Cultivation Begins From The Desert

Yellow sand door.

When the news of Zhou Yang's return as a golden elixir reached Huang Shamen, Yang Wenxiong, the current head of Huang Shamen who received the news, staggered and almost fell to the ground.

He looked at the messenger monk in shock, and moved his mouth, wanting to ask if the news was true.

But before the words came out, he stopped again.

He knew very well in his heart that it was impossible for the messenger monk to talk nonsense on such a major matter.

"I see, you go down first!"

He took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and then waved his hand to let the messenger monk leave first.

He is the head of a sect, and he must have the majesty of a head, especially now, he must stabilize his mentality and not let his panic be known by other disciples.

Since Zhou Yang formed a golden elixir and returned, it has become a fact and cannot be changed.

The next thing he, the head of the Huang Shamen, has to do is to figure out Zhou Yang's attitude.

In fact, regarding this issue, when he took over the position of head from the previous head Zhang Yunpeng, the other party had already made an explanation.

At this time, he forced himself to calm down, and after careful consideration, he ordered the messenger disciple who was on standby outside: "Come here, send a message to the Zhou family, and say that Mr. Yang has important matters and wants to invite Senior Zhou Yang." A trip to the Yellow Shamen."

According to common sense, when Zhou Yang came back with a golden elixir, it should be Yang Wenxiong, who has a low level of cultivation, who took the initiative to pay a visit to Zhou's house, so as to show his sincerity.

But now he asked Zhou Yang to come to Huang Shamen to meet him, which is a bit ignorant.

However, these are just appearances.

Yang Wenxiong's real intention in issuing this order was to test Zhou Yang's mind through this order.

Normal people know that when Zhou Yang returns as a golden elixir, Huang Shamen's position as the overlord of the Boundless Sand Sea and the Immortal Cultivation Realm will completely change hands.

So at this time, those in power at Huang Shamen must be the most panicked and helpless.

And when people are in a panic, they will inevitably make some unwise actions that are dizzy.

In case Yang Wenxiong and other high-level leaders of the Huang Shamen are in a daze, they want to take advantage of Zhou Yanggang's success in forming alchemy and his foothold is not stable, lure him into the mountain gate of the Huang Shamen, and then use the power of the sect to protect the mountain , All the savings of the entire sect were used to kill him.

This scenario is not impossible.

Unusually, Yang Wenxiong invited Zhou Yang to Huangshamen, which undoubtedly made people think more about it.

And this is Yang Wenxiong's temptation to Zhou Yang.

"Zhou Yang, Zhou Yang, I hope you don't let me down!"

"Otherwise, Yang will definitely not make your Zhou family feel better even if he is fighting for the foundation of the sect!"

A gloomy look flashed in Yang Wenxiong's eyes, but he had already prepared for the worst in his heart.

On the other hand, nearly a month after Zhou Yang returned to the family, Zhou Guangxiang finally rushed to Lingxi Peak with his Taoist companion Liu Xuanxuan and his eldest son Zhou Tongxuan.

More than sixty years later, Zhou Guangxiang's cultivation has reached the fifth floor of the Zifu. He is only 260 years old. According to the 480-year lifespan of a monk in the Zifu period, he has only passed half of his life. This level of cultivation is already very good in this age group.

And his Taoist partner, Liu Xuanxuan, has also reached the ninth level of foundation building, and has become a fourth-level low-grade weapon refiner with his cultivation in the foundation building period.

Even his eldest son, Zhou Tongxuan, already possessed the third level of foundation building at this time.

When Xiao Ying and Zhou Guangxiang came back from the Far West, they had already told Zhou Guangxiang about the experience of the Far West, so when they met Zhou Guangxiang, Zhou Yang did not repeat the experiences of these years.

After reminiscing with his nephew, apprentice, and grandnephew, he called Zhou Guangxiang to the quiet room alone for a conversation.

"There is something I need to let you know, Uncle Nine, I am coming home this time just to stabilize the hearts of the family, and in six or seven years at most, Uncle Nine will go to Liuyunzhou to do a very dangerous thing in the Immortal Cultivation World! "

At the beginning of the conversation, Zhou Yang handed over his background.

When Zhou Guangxiang heard his words, his face changed suddenly, and he opened his mouth, ready to speak.

However, before his words could come out, Zhou Yang raised his hand to stop him.

