Chapter two hundred and eighty eight: building foundation Dancheng
Since the Zhou family decided to recruit outstanding talents from outside to serve as guest ministers in the family, they have graded the position of guest ministers. There are three levels: A, B, and C. Each level of guest ministers has different rights and benefits.
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Among them, first-class guest ministers can only be held by monks in the foundation-building period. Such first-class guest ministers can sit in a B-level cave house on Chihu Mountain, or open a cave to live in other third-level spiritual mountains of the Zhou family, and can get from the Zhou family every year.
Receive two hundred low-grade spiritual stones as an offering.
The monks of the Zhou family, in addition to the seven deacons and elders and the foundation-building elders, must salute and greet guests of Class A when they see them, and the guests of Class A can also ask the Zhou family's qi-training monks to do some errands and chores for them.
The Zhou family's requirement for these first-class guests is that they must complete a task for the Zhou family free of charge every five years. If there is no task within a five-year period, the number of times will accumulate.
If you complete your current mission within five years and then receive a second mission, you can receive generous rewards after completing the mission. The rewards can be third-level elixirs, talismans, magic weapons, or a large number of spiritual stones.
At the same time, if the Zhou family is attacked by foreign enemies, the guest ministers must fight unconditionally to defend the family.
First-class guests are treated very well, and the Zhou family has very high requirements for recruiting first-class guests. So far, no one has been recruited by the Zhou family.
Compared with the A-class guests, the treatment of the B-class guests is undoubtedly much worse. Not only can they only receive 80 low-grade spiritual stones every year, but their residence is only an independent courtyard on Chihu Mountain, and it is within the Zhou family.
His status is only the same as that of ordinary monks in the late stages of Qi training from the Zhou family.
The most important thing is that second-class guests need to complete a related task arranged by the Zhou family every year, and the number of times can also be accumulated.
As for the worst C-class guests, they are not even qualified to live on Chihu Mountain. They can only live on those third-level and second-level spiritual mountains. They only receive fifty yuan of low-grade spiritual stones every year, but they complete the task every year.
The number of times has increased to two.
However, these benefits are not static. If a second-class guest minister succeeds in building a foundation after joining the Zhou family, he or she can be automatically promoted to a first-class guest minister without taking the test.
Every time a C-class guest minister has served the Zhou family for more than ten years, he can apply to the family for a promotion assessment. If he passes the assessment, he can be promoted to a B-level guest minister.
The Zhou family also adopts hierarchical management measures to manage the enshrinement of these guest ministers. Among them, the A-level guest ministers are directly under the management of the clan leader. When recruiting, in principle, only with the consent of Zhou Yang, who is about to step down as the clan leader and become the supreme elder of the Zhou family, can the award be granted.
Someone has the status of a first-class guest.
The recruitment of B-class guest ministers and C-class guest ministers only requires the consent of the clan leader, and daily management is also left to the management and leadership of the foreign affairs elders.
Knowing this, it is not difficult to understand why Luo Qiang was so enthusiastic about recruiting outside talents to join the Zhou family after taking over as the foreign affairs elder of the Zhou family.
There is no doubt about Liu Xuanxuan's talent in weapon refining, but after all, she is only a 21-year-old girl with a third level of Qi training. Even if she can really get a Foundation Building Pill from Zhou Yang in the future to build a foundation, after she builds
Before the marriage, it was impossible for the Zhou family to grant her a first-class guest honor.
This is actually a way to protect her.
If the Zhou family granted her a first-class guest honor, then not only the members of the family would question this matter, but also outsiders would not have any bad thoughts after hearing the news.
The Zhou family is already big and difficult to control. If the Zhou family has another genius like Zhou Yang, there will definitely be a lot of them.
It is precisely because of this that Zhou Yang did not show any special attention to Liu Xuanxuan after the assessment, nor did he stay to personally intervene in the arrangement.
Only by not letting people know how much he values Liu Xuanxuan can Liu Xuanxuan live a more stable and safe life in the Zhou family in the future.
This is the same reason why Master Qingyang clearly valued him very much, but only gave him a piece of "Xuanyang Order" and then did nothing else.
Zhou Guangxiang may not know Zhou Yang's thoughts, but he has one advantage, that is, he never questions or speculates on Zhou Yang's intentions, and will faithfully carry out Zhou Yang's orders.
So when Zhou Yang listened to his report on the arrangements afterwards, he smiled with satisfaction.
According to Zhou Guangxiang's arrangement, not only did Liu Xuanxuan live in the courtyard arranged by the Zhou family for second-class guests, but her grandfather Liu Changhe was also left to practice in her courtyard as a family member.
Then Zhou Guangxiang arranged for her to work in the Zhou Family's Baiyi Hall, so that she could learn part of the Zhou family's weapon refining inheritance in an open and honest manner, and get rewards by completing the weapon refining tasks in the Baiyi Hall.
There is no specific number of tasks that the Zhou family has to complete every year for the second-class guests. They can be combat demon elimination tasks, weapon refining tasks, or elixir refining tasks.
As long as Liu Xuanxuan enters the Baiyi Hall, and Zhou Guangxiang secretly takes care of her, she can pass the test every year by completing the weapon refining task. This way, the Zhou family does not have to worry about anything happening to her when she goes out to perform tasks when her cultivation level is low.
Not two months after Liu Xuanxuan joined the Zhou family, the good news that Zhou Yang had been waiting for finally came.
