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Chapter 404 Zhou Chengyong

The meeting was fruitless, the meeting was adjourned...

Just when everyone was about to get up, Liu Heng stood up suddenly and asked, "Why doesn't my master participate in such a major event that determines the future fate of the sect?"

"Your master?"

"My master is Supreme Elder Wang Dalong." Liu Hang said.

"Oh..." Everyone looked stunned.

Wang Dalong acted in a low-key manner, coupled with his special status, so he accepted Liu Hang as a disciple without notifying the sect, and it was the first time that everyone present knew about it.

"I will discuss this matter with my brother, but I don't think my brother will agree to join the Li family or the Hu family anyway." Hou Dongsheng said meaningfully.

"Why?" Liu Heng asked puzzled.

"Because..." Hou Dongsheng said with a smile: "Hehe...in the future, when the time comes, brother will explain to you, the meeting is over!"

"Wait a minute! I have another topic." Liu Heng said hastily.

"What topic?" Hou Dongsheng asked.

"The public treasury of the Zongmen has bottomed out." Liu Heng expressed his difficulties.

"You don't have any spirit stones in your hand?" Hou Dongsheng asked.

Liu Heng nodded.

"I remember that there are five thousand spirit stones in the public treasury, which is enough for our twenty or so core disciples to spend for a year."

"The key point is that there are more than [-] core disciples." Liu Heng said with a sad face: "Look, senior brother, this is the account and the list of disciples of the sect." After speaking, Liu Heng took out a stack of books from his arms and handed them to Hou Dongsheng .

Hou Dongsheng flipped through it a little, then raised his head in surprise: "Why do you accept so many disciples?"

"This is not an ordinary disciple but an elder Ke Qing, who will give eighteen spirit stones every month." Liu Heng explained.

"You have taken in more than 100 guest elders?" Hou Dongsheng was stunned.

"These people have special skills. According to the school rules, they need to be paid every month." Liu Heng said.

Hou Dongsheng: "..."

"Almost all of them are monks from the Shen family?" Hou Dongsheng flipped through the roster and said.

"Yes."

"All of them are guest elders in the Spirit Beast Hall?"

"Yes."

"The two spirit cranes are raised by more than 100 people?"

"It's three spirit cranes." Liu Hang corrected
"The three spirit cranes support more than 100 people. You are trying to hollow out Xuanyangzong." Hou Dongsheng was speechless.

"Eldest brother, I act according to your sect's rules. Now that everyone has entered the sect, why don't you expel them?"

Hou Dongsheng was silent for a moment and then said: "From now on, there will be a new door regulation. Each hall only needs one guest elder, and there are more than 100 elders in the spirit beast hall. You are not joking."

Hearing this, Yue Ningxue, the head of the Law Enforcement Hall, immediately took notes.

"If you want to increase the number of guest elders, it must be approved by the elders' meeting." Hou Dongsheng said again.

Yue Ningxue nodded and wrote it down again.

"Then how do we deal with these people?" Liu Hang asked.

"Ask them if they would like to practice Taiji Shenquan. If they are willing to practice, they will stay. If they don't want to get together and relax, each will give them 20 yuan of spirit stones to let them leave." Hou Dongsheng said.

"Then if they are willing to stay, should they be core disciples or ordinary disciples?" Liu Heng asked.

Hou Dongsheng was silent again for a moment.

"If a disciple with five spiritual roots breaks through the third level of Qi refining, he can be a core disciple; if a disciple with four spiritual roots breaks through the sixth level of Qi refining, he can be a core disciple; if a disciple with three spiritual roots and above is willing to practice Tai Chi Fists are all core disciples," Hou Dongsheng said.

"Is this one written into the school rules?" Yue Ningxue asked.

Hou Dongsheng looked at the elders and asked, "What do you think?"

"Secondary." Yue Ningshuang said with a smile.

Generally, the two sisters of the Yue family would second Hou Dongsheng's proposal, since they are a family after all.

"Second." Li Yue'er also said.

"Agreed." Suzaku also nodded.

Xiong Wang and Liu Heng frowned and remained silent.

"In this room, you can just speak freely," Hou Dongsheng said.

"If this sect rule is followed, old people like Shen Yulan, Mulan, and Huang Jin can only become ordinary disciples." Liu Heng said.

"Hahahaha... It's easy, the elders will give a special case, you draft the list of these old disciples, and issue a notice in the name of the elders, by the way... the core disciple's 18 yuan spirit stone is really too little."

"In order to encourage our disciples to practice exercises diligently and improve their cultivation, the core disciples of the first to third floors of our sect's Qi refining period will receive 18 yuan of spirit stones per month; the core disciples of the third to sixth floors will have 25 yuan per month; the core disciples of the seventh to ninth floors will Disciples pay 50 yuan per month, and as for the elders who build the foundation of our sect, it is [-] spirit stones plus three danyuanrong pills per month."

