Best Ascension

Time passed by inadvertently, and eight years passed in a flash.

Houshan Town Demon Hall, the earth soul altar is dark, empty and dead silent, densely packed holes have been dug in the surrounding stone walls, and a dark urn altar is placed in each hole, the altar mouth and body are covered with A palm-sized yellow talisman red talisman.

Woohoo!

Countless ghost altars vibrated and struggled non-stop, and there were faint howls of ghosts and wolves in the altar, which kept reverberating in the cave. bone.

But at this moment, in the center of the earth soul altar, there is a circle of crimson flames more than ten feet wide, which spread out like a lotus flower.

This fire is soft and quiet, but it exudes a faint sacred atmosphere, and in the center of the lotus flower sits a heroic young man with a stalwart figure.

Zizi!

As soon as the surrounding evil spirits came into contact with the karmic fire, they made a sizzling sound, and were swallowed and refined in an instant, becoming fuel to nourish the spiritual fire.

I don't know how long it took, and with a long exhalation sounded in the cave, the red flame on the ground shrank rapidly, flew into the air in a flash, and condensed into a lifelike red lotus, which plunged into the center of Zhao Sheng's eyebrows like lightning, and turned into a red lotus. It is a red lotus flame pattern.

The skin of Zhao Sheng's whole body gradually returned to fairness, his eyes opened, and two rays of divine light suddenly pierced through the surrounding darkness, and the sound of ghost crying in the air stopped abruptly.

With a thought, the Book of Hundred Worlds emerged from the sea of ​​souls, and then the pages of the book were opened, and a message quietly flooded into my mind:
Name: Sanbao (Zhao Sheng)
Shouyuan: 16/106
Boundary: Complete Qi Refining
Occupation: Tier [-] Alchemy Master, Tier [-] Talisman Master, Tier [-] Artifact Refiner,

【Physical:】Golden Fire Dual Spiritual Roots (Earth Level), Broken Rebirth (Earth Level)
[Talent:] Phase Shift (Earth Level)
【Skill:】

Cultivation method: Red Lotus Karma Fire Sutra (proficient), Star God Thousand Hearts Jue (minor success), Heaven and Man Four Phases (minor success), Golden Crow Burning Heaven Jue (proficient)
Hundred Arts: Daoism (), Talisman (), Alchemy (), Artifact Refining ()

"It's only at the age of 16 that you can refine Qi completely. This cultivation progress is not satisfactory! After all, Qingyang Mountain is only a first-order spiritual land, and the concentration of spiritual energy is lower after all." Zhao Sheng muttered to himself, and stood up.

Then, he walked to the stone ladder next to the cave, waded up the steps, and the hundred stone stairs passed by, and his figure quickly disappeared from the top of the cave.

There are two special buildings in the Temple of Demon Suppression, the Earth Soul Altar and the Locking Corpse Well.

The Earth Soul Altar is a place to seal ghosts, and the corpse lock well is a place to suppress zombies.These two places are forbidden areas in the back mountain of the Requiem Temple, which are never open to outsiders, and are only used by the cultivators in the temple for their cultivation.

Leaving aside the well for locking corpses, the Earth Soul Altar is divided into upper, middle and lower layers, and the ghosts sealed on each layer are different.

Zhao Sheng has reached the perfect state of refining Qi, and he usually cultivates on the second floor. The people sealed here are all hundred-year-old ghosts, most of them are fierce ghosts and ghosts.

The practice of "Red Lotus Karmic Fire Sutra" is very special. The cultivator nourishes a karmic fire red lotus by continuously purifying ghost energy and evil spirits, and then refines the aura of heaven and earth through karmic fire to cultivate a special fire spiritual power.

It can be said that any immortal cultivator who has practiced the "Red Lotus Karmic Fire Sutra" can be regarded as the nemesis of all ghosts and ghosts.

People like Zhao Sheng are called Red Lotus Walkers. They have been the main force of the Tiandao Sect's Demon Elimination Hall since ancient times, and they have always taken it as their mission to eliminate demons and ghosts.

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After leaving the earth soul altar, a bloated young man with a round face immediately came forward and shouted: "Brother, it's not good! We can't continue our business."

Zhao Sheng raised his hand, stopped talking, and asked in a deep voice: "Zou Qi, what are you panicking about, please explain the matter clearly first."

Zou Qi swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and said cautiously: "The 'black market' we set up was unfortunately discovered by Shen Bian, a debt collector, who was about to sue the capital. This is going to be a disaster. Senior brother, take it quickly. Come up with an idea!"

"I'm not doing anything bad. Isn't it the black market! Let him go and sue. The black market is gone, just set up another one."

Seeing the indifferent look on the senior brother's face, Zou Qi felt relieved, but he still couldn't help worrying: "But... if the Metropolitan Academy is clinging to the black market, what will we do if they find us?"

Zhao Sheng smiled, and said calmly, "Have you ever heard the words that the law does not blame the public! And with Master here, this old capital courtyard can't move me."

In the past eight years, many changes have taken place unconsciously in the people and things in the Requiem Temple.

