Gu Zuo didn't understand the talisman, so he discussed it with Taoist Priest Lingyuan for a while, and finally said: "Let's not pursue accuracy at all. As long as we can ensure the direction and the distance of a hundred feet, it can be used. In this way, the cost will also be reduced. Fifty

One piece is almost practical, but the power is a little weaker."

Lingyuan thought: "Give me some more time to think about it."

Gu Zuodao: "Let's not talk about it for now. There is something that I'm afraid I need your help on."

Lingyuan stared at the talisman and said absently: "Tell me."

"Every year we have to pay 87,000 spiritual stones to the Chongxuan Department. I have been settling the accounts for the past two days, and the more I calculate, the more I feel something is wrong. It is so difficult for us to pay. What should other families do? What about the Lishui Sect and Suxian Pavilion?

, is the Duqiao sect still alive? It’s not enough for these families to pay all the spirit stones. What I originally thought was that each family would go to the market to bid for spirit stones, and I also knew that Chongxuan Department would release a large amount of spirit stones every year.

The stone was put out for the monks to bid on..."

Taoist Priest Lingyuan then took his eyes away from the talisman paper and patted his head: "Wait a moment..." Then he opened the talisman paper and rummaged through a pile of waste paper for a long time before pulling out an official document.

He said: "I just received it... I haven't had time to say anything yet..."

The official document states that the Chongxuan Office has released some spiritual stones this year. Because it has received requests from many sects, the remaining batch has not been released yet and will be distributed to eighteen families. Please inform the general office of each sect.

The sect will calculate the demand, and the maximum limit will not exceed 50,000. Feedback will be given before September 10th. Those who need it should prepare training materials of the same value at the price of three spiritual stones per piece, and exchange them at Chongxuan Office before the end of the month.

Attached to the back is a list of materials that can be exchanged for spiritual stones, including various demon pills, demon beast skin and bones, various spiritual mines, spiritual grasses and flowers, spiritual rice, spiritual wine, cinnabar talismans, etc.

There were also a few messy strokes of cinnabar on the official document, which were randomly applied by Taoist Priest Lingyuan when he was drawing the talisman.

After Gu Zuo read it, he was immediately angry. The official document was signed on the first day of September, and today is already the sixth day of September. This is something that has just been received. Even if it took three days to be delivered to Nanwu Prefecture, it would not be the same.

At least he was pressed on the table by Taoist Priest Lingyuan for three days!

Taoist Priest Lingyuan also realized that he was confused and defended himself: "These past few days, I have been focusing on refining a new talisman for you..."

What else could Gu Zuo say? There was nothing he could say. He just said: "Understand, I put too much pressure on you. There is nothing I can do. It's all for Nan Wuzhou."

Taking this official document, Gu Zuo thought, presumably all eighteen sects would apply for payment according to the maximum quota of 50,000. Wu Shanjing once said that the Chongxuan Department plans to invest 1.5 million spiritual stones this year, so minus the 900,000

, there are only 600,000 that are actually put on the market that can be auctioned. How can these other sects survive?

Although it is impossible for most of the eighteen sects to raise various cultivation materials worth 150,000 guan entirely on their own, they must purchase them from other sects and pay a large amount of spiritual stones for this, but there is no doubt that

It is in the dominant position.

After this powerful medicine, perhaps by the end of this year, a large number of sect gyms will no longer be able to survive. How many of the three thousand sect gyms Li Mi mentioned will close down, disband, or be annexed?

Li Mi also said that there are nearly two million cultivators in the world, and more than half of them are just trying to make up the numbers. They get one or two spiritual stones to hang up every year. After such a torment, more than a million monks will truly withdraw from the world of cultivation and return to ordinary life.

In human life, it is almost impossible for them to obtain spiritual stones.

There is also a group of monks who may be able to rely on their previous savings, or spiritual rice, spiritual wine and spiritual pills to survive the new year, but the prices of these things will inevitably increase. As long as the current situation continues for two or three years, this group of monks will also

They will be eliminated quickly, and the vast majority of the remaining ones will be those who are truly qualified and have the capital to practice.

How many monks will be left in the world by then? Five hundred thousand? Three hundred thousand? Or two hundred thousand or even one hundred thousand?

