Cultivation Begins From The Desert

Lending five million low-grade spirit stones to earn the favor of a Nascent Soul cultivator for nothing, Zhou Yang felt that this investment was a good deal.

Those spiritual stones left in his hands are not of much use for the time being, and the large spiritual stone mine of the Zhou family has been mining all the time. If he really needs to use a large amount of spiritual stones for something, he can just go back to the family.

Moreover, Daoist Bailu also said that this loan must be repaid within three hundred years. Zhou Yang believed that the other party's dignified Nascent Soul cultivator made a public promise, and he would definitely not renege on this aspect.

As far as he is concerned, after three hundred years, he might have turned into a pill and conceived a baby. Even if Master Bailu really dared to renege on the debt, he would still have the ability to come to collect the debt in person.

So when he lent this huge sum of money, he didn't panic at all, and he didn't worry like most borrowers, fearing that people would not repay the loan.

So after the auction ended, he calmly waited for the monks in the auction house to deliver the [Fire Phoenix Profound Pill], [Gengjin], [Conceived Baby Pill] and other things he had bought to his door, and took out the spirit stones and gave them to him. Made a delivery.

As he expected, the auction house was not too harsh on the fact that he lost a piece of high-grade spirit stone, but asked him to take out 50,000 low-grade spirit stones as a deduction, and the missing piece of high-grade spirit stone was purchased from their auction house. Just deduct the handling fee there.

This delivery method made it impossible for anyone to know that he bought the treasure of [Pregnant Baby Pill] except for the auctioneer monk who made the delivery with him.

What's more, when he was making the delivery, he deliberately changed his appearance with a disguise mask, not afraid that others would see his true face.

And after the delivery was completed, he directly walked through the VIP channel and left the auction house through the teleportation array.

"I've heard a lot about fellow Daoist Zhou's deeds in the past few years. Fellow Daoist was able to do such a great thing at such a young age, and his future is boundless!"

In an attic, Zhou Yang and Master Bailu, the creditor and borrower, sat facing each other, drinking tea and talking.

After Zhou Yang lent the spirit stone that day, Master Bailu directly took away the five million spirit stone loan he had prepared through the hands of the monks in the auction house, and it was not until today that he was free to invite him to come and meet for a meeting. grateful.

Hearing the compliment from the other party at this time, Zhou Yang did not pretend to be a creditor at all, and replied very humbly: "I dare not be praised by the senior. Compared with the real person like the senior, the junior is just learning to walk. I'm just a child!"

Bailu Daoist heard the words, but smiled lightly and said: "My little friend is too modest. It is true that there is a big gap between the Jindan stage and the Nascent Soul stage, but it is not as big as you said, little friend, and the wind is too big. Even if I don't believe my own eyesight, I will never doubt the eyes of Senior Xuanji!"

Since he borrowed Zhou Yang's spirit stone and promised Zhou Yang a favor, of course he wanted to investigate Zhou Yang's identity information in detail afterwards.

But the information he collected in the past few days has already surprised him.

As a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator, he certainly understands how powerful a "half-step true immortal" like Lu Xuanji is. Zhou Yang, a Golden Core Stage cultivator, can let this deceased Nascent Soul Ninth Stage cultivator see how powerful he is. , its potential is already evident.

In particular, this time Zhou Yang directly lent him five million low-grade spirit stones, which showed his astonishing financial resources.

Such a young Golden Core cultivator who needs background and money, will definitely have a much smoother path in the future than most Golden Core cultivators.

Master Bailu even suspected that Zhou Yang was the buyer of the "pregnancy pill", but there was no evidence to prove it.

Of course, to him, it doesn't matter whether he can prove the matter, as long as he is sure that Zhou Yang is not that kind of treacherous villain with unbearable conduct, he will be relieved.

With a wave of his sleeve, he took out a cyan jade token and threw it to Zhou Yang, saying: "Feng Mou keeps his word, if you have any difficult problems in the future, you can go to Luming Valley to find Feng Mou with this token, as long as it is not Feng will never refuse to refuse such a request for Feng to fight to the death with monks of the same level!"

Isn't it because of this sentence that Zhou Yang came to see him?

