First of all, the two of them have already revealed their truth. If they can't reach an agreement, who knows whether the Zhou family will let them not see the sun tomorrow?
Secondly, although they knew that the Zhou family wanted their father and son to marry a daughter of the Zhou family to form a family, they wanted to use this marriage to influence and control their own Lu family.
But looking at it from the other side, if the descendants of the Lu family are half of the Zhou family, they will definitely be more likely to receive care and support from the Zhou family in the future.
You know, even if some small families want to become vassals of a big family like the Zhou family, the Zhou family may not be willing to accept them!
And as they agreed to the Zhou family's conditions, Zhou Yang and Zhou Minghan also swore in front of the Lu family and their sons that they would never do anything like killing a donkey.
Naturally, this kind of Taoist oath cannot be as reassuring as signing a "Netherworld Blood Contract", but it does have a certain binding force on the monks. The higher the cultivation level, the less likely the immortal cultivator is to violate such an oath.
After Zhou Yang and Zhou Minghan finished their vows, Lu and his son immediately came forward from Lu Hushan and took Zhou Minghan to the oasis to check the situation.
As for Zhou Yang, as the patriarch of the Zhou family and a prominent figure who had just held the foundation building celebration, it is definitely inconvenient for him to leave the family at this time.
After more than a month passed like this, Zhou Minghan took Lu Hushan back to Yuquan Peak.
"I have found out the situation. The oasis is indeed as the Lu family said, and it is extremely suitable for human habitation. I preliminary estimate that if the oasis can be fully developed, the land area there will not be able to support 100,000 mortals.
question."
"Although the area of the oasis is not as large as the Yuquan Lake Oasis, it does have a natural third-order low-grade spiritual vein and two second-order middle-grade spiritual veins. This condition is much better than that of the Yuquan Lake Oasis. In addition, the entire oasis is
Hidden by the natural phantom formation, it is extremely safe!"
"But the problem now is that the third-order monster that occupies that oasis is a third-order high-grade monster [three-tailed demon fox]. You also know how powerful this kind of strange beast is. Even before Chen Pingan opened the Zifu,
I dare not say that I can definitely defeat this kind of strange beast of the same level, let alone two other third-level monsters that are enslaved by it and driven by it!"
On Yuquan Peak, after Zhou Minghan came back and put down Luhu Mountain, he entered his cave with Zhou Yang and talked about his experience of going out.
Zhou Yang originally had a look of joy on his face when he heard him talk about the first two paragraphs, but after hearing his last paragraph, his face suddenly turned a little ugly.
Of course he knew the name of the "three-tailed demon fox". This kind of fox demon was an atavistic mutant species among the fox-like monsters. Its strength was comparable to that of a dragon at the same level, and it still had the possibility of continuous evolution and growth.
It is said that if the "three-tailed demon fox" can evolve into a sixth-level demon king, it can grow three more fox tails and become a "six-tailed spirit fox" that is more powerful than a dragon of the same level.
The most important thing is that this "three-tailed demon fox" is not only powerful in itself, but also smarter than ordinary monsters of the same level. This is because its current strength is only a third-level high-grade monster, so it knows how to enslave the other three monsters like a fourth-level monster.
The next level monster beast can be seen by the subordinates.
To be honest, it is impossible to deal with such a powerful monster with the current strength of the Zhou family.
Of course, these are not the reasons that make Zhou Yang look ugly. What really makes Zhou Yang look ugly is that because this matter involves an unexpanded oasis, it is impossible for them to invite foreign aid like they did with the water monster last time.
The last time they dealt with the water monster, they dared to ask Chen Pingan to slay the monster. Firstly, it was because Haoyang Cave originally belonged to their Zhou family, and secondly, because it was such a third-level spiritual mountain without an oasis, it was not enough for Chen Pingan and Chen Pingan to slay the monster.
The Chen family lost face and snatched away.
But this time the situation is different. The oasis occupied by the "three-tailed demon fox" this time is a vast undeveloped oasis.
Such an undeveloped medium-sized oasis with a third-level natural spiritual vein is of great value.
As for how valuable this value is, the real template is the Zhou family of Yuquan Lake. If the Zhou family's ancestor Zhou Yuquan hadn't discovered the undeveloped oasis of Yuquan Lake oasis, how could the Zhou family have established its current foundation?
If the Chen family can get another medium-sized oasis besides the Baisha River Oasis that can establish a thousand-year legacy, even if there are no Zifu period monks in the family, they will not be able to defend the precious land of Baisha River Oasis.
There is a way out without severing the family legacy.
In the face of such huge interests, what does mere face mean?
Not to mention the Chen family, even the monks of Huang Shamen may not be reliable in the face of such interests.
After all, such an oasis is enough to lay the foundation of a thousand-year family. Who can guarantee that the monks invited to help will keep their promises in the face of the temptation of such an entire oasis?
You must know that Zhou Yuquan, the founder of the Yuquan Zhou family, was also a monk of Huangshamen back then!
"Let's put this matter aside for the time being. When my grandson's cultivation reaches the late stage of foundation building and his father's injuries have recovered, it won't be too late for us to develop the oasis. By then, Guangxiang and the younger monks will also have grown up.
, you can also play a part in the expansion!”
"As for the Lu family and his son, let them stay on the Yuquan Peak to practice for the time being. If they want to marry and have children, that's up to them. However, we can't let them leave the Yuquan Peak until my Zhou family takes over the oasis!
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After Zhou Yang thought for a long time with a heavy face, he took a breath and expressed his opinion.
With his various methods, if he can reach the same level as the "three-tailed demon fox" in terms of cultivation, it will not be difficult to kill him. Then with the help of Zhou Minghan, Zhou Xuanhao and Zhou Xuanyu, he can take down it.
