Cultivation Begins From The Desert

Decades have passed, Zhou Yang's face is still the same as before, still so handsome and handsome.

However, Zhou Tongyue and Li Hong, who had just passed middle age, now had gray hair and their lifespan was short.

The age difference between Zhou Tongyue and Li Hong is only one year. After several decades, both of them have reached the ninth level of foundation building. up.

However, these two well-known masters in Cangyuan Immortal City at this moment knelt down in front of a young man full of excitement, with tears welling up in their eyes.

"Hey! It's been so hard for you these years, I'm the one who made you suffer!"

Zhou Yang looked at the two emotionally agitated juniors in front of him, let out a long sigh, stepped forward and grabbed the shoulders of the two, and helped them up.

"Old Ancestor, please don't say that! Without you, Ancestor, we would have died a hundred years ago. How could we succeed in building a foundation, and how could we live for another hundred years?"

"We have suffered a bit in these years, but my grandson dares to swear that I have absolutely no intention of resenting my ancestors. Your kindness to us younger generations will never be forgotten by younger generations!"

Zhou Tongyue shouted out excitedly, and actually swore on the spot.

Seeing this, Zhou Yang felt even more guilty.

He really didn't have any thoughts about the family branch in the Far West these years. If it wasn't for the occasional encounter with the "Heavenly Demon Corpse King" in the "Death Sand Sea", if it wasn't for Yin Hanguang who wanted to use Guo Jinhong's head to stand up, he It may not come to the Far West again for hundreds of years.

After all, before this, whether it was the "Tiansha Corpse King" or Guo Jinhong, they were all enemies that he could not face and solve at all.

If he showed up in the Far West and let these two enemies know before turning into an infant, what awaited him would be an endless pursuit.

At that time, not only would he not be able to take care of the Zhou family branch here, but he would also cause them to be exterminated.

Fortunately, God opened his eyes and allowed him to return to the Far West through the "curve to save the country", and use Yin Hanguang's power to seek justice for the grievances he suffered at the beginning.

It also allows him to make some compensation to the clansmen who are still sticking here.

At this moment, looking at the excited Zhou Tongyue, he nodded lightly and said, "I know your loyalty, my ancestor, and I will give you an explanation and some compensation when I come to the Far West this time. .”

"Now, you tell the ancestors about the situation of the family here, so that I can have an idea in my heart."

Hearing what he said, Zhou Tongyue scratched his beard under his chin in embarrassment and said, "Let Brother Li introduce it to you, the patriarch, he knows the family situation better than me, the nominal patriarch. "

Zhou Tongyue is a monk of the "Tong" generation of the Zhou family, and Li Hong's Taoist companion Zhou Fuyun is a monk of the "Fu" generation of the Zhou family. According to the genealogy, he should be Li Hong's elder uncle.

However, the two of them are similar in age and have worked together for many years. Li Hong is a powerful person with considerable means. Zhou Tongyue relies on him a lot in the management of the family, so he has always deliberately ignored this point and only calls him a brother. To avoid embarrassment for Li Hong.

Fortunately, Zhou Yang himself is not that old-fashioned person, so he didn't pursue such trivial matters, but took advantage of the opportunity to look at Li Hong who had never said much.

Feeling Zhou Yang's gaze, Li Hong bowed to him immediately, and opened his mouth to talk about the situation of the Zhou family branch in Cangyuan Immortal City.

"Old Ancestor Mingjian, the family branch in Cangyuan Immortal City, after decades of development, now has a total of twelve foundation-building monks, 187 Qi-training monks, and more than 80,000 secular clan members!"

"At the same time, the family currently owns one upper-rank Lingshan of the third rank, two lower-rank Lingshan of the third rank, four upper-rank Lingshan of the second rank, and three shops in Cangyuan Immortal City!"

"Because of the lack of income sources, most of the monks in the family work in various industries in Cangyuan Immortal City to earn cultivation resources, and most of the foundation-building monks in the family also serve in the guards of Cangyuan Immortal City."

