In the war with Tianyin Temple, Jiang Feng successively obtained a lot of spirit stones, talismans, pills and magic weapons from a group of opponents, especially Chen Fuliang and Song Zixun. The first three are not rare, and the latter, because these two are both disciples of Yuanying Qin Jiuzhen, they also have a lot of fine products in their hands. Jiang Feng looked for an opportunity to go to Lizong Zhenwu City to identify one or two, and selected from them, and finally obtained two magic weapons that were quite practical to him.

One of them is from Chen Fuliang:

[Qingying Fuyi Cufflinks], a third-order high-grade magic weapon, attribute one [Qingying], after activation, the body is extremely light, which is more conducive to dodging melee attacks, the effect is equivalent to the blessing of the third-order light talisman, but it can reduce the damage of earth-based and fire-based spells by three percent at the same time, and can be activated at most once every six hours;Attribute 2 [Fuyi], if there is a third-order or lower shield on the body, there is a one-third chance of re-condensing the same shield when it is destroyed, and it can be maintained for up to half an hour, or it can be destroyed by any attack hit at most three times; Treasure Treasure], the cufflinks themselves have a storage function, up to three items that are not larger than one side, and it does not consume any spiritual power to take them out, if it is an offensive magic weapon, its sharpness will increase by two percent in the short term, but it will not be added repeatedly;

The second was obtained from Song Zixun, but it was not captured by himself, but by seeing sex, and later transferred to himself:

[Ghost Slashing Flying Knife], a fourth-order low-grade magic weapon, attribute 1 [Ghost Slayer], has special restraint on ghosts and evil things, and the projection can break all the protection on the ghost object's body, and directly capture the mind, so that it cannot move for a short time; , the throwing knife projection will not show any external streamer, it can hide itself in a dark place until it hits the target, and it can hide in the target's body for half an hour, and the throwing knife is difficult to be damaged by corrosive spells or dissolving magic items;Attribute 4 [Turn], within half an hour after hitting the target, the throwing knife can rotate with the caster's mind, and the rotation will cause secondary damage, and can break the shield of three layers of third-order or lower quality from the inside;Attribute 5 [Appearance] , the Flying Knife can be hidden in a magic weapon that is not conceived by the Instrument Spirit, but the size cannot be less than twice the size of the Flying Knife.

This is also the first fourth-order magic weapon in Jiang Feng's hand, the effect is comparable to a magic weapon, judging from the situation at that time, this magic weapon is also the best quality of the insight. Thinking back to what he said at the time, he said that this artifact was suitable for him, presumably because his fighting skills were really commonplace, and he didn't have any proud skills, so he picked out this magic weapon suitable for secret calculations for himself.

Seeing sex, this guy, although he doesn't have the ability to appreciate treasures, his vision is also spicy. Jiang Feng chuckled in his heart, and put away the other three second-order high-grade magic weapons, these three were selected as gifts for his apprentices, although he didn't have time to teach, but preparing some magic weapons could be regarded as fulfilling the responsibility of the master.

Most of the remaining magic weapons had already been sold by Jiang Feng, but he also did not choose to sell them in the sect, the reason why he was reluctant to seek the near and far was because he wanted to sell more spirit stones.

With the help of the proceeds of this war, Jiang Feng paid off all the foreign debts except for the arrears owed to Xiao Mingzhen, as well as the various payments that should have been paid out of his own pocket recently, and finally left four hundred and thirty-five third-order, which was still because Song Zixun did not have any spirit stones on his body, so he must have been able to see the first shot. While this may seem like a lot, it's only enough to make seven trips back and forth to the Whale Islands.

As for the big treasury of the sect, Jiang Feng has already made up his mind, unless it involves a war, he will no longer pay out of his own pocket, and the sect should be on the right track in time, this is what he has always hoped for in his heart, if he relies on his own head to fund it every time, then when will it rise?

