Lonely Immortal

Seeing that Zhang Zhiwen and others seemed to have little interest, Zhao Mingyin naturally knew that the Magic Soul Pill was indeed not an attractive thing, but he continued: "Actually, in addition to the Magic Soul Pill, there is another very important reward. That is, the team that wins the first place in the competition can make a request to the Zhao Family Office."

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Zhiwen and others finally became interested.

"Making a request? What other requests can I make to the Zhao family government office?"

Yan Ting could hardly believe it. No matter whether it was the county government or the government government, which one would like low-level monks like them? The low-level monks are just their cattle and horses. It is a good thing to keep the low-level monks alive. How can they still let the low-level monks come to make demands to the government?

"This request depends on personal opinion, but the government office is just doing this to appease the lower-level monks. You can make a request, and he can also refuse your request, right?"

Zhao Mingyin said, and his words are extremely reasonable, and it is also the consistent approach of these high-ranking officials and immortals. Just look at the shameless person of the leader of the outer hall. In this case, I am afraid that the request is in vain. It's of no use anyway.

"If that's the case, then what's the point of the competition? It's just that the government uses the competition to decorate the appearance and make it look like the government attaches great importance to us low-level monks, right?"

Zhao Liumei couldn't help but said with great disdain, and her words were naturally very reasonable. This government office was indeed just a show-off, to dress up the appearance, so that the low-level monks could see some hope, and then work harder to act like a cow.

"Then it seems we don't have to participate in this competition, right?" Zhang Zhiwen couldn't help but say.

"That's definitely not possible. You must participate in the big competition held by the government. If you don't participate, you will be punished as a crime of disobedience!"

Zhao Mingyin shook his head and said.

At this moment, everyone was silent. What else is there to say? Also, what is Zhao Mingyin so excited about? He even called everyone over as if something great was going to happen, but in fact it was still the same as before?

Seeing everyone like this, Zhao Mingyin continued: "No matter what, this is also an opportunity, isn't it? As long as we win the first place, then we will have the opportunity to propose a condition to the government. Our condition does not need to be too high, as long as Just get the recipe for the Magic Soul Pill!"

Zhang Zhiwen didn't expect that Zhao Mingyin only wanted to get the recipe for the Soul Pill, instead of proposing promotion to the inner hall.

Naturally, Yan Ting was also quite surprised. She couldn't help but said: "What do you want Danfang for? We might as well just put forward the request to be promoted to the inner hall. Wouldn't that be better?"

Although Zhao Liumei didn't speak, she obviously didn't understand why her father did what he did. Zhao Mingyin glanced at everyone and said, "Then you don't know something. If we just ask for a recipe for the Magic Soul Pill, then The government office won't care. This prescription is everywhere in the county government office. They don't care about it, but it is something out of reach for us. Therefore, this thing is simpler than the requirements for promotion to the inner hall. And it’s easy to implement!”

After what he said, everyone thought it made sense, and Zhao Mingyin continued: "Secondly, the government has a real competition, that is, the competition of alchemy and weapon refining. That is what is useful to the government. For this competition, the government requires masters of alchemy and weapon refining!”

"I know this, but the problem is that we are not masters of alchemy. Is it possible that we can defeat those inner disciples once we get the alchemy recipe?" Yan Ting said without confidence. She can't be blamed for this. In fact, Everyone is similar, and they rarely make elixirs.

"No, that's not what it says. We are innate Dao soul monks, and refining magic soul pills is closely related to Dao soul. The stronger the Dao soul, the higher the quality of the refined elixir. This is You don’t know, right?”

Zhao Mingyin did not think what Yan Ting said was right. Instead, he said with great confidence, "In that case, how could we lose to those Houtian Taoist monks in the inner hall? Those monks who were promoted are just related households, unless they Dear Lord It is impossible for these sect disciples to participate, because the government office needs to recruit alchemy masters. If they participate, they will be recruited by the government office, which means that for the county Yamen is not a good thing."

After Zhao Mingyin's analysis, everyone suddenly realized.

"But can we win the first place in the competition? Can we win the first place in the alchemy and weapon refining competition?" Zhao Liumei couldn't help but say, she actually really didn't have much confidence.