Before Xiao Ying and Zhou Guangxiang left the Far West, according to Zhou Yang's instructions, they left dozens of Foundation Establishment Pills and some third-order spirit pills to Zhou Tongyue and Li Hong, in order to practice Zhou Yang's original treatment of those The promise of the monks who came to the Far West.

Later Zhou Yang returned from the Kunxu Realm and gave them a few fourth-order demon pills and some high-level magical artifacts for family development.

That's why in the Zhou family in Cangyuan Immortal City, there is an abnormal situation where the number of monks in the foundation building period and the number of monks in the qi training period are more than ten to one.

It is also because of this obviously abnormal situation that they are now being watched from all sides.

If it wasn't for Li Hong's vigilance, and with the help of Li Mubai's power, he arranged Zhou family monks to work in the official property of Cangyuan Immortal City, and used this tiger skin to deter those who were watching, the disaster of Zhou family's extinction would have come long ago.

Of course, the most important point is that although there are many monks in the foundation building period of the Zhou family, there have been no monks in the Zifu period, which prevents them from being seen by those really powerful forces.

Otherwise, I'm afraid there would have been monks at the Jindan stage who would have taken people abducted and used soul searching methods to find the reason.

It's just that the disadvantage of relying on the Foundation Establishment Pill to explode a large number of Foundation Establishment monks is also obvious, that is, it can only allow people to build foundations, but it cannot support these Foundation Establishment monks.

During the Qi training period, the immortal cultivator only needs to build the foundation, but after the success of the foundation establishment, he has to think about the next stage.

As for the Zhou family branch in Cangyuan Immortal City, they obviously don't have the strength to help those Foundation Establishment cultivators continue to climb up.

Once a family is unable to provide spiritual help to the senior members of the family, most people will choose to leave the family and find their own way out, except for a few very nostalgic and grateful monks who are willing to help the family selflessly.

You must know that even Zhou Yang, when the Zhou family was unable to provide him with other cultivation resources, would often take away a large number of spirit stones from the Zhou family's treasury for his own private use.

"According to what you said, since the family's financial situation is so difficult, how did you make those family foundation monks willing to continue to work in the family?"

Zhou Yang looked at Li Hong and asked in surprise, he was really curious about this question.

The so-called clever woman can't cook without rice, even if Zhou Yang, who single-handedly brought the Zhou family to this point, would not be able to do this if he paid himself and Li Hong to change places.

"It's up to the grandson to explain the confusion to the ancestor!"

When Li Hong was about to speak, Zhou Tongyue suddenly stepped forward to speak for him.

After grabbing the conversation, Zhou Tongyue didn't look at Li Hong's complex and incomprehensible expression, and cupped his hands at Zhou Yang with a serious expression: "Old Ancestor Mingjian, in fact, over the years, the monks who have successfully built the foundation of the Zhou family, There were twelve people in total, but one of them was killed while going out, the murderer has never been found, and the other two were executed by grandson himself!"

"The two people who were executed by the grandson at the beginning were the first group of monks in the family to build the foundation. Because the family could not provide them with much cultivation resources after the success of the foundation, they wanted to leave the family and join other families. This behavior is tantamount to betrayal!"

"They don't even think about it. If they don't have a family, with their aptitude, how could they get the Foundation Establishment Pill so easily? Their ancestors followed their ancestors and went to this place in the far west, using their loyalty to the family and their own lives as their own. The reason they traded for Foundation Establishment Pills is not to let them abandon the family and climb another branch after successful foundation establishment!"

"So after the incident happened, my grandson first sold a fourth-order demon pill left by you, the ancestor, in exchange for several [Nether Blood Contracts], and forced the remaining foundation-building monks of the family to sign it one by one. Signed the blood contract, vowed never to betray the family!"

"Afterwards, the younger generation tricked the two traitors out, and then led all the foundation-building monks of the family to besiege them, and they were beheaded on the spot in the wilderness under the Ming Zheng Dian Xun."

