The years when I explored the fairyland.

Chapter 235 Chapter 232: Sect Construction (asking for monthly ticket)

Chu Zhou has always had a clear idea of ​​what Xuanzhen Temple is. It is an immortal sect hidden in the mountains, living in seclusion, traveling high and low, seeking the great way of heaven and earth, and living a life as long as the sky.

Before, when Overlord Xiong Kuohai came to visit, he had asked how Xuanzhen Temple would deal with the conflict with Overlord Sect?

Chu Zhou once replied that mortals could not provide the resources that Xuanzhen Temple wanted, so they would not occupy an inch of land outside Tianquan County.

Chu Zhou didn't know whether Xiong Kuohai believed it or not, but what he said was indeed what he thought in his heart.

An immortal sect should have the demeanor of an immortal sect and be above the mundane world, isn't that what it should be?

Of course, if you must mention that before, Xuanzhen Temple mingled with the underworld and fought against a group of warriors, that was just the situation and there was nothing they could do about it.

However, now, Chu Zhou wanted to use this battle as an opportunity to use the mountain protection formation to make a cut, so that Xuanzhen Temple could break away from the mess of the martial arts world and become independent.

In Chu Zhou's plan, the four auxiliary cultivations of elixir, weapons, talismans and arrays are the foundation, and then he will venture into the two major areas of spiritual plants and taming beasts, and gradually he will be able to develop in an all-round way.

As long as we don't stop moving forward, one day, Xuanzhen Temple will become the strongest in this world!
Of course, what about completely severing ties with the martial arts sect in a short period of time?

That's also impossible!
But what Chu Zhou thought was that in future contacts, he would maintain a high profile and be driven by interests.

Chu Zhou put forward all his thoughts, and Fan Zhong and Wei Jinkui were speechless. No, it was not just that they were speechless, but the more they thought about it, the more excited they became.

The Xiandao sect is so proud that they feel it's a loss of face to hang out with a group of warriors every day.

They would be happy to take advantage of the opportunity to establish the reputation of the Immortal Sect.

Of course, the questions they raise also exist objectively!

With the mountain protection formation in place, it was inconvenient to enter and exit. The eating, drinking, defecating and urinating of nearly two thousand people inside and outside the sect, the subsequent construction of Xuanzhen Temple, and the visitors from various sects all became a problem.

But there is a saying that goes, if you encounter mountains, you have to cut a path through them; if you encounter rivers, you have to build bridges over them. If these problems are solved one by one, there will be no problem in the end.

However, Chu Zhou still waited until Xu Cheng and the other three came out of retreat before calling together Taoist Qingjing, Hao Songqing, Wei Jinkui, Fan Zhong, Zhongli Linghui and Feng Yan, and held a closed-door meeting of the Xuanzhen Temple's top leaders.

The core of this meeting was naturally the future of Xuanzhen Temple, and Chu Zhou's proposal was agreed by everyone.

Although Chu Zhou usually behaves like a wise leader and is willing to listen to everyone's opinions, in fact, everyone is extremely convinced of him.

The development of Xuanzhen Temple to its present state was almost entirely single-handedly led by him, and he has never made any mistakes in the general direction.

The main topic everyone discussed was, if Xuanzhen Temple really wanted to take the "high-end route", how to deal with various subsequent matters?
This seems simple, but in fact it involves many aspects.

Such as system adjustments, internal planning and construction, subsequent personnel recruitment and training, and a clearer promotion system.

As for external affairs, there are also matters such as the handling of the original industries, personnel transfers, the management of Tianquan County, the attitude towards the major sects, the establishment of intelligence networks, etc.

A change in the general direction means adjustments in all aspects, which will have far-reaching impacts, possibly even hundreds of years into the future, so we must be extremely cautious!
Chu Zhou didn't think anything of it at first, but as he listened, he understood that this was clearly planning the foundation for the sect.

Then, after discussions among everyone, policies began to emerge.

For example, in the subsequent construction of Xuanzhen Temple, on the one hand, the construction plan put forward by the prefect Ji Mingqian is no longer suitable for the current situation.

