Lonely Immortal

Something happened again when this group of people were put out for public display. It turned out that many monks lost their storage bags, and they didn't know what happened. As a result, when they saw this group of people being put out for public display, they suddenly realized something.

"Why do they look familiar to me?"

"Yes, I feel like I've seen them before. Yes, when I lost my storage bag before, it seemed that the guy passed by me!"

"Yes, I remember it too, it was him!"

"And that guy with a pointed mouth and monkey cheeks, he also stole my storage bag!"

...

All the monks realized who this group of people were. The law enforcement team didn't expect that things would change like this. It turned out that this group of people were the thieves crying "Catch the thief".

"Okay, you are the thieves, and you dare to come and report it. You are really brave!"

The captain of the law enforcement team gritted his teeth. This time, he had to skin them alive.

"No, sir, listen to me, no...ah..."

The end of this group of people was wonderful, and Zhang Zhiwen, the instigator behind it, was already transforming the beast soul stones. Anyway, these stolen goods would be wasted, and the transformed beast soul stones were not very good. They were basically acquired world-grade beast soul stones, and there were also a small number of acquired medium-grade beast soul stones.

These things were almost impossible to exist in Wanxian Island, and only Zhang Zhiwen could get them. With these beast soul stones, his beast soul could be more or less improved. He was now going to be promoted to the innate beast soul realm.

In this way, he began to impact the innate beast soul. With the beast soul stones transformed from these stolen goods, Zhang Zhiwen's promotion to the innate beast soul was a natural result. His cultivation was enough for him to be promoted to the innate beast soul.

A month later, the county government began the Dao soul test, and Zhang Zhiwen happened to upgrade his beast soul, so he also came to participate in the Dao soul test.

There were many cultivators, almost all the cultivators in the county government came, and they lined up in a long queue, waiting to test the Dao soul one by one, and Zhang Zhiwen was also in the queue.

Zhang Zhiwen had planned for the best and worst. If he could get away with it, that would be the best. If not, he would defect from here. At most, he would just go out and live outside. Although it would definitely be extremely difficult, it would be better than losing his life.

The entire testing team had too many people, and the deacons in charge of the testing obviously did not have much patience. In fact, these so-called deacons were members of the law enforcement team. Nowadays, the county government was in a state of disrepair and there was a shortage of manpower in various places. The law enforcement team almost took care of all the affairs of the entire county government.

Therefore, these law enforcement team monks definitely did not have much patience. Anyway, they just tested people casually and let them go. It was impossible for them to check them one by one in great detail. Seeing this, Zhang Zhiwen was relieved.

The members of the law enforcement team are all Xiantian Daohun cultivators, and some have Jindan mid-stage cultivation. Even the captain is Jindan late-stage cultivation. Their strength is quite good. And it is obvious that they should be the direct lineage of the deputy county lord. They were supposed to be members of the guards. However, after the Xian Dynasty was restructured, most of the positions in the county government were vacant, so they came to temporarily replace the law enforcement team and the test position, becoming the so-called deacons.

"Okay, Xiantian Daohun, next, next! Hurry up, don't you see there are still many people behind?"

"Why are you in a daze? Put your hands up, hurry up, there are so many people waiting for you behind, you have a problem with your brain!"

...

The cultivators of the law enforcement team kept urging, causing these cultivators to have almost no time to breathe. Anyway, they started the test when they went up, and they didn't care about anything. Whatever they tested was the general result, and this kind of test didn't require much effort. It was mainly the registration that took time.

This is the situation for the cultivators in the law enforcement team, but other cultivators are not in a hurry. They have plenty of time and are not in a hurry. Moreover, they will pay attention to the situation here. Who has been promoted to the innate level, and who has reached the ancient Dao soul? That is a big deal.

Zhao Mingyin and others also came, but there are many people here. They are not in the same team as Zhang Zhiwen, and it is difficult for them to see each other. In such a large Taoist temple, tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of cultivators are waiting here. It is crowded. Who can see who? In addition, it is impossible to use spiritual sense to detect, so it is impossible to know each other's location.

Another thing is that Zhang Zhiwen doesn't care whether Zhao Mingyin and others will see him. Although they have been friends for life and death, it is also very normal for fate to come and go.

