Chapter five hundred and seventy-eight: Angry Zhou Yang
After officially practicing dual cultivation with his Taoist companion Xiao Ying, Zhou Yang gained decades of cultivation by relying on the benefits brought by his first dual cultivation.
Although he has focused on cultivating several magical powers over the years, his daily practice has not fallen much because of this, and his cultivation has also increased.
When the two phases are superimposed, his true cultivation level is actually not far from the fifth level of the Golden Core.
At this time, with the help of the power of the elixir, he successfully improved his cultivation to the fifth level of the Golden elixir after three years of seclusion.
In the past three years, the situation has been calm.
After many attempts by the "Six Paths Alliance", they still could not figure out whether Lu Xuanji had passed away. After all, they did not dare to take the risk of starting a war.
The intimidating power of the ninth-level Nascent Soul monks is too great, especially for Lu Xuanji, a ninth-level Nascent Soul monk who is nearing the end of his life.
The "Six Paths Alliance" also has its own ninth-level Nascent Soul monks, and they know very well how terrifying the fighting power that this kind of being can unleash when desperate.
Not to mention that Lu Xuanji has been traveling in the Yunzhou immortal world for thousands of years, and he is one of the best in the realm of the ninth level of Yuanying, which is not comparable to that of the ninth-level Yuanying monk from the "Six Paths Alliance".
Assuming that Lu Xuanji is still alive, even if he knows that after his death, the "Six Paths Alliance" will launch an offensive against the "Xuanqing Alliance", he cannot break the rules and take the initiative to recruit the Nascent Soul of the "Six Paths Alliance"
The ninth-floor monks were buried with him.
But if the "Six Dao Alliance" is looking for death and takes the initiative to attack the "Xuanqing Dao Alliance" at this time, it will have sufficient reasons to drag people to the funeral.
Of course, the "Six Paths Alliance" will not be that stupid, so as long as they don't get the exact information, they will not take this risk.
But this calm situation is destined not to last long.
Zhou Yang knew that in ten years at most and three to five years at least, the "Six Paths Alliance" would definitely be unable to bear it and send people directly to test him.
If Lu Xuanji does not come out to control the situation by then, a war involving the two superpowers "Xuanqing Dao Alliance" and "Six Dao Alliance" will be inevitable.
In this kind of battle, there is actually no danger for monks at the Nascent Soul stage.
Although the "Xuanqing Dao Alliance" and the "Six Dao Alliance" have been enemies for many years, the number of Nascent Soul Stage monks who have fallen from both sides due to wars over the past tens of thousands of years can only be counted in the palm of a hand.
The reason is that the purpose of the war between the two sides is very clear. To expand the territory and occupy more resource points, it is not necessarily to destroy the other side and dominate the immortal world of Liuyun Continent.
In fact, that is unrealistic, because other forces in the Immortal Cultivation World of Liuyun Continent will never allow such a hegemonic force to appear, unless that force has the power to overwhelm all forces in the Immortal Cultivation World of Liuyun Continent.
The "Six Paths Alliance" and the "Xuanqing Dao Alliance" obviously do not have the power to subdue the entire Liuyun Continent cultivating world. Therefore, in the war for territorial resources, if one party loses the war, they will usually take the initiative to give up part of their interests and shrink their power.
After the other side has obtained the benefits, it will not push too hard to prevent the intensity of the war from continuing to escalate.
This resource competition war model is essentially completely different from the feud war between two superpowers in the Far West.
The nature of war is different, and the scale and intensity of war will naturally be different.
The monks in the Nascent Soul stage are so superior that they live for three thousand years. How can they fight to the death with monks of the same level for the sake of the gains and losses of a country and a place?
As the saying goes: if you save land and lose people, you will lose both people and land; if you save people and lose land, you will gain both people and land.
As long as things like Lingshan Blessed Land are not destroyed, they will always be there. If you lose it this time, you can just get it back next time.
