Chapter 9 The elders perform duties and rent Lingshan
In the evening, Li Qing came to the front of the Li family ancestral hall in a leisurely manner.
There is a three-story high platform built on the left side of the ancestral hall. There is a purple jade futon on the top floor, which is the seat of the clan leader.
The middle floor is the seat of the elders. There were originally three sapphire futons, but one was added today.
On the third floor, there are twenty-seven yellow jade futons, which are the seventh level and above of Qi refining in the clan, which is also the area where the monks sit in the later stage of Qi refining.
At this time, there were two to three hundred people surrounding the high platform. Except for those who were away from home, everyone else had already taken their seats in the late stage of Qi Refining.
"Aqing, the mandarin fruits I grow at home always fall off before they are ripe. You have time, can you help me take a look?"
"Okay, let's do it tomorrow. "
"Brother Qing, I'm going to explore the secrets of Xuefeng Lake. Do you have any water-repelling pills?"
"But you can prepare this quickly. I will open the furnace on site and make a bottle for you.”
"Uncle Qing, my predecessor got a Pure Heart Grass, and I would like to ask you to make a furnace of Barrier-Breaking Pills."
"There are many auxiliary medicines for the Barrier-Breaking Pills. I will make an order for you, and prepare them first. Let’s talk together.”
Li Qing chatted with them casually for a while.
Not long after, the patriarch Li Hui and three elders also came to the ancestral hall, separated the crowd and sat on the futon on the high platform.
After Li Hui sat down and looked around, the originally noisy environment suddenly became quiet. He pointed to the empty futon in the middle: "Aqing, sit on it!"
Li Qing responded with a yes, used the wind control technique, and sat down on the empty sapphire futon.
Li Hui got straight to the point: "I, Li Qing, the twenty-third generation descendant of the Li family, have cultivated to the ninth level of Qi Refining. As a rule, I am the elder of the family, ranking fourth according to seniority."
It has been several years since Li Qing was promoted to the ninth level of Qi Refining. The others had been prepared and had no objections, so they all bowed: "Meet the four elders."
Li Qing bowed and returned the gift: "Thanks to the family for cultivating me. , I can achieve today’s achievements. In the future, I will fulfill my duties and do my best for the family!”
After all, the Li family is just a small Qi-refining family, with few red tapes and no sense of ceremony. With just a few words, Li Qing's inauguration ceremony was over.
Li Hui asked again: "Fourth Elder, do you have any ideas about your duties?"
Li Qing said with a smile: "Everything will be subject to the family's arrangements."
Li Hui nodded with satisfaction. : "The three elders and I have discussed before that you will serve as the elder to teach the merits. I wonder what you think?"
Li Qing had already been mentally prepared: "Just follow the four elders, I have no idea. Objection. "
"Fourth Elder, since you assume the role of the elder, you will spend more time teaching the family's children." The elder Li Yao smiled and handed over to him.
The third elder, Li Ye, signaled to the disciples present: "The fourth elder is very knowledgeable in planting spiritual plants and refining alchemy. If you want to delve into the skills of a spiritual planter and alchemist, you should ask him for more advice."
< br>The disciples present naturally all responded.
After discussing Li Qing's duties, everyone present began to discuss other matters.
The Li family's affairs are relatively open-minded, ordinary children can make suggestions, monks in the late stage of Qi Refining can vote on the matters discussed, and the patriarch and elders have veto power.
However, most of the disciples knew what was going on, and generally only listened but did not speak. Those who really spoke were the backbone of the late Qi refining stage.
Li Qing had previously been focused on building the foundation and paid little attention to family affairs. For the first time, he seriously participated in the discussion and felt that there were so many things to worry about. Li Zhe succeeded in building the foundation, and held a small banquet in Yanling Valley half a month later. His family came to congratulate him. What kind of gift should he give?
In the past, there was an open and secret fight with the Zhang and Chen families, and the revenue of Qinghegufang Market dropped sharply. How to recover the losses?
