Chapter 397: Fat water does not flow to outsiders' fields!
"Hmm? This feeling of being spied on, could it be..."
On Chihu Mountain, Zhou Yang was trying to explain his doubts to his second apprentice Liu Xuanxuan who came to ask him about the art of refining weapons. Suddenly, as if he sensed something, he looked at a certain cave on the mountain with a look of surprise.
That was the place where Zhou Guangxiang went into retreat. After he entered the retreat state, Zhou Yang controlled the mountain-protecting formation to seal off the area. No one other than him could get close to it.
But just now he clearly felt a sense of voyeurism coming from over there. For him who had had the same experience, he almost immediately understood the reason.
"Master, what happened?"
When Liu Xuanxuan saw Zhou Yang stop talking, and saw the expression on his face change, she had the courage to ask him why.
Since becoming a disciple of Zhou Yang, her status in the Zhou family has been increasing day by day, and through dealing with Zhou Yang and his wife over the years, she also knows that Zhou Yang and his wife are very talkative people, so she does not taboo them as apprentices.
Ask questions that have nothing to do with practice.
Sure enough, after Zhou Yang heard her inquiry, he didn't shy away from anything. He immediately burst out laughing and said, "Hahaha, that's a good thing. Guang Xiang has just successfully traveled around the world, and my Zhou family will have another Zi."
I’m a monk!”
The addition of an additional monk from the Purple Mansion is a great joy for any family and is worthy of celebration by the whole family.
Liu Xuanxuan has been in the Zhou family for so many years and has worshiped Zhou Yang as her teacher. She has long regarded herself as a member of the Zhou family.
When she heard Zhou Yang's words, she was so surprised that she couldn't help but opened her mouth and exclaimed: "Really? That's great!"
Then a smile flashed on her face, and she quickly raised her hands and congratulated: "Congratulations to Master on having a successor!"
There is indeed a successor.
Zhou Guangxiang is the heir to the Zhou family trained by Zhou Yang. His success in opening up the Zifu not only proves that Zhou Yang's vision is correct, but also completely stabilizes the inheritance of the Zhou family's Zifu family.
Two generations above and below have produced Zifu monks, so there is no longer any doubt about the name of the Zhou family's Zifu family.
So after Zhou Yang heard her words "There will be successors", the smile on Zhou Yang's face suddenly became more intense.
Smiling like this, Zhou Yang looked at the pretty disciple in front of him, his heart suddenly moved, and he couldn't help but have an idea.
As soon as this idea came up, he pondered in his heart for a while, and finally decided to talk about it.
The smile on his face faded, and he suddenly looked at Liu Xuanxuan and asked, "Xuanxuan, what do you think of this kid Guangxiang?"
Liu Xuanxuan didn't expect him to suddenly ask this question, and she was stunned after hearing this.
Despite her quick mind and extraordinary intelligence, she still couldn't figure out why Zhou Yang suddenly asked her such a thing, and couldn't think of how to answer it for a while.
Seeing that she didn't know how to speak, Zhou Yang knew in his heart that she might have some taboos and dared not speak easily. He couldn't help but smiled and encouraged: "It doesn't matter, you can just talk about it. I also want to know what you people think of Guang Xiang."
What does this kid think?"
When Liu Xuanxuan heard what he said, she thought he wanted to investigate Zhou Guangxiang's character. Although she was wondering why Zhou Yang would suddenly do this, she was relieved and couldn't help but nodded slightly and said: "Since Master said this
Okay, then let me talk about it. If what I say is wrong, please don’t mind me, just treat it as nonsense."
"It goes without saying that the patriarch's cultivation qualifications are of course not much better than those of us in the Zhou family. Moreover, his character is quite mature and stable, and he is very disciplined in doing things. He treats all clan members, although it cannot be said that he is always treated equally.
But generally speaking, he can still satisfy most of the clan members, and he is quite respected by everyone, at least my disciples admire him very much."
As Liu Xuanxuan spoke, she secretly observed Zhou Yang's face. She also spoke very slowly. It could be said that she was carefully choosing her words. She was probably afraid that she would accidentally let out a bad word about Zhou Guangxiang and provoke Zhou Yang and
Zhou Guangxiang’s dissatisfaction.
As the old saying goes, you can't be close without distance.
Although she is Zhou Yang's apprentice, it can be said that she has honor and disgrace, but compared with the close relationship between Zhou Yang and Zhou Guangxiang, it is still far behind. Of course, she does not dare to talk nonsense.
Zhou Yang has so much experience in his life, how could he not see Liu Xuanxuan's scruples? While he felt funny in his heart, he continued to ask with a straight face: "What else? What do you think of his character? In your opinion
Compared with Guangtai, Guangqing and others, do you like it more?"
When Liu Xuanxuan heard what he said, she became more and more convinced that he wanted to investigate Zhou Guangxiang. Then she retreated and did not dare to participate in the power struggle within the Zhou family.
So she deliberately lowered her head in deep thought. After a while, she looked up at Zhou Yang with an apologetic expression and said, "This... Master, please forgive me, my disciple, Fellow Daoist Guangtai, Fellow Daoist Guangqing and the others."
In fact, I’m not very familiar with it, so I can’t express my opinion on this aspect.”
Zhou Yang perked up when he heard what she said. He couldn't help but look at her with a smile and asked: "Oh, does this mean you are very familiar with Guang Xiang?"
"No, it's not...yes, I'm just more familiar with the clan leader than several other Taoist friends. Well, that's it."