In recent years, Bao'an's position as a temple priest has become more and more stable, and Zhao Sheng has gradually become the unquestionable elder brother in the hearts of many young Taoist priests in the temple.

As for Wu Xingshen and others, Zhao Sheng used a little bit of tactics, after three or two rounds of fighting, everyone was completely defeated, and if they were given a little bit of sweetness, all the Taoist boys surrendered sincerely under the combination of grace and power.

So, Zhao Sheng immersed himself in hard training, and while his strength improved rapidly, he also lived comfortably for seven years.

However, a year ago, an old Duyuan parachuted down suddenly disrupted the good situation of "harmony and unity" in the Requiem Temple.

This person's legal name is Yuanyang, and his secular surname is Shen. Shen Bian is one of his grandsons, and he went to the Requiem Temple with him.

Yuan Yang used to be a Tiantou of the Foundation Establishment Realm in the Cangnan Mansion Temple, but later he had to retire from the position of Tiantou due to old age and frailty.

Originally, this person should have escaped into the Senate to cultivate his morals, but he didn't know that the Yuanyang people were old-hearted and eager for power, so they took the initiative to send a large number of bribes. By luck, they got a position in the County Temple Capital Academy, and were finally sent to the Requiem Temple.

As soon as Yuan Yang came, he took the initiative to win over the other two elders and some ambitious people who were unwilling to let others down, trying to compete with the temple priest Bao'an's division of power.

In addition to the main altar of Tiandaoism, the Taoist temples are divided into five levels: national temples, provincial temples, government temples, county temples, and county temples.

The positions of each Taoist temple are similar. The temple priest is the head of a temple, and he is in charge of all things in the temple. Under the temple sacrifice, there are "three capitals and five masters". , Thirteen heads, up to eighteen first-class positions.

The three capitals are Duyuan, Ducha, and Duku.Sandu is originally an honorary position and is not permanent. It is often used to arrange for some highly respected seniors to retire and support them.

The five masters are divided into scripture masters, Jiao masters, hall masters, Hua masters and courtyard masters.The five major temple masters are all in charge of one party's authority, among which the master of scriptures is the head of the five masters, and his real power is second only to the temple priests.

Hearing what the elder brother said, Zou Qi finally relaxed, but he muttered again: "We managed to drive away those witches and gods, and only a few years after we took control of the black market, that boy Shen Bian spoiled the good thing. The account must be settled with him."

The corners of Zhao Sheng's mouth turned up, and he smiled lightly: "Don't worry! If Yuan Yang doesn't check, he will be fine. If he checks, he will surely know that he has stabbed a hornet's nest. The black market not only has our interests, everyone in the temple does not eat the dividends of the black market. Said To put it bluntly, which of the big and small family forces in Hufeng County has not done business in the black market? Which one has not been touched? Some people are more anxious than us. What kind of mind are you kid!"

"Haha! It's still senior brother who sees clearly. I'm convinced." Zou Qi turned his worries into joy after hearing this, and he was as happy as a fat head.

Although Zhao Sheng said so, there were some things in his heart that he did not tell Zou Qi.

It doesn't matter that the black market is investigated or even destroyed, what matters is the transactions in the black market.

Some things are not weighed on the scale, they are only as light as a goose feather, but once they are on the scale, they will crush people to death.

If you are afraid, you will be afraid, Yuan Yang of the capital found out some clues, and then followed the plan to find out, and seized Bao'an's handle.

Over the years, the deficit accumulated in the temple was an astonishing amount.

Zhao Sheng just moved some spiritual stones secretly, and his master Bao'an was the biggest rat.

Over the past few years, in order to succeed in the experiment as soon as possible, Bao'an invested at least hundreds of thousands of spiritual resources in spirit stones.

The territory of Hufeng County is only 800 miles, and the population is only [-] million. The county's products are not rich, and the land is poor, so it can be called a small county with few people.

Every year, the Requiem Temple must pay a fixed spiritual tax to the higher-level temple, plus the big and small rats in the temple secretly poach corners.

It's no wonder that the Requiem Temple isn't in short supply!

Ordinary things can't shake Bao'an's position at all, but if the deficit is exposed, the consequences will be disastrous!

"It seems that some things must be planned earlier," Zhao Sheng thought in his heart, and his body disappeared into nothingness in an instant...

Next, his figure kept appearing in many important places such as the treasury in the temple, the treasury, the account room, etc., and began to carefully change the account books, make up for the loopholes, and clean up all kinds of messes.

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After being reincarnated for eight years, Zhao Sheng has a general understanding of the situation of Da Gu Chao.

Without a doubt!

Tiandaoism is the most powerful force in the world, and any spiritual land within the territory of the Great Gu Dynasty is the territory of Tiandaoism, and there is no room for other forces to survive.

After thousands of years of development, the five-level Taoist temple system of Tiandaoism has become extremely stable, and the upper and lower levels are very clear and strict.

In view of the special situation in this world, Zhao Sheng also gradually gave up the idea of ​​breaking away from Tiandaoism. After all, "relying on the Gongmen is easy to practice" is an eternal truth.

