Taoist Master of Fantasy World

Chapter 112 Dual-track Salary System

Xu Zhenyun thought carefully and soon had a clue.

Because Quan Miaoyan didn't think deeply about it when she mentioned it, when Liang Hongbo proposed to her face that his "salary" was 300 meritorious services and [-] taels of silver, he subconsciously felt strange -

Connecting high-level monks with "silver"?
But after careful consideration, Xu Zhenyun immediately keenly grasped the rationality——

He seemed to have suddenly grasped the difference between the way of "living with the world" in today's era and the way of "playing in the world" of the monks in the "Era of the Red Earth".

Regardless of the evolution of specific system construction, personally speaking, the most important thing in today's "joining the world" practice is the word "true".

The ascetics do not "act" as mortals playing in the world of mortals; rather, they truly enjoy the life, old age, illness, death, joy, anger, sorrow, and joy of "mortals."

What determines authenticity and fakeness is undoubtedly the "boundary of ability."

Just imagine, if a cultivator with great supernatural powers can turn stones into gold, create things from the void, and play tricks of turning stones into silver, then even if he spends his time among ordinary people in the market, he will still be scratching the surface and cannot be regarded as a true "common dust". !
Once you enter the world, the limits of your abilities and the order of behavior are truly the same as the world!

So of course we need "salary" and money!
Because during this period, Ji Xiaohua took Xu Zhenyun and others to visit the divine capital, spending money lavishly.So this gave Xu Zhenyun the illusion that "monastics are not short of money", so that Xu Zhenyun was not overly sensitive to this issue.

Looking back carefully at this time, it seems that Ji Xiaohua mentioned the issue of "funding" many times.

Obviously during the period of "taking care of students", he had "special allocations".

Although silver is despised as a "vulgar object", as a "general equivalent", it is a basic element in the operation of society.

The economic base determines the superstructure!
But it is a pity that these extremely insightful words cannot directly answer Mu Xiuxin's question.

Xu Zhenyun thought for a while and replied calmly: "For 'ordinary people', money is the basis of survival; for monks who join the world, there is no difference."

Mu Xiuxin's eyes flashed with silver light, and she whispered, "You do have a good understanding."

Although Xu Zhenyun's answer was simple, he did understand the three flavors.

Mu Xiuxin slowly spread her right hand, and a bronze mirror appeared in her palm.

This bronze mirror is not a "round mirror", but an extremely rare "square mirror". The overall image is simple; except for a very thin metal sheet attached to the edge as a decoration, there are no carvings or patterns.

Mu Xiuxin pointed out: "Hold both hands on the left and right, look directly at the bronze mirror and take twelve breaths, and the vacuum force will blow for 36 weeks, and this object will be absorbed into your 'spiritual acupoint'."

Following Mu Xiuxin's words, the bronze mirror floated in front of Xu Zhenyun.

"Do it now."

Xu Zhenyun nodded slightly and held the bronze mirror in his hands.

After twelve breaths, Xu Zhenyun felt a burst of warmth in his "Jade Rabbit Cave", and the bronze mirror he held in his hand suddenly disappeared.

In a daze before his eyes, the bronze mirror had appeared in the "Jade Rabbit Cave" spiritual cave space that was clearly perceived by his spiritual consciousness.

After the "Bronze Mirror" blurred its interior, it seemed to have expanded a lot in size, even larger than "Xu Xiaohei".

"Xu Xiaohei" curled up and struggled for a while, as if he felt a foreign object appearing next to him.

He grabbed it with both hands and flattened the "bronze mirror" as if it were his own bed, sleeping beautifully on it!
Xu Zhenyun was slightly surprised when he felt it.

At the same time, looking inside, one can clearly see that the "bronze mirror" seems to be gradually changing color; from the typical brass color, the color gradually deepens; it seems to be turning into gold.

Moreover, Xu Zhenyun had a vague premonition that gold was not the end point; its final form would be ethereal and colorless, like a real glass mirror.

Sure enough, Mu Xiuxin added: "During the perception, this mirror turns colorless, so take it out. You will naturally understand what to do when the time comes."

Xu Zhenyun hesitated for a moment and said, "Is this a 'protective measure' for me?"

Looking at this number, it is the same as "Xu Xiaohei". It is hidden in the Jade Rabbit Cave spiritual orifice, and it looks like a similar method.

But if you are piling up defensive treasures, then you should allow yourself to complete "secular cultivation" normally. Why did you join the job early?
Mu Xiuxin said coldly: "Yes and no."

"I am the one who truly protects you!"

Xu Zhenyun suddenly raised his head, feeling inexplicably shocked.

Mu Xiuxin! ?

The most outstanding figure in the Jin Dynasty in the past 50 years can almost compete with Zhao Yuting in the first place and be his bodyguard?
Mu Xiuxin's eyes closed slightly, and she said calmly: "I want to practice. Liang Hongbo, you are in charge here, and the methods I have arranged are also on you. You can tell him the specific details."

As soon as he finished speaking, Mu Xiuxin's figure condensed and turned into a shallow shadow, floating into the wall on the right.

Xu Zhenyun looked up and found a painting hanging on the wall. It was a rather interesting "Picture of Flying Rocks Floating in the Sky", which was obviously a small world of spiritual heaven.

