When Zhou Yang and Zhou Guangxiang returned here, white curtains were still hanging in front of the doors of each room on Lingshan and on the big trees.
The death of the old patriarch Zhou Minghan is an extremely sad and sad thing for all Zhou family members.
To the Zhou family, he is not only a ninth-level foundation-building monk and a third-level high-grade weapon refiner, but also an elder who is admired and respected by everyone.
When such an elder dies, it is not an exaggeration for the entire Zhou family to pay tribute to him.
"Yang'er, this is the suicide note left by the old patriarch for you. We also found this suicide note together with his storage bag after his death. He had long been determined to die, and had already given away all his magic weapons.
and savings are all hidden among the family spiritual objects brought back!"
On Red Fox Ridge, when Zhou Yang put the cremated urn of the old patriarch Zhou Minghan's head into the ancestral temple, Zhou Xuanhao, who had accompanied him to worship, patted his storage bag and took out a jade slip.
Give it to him.
Zhou Minghan wrote several suicide notes, and everyone close to him had a copy. Currently, only Zhou Yang's copy and Zhou Xuanyu's copy have not been opened.
"Is there still no news from the adopted mother and adopted sister?"
Zhou Yang held the jade slip tightly with a heavy heart and did not rush to open it. Instead, he asked about his adoptive mother Zhou Xuanyu.
Since Zhou Xuanyu took Zhou Yuanyao out for training seven or eight years ago, there has been no news. If it weren't for the fact that there was nothing wrong with the soul card she left in the family, all the senior officials of the Zhou family would have doubted whether she died unexpectedly.
And Zhou Yang knew that although Zhou Minghan had never mentioned this matter, as his life span was getting closer and closer, the old patriarch must have hoped that his only granddaughter could stay with him until he died.
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Now that Zhou Minghan has passed away, Zhou Yang can guess, not to mention the final words, that there will definitely be mention of Zhou Xuanyu in the suicide note written by the old patriarch to him.
"No, the last time Sanmei asked Yao'er to convey the news was five years ago. At that time, her letter only said that everything was normal and did not mention anything else."
Zhou Xuanhao shook his head and answered Zhou Yang's question in a low voice.
"My child understands."
Zhou Yang was silent for a while, nodded, then returned directly to his bedroom in Ziyun Cave, opened the suicide note written by Zhou Minghan to himself.
"Xiao Jiu, when you read this suicide note, I will no longer be alive."
"You are the pride of our Zhou family. I am very satisfied with everything you have done since you took over as the patriarch. But the only thing I am dissatisfied with is that you have to be strong in everything and do things just to make yourself feel clear, but you don't consider what will happen to you.
Consequences of failure!”
"You are the patriarch of the Zhou family and the hope of the entire Zhou family. Have you ever thought about what kind of situation the Zhou family will be in if something happens to you?"
"I am not saying this to accuse you, but I just want to warn you for the last time. Since you have chosen to be the patriarch of the Zhou family, you must change your behavior in the future!"
"That kind of approach, in which I only seek a clear conscience regardless of what other people do, is only suitable for those solitary monks!"
"As the head of the Zhou family, you should not talk about personal matters. When it comes to matters involving the entire family, you should learn to focus on the overall situation and not involve too many personal feelings in making decisions. You should look at the overall situation.
Make a decision."
"A gecko can be reborn after its tail is cut off, but a snake will definitely die if it has no head!"
"The Zhou family thrives because of you, Xiaojiu. If something happens to you, Xiaojiu, the Zhou family will definitely die because of you!"
"I know that you are smart and have your own opinions. You may not listen to what others say, no matter how reasonable they are. Therefore, I will not argue with you about who will go to the Chen family to support you this time. I can only use my own body to help you.
By taking this last lesson, I hope that when you experience similar things in the future, you can focus more on the overall situation and stop relying solely on personal emotions!"
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After reading Zhou Minghan's suicide note, Zhou Yang couldn't help but shed tears.
"I was the one who harmed my great-grandfather!"
He recalled the conversation between himself and the old patriarch Zhou Minghan that day, and recalled the way Zhou Minghan was hesitant to speak, and his face was suddenly filled with regret.
If he hadn't known that Zhou Minghan had only a few years left to live and wanted him to stay in the family and enjoy his old age with peace of mind, Zhou Minghan would not have been so determined to use his own life to teach him this last lesson in life.
!
Thinking about it now, if Zhou Minghan had been allowed to go to White Camelback, he would have been protected by the mountain guard formation. With Zhou Minghan's cultivation, it would not have been any problem to survive until Cao Wenjin arrived in the end.
It's a pity that there is no regret medicine in the world, and he would not have thought in advance that he had done something wrong despite his good intentions!
In a sense, Zhou Minghan's goal was achieved. The last lesson he taught Zhou Yang with his own life was indeed thought-provoking and made Zhou Yang unforgettable in his life.
In this way, after Zhou Yang locked himself in the bedroom for seven days, he walked out of the bedroom and started to deal with family affairs.
The monks of the Zhou family moved to Red Fox Ridge, which naturally put great pressure on Lingshan here. After all, there were hundreds of Qi-training monks and several foundation-building monks.
But now that the situation is unclear, Zhou Yang does not dare to rashly move people back to the Yuquan Lake Oasis.
Therefore, after careful consideration, he decided to let some low-level monks return to Yuquan Peak and Haoyang Mountain to cultivate the spiritual fields to prevent the spiritual fields from being abandoned. At the same time, he also let the mortals of the Zhou family there know that the Zhou family monks had not really
to abandon them.
