Lonely Immortal

But then again, with such a major change in the Immortal Dynasty, will it really benefit the lower-level cultivators? Of course, at this time, these lower-level cultivators were extremely excited, because everyone felt that this was extremely fair.

These lower-level cultivators will have a chance to come forward. Anyway, no one can cheat, so they can rely on their own abilities, and they don’t need to look at the captain’s face, let alone the deacon’s face. Everyone is proud of it.

Who can stand this kind of cowardice? I still rushed to curry favor with the captain and the deacon, but I couldn’t even curry favor with them. Now, of course, there is no need. Anyway, it is a fair selection. Chen Huanting will be responsible for the selection, select the top ten cultivators, and then participate in the county examination.

After passing the county examination, if you get in the top ten, you will be a clerk immortal. Once you become a clerk immortal, all kinds of resources will come.

This does seem to benefit the lower-level cultivators, but for the original captains and deacons, they are directly miserable. They are directly deprived of their rights. Once they fall, they become ordinary lower-level cultivators. In the process of this major change, the eight-star and above official immortals are not affected. From this, it can be seen that the Immortal Dynasty will also take into account the interests of these cultivators who have been official immortals for a long time.

In fact, these eight-star and above official immortals are all working in places above the government office, or they are the direct descendants of the patriarchs of major clans. For example, Chen Huanting is a seven-star official immortal. She came back to work in the Chen County Office, which is probably related to the clan. Otherwise, she could have worked in the prefectures and other places. Many official immortals also want to work in places above the prefecture, so the resources and knowledge must be different.

Therefore, many cultivators below the Nascent Soul stage, that is, the descendants of clans like Chen Huanting, are Lixian. Of course, this also includes other low-level cultivators who have been promoted. They are not Guanxian and cannot become county masters, so they can only become Lixian.

Even not every Nascent Soul master is a Guanxian. Guanxian can only be promoted by participating in the Xianju. If they fail, they are still Lixian. The Xianju that Nascent Soul masters participate in is probably also a very difficult selection competition, but this is not something that low-level cultivators can consider for the time being.

But Zhang Zhiwen has a different view on this matter. He thinks that this major change in the Xian Dynasty may not really benefit low-level cultivators. Just imagine that the Chen County Yamen could originally have 100 places to participate in the Lixian competition, but now there are only 10 places left, which almost eliminated 90% of the people. If they participate in the county examination later, another 90% of the people will be eliminated, which is equivalent to leaving only one out of a hundred, which is equivalent to a selection method of picking one out of a hundred.

And this one in a hundred is achieved on the basis of the original selection, not one in a hundred of all the low-level cultivators. If it is all the low-level cultivators, then it would be more than one in ten thousand.

In fact, everyone could get promoted by spending some money, and they all had the opportunity to get promoted. Now there is no such opportunity. So is this situation really good for the low-level cultivators? Therefore, now these people think that this opportunity is very fair, is it really so?

Zhang Zhiwen thinks that this Xian Dynasty must be short of resources and cannot support a large number of official immortals, so it is going to cut the quota. In addition, the Xian Dynasty also wants to select the best cultivators at the lowest cost to strengthen the official immortal power of the Xian Dynasty.

You know, the official immortals are the foundation of the Great Immortal Dynasty, and the official immortals are all selected from the official immortals. Therefore, this major change can be regarded as a major innovation of the Great Immortal Dynasty. I don’t know which smart person came up with this idea, but it is really amazing. On the one hand, it can reduce the expenses of the Immortal Dynasty. After all, it takes a lot of resources to support such a large group of official immortals. Although the official immortals also bring a lot of benefits to the Immortal Dynasty, most of the resources of the Immortal Dynasty come from the income generated by the grassroots cultivators. There is no doubt about this, because the official immortals are a minority and it is impossible for them to support the huge Immortal Dynasty. The Immortal Dynasty also needs an endless supply of fresh blood to maintain the strength of the Immortal Dynasty. It is impossible to squeeze the official immortals too much, otherwise it will directly dig up its own foundation.

On the other hand, the Immortal Dynasty can also take this opportunity to consolidate power and take back the power of the county government and other low-level official immortals. Just imagine that in the future, the county government will not have any possibility of becoming an official immortal by relying on relationships, at least it can be avoided with a high probability, and it can also win the hearts of the people, so that the low-level cultivators will be more passionate about generating income, and then let the county government take the blame, or even the government.