Just like Anguo, where Chongxuan Mountain is located, was originally owned by the "Six Dao Alliance", but was later taken away by the "Xuanqing Dao Alliance", and now it has returned to the hands of the "Six Dao Alliance".
This kind of thing has happened many times over the past tens of thousands of years, and the two top superpowers have become accustomed to it.
Therefore, as long as it is not a battle for a strategic location where one side has to defend and the other side is bound to win, the Nascent Soul Stage monks will definitely not fight to the death in the war.
The monks at the Nascent Soul stage will not die and fight to the death. The monks at the Golden Core stage will be the core force in the war.
Often certain important but not particularly important locations in wars, such as fifth-level high-grade spiritual mountains such as Chongxuan Mountain, must be fought over and defended with the lives of Golden Core monks.
In every war, more than a dozen Golden Core monks die, which is a normal thing for both sides.
Therefore, Zhou Yang is under great pressure, because his charge to Xuan Mountain will definitely become a frontline battlefield in this war and become an important strategic point for contention.
"During the three years of seclusion as a teacher, what happened to those in the [Six Paths Alliance]? What is the current situation of the sects and families in An?"
On Chongxuan Mountain, Zhou Yang, after coming out of seclusion, called three named disciples, Wang Yanzhang, Li Qingyun, and Ren Fei, for questioning.
Before he went into seclusion, he told these three people to privately contact some monks they had met when they were hanging out in Anguo and inquire about the activities of various sects and families in Anguo.
If they want to attack Chongxuan Mountain, these sects and families in Anguo must be the vanguard. Through the movements of these forces, Zhou Yang may be able to discover in advance the time when the enemy will take action.
Of course, he would not just believe the information gathered by these named disciples. If the "Six Paths Alliance" really wanted to launch an offensive, Master Qingyang would definitely notify him as soon as possible.
He asked a few named disciples to inquire about this information, but he did not want to rely entirely on others to obtain information, and wanted to have a pair of "ears" to hear the news from the outside.
When Wang Yanzhang heard his words, he glanced at the other two people. Seeing that neither of them wanted to speak first, he cupped his hands in front of Zhou Yang and said, "Master, since the disciple received the letter three years ago,
After your instructions, I personally disguised myself and went to several places where I had been active to meet a few close friends, and in exchange for the treasures you gave me, I asked them to help me travel around to collect news about various sects and families in Anguo."
"According to the information coming back now, the sects and families in Anguo are indeed ready to mobilize for war. The prices of healing elixirs and talismans in various fairy cities have generally increased by nearly 30%!"
The price of healing elixirs and talismans in Fangshi Fairy City has increased. This is indeed a sign before the war.
Although every force usually reserves these things, if there is really a war, no one knows how much the final consumption will be. Therefore, large-scale purchase and hoarding of these war preparation materials before the war is a routine operation.
However, Zhou Yang did not make an arbitrary judgment because of this. Instead, he looked at Li Qingshan. Ren Fei and Ren Fei asked: "Where are you two? Do you have anything to add?"
"Master, when I was a casual cultivator, I had some friendship with a monk from the Yu family in Anguo. This person has now successfully established the foundation. This time, I used a third-level high-grade spiritual talisman as a cost to learn from him.
There is news that two Jindan sword cultivators from the Taiyi Immortal Sword Sect have arrived in Qingyun Valley. This matter was said by the patriarch of their family himself, and there should be no lie."
Ren Fei slightly cupped his hands and whispered an important piece of information he had found out.
After he finished speaking, the expression of Li Qingshan next to him suddenly changed. He quickly lowered his head and confessed to Zhou Yang: "Master, please forgive me. I used to walk in the world of cultivating immortals and am used to walking alone. On this trip, except for Senior Brother Wang, I have said
Except for those things I passed, it can be said that I gained nothing.”
"It doesn't matter if you don't gain anything. Anyway, when the soldiers come, they will be blocked, and when the water comes, the soil will cover them. Then you can practice hard on the mountain and hone your fighting skills. The war will come soon, and you must be mentally prepared by then."
