Five Elements Sect, at the gate of Jackdaw Mountain

"Uncle Xiao, I'm sorry I'm late, I'm late."

Zheng Yi saw Lin Jiang from a distance, with a smile on his face, and was very enthusiastic about Lin Jiang. If it weren't for Lin Jiang, he would still be farming now.

"Brother Zheng, I haven't seen you for a while."

Lin Jiang also greeted him warmly. Zheng Yi had made a fortune with him before, and was unwilling to stop his cultivation. He also bought a foundation-building pill, but unfortunately he didn't break through. Now he looks much older.

According to the rules of the Five Elements Sect, all Qi training period after the age of 60 will be expelled from the sect and will no longer be disciples of the sect. All welfare benefits will be taken back. Most people will choose to leave the sect and live in a small town of immortal cultivation or a mortal village.

But there are a few who don't leave, and Zheng Yi is one of them. He is still active in the outer sect, but without the treatment of the sect, the pressure of life is much greater, and now he relies on his two sons.

"Da Hu, Er Hu, call someone."

"Hello, Uncle Xiao,"

said the two men beside Zheng Yi. They were Zheng Yi's eldest and second sons, and now they were also outer disciples. In order to get them this status, Zheng Yi spent all his remaining wealth to get connections.

"Da Hu, Er Hu, hello, Brother Zheng, my master is here to ask you something. Just tell the truth and don't hide anything."

"Uncle Zhang?"

"Yes."

"Uncle Xiao, can I ask what it is?"

"Good news. Your son has taken over your job, right?"

"Yes, the other old brothers have also retired, and our descendants have taken over."

"That's right, you know my master. He intends to do something in the spiritual field to gain some benefits for us, the old brothers in the outer sect. Just tell the truth."

Lin Jiang reminded him. He knew Zhang Wanjing's character very well. He was not angry when he was demoted, and he would not give up. He loved what he did. In short, he wanted to contribute to the sect and had made up his mind to make achievements in the spiritual field.

Then Lin Jiang led them into Jackdaw Mountain and came to Zhang Wanjing. Zhang Wanjing was a simple man. He asked Lin Jiang to serve spiritual tea and then asked about farming.

In this regard, Zheng Yi was much more professional than Lin Jiang. He had been working in this field for decades and had worked on all the spiritual fields of the Five Elements Sect, big or small.

When Zhang Wanjing asked about the difficulties of farming in the Five Elements Sect, Zheng Yi had a million words to complain about, and he couldn't finish talking even if he talked for three days and three nights.

"Uncle-master Zhang, there are too many problems with farming. Let me sort them out for you. The first one is the problem of water conservancy facilities. Ordinary people know to dig ditches and build canals to store water when it rains and release water when there is no water. But the sect doesn't do that. It is said that immortal cultivators can call the wind and rain, which is true. If there is no water, we can get some cloud and rain talismans, but what if it rains heavily? Are there so many magic tools that can absorb water? We can only activate the formation to resist the flood, which consumes a lot of energy, but the rain will not disappear. Whoever can't afford to activate the formation will be unlucky."

"And there are farm tools for farming. The hoes distributed by the sect are still hundreds of years old, and most of the oxen are old, weak, sick and disabled. Even so, there are only one hundred oxen in the entire sect, but the sect cultivates millions of acres..."

"And there is fertilizer. According to the rules of the predecessors, the fertilizer produced in the spirit beast garden must be piled up for more than half a year, but now..."

"Also, the spiritual grain seeds are still the same as those from hundreds of years ago, and..."

Zheng Yi criticized the spiritual grains of the Five Elements Sect from seeds to harvest. Lin Jiang realized that he was not qualified to be a troll. Look at others, their fighting power is much stronger than his.

Zhang Wanjing frowned, almost twisted into a dough twist. He didn't expect that the most basic spiritual grains would have so many problems, and no one in the sect had responded to him, otherwise he would have improved it before.

"Master uncle, it's none of our business. We have all made reports, but we were scolded back."

Several deacons on the side hurriedly distanced themselves from the matter. How long have they been here? It has nothing to do with them.

"What did the higher-ups scold us for?"

"They said we were meddling in other people's business. The spiritual grains have been delivered every year. Why are we so eager to make trouble?" "

A bunch of good-for-nothings,"

Zhang Wanjing gritted his teeth and said. In his opinion, these things are not difficult. With a little money and little effort, a lot of things can be done. But they just don't want to do it.

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One day later, Zhang Wanjing and his party appeared in the fields of the Five Elements Sect. Zhang Wanjing had rich work experience and would not listen to one side and believe it. He had to investigate on the spot.

"Master uncle, look at the ditches here. Where there are people farming, repair them yourself. Where no one is farming, just ignore it. It has been blocked for a long time."

"Master uncle, look at the manure here. It is obviously not enough time. If it is spread directly, the spiritual grain may be burned to death."

"Master uncle, look here..."

Zheng Yi and his son also came and pointed out the questions to Zhang Wanjing one by one, proving that he did not lie to Zhang Wanjing and every question he said was true.

