Zhang Zhixuan settled the three disciples, and then arranged for the beast ship to send the unsuccessful monks back to Qingxuan Sect. Just ten days later, a beast ship from the direction of Chaoyin Mountain came to Black Mountain, and at the same time, it brought Zhang Leqian's critically ill patient. letter.
Since the chaos of the monster beasts in the Southern Wilderness, Zhang Leqian has returned to his ancestral home, Tiantai Peak.
For more than ten years, he left the world behind and left all the family chores to young people. He devoted himself to living his old life in the mountains behind Tiantai Peak. When he had time, he went to Lingjing Mountain to teach young people.
Starting a month ago, Zhang Leqian suddenly felt tired, and soon his body collapsed. After just two or three days, he could not get out of bed and move.
Zhang Siming, who was in charge of the family's chores, saw that the situation was not good, so he immediately wrote a letter to Yanlaifeng and entrusted the animal ship passing through the Black Mountain to bring it over.
Zhang Zhixuan did not dare to neglect after receiving the letter, and arranged for Yu Jinglong, the fifth disciple of Liang Patriarch, to guard Heishan. He immediately returned to Taicheng County with Qing Chan and Han Yan.
Because waiting for the beast ship was delayed for a long time, a month and a half had passed from the time Zhang Siming wrote to express his concern to Zhang Zhixuan's return to Tiantai Peak. By the time Zhang Zhixuan and the others returned, the soul-inducing flags had already been hung on Tiantai Peak.
Although the old patriarch wanted to meet Zhang Zhixuan and the other three, unfortunately he was unable to do so and passed away at home half a month ago.
When Zhang Leqian passed away, there were no monks in the foundation-building period to guard the family. Si Dao was serving in Qingxuanzong, Sihong was guarding the mountain gate in Guiyuan Mountain, and Tong Huai was in Chaoyin Mountain. Only Lian was in charge of the overall situation in the family. Zhang Siming is full of energy.
After seeing the remains of the patriarch, Zhang Zhixuan presided over his funeral. Tong Huai, who was not far from home, also asked for leave and traveled thousands of miles to see the old patriarch on his last journey.
The funeral of the old patriarch was very grand. Almost all the respectable monks from Taicheng County came to attend the funeral, and there were even some strangers from Longjiang County, Jiangkou County, and Liaoshan County.
Although Zhang Zhixuan knew very well that what they looked at was the face of the Zhang family's Sanzi Mansion, not their deep friendship with Zhang Leqian.
After sending these people away, and after all the family monks paid homage to the old patriarch's body, Zhang Zhixuan sent out real fire, reduced his body to ashes, and then buried it in the family cemetery.
Zhang Leqian's death means the end of an era. After his death, the only person left in the family who is older than Zhang Zhixuan is Aunt Hanyan.
All the monks of the Le generation have been buried, and there is only one Aunt Hanyan among the monks of the Meng generation. Apart from Zhang Zhi'an, Zhang Zhijing, and Zhang Zhiren, there is no one older than him among the monks of the Zhi generation. Even the monks of the Si generation, Many people have also died.
From then on, except for Han Yan, almost all members of the family were his descendants on the road. Even though there were several monks older than him, Zhang Zhixuan had been far ahead of them since he was a boy.
They were able to live peacefully on their beds because they relied on Zhang Zhixuan's protection. If Zhang Zhixuan and Han Yan had not succeeded in building the foundation back then, the Zhang family in Tiantai Peak would most likely have gradually withered away. After Zhang Leqian passed away, this family would have The family may also be wiped out.
Zhang Zhixuan looked at the large cemetery in his family, and a trace of pride gradually rose in his heart.
He was only eight years old when he first came to the family cemetery. At that time, there were only less than thirty clansmen buried in the cemetery. Now Zhang Zhixuan casually scanned and found that there were more than a hundred monks buried in the cemetery.
Over the past hundred years, the family cemetery has tripled in size. From this point of view alone, we know that the number of monks in the Zhang family has greatly increased.
