The distance between the Yuquan Lake Oasis and the Baisha River Oasis is more than six thousand miles. If Zhou Yang were to fly alone with his sword, including the time spent resting and replenishing his mana, it would take one day to reach them.
However, when he took his mother Lin Yuting to fly with his sword, the time was almost doubled, and it took more than two days to arrive.
When he arrived at the Baisha River Oasis, Zhou Yang did not contact Chen Pingzhi immediately. Instead, he first sent his mother Lin Yuting to the newly built "Ping'an Fang City" to meet his father Zhou Xuanhao, and then went to the family home established by the Zhou family on the Baisha River Oasis.
The branch is located in "Qingniu Mountain".
Qingniu Mountain was originally the spiritual mountain of a small Qi-training family on the Baisha River Oasis. The spiritual vein level on the mountain was only second-level low-grade. This small family was established less than a hundred years ago, and there were only eight monks in the family, including the head of the family.
The last time the sand bandits attacked the oasis, this small family was directly wiped out, and only some family members survived.
For a small family like this that has been wiped out, even if the Chen family wants to help them, they have no way of helping them. They can't let a group of mortals occupy Lingshan and then slowly wait for their family to give birth to a baby with spiritual roots to rebuild the family, right?
This is simply unrealistic and a huge waste of resources.
So after the Liu, Yang, and Zhou families expressed their desire to establish a family branch in the Baisha River Oasis, the ancestor of the Chen family assigned Qingniu Mountain and the dozens of miles around Qingniu Mountain to the Zhou family as a family branch.
Branch location.
Five years ago, Zhou Xuanhao led thousands of mortals of the Zhou family to the Baisha River Oasis and settled in Qingniu Mountain. Then the mortals of the Zhou family built a small town at the foot of the mountain and slowly expanded their numbers.
The monks built palaces and attics on the mountain for monks to rest and live. The "Fengyue Tower" was also built on the mountain.
After Zhou Yang came to Qingniu Mountain, he first went to the places where the mortals of the Zhou family lived to make secret visits.
A few years have passed, and most of the thousands of Zhou family mortals who originally migrated here have now given birth to offspring. The population of the town, including those infants, has exceeded 5,000.
The land in the Baisha River Oasis is very fertile and the grain yield is very high. If the land allocated by the Chen family to the Zhou family is fully developed and utilized, it can still support 10,000 or 20,000 people.
Moreover, the population is not livestock in the cattle and sheep pens. The population can move. When the time comes, even if the number of Zhou family mortals here in Qingniu Mountain exceeds the limit of land support, they will be able to migrate and settle elsewhere.
However, those mortals who have left the Zhou family's territory will no longer be able to enjoy the protection of the Zhou family monks, and they will have to rely on themselves to support themselves.
The troubles of later generations cannot be felt by the predecessors.
The mortals of the Zhou family in the small town at the foot of Qingniu Mountain are living a comfortable life at least now.
In order to allow them to flourish here safely, the Zhou family simply gave the men free wives and the women helped recruit sons-in-law for free. They directly used the visible benefits to help them escape from the mortal settlements of the small families who had been destroyed.
, a large number of handsome men and beauties were found to match them, and their lives were much better than those of their relatives in the Yuquan Lake oasis.
Zhou Yang secretly observed for a while, and after confirming that these mortals did not complain much about the family allowing them to move here, he left here happily.
He, the patriarch of the Zhou family, is not only the patriarch of the Zhou family, a family that cultivates immortality, but also the patriarch of the secular mortals of the Zhou family. The ideas of these secular mortals also need to be given certain attention by him. At least, these mortals cannot mention him as the clan leader.
At that time, he always gritted his teeth and looked like he wished he was dead.
After leaving the gathering place of mortals, Zhou Yang just headed to Qingniu Mountain, a spiritual mountain.
