The formation center and management organization of Komeito City is still in the old city, and the permanent population and major shops are also in it, so it is necessary to divert the old city.

In this regard, the Heavenly Saint Sect has introduced many measures, such as no longer renewing the contract for the casual repair of the old city, increasing the rent, raising the construction level of the new city, reducing the rent, and so on.

In addition, the big merchants have moved to the new city, and a year later, many casual cultivators have moved out of the old city, and the population of the new city has slowly increased, and the low-level casual cultivators who had been renting up slowly returned, and the population of the entire Gongming City quickly exceeded 15,000 people, and it is increasing rapidly, and Gongming City has become a holy place for cultivating immortals in the entire Tianyun Prefecture.

After finishing the entire Gongming City expansion plan, Lin Xiao felt physically and mentally exhausted, and it was time to rest, but Zhang Mingtang sent the reports one by one and asked Lin Xiao to deal with them, so that Lin Xiao could not stop.

"Zhang Shouzuo, aren't you dealing with these chores all the time, why did you send them to me?"

"Master, have you forgotten, I'm about to retire"

Zhang Mingtang's face was gloomy, according to the rules of the Heavenly Saint Sect, the Purple Mansion Monk retired at the age of one hundred and eighty, and he was already more than one hundred and seventy, and in a few years, he had been the first elder of the Heavenly Saint Sect for more than a hundred years, and he was in power, so he wanted him to retire, in fact, he was very unwilling.

"How old is Zhang Shouzuo this year?"

"Back to the master, it's one hundred and seventy-two, and there are still eight years to go"

"Cultivation"

"The Sixth Floor of the Purple Mansion"

Zhang Mingtang replied honestly, he, the first elder, was extremely busy, how could he have time to cultivate, so breaking through the Purple Mansion for more than a hundred years was just a sixth-layer cultivation of the Purple Mansion, and if he had a twelfth-layer cultivation in the Purple Mansion, he would also fight for that Jidan.

"What about the Baiqing Divine Flower Pill, how many are there in the treasure house?"

"The sect has refined a total of fifty-four Hundred Flowers Divine Pure Pills, and there should be sixteen more now."

"Then you go and redeem three, this head of the sect is licensed, you can buy it with a discount of 20%, and then the first elder will be 28 years old, so that he will be two hundred years old, but in these 28 years, you have to give me a qualified successor to the first elder of the sect."

"Thank you, sir, that's all, I'm afraid..."

"There's nothing to be afraid of, everything in the sect is up to me, the first elder is different from ordinary elders, there's nothing to say, whoever doesn't accept let him come to me"

"Yes, Master"

"This rule sets the rule, in the future, the first elder can have the priority to exchange for a life-extending treasure, and the number of years of life extension will be retained according to two-thirds of the life limit."

"Yes, thank you."

"Go ahead, take these clutters away, and don't play around with me anymore"

Lin Xiao waved his hand, letting the embarrassed Zhang Mingtang leave, he was deliberately using these sundries to block Lin Xiao, as he got older and his retirement time increased, some orders slowly became immobile, and many of the elders of the General Affairs Hall were ready to move and wanted to replace him.

In the face of this dark tide, Zhang Mingtang will not ignore it and sit still, he knows very well who is the biggest power center in the entire sect, no matter how many Daogang monks come out of the sect, the real person in charge will always be Lin Xiao.

That's why Zhang Mingtang played this careful trick and obtained the right to stay from Lin Xiao's side, and he could exchange it for life-extending treasures in an open and honest manner.

After Zhang Mingtang left, Lin Xiao opened the system page and inquired about the loyalty of some people, sure enough, the loyalty of some high-level leaders was declining and wavering, they had not lost confidence in the sect at this time, but they were keen on fighting for power and profit.

Especially a few Daogang cultivators, when they joined the Heavenly Saint Sect, the Heavenly Saint Sect was already very strong, although the resources had increased, but the competition was also fierce, which cultivated their scheming character, and all kinds of negative emotions were much more than the previous disciples, and they were no longer so simple.

And when Lin Xiao was growing up, they happened to be traveling abroad, so they didn't have much convincing thoughts about Lin Xiao in their hearts, let alone worship.

And Lin Xiao came back, and made several major things, subduing the country, annexing the south of Chen State, resisting Chunyang Palace in the north, expanding Gongming City, commanding tens of thousands of monks with a wave of his hand, and tens of millions of Xuanjing flowing through his hands, which is an incomparably beautiful thing for some people who are keen on power.

When outsiders talk about the Heavenly Saint Sect, they only know that the head Lin Xiao, the alchemist Li Muxue and a few others have had other people's reputations, which makes some people even more obsessed with power.

"It's a big forest, and there are all kinds of birds"

Lin Xiao shook his head, he was speechless for this kind of rat-eyed person, they might only see Lin Xiao's scenery, how could they have thought about the pressure of this position, if they were not careful, they would be in danger of no return.

Lin Xiao didn't have the heart to play a power struggle with them, these people couldn't challenge Lin Xiao in the sect, and Lin Xiao had to curb their development.

Soon, Lin Xiao accepted his fate through a series of personnel appointments, transferred Bai Zichen and Yu Tianxiang back from Weiguo, transferred the two Daogang monks of the sect out, and for those Zifu monks, they were transferred to various places to guard and take charge of some things that were not so important.

