Chronicles of Celestial Origins

In Jingyuan Pavilion, Pingling Mountain, in the meeting hall, everyone in the fifth team was sitting upright. Not long after, Yu Qingyue strode in with Tang Ning and Ma Long.

Everyone hurriedly stood up and saluted, walked straight to the main seat above and sat down at midnight, and waved their hands to signal everyone to sit down.

"This time I am here on the orders of Master Xie from our headquarters to announce an appointment. Previously, Junior Brother Tang Ning was sentenced to three months in prison due to the Lin Quan case. Now that the period has expired, he has returned to his duties. All affairs of the fifth team are still under the control of Tang Ning. Junior brother is in charge.”

"I know that this case has caused quite a stir, and some people may feel uneasy. I am here today to tell you that this matter is completely over. From now on, you will still manage your own affairs with all your heart."

"Junior Brother Ma, after you hand over the affairs of the fifth team in the past few months to Junior Brother Tang, you will return to the brigade to serve."

"Yes." Ma Long responded.

At midnight, the meeting was announced and everyone stood up and filed away.

On the same day, Ma Long explained all the team's matters since March. Files were sent to Tang Ning one after another. In fact, there was nothing important. The main ones were the progress of the mining of the spirit mine, the team's expenses and other daily trivial matters. .

This is the end of the storm.

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At nightfall, Tang Ning was sitting cross-legged in the cave. There was a tremor in the storage bag around his waist. He took out the formation plate and took the talisman into his hand. When his spiritual consciousness poured into it, it was Yang Qiushui who came to pay him a visit.

Outside the thick fog, Yang Qiushui saw the thick fog billowing. After clearing a passage, he flashed into the inner room and came to the main room. He bowed and saluted: "Disciple pays homage to Master."

"Sit down! All the team funds received this year, Lingshizu, have been accounted for!"

Yang Qiushui sat down as instructed: "This disciple is here to report this matter to my uncle. A total of 31.4 million has been put into the treasury."

Tang Ning nodded. In the past, the captain would take half of the funds, and the remaining half would be used as team funds. Due to the special circumstances this year, he was detained in the alliance, but the team was in need of funds every day, so it was impossible not to do so. Disbursed, so all the funds went to the Finance Hall.

"The team's expenses have not yet been settled."

Yang Qiushui said: "Except for the funds of various ministries that have not been distributed for the time being, other daily expenses, including the salaries for recruiting disciples and the rewards for mining spiritual stones, have been distributed."

"The rewards from each department totaled 1.5 million, and the losses of some equipment reported by each department were 1.2 million. The daily consumption of several large formations so far is 2 million."

"In addition, the salary expenditure for recruiting personnel is 5.75 million."

"The subsidy for mining personnel in the Ling Mine is 1.4 million."

"Uncle Ma Long himself took five million for daily expenses."

"A total of 17 million spirit stones have been spent so far."

"This is the expense report of each department's expenses. Please take a look at it, Uncle Master."

Yang Qiushui flipped through the pages and handed him a stack of files with both hands.

Tang Ning frowned slightly, and when she unfolded it, she saw that the usage of each team member was clearly visible at a glance.

Every large expenditure in each file has the signatures of Ma Long and the corresponding personnel, but these expenditures have obviously exceeded the daily upper limit.

Obviously, the disciples below saw that they were being detained in the team and took this opportunity to report more and gain more. Ma Long was temporarily assigned here to take charge of team affairs. He knew that he would have to go back in three months, so naturally he would not strictly review it. Anyway, It’s not his spiritual stone that’s being spent, but he’s happy to be a good person, and any application for spiritual stone subsidies will be approved.

He even took five million spiritual stones as payment for his hard work in these three months, so don't expect him to be able to "save money and expenses" for the team.

"Uncle Master, the funds of various ministries have not been released, do you think?" Yang Qiushui saw that his face was not good-looking and couldn't help but lower his voice and asked.

"Everything that should be paid has been paid. Why are the funds of each department still withheld?"

"Because this part of the spiritual stones is controversial, the original funding for each ministry was 1.2 million spiritual stones. Since you said in the meeting last year that you would increase the cost of spiritual stones for each ministry, the specific standard for distributing them is unclear at the moment. When we got down, Uncle Ma Long said that he would decide the standard after you return to the team, so he didn’t give it out.”

"How many spiritual stones are there in the account now?"

"Fourteen million more."

