Chapter 794: Merit Covering Dao Salary (122)

"Creak."

Finally, Chen Donghe and An Siwei led the way into Yuting, each followed by three powerful figures from Qingdu and Yuting. They saluted first. Li Jiangqian was still very polite to these two, sat up straight and said: "Two elders, please come in."

So the hall door was closed, leaving only the two standing in the hall. Li Jiangqian pointed to the many letters on the case and replied: "The shelter candidates for the twenty-two people in the clan, what Zhouluo gave is three shelters for each person, which can stay in the continent, get positions at the edge of the continent, and receive annual rewards."

"Their actions over the past three years are all recorded here. Doubts, evidence, reports suppressed by Zhouluo, and stains in the past in the clan scrolls are all marked with vermilion."

"I want the two departments to cooperate. The people in Qingdu are not allowed to act. The people in Yuting go down to invite people directly. The invited people are separated and locked in the hall. No need to interrogate, no need to use torture."

Chen Donghe wanted to speak but stopped, while An Siwei saluted and reminded: "Reporting to Clan Master, the clan has been honest for three years. The shelter candidates selected are all flawless. Even if some are intentional, there is no handle to grasp. And if we calculate based on the past, it will inevitably cause resentment."

"It doesn't matter."

Li Jiangqian smiled and replied: "I just want the two elders to watch everyone, and the wind will be tight."

The two nodded in understanding. Li Jiangqian walked all the way down and opened the door for the two personally. The main door opened suddenly, and the whispering crowd in front of the door stopped. Li Jiangqian laughed:

"There is one more thing. I also ask Qingdu and Yuting to pass the message to all branches. Anyone who has a shelter family who commits a crime and is punished by Qingdu, one person commits a crime, and the whole mansion is implicated. Depending on the situation, the shelter will be reduced."

A group of people dispersed in an orderly manner, and people were brought to the mountain one after another. Li Jiangqian waited for a while, and saw the man with the flower-colored headband being pulled over from the road. Li Jiangqian was waiting for him, changed his smiling face, and stared at him coldly.

Li Chengzao's heart was already cold.

The Yuting guards came to the door in the middle of the night, saying that one person committed a crime, and the whole mansion was implicated. Li Chengzao's heart thumped.

What did his own old man go to do? Plead guilty! Li Xixuan rushed to Qingdu without stopping, but Li Chengzao didn't know, only knew that his father hadn't come back after pleading until the middle of the night. Early in the morning, he sat around with several brothers and worried, saying that he was punished in some place...

Now being stared at by Li Jiangqian, he was even more terrified in his heart:

"Father said early that the eldest son is ruthless. If this is done, our family's shelter will be lost, and all five will have no place to land... It is really a move higher than a move. Father hit his hand!"

He was pulled into the side courtyard and locked up. The gate was closed, and it was completely dark. The array isolated the inside and outside, and they could no longer communicate. He was dead in his heart. When the attendant in the hall came up to serve tea, he had no reaction.

"Adult, please..."

He turned his head and glanced, suddenly feeling that this attendant was a bit familiar. He was stunned for a moment and asked:

"Are you from the Ren family?"

Li Xixuan's wife was from the Ren family, and the East Mansion was very close to the Ren family. He hurriedly grabbed this person's hand, operated his brain that he rarely used, trembled and said: "Pass a letter to the East Mansion for me... divide the family quickly... save as many as you can..."

This Ren family member glanced at him and replied:

"Young Master thinks too highly of me. I am a small attendant, how can I have such great ability? Besides, the people in the East Mansion have already divided the family property before the Young Master was brought here!"

Li Chengzao softened and sat blankly for a long time, only spitting out a word:

"Good."

Li Chengzao struggled inside, but it was very quiet outside. There were only hurried footsteps. The moonlight was like water. Li Jiangqian stood in front of the hall door. Chen Yang bowed slightly and said in a low voice: "Clan Master, Xixuan elder is still in the Qingdu courtyard, the East Mansion has already divided the family in a panic, the west side was divided long ago, there is no movement, only two branches divided out..."

"Enough."

Li Jiangqian said casually:

"Wait for Xixuan elder to come down from the mountain, and he will lose his East Mansion. The divided children will complain about him. The old senior said that complaints do not reach brothers, complaints do not reach the clan, and complaints about our Xixuan elder are just right."

He sneered and replied:

"If parents don't do well, brothers and sisters will fight against the enemy together. Isn't it more united? And they won't hurt their feelings, and they won't complain about the clan... It was Li Xixuan who pleaded guilty first, and I, Li Jiangqian, sent people to catch people. Now the East Mansion didn't fight but confessed. Everyone knows the reason for catching people everywhere!"

