Chronicles of Celestial Origins

"Okay! I'm afraid he won't give in." Du Yuankai said

Lu Xingxian snorted coldly: "If you are really so stubborn, don't blame me for being ruthless and unrighteous. Don't think that now that your wings are strong, you can be unscrupulous. The sect can function just as well without anyone, and the department can't do without him. After all, I am still the deacon of the headquarters and have the right to transfer him.”

Du Yuankai said goodbye and left, leaving the sect the next day. After walking for a day or two, he came to Qianjun Mountain, where the light fell into the mountains and forests.

When the patrolling disciple guarding the secret post saw it was him, he immediately stepped forward and saluted: "Disciple pays homage to Master Uncle Du."

"Take me to see Junior Brother Tang."

"Yes." The disciple responded and led him to the basement.

Tang Ning was sitting cross-legged in the room when Du Yuankai's voice suddenly came from outside the door: "Junior Brother Tang, it's me."

He opened his eyes, put away the fairy mother-of-pearl clams on the stone table, and walked out: "Brother Du, why are you here today? Please come in quickly."

"I was ordered to track down clues about the Demon Sect. I passed by here and came to take a look. I have never been here since you moved here." Du Yuankai said. He walked into the house and heard a hissing sound. He stared at it, but He saw the little white snake curled up in a ball in the corner, raising its head, staring at him with a pair of green eyes, swallowing its scarlet tongue as if to attack.

Du Yuankai was stunned for a moment and felt a chill rising all over his body, which made his hair stand on end.

Tangning stepped forward and stroked the little white snake's head, comforting it.

Although the two had known each other for a while, Little White Snake had never met him in person. Seeing him rashly breaking into his territory, he issued a warning.

"Senior Brother Du, please sit down."

Du Yuankai sat down as he was told and said, "This must be the spiritual beast that advanced to cause strange phenomena in the world and the world! When I saw it today, it turned out to be so majestic and majestic. From its appearance, you can tell that it is extraordinary. No wonder it can cause strange phenomena in the world. "

Tang Ning said: "In the past, I always hid it in the spirit beast bag. Since it advanced, its body has grown dramatically and it is not willing to stay in that narrow place. It usually lies in the house when nothing happens."

Du Yuankai said: "Some time ago, Junior Brother Qiuyuan of Lingmu Ke returned to the sect and went to your cave to look for you. He happened to meet me and talked to me about the rhinoceros ants. It turned out that he returned from South China and found the rhino ants. The ant nest is at the bottom of Changliu Lake, where there are only many rhinoceros ant corpses but nothing else."

"He said that rhinoceros ants are a gregarious species, and they must have more than one egg-laying shell. I think you should have many of them, and I want to buy an ant egg from you to raise. He asked me to tell you when I meet you. I don't know what you mean. how?"

After hearing what he said, Tang Ning knew that his trip must be to act as a lobbyist for Lu Xingxian, and the purpose was to get his own rhinoceros egg ants. Then he frowned and replied: "Oh? Is this happening? I didn't know that I got this ant egg from a deep mountain forest. I only have this one. Please tell Senior Brother Qiu and ask him to find another way."

Du Yuankai was silent for a while and said: "I heard that the intelligence station was short of funds and had applied to the sect for a spiritual stone subsidy. After I learned about this, I went to find Senior Brother Lu to plead for the intelligence station and explain the difficulties. Senior Brother Lu was still hesitant. "

"Thank you, Senior Brother Du, for your kind words. You know the situation of the intelligence station best. With the sect's funds alone, we can barely support it at most. Without the sect's spiritual stone subsidy, it is really difficult to carry out intelligence matters."

"I am also aware of this matter, so I tried my best to report it to Senior Brother Lu, but in my opinion, Senior Brother Lu may still be upset about the last incident."

"What does Senior Brother Du mean? He is still thinking about my ant eggs? If I don't hand over the ant eggs to him, will he not approve the intelligence station's spiritual stone subsidy?"

Du Yuankai said: "Senior Brother Lu prefers spiritual beasts. He has been asking for them for many years but has not been able to get them. Junior Brother Tang, why do you cherish a mere ant egg? You might as well let him do what he wants. After all, he is the deacon of our department. It is better to make good friends with him than to make bad enemies." ”

Tang Ning said: "It's not my fault. I do only have this ant egg, and I have made a contract with it. Even if I give it to Senior Brother Lu, it will be useless. If he worries about it because of this, I can't do anything."

Du Yuankai sighed: "Don't make it so tense! Although rhinoceros ants are rare things, they live in groups. They can only show their power in groups. What's the use of one or two alone? Junior Brother Tang is angry with Senior Brother Lu because of this. In my humble opinion, Junior Brother will not accept the gift. It depends on how to choose."

"Throwing away hundreds of thousands of spiritual stone profits just for an ant egg is something a wise man would not do. I hope Junior Brother Tang will think twice. Let me tell you the truth! I have found out what Senior Brother Lu is saying. As long as Junior Brother is willing to give up an ant egg, It doesn’t matter even if you make a contract, he will never make things difficult for you regarding the spiritual stone subsidy from now on.”

Tang Ning said, "Please tell Senior Brother Lu that I really can't help you with this matter."

"Junior Brother Tang has made up his mind, so I won't go into details."

The two talked for a long time about other matters. Du Yuankai stood up to say goodbye, left the intelligence station, returned to the sect, and truthfully conveyed Tang Ning's attitude to Lu Xingxian.

