Cultivation Begins From The Desert

Chapter 618 Golden Core Late Stage

The land in the far west, Cangyuan Immortal City.

After more than a hundred years, Zhou Yang once again set foot in this city where he once fought, and Zhou Yang's mentality is completely different from when he came here many times before.

He also didn't expect that after more than a hundred years, the Zhou family branch here has become half of the master here.

Li Hong is a talent, Zhou Yang knew this a long time ago, but he found that he still underestimated this guy's profit-making methods.

In just over a hundred years, this guy developed the Zhou family, which had barely squeezed into the ranks of the big families at the time, into the second largest family in Cangyuan Immortal City, second only to the family where the city lord belonged.

This ability really shocked him.

And when he understood how the other party did this, he was even more amazed.

"The big banner of Tiandingmen has both advantages and disadvantages. You rely on their support to make those forces in Yu State afraid of you, but you also make the Zhou family a common thorn in their side. In order to drive you out of Yu State , they will definitely spare no effort.”

"They didn't do anything now, just because they couldn't figure out the attitude of Tiandingmen. Once they figured it out, knowing that Tiandingmen had no intention of intervening to control this place, after a hundred years, Cangyuan Immortal City will definitely have no more of you. Shelter!"

In a private room facing the street in a teahouse, Zhou Yang looked out the window at the figures of low-ranking monks passing by on the street from time to time, gently took a sip of the spirit tea unique to the Far West on the table, and said in a deep voice what he knew about Zhou of the Far West. perception of the situation faced by the family.

It turned out that the Zhou family in the Far West could develop so fast, all because Li Hong accidentally saved a person more than 60 years ago.

At that time, a foundation-building cultivator he rescued turned out to be the great-grandson of the Nascent Soul Stage cultivator from the Tiandingmen of Dayun Kingdom, and he was also a favored great-grandson.

At that time, the monk sneaked out to travel the world of cultivating immortals, exposed his wealth near Cangyuan Xiancheng, was plotted and besieged by a group of loose cultivators, and after exhausting his life-saving items, he was lucky enough to be rescued by Li Hong.

After the man was rescued by Li Hong, he thanked Li Hong for his kindness, and said that he wanted to preserve the wealth and honor of the Zhou family in Cangyuan Xiancheng for a hundred years.

The Zhou family in Cangyuan Immortal City has been able to develop rapidly in recent years because the man invited a Jindan stage monk to sit in the Zhou family in Cangyuan Immortal City for 20 years after returning to Tiandingmen.

Li Hong is also a person who knows how to come. With the deterrence of the Jindan stage monk, he raised the tiger skin to dress up the banner, and under the guise of the tiger, he really cut almost three pieces of cake on the cake of Cangyuan Immortal City. One-fifth goes to the Zhou family.

Today's Zhou Family in Cangyuan Immortal City already has two Zifu period monks, twenty-five foundation establishment period monks, and another twenty or thirty vassal foundation establishment monks under their control.

"The old ancestor's eyes are as bright as a torch, and he can see the key at a glance. The younger generation has also discovered this. Over the years, he has used that relationship to prepare a shelter in Dayun. Even if he is kicked out Cangyuan Immortal City, relying on the resources and wealth we have accumulated over the years, as well as that relationship, can continue to maintain the family inheritance!"

Li Hong looked at Zhou Yang with admiration in his eyes, and then said his plan respectfully.

This is a typical example of him grabbing a handful and leaving. This is what casual cultivators often do. It seems that although he is used to being the leader of a power, he still hasn't discarded some of the habits he developed when he was a casual cultivator.

Zhou Yang thought about this in his heart, and couldn't help saying: "You are just the next step. The Zhou family is not a small family now. If you move to Dayun Kingdom rashly, you will definitely be squeezed out by the original forces in the local cultivating world. You have the favor of that person from Tiandingmen, this kind of exclusion will not be eliminated, but may make them more vigilant and united."

"The family power that can be inherited for thousands of years in Dayun Kingdom, which one of them has a deep relationship with those sects in Dayun Kingdom? Even if the person you rely on is noble, after all, his cultivation level is still low. I can help you again."

When Li Hong heard his words, his expression froze suddenly.

What Zhou Yang said was right on point, and this was exactly what he was worried about.

