Chapter 675 New Position
The Luofu Sect had no intention of moving out of the Eight Desolate Universe. From the very beginning, the Luofu Sect promoted the method of dividing the sect, that is, taking the Luofu Sect of the Eight Desolate Universe as the main sect, and the sects established in the major affiliated universes as branch sects, and encouraged the Golden Immortals to go out and establish sects in the Golden Immortal Universe.
So far, there are more than 300,000 small sects established by celestial immortals, and the total number of immortals has reached more than 10 million. There are more than 20,000 sects established by golden immortals, and the number of sect immortals has reached more than 3 million. The Taiyi gods and demons have not moved, as they are all busy with their own things.
The establishment of the Luotian Immortal Sect in the Daluo Universe has indeed had a significant impact on the forces of the immortal sects and Taoist sects in the Eight Desolate Universe. Many immortal sects and Taoist sects have followed suit and started to move out of the Eight Desolate Universe. After all, the Luotian Immortal Sect is the number one immortal sect, and its leading role is still very important.
After 43,600 years of the Eight Wastelands calendar, the new year's gathering begins again.
"In the current Eight Desolate Universe, the number of immortals and immortal sects has decreased, and it looks a lot quieter." Shen Yurong complained.
"The number of immortals has not decreased. Don't be fooled by the illusion." Jiang Lin said with a smile, "The number of immortals is even increasing. In addition to the immortals who have ascended, there are also many immortals who have been transferred and the heavenly soldiers and generals who have joined the Heavenly Court for training. In fact, it's just the immortal sects who have moved away."
"Not only the immortal sects, but also the family forces," Chen Fuxiao said with emotion, "leaving the Eight Desolate Universe seems to have become a new trend."
"It's quite normal," Tian Feng said calmly, "On the one hand, the Emperor and Empress are pushing for it. On the other hand, the outside world is vast and exciting, and there are many opportunities. If we really want to move away, it would be a good thing. At least the forces of all parties will expand rapidly. But where would a truly smart immortal leave?"
"That's right," Zhao Qinghe nodded. "Luotian Immortal Sect seems to have moved away, but it still has roots in the Eight Desolate Universe. At least the Nine Dragons Immortal Island still exists, Xuanyoutian still has their residence, and there are still many immortal positions in the Heavenly Court occupied by them. This is completely different from other immortal sects."
"So, there's no need for us to dwell on this." Jiang Lin said, looking at Zhao Qinghe, "What other arrangements does Junior Brother Qinghe have?"
"No more," Zhao Qinghe shook his head and said, "I will come back as soon as possible, and my clone will continue to stay in the Dragon Clan. This time he will follow me back to the Dragon Nest. The Dragon Clan's forces have begun to gradually withdraw from the universe, and I heard that the Tianwu Universe seems to be ending this game as well."
"It seems that the two saints have decided to leave." Jiang Lin nodded calmly, "From now on, the universe will belong to our Heavenly Court."
The fellow disciples were excited and proud. They were the group of immortals who had the highest recognition of the Heavenly Court, and they shared the same prosperity and adversity with the Heavenly Court. If the Heavenly Court grew stronger, they would naturally grow stronger too, and there would be many benefits. If they could take over the entire universe, they would probably have more capital to impact Daluo.
After a brief review, Jiang Lin began to formally preside over the meeting. The content was nothing more than the future development of the sect, the cooperation between personal assets and sect assets, and the latest arrangements. Zhao Qinghe would be reused by the emperor and empress, and would return to heaven to be arranged for an immortal position.
There are five expeditionary forces in total, three of which have stopped so far, and the remaining two are carefully exploring the surroundings. Despite this, they will still slow down and will not continue the expedition overtime. This is because the Heavenly Court needs time to settle and digest, and it is simply impossible for them to mobilize a large force to explore the universe.
Moreover, the emperor and empress had long promised that the three expeditions would come to an end.
For the Heavenly Court, the expeditionary force is certainly a powerful weapon, but staying there for a long time is not friendly to the immortals, not to mention that the fleet is very wasteful. The Heavenly Court is also updating and renovating the warships. There are already many versions. In the future, the fleet will not only be large in number, but also have many more styles.
"The Star Alliance Department is no longer necessary," Jiang Lin said, "or rather, it will be directly set up in the Eight Desolate Heavens."
"Where should I go?" Zhao Qinghe asked worriedly, "Except for the Star Alliance Department, I don't seem to be suitable for other places?"
"I originally wanted you to stay and serve as Master Ziyun's deputy in Guanglong Universe, but the Empress had other plans," Jiang Lin said. "You will go to the Ministry of Personnel and be responsible for the review and assessment of the Ministry of Personnel. According to the arrangement of the Empress, you will be the review official of the Ministry of Personnel, and your rank is not low, it is the third rank."
