Not a god

Chapter 134 Three Major Guilds
After the leaders come here to cut the ribbon, they have to go somewhere else to cut the ribbon.

After all, in addition to the Jiangda Alliance, there are two other guilds that have also taken on the Dream Monitoring Tower project, but the bulk of the project lies with them.

Chen Xi asked Gu Nanzhi to book a restaurant. Tonight she and Situ would go with him to have dinner with the leader and people from two other guilds.

He looked around and saw that the guild's 'big boss' didn't show up. Did this junior sister really become a hands-off boss?

"Where's Su Jiuer?"

Gu Nanzhi replied, "There seemed to be an evil spirit in Jiangping County the day before yesterday. She went there with the people from the Mu Shou Division and has not returned yet."

"This person..." Chen Xi was also speechless.

It was only a little after two in the afternoon and it was still early for dinner. He had nothing else to do here, so he went back to school.

I worked for my supervisor for a while, helping to revise the first drafts of several graduates in his batch.

Several students were from the same department as Chen Xi but in different majors, and they had met each other several times during large classes.

In fact, there is nothing to change, just some formatting issues. Chen Xi learned from his seniors from the previous class that when it comes to the defense, the teachers will basically only pick on formatting issues.

However, Chen Xi suggested that they could reveal some flaws and wait for the defense teachers to point them out.

Just some crooked ways.

Usually when Chen Xi comes back to school, he usually goes to play ball with his classmates in the physical education department. Today, when they made an appointment to play ball, Fatty Zhen showed up in a proud manner.

"Old Chen, Old Chen, I have also awakened my destiny now!"

Fatty Zhen looked extremely proud: "I have now awakened the Fire-burning Fate. I can burn fire. Isn't that awesome?"

Even though the game has been out for four months, less than 10% of people have awakened their destiny.

Among the several buddies who played basketball together, only one awakened the destiny of moving mountains and joined the Jiangda Alliance.

When surfing the Internet, bloggers who post videos like [I won’t be the last one to awaken, right? I got a very rare destiny. Let’s see what I can do] are still one of the fastest ways to create an account.

Although we usually scroll through TikTok and seem to be accustomed to seeing those fancy people with destiny on the Internet, the Internet is still far away. If a friend in real life awakens his destiny, it is still a hotly discussed topic.

Hearing this, the other people on the court all said, “Really, Fatty? Show it off!”

"Wait!"

Chen Xi was also watching from the side.

Zhen Wen stuck out his buttocks, bent his waist, took a horse stance, shouted loudly, and waved his hands forward. His forearms actually burst into flames, which looked extremely intimidating.

"How's it going? Are you handsome?"

The firework in his hand continued to burn, and the scorching heat could be felt even from a few meters away, but the fat man was on fire yet he looked as if nothing had happened.

"Damn, you're so handsome, Fatty!"

"You've become a master!"

The fat man was very proud of himself, and performed a set of unknown boxing techniques on the spot. It looked strange, but combined with the blazing fireworks on his arms, he looked very powerful.

Qi cultivation is divided into three categories: control, body, and path, but this division is artificial, and only indicates which path this destiny order is more suitable for.

Even if you are a Qi practitioner, you can say that you want to delve into the methods of spiritual practice, but if you don't have the talent, it would take ten years of hard work to catch up with others who have practiced spiritual practice for half a month, which is unnecessary.

Chen Xi saw that this fat guy should be able to choose between the two paths of defense cultivation and physical cultivation. It just depends on which one he chooses.

"I'm awesome!"

"Isn't it hot?"

"Wait a minute, Fatty. I'm going to post this on WeChat Moments!"

A few brothers who were playing basketball blew the ball hard, which gave enough emotional value.

Fatty Zhen is also a person who shines brightly when given a little sunshine, and looks very proud when he smiles.

"How about this pose?"

"Handsome, handsome, handsome!"

People from the nearby basketball courts also looked over, and they all knew that it was the man of destiny showing off his super powers.

Many people looked at him with envy.

The fire on Zhen Wen's hand burned for about a minute before it went out.

The brother next to him asked, "How did the fire go out?"

"This is not a new awakening, the spiritual power is not enough."

Zhen Wen looked exhausted because of the exhaustion of spiritual energy, but he immediately became energetic: "Wait for me to kill a few evil corpses, refine some evil spirits to increase my strength, and let my whole body burn. Ben10 has seen it, right? Then buddy will directly cosplay as Flame Man!"

"Then you have to lose weight first!"

"roll roll roll!"

Zhen Wen raised an eyebrow at Chen Xi and said rather cockily, "How about it, Old Chen? Yesterday I formed a wild team with others in the game and killed a black bird demon. I have some experience. Do you want me to form a team and guide you?"

The buddy next to him laughed at him: "Come on, Lao Chen is the leader of the Jiangda Alliance. Any of his younger brothers are masters of masters. How can they be interested in your mediocre skills?"

"Oh, yes!"

The fat man sighed and said, "The Jiangda Alliance has been gaining momentum recently. Old Chen and we are no longer in the same class."