What's more, in addition to the commercial tax as a larger input, the sect now has two major sources of income: one is the contract with the Spirit Cage Chamber of Commerce, which is worth forty third-order items per year, although the profit is less than half, but there are many links involved, which can further promote the development of various undertakings of the sect;

Of course, the expenditure of the sect is also growing rapidly, in order to avoid the flow of talents into other sects in the alliance, Jiang Feng once again promoted the monthly salary of various titles after the war, among which the elder, the county town guard, and the abbot of the Ku Lonely Temple have been promoted to nine second-order, and the deacon under the elder's seat, the deacon of the matter, the deacon of the seven divisions, and the first floor of the Funing envoy have five second-order, and the lower positions, such as the deacon of the other courtyard, the assistant of the town guard, According to the check, there are two second-order, ten inner disciples, fifty first-order, twenty-two outer disciples, twenty-five first-order, seventy-six ordinary monks who have no position and have not entered the inner door and outer door, five first-order, nine hundred and sixty-two ordinary miscellaneous servants of the seven divisions, two first-order, and so on.

If Jiang Feng, as the head of the sect, according to the previous agreement, the monthly salary is the sum of all the elders, then this expenditure will continue to increase, so in order to reduce the expenses of the sect, Jiang Feng can only continue to not receive salaries.

It's also a good thing to spend a lot of money, it's better than not having a monk to receive a salary, and with a different way of thinking, Jiang Feng is in a much better mood. Moreover, during the war, a group of subordinates also presented themselves with several artifacts above the second-order middle grade, including the Renshou City Array Plate, which was finally sold to the sect by Jiang Feng by Wu Tiande for half of the spirit stone and half of the tribute, all of which took a lot of advantage for themselves and the sect. Now, when the expenses in the sect are more generous in the second half of the year, this array will be relocated to Luochuan, which has expanded more than three times in size, and become the existence that protects this place.

As for the utensils for visiting the Hundred Medicine Old Immortals, Jiang Feng had thought about it before, and after thinking about it for a while, Jiang Feng decided not to change his original intention and brought the "Soul Fixing Mussel Bead" with him.

This thing has the effect of stabilizing the divine soul, although it is only a third-order lower-grade magic weapon, but thinking back to the previous gathering in Xiaobadu Mountain, the long-sleepy Xuan-level Hundred Medicine Old Immortal wants to cultivate multiple clones in order to improve his self-protection ability, no matter what he does, it will inevitably bring instability to the divine soul, and this thing will most likely attract his attention. As for the other fourth-order magic weapon [Yangxu Spirit Nourishing Treasure Box] that Bao Yuan handed over to him, he would never dare to take it out, otherwise, once this wonderful artifact was claimed by the Hundred Medicine Old Immortals, his plan to feed the Ancient Treasure Tower of Eternity would not be realized.

This "Yangxu Spirit Nourishing Treasure Box", Jiang Feng has already put in a third-order medium-grade magic weapon with little function, although there is no third-order demon beast to guide in a short period of time, but if you are lucky, maybe you can also give birth to a machine spirit after half a year, and the left and right are used for feeding, and there is no difference whether the instrument spirit is usable or not.

Picking up a lot of utensils, Jiang Feng turned to pick up a "family letter" on the desk, saying that it was a family letter, but it was actually sent by Su Liqing, but it was not delivered in the form of an official document, which made Jiang Feng wonder if it was the news that his wife Su Jin Dadao was expected to reach his ears, and the matter had been fermenting for less than two months, although Su Jin's cultivation showed signs of loosening, it would not be seen, unless by Su Jin's side, there were still spies buried by Su Liqing.

For this reason, Jiang Feng also deliberately sent Zheng Yiyu and Hua Baiqian to secretly investigate, and the scope even covered the servants around Su Jin's eldest sister Su Qiong, but in the end, he didn't find any clues, and while secretly thinking about his own worries, Jiang Feng turned to doubt the purpose of Su Liqing's move.

He couldn't have been without a purpose.