Zhang Zhixuan's generation has less than thirty monks of the Zhizi generation, there are more than forty monks of the Sizi generation, more than sixty monks of the Tongzi generation, and there are now more than fifty monks of the Yuanzi generation, and even Guangzhou The ranking of the monks of the Zi generation also exceeds thirty, there are seven monks of the Sheng generation, and there are two monks who have entered the Ze generation.
The twelve-character generation ranking of Taichu Le Meng, Zhi Si Tong Yuan, Guang Sheng Ze Mao set by Patriarch Tai Ren back then is almost exhausted.
I'm afraid that in another thirty to fifty years, Zhang Zhixuan will need to draw up a name to continue the family lineage.
After completing Zhang Leqian's funeral, Zhang Zhixuan asked Qing and Chan to return to Black Mountain first, while he stayed at Tiantai Peak for a period of time to intimidate anyone who was interested.
With Zhang Leqian gone, there are no foundation-building monks guarding the spiritual lines of families such as Tiantai Peak, Lingjing Mountain, Jiuhua Mountain, and Wansheku.
There are three Zifu cultivators in the Zhang family. Although the local cultivators dare not make any decisions, the casual cultivators from outside may not have such concerns.
Once these river-crossing dragons grab a vote and run away, leaving the Qingxuan Sect's range, even if Zhang Zhixuan wants revenge, it will be difficult to find someone.
Three months later, Zhang Zhixuan was meditating in Wangyue Pavilion when a transmission note came over. Zhang Zhixuan opened it and found that the person who came was Zhang Siming.
"What's important for Siming to come here?"
"Reporting to Uncle Fourteen, Si Jin came to see me a few days ago. She has raised three thousand good deeds and is going to exchange them for the Foundation Establishment Pill. Because after the ancestor passed away, the Foundation Establishment Pill has been transferred from the Sutra Pavilion to Uncle Fourteen. , so I’m here to report it today.”
Since Zhang Siming failed to build the foundation, he has to repay a large part of his good deeds every year. Fortunately, with the help of his father Zhang Zhijing, he has paid off three thousand good deeds in fifteen years.
However, Zhang Zhijing is already one hundred and seven years old, and he can no longer help him for too long. It will probably take him at least thirty years to pay off the remaining four thousand good deeds.
He is fifty-eight years old this year. As long as he takes the Foundation Building Pill, he still has a great chance of successfully building the Foundation, but Zhang Zhixuan no longer intends to give him a chance.
Now that several Foundation Establishers are not at home, Zhang Siming's cultivation level is already the highest. Once he enriches his own pockets and secretly takes Foundation Establishment Pills to build Foundations, it will be very difficult. If this person is executed, the Foundation Establishment Pills will be consumed in vain. , a foundation-building monk was damaged out of thin air. If he was treated leniently, the family system would also be completely destroyed.
Therefore, since the death of the patriarch, Zhang Zhixuan has taken the Foundation Establishment Pill into his hands, firstly to prevent anyone from making plans, and secondly, to prevent this kind of thing from happening and nip hidden dangers in the bud.
Zhang Sijin is also a Three Spiritual Root cultivator. He is fifty-six years old this year. He has been cultivating to the ninth level of Qi training for eleven years and has also learned a hundred arts of cultivating immortals.
Since Zhang Mengqin, no outstanding female cultivator in the family has become an elder and entered the backbone of the family.
Due to the arrival of Tiankui, female cultivators will lose blood essence and blood regularly. In the early stage of cultivation, it is more difficult than male cultivators. Only by slaying the red dragon after building the foundation and taking some elixirs that warm the Yuan and replenish Qi can this amount be replenished. deficit.
Zhang Sijin was able to reach the ninth level of Qi training in her forties, which is not easy for a female cultivator.
"I remember that Si Jin seemed to have no ancestors to rely on. How could he raise three thousand good deeds?" The monks of Si Zi's generation all practiced in Lingjing Mountain when they were young. Zhang Zhixuan had met Zhang Sijin a few times and knew her a little bit, so he asked.
"Sijin is very popular, and many family monks have borrowed her good deeds." Zhang Siming said without showing it on his face, but with some bitterness in his heart.
He himself still had a chance to build a foundation, but unfortunately his family would not invest resources in losers. When he saw someone was about to take the foundation building pill, he felt a mixture of envy and jealousy, and a variety of emotions in his heart.