Zhou Yang shook his head and did not blame Li Qingshan for anything. He just waved his hand and asked the others to retreat.
After several registered disciples had retreated, he said to himself: "Is Taiyi Immortal Sword Sect the main attack this time? It is indeed a powerful enemy!"
The "Six Paths Alliance" now has five top sects and one top immortal cultivating family. "Taiyi Immortal Sword Sect" is one of the sects, and its strength in the alliance is second only to the "Taiyuan Sect" where the current leader is.
As a sword cultivating sect, the monks of the "Taiyi Immortal Sword Sect" are notoriously aggressive. Regardless of their strength, at least they have much more fighting experience than most monks of the same level.
Moreover, these sword cultivators usually have one or two powerful killing moves. For example, when Zhou Yang participated in a death duel in the far west, a Zifu Qi sword cultivator from the "Tai Xuan Sword Sect" used Lian Jin Dan Qi.
The powerful sword move "Instant Slash", which is not easy for monks to master, instantly killed a monk of the same level.
As far as Zhou Yang knows, the golden elixir sword cultivators of the "Taiyi Immortal Sword Sect" basically master a life-threatening killing move called "Taiyi Feixianjian Jue". It is said that once this move is performed, all the swordsmen of the same level can
Very few people can block it without getting hurt.
"I wonder what happened to the dragon scale defensive magic weapon that I asked Senior Qingyang to help me refine. If it can be made before the war, there will be such a fifth-level high-grade defensive magic weapon with powerful defensive power to protect the body.
With my own strong physical defense, I will be much more calm when facing those sword cultivators!"
Zhou Yang rubbed his brow, indeed feeling the pressure.
The time it took to form the golden elixir was too short, which was his flaw.
Other Golden Core Stage monks may not improve as quickly as him, but they have enough time to practice various magical powers and secret techniques. As long as one of these magical powers and secret techniques can cause harm to him, it may threaten him in the war.
his life.
If he were given hundreds of years to practice all the important magical powers in his hands to a small level, plus the various powerful magic weapons he had in his hands, Zhou Yang dared to pat his chest and guarantee that no one in the Golden Elixir stage would be able to
Then pose a threat to yourself.
It's a pity that there are no ifs in the world. Regarding his shortcomings, he can only try his best to make up for these shortcomings without affecting the improvement of his cultivation.
"It's better to go see Ying'er. It would be a good thing if her natal magic weapon can be successfully refined. At least if a war breaks out, even if I am injured, I can quickly return to normal through her treatment."
Xiao Ying has all the materials for refining her natal magic weapon, but what she lacks is just the skill to refine the weapon.
She was originally a fourth-level high-level alchemy master. Although she did not understand the art of refining weapons at first, through a lot of practice in the past few years, and with the experience notes specially prepared for her by Zhou Yang, she had mastered the art of refining weapons and reached the level of
To the third level.
The reason why I haven't started refining the natal magical weapon yet is because I want to wait for Zhou Yang to personally check it after she comes out of seclusion. This way, if there are any small oversights while refining the weapon, she can be given timely guidance to remedy the situation.
At this time, after Zhou Yang saw her after coming out of seclusion, the two of them immediately entered the weapon refining room and started refining the weapon directly.
In less than half a month, Xiao Ying successfully refined the natal magic weapon "Rejuvenation Vase".
This "Rejuvenation Immortal Vase" magical weapon has just been refined, and is only a fourth-level top-grade artifact. It would have taken Xiao Ying 20 to 30 years to warm it up before it could be promoted to a fifth-level magical artifact and begin to produce treasures such as "Rejuvenating Immortal Dew".
But Zhou Yang didn't have that much time to wait, so he chose a luxurious method and directly asked Xiao Ying to extract the remaining half of the essence of the fifth-level [Tree Demon's Heart] and put it into the magical weapon, forcibly
Shengsheng pushed it to the fifth level.
