Chapter 554: The predator who jumped out of the pond!
The data revealed by Zhou Guangxiang surprised Zhou Yang.
He also didn't expect that just fifty-five years later, so many members of the Zhou family would fail to meet the assessment requirements.
Although he also knew that this data included the conditions of several generations of clan members in the past fifty-five years, and some of the clan members had even exhausted their life span and passed away.
But even so, the problem is still somewhat serious.
You must know that the current number of surviving members of the Zhou family in the genealogy is only over 1,800!
"With so many people failing the assessment, there must be a lot of resentment within the clan, right? Have you never thought about lowering the assessment requirements or extending the assessment years?"
Zhou Yang looked at Zhou Guangxiang and asked, with an expression on his face that showed nothing.
"Of course there is resentment, but my nephew feels that it is not to the point where it cannot be implemented. Uncle Jiu may not know that many members of our Zhou family have learned a rudimentary skill. Even if they fail the assessment, they will not be able to get it.
From the welfare offerings provided by the family, one can also receive remuneration by cultivating the family's land and taking care of orchards, medicine gardens, and animal gardens. My nephew also asked the family to give priority to them in this regard."
"Furthermore, I have poured out a lot of Foundation Establishment Pills over the years, and I have seen other monks who have worked hard and passed the assessment to obtain Foundation Establishment Pills. Those juniors with real potential have corrected their mentality and put most of their thoughts on
It’s about cultivation.”
"As long as these juniors work hard to practice, and with the help of the abundant resources that the family can provide now, it will not be difficult for them to pass the examination. And aren't these people what we really need to grow the family?"
Zhou Guangxiang explained to Zhou Yang calmly, and the meaning in his words obviously denied the idea of lowering the difficulty of the assessment and extending the assessment time.
Seeing this, Zhou Yang nodded slightly and said, "Okay, you are the patriarch of the family. Since you think it's okay, Uncle Jiu will have no problem with me."
Zhou Guangxiang breathed a sigh of relief and quickly bowed his hands and said, "Thank you, Uncle Jiu, for understanding."
"Uncle Ninth, I don't want to get too involved in family matters, but there are some things that I need to let you know about next."
Zhou Yang looked at his nephew in front of him and slowly told him that he would open a cave for cultivation in Liuyunzhou's immortal world in the future.
He has already made a decision on this matter and will not change it.
But the Zhou family must let them know, at least the higher-ups like Zhou Guangxiang must know.
After he finished talking about this important matter, he continued: "In addition, in a year or two, Uncle Jiu will go to the far west to cultivate immortality. Then let Guangxiang go with me. She has already
I haven’t seen the Taoist monks and children I left there for decades!”
"Also, I bought three copies of [Purple Heart Chalcedony] for the family this time. I won't ask Uncle Ninth how to distribute them. You can set a standard yourself."
"After I come back from the Far West, I will officially go to the Immortal Realm of Liuyun Continent to practice. At that time, you will arrange for a few capable family monks to accompany me there to serve the mission, and prepare two million low-grade souls for me.
Stone and a batch of fine third-level magic weapons and spiritual talismans. Put these things together with the picked [Condensing Yuan Fruit], and I will take them away together when the time comes!"
Zhou Guangxiang finally could no longer maintain his composure.
He looked at Zhou Yang in astonishment and confused, wondering why Uncle Ninth didn't want this home after he only went out for this one time!
"Nine, Uncle Nine, are you giving up on the family?"
He looked at Zhou Yang and asked with trembling lips, his voice choked up.
At this moment, he seemed to have become the young man who wanted to rely on his elders for help in everything, because after suddenly hearing that his elders were abandoning him and leaving, he felt hesitant in his heart.
"What nonsense are you talking about? Uncle Jiu, I have paid so much for this family, how can I give up on the family?"
"You, you, although you have a flexible and smart mind, you can still see that your vision is a bit short after all. Your vision is limited to this small boundless sand sea and the world of immortality, and you cannot see the broader world outside!"
"Don't even think about it. If Uncle Jiu and I were always like you, cultivating immortality in this boundless sea of sand without going out, how could I have achieved the level of cultivation I have today? If Uncle Jiu and I had been cultivating here, how could I have been allowed to do so?