"Look, that senior brother actually reached the Xiantian Dao Soul!"

"Now he's on the way, he's a candidate for Lixian!"

"Don't Lixian need to be tested? How can reaching Xiantian make you a candidate for Lixian?"

"Hey, didn't the notice make it very clear? The top ten can advance to the provincial examination and take the county examination, then there is a chance to become a Lixian, but this requires reaching the top ten to have a chance, what if you don't reach it? Or what if you fail the county examination? Wouldn't you automatically become a candidate for Lixian?"

"No, no, you didn't read the notice clearly, that is, you need to be in the top ten of the provincial examination to be considered a candidate for Lixian!"

"Oh, that's right, haha, then he has the hope of becoming a candidate for Lixian."

"Although there is a chance to become a candidate for Lixian, but not really to get the candidate quota, but he must be able to work in the county government now, at least as a deacon."

"That's right, the yamen is short of manpower now, hey, the sooner the Xiantian Dao Soul is tested, the sooner you can get a position, right?"

"Of course, didn't you see that the deacon just now has been registered? This senior brother seems to have been arranged to be a deacon in the Medicine Refining Hall!"

"Hey, then the candidate official can probably be the hall master, right?"

"The hall master is unlikely, but the alternate hall master is definitely fine. Our county government only has ten alternate officials and immortals. If we divide them among them, that's about right."

"Alas, I won't be able to advance this year. It's such a pity. There are a lot of places this year, and they are all vacant!"

"No, this year is the most cost-effective. Next year, it may not be possible. There may not even be rural or county examinations next year!"

"Yes, it is said that the township examination is once every four years, and the county examination is also every four years!"

"Hey, there may even be a chance once every ten years in the future!"

…

Everyone started talking, and what they were talking about was also a very hot topic at the moment, which was the issue of manpower allocation to various positions in the county government. This was naturally a big problem. These positions were all fat jobs. If you could occupy a position, that would be a sure thing. Extremely beneficial.

In other words, if the test results come out today, then generally all the deacons in the county offices will be in place, because as long as the monks who have reached the innate Taoist soul can occupy these positions, in the future, the township and county examinations will be held. That is to occupy the positions of deputy hall master and hall master.

Therefore, everyone is actually quite looking forward to it. Of course, from a personal point of view, everyone knows what is going on in their hearts. Whether they can advance to the innate Taoist soul or not is not a matter of their own family.

However, if someone reaches the innate Taoist soul, that will definitely attract attention, because this person must be the deacon in the future of the county government. Deacons still have great power. For example, the deacon of the Planting Hall, how powerful is that? You can allocate the spiritual fields how you want. Although everything is done in accordance with the rules of Xianchao County Government, the things on the surface can be interpreted in various ways, right? Interpret it however you want.

This is still a planting hall without any fertilizer or water, because this kind of hall that grows elixirs does not have many resources. The most it can get is some herbs. But what if it is an alchemy hall? What about the Weapon Refining Hall? There are a lot of monks under him who are refining elixirs and refining weapons. If you just take advantage of them, you will definitely make a lot of money.

But this is actually nothing. Just as it is now a topic that everyone has begun to discuss privately, some other members of the public are even more fat.

"Hey, do you think that after these new deacons take office this year, will they reap more benefits?"

"That's for sure. If it were me, I worked hard to get promoted, how could I not reap the benefits?"

"Then which one do you think has the most benefits?"

"Does that need to be said? Those who are related to the resources related to the selection of township examinations and county examinations must be the ones with the most fat."

"Oh, tell me in detail, I'd like to hear the details!"

"Hey, think about it, what is the most valuable thing? Aren't the Dao Soul Stones and Dao Soul Flowers the most valuable? And who is in charge of these things?"

"Affairs Hall?"

"Hey, you guessed it right. I don't know which senior brother has gone to the Affairs Hall this year. The Affairs Hall is the fattest place. Every month we have to hand in Dao Soul Stones and Dao Soul Flowers. Although this thing is for the county It’s under government control, but there are a lot of things that can be done.”

"Oh? How to operate it? Doesn't every monk have to hand over the Dao Soul Stone? The quantity is not very uniform? And it is clearly calculated, so how can it be operated?"

