When Zhao Sheng returned to Hongyangzhou, another three months had passed.
When he learned that his friend had returned, Zhou Zhongyu was extremely happy and rushed over immediately, shouting to help Zhao Sheng.
Zhao Sheng couldn't resist, so he had to follow his friend's wishes.
The best cooks in Zhou City are all in the Zhou family, so the dust-cleansing banquet was simply held directly in Zhao Sheng's mansion.
Not to mention the delicacies at the dust-washing banquet, the spiritual wine brewed by Zhao Sheng cannot be missing at all.
Halfway through the banquet, Zhao Sheng finally figured out that Zhou Zhongyu was not trying to help him, but he was clearly hiding something in his heart.
Zhao Sheng was confused, but he saw through it and didn't say anything. He just drank and chatted with his friends.
After three rounds of wine and five tastes of food, Zhou Zhongyu's face showed a hint of drunkenness.
Under the influence of alcohol, he suddenly asked: "Brother Zhao, I want to ask you something sincerely. Among your disciples, who do you like the most?"
When Zhao Sheng heard this, his hand holding the wine glass paused, and a coldness suddenly flashed in his eyes.
Although Zhou Zhongyu seemed to be talking drunkenly, on the surface he was asking him which disciple he most valued, but in reality?
Essentially, it was to test Zhao Sheng’s mind!
What do you mean?
Naturally, he wanted to use his drunkenness to test the question of who he would leave his legacy to after he passed away.
Don't forget, Zhao Sheng's time is short, and on the surface he is a "childless" foundation-building casual cultivator.
Zhao Sheng's trip back home shocked some people in the Zhou family.
It was originally thought that after Zhao Sheng's death, his inheritance must belong to the Zhou family.
Not necessarily now.
Maybe Zhao had left his wealth and inheritance in his hometown and gave it to relatives or a "destined person".
You must know that Zhao Sheng is a highly skilled second-level talisman master, and his net worth is much richer than that of an ordinary late-stage foundation-building immortal cultivator.
If such a large amount of inheritance fell into the hands of "outsiders", some people in the Zhou family would be "mad".
Therefore, as soon as Zhao Sheng came back, Zhou Zhongyu hurried over immediately, saying that he was hosting a banquet to welcome him, but in fact he came to get some information.
Looking at his drunken "friend", Zhao Sheng put down his wine glass, pondered for a moment, and said with a smile: "Since my dear brother asked, I'll just have a casual chat. Among my sixteen apprentices, the one with the best qualifications is the one with the best qualifications.
The person with the best understanding is undoubtedly Zhou Qingwu."
Hearing this, Zhou Zhongyu's face was filled with joy.
However, Zhao Sheng changed his tone, "But... when it comes to practicing hard, Qingwu is not as good as Zhou Qingcheng. And when it comes to the piety and awe of the talisman sect, Qingwu is far inferior to Zhou Yunmin."
After Zhou Zhongyu heard this, he said anxiously: "Brother Zhao, don't you think highly of Qingwu's grandnephew?"
"No, no! Qingwu is the Qilin son of your Zhou family. Of course I value him very much. But when it comes to passing on the mantle, he is not the most suitable candidate."
After Zhao Sheng finished speaking, he picked up the wine glass again and said with a smile: "Let's not talk about this anymore. Let's drink!"
A gloomy look flashed across Zhou Zhongyu's eyes, and he quickly picked up the wine glass and shouted: "Yes, let's drink! I'd like to toast Brother Zhao!"
boom!
The two white porcelain wine glasses touched each other gently, and the spiritual wine in the glasses rippled slightly, just like the two people's moods at this time.
After the dust-cleansing banquet, Zhao Sheng visited several important figures in the next few days.
This is a courtesy act to indicate that he is back.
After several days of frequent communication, Zhao Sheng finally became "free".
Seven days later, he appeared in a spiritual wine shop in Xichengfang City, Zhoucheng.
This spiritual wine shop is called "Baili Su". It appears to be a shop selling spiritual wine, but it is actually an intelligence point set up under the Black Ice Platform.
Black Ice Platform is a spy organization responsible for monitoring the interior of the Great Yong Dynasty. It is very normal to set up special intelligence points for the "princes" within the Dynasty.
Zhao Sheng can be sure that there are far more intelligence points like this in Zhoucheng.
After entering the store and revealing his identity, Zhao Sheng was quickly taken into the underground secret room of the store and met He Ying and Fourth Master He who were dying!
"Fourth Master, where are the other two?" Zhao Sheng asked curiously.
He Ying likes to rely on his old age to show off his old age, and also likes to be called Fourth Master.
Zhao Sheng "does as the Romans do in the country" and has no intention of getting entangled in this trivial matter, so he also calls him Fourth Master.
"Wu Duzi and Bao'er have important things to do."
He Ying did not explain carefully, but found a random reason.
Um!
Zhao Sheng nodded and had no intention of asking in detail.
He came here today, firstly, to make a connection, and secondly, to report on the recent developments of the Zhou family.
After receiving the information jade disk from Zhao Sheng, He Ying flipped through it casually, looking like he didn't care much.
Zhao Sheng was not surprised at all by his performance.
There is a saying that goes well,
Sometimes the person who knows you best is not necessarily yourself, but your enemy!
Three months ago, when he was first taken to the secret archives of Heibingtai and saw that twenty large warehouses were filled with information about the Zhou family.
Zhao Sheng had already realized that the little tricks he had made would not catch Mo Shengxuan's eyes.
It's just that his cultivation level is high enough to be valued by Mo Shengxuan.
In other words, a casual cultivator in the late stage of foundation building can also be considered a powerful fighter in the war to annihilate the Zhou family.
Logically speaking, it is not too difficult for the Mo family to destroy the Zhou family.
If nothing else, one Nascent Soul Ancestor is enough to suppress all enemies.
However, the rules of a cultivating dynasty do not work that way.
As the makers of the rules, the Mo family can only obtain the greatest benefits by abiding by the rules.
If the rules are trampled at will, the most harmed will always be the royal family itself.
Therefore, if the Mo family wants to annihilate the Zhou family, they must have great righteousness and be honest in order to convince the public. Otherwise, it will inevitably cause panic among the people in the court and lead to the instability of the foundation of the dynasty.
Zhao Sheng has already understood.
Although information is important, it is not the most important. The most important thing is timing!
The Mo family is waiting, waiting for the Zhou family to "make a mistake"
It's like a spider spreading its web, waiting for a bug to make the wrong move and fall into the web.
After reading the information, He Ying nodded, put away the jade butterfly, and then said: "Brother Zhao, you just joined the Black Ice Platform, so you may not know the inside story. We have actually arranged many spies inside the Zhou family. Some spies
It has been almost a hundred years since I entered the Zhou family, and some have been lurking for several generations..."
Speaking of this, He Ying probed: "Do you understand what I say?"
Zhao Sheng nodded, "I understand what Fourth Master said!"
He Ying smiled with satisfaction, and then said: "So our main mission is not here, but in Boiling Spring Valley!"
As soon as he heard about Boiling Spring Valley, Zhao Sheng suddenly realized that this was the case!
If the Zhou family wanted to cultivate golden ring spirit earthworms, they would definitely choose Boiling Spring Valley.
Because Feiquan Valley is the core and most secret place of the Zhou family, and it is also the place where the ancestors of the Zhou family quietly cultivate.
Boiling Spring Valley is extremely well-defended. It is shrouded by a third-level defense formation all year round and is never open to the outside world.
Not to mention outsiders, even the general Qi Refining clan members of the Zhou family are not qualified to step in, unless you advance to the foundation building realm or are favored by your ancestors.