When Zhou Yang heard the news about Lu Xuanji's passing away from Zhen Qingyang's mouth, he was both surprised and not surprised at the same time.
When he was in the "Qiongtian Wonderland", Lu Xuanji said that his lifespan was less than a hundred years. Later, when he went to the far west with him, Zhou Yang could clearly see that his body had begun to decline.
To be honest, given Lu Xuanji's situation at the time, it was surprising to him that he could delay his death until now.
"Senior Brother Lu has been busy with two things these years. One is to seal the space cracks in the [Death Sand Sea], and the other is to reopen the passage to the [Sky Sky Wonderland]."
"Before he passed away, the first thing he did was to finish the space crack there. It was covered by a sixth-level formation. The demonic energy that escaped would also be purified by the formation. As long as the formation does not
Damn it, nothing will happen for thousands of years."
"He didn't have time to finish the second thing, so he couldn't bear it and passed away early. The old Taoist retreated this time because he had to concentrate on refining the few magic weapons he left behind."
Because he knew that Zhou Yang and Lu Xuanji also had a good relationship, and Zhou Yang was personally involved in these two incidents, Master Qingyang did not hide anything from him, and just compared what Lu Xuanji had been doing these years with him.
An explanation was given.
Zhou Yang also understood why he hadn't heard any news about this old man in recent years.
But these things have little to do with what he wanted to know this time.
So after listening to Master Qingyang's words, he first lowered his head and paid silent tribute for half a quarter of an hour to this old man who had been so kind to him.
Then he raised his head, looked at Master Qingyang with a puzzled look on his face and asked: "The news of Senior Lu's death in the body should still be a secret, right? How come the [Six Paths Alliance] knew this secret so quickly and couldn't wait to do so?"
Want to start a war!"
"Senior Brother Lu has lived for more than three thousand years. The life experiences of a being like him have been unearthed by big forces like the [Six Paths Alliance] long after the success of the birth of a baby. Based on this calculation based on his years of practice,
It is not difficult to deduce the end of his lifespan."
"However, Senior Brother Lu had taken the life-extending treasure, and the [Six Paths Alliance] could only roughly deduce that he would pass away in this period of time. It was not clear whether he had already passed away, so they tried to test it everywhere.
Get to the bottom of it.”
"What you did in Chong Xuan Mountain was good. I think you suppressed them for the time being, preventing them from starting a real war easily, and bought you and us more time."
"But the disadvantages of this are also obvious. After the news of Senior Brother Lu's death cannot be blocked, Chongxuan Mountain will definitely become their main point of attack. By then, the pressure on your side will be great!"
Master Qingyang answered Zhou Yang's question with a calm face and in a low voice, analyzing and answering the situation for him.
After hearing what he said, Zhou Yang's expression suddenly changed, and he felt confused.
Listening to the meaning of Master Qingyang's words, war seems to be inevitable, and Chongxuan Mountain where he is located will become the main battlefield on the front line.
This is really not good news!
After being silent for a while with his face changing like this, he finally regained his composure, looked at Master Qingyang solemnly and asked: "This junior still has one thing that I don't understand. Even if the [Six Paths Alliance] wants to test whether Senior Lu is still alive, it shouldn't be tested."
Are you a monk from the Xuanyang Immortal Sect? Why did you choose Chongxuan Mountain as the testing location? It is nominally the territory of the Yuqing Dao Sect!"
Unexpectedly, after Master Qingyang heard what he said, he immediately said without hesitation: "The Xuanyang and Yuqing factions are united. With the news of Senior Brother Lu's death, we can unite the sect."
The elders of the Jindan stage are hiding it, but they cannot hide it from the Taoist brothers of the Yuqing Taoist Sect, otherwise the two factions will have bad feelings."
"And your pseudonym [Qingyun Sanren] has a close relationship with Taoist Brother Yulong of Yuqing Taoist Sect. By putting pressure on you, he asked you to ask for help from Taoist Brother Yulong, and then based on your countermeasures to verify Senior Brother Lu.
It is not a strange thing to pass away after sitting down."
This explanation makes sense.
Zhou Yang nodded slightly and accepted what Master Qingyang said.
Then he frowned again, looked at Master Qingyang with a sad face and asked: "As Senior Qingyang said, if war is inevitable, should we defend Chongxuan Mountain? If we must defend it, it will only be with the strength of this junior alone.
