Cultivation Begins From The Desert

After getting Zhou Yang's agreement to accept the "mind-questioning technique" to inquire about his mind, the ancestor of the Chen family didn't make things difficult for him any more, but took him and Zhou Xuanhao and his son with him, and continued to the "Thousand Machines" under his guidance. "Cave Sky" to check for clues.

However, at this time, it has been more than a day since Zhou Yang and the others were attacked outside the "Thousand Chance Cave", and those sand bandits have long since fled without a trace. Find any useful clues.

In the end, the patriarch of the Chen family, who got nothing, could only take Zhou Yang and his son back to the Baisha River Oasis.

When Zhou Yang and his son returned to the Baisha River Oasis under the guidance of the ancestors of the Chen family, Zhou Minghan, the old patriarch of the Zhou family who had set off from the Yuquan Lake Oasis since receiving the letter from Feijian, also rushed here first. , and met Zhang Yunpeng, the elder of the Huangshamen who helped sit in the Chen family on the white hump.

On the white hump, the returning ancestor of the Chen family saw Zhang Yunpeng and Zhou Minghan together, he was taken aback for a moment, then nodded, looked at the two seriously and said, "You two, fellow Daoist Zhang and Minghan boy You are all here, today you all come to be a witness, to witness that the old man used the [Inquiry Technique] on Zhou Yang, a descendant of the Zhou family, to interrogate me about the murder of Chen Pingzhi, a foundation cultivator of the Chen family."

"What? Do you want to perform a questioning technique?"

Zhou Minghan's expression changed, and he looked at Zhou Yang and his son worriedly.

He had just arrived at the Baisha River Oasis, but he only knew that Chen Pingzhi had fallen, and he didn't know the specifics at all.

Now that the ancestor of the Chen family wanted to interrogate Zhou Yang with the "mind-inquiring technique", he had preconceptions, of course he thought that Zhou Yang had done something dishonorable during the fall of Chen Pingzhi.

Seeing this, Zhou Yang couldn't help comforting him: "Great-grandfather, don't worry, grandson behaves rightly, sits upright, asks himself well, if Senior Chen wants to ask, then let him ask!"

After finishing speaking, he turned his eyes to the ancestors of the Chen family and Zhang Yunpeng, two Zifu monks, and said with a straight face: "Senior Chen wants to use the [Question Technique] to interrogate the younger generation about the murder of Senior Pingzhi, so the younger generation will naturally know everything. But if the senior asks the junior about something that has nothing to do with it, don't blame the junior for not cooperating!"

Hearing his soft yet thorny words, the ancestor of the Chen family couldn't help his complexion darkened, and snorted coldly with displeasure: "Hmph, who do you think this old man is? You can rest assured, except to ask you that Pingzhi was killed. Apart from this, if the old man asks one more irrelevant question, I will give you a Foundation Establishment Pill from the Zhou family, and Fellow Daoist Zhang can witness this for the old man!"

Zhang Yunpeng had no choice but to stand up when he heard the ancestor of the Chen family mentioning himself, he said with a smile: "Hehehe, brother Chen, why bother with a younger generation, don't worry about the boy of the Zhou family, Zhang also had a relationship with Junior Brother Yuquan back then After a while, I will testify for you today, if brother Chen really uses this matter to ask about your personal privacy, Zhang will immediately remove the spell for you."

"The junior will thank Senior Zhang first."

Zhou Yang bowed to Zhang Yunpeng, then closed his eyes, and said firmly, "Senior Chen can cast spells now."

The ancestor of the Chen family naturally wouldn't be polite at this time. After hearing the words, he immediately practiced the law without saying a word.

"Mind Asking Technique" is just a low-level third-level spell, which can be learned by a monk in the Foundation Establishment Stage.

Once this spell is cast, it can question the soul of monks below the foundation-building stage. Once a monk in the qi-training stage gets the "heart-asking spell", the caster will answer whatever they ask, and they can't lie at all. Will have any memory of this experience.

However, after the monks in the foundation building period experienced the "spiritual consciousness level" in the foundation building process, their state of mind and consciousness were improved, and their spiritual consciousness was strengthened. This "mental questioning technique" had no effect on them.

But whether the spell is useful or not is not only related to the level of the spell, but also related to the cultivation level of the caster.

The Nascent Soul stage can cast a second-order spell, but can it be the same as the second-order spell cast by a monk in the Qi training stage?

Using the "Mind Asking Art" based on the cultivation base of the Chen family patriarch Zifu's late stage, as long as Zhou Yang does not deliberately resist in advance, it can also take effect on him.

At that time, two beams of white light burst out from the eyes of the ancestor of the Chen family, directly shining on Zhou Yang's tightly closed eyes.

After being illuminated by the white light, Zhou Yang's body shook slightly, and his eyes opened automatically.

It's just that at this moment, his eyes are empty and lifeless, without any focus, like a fool.

"May I have your name?"

While maintaining the effect of the "Mind-Question Technique", the ancestor of the Chen family asked directly.

When Zhou Yang heard his question, he immediately replied without any hesitation: "Zhou Yang."

"How old is this year?"

"39 years old."

"What happened after you and Chen Pingzhi entered [Thousand Machine Cave]?"

"At that time, Senior Chen Pingzhi entered the [Thousand Machine Cave] first, and was attacked and besieged by two puppet beasts. After obtaining Senior Chen's permission, I helped Senior Chen deal with one of the lion beasts. Later, the two puppet beasts..."

Under the effect of "Questioning the Mind", Zhou Yang can answer every question. He will answer whatever the ancestor of the Chen family asks. He will not miss or omit a word, nor will he say any more words that are not related to the question. .

