Chronicles of Celestial Origins

After being promoted to the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, the spiritual power in his body has more than doubled. The spiritual power contained in the Vitality Pill is obviously not suitable for his current practice. He must have the corresponding elixir. The Strengthening Pill is specially designed for monks in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment. Take the elixir.

The spiritual power contained in it is twice that of the Vitality Pill, and the price has naturally increased. The Vitality Pill costs fifty spiritual stones per piece, and the Strengthening Pill costs up to one hundred spiritual stones.

"How much do you need?"

"Take twelve bottles!"

Mu Pingbo opened the cabinet behind him, took out twelve black vials and handed them to him.

Tangning took the porcelain bottle, opened it, took a look, and took out four high-grade spiritual stones from the storage bag and gave them to him.

Mu Pingbo smiled and said: "I've heard that your family is extremely wealthy, and that you buy rare high-grade spiritual stones in Xingang. I thought it was a rumor before, and I half believed it, but today I saw it was true."

"My wife left it to me."

"Are you married?"

"My fiancée, you know, was kidnapped. Later I found out that the mysterious figure who kidnapped her was a monk from a large inland sect. He took her into his sect and accepted her as a disciple. . Decades ago, she came to Xingang to look for me, and when she left, she left some spiritual stones with me. "

Mu Pingbo looked envious after hearing this: "You are so lucky. What about your wife? Which sect did you join?"

"Tai Xuan Zong."

Mu Pingzong was stunned for a moment: "Taixuanzong? But Taixuanzong, one of the four major sects that is the leader in Xuanmen in the world?"

Tang Ning nodded: "Her master is a disciple of the Qingxuan Palace of the Taixuan Sect. He went to the Mubei Grassland to perform a mission, was injured and fled to Xingang to live in seclusion. After recovering from the injury, he took her to the Taixuan Sect."

Mu Pingbo was silent for a long time after listening. Taixuanzong was so famous that he didn't know what to say.

Qingzhou is the headquarters of Taixuanzong, and all sects are under its jurisdiction. Taixuanzong can be described as a holy place for practice in the hearts of monks in Qingzhou, not to mention the small Xingang.

"Then your wife must be extremely talented." After a while, Mu Pingbo said.

A great monk from Taixuan Sect returned to his sect after traveling hundreds of millions of miles away with a little girl. He could tell with his butt that this little girl must have extraordinary talent.

"My wife's qualifications and talents are indeed much better than mine."

"It's rare! She can come back to you after going to Taixuan Sect. Remember, I advised you to be mentally prepared to be abandoned."

Tangning smiled as she remembered the past, "I was still very worried when you said that."

The two looked at each other and smiled, chatting for a while. Tang Ning left Xiuyuan Peak and came to the alchemy room. In fact, his alchemy skills were not as skilled as others thought.

Many of the two hundred bottles of elixirs belonged to the Jiangdong branch of the Corpse Puppet Sect. He took them away and took advantage of this opportunity to sell them all to the elixir department at a low price.

At his current level, he still makes mistakes when refining Wanling Pills. About two or three pills will produce a useless pill. The overall success rate is less than 60%, which is far from being proficient.

He stayed in the elixir room until late at night, then returned to the cave to rest for an hour or two. At around 12:00, he left the cave and came to the Zhongzhi Peak Conference Hall. Today was the time for the Ministry of Science and Technology to discuss matters.

There was no one in the hall, so he took his seat at his usual place. Not long after, Lu Guang, Zhu Xu, and Chen Xuan arrived one after another. Tang Ning nodded and greeted them one by one.

"Junior brother Tang, congratulations on breaking through to the middle stage of foundation building." Lu Guang said

"It was just a fluke."

Chen Xuandao: "I used to hear others say that practicing Taoist teachings actually has little to do with qualifications and hard work. The most important thing is opportunity, but I didn't take it seriously. Now I can't help but believe it. Junior Brother Tang has average to low qualifications, but he can still practice hard. To make great progress on the road, isn’t it because opportunity is more important than qualification?”

This statement sounded very uncomfortable, rather sinister, and sounded like a gun and a stick. Tangning just smiled and said nothing.

Chen Xuan has been trapped in the bottleneck of the early stage of foundation building for many years. Now he has gray hair on his temples, wrinkles on his face, and is showing signs of aging.

When Tang Ningfang joined the Intelligence Department, he was just a disciple of the subordinate air support team. At that time, he had been building the foundation for many years. Now, Tang Ning had broken through to the middle stage of the foundation building, but he was still treading water. He was approaching old age and his life was short.

When he first heard the news, he had mixed feelings in his heart, including envy and jealousy.

Why? God is so unfair. He has above-average qualifications and has been practicing diligently all his life. He has been trapped in a bottleneck for so many years. However, this kid is not as qualified as himself, but he can make great progress on the road of cultivation. He is angry and angry, and he can't stand it when they meet. He couldn't help but say what was in his heart.

About a quarter of an hour later, Lu Xingxian came, and together with Qin Gang, they took their seats one after another.

"Junior brothers, let me introduce you to me. This is Junior Brother Qin Gang of the Supervision Department. He has been appointed as the Supervisor of our department." Lu Xingxian said, and introduced everyone present to Qin Gang one by one.

Qin Gang nodded and greeted several people.

Lu Xingxian said: "There are three main contents for this discussion. Let's talk about the first one. Qian Zhong, the captain of the third team of the action team, failed to build the foundation and went crazy and died. I intend that the third team disciple Ma Feng will take over his post."

Everyone had no objections and nodded in agreement.