Immediately, he took the jade pendant without any excuses and squeezed it tightly, and assured him with a serious face: "Please rest assured, senior, if you don't use this thing in the future, you will definitely not use it lightly, let alone let it go." Seniors are in danger because of juniors."

"With your words, Feng will be relieved."

Master Bailu nodded slightly, very satisfied with his guarantee.

Then he waved his hand and said: "Okay, Fengmou is still in a hurry to go back to the sect to sacrifice the newly obtained magic weapon, so I won't be with you, Fellow Daoist Zhou, and the five million low-grade spirit stones that I owe you will be returned to Fengmou in the future." People will be sent to the door in batches to repay the fellow daoist, and there will never be a missing spirit stone from the daoist friend."

Hearing this, Zhou Yang immediately stood up and bowed in a sensible way: "Then the junior will not bother the senior, and the junior will leave."

After that, he said goodbye and left, and returned to the temporary cave at Xianzhan.

This has been staying in Xianzhan Cave Mansion for three or four months. It was not until the monks who came because of the big auction had dispersed for a long time that Zhou Yang left Yujing City and returned to Chongxuan Mountain.

After returning to Chongxuan Mountain, Zhou Yang first handed over the elixir and other things he bought to Taoist Xiao Ying, and then he tested the newly recruited registered disciples, and prepared to return to the world of cultivating immortals in the boundless sand sea .

The last time Zhou Guangxiang used Zhou Shengyu to plot against him, he never forgot, and this time he went back to deal with it.

In addition, he promised Zhou Ronghua and others that he would bring these people back to the family, let them return to their hometowns, and let the monks of the whole family know the contributions and sacrifices they made in the battle of Chongxuan Mountain.

Of course, the most important thing is that he wants to return the [Jade Liquid Golden Elixir] and [Purple Heart Chalcedony] exchanged for meritorious service to the family, in order to secure the hearts of all the monks in the family.

This trip home was just for business, and there was no need to stay for a long time, so Zhou Yang didn't bring his Taoist companion Xiao Ying back with him.

And for the sake of safety, he also specially sent messages to Master Qingyang and Liu Yunxiang from Suyunzong, asking them to come to rescue immediately once they receive a message for help from Chongxuan Mountain.

In the end, in order to make it easier for Xiao Ying to escape from Chongxuan Mountain in a dangerous situation, he also kept two fifth-level spiritual birds, the Golden Winged Thunder Eagle and the Colorful Peacock, as a precautionary measure.

After everything was ready, Zhou Yang bid farewell to Taoist Xiao Ying, took Zhou Ronghua, Zhou Rongxiang, Zhou Sheng and three Zhou Family Foundation Establishment monks to leave Chongxuan Mountain, and returned to the world of cultivating immortals in the boundless sand sea.

Without the Golden-winged Thunder Eagle to fly, Zhou Yang used the fifth-order low-grade flying magic weapon [Thunderbolt Golden Light God Shuttle] to drive on his own way. With his full force, the flying speed was no worse than that of the Golden-winged Thunder Eagle.

It's just that this magic weapon can't cover up its whereabouts, and can only be used before entering the Duanyun Mountain Range.

After arriving at the Duanyun Mountains, Zhou Yang had no choice but to put away the magic weapon and instead used a fourth-order flying boat magic weapon to fly.

This fourth-order flying boat magic weapon also has a certain invisibility effect. Although it is not as strong as the "phantom cloud boat" he left to the family, it is better than his flying in the clouds.

Zhou Yang has walked this road many times. It is exaggerated to say that he can fly back with his eyes closed, but basically nothing will happen.

Especially now that his strength has increased greatly, even if he encounters some problems, he can easily settle them down.

The journey was uneventful, and one month later, Zhou Yang returned to the Zhou family's base camp above the Xijiao Island Oasis.

When the ancestor of the family who had been away from home for many years came back, the monks of the Zhou family were naturally overjoyed when they got the news, and those monks in the foundation period even rushed to the oasis of Xijiao Island to pay homage to the ancestor of the family.

Who in the Zhou family doesn't know that this patriarch of the family has always been generous, as long as he can catch the eyes of his old man and reward him with some random things, he can save himself ten years or even decades of struggle.

This was exactly what Zhou Yang wanted, and he even asked Zhou Guangxiang and Li Mubai, who came after hearing the news, to drive two large empty boats to various oasis Lingshan to pick up people, and to bring as many Zhou family members as possible. Come to Rhinoceros Oasis.