Finally, the Immortal Dynasty must have encountered some external enemies. This is Zhang Zhiwen's guess, which may not be true, but if it is not the case, the Immortal Dynasty cannot concentrate power back at once. This is to seize control and stabilize the official system of the Immortal Dynasty to resist external threats.

Then the external threat to the Immortal Dynasty must be another Immortal Dynasty. This Wanxian Island is controlled by four major clans, and they fight each other all day long. If it is three major clans, it is okay. The three kingdoms are in a tripod, and no one can do anything to anyone, but four major clans are a bit troublesome. It is best to think about getting rid of a weaker clan first, and then there will be a chance for the three kingdoms to stand together.

So, Zhang Zhiwen's view of the problem is not so simple as just looking at the present matter. He looks at the whole picture, from top to bottom, what is the situation of the entire network of relationships, and what are the conflicts of interest. He can see it clearly at once.

At this moment, this group of low-level cultivators are still jubilant, and the captain and the deacon have been dismissed and deprived of their status as official immortals. Ah, they are also going to participate in the preliminary competition of the county government together.

This preliminary examination is a bit interesting, because Chen Huanting is responsible for the assessment, which is equivalent to the internal selection of talents in the county government. Logically, there is something fishy here. Chen Huanting can actually take this opportunity to select their Chen clan members to become township members and then participate in the county examination, but Chen Huanting's subsequent words directly dispelled this idea of ​​some people.

"This township examination is a preliminary examination, and I will be responsible for the assessment. At the same time, the state government will send two seven-star official immortals to supervise the examination. Therefore, I advise you not to cheat, and cheating is invalid."

As soon as Chen Huanting said this, those cultivators who wanted to rely on connections to advance were directly desperate, because it was not just Chen Huanting who was responsible for the assessment this time, but also two other official immortals, and these two official immortals were sent by the state government, and they were not familiar with them at all, so there was no possibility of bribery. Moreover, this state government might not even be a faction with the county owner. It was good enough that they did not deliberately make things difficult for them, so how could they open a back door for those with connections!

But when the lower-level monks heard this, they were naturally very excited. In this way, no one should cheat, and they would just take the test based on their real abilities!

"Okay, that's the general situation. Let's talk about the content of this provincial examination. The content of this provincial examination has been changed. It is not the original test method..."

Chen Huanting continued to speak, and everyone was even more surprised. Obviously, the Immortal Dynasty not only changed the original rules in the assessment system, but also changed the content of the assessment.

"First of all, the assessment of planting spiritual medicine is now invalid, because the cycle is too long, and there are too many uncertain factors, so this assessment becomes unrealistic. The Immortal Dynasty will select official immortals every year in the future. It is impossible to wait for everyone to plant some spiritual medicine to decide whether they are qualified!"

Chen Huanting said, and everyone couldn't help but be stunned again. No one expected that the assessment of planting spiritual medicine was actually invalid!

This is a way to test the cultivators' accumulation of resources. If a cultivator is good at farming, it is also very useful. This is undeniable, but the Immortal Dynasty actually changed it as soon as it said it would, and it also conducts the selection of Lixian every year. How many Lixian does the Immortal Dynasty plan to recruit?

Zhang Zhiwen was also a little surprised, because he originally guessed that the resources of the Immortal Dynasty were insufficient, and the number of Lixian would be reduced, but now it seems that this is not the case. The Immortal Dynasty is going to recruit Lixian on a large scale, and select once a year, so that a large number of Lixian will be promoted.

It seems that the Immortal Dynasty is in urgent need of talents, which means that the enemies it is facing now are indeed very difficult. It seems that Wanxian Island is about to break out in an unprecedented large-scale battle. There is only one reason that can explain this, that is, Wanxian Island's resources are insufficient, and the major immortal dynasties are eager to expand and compete for more resources. Otherwise, why would they be so eager to recruit Lixian on a large scale?

After all, the official immortals are a minority. Even if they are county lords, there are probably only tens of thousands of them, and at most less than one million. For the vast Wanxian Island and the huge Xian Dynasty, what are a million cultivators? After a big battle, they may all die, but the official immortals are different. Even in units of one hundred million, if hundreds of millions of official immortals charge into battle, that is the true foundation and strength of the Xian Dynasty!

Otherwise, the official immortals are the foundation of the Xian Dynasty. If the Xian Dynasty is now selecting official immortals on a large scale, doesn’t it mean that a large-scale battle will break out on Wanxian Island?

