Chapter two hundred and seventy-seven: dark crossing Chencang
"Elder Tan, come to my cave in the evening."
Outside the Zhou family's meeting hall, Tan Qiu walked out of the meeting hall with a complicated mood and was about to return to his cave, when Zhou Yang's voice suddenly sounded in his mind.
When he heard the voice, he was slightly startled, and then he quickly responded in his heart: "I will obey the patriarch's instructions."
After replying, his mood suddenly improved a lot.
Originally, he thought that at the family meeting, someone would propose to abolish his foreign affairs elder, and then Zhou Yang would comply with the public opinion and agree to the matter.
Unexpectedly, after the meeting, everyone was immersed in great joy because of Zhou Yang's three decisions, so that they all forgot about it.
Of course, although no one mentioned the dismissal of his foreign affairs elder, because of his previous proposal, no monk from the Zhou family was willing to say hello to him since he walked out of the meeting hall.
Even many Zhou family monks looked at him with vigilance and disgust, thinking that he was a treacherous villain who intended to subvert the inheritance of the Zhou family.
Even some monks from the Zhou family who had a good relationship with him looked at him coldly after they came out together, and then walked past him without any intention of saying hello.
In fact, even his two monk descendants, a son and a daughter, deliberately stayed in the meeting hall at this time, fearing that they would be criticized for coming out with him.
There is nothing more cruel than this.
When Tan Qiu noticed this, one can imagine his complicated mood.
However, as Zhou Yang's message fell into his ears, his mood suddenly improved a lot.
No matter how others view him, it is obvious that Zhou Yang does not regard him as an enemy because of his words.
That "Elder Tan" was Zhou Yang's best statement.
That night, Tan Qiu followed Zhou Yang's instructions and quietly came to see Zhou Yang outside the "Qianyang Cave" where he practiced.
After he got Zhou Yang's permission to enter the cave, he discovered that Zhou Yang was not the only one in the cave, but there were also two family foundation-building monks, Zhou Xuanhao and Zhou Guangxiang.
"Elder Tan, please take a seat."
After Zhou Yang waited for Tan Qiu to salute, he waved his hand and motioned for Tan Qiu to sit down.
"Thank you, the patriarch, for giving me a seat."
Tan Qiu bowed respectfully and sat down at the bottom. He sat upright and looked at Zhou Yang, waiting for him to reveal the purpose of calling him here.
"Elder Tan's suggestion was very good during the day, but the timing was wrong. Although the Zhou family is much stronger than before, the clan members have not yet fully adapted to the changes in the Zhou family, and the family's development has not reached a bottleneck.
At this stage, it has reached the point where external forces are needed to promote the progress of the family!"
Zhou Yang looked at Tan Qiu and first affirmed his suggestion at the family meeting, and then pointed out the inappropriateness of his suggestion.
When he heard what he said, Tan Qiu suddenly felt happy.
It can be heard from Zhou Yang's words that the patriarch who holds the power of the family really agrees with the proposal he made during the day.
Dangjie quickly raised his hands and said, "What the patriarch taught me was that after my subordinates returned to the cave during the day and thought about it carefully, they also discovered something inappropriate. When I made this suggestion, it was indeed because my subordinates were too radical and impatient!"
Seeing this, Zhou Yang couldn't help but nodded slightly and said: "Although it is a bit inappropriate, your suggestion is indeed a good suggestion. That's why I called you here. There are no outsiders here now. You can explain your plan in detail."
As soon as I said it."
"Since it is the request of the clan leader, I will tell you my initial thoughts."
"According to my subordinates' thoughts at the time, the casual cultivators who are worthy of our use of the Foundation Establishment Pill must have at least high-grade spiritual root qualifications, have a solid foundation, and be no more than thirty years old."
"Either he has a middle-grade spiritual root, and shows genius in the four skills of elixir, weapon, talisman, and formation, and can refine a second-order middle-grade elixir at the early stage of Qi training.
The success rate of weapons, or making spiritual talismans and formations, is much higher than that of normal monks of the same level."
Tan Qiu looked at Zhou Yang and expressed his thoughts in a complicated tone.
It was not that he didn't know that using the Foundation Establishment Pill to win over outsiders would cause dissatisfaction among the monks of the Zhou family.
It was just that he thought at the time that under such harsh conditions, even if he could find qualified people to join the Zhou family, the number would definitely not be large, and there would probably only be a few people in a hundred years.
For the sake of the long-term development of the Zhou family, some Zhou family members who have foresight should not react too violently.
But reality has told him that his idea was completely wrong!
When it came to his own interests, even the deacons and elders whom he had always considered to be far-sighted, completely lost their former wisdom and acted like fools, becoming vanguards against him.
This was something he never thought of beforehand.
Of course, he went back to the cave to sit down afterward. After thinking calmly, he also figured out the root cause of those people's objections.
But after realizing this, he could no longer change the outcome. He could only regard this matter as a lesson and swallow this bitter pill himself.
After Zhou Yang heard his idea, he nodded and said: "It's a very good idea. If those people can really meet the conditions you mentioned, they will indeed be worthy of a Foundation Establishment Pill!"
