Zhang Yuelu said: "Actually, I am the same, I have just been promoted to the fourth grade of the wine Taoist, even if the credit is enough, if you want to be promoted to the third grade, it will take more than two years." As for the second grade, it depends on luck. ”

"After the second grade, it will take nearly ten years to upgrade each level. According to the thirty-year-old promotion of the second grade of ordinary real people, at the age of forty to the promotion of the Zhizhi Zhenren, with the qualification to be elected as the Great Commander, but it is almost impossible to be selected, and it is necessary to continue to rise, at the age of fifty to be promoted to the Pingzhang Dazhen, and at the age of 60 to be promoted to the deputy Zhangjiao Dazhen, so the sixty-year-old Dazhangjiao seems to have plenty of time, but in fact it is very urgent. ”

"This is still a very ideal situation, with the paving of the previous generation of Great Palm Sects, and the people below are all looking forward to it, and there is almost no obstacle. In fact, it is almost impossible to be so smooth, thorns everywhere, opponents get in the way, and thank God for being able to become a real person at the age of sixty. ”

"Among the Daomen, it is not uncommon for a thirty-year-old third-grade Taoist priest to be seen, and a thirty-year-old second-grade Taoist priest can also be seen, such as Qingwei Zhenren, and he just happened to be promoted to a second-grade Taiyi Taoist priest in the year of his establishment, but now he is just a top-ranked Counselor Zhenren, no way, those Pingzhang Dazhen are all long-lived, and they refuse to move their nests, no matter how powerful he is, he can't rise. Therefore, the promotion of the fourth grade is just the beginning, and there is still a long way to go. ”

Qi Xuansu sighed: "No wonder they say that if you can't keep up with one step, you can't keep up with every step." ”

Zhang Yuelu said: "The premise of this situation is that the merit is enough, but most people don't have so much merit at all, how many people in the six-grade Taoist priests can make up enough for three 'Xuanzi Gong'?" It is the norm to be able to use three 'Huangzi Gong' to make up one 'Xuanzi Gong', and then rely on three years of excellent assessment to be promoted to a fifth-grade Taoist. Then there are some Qingshui Yamen, such as the Daozang Division and the Requiem Division, which have no chance of meritorious service all year round, and can only rely on time to survive, and may be able to work hard for more than ten years to be promoted to the first grade, so white-haired six-grade Taoists and five-grade Taoists also abound. ”

"If you plan to be promoted to the third-grade Youyi Taoist within seven years, then you can't stay up for seniority, and you can only be promoted by merit. A six-grade Taoist priest needs three 'Xuanzi Gong' to be promoted to a fifth-grade Taoist priest, that is, one 'Dizi Gong'; a fifth-grade Taoist priest needs two 'Dizi Gong' to be promoted to a fourth-grade wine priest; and a fourth-grade wine Taoist priest needs three 'Dizi Gong', that is, one 'Tianzi Gong'. ”

Qi Xuansu asked curiously: "Two 'earth word skills'?" How did you save up? ”

Zhang Yuelu was silent suddenly, and after a long while, he said slowly: "It's mainly by luck, in fact, I just joined Tiangang Hall this year, and I used to be the main person in Beichen Hall, and I belonged to the Jiangnan Division. When we were looking for 40 years, the deputy hall master in charge sent a group of us to go down to inspect, and then we found a big case of people from Jiangnan Province colluding with a secret association to embezzle money for sea trade, involving about 5 million Taiping money, and hundreds of people were involved. ”

The income of the imperial court mainly comes from various taxes, and the income of the Daomen is of course not based on incense money, but on a very large commercial and trade system, from ginseng, fur, and medicinal materials in Liaodong, to tea, porcelain, silk, and iron in the Central Plains, and then to the spices of the Western Regions, horses from the grassland, wood from Bosa Prefecture, gold and silver from Fenglu Prefecture, glass, firearms and so on in the Western Continent.

In this huge commercial system, maritime trade accounts for half, and Jiangnan is the largest part of maritime trade.

Qi Xuansu was taken aback: "This is a big case through the sky, I haven't heard of it in the ancestral court." ”

Zhang Yuelu hummed softly: "In the end, about two million Taiping money was recovered, and the ancestral court executed a second-grade Taiyi Taoist, three third-grade Youyi Taoists, and twelve fourth-grade sacrificial wine Taoists, and there were countless people who were expelled from Taoism, demoted, and demerited. The head of Jiangnan Province was also recalled to the ancestral court for the crime of negligence, and was held accountable by the rotating deputy head of the sect in Jinque, although he retained the identity of the real person, but he was also transferred out of the rich Jiangnan, and the provincial government was transferred to the relatively bitter cold Liaodong Provincial Government. ”

Although Zhang Yuelu's tone was understated, Qi Xuansu still heard the danger, it was related to the life of his family, where would the people involved in this case be restrained, they would inevitably die and fight to the death.

Qi Xuansu was silent for a moment and asked softly, "This case...... I'm afraid it's dangerous, right? ”

Zhang Yuelu's expression was a little gloomy: "It's not just danger, I can come back alive, most of it is luck." At that time, we went to three presiding ministers and six deacons, and only I returned to the ancestral court alive, and the rest died in Jiangnan. The external version is that he died at the hands of a secret association. But I know that they were actually killed and killed, and if it weren't for the master's timely appearance, I am afraid that I would not be able to escape the fate of being destroyed and destroyed. ”

Qi Xuansu finally understood why Zhang Yuelu had the ambition to change the Daomen, after so many years of development, the Daomen did have many drawbacks, and if you want to change these drawbacks, you must at least go to the high position of the deputy head of the sect.