"Since then, as long as the Qi training period monks in the family succeed in building a foundation, they must sign a blood contract and swear allegiance to the family, which has continued until now!"

I should have thought of that earlier!

Zhou Yang smiled wryly in his heart, then stared at Zhou Tongyue who had a clear conscience, without saying a word.

He has done this kind of thing before with the "Ghost Blood Pact" to force people's loyalty. To be honest, although this can forcibly bind people's loyalty, it can't make people sincerely do things for the family.

So after the Zhou family gradually became stronger, he never did this kind of thing again.

In fact, those truly powerful forces would never do such a thing.

Because the backlash effect brought about by doing so is too great.

Especially when encountering a ruthless character who is very forbearing, it is easy to be deceived by the other party first signing the blood contract, and then find an opportunity from the inside, risking their lives to launch a fatal blow to the forces that enslave themselves.

If it was the Zhou family in the world of cultivating immortals in the boundless sand sea, whoever dared to do such a thing without his own consent, Zhou Yang would definitely impose a heavy punishment on him, or even abolish his cultivation base.

But the situation of the Zhou family in the Far West is too special.

Zhou Yang also believed that if there was a way, Zhou Tongyue would definitely not want to do such a chilling thing to his own monks, unless he was forced to a dead end.

He could even imagine Zhou Tongyue's mood at that time.

The two juniors that I trained by myself suddenly betrayed the family and left. This kind of betrayal undoubtedly stabbed Zhou Tongyue twice in the chest, making him painful and angry.

And because of the betrayal of these two juniors, the hearts of the other juniors were also fluctuating, ready to move.

Faced with this situation, if Zhou Tongyue didn't act decisively and use ruthless means to stabilize people's hearts, the family that had managed to turn around after a while would probably fall apart immediately.

"Actually, Li Hong is the one who gave you this idea!"

"Although you, Zhou Tongyue, are bold, but you grew up in a family, how could you think of such a vicious idea all of a sudden?"

"You said that you killed those two traitors with your own hands, I believe it, but if you say that these ideas are your own, you are fooling my ancestor, my wisdom!"

After Zhou Yang stared at Zhou Tongyue for a long time, he turned his eyes and looked coldly at Li Hong who had a complex expression, and told the truth with a sneer.

"No……"

Zhou Tongyue lowered his head, trying to quibble.

But Li Hong fell to his knees on the ground with a "plop" at this time, and kowtowed heavily to Zhou Yang to plead guilty: "The ancestor's eyes are as bright as a torch, this matter is indeed the idea of ​​the younger generation to the Patriarch, and the two traitors are also the younger generation It was designed to let their relatives trick them out, if the ancestor wants to punish the crime, please also punish the younger generation, don't wrong the Patriarch!"

Seeing this, Zhou Tongyue's expression changed, and he knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Old Ancestor Mingjian, although Li Hong came up with the idea, it was implemented with the consent of his grandson. There is also one!"

Seeing this scene, Zhou Yang felt relieved by the deep brotherhood of the two, but also resented their cleverness.

How could he not know what Zhou Tongyue meant? Zhou Tongyue and Li Hong are the masters of the Zhou family branch in Cangyuan Immortal City. The Zhou family branch here is not beneficial, but may expose its own existence.

Of course, it doesn't matter how bad the two of them are doing, it's just human nature to want to protect themselves.

Thinking of this, Zhou Yang couldn't help shaking his head. With a wave of his hand, he released a burst of mana to help the two of them up, and then said:

"Get up, Patriarch, I didn't say that I would punish you."

"Your approach to this matter is indeed inappropriate, but based on what you said at the time, it cannot be said that there is something wrong with choosing this approach. You should do extraordinary things at extraordinary times. I am not an unreasonable person, ancestor."

"But since I'm here, Patriarch, this kind of practice can no longer be practiced in the future."

Hearing his words, Zhou Tongyue and Li Hong were both relieved, knowing that this test had finally passed.