It’s definitely impossible to keep it; if not, what will the younger generation do?”
"Of course Chongxuan Mountain must be defended!"
"If the [Six Paths Alliance] really launches a war, they will definitely not be satisfied with a mere Chongxuan Mountain. How can we easily let them get a fifth-level high-grade Lingshan Mountain for nothing?"
"Don't worry, Senior Brother Lu has already made arrangements for his death before he passed away. If we really want to fight, we [Xuanqing Dao Alliance] may not be afraid of them [Six Paths Alliance]."
"However, the news of Senior Brother Lu's death has not been leaked yet. We cannot rush to give you reinforcements, otherwise it will make the [Six Paths Alliance] aware of the truth through this matter."
"But don't worry, as long as it is confirmed that the [Six Paths Alliance] has officially launched a war, our reinforcements will immediately go to Chongxuan Mountain to assist you, and we will never let you fight alone!"
Master Qingyang looked at Zhou Yang solemnly, and gave him a firm answer in a firm and powerful tone.
This guarantee made Zhou Yang's complexion soften, and his face finally looked much better.
He didn't want to give up the treasure land of Chongxuan Mountain unless it was absolutely necessary.
After all, a fifth-level high-grade spiritual mountain cannot be easily obtained anywhere.
Even for a top sect like Xuanyang Immortal Sect, there are not many golden elixir stage elders in the sect who can single-handedly control such a fifth-level high-grade spiritual mountain.
"With senior's words, junior will understand what to do."
He bowed his hands slightly, officially expressing his attitude.
Seeing this, Master Qingyang couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction and said: "Very good, just stay there with confidence and boldness. With your cultivation strength, even if a large-scale war breaks out, there will be no worries about your life.
On the contrary, if you can establish meritorious service in the war, it will be of great benefit to both your future cultivation and the Zhou family from which you are born!"
Zhou Yang understood what Master Qingyang meant.
For the powerful and powerful, war is the fastest way to accumulate wealth and heritage.
Once a war begins, the "Xuanqing Taoist Alliance" will definitely implement a wartime meritorious service reward system. Those who have made meritorious deeds can use their actual military exploits to exchange for various treasures from the Taoist Alliance, including many that would not be easily given to others.
Exchanged treasures.
Moreover, the trophies gained from killing enemies in war are also a huge gain.
You must know that in normal times, there are Nascent Soul Stage monks who are intimidating, but few people dare to easily kill the Golden Core Stage monks of the sect.
But in the war, even if the Jindan elder of Xuanyang Immortal Sect was killed by the enemy, no Nascent Soul monk would come to avenge him.
Zhou Yang is undoubtedly the kind of person who has strength.
However, he did not respond to Master Qingyang's words. He just changed the topic and said respectfully: "Junior has something else to ask Senior Qingyang, and I would like Senior to clear up my doubts."
"What's up?"
Master Qingyang looked at him and saw that he raised his hand, took out a jade box and opened it, revealing a coquettish blood-red lotus pod inside.
"After receiving the message from my senior years ago, I went to the wild jungle and happened to encounter the mature vision of the [Demon Blood Ancient Lotus]."
"The lotus seeds in this lotus pod are the result of my junior putting the corpses of a fifth-level mid-level beast and two fifth-level mid-level monster beasts into the blood pool to nourish the blooming [Ancient Demon Blood Lotus]."
"Now the petals of the [Demon Blood Ancient Lotus] have been swallowed up by the golden-winged thunder eagle spiritual pet of this junior, but this junior does not know what role this lotus seed has. I just intuitively feel that it should not only be useful to monsters.
"
Zhou Yang held the lotus pod in his hand and slowly explained the origin of this spiritual object.
He didn't talk about the colorful peacock swallowing two lotus seeds and being promoted to the fifth level, because that was not helpful to what he wanted to know.
[Ancient Demon Blood Lotus] is very useful against monsters. He has known this for a long time. He knows that its lotus seeds must have the same effect without asking anyone.
After listening to what he said, Master Qingyang looked at him with strange eyes, and sighed with emotion on his face: "You are so lucky, you have such good things happen to you!"
Then, without waiting for Zhou Yang to ask any more questions, he already explained the functions of lotus seeds.
"The petals of [Demon Blood Ancient Lotus] can promote the advancement of demon beasts. Many people know this, but very few people know about the role of lotus seeds. Our Xuanyang Immortal Sect also happened to have an ancestor thousands of years ago.