The advantage of doing this is that because it has absorbed the huge vitality power, the "Rejuvenation Fairy Vase" quickly condensed three drops of "Rejuvenation Fairy Dew" after being promoted to the fifth level.
Don’t think it’s nothing just because there are only three drops of “Rejuvenating Fairy Dew”.
In fact, under normal circumstances, with Xiao Ying's current level of cultivation and the grade of the "Rejuvenation Immortal Vase", it would take at least ten years to produce a drop of "Rejuvenation Immortal Dew".
If you want to speed up the production of "Rejuvenating Immortal Dew", it is not impossible to use the "Rejuvenating Immortal Bottle" as a magic weapon to absorb the vitality of Yimu contained in various high-level spiritual trees.
After all the vitality of Yimu contained in the wood is absorbed, a drop of "Rejuvenation Fairy Dew" can be extracted.
It's just that under normal circumstances no one would do this kind of thing. It can only be done in emergencies, or when you encounter high-level spiritual trees that cannot be transplanted and taken away while traveling.
"By the way, Yinger, have you tested Sheng Yu's alchemy talent in the past few years? In your opinion, how is his alchemy talent?"
In the cave, after Zhou Yang was waiting for Xiao Ying's natal magic weapon to be refined, while the two were chatting, something suddenly moved in their hearts and asked about Xiao Ying, the young genius disciple of the Zhou family.
Although he doesn't care much about the affairs of the Zhou family anymore, he is still really happy that there is such a young genius in the family who is expected to have a golden elixir in the future.
If the Zhou family can produce a few golden elixir stage monks, even if he is promoted to the Nascent Soul stage in the future, he will immediately have his own trusted personnel at his disposal, and it will be much easier to do many things.
If you think about it, you will know that Guo Jinhong's cultivation at the sixth level of Nascent Soul back then had the entire Haoyang Sect's disciples to motivate him, and he also had to use means to raise a group of Jindan monks to help him. From this, we can see that,
Even monks in the Nascent Soul stage cannot leave the organization and work alone.
However, what Zhou Yang didn't expect was that after Xiao Ying heard what he said, she shook her head with a strange look on her face and said, "This is also what I am confused about. The child Sheng Yu has no spiritual qualifications.
But in terms of alchemy talent, it can only be said to be mediocre. Even if the resources of the entire Zhou family are provided for him to consume, I estimate that he can finally upgrade his alchemy skills to the fourth level of low-grade, which will be amazing!"
In fact, she still had reservations about what she said.
According to her experience, with Zhou Shengyu's alchemy talent, if the Zhou family did not provide him with alchemy resources regardless of loss, the chance of becoming a third-level alchemist would be low.
And even with her dedicated teachings and the Zhou family's resource support regardless of loss, there is still huge uncertainty as to whether Zhou Shengyu can become a fourth-level alchemist in the future.
Although Zhou Yang didn't know this, Xiao Ying's words made him realize something, and his face suddenly turned ugly.
"Husband, your face seems a little ugly. Did I say something wrong?"
Xiao Ying looked at him carefully and spoke in a very soft voice.
"No, it's not your problem, it's Guangxiang's problem. This guy is playing tricks on me!"
Zhou Yang shook his head gently, his tone was quite angry.
"No way! Isn't Guangxiang always very respectful to your husband? How could he do such a thing?"
Xiao Ying looked at him with her mouth slightly open and her eyes wide open, her face full of disbelief.
She has stayed in the Zhou family for hundreds of years and is very aware of Zhou Yang's position in the hearts of the Zhou family monks. She is also very aware of how much Zhou Guangxiang, the head of the Zhou family, admires and respects Zhou Yang.
Therefore, even if Zhou Yang said this personally, she had a hard time believing that it was true.
"Hmph, if you hadn't just said that Sheng Yu's alchemy talent was average, I wouldn't have figured it out. If I figured it out in the future, his plan would have been successful, and I would be punished.
