Tian Yuan Xian Ji

Chapter 911 Negotiation of Interests
What came into view was a series of colorful stone pillars, each about tens of feet high and three or four feet in diameter, with densely packed runes circulating on them, emitting faint light, it was a large spirit gathering array.

The entire medicinal herb garden is about fifty miles in size, and the intensity of spiritual power is obviously much stronger than that of the outside. The faint mist surrounding it is the pure and strong spiritual energy.

The terraced fields in the inner and middle areas are patchwork, and each area is planted with green fruit trees, each one or two feet high, with luxuriant branches and leaves, and many fragrant and fragrant purple fruits hanging on several branches, which are Ziyang fruits.

"Uncle, please look, these are the purple sun trees planted by Dao Ding in [-]. Now it is exactly [-] years old, and the fruits are already ripe, and we only need to wait for the end of the year to pick them." Wei Xian introduced .

Tang Ning picked a purple sun fruit casually, took a closer look at it in her hand, and saw that its body was half purple and half red, with three swirls in the middle, exuding a tempting fragrance.

"For such a large-scale Spirit Gathering Formation, how much does it cost to invest in the formation every year?"

"The twenty-five medicinal herb gardens, each with a corresponding spirit gathering formation, which is used to gather spiritual energy to supply the growth of spiritual medicines, and maintain the operation of these large formations. A total of about [-] million spirit stones will be spent every year."

"How many Ziyang fruit trees are there in your herb garden?"

"There are four hundred Ziyang fruit trees in this medicinal herb garden, and each bead can produce about thirty or forty fruits. Of course, not every bead can survive, some will naturally wither and die during the growth process, and the survival rate is only [-] to [-]% about."

Tangning walked around the entire herb garden, and then went to other herb gardens to get a general understanding of the specific situation of Fengyan Mountain's spiritual veins.

As Wei Xian said, every herb garden is planted with Ziyang trees and poppies, the only difference is the year of the elixir.

Some were planted in [-], some were planted in [-], and some were planted in [-].

After several people came out of the herb garden that was planted this year, Tangning asked, "Senior Brother Jiang, there are still many vacancies in this formation, why don't we plant elixir?"

"How much elixir to plant is not up to us. The above stipulates that we can only build twenty-five spirit gathering arrays to plant elixir."

"why is that?"

"The range of spiritual pulse radiation is limited. If one more gathering array is built, the concentration of spiritual energy will be further diluted, thus affecting the maturity cycle of the spiritual medicine."

"The twenty-five spirit-gathering arrays in the medicinal herb gardens have gathered almost all the spiritual energy of this mountain range, not to mention building a large-scale spirit-gathering array with a radius of fifty miles, but a small-scale spirit-gathering array for private practice. It is also not allowed, otherwise it will affect the elixir cycle, and the elixir will not be handed over at that time, and the higher-ups will blame us, and we will not be able to walk around."

"I see." Tangning nodded, and asked some more trivial matters, and Wei Xian answered them one by one.

The two of them rested for a day in Fengyan Mountain, and the next day they set out for Xuanqian Valley to inspect it and got familiar with the situation of the spiritual veins there.

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In the blink of an eye, one month passed in the blink of an eye. Tangning returned to Pingling Mountain, patrolled the Ling Mine every day, and gained an in-depth understanding of all aspects of the team. Tell him the details.

On this day, there were dark clouds and heavy rain.

Outside the large formation of Pingling Mountain, a ray of light shot out, and a burly man appeared. He flipped his hand, and the talisman disappeared into the room. Soon, a gap was formed in the light curtain, and the man's figure flashed, and he entered. In the array.

In the majestic and majestic Dongfu hall, Jiang Xinquan entered from the outside, and saluted the man with a smile on his face: "Thank you, junior brother, for coming."

"Senior Brother Jiang." The man stood up and returned the salute, and the two sat down as guests and hosts.

"Junior Brother Xie doesn't go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, so he must not be passing by to visit here!"

"That's right. I came here specially for our elixir shop. Brother Jiang, have you discussed this with Tangning?"

"Of course, I made it clear to him on his first day in office."

"Oh? Then is he willing to cooperate?"

Jiang Xinquan shook his head: "His attitude is ambiguous. He only said that he would consider it that day, but he hasn't given me a specific answer until now. I don't want to urge him every day."

"Senior brother Jiang, you should pay more attention to this matter. Cutting off the source of the elixir means cutting off our source of income. Even if we can find a way to get the elixir from other places, the profit will definitely be greatly reduced."

"Of course I know this, and why am I not in a hurry? It's just that this matter should not be rushed. If we are too anxious, it will appear that we have something to ask of him, and he will be able to hold us. If the lion opens his mouth at that time, he will ask for two [-]% profit or more, what shall we do?"

"Senior brother Jiang, what's the best strategy?"

"It would be the best if we can let Uncle Xie say something. Even if he refuses to come forward, at least let him know that Uncle Xie is behind this. I think he should know the trade-offs."

Xie Xuan frowned slightly: "I'm afraid this matter will not be so easy."

"Oh? Why?"

Xie Xuandao: "He is the person recommended by Chief Fang, and I heard that he has a lot to do with him. During the election of the captain, my uncle supported Sima Teng and he was under a lot of pressure. The so-called beating the dog depends on the owner. If you try to make things difficult, I'm afraid that Master Fang will mistakenly think that he is determined to fight against him."

"Although my uncle is also in charge of the alliance, his main focus is still on the first brigade. Many things depend on the face of the alliance. At that time, supporting Sima Teng could be said to be his own. It’s unjustifiable to make things difficult after the election is over.”

