Looking at this two-inch-long note, Gu Zuo guessed a lot, but he didn't understand that when he was so sensitive, Wu Shanjing asked him to discuss something, but he still made relatively adequate preparations.

He covered his face with a face scarf, wore a big hat on his head, and changed into clothes that he didn't usually wear. There were also two envelopes in the storage wrench, one containing thirty spirit stones, and the other containing a fifty-piece flying ticket.

Ready, Gu Zuo set off before dawn, and when he arrived at the original Lu Longjun Guild Hall, it was half an hour in advance, and many people in the city had not yet gotten up, and the streets were deserted, so not many people should have noticed.

Seeing the doorman on duty, Gu Zuo carefully took off his scarf, lifted the hat up, and whispered: "I am Gu Zuo of Huaixian Pavilion, and Daoist Wu asked me to come." ”

The doorman looked at Gu Zuo's dress curiously, nodded and said the word "please", Gu Zuo quickly got in from beside him, and when he raised his head, he saw that there were already more than ten people standing in the courtyard, all wearing hats and scarves on their faces.

Gu Zuo was stunned, looked at everyone, and then smiled embarrassedly, of course, no one could see his smile.

Gu Zuo said with a little embarrassment: "In the past two days, the air has been dry, a little hot, and the cough is ...... cough, cough, cough ......"

Immediately there was a cough and a complaint about the weather.

"That's right, ahem...... It's been too dry this day, and I don't know what's going on, and my throat has been uncomfortable lately......"

"It's really a lot worse than in previous years, and there is less rain this year...... Ahem......"

"Cough, cough, cough...... I heard that there has been a bit of an abnormality in southern Xinjiang recently, and the demon beasts have become more active......"

"Who has water? cough can't do it, moisten the throat ......"

A Taoist priest came out of the inside: "Is Elder Lu of the Eight Formations of Pingdu here?"

Elder Lu tore off the hat and face towel, didn't look at the sides, and walked into the house quickly, and when he entered, everyone took off the hat and face towel one after another, shaking the hat and fanning the wind.

Gu Zuo was the third from the bottom to put it in, Wu Shanjing was already a little tired from talking, and after letting him sit down, he closed his eyes and breathed for a moment before he spoke: "Please come over from your sects to understand the situation." As far as we know, some of the sects and dojos participating in the bidding have actually sold their qualifications, and I don't know who they sold to, so you should have heard of it. I just want to ask, has the Huaixian Pavilion been transferred?"

"Don't worry, this kind of thing, we Huaixian Pavilion will never do it, we are not the kind of Daoist Pavilion that is greedy for small profits and has no long-term planning. ”

Wu Shanjing nodded, and said expressionlessly: "That's good." I would like to hear the opinions of all parties, especially those of you sects and dojos who have not yet transferred their qualifications. ”

Gu Zuo thought for a moment and asked, "Daoist Wu, if the qualification to participate in the bidding is changed in this way, is it against the rules of the Longquan Daoist Academy?"

Wu Shanjing said: "It can't be defined. ”

Gu Zuo nodded, this is the same as he expected, this kind of thing is different from the fact that he was accused of "blackmailing" other sects, it is difficult to investigate, and it is impossible to pursue - many sects are partnering to bid for Nanwu Prefecture, why don't they let others partner?

Therefore, from the standpoint of Longquan Daoist Institute, what needs to be solved is not the issue of partnership, but some forms of partnership, whether it will affect the bidding of Nanwu Prefecture.

Since the Longquan Daoist Academy could not define whether this kind of behavior was illegal, there was no need for Gu Zuo to confess to Cha Liu, and Wu Shanjing would not necessarily be arrested if he confessed.

Thinking about this issue from the standpoint of the Longquan Daoist Academy and the Dongting faction, Gu Zuo thought about it, but he didn't think of any impact it would have on them.

For the Dongting faction, their maps and blank deeds were sold, which made a lot of money, and a few less powerful sects bid for them, and they would not reduce the final transaction price, as long as the big sects with sincerity and strength were kept.

For the Longquan Daoist Academy, giants such as the Lishui faction and the Qingcheng faction kicking out the weak sects in advance can reduce the risk in the future and ensure that there will be no accidents in the payment of spirit stones.

Therefore, Gu Zuozhen didn't know what advice Wu Shanjing asked everyone to put forward, even if he did, would he adopt it? So he didn't speak, just waiting, looking like he was thinking about it.

The scene was cold for a while, and then I heard Wu Shanjing say: "This auction, there are so many sects actively participating, to be honest, I didn't expect it, Xiao Gu, do you know how many there are?"

Gu Zuo shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.

Wu Shanjing said: "Forty-three!"

Gu Zuo has nothing to say, if it weren't for your old man, it should actually be forty-two, and our Huaixian Pavilion was dragged on the horse by you.

"It shows the prosperity and profound accumulation of the Nanzhao cultivation sect, which is difficult for the Central Plains colleagues to achieve, from another point of view, the Longquan Taoist Academy's tolerance and fraternity for the cultivation of the sect, and the top-level design for the development of the Nanzhao cultivation community is absolutely correct, Wu Daochang, you have made a lot of contributions in it......

Gu Zuo's unnutritious sycophants were obviously not listened to by Wu Shanjing, he interrupted Gu Zuo, or didn't hear what Gu Zuo was saying at all, and continued: "This number is too much. It's not that it's bad to have a lot of participants, but it's ...... If you continue to participate, for ordinary sects, the burden of meaninglessness is too much, and it is not worth it. Gu Zuo, how many families do you think is appropriate? Don't be afraid, say what you think......

"There's five, six, seven or eight, that's pretty much it. ”

"That's right, in fact, if a sect like yours participates, you will suffer a big loss, and in the past two days, Poor Dao has been deeply disturbed by this. Xiao Gu ...... If you can sell it, you can also sell the qualification for participation this time, you Huaixian Pavilion posted a hundred times, and this loss is not small. ”

At this moment, Gu Zuo finally understood, Wu Shanjing summoned them over to talk, where to ask for any opinions, and people were reminding and persuading the almost hopeless sect Taoist pavilion like Huaixian Pavilion one by one: You hurry up and stop the loss!

Gu Zuo was stunned, this was really something he didn't expect, so he hurriedly asked, "Daoist Wu, is something wrong?"

Wu Shanjing said: "I won't hide it from you, in this bidding, we plan to pay the amount of spirit stones every year, and also use it as a bidding condition, so that each family can report it by itself." We plan that whichever sect succeeds in bidding, it will immediately receive the first year's spirit stones. ”

"Why didn't you say it the other day?"

“...... We also just decided to ......"

In the past, after the spirit stone was mined, the Longquan Taoist Institute determined the annual amount to be handed over, and handed it over to the Longquan Taoist Institute before the end of the year. That is to say, this part of the tax is known, and the tax is paid after the spirit stone is mined, and if the bid is a small mine or fake mine, it may not even have to pay a single cent of the tax.

After the change, the sect will have to bear the risk of this piece, and once it takes Nanwu Prefecture, even if it is a fake mine, it must first hand over the spirit stone.

Obviously, the Longquan Taoist Academy can't bear to continue to increase investment in many sects and Taoist halls, so they talk to each other and inform them in advance to prevent future trouble.

Talking one by one, this grinding effort made Gu Zuo admire Wu Shanjing a little.

But Gu Zuo's focus was not on this, he was curious about why the Longquan Daoist Academy was in such a hurry to need spirit stones. But Wu Shanjing didn't give him the idea of revealing the secret, but just reiterated it again and asked Gu Zuo to sell his participation qualifications to reduce his losses.