For him, it’s just no pain or itch!”
Zhou Yang snorted coldly, his tone was very displeased, and it was obvious that he was still angry.
Seeing this, Xiao Ying opened her mouth, but in the end she couldn't hold back her curiosity and couldn't help but asked softly: "What does this have to do with Sheng Yu's talent in alchemy?"
"Sheng Yu has high-grade spiritual qualifications, right? If he doesn't learn alchemy and concentrates on practicing with his talent, with the Zhou family providing him with sufficient training resources, he can open the Zi Mansion in more than a hundred years at most, and he
You are so young, and you said that Guangxiang will no longer be the patriarch of the Zhou family, who is the most suitable person to take the position of patriarch?"
"And I told you last time that Guangxiang has long consciously cultivated his son Tongxuan, hoping that Tongxuan will succeed him in taking charge of the Zhou family in the future."
"Then the question is, with Sheng Yu's spiritual qualifications, if he has been practicing within the family, it is not impossible for him to catch up with Tongxuan from behind. If he wants to be the head of the Zhou family by then, what do you think of Tongxuan?
Can the position of the young patriarch still be as stable as it is now?"
"Let me be more realistic. From a practical perspective, the other foundation-building monks of the Zhou family who have ideas and ambitions would definitely rather let Zhou Shengyu, who has a weak foundation, be the clan leader than let Zhou Tongxuan's son inherit his father's title.
You, choose a strong boss for yourself!"
"As for my husband, the ancestor of the family, when the time comes to have an outstanding descendant like Sheng Yu to choose from, out of consideration for the balance of power in the family, he may not be willing to let Tongxuan inherit the position of patriarch."
"But now, in the name of cultivating outstanding juniors, he has sent Sheng Yu to us, asking Sheng Yu to practice with you and learn alchemy. At first glance, he is very kind to Sheng Yu himself, but in fact, he completely treats Sheng Yu and Zhou
The contact between those members of the same clan at home has been severed."
"A hundred years later, even if Sheng Yu succeeds in opening up the Zi Mansion but has no success in alchemy, and wants to return to the Zhou family to compete for the position of clan leader, which monk of the Zhou family is willing to support such a strange clansman who has not practiced in the clan before as the clan leader? As a husband,
This family ancestor will not allow such things to disrupt family order!"
"Even if you think about it deeply, Sheng Yu is not talented in alchemy, but we have placed high hopes on him and given him countless resources to train him. When we discover this situation later, will we be disappointed because we invested too much in him?
?Thus despising him?"
Zhou Yang explained the stakes to the Taoist monks in an angry tone, with an expression of indescribable anger on his face.
In his view, Zhou Guangxiang's move was a sinister one. He was using his power for personal gain, using his trust to plot against his elder, and using the patriarch's power to plot against Zhou Shengyu, a junior. It was of a very bad nature!
"Husband, please calm down. Guangxiang sent Sheng Yu here, perhaps as you said before, to ensure that Tongxuan can smoothly become the next patriarch of the Zhou family, but the last conjecture you mentioned is definitely overthinking.
"
"I am a fourth-level high-grade alchemist. I will know how talented Sheng Yu is in alchemy. I only need to watch him make alchemy a few times. I will definitely tell you the situation when the time comes. How can we invest resources in him regardless of the loss?
How about learning alchemy?"
"That kid Guangxiang is also a smart man. He will definitely not think of this, so he probably just wants to use the excuse of learning alchemy to take Sheng Yu out of the boundless sand sea to cultivate immortality!"
Xiao Ying quickly stepped forward and grabbed Zhou Yang's hand, comforting him softly, fearing that he would do something that she would regret in the future.
"Ying'er, what you said is quite reasonable. In the last point, I may be thinking too much about my husband."
Zhou Yang's face softened a little, and his anger was reduced a little. After all, the last point was too bad in nature. If it was true, then he might really want to stage a "kill Ma Su with tears" thing in the future and destroy him himself.