The Zhou family walked out of the sand sea and accomplished the goal that the previous overlords of the boundless sand sea and the immortal world could not accomplish?"
"Compared to the entire [Linghuan Realm], this boundless sea of sand cultivation world is just a small pond. It can only allow small fish and shrimps below the Golden Core stage to live here. Big people like Uncle Jiu and I have jumped out of the small pond.
Crocodiles, only by fighting dragons in the rivers, lakes and seas outside can you continue to grow, and can you small fish and shrimps have the opportunity to jump out of the small pond and transform into a giant crocodile!"
"One day some of you little fishes and shrimps will turn into giant crocodiles and be able to protect this small pond. Then Uncle Jiu and I will be able to travel around the world with peace of mind!"
Zhou Yang scolded his nephew as if he hated iron, which made Zhou Guangxiang look ashamed and speechless.
He was really panicking just now, thinking that now that Zhou Yang is no longer in charge of the family, the Zhou family has lost a pillar that supports the sky.
But they have forgotten that Zhou Yang has actually been away from the family for much longer than he has been in the family over the years, and the family has not had any problems because of this.
At this time, after being scolded and explained by Zhou Yang, he suddenly understood.
"Uncle Jiu, what you are trying to teach me is that it was my nephew who was wrong. My nephew should not doubt you, Uncle Jiu. My nephew is short-sighted and short-sighted. He should be scolded!"
With a face full of shame, he quickly lowered his head and admitted his mistake, wishing he could slap himself in the mouth.
Zhou Yang is right, his knowledge is indeed a bit short-sighted, and he is limited to this small boundless sea of sand cultivation world.
Even though Zhou Yang and Zhou Guangxiang had talked to him about the situation in the outside world after they came back in the past, listening to people talk about it like stories was always not as impressive as going out to broaden their horizons and experience it themselves, which was so impressive and unforgettable.
This is why the Huangsha Sect has a tradition of sending out monks from the Zifu period in turns to travel to the Immortal World of Liuyun Continent, in order to prevent those in power in the sect from having their knowledge and vision restricted by the small pond of the Boundless Sand Sea.
Confined to this small pond all my life.
Knowing shame leads to courage. After Zhou Guangxiang thought about this, he immediately saluted Zhou Yang solemnly and said: "Uncle Jiu, my nephew has a request. This time you are going to the far west to cultivate the immortal world, can you take your nephew with you?
?My nephew also wants to meet my brother-in-law and my nephews and nieces, so as to broaden my horizons and knowledge, so as to avoid making such mistakes in the future!"
"Even if you don't mention this, Uncle Jiu, I will tell you about it. It's rare that you take the initiative to bring it up. It seems that you really realize your shortcomings. This is good, very good!"
Zhou Yang nodded slightly, feeling very pleased with Zhou Guangxiang's request.
He has always been very demanding. If Zhou Guangxiang is still unwilling to leave the family to "further study" after what happened this time, he will really have to consider changing the patriarch in advance.
The patriarch of the Zhou family may not be the best in cultivation, but his vision must be superior to others, beyond the limitations of the boundless sea of sand cultivation world.
In this way, we can give the next generation of outstanding clan members in the Zhou family a seed that can leap out of the pond from an early age.
Only in this way can we be consistent with the thoughts of his family ancestor and carry out corresponding reforms in the family in accordance with his thoughts.
In fact, it is not just Zhou Guangxiang, because this trip to the far west should not be dangerous, and the time will not be too long. Zhou Yang has decided to take most of the Zhou family's current foundation-building monks there to broaden their horizons.
This is a good opportunity for further study. Those monks in the foundation building period have seen the prosperity of the outside world, and will have more motivation to practice after returning to the family. At that time, combined with the excitement of the three copies of "Purple Heart Chalcedony" he brought back,
The effect will definitely be twice as good.
Even Zhou Yang has already thought about it. Each of the monks in the foundation-building period who went out this time will write a travelogue and put it in the family school, so that the younger generations of the family can read and study it from an early age.