At the beginning, the monks of the [Six Dao League] attacked Chongxuan Mountain and Chang Kingdom, and brought many large air travel buildings. After Zhou Yang killed those Jindan stage monks, he got a total of three ships. In addition to Taoist Xiao Ying as a spare, the other two ships were also brought back this time, ready to be used by the family.

Before the other clansmen rushed to the Rhinoceros Oasis, the matter of rewarding Zhou Ronghua, Zhou Rongguang, Zhou Sheng and the three of them could be temporarily put aside.

Zhou Yang directly called Zhou Guangxiang to the cave on Lingxi Peak to talk.

"Do you know why I came back this time?"

Inside the cave mansion, Zhou Yang looked at his nephew, who had slightly gray hair in the bun in front of him, and who was about to question him with sharp words, suddenly changed his tone.

He seemed to remember at this time that Zhou Guangxiang was no longer young. Compared with the 480-year-old life limit of the Zifuqi monks, Zhou Guangxiang, who was already in his 360s, could be said to have passed middle age and started to walk. into old age.

"Nephew knows."

Zhou Guangxiang looked up at Zhou Yang, then lowered his head and replied in a low voice.

"I originally hoped that I guessed wrong, but after knowing that you have given the [Purple Heart Chalcedony] I gave you to Tong Xuan for use, I am really disappointed for you!"

Zhou Yang sighed with disappointment on his face, and his eyes were full of pain.

Zhou Guangxiang handed over the [Purple Heart Chalcedony] he had given to his son Zhou Tongxuan for use. Naturally, he wanted to push his son to the Purple Mansion Stage, and take over the position of patriarch from him in a legitimate way.

But it's a pity that his son didn't have the same luck as he and his sister Zhou Guangxiang. Despite the help of [Purple Heart Chalcedony], he still failed in the end.

When Zhou Guangxiang heard his words, he shook his body slightly, then fell to his knees with a "plop", kowtowed deeply to him and said: "There are thousands of mistakes, and it's all my nephew's fault. Uncle Jiu, no matter what Punish my nephew, and my nephew is willing to bear it."

"Clear rewards and punishments, this is the basic principle of governing a country and a family. Even if you are the patriarch of the Zhou family, even if you are my most trusted and favored nephew, I will not bend the law for personal gain!"

"You give [Purple Heart Chalcedony] to your son Zhou Tongxuan, it's not a fault, after all, you use your own family contribution points to exchange from the family."

"However, in order for your son to inherit the position of patriarch, you kicked out the family's genius children from the family, and the crime of using power for personal gain is conclusive evidence!"

"According to the rules of the family, those who commit the crime of using power for personal gain will be punished at the slightest and their salary will be retained for inspection, and at worst they will be deprived of their position. If they have caused major losses to the family because of using power for personal gain, the highest level of cultivation can be abolished and expelled from the family!"

Zhou Yang looked deeply at his nephew who was kneeling on the ground, and every word he said was like a heavy hammer, hitting Zhou Guangxiang's heart hard, making his body tremble endlessly, and he dared not raise his head to meet his gaze.

This shows that he really has guilt in his heart, and he is really afraid.

Seeing this, Zhou Yang continued to say without changing his face: "Although you used your power for personal gain, it didn't cause any serious consequences after all. Considering your past contributions to the family, you can just pay a fine and stay in your job."

"However, as the patriarch, you should be an example for the whole clan's monks, but now you take the lead in breaking the rules. If you are only punished lightly like this, how can you convince the crowd?"

"So, as the elder of the family, I will punish you by depriving you of the position of patriarch and exiling you to the world of cultivating immortals in Liuyunzhou for a hundred years!"

"Zhou Guangxiang, are you convinced?"

At the end of Zhou Yang's speech, his voice suddenly increased a lot, like a thunderous shout like Hong Zhong Dalu's, which suddenly exploded in Zhou Guangxiang's ears.

Zhou Guangxiang's body trembled, and he finally raised his head. With tears in his eyes, he trembled and said, "Nephew is convinced. My nephew is ashamed of my family and my uncle. My nephew is convinced of the punishment of my uncle!"