This statement came out.

Liu Heng and Xiong Wang were full of surprises, and Li Yueer was the most shocked.

Li Yueer was pulled in by Hou Dongsheng halfway. She used to earn [-] spirit stones every month during the Qi refining period. Although the environment of the chamber of commerce was not very good, she did give a lot.

At Xuanyangzong, there are only 18 yuan of spirit stones per month, which is too much for one person. Li Yueer originally planned to find an opportunity to resign, but she didn't expect that Xuanyangzong's treatment of foundation monks would reach such a level. It made her feel like a dream.

The market price of Yuanrong Pill is three hundred spirit stones, three are nine hundred spirit stones, plus the pocket money of one hundred spirit stones, the Xuanyang Sect Foundation Establishment cultivator can get as high as one thousand spirit stones per month, which is already It is not inferior to the treatment given to casual repair by general chambers of commerce.

"Eldest brother, is it too much? How can there be so much income in this sect?" Liu Heng asked in embarrassment.

"Some time ago, those monks from the Shen family gave away a lot. The belongings of these people were taken together by everyone and should naturally be confiscated." Hou Dongsheng said.

"How long will it last?" Liu Hang asked.

At least two or three years...

It is useless for Hou Dongsheng's zombie body to eat pills. Over the years, he has killed a lot of foundation-building monks, and he has obtained a lot of pills for various advanced cultivation bases. These pills are piled up, so it is better to use them to develop the sect .

As for two or three years later, Xuanyangzong should have enough income to maintain this part of the expenditure.

"It can last at least a year." Hou Dongsheng never finished his words.

"Is the treatment of sect disciples written into the sect rules?" Yue Ningxue asked.

Hou Dongsheng shook his head and said: "With the prosperity and decline of our sect, the remuneration of sect disciples will naturally change. There is no need to write it into the sect rules, but the process of formulating remuneration should be written into the sect rules. First, the elders have the right to Formulate treatment standards for disciples of the sect; second, the monthly salary of the disciples of the sect is received on a monthly basis, and if they fail to receive it in the current month, it will be automatically invalidated; Power and punishment salary."

Yue Ningxue picked up a pen to quickly record, Hou Dongsheng took a sip of tea and continued: "In addition, to ensure the safety of the monks in our sect, all monks above the ninth level of Qi refining in our sect need to keep their soul lamps, and the soul lamps are under the management of Qianjitang .”

"Who is the master of Qianji Hall?" Liu Heng asked.

"Me, do you have any objections?" Hou Dongsheng recommended himself.

Yue Ningshuang smiled and shook her head.

Hou Dongsheng immediately took out five soul lamps, all of which had their names engraved on them.

Liu Hang, Xiong Wang, Li Yueer, Yue Ningxue, Yue Ningshuang.

Yue Ningshuang smiled slightly. As the patriarch, she took the lead in lighting the red light, followed by Yue Ningxue and Liu Heng.

When it was Li Yue'er's turn, she hesitated, and finally lit the soul lamp.

When the soul lamp is on, Li Yue'er has to weigh it carefully if she wants to betray the sect.

Xuanyang Sect has two real Jindan masters, who are stronger than not weaker than the Star Merchant Guild she led before. If they want to betray their sect, the Jindan masters can chase her down with their soul lamps.

"Our sect will set up two Thousand Chance Halls. The Soul Lamp of the Presbyterian Church will be managed by myself, and the Thousand Chance Hall of the core disciples of the inner sect will be managed by the Law Enforcement Hall." Hou Dongsheng said.

"We don't have so many soul lamps now, and soul lamps need corpse oil, which is not a small expense." Yue Ningxue said with a frown.

"Set up the shelves first, there will be some later." Hou Dongsheng said with a smile.

Maintaining the unity of a sect requires both temptation and coercion, and of course the most important thing is roughly the same exercises.

Improving the treatment of Zongmen disciples, establishing the authority of the Law Enforcement Hall, setting up the Qianji Hall, and requiring the surrendered monks of the Shen family to practice Taijiquan all revolve around the purpose of sect unity.

Under this series of combined punches, it is almost impossible for the disciples of Xuanyangzong to use two hearts.

There are laws inside and strong enemies outside, unite internal forces and turn them into one's own use, this is the way of dominance!
"If there is nothing else, today's topic will end here." Hou Dongsheng announced.

The crowd nodded.

The meeting adjourned.

After the meeting, Hou Dongsheng and Liu Heng went to Zongmen Zangbao Pavilion together.

Zongmen Zangbao Pavilion is a small three-story building that serves as the core of the mountain protection formation.

Zangbao Pavilion is also called Gongku. There are three floors in Zangbao Pavilion.

The first layer is stacked with spiritual stones, the second layer with magical instruments, and the third layer with spiritual pills.