At this moment, Chen Yang was also shocked and cold, and was silent for a while. He bowed and replied: "I'm just afraid he won't cooperate... Xixuan elder... knows best in the situation. If he spreads it everywhere..."

"Not afraid he won't cooperate."

Li Jiangqian flicked his sleeves, walked into the hall with his hands behind his back, and laughed:

"Parents love their children, and they plan for them deeply. If the matter is poked through, what good is it for the East Mansion? It's nothing more than welcoming my repeated differentiation and disintegration. He is old and dare not fight against me who holds power."

"What's more..."

He entered the main seat, picked up the pen, and replied: "Is there any difference between pleading for mercy and pleading guilty? If there is no crime, why plead for mercy?"

Li Jiangqian glanced at him and continued: "Go and invite Cui Jueyin."

Chen Yang went down like the wind, and Cui Jueyin entered from outside the hall quickly, clearly waiting on the side for a long time. Li Jiangqian raised his eyebrows and laughed:

"The matter discussed with Protector Cui in these two months... is it settled?"

Cui Jueyin saluted slightly and said respectfully: "According to the Clan Master's instructions, three major Daoist books were selected from the six hundred and sixty-seven Daoist scriptures in the clan, which are "Six Chapters Seeking Immortals" 【White Han Chapter】, "Scale Beast Asking Law" General Record, and "Spirit Middle Talisman Law" General Outline."

"The parts selected from the three Daoist lineages have been deleted and added, supplemented by multiple Daoist lineages, and named 【White Han】, 【Asking Law】, and 【Spirit Talisman】."

He offered the three classics with both hands, using white, gold, and purple book covers, and outlined patterns, looking like an immortal. Li Jiangqian took them and flipped through them twice, nodding:

"Trouble the senior."

Cui Jueyin stood sideways, and Li Jiangqian said to Chen Yang below:

"Bring the clansmen from each side courtyard over."

Not long after, everyone filed in, one by one with their heads down, terrified and uneasy, standing in a row below. Li Jiangqian laughed: "First of all, congratulations to everyone. Xixuan elder entered the mountain with great righteousness and pleaded guilty to the crime. The clan sent people to investigate. Fortunately, Uncle Zhouluo had eyes like torches, and the shelter candidates were very accurate. Although there were doubts, they have all been cleared up now, and the shelter is correct."

The crowd below breathed a sigh of relief, looked at each other secretly, and all looked at Li Chengzao.

Li Chengzao was even more sure that his old man went to plead guilty, and fortunately, nothing was found, otherwise his family would have been hated to death. He was secretly rejoicing, listening to Li Jiangqian say:

"Inviting everyone here today is really to discuss important matters. I want to open the door of convenience in the clan, with one mountain in the dense forest as the main, and set up three levels of learning, which are 【White Han】, 【Asking Law】, and 【Spirit Talisman】 paths, for the clansmen in the continent who cannot cultivate to study, which can be considered as adding a bit of meager strength to the clan."

The crowd below looked up with slight doubts, all looking at the stage. Li Jiangqian laughed: "The path of shelter will continue to be pushed, only for the descendants of cultivators who sacrificed for the clan, only sheltering the generation with spiritual orifices. If the descendants have no spiritual orifices, they can be temporarily recorded in the lake with the cultivator's property, waiting for the descendants with spiritual orifices to be bestowed, which is merit covering."

"As for the path of studying Daoist scriptures, every five years of sacrifice is the assessment of the dense forest. Those who have attainments in the three paths, after assessing their character, can all receive the clan's merit and salary position. Not only can they stay in the continent, but they can also receive rewards and salaries. This is Dao salary."

The courtyard was silent. Cui Jueyin was clearly prepared, took out several golden scrolls that had been written long ago from his sleeves, and passed them down to Chen Donghe and An Siwei.

You must know that the Li family's shelter is not as stable as Mount Tai. If the ability is insufficient, the official position will still be removed. Rewards and staying are only enjoyed by one generation. If the Dao salary matter works, isn't it better than shelter? Now everyone raised their eyebrows and looked. Li Jiangqian continued: "This path has three levels of positions. Later, the family will also set up clan schools in various prefectures, and can also send them out of the continent... Each room should come to copy the scriptures."

He leaned on the high seat of the main seat, and the hot eyes below drifted with the three books. There were also several Foundation Establishment cultivators here. These people were willing to line up to copy. Li Jiangqian drifted his gaze among the happy faces.

