Practice begins with a fisherman

What's more, as the leader of the county who rules the armed forces and suppresses opponents, the Juncheng can certainly extract more resources from it to maintain the needs of cultivation, so that the promotion of cultivation can always be maintained at a relatively high position .

As for the suppression of some so-called opponents, it is just obeying orders, and the danger is not too high. After all, all the county guards are all Nascent Soul stage monks. Having too many problems?What's more, there is a royal family behind it as the deepest background.

According to the rules of the Zhou and Song Kingdoms, all the sheriffs are the internal officials of the Yuanying period or the monks with the royal blood. They are all the most loyal basic boards of the royal family. The royal family will definitely not allow them to easily face some risks and threats. of.

"After thinking about it, there is really no reason to refuse, and the experience of being an official seems to be a good choice." After making up his mind, Zhao Shoushou immediately stepped forward to apply.

Although there were a lot of people bustling in front of the recruitment stage, they were mainly foundation-building monks, especially those who came to the stage to participate in the recruitment. Occasionally, there was a monk in the early stage of Golden Core mixed in, which was already an unexpected gain.

When Zhao Shoushou stepped onto the recruiting platform, he was quite conspicuous, he could be said to be the most dazzling light in the crowd, even the Nascent Soul Middle Officer who had been in charge of recruiting with his eyes closed opened his eyes and nodded in satisfaction .

The recruitment of the royal family is generally mainly for casual cultivators. If some sects and family monks want to apply, they first need to sign a contract to break away from the relationship with the original sect and family to show their loyalty to the royal family. This is obviously not easy to do of.

A recruitment carefully organized by the royal family and dispatched a Nascent Soul mid-level official to be in charge, the purpose is obviously not that some minor repairs in the foundation establishment period can meet the needs, his appearance can be described as timely rain.

"This little friend is going to apply for the royal family?" The inner officer seemed very kind, but there was a trace of sharpness in his tone that was unique to the inner officer, which could not be concealed no matter what.

"Zhao Shoushou has met seniors, but this time he came to apply. I wonder what kind of test he needs to pass?" Zhao Shoushou asked, curious about the so-called test.

"Hehehe, my little friend has a solid foundation and a firm breath. In the future, Nascent Soul is expected. Naturally, it is not within the scope of the test. Our family is in charge, so we don't need to participate in the test. In addition, as the first Jindan late-stage applicant, we can give an extra three per year. Ten gourds of high-grade spirit wine." The internal officer's voice was not loud, but it was clearly heard by every monk. This should be regarded as buying a horse bone with a thousand dollars.

"Thank you, senior." He didn't mind being targeted. What he valued the most were real benefits and resources. Naturally, ten gourd third-grade top-grade spirit wine was an exchange item that could satisfy him.

The royal family is equivalent to a small cultivation world, complete with alchemy, weapon refining, wine making, talisman making, puppets, formations and even some minor auxiliary skills, which is also the confidence they use to rule a country.

The products produced by the royal family must be high-quality products. Compared with the spirit wine bought at the high price of the third-grade top-grade spirit fruit at the Xiangzailai Restaurant, the quality and taste of the royal family's spirit wine is undoubtedly higher.

This recruitment lasted for three days. A total of 680 foundation-building monks successfully applied, eleven early-stage Golden Core monks, five middle-stage Golden Core monks, and two late-Gold Core monks.

After Zhao Shoushou finished his application, in addition to buying some resources needed for future practice in Fang City every day, he waited for the final placement in the Royal Inn.

On the day of the successful application, the monks in the foundation building period have been randomly assigned to be stationed in large and small cities near the imperial city, and they will take up different positions according to different cultivation levels.

Eleven early-stage Golden Core monks and five mid-stage Golden Core monks also left yesterday to receive their respective identity tokens. Most of them were military officials in some counties, such as county captains.

Currently there are only two Jindan Late Stage monks left in the inn, of course he is not in a hurry, this inn is specially deployed on a third-order high-grade spiritual vein, which can provide sufficient spiritual power every day, just rest assured Practice and wait.

This peaceful life lasted until one month later, when Zhao Shoushou received a shining identity token. On the back was the emblem of the royal family of the Zhou and Song Kingdoms, and on the front was written the five characters "Qiwu County, Juncheng".

"Do you dare to ask this internal official to confirm that this is a token? According to the rules, the county magistrate should only be a monk on the ninth floor of the golden core to be qualified?" Zhao Shoushou showed a puzzled look on his face.

Now that he has decided to become a part of it, he naturally needs to understand some rules of the officialdom, so as not to unintentionally affect the vested interests of some monks.

