Chapter five hundred and ninety-four: cut the mess with a quick knife
At the commendation meeting in the Zhou Family Ancestral Temple, Zhou Ronghua, Zhou Rongxiang, and Zhou Shenghe gained both face and dignity.
Zhou Yang not only highly praised the three in front of the entire tribe, calling on all tribesmen to learn from the three, but also informed everyone of his plan to reward the three in kind.
This kind of real fame and fortune really makes all the Zhou family members present envious and yearn for it.
Many monks here today know Zhou Ronghua and the other three. In the past, these three people were considered good in the Zhou family, but there were also many people who were better than them.
But now the three of them just followed their family ancestors to visit the Immortal Realm of Liuyun Continent. After fighting a battle, they returned to their hometown and received such honors and rewards. How could they not make the monks who are similar to them envious?
envy.
Many of the younger Zhou family members made up their minds on the spot, and after the meeting ended, they went to beg the clan leader to follow their ancestors to serve in the Immortal Realm of Liuyun Continent.
Even some of the older monks of the Zhou family are secretly wondering whether they should take the risk and try their luck to create a glorious future for future generations.
Zhou Yang saw all this with his eyes, and was extremely satisfied in his heart, knowing that his purpose of doing this was initially achieved.
It has always been his goal to get the Zhou family out of the boundless sea of sand, but this immigration strategy must follow the principle of voluntariness and cannot be forced.
The outside world is wonderful, but the outside world is also very dangerous.
In Zhou Yang's view, monks of the Zhou family who want to get out of the boundless sea of sand and cultivate immortality must first have the determination to dare to face death.
Due to geographical constraints, it was impossible for him to bring all the Zhou family monks to immigrate to the Immortal World of Liuyun Continent. Therefore, with the limited number of places, every monk who went out must be an elite within the family.
Only when these elite monks gather together can they quickly and efficiently rebuild a strong Zhou family in the immortal world of Liuyun Continent.
"Now my Zhou family has a foundation in the Liuyun Continent Cultivation World. In the future, outstanding members of the family can take the initiative to apply to the family to go to the Liuyun Continent Cultivation World to gain experience and garrison. The Liuyun Continent Cultivation World is very prosperous, and
It's very dangerous, so I hope that when you apply to the family, you'd better consider whether you are ready to sacrifice yourself for the family's great cause, and then make a decision after careful consideration!"
Zhou Yang looked at the clansmen with longing and longing expressions in their eyes, waved his hands, and said in a low tone: "Now, the clansmen with cultivation levels below the Foundation Establishment stage can disperse first, and the clansmen with cultivation levels at the Foundation Establishment stage and Zifu stage can leave first.
Stay, ancestor, I have something important to announce to you!"
After hearing his words, even though the monks of the Zhou family who were in the Qi training stage were extremely curious about what the big deal he was talking about was, no one dared to disobey the order of the ancestor of the family, and they all respectfully withdrew immediately.
Go down.
After all these people left, Zhou Yang turned his gaze to Zhou Guangxiang, who had not said a word today, shook his head slightly and said, "You better speak for yourself."
"My nephew takes the order."
Zhou Guangxiang responded in a low voice, then glanced at the Zhou family monks who were looking at him with surprised expressions. He closed his eyes and slowly said: "I am guilty. As the head of the Zhou family, I know the law and break the law, and take advantage of the family."
The power given to me is to use power for personal gain, for..."
The whole place was silent, with only Zhou Guangxiang's regretful words echoing.
Regarding the matter of Zhou Shengyu being sent away, for the sake of the stability of the clan, Zhou Guangxiang told other monks in the clan that he was sent to Zhou Yang and his wife for further study.
Because he is the clan leader, and it is indeed a great thing to be able to practice with Zhou Yang, an ancestor of the family who has cultivated in the Golden Core stage, the other Zhou family monks did not suspect anything.
At this time, hearing his words of repentance, all the Zhou family monks were shocked.
Zhou Guangxiang did not look at the stunned Zhou family members, but continued to mutter to himself: "Those who have meritorious service will be rewarded, and those who have made mistakes will be punished. This is clearly written in the rules of my Zhou family. Although I am Zhou
The head of the family is not exempt from this!"