The buddy who had awakened the Mountain Moving Fate and joined the Jiangda Alliance said, "That's right. Old Chen's prestige in the guild is terrifyingly high now. You must have heard of Gu Nanzhi, a great master of the second-level monarch's fate, who was able to subdue him."

Chen Xi denied it angrily: "Don't talk nonsense, what kind of leader is this? I'm just an employee. You can come anytime if you want to join us."

"Let's just forget it."

"We'll talk about it when you awaken your destiny."

Now, you don’t have to be a person of destiny to join the Jiangda Alliance, but if you enter as an ordinary person, they all find it boring.

Moreover, for ordinary people like them, if they want to join the Jiangda Alliance, it is just like submitting a resume to a company, which is equivalent to finding a job.

As for relying on Chen Xi's friendship to ask Director Chen to open a back door or something, we are all young and cannot bring ourselves to ask for it.

In fact, Fatty Zhen also thought about joining the Jiangda Alliance, but he had prepared for the national exam before, and later felt that he had not reviewed well and did not dare to apply, and finally applied for Guoan.

Many old systems are being reformed now, especially the law enforcement departments. Chen Xi looked at him and said, "Fatty, you should be transferred to the Pastoral Department, right?"

"Hard to say."

Zhen Wen shot a three-pointer, and said crookedly, "I heard that the other fates in the Mushou Division will be excluded by the Mushou Fate."

"Isn't it?"

"I don't know. I just heard it from others."

"Fatty, if you really get into the Mushou Division, I'll be able to brag loudly!"

A few people started flattering the fat guy again, making him totally speechless. There was even a female classmate who had just seen the fat guy playing with fire on the court and thought it was so cool that she came over and added him on WeChat.

Chen Xi wanted to laugh when he saw Zhen Wen using his phone to add WeChat. The guys beside him were so angry that their back teeth were broken. They almost beat their chests and stamped their feet, regretting that they were not the ones who awakened their destiny.

In the evening, Chen Xi took Gu Nanzhi and Situ to a famous private restaurant.

Also present were several people from the Mussorial Office and people from several other large guilds in Jiangcheng.

After the fall of the Lin family, several major guilds quickly divided up the property. The Jiangda Alliance made the most of the profits, and the other two guilds also received a lot of profits. Now the three largest guilds in Jiangcheng are [Jiangda Alliance], [Tianfu], and [Minjiang People].

Apart from the Jiangda Alliance, the other two guilds are all very powerful.

Behind [Minjiang people] is a large chamber of commerce with a long history in Jiangcheng, the Minjiang Chamber of Commerce.

This Chamber of Commerce is very famous in Shu. In the old days, it monopolized the channel for Sichuan salt to enter Guizhou, opened up the southern line of the ancient Tea-Horse Road, escorted tributes from the chieftains of Yunnan and Guizhou, and even formed the "Sichuan River Flying Raft Gang" during the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty to control the water transportation in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

The Minjiang Chamber of Commerce has always been jointly controlled by several families, with three halls and six pillars set up within it. They are also the people of destiny in the old times, but unlike the Lin family, they are not the ones whose inheritance has never been interrupted. During the thousands of years of history, they are sometimes like pure trading companies, and sometimes like the hidden gangs in martial arts novels.

This guild represents the old money in Jiangcheng.

Their leader is called Song Tiehan, who looks to be in his thirties. He is a man of destiny from the old times, ranked 78th in "Investiture of the Gods" and a second-class master of the king's destiny.

He is polite and low-key, smiling and nodding to everyone, a modest gentleman, but he coughs all the time and looks a little weak.

He brought two young people in their twenties, a man and a woman, both of whom were second-level monarch-level masters.

Behind another guild [Tianfu] is an organization called [Qingcheng Xuanzhen Society].

This [Qingcheng Xuanzhen Society] has a great origin and is related to several Taoist temples in Sichuan and Shu, and can be traced back to the Tang and Song dynasties.

Thousands of years ago, the Taoist disciples in Sichuan and Shu spontaneously organized such an association in order to facilitate mutual communication and discussion of Taoism.

At first, it was a bit like facilitating regular contacts and exchanges among the younger generations, but later on it really allowed them to come up with some tricks.

In the Tang Dynasty, it formed an alliance with the Emei Sword School and formed the tradition of "cultivating both Taoism and swordsmanship". In the Song Dynasty, it absorbed the witchcraft of the Qiang people in western Sichuan and created the "Nuo mask exorcism" ritual. In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, in order to avoid war, some Taoists hid among the people and established the "Anxiangtang" intelligence network.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, some Taoist priests of this association operated under the name of "Folk Culture Research Association" and secretly guarded the Feng Shui dragon veins in western Sichuan... Chen Xi felt that this was a bit far-fetched. It was the Dharma Ending Age, so where did the Feng Shui dragon veins come from?
But who can blame them for having such a long history? If they say there is one, then there is one.

