On the tenth day of the fifth month of the Da Xuan calendar, which was the second day after Zhang Yu returned from Qingyang Xuanfu, the Hongshan and Mi Guang sects announced that they were willing to accept Xuanfu's inspection.
As soon as the two sects announced this, most of the remaining Dao sects gave up their insistence and also expressed their willingness to accept the inspection.
Zhang Yu and Yun Chen discussed and decided to start with the small sects.
This time, they didn't visit in person, but asked the sects to come to Xuanfu directly for the inspection.
The sects didn't dare to disobey and led their disciples to Xuanfu.
Most of them didn't have the confidence of the Hongshan and Mi Guang sects, so they didn't dare to continue to maintain their sects. While accepting the inspection, they also handed over their seals, secret techniques, and visualization diagrams.
These things were done smoothly. After they were done, another four days passed.
At this time, Zhang Yu sensed that something was amiss. According to his agreement with Li Mo, after the latter returned to the encampment, he would try to persuade his fellow Daoists to join the Profound Palace and inform him of the current situation in the Outer Realms.
But five days had passed and he should have returned to the station. But until now, there was no news, so it was very likely that something had happened.
In view of this, he felt that he couldn't stay here any longer, so after thinking about it, he ordered someone to invite Yun Chen over and said, "Fellow Yun, I recently received a report that there is likely to be a 'Spiritual Pass' in the Southern Region of the Qingyang Upper Continent, and there are likely to be others coveting this place. I'm going to make a trip here recently to confirm it, so I can only ask fellow Yun to go to Hongshan and Mi Guang for inspection."
Zhu Xuanshou didn't tell this to his disciple, so Yun Chen was very surprised when he heard it. He said, "It's a spiritual pass? Then we can't let it go. "
He knew the importance of the spiritual pass. Solemnly, he said, "Xuanzheng, don't worry, I'll take care of the rest."
Zhang Yu nodded. In fact, even if there was no spiritual pass, he intended to let Yun Chen do the inspection of the two sects. This was his promise to Zhu Xuanshou before, so he let Yun Chen do the work.
The merit here didn't refer to one's meritorious service, but to one's reputation.
If Yun Chen wanted to smoothly take the position of Head Xuan of Qingyang Xuanfu, he must first have a justifiable achievement to convince the public and establish his own position. The investigation of the various sects was the stepping stone that Head Xuan had prepared for him.
As for Zhang Yu himself, he actually didn't care about this. As Xuan Zheng, as long as he did a good job of supervising, it would be a great merit, so there was no need for him to fight for these things.
After this matter was settled, he told Yun Chen about something he had been thinking about for a long time.
"Fellow Daoist Yun, although we have disintegrated many Daoist sects, we have also cut off their path of recruiting disciples. If this continues, in eight to ten years, perhaps our Xuanfu cultivators will no longer have any successors."
Yun Chen's expression became more serious. When Zhang Yu mentioned it, he immediately realized the seriousness of this problem. Although he was a True Cultivator, since his teacher had arranged for him to be the next Head Xuan, then he must consider the problem from the standpoint of Xuanfu.
He thought for a moment and said, "Xuan Zheng, do you have a solution for this matter?"
Zhang Yu said, "We only need to restore the old Xuanfu system here. I am preparing to find a suitable time to re-establish Xuanfu Academy in the various provinces and counties."
In the Dongting Protectorate, Xuanfu was constantly provided with talents by Taiyang Academy. The entire academy was even built with Xuanfu as the center.
Originally, Qingyang Xuanfu was the same. More than sixty years ago, there were 23 provinces and counties in Qingyang Upper Continent, and every academy in each province and county had to provide a certain amount of talents to Xuanfu every year.
However, due to the changes in the situation and the rapid progress of Shen Pao and Xuan Armor, now most of the academies had turned to providing talents to the army and the prefecture.
Yun Chen said, "I understand what Xuan Zheng is saying. But with the current situation in the continent, where will the academies come from? Where will the students come from? "
Zhang Yu said, "I have read the files before. There are a few abandoned academies in the provinces and counties that have been converted to their use. We can try to get them back and rebuild them. In fact, academies are just dead things. Even if they are gone, they can be rebuilt. We are Daoists, so what if we use the world as our hut? The key here is still the people! "
Yun Chen was a True Cultivator, so he agreed with Zhang Yu's view. He raised his hand and asked, "Then may I ask Xuan Zheng, where do the people come from?"
Zhang Yu said slowly, "Overseas Protectorate."
Yun Chen's eyes lit up. He instantly understood Zhang Yu's meaning and couldn't help but nod.
Zhang Yu said, "There are 57 Protectorates outside Dongyang, and each of them is guarded by Xuanfu. However, there is still no news from most of them. When this matter is over, Xuanfu will send people to search for them and ask them to return to Tianxia. After that, we can also recruit talents from the returning Protectorates. "
With the current situation in Qingyang Upper Continent, forcibly competing with the other two prefectures for students would easily lead to internal strife. Therefore, he turned his attention to overseas.
As long as the Protectorates still existed and respected Tianxia, there would be Xuanfu guarding them. If they could integrate these Xuanfu and the academies behind them, Qingyang Xuanfu would not have to worry about the lack of talents.
