"Huang Shamen wants two foundation-building monks from our Zhou family to go to their mountain gate to receive arrangements?"
On Yuquan Peak, Zhou Yang rushed back after receiving the news. After reading the recruitment order with the imprint of Cao Wenjin's magic power, his expression suddenly became serious.
This kind of recruitment order with the imprint of Cao Wenjin's magic power was not issued even when the Boundless Sand Sea Immortal Realm was invaded by the remnants of the Blood Demon Sect.
Of course, this was due to the special circumstances at that time, but it also illustrates the importance of this matter.
According to the agreement between Huang Shamen and various vassal forces, after the vassal forces receive the recruitment order with the mana mark of Huang Shamen's golden elixir monk, they must immediately and unconditionally follow the above requirements, otherwise it will be regarded as betrayal!
And by issuing such recruitment orders on a large scale with the imprint of their own magic power, the Jindan monks are also endorsing the credibility and reputation of themselves and their sect.
Basically, unless it is a matter of life and death for the sect, the Jindan monks will never use this method to recruit vassal forces outside the sect.
"Now Huangshamen has not been invaded by foreign enemies, nor has it started a war with other equal forces. At this time, what is the intention of Patriarch Cao in issuing a recruitment order of this level?"
Zhou Yang looked at the recruitment order with only a few short sentences written in his hand and muttered to himself, his face looking solemn as never before.
There is always a rule for this kind of announcements given by superior officials, that is, the fewer words, the bigger the matter!
Generally speaking, when a conscription order is issued, it must at least indicate the reason for the conscription order. This will not only allow the monks who accept the conscription order to be mentally prepared in advance and make relevant preparations, but also calm people's hearts and prevent people from thinking wildly.
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But now, the recruitment order signed by Cao Wenjin is exactly this kind of "forced recruitment order" without any explanation.
"What Huangshamen wants is useless for us to guess now. It's useless to guess. What we should discuss now is which two foundation-building monks will go to Huangshamen to accept the requisition?"
The old patriarch Zhou Minghan looked at Zhou Yang with heavy eyes and said slowly: "My opinion is that any of the rest of us can go, but you, the patriarch, must not go!"
The hope of the whole clan refers to Zhou Yang now.
Zhou Minghan, including all the monks in the Zhou family, all hope that he can reach the ninth level of foundation building as soon as possible and successfully open up the Zi Mansion as soon as possible.
Now when something like this happens, Zhou Minghan is of course the first one not to want Zhou Yang to get involved, in case something unexpected happens to him.
"My grandson appreciates your kindness, great-grandfather. But as the leader of the clan, if I shrink back at this time, how can I convince the people? How can I make the clan believe that I will stand up to protect them when they are in danger?"
, instead of turning around and running away first?"
Zhou Yang shook his head solemnly and rejected the opinion of the old patriarch Zhou Minghan.
In terms of combat ability, he is now the well-deserved number one person in the Zhou family.
In terms of cultivation, his cultivation is second only to the old patriarch Zhou Minghan.
In terms of status, he is the current patriarch of the Zhou family.
Now when the family encounters something like this, if as the clan leader he doesn't take the lead and charges forward, but just shouts "Fuck me" from behind, what will those clan members think?
More importantly, Zhou Yang also knew that if he did not go up, in order to minimize the impact of this incident on his reputation as the patriarch, the two Zhou family foundation-building monks sent out this time were most likely the old patriarch Zhou Minghan and
His father Zhou Xuanhao!
Only these two people can go up to the mountain of swords, go down to the sea of fire, and even die without any regrets for his safety and reputation!
And as the son of man, how could he let this happen?
"Now is not the time to be aggressive!"
"You alone are more valuable to the Zhou family than all of us foundation-building monks are to the Zhou family. As the clan leader, don't you still know how to settle this debt?"
"It's rare that Huang Shamen didn't ask you to go by name this time. It's a good thing that you have to rush to die on your own! Do you want to make me and your father angry to death?"
Zhou Minghan looked at Zhou Yang with a livid face, his tone was angry and angry, and his eyes were full of hatred that iron could not be transformed into steel.
Zhou Yang was unmoved, but looked at him firmly and said:
"Great-grandfather, please stop talking. Not everything in this world can be measured by the word profit!"
"My grandson appreciates your great love for your grandson. It's just that your grandson is not only the head of the Zhou family, but also the son of a father and your grandson!"
"I, Zhou Yang, am not the kind of coward who watches my elders and relatives go through fire and water, while I hide in my family and wait for news!"
If he was really the kind of person who puts family interests first, he wouldn't be where he is today.
He has always admired and admired the old patriarch Zhou Minghan, but if he was asked to become a person like Zhou Minghan, he couldn't do it!
When Zhou Minghan heard Zhou Yang's words, he was moved, headache and angry at the same time. He couldn't help looking at him angrily and asked: "Then what are you going to do? Tell me, how are you going to deal with this matter?"
"Of course Huang Yi and I will apply to go to Huangshamen!" Zhou Yang said his decision without hesitation.
After he finished speaking, without waiting for Zhou Minghan to refute, he continued: "As the leader of the clan, I should take the lead. With me in front, Huang Yi, as a foundation-building monk of my Zhou family, what reason does he have to object to going? So?
