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“Chief…?”

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Seeing Sun Tong return with a face full of smiles and undisguised joy, Xia Qing knew there was progress.

So she tentatively asked.

“Don't worry about it being done by a Mystic Master. This is just the beginning. In the future, the changes in Qingyun Mountain and its surroundings will be even greater. Just relax,” Sun Tong said.

“Mystic Master? Could it be?” Xia Qing asked hesitantly.

“That's right, the Mystic Master has emerged from seclusion. All of this is the Mystic Master's doing, so rest assured.”

“Phew!” Receiving the definite news, Xia Qing breathed a long sigh of relief.

How should I put it? With Xuan Huang present and Xuan Huang absent are two completely different atmospheres.

This is something that the Metal Element Master cannot replace.

Take the Merit Hall, for example. Since the Mystic Master went into seclusion, everyone, including Chief Sun Tong, has been very serious.

“Wait!” Sun Tong called out to her.

In Xia Qing's bewilderment, Sun Tong cupped his hands in the air and said, “Is Fellow Daoist Wanling present?”

This action made Xia Qing hesitate for a moment.

“Whoosh!”

“I am!” Wanling condensed in the air, appearing as an old man in gray. Xia Qing didn't even notice how he appeared.

“This is the spirit of the Mystic Master's supreme treasure, the Wanling Palace. Unlike other supreme treasures, you only need to know that Fellow Daoist Wanling is a Fifth-Order Venerable artifact spirit, but due to special reasons, it can only display the power of a Third-Order limit. From now on, Fellow Daoist Wanling will be stationed in our Merit Hall, but Fellow Daoist Wanling will not appear unless there is something important…”

Sun Tong introduced it to Xia Qing.

She just relayed what Xuan Huang had told her.

Xia Qing's reaction was the same as when she first heard it. Fifth-Order, Venerable artifact, isn't that a magic treasure spirit? And it's a mid-level magic treasure.

What powerful strength, Fifth-Order?

“Xia Qing greets Senior Wanling.” She didn't dare to call him a fellow Daoist, but addressed him as Senior.

Logically speaking, Sun Tong should also call him Senior, but if she called him Senior Wanling, Wanling would not agree and would correct Sun Tong's address.

Wanling is not stupid, how could it not know some special people?

It's an old antique, and it's very clear about some tricks.

“Mm!” Wanling nodded to show that he understood, a completely different attitude.

“Fellow Daoist, you can assimilate the Merit Hall now. From now on, the Merit Hall will also be a part of you,” Sun Tong said.

“Chief Sun, you're too polite,” Wanling responded politely.

Then he nodded and began to assimilate the Merit Hall.

By the way, according to Sun Tong's suggestion, it will add a lot of buildings and become more majestic and vast.

Worthy of the title of Merit Hall in the cultivation world.

This time will last for an hour, and it will be completed soon.

After all, it's just a Merit Hall, not the slow integration from the inner world to the main world before.

Therefore, the speed of assimilation is very fast.

Knowing the time, Sun Tong had a plan.

“Like this, you go inform the Four Great and Eight Medium, as well as the experts in Qingyun Mountain and the representatives of the major forces, and let them come to the meeting in two hours. At that time, they will be given a satisfactory answer.”

“Yes!” Xia Qing responded respectfully.

Then she left to inform the Four Great and Eight Medium and the representatives of all parties, and waited quietly for two hours. The brand-new Merit Hall will hold its first meeting.

On the other side!

The changes in Qingyun Mountain, and the constantly being pushed away Nanshi and its surroundings, have attracted the attention of many cultivators.

In these troubled times, everyone is very concerned, fearing that unpredictable things will happen again.

Therefore, even the steps of the Four Great to find Tushan to discuss have been temporarily delayed.

Taoist headquarters.

“Headmaster, after more than ten days of continuous clearing, the moths who had previously mastered the information and fell into the evil path have all been cleared. Among them, those who were unforgivable were beheaded, and thirty-eight people could not be reincarnated… The death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime is hard to escape. One hundred and sixty-two people are allowed to turn into ghost cultivators after death… Four hundred and ninety-six people were expelled from the Taoist sect… Two thousand six hundred and eighty-five people were punished…”

Strings of numbers, hearing everyone's heartache at the same time, they also felt very uncomfortable.

These were originally the mainstays of the Taoist sect, but they did not expect to degenerate into this state.

“It seems that they are wrong, but we also have a lot of mistakes. It is because we have not effectively supervised that so many fellow Taoists have made mistakes. As the headmaster, I have an unshirkable responsibility. I will send a letter of self-criticism within the Taoist sect…”

Jiu Tong said very painfully, but everyone did not speak.

Because this self-criticism is inevitable and can also appease the emotions below.