In addition, the reason why he did this is another important point.

In the past eight years, Zhao Sheng searched through the ancient jade books in the temple, but he couldn't find any information about the Tianzhu world and the war between the two worlds.

This is very wrong!
You must know that the previous pope of Tiandaoism was born in a foreign race, and this person was also an "acquaintance" of Zhao Sheng.

In Youshen Realm, the original Guichiyi clan actually changed their name to the famous Shura clan.

Nowadays, the Shura clan has become the guardian race of Tiandao Sect. The whole clan has defended the main altar of Tiandao Sect for thousands of years, and the clan members often hold the position of Daoist protectors, which can be described as a lowly position.

That Guichi Pope has passed away for thousands of years, and it has been 1163 years since the new Pope took office, and the Tiandao Calendar has also turned to the seventh era.

In other words, the war between the two worlds was at least 1163 years ago.

As for how many years to go forward, Zhao Sheng is still at a loss.

Of course, the countless mysteries that lie in my heart can be left to be solved later.

Now an intrusive crisis has hit Zhao Sheng.

Only half a day later, the black market located at the foot of Wuming Mountain, [-] miles northwest of Qingyang Mountain, was exposed by the power-hungry Yuan Yang.

This person's boldness and dark heart really exceeded the expectations of Zhao Sheng and others.

This person had already made a secret report to the palace temple, and borrowed a group of capable inspectors in advance through a hall master of the temple backed by him.

The so-called Shen Bian exposing the black market is just a cover on the surface.

Yuan Yang personally led a team to raid the black market, not only captured a large number of people involved in black market transactions in one fell swoop, but also naturally seized a batch of ledgers.

Among those arrested were members of the major families in Hufeng County, as well as "our own people" from the Requiem Temple.

But that day, Yuan Yang didn't even return to the gate of the temple, so he took the "prisoner" and went straight to the temple.

This move was extremely ruthless, completely beyond everyone's imagination.

Zhao Sheng also made some miscalculations, he didn't expect someone to come directly with a broken jar.

It would be strange if there were no experts secretly pointing out here.

If Yuan Yang had such skill in his early years, he wouldn't just stop at Tiantou.

Due to the sudden incident, most of the people panicked.Zhao Sheng even vaguely noticed that Bao'an was showing signs of killing people.

But before it was formally implemented, Zhao Sheng painstakingly persuaded it to come down.

It's okay if you don't do anything, maybe you won't find anything at the temple.But if he really did make a move, it would be the same as not calling himself. Any fool would know that there is a big problem here.

These years, due to the various outstanding performances of his disciples, Bao'an has long regarded Zhao Sheng as his confidant, and except for the most secret things, he has not hidden anything from Zhao Sheng.

"Three Treasures, do you want to come up with an idea? I'm a little confused as a teacher."

In a secret room, Bao Chen asked Zhao Sheng with an extremely gloomy expression.

Zhao Sheng took two steps in front of his eyes, suddenly shook his head, and said in a deep voice, "It's better to be quiet than to move! It's too common to secretly resell spiritual resources. As long as we don't check the deficit over the years, we have plenty of ways to cover it up. , the big deal is to hand over a few scapegoats!"

Hearing this, Bao'an's expression turned pale, but the next sentence made his face change drastically.

"But I'm afraid that Yuan Yang won't let it go. He resorted to such taboo methods, and he must already have the mentality of success or benevolence. Master, it's time to use the old relationship. You are at the temple. After decades of operation, it’s time for those gangsters to contribute.”

Bao'an smiled wryly, spread his hands, and said helplessly: "My old benefactor has been sitting for three years, and other old relationships are not as tough as that palace master. Otherwise, how could that damned Yuanyang come down by air. He is Seeing that there is no backer for the teacher."

"This is a bit difficult! Master, you must prepare a heavy gift and rush to the temple immediately. Before you can find anything, go up and down first and do your best." Zhao Sheng sighed wistfully. .

"Oh, that's a huge sum! But now the temple treasury is so empty that rats can starve to death, and even if it's free food, it's paid for as much as three years in advance. There is no other treasure in the master's hand.

Disciple, since the teacher knows that you have a lot of money, why don't you lend me some spirit stones first.After this catastrophe, the teacher will naturally pay you back. "

When Zhao Sheng heard this, the expression on his face remained unchanged, but in his heart he had already sentenced Bao'an to death.

Based on his understanding of Bao'an, this guy either wanted to run away, or he was going to attack himself.

However, if the situation is not at an irreversible step, Bao'an will not choose to launch it in advance.

After all, human trials have not really been successful, and there is no guarantee of survival after bone marrow and heart transplants.

"Master, what did you say? My master and my disciples are one, so there is no need to mention a word of excuse. This Nakong seal contains all my savings over the years, which is at least tens of thousands when converted into spirit stones. Just take it, master. Let's settle this matter first." Zhao Sheng generously took off the Nakong seal on his waist, and handed it to Bao'an.

"The apprentice has a heart. I am very pleased to be a teacher!" Bao'an forced a smile on his face, but a cold light flashed in the depths of his eyes.

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