"Yeah, if nothing else, it's hard to say whether we can win the first place in this competition, and the internal relationships are complicated, and it's hard to predict what will happen in the end." Yan Ting is not very optimistic about this matter.

Even Sui Qing was not sure. She also said: "Although we are innate Taoist monks, our status is too low. Many things are not based on strength. This time, Miss Zhuo will be promoted to the inner She is not an innate Taoist monk, and there are almost no innate Taohun monks in the inner hall, so there are innate Taoist monks only in the direct and collateral lines of the Chen family."

That's right, within the Chen family, their direct and collateral disciples are innate Taoist monks, or even ancient Taoist monks. This is their foundation, and people like Zhuo Yaoyue are simply their minions, and they can't give them anything. Zhuo Yaoyue and other disciples became innate Dao Soul monks, but they experienced it in this polluted land. Zhao Mingyin and others were promoted to Dao Soul with the help of Zhang Zhiwen, which is obviously an exception.

In addition, Zhang Zhiwen actually feels a little sad. What situation are they in now? They just want to be driven like cattle and horses, don't they? The so-called promotion to the inner hall is just to become a higher-level oxen and horse, and you are still rushing to be an oxen and horse, and you are even worried about not being able to become an oxen and horse!

Isn't this sad?

Thinking of this, Zhang Zhiwen couldn't help but said: "Forget it, you go ahead, I won't participate anymore."

After Zhang Zhiwen said this, he went straight back. Zhao Mingyin and others couldn't help being stunned. Obviously, they didn't expect Zhang Zhiwen to give up directly.

In fact, Zhang Zhiwen doesn't want to participate in this kind of competition at all. This is a kind of sadness. He doesn't want to live in such a sad way. As for the Danfang matter, he can just slowly think of a solution. If he doesn't believe it, other than going to kneel down and lick the government office. There is no other way.

But the problem is that even if Zhang Zhiwen doesn't participate, this kind of competition must be an opportunity for Zhuo Yaoming to perform. He can't let Zhang Zhiwen and others not participate, otherwise all kinds of culpability will be enough to destroy Zhang Zhiwen and others.

Of course, Zhang Zhiwen had no choice but to do it. He knew that it was impossible for him not to participate, but when it came to the competition, he could just fool around. Why should he be a spearman? As for Zhao Mingyin and others seeing Zhang Zhiwen like this, they also thought about it, and they also felt that it was difficult to get any real benefits from this competition.

"Well, if that's the case, let's just deal with it casually."

Zhao Mingyin knew that something must not be done, and it was very undignified to rush to be a bully for others. In addition, others would not give them any chance at all. The government was squeezing them at all levels, so how could the low-level monks be allowed to stand up? If the low-level monks turn over, how can they, the superior officials and immortals, enjoy their benefits?

In this way, everyone dispersed. Zhao Mingyin called everyone over with some expectation, and then left again in great frustration.

Three days later, the competition began.

As expected, Zhuo Yaoming requires everyone to participate, and Team Yaoming has a total of nine teams. Each team has about four or five people. It is still similar to Team Yaoyue, but this time they have experienced the polluted land. Afterwards, some teams lost one or two people, but on the whole they survived.

In addition to the Yaoming team, other teams also came one after another, and then gathered and set off to Zhao's government office.

Along the way, none of the disciples from the outer hall spoke, and no one was very energetic. Obviously, everyone knew that this kind of competition was an activity for the government to whitewash the peace and decorate the facade, and it was also an opportunity for the captain and others to get gilded. Anyway, It has nothing to do with their low-level monks, otherwise it would just be a stingy reward of some magic soul pills, right?

Of course, some titles will also be awarded, such as the title of the first outer disciple of a certain county government. This thing is of no use at all. On the contrary, it attracts attention and attracts jealousy. It is better than nothing!

In short, everyone was in a very low mood along the way. They were treated like cattle and horses and had to cooperate and obey. Who could be in a good mood?

After Chen's county government disciples came to the government office, disciples from other county government offices also came. Their situation was almost exactly the same as Chen's county government.