Another Jindan seventh-level monk in this recruitment is a county lieutenant in a county, which is equivalent to the deputy of the county magistrate. His cultivation base is similar in strength, but his status is very different, which makes him feel strange. The feeling of believability filled his forehead and couldn't get rid of it.

"My lord, as the first Jindan late-stage cultivator to apply, it is also appropriate to give a certain reward. In addition, my lord, the inner officer, specially recommended it to the emperor, and just now bestowed the throne of Xiwu county magistrate." The little inner officer explained briefly After that, he retreated quickly, leaving Zhao Shoushou with messy hair.

Zhao Shoushou did not have any contact with this Nascent Soul mid-term official who was in charge of recruiting, and it was just a one-sided relationship from the beginning to the end.

If there is any mistake in this kind of extraordinary recommendation in the future, the recommender also needs to bear certain responsibilities. How can this make him not hesitate in his heart?

However, the matter has come to this point and there is no room for recovery. Qiwu County is located in the middle of the Zhou and Song Kingdoms, and there is not much risk except for a passing river that occasionally breeds some water monsters.

Chapter 702

It may be because of the relatively stable geographical location and environment of Qiwu County that Zhao Shoushou was able to get the appointment of the county magistrate with the cultivation base of the seventh level of Jindan.

If it is in some border counties, this kind of situation is completely impossible to happen, not to mention whether it is possible to get the appointment of the royal family. Taking a step back, even if it is appointed, it may not be able to subdue the enemy who has been here all year round. For the proud soldiers and warriors who fight, what is most recognized here is always their strength.

However, this has no effect on his plan. A stable environment is a wonderful thing for the needs of long-term retreat.

"This trip to the imperial city of the Zhou and Song Kingdoms has benefited a lot. Just being a county magistrate is already extremely lucky. In the next hundred years, someone Zhao's cultivation level will definitely be at a stage of rapid improvement," Zhao Shoushou murmured. , A gleam of excitement and confidence appeared on his face.

After being appointed by the royal family, Zhao Shoushou once entered the imperial library to read some common sense about Qiwu County, and also gained a deeper understanding of the position of the county magistrate.

During the two days of staying in the imperial city, the Nascent Soul middle-ranking official who was in charge of recruiting specially sent his subordinates to deliver a bottle of third-order high-grade Jingyuan elixir, which can be regarded as a disguised wooing.

Zhao Shoushou never refuses any treasure that is beneficial to the improvement of his cultivation. As for the solicitation from internal officials, he is even more dismissive from the bottom of his heart. Zhou Songguo is just a small part in the process of his cultivation. It's not just halfway.

The willingness to join it now is just to value the cultivation resources provided. If there is any disagreement in the future, it will definitely get away as soon as possible.

Therefore, in the face of an internal official who is trying to expand his influence and strive for power and profit, even if his cultivation is far higher than him in a short period of time, it is a pity that he is far from comparable in terms of vision and measurement, and is not on the same level.

Because of their special backgrounds, these internal officials are destined to serve only in the royal family of the Zhou and Song Kingdoms throughout their lives, and are limited to a narrow range.

When the Nascent Soul middle official extended his olive branch, Zhao Shoushou was just taking advantage of each other, and he didn't take it to heart at all.

"The Sheriff of Qiwu County is a cadre who is the deputy of the Great Inspector. After the lord arrives, he only needs to hand in this letter. In the future, he will be responsible for handling the political and military affairs of Qiwu County. The sheriff is only in charge. It's just guarding, the kindness of the adjutant and the superintendent must never be forgotten." The little internal officer who came to see him off urged thousands of times.

However, Zhao Shoushou never thought that the adjutant supervisor would have such strong support. If everything is true, he would be equivalent to a sheriff in disguise, and he would not have to bear any responsibility at all. , can be regarded as a real win-win.

"Please rest assured, the adjutant chief supervisor, Qiwu County will definitely follow orders." Zhao Shoushou replied affirmatively. As the saying goes, no matter what the internal official thinks, since the actual situation is favorable, he will naturally not refuse it easily.

There is only one word difference between the county guard and the county magistrate, but the power status of the two parties in the county city is very different. The most attractive thing for monks is the management of the local treasure house.

Every county has a treasury, which is all the income of a county in the past five years, which is regularly transferred to the imperial city every five years.

During the non-transshipment period, the county guard has some room to intervene, and the total amount cannot be reduced in any way, but he can take the opportunity to exchange for some urgently needed treasures.

For example, in exchange for a bottle of top-grade spirit stones of the above grade or some natural materials and earth treasures, as long as a certain limit is not exceeded, the transfer envoys sent by the imperial city will not intervene.