"According to clan rules, those who use power for personal gain can be punished with the highest penalty of having their cultivation level revoked and being expelled from the family. As the clan leader, Zhou Guangxiang takes the lead in using power for personal gain. A heavy punishment is not enough to convince the public!"
"Therefore, the sinner Zhou Guangxiang hereby implores the Supreme Elder to deprive me of my position as clan leader and impose a punishment of being exiled to the outside world for a hundred years, as a warning to others!"
At the end of the speech, others had already knelt down in front of the Zhou family ancestral hall where the ancestors' spiritual tablets were stored, and kowtowed deeply to the ground as a sign of apology.
It was only then that the others finally recovered from this shocking change.
"Brother, brother, you..."
Zhou Guangxiang and Zhou Guangxiang were born from the same mother. The brother and sister had been dependent on each other for hundreds of years. Among the monks present, she found this scene the most difficult to accept.
She looked at her brother who was kneeling on the ground, her face changed drastically and she wanted to say something.
But before she finished speaking, she suddenly stopped and turned to look at Zhou Yang.
She knelt down on the ground, kowtowed heavily to Zhou Yang and begged: "Uncle Jiu, uncle Jiu, please be merciful. Even if he is wrong, he doesn't need such a heavy punishment! Please remember his past."
For his contribution and hard work to the family, please be merciful and spare him once, my niece, I beg you!"
"Sister, get up and don't be rude to Uncle Jiu. I'm all to blame for myself. I can't blame anyone. No need to say more!"
Zhou Guangxiang shouted in a deep voice to stop his sister's behavior, and kowtowed three times in succession to the ancestral hall. Then he raised his head and turned to face Zhou Yang, waiting for Zhou Yang to say the final judgment.
Zhou Yang did not look at him, but looked at the other Zhou family members, and said coldly with a cold voice: "You have all seen and heard it. As the clan leader, Zhou Guangxiang has made mistakes, so he needs to
Being punished by the clan rules, if someone dares to do something that violates the clan rules by taking advantage of their status and position in the future, you need to think about whether they can escape the punishment according to the clan rules!"
Upon hearing this, the Zhou family monks present were so frightened that they all fell to their knees and shouted, "We don't dare!"
"Whether you dare or not is not as simple as words, but depends on actual actions!"
"I watched Guangxiang grow up, and I even raised him. I have been proud of him many times over the past hundreds of years, but you can see the result now."
"I hope you can take him as a lesson and read the clan rules carefully a few times when you go back. I don't want to see similar things in the future. Otherwise, if I can tolerate you, the clan rules will not tolerate you either!"
After Zhou Yang said these words coldly, he waved his hand and took the clan leader's token from Zhou Guangxiang's body.
"Now, for you to witness together, I, as the supreme elder of the Zhou family, deprive Zhou Guangxiang of his position as the head of the Zhou family, and sentence him to exile in the immortal world of Yunzhou for a hundred years!"
"Zhou Guangxiang accepts the crime." Zhou Guangxiang cupped his hands to show that he had no objection.
Seeing this, Zhou Yang couldn't help but continue: "The family cannot live without a clan leader for a day. Since Zhou Guangxiang is no longer the clan leader, he will select a new clan leader among you in accordance with the clan rules. Now you can speak freely and talk about what you think.
If you find a suitable candidate, I will personally test the school to determine whether he is suitable to be the head of the Zhou family."
Wow!
Upon hearing Zhou Yang's words, the faces of the Zhou family monks in the ancestral temple suddenly changed.
The last time the Zhou family changed its patriarch was more than two hundred years ago. More than 90% of the Zhou family monks here today were not born yet at that time.
From the time they were born, Zhou Guangxiang has been the patriarch of the Zhou family, and with the longevity of the monks in the Zifu period, as long as they did not succeed in opening the Zifu, most of them would be dead before Zhou Guangxiang.
Therefore, many monks of the Zhou family dare not even think about the position of patriarch, and have no idea about it at all.
But now, the position of the clan leader is vacant, and according to the wishes of Zhou Yang, the ancestor of the Zhou family, a new clan leader must be selected from among them, the foundation-building monks. How can this not make them excited?
