As soon as the words came out, the whole hall was shocked.

The veteran elders of the "Hua" generation, the newly promoted elders of the "Qing" generation and the "Yu" generation, and even the ordinary disciples of the entire Jiuhua Mountain all became stunned when they heard Zhang Hualing's words.

Deacons and elders, deacons and elders whose status in Jiuhua Mountain is second only to the head of the family, the protector of the Dharma, and the elders who protect the mountain?

Although he had expected that Zhang Hualing would have other arrangements for Xu Qingfan, he did not expect that Zhang Hualing would arrange Xu Qingfan in such an important position.

And those elders of the "Qing" generation who were of the same generation as Xu Qingfan were even more surprised or happy, and their eyes were also mixed with surprise and jealousy.

For a while, the eyes of the entire "Hualing Palace" were all focused on Xu Qingfan.

Seeing everyone's expressions, Xu Qingfan knew that Zhang Hualing had never told anyone about the fact that he would be appointed as a deacon elder.

But the matter has come to this point, Xu Qingfan did not make excuses, just bowed deeply to Zhang Hualing, and said respectfully: "Xie Sect Master, the disciple will definitely do things for me Jiuhua wholeheartedly in the future, and will never disappoint the expectations of the head and the elders for the disciple." ”

Hearing Xu Qingfan's promise, some of the elders' faces changed, and they wanted to stand up and object.

It's not that these elders have any opinion of Xu Qingfan, but the matter of appointing deacons and elders is a matter of importance after all, especially the practice that Jiuhuashan and the deacons and elders are the next heads, so many elders think that if they have to appoint Xu Qingfan as a deacon elder, it is okay, but they must carefully observe for a period of time before making a decision. After all, it is about the future of Jiuhua, and it is not allowed to be hasty.

But these elders just wanted to object. But he was stopped by some close-minded elders, and at the same time, these close-minded elders either transmitted the sound into the secret, or looked in the direction of the top of Jiuhua Mountain with their eyes.

These elders who were more and more opposed were also excited for a while, and after receiving the prompts of others, they also reacted one after another.

Xu Qingfan, who has been living with "that person" at the top of Jiuhua Mountain for more than 20 years, has personally taught Xu Qingfan over the years, does it mean that Xu Qingfan became the new deacon elder, and it was decided by "that person" and Zhang Hualing together?

As a legendary figure who has guarded Jiuhua Mountain for thousands of years, he is the only Mahayana monk in Jiuhua Mountain. He must have a reason for this decision, right?

I have to say that Li Xuhan, as the previous head of Jiuhua Mountain, has much higher prestige and everyone's trust in him than Zhang Hualing. Especially after the catastrophe more than 20 years ago, this prestige and trust have reached a new level.

Originally, Jin Qinghan, Lu Qingshang and several other elders who were extremely familiar with Xu Qingfan, although they were slightly disappointed in their hearts after hearing that Xu Qingfan would become the new deacon elder of Jiuhua Mountain, they were still more happy. After seeing that several elders stood up and were about to oppose it, their hearts were also tight, and they were also ready to stand up and support it. The result was surprising. These elders only stood up slightly and then sat down again, and did not make any objections, as if they had acquiesced to Zhang Hualing's decision. Not only Jin Qinghan and the others were extremely surprised, but even Xu Qingfan didn't expect things to go so smoothly.

"When did I become so popular and image in the hearts of the elders? There was no one who objected?" Xu Qingfan thought inexplicably.

Only Zhang Hualing was not surprised by this scene, but after announcing the appointment of Xu Qingfan, he was silent for a while, and then said again: "Since there is no objection, then this matter is decided." ”

said. Zhang Hualing said to Xu Qingfan again: "Deacon Xu, please take a seat." ”

As he spoke, Zhang Hualing pointed to the position beside him. This position was very close to the seat of the head of the house, and the seat of the Supreme Protector was lined up on both sides of the seat of the head of the house, one on the left and one on the right, which was a cut higher than the seats of the other elders.

After hearing Zhang Hualing call himself by his name, after hearing Zhang Hualing politely call himself "Deacon Xu", Xu Qingfan couldn't react for a while, and only after a while did he realize that he was calling himself.

Although his heart fluctuated, Xu Qingfan was silent on the outside. looked extremely calm, just bowed to Zhang Hualing, and with a hint of apprehension and excitement, he walked towards his seat step by step, and then sat down slowly, with a look of neither humility nor arrogance, so that some elders also nodded secretly.

