Cultivation Begins From The Desert

Zhou Yang was quite surprised by the data that Zhou Guangxiang said.

He didn't expect that after fifty-five years, so many members of the Zhou family could not meet the assessment requirements.

Although he also knew that this data included the situation of several generations of clansmen in fifty-five years, and even some of them had exhausted their lifespan and passed away.

But even so, the problem is still a bit serious.

It must be known that the number of members of the Zhou family who are still alive on the genealogy is only more than 1,800 people!

"With so many people failing the assessment, there should be a lot of resentment within the clan, right? Haven't you thought about lowering the assessment requirements or extending the assessment period?"

Zhou Yang looked at Zhou Guangxiang and asked, but nothing could be seen on his face.

"Of course there is resentment, but my nephew thinks it is not enough to carry on. Uncle Jiu may not know that now many members of our Zhou family have learned a simple skill. Even if they fail the examination, they cannot get it. Welfare offerings issued by the family can also be paid by farming and managing orchards, medicine gardens, and animal gardens for the family, and my nephew also ordered the family to give priority to taking care of them in this regard."

"Besides, I have poured down the Foundation Establishment Pill over the years, and seeing other monks who have worked hard to pass the assessment and obtained the foundation establishment of the Foundation Establishment Pill, those juniors who really have potential have corrected their mentality and put most of their thoughts on up to the practice."

"As long as these juniors work hard and have the rich resources that the family can provide today, it will not be difficult for them to pass the assessment. And what we really need to grow our family are these people?"

Zhou Guangxiang explained to Zhou Yang with a calm face. The meaning in the words was obviously negating the matter of reducing the difficulty of the assessment and prolonging the assessment time.

Seeing this, Zhou Yang nodded slightly and said, "Okay, you are the patriarch of the family. Since you think it's okay, Uncle Nine is fine with me."

Only then did Zhou Guangxiang heave a sigh of relief, and quickly bowed his hands and said, "Thank you Jiushu for understanding."

"Uncle Jiu, I don't want to take too much care of family matters, but there are some things that I need to let you know."

Zhou Yang looked at his nephew in front of him, and slowly said that he would open up a cave to practice in the immortal cultivation world of Liuyunzhou in the future.

He has already made a decision on this matter and will not change it.

But the Zhou family must let them know, at least Zhou Guangxiang and other high-level officials must know.

After he finished talking about this important event, he continued: "Besides, in a year or two, Uncle Jiu, I'm going to go to the world of cultivating immortals in the far west. Let Guangxiang go with me when the time comes. She's already I haven’t seen my Taoist companion and children left there for decades!”

"Also, I bought three copies of [Purple Heart Chalcedony] for the family this time. Uncle Ninth will not ask me how to distribute them. You can set a standard yourself."

"When I come back from the Far West, I will formally go to Liuyunzhou to practice in the world of cultivating immortals. At that time, you will arrange a few capable family monks to go there with me to serve and order, and prepare two million low-grade spirits for me." Stones and a batch of excellent third-order instruments and talismans, these things are put together with the picked [Congealing Yuan Fruit], and I will take them away together when the time comes!"

Zhou Guangxiang finally could no longer maintain his composure.

He looked at Zhou Yang in astonishment and bewilderment, and didn't understand why this Uncle Jiu just went out for such a trip, so he didn't want this house anymore!

"Nine, Uncle Nine, are you going to give up the family?"

He looked at Zhou Yang with trembling lips and asked, his voice choked up.

At this moment, he seemed to have become the young man back then who wanted to rely on his elders for help in everything, because when he suddenly heard that the elders wanted to abandon him and leave, he felt hesitant.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Uncle Jiu, I have paid so much for this family, how could I give up the family?"

"You, you, although you have a flexible mind and a clever mind, your vision is still a bit short after all. Your vision is only limited to this small boundless world of cultivating immortals in the sandy sea, and you cannot see the wider world outside!"

"You don't even think about it. If Uncle Jiu has been like you, and has been cultivating immortals in this boundless sandy sea without going out, how can I have the cultivation level I have today? If Uncle Jiu has been practicing here, how can I let me The Zhou family walked out of the sea of ​​sand and accomplished a goal that the previous overlords of the world of cultivating immortals in the boundless sand sea could not accomplish?"