The Zhou family is now the overlord of the Immortal Cultivation World in the Boundless Sand Sea. Once they become the patriarch of the Zhou family, even if they are still in the Foundation Establishment stage, their status will surpass all the Zifu stage cultivators other than the Zhou family, and they will be ranked below a few people.
An existence above ten thousand people.
And once you become the patriarch of the Zhou family, you will have great priority in exchanging the family's cultivation resources. Treasures like [Purple Heart Chalcedony] will definitely be easier for the patriarch to redeem than other foundation-building monks.
Who wouldn’t want to do this, which is a good thing that gives both face and dignity?
"Old Ancestor, the younger generation is not talented, so I am willing to recommend myself to accept the examination of our ancestors."
Soon, a Zhou family foundation-building monk mustered up the courage to stand up, bowed to Zhou Yang with a hopeful look on his face, and recommended himself to him.
This person's cultivation level is not weak, and he has the cultivation level of the seventh level of foundation building.
When Zhou Yang saw this, he immediately moved his lips slightly, and the sound transmission test came to him.
It can be clearly seen that after hearing the test questions asked by Zhou Yang's voice transmission, the Zhou family monk's expression suddenly changed drastically. His face was filled with hesitation and he muttered his mouth, but he was unable to answer.
After waiting like this for a while, Zhou Yang shook his head slightly and said: "Step back, you are not suitable."
The man's face suddenly turned pale, and then he bowed his hands in shame and said, "This junior is incompetent and has let our ancestors down." After saying that, he withdrew.
After this person, there were several people who were recommended by others or recommended themselves, and they all took turns to come forward to accept Zhou Yang's examination.
It's just that some of these people can pass Zhou Yang's one question, but none can pass three questions in a row.
"Tongxuan, you should try it too."
In the crowd, Zhou Tongxuan, who was looking at a dazed monk from the Zhou family who came forward to accept Zhou Yang's assessment with eyes full of envy, suddenly heard someone calling him.
He looked back and saw his aunt Zhou Guangxiang looking at him, her eyes full of encouragement.
"I, can I? Father, he is just..."
He pursed his lips with a look of embarrassment on his face and did not say the rest of the words, but he knew that his aunt must understand what he wanted to say.
Sure enough, after Zhou Guangxiang heard what he said, he immediately shook his head and reminded him: "You underestimate Uncle Jiu's mind. Your father is your father, and you are you. Since he didn't say that you can't compete for the next job,
Patriarch, it means that it is okay for you to acquiesce, but if you dare not stand up, he will be completely disappointed in you!"
"My nephew understands. Thank you aunt for your advice. If it weren't for you, my nephew would have made a big mistake again!"
A sudden look flashed in Zhou Tongxuan's eyes, he nodded gratefully to Zhou Guangxiang, and then he mustered up the courage to stand up.
When he took this step, he clearly felt the strange looks from other tribesmen on him.
He knew very well what those tribesmen were thinking now, but he was already mentally prepared when he took this step.
What's more, after taking this step, although he didn't look back, he still clearly felt his father Zhou Guangxiang's eyes falling on him. The meaning in his eyes was completely different from that of other tribesmen.
It was a look full of hope and expectation, a father's most sincere expectation for his son.
Zhou Yang's eyes also changed slightly.
Although he had already made plans in his mind to let Zhou Tongxuan take over the position of clan leader, he had not told anyone about this matter except Taoist companion Xiao Ying.
Zhou Guangxiang was right just now. If Zhou Tongxuan didn't even dare to stand up today, Zhou Yang would be completely disappointed with him.
Zhou Yang doesn't care how powerful he is, because with the current strength of the Zhou family, even if the patriarch is mediocre, it won't have much impact on the family. At most, he won't be able to intimidate people because he has no prestige.
But Zhou Yang didn't want to be the patriarch of the Zhou family and didn't even have the slightest sense of responsibility.
Zhou Guangxiang lost his position as patriarch because his son, Zhou Tongxuan, used power for personal gain. Even if Zhou Tongxuan did not know about it in advance and even opposed it, as a son of man, he should stand up at this time and use practical actions to prove himself and tell others that he is not
The kind of coward and incompetent person who only hides behind his parents and enjoys the shadow of their parents!