"Huaixian Pavilion has applied for an exchange of fifty thousand spiritual stones according to the maximum limit. Everything is ready-made. I will immediately ask the treasurer to count the goods for you. Tomorrow you will take the goods to Zhongnan Mountain and exchange the spiritual stones back. The amount is too high

Da, I will ask Elder Tu, Luo Jun and Qiu Dabo to accompany you, they are the three most capable fighters in our Southern Wu Province."

"Okay, I'll set off the day after tomorrow." Taoist priest Lingyuan agreed readily, and he wanted to make up for his mistakes.

With these 50,000 spirit stones, many things in South Wuzhou can be solved this year. However, although the pressure is a little less, Gu Zuo's mood is getting heavier.

There are 8,000 naturalized monks in Nanwu Prefecture. I can support 3,000, but what should I do with the remaining 5,000? What should I do with the thousands of monks from the four tribes of Heishan? What should I do with the other monks from the Black Mountain Order? And what should I do with the monks from the Tonghai Order and the seven states in Lingnan?

A rough estimate, the total sum is not less than 50,000!

There are more than 50,000 monks, where will they obtain spiritual stones?

Gu Zuo quickly thought of several ways from a macro perspective:

First, most of the monks must give up and focus on the monks south of Heishan Zhao, Tonghai Zhao, Yongchang Zhao, and South Wuzhou. He expected that there would be 20,000 monks left.

Secondly, see if the purchase amount of spiritual rice agreed with the Dongting Sect can continue to increase, and at the same time increase the area of ​​local spiritual rice cultivation. It is strictly forbidden to make wine from spiritual rice, and the brewing of spiritual fruit wine and spiritual medicine wine is encouraged.

Third, vigorously refine several elixirs that are helpful in spiritual practice. Encourage the raising of carnivorous spiritual animals.

I hope that the second and third items can alleviate the consumption of spiritual stones and try to make up for 30,000 or 40,000 spiritual stones.

Southern Wu Prefecture immediately began to operate, a number of decrees were issued, and some sects began to be keenly aware of the great changes that were taking place.

Luo Xingwen, who had been cooperating with the Southern Wu Prefecture Justice Department for several days, finally received a formal notice from Liu Xuanji, asking him to return to Tian Prefecture to implement the new card ticket and practice certificate system as previously discussed. As for his salary, it is per day.

The sixteen pieces of spiritual stones on the moon greatly exceeded his own expectations.

Luo Xingwen expressed his position to Liu Xuanji, saying that after returning to Tianzhou, he would work hard to get all sects and monasteries in Tianzhou to apply for certificates and all monks to apply for practice certificates.

But before he finished his statement, he was stopped by Liu Xuanzang: "It's not necessary, especially the cultivation certificate. Not only do we not force it, but we also have to check it carefully. For those with poor talent, low cultivation level and no money, you can

We are considering not issuing them for the time being. If you want to apply for a practice certificate in the future, you will not only have to pay money, but you will also need to take an assessment."

Luo Xingwen suddenly asked: "Liu joined the army because... he didn't have enough spiritual stones?"

Liu Xuanji didn't hide anything from him: "There is a reason for this."

Luo Xingwen hurried back to Tianzhou, and Liu Xuanji began to deal with Hanzhou, Tangzhou and Wu'an Prefecture, and ordered people to send orders to the three prefectures to join the army and rush to South Wuzhou to meet them immediately.

The person who delivered the order turned back before he even descended from Nanwu Mountain. The person he wanted to deliver the order to had already been waiting at the foot of the mountain. In addition to Sanzhou, even Yongzhou and Longzhou who were preparing to deal with the next step had also arrived.

Looking at the five soldiers who joined the army and respectfully paid homage to the "Shangguan" in front of him, Liu Xuanji felt like a small imperial court in the southwest for a moment. The Lingnan states, which had originally planned to gradually gather in step by step, were so easily overpowered, and they were overawed.

, it is not about the reputation, machinations and military prowess, but the rapidly increasing price of spiritual stones.

All the strategies Liu Xuanji had calculated and all the plans he had made were useless.
Chapter completed!