In the wilderness, at the old stronghold of the Five Elements Sect ,

Lin Jiang was slacking off as usual. Now the old stronghold no longer accepts any casual cultivators. Except for a group of Qi training disciples who were farming, there was no one else. A

large area of ​​spiritual fields was opened up outside the city. Lin Jiang and Zhang Shuhua were responsible for patrolling these spiritual fields to prevent monsters from causing trouble and hurting people.

In fact, this area was marked by small sand sculptures. In the eyes of monsters, this was the territory of small sand sculptures. No other monsters dared to come here. Only three or five monsters foolishly broke in throughout the year, but there were formations to resist them. During the day,

Lin Jiang drew talismans. The finished talismans would be given to Jiang Shu to be sent to the new stronghold for sale, and there would be a sum of money every month.

"Senior Brother Xiao, where is Senior Brother Zhang?"

But at noon that day, a flying boat landed outside the stronghold, and a Foundation Establishment Stage disciple shouted politely outside the stronghold.

Lin Jiang and Zhang Shuhua put down what they were doing, walked out, and said, "Brother, what's the matter? It's not time to hand in the task yet, is it?"

The base is now responsible for providing spiritual grains and vegetables to the new base. The spiritual grains are delivered once a year, but the vegetables are delivered once a month. Lin Jiang remembered that the time has not yet come.

"Brother Xiao, I'm not here to urge the task, but I received an order from the sect to ask the two brothers to return to the sect." "

What are you going back for? " "

Master uncle is back"

"Wait, master uncle, are you talking about my master Zhang Wanjing?"

"Yes, master uncle Zhang Wanjing is back"

"Say it again?"

"Master uncle Zhang Wanjing is back, brother"

the man said again. Lin Jiang and Zhang Shuhua looked at each other and saw the surprise in each other's eyes.

"Haha..."

Lin Jiang laughed out loud. It's not easy. It's really not easy. After more than 20 years, I finally waited for Zhang Wanjing to come back.

"After waiting for a long time, the clouds have cleared and the moon is shining. My great leader is back."

"Two senior brothers, please pack up and follow us back to the sect."

"Haha, okay, okay, wait a moment."

The two answered very straightforwardly. After packing up a little, they took away their valuables and immediately jumped on the flying boat. Then they asked the flying boat to go at full speed and rush back to the sect as quickly as possible.

After returning to the sect, the two went straight to Zhang Wanjing's cave. Zhang Wanjing was indeed in the cave, looking at the Ziyuan Dao Fruit, and there were several Jindan disciples around him.

"Master"

"Dad"

"You're all back"

"You're back, Master, I missed you so much."

Lin Jiang rushed over to give him a bear hug, but was blocked by Zhang Wanjing's spiritual power. What are you thinking? Isn't it embarrassing for two grown men?

"Uncle Master, the spiritual field formation has been adjusted, but please forgive me for speaking frankly. The spiritual vein level here is too low. Even if there are spiritual stones to supplement it, the purple source fruit cannot grow normally. It is better to change to another place."

The Jindan disciples around Zhang Wanjing said to him. They are all high-level spiritual planters in the sect, and they are not comparable to half-baked people like Lin Jiang.

"Well, stabilize it for a while. My new cave is being built. When it is built, I will trouble you to transplant the purple source fruit there."

"No trouble, this is what a disciple should do." "

Okay, then you go and get busy first."

"Yes, uncle master, I

will take my leave." Several people saluted Zhang Wanjing and left soon.

"Come, sit down, tell me what grievances you have suffered in the past few years, who bullied you, and I will take care of it for you."

After everyone left, Zhang Wanjing said to Lin Jiang and Zhang Shuhua. He had been away for more than 20 years, and several disciples and subordinates must have been very aggrieved.

Lin Jiang and Zhang Shuhua shook their heads. They actually had nothing to feel wronged about. Although they were deliberately ignored and excluded, they worked hard to improve themselves, and on the contrary, they had plenty of time to practice.

The ones who felt really wronged were the group of people who followed Zhang Shuhua to the base. They hoped to make a name for themselves with Zhang Wanjing, but the final result was very bad. They did not have the mentality and connections of Lin Jiang and the others, and they became destitute after being excluded. Some of them lost the best time to advance, and there was no hope for them to break through the golden elixir in this life.

Some people were even transferred to the new base and eventually died in the mouth of the monster beast. In the past few years, Lin Jiang and Zhang Shuhua had been in contact with those people, and even secretly funded them with some spirit stones, but the two of them were not very lucky people, and they could not help at all.

On Lin Jiang's side, a fourth-level monster pill alone cost more than half of his wealth, and his own expenses were not small.

"It's a pity for those people, they are all talented and promising."

"Master, all this is Guo Yunfeng's doing. This old guy is the most mean-spirited. Did you beat him up?"

"No, I'll beat him up later."

Zhang Wanjing shook his head. He wanted to beat someone up, but he couldn't find a good excuse. He issued a challenge to Guo Yunfeng, but this guy didn't accept it.