“The loopholes have been found, what about the remedial measures?” Jiu Tong asked again after speaking.

“Headmaster, we have drawn one-tenth of the experts to form patrol envoys, who will conduct unannounced visits and secret investigations in various places from time to time…”

Jiu Da talked at length, and in summary, there are one or two thousand words in various regulations.

In short, after Jiu Tong listened, he could not find any loopholes.

Only then did he nod in satisfaction, which was regarded as approving the plan.

“It's not too late to mend the fold after a sheep is lost. Remember this bloody lesson. They did not die on the battlefield, but died in their own greed. Although it is inevitable, such a big loss is still heartbreaking…”

“The Mystic Master created the Human Spirit Great Dao in the chaotic world. We cultivators have obtained heaven-defying opportunities and follow the Mystic Master to cultivate…”

“The Taoist Dharma is vast and endless. As the luckiest of us, we have endless time to follow in the footsteps of the Mystic Master and appreciate the vastness of the Great Dao. We should establish a lofty belief…”

“Never let the Tao be unfulfilled, and the person has died and the Tao has disappeared. It is really a pity, a pity… I can't find any temptation that can be greater than the pursuit of the Taoist Dharma. Fellow Daoists, let us encourage each other, and never deviate from the original intention and go against the grain, and embark on an irreversible abyss…”

A heartfelt sigh echoed in the Taoist headquarters.

The Taoists felt the same way.

“We will abide by the headmaster's teachings!” The Taoists responded in unison.

It was not until Xia Qing's notice was delivered that the Taoist sect ended this review meeting.

Similar to the Taoist sect, the other three great sects were also holding the same review meeting.

Summarizing the process of clearing the moths before, and then the heads of the major sects took the lead in self-criticism, and then a long speech, persuading themselves and also persuading the fellow Daoists.

Even such a meeting has extended to the Eight Medium.

The Four Great were really hurting, and although the Eight Medium were watching the excitement, they thought about it from another perspective.

The Four Great have such moths, don't the Eight Medium have them?

Even if there are very few, there are still some.

The reason why there are fewer in the Eight Medium is because of their weakness. Because they are weak, the Four Great forces will always be on top of them no matter where they are.

Under such pressure, they have no time to do bad things, and they are conscientiously developing the power of various places, purely for self-preservation.

It can be said that because of their weakness, they escaped a disaster.

However, drawing inferences from one instance is also a good habit of Blue Star people.

The Four Great Sects were conducting self-examination, and they wouldn't miss this opportunity, turning themselves into their own law enforcement teams.

After the Four Great Sects and Eight Great Families established powerful patrol and law enforcement teams, a significant shortcoming emerged.

Or rather, this shortcoming existed before, but wasn't paid much attention to. Now, this shortcoming is becoming increasingly obvious.

That is, they were short of manpower again.

They were already facing emergencies everywhere and lacked manpower everywhere. Now, drawing one to two-tenths of their experts to serve as patrol and law enforcement further exacerbated this shortcoming.

"Perhaps we really can't continue like this. Even if Chief Steward Sun doesn't say anything, we should restrain ourselves a bit."

This was the common sentiment of many people in the Four Great Sects.

They were really short of manpower.

It had been three years since the Xuanhuang teachings began, and overall, the number of cultivators had exceeded ten million.

This was the combined number from the various small worlds and the main world.

Among them, the main world had the most, accounting for more than half, which was nearly six million people.

The remaining four million came from countless small worlds.

Moreover, Di Ting Lou had speculated and given a number, saying that the figure of ten million would last for a long time, and there would be this many people for a long time to come.

Unless the birth rate increased.

At first glance, this seemed like an unreliable and absurd prediction.

But everyone found that it was true.

Three years was neither long nor short. The humans that could be influenced had already reached a limit under the expansion of cultivators.

After all, cultivation has a threshold, and it's not a small one.

The number of people affects the number of cultivators. After those with talent in the previous stock began to cultivate, it became difficult for the number to continue to grow.

It could only increase when the new generation grew up.

As for the endless small worlds, Di Ting Lou's investigation found that there weren't as many as previously estimated.

It wasn't that the population wasn't large, but that there weren't many who could cultivate, who had the talent for cultivation.

Compared with the main world, the main world had the largest proportion of cultivation aptitude. The small worlds had a considerable gap compared to the main world.

Therefore, even if Xia Country alone might have nearly ten billion people, with the small worlds accounting for ninety-nine percent, there were still not many who could cultivate.

Adding them up, there were still fewer than there were in Xia Country in the main world before.

This ratio was unknown without investigation. Everyone was surprised when they investigated.

Perhaps this can clearly explain what is meant by the main world and what is meant by a sacred ground.

