Three days later, witnessed by all the high-level officials of Lingxiao Palace, Jiang Yuer completed her enlightenment. At the same time, after being blessed by the Heaven, her cultivation level not only did not decline, but instead she leapt into the Hongmeng Immortal Ancestor Realm, officially entering the ranks of top cultivators.
"Greetings, Palace Master." After completing her enlightenment, Jiang Yuer's attitude towards Li Mu took a 180-degree turn. She went from being cold and indifferent as if it was a transaction to being respectful to Li Mu from the bottom of her heart. This was the subtle influence of Jianmu on her when she was enlightened. Just like the enlightened monks of the Qiongzu Universe are loyal to the Qiongzu Universe, it is a natural attribute of Jianmu.
"Deputy Palace Master Jiang, you don't have to be polite. My Lingxiao Palace has always treated people with courtesy and there are not so many rules." Li Mu smiled faintly. He was naturally happy that Lingxiao Palace had recruited another great general.
Although there are hundreds of billions of official members in Lingxiao Palace and hundreds of cultivators in the Hongmeng Immortal Ancestor realm, the path of cultivation still requires talent. It is impossible to always rely on the blessing of heaven to improve your cultivation. To reach the top, you still have to rely on talent, and Jiang Yuer is just such a talented person. Not only Jiang Yuer, but also Yao Xiuqi of the Yao family, Pang Liang of the Juling Sect, Su Hong of the Tianri Palace, and Sun Ruxuan of the Yuansheng Mansion are all people with outstanding talents. They all have the potential to reach the late Hongmeng Immortal Ancestor or even the 9th level.
Not only them, but also the batch of cultivators that Li Mu gathered some time ago to participate in the Young Monks Conference of the Qiongzu Universe were of very high quality, as if they were a great era. The overall quality was the highest batch of young cultivators in the Qiongzu Universe in tens of trillions of years.
"Haha~ Vice Palace Master Jiang, congratulations." Yao Xiuqi, Pang Liang, Su Hong, Sun Ruxuan and other acquaintances who were once the top young people in the Qiongzu Universe came up to greet Jiang Yuer with a smile.
"Congratulations, congratulations." Jiang Yuer responded one by one.
At this time, Chen Siqi also dragged Ji Wenbin, who was like a dead dog, over and said, "Brother, this old guy finally gave in. But to be honest, he is really tough. He actually survived the 47th of my Lingqiong 100 tortures. This makes me feel a little bit of crisis. No, I have to ask my subordinates to quickly develop new punishments, in case I encounter a more difficult guy and these 100 tortures are not enough."
"Palace...Palace Master, I am willing to join Lingxiao Palace and serve you. If I have offended you before, I hope you will forgive me." Ji Wenbin said with difficulty.
"Well, it's a great honor to admit your mistakes and improve yourself. It's not in vain that Deputy Palace Master Chen has given you all his teachings. Since you are sincere in joining my Lingxiao Palace, I will naturally not reject you. Now you can just do it." Li Mu nodded and said lightly.
"Thank you, Palace Master. Thank you, Palace Master." Ji Wenbin was extremely terrified. After saying this, he cut off all his Taoist fruits without hesitation.
Li Mu would naturally not waste such a super powerful person. After he killed his Dao, he immediately granted him the first-level branch of the Dao, which did not affect his previous cultivation at all.
"Tsk tsk tsk~, brother, our Lingxiao Palace has added two more deputy palace masters. These deputy palace masters are almost worthless." Looking at Ji Wenbin who had entered the state of enlightenment, Chen Siqi sighed.
"Who told you that Lingxiao Palace has added two deputy palace masters?" Li Mu asked indifferently.
Chen Siqi rolled her eyes upon hearing this and said, "Xiao Jiang has already been appointed as the deputy hall master by you. This Ji Wenbin is a sixth-level Hongmeng Immortal Ancestor. After he attains enlightenment, he will naturally become the deputy hall master as well."
