Chapter 2: Thirty Years Old

Qi Xuansu is now thirty years old, just thirty years old in age.

When he was forty-one years old, he was twenty-five years old and still a seventh-rank Taoist priest. He had just ended his years-long career as a wandering Taoist priest and came to Yujing alone, entered Tiangang Hall, and began his journey of promotion in Taoism.

Now it has been forty-five years. Five years have passed, and Qi Xuansu has become a second-rank Taiyi Taoist priest, and has established a firm foothold in the upper echelons of Taoism and has his own team.

Five years, exactly five ranks.

Almost one rank per year, this promotion speed is really shocking in Taoism.

If Qi Xuansu can successfully enter the Nine Halls of Yujing next year and serve as the chief deputy hall master, it means that he is expected to become a Canzhi Zhenren before the age of forty, and then he will be the youngest Canzhi Zhenren in the entire Taoism.

Take forty years old, from forty to sixty, there are still twenty years. From the head of the house to the head of the hall, and then to the head of the upper three halls, there are two more thresholds.

Ten years a threshold, it should not be difficult.

From anyone's point of view, Qi Xuansu would be a strong candidate to compete for the position of the Eighth Grand Master.

Although in theory, any of the assistant masters are eligible to compete for the position of Grand Master, in reality, it is limited to the assistant masters of the upper three halls. Basically, every Grand Master has been in charge of one of the upper three halls, and some have even taken turns to do so.

Thirty years old, the age of thirties, is the age to start a family and build a career.

Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu's marriage has been roughly settled, and they are just waiting for the two to return to Yujing. Qi Xuansu will be the earliest next year, and Zhang Yuelu may be a little later, perhaps half a year later, or perhaps a year later.

However, given their status, even if they become Taoist couples, they are destined to be together less and apart more. When they are both in Yujing, they can still live together, but when Qi Xuansu becomes a local master, they will be separated again.

This is the disadvantage of being evenly matched, and no one can accommodate anyone.

So many high-quality Taoists simply marry someone who is not as good as themselves, and wherever they go, the Taoist couple will follow.

Speaking of which, Zhang Yuelu is only one year younger than Qi Xuansu, and she is already 29 years old in the blink of an eye. In ordinary people's families, getting married at the age of 14 is considered an old girl.

However, in the Taoist sect, this is not a big deal. There have been absurd cases of getting married at the age of 100, which is nothing.

In other words, for people in the Taoist sect who have a guaranteed lifespan of 100 years, it is a very irresponsible thing to completely decide the next few decades when life just starts.

Last year, Qi Xuansu absorbed the "Mysterious Jade of Life" and successfully entered the stage of creation.

When Qi Xuansu first entered the stage of infinity, the seven totem pillars were lit up, and the totem pillars of Wu Yang, Wu Xian, Wu Xiang, and Wu Luo all stayed at the sixth scale, and the totem pillars of Wu Zhen and Wu Gu stayed at the fifth scale. Only Wu Peng's totem pillar stood tall and climbed to the seventh scale.

This means that Qi Xuansu has the Dunbian Realm of the Wuliang Stage of the Sanren, the Xiaowuqi Chaoyuan Realm of the Xiaoyao Stage of the Exiled Immortal, the Leidong Realm of the Guizhen Stage of the Taoist, and the Fashen Realm of the Xiaoyao Stage of the Wuzhu.

Among them, the Wufu inheritance is affected by the Wuxiang totem and the Wugu totem at the same time, and enters the Wuliang Stage, that is, the Qianbian Realm, just like the Sanren. Although the Qi Refiner is also affected by the Wuxiang totem, the Wuxiang still focuses more on the human immortal inheritance, so the Qi Refiner has not entered the Lianxu Realm of the Wuliang Stage, and is still the Fanxu Realm of the Xiaoyao Stage.

After Qi Xuansu absorbed the "Death Mysterious Jade", Wuzhen's totem rose to the sixth scale, and Wulu's totem rose from no scale to the sixth scale.

In this way, Qi Xuansu's ghost immortal inheritance directly went from the Leidong Realm of the Guizhen Stage, skipping the Huazhen Realm of the Xiaoyao Stage, and entered the Creation Realm of the Wuliang Stage.

Because the Wu Lu Totem also corresponds to the Immortal Heritage, the Wu Lu Totem has been upgraded to the sixth scale, so the Immortal Heritage has also benefited. Although it has not reached the Dharma Image Realm of the Infinite Stage, it is only one step away.

Under this impetus, the Wu Peng Totem corresponding to the Corpse Reincarnation Immortal Heritage has also risen by half a scale and entered the "bottleneck" stage, just one step away.

In addition, the Wu Yang Totem corresponding to the Celestial Immortal Heritage has also made progress, but in order to enter the Infinite Stage of the Little Three Flowers Gathering at the Top, at least three inheritances must reach the Infinite Stage, and now there is still one missing.

This "Death Mysterious Jade" is a bit like laying a foundation. On the surface, it seems to have little impact, but it is indispensable. If you want to build a tall building, you must lay a good foundation.

This "Life Mysterious Jade" is to build a tall building.

Wu Gu's totem has risen to the eighth scale, and Wu Fan, who originally had no scale, has risen to the fifth scale, which has brought Qi Xuansu's Wu Fu heritage to the Creation Stage, that is, the Broken Void Realm.

Wu Luo's totem was upgraded to the seventh scale, and at the same time, influenced by Wu Fan's totem, the Wu Zhu inheritance, which was only one step away from the final stage, finally advanced to the infinite stage, that is, the Dharma Image Realm.

