The winter sun shines lazily on Baiyun Mountain, and a spaceship rises from the mountain, meandering in the direction of the passing sun.
This is a small spaceship that can only seat four or five people. The decoration is exquisite but not luxurious. You can see the woman's attentiveness in every aspect - this is Taoist He Jing's own personal spaceship, which is rarely used.<
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On the flying boat, Mammy and Yang Zhen sat opposite each other.
"The preliminary hearing of the Zhu family's case is over," she said with a smile: "If you want to know anything, you can ask me. Let's talk slowly and not be in a hurry."
This was already the fifth day after the trip to Qingluo Mountain. On that day, Master Zhexi and the monks from Junguan arrived at the Zhu family’s mountain gate. The Zhu family did not put up any unnecessary resistance. Soon the mountain gate opened wide, and Zhu Shiya headed
Everyone was captured.
Subsequently, the Zongmen Baoyuan Hall sent people to take over the Kongming Stone Mine in Qingluo Mountain, and the Prefectural Palace sent a monk from the Zifu to supervise the trial of the case.
In order to avoid suspicion, Zhao Beiqing stayed near the county town these days, teasing his granddaughter all day long. Today, he even took Zhao Yuer to the depths of Jushan Mountain to hunt and enjoy the snow, which was a great time.
……
"How did the Zhu family discover that the Kongming Stone was hidden in Qingluo Mountain?" Yang Zhen asked aloud.
"It's that dagger, the dagger you mentioned as a gift from Chen Fugui." Mammy's answer was exactly what he expected.
Two years ago, after Chen Fugui gave this dagger inherited from the Chen family as a betrothal gift to the Zhu family, this thing passed into the hands of the eldest elder of the Zhu family.
Zhu Baixing was a lustful man and had many wives and concubines. Among them was a female cultivator with five spiritual roots. She was charming and enchanting, and she was the most favored by him. He also gave this dagger to this concubine.
The place where this concubine cultivates is the spiritual vein of the Yang family in Qingluo Mountain. This girl likes the waterfall at the foot of the mountain very much, and often comes to bathe and play in the pool when she rests.
One day, while my concubine was taking a bath, a black old bird kept screaming above the dense forest. In anger, she picked up the dagger in her hand and threw it at the old bird.
The old bird died on the spot, and the dagger fell into the dense forest.
After the concubine finished bathing, she went into the dense forest to look for the dagger, but could not find it. Not only that, she herself was lost in the dense forest. It took a day and a night before she came out of the dense forest.
……
"That dense forest is a blind spot under two cliffs. If it weren't for this, maybe no one would set foot there in a hundred years." Mammy glared at Yang Zhen: "But you, a baby, dare to go everywhere at such a young age
You were running around, but you still walked out so quickly."
Yang Zhen smiled sheepishly and said nothing.
Mammy continued to tell...
"After the woman came out, she also realized that there was something strange in the dense forest, so she told Zhu Baixing about it. The great elder of the Zhu family had a lot of research on the formation, and he quickly understood that it was a natural illusion formation..."
"Generally speaking, natural phantom formations appear in places nourished by spiritual energy, and are accompanied by many heavenly materials and earthly treasures. Zhu Baixing was overjoyed, and without telling others, he searched in the dense forest for a day, and finally found it under the cliff.
He found a hole made by the dagger. He cut the hole and soon found that it was an abandoned mine, and the dagger was inserted into the pit wall not far away..."
"This jade-seeking blade will be attracted to the Kongming Stone Mine after being injected with mana. At that time, the concubine was so angry that she poured most of her body's mana into it. As a result, the dagger flew far away and directly entered the mine...
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"This Kongming Stone Mine was actually mined thousands of years ago. Later, the resources were exhausted. At that time, the monks made a long-term plan and left the largest matrix unexploited, sealing the entrance for future generations. Later, the sea changed, and this
This mineral vein has been forgotten..."
"Is this all what the woman told me?" Yang Zhen asked casually.
"No, all this was confessed by Zhu Shiya in prison," Mammy sneered: "This beloved concubine was killed by Zhu Baixing not long after the Kongming Stone Mine was discovered. The reason given by the Great Elder was that she was favored
And Jiao, because of her discovery of the mine, made many excessive demands from him, so he simply killed her to prevent her from talking too much and leaking the news."
"You are really cruel and ruthless." Yang Zhen sighed.
"What happened next?" He then asked: "Is the promotion of the head of the Zhu family to the Zifu related to the Kongming Stone?"
"Of course, otherwise where would they get the treasures needed to advance to the Zi Mansion?" Mammy nodded.
After the Zhu family discovered the Kongming Stone Mine, according to the wishes of the clan leader, they wanted to contribute it to the sect. Presumably the sect would reward him with Ziyun Dan and other items needed for promotion to the Zifu. This Ziyun Dan is only available to the sect and
Only the Jindan family can refine it. If you want to attack the Zi Mansion, you can only go through them.
His proposal was unanimously opposed by the other foundation-building elders in the family, especially the great elder. He discovered the Kongming Stone Mine. The sect gave the elixir to the clan leader. What about himself? Who among those who cultivate immortals does not want to be promoted to the Zi Mansion
, live three hundred more happy years?
It was difficult to disobey the public opinion, and the clan leader had no choice but to give in, and finally decided to secretly excavate the Kongming Stone and find a Jindan family to trade it. In Xu State, other Jindan families are not reliable and may report the news of the Kongming Stone mine at any time.
The only one given to the sect was Shazhou, which was a nominal surrender to Xu State. The sect was mainly gentle towards this place and turned a blind eye to many things.
So they contacted the Toler family, one of the two golden elixir families in Shazhou. The Kongming Stone is an important strategic resource, and the Toler family was very happy to reach a deal with them and agreed to do long-term business in the future.
……
"Is the head of the Zhu family promoted to Zifu before the harvest day?" Yang Zhen asked.
"Yes, how do you know? Did someone tell you?" Grandma looked at him in surprise.
Yang Zhen told her mother what Chen Fugui told her about the joyful faces of several elders of the Zhu family on the harvest day.
Finally, he asked: "This dagger is Chen Fugui's ancestral possession. Is it possible..."
"Absolutely impossible," Mammy shook her head decisively: "Such a treasure, the sect will naturally have to take it back. Besides, Chen Fugui has already given this thing to the Zhu family, so it is no longer his."
Yang Zhen also knew that wanting the dagger back was wishful thinking. He raised his brows and thought of a way:
"Can I make a copy of it, as long as it looks the same?"
"There's no problem with this." Mammy agreed.
The two of them were silent for a moment, then Grandma smiled and said:
"You made a great contribution to the discovery of the Kongming Stone Mine this time, and you almost died. The Zhao family must reward you well this time. Tell me, what do you want? As long as I can do it, I will definitely agree to it." "This..." Yang Zhen was in trouble for a moment. He really didn't know what he wanted. There were many things he wanted, but there had to be a reason!
I have to go back and discuss it with Yiyi, he thought in his mind. But for another thing, if he can agree to it, he doesn't need any reward.
"I would like to ask the Great Elder to promise me," he looked at Grandma, his eyes firm, and slowly spoke out his request.