There are also language training classes to be opened at the same time, so that Zhou Tongxuan can wait for monks who have been to the outside world of immortality, and regularly teach some outstanding Zhou family disciples to learn the accent of the outside world, so that they can better hide their true identity after they go out.
The Zhou family must step out of the boundless sand sea to cultivate immortality in the future, but before that, the children of the Zhou family need to have a clear understanding of the situation in the outside world of immortality.
If a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools.
Education cannot be accomplished overnight, so it must be planned in advance.
The news that Zhou Yang returned to the Immortal Cultivation World of the Boundless Sand Sea spread quickly. Not long after hearing the news, Xu Jinyao, the new head of the Huangsha Sect, rushed to Lingxi Peak in person to pay him a visit.
Xu Jinyao took over as the head of Huangsha Sect more than 40 years ago. As for the original head of Huangsha Sect, Yang Wenxiong, he passed away more than 30 years ago.
Speaking of which, Yang Wenxiong, the head of the Huangsha Clan, is quite qualified. At least during his period of power, the Huangsha Clan has not experienced any major turbulence. The energy that was lost in previous turmoils is also slowly recovering.
By the time Xu Jinyao took over as the leader, although there were still no Golden Core monks in Huangshamen, the number of Zifu monks had returned to five, and there were more than 200 Foundation-building monks.
In terms of cultivation, Xu Jinyao's cultivation in the fifth floor of Zifu was not the highest in Huangshamen, but Yang Wenxiong passed the position of head to him because of his brains and youth.
As a monk who was trained during the period when Yang Wenxiong came to power, Xu Jinyao is very young. He is only over 260 years old now. Based on this calculation, even if his cultivation level stops at the Zifu stage in the future, he can still lead Huang Shamen for more than 200 years.
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For the current Huangsha Sect, internal stability is more important than anything else. A leader who can stay in power for a long time will be more likely to convince the disciples of the sect.
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On Lingxi Peak, as soon as Xu Jinyao saw Zhou Yang, he took the initiative to pay homage as a junior. He behaved very humbly and was not at all arrogant because of his status as the head of the Huangsha Sect.
This alone made Zhou Yang feel very comfortable.
In terms of cultivation, he is a fourth-level Jindan monk. In terms of age, he is nearly a hundred years older than Xu Jinyao.
Under this situation, if Xu Jinyao still maintains his identity as the leader of Huangsha Sect and plays some tricks in front of him, he will not be happy.
"Hey! I didn't expect that Zhou just traveled for decades and lost a few old friends when he came back. It's a pity that Head Yang is a generation of heroes!"
Zhou Yang looked at the respectful Xu Jinyao in front of him, but he was not in a hurry to ask him the reason for his visit. Instead, he let out a long sigh and remembered Yang Wenxiong, his deceased friend.
Not counting the monks within the Zhou family, there were only a few monks outside the Zhou family that he could call old friends.
But now, both Yang Wenxiong and Chen Pingan of the Chen family have passed away.
The remaining Nie family member, Nie Qiufeng, is also not far from the end of his lifespan and will not be able to survive much longer.
Although the rest of the Zifu monks who had been promoted in the past two hundred years had some exchanges with him, they were just ordinary interpersonal contacts, without establishing any deep friendship, and they could not be considered old friends.
Xu Jinyao was not sure what Zhou Yang meant, so he could only follow his words and said: "Uncle Yang passed away very peacefully. Before he left, he told the juniors that there were not many people he admired in his life, but you, Senior Zhou,
The most powerful one among them, and told the younger generation to learn from Senior Zhou and take you as an example."
Regarding these words, Zhou Yang just smiled faintly and did not take them seriously.
He didn't want to make an excuse with Xu Jinyao in this regard, and said bluntly: "Fellow Daoist Xu, you should tell me why you came to see Zhou, but is there anything you need Zhou's help with?"
Xu Jinyao felt a little embarrassed when he heard what he said.
His mouth moved, and after a while, he finally said: "I don't dare to deceive my senior. This junior comes here because I really want to ask for something."