"It is absolutely impossible to put you in power easily... Only by hanging your energy on the countless annotations of Daoist scriptures... studying hard, and having no heart to study other things, can you climb up this power system that is completely isolated from the sixteen prefectures, two peaks and one mountain, and only then can you eliminate future troubles..."

He smiled, and in the sound of copying scriptures and the sound of the Clan Master's great grace, he raised his head slightly: "What's more, it's not without benefits... Reading more Daoist scriptures is also good for educating descendants... Spiritual orifice children are three Daoist books in enlightenment... Maybe it is also conducive to future cultivation."

"This is the method of merit covering Dao salary!"

The night was getting dark, the stars in the sky were twinkling, the waves of ten thousand miles on the sea were not rising, the gulls and eagles were soaring, and a few calls came from the extremely distant horizon, disappearing quickly in the ears.

The maple forest was cool, white jade lotus lamps were floating in the stream, and the green jade platform was bright and clean. The cultivator in white-gold Daoist robes opened his eyes, and saw the light of heaven appearing, purple fire floating and scattering, making the forest bright.

In these days, Li Ximing only cultivated in the forest, and the injuries on his Dharma body were healed. The place of cultivation vacated by Jiuqiu Xianshan for him was clearly not bad, and the spiritual machine was similar to that of Zhijing Mountain.

What is rare is that white jade lotus lamps floated down, and some kind of Mare Water spirit object that helps heal injuries was lit inside, fragrant and pungent. Although it was not very useful for Li Ximing's Zifu-level injuries, it was a matter of heart.

"The progress of the 'Visiting Heavenly Gate' supernatural power is not great. Although I walked through life and death, my Daoist attainment has grown slightly, but my cultivation has been delayed because of healing..."

Tempering supernatural powers is a water-grinding effort. Li Ximing estimated that it would take more than thirty years to refine this 'Visiting Heavenly Gate' to perfection. He calculated: "According to the speed of Jiangnan, my cultivation talent is actually not slow. Refining to perfection in more than thirty years, I can immediately connect to the "Body Suppressing Tiger Pass Treasure Classic", without continuing the wonderful method, spending more than ten years to cast the Dao Foundation, and then I can refine 'Monarch Treading Danger'."

"The time to break through the second supernatural power is not recorded anywhere, and it depends more on personal aptitude. Without experience, it is difficult to estimate. Let's count it as ten years. Sixty years to achieve 'Monarch Treading Danger'. If everything goes well, one hundred and twenty years to condense the third supernatural power and break through to the middle stage, facing the Zifu Immortal Threshold."

The Zifu Immortal Threshold is famous, and Li Ximing can't estimate it anymore. After having three supernatural powers, he can be considered a backbone in the Zifu of Jiangnan. Li Zhouwei will not be slower than himself. By then, even if he faces Senior Chang Xiao, he will not be too inferior.

"Only to safely spend these one hundred and twenty years under Senior Chang Xiao's targeting is really not an easy thing."

Li Ximing's situation is slightly awkward. If he returns to Jiangnan, he has no confidence to face Senior Chang Xiao's open spears and hidden arrows. Staying overseas, the people in the family are also not safe: "Although Zhouwei took a risky move and removed Situ Mo, ending the heart-trouble that my family has had for a hundred years, and also removed a key knife, but once Senior Chang Xiao returns to Jiangnan, using means, although there may not be characters like Situ Mo, the borrowed knives are definitely indispensable..."

He was secretly depressed when he suddenly heard the wind chimes on the maple tree ringing. Xia Shouyu in white walked over from the forest, saluted slightly, and said respectfully: "Reporting to True Person, the two True Persons sent someone to invite, saying that the matter discussed earlier can be set off now."

Xia Shouyu had stayed in Jiuqiu for more than half a year, and it was not just comfortable. Compared with the first half of her life, it was simply luxurious. Not to mention the rich spiritual machine in the cave where she lived, even if she squatted down on a small path in the mountain where the spiritual machine was the thinnest, the spiritual machine concentration was several times that of the Qingxu Temple.

After these good days, this woman became more and more radiant. A few magic tools and jewelry were decorated, making her even more beautiful. The slight sharpness brought by her eyebrows being too thin was also covered by the pendant between her eyebrows. Xia Shouyu was a woman who knew how to hold a shelf. Now, on the contrary, she looked like a Zifu direct descendant from a big sect.

Li Ximing was not a sharp person, and didn't feel it was too much. The woman who was earthy in the past became like this, which only made him nod with a smile, folding his sleeves and getting up, with thoughts in his heart:

"I can take this opportunity... to ask Houfu to take her to the lake. It is safe and convenient, and it can also have a deterrent meaning... Zhouming is also not young, and he has no destination day by day. It is said that he is still lingering in which music workshop, which is not good."