In fact, after they did this kind of thing, they discussed together how to deal with the family's questioning in the future. In the end, Li Hong concluded that as long as Zhou Yang, the ancestor of the family, was present, he would definitely not be injured because of this. This incident punished them heavily.

Now it seems that everything is as expected, which makes Zhou Tongyue admire his long-time partner even more.

"But Patriarch, if we don't use this method, how can we make those family descendants to be loyal to the family? The family here can't offer any generous conditions to win them over, and the situation here is not the same as in the world of cultivating immortals in the boundless sand sea. Same, after they leave the family, there are many better choices!"

Li Hong looked at Zhou Yang with piercing eyes and said, he seemed to have realized something, his eyes were full of anticipation.

Seeing this, Zhou Yang couldn't help but smiled and said: "You don't have to worry about this. Since I, the ancestor, have come to see you, I naturally have a way to solve this matter. In the future, you don't have to restrain your hands and feet, and you can do it freely. Do things under the banner of the Zhou family!"

What?

Even though Li Hong already had some guesses in his mind when Zhou Yang summoned the two of them to meet each other, he was shocked to hear Zhou Yang's domineering words at this time.

He looked at Zhou Yang with a look of shock, and couldn't help asking: "Could it be that the ancestor found a way to cancel the arrest warrant for you by the [Backlight League]? Just please forgive the rudeness of the younger generation. It was released by that old monster Guo Jinhong himself, and in his capacity, no one should be able to force him to cancel the arrest warrant, right?"

Because of the festivities between Zhou Yang and Guo Jinhong, over the years, Li Hong has also paid special attention to inquiring about some news about Hao Yangzong and Guo Jinhong.

Although due to his level of cultivation, he couldn't find out any real secret information, but judging from the information he had learned, he also knew that Guo Jinhong would definitely not take the initiative to cancel the "wanted warrant" for Zhou Yang.

And although he was smart, he would never have imagined, or dared not even think about, that Zhou Yang could kill Guo Jinhong, a Nascent Soul cultivator!

Regarding the killing of Guo Jinhong, before the matter was carried out, Zhou Yang would definitely not reveal anything to Li Hong and the others.

So facing Li Hong's question, he just waved his hands and said, "I have my own way of doing this, so you don't need to inquire about it. In two or three years at most, you can stand up and walk in an open and honest manner."

"Yes, the junior understands."

With a chill in his heart, Li Hong hurriedly stopped asking about this matter.

He is a smart man. From Zhou Yang's words, he has already realized that there will be a big change in the Far West, and this kind of big change is not something that a small shrimp like him can participate in.

Zhou Yang likes him as a sensible person who knows how to advance and retreat, and is sensible. Seeing this, he nodded in relief, and then changed the subject: "You have been in Cangyuan Immortal City for a long time, do you know how the current situation of Cangyuan Sanren Li Cangyuan is? ? How long will he live?"

Before he was caught by the "Tiansha Corpse King", he knew that "Cangyuan Loose Man" Li Cangyuan's remaining lifespan was less than a hundred years old. Now that more than eighty years have passed, this person may be exhausted if he thinks about it. .

If it hadn't been for the incident at the beginning, maybe he has now taken over the ruling right of Cangyuan Immortal City from "Cangyuan Loose Man" Li Cangyuan, making the Zhou family officially a member of the Far West.

"Returning to the ancestor, the situation of senior Li has been tightly sealed by the Li family. No one knows how long he can live, or whether he has passed away!"

"In recent years, because of this incident, the entire Cangyuan Immortal City has been undercurrents. The monks of Geng Zhong, the deputy city lord, have begun to seize the properties and positions that belonged to the monks of the city lord. Senior Li Mubai walked together, and many people were driven out of some industries by them, and even a few people were injured by them!"

"What's even more worrying is that we haven't seen Senior Li Mubai for half a year, and the people from the Li family stopped us when we asked to see him several times, and some of the elite children of the Li family and some talented juniors have already left Cangzhou. Yuanxian City is missing!"

While answering Zhou Yang's words, Li Hong cautiously peeked at Zhou Yang's face, hesitant to speak.

