There is true love in the world, and there is true love in the world.
No one can deny this.
The Zhou family also produced Zhou Tongming and Zhou Guangyin, a couple who remained faithful until death, and the two still love each other deeply to this day.
But when you look at the entire world of immortality, the entire world, Taoist couples like Zhou Tongming and Zhou Guangyin are just a handful of people.
Living together is the mainstream norm among Taoist and Taoist couples.
For cultivators, a Taoist couple is not only a husband (wife) who can accompany them throughout their lives, but also a fellow Taoist on the path of cultivation, a Taoist friend who can support each other and help them move forward, and a relative who they can trust with confidence.
Immortal cultivators use "Taoist couple" instead of "husband and wife" to refer to each other, which is an expression in itself.
To sum up, when most immortal cultivators look for a Taoist partner, the first thing they value is not how much the other person loves them, but how far they can accompany them.
Of course, not paying attention to how much the other person loves you does not mean that it is easy or casual for a cultivator to find a Taoist partner.
On the contrary, if a cultivator cannot find a partner who is compatible with his temperament, a partner who is on the same path as him, and a partner who can communicate and support each other, he would rather be alone for the rest of his life than easily find someone to become a Taoist.
Couple's.
This can be seen from the fact that the number of Taoist couples in the world of immortality is far less than the number of single monks.
Zhou Yang himself and his Taoist companion Xiao Ying do not necessarily love each other to death. At least Zhou Yang asked himself that he would not be able to risk everything for his Taoist companion Xiao Ying.
But this does not prevent them from becoming "model Taoist monks" in the eyes of other monks.
At least in the eyes of the other monks of the Zhou family, the Zhou Yang couple, who have known each other since the foundation period, supported each other and promoted each other to the Purple Mansion, and have not had a quarrel for hundreds of years, are definitely the "immortal couple" they most yearn for.
"Family Couple".
Precisely because he understood all this, Zhou Yang did not feel that he had done anything wrong in arranging a match between Zhou Guangxiang and Liu Xuanxuan.
He also believed that Zhou Guangxiang and Liu Xuanxuan were definitely the best Taoist partners he could find under the current circumstances.
Zhou Guangxiang obviously didn't expect that the first thing Zhou Yang said to him after he was promoted to the Zifu and came out to accept congratulations from everyone was this kind of thing.
"Uncle Jiu, to tell you the truth, my nephew has never considered this matter."
"Of course you are right to be worried. My nephew is indeed very old, so we should consider this aspect."
"However, although my nephew and Liu Daoyou have known each other for many years, they have never had such intentions for each other. Do you think we should get to know each other first and see if we are really suitable to be together?"
In the cave, facing Zhou Yang's gaze, Zhou Guangxiang thought about it carefully, but he still didn't agree and just said it would be the same.
There are many doorways here and there.
Zhou Yang basically said this to the girls introduced by his elders in his previous life. He knows the final outcome better than anyone else.
What's more, Liu Xuanxuan entered the Zhou family at the age of twenty-one and has been living and practicing under Zhou Guangxiang's eyes. When it comes to understanding her, Master Zhou Yang doesn't understand her as well as he does.
So what Zhou Guangxiang said now seemed like a polite rejection to Zhou Yang.
Of course he was a little unhappy about this.
But he also knew that coercion was not sweet. If Zhou Guangxiang really did not want to become a Taoist couple with Liu Xuanxuan, he could not force him to agree.
So although he was unhappy in his heart, he did not show it directly. He just smiled slightly and said: "Guangxiang, I have watched you grow up as Uncle Jiu since you were a child. Uncle Jiu has no children, so I have always treated you as my own son."
, you are the first one who thinks of any good thing, don’t you deny this?”
"Uncle Jiu, the kindness you have shown to your nephew in his upbringing is in no way inferior to the kindness of his parents!"
Zhou Guangxiang's face was solemn, and he looked at Zhou Yang with respect and gratitude and bowed.
"So we don't need to talk nonsense between us!"
Zhou Yang nodded, then his face darkened, and he said in a deep voice: "Let me ask you something, do you think Xuanxuan has poor spiritual qualifications, and will not be able to accompany you to the end on the road in the future, and will not be able to support you in your practice?"
Is there any help from above? That’s why I don’t want to waste my energy on her and delay my future path!”
After speaking, he paused again and shouted in a cold tone: "In other words, do you think she is not worthy of your status as a Taoist companion?"
He rarely spoke to Zhou Guangxiang in such a cold tone, but it was more intimidating.
After Zhou Guangxiang heard what he said, his face immediately panicked. He quickly knelt down and looked at him and defended:
"Uncle Jiu, you are serious!"
"My nephew definitely has no intention of looking down on Liu Daoyou. Liu Daoyou has such talent in weapon refining, how dare my nephew look down on her!"
"My nephew just thinks that with my nephew's cultivation and longevity, I can slowly find a suitable Taoist companion. Whether Daoyou Liu is a good match, my nephew thinks that I still need to get close to each other for a while before I can make a decision!"
Zhou Yang looked at him carefully. There was nothing strange about Zhou Guangxiang's face and eyes, so he could not tell whether his words were sincere or not.
