Chapter 57: Picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelons!
This time, before Yue Guan could speak, Hu Bai slowly stepped forward from the side, looking directly at Ning Fengzhi's foxy face, and said calmly, "Sect Master Ning's words make a lot of sense. Therefore, we have decided that Spirit Hall will no longer demand subsidies from the Two Great Empires starting next year."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present was stunned. Hu Bai's tone paused slightly, then became sharp, emanating a faint chill that made people tremble: "But! Our Spirit Hall will still awaken Martial Souls for commoners for free, but those commoner Soul Masters with soul power, if they want to receive Soul Master subsidies, must join the Spirit Hall!"
Ning Fengzhi chuckled, "Little fellow, are you sure your words are effective? If I'm not mistaken, you should be the child of these two."
Hu Bai had no interest in explaining anything to Ning Fengzhi, who was just a smiling fox. He then looked at Yue Guan and said, "Uncle Yue, since we have received this year's Soul Master subsidy amount, it's time for us to leave."
Seeing Hu Bai's domineering side, Yue Guan also smiled slightly, "Alright, I'll listen to you."
Watching Yue Guan and his group leave, Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin did not try to stop them. After their figures disappeared, Ning Fengzhi finally sighed, his expression somewhat solemn.
"Uncle Jian, it seems we underestimated this little fellow a bit. We need to investigate his relationship with Spirit Hall."
Chen Xin nodded slightly, "Hmm, this person's appearance gives me a bad premonition."
Ning Fengzhi stood up and looked at Emperor Xue Ye, "Emperor Xue Ye, perhaps next year, Heaven Dou Empire truly won't need to hand over the Soul Master subsidy amount. You should be happy."
Afterward, Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin left, but Ning Fengzhi's face showed no joy. Instead, he felt that things had gone a bit awry, like picking up sesame seeds and losing a watermelon.
After leaving the imperial palace, Xie Tian finally spoke the words he had been holding in his heart: "Son, were you too impulsive just now? It's normal to collect subsidies from the Two Great Empires every year. Now that you've said this to them, how will you explain it to your teacher when you go back?"
Hu Bai said, "Father, I will explain this matter clearly to my teacher when I go back. I think, since our Spirit Hall is an organization for commoner Soul Masters, to avoid criticism and loopholes in the future, it's best not to continue asking the Two Great Empires for subsidies."
Yue Guan had been silent just now, also pondering: "What Hu Bai said might be right. Moreover, he just added a condition, which is that only those willing to join Spirit Hall will be given Soul Master subsidies. This can effectively prevent the risk of some people hostile to Spirit Hall from also receiving subsidies.
After all, although these Soul Master subsidies are for commoners, we didn't have corresponding regulations before. As long as the soul power reached level ten or above, and below level forty, they could all receive them."
"And some small Sects and small Families, who clearly have some hostility towards Spirit Hall, or who are already wealthy but still come to collect subsidies, this would undoubtedly increase the burden. But now with Hu Bai's prerequisite, the amount we have to bear might not be much more than before."
"Son, when did you start having this idea?" Xie Tian asked.
Hu Bai: "Just now. When we were asking the Heaven Dou Royal Family for subsidies just now, I always felt like our Spirit Hall was the villain. Since they are unwilling, then we won't ask. Can our vast Spirit Hall not support these Soul Masters on the continent who are willing to join?"
"Uncle Yue has already expressed my thoughts. From now on, our Spirit Hall only needs to be good to our people. As for those who want to freeload, let them get as far away as possible!"
Hu Bai had another idea in his mind, which was to make these Soul Masters who joined Spirit Hall worship the Angel God statue every day.
In his opinion, the Angel God had fallen in the conflict with the Sea God, and the Angel's divine power remaining in the Angel Temple should not be much, which is why Qian Daoliu's action were fewer.
And Angel's divine power comes from the Power of Faith. If there were these daily worship of worshipers, would it be possible to gather some Angel divine power in the Angel Temple?
Hu Bai was not sure why Qian Daoliu hadn't done this, leaving such a good resource unused.
Thousands of years ago, before Spirit Hall was established, its predecessor was a religious Sect, which then spread its teachings, presumably to make people believe in the Angel God, and later established Spirit Hall on this Foundation.
He also didn't know if Qian Daoliu was now solely focused on Qian Renxue, which is why he didn't do it.
Moreover, he also had to prepare for his future. If he couldn't find a suitable God Position, he could only create his own God Position if he wanted eternal life, and the Power of Faith would also be indispensable.
Spirit Hall doing this now could save him a lot of trouble in the future.
"Speaking of which, Yue Guan, how did your strength suddenly increase so much? And the time you've been out this time is too long, and there's also this Dugu Bo..." Gui Mei was not a talkative person, but in this situation, he was very curious.
Yue Guan smiled, "Oh, that, I'll explain it to you slowly after we leave the city."
Gui Mei nodded. After all, they were in the city now, and there was a large flow of people.
Hu Bai asked, "Senior Dugu Bo, where is your granddaughter?"
Dugu Bo smiled, "Don't worry, I've already had her leave the city ahead of time to wait for us. And this time, I've also brought a big gift for your Spirit Hall. Whether you can receive it depends on your Spirit Hall."
Big gift?
After they were a thousand meters out of the city, they found a carriage. As they approached, three people got out from inside: an old man and two young girls.
Dugu Bo said, "Let me introduce them. This is my granddaughter Dugu Yan, and these two are Ye Renxin and Ye Lingling from Renxin Medical Clinic. Oh, and their Martial Soul is Nine-heart Flowering Apple."
"What! Nine-hearted Flowering Apple!" Yue Guan and Gui Mei were all a little shocked.
And when Hu Bai saw these two little girls, he already guessed in his heart.
Dugu Bo waved his hand, "Don't be too happy too soon. The reason Ye Renxin agreed to join Spirit Hall is that he hopes to use the power of your Spirit Hall to help them break the curse of the Nine-heart Flowering Apple Martial Soul's scarcity."
"This..." Yue Guan hesitated slightly. He knew that the Nine-heart Flowering Apple Martial Soul could only have two possessors at a time. To break this curse, ordinary methods would probably be useless; only Immortal Herb would work.
Yue Guan felt Hu Bai's gaze and nodded slightly.
Then Hu Bai looked at Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, who were like porcelain dolls, and actively extended his right hand: "Hello, my name is Hu Bai. It's a pleasure to meet you. If possible, we'll be friends from now on."
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