When Xu Yannan made a message to remind him, the spell in Yang Lu's hand was about to take shape.

Although Yang Lu stopped casting spell immediately, his hands just completed the handprint of the last light blade.

However, a strange situation happened. When the light blade was emitted, a golden light flashed from behind Yang Lu. Then the light blade seemed to have taken a big tonic pill, and the outline suddenly grew stronger!

This "super light blade" bombarded Xu Yannan's protective energy, and then disappeared out of thin air again.

Although this super light blade is still useless, Xu Yannan's expression seems to have seen a ghost: "The great power of heaven and earth is blessed! Your magic has actually received the great power of heaven and earth! When did you have the golden wheel of merit?"

Merits represent the recognition of the cultivators by the way of heaven in Jiuzhou.

Therefore, by consuming merit, cultivators can obtain the blessing of heaven and earth.

Previously, when the Heyu Pavilion killer assassinated Li Qingning, he had used this method to increase the destructive power of the spell, but this kind of spell will consume its own merit accumulation. Unless it is absolutely necessary, cultivators will not use this bottom-up method.

But if a cultivator can successfully cultivate the Golden Wheel of Demon, then when a cultivator casts a spell, there is a chance that he will receive the blessing of the great power of heaven and earth for free. The more the gold wheels of merit, the more frequent the blessing of the great power of heaven and earth, and the greater the blessing power.

When Yang Lu just used the super light blade, a golden light flashed behind him, which was the symbol of the merit golden wheel!

Seeing the strange phenomenon of the blessing of the golden wheel, Yang Lu suddenly understood why his cultivation speed was so fast.

In fact, even if he practiced in his sleep for 14 hours in a row last night, with the qualification of a mere low-grade water spirit root, it would not be possible that he would practice the heavenly level martial arts to the realm of urinating qi into the body so quickly.

Now it seems that he can achieve the cultivation speed comparable to the best spiritual roots, and this merit golden wheel also plays an important role!

But the problem is that I seem to have never deliberately cultivated my merits!

The Qingning Chamber of Commerce has been on the right track for a short time. Even if it has accumulated some merit, it should be considered as the female president of the Chamber of Commerce. At most, the working emperors like Yang Lu will be slightly more moist.

But if Li Qingning had the Golden Wheel of Merit, he would have shown off to him long ago. How could he not say a word yet?

When Yang Lu was confused, Xu Yannan had already come to his senses. He stared at Yang Lu and expressed his guess: "Did your golden wheel of merit come from the Spirit Stone Reserve Bank?"

"Spirit Stone Reserve Bank?" Yang Lu pointed at himself, saying incredible.

Xu Yannan did not speak, but slightly activated his spiritual energy, and saw two brilliant golden halos appearing behind him.

Two golden wheels of merit!

Seeing Yang Lu's shocked expression, Xu Yannan explained: "The Lingshi Reserve Bank maintains the stability of the economic and financial order of Jiuzhou, and accumulates huge amounts of merit every moment. This is why the monks of all major sects want to join the Lingshi Reserve Bank to work. These two merit golden wheels are my achievements in working in the Lingshi Reserve Bank for 19 years. Otherwise, I would not have been able to break through the mid-stage foundation-building realm with a mere mid-grade thunder spirit root qualification for more than 20 years."

Yang Lu immediately complimented: "Master, indeed, has immeasurable merits! But what does this have to do with my golden wheel of merit?"

"The golden wheel of merit is very precious, even the Spirit Stone Reserve Bank is not available to everyone!" Xu Yannan said, pointing to the two merit gold wheels behind him. "If ordinary Spirit Stone Reserve Bank staff do not make any achievements, they will only be able to obtain a merit gold wheel in sixty or seventy years. The reason why I have two merit gold wheels is mainly because I once proposed the concept of [Haiya Comprehensive Price Index], and it has become one of the important economic indicators compiled by the Spirit Stone Reserve Bank."

Yang Lu understood what Xu Yannan meant.

If you want to obtain the merits of the Spirit Stone Reserve Bank, becoming a staff member of the Spirit Stone Reserve Bank is only one aspect.

If the theoretical achievements you found can be applied to the Spirit Stone Reserve Bank in practice, you can also obtain a lot of merit, even much more than the merits accumulated by running errands for the Spirit Stone Reserve Bank!

Although Yang Lu is not a financial official of Lingshi Reserve Bank, he has written articles for Lingshi Reserve Bank.

Thinking of this, Yang Lu couldn't help but ask: "Is it my article "A Brief Analysis of Quantitative Monetary Policy Regulation" that has been adopted by the Lingshi Reserve Bank?"

Xu Yannan touched his chin and said, "Yes. Starting this year, the Spirit Stone Reserve Bank has begun to pilot the principle of "advanced issuance" currency issuance, and no longer set the total amount of spirit stone issuance for the next year in advance. This is likely to be the direct reason for you to obtain the Merit Gold Wheel. If this method can really form a convention, you might be able to accumulate the second Merit Gold Wheel soon!"

