Afraid that his answer would displease the Immortal Master, Li Zheng hastily added.
"But please rest assured, Immortal Master. I will have someone rebuild it tomorrow. I will make sure that this new Anchasi will be taller and more magnificent than before. If Immortal Master does not mind, you can stay in my humble abode for the time being."
No wonder I couldn’t find the Censorate. It turns out there is no such thing in Yang County.
Xu Chunniang shook her head, "No need, I will take care of the matter of the Censorate myself."
After saying that, he turned and left.
Li Zheng hurriedly got up and chased after him, shouting as he ran, "Master, don't be in such a hurry to leave, Master..."
However, he weighed nearly 200 kilograms, and he was out of breath and sweating profusely after running only two steps. How could he catch up
Xu Chunniang left the county government office and pondered where to build the Censorate.
The original intention of Xiaoyao Sect to send disciples to the mortal world was, on the one hand, to defend the order of the righteous path and eliminate evil demons, and on the other hand, to let them experience the various aspects of the mortal world and feel the hardships of all living beings, so as to strengthen their determination to pursue the Tao.
However, as the spiritual energy in this world became increasingly thin, it became difficult for the monks to practice Taoism, and many things gradually deviated from their original intentions.
About three to five hundred years ago, those disciples who chose to be sent on missions abroad were all the best among the outer sects.
They have first-rate personalities, and take it as their mission to slay demons and defend the Way. Even if they don't need Foundation Establishment Pills, there are many people who can establish a foundation.
However, with the continuous consumption of spiritual stone veins, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth began to decline, slowly turning into the current situation.
When selecting disciples, the five major sects also pay more and more attention to their innate spiritual roots, because the better the spiritual roots, the fewer resources are consumed in cultivating a cultivator.
Three foundation-building pills can give disciples with dual spiritual roots a 50% chance of building a foundation.
But if it were a disciple with three spiritual roots, the probability would be less than 30%.
If a disciple with four or even five spiritual roots were to take over, the probability of building a foundation would drop further and further.
As resources become increasingly scarce, sects naturally place more emphasis on the spiritual talents of their disciples.
Xu Chunniang came back to her senses, collected her thoughts that had drifted away, and decided to set up the Censorate on a hill a few miles west of Yang County.
This location is neither too close to the county town, which would interfere with her practice, nor is it too close to the town. If any evil cultivators or monsters appear in the county town, she can rush over to deal with them in time.
After finding a good location, Xu Chunniang directly recruited some people from the county town to build the house.
Li Zheng rushed over after hearing the news and beat his chest as he looked at the place where construction had already started.
"Since you need it, why don't you come to me? I will definitely build this Censorate beautifully."
Xu Chunniang glanced at Li Zheng and said, "As the chief official of Yang County, you seem to have a lot of free time."
The fat on Li Zheng's body trembled slightly, and he finally felt that this immortal master did not seem to have a good impression of him.
He forced a smile on his face, "Not at all. As the county magistrate, I work diligently and am very busy. However, the establishment of the Censorate is related to the Immortal Master, so it is a serious matter."
Seeing that Xu Chunniang ignored him, Li Zheng felt frustrated. Fearing that if he stayed any longer he would make the immortal master dislike him, he left in despair.
Xu Chunniang paid sufficient wages and hired many people, and in just ten days, the new Censorate was finally built.
If nothing unexpected happens, this will be where she will stay for the next ten years.
Xu Chunniang moved into the Anchasi, but she was not in a hurry to practice. Instead, she spent some time investigating the entire Yang County.
During this visit, she truly witnessed the poverty of Yang County.
The people living in the county town already have a hard time making a living, but the villages under the jurisdiction of the county are even worse off.
The reason is simple: Yang County has been experiencing drought and heat all year round, making it difficult for crops to grow and unable to feed so many people.
Xu Chunniang frowned slightly. After a round of inspection, she found that although there were no monsters or evil cultivators in Yang County, the people's lives were still in dire straits.
Looking at the wheat field in front of her that was about to dry up, she casually cast a spiritual rain spell.
The hair-thin rain gathered in the air and then fell on the fields. It only lasted for a short while before no new rain appeared.
The amount of rainfall was less than half of the usual amount.
Xu Chunniang seemed to be thinking about something. When she cast the spell just now, she felt that the spiritual energy around her was extremely thin, only one tenth of that of the outer sect of Xiaoyao Sect.
The water spiritual energy among them is so thin that it is rare.
Relatively speaking, the amount of fire spiritual energy is slightly larger, about twice that of the three spiritual energies of gold, wood, and earth.
I don’t know if this is related to the abnormal weather in Yang County.
In some cases, the amount of the five elements of spiritual energy is indeed different. I don’t know what happened in Yang County that caused the current situation where the water spiritual energy is almost gone.
And this situation seems to have been going on for a long time.
After returning, Xu Chunniang went straight to the ceremony room in the back hall of the county government office and found the county annals to look through.
But after looking through several county annals, I still couldn't find the answer. It seemed that Yang County had always been like this for nearly a hundred years.
Li Zheng received a report from his subordinates, hurried over, and spoke with a smile.
"Master, if you want to find something, you can ask me. I am a Jinshi, and I dare not say that I have extraordinary talent, but I know a little about the history of this county."
Upon hearing this, Xu Chunniang looked at him in surprise. She couldn't believe that this fat county magistrate was actually a scholar.
Li Zheng smiled a little embarrassedly, "I studied hard when I was young and often suffered from hunger, so I accidentally ate too much."
Xu Chunniang hesitated for a moment, but did not refuse. "Let me ask you, do you know when Yang County started to suffer from drought, extreme heat and little rain?"
Li Zheng thought about it for a moment, "It must have been like this for hundreds of years. It must have been at least two hundred years. I remember reading a miscellaneous book when I was young. The book said that Yang County was originally an extremely prosperous place, but I don't know what happened later, and it became what it is today."
Xu Chunniang lowered her eyes and said nothing. If it really had a history of several hundred years, then it was no wonder that she could not find the reason in the county annals.
She looked up at Li Zheng, "Then do you know why Yang County has changed?"
"I don't know that."
Li Zheng added somewhat awkwardly, "But if we search the county annals, we may be able to find some clues."
Xu Chunniang glanced at the five or six county chronicles on the table and frowned slightly.
"But I have read all these county annals, and there is not a single word about this."
Li Zheng waved his hand. "That's not what I'm talking about. These are county annals from recent years, so naturally there won't be any relevant records. I'm talking about the older county annals."
Xu Chunniang's heart was slightly moved, "Are those county annals still there?"
Li Zheng nodded, "Of course they are there, but they have been sealed away for a long time. If you want to see them, I will have them moved here."
With Li Zheng's order, dozens of county chronicles were found.
These county chronicles have been well preserved, but due to their age, the pages of these books have turned yellow and are covered with dust.
Many of them have suffered varying degrees of damage, such as insect infestation, missing pages, and lack of pages.
I don’t know if there is what she wants in it.