"Shhh, keep your voice down. Think about it. Although the Dao Soul Stones handed in are all registered and look like nothing, these Dao Soul Stones and Dao Soul Flowers are handed in once a year, right?"

"That's for sure!"

"Yes, since they are handed in once a year, are these Dao Soul Stones and Dao Soul Flowers just left there motionless? Can't they be used as collateral for something? This is harder money than Spirit Crystal!"

"My God, what you said makes sense!"

"Really? Hehe..."

…

It has to be said that although these monks are all low-level monks, they are not stupid. They all know the tricks in this. Zhang Zhiwen does not agree with this statement. Of course, if the deacon of the Affairs Hall can borrow the Dao Soul Stone or something, It's not impossible to go out and exchange for interest. No one knows anyway, and this kind of loan also exists.

But is this kind of lending safe? This is a matter of misappropriating county government funds. Once discovered, your head will be lost!

But if the profits are astonishing enough, some people will probably take the risk. Just imagine, more than 100,000 monks from the county government hunted strange beasts day and night, and obtained a large number of Dao Soul Stones, and even a lot of Dao Soul Flowers. So the value of these things The amount must be astonishing, and if it is borrowed, the profit will indeed be astonishing.

But who wants to borrow these Dao Soul Stones and Dao Soul Flowers?

"Hey, the supply of this thing exceeds the demand. When you say this, I think it makes sense."

"Yes, whether it is elixir refining or weapon refining, you need Dao Soul Stones and Dao Soul Flowers. These are hard goods. Once the monks who are able to refine alchemy and weapon refining are ready, the selling price is also astonishing. They even use Dao Soul Stones and Dao Soul Flowers. If you come to exchange Daohun Flower, you can definitely borrow it from the Affairs Hall!"

"Looking at what you said, in fact, the Xianchao County Government has thought of this matter a long time ago, and the Affairs Office has already had a loan business!"

"You know what the heck, those kinds of loans have extremely high interest rates, but private loans have low interest rates!"

"That's right, pretending to understand when you don't know!"

……

After hearing what they said, Zhang Zhiwen understood immediately. It turned out that there was such a saying. He also realized that later alchemy and weapon refining required a large amount of Dao Soul Stones and Dao Soul Flowers. It seemed that Dao Soul Stones and Dao Soul Flowers were indeed more valuable than Spirit Crystals.

"Hey, in addition to this, some cultivators need a lot of Dao Soul Stones and Dao Soul Flowers to advance, where can they get them? The Xianchao County Office will not exchange these things, so they can borrow them. Since they are borrowing, they might as well borrow privately, right?"

"Yes, the demand for this is also huge. I will borrow some later. Anyway, I can pay it back after I advance!"

"Aren't you afraid of being robbed by others?"

"Hey, if you want to make money, there is no way you can avoid taking risks!"

...

What these people said opened Zhang Zhiwen's eyes again, but Zhang Zhiwen didn't care. He would not do such a thing anyway. This kind of thing is risky. Although the profit is amazing, once it is found out, the consequences will be absolutely unimaginable.

Almost everything that is registered has this risk. It is obvious that it is misappropriation of the county government's public funds. It is better not to have this crooked idea.

However, it is not difficult to see from the words of these low-level monks that once they turn over, they will definitely take risks. As the saying goes, wealth and honor are sought in danger. They have been at the bottom for so many years. Once they get to the top, they will definitely be extremely crazy, even crazier than those people with connections.

As the saying goes, a dragon slayer will sooner or later become an evil dragon. The same reason, or even worse!

However, it is probably difficult for these people to advance. Dao soul is not so easy to improve, and it also requires some talent.

At this time, another exclamation came from the front.

"Oh my god, someone has reached the ancient Dao Soul?"

"Hey, isn't this Brother Chen? He was once the most powerful Chen family cultivator. What's so strange about him reaching the ancient Dao Soul?"

"Haha, that's right, but the clan has declined, so he is planning to join the Immortal Dynasty?"

...

A bunch of people were talking, and Zhang Zhiwen also saw this cultivator. This person was dressed in white and had an extraordinary temperament. He was a Jindan Dayuan cultivator. He stood out from the crowd and was extraordinary. He could be recognized at a glance. This boy is definitely not ordinary.

And he is Chen Huanzhi, the illegitimate son of the Chen County Lord!