This is almost certain, but the other party doesn't care about his suspicions, and he knows that he will inevitably be suspicious, but he still did it, is it a show of goodwill, or is it paralysis, or is there a deeper conspiracy? After the battle with Tianyin Temple, at the initiative of Zheng Jiasheng, the head of the Biyun Sect, the Ashama Sect has removed the shackles of the past and obtained the same voting rights as other members, speaking of which, Jiang Feng didn't understand why Zheng Jiasheng would help him, and this was not the first time, after thanking the other party, Jiang Feng didn't get any useful clues, so he could only suppress this suspicion in his heart and wait for the opportunity to dig it out.

There is no love for no reason, this is the truth that Jiang Feng has long realized.

The content of the letter is very simple, the first half is a greeting to Su Jin and himself, expressing his hope that he will embrace his grandson as soon as possible, and he also sent a lot of pills to regulate blood and qi with the letter, Jiang Feng looked for Li Mingdu, the level of the pill is not high, but it is very practical, among the wealthy ordinary and low-level monks, it is a common item, as for those for himself, Jiang Feng didn't even look at it, so he gave it to Li Mingdu.

Hmph, I still need this?

The second half of the letter mentions another thing, Chixiamen recently wanted to join the Jincheng League, and he had already expressed this important meaning to Su Liqing, and Su Liqing asked himself what position he held on this matter.

Of course I objected, Chixiamen has repeatedly made bad things behind the back of the Asshan Sect, and now it seems that although the loss is not big, but its heart can be punished, the matter of joining the alliance is different from the affairs agreed in other covenants, and every sect must agree to it, the question is, what is Su Liqing's attitude, the letter did not say.

Do you want to be the first bird yourself, or should you be consistent with his opinion, put down the letterhead, Jiang Feng thought about it for a long time, but did not get a suitable answer.

"Call Gu Yansi. ”

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Chixia Gate, Radiant City.

As soon as the preaching ceremony of Elder Huang Yanjie's promotion to the prefecture level ended, the head Zeng Baoxian summoned the rookie, together with Zeng Baojun and Dugu, into the secret room of the head of the inner mansion.

"What is the attitude of the Qing Yu Sect?"

Zeng Baoxian looked at Dugu, and the matter of joining the Jincheng League was set by himself, but the communication was in charge of Dugu, and on this issue, Foreign Affairs Elder Liu Bozhao was only responsible for communication, not for decision-making.

"In addition to abiding by the established covenant, Chen Kun put forward two conditions for joining the alliance: first, we have no voting rights on the issue of Tianlimen and Yufeng Sect; second, while abiding by the covenant, we will open up the collusion with the existing trade routes in the alliance, and cancel the monopoly of all monks' supplies in the territory. ”

"It seems that we are still on guard, at the beginning, Qing Yuzong took advantage of the invitation of the Jincheng faction to establish the Jincheng Alliance, and thus led the war with Tianyin Temple, and expanded the territory with the power of the alliance. ”

"I thought so too, so I threw out the plan for the monk battle formation that you had set up in charge. Chen Kun was noncommittal about this, and he said that he needed to discuss it with Wan Yuting. ”

"Wan Yu Pavilion is not in the sect?"

"At least I didn't get to. ”

"In my opinion, they must be interested in the monk battle array, but they will definitely not show it. Zeng Baojun, who interjected, still looked lazy, "So, if we can join the alliance, this must be a necessary condition, but it will not be listed in any contract." However, I still mean that, I am against joining the EU. ”

"Or is it your reason to be left and right?" Zeng Baoxian glanced at him, his face hesitant.

"We are sandwiched between the Jincheng Alliance and the Tianli Sect, and the northwest is the Yufeng Sect protected by the sect, which side is weaker, we will form a good alliance with each other, so after ten years, when the monks' battle formation is small, wouldn't it be better to enter the game again?"

"We didn't have the soil to cultivate the monks' battle array, and our previous attempts were unsuccessful. Zeng Baoxian said, "Only when the monks of the same realm of the Xuan level reach a certain scale can they form effective combat power, and it is difficult for us to succeed alone, and this will cause the surrounding sects, Tianli Sects or Qi countries to be suppressed." ”

"The Golden City League is not a family. Zeng Baojun argued.