After Xu Qingfan sat down. Zhang Hualing said to Xu Qingfan and those newly promoted elders: "Now you are no longer ordinary disciples of the past, and from now on, you will also participate in the major decisions of my Jiuhua Mountain." I hope you can put your mindset right. And always remember the oath you just made. ”

After Xu Qingfan, Jin Qinghan and others responded, Zhang Hualing said to the elders: "Up to now, my Jiuhua has been closed for more than 21 years, and after the mountain is closed, our first step plan has been completed, and a large number of disciples have greatly increased their skills and become a new generation of elders. But because of the opening of the Nine Poles Cave twice, my Jiuhua Land Millennium Reserve is also empty. In addition to the spirit stones and materials that need to continue to maintain the operation of the Nine Extremes Array, there is a shortage of resources. Now, let's discuss how I should spend the next time. ”

As Zhang Hualing's words fell, all the elders began to discuss and put forward their opinions. And after Xu Qingfan became a high-level member of Jiuhua Mountain, he immediately began to participate in the first elder meeting of Jiuhua Mountain.

It's just that although Xu Qingfan has become the fourth person in Jiuhua Mountain in a certain way, he has not got carried away. When the elders put forward their opinions, Xu Qingfan just listened quietly, learning the elders' experience in coping, but he didn't say a word.

From the moment Xu Qingfan became the deacon elder of Jiuhuadi, he was already the highest-ranking person among the new elders of the "Qing" and "Yu" generations. And the series of events such as the change of Huandao and the attack of Zhang Xusheng more than 20 years ago made Xu Qingfan have a great reputation among the younger generation of disciples, and Xu Qingfan reached the stage of knot without going through the "Nine Pole Cave". He is also the first of the younger generation of disciples to create his own supernatural power, so whether Xu Qingfan is willing or not, he is already a well-deserved leader among the new generation of elders of Jiuhua and even the two generations of disciples of Jiuhua "Qing" and "Yu", and these new elders are also unconsciously only Xu Qingfan is looking forward, after seeing Xu Qingfan silent, although these people have their own ideas, they are also as silent as Xu Qingfan. So in the end, these discussions were still going on among the older generation of elders.

In the end, the result of Zhang Hualing's discussion with the elders was nothing more than a few points.

First, in the following days, try to save the use of the spirit stone elixir and extend the time of the mountain closure as much as possible. With the greatest degree of missed the most terrifying beginning stage of the coming catastrophe.

Second, those Jiuhua elders who died during the catastrophe or after giving empowerment to those newly promoted elders will also have their magic weapons and savings not collected into the public treasury of Jiuhua Mountain in the following days, so as to alleviate the shortage of resources in Jiuhua Mountain. These elders receive a large amount of resources from Jiuhua Mountain every year, and from time to time they travel to collect them, and their private collections will probably be very considerable.

Third, in the coming days, no matter what stage of the disciples of Jiuhua Mountain is, they should put cultivation first. Try to enhance Jiuhua's strength. Those elixir magic weapons that the elders did not use could be given to those most promising disciples to enhance the strength of the Jiuhua Mountains with the greatest length.

Fourth, Jiuhua Mountain now has a total of eighteen new elders. Although they all had their own cave mansions before, those cave mansions did not match their status as elders after all, whether they were in size or aura. Therefore, after confiscating the caves of the dead elders, these caves should be distributed to the new elders as much as possible.

There are more than ten in total, which will be the direction of Jiuhua Mountain in the next few decades. During this period, those senior elders naturally put forward some opinions in their favor for their own interests. But Zhang Hualing was not old and confused after all, and refuted them one by one.

And in this process, both Xu Qingfan and those new elders who looked forward to him were silent, even if there were some points of view that were not in their interests, but seeing that Xu Qingfan was still silent, and thinking that he had gained a lot from becoming an elder, he also gave up refuting.

At the end of the discussion. Zhang Hualing saw Xu Qingfan with a thoughtful look on his face, and couldn't help asking: "Deacon Xu, you have been silent, but your face is changing, but what do you think?"

At this time, Xu Qingfan thought of the tragic experience he had with his senior brother Yue Qingru after the death of his master 6 Huayan, as well as the previous promise to Niu Hualian to take care of his disciples. \junzitang.***\ Now I listened to the elders plotting how to deprive the dead elders of their inheritance. I can't help but feel a little sad and uneasy. But I also know that in the current situation of Jiuhua, the opinions of Zhang Hualing and others are indeed the best for the future of Jiuhua Mountain.