Hearing this, Yang Lu finally understood the terror of the Spirit Stone Reserve Bank. There are tens of thousands of cultivators in the entire Haiya area, and there may be only hundreds of cultivators who can have the Golden Wheel of Merit. He just wrote an academic paper for the Spirit Stone Reserve Bank, and he jumped beyond the accumulation of ordinary monks for decades!

Although Yang Lu is only of a low-grade spiritual root qualification, if he has two merit golden wheels and the assistance of Wei Meng, his cultivation speed can even surpass the top-grade spiritual root genius girl Li Qingning!

Yang Lu rubbed his hands and said, "Why would you like to ask Master, can I write a few more working papers for the Lingshi Reserve Bank now?"

"Can you still write a paper of this level?" Seeing Yang Lu treating a high-level paper as a cabbage, Xu Yannan was slightly stunned and smiled bitterly, "But even if you can still write, the Lingshi Reserve Bank will not care about you. President Li's physical condition no longer allows him to continue to preside over the Monetary Policy Committee. It is estimated that the fourth president will take office before the Lingshi Reserve Bank can resume normal work. But by that time, it will be unknown whether anyone has read your paper. After all, not every president is the head of our Golden Dao Sect."

Xu Yannan did not say it clearly, but Yang Lu understood what he meant. The rapid implementation of his academic papers has a lot to do with Li Qingyang's strong support.

If the new president is hostile to the Jindao Sect cultivator, even if Yang Lu's article is written in a scattered manner, it is very likely that he will be deliberately hidden. If the article does not end up, he will not be able to obtain the merits of the way of heaven!

It is precisely because the Spirit Stone Reserve Bank has the invisible power to "distribute merits" that Li Qingyang was able to lead the rise of the entire Golden Sword Sect with his mere early stage Jindan cultivation, and suppress Lin Jianxing, the head of the Wuliang Sword Sect and the mid-stage Yuanying cultivator.

This is the power of the scholars in the world of cultivation!

Now that Li Qingyang was able to implement Yang Lu's theory so quickly, it was obviously not a temporary decision. He should have known the concept of price-based currency quantity regulation in advance, and was ready to implement it at any time. The reason why he has not proposed it for a long time is probably to use this theory to pave the way for Xu Yannan after his death.

Even without Yang Lu, Li Qingyang is likely to bring up this matter at the last monetary policy meeting. But unexpectedly, this advanced monetary policy theory was proposed by Yang Lu through Xu Yannan's channel.

The two sides accidentally cooperated tacitly, but the merits were cheaper than Yang Lu, the pioneer.

After hearing Xu Yannan take the initiative to mention the new president of the Lingshi Reserve Bank, Yang Lu asked: "Are there any consensus within the Wuliang Sword Sect reaching a consensus on the candidate for the new president of the Lingshi Reserve Bank?"

"You're so embarrassed to ask me?" Hearing this question, Xu Yannan's face suddenly changed and he patted the documents in his hand on the table. "Why did Li Qingning meet Fang Jiancai again yesterday? Even if she couldn't see it, can you not see it? Will seeing Fang Jiancai now add much variable to Master's plan?"

Yang Lu was stunned.

Fang Jiancai went to Li Qingning to cultivate the reform of the social security system. What does this have to do with the new president of Lingshi Reserve Bank?

Thinking of this, Yang Lu's mind flashed.

Yang Lu suddenly remembered that he had read an article in the "Cultivation Finance Weekly".

The article mentioned that the concept of a new generation of social security system for cultivation was first proposed by Li Qingyang, the president of Lingshi Reserve Bank, and hoped that the reform would be led by Lingshi Reserve Bank.

However, Lin Jianxing, the head of the Wuliang Sword Sect, forcibly denied the proposal and demanded that the Wuliang Sword Sect lead the matter alone. Because of this, Li Qingyang voluntarily withdrew from the struggle for dominance in the reform of the social security system in Zhongzhou.

From then on, the reform of Zhongzhou's social security system became a factional struggle within the Wuliang Sword Sect.

At that time, Yang Lu was still struggling for food and clothing, and did not intervene in the management of Qingning merchants, so he did not think about this matter carefully. But now, it is very suspicious to think about this proposal in itself.

After all, the Spirit Stone Reserve Bank has too much power and is afraid of Lin Jianxing, the head of the Wuliang Sword Sect. This matter is almost an open secret. Even the mortal drinkers in Haiya City can express a few personal opinions on this.

The Lingshi Reserve Bank has already controlled the massive merits brought by maintaining the financial stability of Jiuzhou. If the Lingshi Reserve Bank is allowed to obtain the merits in the social security field of Zhongzhou, the situation of the Wuliang Sword Sect will undoubtedly be even more embarrassing.

Therefore, Lin Jianxing forcibly rejected Li Qingyang's proposal, which was almost impossible to guess.

