Chapter 51: Ganzhou Situation, Daomen Order

Last year, Li Yanmo had learned about the situation of Qingshan Sect in Ganzhou from the mouth of female minister Fa, but Li Yanmo originally thought that Qingshan Sect would at most become deserted. After listening to Jiang Baili's explanation, Li Yanmo realized that the Qingshan Sect might be facing a life-and-death crisis that would lead to the sect's direct bankruptcy.

Li Yanmo was really envious, but Li Yanmo was not so crazy as to go bankrupt by bankrupting Qingshan Sect.

This is so unkind.

After saying goodbye to Jiang Baili, Li Yanmo returned to the wooden house. As soon as he opened the door to the yard, Li Yanmo saw Shen Ziqing and Liu Wuchang sitting among a pile of account books, reconciling the accounts.

When Shen Ziqing and Liu Wuchang saw Li Yanmo coming back, they immediately stood up and bowed, showing great respect.

Li Yanmo just waved his hand, and after a little hesitation, he decided to confront Liu Wuchang and talk about the current situation of Qingshan Sect.

Of course, Li Yanmo didn’t want to start a war to blame. On the contrary, Li Yanmo felt that this was a rare opportunity.

Qingshan Sect is a subsidiary sect of Taixu Sect. As the leader of Taixu Sect, how could Li Yanmo watch Qingshan Sect go bankrupt?

Spend money! Anyway, spend a few million first!

By then, it will be the Qingshan Sect that will be showing off. What does it have to do with his Taixu Sect? There is no possibility of prestige experience overflow.

"Sect Master Li... that old fellow Mei Chai Shao has already reached the stage of fusion. It is not a problem for him to suppress the other sects in Qianzhou. As long as the word is spread, there will definitely be many disciples this year."

Liu Wuchang scratched his face. Although he was surprised, he still answered Li Yanmo's concerns truthfully.

"... Sect Master Liu, we should always be prepared for any eventuality. Don't forget that the unknown cultivator ran away that night. The Dao Sect probably already knows that you helped Feng Shouyun."

"You are right to fight off the demon, but it is wrong from the perspective of the Dao Sect. They might intervene and test the Qingshan Sect."

Li Yanmo pinched his chin and thought for a while before continuing.

"Publicizing that the Qingshan Sect's ancestor has broken through to the Fusion Stage can indeed solve the urgent problem, but it also exposes the Qingshan Sect's confidence. If the Dao Sect airdrops a Fusion Stage master to other sects to support them, the Qingshan Sect's advantage will be gone."

After hearing what Li Yanmo said, Liu Wuchang suddenly realized and stopped being relaxed.

"Master Li, what you said makes sense."

"So, I think we need to analyze the situation in Ganzhou."

Seeing that Liu Wuchang was paying attention to this money-burning project again, Li Yanmo was very satisfied.

He can help Qingshan Sect break the impasse and spend money, a win-win situation!

Liu Wuchang rubbed his temples, thought for a moment, then raised his hand and waved it. The spiritual energy rolled up the sand, soil, and leaves on the ground, forming a floating map of Ganzhou in front of everyone.

"Okay, looking at the entire Dayu Dynasty, although Ganzhou is not big, there are nearly a thousand sects of all sizes. Among them, there are three sects that covet Qingshan Sect's position in Ganzhou."

Under Liu Wuchang's manipulation, spiritual energy drove the sand and gravel to change, outlining the names of the three sects.

There is the Chongshan Sect in the north, the Five Poison Sect in the west, and the Bixue Sect in the south.

The Chongshan Sect was fine, but when he heard about the Five Poison Sect and the Bixue Sect, Li Yanmo couldn't help but frowned.

"The names of these two sects don't sound like they are righteous sects."

"Taoism also emphasizes the balance between good and evil. In order to prevent the breeding of evil, it condones the existence of some sects that use extreme methods of cultivation, suppressing evil with evil. Of course, this does not mean that they will cause harm to others," Liu Wuchang explained.

