Chapter Thirty-Six: Echoing from afar
Drinking machine spirits is definitely a strange thing for the ages, but the machine spirits of the Xuanji faction are always different from those of other families.
At the beginning, Xuanji Sword Spirit and the other three would only have some small gatherings because they were bored, and the machine spirits also needed to decompress, because they were not flesh and blood life, and there was no upper limit of lifespan in the real sense.
However, in the long life, the machine spirit must maintain a strong will, and once the will is broken, the spirit will also collapse and die.
Most machine spirits are solitary throughout their lives, living with their masters or contractual partners, with little chance of coming into contact with other machine spirits.
The special situation of the Xuanji Sect created a rare opportunity for the three machine spirits, and as the number of their gatherings increased, the three machine spirits became more and more fond of trying all kinds of things that only the human race had.
"Wine" was the one they were most interested in, but after trying it a few times, the three spirits actually liked the contents of the cup together.
There is already a lot of good wine hidden in Qinghua Palace, which can come in handy now, and the three machine spirits will get drunk every day and hang around.
Not long after, Xuanjizi heard about this strange thing and came to Qinghua Palace to see it once!
When he saw that the three non-flesh and blood spirits were drunk, he scolded angrily for a full quarter of an hour,
"Spoiling the Heavens! Spoiling the Food ......"
In the end, for the sake of the spiritual health and mental health of the three instrument spirits, Xuanjizi resolutely moved away ninety percent of the wine in Qinghua Palace.
Although the combined strength of the three Zhen Sect spiritual weapons far exceeds that of Xuanjizi, Xuanjizi is the contemporary head of the Xuanji Sect after all, and these three guys have to listen to it.
For the sake of Xuanjizi and leaving them a hundred percent of the wine, the three of them decided to forgive Xuanjizi.
Afterwards, when the three machine spirits thought of this, they couldn't help laughing, three machine spirits who were not flesh and blood could actually get drunk with tincture, which was indeed contrary to common sense.
However, after this nonsense, the three machine spirits released the pressure that had accumulated in their hearts for hundreds of thousands of years, and their realm and cultivation actually improved a lot, and the three machine spirits thanked Xuanjizi and Tianhuo from the bottom of their hearts.
Without Xuanjizi, they would not have the opportunity to enjoy a free time, and without Tianhuo, they would not be able to accept the baptism of the power of the Heavenly Dao, let alone improve their strength, after all, it was too difficult for the innate spirit weapon to be promoted.
Because they realized the importance of the Heavenly Fire, the three machine spirits were able to put down their bodies and soak in the Qinghua Palace all day long to protect the Heavenly Fire together.
On this day, Xuanji Sword Spirit and the other three were pushing cups and changing lamps under the flower trees, chanting the wind and the moon.
Suddenly, a grand coercion emanated from the Huaqing Garden, the level far exceeded that of the three instrument spirits, and then a yellow pillar of light broke out from the static room of the Heavenly Fire Cultivation, straight into the sky, which was very spectacular.
The three machine spirits were stunned for a moment, glanced at each other, their eyes were full of disbelief, and then the three of them screamed at the same time, threw away the wine glass in their hands, and rushed to Huaqing Garden.
The Jade Pure Bottle Spirit shouted as he flew away: "This kid is too good! It's only been more than a month, and he has actually attracted the power of the Heavenly Dao again!"
Xuanji Sword Spirit said in a deep voice: "It's not just the power of the Heavenly Dao, I still feel the breath of that immortal weapon last time, but this time it's much weaker. The situation is too complicated, I have already informed Xuanjizi, I hope he can come over quickly. ”
Qinghua girl's dress was fluttering, even if she flew up, she was very beautiful, and she couldn't help but say: "This little Tianhuo is too powerful, and her talent and potential can kill all geniuses in seconds."
If it weren't for his too young age and too low realm, I would have wanted to break the agreement with Xuanjizi and sign a new agreement with Tianhuo. ”
Yujing Bottle Spirit laughed: "Third sister, you are not the only one who thinks like this, I think so too! But I'm afraid that if we all change jobs, Xuanjizi will be angry to death." ”
While speaking, the three of them had already rushed to the meditation room where Tianhuo was meditating.
By this time, the roof of the ashram had been lifted off, and the heavenly fire had fallen on top of the futon, unconscious.
The huge yellow pillar of light emanated from him and enveloped him in it.
Under the huge level gap, the refining furnace could not resist the pressure of the immortal weapon emitted by the yellow pillar of light at all, and its whole body was covered with cracks, so it could only hide in the corner of the house and tremble, unable to move half a step at all.