Under the Zhou family's hard work and training, Xiao Ying finally succeeded in refining a batch of third-level high-grade elixirs, and became the first third-level high-grade alchemist since the founding of the Zhou family.
At this time, Xiao Ying had only reached the seventh level of foundation building a few years ago and was only ninety-seven years old.
To be able to become a third-level high-grade alchemist with this level of cultivation and age, there is no doubt about his talent in alchemy.
Because she knew Zhou Yang was eager to travel, and she was also full of expectations for returning to Liuyun Continent to cultivate immortals, Xiao Ying only rested for two months after being promoted to a third-level high-grade alchemist, and then officially started refining
Foundation building pill.
Refining the Foundation Building Pill is a big deal!
While Xiao Ying was refining the Foundation Building Pill, Zhou Yang stopped everything and concentrated on guarding the Taoist companions outside the alchemy room in the cave.
After several days of refining, Xiao Ying finally lived up to her expectations and successfully refined the first foundation-building pill in her life.
Because it was the first time to refine the Foundation Building Pill, although the refining was successful in the end, only three pills were produced.
Even if one base-building pill is calculated at 20,000 low-grade spiritual stones, the Zhou family would have lost tens of thousands of low-grade spiritual stones in refining this furnace of foundation-building pills.
This is why, under normal circumstances, third-level low-grade elixirs such as the Foundation Establishment Pill are handed over to fourth-level or even fifth-level alchemists to refine them.
However, Zhou Yang knows that for the Zhou family, this account cannot be settled like this.
First, refine the fourth-level demon pill and "Earth Spiritual Milk", the main materials of the Foundation Building Pill. The Zhou family can obtain the products themselves. In this way, if only the other auxiliary materials are purchased, ten or twenty thousand spirit stones can be completely obtained.
Secondly, the Foundation Establishment Pill is a priceless thing in the Immortal Cultivation World of Boundless Sand Sea. Even if it is purchased at market price in the Immortal Cultivation World of Liuyun Continent, there are many restrictions, so its value cannot be calculated with a simple 20,000 low-grade spiritual stones.
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For example, if Zhou Yang sells Foundation Building Pills to all casual cultivators and families in the boundless sand sea, even if he puts a price of 50,000 for a low-grade spiritual stone, many people will still rush to buy it.
Third, Xiao Ying has just been promoted to the third level of high-level alchemy master, and it is the first time to refine the Foundation Building Pill. It is normal to produce three pills. In the future, she will refine the Foundation Building Pill a few more times and become familiar with the refining of the Foundation Building Pill.
If you make it, the number of elixirs produced will definitely increase to four or even five.
By that time, you will definitely not lose money by refining the Foundation Establishment Pill.
"Ying'er, you've worked hard, take a good rest first, and let your husband handle the rest."
Outside the alchemy room, Zhou Yang took over the three freshly baked foundation-building pills from Taoist companion Xiao Ying. He immediately put the Taoist companion into his arms with a look of love, picked him up by the waist, carried him directly to the bed in the boudoir, and put down his instructions.
He took a good rest and then left the cave with the Foundation Establishment Pill.
After leaving the "Qianyang Cave" where he practiced, Zhou Yang immediately issued an order to summon all the elders of the Zhou family, and the deacon elders went to Chihu Mountain to hold a closed-door meeting.
Several days passed like this, and only after Zhou Xuanhao, who was in charge of Red Fox Ridge, arrived, did Zhou Yang take out the Foundation Establishment Pill refined by Xiao Ying and talk about the purpose of holding this meeting.
"As you can see, the three Foundation Establishment Pills contained in these three jade bottles were refined by Elder Xiao Ying himself a few days ago!"
In the meeting hall, as soon as Zhou Yang and all the other participants arrived, he took out three jade bottles containing foundation-building pills and placed them on the stone table in front of him. He said in a deep voice the details of the pills in the jade bottles.
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boom!
Like thunder exploding from the sky, after hearing Zhou Yang's words, all the Zhou family elders and deacon elders in the meeting hall were stunned.
Then the next moment, the sound of rapid breathing "whooshing" could be heard in the empty meeting hall.
You don't need to look at Zhou Yang to know that this sound must have come from the seven deacons and elders who are still in the Qi training stage.
As monks in the Qi training period, and as the deacons and elders of the Zhou family who now hold real power, these people and their descendants are definitely more likely to obtain foundation-building pills than others.
Now, seeing that the Zhou family suddenly had three more foundation-building pills, and they were all made by the elders themselves, it would be strange if these people could still remain calm.
But he knew that if he should warn these people, he would still say it.
With a gentle wave of his hand, he put away the three jade bottles containing the Foundation Establishment Pills, then looked at the seven deacons and elders with sharp eyes and said coldly: "You don't want this attitude either, the family rules cannot be changed easily.
, so no matter how many foundation-building pills the family has in hand, you should use contribution points to redeem them, or you can only use contribution points to redeem them. Don't think that the family will make a special case for someone who does not meet the regulations!"
Being swept away by his sharp and cold gaze, and then hearing his words with a strong warning, the seven Zhou family deacons and elders were shocked, and they suddenly regained consciousness. Then these people looked at each other, as if they had a clear understanding of each other.
He cupped his hands and responded, "We will definitely remember the patriarch's teachings."
"It's good that you know. Let me tell you the reason why I called you here today. That is that I am going to officially step down as the head of the Zhou family. The new head of the clan will be taken over by Guang Xiang. Do you have any opinions?"