"In my opinion, that's why it might succeed. In the game of all parties, everyone hopes that the Jincheng League will be stronger, provided that they can grab the right interests for the people behind them. But what you said is also right, the risk also lies in this, but compared to the threat of Tianlimen, the benefits of joining the alliance are more, but they have just defeated Tianyin Temple, and their reputation is rising, and if they join at this time, they will definitely be asked for a high price. The reason why we are convening everyone today is to think about how to do this smoothly and with the least consumption. Zeng Baoxian looked around and paused for a moment on the last sentence, his meaning was clear, I am not asking everyone to find an opportunity to oppose me, but need a solution.

"I think the attitude of Qing Yuzong is the key. But if we agree to their conditions, it will be tantamount to putting the Zongnai Chamber of Commerce under the pressure of the Jincheng League. Dugu said, "Therefore, the second article must not be agreed, maybe you can think of other ways, such as cooperation at other levels." As for the first one, as long as we do not take the initiative to provoke a war, there is no problem, whether we take the lead or not, there is often enough room for maneuver. ”

"There's no reason for them to refuse. Elder Huang Yanjie interjected cautiously, "Even if we only provide the training methods of the monks' battle formations, they will agree, in a battle with Tianyin Temple, the overall strength of the Jincheng Alliance is actually declining, although because of the victory over the profit and spoils of peace, but each still has its own strategy, if we can talk about each family separately, maybe the conditions will not be so harsh." In front of him was a contract from the Golden City League, which was the most detailed version that could be obtained outside, and it was sketched on it, which showed that a lot of work had been done.

"However, our relationship with the Asa Mountain Sect and the Biyun Sect is not good. Dugu secretly glanced at the newly promoted prefecture-level monk beside him, and secretly said that there are some things you don't understand, and it is reasonable not to give suitable advice, the reason why the head of the sect Zeng Baoxian set the strategy of giving priority to the Qingyu Sect is that he hopes to use the influence of the other party to promote this matter.

"Yan Jie is right. ”

Zeng Baoxian spoke out to resolve the embarrassment, "Dugu, Qingyu Sect continues to contact, I believe they welcome us to join the alliance, and the conditions can be discussed again." Most of the Jincheng faction Su Liqing will agree, as long as we don't threaten his position as the deputy alliance leader, this fang is probably the idea of replacing him, but unfortunately, in a short period of time, it is difficult for him to go further. As for Biyun Sect, Baojun, if you take a trip, I believe that Zheng Jiasheng will put the conditions on the bright side. ”

"The Qianshan Sect and the Huanglong Sect, Yan Jie, you are newly promoted to the prefecture level, it is better to go on a trip with Liu Bozhao, the right to relax and broaden your horizons, although I have a strategy in my heart, but if it is not necessary, there may be a more appropriate way to deal with it. ”

"Communication through Liu Tingjian's envoy is also a way. Zeng Baojun said, "It's just that we initiated it, and it is likely to have the opposite effect." ”

"I used to think about it. ”

Zeng Baoxian was silent for a long time, and finally just took this suggestion lightly, and did not say that this matter was feasible, but he did not say that it was not possible, Dugu and Zeng Baojun were also silent, only Huang Yanjie, who knew little about the nine old men, was confused, he couldn't help but have introverted eyes, and secretly promoted to the ground level, maybe it was just a small step, if it wasn't for the luck to peek through the sky and go further, and enter the core of power in the sect, maybe he would still be the frog at the bottom of the well.

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"Senior brother, why do you want to go far and near?"

When Jiang Feng arrived at Bailing Mountain Villa, before he went up the mountain, the old immortal of the hundred medicines came out, so Jiang Feng doubted whether he had a magic weapon on his body that was convenient for the other party to detect his location, if he thought about it carefully, the old immortal of the hundred medicines once gave him a "silver star ring", when he was in Xiaobadu Mountain, the situation was critical, and he didn't think about it, but now it seems that this thing has to be thrown away.