Now that Zhou Tongxuan has come forward, Zhou Yang is relieved and there is no longer any embarrassment.
Immediately, he also accepted Zhou Tongxuan from the Chuanyin Examination School, but the examination questions were changed to some simple and easy-to-understand questions.
Zhou Tongxuan was not an idiot. From the simple questions asked by Zhou Yang, he immediately understood the profound meaning. He immediately looked at Zhou Yang with surprise and joy, his eyes full of excitement.
"The reason I give you this opportunity is for the sake of your father and your aunt, rather than how capable you really are. You must be aware of this."
"Of course, it would be even better if you could really make some achievements and let me and other members of the family truly recognize your abilities."
"If that happens, the sacrifice your father has made for you will not be in vain!"
Zhou Yang looked at the excited Zhou Tongxuan and said these somewhat cold words with a calm expression. Then, without looking at Zhou Tongxuan's frozen face, he announced the result in a deep voice.
Regarding the result of Zhou Tongxuan being elected as the sixth generation patriarch of the Zhou family, many Zhou family monks present were dissatisfied.
They are not fools, so how could they not see such an obvious inside story?
But dissatisfaction was dissatisfaction, and no one dared to object to the decision of Zhou Yang, the ancestor of the family.
Even Zhou Guangxiang, the fifth-generation patriarch who had been the head of the Zhou family for more than two hundred years, was dismissed at the request of Zhou Yang, the patriarch of the family. Who do they, the foundation-building monks, count?
Originally, the position of the clan leader was appointed by the previous clan leader or the highest authority in the family. Zhou Yang was extremely gracious to give them a chance.
If anyone can't figure this out, they are really hopeless.
Next, Zhou Yang sent orders to call the dispersed Zhou family Qi-training monks back to the ancestral temple. Then, in front of these monks, he personally handed the token representing the clan leader into the hands of Zhou Tongxuan, completing the process.
The handover of the position of clan leader.
I and others just went out for a trip, and the patriarch of the family was changed. The monks in the Qi training period were naturally confused.
But when I saw those family foundation-building monks and Zifu monks, they didn't have any objections. Of course, none of these Qi-training monks dared to say anything.
Who is the leader of the clan anyway?
As long as their welfare offerings are not reduced and their actual interests are not affected, whether the patriarch is Zhou Guangxiang or Zhou Tongxuan is really not a problem for monks like them, who are at the bottom of the family.
"Uncle Jiu's great kindness and kindness can never be repaid by my nephew's death!"
In the cave, Zhou Guangxiang knelt down and kowtowed deeply in front of Zhou Yang, his face full of tears, which were tears of gratitude.
He had no idea that Zhou Yang would use this method to help him achieve his wish after depriving him of his position as clan leader.
This kind of ups and downs changes, even though he has been cultivating like this for hundreds of years, and the Zifu period monk who has been in charge of the Zhou family for hundreds of years, can no longer maintain his mood, and can't help but shed tears of gratitude.
"You, you, if you had known this, why did you do it in the first place?"
"When you told me that you wanted Tongxuan to succeed you as the patriarch, I didn't object. Why didn't you want to ask my opinion and did such a stupid thing on your own?"
"You really disappoint me!"
Zhou Yang looked at his crying nephew in front of him with a look of hatred, and became angry. He did not suppress the anger in his heart, and started to yell and curse.
The so-called deep love means deep responsibility.
How much he valued Zhou Guangxiang in the past, now he was so disappointed and angry.
Facing his scolding, Zhou Guangxiang also looked ashamed and did not dare to answer. He just lowered his head deeply and accepted the order silently.
This matter is irrefutable. He did indeed do something wrong.
Whether you say he is obsessed with things or he thinks too much, the thing has already happened and his punishment has been imposed. No matter how many excuses he makes, it is useless.
After Zhou Yang scolded him for a while, his anger subsided a lot. He couldn't help but look at him and waved his hands and said: "Okay, what happened has happened, and it's useless to scold you again. Next, you can explain clearly to your son what happened."
