dognovel Chapter 424 We don't have the final say; the Heavenly Secrets Bureau does.
Chapter 424 We don't have the final say; the Heavenly Secrets Bureau does.
The two hurriedly turned several streets and came to a wide, well-maintained road.
There were no shops or pedestrians on either side of the road, only squads of immortal soldiers dressed in uniform black armor.
One of the celestial soldiers recognized Manager Liu and, seeing him leading Zhong Lingxin in a hurry, asked with a smile, "Manager Liu, is someone else here to sell celestial grain?"
Manager Liu cupped his hands to the celestial soldier: "Officer Wu, are you busy again? I brought this Fellow Daoist You here to sell celestial grains."
As they were talking, Manager Liu led Zhong Lingxin into a grand hall.
The main gate of the hall bears the three large characters "Military Affairs Office".
Inside the main hall, celestial soldiers and generals dressed in black armor were busily working.
Manager Liu led Zhong Lingxin directly to one of the rooms, and bowed to the immortal who was sitting at the table frowning as he read the documents in his hand, saying, "General Chen, I have been ordered by the Military Affairs Bureau to bring people here to sell immortal grains."
General Chen hurriedly put down the documents in his hand and asked Zhong Lingxin directly, "How much immortal food do you have?"
Seeing his anxious look, Zhong Lingxin hesitated for a moment and said, "Only... a few hundred shi."
General Chen could not hide his disappointment: "Several hundred shi (a unit of dry measure)? Then let's take it out and see what grade it is?"
Zhong Lingxin hurriedly took out a storage bag: "First, second, and third grade, each has three hundred shi."
General Chen summoned several minor celestial soldiers to investigate.
Manager Liu explained from the side, "General Chen, Fellow Daoist You is from Jade Wave Lake. He heard the news late, so he brought a few hundred bushels to check the situation first."
General Chen looked up at Zhong Lingxin: "Jade Wave Lake is not under the jurisdiction of our Mountain and Sea Immortal King. It is indeed not easy for you to come here to sell grain. How much do you have left?"
Zhong Lingxin didn't speak.
After inspecting the immortal food brought by Zhong Lingxin, the soldiers reported: "Reporting to the general, it is indeed as this fellow Daoist said, all of them are qualified first-class, second-class and third-class immortal food."
General Chen instructed someone to settle the grain payment with Zhong Lingxin, and then asked Zhong Lingxin again, "Fellow Daoist You, how much Stone Immortal Grain do you have left?"
Zhong Lingxin smiled as she counted the immortal stones in her hand and replied, "Replying to General Chen, my family owns the Jade Wave Lake Grain Store, and we can still obtain hundreds of thousands of shi of immortal grain."
General Chen's spirits lifted: "We'll buy them all. As long as they're like the ones you brought, we'll buy them all at the current price."
Zhong Lingxin looked at Manager Liu, hesitated for a moment, and said, "I heard you're about to set off. Even if I send a message home, it will take several years. Isn't that a bit too late?"
General Chen said urgently, "Don't worry about these things. Just tell me if you can get it. Right now, in our Southern Border, not only are soldiers being recruited everywhere, but the supply of immortal food is also in high demand."
Zhong Lingxin quickly bowed to General Chen: "General, rest assured, we will definitely be able to get it."
We merchants pursue profits, and we sell in the southern border region; we are not colluding with foreign enemies.
The Left Guard Army offered a high price, so we were naturally willing to sell to them.
My concern is that the journey is long and takes a long time, and by the time we arrive, General Chen may no longer need the goods.
After all, once you set off, this place won't be needed anymore.
General Chen waved his hand: "Bring it all here. I'll give you a deposit of one million. Don't worry about us setting off. We're in charge of logistics. While we're fighting their battles, our logistics team has to keep supplying us with grain. Even if you have several hundred thousand shi, or even several million shi, I can take it all."
Zhong Lingxin cupped her hands in greeting: "General, you are so generous. As long as you can purchase at this price, I will send a message back to collect grain near our Yubo Lake. I dare not say tens of millions of shi, but it will definitely amount to several million shi."
General Chen was overjoyed, for this solved his major problem.
Under normal circumstances, there are occasional small wars in the southern border, and the army goes to quell the rebellion or something, using very little immortal food.
It's been tens of thousands of years since we last fought a war with any other immortal realm. Where are we going to find so much immortal food all at once?
In particular, the territory of the Mountain and Sea Immortal King, although rich in immortal energy, is all mountainous and hardly grows immortal food.
Most of the immortal food was grown in the land of Pingjun Immortal King, the rival of the Mountain and Sea Immortal King.
During this period, General Chen was being urged by the Immortal King of Mountains and Seas. If he didn't collect more immortal grain, he would be punished according to military law and flogged.
In Zhong Lingxin's space, on the fourth floor, many first- and second-grade immortal plants were planted.
Even so, there are still large areas of open space.
The peach blossoms and pear blossoms felt sorry that these places were empty, so they decided to let the little peach blossoms and pear blossoms plant some celestial food.
Year after year of harvesting, the harvest has filled several storage rings, totaling hundreds of billions of stones.
The peach blossom's lament is: enough to feed a million immortals for a hundred years.
Great, we've found a big buyer.
This major buyer still went to fight her enemy, Emperor Yiren.
She has to support her!
The next day, Zhong Lingxin readily paid the rent for another five years, then pretended to go back to collect the rent and left Fengxiang City.
After being teleported to the next immortal city, she returned after merging with Ruyi.
On her first visit to Fengxiang City, she already knew the basic situation and had obtained a room key for an inn.
When she came back in, she had a place to stay.
Zhong Lingxin flew slowly over Fengxiang City like a gentle breeze.
She dared not use her divine sense to examine the situation in the city, and instead used her two eyes to slowly search.
In the Left Guard Army's camp, Amitabha Xuanxian was treated quite well, receiving the treatment of a general.
Moreover, his job was simply to pray for good fortune and to prepare for the auspicious day, so he had a very leisurely job.
He was a wise and discerning man who didn't care about anything in the Left Guard Army. He would do whatever he was told, and when he wasn't asked to work, he would meditate in his barracks.
This caused Zhong Lingxin a lot of distress.
She circled the Left Guard Army's camp again and again, but still couldn't find her master.
Moreover, the Left Guard Army has strict military discipline, and the immortal soldiers dare not discuss matters in the military camp at will.
Zhong Lingxin could neither see her master nor hear the immortal soldiers talking about him; she could only wander around the military camp with the gentle breeze every day.
That day, she finally found a map of a military camp.
The map is marked with First Camp, Second Camp, Third Camp, Military Council, etc.
Each main camp is further divided into smaller military camps.
The key point is the Military Affairs Office.
Celestial Armor, Celestial Artifacts, Celestial Food... Celestial Secrets...
The Heavenly Secrets Office was further divided into several smaller departments.
One of them is called the Place of Fortune.
This is Master's forte!
Zhong Lingxin was certain that her master must be in this blessed place.
She found the place of good fortune according to the map.
In a small courtyard to the left of the Left Guard Army headquarters.
Those who come and go in the military headquarters are all seasoned generals who have experienced countless battles.
Zhong Lingxin dared not be careless and silently and stealthily approached a small courtyard on the left.
The generals here look much more relaxed than the celestial soldiers.
Two celestial generals were walking out of the military headquarters, talking quietly.
"It's time to set off. With meetings going on every day, they're quite well prepared."
"It's not up to us to decide; it's up to the Heavenly Secrets Bureau."