Just like you, I encountered the blooming of the blood lotus, and saw the appearance of lotus seeds by chance. After searching through various ancient books and consulting many senior experts in the world of immortality, I finally understood the role of lotus seeds."
"These lotus seeds are still a great tonic for monsters that can improve their cultivation."
"For us immortal cultivators, this lotus seed is a natural spiritual substance that restores essence and blood. With your cultivation in the golden elixir stage, even if you lose more than half of your essence and blood, you can still recover intact by taking one lotus seed.
"
"But the biggest role of this lotus seed is to serve as the main medicine of a sixth-level elixir [Blood Lotus Reincarnation Pill]!"
"[Blood Lotus Reincarnation Pill] is a sixth-level mid-grade spiritual elixir. Its function is to help monks in the Nascent Soul stage who have lost their physical bodies to re-consolidate their physical bodies without having to do things that are against the right path such as taking their bodies."
"Since the [Blood Lotus Reincarnation Pill] uses the essence, blood, flesh and blood of the Yuanying Stage monks as auxiliary materials when refining it, the body condensed by it will be no different from the original body of the Yuanying Stage monks and will not appear any
The rejection will have almost no negative impact on future practice!"
"It's a pity, it's a pity that this [Blood Lotus Reincarnation Pill] recipe is extremely rare. Our Xuanyang Immortal Sect searched all over Liuyun Continent's immortal world but could not find this recipe. Later, more than five thousand years ago, a sect member
When my senior traveled to the world of immortal cultivation in Donghua Continent, he accidentally learned that this ancient recipe existed in the Changsheng Palace, the top sect in the world of immortality in Donghua Continent that is most proficient in alchemy."
"The status of the Palace of Eternal Life in the world of immortality cultivation in Donghua Continent is similar to that of Xuanyang Immortal Sect in the world of immortality cultivation in Liuyun Continent. Even though our senior came to the door with a heavy treasure after learning the news and asked for the exchange of this ancient prescription, he was also
The other party refused directly."
"The above is all the veteran knows about the effects of the [Demon Blood Ancient Lotus] lotus seeds."
After Master Qingyang finished speaking, his mouth moved, as if he wanted to say something more, but in the end he held back and did not say anything.
It's just that Zhou Yang is not blind, how could he not see such an obvious situation.
Dang even took a deep breath to suppress the surprise in his heart, and took the initiative to speak: "Senior Qingyang, if you have anything to say, just say it directly. I am willing to listen attentively."
Upon hearing this, Master Qingyang just pondered for a moment, then smiled and shook his head and said: "Actually, there is nothing bad to say. The old Taoist wants to ask you for two lotus seeds, and see if you can invite fellow Taoists from the Eternal Life Palace in the future.
Let’s help refine a furnace of [Blood Lotus Reincarnation Pill] in case of emergency!”
When Zhou Yang heard this, he immediately responded: "It's easy to talk about this. The juniors around me don't have much use for this thing. It's rare that the seniors are willing to talk about it. The juniors are willing to dedicate the remaining one-third of the lotus seeds to the seniors!"
"
After saying that, he stretched out his hand on the lotus pod, and five purple-red lotus seeds were shaken out by him with a force of skill and flew towards Master Qingyang.
Raising his hand to catch the five flying lotus seeds, Master Qingyang looked at Zhou Yang with a flash of eyes. He shook his head first, then nodded, and sighed helplessly: "Tell me, do you want to use these?"
What should I exchange for the lotus seeds? The old Taoist has told you in advance that although these lotus seeds are precious, they are not actually necessary for our existence. If your request is too difficult to fulfill, the old Taoist can only say that he can't help you!"
A senior master like him would certainly not take advantage of a junior like Zhou Yang in vain. If he accepted the lotus seeds, he would definitely get some benefits in return.
If it were just two lotus seeds, the benefits he had originally prepared would be just about right, but if there were five lotus seeds, he would be a little out of stock.
This is also the reason why he shook his head just now.
"Senior, don't worry, what the junior wants is actually very simple, and it will never be difficult for the senior!"
Zhou Yang grinned and said his request.