Since the adjutant chief inspector promised to handle political and military affairs together, the right to manage the treasury naturally also included in it, not to mention that he and the county guard's needs did not conflict at all.

One needs a fourth-order spiritual object, and the other needs a third-order top-grade spiritual object. From this point of view, they are completely complementary.

Two days later, a ray of light appeared in front of the city of Qiwu County, undisguisedly revealing the powerful aura of the late Jindan period, wearing a set of armor refined by the royal family and belonging to the special defensive magic weapon level of the Juncheng.

"Fellow Daoist came a step late, our family has been waiting for a long time, please come to the county mansion quickly to discuss." Fang Yi appeared, and a sharp voice came to his ears, it was the internal official who was the county guard here.

This internal official is not only the sheriff, but also a real Nascent Soul early stage monk, and will be his immediate boss for a long time in the future. Faced with the absolute difference in strength, Zhao Shoushou naturally can only be obedient.

The county mansion is the core of a county city, and it is also the core of controlling the defense formation of the county city, but from the surface, it is very inconspicuous.

"This is the Sheriff's Mansion? There are only two front and back spans, a small courtyard with a total of eight rooms?" Entering the simple and quiet courtyard, Zhao Shoushou's face was full of disbelief, and the only thing he was satisfied with was the relatively strong spiritual power.

Not to mention that compared with some majestic sects occupying Lingshan Dachuan, even the residences of some wealthy merchants among mortals are more magnificent than here.

In the entire Sheriff's Mansion, there are only two yamen guards from the Foundation Establishment Period at the entrance, and there is only one Sheriff in the Early Yuanying Period on weekdays, so it is quite a quiet place.

As for some auxiliary officials affiliated to the county government office, they basically have their own independent government office. Except for the routine report at the beginning of each month, they do not appear here on weekdays. For example, military officers such as county lieutenants are stationed in the military camp for a long time .

Because the county guard's mansion is the core of the control of the county city formation, except for the two monks, the county guard and the county magistrate, no one else has the right to come and go freely.

"This subordinate has seen the county sheriff. This is a letter specially ordered by the adjutant supervisor. Please have a look at it." In a small living room, Zhao Shoushou finally saw the white-faced and beardless sheriff.

"Little friend, you are welcome. My adoptive father has sent someone to pass on the message. In the future, all political and military affairs here will be entrusted. Our family is only responsible for sitting in the county guard's mansion. Of course, if we encounter some unsightly Nascent Soul monks, our family I will definitely make a move, little friend can rest assured that you can do what you want." After exchanging pleasantries, the county magistrate handed over the authority very quickly.

A quarter of an hour later, looking at the servant who fled away with ease as if throwing down a heavy burden, a black line appeared on Zhao Shoushou's forehead involuntarily.

Of course, as a qualified handover, this county guard who was born as an internal servant left a jade slip, which recorded some powerful local sects and families.

The situation here is basically the same as in Song County back then. There are several families and sects occupying different positions in the county, and each of the counties is occupied by a clan.

On the surface, it seems that this huge country is composed of such a family of sects. Zhao Shoushou thought so before, but in fact it is not the case and the difference is far away. It is the small and inconspicuous county guard's mansion that really controls the actual control of a place. .

Chapter 703

In addition to leaving the jade slips, the county guard who was born as a servant also left three quaint keys, namely the long-coveted treasure house management room belonging to Qiwu County, the location of the core array of the county city formation, and the last one. It is the key to the back door of the Sheriff's Mansion.

The front door is too conspicuous to come and go. Usually, most of the entrances and exits are headed by the back door. This is a small teleportation array, and the opposite destination is a private house in the west of the city.

In addition, as the county magistrate who handles the political and military affairs of Qiwu County with full power, he is also eligible to have a room in the county guard mansion, which is located in the northwest corner of the county guard mansion.

The sheriff's mansion seems simple and mediocre, but it is actually built on a solid fourth-order middle-grade spiritual vein, but because most of the spiritual power is used for the maintenance of the city's large formation, it is not obvious. That's all.

As long as the remaining part of the spiritual power has not encountered a big battle, there is not much problem in meeting the needs of the two monks for cultivation, and it has an obvious auxiliary effect on the improvement of cultivation.

Zhao Shoushou's sole purpose in choosing to apply was to improve his cultivation base. Since there is sufficient supply of spiritual power here, he will naturally not abandon the near and seek further.

"Tsk tsk tsk, there really is a hole in the sky. It looks like a small dark room on the outside, but inside it is a well-equipped cave. Such a rich spiritual power is even higher than imagined." Entering the northwest corner In the room, Zhao Shoushou couldn't help sighing.