So he asked while walking out: "Lingdu is a kind elder. I heard that your treatment on the Xianshan is called a guest, but in fact, it is like an outer disciple. Several Daoist scriptures are open to you... is it true or not?"

Xia Shouyu was suddenly panicked and said eagerly:

"Reporting to True Person, exactly, but the magic tools and clothes on this junior were exchanged for the resources and spirit objects bestowed by the True Person, and I did not take half a thing from the Jiuqiu Daoist lineage..."

Xia Shouyu was a careful person and thought of several steps. Li Ximing was not counting this, nodded slightly, and replied:

"You did well. I will find an opportunity to plan a slightly better background for you, but you must be worthy of it. Since several Daoist scriptures are open to you, read more in these days."

Xia Shouyu was surprised and happy. Although her talent, appearance, and mind were not inferior to others, she was born lowly. How could she not be inferior in her heart? For a time, she burst into tears and replied: "The True Person's kindness of recreating, even if I am smashed to pieces, I cannot repay!"

Li Ximing walked in front with his hands behind his back, nodding lightly:

"Read more in these days, so that when things are sent to your hands, you can't hold them steady, and when you are exposed, you will regret it, then it will be too late."

Xia Shouyu nodded repeatedly. The two had already arrived under the large maple tree discussed earlier. Houfu in a shaman's robe and the old and frail Lingdu were discussing in a low voice. Seeing Li Ximing coming, Lingdu stood up early and said in a hoarse voice:

"Greetings, Fellow Daoist Zhaojing, time is tight, please come together."

Li Ximing nodded. Houfu just asked how he was, and remained silent. The three entered the Grand Void, and the infinite pitch-black filled their bodies. Only then did Lingdu say in a low voice:

"Houfu Fellow Daoist and I have been arranging for these days, trying our best to do it thoroughly, and the movement is as small as possible, so we have been dragging it. We didn't expect to get news the day before yesterday that the Eyed Lianmin who went to the Buddhist Land to report finished the sword mountain and sea of fire, was punished, but was not demoted, but returned to investigate with guilt, so we had to invite Fellow Daoist over in a hurry."

Li Ximing shook his head and replied:

"What can be investigated? What should have been calculated should have been calculated. If traces had been found, they would have been chased long ago, and it wouldn't be their turn to be punished in the Buddhist Land."

Although he said so, Li Ximing was slightly frightened in his heart: "What a big momentum, I only hope that the guy won't come back under pressure, and then count everything on my head... I'd better finish this matter as soon as possible."

Lingdu seemed to have similar thoughts, did not go straight from the Grand Void, but circled to the mortal sea, used the mortal sea's extremely fast speed to traverse, arrived in the north of the Kong Que Sea in one breath, and took a lotus flower from his sleeve.

This lotus flower was pink and cute, but only the size of a palm. Another branch was hanging with an old lotus pod. Li Ximing stood beside him and saw it clearly. The lotus pod was neat and tidy, with five holes.

Lingdu pinched a magic formula, and the five holes immediately responded with three, picking out three lotus seeds like white jade. The old True Person said in a low voice:

"Please take one for each of you, stick it in the tiger's mouth for storage, to prevent Mohe from calculating!"

"If you have such a good thing, you didn't say it... you should have said it earlier..."

Li Ximing felt slightly relieved in his heart. According to his statement, he buckled the lotus seeds down, only feeling that the Dharma body was slightly different, vaguely with five-colored treasure light, and followed Lingdu out of the Grand Void, having arrived at a certain seabed of the Kong Que Sea.

This place was dark and lightless, and the sea water presented a deep copper-green color. Li Ximing followed the two into it, and soon arrived at a huge sea canyon. Lingdu then said: "Please wait for a while!"

The old man traversed into the depths of the sea canyon. Li Ximing knew that the possibility of the other party harming him was almost zero, but his heart was still beating:

"If an array is set up here, and the two attack together, I am afraid my life will be worried... If I don't use the mysterious light... there is a 60% probability of falling here..."

Fortunately, his fantasy did not come true. After only half a quarter of an hour, the seabed shook, and the whole seabed trembled violently.

"Boom!"

A piece of gorgeous five-colored treasure light sprayed out from the seabed, as big as a house, crossed the heavy ocean, and rushed to the horizon. Houfu, who had been silently pinching the formula and chanting, finally stopped and shouted:

"Rise!"