"Why are you crying? A man dares to act bravely, shed blood but not tears. Since you knowingly committed a crime, you should be mentally prepared to bear the consequences!"

Zhou Yang shouted angrily, flicked his sleeves, and left the cave directly.

Of course he understood why Zhou Guangxiang was crying, why he was crying.

Since the establishment of the Zhou family, there has never been such a patriarch who has been deprived of the position of patriarch due to faults.

In the past, the patriarchs of each generation of the Zhou family were either replaced by successors after their death, or like Zhou Minghan and Zhou Yang, passed on the position of patriarch to outstanding children among the younger generations.

Zhou Guangxiang, as the longest-serving head of the Zhou family, should have become a model for every head of the Zhou family to emulate in the future, and a family ancestor respected and revered by the younger generations of the Zhou family.

But because of this incident, he became the first patriarch of the Zhou family to be dismissed during his tenure, leaving an indelible stain in his life.

His fate will also serve as a living example to warn the successors of the patriarch, telling them not to think that assuming the position of patriarch can do anything wrong.

It is conceivable that there is such a big gap from the original example that future generations followed to the negative example that future generations use to warn themselves.

It is quite normal for Zhou Guangxiang to regret and cry because of this.

In order to let this nephew learn more lessons, Zhou Yang did not tell him at this time that he decided to let his son Zhou Tongxuan succeed him as the patriarch.

Naturally, before officially announcing this order, Zhou Guangxiang was still the patriarch of the Zhou family.

In the following days, when Zhou family monks from all over the place rushed to Xijiaozhou to meet Zhou Yang, the ancestor of the Zhou family, Zhou Yang himself left Xijiaozhou and went to the gate of Huangshamen.

Zhou Yang's purpose in going to Huangshamen this time is to end the cause and effect of that year.

"This is a piece of [Jade Liquid Golden Elixir]. In order to exchange it, Zhou killed three golden elixir stage monks in the Immortal Cultivation Realm of Liuyunzhou!"

"Today, in front of Senior Cao, Mr. Zhou fulfilled his promise and handed over this item to your Huang Shamen. I hope you can use it for yourselves."

Inside the Huangshamen Mountain Gate, among the cemeteries of the ancestors of the sects of the past dynasties, Zhou Yang, accompanied by Xu Jinyao, the current head of the Huangshamen, worshiped Cao Wenjin's tomb, and took out a copy of [Yuye Jindan] in front of the tomb. , raised his hand and handed it to Xu Jinyao, fulfilling his promise to Cao Wenjin back then.

Back then when he was a monk in the Foundation Establishment Stage, Cao Wenjin invested heavily in him, helping him and their Zhou family grow stronger.

Today, he also threw in peaches and rewarded in return, repaying the other party's original investment and kindness several times.

After that, the friendship between him and Huang Shamen was completely broken.

In the next one or two hundred years, he will continue to fulfill the original agreement to protect Huang Shamen for 500 years, but he will not help Huang Shamen do anything beyond the agreement.

"Senior Zhou's great kindness, this junior and Huang Shamen are all grateful, Patriarch Cao has a spirit in the sky, and I will definitely thank senior for this!"

In front of the tombstone, Xu Jinyao firmly held the jade bottle in his hand, bowed deeply to Zhou Yang, and expressed his gratitude with excitement and excitement on his face.

He thought that during his reign, he might not be able to get this treasure.

Because he often asks himself, if it is his own words, for the sake of the sect, he will never hand over this kind of treasure that can produce a monk of the Jindan stage to a person who may threaten him before the expiration of the 500-year agreement. The opponent of Zongmen.

Cao Wenjin's agreement with Zhou Yang at the beginning was only to let him find a copy of [Jade Liquid Golden Elixir] for Huang Shamen if he was able, but he didn't give him a limited time.

If Zhou Yang had been more ruthless, he could have handed this thing over to Huang Shamen before the five-hundred-year period was consummated.

At that time, even if someone from Huang Shamen can rely on this thing to successfully form an alchemy, they will no longer be able to pose any threat to Zhou Yang, who is no longer restricted by the contract.

Even if Zhou Yang was more vicious, he could just give them the [Jade Fluid Golden Elixir], and then wait for the 500-year period to pass, and immediately wipe out their Huangshamen and regain this treasure.