Liu Xuanxuan was startled at first and shook her head. Then she was afraid that her big reaction would cause Zhou Yang to misunderstand, so she explained a few words with an unnatural look on her face, which made Zhou Yang laugh in his heart.
He decided not to tease the apprentice who was about to be frightened by him, and directly smiled and said: "Hahaha, I'm scaring you. I'm asking you so many questions, but I just want to ask you if you have ever considered finding a Taoist priest."
If you are interested in this, you might as well consider Guang Xiang, he is already a grown man, so it’s time to think about life-long matters!"
It turned out that after he just heard Liu Xuanxuan's words "There will be successors", he thought of another meaning of this sentence, and couldn't help but have some thoughts.
Although he and Xiao Ying had been Taoist lovers for nearly a hundred years, because he had long made up his mind that he would never become a golden elixir or break Yuanyang's body, the two of them had never actually consummated their marriage, let alone produced offspring.
And on the other hand, even if he has formed the golden elixir, in order for the two of them to be able to stay together for a longer time in the future, he will probably restrain himself and wait until his Taoist companion Xiao Ying has also formed the golden elixir before uniting and cultivating together.
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After all, for female cultivators, retaining pure Yuan Yin Qi is also helpful for forming elixirs.
But in that case, the time for them to have offspring in the future will be greatly extended by many years.
Moreover, the Golden Core Stage monks have just begun to attain the Great Dao, and are restricted by the laws of heaven. It is not as easy as the Foundation Establishment monks and Zifu monks to have offspring. It is still unknown whether they will be able to leave offspring by then.
So now that Zhou Guangxiang successfully opened up the Zifu, Zhou Yang started to think about letting him leave descendants.
After all, the descendants of high-level monks usually have a higher chance of possessing spiritual roots, and the higher the chance of having good qualifications.
The most important thing is that if Zhou Guangxiang can leave a descendant, it will be of great help to a plan he plans to implement in the future.
Of course, he can only mention this kind of thing. Whether Zhou Guangxiang is willing to risk damage to his road to do such a thing depends on his own opinion.
Moreover, as for Liu Xuanxuan, he can only show his willingness to match her as he is now, and it is impossible to really force her to marry a monk from the Zhou family.
Should you consider finding a Taoist companion to spend your life with?
After Liu Xuanxuan heard Zhou Yang's words, she first showed a shy look on her face, and then she really lowered her head and thought about Zhou Yang's question.
She knew clearly in her heart that Zhou Yang was actually alluding to her when he said that Zhou Guangxiang was getting older and it was time to consider life-long matters.
After all, she is almost seventy years old. The female cultivators of this age in the Zhou family, except for the two foundation-building female cultivators, have almost all been married and had children long ago.
And although she succeeded in building the foundation with the foundation-building pill given by Zhou Yang, she actually didn't have many illusions about opening up the Zi Mansion.
Resources are limited, and the treasures that can help open up the Purple Mansion are even more precious.
The Zhou family can produce foundation-building pills on their own. Even if they give her two pills in a row for foundation-building, it is just a matter of words for Zhou Yang.
But those treasures that would help open up the Zi Mansion were so precious. The Zhou family's own foundation-building monks were all eagerly looking forward to fighting for them. What could she, an outsider, do to compete with those people?
She is not a high-grade spiritual monk like Lu Xuewei, nor does she have the blood of the Zhou family!
In this case, instead of thinking about the Tao, why doesn't she consider finding a Taoist partner to spend her life with, get married and have children like a normal woman?
If she wanted to consider getting married and having children, given her cultivation and longevity, she would definitely not consider Qi-training monks, so she would have to choose between Foundation-building monks and higher-level monks.
And because she was apprenticed to Zhou Yang, and the Zhou family had invested so much money in her training, they definitely didn't want to see her marry into another family.
Then if she wants to get married and have children, she must either choose one of several unmarried foundation-building and Zifu monks from the Zhou family, or recruit a son-in-law from outside and recruit a foundation-building casual cultivator to work with her to serve the Zhou family.
But here comes the question, how many casual cultivators who can build foundations will not marry and have children?
Even if they don't marry and have children, there are definitely some who take concubines.
Even if you don't have these, you still have to match her in terms of age and character to satisfy her.
Thinking of this, Liu Xuanxuan almost immediately rejected the idea of recruiting a son-in-law.
Then if she wants to get married and have children, she can only consider several monks from the Zhou family like Zhou Yang.
In this case, Zhou Guangxiang seems to be her best choice, both in terms of cultivation and familiarity between the two parties.
When she first entered the Zhou family, Zhou Guangxiang had been ordered to look after her secretly and helped her a lot. She always remembered this favor.
And just like what she said to Zhou Yang before, Zhou Guangxiang has a mature and stable personality, and is methodical in doing things. For women, he should be a person who is easy to live with and can be relied on at critical moments.
Finally, if she can become Zhou Guangxiang's Taoist companion, her status in the Zhou family will be truly extraordinary.
When the time comes, with Master Zhou Yang and husband Zhou Guangxiang taking care of her, if she wants to go further on her path and compete for the right to use the treasures that open up the Zi Mansion, she will have an advantage over many monks from the Zhou family.
After pondering like this for a long time, Liu Xuanxuan's face flashed with shame. She lowered her head and whispered softly to Zhou Yang: "Master is as kind as a mountain to my disciple. All the elders in my family have passed away.
This important matter of marriage should be decided by Master."
"If so, if he is the patriarch and does not dislike his disciple Pu Liuzhi, he is willing to become a Taoist companion with him!"