"Compared to the entire [Linghuan Realm], this boundless sand sea is like a small pond. It can only allow small fish and shrimps below the Jindan stage to live here. Big boys like me who have jumped out of the small pond like Uncle Nine. Crocodile, only by going outside to fight dragons in the rivers, lakes and seas can we continue to grow, so that you small fish and shrimps can also have a chance to jump out of the small pond and transform into a big crocodile!"

"Wait for the day when some of you small fish and shrimps will turn into predators and be able to shelter this small pond. At that time, Uncle Jiu, I will be able to travel around the world with peace of mind and enjoy the world!"

Zhou Yang reprimanded this nephew with a look of hatred, which made Zhou Guangxiang feel ashamed and speechless.

He was really flustered just now, only thinking that after Zhou Yang was no longer in charge of the family, the Zhou family would lose a pillar of the sky.

But he has forgotten that Zhou Yang has actually spent much longer time away from the family than in the family over the years, and the family has not had any problems because of this.

At this time, he was reprimanded and explained by Zhou Yang, and he suddenly understood.

"Uncle Jiu, what you taught me is that my nephew is wrong, and my nephew shouldn't doubt you, my nephew is short-sighted and short-sighted, I should be scolded!"

With a face full of shame, he quickly bowed his head and admitted his mistake, wishing he could slap himself a few times.

What Zhou Yang said was right, his knowledge was indeed a little short, and he was confined in this small world of cultivating immortals in the boundless sand sea.

Even if Zhou Yang and Zhou Guangxiang told him about the situation in the outside world after they came back in the past, but listening to people tell stories about it, it is always not as impressive as going out to broaden their horizons and experience it personally, and it is hard to forget.

This is also why Huang Shamen used to have a tradition of sending Zifu period monks to travel to the world of cultivating immortals in Liuyunzhou in turn. Confined in this small pond for a lifetime.

Knowing the shame and then being brave, Zhou Guangxiang wanted to understand this, and immediately saluted Zhou Yang solemnly: "Uncle Nine, my nephew has a request, this time you are going to the world of cultivating immortals in the far west, can you take your nephew with you?" ? My nephew also wants to meet my brother-in-law, nephews and nieces, so as to broaden my horizons and knowledge, so as not to make such mistakes again!"

"Even if you don't mention this, Uncle Ninth, I will also talk about it with you. It's rare for you to bring it up yourself. It seems that you have really realized your own shortcomings. This is very good, very good!"

Zhou Yang nodded slightly, very pleased with Zhou Guangxiang's request.

His requirements have always been very high. If Zhou Guangxiang is still unwilling to leave the family for "advanced studies" after experiencing this incident, he will really consider replacing the patriarch in advance.

The patriarch of the Zhou family may not be the best in cultivation, but his foresight must be extraordinary, beyond the limit of the boundless sand sea and the world of cultivating immortals.

Only in this way can the next generation in the Zhou family, and the next generation of outstanding clansmen, plant a seed that jumps out of the pond in their hearts from an early age.

Only in this way can he be consistent with the thoughts of his family ancestor, and carry out corresponding reforms on the family in accordance with his thoughts.

In fact, it wasn't just Zhou Guangxiang, because going to the Far West this time should not be dangerous, and the time wouldn't be too long. Zhou Yang had already decided to take most of the Zhou family's current foundation-building monks to broaden their horizons.

This is a very good opportunity for further training. Those monks in the Foundation Establishment Stage have seen the prosperity of the outside world, and they will be more motivated to practice after returning to the family. At that time, they will be stimulated by the news of the three "Purple Heart Chalcedony" he brought back. The effect is definitely doubly good.

Even Zhou Yang has already figured it out. Every one of the foundation-building monks who went out this time will write a travel note and put it in the family school, so that the younger generations of the family can read and study from an early age.

There is also a language training class to be held at the same time, so that Zhou Tongxuan will wait for the monks who have been outside the world of cultivating immortals, and regularly teach some outstanding Zhou family children to learn the accent of the world of cultivating immortals outside, so that they can better hide their true identities when they go out.