He looked at Zhou Yang with a solemn expression, and suddenly knelt down on the ground and kowtowed: "I also ask the elders of the ancestors to give me advice!"

He is a smart man, knowing that since Zhou Yang said that his strategy is a bottom-up strategy, he must have already had a top-down strategy, otherwise it would be nothing more than pointing out the flaws of his strategy.

"It's very simple, my ancestor, I will come forward in disguise and warn the current city lord of Cangyuan Immortal City, so that they can't figure out how many forces are standing behind you. When the time comes, you can spit out something properly, and you can keep you safe for a hundred years. Already!"

Zhou Yang smiled lightly, and whispered his strategy.

"But ancestor you..."

Li Hong looked at him with hesitation on his face, wondering if he should express his worries.

"You want to say that my ancestor is still wanted by [Backlight Union], right? Don't worry, since I have said this, my ancestor, I am sure that people will not recognize my origin."

Zhou Yang glanced at him, and gave him a reassurance with a confident face.

When Li Hong heard this, his complexion immediately relaxed, and he replied with a happy face: "The old ancestor said so, the younger generation can rest assured."

"However, there is no rush to do this matter. It is not too late to do it before my ancestor leaves. Now let's talk about the matter of recognizing the ancestor and returning to the clan."

Zhou Yang nodded slightly, then changed the topic, but talked about his main purpose of coming to the Far West this time.

After he returned to the world of cultivating immortals in the boundless sand sea from Liuyunzhou, he summoned Zhou Guangxiang and other senior members of the clan to explain his upcoming trip and his arrangements.

But at the meeting, Zhou Guangxiang suggested that he come to the Far West again and make some settlements for the family branches here.

After Zhou Yang thought about it, he accepted Zhou Guangxiang's suggestion, and then began his trip to the Far West.

At this moment, he looked at Li Hong with deep eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Old Ancestor, I am here this time, not only to give assistance to your family branch, but also to bring some outstanding clansmen from your side to the boundless sand sea. What do you think of the recognition of their ancestors in the world of cultivating immortals, and even taking them to the world of cultivating immortals in Liuyunzhou?"

Recognizing the ancestors and returning to the clan is just a nice way to say it. In fact, bringing people back from the family branch in the Far West means that the main family draws blood from the branch to strengthen themselves, so as to avoid the situation where the main family is weak and the branch is strong.

This is also Zhou Yang's intention to separate the Zhou family and establish small families in each branch.

Separating the family can not only reduce the burden on the main family's supply of resources, but also stimulate the competitive fighting spirit between the various branch families and the main monks, and strengthen the family's hematopoietic function.

As for the hidden dangers caused by the separation of the family, it is not worth mentioning compared to the benefits when Zhou Yang, the ancestor of the family, is in charge.

Even if Zhou Yang is gone in the future, as long as the main family is strong enough, all branches must maintain their loyalty to the Zhou family even in order to continue to obtain advanced treasures such as Foundation Establishment Pill and [Purple Heart Chalcedony] from the main family.

Of course, all of the above are just Zhou Yang's own subjective conjectures. What he has to do now is to turn his original assumptions into reality.

And Li Hong, will he agree?

Under Zhou Yang's gaze, Li Hong's complexion changed a little, then he nodded with a smile and said: "Of course the younger generation agrees with the proposal of the old ancestor. It is the blessing of us monks from the branch families to return to the family and recognize the ancestors. pleasure!"

"You can think like this, Patriarch, I am very pleased, then this matter is settled like this."

Zhou Yang also showed a happy smile on his face, and made a decision on the spot.

Therefore, in the next six months, Zhou Yang cooperated with Li Hong to create many incidents of Zhou family monks being attacked and missing.

Because the current situation of the Zhou family is a bit delicate, the attack and disappearance of the monks of the Zhou family has attracted the attention of many forces in the Yu country, but these forces have a tacit understanding and no one has seriously investigated this matter.

What are they investigating this for?

If the disappearance of the Zhou family cultivator was caused by one of them, investigating the truth will only embarrass the other party.

If these missing Zhou family monks were directed and acted by the Zhou family, it means that the Zhou family is already ready to withdraw from the Yu country. They just need to wait patiently for the Zhou family to withdraw and take over the territory left by the Zhou family's withdrawal.

However, when Zhou Wannian, another Zifu period monk of the Zhou family besides Li Hong, also had an accident, all the forces in Cangyuan Immortal City immediately realized that there was serious trouble.

