One hundred and twenty-two chapters to do mundane practice
Just after noon, several clan elders arrived as scheduled. Seeing Zhang Sui there, they all came up to say hello.
Zhang Bing, the elder of the clan, looked at Zhang Sui with a strange look on his face and said, "Brother Sui, you are very powerful. In just a few days, you are going to become the vice president of the academy."
Zhang Sui just laughed and said, "It's just a joke. Grandpa Bing doesn't need to take it seriously."
Zhang Tian had already told his clan elders about the Junshan Academy. Several clan elders looked suspicious at that time. How could they have such a good clan education? In a blink of an eye, they stopped teaching people how to read, and instead taught people how to become immortals.
If it weren't for Zhang Tian who was taking the lead, several clan elders would definitely think that the person who said this was crazy.
But after Zhang Tian demonstrated some Taoist methods in front of them, these people believed that there is really such a thing as cultivating immortals.
A group of people were even more dumbfounded when they heard Zhang Tian talk about Mr. Meng's current level of cultivation and status in the spiritual world.
Zhang Tian's words made all these old men feel very excited.
Zhang Tian said: "After the academy is established, many practitioners from other sects will be invited to teach, and some of them may teach the method of longevity. Even if it cannot make people live forever, extending life should not be a big problem."
For this group of old men, most of whom have already entered the grave, nothing is more tempting than increasing their life span. This also makes them directly become the most powerful supporters of the establishment of the academy.
When Zhang Tian invited them over this time, he did not say that he would step down as the clan leader. They thought it was a matter of the academy.
After several people sat down, when Zhang Tian said that he wanted to step down as the clan leader, several clan elders immediately exploded.
Zhang Bing, the most prestigious person, stood up and objected: "This is absolutely impossible. The patriarch is now in his prime. Over the years, under your leadership, the family has gone through many crises and developed to its current scale.
It can be said that your prestige in the clan is unparalleled. If you resign so easily, it will definitely cause panic in the family, and the impact in all aspects cannot be underestimated."
Several other clan elders also nodded repeatedly.
Zhang Tian did not interrupt Zhang Bing's words. After he finished speaking, he said: "Dear clan elders, I have made this intention after careful consideration. The world has changed. It is no longer like before. Some official
If you rely on them, you will have smooth sailing in your business journey.
Now that the world is undergoing great changes, more and more practitioners will interfere in the secular world in the future. If there are no practitioners in the family, even if they can prosper for a while, when the family of practitioners rises in the future, they will be swept away by this wave.
submerged.
Now that my second brother and I have entered the door of spiritual practice, and with Mr. Meng as our support behind us, the family business will surely last for a long time in the future and will not fail easily.
But the premise is that my second brother and I must be able to establish ourselves in the spiritual practice world, otherwise everything will be empty talk in the future.
If I still control the family business, I will definitely be involved in family affairs, which will definitely be detrimental to my spiritual practice. In the long run, it will not be beneficial to the development of the family.
This time, I proposed that Zhang Bingzu should replace me as the head of the Zhang family, and it was also after careful consideration. I also know that you are old and may not have enough energy, but you have an outstanding grandson, Brother Zhang Tong!"
Zhang Tian paused for a moment when he said this. Looking at the thoughtful expressions of the people around him, he continued: "Brother Zhang Tong wanted to join the business industry a few years ago, but was blocked by several clan elders. Now we can recall him and follow him.
With elder Zhang Bing, he gradually took over the family affairs.
Wait until the time is right and pass the title of family head to him. In this way, the family business will not be greatly affected.
I don’t have much focus on family affairs now, let alone my second brother. And what I said is not entirely meant to discuss with you, this is also the final decision I have made."
When talking about it later, Zhang Tian's tone was very solemn.
For a moment, the entire hall was extremely quiet, everyone was thinking about Zhang Tian's words. Only Zhang Sui still looked like an old god, playing with a teacup there.
After a long time, one of the clan elders glanced at Zhang Sui who was yawning and said, "Don't you have anything to say, Second Young Master?"
Zhang Sui came to his senses and said with a smile: "I agree with my brother's decision with both hands and feet. Elders, you don't have to worry. My brother and I didn't say we were leaving the family, we just practiced with peace of mind.
We are the most solid backing in the family. If we encounter trouble in the business world in the future, with my eldest brother and I here, we will still have some face. If we really don’t give face, huh."
The sword light flashed around him, and a huge sword mark fell directly into the courtyard, splitting a large tree in the courtyard into two halves. The whole body of the sword light flashed with blue light, and the tree that was split in half froze instantly.
