Tian Yuan Xian Ji

Chapter 132 Weighing
Wei Xuande looked at Peng Wanli: "Junior Brother Peng, you are in charge of the sect's finances. If there is one more person, the reward will have to come from your Yuanyi Palace. What do you think?"

Peng Wanli said: "Although the Zongmen's finances are tight, the rewards for a mere disciple are still affordable."

Wei Xuande nodded and asked a few people: "Do you have any objections?"

Several people saw that the three palace masters had already negotiated, how dare they object, they all said: "I have no objection."

Wei Xuande said: "Well, since everyone has no objection, Ouyang Qian, you immediately notify those disciples, let them compete again, and the winner will replace Xiaobi's top six. In addition, post a notice, Explain the whole story, so as to avoid doubts from disciples who don't know."

"Yes." Ouyang Qian replied
"Go down, all of you! Get ready for the next round of competition."

"Disciple resigns." Several people responded and parted ways.

Tangning didn't go back to her residence. Instead, she came to an abandoned mountain peak with her flying sword, lay on the grass and watched the moon rise.

In the attic, he was persecuted and bullied by Shi Mingsui so much, which made him feel more and more that only the strong in this world can speak the truth, even within the sect.

If he wasn't a qi refining disciple with no foundation and background, Shi Ming Suizong, the master of Qingxuan Palace, wouldn't have bullied him so blatantly without any scruples.

Seeing the stars scattered, the desire for strength in his heart became stronger and stronger.

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Wancui Peak, in the stone house, Chen Da sat on his knees in the room, lowered his head and looked down, and there were two spiritual plaques placed directly above them, which were "first test Chen Gonglian's birth to the Dharma Palace, the Junsheng Xiling's seat" and "the concubine Chen Mu Huang Ruren's boudoir name Ye Rong". Souls".

A ray of light shot from the outside and landed in front of the stone room door, the brilliance of the whole body dissipated, and a man's figure appeared, with a thick back and white temples, he sighed and walked into the room slowly.

Chen Da looked up and saw that his eyes were red, his fists were clenched tightly, and he called out in a low voice, "Master."

The man nodded, stepped forward, took three sticks of incense from the side, lit them, placed them in front of the spiritual tablet, and sighed: "Junior brother! Brother, I came to see you. It's been more than ten years now, and your child is very happy." Yes, he is very similar to you, if there is a spirit under the spring, you should be gratified."

Chen Dadao: "Father won the championship in one fell swoop in the small competition of the sect back then, what a glory. But I was defeated before even stepping into the top ten. I am ashamed of my father and ashamed to see my uncle."

"Why should a practitioner care about such a false name. Get up! Master wants to see you."

Chen Da was startled: "Shigong wants to see me?"

The man nodded: "Let's go! Master is waiting for us."

Chen Da didn't dare to delay, so he hurriedly got up and followed him out of the stone room. The two of them came to a majestic cave in Xiuhua Peak one after the other. The man saluted; "Master."

The two entered the cave and came to the main room, the girl stood sideways at the door, Chen Da walked in, and saw a man with a Chinese face and a beard sitting cross-legged on the futon, it was Shi Mingsui.

Chen Da fell down and bowed, respectfully said: "Greetings, master."

Shi Mingsui slowly opened his eyes: "Get up!"

Chen Da stood up, put his hands on the side and said in a low voice: "Master, this disciple is embarrassing for you."

Shi Mingsui said: "It's just a competition, there's nothing to lose or shame on, it's just that the Royal Soul Milk has a great effect on your foundation building. Even though I am the master of Qingxuan Palace, I don't have the right to be the head of the sect, and I don't have the right to let you use it." , unless you can enter the top three in this competition."

Chen Da bowed his head in embarrassment: "I have let you down, even if I don't have the soul milk, I am confident that I can succeed in building the foundation."

"There are so many disciples in the sect who don't have the soul milk to build a foundation. I believe you can do it too. But it's better than nothing. You should prepare well. You can't lose in the next competition. At least you must be among the top three." .”

When Chen Da heard this, he was startled and said: "The disciple has been eliminated, how can he enter the top three of the competition."

"I've already discussed with the sect master. The practice of the disciple you're fighting against has affected the fairness of the competition. He has been disqualified from the competition and will be rewarded separately. And choose another person from the disciples who faced him before as a substitute. His seat in the top six."

"This..." Chen Da was overjoyed, surprised and ashamed, he was at a loss for words for a moment.

Shi Mingsui waved his hand and said: "Okay, you go back! Prepare well for tomorrow's competition."

"Yes, disciple will leave." Chen Da withdrew and left the cave together with the girl.

"Brother, you don't have to worry too much about losing the competition, as long as you concentrate on building the foundation." The girl said
Chen Da had mixed feelings in his heart at the moment, upon hearing this, he nodded and said nothing.