Now there are only a few wooden boxes in the Zangbao Pavilion. Although there are piles of spirit stones in the wooden boxes, they are low-grade spirit stones. A box is only a few thousand yuan. As for the shelves on the second and third floors, they are really empty.

Hou Dongsheng stood in the center of the Treasure Pavilion, with gusts of wind blowing over him.

The six female ghosts in spring, summer, autumn, winter, green and red neatly arranged piles of low-grade spirit stones, yuanrong pills and even some middle- and low-grade magic weapons that were not needed.

"Wow……"

Looking at the piles of low-grade spirit stones, magical artifacts, and elixirs on the container, Liu Heng's eyes lit up. This is his confidence in managing the sect.

Who the hell will do things with you if you don't give money?

The so-called mission of the sect is simply empty talk.

Anyway, there are no spirit stones, so it's better to fight Ma Wu.

"Thank you, big brother! Strengthen the background of our sect." Liu Heng said excitedly.

"This public treasury is still under your direct management. If the inventory is insufficient, report it to the elders in time."

"Of order." Liu Hang said with cupped fists.

Hou Dongsheng left the Treasure Pavilion with a slight smile, and continued to practice.

……

Zhoujiabao.

Zhou Rupeng and Zhao Suya received bad news at the same time.

The three third-level forces belonging to the Zhou family, Linglu Villa, Luoye Villa and Fenglin Villa, all defected to the Li family.

For this reason, the widow faction and the second uncle faction actually got together again for a meeting.

"The Li family, you're too deceitful!"

"Li Xiaoyu, you have great means.
"You can actually let these three people take refuge!"

Zhao Suya gritted her teeth angrily.

Zhou Rupeng's face was livid.

They were busy fighting for power, but they didn't expect to be taken advantage of by outsiders. Li Xiaoyu went down three cities in a row, and the knife directly reached Zhoujiabao's neck.

"The owners of Linglu Villa, Luoye Villa, and Fenglin Villa are not members of our Zhou family. They are all relatives! That's why they are so treacherous!" Zhou Rupeng said insinuatingly.

Bang!
"Zhou Rupeng! The Li family is already shitting on our necks. You don't want to resist foreign humiliation, but you want to fight for power with me?" Zhao Suya slapped the table hard.

Zhou Rupeng smiled coldly: "One of the spiritual veins belonging to the Zhou family cannot be distributed to outsiders, otherwise the Zhou family must be betrayed."

"I'm not from the Zhou family!? My son Zhou Chengyong is not the son of the head of the family!?" Zhao Suya shouted angrily.

"Hmph! I, Zhou Rupeng, am the son of the previous generation of the family. In this crisis, naturally the capable will live there! If you refuse to accept, let your son come over and fight the old man to the death. If the old man is defeated! Then let him deal with it!" Zhou Rupeng said coldly Said.

Zhao Suya's complexion changed drastically, and she cursed loudly: "Zhou Rupeng! You are so shameless! My son only has the sixth level of Qi refining, and he bullies the younger with the big, and he is so grandiose. If there is a decisive battle, I will fight with you!"

"You, the Zhao family, and the Zhou family are fighting for the position of the head of the family, so shameless! Everyone, come and see! This is the face of a foreign relative! This is obviously to take the opportunity to occupy my Zhou family's property!" Zhou Rupeng shouted angrily.

In an instant, there were voices of discussion in the room, some accused Zhou Rupeng, some accused Zhao Suya, and some questioned Zhao Suya's identity.
……

This meeting, which was supposed to unite with the outside world, completely went astray and became a scolding war. Afterwards, everyone seemed to have forgotten that the purpose of this meeting was to deal with the threat of the Li family.

There is no way to deal with external attacks because of internal uneasiness.

This meeting broke up badly.

After the meeting ended, Zhou Rupeng immediately started to act, understanding it with emotion and mobilizing it with reason.

Zhou Ninghai, one of the supporters of the widow faction.

In his cave, Zhou Rupeng took his hand and said with tears in his eyes: "Our Zhou family can no longer be divided like this. If we can't be united, the Li and Hu families will eat away our power. Without these external forces, our Zhou family's monthly income will decrease, at least [-]%, which means that we may not be able to pay out the full amount of monthly tribute!"

When it was mentioned that the monthly salary would be reduced, or even might not be paid, Zhou Ninghai's face became serious.

Zhou Ningxiao, the second supporter of the widow faction.

In his cave, Zhou Rupeng took his hand and cried bitterly: "Now that the Li and Hu families have stepped on our faces, they can't wait to tear the flesh off our Zhou family, but now our Zhou family , but they can't unite at all..."

Zhou Yuanmin, the third supporter of the widow faction.

Zhou Rupeng came to the door in person, and while he was still brewing his emotions and bursting into tears, Zhou Yuanmin took his hand and said, "Our Zhou family can no longer fight, we must unite as one, and for the sake of the Zhou family, I decided to support you instead."