"The Dao Sect concentrated the conflict between good and evil between the sects. Sometimes the Dao Sect would even plan a war on its own. If one side suffered too much loss, it would be replaced."

"Of course... the Dao Sect is also using this method to weaken the ruling power of the Dayu Dynasty, so that the Dayu Dynasty cannot intervene in the struggle between sects under the pretext of suppressing the demon sects. The struggle between sects is also seen by the people, which invisibly elevates the status of cultivators among the people."

"Six hundred years ago, the Five Mountains Sect was the largest sect in Ganzhou, but in the battle between good and evil arranged by the Taoist sect, it had a real fight with the Blood Desire Sect at that time, and both sides suffered heavy losses. Afterwards, the Blood Desire Sect was swallowed up by the Five Poisons and Green Blood Sects, and the Five Mountains Sect disappeared, so our Qingshan Sect had the opportunity to take over the position of the largest sect."

"There is still a long time before the next battle between good and evil. If the Taoist sect intends to test the Qingshan Sect with force, they will most likely signal the Five Poison Sect and the Blue Blood Sect to take action and test it in secret."

Shen Ziqing, who was standing aside, stared at the map for a while and then asked, “Sect Master Liu, what is the relationship between Chongshan Sect and Qingshan Sect?”

Liu Wuchang shook his head. "Have you ever seen the eldest and the second oldest have a good relationship?"

Shen Ziqing held his forehead with his hand, "Is it the crowd?"

Liu Wuchang was very embarrassed. This was also one of the reasons why they decided to cling to Li Yanmo and rely on the power of the Dayu Dynasty.

Li Yan thought for a moment and then analyzed the situation.

"When water comes, we will stop it; when soldiers come, we will block them with earth. Even if the Dao Sect is powerful, it has to follow its own rules to suppress millions of sects. Moreover, the Dayu Dynasty is angry about the incident in Risheng City. I don't think the Dao Sect is stupid enough to offend the Dayu Dynasty for a Ganzhou at this time."

"I think the Taoist sect will at most send a few emissaries here. The three sects that will really take action are Chongshan, Wudu, and Bixue. Their goal is probably to open the mountain gate and select disciples this time."

Hearing this, Shen Ziqing and Liu Wuchang both nodded.

"Master Liu, please prepare for me a copy of the past process for selecting disciples and the criteria for the Dao Sect's examination."

"I have it here, please take a look, Sect Master Li."

Seeing that Li Yanmo wanted to take charge of the disciple selection process, Liu Wuchang had no objection and was even quite happy. He turned around and took out an account book.

"This is the process and expenses of Qingshan Sect's opening of the mountain gate and selecting disciples over the past fifty years."

"Okay, you guys do your work first, and I'll see if there's anything I can improve on this account book."

After Li Yanmo took the account book, he sat on the wooden stake where he usually meditated and began to read it.

It has to be said that Liu Wuchang is indeed very capable as the sect leader. Even when the Qingshan Sect was becoming increasingly sluggish, he was still able to pick out so many details and put on the biggest show with the least amount of money.

Although it is still impossible to change the predicament that there are fewer and fewer good talents in Qingshan Sect, we must be on guard against Liu Wuchang.

The Taoist examination standards are also attached. Compared with outstanding disciples, Taoism pays more attention to the attractiveness of a sect to ordinary people. The more people who come to the sect for selection, the higher their value in the eyes of Taoism.

Thinking of the secret rivalry between Taoism and the Dayu Dynasty, Li Yanmo suddenly felt that this assessment standard was not strange.

The Taoist sect wants to bring down the Dayu Dynasty and return to the wilderness where the sects are the main ones. The best way to do this is naturally to make the people obsessed with cultivating immortals.

In order to survive and continue, the sects within the Dayu Dynasty would use any means necessary to attract the people.

The Taoist sect could easily undermine the foundation of the Dayu Dynasty.

Li Yanmo touched the ring in his hand and tried hard to recall the various marketing methods used by merchants in his previous life to attract customers.

