Cultivation Begins From The Desert

The distance between Yuquan Lake Oasis and Baishahe Oasis is more than 6,000 miles. If Zhou Yang flies alone with his sword, including the time it takes to rest and replenish his mana, one day is enough to get there.

However, when he flew with his mother Lin Yuting with Yujian, the time was almost doubled, and it took more than two days to arrive.

When he arrived at the Baisha River Oasis, Zhou Yang did not contact Chen Pingzhi immediately, but first sent his mother Lin Yuting to the newly built "Ping'anfang City" to meet his father Zhou Xuanhao, and then went to the family established by the Zhou family on the Baisha River Oasis The branch station is "Qingniu Mountain".

Qingniu Mountain was originally the spiritual mountain of a small Qi training family on the Baisha River oasis, and the level of the spiritual pulse on the mountain was only second-order low-grade. This small family has only been established for less than a hundred years, and there are only eight monks in the family including the patriarch.

The last time sand bandits attacked the oasis, this small family was directly wiped out, and only some mortals of the family survived.

For a small family like this whose whole family has been wiped out, even if the Chen family wanted to help them, they would have no way to do it. They can't let a group of mortals occupy Lingshan, and then slowly wait for their family to give birth to a baby with spiritual roots to rebuild the family, right?

This is simply unrealistic and a great waste of resources.

So after Liu, Yang, and Zhou Zhou's family expressed their intention to establish a family branch in the Baisha River Oasis, the ancestor of the Chen family assigned Qingniu Mountain and the area around Qingniu Mountain to the Zhou family as a family. branch station.

After Zhou Xuanhao led thousands of mortals from the Zhou family to the Baisha River Oasis five years ago, they settled down in Qingniu Mountain. Then those mortals from the Zhou family established a small town at the foot of the mountain and slowly expanded their numbers. The monks built palaces and attics on the mountain for monks to rest and live, and the "Fengyue Tower" was also set up on the mountain.

After Zhou Yang came to Qingniu Mountain, he first made unannounced visits to the places where Zhou's mortals lived.

A few years later, most of the thousands of mortals from the Zhou family who migrated here at the beginning have now given birth to offspring, and the population of the town, including those infants, has exceeded 5,000.

The land in the Baisha River Oasis is very fertile and the grain output is very high. If the land assigned by the Chen family to the Zhou family is fully developed and utilized, it is still possible to feed 10,000 to 20,000 people.

Moreover, the population is not livestock in the cattle and sheep pen, the population can move, and even if the number of Zhou family mortals here in Qingniu Mountain exceeds the limit of land support, they can migrate to other places to settle down.

However, those mortals who left the Zhou family's territory would not be able to enjoy the protection of the Zhou family's monks. At that time, they could only rely on themselves to support themselves.

The troubles of later generations cannot be felt by the predecessors.

The mortals of the Zhou family in the small town at the foot of Qingniu Mountain are at least living comfortably for now.

In order to allow them to spread their branches and leaves here safely, the Zhou family directly provided men with free wives and women with free help in recruiting husbands, and directly used the benefits that can be seen to help them get rid of those small families that have been destroyed. During the trip, a large number of handsome men and beautiful women were found to match them, and their lives were much better than their relatives on the Yuquan Lake Oasis.

Zhou Yang observed secretly for a while, and after confirming that these mortals didn't have much complaints about the family letting them move here, he left this place in relief.

He, the patriarch of the Zhou family, is not only the patriarch of the Zhou family, the cultivating family, but also the patriarch of the secular mortals of the Zhou family. The thoughts of these secular mortals also need to be given a certain amount of attention by him, at least not let these mortals mention him as the patriarch. At that time, he always gritted his teeth as if wishing him to die.

After leaving the mortal settlement, Zhou Yang went to Qingniu Mountain, a spiritual mountain.

When Zhou Xuanhao was in the "Ping'anfang City", Qingniu Mountain is currently in charge of the Zhou family's relative monk Chen Ting. This person is the husband of Zhou Yang's eighth aunt Zhou Xuanyan. He has eight levels of Qi training, so it is just right to be in Qingniu Mountain Appropriate, and the shopkeeper of "Fengyue Building" is "Golden Flower Lady", a sixth-floor qi training female loose cultivator employed by Zhou's family.

After Zhou Yang arrived on Qingniu Mountain, he did not go to see the two of them. Instead, he first went to the rest room of those women outside the "Fengyue Building" to restrain a mortal woman, and then used the "Ecstasy Technique" to captivate the woman's mind and asked The situation of "Fengyue Tower".

Under the effect of "Ecstasy", the woman answered every question. Through her answers, Zhou Yang quickly had an intuitive understanding of the operation of "Fengyue Tower".

It should be said that the result still satisfied him.

When the "Fengyue Tower" was first established, he formulated some strict regulations. It is strictly forbidden for the management personnel to use their power to force the women in the building to accompany those who do not want to accompany them. It is strictly forbidden to stop the women in the building from exiting for any reason.

Now it seems that the person in charge of the Zhou family here took his statement to heart. At least in the past few years, the above-mentioned things have not happened in the "Fengyue Building".

Among the mortal women, some of them retired one after another through the rewards they got for having offspring, and then took the rewards from their families to recruit men to start a family in the small town at the foot of the mountain.

After he understood the situation clearly, he removed the effect of "Ecstasy", put the unconscious woman back on the bed, and left Qingniu Mountain directly, without any intention of meeting the two monks on the mountain.

He knew very well that as long as he didn't show his face, and didn't make it clear that he had been here, the monks of the Zhou family who were in charge of this place would never dare to take his care lightly and neglect his explanation.

