It is said that since Li Hong handed over the power and responsibilities of the Zhou family in Cangyuan Immortal City to the new head of the family, he moved directly to a manor called "Golden Spring Manor" outside the city.
This "Golden Spring Manor" itself only has a third-level lower-grade spiritual vein, but it has a unique and pleasant scenery, which is very suitable for retirement.
Li Hong has less than twenty years of life left, and his cultivation has been stagnant on the eighth floor of the Purple Mansion for many years. He chose to move to "Jinquan Manor" to take care of himself, which actually meant that he had given up on the idea of forming an elixir.
Now that he gave up the idea of forming elixirs, he naturally gave up on his spiritual practice. Every day he was either fishing and walking with birds, or sitting on a high place alone with a pot of spiritual tea and admiring the beautiful mountains and rivers around the manor.
Occasionally, he would also give guidance to the disciples of the Zhou family who were practicing in the manor, and tell them about the magnificent scenes he had experienced in his life.
On this day, Li Hong came to the Lingquan Lake in the manor early as usual, sprinkled the bait, put down the fishing rod, and then made Lingcha, holding a thick book in his hand, and leisurely
Drink tea while waiting for the fish to bite.
By the time the sun came up, I had not caught a single fish, I had already finished two pots of spiritual tea, and the book in my hand was replaced by another.
And he was obviously so absorbed that he didn't notice someone coming behind him.
He didn't realize it until the man made a sound. Then his hand shook and the book in his hand fell to the ground with a "clack".
"Have you been doing well these past few years, fellow Daoist Li?"
Zhou Yang looked at the silver-haired old man in front of him and softly broke the peaceful atmosphere by the lake.
His voice has not changed at all from a hundred years ago, just like his appearance has not changed at all with the passage of time.
But when Li Hong heard this familiar voice, he felt as if he had been struck by lightning, and his whole body froze.
With a dazed look on his face, he quickly stood up and turned around, and saw the handsome young man standing behind him, looking at him with a smile.
"Ancestor! Junior Li Hong, pay homage to our ancestor!"
With an exclamation in his mouth, Li Hong quickly knelt down and saluted with agility completely inconsistent with his appearance.
But before he could kneel down, he was lifted up by a gentle force, preventing him from kneeling down anymore.
"There is no need for these false rituals. You salute me like this, ancestor, which really makes me a little uncomfortable."
Facing Li Hong's somewhat panicked look, Zhou Yang smiled helplessly and explained the reason.
Judging from appearance alone, Li Hong, with his old face and silver hair, looks more like his elder.
When Li Hong heard what he said, he couldn't help but open his mouth and said with a sad expression: "Old ancestor, your cultivation is as high as the sky and your appearance is ageless. Naturally, younger generations cannot compare with you."
"So you have given up on the path and are ready to die alone here?"
Zhou Yang raised his brows and softened his tone.
Li Hong smiled miserably and said: "What can I do if I don't give up? My remaining lifespan is less than twenty years, but my cultivation is still on the eighth floor of the Purple Mansion. What can I do if I don't give up!"
"So what if your lifespan is less than twenty years? When you had less than thirty years of life, you still succeeded in opening the Zi Mansion. Are you now that you have lived two hundred more years, inferior to yourself two hundred years ago?
"
Zhou Yang's voice suddenly became much louder, and the sound exploded in Li Hong's ears like thunder, making him shake all over, and a bright light suddenly appeared in his dark eyes.
"Ancestor, please teach me!"
He knelt down on the ground with a pop, kowtowed deeply to Zhou Yang, and then raised his head, looking at Zhou Yang hopefully.
"You have to think clearly!"
Zhou Yang looked at Li Hong with a serious face and said slowly: "If you choose this path, if you fail, you will only die and there will be no possibility of regret!"
When Li Hong heard what he said, he immediately responded without thinking: "Junior, please think clearly. If you really die during the process of forming the elixir, I will die without any regrets!"
"In that case, you should get up first. I will explain this matter to you in detail later, ancestor."
Zhou Yang waved his hand and asked Li Hong to get up, then sat cross-legged on the ground with him, and asked about the situation of the Zhou family branch in the far west.
Since he left three copies of [Purple Heart Chalcedony] for the Zhou family branch in the far west land before he left for the immortal world in Donghua Continent last time, now the Zhou family branch in the far west land, plus Li Hong
Including myself, there are three monks of the Zifu period.
In addition to Li Hong, the other two monks from the Zifu period are named Zhou Zehong and Zhou Rongxiang.