Their Zhou family will definitely leave the world of cultivating immortals in the boundless sand sea in the future, but before that, the children of the Zhou family need to have a clear understanding of the situation in the world of cultivating immortals outside.

If a worker wants to do a good job, he must first sharpen his tools.

Education cannot be completed overnight, so it is necessary to plan for it in advance.

The news of Zhou Yang's return to the world of cultivating immortals in the boundless sand sea quickly spread, and not long after hearing the news, Xu Jinyao, the new head of the Huangshamen, rushed to Lingxi Peak to meet him in person.

Xu Jinyao took over as the head of the Huangshamen more than 40 years ago. As for the original head of the Huangshamen, Yang Wenxiong, he passed away more than 30 years ago.

Speaking of it, Yang Wenxiong, the head of the Huang Shamen, is quite qualified. At least during his time in power, the Huang Shamen did not experience any major turmoil. The vitality lost in the previous turmoil is also slowly recovering.

By the time Xu Jinyao took over as the head, although there were still no golden core stage monks in Huangshamen, the number had recovered to five Zifu stage monks, and there were more than 200 foundation establishment stage monks.

In terms of cultivation, Xu Jinyao's cultivation on the fifth floor of Zifu is not the highest in Huang Shamen, but when Yang Wenxiong passed the headship to him, he valued his brains and youth.

Xu Jinyao, who was a key cultivator during Yang Wenxiong's time in power, is very young, and is only in his 260s now. Calculated in this way, even if his cultivation base also stops at the Zifu period in the future, he can still lead the Huangshamen for more than 200 years. .

For the current Huang Shamen, internal stability is more important than anything else, and a sect leader who can stay in power for a long time is easier to convince the disciples of the sect.

"Junior Xu Jinyao, I met Senior Zhou."

On Lingxi Peak, as soon as Xu Jinyao saw Zhou Yang, he took the initiative to pay homage to Zhou Yang. He showed great humility, without any pride in his status as the head of the Huangsha Sect.

This alone made Zhou Yang feel very comfortable.

In terms of cultivation, he is a fourth-tier Jindan monk, and in terms of age, he is nearly a hundred years older than Xu Jinyao.

Under such circumstances, if Xu Jinyao still held on to his identity as the head of the Huang Shamen and played tricks in front of him, he would not be happy.

"Hey! I didn't expect Zhou to travel for decades, and after returning, he lost a few old friends. It's a pity that Yang is a generation of heroes!"

Zhou Yang looked at the respectful Xu Jinyao in front of him, but he was not in a hurry to ask the other party why he came. Instead, he let out a long sigh, remembering Yang Wenxiong, his deceased friend.

Not counting the monks inside the Zhou family, there are only a few monks outside the Zhou family who can be called old friends by him.

But now, both Yang Wenxiong and Chen Pingan of the Chen family have passed away.

Nie Qiufeng, the only remaining member of the Nie family, is also not far from the end of his life, and he won't last long.

For the rest, although there are still a few Zifu monks who have been promoted in the past two hundred years and he has had some exchanges with him, they are just ordinary interpersonal contacts after all, without establishing any deep friendship, and they are not considered old friends.

Xu Jinyao couldn't figure out what Zhou Yang meant, so he could only follow his words: "Uncle Yang, the old man walked away very peacefully. Before he left, he told the younger generation that there were not many people he admired in his life, but you, Senior Zhou The most powerful one among them, and told the younger generation to learn from Senior Zhou and learn from Senior Zhou, and take you as an example."

For this kind of words, Zhou Yang just smiled lightly when he heard it, and didn't take it seriously.

He also didn't want to make false claims with Xu Jinyao in this regard, so he said bluntly: "Fellow Daoist Xu, let's talk about why you came to see Zhou, but what do you need Zhou to help with?"

Xu Jinyao was somewhat embarrassed when he heard his words.

His mouth moved, and after a while, he finally said: "Don't dare to lie to senior, this junior is here to ask for something."

What Xu Jinyao asked for was nothing new, but a reminder, or urging Zhou Yang to complete the original agreement with Cao Wenjin, to find a "Jade Liquid Golden Pill" for Huang Shamen.