After circling Qingniu Mountain and returning to "Ping'an Square City", Zhou Yang sent a message to Chen Pingzhi through the monks of the Chen family in the square city, telling him that he was here.

"Hahaha, Xiaoyou Zhou is indeed a believer. Chen has been waiting for you for a long time."

Chen Pingzhi was in a hurry. Zhou Yang had just rested in the newly opened "Yuquan Building" for an hour, and rushed over when he received the news.

"It's not long since the younger generation took over the family. There are always some things that need to be explained clearly before going out, but it took a lot of time. I've troubled Senior Chen for waiting." Zhou Yang cupped his hands, showing a hint of apology just right on his face.

Chen Pingzhi's eyes flashed brightly, and he couldn't help laughing and said: "Hahaha, little friend, I am serious. I have been waiting for a foundation-builder cultivator for more than two hundred years. What is it worth waiting for a few days? If little friend, what else can I do?" If it is not resolved, it can be resolved later, Chen can still afford to wait for this time!"

"No need, the juniors have already done everything they need to do. If Senior Chen is convenient, you can tell the juniors what you asked the juniors to do now." Zhou Yang shook his head, but asked straight to the point Chen Pingzhi understood the purpose of this trip.

Seeing him so forthright, Chen Pingzhi finally showed a smile from the bottom of his heart.

He looked at Zhou Yang with a smile on his face and said: "This matter is a long story, so Chen will make a long story short."

"I asked Xiaoyou Zhou to help me this time. I want you to accompany the old man to explore a cave mansion left by a senior monk. The original owner of the cave mansion should not exceed the foundation building period. It is not too dangerous for us. The little friend came to help, just in case there is an emergency, and there will be someone to take care of him."

Sure enough!

After hearing what Chen Pingzhi said, Zhou Yang thought it was true.

Since Chen Pingzhi asked him for help as he had guessed beforehand, he could also answer according to the plan he had thought up in advance.

He looked at Chen Pingzhi with a smile on his face, his face became serious, and he asked solemnly: "Senior Chen is so calm, so please forgive me for taking a bad breath. This junior wants to ask senior. share?"

It's okay to owe favors to come and help, but if you help in vain, definitely not.

When Chen Pingzhi lent the cave to build the foundation for him, he also took a lot of benefits from the old patriarch Zhou Minghan. Now that he came to help the other party, of course, it is appropriate to have a reward.

Of course, Chen Pingzhi also knew this truth, so when he heard him ask this question, he was not angry. He just suppressed the smile on his face, looked at him seriously and replied: "If you haven't made a move, Chen will give you a hundred spirits." For Shi's travel expenses, if you make a move, Chen will give you 10% to 20% of the harvest depending on your effort, what do you think?"

The harvest of 10% to 20% is naturally far lower than that of ordinary monks who form a team to explore, but if the factor of returning favors is taken into account, this percentage is not unacceptable.

Zhou Yang thought for a while, finally nodded and said: "Just do as Senior Chen said."

"Then you and I will leave now." Chen Pingzhi seemed to be in a real hurry and was about to leave immediately.

Since Zhou Yang had already agreed to help, he had no choice but to follow his footsteps. After the two left Fangshi, they released their flying swords and flew towards the boundless sand sea outside the Baisha River Oasis.

When Yujian was flying, in order for Zhou Yang to keep up, Chen Pingzhi, who was already at the sixth level of foundation building, deliberately slowed down a lot. At the same time, he also told Zhou Yang the reason why he was in a hurry to leave.

"So that fellow Taoists know that Huang Shamen has agreed to my ancestor's request for help, and will soon send a monk from the Purple Mansion and ten monks from the Foundation Establishment to the Baisha River Oasis to help investigate the whereabouts of the sand bandits. Foundation Establishment cultivators like you and I have to assist from the side, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to escape in ten or eight years, so Chen is so eager to set off."

What?

Zhou Yang was really surprised when he heard the news.

He is not surprised that Huang Shamen will come. After all, when the bandits attacked the Baisha River Oasis, they even robbed their shops in Huang Shamen.

But Huang Shamen would actually send monks from the Zifu to stay for a long time to help the Chen family search for the whereabouts of those bandits. The deep meaning in this is worth thinking about.

You must know that the monks in the Zifu period are all radishes and pits, and they usually sit in charge of important tasks.

If the Chen family found out the whereabouts of the bandits and applied to the Huang Shamen for assistance from high-ranking monks, it would be normal for the Huang Shamen to send the Zi Fuqi monks to help.

But now that the Chen family doesn't even know where the sand bandits are, it's surprising that Huang Shamen can send a high-status Zifu period monk to lead ten foundation-building monks to stay in the Baisha River oasis for a long time.

As the patriarch of the Zhou family, Zhou Yang is of course very concerned about this situation, so even though he knew it was inappropriate to ask this question, he still couldn't help asking Chen Pingzhi: "Excuse me for being offended, Senior Chen. Do you know why the Huang Shamen did this? Which Zifu senior from the Huang Shamen will come?"

"Little friend, I'm asking Chen. The contact with the Huang Shamen was all done by the ancestor himself. Now Chen doesn't know how the ancestors persuaded the Huang Shamen. It is this news, or my brother. You told Chen secretly!"

Chen Pingzhi didn't know whether he really didn't know, or he didn't want to say more, anyway, Zhou Yang couldn't get any useful information from him.

This cast a shadow over his heart.

He knew very well that there must be a reason for Huang Shamen's abnormal behavior, and they, the vassal families under Huang Shamen, would definitely be involved.

Involuntarily, Zhou Yang couldn't help but think of his guess about the origin of those sand bandits. Could it be that he really guessed it right?