The Great Zhou Kingdom is at war with the neighboring Kingdom of Great Lecture, and a group of monks in the late stage of Qi Refining are to be dispatched to join the war. Who will be assigned?
Everything is difficult to handle.
But these have little to do with Li Qing. Most of the people in his lineage are mortals, and he and Li Wei are the only ones who have embarked on the path of cultivation.
They can’t get too much of a share in the distribution of benefits. It was not his turn, the alchemist, and Li Wei, the little rookie, to fight with the army.
Therefore, when making decisions, he always followed the clan leader closely, expressed his position in accordance with the crowd, and then it was done.
After deliberation for an hour, the urgent matters were settled down, and some long-standing and difficult issues were shelved for dispute. The discussion was considered to have come to an end.
Li Hui was about to end the meeting when a messenger talisman flew in from outside the family residence and fell into his hand.
Li Hui looked at it with his spiritual consciousness, and his face was filled with joy: "What a happy event! Sure enough, there is someone in the Sect who is good at practicing!"
When Li Yao heard what he said, he knew that it was Li Zhe who was sending the message. He quickly asked: "I wonder where the joy comes from?"
Li Hui smiled and said: "Just now Zhe'er sent a message saying that Yanling Valley intends to rent out several spiritual mountains by Xuefeng Lake to plant spiritual spirits for us Qi Refining families. Plant. "
Xuefeng Lake is located near Qinghe Valley. It is the largest lake in Qingzhou. It is said that there is a third-order spiritual vein underneath, and spiritual energy is flowing out all year round.
Several large forces such as the Great Zhou Dynasty, Tanyuan Immortal City, Yanling Valley, etc. all have enclosures around Xuefeng Lake.
Although the several hills occupied by Yanling Valley have no spiritual veins and are inconvenient to open caves, they are more than enough for growing spiritual rice and elixirs.
The second elder Li Fang asked: "I wonder how much rent Yanling Valley charges?"
"We only charge ten low-grade spiritual stones per mu per year." Li Hui stroked his beard and said slightly There was hesitation, "It's just that the whole mountain must be used as a unit, and ten years of rent must be paid in full first."
Low-grade spiritual stones are mainly circulated among monks in the Qi refining period, and there are also medium-grade spiritual stones on them. , top-grade spiritual stones, and top-grade spiritual stones are all monetary units regulated by Emperor Yuan.
Through the transformation technique, natural spiritual stones can be refined into cubes with constant spiritual energy content at a very small cost. It is simple to make and easy to identify.
"This rent is quite profitable." Li Fang frowned slightly, "But the rent is worth a mountain. With the family's financial resources, I'm afraid it will empty out the entire family."
He is in charge of the warehouse and is very responsible for the family. The resources are well known. It cost a lot of money to give Li Zhe a genuine foundation-building pill, and he didn't get relief for more than ten years.
Xuefeng Lake is a hilltop, covering at least one hundred acres, and the rent for ten years is more than 10,000 low-grade spiritual stones. If he really wants to spend such a large amount of spiritual stones, the entire clan will have to tighten their belts.
“But for the sake of the family’s development, it’s impossible not to rent this hilltop!” Third Elder Li Ye expressed his support without hesitation.
The Li family in Qinghe Valley has passed it down from generation to generation. The number of people in the clan who have been tested for low-grade and medium-grade spiritual root aptitudes and embarked on the path has gradually increased.
The small section of spiritual veins occupied by the Li family was no longer enough to support the increasingly large group of monks. As a result, for the younger generation, only those with middle-grade spiritual root qualifications can enter the spiritual vein practice.
However, the Li family is not good at management, and there is a big gap in the cost of spiritual stones. People with low-level qualifications have no way to practice and have great resentment. If things go on like this, their hearts will be broken.
After everyone present was gathered together, Li Hui finally made the decision: "Rent! You must rent! After the first two years of hardship, the family's business will improve."
And. Li Qingze received another task assigned by his family: after renting the land on the hilltop, he selected suitable spiritual plant varieties, planned the planting area, and then took full responsibility for the planting and management of the spiritual fields and medicinal gardens.
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