"Since all the junior brothers have no objections, Junior Brother Lu, please announce the appointment later. The second case is that Jia Yu of the South China Intelligence Station violated the sect's laws and secretly leaked important information. I intend to punish him with a ten-year ban. Junior brothers, what do you think?" how?"

Jia Yu is a descendant of the Jia family in South China, a large family in South China. Last month, there was a secret report stating that Jia Yu, the head of the South China Intelligence Station, had truthfully informed the Jia family of the information monitored by the intelligence station.

Lu Xingxian sent the first team of disciples in the operation to investigate. Jia Yu confessed and has been brought back to the sect.

Whether this matter is big or small, this kind of thing was a common phenomenon in the past. After the Demon Sect gained power, it occupied the western border of Chu State, and many of the children of those local families served in the sect.

The sect has repeatedly issued orders to strictly prohibit them from having any affair with the family. Under this general situation, the Intelligence Section has also repeatedly warned the disciples of the department, especially the disciples of the intelligence stations, not to participate in their family affairs.

Jia Yu was on the receiving end of a gun. A few years ago, the ministry would have turned a blind eye to this kind of thing. But now, things are different. People's support is against them, and many families in various places have changed their banners. Heart.

At this time, Jia Yu informed his family of the information monitored by the intelligence station, which was tantamount to committing a crime against the wind and putting himself at the forefront of the storm. The matter would be exposed by others and it would be impossible not to deal with it.

But it wasn't a big mistake, so it was dealt with internally. The ten-year grounding was nothing more than not allowing him to run around, so he could practice whatever he wanted without delay.

The sect has always been tolerant towards its disciples. As long as they don't touch the red line of betraying the sect or harming fellow sects or bullying their masters and destroying their ancestors, major matters will usually be reduced to minor matters, unless they offend someone and deliberately punish you.

When Tang Ning secretly resold medicinal herbs, the superiors thought it was too much, so they just dealt with it internally and demoted him to Jingbei.

A few people had no objections and nodded.

Lu Xingxian continued: "The third thing is that Junior Brother Zhang Yan has been stationed at Qiyuan Island for more than fifty years. In the past few years, he has submitted letters many times, saying that he is old and has a short life span, and hopes to return. Sect, I intend for Junior Brother Lu to go to Qi Yuandao, and Junior Brother Zhang can take over Junior Brother Lu’s position when he comes back.”

After hearing what he said, Tang Ning and Zhu Xu couldn't help but look at each other with surprise and suspicion.

Lu Guang was Lu Xingxian's confidant, in charge of the specific affairs of the department, and was groomed as his successor. He rarely left the sect, but for some reason he was suddenly transferred to Qiyuan Island.

The three major Taoist sects in Xingang all have an external station on Qiyuan Island. Their main job is to inquire about the news about Qinghai Baidao and Qingzhou inland, including the information sent by Taixuanzong to each Taoist sect. The external station receives it and then reports it back to the sect. .

There is no way, Xingang is too remote and knows nothing about outside information. Being stationed outside is equivalent to the eyes and ears of the sect, reporting all kinds of information from the outside to the sect in a timely manner.

Qiyuan Island is not far from Xingang. According to the atlas, it is about ten times the size of Xingang. It is a medium-sized island on the Qinghai Sea.

The external station is not set up by the Intelligence Department, but is established by the sect. Disciples from the External Relations Department, Economics and Trade Department, Sili Department disciples, Information Department disciples, and Communications Department disciples are stationed together, each performing their own duties.

"If you junior fellow apprentices have no objections, this discussion will end here." After Lu Xingxian finished speaking, Qin Gang said, "Let me say a few words!"

Lu Xingxian glanced at him: "Junior Brother Qin, do you think it's inappropriate?"

Qin Gang said: "I am new here, and I am not very familiar with the affairs of the Ministry. I have no objection to Senior Brother Lu's arrangement. The person in charge of the financial affairs of our Ministry is Junior Brother Chen, right? I want to know, what is the current financial situation of the Ministry? This It’s my job, I think it’s okay to ask!”

As soon as he said this, both Lu Guang and Chen Xuan frowned. Chen Xuan glanced at Lu Xingxian and said slowly: "There are still about 20,000 spiritual stones left."

"It's only July now. The Secret Academy distributes 150,000 spiritual stones and ministry sciences every year. In just over half a year, 130,000 spiritual stones have been used. What will happen next?"

Chen Xuandao: "There must be expenses in all aspects, including the salary of disciples, rewards for tasks, subsidies for losses, as well as funeral arrangements and operational funds for injured and injured disciples. After all, we are a large department with more than a hundred people, and the tasks we perform are all It is the most dangerous, and the casualties are among the highest among all departments. These are necessary and indispensable expenses. "

"As for the financial expenses in the second half of the year, firstly, we can save as much as possible, and secondly, it is really impossible to apply for subsidies from the sect."

Qin Gang said: "The cost of 130,000 yuan, there are only more than a hundred disciples in the department, and based on the average salary of each person being fifty spiritual stones per month, fifty thousand spiritual stones a year is enough! Each subordinate intelligence station has special projects for the sect. There is no need to spend money on spiritual stones.”

"There has been no major war this year. It has been relatively peaceful. How many casualties have there been among the disciples of the Department? How many missions have they been on duty? How can you spend all 130,000 spirit stones? Junior Brother Chen, you are in charge of internal affairs and finance. I think you should spend every expense There are records! I wonder if I can take a look?”

My application for contract signing was rejected again, which makes me feel a little uncomfortable...

Not even qualified to fight on the streets...

I'm feeling a little depressed...