"Furthermore, if we can't even deal with this trivial matter, why bother my uncle, so we still have to figure it out on our own."

Jiang Xinquan said: "In this case, we can only give up the price."

"I'm here this time to solve this matter, Brother Jiang, see if you can arrange for us to meet once."

"no problem."

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Tang Ning was sitting cross-legged in the cave and was cultivating with his eyes closed. Suddenly, there was a tremor in the storage bag around his waist. He opened his eyes, took out the formation plate, took the talisman into his hand, and tapped the formation plate a few more times.

Since Jiang Xinquan had not officially resigned and was still exercising the authority of the captain, Tangning did not choose a monk to guard the cave, but set up a cloud formation outside. Anyway, he did not need to worry about the team's affairs for the time being.

Not long after, a slender female cultivator from the outside entered the room and saluted, "Senior Jiang sent me to invite you over to the house for a briefing."

Tangning got up and followed her. In the spacious and bright hall, Jiang Xinquan and Xie Xuan were waiting.

Seeing him enter, Jiang Xinquan stood up to greet him with a smile on his face: "Junior Brother Tang is here, let me introduce you. This is Junior Brother Xie Xuan, a disciple of Uncle Xie's entourage."

"Junior Brother Tang, I have long admired you." Xie Xuanji saluted first.

The three of them exchanged a few words and took their seats.

Seeing this battle, Tang Ning naturally knew why they came here, but she kept her face calm and chatted with them in a leisurely manner.

"When I was directly in the brigade, I heard that Uncle Xie had a capable general by his side. I finally met today. It's very fortunate."

"Junior Brother Tang, you are too polite. If you want to talk about your reputation in the headquarters, you are much more famous than me. I have heard of your name before you participated in the selection of the captain of your team. You comprehended the supernatural powers of heaven and earth when you were born." It can be described as a sensation, everyone in the alliance knows who doesn't know."

"It was pure luck for me. To be honest, I didn't know what happened. Until I successfully conceived a baby, I thought I was in an illusion!"

"Luck is a part of strength, and it has always been the case. All monks dream of getting a big chance. What is a chance? Isn't it luck? But it is the hardest thing to get."

"Brother Xie put it right, I have a question and I don't know if I should ask it or not."

"Junior Tang, but it's okay to say."

"Brother Xie is the most trusted disciple of Uncle Xie, why didn't he participate in the selection of positions in the team this time?"

"The most direct reason is that the meritorious deeds have not met the requirements for selecting the captain, so they are not eligible to participate in the selection."

"Oh? I didn't expect this. Brother Xie has been in the headquarters for many years, and he is also the right-hand man of Uncle Xie. How could he not get meritorious service?"

Xie Xuandao: "Junior Brother Tang has been directly under the regiment for a long time, so he doesn't know the difficulties of our subordinates. In the regiment of the headquarters, the directly subordinate brigade is the team with the most meritorious service, and the other brigades perform their duties."

"Each disciple has a corresponding job to deal with, and there is no chance to touch other tasks throughout the year. It is not bad to have a maximum of [-] points in meritorious service rewards a year."

"For example, if a disciple of a certain team goes missing or dies, or a merchant ship is robbed, or the property is in short supply, all of these are directly investigated and dealt with by the disciples directly under the brigade, and we have no chance to take over."

"Qingzhou has always been peaceful and peaceful. Even though there are intrigues between the various sects, there are very few people who really turn their faces and fight each other."

"We also didn't have the opportunity to go to battle to kill the enemy and gain meritorious service. Although there were Mubei demons infested in the past few years, my cultivation base was still low at that time, so I didn't go to the front line."

"Our only source of merit is to complete our own affairs, and we can get ten merit points every year."

"Since I was transferred from the sect to the headquarters, I have been working in the first brigade. In addition, I have been entangled in mundane affairs on weekdays. Until now, I have only accumulated more than [-] merit points, so I am not eligible to participate in the election."

Tangning didn't know if what he said was true or false, maybe it was half true or false!It is true that it is not as easy for the disciples of the subordinate brigades of the alliance to obtain mission meritorious service opportunities than the disciples of the directly subordinate brigades, but it also varies from person to person.

There are also quite a few people who are directly under the brigade with only [-] or [-] merit points per year. After all, Tang Ning is only a minority, and there are only one or two people in each team who are the champions.

As Xie Minghua's confidant, Xie Xuan always has a way to get more meritorious service every year. The reason why he didn't get enough meritorious service may be that he didn't put his mind on it at all and didn't strive for it.

With his current extra income, the spirit stones of the captain's position are not worth looking at at all. Just a Jingyangting elixir shop, he can get [-] to [-] million spirit stone income from it every year. In Tingcheng, relying on Xie Minghua's influence, [-] billion spirit stones per year must not be a problem.

And once he leaves Xie Minghua's side and becomes the captain of his subordinate team, then these industries are likely to be taken over by other people around Xie Minghua and will no longer be handed over to him.

The position of team leader only increases the salary of [-] million spirit stones a year, plus the secret share, at most it will increase the income of [-] to [-] million spirit stones, and he also has to manage a lot of affairs, which is not worth it at all. The real reason for choosing the position of team leader is not in a hurry to increase meritorious service.

As long as Xie Minghua is still in this position, he will have the opportunity to be promoted to the captain sooner or later. It is a little bit more while he can make more money now, so there is no rush at all.

(End of this chapter)