfied!"

Cheng Xinzhan laughed. He was full of joy and couldn't be more satisfied. He thanked Jiang Weishan repeatedly.

He also understood in his heart that melting these treasure materials together, both in sword shape and furnace shape, and changing freely, how could it be just that the treasure materials were rare? This is clearly the refining method of Master Jiang that is rare!

"Then give this magic sword a name. I have completed the first task, and if the Hong Jiaozhu asks, I have an explanation."

Jiang Weishan said with a smile.

Cheng Xinzhan looked at the treasure, thought for a while, and said,

"Let's call it 'Fire Refining Red Sky'!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 160 =====