Because he had made up his mind to enter the foundation building stage before he was sixty years old, Zhou Yuanchen left everything behind half a year ago and came to work under the general helmsman of Huangshamen.
There are many sect rules in the Huangsha Sect. One of the sect rules is that any ninth-level Qi-training monk who does not have a foundation-building elixir in the sect and wants to enter the foundation-building period can be exempted from all chores within three years and be given a job in the main helm of the mountain gate.
A dedicated retreat room is provided for assistance.
Today, Zhou Yuanchen is in the main helm of Huangsha Sect, concentrating on studying the foundation building experience of many foundation building seniors in the sect, hoping that it can be helpful to his own foundation building.
Therefore, when he received the transmission message from his father Zhou Xuanbin, he quickly rushed to a teahouse outside the gate of Huangshamen Zongduo Mountain and saw Zhou Yang and his wife drinking tea in the teahouse.
Seeing this, he quickly stepped forward and bowed deeply to Zhou Xuanbin: "My child has met his father."
After saying that, he looked at Zhou Yang who was aside. A complicated look flashed in his eyes, and he also bowed deeply and said, "Yuan Chen has met the clan leader."
When he left home for Huangshamen, Zhou Yang was still a little kid of one or two years old. The two of them had not seen each other for decades. If Zhou Xuanbin hadn't previously sent a message saying that he came with Zhou Yang, he would
It is absolutely impossible to recognize Zhou Yang's identity.
Now seeing that the little kid who was still rolling in the arms of his parents suddenly became the foundation-building monk he had pursued all his life, and also became the patriarch of the Zhou family, one can imagine the huge gap in his heart.
However, as soon as he was halfway through the ceremony, he was lifted up by an invisible force. Zhou Yang waved his hand and stood up from his seat with a smile on his face, looked at him and said with a smile: "Brother Yuan Chen
That's too polite. Although I am the clan leader and the younger brother, how can I be the eldest brother and be so generous?"
When Zhou Xuanbin heard what Zhou Yang said, he also laughed and said: "Hahaha, the patriarch is right, you two are brothers, we are all a family, and if a family does not speak the same language, there is really no need to be so polite."
He is an old man, and of course he knows the purpose of his family's support for his son's foundation building. Naturally, he will not demolish Zhou Yang at this time and make the atmosphere awkward.
As for Zhou Yuanchen, because of Zhou Yang's special instructions, he still didn't know that the family was willing to lend Huang Shamen's meritorious deeds to him.
Therefore, after hearing what his father said, he, who had not had much contact with the family for a long time, took advantage of the situation and sat down beside him with a calm expression.
Of course, although his face was calm, his heart was definitely not calm.
After all, he is already fifty-eight years old, and has been struggling in the Huangshamen for decades, so he naturally understands the principle of "do not go to the Three Treasures Hall for anything".
Zhou Yang, the new patriarch of the Zhou family, suddenly brought his father to Huangshamen to find him, and his father still had a happy look on his face.
Thinking of this, he felt a little hopeful in his heart.
Sure enough, as soon as he sat down, he heard Zhou Yang ask: "I heard from my fifth uncle that Brother Yuanchen is preparing to attack the foundation. I wonder how sure he is of success?"
Hearing this, he looked solemn and said without hesitation: "The success rate of middle-grade spiritual root foundation building has always been less than 10%. How can Yuan Chen be so virtuous and capable? An Dare to say it is certain."
Success? I can only do my best and do it with all my strength. If I succeed, my life will be extended for a hundred years. If I fail, I will die as a martyr. Even if I die, I will have no regrets!"
"A good one can die without regrets!"
Zhou Yang exclaimed in admiration, and sighed with emotion: "Brother Yuan Chen's spirit is really admirable to me. If all the children of my Zhou family have the courage and courage of Brother Yuan Chen, why worry about this spirit?"
My Zhou family is unhappy!"
Zhou Xuanbin on the side couldn't help but twitched when he heard what he said, and his eyes were filled with strange looks.
Everyone is like his son Zhou Yuanchen who doesn’t use the Foundation Establishment Pill to attack the Foundation Establishment?
Is it because there are too many people in the family to die quickly enough?