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In the majestic cave of Qianxing Peak, Wei Xuande leaned on the railing, sprinkled the baits in his hand one by one, and watched with great interest the schools of fish actively competing for food in the lake.

Zhuang Xinqian stood behind him with his hands down, hesitant to speak.

Wei Xuande turned around and put a handful of bait in his hand: "Come on, try it too."

Zhuang Xinqian didn't know why the master was so interested in these chores. He was not feeding fish or playing with birds all day long. He didn't look like a sect leader at all, but like a retired official in the world. The key is that the fish and birds in the cave are very common. It's not a spirit beast.

A Jindan cultivator, the head teacher of a sect actually has leisure time to feed fish and amuse birds every day, and it will inevitably make people laugh when it spreads.

Zhuang Xingan took the bait, threw it forward and sprinkled it all in the lake water.

Seeing his impatient look, Wei Xuande smiled: "You didn't practice in your own cave, but came to my place to watch me play with the birds and feed the fish. After half a day, you must be impatient! If you have anything to say, just say it! Do we still need to hide between master and apprentice?"

Hearing this, Zhuang Xingan couldn't help but said, "Master, don't you think Master Shi has gone too far today? Why do you still agree with his proposal?"

Wei Xuande said: "What he said makes sense, why do I disagree?"

Zhuang Xinqian witnessed the whole incident, and felt that Shi Mingsui was too domineering, and also felt that the master, the head of the family, was really weak, and he always blindly tolerated it.Today's incident was obviously due to his strong rhetoric, but the master blindly indulged him. Who is the head teacher of the sect?

"Uncle Shi is obviously out of selfishness. Do you know, master? Chen Da is the posthumous son of his disciple Chen Liansheng. Uncle Shi used his power to force that disciple to withdraw from the competition in order to let Chen Da take his place."

Wei Xuande said with a smile: "It doesn't matter if you know or not? Junior brother Shi didn't use force, so the disciple also quit voluntarily, everything is logical, isn't the result very good?"

Zhuang Xinqian said awe-inspiringly: "Uncle Shishi is blatant, sophistry and strong words are for his own gain. The trend of forming cliques and selfishness in the sect is getting stronger, they have been fighting openly and covertly for a day or two. If this continues, how will they survive?"

"Where there are people, there are struggles. Isn't this normal?" Wei Xuande pointed to the fish school and said, "Look, you throw all the bait down, and when the bait disperses, those fish schools also disperse. The principles are all the same, managing the sect is actually no different from feeding and teasing the fish, the methods are the same.”

Zhuang Xingan was full of doubts.

Wei Xuande knows that he is very talented in practice, but he knows nothing about the sect's government affairs. Since he transformed into a mortal, he only knows about cultivation. , was about to put him down to take care of the affairs, so he opened his mouth to teach him by taking advantage of today's events: "Do you know the origin of the three halls system of Xuanmen?"

Zhuang Xin said: "Xuande Hall is in charge of punishment, Qingxuan Hall is in charge of personnel affairs, Yuanyi Hall is in charge of finance, each perform their own duties, for the convenience of the sect's management and..."

"What else?"

"And in order to limit the authority of the sect's head teacher, to prevent his power from being too powerful, and to do irrational things that will harm the interests of the sect."

"Other than that? What else does the Three Palaces System do?"

Zhuang Xinqian hesitated for a while and said: "Having the right to depose the head teacher of the sect, as long as the total number of disciples in the three halls exceeds [-]% agree, the head teacher can be removed."

Wei Xuande said: "You are right, the three halls of the Xuanmen system are designed to check and balance each other and prevent one family from dominating."

"Look, just now you sprinkled all the bait, those fish are no longer competing, and they are all full, will they listen to you? Let you come and go when you call?"

Zhuang Xinqian frowned and remained silent, thoughtful.

Wei Xuande said: "Governing a big country is like cooking a small fish. The method of managing a sect is the same as feeding the birds. As long as you have the bait in your hand, you don't have to worry about the fish fighting for food. Just wave your hand and they will all come , The method of feeding is also particular, you can't be hungry, and you can't feed it too full, if you are hungry, it will not look good, if you feed it too full, it will not listen to you."

"The three halls system itself is to restrict the authority of the head teacher, but now, the power is so great that it can almost be used as a head teacher. If there is peace and harmony in the sect, why do you want me as the head teacher? What are they doing? Just be the master.”

Zhuang Xingan stood silent, he had never thought about the problem like this, and his mind was extremely confused for a moment.

"This is the art of weighing. When you get to my position, you will naturally understand that the harder they fight, the more they rely on you. The sect is like a steelyard. As long as you hold the center of the steelyard in your hand, the yard on the other side is easy." Move it a little bit over there, and the scale will not turn over. This requires you to realize it slowly, and tomorrow you will go to Qingxuan Palace to work in the transfer department!"

(End of this chapter)