The two cormorants "quack quack quack" have been tempered with sufficient spiritual power, and the hair on the whole body is smoother. Judging from their reactions, they are obviously very satisfied with the environment here.

The two little guys may have stayed in the spirit beast bag for a long time, and their cultivation and strength have not increased significantly over the years. It is obviously very satisfying to be free again at this time.

"If the opportunity is right, it seems that we will wait for the opportunity to find a good-quality spirit beast tower." With the improvement of cultivation base, the requirements for various treasures are naturally constantly increasing.

The Spirit Beast Pagoda is also a treasure specially used to cultivate spirit beasts, and there are miniature formations engraved on it, which can continuously absorb spiritual power from the outside world and store it in a special space. There will be adverse effects, and you can still continue to practice in it.

This special treasure is also considered a relatively rare magic weapon. Except for some monks who are good at controlling beasts, no one will refine it, because it needs to consume some special and rare spiritual materials, and the number of them in the cultivation world is not large. That's a lot.

And the spirit beast tower generally has four to six floors, and each floor is a separate space, which can be used to raise a kind of spirit beast, and can also be used to shut down some monsters with special functions, also known as the demon suppression tower.

Unpopular and relatively rare treasures need to find special opportunities in the future to find them bit by bit, and for a foreseeable period of time in the future, they will stay in the city of Qiwu County for a long time, so there is no urgent need for the Spirit Beast Tower .

Qiwu County is located in the hinterland of the Zhou and Song Kingdoms. It has vast land, abundant resources, and a comfortable environment. There are six counties under it, which are divided into three sects and three families. In the four directions to the northwest, the county guard's mansion is located in the central part.

These Zongmen families are responsible for the management rights in the county, and only need to hand over a certain amount of treasures in proportion to each year, but all military power is in the hands of the local government.

In the following months, he has been in a very busy state. As the new county magistrate, his first priority is to control the [-] patrol monks stationed in the military camp in the county.

Before Zhao Shoushou officially took office, he was fully in charge of the county lieutenant who was also at the seventh floor of Jindan. The transfer of power between the two sides was still quite primitive. The foundation is even better.

The rest of the work was quite simple. Under his strong suppression, the county lieutenant disappeared in disgrace, and the barracks quickly changed hands.

Two months later, a new set of order was successfully established under his auspices, and the management order of the entire county has been improved rapidly.

Zhao Shoushou once personally arrested two Jindan early-stage monks who tried to challenge the majesty of the patrol team, and decisively repaired them as seals, and forced them into the mine for labor reform.

It was under his strong style that the messy scene in Junchengfang City disappeared completely, and some thieves who specialized in robbing monks also disappeared without a trace.

In addition to the above-mentioned achievements, the most is the mutual contacts and visits with various sects and families.

After the county magistrate, who was born as a servant, stopped managing political affairs at all, the heads of these families came to visit one after another, and the greetings and departures were just a few greetings, and they had already earned a lot of money.

These clans and sects are all local overlords who were born and bred in the local area. They hold a lot of resources in their hands, such as mineral veins of various grades, hard-working spiritual fruit forests, spiritual medicine gardens full of various spiritual herbs, and so on.

No matter which one is required to consume a lot of spiritual power, and pay a certain amount of taxes to the royal family on a fixed basis, the fluctuations in the amount are all within the authority of the local monks in power. It can save some expensive expenses.

"Third-rank top-grade spiritual materials, third-grade middle-grade spiritual fruits, third-grade top-grade elixir, third-grade top-grade elixir, and some valuable small objects, which can meet the needs of cultivation in the next three years" After cleaning up the miscellaneous meeting ceremony in the storage bag, Zhao Shoushou couldn't help but sigh with emotion, and at the same time, he was once again grateful for choosing to join the recruitment as a member.

Among all the meeting gifts, the most precious is a thumb-sized pearl with mysterious patterns, which comes from a local Peng family in the county that specializes in raising clams.

The patriarch of the family is a Jindan ninth-level monk and the most powerful member of the family. He once came here to visit and presented this pearl.

Pearls come from a kind of clam named Xuanluoling, which has the effect of gathering spiritual power and calming the mind. Wearing it for a long time can increase the speed of a monk's practice. It may not be obvious on weekdays, but it can be clearly felt at critical moments. A cumulative effect.

Xuanluo clam is a rare mutant clam, only one out of [-] can appear on average, and it needs to be raised in a place with a lot of spiritual power. Under Chongbao's bribe, he is naturally unavoidable. , promised to allocate a special spiritual power equivalent to a third-order middle-grade spiritual vein to supply the Lingceng Lake of the Peng family located in the north of the city.