At the beginning, Cao Wenjin gave Zhou Yang a copy of the "Purple Heart Chalcedony" that he had prepared for his daughter, and made an agreement with him. Later, when Zhou Yangxiu reached the golden core stage, he would find it for Huang Shamen at half price. A copy of "Jade Liquid Golden Elixir".

Now, more than two hundred years have passed since the agreement made at the beginning, and Zhou Yang has formed a golden core as expected by Cao Wenjin.

So Xu Jinyao, the new head of Huang Shamen, became anxious about this matter.

Because it was something he had promised at the beginning, it was difficult for Zhou Yang to refuse Xu Jinyao's request.

However, treasures like "Jade Liquid Golden Pill" are too rare to come by, and he didn't dare to guarantee that he would be able to get them within a certain period of time, so he could only give Xu Jinyao a vague promise, expressing that he would abide by the agreement and handle the matter well. .

Fortunately, Xu Jinyao was sensible enough, he didn't press too hard, he just asked him to help pay more attention, and left him an advance payment of 600,000 low-grade spirit stones.

Zhou Yang knew that if he didn't accept the advance payment, it would make Xu Jinyao feel that he didn't take this matter to heart, so he readily accepted it on the spot.

Sure enough, Xu Jinyao finally showed a look of reassurance when he saw that he was so forthright with his Lingshi, and then took advantage of the opportunity to ask him about some problems encountered in cultivation, and then took the initiative to leave and leave.

"Yang Wenxiong has chosen a good successor. This Xu Jinyao may not be able to revive the Huang Shamen's former glory, but there should be no problem in keeping the foundation of the Huang Shamen."

Inside the cave, Zhou Yang watched Xu Jinyao's leaving back, made a silent judgment, and then ignored this person.

The height he was at made it difficult for him to focus his limited energy on these outsiders who could not pose a threat to him.

Xu Jinyao may be good, but even if he succeeds in forming alchemy, Zhou Yang is 100% sure that he can easily subdue him. How can such a person deserve his attention?

It didn't take long for Zhou Guangxiang to arrange the affairs of the family, and then rushed to Lingxi Peak to join Zhou Yang with seventeen Zhou family's foundation-building monks.

Zhou Guangxiang brother and sister will go to the Far West this time, and Lu Xuewei, who has just returned from the world of cultivating immortals in Liuyunzhou, will temporarily replace them to guard the family, including Zhou Tongxuan and other three foundation-building stage monks, who will also stay in the family this time .

Zhou Yang even put the Golden Winged Thunder Eagle, which had been promoted to a fourth-tier middle-grade monster, on Lingxi Peak, so that it would be convenient for Lu Xuewei to ride on the road and defend against possible enemies.

After everything was ready, Zhou Yang rushed to the underground ruins with a group of juniors, placed the "Xuanjing Stone" with a large head on the teleportation array of the altar, and took out thirty-six high-grade spirit stone plugs Into the Lingshi groove.

It is also because he is now wealthy, and the number of high-grade spirit stones he has accumulated has reached more than one hundred yuan, otherwise he would be really reluctant to use this teleportation array.

Because of the experience from last time, no monks in the Qi training period with low cultivation were brought with them during the teleportation, so naturally there were no casualties after the teleportation.

And a safe way out in the "Valley of Falling Demons" has already been found out, and Zhou Yang quickly led a group of juniors out of the "Valley of Falling Demons".

Then, he summoned Xu Song, the ghost servant who had been holding back in the "Yunshen Card".

"Fellow Daoist Xu, you will practice in this [Falling Demon Valley] from now on. By the way, help Zhou to guard the teleportation array. Well, if the younger generations of the Zhou family in Cangyuan Immortal City ask you for something, you can also help him as appropriate." Let them help, but the most important thing is to guard the teleportation array!"

Outside the "Valley of Falling Demons", Zhou Yang looked at the ghost cultivator who had followed him for more than two hundred years in front of him, and after being silent for a while, he revealed his arrangement for him.

With his current cultivation base, Xu Song's strength can no longer help him, and Xu Song has already squeezed out the formation inheritance and weapon refining inheritance that Xu Song has mastered.