On the other hand, the speed of mortal craftsmen is too slow.

Therefore, Hao Songqing’s suggestion was that Xuanzhen Temple could establish a special construction department.

In the early stage, you can hire some powerful mortal craftsmen, and in the later stage, you can focus on training architectural masters and formation masters for Xuanzhen Temple.

From then on, he was responsible for the design and construction of Xuanzhen Temple. Every year, funds were allocated from the temple, and tasks were issued in the main hall so that outer disciples could receive them and participate in the construction.

The outer disciples of Xuanzhen Temple are all accomplished in physical training and have immense strength. They are very good and quick at doing strenuous work such as construction, so they are very suitable for it.

Similarly, the contribution points distributed through tasks can also be exchanged for elixirs, food ingredients, and even spells needed for cultivation, which can speed up their growth.

In fact, it’s not that these mysterious and true things cannot be given, but people are very strange. They will always cherish what they have worked hard to obtain.

On the contrary, people look down on things because they are free.

Therefore, Xuanzhen Temple teaches basic knowledge, but higher-level knowledge requires money, and a lot of money at that.

In addition, the four major halls of 'Dan Qi Fu Zhen' should also be established.

Chu Zhou had planned this matter a long time ago, and had made arrangements intermittently. For example, Xu Cheng and the other three had each chosen a secondary method of cultivation.

But as for the results, there have not been many.

Today, Xuanzhen Temple can finally have some peace and stability, and these things are worth spending a lot of effort to study.

In fact, the Alchemy Hall has already achieved some results. After Taoist Qingjing obtained the alchemy furnace and "Basics of Alchemy", he studied day and night and finally refined the first furnace of Qi-nourishing Pills.

Although it is much worse than what is recorded in "The Fundamentals of Alchemy", there is not even a single elixir pattern on it and there is a lot of elixir poison inside, but it is the first step.

Once you take the first step, there will be the second step, the third step, the fourth step...

In fact, it's quite significant.

Because, although those youngsters are fine, Taoist Qingjing, Zhongli Linghui, and Feng Yan are all quite old. Without the help of elixirs, it would be extremely difficult for them to enter the foundation-building stage.

However, compared with the achievements of the Alchemy Hall, the other three halls have not even entered the door.

It is indeed not an easy thing to take a minor. It has a complete system in itself and requires a long period of study and exploration to achieve something.

Before, there were so many things to do and all kinds of situations happened one after another. There was rarely any peace and stability. I didn’t even have enough time to practice, so naturally I had no energy to focus on other things.

But this time, Chu Zhou clearly let Yi Huai lead the Equipment Refining Hall, Fan Tiehu lead the Formation Hall, and Wei Fangjie lead the Talisman Hall.

As for Dan Hall, Chu Zhou handed it over to Taoist Qingjing. He did a very good job and there was no need for Xu Cheng to be the nominal head of the hall.

Don’t think this is nothing. With them taking the lead, plus the large amount of contribution points provided by the sect, all the disciples will be eager to get in.

Xuanzhen Temple is promoting the basic knowledge of "Danqi Fuzhen" to the inner disciples appropriately.

Give disciples the opportunity to contact, learn and try, so as to screen out those who are talented and interested, thus accelerating their growth.

Chu Zhou certainly had hopes. If he could select one or two talented auxiliary scholars, Xuanzhen Temple would make a fortune.

It is worth mentioning that Taoist Qingjing also made a suggestion.

Although most sects in the world focus on martial arts, there are also sects that practice esoteric arts, such as the Yi Ren League and the Chaotian Temple where Taoist Qingjing was born.

Although these sects are relatively weak, their secret techniques are almost all inherited from ancient immortals, and many of them are good at refining weapons, talismans, and formations.

If you ask how much they have achieved, perhaps not much, after all, the heritage is already incomplete, but after decades or even hundreds of years of research, their knowledge and hands-on ability are still impressive.

If we give them the Qi training method and the complete inheritance, who knows, it might bring surprises!