This is normal. After all, Zhou Guangxiang is a monk in the Zifu period and has served as the head of the Zhou family for many years. If he really wants to hide his thoughts from others, it would be too easy.
So he looked at Zhou Guangxiang in silence for a while, then stretched out his hands to help him up and said: "Get up first, you are also a Zifu monk, how can you kneel down to another Zifu monk, even in front of a Jindan monk?
It’s not worth it!”
Zhou Guangxiang stood up and looked at him with sincere admiration on his face and said: "Uncle Jiu, you are the elder that my nephew admires and respects the most. My nephew doesn't feel ashamed at all to kneel to you. My nephew is here in the boundless sand."
In the Haixiu Immortal Realm, you will only be the one to kneel down!"
Zhou Yang felt comfortable listening to these words, and he also knew that Zhou Guangxiang's words must not be false at all. He still had this confidence.
He looked at Zhou Guangxiang, and after hesitating for a moment, he decided to try again.
"Listen to me one more thing. If you still insist on your opinion after listening to this matter, then Uncle Jiu will certainly respect your opinion."
Zhou Yang said in his mouth, but his lips moved slightly, and he chose to tell Zhou Guangxiang his plan through spiritual sound transmission.
It can be seen that as Zhou Yang talks, Zhou Guangxiang's face keeps changing, sometimes surprised and angry, sometimes heartbroken, sometimes sighing, sometimes nodding slightly...
"That's the way it is. If you don't do it, someone else will have to do it."
"But once someone else does this, you also know how many troubles there will be. At least Guangqing and Tongyao will definitely have grudges against each other for this matter, and you don't know how many things will happen in the future! "
"So don't blame Uncle Ninth for forcing you. In fact, for this matter, someone must come out and make some sacrifices for the family!"
"Apart from Uncle Jiu himself, the best candidate for this person is you."
"Uncle Ninth will not really force you to do this, but if you don't do it, Uncle Ninth will not do it, so think about it yourself. There are still at least three years for you to think about it."
After Zhou Yang frankly explained his plan to Zhou Guangxiang, he turned around and walked out of the cave directly back to his Qianyang Cave without looking at Zhou Guangxiang's complicated expression.
He has already talked about the matter, and if Zhou Guangxiang is still unwilling, there is nothing he can do.
There are still three years left. In three years, he will take action against Xijiaozhou. From now on, he will have to worry about this matter all the time. He really has no time to care about Zhou Guangxiang.
Two years later, a loud eagle cry suddenly rose from the top of Chihu Mountain.
As the eagle cry sounded, a golden eagle with a wingspan of nearly twenty feet suddenly rose into the sky from Chihu Mountain. Then, with a flash of golden lightning, it instantly appeared in the sky more than ten miles away. .
After being promoted to a fourth-level monster, the Golden-winged Thunder Eagle finally awakened and mastered his clan's special skill "Thunder Escape".
Even if Zhou Yang, who has also been promoted to the sixth level of the Purple Mansion, takes action against the golden-winged thunder eagle with the "Thunder Escape Technique", he cannot easily kill it.
At this time, the Golden-winged Thunder Eagle truly transformed from a traveling mount into a battle pet that could help its master in combat.
"It's almost time. It's time to call that old ghost Xu Song back. I don't know if he has gained anything from studying the teleportation array!"
On Chihu Mountain, Zhou Yang looked at the golden eagle soaring in the sky with a look of great anticipation on his face.
He started planning this matter decades ago, and after decades of waiting and preparation, now it was finally time to see the real deal, how could he remain indifferent.
Immediately, after explaining to Taoist companion Xiao Ying, Zhou Yang rode the golden-winged thunder eagle to the underground ruins where Zhou Yuanyao's mother and daughter were originally discovered.
After being promoted to the fourth level monster, the golden-winged thunder eagle can already fly faster than Zhou Yang's "Huan Yunzhou". It can fly seven to eighty thousand miles in a day and night, and can continue to fly for days and nights without landing.
If he had not possessed such an enviable talent, Zhong Chuming of the Beast Control Sect, as a Golden Core monk, would not have ignored his status and would rather destroy his own sign to snatch this spiritual pet.
Zhou Yang rode such a mount and flew for less than three days before arriving at the underground ruins located deep in the vast sand sea.
However, what he didn't expect was that as soon as he put away the golden-winged thunder eagle and escaped underground to the outside of the ruins, a ray of white light suddenly shot towards him.
Before he could think about it, he immediately shouted loudly, waved his sleeves and released an khaki shield in front of him.
clang!
A loud sound like a bell was heard, and Zhou Yang was directly blown away with his shield, and he was smashed into the stone wall behind him.
If he hadn't practiced the "Blue Dragon Body Refining Technique" and his body was no longer as hard as an ordinary fourth-level low-grade monster, he would have had to break a few bones this time.
At this time, he could clearly see what the thing that knocked him away was.
Where he was originally, a white skeleton with pale golden runes branded all over its body was standing with its claws drawn back, its hollow eyes looking straight at him, and Xu Song's proud voice came out as his upper and lower jaws opened and closed.
"Gaga ga ga, how do you feel, kid? Are you satisfied with the strength of this bone clone of me?"