Even if only half of the Protectorates returned, it would still be a powerful force.
On one hand, they could avoid direct conflict with the two prefectures of Qingyang. On the other hand, they could further strengthen the connections between the Protectorates and the mainland. It could be said to be killing two birds with one stone.
Yun Chen approved of this strategy. Although there were still many things waiting for them to do and many difficulties to overcome, there was no doubt that this was the right path.
He thought for a moment and said seriously, "I know what Xuanzheng means by saying this to me. Don't worry, Xuanzheng. Now that I am a member of Xuanfu, I will do my best to push this matter forward with Xuanzheng."
Zhang Yu could see that Yun Chen was sincere. However, just the two of them were not enough. He would also report this matter to Xuanting and gain a certain amount of initiative. At least in name, he would receive more support.
After discussing a few more details with Yun Chen, he said goodbye and returned to Mizar Academy.
When he returned to Jintai's residence, he sat alone in a quiet room and did some breathing exercises. He then activated the "Seal of Visualization" and looked through the seals and visualization diagrams that the various sects had sent.
This time, other than the Great Mountain Sect and the Radiant Light Sect, almost all of the remaining Dao Sects' secret techniques were included in it. This was undoubtedly a huge resource.
After he finished reading all of this, he entered into the book to inspect himself. He discovered that the Divine Essence required to deduce his own visualization diagram had once again greatly decreased. Judging from the Divine Essence that he had accumulated now, it seemed to have gathered more than half of it.
However, if he wanted to cultivate the remaining Divine Origin on his own, he didn't know how long it would take to gather enough. Thus, he still needed to go outside to find Origin Energy.
However, even if he could deduce his own visualization diagrams, he didn't have enough Divine Origin to cultivate them. Thus, he could only wait until he confirmed the existence of the "Spirit Pass" before coming back and continuing to think of a way.
After careful consideration, he decided that he wouldn't call anyone else to investigate this time. He would do it alone.
Xuanfu was still in the process of integration. There was no one in the residence that he could entrust his life to. Even if there were one or two people, it wouldn't be of much help. On the contrary, it would be better for him to act alone.
The most important thing was that if there were too many people, it would be easy for the matter to be leaked. If the people of the two sects found out by accident, they might secretly obstruct him. If this spread to the ears of the sects outside the territory and they sent people to snatch it, it would ruin his plan.
Moreover, he had the treasure given by Xuanfu and the Azure Sun Wheel that Zhu Xuanshou lent him. It was enough for him to protect himself.
At this moment, he glanced at the "True Spirit of Knowledge" on the table. It was a pity that this thing had yet to be developed. Otherwise, he could have brought it with him this time to help him perfect the "Seal of the Seer".
He shifted his gaze, stood up, shook his sleeves, and walked out of the quiet room.
Not long after he left, a faint blue light flickered on the seam of the "spiritual house". After a while, it fell silent again.
Zhang Yu came to the outer room. After some preparation, he went to the school to ask for leave. When he came back, he called Li Qinghe and told him, "I will be away for a while. You, Qing Shu, and Qing Xi take care of the residence. If there are visitors, remember their names and wait for me to come back."
Li Qinghe followed him here from Dongting, so he was very familiar with his style of doing things. He immediately understood that this was an urgent matter that his Sir was going to do. He solemnly said, "Qing He will remember it. Sir, be careful."
This time, in order to ensure the secrecy of his actions and prevent others from spying on his whereabouts, Zhang Yu first boarded the flying boat and headed towards Ju Province, creating the illusion that he was heading towards the Profound Palace. After stopping at Wei County, he then directly soared into the sky and flew towards the south.
In the southwest of Qingyang Upper Continent, there was a huge diamond-shaped crystal in the center of the original camp of the immoral cultivators.
In the surroundings, whale-like flying ships were constantly moving back and forth, constantly transporting all kinds of materials and resources. New roads, wells, buildings, factories, and defensive fortresses were quickly erected. The entire camp was expanding at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Because this place was relatively close to the "World Gap", and after decades of operation by Li Mo and the others, all kinds of conditions were met. Therefore, the people of Shuang Continent had long regarded this place as an important fulcrum to control the "World Gap".
In the next few days, Shuang Continent would continuously transfer flying boats and armored soldiers over. If it wasn't for the fact that they were afraid of attracting the attention of Qingyang Upper Continent and Qingyang Upper Continent, it wouldn't be a problem to expand the scale ten times.
At this time, the Crystal Jade Giant who had captured Li Mo earlier brought his subordinates to the deck. He watched as the enormous airship slowly came to a stop in midair. When the cabin door opened, a resplendent staircase as bright as crystal jade appeared. Then, he saw groups of Crystal Jade Giants with profound weapons on their shoulders walk down and line up below.
Under the nervous gazes of everyone, a tall figure finally walked out.
He was also wearing a crystal armor, but he was more than two zhang tall, twice the size of an ordinary crystal giant. Moreover, the armor was covered in layers of thick patterns, giving off a very oppressive feeling.
He stood there and swept his gaze over the group of people waiting below. Everyone couldn't help but lower their heads. After a while, he said in a low voice, "How are the preparations?"
The female crystal giant respectfully cupped her fist and said, "Protector, all the teams in the camp are ready. We can set off at any time!"
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