By that time, their Huang Sha Sect will have been destroyed, and the Zhou family will have the final say in this boundless sand sea of ​​cultivating immortals. If this matter is spread, what will it matter?

Of course, this is because his own vision is too narrow and he doesn't understand Zhou Yang's ambitions, so he has such worries.

Zhou Yang is a person who aspires to live a long and happy life, how could he do such a thing of self-destruction for some petty gains.

In the future, he will go through the "Heart Demon Tribulation" when he transforms into a pill and becomes a baby. If he deliberately changes the concept in this way and does something that is not in line with his heart, the power of the "Heart Demon Tribulation" will definitely increase.

How could Zhou Yang do such a small loss and a big loss.

What's more, it wasn't that he looked down on the Huang Shamen, in his eyes now, even if the little Huang Shamen had returned to the heyday of the double golden elixir, he could destroy it with the palm of his hand.

Xu Jinyao also doesn't know the situation now, and when he knows Zhou Yang's record in the world of cultivating immortals in Liuyunzhou in the future, he will understand how ridiculous his thoughts are.

He didn't stop at Huang Shamen, and Zhou Yang returned to the family soon after Xu Jinyao's gratitude.

In the family, Zhou Yang received all the foundation-building monks of his family who came to see him, but except for those newly-promoted foundation-building monks who gave some things as rewards according to the rules, the rest were simply interviewed.

Over the past few decades, the number of foundation-building monks in the Zhou family has increased a lot, and now the total number of foundation-building monks has reached thirty-five, and this is not counting the Zhou Ronghua and others he brought back.

And thanks to the rich supply of resources in the family, among the thirty-five foundation-building monks, four of them, including Zhou Tongxuan, are at the ninth level of foundation-building, and they can try to open up the purple mansion at any time.

Among them, Zhou Tongxuan had already used [Purple Heart Chalcedony] to open up the Purple Mansion and failed to mention it. In Zhou Yang's view, Zhou Tongxuan could give them a chance to give it a go.

The Zhou family in the world of cultivating immortals in the boundless sand sea has not seen a new Zifu stage monk for a long time, which is a bit abnormal for the current size of the Zhou family.

Of course, these things have to be discussed later, and what Zhou Yang dealt with first was the matter of rewarding Zhou Ronghua, Zhou Rongxiang, Zhou Shenghe and the others.

At this time, the number of monks from the Zhou family gathered on the oasis of Xijiao Island has reached more than 1,500 people. Zhou Yang let these people enter the ancestral hall of the Zhou family. In the courtyard inside the ancestral hall, the three of Zhou Ronghua Facing all the clansmen, he recounted the experience of the first battle at Xuanshan with full of emotion.

These words, they have long been in their hearts, they have arranged in secret many times, and when they say it at this time, it is indeed exciting and yearning.

But after they finished speaking, while the other Zhou family members were still digesting the information revealed in their words, Zhou Yang had already taken over their words, with a solemn expression and a high-pitched tone, and delivered his own speech.

"Ronghua, Rongxiang, Shenghe and the others, including Rongguang and Shengping who fell in that battle, are all good men of my Zhou family. They sacrificed their lives to protect the outstanding younger generations of the family and preserve the strength of the family. Your self, your self-sacrificing heroism, is worthy of emulation by all of you present here."

"I hope that one day, if you encounter their situation at that time, you will be able to live up to the surname you have, the blood you have flowed, and the teaching and dedication of the elders in your family!"

"If everyone in my Zhou family can be like them, if everyone can be wholeheartedly for the family, for the family, and be loyal to the family wholeheartedly, then my Zhou family will be prosperous forever!"

"I, Zhou Yuanyang, as the elder with the highest seniority in the Zhou family, as the Supreme Elder of the Zhou family, will always be proud of having such brave and fearless juniors as Ronghua, Rongxiang, Shenghe in the family!"

"At the same time, I sincerely hope that among the younger generations, there will be someone like them in the future who will make such a feat that makes me proud of you!"

"As long as someone from my Zhou family can do such a feat, they will be listed on the family's [hero list], and they will share the incense for generations with the heroes of the ancestors. At the same time, the family will never treat everyone who has done for the family. The heroes who contributed and sacrificed!"

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