Before Zhang Sui could wait for everyone in the hall to come to their senses, he also threw the teacup in his hand and hit the frozen tree trunk.
The five-foot-tall frozen tree was hit by the tea cup and instantly shattered into fragments the size of fingers.
Everyone in the hall turned pale and horrified when they saw this scene. When they looked at Zhang Sui, their eyes were completely different.
Zhang Sui looked at Zhang Bing with a smile and said, "Grandpa Bing, what do you think about having this kind of method as a backing for the family business?"
Zhang Bing came back to his senses, looked at Zhang Sui and then at Zhang Tian, and murmured: "Is this the method of a practitioner?"
Zhang Tian nodded and said: "Yes, this is the method our family may encounter in the future. Sometimes the power of the government does not have much solution when encountering such methods. If there is no one in the family who can cope with it, you should be able to imagine
as a result of."
Everyone was silent. After a while, Zhang Bing gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, in that case, I will take over the position of the clan leader. After Zhang Tong is familiar with the affairs of the family, I will hand over the position of family head to him. With the two of you in the family,
Being in charge, I think there won't be any young people who dare to bully you."
Zhang Tian nodded and said: "I'm not saying that I don't care about the affairs in the family at all. If you encounter something difficult to solve, you can just come to me or my second brother."
Zhang Bing nodded in agreement, and all the clan elders nodded in agreement.
It seems that Zhang Tie's long talk was not as effective as Zhang Sui's sword.
Everyone discussed the specific arrangements in the hall. Zhang Sui was not interested in these matters at all. He said hello and took Fang Xiong out directly.
Passing by the big tree that had been broken into pieces, a group of guards were pointing around. When they saw Zhang Sui coming out, they quickly bowed respectfully.
Zhang Sui also smiled and nodded, passed them and left Zhang's house. After thinking about it, he was going to see if Huang Jian was back.
Zhang Sui and Zhang Sui rode all the way to the Huang Mansion. The concierge at the door saw Zhang Sui and Huang Jian together, and he was very discerning. He quickly welcomed Zhang Sui in, invited Zhang Sui to the living room, served him tea, and ordered someone to notify Huang Jian.
After a while, Huang Jian came to the living room with dark circles under his eyes and yawned.
When Zhang Sui saw his appearance, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Where are you, Brother Huang? Why are you looking like this? Don't throw away the advice I gave you!"
Huang Jian sat down opposite Zhang Sui and said feebly: "In just a few days, I traveled thousands of miles back and forth, and I didn't get much rest. If you hadn't come here, I would still be sleeping at this time. How could I have the energy to go out and have fun?
!”
Suddenly seeing Fang Xiong next to Zhang Sui, his eyes widened. He stared at him closely and finally asked with some uncertainty: "Are you brother Fang Xiong?"
Fang Xiong nodded helplessly.
Huang Jian looked shocked and asked quickly: "Why did you become like this? Brother Zhang went out with you, and you stole all the limelight!"
Zhang Sui's face showed dark lines, he interrupted Huang Jian's inquiry and asked: "How is Brother Huang's matter handled?"
When this matter was brought up, Huang Jian looked furious and said depressedly: "Don't mention it, the city of Tianjing is too chaotic now, and the line my eldest brother set up has offended the grandsons of some of the most powerful dove factions now.
, I dare not move now.
Several properties have been closed down under various excuses, and all the money invested in them has been wasted.
Damn it, what doves, I think they are all a bunch of separatists!"
Zhang Suidao said: "The jade tablet didn't come in handy?"
Huang Jianqi said: "I gave away two yuan, and what I got was that several other places would no longer be sealed off. Damn, a group of random grandsons. It turned out that even if they were just a few guys fighting, at least they were still within the rules. Now
There are no rules at all, whoever has the bigger fist is justified!"
Zhang Suidao: "This situation will become more and more serious in the future. My eldest brother has already stepped down from his position as clan leader and has to devote himself to spiritual practice in order to cope with this situation."
Huang Jian said enviously: "You two brothers are both practitioners, so you don't have to worry about encountering this kind of thing in the future."
Zhang Sui shook his head and said: "You will meet some tough-headed guys, but if you really don't know what is right, and you get offended, you will definitely be taught a lesson.
You don’t have to worry too much, you will soon become a practitioner, and you will be considered a supporter of the family in the future.
Besides, if I can become a disciple of Mr. Meng, I really don’t believe that anyone would dare to cause trouble for your family.
But speaking of which, please don’t do evil things in the family, otherwise, you can imagine the consequences."
