The head of the Internal Affairs

Hall sat upright, and a dozen managers were busy around him. After a long time, one of them came to the head of the hall with a list and said, "Hall Master, the list of outer disciples who applied for foundation-building pills this year has been listed."

"How is the situation?"

"It's worse than in previous years. In the past three years, we have reduced the supply of foundation-building pills by 20%, and the accumulated outer disciples have reached nearly a thousand."

"It is indeed difficult for a thousand people to compete for eighty foundation-building pills."

The head of the hall nodded, but this is a good thing. It is a good thing for the sect. The more outer disciples compete, the easier it is for them to select the best and choose the most outstanding disciples.

"Hall Master, this is the list. Take a look. If there are no problems, then we will publish the announcement."

"Okay."

The head of the hall nodded and quickly browsed through the first eighty lists. The list was very detailed. Cultivation, spiritual roots, age, these are hard standards, naturally they are extremely excellent, and comprehension and the like are the comments of other people in the sect, which is also an important reference.

The hall master knew very well that these eighty people were excellent, but the people behind them were also excellent, and could even meet their requirements. However, due to the limited number of foundation-building pills, they could only be excluded.

"Take the names I circled back and discuss them again."

The hall master casually circled a few names, and the steward beside him was shocked and thought to himself: Could it be that I missed someone of the hall master? Aren't they all included?

"Yes, hall master."

"This is a small matter. The next thing is to do a good job of the Medicine City Celebration. This is the first time that our Five Elements Sect has held a celebration. There must be no mistakes. Our Internal Affairs Hall must fully support the work of the External Affairs Hall, and we must also provide certain treasures..."

The hall master replied. He solemnly said to several stewards that the Yunzhong City Centennial Celebration was held eleven times, and the Five Elements Sect sent people to participate in seven of them.

Especially in the last two or three times, the people of the Five Elements Sect were shocked by the flow of people in Yunzhong City. Is that just a simple flow of people? No, it is spirit stones, resources, and wealth.

Laymen watch the excitement, experts watch the doorway. Only experts know how much money can be made by holding such a grand celebration, so the Five Elements Sect is also tempted. After years of preparation, they finally have to find a reason to hold a grand celebration in Yaocheng. Of course, the name has to be changed.

If they continue to use the Centennial Celebration, Yunzhong City will not say anything, but the Five Elements Sect will feel that it is inferior to the Zhongxing Sect and Yunjian Sect.

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"Sure enough, I lost the election"

"It must be a conspiracy, why was I eliminated?" "

I'm going to the Law Enforcement Hall to sue them"

"Let's go, I'm going to sue too"

At the gate of the Internal Affairs Hall, when the number of applications for the Foundation Establishment Pill this year came down, the crowd was excited. Some people cried, some jumped and cursed, and some went to the Law Enforcement Hall to complain, but there were more silent people like Lin Jiang, because they had already prepared for this kind of ending.

It's useless to complain. This list must at least be reviewed by the hall master. The head of the internal affairs hall is a Yuanying boss. Who would be willing to offend a Yuanying boss for a Qi training disciple?

But if you say there is no inside information, Lin Jiang doesn't believe it. There are 80 places. The level of the last 30 and the 50 from 80 to 130 is almost the same. Anyone can be allowed to take the place, but those people on the list are obviously from the surnames of some big families in the sect.

Human relationships and connections, as long as you are a human, you will have them. 100% fairness and justice only exist in utopia, so Lin Jiang didn't care so much and left directly.

Lin Jiang went to the library. The library of the Five Elements Sect is very large. It occupies a mountain alone. There are more than a dozen courtyards. Each courtyard is filled with bookshelves, and almost all of them are jade slips.

Outer disciples have one day of free reading time every year, but there are restrictions, and they can't take it away or copy it. The extra ones need to be paid with merit points, which is the internal currency of the sect.

Lin Jiang spent a lot of merit points in the library. Being a casual cultivator, he knew too little about the world of immortal cultivation, and it was not systematic. Taking the first-level talisman as an example, Lin Jiang had only collected less than three hundred runes from the outside world, while the Five Elements Sect had collected more than five hundred kinds. Although the extra two hundred kinds were not commonly seen in daily life, who knew when they could be used.