The human sacred ground is so strong, overwhelmingly surpassing the humans of the small worlds.

Di Ting Lou had calculated that even if Mystic Masters covered the entire Xia Country, there would only be twenty million cultivators at most.

It has already expanded to half of that, and the other half cannot be covered in a short time.

The growth of cultivators has become weak.

Moreover, how many geniuses are there among these ten million?

It is unreasonable to compare it with Qingyun Mountain.

Qingyun Mountain starts with all transcending the mortal. Can this be compared?

In many places, entering the mid-stage of the entry level is a great expert in everyone's mind, and the late stage is extraordinary, a well-known strongman who can influence the situation in one area.

Mystic Transformation Transcending the Mortal... doesn't exist, there is no Mystic Transformation Transcending the Mortal.

Or rather, those who can transcend the mortal will come to Qingyun Mountain and Nanshi, after all, only here is there a path after transcending the mortal.

There are countless fellow practitioners who can communicate and learn from each other, countless spells for breakthroughs, and elixirs, magic weapons, spirit symbols, spirit beasts, etc. for Transcending Mortal cultivators to use.

Therefore, ninety-nine percent are entry-level cultivators who have not transcended the mortal, and they are the main force.

The 'ordinary aptitude' that the Four Great Sects faced before was very tricky. What do you think is the reason?

This is the reason. Ninety-nine percent of the cultivators can be called ordinary aptitude.

Returning to the problem of manpower shortage, the lack of manpower is the difficulty currently faced by the Four Great Sects, the Eight Great Families, and other large and small forces.

Even a family force lacks manpower.

There will only be a shortage of cultivators, and they will never have too many.

With more manpower, they can increase the number of people, go to the Four Great Battlefields, go to wasteland reclamation, go to guard, go to eliminate anomalies, can...

Even if they have nothing to do, they need manpower to develop the wasteland around their families.

There is no one who can be idle. If they want to do something, they can find work anywhere.

What's more...

The meteor shower descended, the three major battlefields stood tall, the anomalies broke out, and the realm intervened. These all require Transcending Mortal cultivators to deal with.

Not only are they short of manpower, but they are also short of Transcending Mortal experts.

The common sentiment of the Four Great Sects' high-level leaders is to express their concerns in this regard.

Don't bite off more than you can chew. Learn to let go and don't cause unnecessary losses in order to suppress spirit beasts or divine cultivators.

The first time can be forgiven, but if such a mistake happens again, Chief Steward Sun Tong's punishment will really come down.

"The meeting is over. I will go to find the three fellow Daoists and discuss it with Holy Mother Tushan."

The Four Great Sects' leaders made a decision in their hearts.

In the blink of an eye, two hours passed.

The notified high-level leaders rushed to the Merit Hall.

The Merit Hall had undergone a great change at this moment, as if heaven and earth had condensed, unlike human carvings.

It exuded a magical sense of agility and a Dao charm that made people intoxicated, simple, solemn, and extraordinary.

The three characters of Merit Hall were written on it, and it seemed that one could be trapped in it with a single glance.

The entire palace seemed to be formed in one piece, naturally formed, and no traces of stacking could be seen.

"This is?"

The high-level leaders who came were shocked, with a sense of vicissitudes of life in the blink of an eye.

Without any warning, the Merit Hall changed its appearance.

"Hiss, what a strong Dao charm and pressure?"

This was the exclamation of Ji Zhongfu and Tushan, who were unique second-order experts.

The two also did not know the existence of the Wanling Palace.

Moreover, because they were second-order experts, what they felt was even more different. Compared with other first-order cultivators, they could feel the Dao charm and spiritual mechanism of the new Merit Hall more.

Fortunately, it was not aimed at them. If it were against them, the two felt that they would not even have a chance to resist.

Is this the ability that a palace should use?

"Holy Mother? !"

Ji Zhongfu greeted in a low voice, with a questioning look in his eyes at the same time.

"I can't see through it, it's simply incredible." Holy Mother Tushan also responded in a low voice.

She naturally understood Ji Zhongfu's thoughts.

The two were the only second-order experts present and would naturally stand together to communicate.

It was difficult to communicate with other cultivators.

Ji Zhongfu did not continue to ask. Senior Holy Mother had already said so, it must be beyond his understanding, and it was useless to ask.

A group of people walked into the familiar and unfamiliar Merit Hall with anticipation and excitement.

They still didn't know what the Chief Steward had summoned everyone for.

However, the brand-new Merit Hall had already foreshadowed that this meeting was not simple, and something big was bound to happen.

It was as if they had passed through layers of space loops.

Everyone saw Chief Steward Sun Tong and the figure of an indescribable old man.

...... (End of this chapter)