The pillar of light that reached the sky covered the heavenly fire to prevent him from being harmed, and the upper end of the pillar of light went straight to the sky, and the powerful immortal weapon coercion made the three of Xuanji Sword Spirit feel very uncomfortable.
The Xuanji Sword Spirit also released its own sword rays, covering the three of them, resisting the coercion of the immortal weapon.
As soon as Xuanji Sword Spirit made a move, the Jade Pure Bottle Spirit and Miss Qinghua immediately felt that the pressure on their bodies was greatly reduced.
The Jade Pure Bottle Spirit yelled at the refining furnace that was cowering in the corner of the wall and became only the size of a fist: "Don't come yet, wait for death!"
The refining furnace was like a pardon, and it ran over with a rolling belt, and rushed into Xuanjizi's sword, only then did he feel that his body that was about to be broken had recovered a little.
Xuanji Sword Spirit looked at the pillar of light that reached the sky, tearing at the sky of Qinghua Palace, and he asked with some concern: "Third sister, can Qinghua Palace block this pillar of light? ”
Miss Qinghua looked at the pillar of light in the sky seriously and said, "This pillar of light looks very powerful, but it is weak in succession, it should not be able to penetrate the defense of Qinghua Palace, let's take a look at it for a while." ”
Sure enough, as Miss Qinghua said, the seemingly powerful and domineering pillar of light through the sky was never able to tear open the sky of Qinghua Palace, and as the pillar of light began to fade, the shaking of Qinghua Palace also stopped.
Eventually, the pillar of light turned into a yellow mist of light, and merged into the center of Tianhuo's eyebrows.
Xuanji Sword Spirit frowned and said, "I feel that this blow of the immortal weapon is only in vain, and he himself is very weak. He shouldn't want to escape, but to contact the outside world, could it be that something happened to Xuanyuan's grave? That's why it attracted him and made him so restless. ”
The jade pure bottle spirit nodded and didn't speak, he also thought so, but he was preemptively said by the boss.
Miss Qinghua asked blankly, "What are you talking about? ”
At this time, the yellow light mist had all returned to Tianhuo's body, and Xuanji Sword Spirit hurriedly stepped forward to check Tianhuo's injuries.
The jade pure bottle spirit said to the Qinghua girl: "This immortal weapon is incomplete, the body has long been lost, only the remaining instrument spirit remains, there is a third of Tianhuo here, there is still a third of Xuanyuan Tomb, and the remaining third is missing."
Therefore, the immortal remnant spirit does not have enough strength to break through the defenses of Qinghua Palace, so we can be considered lucky!
However, the immortal remnant spirit actually launched an attack brazenly in such a weak situation, indicating that something must have happened to the artifact fragment on the Xuanyuan Tomb?
How, hundreds of thousands of miles away, we don't know, anyway, this wave is blocked, as long as Tianhuo is fine, other things have nothing to do with us. ”
Xuanji Sword Spirit stepped forward to check Tianhuo and said, "Tianhuo is fine, it's just that he fainted, it's best to wait for him to wake up by himself, if we do it rashly, maybe it will hurt his soul." ”
Yujing Bottle Spirit complained: "This kid is amazing! But it's just too lucky, it's only been a long time since I saw him, and he was in a coma half the time." ”
Miss Qinghua suddenly raised her head and looked out and said, "Xuanjizi has already arrived in Xuanji Cave, I will go and remove the prohibition and let him in." ”
Xuanji Sword Spirit said: "You go and bring Xuanji in, about Tianhuo, it is best for him, the master, to take the idea." ”
Miss Qinghua nodded and went out to pick up Xuanjizi.
Yujing Bottle Spirit hurriedly asked, "Boss, is the situation of Tianhuo not good?, why did you deliberately take the third sister away, don't tell me it's bad news!"
Xuanjijian frowned and said, "I don't know if it's good news or bad news, after separating the soul of Tianhuo last time, Xuanjizi specially sealed the remnants of the immortal weapon.
However, when I checked the Heavenly Fire Consciousness Sea just now, I found that it had turned into a cloud of white gas, and even my spiritual sense could not enter, which was really a headache. ”
Xuanjizi also has a headache, it has been forty-five days since the Xuanji faction took over the business of the Nineteenth Prince's Mansion, and sure enough, there is no free lunch in the world, there is good news, but more bad news.
The trade structure of the Nineteenth Prince's Mansion in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces is relatively complete, with 22 large and small subordinate chambers of commerce, 49 caravans, 11 mature trade routes, and more than 2,300 employees.