However, those were all things of the old times. Over the past few decades, the [Qingcheng Xuanzhen Society] has actually faded out of history and was gradually replaced by the officially certified Tianfu Taoist Association. But now, with the revival of spiritual energy, this faded organization has been reactivated by the Tianfu Province Xuanmen and a guild called [Tianfu] has been established.

Therefore, behind this [Tianfu], it symbolizes the Xuanmen power of the entire Sichuan and Shu, and all the Xuanmen in the world are one family. Now on the "Investiture of the Gods", Xuanmen masters occupy many seats, and the first place on the Investiture of the Gods is the old Heavenly Master of Longhu Mountain.

Three Taoist priests also came from [Tianfu]. The leader was a fat and kind-hearted man with a festive look. He was in his early forties and was ranked 47th in "Investiture of the Gods". Those ahead of him were all old Taoist priests of the third rank.

He is what is called on the Internet, the third-level goalkeeper, Taoist Xuanji.

Taoist Priest Xuanji was followed by two young Taoists, one male and one female. Both of them were second-level masters who were on the list of top masters. Chen Xi heard the male calling the female "senior sister" in a rather intimate tone.

They look like a perfect match, a fairy couple. The girl has a generous personality and the boy is modest and polite.

Next to Chen Xi, Situ quietly asked Gu Nanzhi, "Brother Chen, what's wrong with you? You're not talking to anyone or playing with your phone. You're just staring at the teacup."

"Listening to gossip?"

"..."

He looked back at the two of them and frowned slightly.

The two of them immediately looked at each other and felt that these chopsticks were really good.

Chen Xi whispered to them, "Be alert and don't lose face. Don't be complacent just because you have broken through to the second level. See? These people at the dinner table are all your seniors."

He paused and asked, "You still can't get in touch with Su Jiuer?"

Gu Nanzhi nodded: "He's out of service area, and the call didn't go through. I guess he went to some mountain village to be a hero again."

"..."

On the other hand, the Jiangda Alliance is much weaker than these two guilds in some aspects.

Although the Jiangda Alliance has been very powerful these days and everything is thriving, its foundation is still far behind those two, and the number of experts is far less.

However, there is no need to compete with others, as we are not enemies.

Moreover, the three major guilds have different focuses.

[Jiangda Alliance] tends to industrialize and commercialize the creations of the Tianmingren system, and strives to use the new era Tianmingren's "scientific research results" to upgrade and transform existing industries.

[Tianfu] has a serious Taoist background and currently cooperates more with the Mu Shou Division. Most of the Taoists come down the mountain to assist the Mu Shou Division in eliminating demons and defending Taoism.

What does the remaining [Minjiang People] Guild belong to?

They are already a big local chamber of commerce with many businesses. Your "Destiny Man" looks like a hot emerging industry, so why not get involved?

The Minjiang Chamber of Commerce established [Minjiang People] more to prevent itself from being eliminated in the new era. However, after all, it is an old force and can do things in a decent manner.

Several senior leaders who were rather serious during the day became much more casual at the dinner table, acting like old neighbors chatting casually about family matters.

But even if the leader asks you to be casual, you certainly can't really be casual, so the situation is still somewhat stiff.

“I see a lot of young people here today…”

"Safety is the eternal theme and our eternal pursuit..."

"Xiao Chen got married at such a young age? He already has a child..."

The leader has a problem with his speech, which is that his thoughts are too divergent. He talks about one thing now and another, making it difficult for people to tell what he really wants to talk about.

In other words, big bosses only touch upon the surface of any topic and are unwilling to go too deep into any subject.

But everyone at the dinner table was very good at responding to conversations, especially the Taoist Priest Xuanji, who was like a supporting actor and could respond to any conversation.

Chen Xi just ate his food in silence. If the topic came up with their Jiangda Alliance, he would say a few words, but he would remain silent if it was irrelevant.

He vaguely felt that this big leader had something to say today.

Finally, the dishes were almost served and a few drinks were consumed. The leader suddenly changed the subject and talked about education. Chen Xi then understood what mission the leader came with today.

The government wants to establish a school for the people of destiny.

However, building Tianmingren Academy right from the start is too big a step and difficult to implement.

The current official plan is to expand the enrollment of colleges and universities at their original scale and start the "Special Enrollment of Destiny" plan.

It's easy to talk to students, but we are short of teachers, so we want people from the three major guilds.

They said they hoped the three major guilds would send people, but in fact it had nothing to do with the [Jiangda Alliance].

After all, there are no experts on their side.
There are a total of four second-level monarchs. Leader, you have seen it. They have only been practicing for a few months. They don’t know anything about practice. They rely entirely on talent. How can they teach others?

Therefore, today, the top leaders hope that people like [Tianfu] and [Minjiang people], who have inherited the destiny of the old times, will support the official actions.

"It seems that there are quite a few people who are setting up training courses for people with destiny. I saw them and they are full of smoke and dust."

"But education must be done, and it must be done well."

"We still need you professionals to discuss how to do this."

(End of this chapter)