Heard Zhang Hualing's question. Xu Qingfan's heart moved, and after hesitating slightly, he said: "The younger generation does have some ideas, and I think it will be greatly beneficial to my Jiuhua after they are implemented, but it is against my Jiuhua tradition, but I don't know whether to say it or not." ”

Zhang Hualing originally asked casually, but he didn't expect Xu Qingfan to really have an idea, especially after hearing Xu Qingfan say that his idea violated the ancestral system but was greatly beneficial to Jiuhua, his face became stern, and he said, "But it's okay to say." ”

Xu Qingfan nodded, and said slowly: "The thoughts of the younger generations are like this, those dead elders, after all, they are people who have meritorious service to Jiuhua, although confiscating their inheritance cave mansion is the most beneficial and necessary thing for me Jiuhua, but their disciples can't ignore it." ”

Gongsun Huasao frowned and said, "Of course we know this, and we will never ignore it." For those children of the deceased, we will arrange for them to switch to other teachers and continue their cultivation. I think the elders will treat them as if they were true disciples. ”

Xu Qingfan smiled and said: "Naturally, the juniors will not doubt this, but as far as the juniors know, most of those disciples are unwilling to switch to other masters, and would rather practice independently." But the matter of cultivating immortals is not as good as others, without the guidance of famous teachers, their progress will inevitably be greatly slowed down, and there are many disciples among them who are awe-inspiring, let them do this, I am afraid that not only will they waste their talents, but also greatly disadvantage the recovery of my Jiuhua's strength. ”

A gray-haired elder said, "We also know this, but they are unwilling to switch to other teachers, and we can't help it." This kind of thing can't be forced. ”

Xu Qingfan shook his head and said, "We have a way." ”

Gongsun Huasao asked, "What way?"

Xu Qingfan said in a deep voice: "We are in the same vein. Even in the entire immortal cultivation world, the inheritance lies in the teaching of master and apprentice. This is certainly conducive to the cultivation of the sect's feelings, and it is also conducive to the cultivation of elite disciples, and it is indeed the most suitable form of inheritance for me in the immortal cultivation world. But for me, Jiuhua's current situation is not suitable. Now I have about 1,500 disciples in Jiuhua, plus the elders who have fallen into reincarnation and unfortunately died in this catastrophe, but there are nearly 900 disciples who have no master to teach, which is not only very detrimental to their future, but also to the future of my Jiuhua. ”

After a pause, Xu Qingfan said: "Many of your predecessors have traveled to the world, have you ever noticed how mortals in the mortal world teach poetry and books? They take a collegiate approach. The location of the academy and the content of the teaching remain the same, and the apprentices can constantly change houses to study in more advanced colleges as they progress in their knowledge. I think that I can learn from this form in Jiuhua Mountain, establish the three courtyards of heaven, earth, and man, and include these more than 900 disciples who have no master into it for study. Each elder regularly went to the three courtyards to teach the method of cultivating immortals and solve the confusion of the disciples. Among them, the human academy only recruits disciples in the qi refining period, while the underground courtyard recruits disciples in the Bigu period. The Heavenly Courtyard is for disciples in the period of spiritual death. As their skill realm progresses, they will also slowly enter the Heavenly Courtyard from the Human Academy, and even eventually become disciples of the Dan Formation Stage. In this way, we can also account for the elders who have passed away. It did not waste the talent of these disciples, and it was also very beneficial to the recovery of my Jiuhua's strength, what do you seniors think. ”

Hearing Xu Qingfandi's words, the elders of Jiuhua were all dazzled. felt that this method was indeed beneficial to Jiuhua, but they hesitated, after all, the model of the inheritance of masters and apprentices in the immortal cultivation world has lasted for tens of thousands of years, and it has also formed a thinking inertia in people's hearts, so although they think that Xu Qingfan's method is good. But he still hesitated.