There were three things he asked for. One was that Master Qingyang would give him a jade talisman of "Xuanyang Zixiao Divine Thunder" for self-defense;
The second is to wait until the colorful peacock and the golden-winged thunder eagle are promoted to fifth-level monsters, and ask them to help these two spiritual birds refine their horizontal bones so that they can speak human words and communicate with people;
The third is to ask him to help find a master of weapon refining in Xuanyang Immortal Sect to help him refine the [Flame Star Stone] into a fifth-level pill furnace, and then help him make the ten pieces given by Lu Xuanji.
The sixth-level dragon scales and other materials were refined into a fifth-level high-quality defensive weapon.
These three things are indeed not difficult for Master Qingyang.
The "Xuan Yang Zi Xiao Divine Thunder" jade talisman was originally the treasure he planned to use to exchange two lotus seeds with Zhou Yang, and helping the fifth-level spiritual bird to refine the horizontal bone was not an easy task. He was fully capable.
Do it.
As for the third thing, with the extra three lotus seeds in hand, he only needs to use two lotus seeds in exchange to find a Nascent Soul stage weapon refining master to help Zhou Yang do it, and he can also give him a favor.
Earn a lotus seed for nothing.
Therefore, after hearing Zhou Yang's request, his expression immediately softened and he immediately nodded in agreement.
Therefore, Zhou Yang immediately took out the [Flaming Star Stone], the sixth-order dragon scales, [Fire Yang Divine Iron] and other items and handed them to Master Qingyang, and then took the "Xuanyang Purple Sky Divine Thunder" given by Master Qingyang.
Jade Talisman quietly left "Qingyang Cave" and returned to Xianyang City.
After arriving at Xianyang City, Zhou Yang first went to Xuanyang Pavilion and asked Sun Zhengbin, the chief storekeeper of Xuanyang Pavilion, about the acquisition of "Yunxicao".
The result made him very satisfied. After raising the price to 4,000 low-grade spiritual stones per plant, only two or three years later, Xuanyang Pavilion had already received nineteen "Cloud Breathing Grass" plants.
If this rate continues, plus the inventory of "Cloud Breathing Grass" he already has in his hand, the amount of "Cloud Breathing Grass" he has acquired in at most twenty to thirty years will be enough for him to use the "Hidden Dragon's Tribulation Avoidance Technique".
It is necessary to practice the door supernatural power to reach the realm of Xiaocheng.
After paying all the spirit stones, Zhou Yang took away all the "Cloud Breath Grass" inventory in Xuanyang Pavilion, said goodbye to Sun Zhengbin and returned to the cave where Zhou Guangxiang lived.
"The situation has basically been clarified. War is inevitable. It's just a matter of time."
"For the juniors you brought this time, you will ask them to come to see me later. I will explain the situation to them. It is ultimately up to them to decide whether to stay or not."
In the cave, Zhou Yang called Zhou Guangxiang to him, and after briefly explaining the dangers Chongxuan Mountain was facing, he revealed his arrangements.
Chongxuan Mountain is about to become a battlefield. Logically speaking, it is not a good idea to let the monks from the Zhou family go there at this time.
But Zhou Yang also has his own considerations.
Sooner or later, the Zhou family will have to step out of the boundless sea of sand to cultivate immortality, and sooner or later the Zhou family monks will have to face off against the enemy on the battlefield.
Now that we have this opportunity, it would be a good thing for some Zhou family monks to accumulate this experience in advance.
Zhou Guangxiang is also very supportive of Zhou Yang's idea.
To put it bluntly, with one hundred and fifty Foundation Establishment Pills in his possession, he doesn't care at all whether several family Foundation Establishment monks will be lost on the battlefield.
The Zhou family is no longer the Zhou family hundreds of years ago.
The Zhou family now has more than 2,000 Qi-training monks. As long as the source of Foundation Establishment Pills is stable, they can continuously produce Foundation Establishment monks in batches.
Rather than letting these foundation-building monks spend their time in the boundless sand sea and the world of immortality, Zhou Guangxiang hoped that they would stay in the world of Liuyun Continent and work hard to build a better future on their own.
"I have something to tell Uncle Jiu. Among the three Qi-training tribesmen who came here with my nephew this time, one of them is fire and has the upper-grade spiritual root qualification of wood and double attributes. My nephew brought him here because he wants him to
Follow Aunt Ninth to practice, learn alchemy, and train a second high-level alchemist for the family."
As if he remembered something, after Zhou Guangxiang agreed with Zhou Yang's opinion, he changed the topic and suddenly mentioned this matter.