These two realms are not unfamiliar to Qi Xuansu, he has already experienced them in advance through the pages of the "Xi Rui Sutra".

In addition to the alchemist inheritance that had been promoted to the infinite stage before, Qi Xuansu finally met the conditions for the promotion of the exiled immortal inheritance, which made Wu Yang's totem upgrade to the seventh scale, which means that the exiled immortal inheritance was promoted to the infinite stage, that is, the small three flowers gathered at the top of the realm.

This realm is also not unfamiliar, the application range of the true essence is wider, and there are more methods of great success that can be learned, and there is also the extremely idealistic "Qingyun", which can defend against most real attacks.

As a result, because it was not the Wu Xiang totem corresponding to the warrior inheritance and the Qi Refiner inheritance that was upgraded, but the Wu Gu totem that was upgraded, the Qi Refiner inheritance fell to the end, and the scale corresponding to Wu Xian remained at the sixth scale, still in the Return to Void Realm of the Free and Easy Stage.

However, the Wu Peng totem corresponding to the fundamental inheritance of the scattered people reached the eighth scale, which is the Weapon Dissolution Realm of the Creation Stage.

When fighting with Wang Jiaohe, Qi Xuansu had used the magical power of this realm.

In summary, Qi Xuansu obtained two realms of the Creation Stage, namely the Shattered Void Realm of the Human Immortal and the Weapon Dissolution Realm of the Corpse Dissolution Immortal.

The former is the ultimate offensive means, but this realm spans the Creation Stage, the Pseudo-Immortal Stage, and the Immortal Stage. Now Qi Xuansu is still in the early stage of the Shattered Void Realm, and can only vibrate the void, but cannot break the void.

The latter condenses the external incarnation, which has many uses, but it must rely on external objects, and cannot compare with the Three Corpses Realm of the Exiled Immortal in all aspects. After all, the inheritance of scattered people is not among the five immortals. It is mainly to pave the way for the exiled immortals. If you look at it separately, it feels like it is not completed, and some omissions and defects are reasonable.

In any case, Qi Xuansu finally reached the stage of creation, and his realm cultivation is more in line with the power he holds.

In the following year, Qi Xuansu began to practice the pseudo-ascension method taught by the Heavenly Master, but because there were too many things in the past year, Qi Xuansu was not in a hurry to go to Lingshan Cave Heaven. No one knows what is going on in Lingshan Cave Heaven now. If Qi Xuansu can't come out for a while, and the Borneo Daofu can't find anyone, it will be fun. If the matter is exposed, his charge of dereliction of duty is still light, the key is to alert the enemy.

There is also a worse situation, that is, Qi Xuansu accidentally gets trapped in it, or even falls in it, which is not impossible. The former heaven on earth, now on the verge of collapse, nothing will happen in it that will make people feel strange.

Qi Xuansu had to make full preparations before entering Lingshan Cave Heaven.

Qi Xuansu was in Tianfu Palace at this time.

The shareholders' meeting of Nanyang United Trade Company ended the day before yesterday. Today, Chen Shuwen and a group of Western merchants are here to discuss business.

Generally speaking, Qi Xuansu doesn't need to show up in person for ordinary business, Chen Shuwen can handle it himself, but today's business is different, it's arms business.

The Three Kingdoms went to war, and now it's different from the past. The consumption of military equipment is extremely alarming. In the case of logistics supply not keeping up, Westerners began to buy firearms from the Borneo Prefecture on the principle of proximity.

The Prefecture specifically asked Jinque for this, and Jinque agreed.

Such money is worth making.

So the Borneo Prefecture and the Nanting Protectorate refurbished some of the replaced old weapons and sold them to Westerners at a higher price.

If it were a peaceful time, the Westerners whose firearms technology was not inferior to that of the Taoist sect would definitely look down on these second-hand goods, but now the war was in full swing and the military situation was hot, who would care about these things? They would accept everyone who came and make a lot of money for the Taoist government.

However, such things had to be covered up for the sake of face. The Taoist government could not directly come forward, so it was handed over to the semi-public and semi-private Nanyang United Trading Company to do it. In name, the Nanyang United Trading Company was selling military weapons.

At this time, the drums were beating one after another, and the flute sounded melodious.

In this atmosphere, across the table, Chen Shuwen was discussing the details with the representative of Xipo Suozhou Company. Today, he was the one in charge, Xie Jiaofeng followed and participated, and Qi Xuansu was only responsible for the final decision.

At this time, Chen Jianchou and Han Yongfeng arrived.

Chen Jianchou whispered to the two Taoists guarding the door: "Is the chief here?"

"Yes." The Taoist said softly, "He is talking about business inside."

Chen Jianchou hesitated for a moment, not knowing whether he should go in.

Fortunately, Qi Xuansu had heard Chen Jianchou's voice and said, "Is that you, Xie Zheng? Come in."

Chen Jianchou walked in quickly. Now the relationship between the two has reached the point of being informal. After all, they meet every day. If they just greet each other, then nothing else will happen.

At this time, Qi Xuansu was just sitting on a chair against the wall with his eyes closed, not participating in the meeting. When he heard Chen Jianchou come in, he asked, "What's the situation?"

Chen Jianchou whispered, "It's not good. I roughly estimated that the actual number of people may be more than doubled."

Qi Xuansu opened his eyes when he heard this, with no expression on his face: "I know."

Chen Jianchou stopped talking.

Qi Xuansu thought for a while and ordered, "Write a detailed report, and I'll find a time to send it to the real person in charge of the house."

Chen Jianchou bowed and replied, "Yes."

He remembered something else: "By the way, Zhang Cixi said he would come over, and he should be here soon."