According to the news from the Zhou family, Zhou Wannian died when he went out to investigate the missing monks of the Zhou family. His soul cards left behind in the family exploded on the spot, including the soul cards of the Zhou family’s foundation-building monks who had disappeared before. They exploded together.

It can be seen from this that this is a conspiracy deliberately targeting and weakening the Zhou family.

As the actual ruler of the Zhou family, Li Hong yelled at the city lord's mansion, telling the city lord of Cangyuan Immortal City to find out the origin of the murderer and give an explanation to the Zhou family. At the same time, Li Hong released the news that he had to hire someone to uphold justice for the Zhou family.

Then, within half a month, all the forces hadn't recovered from this change, and a piece of news shocked them again.

The current city lord of Cangyuan Immortal City, Zhao Jingming, a fifth-level Jindan cultivator, was in the city lord's mansion, and was warned by a mysterious Jindan stage monk. The meaning revealed in his words was to vent his anger for the Zhou family.

But with Zhao Jingming's cultivation level, he didn't catch the figure of the other party, and he didn't even know whether the other party was a man or a woman.

Reminiscent of Li Hong's wild words a few days ago, those forces who wanted to take advantage of the Zhou family couldn't help being silent.

They still haven't figured out how deep the Zhou family's relationship with Tiandingmen is, and now the Zhou family has invited a Jindan stage monk who is proficient in stealth and stealth to come forward.

If they want to take action against the Zhou family again, they really have to weigh whether they can stop the assassination of the mysterious Jindan stage monk.

Therefore, after various open and dark confrontations, Li Hong finally reached a reconciliation with those forces on behalf of the Zhou family. The Zhou family gave up part of the territory and interests they had previously occupied.

At this time, in the Zhou family, there were only Li Hong and a dozen or so foundation-building monks left among the top management, and their strength had retreated several percent compared to before. In fact, they no longer had any threatening power to the forces of all parties.

So after learning from Li Hong that the Tiandingmen would not interfere in the affairs of the Yu Kingdom, those forces recognized it with their noses pinching their noses.

At this time, after Zhou Yang left Li Hong with three copies of [Purple Heart Chalcedony] and fifteen Foundation Establishment Pills, he brought the eight Foundation Establishment cultivators and one Purple Mansion Stage cultivator who had declared "fallen" back to Boundless The world of cultivating immortals in the sand sea.

Back in the world of cultivating immortals in the boundless sand sea, Zhou Yang personally presided over the ancestral recognition ceremony for the monks of Zhou Wannian and other branches of the family, and then prepared to take Zhou Wannian, a monk of the purple mansion period, and Zhou Shimin, Zhou Shijie, a monk of the foundation building period, to the Zhou family in the extreme west. The monks, together with several other Zhou family monks from the Boundless Sand Sea Cultivation Realm, went to Liuyunzhou Cultivation Realm together.

"Jinpeng, I will leave the Zhou family to your care, please remember my instruction, don't get close to Duanyun mountain range!"

At the top of Lingxi Peak, Zhou Yang gently stroked the head of his beloved Golden Winged Thunder Eagle, and gave his final instructions with a serious face.

The fifth-rank inferior beast, the golden-winged Thunder Eagle, is the trump card he left for the Zhou family. With this spirit bird of the town clan, no one in the world of cultivating immortals in the boundless sand sea can shake the status of the Zhou family.

"Master, don't worry, Jin Peng will definitely remember your order and take good care of the Zhou family for you, and will never let you down!"

Zhou Jinpeng enjoyed his master's touch with his eagle eyes slightly narrowed, and responded to his master's instructions with a mouthful of words.

Being able to spit out people's words is the key to Zhou Yang's confidence in letting the Golden Winged Thunder Eagle sit in the Zhou family.

Level 5 monsters are no worse than humans in intelligence. Zhou Jinpeng can communicate with people, and can easily exchange information with the Zhou family members. Once encountering any situation, it can order the Zhou family's Zifuqi monks to cooperate. It fights and provides assistance to it.

What Zhou Yang was most worried about was that the Golden Winged Thunder Eagle would be discovered by the monster kings in the Duanyun Mountain Range, which would definitely bring disaster to the Zhou family.