According to the agreement reached by the two parties, he will be given a normal third-grade top-grade pearl every year, and an additional third-grade top-grade mutant pearl every ten years. The value of pearls or normal pearls in the market is very high, and they are widely used and there is no need to worry about selling them.

Chapter 704 The Daily Life and Practice of the Sheriff

Normal third-grade top-grade pearls are added to the talisman ink after grinding, which can increase the success rate of the talisman maker in making talisman seals, which is especially important for some high-level treasure talismans.

The most important point is that pearls can be used to refine a kind of skin-fixing elixir, which can be used by female cultivators for a long time to maintain youthfulness. The higher the quality, the better the effect.

Most of the produced pearls are used in this aspect. As for the effect of mutated pearls, it also changes according to the direction of mussel mutation, but each kind has a different degree of auxiliary effect on monks' cultivation.

Although the Peng family is only a Jindan family and does not have a stable Yuanying ancestor, the wealth of the family is beyond doubt.

The head of the Peng clan who came to visit Zhao Shoushou was already at the peak level of the ninth level of Jindan with sufficient cultivation resources, and he was only one step away from hitting the Nascent Soul, and the chance of success was relatively high.

It is precisely because of the critical moment before the impact on the Nascent Soul that he was willing to bribe a third-order high-grade Xuanluoling clam pearl, hoping to complete the promotion of cultivation safely and smoothly.

Of course, in terms of his personality, if there is no fixed conflict of interest, he will naturally not easily provoke a family that is not considered weak, and easily make enemies for himself for the benefit of the so-called county guard and the royal family.

According to some recent investigations, the reason why the county magistrate who was born as an internal official was so straightforward and willing to hand over was precisely because of his greedy exploitation of various families and sects for many years, which provoked some targets from the Yuanying ancestors. The only option is to temporarily retire.

In normal times, there is no problem with the operation of the county. Whether it is the county guard or the county magistrate, it is a very relaxed and comfortable position.

Some normal affairs can be handled by various sects and families, and the prefect's mansion only needs to ensure the operation of the city guard formation. Since the fifth month since he came to Qiwu County, after everything was back on track, Zhao Shoushou has completely After being free, most of the time is in a state of retreat and practice under the supply of sufficient practice resources.

The normal monthly salary of a county magistrate is 300 yuan, a top-grade spiritual stone, a third-order top-grade elixir, plus the first ten gourds from the imperial family's high-quality imperial wine, plus the sufficient supply of spiritual power in the prefect's mansion, the golden elixir seven The level of cultivation is in a stage of steady improvement.

The ultimate goal of a monk running around is nothing more than seeking to improve his cultivation. Now that the goal has been achieved so easily, Zhao Shoushou is naturally quite satisfied, and even has a recognition of the royal rule here.

"No wonder the monks in the Central Plains cultivation world heard about the recruitment of the royal family. Even the monks in the golden core period will be so active. I just realized the mystery of it today." Very emotional.

Compared with the days before when he risked hunting monsters for a bottle of elixir, and fought fiercely with monks of the same level for a high-level third-level spiritual grass, there is a difference between heaven and earth.

Of course, the vigilance in Zhao Shoushou's heart has never been weakened in the slightest because of the temporary stability. It is a normal requirement of a monk to be prepared for danger in times of peace.

Since the royal family has recruited Jindanqi monks at a high price to serve as the governor, there may not be too much danger on weekdays, but once they encounter an enemy, the danger is self-evident, and only the most basic life safety can be guaranteed. Cultivation base strength, the two also complement each other.

The sun rises and the moon sets, the stars move, and time flies. With the efforts of Zhao Shoushou, in addition to the improvement of cultivation, there are also many exchange offices in Junchengfang City and the treasure house affiliated to the Sheriff's Mansion. One-time treasures that enhance combat effectiveness, among which the most obvious effects are naturally various third-order high-grade treasure charms and thunder beads.

In addition to the normal attributes of treasure talismans, he focused on searching for talisman seals with mutated attributes such as Lei Fengbing. Only monks with thunder attributes are eligible to condense thunder beads. The lethality is very powerful, and it is a rare one in the market See, I still found two of the treasures.

In addition to the above-mentioned treasures, by an unexpected chance, I got a rare secret technique, that is, a substitute jade, which is nourished with blood essence in the dantian on weekdays, and sacrificed it when life is in danger. Take a fatal blow instead of the owner, thus saving a life.

This kind of substitute secret technique is quite rare in the cultivation world. Even if there are some, they are mostly in the hands of some sects and families that have been passed down from generation to generation. The acquisition this time is purely accidental.