……

The Widow faction turned against them and howled all over the place. Almost all the foundation-building monks surnamed Zhou turned to support the Second Uncle faction overnight. For a while, the Widow faction fell into a state of isolation and helplessness.

Zhao Suya's bedroom.

Gathered the remaining three Foundation Establishment monks of the Widow Sect, a Qi Refining Stage monk.

The monks in the foundation establishment period are Zhao Suya in the middle foundation establishment period, Zhao Yugou in the late foundation establishment period, and Zhao Yuqu in the middle foundation establishment period.

Zhao Yugou and Zhao Yuqu are the elder brothers of Zhao Suya. The three brothers and sisters originally practiced in the Divine Sword Sect, and later joined the Zhou family in order to obtain more cultivation resources.

Zhao Suya married the patriarch Zhou Ruyu, and her two older brothers also joined the Zhou family and enjoyed the treatment of the Zhou family's foundation-building monks.

This is a typical foreign relative force!

The monk in the Qi refining period is naturally Zhao Chengyong.

He is the only surviving blood of the late patriarch Zhou Ruyu, with an amazing talent for swordsmanship, but unfortunately he is still young and now only has the sixth level of Qi Refining.

The four people present are the only remaining strength of the widow faction.

"Zhou Ninghai, Zhou Ningxiao, Zhou Yuanmin... have already turned their backs. I usually treat them well, but I didn't expect them to betray me?" Zhao Suya's face was full of disappointment.

"If the Zhou family falls into the hands of Zhou Rupeng, I will never stay here and be Zhou Rupeng's thug." Zhao Yugou gritted his teeth.

"That's right! A man lives between heaven and earth, how can he be depressed for a long time." Zhou Chengyong stood up abruptly. Although he was only 15 years old, he also showed strong ambitions.

Seeing her son being so ambitious, Zhao Suya frowned and remained silent.

Obviously, the son will never give up easily. The competition for the position of head of the family has always been dangerous. If the son refuses to admit defeat, he is afraid that his life will be in danger.

"Two brothers, what else can we do now?" Zhao Suya said with tears in her eyes.

Both Zhao Yugou and Zhao Yuqu were silent.

Although their cultivation bases are strong, they are still surnamed Zhao. If they want to seize power, they can only rely on Zhou Chengyong, but Zhou Chengyong's cultivation base of only the sixth level of refining Qi is really useless.

"Let's go." Zhao Yuqu said suddenly.

Zhao Yugou nodded: "We can only leave the Zhou family."

Zhao Suya said unwillingly, "The two brothers mean to admit defeat?"

"Otherwise, what else can we do? Only when Chengyong's nephew improves his cultivation level in the future, may he have a chance to seize the position of Patriarch." Zhao Yuqu sighed.

Zhao Suya sat down with a slumped face, her face was full of frustration.

"No! I still have a way." Zhou Chengyong said suddenly.

Everyone was stunned, and Zhao Suya also looked up: "The general situation is over, what else can you do?"

"Xuanyangzong! The monks of Xuanyangzong are not surnamed Zhou, they will not be bewitched by the second uncle." Zhou Chengyong said excitedly.

Zhao Suya pondered for a while and said: "As far as I know, there are only four foundation-building monks in the Xuanyang Sect. Counting the three of us, there are only seven people, which is far less than the Zhou family monks who supported your second uncle. What's more, the Xuanyang Sect is all monks with foreign surnames, intervening in the dispute of the Patriarch of the Zhou family, I'm afraid it will arouse even greater resentment among the clan, and I'm afraid it will backfire."

"Then what if the Xuanyang Sect has a Jindan Daoist?" Zhou Chengyong asked suddenly.

"what!?"

"This is impossible!"

Zhao Suya and Zhao Yuqu stood up at the same time: "How can there be a golden core monk in Xuanyangzong?"

"If the Xuanyang Sect has Jindan Daoist, then they can go directly to discuss with Shenjianmen, and they will have a great chance to get a place in the second-tier power. Why should they condescend to our Zhou family?" Zhao Yugou asked in disbelief.

"I've heard my father and my elder brother talk about it. They said that the Xuanyang sect might have a Jindan real person. I don't know the specifics. After all, my father and my elder brother were just guessing, but I didn't expect them to die so quickly and so suddenly. "Zhou Chengyong sighed.

"Is this true?" Zhao Yugou asked.

"Exactly!"

"So what if it's true? Brother-in-law and eldest nephew are just guessing, what if they're wrong?"

"But what if they match?" Zhao Suya's beautiful eyes flashed, and she said brilliantly: "If Xuanyang Sect really has a Jindan real person and supports Yong'er, then the position of the Patriarch of the Zhou family is naturally within easy reach. "

(End of this chapter)