"Haha, you think too much. How can it be so easy to be the deputy hall master of my Lingxiao Hall? Starting today, the position of deputy hall master of Lingxiao Hall is no longer appointed based solely on cultivation, but requires both strength and ability. Only those who meet certain military merit conditions can apply for the position of deputy hall master." Li Mu said. He said this not only to Chen Siqi, but his words also resounded in the minds of every hall member of Lingxiao Hall.
"Of course, the positions of deputy hall masters who have been appointed before are still valid, but if they fail to make achievements within a certain period of time, they will be automatically removed from the position of deputy hall master. In addition, military industry is not only one of the conditions for serving as a deputy hall master, but it can also be used to exchange for blessings from heaven, or even upgrade one's own branch of enlightenment. In other words, even if one's cultivation base does not meet the requirements for deputy hall master, one can use military industry to exchange for blessings from heaven to increase one's own cultivation base." Li Mu added.
One of the reasons why he did this was, as Chen Siqi said, there were too many deputy hall masters in Lingxiao Hall now, and the number had to be controlled.
In the past, Li Mu used the Hongmeng Immortal Ancestor Realm as the condition for appointing a deputy hall master because Lingxiao Hall was relatively weak at that time and there were few cultivators in the Hongmeng Immortal Ancestor Realm. However, what Li Mu did not expect was that Lingxiao Hall had developed so rapidly that there were more than a hundred cultivators in the Hongmeng Immortal Ancestor Realm. It was indeed not appropriate to appoint a deputy hall master according to the previous rules.
Another point is that Lingxiao Palace now has a certain self-preservation ability, and there is no need to develop in a sneaky way anymore. He decided to start developing his own power on a large scale in the entire Qiongzu Universe. When he encounters outstanding people, he will accept them into the Lingxiao Universe and let them prove their truth in Jianmu.
This would inevitably require a lot of manpower. Although the loyalty of the Lingxiao Palace members to Li Mu was unquestionable, their loyalty would not affect their slacking off. Li Mu planned to use military industry as a condition to mobilize the enthusiasm of his subordinates.
Hearing what Li Mu said, all the Lingxiao Palace members were excited, especially those with lower cultivation bases, whose hearts were filled with huge waves and they couldn't calm down for a long time.
Although the new rules promulgated by Li Mu somewhat harmed the interests of those hall members who were now serving as deputy hall masters, everyone still had no complaints and expressed their support.
Even Chen Siqi originally wanted to complain that Li Mu was killing the donkey after it had done its work, but when she thought about the 20 billion surrender troops under her command and the 100 tortures of Lingqiong that she had exclusive control over, she felt relieved. With these conditions in hand, why would she be afraid of a shortage of military industry?
Just when Chen Siqi was secretly feeling proud, Li Mu's voice rang out: "Deputy Palace Master Kun."
Kunpeng stood up upon hearing this: "I am here."
"The military pay for the surrendering troops will be temporarily suspended." Li Mu said.
"Ah~?" Kunpeng was shocked when he heard that. He was in charge of the financial expenditure of Lingxiao Palace. Although he felt heartbroken every time he distributed the military salaries to the various armies, he really couldn't do such a thing as stopping the payment of the military salaries of one army, especially since the surrendered army was the largest army in Lingxiao Palace, accounting for 20% of the entire official palace members of Lingxiao Palace.
"Why? Palace Master, please explain clearly, why are you withholding my military pay?" Chen Siqi asked anxiously.
"Haha, if I remember correctly, you haven't handed over the reward you got from Deputy Palace Master Jiang yet, right?" Li Mu said with a smile.
"But...but that's only 70 trillion! How can this little money be enough to spend such a large army?" Chen Siqi felt a little guilty.
"How you spend it is your business, but if you dare to neglect the soldiers, you will not be able to be the deputy hall master anymore." Li Mu said in a deep voice.
Chen Siqi was immediately silent when she heard this, and secretly complained: "Damn it, I thought I did it perfectly this time, but it seems he still found out! Oh, my dream of becoming a rich woman has been ruined."
The 700 trillion Chaos Stones that had been planned for so long were finally used to finance military expenses.
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