Tangning's face was expressionless: "According to the new financial allocation plan I proposed, the total funding for each department seems to be 14 million! It seems that you have a tacit understanding of your cooperation."

Yang Qiushui lowered his head and did not dare to answer, and the room fell into a brief silence.

"Didn't Huang Qiansheng go to the Alliance Spirit Gathering Formation to practice? How come the expenses of the Guard Hall are much higher than those of other departments? Who is in charge of the Guard Hall now?"

"Senior Brother Yan Ziming is currently in charge of all matters in the Guard Hall, including the cost of the spiritual stones applied for."

"I remember that at the end of the year, didn't I arrange for you to go to the Alliance Spirit Gathering Formation to practice? The places have already been handed in, why did you change to Huang Qiansheng again?"

"The disciples don't know how to temporarily change the personnel. During the discussion, Senior Uncle Ma Long said that since you were unable to leave the alliance and he was not familiar with the team's finances, Senior Brother Huang was replaced."

Tangning nodded slightly and said nothing more.

Yang Qiushui glanced at him and asked in a low voice: "Uncle Master, what about the funds for each department? Are they distributed according to the old rules?"

"Didn't you just keep this spiritual stone? Why are you asking me? Just do it! Lin Quan's case is over. Everything in this department is business as usual. The funds will be announced at the next meeting."

"yes."

"Since Huang Qiansheng has joined the Alliance Spirit Gathering Formation to practice, I don't think he will need to provide the funds for the Guard Hall this year. We will wait until he comes back. You will only be responsible for the daily expenses of the Guard Hall."

"yes."

"Is there anything else?"

"Farewell, disciple." Yang Qiushui stood up, bowed, turned and left the room.

Tang Ning closed her eyes and continued to practice. Not long after, the storage bag trembled again. It was Yan Ming who came to visit and report on the progress of his department in the past few months.

After Yan Ming left, Cheng Qian and Xu Fan also came to visit one after another.

On the surface, these people are here to report on the affairs of their department, but in fact they are just talking and expressing their loyalty.

Although the storm had passed, people's hearts were still unsettled. When the First Brigade came to investigate the case, they received a lot of unfavorable evidence. They were worried that Tangning would become suspicious and be targeted, so they couldn't wait to clear up the relationship.

Tangning was fully aware of this and did not point it out. She expressed her attitude of business as usual in her conversations with everyone.

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In a blink of an eye, a few days passed by in the blink of an eye. In the empty valley, a ray of light shot out, and Tang Ning's figure appeared. With a wave of his hand, the talisman passed through the light curtain and passed into the room.

Not long after, a middle-aged man with a large face and big ears came out, smiled and saluted: "Fellow Taoist Tang, it's been a long time."

This person was none other than Fang Yuan, the head of Pingyang Valley. After a few words of greeting, the two entered the inner room together, came to a large hall, and sat down separately.

"I should have come to visit earlier, but something unexpected happened recently, which delayed me for a while." Tangning said. The purpose of his visit this time was very simple, which was to ask for the management fee of the five million spirit stones.

"I have heard about your department. Fellow Taoist Tang has turned a crisis into a disaster, and there is no danger. You should really be congratulated."

"My matter is not that important. It is just a small disturbance, but it may delay the progress of your palace's alchemy, so I have been feeling uneasy."

"It's a shame that fellow Taoist Tang is still thinking about this matter. We know that fellow Taoist Tang is in trouble, so we took the initiative to contact Xuanye Sect. The necessary auxiliary elixirs have been sent. Everything about the alchemy is going well. Fellow Taoist is concerned about it."

"If your palace needs my help in any way, just ask me."

"There is really something that needs fellow Taoist to worry about. There is an alchemist in our temple who is about to leave. We have stayed for a long time, so he agreed to stay a little longer and wait until he found a new alchemy master before leaving. I hope fellow Taoist Tang will pay more attention to this matter. Heart."

"Okay, Fellow Daoist Fang, please be at ease. I will ask someone to start this matter when I get back."

While the two were talking, a woman came in with a jade plate in her hands, placed it in front of Tang Ning's desk, then bowed slightly and retreated.

"Fellow Taoist Tang, it's rare for you to come here. Today, no matter what, you have to stay and let Fang perform his duties as a landlord. Let's get drunk before resting."

"good."

Tang Ning stayed here overnight, and the next day, she went to another alchemy hall to collect the management fee of five million spirit stones.