"A third-rank official who inspects the heavens?" Shen Yurong asked in surprise, "This is a department with real power."
"Not only does he have real power, but he can also easily offend people," Wang Yao said, "Why does the Emperor and Empress think Qinghe is qualified?"
"The Personnel Department's Heavenly Official Inspection needs a Taiyi Golden Immortal with background, strength, and attitude to be in charge." Jiang Lin explained, "As the universe increases, the number of personnel in the Personnel Department is also increasing, and the number of immortal officials to be managed is also increasing. Problems are inevitable, and Heavenly Official Inspection is one of the gates."
Reviewing personnel information, assessing their abilities and character, this right alone is tempting enough, not to mention that they are third-rank officials, all of whom are big names in the Ministry of Personnel. With the Luofu Sect background and Mei Tianfei behind him, it would be impossible for Zhao Qinghe to fail to make progress.
"Brother, do you think I should go?" Zhao Qinghe was a little undecided.
"Of course you should go," Jiang Lin smiled, "This is a rare opportunity for you and the sect. Since the Empress trusts you so much, don't let her down. After taking office, don't rush to start a fire. Find out the situation carefully. In the future, stay neutral and don't be soft on your natal immortal."
"I understand." Zhao Qinghe nodded.
The other brothers were a little envious at first. After all, looking at Zhao Qinghe's resume, he was promoted to a third-rank immortal official just after returning from a trip to the Guanglong Universe. This was too much of a privilege. But after hearing Jiang Lin's words, everyone realized that although being an immortal official was good, there were still many difficulties, even extremely difficult ones. It was not easy to be an immortal official.
"Looks like I have to come back too." Wang Yao said with a smile.
"The Empress's intention is that all the warships must return, but you may have to send some of the warships to continue on your way," Jiang Lin said, "We will definitely have to continue discussing this in the next meeting. The final result will definitely be to have the heavenly soldiers and generals return. All of you Taiyi and Golden Immortals must continue to move forward and eventually reach the Red Fate Palace."
"Are you going there as an envoy?" Kong Guang asked, "I have heard some news."
"Yes," Jiang Lin nodded. "The Heavenly Court wants to send an envoy to the Red Fate Palace. With You Wanli on the Dragon side, there is no need to go through so much trouble. However, the Red Fate Palace has not entered the Saint Universe, and with the promotion of the Red Luan Immortal Venerable, this kind of movement is still necessary. But there is no need to rush. The warships can come slowly."
Not flying there directly would be too frivolous on the one hand and disrespectful to the Chi Ming Taoist Palace, on the other hand the Heavenly Court had not yet fully digested it and needed time. It just so happened that the fleet of Wang Yao and Fairy Chao Yin and his party was heading towards the Chi Ming Taoist Palace, so using this name was just right.
"So, I will become an envoy soon?" Wang Yao smiled. He was still very interested in the Chi Ming Taoist Palace.
"It is most likely that the avatar of the Red Luan Immortal Venerable is in charge. Since the meeting has not yet started, nothing has been decided." Jiang Lin said, "In short, from now on, for a long time, our Eight Desolate Universe will be very stable and quiet. There will definitely be wars, but they will all be small-scale wars of conquest. Most of the time, we will just rest and recuperate."
War is inevitable. Today, the Heavenly Court is powerful throughout the world. In the vast universe, except for the Saint Universe, which are all top forces, many other cosmic forces are within the range of Heavenly Court's destruction. The strategy of fighting to support war will not change the emperor and empress, because the effect has already come out, and the emperor and empress are still very satisfied and value it.
In addition to the top forces, there are countless other forces in the universe. Those forces that do not have Daluo Jinxian are all targets of Heaven. There is no need to dispatch Daluo Jinxian. Just let Taiyi lead the team to conquer them. This will give the Taiyi in Heaven the opportunity to make contributions and gain merits.
Next, Jiang Lin told everyone that this arrangement was the result of the Emperor and Empress asking him specifically. Compared with the previous Emperor and Empress, the current one was more wise and more benevolent, which made Jiang Lin couldn't help but approve of the Emperor and Empress. This kind of subtle and silent approach could easily convince people.
During the 43,900th year of the Eight Desolations Calendar, the Taiyi Golden Immortals of the Luofu Sect and the Luotian Immortal Sect underwent a transfer of immortal positions. The Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Works became the departments that performed the duties of the two major immortal sects. The immortals of the Luotian Immortal Sect entered the Ministry of Works. Not only that, the emperor and empress also opened up the authority to purchase warships to the outside world.
This means that as long as the immortals accumulate enough merits, they can exchange for a personal warship. Immortals can only purchase micro or small warships, family forces and immortal gate forces can purchase medium-sized warships, and the Heavenly Court still holds large warships tightly and does not sell them to the outside world at will.
