Zhang Hanyan was also very happy to see Zhang Zhixuan. The two had not seen each other for almost three years since their last goodbye.
In exchange for the prescription of Jade Bee Pill, Han Yan had agreed to look after White Jade Bee for Qingxuanzong for thirty years.
During the thirty years of her mission, except for occasionally taking a few days off, she could hardly leave the Qingxuan Sect's gate.
After being trapped in Qingxuanzong for thirty years, she might not even be able to see her mother again when she returns to her family. For a monk in the foundation building period, this price is not small.
"Aunt Hanyan, I didn't bring you anything the last few times I came here.
This time when I came to Qingxuanzong, I brought you some honey and royal jelly produced at home. I wonder how the taste compares with the ones inside Qingxuanzong?
But I think you will like it." Zhang Zhixuan smiled and winked at Zhang Hanyan.
Zhang Hanyan took the royal jelly and tasted it, although it was far less sweet and mellow and full of spiritual energy than the one produced by Qingxuanzong.
But for her, this taste is refreshing. Because these things all come from her dedication.
This taste will probably be imprinted in her heart forever.
After drinking the royal jelly produced by his family, Zhang Hanyan burst into tears, and his clothes were wetted with teardrops.
But her tears were not because of pain, but because of joy.
Although she rarely participates in family affairs, she also knows that the family's income and expenditure have been in deficit for many years.
Over the years, the family has been able to sustain itself not only because of the frugality of the patriarchs and others, but also because of the encouragement and support left by the ancestors of the previous two generations.
She cultivated White Jade Bees for Qingxuan Sect and knew clearly that the output of White Jade Bees was astonishing. According to her calculations, as long as the queen bee of the family successfully advanced, her annual income would be approximately three hundred spirit stones.
Counting the expansion of Youhuandan and Spiritual Wine businesses in recent years, we are probably very close to breaking even.
After drinking the royal jelly produced by his family, Zhang Hanyan knew that all his hardships were worthwhile.
Although it was difficult to be stung by the queen bee every day, at this moment, Zhang Hanyan was full of confidence.
Zhang Hanyan wiped away her tears and cheered up. Seeing that Zhang Zhixuan's cultivation level had reached the third level, Zhang Hanyan was also a little frightened.
"Zhixuan is interested. Not long after I haven't seen you in three years, your cultivation has actually improved a step further. I'm afraid your cultivation speed is not at the level of the Three Spiritual Roots.
Since the family's defeat in the battle at Jiuhua Mountain, we have lost the spiritual detection platform and cannot detect the spiritual roots of the family's monks.
There is no way to continue like this. You come to Qingxuan Sect this time, and you don’t know if the spiritual stones in your hands are enough. Why not invite a third-level weapon refiner to Tiantai Peak to build a spiritual measuring platform for us to test your spiritual roots?
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In order to avoid choosing the wrong method and delaying the path."
Zhang Zhixuan was quick-witted and immediately noticed the concern in Han Yan's words.
"Aunt Hanyan, don't worry, I have been practicing very smoothly over the years, and the techniques are definitely suitable for my spiritual roots.
However, the spirit-detecting platform is considered a necessity for the family. Without this thing, I don’t know how many family monks have been delayed in their practice in the past fifty years.
I currently have 3,600 spirit stones in my hand. Apart from the cost of refining the weapon this time, I will probably have a lot left over. I don’t know if it will be enough to hire an array master to accompany me."
Zhang Hanyan thought about the prices in Qingyangfang City and shook his head.
"It takes a third-level weapon refiner three years to build a spirit-detecting platform. The construction cost alone requires fifteen hundred spirit stones. The family is far away from the Qingxuan Sect. If you let people go out of the mountain gate, I am afraid it will cost more.
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The materials for building the spirit-detecting platform are also quite expensive. Even if the monks of the family try their best to collect them, they will probably consume more than 3,000 spirit stones.
But don’t worry, I have accumulated more than a thousand good deeds, which can be exchanged for a thousand spiritual stones. I am looking for someone to borrow some, which should be enough."
Han Yan also needs to practice in Qingxuan Sect, and she also needs various resources for cultivating immortality.
She had been building a foundation for ten years and often traveled between family sects. She didn't save many spiritual stones at all. The good deeds of these thousand spiritual stones were probably all her family wealth.
Zhang Zhixuan would never accept Zhang Hanyan's kindness.
"The soul-detecting platform is built to serve all the monks in the family. The patriarch has already said that public and private matters must be separated. This expenditure must be included in the public account.
Although there are not many spiritual stones in the public school now, as long as everyone tightens their belts and lives a hard life for three years, they can save this amount of money.
Although we have built a foundation, we cannot carry all the clan members on our backs. How can we carry more than a hundred clan members on our backs?"
After hearing Zhang Zhixuan's words, Zhang Hanyan felt emotional in his heart and sighed softly: "If a family wants to prosper, it must have people who come back.
Without the patriarch’s years of dedication and hard support, it would be difficult for us to survive.
Without the sacrifice of life and death by Fifteenth Brother, Fourth Brother and others, I would not be able to collect ten thousand good deeds.
If you hadn't risked your life to save me back then in the Southern Wilderness, I wouldn't be alive today.
If we all wanted to be selfish, if the clan leader didn't use the Tiangang Divine Thunder Talisman in the Southern Wilderness back then, it would have been very difficult for you to survive, and you might have died at the hands of Lu Yi'an."
Zhang Hanyan's words made Zhang Zhixuan blush a little, but he still agreed with the patriarch's words and still stubbornly refuted Han Yan.
"Aunt Hanyan, what you said is all true, but if we don't care about ourselves and just invest without asking for anything in return, then what's the point of the family's existence?
If we do this, all the tribesmen will have no choice but to rely on us.
If this happens, over time we will feel unfair and the family will lose cohesion.
The patriarch must have thought carefully, and he must make sure that the family's public affairs and private affairs are kept separate.
In recent years, the family has followed the example of the Qingxuan Sect and established a system of good deeds. Only by relying on a good system can the majority of the clan be united.
The institutional construction of family rules is the foundation for the prosperity of the family.
As the best monks in our family, maintaining the system is the most important thing.
As soon as the system was established, we took the lead in violating it. It is wrong to continue like this."
Zhang Hanyan looked at the determined Zhang Zhixuan and was impressed by what he just said. "Your opinion is right. This is good. A monk must have his own will and not blindly follow others easily."