The gray-headed elder who said before suddenly said, "Deacon Xu's method is not bad, but it is very beneficial to my disciples and my Jiuhua Mountain. However, the old man did not agree, because in this way, the teacher is not a teacher, and the disciple is not a disciple, so what kind of system will it be? Since ancient times, only the master has accepted multiple disciples, and where can a disciple recognize the matter of multiple masters? The master and apprentice who will eventually fall are unknown, the faction is not divided, and the inheritance is interrupted, which is inappropriate. ”

Xu Qingfan said: "You also said that the inheritance of master and apprentice is only a matter of ancient times after all, but this rule is not unchangeable. Not to mention. My Jiuhua's first priority now is to restore my strength. In order to deal with the catastrophe that may occur in the future, it is better for the master and apprentice to be unknown than my Jiuhua Sect. Not to mention. The establishment of these three courtyards is only a temporary need, and after these disciples who have lost their masters are formed, the three courtyards will also be withdrawn, so it will not have much impact. As for the inheritance of the various factions within my Jiuhua, there is still zài, and all the disciples who enter the study ground of the three academies only need to give the half-master ceremony to those elders who have taught them the Dao method and cultivate immortals. In this way, there will be no unclear things about the master and apprentice. What do you think?"

Hearing Xu Qingfan's words, the elders were silent for a long time, but Gongsun Huashao suddenly asked, "Then, should we send those elders to these three courtyards to teach and solve their doubts?" You must know that the elders will retreat from time to time, and there is no fixed time at all. ”

When Gongsun Huashao said this, it was invisibly equivalent to agreeing with Xu Qingfan's opinion.

Xu Qingfan smiled slightly and said, "We can divide the elders who teach the disciples of the Three Academies into two types, one is voluntary and the other is obligatory. The elders of the Chinese generation are in retreat all year round, and there is no fixed time, and they can be taught voluntarily. In addition to retreat, as long as you have time, you can go to the three institutes to teach and solve doubts. As for the two generations of elders of Qingyu, we can teach on a voluntary basis, because my skills are relatively shallow now, and the maximum time for a retreat is one or two years, so I have plenty of time to teach. ”

To Xu Qingfan's surprise, after hearing Xu Qingfan's words, it turned out to be the new elders of Qingyu's two generations who nodded in agreement. It was very different from the scene that Xu Qingfan had feared before, and they would complain that doing so would delay their cultivation.

As Liu Huaxiang said before, in what position, the thinking is different.

These new elders, because of the help of the Nine Poles Cave. It has been successfully married more than 100 years in advance. For them now, although cultivation is important, it is equally important to increase their power and influence in the Jiuhua Mountains, although they have great prestige among the younger generation of disciples, but after all, those young disciples are still towards their master. Therefore, compared with the older generation of elders, they are not only lacking in skill, but also have a short influence and prestige in Jiuhua Mountain.

In this way, when they meet again in the future to decide on the Jiuhua form, although they are the elders of Jiuhua, they still can't interject. The greatest interests will also be taken by the elders of the older generation. Just like this time. When discussing the future allocation of land resources to the elders, these new elders were greatly inferior to those of the older generation of elders. In the long run, these new elders will inevitably become puppets of the presbyterian church, at the mercy of others.

And Xu Qingfan's construction is equivalent to handing over more than half of the disciples of Jiuhua Mountain to them, although it will waste some time to cultivate immortals, but compared to the influence on the Jiuhua lineage and the prestige among the younger generation of disciples, and even the support of more than 900 Jiuhua disciples, this loss is nothing. After all, with these influences and prestige, they will compete for the limited resources of Jiuhua Mountain and even those rare magic weapons in the future. Be more advantageous.

And which of those elders of the older generation is not an old man? While the elders of the younger generation nodded one after another, they had already figured out the pros and cons, but the eyes in their eyes were different when they looked at Xu Qingfan.

Unexpectedly, Xu Qingfan seemed to be indifferent, but his means were so powerful. Simply one Jianyi, I want to win the support of half of Jiuhua's disciples. After all, once these three courts were established, the biggest beneficiary was Xu Qingfan, who was the leader of the younger generation of elders.

And although Xu Qingfan said that they could also go to the three academies to teach, after all, they were only voluntary, and they were not as good as the younger generation of elders who specialized in the three academies. What's more, which of these elders of the older generation is not Shou Yuan, who will need to work hard to improve his skill realm, but where will he have time to compete with the elders of the younger generation for the influence on most of the disciples of Jiuhua?

Seeing the knowing eyes of the young elders when they looked at him, and the wary looks of the elders of the older generation when they looked at him, Xu Qingfan couldn't help but show a wry smile.

Poor Xu Qingfan, who is obviously dedicated to the public, has been misinterpreted by everyone like this, and there is nothing to do.

In this way, the elders immediately divided into two factions and debated the proposal proposed by Xu Qingfan.