Of course, this is Zhang Zhiwen’s guess. It is not Zhang Zhiwen’s turn to consider things at this level. He is now at the bottom. Even if he has the ability to reach the sky, he can’t change the situation of the entire Wanxian Island by himself.

Now, let alone changing the situation of Wanxian Island, it is even more difficult for him to change his own destiny. Moreover, he has no interest in changing the situation of Wanxian Island. He just wants to survive. To survive, it seems that many things are beyond his control. He has to face various crises and difficulties, and he has to solve them.

Isn't it necessary to solve various problems every day when people are alive? This may be the price of living, or it may be the meaning of life in some people's words. In fact, this is really a fucked-up thing, a kind of shackles imposed on people from birth. Perhaps, this is the purpose of cultivating immortals. I hope that one day, I can break free of this shackle and get real liberation.

Of course, these are off-topic. Looking back at what Chen Huanting said, most of the low-level cultivators were very surprised. Since the planting assessment is to be abolished, what assessment content should be added?

"Abolition of planting assessment does not mean abolition of assessment related to planting skills. The Immortal Dynasty has issued an order to change the original planting assessment to seedling assessment and mature plant screening assessment, and return this assessment to the spiritual medicine assessment!"

"The assessment content is as follows, everyone should remember it and never forget it."

"First, the seedling assessment is to give the assessee a seed, and then cultivate the seedlings. The faster the seedlings grow, the better the score!"

"Second, the mature plant screening assessment is to give the assessee a test to improve the mature spiritual medicine. For example, the assessment of the improvement of the soul grass is to give a low-grade soul grass and then improve it to a better soul grass. This process is to assess the degree of mastery of planting skills. The better the improved spiritual medicine, the better the score!"

"Third, the above assessment is to prevent cheating, so that the assessee will not have the opportunity to prepare good spiritual medicine in advance to pretend to have a score. The content of the assessment is related, and the best will be eliminated in the end!"

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Chen Huanting explained the content of the spiritual medicine assessment in detail, and everyone understood it at once. It turned out that it was not to abolish the assessment of planting skills, but to abolish the assessment method of planting good fields. The content of the test was directly changed to directly test the cultivation skills of the cultivators. This assessment method is indeed the most fair and just!

At this time, these low-level cultivators were extremely happy and encouraged, and those cultivators who had benefited from relationships turned pale, especially the captain and the deacon. They were miserable. They had relied on relationships to get to the top all the way. Now, the content of this immortal dynasty assessment is directly to test everyone's real skills.

Once the real skills are assessed, their trump cards will be directly exposed. How can they be happy? They naturally feel the same as if their parents have died.

But Zhang Zhiwen was a little strange. If this is the case with the provincial examination, how will the selected cultivators compete in the county examination?

By the way, he thought of it. Isn't there a candidate for official immortals here? After the provincial examination, won't the top ten automatically become candidate official immortals? The county exam will most likely not test the skill of growing spiritual medicines, so the cultivation of spiritual medicines will be the responsibility of the candidate official immortals, right?

As expected, Chen Huanting continued, "Therefore, after the selection and assessment, the top ten candidates can obtain the qualification for the promotion examination and the qualification for the candidate official. The candidate official will be responsible for the affairs of the relevant skills at the county level in the future. For example, the candidate official of the top ten in the spiritual medicine assessment will be responsible for the spiritual medicine planting affairs of the county!"

"By analogy, the candidate official of the top ten in the ore refining assessment will also be responsible for the future refining affairs of the county!"

"The ore refining assessment is also divided into two contents, one is mineral refining, and the other is mineral improvement, which is basically the same as the spiritual medicine assessment!"

"The above is the content of this provincial examination. Those who get the top ten in the two assessments can participate in the county examination. The county examination is not my responsibility, but the government office directly sends people to be responsible for the assessment. The content of the assessment is alchemy and refining! The specific content will be explained to everyone by the examiner of the government office at that time!"

Chen Huanting said everything at once, and he said it very clearly. Everyone was stunned. They didn't expect that the Immortal Dynasty has now become so formalized.

"I have another announcement to make here. Once you become a candidate for Lixian, you can participate in the Lixian assessment and selection every year. In addition, the candidate Lixian cannot work outside the county. In addition, the treatment is the same as that of Lixian, and you have all the qualifications and rights enjoyed by the county Lixian!"