So he has to repeatedly tell Zhou Jinpeng to keep him away from Duanyun Mountain Range.

Fortunately, Zhou Jinpeng was raised by him since he was a child, and he signed the [Deed of the Demon Soul] with him. He has no sense of identification with the monster clan in the Duanyun Mountain Range, otherwise he would not dare to leave it alone no matter what. Sitting in Zhou's house.

After comforting and instructing the beloved pet in this way, Zhou Yang took Zhou Wannian and other seven Zhou family monks to the world of cultivating immortals in Liuyunzhou.

Nothing happened all the way. After returning to the world of cultivating immortals in Liuyunzhou, Zhou Yang put the seven Zhou family monks brought back into the Zhou family of Daoxuan Kingdom, and asked them to follow the Zhou family monks there to get familiar with the new environment. He rushed to Xuanshan Mountain, ready to retreat and attack the later stage of Jindan again.

Originally, he failed in the late stage of Jindan last time, because he wanted to rely on decades of hard work to slowly rise up.

But the plan is always not as fast as the change. Now he will go to Donghuazhou to cultivate immortals in the near future, and he will definitely encounter many dangerous battles at that time. With his current cultivation base of the sixth level of Jindan, he always feels that it is still not enough Insurance.

If he could break through to the seventh level of the golden core and enter the late stage of the golden core, at least during the golden core period, he wouldn't have to worry about anyone being able to beat him.

And as long as he enters the late stage of Jindan, he can forcefully activate the [Tiantian Canglong Cauldron] to assist him in continuing to practice the fourth level of the "Canglong Body Refining Art", which greatly improves his actual combat ability again.

These benefits are all visible, for these, Zhou Yang has to try again.

Fortunately he succeeded.

After taking three elixir of intensive cultivation at a time, with the help of the violent medicinal power brought by the elixir, he finally forcibly broke through and entered the late stage of golden elixir.

However, the sequelae of this kind of forced breakthrough are also very serious. His meridians and dantian have been severely injured by the violent elixir. Under normal circumstances, it is impossible to recover without thirty or fifty years of recuperation.

But this normal situation lost its effect on Zhou Yang.

After taking a drop of [Rejuvenation Immortal Dew], and then a Taoist companion used [Miaofa Qinghua Haohua Xuanguang] as an auxiliary treatment, he quickly recovered 80% of his injuries, only the wound in his dantian has not yet fully recovered.

But this little injury no longer affected his practice of the body-training supernatural power of "Canglong Body-Training Art".

Time did not allow Zhou Yang any delay, so he quickly sacrificed the [Suppressing Canglong Cauldron], poured in the blood of the sixth-level dragon, and practiced the "Canglong Body Refining Art" with the help of this sixth-level middle-grade magic weapon fourth floor.

This is the first time after more than a hundred years, he practiced this supernatural power of body training again. With the correct method, when he practiced this supernatural power again, his advancement was indeed rapid, which was far from what it was at the beginning.

But this kind of practice consumes the blood of the flood dragon very quickly, but in less than five years, all the blood of the sixth-order dragon in Zhou Yang's hands was completely consumed.

But he is still a little short of the fourth level of "Canglong Body Training Art".

This cannot but be said to be a pity.

Zhou Yang could only sigh, "Time is fate!"

If he hadn't wasted a lot of dragon blood by forcibly cultivating the fourth level of the "Canglong Body Refining Art" before he obtained the correct cultivation method, the amount of sixth-level dragon blood he had prepared would be enough for him to use this magical power of body training. Practice to the fourth floor.

But the reality is that although his physical strength has been greatly enhanced again, he is still a little short of the fourth level of the "Canglong Body Refining Art".

If he does not complete the fourth level of "Canglong Body Training Art", he will not be able to master the combat supernatural power of [Canglong Transformation], and his strength will not be able to improve qualitatively.

"But it doesn't matter. The world of cultivating immortals in Donghuazhou is adjacent to the East China Sea, and the East China Sea is the headquarters of the dragon clan in this world. When I get there, I can naturally buy the spirit blood of the fifth-order dragon at a high price, or even the life essence of the fifth-order dragon. I will practice this supernatural power to the fourth floor!"

A gleam flashed in Zhou Yang's eyes, and he quickly put away his regrets, and went out of the cave.

