Chapter 294 The invisible black hand hidden in the dark

“Depending on the level of the spiritual veins, the number of spiritual stones collected each year is also different.

The second-level low-grade spiritual veins collect five thousand spiritual stones every year, the second-order medium-grade spiritual veins receive 10,000 spiritual stones, and the second-grade high-grade spiritual veins receive 15,000 spiritual stones. "

Hearing this, Xu Feng secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Although the sect was very ruthless, he could afford this spiritual stone.

However, he still believes that the price is a bit high.

Think about it, during the auction, the highest auction price for a Foundation Establishment Pill was more than 60,000 spirit stones.

Now take a family with a second-level low-grade spiritual vein as an example. The spiritual stones offered in twelve or thirteen years can be used to buy a foundation-building pill. Isn’t this considered bad?

However, the Jiugong Sect also has its reasons for doing this. On the one hand, they need to rely on the family power under their command to provide them with offerings, so as to maintain huge expenses.

On the other hand, this can also kick out the underdeveloped foundation-building families and allow more capable monks to form new families, thus stimulating the ambition of subordinate forces and not just lying around waiting to die.

If you think the five thousand spiritual stones a year is too much, you can give up ownership of your spiritual veins and give them to others. There are many monks lining up who can take out the spiritual stones!

If you think about it again, what would happen if the Jiugong Sect did not need the forces under its command to pay tribute every year.

A foundation-building monk worked hard to obtain a second-level spiritual vein as a reward from the Jiugong Sect, and then spread his wings to establish a family.

As a result, the descendants of the family failed to live up to their expectations and did not find ways to earn spiritual stones in exchange for resources for cultivating immortals. They only stayed in the clan mountain to practice. Then the family could not survive more than three generations and would inevitably decline.

Since the sect does not need to offer spiritual stones, they can continue to live like this until the family's foundation-building monks die, and then the spiritual veins are recovered.

You might say, there’s nothing wrong with that, right? After all, this is their own choice, what does it have to do with your Jiugong Sect?

If you think this way, you are totally wrong. This kind of thing is not only related to the Jiugong Sect, but also related to their life and death.

If the subordinates are actually these family forces that cannot hold up the wall, then how many monks can this kind of family dispatch for the Jiugong Sect to dispatch when encountering an invasion from a foreign enemy?

Of course, these reasons were all told to him by leader Lu Yan just now. Although Xu Feng thought there was a little bit of truth, he still felt that the main purpose of the Jiugong Sect was to squeeze the power of its subordinates.

"I understand, senior brother, the Xu family will definitely pay the spirit stones on time in the future."

"Then don't be too anxious. After all, junior brother, you are different from others. There is no need to stick to the sect rules. Your family's spiritual stones will be calculated from the time your family officially moves to Taimang Mountain!"

"Thank you, Senior Brother!"

After dealing with the matter of spiritual veins, Xu Feng went straight to the Spiritual Object Hall.

What he didn't know was that as soon as he left the sect's meeting hall, a foundation-building monk who was on guard quietly left the place behind him.

"Are you sure that he really chose the Li family's clan mountain in Taimang Mountain as the place to establish his clan in the future?"

"I saw it with my own eyes. When Xu Keqing came out of the meeting hall, the smile on his face was still there. It can be seen that he was in a good mood. He must have finalized the matter of spiritual veins."

"Okay, very good. As long as he chooses Taimang Mountain, then our plan will be at least half successful. The next thing we have to do is to stand still and wait for the backhand arranged on Taimang Mountain to show its power.

Xu Feng is a rare talent. It is really a waste to stay in this Jiugong Sect. When our plan is successful, I will personally take him to see the leader, so that his talents can be brought into full play. "

"Then do I need to send someone to keep an eye on his whereabouts?"

"No need. Judging from my contact with him, this person is cautious by nature. Doing so may alert the snake. We just need to wait and see what happens.

In as short as three to five years, as long as seven or eight years, he will definitely join our Holy Religion just like the current patriarch of the Li family, hahahahaha! "

"Hahahahaha!"

Two extremely wild and harsh laughter echoed in the cave, but outsiders knew nothing about it.

If these conversations were known to other people in the Jiugong Faction, they would definitely be shocked. There seems to be another hidden reason behind the Li family's defection, and there seems to be an unknown mysterious force lurking within the Jiugong Faction.

Who sent them, and what is their hidden purpose?

All of this is like a mystery, shrouded in the sky over the Jiugong Sect.

…

After leaving the meeting hall, Xu Feng did not choose to return to Shanyangfang immediately to reunite with his wife and children.

Before leaving, he promised his eldest son that he would buy a bird puppet for him, but he always remembered it!

"Xu Keqing, you are here. Come to the back hall to serve tea."

As soon as he entered the hall of the Spiritual Object Hall, a fifth-level monk on duty here immediately came up to him and greeted him warmly.

"Isn't this Fellow Daoist Feng? Wasn't it the last time I saw you at the mission hall? When was he transferred here?"

Seeing that the other party was actually an old acquaintance, Xu Feng immediately responded with a smile.

"It's been a while, and it's boring to stay in the same place, so I applied for a job change. Anyway, the work is pretty much the same."

"That's true, but I won't go to the back hall to have tea. I'm in a hurry. After exchanging the spiritual items, I have to go home quickly."

"I didn't realize it, but Xu Keqing is still a good man who cares about his family. Well, if you want to exchange something, I'll get it for you."

The monk surnamed Feng made a joke and then asked.

"Please give me a flying puppet. The level does not need to be too high. A first-level middle-grade one will do."

Faced with the teasing, Xu Feng smiled slightly and did not care at all.

"A first-level middle-grade one is a bit too low, right? It can't even carry people to fly. How about changing it to a first-level upper-grade one?"

The monk surnamed Feng suggested. He thought Xu Feng bought the flying puppet for transportation.

"No need. I want one that can't carry people to fly. Otherwise, I wouldn't dare to ask for it!"

Seeing the other party's puzzled face, Xu Feng continued to explain:

"I bought the flying puppet as a toy for my son. A first-level middle-grade one will do."

"So that's the case. Then wait a moment. I'll get it for you."

"Thank you, fellow Daoist Feng."

After thanking him, Xu Feng did not stand there and wait, but found a chair and sat down.

A moment later, Feng returned with a three-foot-long flying eagle puppet in his hand. The puppet was finely crafted and looked exactly like the real thing.

"How many contribution points is this worth?"

"Eighty contribution points."

"Okay, that's it."

After looking at it from both sides for a while, Xu Feng took out the token and handed it over.