Zhou Zehong on the third floor of the Zi Mansion is the current head of the Zhou family branch in the Far West, while Zhou Rongxiang on the second floor of the Zi Mansion is the family elder.
In addition to these three Zifu period monks, the Zhou family branch in the far west currently has 21 foundation-building period monks, 452 Qi-training period monks, and five foundation-building period monks.
There are one hundred and twenty-three monks who are relatives during this period.
Although this power is far inferior to that of the Zhou family in the Immortal Cultivation World of the Boundless Sand Sea, it is still quite strong.
In addition to Zhou Yang's strong support, the Zhou family branch in the far west is able to reach the scale it is today. In addition to Zhou Yang's strong support, Li Hong in front of him is also indispensable.
After all, he had calculated everything. The branch of the Zhou family here had only been established less than four hundred years ago. In such a short period of time, Li Hong's ability to develop a small family branch from scratch to the scale it is today has been fully proven.
This is also the biggest reason why Zhou Yang is willing to spend a lot of effort to help him reach the golden elixir stage.
If such a talented person were to die like this, it would undoubtedly be a great loss to the Zhou family.
"Your energy and blood have begun to decline. Keep these ten pieces of [Blood Dragon Rice] first, and take one every year to nourish your body and recuperate your body."
"There is a fifth-level high-grade spiritual elixir [Jiazi Divine Pill] in this jade bottle, which can extend the life of a monk in the golden elixir stage by one period of time. If you dissolve it with spiritual water and take it, although it cannot extend the life of one period of time by two or three years,
Ten years of life is not a problem."
"You don't have to worry about the remaining auxiliary pill-forming spiritual objects. When you return to the Immortal Cultivation World of Liuyun Continent, Ancestor, I will naturally help you collect them all."
One priceless precious spiritual object after another was taken out by Zhou Yang at will and thrown into Li Hong's hands.
These two spiritual objects are the relics that Zhou Yang obtained from Lou Feifeng, the master of the Goddess Palace. Among them, he obtained three of the [Jiazi Divine Pills]. Now he has given one to Li Hong, and he plans to see the situation of the remaining two in the future.
Awarded to two apprentices.
Li Hong got these two spiritual things. After hearing him explain the effects of the two spiritual things, his old face turned red instantly. He was so excited.
He held the two spiritual objects tightly and bowed deeply to Zhou Yang with a grateful face: "My ancestors have such great love, and I will never be able to repay it even if I die. In this life, I can only use this broken body to dedicate myself to the family and do my best to repay my elders."
Ancestor’s kindness!”
"You deserve this. Ancestor, I am not blind. I have always seen your contribution to the family."
Zhou Yang said, suddenly remembering something, and sighed with a sad look on his face: "It's a pity that brothers and sisters Guang Xiang and Guang Xiang could not wait until this day, otherwise..."
Otherwise, he didn't say anything, but Li Hong understood what he meant.
In terms of contributions to the Zhou family, Zhou Guangxiang is greater than him, and in terms of the close relationship between the two parties, Zhou Guangxiang's brother and sister are even more incomparable to him, a foreign relative.
If the Zhou Guangxiang brothers and sisters were still there, Zhou Yang would definitely give priority to supporting these brothers and sisters in forming pills.
Even so, it did not affect Li Hong's gratitude to Zhou Yang.
After all, he is the one who really gets this benefit now!
"Okay, let's not talk about these sad things, let's talk about my ancestor's purpose of coming this time!"
Zhou Yang shook his head, suppressed the sadness on his face, looked at Li Hong with a serious face and said: "Ancestor, I have now formed a Nascent Soul, and unified the boundless sand sea to cultivate immortals, and I am still in Liuyun Continent
The Immortal Cultivation World has taken up the position of Supreme Elder of the Xuanyang Immortal Sect, and from now on I plan to make every effort to promote the family monks to go to the Liuyun Continent Cultivation World to further their studies."
"So my ancestor, I came to the far western land this time to move all of you back to the Immortal Cultivation World of the Boundless Sand Sea, and then select the best ones to take you to the Liuyun Continent Cultivation World for further training!"
What!
Li Hong looked at Zhou Yang in shock, his eyes widening.
He only cultivated at the Zifu stage, and Zhou Yang deliberately hid his cultivation. Of course, he didn't know that Zhou Yang was already a Yuanying stage monk.
How could I not be shocked when I heard Zhou Yang reveal his identity at this time.
Zhou Yang's purpose of coming was also beyond his expectation, making him extremely panicked.