This is the junior whom I valued most in the past.
"But even so, it is a fact that he used power for personal gain. As a husband, do you want him to understand that he, the patriarch of the Zhou family, does not have the final say in everything? You can personally crush his plans!"
Zhou Yang looked at the Taoist monk with a warm and angry expression, a look of hesitation flashed in his eyes, and it was difficult to make up his mind.
The two have been Taoist lovers for hundreds of years. How come Xiao Ying didn't know Zhou Yang's character and could make it so difficult for Zhou Yang to make up his mind? This obviously shows that there is still room for redemption in this matter.
Otherwise, given Zhou Yang's character, he would have made arbitrary decisions long ago.
Therefore, after hesitating for a moment, she gently shook her head and said: "I don't think it is necessary for my husband to do this. Anyway, whoever becomes the patriarch of the Zhou family, you, the ancestor of the family, have the right to directly abolish it. If Zhou Tongxuan becomes the patriarch in the future,
The head of the Zhou family is unworthy of his position, and you can destroy him, so why do you have to ruin the relationship between uncle and nephew for many years because of this incident, and make it difficult for Guang Xiang and Guang Xiang to behave within the family?"
"Guang Xiang did something wrong this time, but if we think about it carefully, as a father, he was not wrong in preparing a good future for his son within the scope of his rights and responsibilities. After all, he did not really harm any clan members because of this. Otherwise,
As long as we pretend to miss when crossing the Duanyun Mountains, we won't be able to see Sheng Yu!"
"And he sent Sheng Yu to practice with us. In addition to killing the possibility of Sheng Yu competing for the head of the Zhou family in the future, it is actually a good thing for Sheng Yu's future path. At least he will practice with us. Sheng Yu will start from the starting point
It’s much higher than ordinary Zhou family members.”
"Now it seems that he specifically asked me to accept Sheng Yu as his disciple. I'm afraid it was a lie to ask me to teach Sheng Yu how to make alchemy. This is the real thing to compensate Sheng Yu!"
"Who is selfless in life? Husband, don't you often say that you want to have a son with me and return to the Zhou family to inherit the position of the head of the Zhou family? Why can you, the abdicated patriarch, have such thoughts, Guangxiang
Can’t this reigning patriarch think like this?”
"In terms of contribution to the Zhou family, Guangxiang is far inferior to you, my husband, but he has managed the family over the years and has made great contributions to the Zhou family. No one can match this contribution except you. His son Tongxuan
He's not the kind of loser who can't be helped at all. Isn't it human nature that he wants his son to take over his position as the patriarch?"
After hearing what the Taoist couple said, Zhou Yang couldn't help but think deeply.
After a long time passed like this, he sighed softly: "Hey, maybe Ying'er, you are right. My husband was really angry just now. He felt that Guangxiang had betrayed me, so he was furious.
I want to punish him severely!"
"Thinking about it carefully, Guangxiang did not make any big mistake in this matter except for a small abuse of power for personal gain. If the husband ruined his son's future because of this, it would really be an enemy of relatives!
"
After saying that, his face became condensed and he said in a deep voice: "Let's put this matter aside for now. After the threat from the [Six Paths Alliance] has passed, I will personally go back to the Boundless Sand Sea Cultivation World to remove him from the position of clan leader."
, let his son Tongxuan succeed him, and then take him to the Liuyun Continent to cultivate immortality. If he doesn’t achieve the golden elixir, he will not be allowed to return to the boundless sand sea to cultivate immortality!”
When Xiao Ying heard what he said, she immediately nodded her head and said: "This is best. In this way, Guangxiang will be punished for seeking power for personal gain, which will serve as a warning to future generations; because his wish has been fulfilled, he can rest assured to go out and seek the pill."
Chance; Tongxuan inherits the position of the clan leader, and with his father's mistakes in mind, he will definitely work conscientiously for the family to prove that he is not incompetent, it can be said that he kills three birds with one stone!"