Is it easy for a family to cultivate a ninth-level Qi practitioner?
Calculated based on the situation of the Zhou family, if a sixty-year-old ninth-level Qi practitioner is cultivated, the family's offerings in the forty years from twenty to sixty alone will amount to more than two thousand spiritual stones, and even more.
Needless to say, other expenses such as food, education, medical care, accommodation (spiritual energy consumption), etc.
The family spends so many resources to train a ninth-level Qi practitioner. Why?
Is it just to let them attack the foundation after nine levels of Qi training?
of course not!
The family spent so many resources to train a ninth-level Qi practitioner, but what they value most is actually his contribution to the family in the next sixty years.
In the first sixty years, the family spent resources to train the family's children almost free of charge. In the next sixty years, it is the time for these family children to repay the family.
Without this kind of free training, how could monks of the "Light" generation like Zhou Quan, Zhou Yun and other "Light" monks at the time voluntarily pick up magical weapons and fight desperately for their families at the age of over a hundred years old?
Therefore, even the Zifu family like the Chen family will not vigorously encourage the family's ninth-level Qi-training monks to enter the foundation-building stage before the age of sixty, because it is definitely not worth the gain for the family.
It is said that the success rate for middle-grade spiritual root monks to attack the foundation building stage is close to 10%, but the actual situation is that on average, only one of every twenty or thirty middle-grade spiritual root monks is likely to succeed.
And even for a big family like the Chen family, it is difficult to find thirty middle-grade spiritual root cultivators among the family members of the same generation.
In other words, if they encourage all the family members to enter the foundation building stage, it is very likely that all outstanding members of the generation will die before one person can succeed!
And if these people don't die, the value they exert will definitely be more than one. The value of two Foundation Establishment Pills is at least the value of five or eight Foundation Establishment Pills!
Therefore, for those cultivating families who have the ability to obtain Foundation Establishment Pills, it is the most normal and best operation to encourage family monks to work hard to accumulate wealth for the family, and then use the wealth to exchange for Foundation Establishment Pills from the family.
Zhou Yang is not ignorant of this truth. He just feels that since he has embarked on the road of cultivating immortality and seeking immortality, he should fight bravely and dare to move forward while there is still a road ahead.
Otherwise, if you are willing to give up the path to immortality because you are afraid of death, then why should you cultivate immortality in the first place?
Of course, Zhou Xuanbin must also know these principles, but knowing is one thing, being able to do it is another.
The three levels of foundation building test a monk's state of mind, mana, and body. Only those who truly pass the three levels of foundation building can truly feel the temptation of immortality, enjoy the benefits of immortality, and thus strengthen their will to pursue immortality.
Therefore, it is not surprising that the monks in the foundation building stage and the monks in the Qi training stage have opposite attitudes towards the impact of foundation building.
Zhou Yuanchen was able to make up his mind to attack the foundation. Regardless of whether what he said now, "I will die without regrets," was just a pretentious statement, or he really had such an unswerving heart towards the Tao, Zhou Yang was very satisfied.
He also doesn’t want his hard-earned favors and Huang Shamen’s meritorious service to be in vain!
If Zhou Yuanchen is really unworthy, then he can only say sorry to Zhou Xuanbin, his fifth uncle.
Fortunately, the eldest brother Zhou Yuanchen passed the test between him and the old patriarch Zhou Minghan. This person was able to practice in Huangshamen for decades to reach his current level of cultivation. There is indeed something extraordinary about him.
"Brother Yuan Chen is so determined in his devotion to the Tao, and I am ashamed of myself!"
He looked at the solemn-looking Zhou Yuanchen and sighed, then changed the topic and finally revealed the reason for his visit: "A while ago, my younger brother, his son, and his great-grandfather helped Senior Zhang Yunpeng of Huang Shamen to encircle and suppress the evil demons, and luckily obtained the thousand-year-old Huang
Regarding the merit points of the Shamen, after hearing what my fifth uncle talked about about Brother Yuan Chen, my great-grandfather and I decided to lend these merit points to Brother Yuan Chen in exchange for the Foundation Building Pills. I wonder if Brother Yuan Chen would dare to accept this gift?"