The monopoly of knowledge is also one of the reasons why the big sects are strong.

The library is a very quiet place, but there are always people talking there, which is annoying. Generally speaking, Lin Jiang stays away from such things and just finds a place to read books.

But today he heard something that interested him, after listening carefully for a while, Lin Jiang stepped forward and said, "Excuse me, fellow seniors. I just heard that you were discussing about the grand celebration, but is it the centennial celebration of Yunzhong City?" "

You heard it wrong. It's not the centennial celebration of Yunzhong City, but the grand celebration of Medicine City of our Five Elements Sect."

"Medicine City is also going to hold a grand celebration?"

"In fact, we have had similar grand celebrations in Medicine City before, but they were not on a large scale. What we really want to do this time is to hold a celebration that is no less than the one held in Yunzhong City."

"Junior brother, you are stupid. Please teach me, what's going on?"

Lin Jiang said. He had stayed in Medicine City for several years, so he naturally knew that Medicine City had long been jealous of the profits brought by Yunzhong City's centennial celebration. They had also held similar grand celebrations, but the results were very poor and thankless, so they gradually lost interest in it.

"It seems that you have been in the sect for too long and haven't been out. Since last year, the sect has been enclosing land in Medicine City, expanding the territory of Medicine City by 50%. Now the new city area is almost completed..."

"I see, I'm glad to learn from you. When will the grand celebration start?"

"We are also discussing this matter. We all agree that it will be next year or the year after. By then, we can also see the scenery of the world's heroes."

"That's right, the disciples of Zhonghang Sect and Yunjian Sect are still arrogant when talking about this matter. They can't be so arrogant in

the future." "The centennial celebration must be very lively. We will go there..."

Lin Jiang listened to them talking for a while and retreated silently, but his mind was full of speculation.

The world of immortal cultivation is involuntarily, cruelly, and closed. It is not only a matter of fathers raising sons and sons raising grandchildren, but it may be that more than a dozen generations of ancestors exist at the same time. How can he, an ordinary immortal cultivator, compete with these children of aristocratic families? He can only overtake them in a curve.

Overtaking on a curve requires opportunity. If the opportunity does not come, no matter how talented you are, it will be useless. This kind of celebration is an opportunity.

Lin Jiang has been living off his savings for the past 20 to 30 years in the Five Elements Sect. The little money he earned, but the merit points he earned, has shrunk by more than half compared to the original Yunzhong City.

Although one or two foundation-building pills can still be afforded, after rebuilding the foundation, a lot of resources are needed for cultivation. In a word, no one will complain about having too many spirit stones.

"The hundred-year celebration of Yunzhong City has many opportunities. If the scale of Medicine City is established, the same is true. However, speculation is not something that everyone can do. First, there must be a source of information and know the information gap. Second, there must be a backer. Without a backer, if something goes wrong, you will be the chicken that is killed to scare the monkeys."

Lin Jiang calculated in his heart, speculation, speculation, it is easy to say, but it is difficult to do, otherwise everyone in the world will speculate. The essence of speculation is information gap, using information to make money.

The confidence of speculation is backing. Without backing, it is a suicidal behavior. Once you become rich and are targeted by others, it is not a small matter. The lightest thing is to lose money to avoid disaster.

"Big speculation has a big backer, small speculation has a small backer, it is really difficult to choose"

Lin Jiang sighed, why is he not like Cao Ying, if he has a powerful master as a backer, what is there to be afraid of, just do it directly.

Now he is helpless in the Five Elements Sect, even if he has thousands of ideas in his mind, he dare not operate, for fear that he will be liquidated in the end.

"In fact, Yue Qing is a talent, otherwise look for him"

Lin Jiang immediately thought of Yue Qing. Among the disciples of the same level, Lin Jiang knows a lot, but he has to admire Yue Qing as a real capable one. Although this guy's character is not very good, character and energy have little to do with each other.

"Cooperate with Yue Qing for one and do one privately for myself, perfect."

Lin Jiang made up his mind quickly. Yue Qing was not very reliable, but it was okay. Lin Jiang could also use his skin to do things. Cooperate with Yue Qing for one and do one privately for myself, it would be a win-win situation. Even if Daqing could not eat the meat this time, he would drink enough soup.