Lu Xingxian remained silent after listening to his story.

A few days later, the file was sent back to the intelligence station.

Kong Ji pushed open the door of Tang Ning's room and handed him the file in his hand: "Uncle Tang, the file approved by the sect rejected the request for Lingshi subsidy."

Tang Ning took it and took a look at it, only to see that it read: Due to the sect's financial reduction and the intelligence department's overfunding, the Silver Fox Intelligence Station's application for spiritual stones has been rejected.

It was also stamped with Lu Xingxian's signature and seal of the Intelligence Division.

"I understand, you go ahead! Invite fellow Taoist Xu to come over."

Kong Ji quietly exited.

Not long after, Xu Qingwan came.

Tang Ning handed her the reply file from the sect: "The sect has rejected our subsidy application. From now on, the spiritual stone funds will only guarantee the salary of the disciples. All other spiritual stone funds for instigating rebellion, lurking, and gathering intelligence will be cancelled."

"Okay." Xu Qingwan nodded and exited the room.

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In Beiyuan, in front of a dilapidated ancient temple, a man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks came down with a sword, looked around warily, and pushed the door open.

Inside, there was a burly man waiting for him: "How is it? Have you made contact with him?"

"I have successfully established a connection with him, and he took the initiative to invite me to drink at Wangyue Pavilion tomorrow."

"Okay, let's implement the second step of the plan. I will arrange a bet for you. Let him taste the sweetness first and trust you completely."

"I understand, it's just that I'm very tight right now and need some spiritual stones to get closer to him."

"Don't worry about this. I have sent a letter to the station to apply for two thousand spirit stones. Someone will send it to you soon."

"That's good. I have a plan to teach him to die without a burial place. He has no choice but to cooperate with us..." The two discussed for a long time and then dispersed.

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In South China, in a valley, two men were plotting something.

One person said: "Just as I planned, Jia Yun has already taken the bait and is obsessed with the woman. He is just waiting for us to finally pull the strings."

"Be cautious. If something goes wrong elsewhere, what trouble are you having?"

"The woman asked for five hundred spirit stones."

"This is no problem. I will send a message to the station immediately. The Jia family has always been one of the families that we have not penetrated. If we can succeed this time, you will be the reward."

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Xuan Ying circled around Qianjun Mountain, heard a whistle, swooped down, landed next to a man, and spat out the folded file in his mouth.

The man took the file, patted its head, and the Black Eagle spread its wings and flew away.

In the intelligence station, Kong Ji took the file to Xu Qingwan's room and knocked on the door: "Senior Xu, it's me."

"come in!"

Kong Ji pushed the door open and handed the file to her: "This is the file sent by the disciples of Beiyuan Intelligence Point, asking for two thousand spirit stones."

Xu Qingwan said: "A few days ago, Tang Immortal warned me that except for disciples' salaries, all intelligence funds would be cancelled. Please reply to them!"

Kong Ji frowned slightly: "But this is a very important plan, and Uncle Tang is also very concerned about it. If there is no spiritual stone funding, all previous efforts will be in vain."

"Go and tell him about this yourself. If he agrees, come back to me."

Kong Ji had no choice but to come to Tang Ning to ask for instructions: "Uncle Tang, Junior Brother Zuo has contacted Jinguang and now needs two thousand spirit stones. I went to Uncle Xu and she said that all intelligence funds have been cancelled. Do you think?"

"Well, that's what I said. From now on, you don't have to go to her or me for these things. You can just reply directly. From now on, all applications for intelligence funds will be frozen and will no longer be approved."

"But, if this is the case, many things may become unsustainable. Without spiritual stone funds, disciples at various intelligence points will inevitably become resentful and deal with it passively."

Tangning glanced at him: "Is this something you should be concerned about? Do as I say."

"yes."

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In a Taoist temple in the west of Huangfen County in the Central Plains, a man came to the temple with a file in his hand and handed it to Zheng Wei: "The application for spiritual stones from the Qinchuan Intelligence Point has been rejected again."

Zheng Wei frowned and said nothing.

"This is the eighth spiritual stone funding application that has been rejected. If this continues, I'm afraid all the intelligence points will have to stop operating. The disciples below don't know what happened. There is a lot of resentment over the rejection of their spiritual stone application. "Senior Zheng, I think it would be better for you to go there in person, at least to find out the situation," the man said.

"That's the case, then I'll go ask about the situation." Zheng Wei said, walked out of the palace gate, transformed into a ray of light, and went straight to the Qianjun Mountain Intelligence Station. He went to see Xu Qingwan first.

"Brother Zheng, you're here." Xu Qingwan greeted him at the door.

Zheng Wei entered the room, a little at a loss. He was silent for a while and said: "Don't mind what happened last time. I misunderstood."

"No. I never cared about it."

"I'm here this time about the spiritual stone funding. What happened? Why suddenly, all the funding applications for the intelligence points were rejected, and the disciples below are talking about it."

Xu Qingwan hesitated for a while and said: "There was a conflict between Tang Xianshi and Qian Yizong."

"Oh? Why is that?" Zheng Wei's expression changed. He had known that Tang Ning was not getting along with some of the people above him, so he didn't expect that something would happen so quickly.

"I don't know the specific reason. Since the last time Tang Xianshi went back to the Shangzong to collect spiritual stone funds, he has been very unhappy when he came back. This time, his application for spiritual stone subsidies was rejected by the Shangzong, so he ordered that all funding applications under the intelligence station Cancel."