Even Zhou Xuanhao and Zhou Guangxiang, who had been watching the exchange between the two of them, nodded slightly at this time, with a look of agreement on their faces.
Taking the Foundation Establishment Pill for a high-grade spiritual root monk is almost equivalent to adding an extra Foundation Establishment monk to the family, which is much safer than giving the Foundation Establishment Pill to a mid-grade spiritual root monk.
Moreover, after a high-grade spiritual root monk successfully builds the foundation, he will still have the opportunity to attack the Zi Mansion, which is something that many middle-grade spiritual root foundation monks cannot do.
As for those who show particularly strong talents in cultivating immortals and various arts, their value is even greater.
If such a person is cultivated to the foundation-building stage, the value created in the rest of his life will be dozens or even hundreds of times that of a foundation-building pill!
You must know that in the various arts of cultivating immortals, in addition to making talismans, whether they are alchemists, weapon refiners, or formation masters, there are geniuses who can refine fourth-level elixirs in the foundation building stage.
The magical weapon and the precedent of laying out the fourth-order formation.
For example, the only fourth-level alchemist in Huangshamen is a ninth-level foundation-building monk.
The Zhou family also had a great elder, Zhou Guangqian, who used the Great Perfection of Qi training to refine the third-level low-grade formation "Garrison Earth Golden Ge Formation".
"Let's do this. If you, the foreign affairs elder, really find such a good prospect, you can still report it. Then I will naturally verify the authenticity of the matter. If there is such a good prospect who is willing to serve the Zhou family, I can not use the family's help.
In case of inventory, I will personally invest and sponsor him a Foundation Building Pill!"
Zhou Yang looked at Tan Qiu and pondered for a while, and finally revealed the real purpose of calling him over.
As a man of two generations, he understands better than anyone the disadvantages of "closing the country in isolation".
Examples from previous lives are there. A seemingly strong and huge giant was quickly devoured by a group of bandits because of its "isolation".
But one of the robbers who continued to attract outstanding talents from all over the world soon became a new generation of giants.
The big one is the country, the small one is the home.
If a big country can do this, why can a family be an exception?
If the Zhou family wants to continue to be strong, in addition to having high-level monks like him to suppress the family's luck, it also needs to continue to emerge excellent successors.
It would be best for such an outstanding successor to have the blood of the Zhou family. Even if he does not have the blood of the Zhou family, as long as he, the monk with the highest level of cultivation in the Zhou family, is still alive, the successor will not be able to achieve great things!
In the world of immortal cultivators, no conspiracy or conspiracy can compare with absolute strength. In the face of absolute cultivation strength, the conspirators' conspiracies are just paper tigers that can be cut through with a single sword.
Zhou Yang is confident that as long as he survives, those with foreign surnames who work for the Zhou family will never be able to steal the fruits of the Zhou family's victory by subduing their superiors and turning against their enemies.
As for if he dies, if that day comes, even if no one with a foreign surname intervenes, the Zhou family, which lacks qualified successors, will definitely decline and die!
"Does the patriarch really mean what he said?"
Tan Qiu looked at Zhou Yang with a surprised look on his face, almost suspecting that he heard wrongly.
Seeing this, Zhou Yang couldn't help looking at him with displeasure and asked: "What? I, a dignified cultivator of the Zifu, the head of the clan, would still lie to you? Or do you think I can't even use a few foundation-building pills?"
Can’t take it out?”
"Tan Qiu was so frightened that he asked the patriarch to forgive him. Tan Qiu had no intention of doing so!" Tan Qiu quickly bowed and apologized, but his face was filled with joy.
This is really a place where there is no way out, but there is only one village with dark flowers and bright flowers.
He never expected that Zhou Yang would reject his suggestion at the family meeting and then call him over in private. He must have agreed to his suggestion.
But when he was happy, Zhou Yang looked at him with a serious face and warned: "But you must remember that this matter must be kept strictly confidential. Except for the four of us present today, it must not be disclosed to anyone else.
Five people know, otherwise if word gets out, I won’t admit it!”
When he heard this, he quickly straightened his expression and promised: "Clan leader, please rest assured, Tan Qiu understands the seriousness of this and will never let anyone know about it!"
Seeing his appearance, Zhou Yang nodded with satisfaction and said: "It's good that you know. Now other people in the clan have some opinions about you, so don't take it to heart. You can take the opportunity to go out to relax and look for people."
Let’s inquire about this information, and if you find anything, just come back and contact me and Guang Xiang.”
Tan Qiu knew that Zhou Yang's intention in saying this was to make concessions and go out to avoid trouble.
Among the seven deacons and elders in the family, he, the foreign affairs elder, is usually the most idle. Even if he is absent from the family for a period of time, he will not have any hindrance to the family's operation.
And after he got Zhou Yang's private promise, the depression in his heart was almost completely gone. At this time, he naturally had no reason to oppose Zhou Yang's decision.
Immediately he responded respectfully: "I understand, I will go down the mountain overnight!"