That oasis is basically a sure thing.
However, with his current level of cultivation, it will take him twenty to thirty years until he reaches the late stage of foundation building. Under the most optimistic circumstances, it is estimated that it will take him twenty or thirty years.
"Hey, this is the only way!"
Zhou Minghan sighed deeply and did not object to Zhou Yang's opinion.
In fact, there was something in his heart that he didn't say out loud, and that was that he was worried about his longevity, as he might not be able to wait until the day when Zhou Yang's cultivation reaches the late stage of foundation building.
After all, he didn't know that Zhou Yang could use "Qian Yang Fairy Light" to get rid of erysipelas.
He only calculated based on his own experience that it would take at least forty years for Zhou Yang to advance from the current third level of Foundation Establishment to the seventh level of Foundation Establishment, and he only had this amount of life left left!
The matter of the New Oasis is of great importance. The only people in the Zhou family who know the complete situation of this matter are Zhou Yang and his son and Zhou Minghan, three foundation-building monks. Even Zhou Xuanyu does not know.
Zhou Xuantai, who was the first to come into contact with the Lu family and his son, also knew little about it, and was given a gag order by Zhou Minghan, prohibiting him from talking about it to others.
As for the Lu family and his son, according to Zhou Yang's arrangement, the two were temporarily confined to Yuquan Peak. Their activity area was limited to Yuquan Peak, and there were monks arranged by the Zhou family to monitor them outside their residence.
Fortunately, these two people were also sensible and knew why the Zhou family banned them. They did not want to use their lives to test the Zhou family's bottom line. They just settled in the accommodation arranged for them by the Zhou family and came here with their bride every day.
Dozens of mortal women of the Zhou family are busy with the important task of creating a human being.
After putting aside the matter of the new oasis, Zhou Yang and Zhou Minghan began to work on another major matter, which was to upgrade the spiritual veins in Haoyang Cave.
At the foundation building celebration, the Zhou family exchanged two third-level magic weapons for seven or eight thousand spirit stones. In addition, Zhou Yang and Zhou Minghan's private savings, as well as the spirit stone reserves in the family's public treasury, were used to upgrade the spiritual veins.
The 30,000 spiritual stones of the level have been gathered together.
It is not difficult to upgrade the spiritual veins, but the difficult part is the spiritual stones.
To upgrade a third-order low-grade spiritual vein to a third-order mid-grade spiritual vein, 30,000 low-grade spiritual stones are needed, and to upgrade a third-order mid-grade spiritual vein like Yuquan Peak to a third-order high-grade spiritual vein, at least 80,000 spiritual stones are needed!
With the current size and financial resources of the Zhou family, if a few foundation-building monks work together, they can upgrade a third-order low-grade spiritual vein like Haoyang Cave to a third-order mid-grade spiritual vein.
But when it comes to upgrading the third-order middle-grade spiritual veins to the third-order high-grade spiritual veins, it is really beyond the power.
The Spirit Gathering Array in Haoyang Cave had already been selected by Zhou Xuantai, the only second-level array master of the Zhou family, when he was in retreat.
After Zhou Yang made the decision to upgrade his spiritual veins this time, he immediately took Zhou Guangxiang, who was learning formation techniques with him, and began to set up the spirit gathering formation there.
Regardless of formation talent, formation masters in the cultivation world are all earth-based, and most of them are water-based martial arts cultivators.
The earth spiritual power is thick and stable, while the water spiritual power is good at changing, and its stability is second only to the earth element among the five elements. These characteristics can increase the success rate of formation.
Zhou Guangxiang is a top-grade spiritual root monk whose spiritual root attributes are both earth and wood. He also practices earth-based exercises, which just meets the screening conditions for an array master. Moreover, he himself seems to be quite interested in array techniques.
According to Zhou Xuantai, it is hard to say whether his formation talent can surpass that of Zhou Guangqian, the former great elder of the Zhou family, but it is definitely higher than his master, and there is still great hope for him to become a third-level formation master in the future.
There is no problem that high-grade spiritual root monks cannot reach the ninth level of Qi training before the age of sixty. Zhou Guangxiang is only fourteen years old this year, and his cultivation level is already at the fourth level of Qi training. It will not be difficult at all to copy Zhou Yang's cultivation speed in the future.
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Therefore, Zhou Yang still agreed with Zhou Guangxiang's distraction in learning formations. The Zhou family really needed a good formation master to serve the family.
In fact, it is not just Zhou Guangxiang, but also the current monks of the "Yuan" and "Guang" generations born later in the Zhou family. After showing interest in cultivating immortals and various arts, many of them have been arranged to learn these skills next to the elders of various families.
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For example, Zhou Yang's adopted sister Zhou Yuanyao, and another mid-level spiritual root monk Zhou Guangkun who was born in "Feng Yue Tower" and also has fire and wood spiritual root attributes, are now learning alchemy from his father Zhou Xuanhao.
Zhou Guangxiang's twin sister, Zhou Xiang, was arranged to go to the Medicine Garden to learn spiritual planting techniques from Zhou Xuanchen, the manager of the Medicine Garden, because her spiritual roots were of the wood and earth elements.
Other skills such as weapon refining, talisman making, animal taming, spirit brewing and other skills are now learned and inherited by younger generations.
Half of the spiritual stones earned by the Zhou family in the past few years have been spent on training these juniors.
If it were Zhou Minghan who was still in charge of the family, he would definitely not invest so much all at once.
But Zhou Yang is different. Zhou Yang's knowledge from his previous life told him that in technical matters, only if you are willing to invest capital in the early stage can you become bigger and stronger in the later stage.