Great-grandfather, don’t even think about trading yourself for me, you really can’t replace me this time!”
"You..." Zhou Minghan's mouth moved, and he was indeed speechless by Zhou Yang's words.
"You are the patriarch, you can do whatever you want!"
He took a deep breath at the end and was forced to agree with Zhou Yang's decision with a look of helplessness on his face.
He had watched Zhou Yang grow up since he was a child, and he knew Zhou Yang's character and temper better than Zhou Yang's father, Zhou Xuanhao.
So at this point, he knew very well that nothing he said could affect Zhou Yang's decision.
As for forcing each other to death, this is not a quarrel between a husband and wife. How can they use such ridiculous means to achieve their goals.
So the matter was settled.
Fortunately, although Huangshamen's recruitment order was of a high level, there was no rush in terms of time. As long as he arrived at the gate of Huangshamen within three months, it would not be considered a delay.
Therefore, after Zhou Minghan acquiesced to Zhou Yang's decision, he immediately went to the Yang family in Jinquan Valley with the "Gold Devouring Beast" materials that the Zhou family had received last time, preparing to refine several powerful items for Zhou Yang before he set off.
Magical weapons for self-defense.
In the early years, the Yang family asked the ancestors of the Chen family to help open an earth fire room where they could use the earth fire to refine elixirs and refine weapons. Now that the Zhou family and the Chen family are at odds, Zhou Minghan rarely goes to the earth fire room in the Baisha River oasis to refine weapons.
The materials on the "Gold Devouring Beast" are up to the fourth level, which is more than enough to refine the fourth level magic weapon. Zhou Minghan's refining now is actually a waste of resources.
But in the face of matters concerning Zhou Yang's life and death, how could Zhou Minghan care so much.
After more than two months of refining, he finally used the two fangs of the "Gold-Eating Beast" as the main material to refine a third-level high-grade flying sword, and then used the corpse of the "Gold-Eating Beast" to refine it.
The obtained fourth-level spiritual gold was used as the main material to refine a third-level high-grade defensive magic weapon shield.
These two magic weapons, together with a fourth-level spiritual talisman that Zhou Yang helped him exchange from Jiang Yuyan last time, were all handed over to Zhou Yang.
Even Huang Yi, who was traveling with Zhou Yang, also obtained a third-level mid-level defensive magic weapon.
Zhou Yang and Huang Yi spent about a month refining the newly acquired magic weapons, then said goodbye to the monks from the Zhou family who were seeing them off, and rode the gryphon together to Huangshamen.
This trip was unpredictable and dangerous, so Zhou Yang brought the griffon with him just in case he used the "blood escape technique" to escape from serious injuries, so that he could have the griffin take him to continue escaping.
After doing this for several days, Zhou Yang and Huang Yi rushed outside the Huangshamen General Affairs Hall.
"So many foundation-building monks!"
Outside Huangshamen's General Affairs Hall, Zhou Yang and Huang Yi were surprised when they arrived.
At this time, outside the Huangshamen's General Affairs Hall, there were more than a hundred foundation-building monks wearing various costumes. These people were not wearing Huangshamen's sect uniforms, which obviously meant that they were all members of the Zhou family.
The same family monks who were recruited here.
"Oh, it's the Taoist friend from the Yuquan Zhou family who is here? I haven't seen him for more than twenty years, and my Taoist friend Zhou has improved a lot!"
Zhou Yang and Huang Yizheng were surprised by the large number of people coming, when a voice reached their ears.
He followed the sound and saw Guo Shuyun, the head of Huangshamen's general affairs hall, walking out of the hall with long strides.
Seeing this, Zhou Yang quickly brought Huang Yi forward to salute, and then replied with a smile: "Senior Guo is ridiculously complimentary. In front of seniors, what does this junior's cultivation mean?"
He had dealt with Guo Shuyun many times, and because Cao Wenjin looked at him differently, Guo Shuyun's attitude towards him had always been very good.
But this time Guo Shuyun didn't have time to be polite to him. After saying a few words to him, he pointed at the monks outside the temple and said, "Have you seen these people? Please leave your signature in this book.
After placing the mana mark, go over and wait. When the time is up, Patriarch Cao will come over in person to explain to you the reason for recruiting you this time."
When Zhou Yang heard this, he frowned and couldn't help but asked in a low voice: "This junior wants to pay a visit to Patriarch Cao first. Isn't it convenient?"
"No need, ancestor has already spoken, no guests will be seen during this period, no one can go!"
Guo Shuyun glanced at him and shook his head to reject his request.
Seeing this, Zhou Yang could only nod helplessly and said: "Junior understands, thank you senior for telling me."
At that moment, he took Huang Yi and sat down in an open space outside the palace. Then, while sending a message to his clan brother Zhou Yuanchen who was in Huangshamen, Feijian inquired about the news, he also talked to some people in the crowd who knew him from the Baishahe Immortal World.
The foundation-building monks communicated through messages to exchange the news they had.
In addition, among these crowds, Zhou Yang did not see the Chen family’s foundation-building monks, nor did he see any Zifu-level monks.