What Xu Jinyao asked for was nothing new. It was a reminder, or rather an urging for Zhou Yang to fulfill his original agreement with Cao Wenjin and find a "Jade Liquid Golden Elixir" for Huang Shamen.
At the beginning, Cao Wenjin gave Zhou Yang a copy of the "Purple Heart Chalcedony" originally prepared for his daughter, and made an agreement with him that when Zhou Yang reaches the golden elixir stage, he will find it for Huang Shamen at a half-price discount.
A portion of "Jade Liquid Golden Elixir".
Now, more than two hundred years have passed since the original agreement was made, and Zhou Yang has indeed formed the golden elixir as Cao Wenjin expected.
So Xu Jinyao, the new head of Huangshamen, began to worry about this matter.
Because it was something he had promised at the beginning, Zhou Yang couldn't refuse Xu Jinyao's request.
However, the treasure "Jade Liquid Golden Elixir" was too rare, and he did not dare to guarantee that he would be able to get it within a certain time limit. He could only give Xu Jinyao a vague promise, saying that he would abide by the agreement and handle this matter well.
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Fortunately, Xu Jinyao was sensible enough and did not push too hard. He had a good attitude and just asked him to help and pay more attention, and left him an advance payment of 600,000 low-grade spiritual stones.
Zhou Yang knew that if he did not accept the advance payment, it would make Xu Jinyao feel that he did not take the matter to heart, so he readily accepted it on the spot.
Sure enough, seeing him so willing to hand over the spirit stones, Xu Jinyao finally showed a look of relief on his face, and then he took the opportunity to ask him for advice on some problems encountered in cultivation, and then took the initiative to say goodbye and leave.
"Yang Wenxiong has chosen a good successor. This Xu Jinyao may not be able to restore Huangshamen to its former glory, but there should be no problem in maintaining the foundation of Huangshamen."
In the cave, Zhou Yang looked at Xu Jinyao's leaving figure, made a silent judgment, and then stopped paying attention to this person.
The height he was at made it difficult for him to focus his limited energy on these outsiders who could not pose a threat to him.
Xu Jinyao may be good, but even if he succeeds in forming the elixir, Zhou Yang is 100% sure that he can easily defeat him. How can such a person be worthy of his extra energy and attention?
It didn't take long for Zhou Guangxiang to arrange the affairs within the family, and then rushed to Lingxi Peak to join Zhou Yang with seventeen Zhou family's foundation-building monks.
Zhou Guangxiang's brother and sister will both go to the Far West this time. Lu Xuewei, who has just returned from the immortal world of Liuyun Continent, will temporarily guard the family for them. Three foundation-building monks including Zhou Tongxuan will also stay in the family this time.
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Zhou Yang even placed the golden-winged thunder eagle, which had been promoted to a fourth-level mid-level monster, on Lingxi Peak so that Lu Xuewei could ride on it and fend off possible enemies.
After everything was ready, Zhou Yang led a group of juniors to the underground ruins, placed the head-sized "Xuan Jing Stone" on the altar teleportation array, and took out thirty-six high-grade spiritual stone plugs.
Entered into the spiritual stone groove.
It is also because he is now very wealthy and has accumulated more than one hundred high-grade spiritual stones. Otherwise, he would really be reluctant to use this teleportation array.
Because of the experience from the last time, no monks with low cultivation level were brought along during the teleportation. Naturally, there were no casualties after the teleportation.
A safe way out of the "Demon Falling Valley" had already been explored, and Zhou Yang quickly led a group of juniors out of the "Devil Falling Valley".
Then, he summoned the ghost servant Xu Song who had been suppressed in the "Yunshen Card".
"Fellow Daoist Xu, from now on you will practice in this [Demon Falling Valley] and help Zhou guard the teleportation array. Well, if the younger generations of the Zhou family in Cangyuan Immortal City ask you for help, you can also help as appropriate.
They are there, but the most important thing is to guard the teleportation array!"
Outside the "Falling Demon Valley", Zhou Yang looked at the ghost cultivator in front of him who had followed him for more than two hundred years. After being silent for a while, he revealed his arrangements for him.