But after all, he is a nostalgic person, and he can't do the kind of thing like crossing the river and tearing down the bridge, so before he came to the Far West this time, he made a decision to give Xu Song a certain degree of "freedom" and let him "fall into the river". "Magic Valley" is a place suitable for ghosts and demons to spend the rest of their lives in peace, and help him guard the teleportation array by the way.

Xu Song didn't expect that Zhou Yang, who hadn't let himself out for a long time, gave himself such a big surprise as soon as he let him out.

"Xu did not misunderstand the person, Zhou Daoyou is indeed a kind person!"

"Thank you, Xu won't say much. Please don't worry, Fellow Daoist Zhou. As long as Xu is alive, no one will pass through the teleportation array here, threatening the family of Fellow Daoist in the world of cultivating immortals in the boundless sand sea!"

He looked at Zhou Yang with eyes full of surprise, and after being silent for a long time, he just possessed himself and saluted Zhou Yang, solemnly giving his promise.

Seeing this, Zhou Yang nodded in satisfaction and said, "With the words of Fellow Daoist Xu, Zhou can rest assured, and please feel at ease, Fellow Daoist Xu, as long as Zhou really finds a way to the Netherworld, he will definitely come and let me know. Fellow Daoist, take Fellow Daoist there."

When Xu Song took refuge in him, the only requirement was that if he found a passage to the "Netherworld" in the future, he would let him enter the Netherworld.

Now that Zhou Yang brought up this matter again, it also shows that he has always remembered this matter for his peace of mind.

When Xu Song heard his words, he nodded his head and said: "Xu will always wait for that day to come!"

After Xu Song was arranged, Zhou Yang flew to Cangyuan Immortal City with a group of Zhou family's juniors.

When they arrived thousands of miles away from Cangyuan Immortal City, Zhou Yang released all the monks from the Zhou family, and then temporarily lent the mask that Lu Xuanji gave to Zhou Guangxiang to hide their faces. After that, Zhou Guangxiang led Zhou Guangxiang and the others Go to Cangyuan Immortal City.

But he himself quietly went outside the Zhou family's spiritual mountain outside the city, and sent a message flying sword to the Patriarch Zhou Tongyue and the elder Li Hong who were in charge of the Zhou family branch here, so that they came out to meet him.

Zhou Tongyue and Li Hong were surprised and delighted when they received Zhou Yang's message to Feijian.

In the past few decades, except that Zhou Yang sent them some treasures when he returned to the world of cultivating immortals in the boundless sand sea through the Far West, they have no connection with the Zhou family. I can't help but wonder if Zhou Yang has given up on them.

And because Zhou Yang was still wanted by the entire "Backlight Alliance", they didn't even dare to mention the existence of this family ancestor to the younger monks of the Zhou family here, for fear that if the secret was revealed, it would bring disaster to the family.

And in these years, because the expansion rate of the Zhou family in Cangyuan Immortal City is somewhat unusual, many forces around have begun to investigate their origins, trying to find the reason for their rise.

This kind of investigation made them worry for a long time, for fear that someone would find out the real origin of the Zhou family.

Fortunately, when those forces began to investigate, all the monks of the Zhou family who had come to the Far West with Zhou Yang at the beginning of the Qi training period were all resigned, and the few monks who knew the true origin of the Zhou family followed Li Hong's suggestion to move After entering Cangyuan Immortal City to live, it is easy not to go out.

This made it impossible for those investigators to find out further information even if they found out that there were some problems with the Zhou family's fabricated history.

But even so, this matter has always been a big rock in the hearts of Zhou Tongyue and Li Hong, which made them dare not have any negligence and slack, and they were under great pressure.

Under such circumstances, now that Zhou Yang, the patriarch of the Zhou family, has finally received a message from the flying sword, how can the two of them not be pleasantly surprised.

Immediately, neither of the two dared to divulge any news, and soon each made excuses and sneaked out of the family's spiritual mountain. According to the information left in Zhou Yangfeijian's message, they saw a man they hadn't seen for many years in a wilderness dense forest. Zhou Yang arrived.

Thanks to the book operation officer Lingtaoge Qingyuanzi who has accumulated 50,000 fans and became the head of the book. Well, wait for me to save some manuscripts on the weekend and add another chapter to show my gratitude!