Chapter 132. The Spirit Hall needs to purge these corrupt officials.
Qianxunji said, "Seniors, we can't open the cans every day. We just opened the Rat Sect can not long ago. If we open another can, how will the other forces on the continent view our Spirit Hall?"
"That's true," said the Crazy Lion in distress. "Hey, if I had known, I would have rushed to go last time."
Qianjun said, "Third brother, you are playing big shots. Who can I blame?"
The Crazy Lion said, "Qianjun, don't think that just because your spirit ring is red, you can ride on my head. I tell you, my level is one level higher than yours."
"Alright, alright, stop arguing. There will be plenty of opportunities in the future." Qiandaoliu stared at Qianxunji. He felt that his son was becoming increasingly difficult to understand. He could easily increase the spirit ring age of his two main worshippers by 100,000 years.
Even the angel gods are not so generous.
"Alright, fellow priests, let's get down to business. I have something I need your attention."
Qian Xunji handed a stack of documents to Qian Daoliu, who flipped through them one by one, using his spirit and mental powers to examine the contents.
Qian Daoliu's previously serious expression darkened.
"Brother, what's wrong?" Sky Crocodile asked, puzzled.
"Take a look." Qian Daoliu handed the documents to Sky Crocodile, who flipped through them one by one. His temper flared as he slammed his fist down on the corner of the conference table, declaring, "Outrageous! These damned scoundrels deserve to be put to death."
After reviewing them, Sky Crocodile passed them to the Mad Lion Priest, who then passed them to Qingluan.
After all seven priests had read, their faces lit up with murderous intent.
Qian Xunji showed them the achievements of Guimei over the past six years.
The Spirit Hall is spread across the entire Douluo Continent, and bishops in each region have certain powers. However, not all of them fulfill their responsibilities. Due to the Spirit Hall's lack of laws and inspection systems, these people have become increasingly rampant.
Tang San should be thankful he didn't encounter these valuable items in the bishopric of Notting City, otherwise his Divine King journey would have ended before it even began.
Charging for spirit awakening is a common method used by these bishops to amass wealth.
Abuse of public resources for personal gain—take Gengxin City Bishop Miles, for example, exploiting the Spirit Hall's authority for personal gain—is a common occurrence.
Accepting bribes, some bishops directly colluded with Xingluo, Tiandou, and even the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect. For example, Xingkong City Bishop Horns engaged in financial transactions with the Star Luo Empire, selling Spirit Hall intelligence. Furthermore, at the Empire's request, he engaged in human trafficking, capturing civilians and selling them to Star Luo nobles and officials. In short, he took on any dirty work within the Empire, as long as the pay was right. He didn't care about the damage to Spirit Hall's reputation caused by this incident; he only cared about the money. The Star Luo Empire, in turn, spread rumors that Spirit Hall was involved in human trafficking, casting a smear campaign against the Spirit Hall.
And so on and so forth, so many deeds and crimes, it was horrifying to read.
Qian Daoliu said, "These people deserve to be killed. The reputation of our Spirit Hall, passed down from generation to generation, has been tarnished by these people."
Tianyu said, "That's right, these people deserve to be killed. Our Spirit Hall is a great family, but we can't tolerate these parasites."
Qian Xunji said, "That's exactly what I mean. These people must not only be killed, but also judged for their crimes. Otherwise, if we don't judge them now, someone else will judge them in the future."
In the original novel, wasn't Miles judged by the Shrek Seven Devils? If they judged themselves, it would show the Spirit Hall's stance to the mainland, while others would judge them, exposing the Spirit Hall's crimes.
Qingluan pondered for a moment and said, "But some of these people do have close ties with the elders of our Elder Hall. How should we deal with this? Should we deal with these elders as well?"
Qian Xunji said, "It's not difficult. Anyone who has reached the level of elder has made some contribution to our Spirit Hall. This emperor can grant them a death sentence, but in return, the Spirit Hall will not let anyone from their family who has committed crimes go unpunished. It depends on how you, the priests, communicate this to the elders."
"Those younger generations have all received favors from us old men to some extent. They won't be ignorant," said the Crazy Lion.
Qian Xunji nodded and said, "The Spirit Hall will set up a temporary anti-counterrevolutionary committee to concentrate all the Spirit Hall's efforts to arrest and try these termites. Of course, trying these termites in the Spirit Hall is only the first step. If the Spirit Hall does not reform, there will still be countless termites like this emerging continuously."
"This emperor has established the Spirit Hall Supervision Hall, which will be headed by Spirit Kite Douluo, Snake Spear Douluo, and Thorny Porpoise Douluo. A supervision department will be set up in each Spirit Hall on the continent to monitor the situation of the local Spirit Hall. They are not subordinate to the Spirit Hall and are directly commanded by the Inspection Hall."
Qian Daoliu said, "After reading your intelligence, perhaps we in the Spirit Hall should have done so long ago. A small Spirit Hall bishop dares to deceive his superiors and subordinates and ruin the reputation of the Spirit Hall."
As for the Shadow Angel Guard, Qian Xunji is responsible for investigating the forces within the Spirit Hall and various forces across the Douluo Continent. This kind of organization is not convenient to put in the open.
"Then we'll revise the Spirit Hall's reward and punishment system. We'll no longer prioritize seniority, origin, family, or status, but rather contribution to the Spirit Hall. We'll also establish rewards for high contribution, using our spirit bones as rewards to attract civilian spirit masters from across the continent to join our Spirit Hall," Qianxunji said.
Tianyu said, "Good fellow, rewarding Thousand-Year Spirit Bones? You're treating us old souls like workers."
Qianxunji said, "The more capable, the more work, fellow priests."
Tianyu said, "Alright, alright, alright, but what do you think of the rewards for us old souls? First of all, don't try to fool us with Thousand-Year Spirit Bones anymore. We already have a warehouse full of them," said the Mad Lion Douluo.
Qian Daoliu, upon hearing this, realized it was about the Thousand-Year Spirit Bones. He probably thought they'd get bored of getting their rewards every day after grinding them. They didn't have that many descendants to benefit from them. Wouldn't the priests be short of money if they sold them?
Over time, the elders and the worshippers stopped caring about the Millennium Soul Bone.
Seeing this, Qianxunji took out a blood-red soul ring.
"See this soul ring?" Qianxunji asked.
The worshipper nodded and said, "I see."
Qianxunji smiled and said, "The previous ones don't count. If you grind enough 100 pieces, you'll be rewarded with a Millennium Soul Ring. If you grind enough 1,000 pieces, you'll be rewarded with a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring. If you grind enough 10,000 pieces, you'll be rewarded with a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring."
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