Even the things he had intentionally concealed before, this time he said it out, even including the fact that he wanted to exchange the blood collected from the Sand Bandits for the Foundation Establishment Pill, without any concealment.

Naturally, the fact that he used the "Blood Escape Technique" to escape was also revealed.

It can be clearly seen that when he uttered the three words "Blood Escape Technique", the expressions of Zhou Minghan and Zhou Xuanhao, the two Zhou family foundation cultivators, all changed, and they looked at the Chen family patriarch and Zhang Yunpeng with worried faces. .

"Blood Escape Technique" is a secret technique of magic after all. Zhou Yang and the Zhou family collect and practice this kind of magic technique. Whether it is big or small, it depends on whether a sect like Huang Shamen is willing or not. pursued.

However, they didn't know that after the ancestors of the Chen family and Zhang Yunpeng discovered Zhou Yang's serious loss of essence and blood, they guessed that he must have used this kind of magic escape secret technique.

After all, as an extremely practical secret technique of escape, there are still many people who practice the "blood escape technique" among immortal cultivators. For monks like them, even if they have not practiced this kind of secret technique before, they still have a good understanding of it. This kind of secret technique has been understood.

Therefore, when Zhou Yang said that he used the "Blood Escape Technique" to escape from birth, except for Zhang Yunpeng's slight frown, the face of the ancestor of the Chen family did not change at all, obviously he had no intention of pursuing this matter.

Seeing this, Zhou Minghan and Zhou Xuanhao felt a little more at ease before continuing to watch what Zhou Yang said.

Next, the ancestor of the Chen family kept his promise and did not take the opportunity to ask Zhou Yang about his personal privacy and secrets. He only stopped casting spells after confirming that what he said was the same as what he said in the sand sea before.

As soon as the spell stopped, Zhou Yang's body shook again, his eyes regained focus in an instant, and his consciousness regained his senses.

After he regained consciousness, he blinked his eyes in confusion, and then immediately remembered what happened before the "mind-inquiring technique" in his body. He couldn't help looking at the Chen family patriarch who was pondering and asked in a loud voice: "How? Would you like to believe what the younger generation said?"

The ancestor of the Chen family heard him ask this question, but instead of answering, he asked, "You said you have blood taken from sand bandits?"

Hearing this, Zhou Yang had no choice but to follow his words and replied: "Since senior Chen asked about this, then junior dare to ask senior, you offer a reward of Foundation Establishment Pill to reward the whereabouts of those sand bandits, and this junior can be regarded as a completion." mission?"

The patriarch of the Chen family didn't expect him to say this directly, and his expression immediately became embarrassing.

But these words were indeed said by him himself, and there was even a written reward list posted in the market, even if he wanted to renege on the debt at this time, it was impossible.

At the moment, I could only knock down my teeth and swallow it in my stomach, and replied: "If you can really use this thing to find the lair of the bandits, the next time I open the furnace to make alchemy, your Zhou family can use this skill to get it for free. A reward for a Foundation Establishment Pill!"

He still left a lot of room for what he said, that is, the bandit blood provided by Zhou Yang must be useful, and the Zhou family will still send monks to participate in the next "Foundation Establishment Conference".

In the end, even if a Foundation Establishment Pill was given for free, it would still come from those Foundation Establishment Pills allocated by each family, not from his Chen family's share.

Calculated in this way, at most, the Chen family would just lose one spirit stone of the Foundation Establishment Pill in the next "Foundation Establishment Conference". In fact, it did not lose the family's heritage.

Yes, undertones.

The elixir such as the Foundation Establishment Pill can be used as a foundation in any force.

It's not that Zhou Yang can't hear the deep meaning in the words of the ancestor of the Chen family, but he is already very satisfied with getting this answer.

After all, it is too unrealistic to expect the Chen family to reward outsiders with the Foundation Establishment Pill from their own pocket, even if it were him, he would not be able to be so generous.

As for whether this decision of the ancestor of the Chen family would harm the interests of other families and make other families hate the Zhou family because of this, that was out of his consideration.

There is also the risk of choking to death when eating. Do people give up eating because of choking?

If the Zhou family wants to develop, it will inevitably crowd out the development space of other families. Why doesn't he take the Foundation Establishment Pill that Zhou Yang earned through formal channels with his ability? Why not?

"Senior Chen is indeed a trustworthy person, this junior admires him!"

A smile finally appeared on his pale face, and he quickly took out the jade bottle containing the blood of the bandits and handed it to the ancestor of the Chen family.

At the same time, he did not forget to say: "If senior Chen finds out the whereabouts of that group of sand bandits, please be sure to inform the younger generation to participate. The junior was able to successfully build the foundation at the beginning, thanks to the help of senior Chen Pingzhi who lent his cave, and the sand bandits attacked Oasis, nine monks of my Zhou family died because of it, and as the current patriarch of the Zhou family, the younger generation must avenge them for this due to emotion and reason!"

When the ancestor of the Chen family heard what he said, his expression changed, and he couldn't help but nodded slightly: "You really have a heart, if brother Yuquan knows that there are descendants like you in the Zhou family, he will rest in peace under the nine springs!"

After finishing speaking, he suddenly reached out to pat the storage bag, took out a jade bottle and threw it to Zhou Yang: "Since you intend to kill thieves, this bottle of [Jade Essence Pill], which can restore the damaged essence and blood of the foundation-builder monks, should be treated as a jade bottle." The old man Dai Pingzhi will give you his apology."

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