With Li Qingyang's political wisdom, it is impossible to imagine this, but Li Qingyang still put forward this proposal. Could it be...

Thinking of this, Yang Lu immediately asked: "Is the new generation of social security system for cultivation itself a bait deliberately thrown out by President Li Qingyang. Its real purpose is to provoke factional struggles within the Wuliang Sword Sect?"

Xu Yannan did not answer this question positively, but said in a deep voice: "The master's time is approaching, and we urgently need to plan a way out for the Jindao Sect and Jiuzhou monetary policy. Although Lin Jianxing, the head of the Wuliang Sword Sect, has a high level of cultivation, he only knows how to practice in seclusion and practice hard. He knows little about sect management and cultivation economics. If he is allowed to control the Lingshi Reserve Bank, the future of Zhongzhou will be worrying!"

This is not the first time that Yang Lu has heard someone express similar concerns. When he first met Han Fulai, Han Fulai also expressed almost the same view.

Han Fulai even specifically mentioned that recently, many large Zhongzhou Chamber of Commerce, including the Luojia Chamber of Commerce, have begun to plan to transfer assets outside Zhongzhou. The Haiya Chamber of Commerce has received several similar requests in succession. This behavior of voting with its feet has fully expressed the distrust of Zhongzhou's cultivation capitalists in the "post-Li Qingyang era".

It is precisely because Lin Jianxing's reputation as "high ambition and unsophisticated talent" is too famous that he has been the head of the Wuliang Sword Sect for so many years, but he can only control a real-powered economic department like the Cultivation Financial Supervision Committee.

Although Xu Yannan did not answer his question head-on, Yang Lu already knew that he had guessed it right this time.

Li Qingyang threw out the new generation of social security system for cultivating the internal struggle of Wuliang Sword Sect. The more intense the internal struggle of Wuliang Sword Sect, the more political chips Li Qingyang has, as an outsider.

Just imagine, if Li Qingning used the new generation of social security system for cultivation as a bargaining chip in exchange for the concessions of Wuliang Sword Sect in the candidate for the new president of the Lingshi Reserve Bank, how would Wuliang Sword Sect react?

From the perspective of the overall interests of the sect, whether it is Lin Jianxing, Mo Yunlan, or Cheng Shuying, whoever gains the dominance of the reform of the new generation of cultivation social security system will not affect the overall interests of the Wuliang Sword Sect. As long as the reform is successful, these merits will definitely fall into the pot of the Wuliang Sword Sect, and the rest is nothing more than internal distribution issues.

However, from the perspective of the personal interests of the three great monks in the Nascent Soul stage, the situation is completely different.

Although this part of the merit belongs to the Wuliang Sword Sect, whoever can obtain the right to distribute merits in the field of social security will gain more followers, enjoy greater voice, and have more resources for practice.

This is like some state-owned enterprises with problems in corporate governance structure. No matter who comes to be the boss, it will have no impact on the company. Even if you are tied to a dog, you can still be the chairman. But who comes to be the boss is of great significance to the boss himself. In order to take the position of the boss, many people even sell out the overall interests of the company.

Just like the boss of a state-owned enterprise cannot represent a state-owned enterprise, Lin Jianxing, the leader of the Wuliang Sword Sect, cannot represent the Wuliang Sword Sect.

People who are addicted to grand narratives always like to abstract a certain organization (country/civilization) into one person, and then the entire society makes decisions like humans, and conducts various reforms or actions for a certain goal, without considering the specific ideas of individuals and members of the organization at all. It seems that these individuals and members are just NPCs.

But human desires are endless, and no organization can satisfy all the desires of individuals within it. Therefore, the most core contradiction in human society is precisely the contradiction between personal interests and collective interests. Collective decisions that do not take into account personal interests will inevitably suffer the strongest backlash. The fierce internal struggles of the top leaders of the Wuliang Sword Sect are the most typical examples.

Faced with the powerful pressure of the Wuliang Sword Sect, Li Qingyang just threw out a painting cake, which made the top leaders of the Wuliang Sword Sect a mess, fully reflecting the political wisdom of the old president.

In order to win the support of the Lingshi Reserve Bank, the Wuliang Sword Sect boss will definitely show kindness to Li Qingyang, and the bargaining chips Li Qingyang wants are also on the table, that is, the nomination right of the next Lingshi Reserve Bank president!

Under such circumstances, Li Qingning asked Fang Jiancai to cooperate, which was undoubtedly causing trouble for Li Qingyang's plan.

Li Qingyang was able to have a transcendent position because of his relatively neutral identity. If Li Qingning and Fang Jiancai were hooked up, it would definitely make people interested in speculating on Li Qingyang's tendency.

Since Miss Li has taken the blame for her internal skills and mental methods, Yang Lu really can't bear to let her reputation continue to be killed.

Thinking of this, he did not make any excuses, but admitted his mistake calmly: "It is true that the disciples are not considerate well. I promise to handle this matter properly and will never cause any more serious consequences."
Chapter completed!