One faction agrees with Xu Qingfan's point of view. They are all the young elders of Jiuhua and nearly half of the elders of the older generation, and these elders either feel that it is beneficial to them or think that it is beneficial to Jiuhua, so they firmly support Xu Qingfan's opinion.

The other faction is opposed, and he is the grandson of the protector of the Dharma. Because Xu Qingfan's opinion has the greatest impact on them. These people either have great prestige in Jiuhua Mountain, or have many disciples. On weekdays, I have benefited a lot from Jiuhua Mountain by relying on these. Xu Qingfan undoubtedly canceled out their advantages by doing so.

Especially Gongsun Huasuo, as Jiuhua's protector. Responsible for the training, rewards and punishments of Jiuhua's disciples, once the three courts are established, then the rights and interests of other places will be weakened by more than half, so they are naturally resolutely opposed.

Similarly, once Xu Qingfan's opinion is clear, then Xu Qingfan, in addition to being the deacon protector of Jiuhua, will also become half of Jiuhua's protector, and his status will be second only to Zhang Hualing.

From the beginning to the continuation of this debate, Xu Qingfan did not expect that his unintentional mention would also lead to a huge change in the rights of Jiuhua Mountain. And he will be regarded as a person with ulterior motives. The mood has slowly changed from the original hesitation and panic to the current cold bystander, as if this matter has nothing to do with him.

It's just that there is no lack of sarcasm in my heart: "Uncle Liu's words are really right, people, no matter what happens on weekdays, they always can't break off the idea of fighting for power and profit." Even the so-called cultivators who are dedicated to the Tao are not exempt from vulgarity. Where there are people, there are interests, and where there are interests, there are disputes, and even if you don't want to fight, others will force you to fight. These elders may all be loyal to Jiuhua Mountain, and they have also proved this when they were born in the previous catastrophe, but at this time, they are still blinded by their own interests, which is sad and lamentable. ”

To be honest, Xu Qingfan had always thought that the Council of Elders of Jiuhua Mountain was an incomparably pure organization, and everyone did their best to maintain Jiuhua Mountain, so when he proposed the establishment of the three courts, he did not have any idea of fighting for power and establishing prestige for himself, and it could be said that he was dedicated to Jiuhua. But I didn't expect things to turn out like this, and the disappointment in my heart was even more than the panic that caused chaos.

After a long time, Zhang Hualing, who had been silent, said: "Everyone be quiet. ”

After the elders were quiet, Zhang Hualing said: "I just thought carefully about Deacon Xu's suggestion, and I also think that this mention is the most suitable for my Jiuhua's current situation. ”

Hearing Zhang Hualing's words, the elders with Gongsun Huashao as the leader glanced at each other helplessly, knowing that the wood was already in the boat, and there was nothing to be done. After all, what Zhang Hualing said was true, this mention was indeed of great benefit to Jiuhua Mountain, and most of the elders did agree, after all, there were still many elders of the older generation who were dedicated to Jiuhua's sake.

But just when Gongsun Huashao just wanted to obtain the rights of the three courts, Zhang Hualing said: "Since this matter was mentioned by Deacon Xu, presumably Deacon Xu also thinks most clearly about the setting of the three courts, and Deacon Xu is responsible for this matter." ”

Zhang Hualing did this, firstly, he wanted to support Xu Qingfan, before he caused Zhou Huahai's change because there were too many people who opposed him before taking over as the head of the house, so he did not allow this kind of thing to happen again, and tried his best to establish Xu Qingfan's power and prestige before Xu Qingfan took over as the head of the house. The second is also to suppress Gongsun Huasuo, after Zhou Huahai's incident, he now has too much power to protect the Dharma, and Gongsun Huasuo's expression just now also made him extremely disappointed.

Xu Qingfan actually didn't want to accept this task, he wanted to meditate and cultivate more than to gain greater rights. But just now he had figured it out, at this time he was already difficult to ride a tiger, as Liu Huaxiang said to him before about the relationship between the majority and the minority, he can only go down this road now.

Ignoring Gongsun Huashao's indifferent eyes, Xu Qingfan stood up and bowed to Zhang Hualing.

He gained a huge amount of power, but because of this, he offended Gongsun Huashao, who had a good relationship, is this good or bad? Xu Qingfan didn't have time to think about this.

After the arrangement was made, Zhang Hualing nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "Huazi can be retired by the elders, and the new elders will go to the secret vault with me to choose a few high-level magic weapons that you feel comfortable, as well as your offerings in this Jiazi year." ”

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