But this picture scroll was majestically mounted in a yellow wood frame that was two fingers thick.It was completely different from the four extremely random landscape paintings on the second floor, so Xu Zhenyun didn't realize that it was a picture of the spiritual world.Moving his eyes, he saw that on the north wall of the "main hall" on the left, there was also a scroll of "The Rising Moon on the Sea" hidden in the frame.

This picture scroll looked like a "lobby background", but after coming back to his senses, Xu Zhenyun realized that this was most likely a picture of the small world of Lingtian!

and also……

According to my understanding of Mu Xiuxin, she is actually cold on the outside and hot on the inside. She seems to have a strong sword aura and is not pretentious at the same time, but she has a positive side in her character. But when we met today, why did she vaguely feel that she had a problem with her?

Is it because I shine so brightly that I feel the crisis of the Yangtze River being pushed forward by the waves behind me?

Liang Hongbo came forward quickly, patted Xu Zhenyun on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Brother Zhenyun, let me introduce you to the situation here."

He reached out and pointed at the scroll that Mu Xiuxin had just escaped into, and said, "This is the place where Deputy Mu practices."

Liang Hongbo was the best among human beings. Seeing Xu Zhenyun's thoughtful expression, he guessed that Xu Zhenyun was considering the question about Mu Xiuxin's suspected cold attitude just now, and explained with a smile:
"This temporary stronghold is nominally a 'temporary branch' headed by Deputy Mu personally, but this is just a name for the convenience of protecting you, Brother Zhenyun. Only within a certain range, Deputy Mu can rely on his supreme magical power to , through the advance arrangements made by me and another comrade, we can take action in time at an unexpected opportunity."

"In terms of the specific responsibilities of this 'temporary branch palace', it is actually just equivalent to a 'golden palace'. Deputy Mu will do everything without trouble."

The words sound nice, but in fact it is pointed out that Mu Xiuxin is only the "leader" in name, and she only appears here to protect Xu Zhenyun; she usually practices in the small world of Lingtian, and will not bother you again. , and don’t worry about looking at her in the future.

Xu Zhenyun naturally understood, and also patted Liang Hongbo on the shoulder and said: "I understand."

The two smiled sympathetically at each other.

Liang Hongbo pointed to the scroll of "A Bright Moon on the Sea" hanging in the main hall on the left, and said: "This is the special small area of ​​​​our stronghold; but as you can see, the main hall and compartments outside are actually our duties. This place, this small world, is something that people don’t often enter.”

"This is probably very different from your recent practice, Brother Zhenyun. Your recent practice is probably all in the small world; the outer room is just an empty shell."

Xu Zhenyun blurted out: "Why?"

Liang Hongbo smiled slightly and said: "It's very simple. Because this small world is essentially equivalent to a prison."

Xu Zhenyun was speechless when he heard this. He thought for a while and then said: "Where is the evil cultivator imprisoned?"

Liang Hongbo nodded slightly.

Immediately, he seemed to have thought of something, smiled and took out something from his sleeve, and said: "So far, Brother Zhenyun has no storage magic weapon? I happen to have an extra one here, you can use it first. First. Put away your official uniform."

As he spoke, he handed a silver ring with twelve facets, like a diamond ring, to Xu Zhenyun's hand.

Xu Zhenyun didn't show any pretense, he nodded gently and said: "Thank you."

Skillfully putting the ring on the index finger of his right hand, Xu Zhenyun immediately felt that this "storage ring" was ownerless as the vacuum force surged and the divine will reflected it.

As long as one's own spiritual consciousness is projected for more than a certain period of time, it can have an effect similar to "refining".

Arriving in front of the case, Xu Zhenyun lifted up his robe and couldn't help but be startled.

It turned out that under the "square crown", there was a bulging silver bag; when I picked it up, it was heavy.

When I opened the knot, I saw that it was a bunch of silver.

50 taels of silver ingots, ten in total.

Seeing Xu Zhenyun's surprise, Liang Hongbo smiled and said: "This is your first month's salary. As for the merit value, you can naturally see it by refining the jade wat like refining treasures."

Xu Zhenyun hesitated for a moment and asked, "When will the mission be carried out?"

It seems that there is a little less manpower...

Liang Hongbo was stunned and said: "There's no rush. We don't have all the manpower yet; this 'township' still needs some further arrangements."

Pointing to the tables and chairs in the first compartment, Liang Hongbo said: "There are simple books on the table related to the mission of evil cultivators. You can go and read them and familiarize yourself with them in advance."

"Also, don't forget to refine the Jade Wat in time."

"After having a general understanding, I will take you out and make some 'special preparations' first; starting from tomorrow, the mission will be officially carried out."

After a pause, Liang Hongbo smiled and said: "Don't worry, there is no dangerous mission."

Taking another two steps forward, Liang Hongbo lowered his voice and said: "I am in charge of this town in name; but in fact, I know it well, Old Liang. It is just because of my fifth-grade cultivation and my familiarity with Brother Zhenyun. The right person to entrust the secret law to.”

"Fundamentally speaking, I am just your follower; you have the final say in everything here."

Xu Zhenyun smiled and said: "No, Lao Liang, you are too polite."

(End of this chapter)