Chapter 186: The Aftermath (Part 1)

The huge explosion caused by the flying boat finally alarmed the Kunlun Dao Mansion, and then the Yujing.

The Kunlun Dao Mansion and the Tiangang Hall quickly sent people to this place, and the Tiangang Hall's headmaster came in person.

The headmaster rescued Zhang Yuelu, who was still hovering in the air, and sent a spiritual officer to block the scene from the ground, and initially demarcated a radius of 500 miles to search for the wreckage of the flying boat.

The Tiangang Hall spiritual officer also temporarily built a reed tent for the headmaster to stay. Zhang Yuelu was also brought to this place.

The reed tent was carpeted, and tables and chairs were placed. The precise map provided by the Kunlun Dao Mansion was hung. It was not much different from the camp tent where the black-clothed men marched and fought.

Zhang Yuelu sat alone in the corner, her eyes empty and out of focus.

Her face was very pale, and she actually brought out a bit of the meaning of a sick beauty, so that many people thought that she had suffered a serious injury in this battle and had not recovered yet.

At this time, many people came and went in the reed tent to report various matters to the headmaster.

Regarding the progress of the search for the flying boat, when the flying boat exploded, it was over the Zhaling Lake and Eling Lake outside the Kunlun Pass, so many flying boat wreckage and the bodies of the victims fell into the lakes, which made it very difficult to find them. Ordinary spiritual officials could not go deep into the water, so the Taoist sect needed to dispatch spiritual officials of the third rank or above.

Moreover, the flying boat disintegrated at a height of several thousand feet, and the various wreckage and fragments did not fall vertically, but dived all the way. In the process, wreckage continued to fall, which may exceed the range of 500 miles. If the search range is expanded, more people will be needed.

The head of the hall instructed his subordinates to complete the search within the range of 500 miles first, mainly to find survivors and the dragon ball of the flying boat as the first priority, and then expand the search range and enter the underwater search after the reinforcements arrived.

In addition, there were inquiries from various parties. This matter actually alarmed the three deputy head masters at the same time. It was not that the matter had become so serious, but a coincidence.

The flying boat set off from Shangqing Palace, and most of the passengers were disciples of the Zhengyi sect, so the Zhengyi sect master must ask about it. At the same time, today is the first day of the new year, and it is also the day when the Grand Master of Quanzhen Dao and the Grand Master of Taiping Dao take over the rotating Grand Master. On such a sensitive day, such a thing happened. The two deputy Grand Masters wanted to pretend that they didn't know, and they must ask about it.

What's more, Zhang Yuelu was also on this flying boat. The three deputy Grand Masters knew Zhang Yuelu. Needless to say, the first two deputy Grand Masters were the juniors they admired, the niece of the Heavenly Master, and the deputy hall master personally promoted by the Earth Master. As for the National Master, it was because of Li Tianzhen.

The Hall Master had to personally reply to the letters of the three deputy Grand Masters and report the specific situation of this place in detail.

There were also inquiries from other halls, such as Beichen Hall, Huasheng Hall, Kunlun Daofu, etc. After this incident, Beichen Hall must be the leader to launch an internal self-examination to prevent such things from happening again. Huasheng Hall asked about the casualties and whether support was needed. As for Kunlun Daofu, after all, it happened on their territory, so of course they had to ask about it and minimize their responsibility.

In fact, for the Dao Sect, the loss is not unbearable, but the impact is extremely bad, and someone will inevitably suffer after the incident. Jinque held Kunlun Daofu accountable first, because the rescue was not timely, and even a large area of ​​​​blank area appeared, which was hard to escape. The second was Tiangang Hall and Beichen Hall. After all, they involved secret societies, and these two families must be held responsible anyway. Finally, Wuzhou Daofu also had to bear the crime of negligence in prevention.

For these things, Zhang Yuelu seemed to be a complete outsider, without any feelings, like a walking corpse, very numb, did not want to participate, did not want to ask, just sat alone in the corner.

But she was not completely in a daze, but more in thinking.

Although the person who took action was a member of the Lingshan Wu Cult, the divine power of Siming Zhenjun also appeared, which meant that Zhiming Cult was also indirectly involved in this matter. But this is not the most important thing. No matter how powerful Wu Luo's projection is, the Taoist sect can deal with it. The key is that Lingshan Wu Cult has captured a piece of information very keenly. There is no third-grade Youyi Taoist priest on the flying boat this time, so how did they know this information?

The last secret society involved in this matter has also surfaced, the Purple Light Society.

After all, Zhang Yuelu was born in Beichen Hall, and it is easy to deduce a simple fact.

The list of passengers on the flying boat is in the hands of Shangqing Palace. Either the members of the Purple Light Society are hiding in Shangqing Palace and got the list directly, or the members of the Purple Light Society have a close relationship with the relevant Shangqing Palace Taoist priests and got the list of passengers on the flying boat from them. No matter which possibility it is, I am afraid that the Zhang family will not be able to escape the connection. In other words, there is a ghost in the Zhang family.

At this time, another person walked into the reed tent and saluted respectfully to the head of the hall. After the head of the hall waved his hand, he quickly walked to Zhang Yuelu.

She squatted down, gently placed her hands on Zhang Yuelu's knees, and whispered, "Qingxiao."

Zhang Yuelu slowly raised her head and found that the person who came was Mu Jin.