Zhang Yuelu sighed: "In fact, to be able to crack such a big case, it is definitely not enough for me alone, and the master has also played a great role in it, but the master did not take credit, so that I got a 'Tianzi Gong' afterwards, and I myself have a 'Dizi Gong', in addition to the two 'Dizi Gong', there are still two 'Dizi Gong'." Because of this incident, I entered the eyes of the earth master, and I can be regarded as embarking on the road of green clouds and becoming a four-grade wine Taoist. The remaining two 'earth character skills' can only be converted into two ordinary treasures or one high-grade treasure according to convention, but the earth master made an exception for me to convert it into a half-immortal object, and later appointed me to be the deputy hall master of Tiangang Hall. ”

Qi Xuansu couldn't help but sigh in his heart, no wonder Qi Niang said that Zhang Yuelu did not rely on his family background to have today's status, mainly because he was angry.

Zhang Yuelu gradually fell into the memory, looked at the sky above him with a little blank eyes, and said slowly: "Those who died are all friends who get along with me day and night, working together, of course, there have been unpleasant times, but I still feel that they shouldn't die like this." ”

Qi Xuansu did not comment.

Since the death of his master, he has not been very clear and unambiguous black and white, more like a touch of chaotic gray.

This is the biggest difference between Qi Xuansu and Xuansheng, it is recorded in the book that Xuansheng inadvertently saw Cairen Market and was greatly impacted, so he had the ambition to save the world, in order to help the world. But Qi Xuansu has been walking on the rivers and lakes for many years, and what he has seen, heard, and experienced may not be less than Xuansheng, but he just wants people to go to a high place and get rid of this situation, just to be alone.

This is probably because the two started from different places.

Xuansheng's starting position is very high, his father is a world-famous Great Sword Immortal, his teacher is the first generation of earth masters, and his father-in-law is Emperor Xuangaozu, so Xuansheng is a natural chess player.

Qi Xuansu has no father, no mother, no brothers and sisters, and the master is a four-grade sacrificial wine Taoist who is difficult to protect himself, so he is just a chess piece struggling to survive on the chessboard.

If you are good, you will help the world, and if you are poor, you will be good alone.

Qi Xuansu just wants to be alone, because now he can't even be alone, isn't it a joke to talk about what to talk about at this time and help the people of the world?

This is the most obvious reality.

So Qi Xuansu didn't know what to say, he knew that Zhang Yuelu was right, but now he was thinking about the future of Daomen, it was still too absurd and unrealistic, it was like a pawn who had just crossed the river wanted to arch the opponent's old handsome man to death when the other party's soldiers, ministers, cars, horses, and cannons were complete, but he was afraid that he would not be able to protect himself before he reached the Nine Palaces Grid.

Zhang Yuelu settled down, recovered his mood slightly, and then said: "Last time I exterminated Diswin, I got a 'Xuanzi Gong' and a 'Yellow Character Gong', if you add four 'Xuanzi Gong' and one 'Yellow Character Gong' this time, it can be regarded as six 'Xuanzi Gong', that is, two 'Dizi Gong', and only one 'Dizi Gong' is enough to make up the credit for the promotion of the third-grade Youyi Taoist, so I won't be polite to Tianyuan." ”

Qi Xuansu said: "This is what you deserve, what to talk about politely or not." ”

Zhang Yuelu smiled: "It's not polite, but the truth, if it weren't for you, then I would definitely not be able to thwart the plot of this group of demons alone." ”

Qi Xuansu didn't continue the topic, and instead asked, "Since I can't be promoted to a fifth-grade Taoist priest immediately because of the suspension system, then these merits have no other use?" ”

Zhang Yuelu said: "There is also a use, when you have made enough credit but cannot be promoted, the ancestral court will improve your treatment." In the spring of the next year, you will be a six-grade Taoist priest, and the basic example of silver is 30 yuan per month. Tiangangtang has a special subsidy, which is about 20 yuan per month. Because you are not yet thirty years old, after you are promoted to a six-grade Taoist, you will prepare sacrificial wine, and you will have a monthly subsidy of ten yuan of Taiping money. The ancestral court will upgrade your treatment from the preparation of sacrificial wine to the alternate sacrificial wine, the basic example of silver is 50 yuan per month, Tiangangtang subsidy is 30 yuan per month, and 20 yuan per month is the subsidy of alternate sacrificial wine, which can add up to 100 yuan per month. ”

Qi Xuansu said: "This is the six-grade Taoist who enjoys the treatment of the fifth-grade Taoist, right?" ”

Zhang Yuelu nodded and said, "That's the case." ”

Qi Xuansu asked again, "What if I make another contribution before I ascend to the fifth rank?" Do you continue to save? Or ......"

Zhang Yuelu said: "At this time, the Daomen will convert the merits into spiritual objects, treasures, special supernatural powers, and Taiping money to reward you, which is also the reason why many exercises are not publicly displayed." ”

Then Zhang Yuelu stretched out a finger: "A 'Tianzi Gong' is equivalent to a half-immortal thing." A 'ground word skill' is equivalent to an ordinary treasure. ”

Qi Xuansu asked, "Can you directly exchange treasures without raising your salary?" ”

Zhang Yuelu shook his head and said: "The order can't be messed up, you must improve your treatment before you can exchange for treasures." ”