"What a pity. Next time Master wants to beat him up, remember to call me along. I want to watch the show."

"Junior brother, Grandmaster Guo is in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul.

" "What's wrong with the middle stage? My master is invincible. It's like a piece of cake for an early stage master to beat a middle     stage master." "

Don't give me that. I didn't ask you to come back to watch me beat people up. I wanted you to come back to do things."

Zhang Wanjing rolled his eyes. Is he that powerful? How could he not know that? Don't brag. It will be embarrassing if you can't beat him. "What is Master's current position?"     "It's not decided yet. I want to challenge the position of the head of the sect, but the head of the sect is also very good to me. I can't bear it. What do you think?     " "The Internal Affairs Hall, Dad. The Internal Affairs Hall is in charge of all the mundane things of the sect. If Dad wants to make changes, the Internal Affairs Hall must be taken."     "Xiao Yi, what do you think?"     "I don't quite agree. It would be best if Master could take the position of the head of the sect. If not, then take the Law Enforcement Hall. The Law Enforcement Hall is better than the Internal Affairs Hall."     "Law Enforcement Hall, Junior Brother, what do you think? This is a thankless position."     "How can a thankless job be better than the Internal Affairs Hall? What's the point of Master doing so many things? He will only feed a bunch of parasites. It would be better to take down the Law Enforcement Hall and start from there. We should rectify the situation and use strict, fair and rigorous sect rules to clean up the whole Five Elements Sect's atmosphere.     Doing so will offend people, but is Master afraid of offending people? He probably isn't,"     Lin Jiang said. There was really nothing to do in the Internal Affairs Hall. No matter how much work was done, it would only feed a bunch of parasites. It would be better to take down the Law Enforcement Hall. Anyway, Zhang Wanjing had offended many people and was not afraid of offending more people.     "Dad, don't listen to my junior brother, he's just talking nonsense."     "I'm not talking nonsense, I've thought it over carefully. Master, does the Five Elements Sect lack people who can do practical things?"     "No."     "Yes, no. Why is no one doing anything? It's because they can't get the proper rewards if they do it, and because the key positions are occupied by others. No matter how much they do, it's useless. So if Master wants to do good for the sect, he must start with the Law Enforcement Hall. There are too many parasites in the sect. Get them all down. Whoever dares to embezzle or whoever dares to sit in their position and do nothing will not dare to stretch out their hands. People who can do things will naturally emerge. Providing everyone with an environment for doing things is more important than cultivating a few people who can do things, because people who really want to do things don't need to be cultivated at all. As long as there are proper rewards, everyone will do it."     Lin Jiang said. How many teams can he have if he cultivates a few people himself? It is better to improve the overall environment. If the overall environment is good, naturally someone will stand up.     “What Xiao Yi said makes sense, but Hall Master Nie Wuyuan is not a pushover either, and he has a good relationship with me. It’ll be difficult to remove him from his position.”     “Master, if you still have your original intention in mind, then forget about the relationship. You must be ruthless when you need to be.”     “I’ll think about it.”     Zhang Wanjing shook his head. There was no rush. He was already a Nascent Soul and he still had hundreds of years to live. Besides, the elders couldn’t exclude him at will, so he had time to plan.     "Master, take your time to think about it. There's no rush. I just said it casually."     "Let's talk about this later. Now there is something you need to discuss. Your master has advanced to the Nascent Soul stage and is ranked the sixteenth elder of the Five Elements Sect. You have some privileges. Your annual salary will increase from three hundred spirit stones per year for ordinary foundation building to two thousand spirit stones per year. In addition, I have a quota for the Rong Ling Pill. The Rong Ling Pill, like the Five Elements Golden Fruit Pill, is one of the treasures that can break through to the Golden Core stage during the foundation building period. Who of you two brothers will get it?"     "No way, Master, you want your two disciples to kill each other as soon as you come back?"     Lin Jiang was speechless. What was Zhang Wanjing talking about? Wasn't he trying to sow discord?     "I would like to take two, but the privileges of a Nascent Soul Elder are limited."     "Give them to you, junior brother. I will wait for the opportunity to get the next batch of Jindan treasures."     "The next batch of Jindan treasures will take at least ten years. You will be over a hundred years old by then. How can you compete with others? Do you want Master to be partial to you?     " "This..."     "You take the Rongling Pill. I will find a way to get the Jindan treasure myself."     "What can you do?"     "In about twenty years, it will be the centenary celebration of Yunzhong City. Every centenary celebration will have Jindan treasures put up for auction. I can just buy one then."     "I know about Yunzhong City's centenary celebration, but a Jindan treasure starts at a minimum of one million spirit stones. Can you afford it?"     "Who said I can't afford it? Doesn't Master still owe me half a million spirit stones?"     Lin Jiang replied. Zhang Wanjing's face froze. My good disciple, do you have such a good memory? You come to collect the debt just after I came back. Is that really okay?