While Zhou Xuanhao is in charge of "Ping'an Fang City", Qingniu Mountain is now in charge of Chen Ting, a relative of the Zhou family. This man is the husband of Zhou Yang's eighth aunt Zhou Xuanyan. He is an eighth-level qi practitioner, so it is just right for him to be in charge of Qingniu Mountain.
It is appropriate, and the shopkeeper of "Feng Yue Tower" is the "Golden Flower Lady", a female casual cultivator on the sixth floor of Qi training who is employed by the Zhou family.
After Zhou Yang arrived at Qingniu Mountain, he did not go to see the two of them. Instead, he first went to the women's lounge outside the "Fengyue Tower" and restrained a mortal woman, and then used the "** technique" to charm the woman's mind and ask questions.
The situation of "Feng Yue Tower".
Under the influence of the "** technique", the woman answered all questions. Through her answers, Zhou Yang quickly gained an intuitive understanding of the operation of "Feng Yue Tower".
It should be said that the result satisfied him.
When he first established the "Feng Yue Tower", he had formulated some strict rules. It was strictly forbidden for the managers to use their power to force the women in the building to accompany people who did not want to be escorted. It was strictly forbidden for casual cultivators who came to stay overnight to harm the women in the building. It was strictly forbidden to embezzle money and deduct money from the building.
It is strictly forbidden to prevent the women in the building from exiting for any reason.
Now it seems that the person in charge of the Zhou family here has taken his statement to heart. At least in the past few years, the above-mentioned things have not happened in "Fengyue Tower".
Among the mortal women, some of them retired successfully through the rewards obtained by giving birth to offspring, and then took the rewards given by their families to recruit men and start families in the small town at the foot of the mountain.
After he understood the situation clearly, he released the effect of the "** spell", then put the unconscious woman back on the bed, and left Qingniu Mountain without any intention of meeting the two monks on the mountain.
He knew very well that as long as he did not show up and clearly stated that he had been here, the monks in charge of the Zhou family would never dare to take his instructions lightly.
After making a circuit from Qingniu Mountain and returning to "Ping'an Fang City", Zhou Yang sent a message to Chen Pingzhi through the monks of the Chen family in Fang City, informing him of his arrival.
"Hahaha, little friend Zhou is indeed a trustworthy person. Chen has been waiting for little friend for a long time."
Chen Pingzhi was very anxious. Zhou Yanggang rested for an hour in the newly opened "Yuquan Building" and rushed over after receiving the news.
"This junior has just taken over the family not long ago. There are always some things that need to be explained clearly before going out, but it has wasted a lot of time. I have troubled Senior Chen to wait for a long time." Zhou Yang cupped his hands, with a hint of apology on his face.
Chen Pingzhi's eyes flashed, and he couldn't help laughing: "Hahaha, little friend, you are serious. We, the foundation-building monks, have a lifespan of more than two hundred years, so what does it mean to wait for just a few days? What if I have something else to do, little friend?
If it is not resolved, we can wait until it is resolved. Chen can still afford to wait at this time!"
"No need, everything that this junior should do has been done. If it is convenient for senior Chen, you can now tell me what you asked this junior to do." Zhou Yang shook his head, but asked straight to the point.
Understand the purpose of Chen Pingzhi’s trip.
Seeing him so cheerful, Chen Pingzhi finally showed a smile from the bottom of his heart.
He looked at Zhou Yang with a smile and said: "This matter is a long story, so Chen will make it short."
"This time, I asked little friend Zhou to come over to help. I want you to accompany me to explore a cave left by a senior monk. The original owner of the cave should not have exceeded the foundation building stage. It is not very dangerous for us and others. The reason why we are looking for
My friend came to help me just in case there is an emergency, so I can have someone to take care of me."
Sure enough!
After listening to Chen Pingzhi's words, Zhou Yang thought to himself.
Since what Chen Pingzhi asked him for help was the same as what he had guessed in advance, he could answer it according to the plan he had thought of in advance.