The annual turnover is converted into high-grade spirit stones, reaching millions of dollars, and the profit is also about hundreds of thousands of high-grade spirit stones, which is comparable to the annual income of a prefecture-level sect.
However, in recent years, under the management of the former governor, the business situation of the Yunnan-Guizhou Chamber of Commerce has deteriorated, and now the annual annual handover of the Nineteen Princes' Mansion is less than fifty percent of the high years, no wonder the Nineteen Princes want to be ruthless to rectify the royal business in the two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou.
The Nineteenth Prince is not a good man and a woman, once he decides, he is extremely ruthless, not only eliminating the former head of the family, but also bringing a lot of relevant personnel.
After a month of rectification, the number of employees of the Nineteenth Prince's Office in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces was sharply reduced to 700, and more than 1,600 people were either killed, distributed, or sold into slavery.
Only a small number of people escaped, but Xuanjizi estimated that these people would not be able to escape for long, and with the ruthless methods of the Nineteenth Prince, they would not let these people escape for too long.
After this purge, the Yunnan-Guizhou Chamber of Commerce in the palace that Xuanjizi took over was basically a mess, and most of the experienced middle and senior managers in the chamber of commerce were all purged, and they didn't know where to find so many managers to replace them for a while.
In addition, among the more than 700 employees left, the vast majority of them are also panicked, and how many fish have slipped through the net, and how many mixed rice guys are unknown!
Among the eleven mature trade routes, only two trade routes can still maintain normal operation, and there are only nine complete caravans, and the rest of the caravans are seriously understaffed, and some caravans are even temporarily led by men who have just entered the industry for two or three years.
All the chambers of commerce and caravans were looking forward to it, hoping that the Nineteenth Prince's Mansion or the Xuanji Sect would send someone to take over as soon as possible, so that normal business could resume, after all, everyone had to eat and support their families.
If someone was sent directly from Jinling Mansion to take over, it would take several years just to walk on the road, so the Nineteenth Prince's Mansion simply ignored it and entrusted the trade affairs of the two provinces to Xuanji to handle it.
How can there be so many suitable people under Xuanjizi?
Xuanjizi now regrets it very much, at that time, he knew that the trade affairs of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces were not so simple, but he couldn't resist such a big temptation, and hastily reached an agreement with the Nineteenth Prince's Mansion?
Judging from the current situation, in less than half a year, the Xiuzhen trade business in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces will not be able to return to normal at all!
It will take at least a year or two to really reach the previous level of profitability! So before the business has even started, the Xuanji faction already owes the Nineteenth Prince's Mansion a year.
There is such a big pit, no wonder Li Cheng's prefect doesn't want to participate in this matter, Xuanjizi has scolded Li Cheng countless times behind his back, but it can't solve any problems.
However, it is not all bad news, at least the materials of the Wangfu Yunnan-Guizhou Chamber of Commerce are sufficient and the contacts are still there, as long as the internal personnel structure is sorted out and the business is resumed as soon as possible, it is still possible to turn over within a year or two.
And Li Cheng knew that he had cheated Xuanjizi, although he had been hiding from Xuanjizi, but when he confiscated the wealth of the former chief steward, Li Cheng specially left a part of the family wealth to the Xuanji faction for the start-up and turnover of the new chamber of commerce.
This part of the family wealth can probably be worth half of the annual period of the Nineteenth Prince's Mansion, and as for the remaining half, it can only be earned by the Xuanji faction itself.
Cang'er and Yi Prisoner brought back some good news, the two trade routes planned by Tianhuo are feasible, and they should be more valuable for development than the eleven trade routes before the Yunnan-Guizhou Chamber of Commerce.
In addition, the first phase of the expansion project of Xuanji Mountain has been completed, and the entire Xuanji faction has changed greatly, with more than a dozen large buildings, and the internal pattern has become more compact, which already has the atmosphere of a large sect.
The training of the first batch of recruits of the Xuanji faction has passed halfway, and most of them have persevered, and some good seedlings have been unearthed in it, so that Xuanjizi has been comforted a little.
If you want to say who Xuanjizi misses the most during this time, it must be Tianhuo!
The integration plan of the Yunnan-Guizhou Chamber of Commerce, Xuanjizi and his apprentices repeatedly discussed many drafts, but they were still not very satisfied, he hoped that Tianhuo could take a serious look at the plan and make some revisions, so that he could rest assured.
Just as Xuanjizi was thinking wildly, a piece of jade slip in her arms vibrate, and Xuanjizi hurriedly took it out and looked at it, and four words appeared on the jade slip--
"Heavenly Fire Heavenly Dao"!