At this time, there are still four or five years before the auction of quotas for the cross-cultivation teleportation array mentioned by Xu Zhengyang. Zhou Yang does not intend to continue to retreat to practice any supernatural powers, but is ready to do another major event.

He is going to go to the boundless snowfield again, looking for and picking the rare spirit [Ice Tears] that the "Frozen Man" told him about back then.

【Ice Tears】can help the cultivator to overcome the "heart demon calamity". This thing is a must-have for Zhou Yanghua Dan before he conceives a baby.

Now he is on the seventh floor of the Golden Core, not too far away from the ninth floor of the Golden Core, so he wants to get this spiritual object before going to Donghuazhou to cultivate immortals.

He had a premonition that his trip to the world of cultivating immortals in Donghuazhou would not end so easily, and he might stay there for hundreds or even hundreds of years.

If that's the case, he will definitely look for opportunities to transform the pill into a baby directly there, instead of waiting to return to Liuyunzhou to do it.

And according to what the "Frozen Man" said back then, the guardian monster of [Frozen Tears] is a fifth-rank top-grade monster [Three-Headed Ice Vulture]. .

Zhou Yang didn't think that the "Frozen Man" would deliberately exaggerate the strength of [Three-headed Ice Vulture]. On the contrary, he felt that if it were him, under the circumstances at that time, he might deliberately say it in a small way. .

So just in case, before setting off for the boundless snowfield, he went to Luming Valley again.

Many years ago, he exchanged a loan of five million low-grade spirit stones for a favor from Master Bailu, a monk in the Nascent Soul Stage of Luming Valley, and the other party promised to help him once within his ability.

This time when Zhou Yang went to Luming Valley, he asked him to secretly escort him to the boundless snowfield to prepare for any eventuality.

"I didn't expect my little friend to have such an opportunity to even find such a spiritual thing as [Ice Tears]!"

In Luming Valley, after hearing Zhou Yang's intention of coming, Master Bailu was also moved in amazement.

Only a Nascent Soul cultivator like him understands how terrible the "Heart Demon Tribulation" is. It is definitely a nightmare that every Nascent Soul cultivator does not want to recall.

Daoist Bailu just doesn't need [Ice Tears] now, otherwise, if he hears about this spiritual creature, he can't guarantee whether he will have the idea of ​​killing Zhou Yang and swallowing [Ice Tears] alone.

At this time, after he was amazed for a while, he nodded to Zhou Yang and said: "The old man can accompany the little friend to the boundless snowfield, but the old man has to make an agreement with the little friend in advance. If the demon king obstructs, the old man may not be able to take the little friend away safely, this little friend must understand!"

Zhou Yang heard the words, and immediately responded solemnly: "If that kind of situation really happens, it will be the fate of the junior, and I will never dare to resent the senior for it!"

After agreeing in this way, Zhou Yangdang went to the boundless snowfield with Master Bailu.

The Nascent Soul stage monks escaped so fast, Zhou Yang and Xu Zhengyang took several months to complete the journey, but Master Bailu arrived in less than half of their time.

But even Daoist Bailu, after arriving in the boundless snowfield, did not dare to advance at full speed like he did in the Liuyunzhou Immortal Cultivation Realm, but carefully restrained his breath, and his speed slowed down by more than half.

But Nascent Soul Stage monks are Nascent Soul Stage monks after all, and the perception range of their spiritual consciousness is completely unmatched by Golden Core Stage monks.

As long as Zhou Yang Road is responsible for pointing out the direction for Bailu Daoist, he can perfectly avoid the fifth-order monsters along the way, and easily sneak into the depths of the snow field, which is many times easier than he and Xu Zhengyang's careful and walking on thin ice. .

Of course, this is limited to the outer area of ​​the boundless snowfield. There is no sixth-order demon king in the outer area, and of course monks in the Nascent Soul Stage are allowed to come and go.

In the depths of the snow field where there are sixth-level monster kings entrenched, once a Nascent Soul cultivator like Daoist Bailu steps in, unless he has a hidden breath supernatural power such as "Hiding Dragon Avoiding Tribulation", it will be easy for him to die. It was sensed by the sixth-order demon kings.

Fortunately, the place where [Ice Tears] grows is just at the junction of the peripheral area and the central area of ​​the boundless snowfield, otherwise Master Bailu might not really be willing to take this trip with Zhou Yang.

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