This year, battleships became a hot item in heaven.
The Luotian Immortal Sect exchanged for 121 medium-sized warships, each Taiyi member had a small warship, and each Jinxian member had a micro warship.
The Luofu Sect exchanged for 108 medium-sized warships, each Taiyi had a small warship, and most of the Golden Immortals had a micro warship.
Lingyun Immortal Sect, Lieyang Immortal Sect, etc., all exchanged for warships and had their own fleets of warships. This prompted every planet in the Eight Desolate Universe to begin building star ports to dock these warships. Star ports are buildings thousands of meters high built from the ground, and all warships are docked on them.
If it were a mortal, it would not be easy to build such a star port, as materials and technology are both difficult issues. However, for immortals, none of this is a problem. There are even planets that want to build larger star ports, but the Heavenly Court does not approve it because the star port will easily affect life on the ground.
To this end, the emperor and empress began to review the planets and evaluate them into five levels: one, two, three, four, and five. Level one was the highest and best planet, as reflected in its size and area, environment and resources, number and quality of immortals, etc. Level five was the lowest, and the standards were the same.
Only first-class planets are allowed to build skyports. Not only that, there are requirements for the height of the skyports. In addition to building high-rise buildings on the ground, most of them are floating ports docked in the planet's orbit. Very few sky-high buildings are approved.
Despite this, with the relaxation of the exchange of warships, the number of warships in the Eight Desolate Universe and the Guifu Universe gradually increased, and the Luofu Sect also made a lot of money because of this. After all, in the entire Eight Desolate Universe, apart from Wangyue Tower selling Tianting brand warships, the Luofu Sect was the only one selling warships developed by itself.
Moreover, compared with the Tianting brand warships, the Luofu Sect's warships are more eye-catching in appearance. Many female fairies choose the Luofu Sect's warships. In addition to the appearance, the internal comfort is also better than the Tianting brand. The Luofu Sect has even established a professional warship modification factory in the Eight Desolate Universe.
The increase in warships has also made the Bahuang Universe and Guifu Universe lively again. People are increasingly fond of driving warships to tour the Shanhe Universe, Guanglong Universe, Yueshan Universe, Tianzun Universe, and Huantian Universe have become check-in points for the immortals in heaven. However, the immortals who can go there are all wealthy, and ordinary immortals simply cannot afford the consumption.
After 44,000 years of the Eight Wastelands, the fourth small court meeting was held.
The Heavenly Court promoted and passed the first traffic law in history, and included it in the Heavenly Rules and Regulations to regulate the navigation methods and rules of warships, and even involved the content of immortals controlling clouds or immortal beasts. The passage of this law also made the order of the Heavenly Court better.
In this small court meeting, the emperor and empress distributed titles on a large scale. Basically, the Golden Immortals and Taiyi all had their own universes. Some were temporary envoys, some were real envoys, or temporary star gods. The so-called temporary envoy means having this title. The original body can choose not to go, but the clone must go.
The main reason is that Heaven now has too many universes in its hands, and there are not enough people to manage them. There is no shortage of heavenly soldiers and generals, of course, but the problem is that there is a serious shortage of Golden Immortals and Taiyi. Even if all the Taiyi and Golden Immortals in Heaven are counted, they cannot fill the huge number of universes, so it is better to divide some of them out.
Of course, what the emperor and empress wanted was their deterrence rather than their interference, so when they pardoned and conferred titles, they were all empty titles with only a little benefit. These immortals who were rewarded also knew what the emperor and empress meant, and they all responded with a smile on their faces. After all, they got it for free, so they were happy with it.
After the fourth small court meeting, the emperor and empress began to hand over the affairs of heaven to Ji Shuanghua and Mei Xianren, while she herself would go into seclusion from time to time, sometimes for a few years, and sometimes for decades. Every time she went into seclusion, the emperor and empress would inform them in advance, for fear that everyone would worry.
During the time when the Emperor was in seclusion, the Empress had basically not rested. This time she had some insights and she didn't want to give up. The women understood this very well and all supported her silently, especially Mei Xianren, who took the initiative to increase the burden, which also allowed the Emperor and the Empress to have more time for seclusion.
The emperor and empress's retreat from time to time has little impact on the Heavenly Court, and the Skynet will not spread information about the Concubine or the emperor and empress at will, so only a few immortal officials know about it. But everyone speculates that the emperor and empress may be about to break through, which is also normal. Today, the emperor and empress hold great power, and their strength and territory have skyrocketed.
How great would the luck that would be fed back to us be? It was simply unimaginable.
And with such a great blessing of luck, no one would be surprised even if the emperor and empress were to break through to the Golden Immortal level.