Celebrities, advertisements, soliciting customers on the street, sales promotions...

Li Yanmo recalled them one by one and screened them one by one.

The Qingshan Sect originally had a unique advantage, which was the Risheng City. However, due to the cause of the Venerable Xiangmo, a large number of people in the Risheng City chose to relocate, and this advantage has disappeared.

"Attraction...give others a reason to come..."

A flash of inspiration passed across Li Yanmo's forehead, bringing with it a brilliant, win-win idea.

"Master Liu, when you held the selection in the past, would you entertain the young people at the foot of the mountain and their families?"

Liu Wuchang shook his head, "There has never been such a statement."

It's not just Liu Wuchang, the entire world of immortal cultivation has this idea. Their sect is just sitting there with its gates open and people are begging them to accept disciples, so why should they entertain those who come to ask them for help?

What's more, most of those people are mortals. How can we use things from the immortal world to entertain mortals?

It would be better to pour it all down the drain.

"Now I have it, Sect Master Liu - this year the opening time of the mountain gate will be doubled to fourteen days. Go back and collect the spiritual fruits from my spiritual fields to entertain every person who comes to the mountain to become my disciple and their family members. I must ensure that every one of them can have enough to eat."

"Ah!? Isn't this such a waste?!"

Liu Wuchang was struck by lightning.

The spiritual field is a rare thing nurtured by heaven and earth, and its growth cycle is determined by heaven. The growth of the more than 800 acres of spiritual fields owned by Li Yanmo can only be described as amazing, but no one can guarantee that it will continue to grow at this rate in the future.

Those spiritual fruits are more valuable no matter how they are used than feeding them directly to mortals.

Doing so may certainly attract people, but it will not make back the money at all!

"It would be a real waste if Qingshan Sect disappeared."

After hearing what Li Yanmo said, Liu Wuchang was stunned at first, but when he reacted, his eyes suddenly filled with tears. Li Yanmo wanted to save Qingshan Sect from the dire straits no matter what the cost!

If Mei Chai Shao had cared half as much as Li Yanmo, Qingshan Sect would not have been in such a desperate situation.

"By the way, adjust the age to fifty."

"Ah?" Liu Wuchang was dumbfounded again, and stammered, "Sect Master Li, this... just activating the formation will cost hundreds of thousands of spirit stones. I'm afraid it will cost half a million spirit stones in these fourteen days..."

Before Liu Wuchang could finish his words, Li Yanmo threw the storage bag that Mei Chai Shao had given him back to Liu Wuchang and uttered two words.

“Spend it all.”

Liu Wuchang's hands were shaking.

Although these were spirit stones that he gave out personally, the meaning of these one million spirit stones has now changed.

Li Yanmo didn't say anything more to Liu Wuchang, but greeted Shen Ziqing.

"Second brother——"

"Master, I'm here," Shen Ziqing stood up immediately.

"Please talk to the governor Hefeng and see if we can rent a guy with a very bad temper from the military camp."

Shen Ziqing immediately understood what Li Yanmo meant and smiled knowingly.

"I see."

Li Yanmo appeared calm on the surface, but he was cheering in his heart.

It can not only prevent Qingshan Sect from going bankrupt, but also solve the spiritual fruit crisis.

Win twice in a row!

That night, a stream of light shot out from Zhongzhou and exploded right above Ganzhou, turning into four rays of light that fell in four directions. One of them hit the gate of Qingshan Sect.

The elders of Qingshan Sect appeared at the first moment. When the smoke cleared, a token with the word "Tao" written on it appeared in front of the elders.

This token was very accurately inlaid on the word "Zong" of Qingshan Sect.

The significance is self-evident.

The elders' faces turned pale and they clenched their fists tightly, but facing the behemoth of Taoism, they finally loosened their fists helplessly.

Mei Chai Shao arrived late, pulled out the token, and marveled at it.

"Even the Dao Sect's order has been used. It seems that Dao Sect is very concerned about this."

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