novelE2F #795 - One hundred thousand taels for a fish
#795 - One hundred thousand taels for a fish
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Director Huang glanced at the person who asked the question. His subsequent answer was unexpectedly simple, which made everyone's heart sink even more.
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"Let's get through the immediate crisis first."
The man heard this and said nothing more, looking dejected.
Director Huang frowned, "Cheer up. You are the Sitianjian, and also the last hope of the world. If you give up, who else can resist this calamity?"
"We also want to do something, but now the secret power in the world is becoming less and less, and our spells and formations are becoming more and more difficult to cast," one of the disciples said with a bitter face.
"I know," Director Huang nodded, and then announced, "From today onwards, the Sitianjian will distribute Golden Scale Secret Carp to supervisors who go out to handle cases. Although there are not many Secret Carp left in the department, Lord Qi has found a way to breed Secret Carp. He is leading people to build fish ponds near the twelve secret realms. Soon everyone will have one.."
Lu Jing stretched out his hand, "I still have some stock on hand, which I brought back from Shizhou with Lord Qi last time. Well, I can donate twenty tails to the department first."
"Very good," Director Huang said, "However, now the Golden Scale Secret Carp is becoming more and more important to practitioners, and you are no exception. The department cannot let you suffer too much. How about this, I won't take your fish for nothing, I will use Sitianjian copper coins to buy them, one hundred coins per tail."
One hundred Sitianjian copper coins, converted into silver, is also one hundred thousand taels.
One hundred thousand taels of silver for one fish, even Xixiang doesn't have such an outrageous price.
However, everyone had no objection to this, and no one suspected that Director Huang was using his position for personal gain, secretly giving benefits to his disciples from the Sitianjian's treasure house.
In fact, many people even felt that the price was a bit low, and Lu Jing was at a disadvantage.
Director Huang was right. In the foreseeable future, practitioners' dependence on the Golden Scale Secret Carp will only increase, because without secret power, no matter how powerful your spells and formations are, they will be water without a source and a tree without roots.
No one will ever think that they have too many Golden Scale Secret Carp, such precious things.
Lu Jing took out twenty tails in one breath for others to use. This kind of behavior can be described as righteousness, worthy of being a recognized hero in the martial arts world.
However, Qi Wenren has not yet developed this function. In addition, Lu Jing is now successful in raising fish. The number of Golden Scale Secret Carp in the fish pond has increased to thirty tails when he went back last time, and now it should be close to forty if there are no accidents.
Even if he donates twenty tails, there are still twenty tails left. In addition to giving Yan Yun and Xia Huai three tails each, Lu Jing can continue to raise the remaining dozen tails to give birth to small fish, without delaying anything.
So Lu Jing took out these twenty tails very happily.
Perhaps because Lu Jing set a good example, after the initial panic, other teachers and students began to think about what else they could do to help Sitianjian overcome the difficulties.
Soon someone came up with a new idea, "If there are not enough people, can we ask those Jianghu sects to help?"
"In fact, most strange objects can be dealt with without spells as long as they can figure out their behavior patterns, and most of us come from famous sects, so maybe we can ask our teachers for help."
As soon as he said this, he received responses from some people.
However, doing so obviously violated Sitianjian's consistent rule of acting in a low-key manner and not letting the people know about the existence of strange objects.
And it is the most important rule.
It just so happened that Director Huang was also a person who attached great importance to rules, otherwise he would not have become the Director of the academy, so the person who made the proposal was also a little uneasy.
But to his surprise, Director Huang only thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Yes, go ahead. You can first talk to your closest elders and uncles. I will also have someone from Sitianjian draft a specific cooperation method as soon as possible. At that time, I will personally visit the major sects."
Hearing Director Huang's words, the front of the study was finally no longer so lifeless.
Everyone began to discuss how to persuade the elders in the sect to join the cause of dealing with strange objects, only Lu Jing hesitated to speak.
Director Huang noticed it, but didn't say anything, and continued, "Even with the help of the righteous sects, those powerful strange objects still need practitioners to deal with."
He paused, "From today onwards, you are all supervisors, enjoying all the powers of supervisors. At the same time, you must also start handling cases independently, because no one can teach you by your side anymore."
When the students heard this, their eyes dimmed, but soon most people's faces showed firmness again.
"Okay, that's all I have to say," Director Huang nodded approvingly when he saw this, "I still have to go back to Sitianjian to meet the four surviving supervisors, so if you have any questions, it's best to ask them now."
There was another silence in the crowd.
After a while, a female disciple of Xijiange opened her mouth and said cautiously, "Director Huang, are those rumors about Guo Shaojian true?"
"I don't know," Director Huang shook his head, "I haven't met the four surviving supervisors yet. I actually know almost as much about what happened in the secret realm as you do. If you ask me my opinion, I have known Guo Shouhuai since I was studying in the academy, and we have been friends for more than twenty years.
"Until today, I still can't see through what he is thinking, but there is one thing I think I can be sure of. If you let me find someone who might betray Sitianjian and kill a group of colleagues, his name will always be at the end of my list. But if someone sees him in the future."
"Do you want to report to you in time?" The female disciple of Xijiange asked nervously.
"No, don't do that," Director Huang said, "You are not his opponent. No matter what he asks you to do, don't refuse immediately. Do as he says, and report to the department after he leaves, and I will handle it."
"But you said"
"I believe in him, but he did abandon Sitianjian in times of crisis. Before the truth of the matter is found out, he is no longer the Shaojian of Sitianjian. You must also be careful of him, and avoid him if you can. During the days when he is not here, I will temporarily take over the position of Shaojian and lead everyone to deal with those strange objects together."
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