The rest of the monks are still concentrating on their cultivation here in Red Fox Ridge for the time being.
In order to solve the problem of the spiritual energy consumed by these people in their practice, Zhou Yang specially took out 30,000 spiritual stones from his family's savings and raised the level of the spiritual veins in Chihuling to the third-level mid-level.
Then he asked his father Zhou Xuanhao to take over the position of the old patriarch Zhou Minghan, and when he was in seclusion and not in the family, he acted as the patriarch to handle family affairs.
After handling all the urgent matters that needed to be dealt with by himself, Zhou Yang said goodbye to his father and Taoist companions, and sat down directly in Ziyun Cave to die.
This time in seclusion, he will never leave seclusion until he is promoted to the ninth level of foundation building!
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Zhou Yang's seclusion did not affect the operation of the Zhou family, nor did it affect the situation in the boundless sand sea world of immortality.
After he was in seclusion for more than half a year, Jiang Yuyan officially practiced the "Here's Golden Elixir" and came out of seclusion.
After she came out of seclusion, Cao Wenjin, who only had a short lifespan left, immediately led dozens of family foundation-building monks who had gathered with her to attack Lingshan where Guo Shuyun was stationed.
Originally, Guo Shuyun and Luo Yunqing signed an offensive and defensive alliance agreement. If either party was attacked, the other party would provide support.
But facing Jiang Yuyan, who had mastered the "Heiral Golden Elixir", and Cao Wenjin, whose true strength was unknown, how could Luo Yunqing have the courage to leave the formation and go out to fight.
So in the end, Guo Shuyun, who was isolated and helpless, had to abandon Lingshan after persisting for several months. He escaped from the siege alone through the "Blood Escape Technique" and fled to Luofeng Mountain to join Luo Yunqing.
After breaking through Lingshan occupied by Guo Shuyun, Jiang Yuyan and Cao Wenjin immediately slaughtered all the rebellious monks who followed Guo Shuyun on Lingshan, and then mobilized a large army to surround Luofengshan, completely cutting off Luofengshan's communication with the outside world.
channel.
However, they can only surround Luofeng Mountain. Facing Luofeng Mountain where Luo Yunqing and Guo Shuyun are stationed, and dozens of foundation-building monks, unless they can gather hundreds of foundation-building monks and two
Three thousand Qi-training monks had been attacking for a year and a half, otherwise they would not have thought of breaking the mountain-protecting formation of Luofeng Mountain.
It's not that Huang Shamen can't do this, but to do this, they must first completely pacify the rebellious monk families outside Luofeng Mountain, so that they can devote their entire sect's strength to this matter without any worries.
The monks of the Zhou family did not participate in the battle of Luofeng Mountain, but brother and sister Zhou Guangxiang, Zhou Guangxiang and a dozen monks in the late stage of Qi training were also sent out to help Huang Shamen pacify various rebel families.
For these people, this counterinsurgency is not only an opportunity for experience, but also an opportunity to gain benefits.
However, such good times did not last long. One year after Cao Wenjin surrounded Luofeng Mountain, he finally couldn't hold on any longer and sat among the frontline troops.
His death not only deprived Huang Shamen of a top-level combat force, but also dealt a major blow to the morale of the military.
Without his help, Jiang Yuyan alone could still crush Luo Yunqing and Guo Shuyun in terms of combat power, but he could no longer completely seal Luofeng Mountain and prevent any monks from entering or exiting.
Moreover, after the news of Cao Wenjin's death spread, some forces and loose cultivators who had previously been silent and did not dare to act rashly began to make moves again.
Those monks from Luo Yunqing's side who were still engaged in guerrilla warfare against the rebel monks from Huangshamen in the sea of sand returned to their family's spiritual mountain with high morale and raised the rebel flag, preparing to unite to relieve the siege of Luofengshan.
For a time, the Immortal Cultivation World of the Boundless Sand Sea, which had just been peaceful for a long time, was once again in chaos with the flames of war.
Zhou Yang, who was sitting at death's door in Ziyun Cave, was naturally unaware of all these changes.
During his retreat, the wild flowers on Red Fox Ridge bloomed and withered, and bloomed again.
After nine consecutive flowers blooming and fading, the closed door to the hermitage room was finally opened from the inside.
Nine years!
After nine years of seclusion, Zhou Yang finally came out of seclusion.
There is no doubt that after leaving seclusion, he officially became a ninth-level monk. From now on, as long as he does not open up the Purple Mansion, his magic power will not increase any more.
In nine years, he was promoted from the eighth level of foundation building to the ninth level of foundation building. This speed is simply unbelievable for ordinary monks. Even a high-grade spiritual root monk like Xiao Ying would find it difficult to achieve this.
But in the Zhou family, no one has any doubts or surprises about this happening to Zhou Yang.
Everyone in the Zhou family has become accustomed to the speed at which his cultivation level improves.
Compared with his previous speed of improvement in cultivation, it took him nine years to reach one level of cultivation this time. In the eyes of some low-level Qi-training monks who didn't know the difficulty, it even felt too slow.
Zhou Yang himself was somewhat dissatisfied with this speed.
You must know that during the nine years of seclusion, he not only used up the "Yuhua Zhulu Pill" exchanged from Huangshamen and the elixir he obtained in Rhinoceros Island, but also used the remaining "Fire Dragon" from the old patriarch Zhou Minghan.
Dan" was also taken.
"I thought I could reach the ninth level of foundation building before I turned 100, but I didn't expect that it took me until I was 103 years old to reach this point. The path of cultivation is indeed getting more difficult the further you go!"