With his current level of cultivation, Xu Song's strength can no longer be of much help to him, and the formation inheritance and weapon refining inheritance that Xu Song has mastered have already been squeezed out by him.
But after all, he is a nostalgic person and cannot do that kind of thing of burning bridges across rivers, so before coming to the far west this time, he made a decision to give Xu Song a certain degree of "freedom" and let him "fall"
"Demon Valley" is a place suitable for ghosts and demons to spend the rest of their lives and help him guard the teleportation array.
Xu Song did not expect that Zhou Yang, who had not let himself out for a long time, would give himself such a big surprise as soon as he let himself out.
"Xu really did not misjudge the person. Zhou Daoyou is indeed a kind person!"
"Thank you, Xu. I won't say much more. Please rest assured, fellow Taoist Zhou, that as long as Xu lives one day, no one will pass through the teleportation array here, threatening fellow Taoist's family in the world of immortal cultivation in the boundless sand sea!"
He looked at Zhou Yang with surprise in his eyes. After being silent for a while, he bowed to Zhou Yang and solemnly made his promise.
Seeing this, Zhou Yang nodded with satisfaction and said: "With these words of Fellow Daoist Xu, Zhou can be completely relieved. Please rest assured, Fellow Daoist Xu. As long as Zhou really discovers a way to the Netherworld in the future, he will definitely come and inform you."
Fellow Taoist, take fellow Taoist over there."
When Xu Song took refuge in him, his only request was that if he found a passage leading to the "Netherworld" in the future, he would let him enter the Netherworld.
Zhou Yang mentioning this matter again now also shows that he has always remembered this matter to reassure his mind.
When Xu Song heard what he said, he nodded heavily and said, "Xu will always wait for that day to come!"
After making arrangements for Xu Song, Zhou Yang flew to Cangyuan Immortal City with a group of Zhou family descendants.
Arriving thousands of miles away from Cangyuan Immortal City, Zhou Yang released the monks from the Zhou family, and then temporarily lent the mask given by Lu Xuanji to Zhou Guangxiang to hide his face. After that, Zhou Guangxiang took Zhou Guangxiang and others
Head to Cangyuan Immortal City.
But he himself quietly arrived outside the Lingshan Mountain of the Zhou family outside the city, and sent a message Feijian to Zhou Tongyue, the head of the Zhou family branch here, and Li Hong, the elder, asking them to come out to meet him.
After receiving Zhou Yang's message about Feijian, Zhou Tongyue and Li Hong were surprised and happy.
In the past few decades, except for the fact that Zhou Yang sent them some treasures when he returned to the Immortal Realm of the Boundless Sand Sea through the Far West, they had no contact with the Zhou family, so that the two of them sometimes tolerated each other.
I couldn't help but wonder if Zhou Yang had given up on them.
And because Zhou Yang is still wanted by the entire "Backlight Alliance", they don't even dare to mention the existence of this family ancestor to the younger monks of the Zhou family here, for fear that if the secret is revealed, the family will be wiped out.
And in these years, because the Zhou family in Cangyuan Immortal City has been expanding at an unusual rate, many surrounding forces have begun to investigate their origins and try to find out the reasons for their rise.
This kind of investigation has made them nervous for a long time, for fear that someone would find out the true origin of the Zhou family.
Fortunately, when those forces began to investigate, the initial batch of monks from the Zhou family who came to the far west with Zhou Yang were all dead. The few monks who knew the true origin of the Zhou family followed Li Hong's suggestion and moved.
After entering Cangyuan Immortal City to live, it is easy not to go out.
This makes it impossible for those investigators to find out any deeper information even if they find out that there are some problems with the origins fabricated by the Zhou family.
But even so, this matter has always been a big stone in the hearts of Zhou Tongyue and Li Hong, which made them dare not make any negligence and slack off, and they were under great pressure.
Under such circumstances, now that they have finally received a flying sword message from Zhou Yang, the ancestor of the Zhou family, how can they not be extremely surprised?
Immediately, neither of them dared to leak any information. They each quickly found excuses and quietly slipped out of the family's spiritual mountain. According to the information left in Zhou Yang Feijian's message, they met in a wild and dense forest that they had not seen for many years.