Suddenly, a brown patterned small bag flew out from his sleeve, traversed through the sea water, and intercepted the gorgeous five-colored treasure light halfway. The bag mouth bulged, and the five-colored treasure light that was slowly rising changed direction, flew a few more miles, turned before rushing out of the sea surface, and fell into the bag mouth.

Suddenly, a small brown patterned bag flew out from his sleeve, shuttling through the seawater, and intercepted the gorgeous five-colored treasure light halfway. The mouth of the bag bulged, and the five-colored treasure light that was slowly rising changed direction, flew a few more miles, turned before rushing out of the sea, and fell into the mouth of the bag.

Houfu frowned, looked at Li Ximing with one hand maintaining the brown small bag, and reminded in a low voice:

"Please pay attention, Fellow Daoist Zhaojing, the Kong Que Eyed Lianmin can sense this object. Although it is suppressed by us, the Kong Que Sea is close at hand, and that Eyed Lianmin will inevitably come riding the wind."

Li Ximing nodded slightly. After a few breaths, the light column finally fell slowly, and Houfu also looked more and more relaxed, but he heard a huge, piercing cry from the horizon: "Ao——"

A huge five-colored bronze-colored mixed giant beast appeared on the sea surface, with red eyes and golden beak, as big as a small mountain. The escape light dragged behind its back flowed with five-colored colorful treasure light, and in an instant, it dyed more than half of the sky.

A massive beast, a mixture of five-colored bronze, emerged on the sea surface. It had red eyes and a golden beak, and was the size of a small mountain. Its back was flat and wide, and the escape light trailing behind it flowed with colorful treasure light, instantly dyeing more than half the sky.

This Eyed Lianmin arrived in an instant, changed into a middle-aged monk wearing a five-colored Zen robe in the sea, with six ring scars on his head, each with a color, both hands empty, eyes wide open.

Li Ximing glanced at Houfu. This Great Xiukui Temple True Person dressed in a shaman's robe seemed very proud to see the monk's appearance, laughed, and replied:

"Your father."

The middle-aged monk looked at the sound and was stunned in place, his heart shocked: "Zifu?! Two Zifu!"

The Eyed Lianmin was originally at the level of Zifu early stage. Even if he cultivated to the seat of the lotus flower, it was a great improvement in survival ability, and his strength did not increase much. At most, he could fight with a cultivator of two supernatural powers. Usually, a cultivator who had crossed the Zifu Immortal Threshold would need three to five Compassions to resist...

He saw two Zifu at once, and his heart was suddenly frightened. Li Ximing and Houfu suppressed their aura again and did not show their supernatural power cultivation, which made him unable to grasp it. But he was a peacock after all, a dignified Eyed Lianmin of the 【Great Bestowal Copper Color Temple】, and his foundation was still there, so he only said coldly:

"I don't know which Daoist lineage's True Person you are. Don't you know that the Kong Que Sea is the territory of my 【Great Bestowal Copper Color Temple】? This treasure light is also owned by my Kong Que Daoist lineage. Please let it go quickly..."

"My 【Great Bestowal Copper Color Temple】 has a total of four Compassions, and they are rushing here quickly. Fellow Daoist, don't make mistakes!"

Li Ximing's Bright Yang supernatural power was not good at hiding his aura, and he didn't know the calculation ability of the Eyed Lianmin in front of him. He tried not to make a sound as much as possible, but Houfu laughed loudly, with a wild appearance, and replied coldly:

"I don't change my name, I don't change my surname, Solar Qingchi, True Person Buzi! Get out of here!"

Li Ximing was stunned, almost turned his head to look at him, and laughed in his heart: "Good, good, good."

But the middle-aged man-like peacock narrowed his eyes, his colorful monk robe was full of light, and he said coldly: "Fellow Daoist... do you think I am blind!"

Characters appearing in this chapter

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Li Xixuan 【Mortal】 【Bo Branch Direct Line】

Li Chengzao 【Mortal】 【Bo Branch Direct Line】

Chen Donghe 【Qi Refining 9th Layer】

Li Jiangqian "Great Li Book" 【Foundation Establishment Early Stage】

Chen○Yang "Jing Dragon King" 【Foundation Establishment Early Stage】

An Siwei "Court Guard" 【Foundation

Cui Jueyin "Changming Stage" 【Late Foundation Establishment】

Xia Shouyu "Bai Lixin" 【Early Foundation Establishment】

Li Ximing 【Early Zifu】 【Zifu Alchemist】

Lingdu 【Mid Zifu】 【Tantai Jiuqiu Orthodoxy】

Houfu 【Early Zifu】 【Great Xiukui Temple】

Yu Guang 【Eyed Lianmin】 【Compassionate Aspect】

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