"Ancestor, are you telling the truth just now? Is this junior hearing you right? Have you really become a Nascent Soul?"
He looked at Zhou Yang and asked with trembling lips, his face full of disbelief.
"Of course it's true. How could I, ancestor, joke with you about this kind of thing!"
Zhou Yang glanced at him and confirmed the fact again in a calm tone.
Li Hong stopped talking now.
He needed time to digest the shocking news.
After staring at Zhou Yang in silence for a long time, he suddenly got excited, saluted quickly and shouted: "Junior, I was rude just now, please forgive me, ancestor."
"These are just little things."
Zhou Yang waved his hand, not caring about these details, and then looked at him and asked: "Ancestor, let me ask you, in your opinion, the people of the Zhou family branch of the Immortal Cultivation World in the far west will be willing to follow me back to Wubian
Is Shahai cultivating the immortal world?"
Li Hong really didn't want to answer this question, but he knew he had to answer it.
Under Zhou Yang's gaze, he smiled bitterly and said: "If an ancestor like you, a monk in the Nascent Soul stage, comes forward, as long as he is not a fool, he will definitely be willing to follow you back to the boundless sand sea to cultivate immortality!"
This is the charm of Yuanying Stage monks!
All fools know how beneficial it is to have a family ancestor who is at the Nascent Soul stage.
What hometown is hard to leave, what nostalgia is unforgettable, and what does it matter in the face of the visible road to eternal life?
On one side is a family branch whose highest level of cultivation is only the Zifu stage monks, and on the other side is the family headquarters that is in charge of a side of the immortal world and has Nascent Soul stage monks stationed there. Even a fool knows how to choose.
But for Li Hong, the result of this means that the Zhou family branch that he has devoted his whole life to will completely become history.
It's like all his life's hard work was destroyed and ruined!
This made him feel better.
With Zhou Yang's wisdom, he could certainly guess what the other party was thinking through the changes in Li Hong's tone and expression, but he had already made up his mind on this matter and could not change it just because of Li Hong's mood.
Therefore, he could only turn a blind eye and wave his hand and said: "Since you said so, I will leave this matter to you. Sell off all the fixed assets of the family branch here as soon as possible, and then recall all the clan members to the family
When the time comes, Ancestor, I will take you all away together with your belongings!"
"Yes, I will obey my ancestor's instructions!"
Li Hong responded in a low tone, and got up to do this with a complicated mood.
This matter is not easy to handle.
First of all, according to Zhou Yang's request, in order to prevent anything from happening midway, his identity cannot be exposed to too many people in advance.
Therefore, Li Hong could only persuade Zhou Zehong and Zhou Rongxiang, two monks from the family's Zifu period, and with the prestige of the three monks from the Zifu period, he suppressed the dissatisfaction of the monks within the family and forcibly began to sell the family's spiritual mountain and manor.
Stores and other fixed assets.
Thanks to the chaos caused by Zhou Yang in Cangyuan Immortal City two hundred years ago, the Zhou family branch has occupied many high-quality resource points here, and in the past two hundred years, Li Hong has also been engaged in business, and in Yu
Several fairy cities in the country and even neighboring Dayun Kingdom have purchased many shops.
Now according to Zhou Yang's requirements, these fixed assets need to be sold as quickly as possible, and for this, even if they are discounted by 30 or 40%, they will not hesitate.
This is really a huge loss sale!
Li Hong's heart is really bleeding when he does this kind of thing of selling the fruits of his hard work at a low price.
The Zhou family in Cangyuan Immortal City suddenly sold off various fixed assets. This incident quickly attracted the attention of some forces in the Yu Kingdom.
While they took the opportunity to buy high-quality assets at bargain prices, they tried every means possible to find out why the Zhou family did this.
About a month passed like this, and when all the fixed assets of the Zhou family were almost sold, a monk who was a relative of the Zhou family with foundation-building cultivation finally couldn't stand the temptation offered by a certain force, and filled with grief and anger.
The inside story was revealed.
And the inside story told by this monk in the foundation-building period, a relative of the Zhou family, immediately shocked all the major forces in the Yu Kingdom!
It turns out that the Zhou family in Cangyuan Immortal City, which has been developing and rising under their noses, is actually a branch of a certain big family, and the leader of that big family is Zhou Yang, who is listed as an important wanted criminal by the "Backlight Alliance"
!
It is not an exaggeration to describe this matter as saying that one stone stirred up a thousand waves.
A certain force in the Yu State who learned the inside story quickly passed the news to the Haoyang Sect to let "Master Yuanjing" Peng Yuanjing know, and at the same time issued a notice to the major forces in the Yu State and even the Dayun State that had Golden Core Stage monks.