This proposal was of course very good, and Chu Zhou also approved it.

However, it is not an easy task to find these people and to pick out capable ones from a group of unqualified people.

After discussion, the matter was handed over to Wei Jinkui, Zhongli Linghui and Feng Yan, and they were asked to mobilize channels to make the selection.

But there is no rush. If you can find one, then find it. If you can’t, then forget it. It’s better to have nothing than to have something less than what is needed.

In addition, there is the problem of food and drink in Xuanzhen Temple. Together with the slaves and servants, the daily consumption of nearly three thousand people is an extremely exaggerated number.

What's more, a group of young people who practice martial arts not only need to eat well, but also need to eat enough.

That is to say, Xuanzhen Temple is already the largest grain merchant in Tianquan County, otherwise it is hard to say whether it can sustain it. There is no shortage of grain for the time being, but the problem is transportation. The solution is also simple, just take out the two storage bags.

Every once in a while, Fan Zhong would go out to buy things, put them into his storage bag, and then carry them into Xuanzhen Temple, saving the trouble of transporting them with a large group of people.

However, this is only a temporary solution.

In addition to the four major halls of "Danqi Fuzhen", Chu Zhou also built the Lingzhi Hall and the Yushou Peak. One is dedicated to growing various types of spiritual rice to complete the food upgrade of Xuanzhen Temple.

Another option is to raise some spiritual poultry and livestock at this stage to supplement meat.

Not to mention the immortal sects, almost all the big sects in this world will tame spirit beasts to add some spiritual flesh and blood to their own sects.

For the martial arts performance and preaching conference, Chu Zhou specifically requested some spiritual birds from some powerful sects. In the past, it was hard to say whether they would honestly offer them.

But now, Chu Zhou felt that they would only send the best and healthiest ones.

Of course, for this reason, Chu Zhou once again entered the Reception Hall, exchanged for a course on "Basics of Beast Taming", and handed it over to Xu Cheng.

That’s right, Xu Cheng took over the management of the Beast Taming Peak, while the Spiritual Planting Hall was taken over by Chu Zhou himself.

So far, the Alchemy Hall, Equipment Refining Hall, Array Hall, Talisman Hall, Beast Taming Peak, Spirit Planting Hall, and Construction Department,

In addition to the previously existing Mission Hall, Discipline Department, Skill Transmission Hall, and Foreign Affairs Hall, there are a total of eleven halls, which almost make up for the current needs of Xuanzhen Temple.

Perhaps, if the sect grows stronger in the future, it will have to continue expanding, but for now, it is enough.

After all the policies were decided, various tasks were posted in the task hall, and each one offered extremely considerable contribution points to the sect.

You must know that since the opening of the Mission Hall, there have not been many missions posted, and they are all outside the Xuanzhen Temple, which is full of dangers.

Even if they could receive it, only the best inner disciples were eligible.

It's not like this time, where most of the work was done inside the mountain protection formation, such as digging holes for spiritual fields, weeding wasteland, and building houses.

One hardly leaves the range covered by the mountain protection formation, which not only ensures safety but also does not interfere with daily practice and study.

As soon as the mission was posted, it was snapped up. All the disciples of Xuanzhen Temple were full of enthusiasm and started the vigorous sect construction plan like animals.

Thus, one could see with the naked eye that pieces of fertile land were being opened up, and when the planting season came, the spiritual seeds that Chu Zhou had purchased were also sown.

There are also many hilltops that have been tidied up. Apart from the Dan Hall, the previous Alchemy Peak is still the main one. Many medicine fields have been opened up around it to grow some precious medicinal materials.

Another hilltop was also cleared, specially chosen by Chu Zhou to temporarily serve as the base camp for the Equipment Refining Hall.

To be precise, the weapon refining hall needs to attract underground fire, preferably in a place like a dormant volcano, and then reinforce it with formations.

But the current Xuanzhen Temple does not have the conditions, so it can only use the spiritual nodes as fuel and the furnace fire to forge.