"Don't rush to speak out, listen to Uncle Jiu and I will finish speaking!"

Zhou Yang stopped Zhou Guangxiang from speaking, and said calmly: "Although we can only stay for a few years, the fact that my Zhou family has become the overlord of the boundless sand sea and the world of cultivating immortals will not change. Uncle Jiu, I will leave it to you. The hole cards are also fully enough to support my Zhou family to deal with various changes!"

"You have been in charge of the family for hundreds of years, and you know much more about the family situation than Uncle Jiu. I won't ask Uncle Jiu in detail."

"Next, while Uncle Nine and I are still in the family, you gather the senior members of the family to make a plan, list all the things that need to be done after the family becomes the overlord of the boundless sand sea and immortal cultivation world, and list some things that you wanted to do in the family before. The ideas that are difficult to implement but not practical, are all listed, and then handed over to Uncle Jiu for my review."

"Before Uncle Jiu and I leave, I will help you remove all obstacles!"

After Zhou Yang finished speaking, he nodded lightly and said, "Okay, if you have anything to say, you can say it now."

"Nephew would like to know, Uncle Ninth, what is the dangerous thing you are going to do in the world of cultivating immortals in Liuyunzhou? Do you need help from the family?"

Zhou Guangxiang looked at Zhou Yang worriedly, and opened his mouth to ask what he wanted to say just now.

"I don't know, Ninth Uncle, I don't know what it is now. I only know that it is a very dangerous matter. This matter involves the seniors of the Nascent Soul Stage, and you cannot intervene!"

Zhou Yang shook his head, the words in his mouth made Zhou Guangxiang's face more worried.

It is true that he or the Zhou family can not intervene in matters involving monks in the Nascent Soul Stage. In front of such existences, the small Zhou family can be destroyed with a snap of the fingers.

"Nephew understands, Uncle Jiu, your order, nephew must finish as soon as possible."

He nodded with a gloomy expression, didn't mention any more things to help, and responded to Zhou Yang's previous orders in a low tone. The joy in his heart because of Zhou Yang's return from forming a golden elixir has long since dissipated.

Seeing this, Zhou Yang didn't say anything on the face, but he was very relieved in his heart.

One thing he likes about Zhou Guangxiang is that he knows how to advance and retreat, understands the general situation, and will not act recklessly. This is the quality that a family leader must possess.

In addition to these qualities, you also know how to be grateful, which is even more satisfying and gratifying.

"One more thing, Uncle Nine's Golden Elixir Ceremony will be held in three years' time. The venue can be closer to Chihu Mountain. At that time, Uncle Ninth I will give a lecture on stage for ten days and ten nights in person. Explain the mysteries of cultivation to all the participating monks!"

It is a big event to hold the Golden Elixir celebration.

In a small place like the Boundless Sand Sea Cultivation World, the golden elixir cultivators are top-notch existences, and the significance of the Golden Core Ceremony is even greater than that of the Nascent Soul Ceremony in places like the Liuyunzhou Cultivation World.

After the golden elixir celebration, the Zhou family can officially replace the Huang Shamen and become the next generation overlord of the boundless sand sea and immortal world.

"My nephew knows, please rest assured, Uncle Jiu, my nephew will definitely let all the monks in the world of cultivating immortals in the boundless sand sea know about this news, and let all the patriarchs of the cultivating clans participate in this grand ceremony!"

Zhou Guangxiang cheered up, and responded with a passionate and powerful voice.

"You do things, I don't worry."

Zhou Yang nodded and ended the conversation.

After a few days, he went to the mountain gate of Huangshamen alone.

Zhou Yang didn't know what Yang Wenxiong was thinking.

But he has absolute confidence and is not afraid of Yang Wenxiong playing tricks.

If Yang Wenxiong really lost his head and used the Shanmen formation to deal with him, then he would wake up laughing from a dream.

The agreement between him and Cao Wenjin was that if Huang Shamen didn't deal with him and the Zhou family, he would definitely not take action against Huang Shamen.

Yang Wenxiong's daring to break this agreement is equivalent to helping him untie the bondage, how could he be unhappy.

But of course that can't happen.

When Zhou Yang came on the clouds and rushed outside the gate of Huang Shamen, Yang Wenxiong, who had learned the news in advance, had already led all the senior officials and disciples of Huang Shamen to welcome them out of the gate and waited for a long time.