What the clan leader should do is follow me to the Immortal Realm of Liuyun Continent. If you can successfully form the elixir, you will have the opportunity to return to the family to wash away your stains in the future, otherwise you will be like this for the rest of your life!"
"My nephew understands, thank you Uncle Jiu for your kindness!"
Zhou Guangxiang kowtowed three more times with "dong dong dong" sounds to thank him, and then exited the cave and concentrated on teaching his son Zhou Tongxuan how to be a clan leader.
In the next month, Zhou Yang conducted some individual interviews with the late-stage foundation-building monks in the Zhou family to determine who could be given strong support to help them open up the Purple Mansion.
After many conversations and examinations, he finally selected three Zhou family foundation-building monks as his support targets.
The three Zhou Family Foundation Establishment monks are Zhou Rongfei, Zhou Rongzhen, and Zhou Shengfan. Among them, Zhou Rongfei and Zhou Rongzhen are on the ninth floor of Foundation Establishment and can try to open up the Zi Mansion at any time. Zhou Shengfan also has the eighth level of Foundation Establishment, which is nine floors away from the Foundation Establishment.
Not far away either.
For the two ninth-level monks Zhou Rongfei and Zhou Rongzhen, Zhou Yang directly emptied their family contribution points, and then asked them to lend them a [Purple Heart Chalcedony] to help them open up the Purple Mansion.
As for Zhou Rongfei, a monk on the eighth level of foundation building, Zhou Yang used "Qian Yang Fairy Light" to help him cleanse the impurities in his body, and then gave him a spiritual elixir to help him advance to the ninth level of foundation building. He also gave him a [Purple Heart Chalcedony] will help him open up the Purple Mansion in the future.
After distributing three copies of [Purple Heart Chalcedony] in this way, Zhou Yang took out another two copies of [Purple Heart Chalcedony] and deposited them into the Zhou family's bloodline treasury, putting them together with the original one inside. By the way, he also took millions of low-grade spiritual stones and a dozen high-grade spiritual stones from the family treasury and put them into his bag for later use.
As for the other ten copies of [Purple Heart Chalcedony], Zhou Yang did not plan to keep them in the family now, and did not even tell anyone about them.
This kind of thing is not very precious to him, but it is difficult to get so many at once.
If the monks in the family knew that the family had so many [Purple Heart Chalcedony], someone might have some crooked ideas.
In this case, it would be better not to say anything at all and just set a standard for them.
The redemption standard set by Zhou Yang for [Purple Heart Chalcedony] is very simple. Under normal circumstances, a foundation-building monk needs 200,000 family contribution points to redeem it.
But if you are a high-grade spiritual root monk, or someone like Zhou Ronghua, Zhou Rongxiang, Zhou Sheng and the other three who are listed on the family's "hero list", you only need to pay half of the family contribution points to exchange for a copy of [Purple Heart Jade] through a loan. marrow】.
This standard is the same as that of top sects such as Xuanyang Immortal Sect, which means that all Zhou family monks enjoy the treatment of top sect disciples.
If Zhou Yang can do this, he is worthy of anyone.
According to this standard, only Zhou Tongxuan, who received a large amount of family contribution points from brother and sister Zhou Guangxiang and Zhou Guangxiang, has the ability to redeem a copy of [Purple Heart Chalcedony] in full.
But even though Zhou Guangxiang and Zhou Guangxiang, brothers and sisters, donated most of their family contribution points to him, because he had already used a share of [Purple Heart Chalcedony] from the family last time, it would be difficult to make up for this share of [Purple Heart Chalcedony]. After needing to contribute points, it would be impossible for him to collect enough family contribution points to exchange for the third [Purple Heart Chalcedony] in the next hundred years.
It will take a long time for these family monks to open up the Purple Mansion to produce results, and even if they succeed in opening the Purple Mansion, it will still take a lot of time to practice their magical powers and stabilize their realm.
So Zhou Yang did not stay in the family to wait for the results. He just waited for Zhou Guangxiang for three months. After he finished teaching his son, he took Zhou Guangxiang, Zhou Ronghua, Zhou Rongxiang and other seven Zhou family monks back to Liuyun Continent. The world of immortality.