Mu Jin lived in Yujing and came with the head of the hall this time. However, she was assigned the responsibility of liaison by the head of the hall. After all, this time, Tiangang Hall and Kunlun Daofu acted together. Although the head of the hall was in charge of the overall situation, many places needed to be contacted and coordinated, and Mu Jin was in charge of this job.

Until this time, Mu Jin had some free time and came to see Zhang Yuelu immediately.

Regardless of Mu Jin's relationship with Qi Xuansu, her relationship with Zhang Yuelu is not fake.

Zhang Yuelu's eyes returned to consciousness slightly, but he did not speak.

"Tian Yuan..." Probably because the deceased was older, Mu Jin called Qi Xuansu by his first name for the first time.

"Tian Yuan..." Zhang Yuelu repeated softly, his voice actually a little hoarse.

Mu Jin gently patted Zhang Yuelu's back and whispered: "The deceased is gone, but the living are like this."

Zhang Yuelu slowly closed his eyes: "If it weren't for Tian Yuan, you wouldn't be able to see me."

Mu Jin didn't know what to say. Although she disliked Qi Xuansu very much, she always felt that Qi Xuansu had taken away Zhang Yuelu, but to be fair, the two of them did not have any unforgettable hatred. At this time, they were gone, and it was for Zhang Yuelu, so a little hatred was nothing. .

Zhang Yuelu opened his eyes again: "I came to Tiangang Hall from Beichen Hall, and I came at the right time. I will cancel all my rest, and strive to become a third-grade Youyi Taoist priest as soon as possible, so that I, the deputy hall master, can become worthy of my name."

Mu Jin wondered: "According to the year suspension system, it takes three years for a fourth-grade Taoist priest to be promoted to a third-grade Youyi Taoist priest. You have just been promoted to a fourth-grade Taoist priest. Even if you have done enough, you still have to upgrade to the third grade." It will take two years.”

Zhang Yuelu said slowly: "That said, there are no absolutes in anything, and there are exceptions."

Mu Jin thought for a moment and said in surprise: "Exception...are you talking about heavenly beings?"

After the Taoist sect established the ninth-grade Taoist priest system, except for the great master, everyone was within the scope of the ninth-grade Taoist priests, and there was a very strict promotion system.

At low levels, position and grade are not too tied together. But when you reach a high-grade Taoist priest, the two become inseparable, so the position of a high-grade Taoist priest has become a disguised grade, collectively called the ninth grade and the twelfth grade. "

Under this circumstance, the "stop-year" system, modeled on the ancient "stop-year grid" system, came into being. The promotion of grades is strictly restricted by the "stop-year" system, which is the number of years that a certain grade must be stayed, which is the minimum number of years. years. According to regulations, a Taoist priest of the seventh rank must wait for one year to advance to the sixth rank. A Taoist priest of the sixth rank must wait for one year to advance to the fifth rank. It takes two years to advance to the fourth rank. It takes three years to advance to the fourth rank. For second-grade products, choose to upgrade.

However, there are exceptions, and these exceptions are reserved for people with extraordinary talents.

From ancient times to the present, there have been many amazingly talented and beautiful people. For example, Donghuang from the Xuansheng era had already become a heavenly being before he even reached the crown, and was regarded as half as talented as Xuansheng. Although Donghuang was already the deputy head master when the ninth-grade Taoist system was established, assuming that Donghuang appeared after the ninth-grade Taoist system and was promoted in strict accordance with the suspension of years system, Donghuang might still be a low-grade Taoist when he became a heavenly being. He has not even been promoted to the fourth level of Taoist Priest Liquor.

This will lead to very embarrassing results, and this situation did occur after Donghuang. In order to specifically deal with this situation, the Taoist sect later added a special regulation. As long as you are promoted to heaven and have enough merit, you can ignore the suspension system and be directly promoted to the third-grade Youyi Taoist priest. The third-grade promotion to the second-grade still uses the selection promotion method. More flexible.

Zhang Yuelu said expressionlessly: "I will soon be promoted to heaven. It will not be difficult to accumulate merit in Tiangang Hall."

"I understand." Mu Jin nodded.

Zhang Yuelu's eyes turned cold: "The people from the Lingshan Witch Cult said that using their heads in exchange for credit is hot on your hands. I want to see if my hands are tougher or your heads are tougher."

"Okay." Mu Jin didn't know how to persuade her, so she sighed, "The space vacated by Tianyuan..."

Zhang Yuelu's eyes darkened, but he still said: "Now it can only be regarded as a matter of life or death. You can do his job first. After three months, it will be treated as missing. After three years, it will be treated as..."

"Yes, I understand." Mu Jin saw that Zhang Yuelu was in a very bad mood and did not dare to raise too many objections on this matter.

If something like this happens, the Taoist sect will definitely allocate funds for compensation. Most people don't want this time to drag on for too long and other accidents happen, so they will assume that they are dead. However, what Zhang Yuelu said is right. In this kind of life, no one will die. When no body is found, it can indeed be considered missing first and then considered dead.

Furthermore, Qi Xuansu had no relatives, no wife, and no master. Zhang Yuelu only heard him mention a Qiniang, who seemed not to be from the Taoist sect, but to be a figure in the world. She was nowhere to be found. She was given a pension, and Who can I leave it to? Even if I want to burn it all into paper money, I don’t know where to burn the paper.

Although there was some unspeakable luck in Zhang Yuelu's decision, it was also reasonable.