Seeing him appear, these people bowed to him in unison, and shouted in unison with great respect: "All the disciples of the Huangsha sect, welcome Senior Zhou to our sect!"

Seeing their respectful attitude, people who don't know see it, and think that Zhou Yang is their golden elixir ancestor of Huang Shamen!

And Zhou Yang saw the respectful look of the people in the Huangshamen below on the golden auspicious cloud, and couldn't help but think of his first experience in the Huangshamen.

At that time, he had just succeeded in establishing the foundation, because he had received the meritorious value reward promised by Zhang Yunpeng, the previous head of the Huangsha sect, in the battle of exterminating demons. At the begging of the family elder Zhou Xuanbin, he agreed to transfer the meritorious value to his son Zhou Yuanchen for use. To exchange for Foundation Establishment Pill.

From this came the Yellow Shamen.

At that time, he never thought that one day he would single-handedly lead the Zhou family to trample the Huang Shamen under their feet, and let the Huang Shamen, who has shocked the entire boundless sand sea and immortal cultivation world for more than 2,000 years, act according to his wink.

After being in such a trance for a while, Zhou Yang came back to Luo Xiangyun, waved his hands with a smile on his face and said: "You fellow Taoists are too polite, Mr. Zhou and Sect Master Yang are old friends too, there is really no need to be so polite .”

Hearing him call himself an "old friend", Yang Wenxiong couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

At least from the looks of it now, Zhou Yang's attitude is still kind and not aggressive. If so, things may not develop in the worst direction he thought.

He immediately squeezed a smile on his face and said: "It's Yang's good fortune to be able to get to know Senior Zhou before he made his fortune, but rules are rules. Since Senior Zhou has formed a golden core, we are waiting for you on the road of cultivation. Senior, how could Yang break the rules!"

Hearing this, Zhou Yang just smiled, as a tacit consent.

The strong in the world of cultivating immortals are respected. When two monks who have no blood relationship or master-in-law relationship meet, the monk whose cultivation level is one level lower calls the monk who is one level higher as a senior. This is nothing more than normal. It is also the "rule" in Yang Wenxiong's mouth.

Zhou Yang has long been used to this "rule" and did not feel any discomfort.

Next, after a few words of politeness, Zhou Yang was invited by Yang Wenxiong into the main hall for a secret talk.

No third person knew what the two talked about in the main hall.

Others only saw that after the two of them talked secretly in the main hall for half a day, Zhou Yang was sent out of the mountain gate by the smiling Yang Wenxiong himself.

"This Yang Wenxiong is quite sensible. It seems that with Zhang Yunpeng's lesson back then, he has already recognized the situation clearly. This has saved me a lot of effort."

"But judging by his long-prepared appearance, it seems that he has already prepared for this day?"

"That's right, my Zhou family has been thriving all these years, but his Huang Shamen is declining. As the head of the Huang Shamen, if he doesn't want to go further, he is too incompetent!"

On the golden auspicious cloud, Zhou Yang, who had left the Huangshamen, recalled what he had gained from this trip, and couldn't help showing a satisfied smile on his face.

In the main hall, he and Yang Wenxiong had a detailed discussion on the future situation of the world of cultivating immortals in the boundless sand sea.

He promised to continue to take care of Huang Shamen and would not violate the "Netherworld Blood Contract" signed at the beginning.

On the other hand, Yang Wenxiong will publicly express Huang Shamen's decision to lead the world of cultivating immortals in the boundless sand sea together with the Zhou family at his Golden Elixir celebration.

It is said that they are leading the world of cultivating immortals in the boundless sand sea together, but anyone with a discerning eye knows that it is actually Huang Shamen, the former overlord, who has given up his dominance. The overlord of the previous generation, leaving the last bit of face.

If these things are just a false name on the name, then Yang Wenxiong's "Yin Ling Xiang" formula and some finished "Ying Ling Xiang" are real benefits.

With the formula of "Hidden Spirit Fragrance", the Zhou family has mastered the passage to the world of cultivating immortals in Liuyunzhou. In the future, high-ranking monks of the Zhou family can use this spirit to help them travel to the world of cultivating immortals in Liuyunzhou.

This is of extraordinary significance to the Zhou family.

Of course, Zhou Yang did not have the advantage of taking Yang Wenxiong for nothing.