After Zhou Yang noticed his little move, he couldn't help but smiled at him and said, "Just say what you have to say, don't hold it in your stomach."

"Yes, Old Ancestor Mingjian, the younger generation feels that if our Zhou family can set up a flag in the Far West in the future, we must have a fundamental land of our own, and the Cangyuan Immortal City, which is facing a change of owner, is in turmoil. , wouldn't it be just right?"

"Of course, it's up to you, the ancestor, to make a decision. Geng Zhong is now a third-tier Jindan cultivator. Without you, we little shrimps wouldn't be enough for him to slap!"

After Li Hong finished his thoughts in one breath, he couldn't help looking expectantly at Zhou Yang, his eyes were full of eagerness.

He is a man with ambition and ability. Even if he has not much life left in his remaining life, he still wants to develop the Zhou family in Cangyuan Xiancheng into a powerful family while he is still alive, so that the spirit card after his death will be here. Occupy a prominent position in the ancestral hall of the Bian family.

If the Zhou family can take over the Cangyuan Immortal City while he is alive, and become the master of this land that he has fought for hundreds of years, he will really die without regret!

"You dare to think!"

"A mere foundation-building nine-story monk, a mere foundation-building family, dares to plan for a Jindan period monk, and even dares to plan for the position of the city lord of Cangyuan Immortal City, you are not afraid of taking too big a step, and you will be messed up. ?”

Zhou Yang couldn't help laughing at Li Hong who was looking at him with eager anticipation, but he also admired this guy's courage.

This reminded him of when he saw Li Hong for the first time. At that time, Li Hong was still a little Qi-practicing nine-level monk who came for the "Treasure Hunting Conference" held by the Zhou family. The performance is also full of courage, courage and strategy.

When Li Hong heard his words, he immediately knew that he didn't mean to, and quickly complimented him: "If you didn't come, the ancestor, the younger generation would not dare to have the courage, but since you came, the younger generation would not have the courage to do so." out."

After flattering Zhou Yang in this way, he boldly said: "Besides, I am afraid that you also know that Aunt Guangxiang and Senior Li Mubai became Taoist couples at the beginning, and it was the advice given to her by the younger generation. That old monster made a cross, patriarch, you may have led our Zhou family to become the masters of Cangyuan Immortal City long ago!"

Hearing this, Zhou Yang couldn't help laughing and said, "Forget it, since you've already mentioned this matter, I won't hide it from you, my ancestor. This time I came to the Far West, I really have the idea of ​​helping you enter Cangyuan Immortal City , and in order to be famous as a teacher, I brought Guangxiang and his brothers and sisters with me this time."

Hearing this, Li Hong couldn't help but shouted joyfully: "If this is the case, the event will be accomplished!"

Looking at Zhou Tongyue again, he was equally ecstatic, his face was full of joy.

"Don't be too busy to be happy. The relationship between Guangxiang and me, the ancestor, Guo Jinhong and Geng Zhong are very clear, so now she can't show up in public to let people know. The next thing you have to do is to help her Cover up and hide your identity, and find out the real situation of Cangyuan Sanren from Li Mubai."

"If Cangyuan Sanren is really dead, then you must persuade Li Mubai and Guangxiang couple to leave Cangyuan Immortal City, and then temporarily give up everything and move to another safe place to take refuge for a while, and wait for the things on my side to be settled. Finally, when I can help, I will bring you back to Cangyuan Immortal City!"

Zhou Yang calmly poured cold water on the two, and explained the specific situation clearly, fearing that the two would get too excited and ruin the event.

Hearing his words, the two really calmed down a lot.

Then the two looked at each other, and immediately Li Hong said: "Don't worry, the ancestor, this matter will be left to the younger generation, and the younger generation will definitely help Aunt Guangxiang and the others to handle this matter, and wait for the elder ancestor to take care of it." That day will come!"

"Get this done, and I'll give you a chance to attack the Purple Mansion!"

Zhou Yang stared at the two, and said something that surprised and delighted the two.