As I said, the local remedy is a little worse, but it is better than nothing.

As for the Talisman Hall and the Formation Hall, there is no need to be so troublesome. You can just build a hill, erect a palace or pavilion, and practice inside.

Of course, Chu Zhou was not idle either. He started running around, doing the post-debugging and maintenance for the 'Seal the Sky and Lock the Earth' mountain protection formation.

Once the formation is completed, it will be much more troublesome to make any changes. So, since he is not in a hurry this time, he can take it slowly and try it bit by bit.

The only consequence is that every time you try, the earth dragon turning over is inevitable.

The mountains were shaking and roaring. Even though there was fog covering the sound, it could be heard in Baisha City, attracting the attention of countless warriors.

It is worth mentioning that this time, after careful consideration, Chu Zhou made large-scale adjustments.

For example, redefining the direction of the spiritual vein, moving the core of the formation deeper into the Red Dragon Mountains, covering dozens more mountaintops and covering an area of ​​hundreds of miles.

Another example is to reduce the defensive effectiveness of the formation to a minimum, maintain a low energy consumption state, but strengthen the external maze.

In this way, the minimum loss of energy is ensured while safety is enhanced.

Chu Zhou also made more than 20 travel tokens, which could ensure his passage through the maze, but he had to register and collect them every time he entered or exited.

Another thing is that the fog effect at the mountain gate was weakened, revealing the outline of the mountain gate, and a bronze bell was hung there.

If someone really wants to pay homage to the mountain and rings the bronze bell, and Xuanzhen Temple is willing to receive him, someone will lead him in.

This time, Chu Zhou initially wanted to make some minor adjustments, but later on, there were more and more changes.

It was also because I was too hasty before, and I didn't think through many things when I was arranging them. I did it in a hurry, and as a result, I had to spend more time on adjustments.

In the blink of an eye, six months had passed. After finishing his work, Chu Zhou stood in mid-air, riding the wind, and looked around.

At this moment, the entire Xuanzhen Temple covers an area of ​​more than a hundred miles, and as many as thirty-two mountain peaks are covered within it.

Among the hidden mountains, palaces are rising from the ground, some have been completed and some are still under construction.

The palaces are connected by bluestone roads.

On both sides, there are spiritual fields that have been opened up, planted with various spiritual grains, spiritual rice, and even various medicinal herbs.

There are also small rivers running through the mountains, along the winding paths, and disappearing at the end of the sight.

Of course, less than half of the vast territory has been opened up. To the northwest, there are still large tracts of barren and dense forests waiting to be developed.

However, there are only so many people in Xuanzhen Temple now, and the area it occupies is too large, so it is troublesome to travel back and forth.

Therefore, that piece of land was reserved for the future expansion of Xuanzhen Temple, and there are various plans for it.

Blinking, Chu Zhou looked towards the martial arts arena again.

There, there were disciples performing martial arts, showing their domineering form. Their punches and kicks stirred up the wind and clouds with terrifying momentum.

But more often, there were disciples chanting something, or spitting out flames, or summoning wind blades, or shooting out a stream of water, or erecting a wall of earth, or throwing out golden light to destroy evil...

After practicing till now, many inner disciples of Xuanzhen Temple finally mastered magic. Whenever they used it, they could attract everyone's attention, causing exclamations and cheers.

When magic becomes popular, the methods used by warriors are no longer so popular.

Chu Zhou looked at it, and a smile appeared on his face.

He just had a feeling that after all his hard work, the immortal sect he founded was finally taking shape.

"Guanzhu, Guanzhu..."

A call came, and it was Wei Jinkui who was flying up slowly on a white cloud. Before he got close, a look of embarrassment appeared on his face.

Chu Zhou rubbed his brows and asked, "What happened again?"

"It's the same thing. More and more sects have gathered in Baisha City. They neither leave nor cause trouble. They just hand in visiting cards every day and besiege me in various ways.

I don’t even dare to go out shopping now.”

After a pause, he continued, "How about you, Master, come and see him?"

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