He looked at Chen Pingzhi who had a smile on his face, his face became solemn, and he asked solemnly: "Senior Chen is so calm, so please forgive me for taking offence. I would like to ask my senior, if there is anything gained from this expedition, what can I do?"
share?"
It's okay to come and help if you owe a favor, but it's definitely not okay if you help for free.
When Chen Pingzhi lent the cave to him to build the foundation, he also received a lot of benefits from the old patriarch Zhou Minghan. Now that he is here to help him, of course he must be paid a sum of money.
Of course Chen Pingzhi also knew this truth, so when he heard him ask this question, he was not angry. He just suppressed the smile on his face, looked at him seriously and replied: "If the little friend has not taken action, Chen will give the little friend a hundred souls."
Stone's travel expenses, if the child takes action, Chen will give the child 10 to 20% of the harvest depending on the level of the child's contribution, what do you think?"
The harvest of 10% to 20% is naturally far lower than what a normal team of monks would earn from an expedition, but if the factor of returning favors is taken into account, this share ratio is not unacceptable.
Zhou Yang thought for a while, and finally nodded and said: "Just do as Senior Chen said."
"Then you and I will leave now." Chen Pingzhi seemed to be really in a hurry and wanted to leave immediately.
Since Zhou Yang had agreed to help, they had no choice but to follow his footsteps. After the two of them left Fangshi, they released their flying swords and flew towards the boundless sea of sand outside the Baisha River Oasis.
When flying with the sword, in order to allow Zhou Yang to keep up, Chen Pingzhi, who was already at the sixth level of Foundation Establishment, deliberately slowed down a lot. At the same time, he also told Zhou Yang the reason why he was in a hurry to leave.
"So that fellow Taoists know that Huang Shamen has agreed to my ancestor's request for help, and will soon send a Zifu monk and ten foundation-building monks to the Baisha River Oasis to help investigate the whereabouts of the bandits.
Foundation-building monks like you and me have to help from the side, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to escape within ten or eight years, which is why Chen is so eager to set off."
What?
Zhou Yang was really surprised when he heard the news.
He was not surprised that people from Huangshamen would come. After all, when the bandits attacked Baishahe Oasis, they even robbed their Huangshamen shop.
However, Huang Shamen actually sent monks from the Zifu to stay for a long time to assist the Chen family in searching for the whereabouts of the bandits. The profound meaning of this is worth pondering.
You must know that the monks in the Zifu period are just like a carrot and a trap. They usually sit on one side and have important tasks.
If the Chen family found the whereabouts of the bandits and applied to Huang Shamen for assistance from high-level monks, it would be normal for Huang Shamen to send Zifuqi monks to help.
But now that the Chen family doesn't even know where the bandits are, they can ask Huang Shamen to send a high-status Zifuqi monk to lead ten foundation-building monks to stay in the Baisha River Oasis for a long time. This is surprising.
As the patriarch of the Zhou family, Zhou Yang was of course very concerned about this situation. Therefore, even though he knew that it was inappropriate to ask this question, he still couldn't help but asked Chen Pingzhi: "Excuse me for taking the risk, Senior Chen."
Do you know why Huangshamen did this? Which senior from the Zifu in Huangshamen will come?"
"My little friend, I'd like to ask Chen. The contact with Huang Shamen was all done by the ancestor himself. Chen still doesn't know how the ancestor persuaded Huang Shamen. Is this the news? It's my brother.
I told Chen in secret!"
Chen Pingzhi didn't know if he really didn't know or if he didn't want to say more. Anyway, Zhou Yang couldn't get any more useful information from him.
This cast a shadow in his heart.
He knew very well that there must be a reason for Huang Shamen's abnormal behavior, and they, the vassal families under Huang Shamen, would definitely be involved.
In spite of himself, Zhou Yang couldn't help but think of his guess about the origin of the bandits. Could it be that he had really guessed it?