"Xiao Yi, Shuhua, you go back to the Internal Affairs Hall and apply for a batch of funds from Deputy Hall Master Jin. I'll go to the Spiritual Medicine Garden for a walk,"

Zhang Wanjing said afterwards. Repairing water conservancy facilities and updating farming tools require funds, so they have to apply for them. He will go to the Spiritual Medicine Garden to talk to the senior spiritual plant husbands and ask them to cultivate new spiritual grain seeds.

Lin Jiang and Zhang Shuhua received the order and returned to the Internal Affairs Hall, but after waiting for a day, they didn't even see Deputy Hall Master Jin. He didn't come to work at all. When they asked other managers, they replied that they had no power to deal with it and went home frustrated.

This continued for several days. Zhang Wanjing was furious when he learned about it, and he went to Deputy Hall Master Jin's cave to block him. He did block him, but Deputy Hall Master Jin spread his hands and told Zhang Wanjing that he had no money.

Zhang Wanjing was so angry that he wanted to hit him, but Deputy Hall Master Jin escaped directly and fled back to the cave, then hurriedly called the people from the Law Enforcement Hall to persuade Zhang Wanjing to leave.

"People leave and tea gets cold, ah"

Zhang Wanjing sighed. It has only been a short time since he left the Internal Affairs Hall. How could he not know whether the Internal Affairs Hall has money or not? They just ignore him on purpose.

Zhang Wanjing had no choice but to risk his reputation and go to the headmaster to ask for a sum of money, but it was still not enough. He could only discuss it with his apprentice and son.

"We can order them to rectify the fertilizer problem. This is within our authority. There is no doubt about it. Water conservancy facilities and tools cost money. Leave it to me and I will handle

it." Lin Jiang took the responsibility directly. He thought it was okay to spend little money to do big things.

"Xiao Yi, this is not a joke. I sincerely want to help these disciples and the sect."

"Master, I am not joking with you either. Just take care of it. Master, let's take care of the spiritual field seeds first."

"I have already taken care of this matter. The manager of the spiritual medicine garden has agreed to give us new spiritual seeds next year. The yield will be higher and they will be less afraid of insect pests."

Zhang Wanjing said. His old face was more or less useful. This matter had been resolved.

"That's it. Master, you go ahead and do your work. My brother and I will go and prepare first."

Lin Jiang laughed and took Zhang Shuhua away.

"Junior brother, are you really sure? I looked at the money approved by the sect, it's less than 100,000 spirit stones, this amount of money is not enough just to build a canal. Do you know how many spiritual fields there are?"

"I remember the data better than you, senior brother, let me ask you, are you angry when you see your father being humiliated like this?"

"I practice Taoism for seven hours every day now,"

Zhang Shuhua said lightly. If he didn't have to work during the day, he could practice for twelve hours. He would have been furious a long time ago, but he was not good at expressing it. When the time comes, he will express it with actions.

“Okay, then let’s work together as brothers to let the master take power.”

“That’s easier said than done.”

“Things have to be done step by step. It’s not like the master will take power tomorrow. Have you ever heard of storing up food, building high walls, and slowly becoming king?”

“No.”

“Uh, well, if you haven’t, then you don’t have to. Just remember what I said before. First, urge your father to practice hard and break through the Nascent Soul stage as soon as possible. We will help him build momentum, win over people, build a team, and manage his power bit by bit.”

“What does this have to do with the present?”

“Of course it does. The master has done so many things, but look how many people have stood up to help him now? Why is this so? Because the master is not famous for doing good things and does not know how to publicize. Now we have to publicize him, let all the grassroots disciples of the Five Elements Sect know that only by following the master can they have a good life and advance to a higher level of cultivation.”

“Didn’t you understand?”

"Forget it, just listen to me. Tomorrow you go to where there are many outer sect disciples and recruit people. Ask Dahu and Erhu to accompany you. The treatment includes food but not accommodation, five hours a day, one spirit stone, plus lectures by a foundation-building master, and teaching of talismans. A second-level talisman drawing master will give lectures. Only three hundred people are needed, not one more and not one less."

"I can give lectures in the foundation-building stage, but I don't know talismans."

"You don't know, but I do."

"Junior brother, when did you learn the second-level talisman art?"

"You practice at night, so I can't learn to draw talismans at night? Don't worry, there will be no mistakes."

"Will you be able to recruit people like this?"

"Don't worry, I will definitely be able to recruit people."

Lin Jiang guaranteed. There was no limit on the number of times outer sect disciples could study in the Transmission Hall, but they had to fight for seats. The seats in the classroom were fixed, while the miscellaneous disciples could only attend one class a month, and often couldn't get a seat. The lectures by the foundation-building master alone were attractive enough.

Lin Jiang couldn't sit idle either, he had to mobilize the outer disciples to motivate them to work together, otherwise what could they do with that little spiritual stone. If

the sect didn't help, then he had to do it himself, this was called mutual help, if it was to be upgraded, then it would be called forming a party, and after a few years, when those who had received Zhang Wanjing's favor had grown up, Zhang Wanjing would have a solid team.