After Zhou Yang heard what he said, he was slightly stunned at first, and then smiled happily and said: "This is a good thing. Apart from you, has a second clan member with high-grade spiritual root qualifications finally appeared in the family? I will tell you about this."
Agree, I will tell Ying'er, and I guarantee that she will be willing to accept this child as her disciple!"
"With Uncle Jiu's words, my nephew is relieved. My nephew will ask them to come over and pay homage to Uncle Jiu."
Zhou Guangxiang felt relieved and immediately left with a smile to find someone.
Not long after, the six descendants of the Zhou family who followed him to Liuyun Continent to cultivate immortality were all brought to the cave. The descendant with high-grade spiritual root qualifications was even given a separate audience by Zhou Yang.
The Zhou family's second high-grade spiritual root qualified monk is named Zhou Shengyu. He is only seventeen years old this year and has a fifth-level Qi cultivation level. He was born after Zhou Yang left the boundless sand sea to cultivate immortality.
The young genius of the Zhou family was very flattered to be received alone by Zhou Yang, the ancestor of the Zhou family. After kowtowing respectfully and saluting, he stood there with some restraint and honestly answered Zhou Yang's various questions.
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"The answer is not bad. It seems that you have done a solid job in cultivation. This is good. Today, ancestor, I will give you a warning. No matter how good your qualifications are, you must be down-to-earth and pay attention to the foundation in all aspects of cultivation.
Don’t just seek speed!”
In the cave, Zhou Yang glanced at the young and immature young man in front of him, nodded with satisfaction, and said something that made the young man feel relieved.
He quietly raised his head and glanced at Zhou Yang's handsome face, which was exactly the same as the painting hanging in the clan's ancestral hall, and responded loudly with a slightly excited tone: "This junior must remember the teachings of our ancestors."
When Zhou Yang heard this junior's voice, he knew that this was another loyal "fan" who had grown up listening to his own legends and admired him very much.
To be honest, with his current cultivation status, there is no need to do such tricks to unite people's hearts.
But he also knew that because of his achievements and influence on the Zhou family, this kind of thing would happen naturally even if he no longer had to do it deliberately.
Just like some famous ministers and generals in his previous life who have made great achievements in history, even after thousands of years have passed, there are still descendants who have a strong sense of respect and adoration for them after learning about their great achievements through history books.
"Okay, please go aside and wait."
Shaking his head, not caring about such a trivial matter, Zhou Yang asked this young junior to go aside first, and sent a message to Zhou Guangxiang to come in with five other juniors.
What made Zhou Yang and Zhou Guangxiang both happy and satisfied was that after Zhou Yang explained the situation of Chongxuan Mountain, the five Zhou family monks finally agreed to go to Chongxuan Mountain to practice after some hesitation and thought.
As a reward for their decision, Zhou Yang gave each of the three Qi-training monks a Foundation Establishment Pill on the spot, and also rewarded the three Foundation Establishment monks with a fourth-level low-grade spiritual talisman.
Next, after Zhou Yang and Zhou Guangxiang explained some more things, they took the six descendants of the Zhou family back to Chongxuan Mountain.
As for Zhou Guangxiang, he carried one hundred and fifty Foundation Building Pills and a "Purple Heart Chalcedony". After all, he did not dare to wander around in the Immortal Cultivation World of Liuyun Continent. He had decided to return directly after traveling in Xianyang City for half a year.
The boundless sea of sand and the world of immortality.
After Zhou Yang returned to Chongxuan Mountain, he handed over the five descendants of the Zhou family except Zhou Shengyu to Zhou Ronghua. In name, these people were his registered disciples. No one knew about them except the Zhou family.
Real relationship.
Zhou Shengyu was accepted as the second disciple by Xiao Ying directly the next day, and he would pass on the mantle of alchemy to him in the future.
However, his current level of cultivation is still low, and Xiao Ying is busy refining his natal magic weapon, so he can only decide on his title for the time being, and then let senior sister Ye Yunshan take over as his disciple.
Zhou Yang had no time to worry about these trivial matters. After he learned from Master Qingyang that the war was about to begin, and also knew that the "Six Paths Alliance" would not attack again until Lu Xuanji's life and death situation was known, he went directly into the secret room to take the medicine.
The elixir impacted the fifth level of the golden elixir.
The war is imminent. If you can increase your cultivation by one level, it will be more effective than any other means.