Upon hearing this, Huang Jian perked up and said, "You don't need to tell me this. If someone really does evil in the future, I will break their legs with my own hands.
In the past few days, I have been thinking about cultivation in my dreams. Do you think Mr. Meng is really willing to accept me as his disciple?"
Zhang Suidao: "Whether you can do it or not depends entirely on your own performance. What I can guarantee is that you will enter the academy."
Huang Jian nodded and said, "I'm going to visit Mr. Meng tomorrow. I don't know if he will see me. No matter what, I'm still half of his disciple after all, so I don't mind the shame."
Zhang Sui laughed and said: "I don't have anything to do these two days, so I will accompany you there then."
Huang Jianxi said: "That's great. I used to feel a little scared when I was alone. They are really good brothers!"
Zhang Suidao: "Please help me collect more jade stones. This time there is no limit on the size. The more the better."
Huang Jian smiled and said: "I knew you must still need these. Before I left a few days ago, I had already asked several of my stores to help collect them and send them directly to you later.
Stay here, let’s have a good chat, and it’s not too late to go back after having a drink in the evening.”
Zhang Sui did not delay, and stayed in Huang Mansion all afternoon, chatting with Huang Jian about some things he knew about the spiritual world.
After drinking and eating in the evening, Zhang Sui took Fang Xiong back to his residence. There were two large boxes already placed there in the courtyard. Lu Bei reported that they were sent by Huang Mansion. Zhang Sui nodded and asked them to
Help move to the bedroom.
It took him half a night to make two boxes of jade, and then he lay down and entered the void of consciousness to continue practicing the art of transformation he had unlocked.
Early the next morning, Zhang Sui was drinking tofu nao and watching the big monkey Chen Nuo torturing the Lubei brothers in the outer courtyard. Huang Jian came to look for him wearing a Confucian shirt and waving his fancy folding fan.
Zhang Sui saw that the clothes on Huang Jian looked familiar, and after thinking for a while, he came back to his senses. Isn't this the style worn by the students in ethnic studies? It seems that this guy has put a lot of thought into it.
Zhang Sui didn't say much, drank the tofu noodle in his hand in a few sips, called out to Fang Xiong who was still watching the fun, loaded the two boxes of jade into the carriage, and the group went to the clan.
Before leaving, Zhang Sui thought about it again and again, and finally took the cave flute with him.
It was already noon when the group arrived at the clan school. Huang Jian stood at the gate of the clan school, looking at the lintel, hesitant.
Zhang Sui laughed, put his arm around his shoulders, and they stepped into the door together.
Before he could speak, he heard a voice next to him reprimanding: "How unbecoming is it to hold arms and legs in the academy!"
Huang Jian and Zhang Sui were agitated, separated quickly, and stood up straight unconsciously.
An old man looked at the two of them with a dark face and his hands behind his back.
Zhang Sui looked over and felt that it was very strange. He had never seen it before.
Zhang Sui bowed his hands and said with a smile: "Student Zhang Sui, I have met you sir."
The old master looked at him with some surprise, looked at him, and said: "It turns out to be the second young master. I have heard your name from Mr. Meng and others many times. I, Guo Xun, was recently invited by Mr. Meng.
I have just arrived here and now I am teaching etiquette among ethnic studies."
Although Guo Xun was not a practitioner, Zhang Sui always respected the teachers in ethnic studies and said respectfully: "I have met Mr. Guo."
Guo Xun was a little surprised when he saw his respectful attitude. He had heard Mr. Meng talk about Zhang Sui's situation and knew some details about Zhang Sui. He didn't expect him to be so knowledgeable about etiquette.
Guo Xun nodded and said, "Is the second young master here to look for Mr. Meng?"
Zhang Sui pointed to Huang Jian beside him and said with a smile: "I brought a friend to meet Mr. Meng today."
Huang Jian also bowed respectfully and said with a smile: "Young man is half a student of Mr. Meng. I'm here to visit Mr. Meng today."
Seeing that he was wearing a Confucian shirt and holding a folding fan in his hand, Guo Xun frowned slightly and nodded.
He turned to Zhang Sui and said, "Mr. Meng is up there." After saying that, he pointed to the sky.
Zhang Sui looked up and saw a cloud a hundred feet high floating above Mr. Meng's courtyard.
Zhang Sui was overjoyed and thanked Guo Xungong.
Zhang Sui said to Huang Jian, "Let's go, I'll take you up." After saying that, the light of the sword rose under his feet, and Huang Jian quickly stepped forward and stood up carefully.
When Zhang Sui saw that he was standing firm, he impatiently rose into the sky and headed straight for the Yuntai Hailou.