, joined forces with the masters of these forces to kill the Zhou family.
It's just that although they acted quickly, they still didn't completely hide it from the Zhou family.
When their coalition forces reached the outside of Cangyuan Immortal City, a large-scale building ship with a grade of up to fifth level carried hundreds of monks from the Zhou family to escape from Cangyuan Immortal City and fled all the way east to the boundless sand sea.
passed.
Of course, this coalition force didn't want to see the credit they got fly away, so they quickly followed up and pursued them all the way.
Besides, after Peng Yuanjing, the "Master Yuanjing" who was located in the Haoyang Zong Mountain Gate, received the summons from the Yu State, he was not carried away by the anger. He rushed over and immediately rushed to kill the person who had caused his Haoyang Zong's vitality to be great.
Damn hurt boy.
The first thing he did was to immediately contact the "Counter Light Alliance" intelligence agency to find out the whereabouts of the late Nascent Soul monks in the Great Guangming Immortal Palace, especially Yin Hanguang, the master of the Great Guangming Immortal Palace.
Then, while waiting for feedback from the intelligence agency, he asked several forces in Yu State to report to him the pursuit situation and the location of the Zhou family's fugitives.
After waiting like this for two days, after receiving feedback from the intelligence agency and confirming that those powerful men who could kill him in the Great Bright Palace were under surveillance, Peng Yuanjing passed a teleportation array on Haoyang Mountain.
He teleported directly away from the sect and quickly rushed towards the boundless sea of sand.
The escape speed of the monks at the Nascent Soul stage was so fast. Although Peng Yuanjing was two days behind before setting off, it only took him less than five days to catch up with the fifth-level flying building mentioned in the information in the vast sea of sand.
Boat.
"Zhou Yang, rat, your death has come. Today, I will use the lives of your entire clan to pay homage to Senior Brother Guo's spirit in heaven!"
In mid-air, Peng Yuanjing glared at the flying ship that had stopped escaping because of his appearance. The sound full of murderous intent resounded through the sky.
In the flying building ship, after Zhou Yang heard these words full of murderous intent, he laughed with a smile on his face and said: "Hahaha, that's a coincidence. Zhou also wanted to tell you that I will use you today."
His head is to repay the injustice Zhou suffered in your Haoyang Sect back then!"
Before the laughter ended, the others had already flown out of the building and appeared in Peng Yuanjing's sight.
"How is it possible! How could you reach the Nascent Soul stage in cultivation so quickly!"
Peng Yuanjing's eyes widened, staring at Zhou Yang as if he had seen a ghost, and he exclaimed with disbelief on his face.
He had met Zhou Yang more than two hundred years ago. At that time, Zhou Yang was only at the fourth level of Jindan cultivation and had just entered the middle stage of Jindan.
Now, just over two hundred years later, Zhou Yang had successfully conceived a baby. How could this not shock him greatly?
He had never heard of someone like Zhou Yang who could quickly cultivate from the fourth level of the Golden Core to the Nascent Soul stage in more than two hundred years.
Such a terrifying cultivation speed cannot be explained by more than just talent. It must require a huge adventure!
Then he contacted Zhou Yang who deliberately disguised himself as a Golden Core monk and took the initiative to expose the existence of the Zhou family to lure him out. Peng Yuanjing already had a very bad premonition in his heart.
However, he was also an old man. Although he was worried to death, he showed an extremely angry look on his face and shouted angrily: "Humph, what if your cultivation reaches the Yuanying stage? You are only at the Yuanying level.
With your cultivation, how could I still be afraid of you?"
Before he finished shouting, he saw him directly holding up a purple-red bronze mirror with a strong aura and shining it at Zhou Yang. A pillar of extremely hot purple flames shot out from the bronze mirror and blasted towards Zhou Yang head-on.
passed.
At the same time, without even looking at how Zhou Yang responded to his attack, he directly pinched the spell with both hands. Dozens of phantoms instantly separated from his body and fled in all directions.
This magical power of clone escape was specially cultivated by him after he narrowly escaped with his life more than two hundred years ago, just to ensure that he could escape on the battlefield if he encountered that kind of critical situation again.
life.
"Good thief, where are you going?"
Zhou Yanggang activated the power of [Evil-Resisting Treasure Clothes] to block the purple flame beam bombardment. When he saw this situation, he was shocked and angry. He roared and quickly released his spiritual consciousness with all his strength to find Peng Yuanjing's true body.