After he obtained the formula of "Hidden Spiritual Fragrance", he also took out a spiritual object "Congealing Pill Grass" that could assist in forming alchemy as compensation.

He originally wanted to leave this item for the Taoist companion Xiao Ying to use in forming alchemy in the future, but now he has made a decision. When he goes to the Xuanyang Immortal Sect to help Lu Xuanji, he will make a small request to the other party. Ask the other party to help make a "Yuye Golden Pill" afterwards for his Taoist companion Xiao Ying to use as a pill.

I believe that with the kindness of Lu Xuanji and Master Qingyang, they should not refuse his small request.

After returning to Lingxi Peak from Huangshamen, Zhou Yang gave a copy of the formula of "Yin Lingxiang" to Taoist Xiao Ying, and then stored the other copy in the family secret treasury.

Afterwards he closed himself up.

In this retreat, Zhou Yang is going to take "Enlightenment Xuanzhen Fruit" to assist him in practicing the second level of "Taixu Refining God Art".

This is something he finally decided after thinking about it.

He has less than ten years to practice. In such a short time, even with the help of "Enlightenment Xuanzhen Fruit", it is impossible to cultivate any kind of supernatural power in his hands.

And even though he has obtained the complete version of "Da Yan Jian Jue" now, because he does not have the matching fifth-order flying sword, even if he quickly cultivates the third level of Jian Jue with the help of "Wu Dao Xuan Zhen Guo", he can't improve much. strength.

More importantly, although he didn't know what Lu Xuanji and Master Qingyang wanted him to do, he also knew that he definitely didn't need to fight by himself.

In this way, whether he is practicing supernatural powers or practicing sword art, it is actually not very helpful.

On the other hand, the "Taixu Refining God Art" is different. This secret technique enhances the spiritual consciousness of the cultivator, and it is a choice that can never be wrong.

Two years passed by.

With the help of "Enlightenment Xuanzhen Fruit", Zhou Yang successfully completed the second level of "Taixu Refining God Art" in a little over two years, and the strength of his spiritual consciousness increased by 10% again.

At this time, his spiritual consciousness is stronger than ordinary ninth-level golden core monks, and only weaker than those ninth-level golden core monks who also practiced the secret method of enhancing spiritual consciousness.

"In the future, I have to find an opportunity to find a high-level spiritual sense to attack supernatural powers, otherwise my powerful spiritual sense will be wasted!"

In the closed room, Zhou Yang withdrew the released consciousness, and the light in his eyes flashed away.

Although immortal cultivators have great resistance to spiritual attacks after they open up the Purple Mansion, this does not mean that spiritual attacks are useless for monks above the Purple Mansion stage.

Some advanced divine sense attack supernatural powers can also be effective against Jindan stage monks, and even Nascent Soul stage monks.

However, such profound supernatural powers are rarely spread, and the monks who have them are kept secret, and whether they can be obtained is also a matter of chance.

During the two years of Zhou Yang's retreat, Zhou Guangxiang had already done what he had told Zhou Guangxiang.

As soon as he left the customs, he received the Zhou family development plan that Zhou Guangxiang had spent a year or two making.

"Uniform clothing and unified family emblem will help enhance the collective sense of honor of the family monks, and make it easier for outsiders to identify the identity of my Zhou family members and arouse awe."

"Changing the distribution system of welfare offerings and conducting a cultivation assessment for all monks in the family will help to improve the progress of the monks in the family, and it will also help the family save some unnecessary expenses."

"Establishing a direct vassal family will help expand the family's influence and send more outstanding elite children to the family."

"Forming a patrol team to fight against sand bandits and thieves can not only exercise the actual combat ability of the tribe, but also win a good name for the family."

"Optimizing the structure of the family hall and dividing the internal hierarchy can improve the efficiency of the family's operation and encourage the progress of the clan."

In the cave, at Zhou Yang's request, Zhou Guangxiang explained the plans he had made one by one.

He has been in charge of the Zhou family for many years, and his understanding of the internal situation of the Zhou family is unparalleled, and the plans he made are all based on the actual situation.

Originally, if Zhou Yang hadn't ordered that day, he might have slowly implemented these plans in the future.

But since Zhou Yang is going to use his unparalleled influence in the family, Lei Ting sweeps away all the internal obstacles of the family for him, so he doesn't have to think so much, just do it.