After such a hand, insensitive people naturally can't feel anything, but some sensitive people feel Lin Xiao's wrist, Lin Xiao has shown enough strength to let those people see that the entire Heavenly Saint Sect is still under Lin Xiao's control, and if you want to divide power and seize power, let's talk about it first.

However, they will soon find out that it is impossible to surpass Lin Xiao in terms of cultivation, because after Lin Xiao has been in retreat for two years, as soon as he comes out, he will be the eleventh layer of Daogang, and during the entire Daogang period, Lin Xiao will be promoted by one layer in an average of about twelve years, and only Li Muxue can reach this speed in the entire Heavenly Saint Sect.

The rest of the monks are the fastest, because she is also a fourth-order alchemist, and she has enough pills to take, but it will take about twenty years for Bai Xixi to upgrade one level, and the rest of the monks will be able to raise one level in more than twenty years, and it is not impossible to raise one level in thirty or forty years, it is foreseeable that their path will stop at Daogang, and there is no hope of breaking through to the spiritual light period in this life.

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When the new year came, Lin Xiao did not retreat, so he went to listen to the year-end meeting of the General Affairs Palace, which was still presided over by Zhang Mingtang.

Now that the sect has more than 10,000 disciples, the rest of the sect's plans to send mortal spiritual root disciples have been stopped, and the focus has shifted to improving the cultivation of disciples and increasing the management control of each spiritual mountain.

Since the Heavenly Saint Sect auctioned the Dao Ji Dan, the Baicheng Merchant has become very smooth, and basically there are no big forces deliberately obstructing it, which makes the sales of Qianling Liquor and White Mist Tea smooth again, and has increased a lot of income for the sect.

In recent years, another major expenditure of the sect is about the defense of Gongming City, the defense of Gongming City has learned from the defense system of many large cities that cultivate immortals, and there are a set of plans for both internal and external affairs, and they have been purchasing god-destroying crossbows, Xuanjing cannons, and improving the equipment of the disciples who protect the city.

Because of the shortcomings of the Heavenly Saint Sect in refining weapons, this expenditure is extremely difficult, and the Heavenly Saint Sect is still preparing to build a warship, and it has already set up a relationship with Wanzhoumen, but the construction of a battleship is very expensive, and it costs five or six million Xuanjing to equip weapons, and then it is very troublesome to drive back from Zhongzhou, there are so many countries in the path, it is easy to be robbed by people without enough strength, and the cost is also very large.

However, a battleship is a must, when the Song State supported the Chen State, the power of the battleship was something that many people had seen, in the wilderness, except for a few high-level demon beasts and flying demon beasts, the battleship had almost no opponents.

Those demon beasts that can't fly are moving targets in front of the battleship, if the Xuanjing is enough, they can be destroyed as many as they come, and in the same way, the same is true in the big battle between the monks, the Purple Mansion monks can fly for a short time, and those monks who condense the veins and open the veins have no ability to resist in front of the battleship.

And with the deterioration of the situation around Lu State, not only Tianyun Prefecture is making this preparation, but the rest of the forces, such as the Pure Yang Palace and the Tiancang Sect, are all tightening their belts and preparing to get some hole cards at the bottom of the box.

War is the best catalyst for weapons, many weapons are upgraded in war, there were not many wars before, that is because the potential of the territory in various places has not been developed, if you want to obtain benefits, develop the territory, develop the spiritual mountain, it is easier to get benefits, but with the improvement of the spiritual vein, if you want to improve again, the time and cost required will be greater and greater, but the annexation war will obtain more and more benefits, so the focus of the immortal cultivation world will turn to annexation, and the Pure Yang Palace and Cangguo are doing this.

And Tianyun Prefecture is undoubtedly the fat in their eyes, just the dozen or so fourth-order spiritual mountains in Tianyun Prefecture can make them make a big move, the reason why they haven't done it yet, is because the deterrent power of the system's real person mode is still there, and when they come out with a few more spiritual light cultivators, they will do it, so the Heavenly Saint Sect naturally has to be prepared.

"Boss"

"Zhang Shouza, this is the newcomer you are going to promote?"

"Yes, his name is Zhang Baosheng"

"Virtuous don't avoid relatives?"

"Yes, Bao Sheng is the grandson of one of my clansmen, and his qualifications are not very good, but he has been smart, flexible, and cheerful since he was a child, and I think he is enough to be the first seat."

"How old is it, what kind of cultivation is it, and what position is it now"

"Today, Chinese New Year's Eve first, the second floor of the condensation vein, is now the first-level steward of the General Affairs Palace, preparing elders, and will become the elders of the General Affairs Hall in three years."

"Thirty-one years old can reach this level, it seems that the management level is not low, Zhang Shouza, I can give him a chance, but you can't do it too obviously, find a few more people, let them conform to the rules of healthy competition, the first elder, the stakes are very high, and they must be rigorous"

"Yes, boss, I'll find a few more replacements, but they're all older."

"It's okay to be old, the important thing is to be convincing, that's all"

Lin Xiao waved his hand, Zhang Mingtang is really bold, he is openly and honestly promoting his juniors, does the Zhang family want to monopolize the authority of the Heavenly Saint Sect?