The Zhao family government office directly governs nine county government offices. This competition among the disciples of the county government office was of course attended by some important figures from the government office. Immortal officials from the county government office also came, but these people sat on the high platform. At the top, the high platform was still suspended in mid-air. They were drinking and having fun, watching singing and dancing, while at the bottom, the disciples of the county government office gathered together and stationed themselves casually. The two sides also formed a sharp contrast.

However, in addition to these low-level monks, the government office also symbolically invited some people from other government offices to observe this kind of competition to show that their government office was sincere in cultivating low-level monks. But in fact, this kind of embellishment Everyone tacitly understands the way the facade is done, that is, it is for the government officials above to see.

As for the views of the state government, I'm afraid it's not much better. They won't even pay attention to this matter. Anyway, they don't have to be responsible for the government and county governments. Instead, the government and county governments have to take orders from the state. In this case, the Yamen's order is like that, then the state Yamen can do whatever they want, and they don't bother to pay attention to it.

These things are very clearly displayed in Ten Thousand Immortals Island. Zhang Zhiwen is a new disciple, but he can also see very clearly that there is almost no difference between this immortal official and the ordinary government. It is even more exaggerated. The secular court still has imperial examinations. But the imperial examination here actually requires you to reach the Nascent Soul cultivation level before you can take the imperial examination!

Is it so easy for the Nascent Soul cultivator to achieve this? Not to mention Nascent Soul, it takes a long time to improve even the middle and late stages of Jindan cultivation, and it is even rarer to break through to Nascent Soul. Will he be able to become an official after being elected? Will it be possible to establish a clan county government? That’s not necessarily the case! I'm afraid it also needs a recommender, someone from above, or some immortal official like a mentor!

It can be said that with this layer of control, the lower-level cultivators have almost no chance to get ahead. It is a living cage on earth, trapping the lower-level cultivators tightly. Compared with Feixian City and Tianshui Fairyland, this place is more cruel.

"Ahem..."

An official fairy in the government office, whose identity is unknown, stood up and coughed. The power of the Dharma image faintly spread out, and everyone looked over.

He was going to say something.

He cleared his throat and said: "The benefits of my government office's selection of affairs have always been the emperor's grace that cannot be maintained, and the sons have descended to the land of blessing..."

His words were extremely difficult to understand. Anyway, it was just a fairy official's tone. The lower-level cultivators were too lazy to listen. This was simply more secular than the secular world. Anyway, this guy talked a lot of nonsense. A full hour passed, and he hadn't finished speaking.

After he finished speaking, another official fairy from the government office came out to speak. This one was even more verbose, and his words were not intended to be understood by others. Although everyone knew what each word was, when they were connected, they had no idea what it meant. Anyway, he was not speaking human language and people could not understand him.

This was not over yet. One by one, the official fairy came out to speak. It seemed that they had to speak for such a long time, which made the competition of the outer hall disciples of the county government more important and more grand. The only thing was that they would not give any rewards. Their speeches were so beautiful and emphasized by the official fairy!

Zhang Zhiben thought that these so-called fairy officials had finished their words, but he didn't know that they spoke for three days and three nights!

Those were the fairy officials from the county government offices, followed by the fairy officials from the government office, and then the people from the state government office.

At this moment, Zhao Mingyin and others finally understood the nature of this competition. Zhao Mingyin thought that he could still make some demands by winning the first place, but looking at this situation, forget it. Whoever dares to make real demands will definitely be the first to suffer.

This is the extremely corrupt family, occupying Wanxian Island and oppressing the lower-level cultivators. The lower-level cultivators do the dirtiest, most tiring and most dangerous things, and support this group of high-ranking immortal officials. They suppress them layer by layer from the Dao Soul talent, and the lower-level cultivators have no way to change their Dao Soul talent quality!

"Okay, the competition begins!"

This group of people finally finished talking, and the competition between the outer hall disciples of the county government has begun. This group of immortal officials did not say what the rules of the competition were from beginning to end, what the competition was about, anyway, they always spoke in the tone of immortal officials.

The rest is none of their business, so it will be left to the captains below. Anyway, the captains know how to arrange it.