"Very well, I will follow your plan. After the Ninth Uncle's golden elixir ceremony is held, I will call all the clansmen to hold a family meeting to implement these plans!"

Zhou Yang nodded in satisfaction, put down the plan made by Zhou Guangxiang, and made a decision on the spot.

Zhou Guangxiang was relieved when he heard that he agreed, but at the same time he was extremely excited.

Without the support of Zhou Yang, the patriarch of the Jindanqi family, even he, the patriarch of the Purple Mansion, would not be able to carry out these reforms against the huge pressure from within the family.

You must know that if the reforms are really carried out according to his plan, the interests of all monks in the whole family from bottom to top will be touched. I don't know how many family monks will lose their interests because of his reforms.

Only Zhou Yang, the patriarch of the family who has unparalleled prestige in the family and has not left any descendants, dares to do this kind of thing that offends the monks of the whole family, and has the courage to do it.

"This is the Ninth Uncle whom I respect and respect!"

Zhou Guangxiang looked at Zhou Yang reverently, his heart agitated.

Since he was a child, he has set Zhou Yang as his target and role model. Now, even though he is a cultivator in the Purple Mansion and the patriarch of the Zhou family, his admiration for Zhou Yang, the uncle of the family, has never changed.

Immediately, he left the cave full of joy and enthusiasm, and went down to prepare for the Zhouyang Golden Elixir celebration.

But Zhou Yang looked at his leaving back, and looked at his plan, but fell into deep thought.

It can be seen from this plan that Zhou Guangxiang has great ambitions.

If these reform plans are really carried out according to the plan he made, in time, no one can shake the Zhou family's position as the overlord of the Boundless Sand Sea Cultivation Realm even without him, the Jindanqi ancestor, sitting in charge.

However, just as Zhou Guangxiang worried, when these reform plans are implemented, they will inevitably encounter unprecedented resistance within the family.

Not to mention the other items, just changing the welfare offerings and assessing the family monks is enough to arouse the opposition of 80% to 90% of the family monks.

Originally, the Zhou family's current welfare offering system, as long as the family's children reach the Qi training period and reach the age of 20, they can receive the corresponding welfare offerings until they are 60 years old.

However, according to Zhou Guangxiang's reformed welfare offering standards, if the children of the family want to receive the corresponding welfare offerings every year, they must pass the assessment standards set by the family.

For example, if a family monk reaches the third level of Qi training this year, he can receive forty family contribution points every year. If he does not improve his cultivation level after five years, the family contribution points he receives will be halved. If you make progress, the family contribution points will be suspended.

Conversely, if they can be promoted to the fourth level of Qi training within five years, the family will be rewarded with an additional 100 family contribution points.

Just this one, I don't know how many clansmen who idly and neglect their cultivation will lose their income greatly because of this.

Especially those clansmen with low-level spiritual root aptitude, after reaching the middle stage of Qi training, it is difficult to pass this kind of assessment if they don't practice hard.

If they fail the assessment, these people will cut off their regular source of income. If they want to obtain cultivation resources in the future, they can only accept family missions or go out to take risks like casual cultivators.

This is why it is said that Zhou Guangxiang's reform will touch the interests of all family monks.

And in order to provide a reliable way out for these monks who failed the assessment, there was another reform plan proposed by Zhou Guangxiang.

Create a direct vassal family!

What is a direct vassal family?

It is to weed out some family monks who are not qualified and do not want to make progress every few years, and give them a considerable amount of severance pay to let them leave the family to start their own small family.

The small families established by these people are nominally dominated by the Zhou family and counted as branches of the Zhou family. In fact, the Zhou family will not provide them with any actual material assistance, and their descendants are not included in the Zhou family tree. It's just a layer of protection for them.

If they want to gain practical benefits from the Zhou family, there is only one way to go, and that is to send the offspring with good spiritual roots in the small family to the main family, get the descendants bestowed by the main family, include them in the genealogy, and enjoy the benefits of the main family. The treatment of monks.

As long as the small family sends a top-grade spiritual root qualification monk to the main family, or five middle-grade spiritual root qualification monks in total, they can get a reward of a foundation establishment pill.

As long as there is a foundation-building monk in the small family, it can officially become a branch of the main family, and the descendants of the clan will be re-listed in the Zhou family tree.