Taihao Gold Medal

Chapter 204 Zhang Xiangshen, Zhang Chuanli

From Chiyang Valley to Peishan, from killing monsters to refining Qiankun bag, it took nearly two months.

When Zhang Lie returned to Chiyang Valley with Bai Wenjing's imperial weapon, the family patriarch Zhang Xiangshen had already returned first.

After learning about this, Zhang Lie went to return to his command first.

When Zhang Lie explained what happened in Peishan, and Bai Wenjing, who was beside him, handed over the letter to Zhang Xiangshen.

This tall and burly man with long hair hanging over his shoulders and dressed in Taoist robes first read a letter, and then suddenly let out a very hearty laugh.

"Hahahahahaha, Bai Hongju, this old fellow, hahahaha, he is as slippery as ever."

"This old guy is a little weaker, but he is a smart guy!"

Seeing Zhang Xiangshen's emotional expression, Zhang Lie also believed what Bai Hongju said that the two were old friends for many years.

After putting down the letter in his hand, Zhang Xiangshen's eyes fell on Bai Wenjing gently, and after a little scrutiny, he said:
"Nice niece, don't be cramped. You can live in Chiyang Valley with peace of mind in the future. I will treat you like a nephew. Your good deeds and resources in the clan will be calculated according to the expenses of my elder Zhang. You can learn Taoism here for ten years with peace of mind. Go back to Peishan in the future to protect the family."

"Junior, thank you patriarch for your kindness."

Although Bai Wenjing got some hints from her grandfather Bai Hongju, she actually didn't know what Bai Hongju wrote in the letter.

But looking at the kind Zhang clan head in front of him, he really thought that his grandfather had an inseparable relationship with this great figure in the cultivation world of Huangshan.

Of the five major families in Huanglong County, apart from the Wei family, which owns the monks of the Zifu, the Zhang family, Zhang Xiangshen, is the only one.

"Cui Nong, take Miss Wen Jing down to rest, find the best cave and let Miss Wen Jing choose a place she likes to live in."

"As you order, sir."

A maid in emerald Taoist clothes came out in response, and then she respectfully led Bai Wenjing down first.

The entire Zhang family in Chiyang Valley can be said to be run by Zhang Xiangshen. When the Zhang family was at its worst, even the spirit of the mountain gate was almost lost.

It was Zhang Xiangshen who led a few brothers from the same clan into the wilderness and fought with monsters for ten years before he exchanged for a Foundation Establishment Pill to build a foundation and stabilize the family situation.

If there is no Foundation Establishment Pill, the probability of success in Foundation Establishment is only one-thirtieth for ordinary monks who have reached the late stage of Qi training and directly break through.

Once it fails, the magic power will backfire, and those who break through the barrier often die miserably.

Therefore, it is actually rational to use the Foundation Establishment Pill. In this regard, low-level monks cannot compare with the direct descendants of those wealthy families.

Although Zhang Xiangshen only said to the outside world that he was the Longevity Foundation after the establishment of the foundation, Zhang Lie returned to the mountain gate for the first time 20 years ago. Kei, that's a ghost.

Under the leadership of Zhang Xiangshen, for a hundred years, the Zhang family in Chiyang Valley has grown stronger and stronger, cultivating foundation building monks, increasing Qi training monks, and multiplying the population.

When Zhang Lie traveled to this world, the Zhang family had already developed initially, otherwise, there would be no spare energy to send him to the Golden Rainbow Valley in the Northern Hanzhou to diversify the family's investment.

"Yuan Lie, that girl is not bad. In the future, we will get closer to her. She is a little girl who has practiced for many years and has never left Peishan. Now she is temporarily staying in Chiyang Valley. Don't make people feel too lonely and homesick."

"Follow your orders, Patriarch. Also, what about the frontline battle?" At this time, Zhang Lie was asking about the war between Danyang Palace and the Shadow Demon Cult.

"It's still the same. No one can really defeat the other, but they can't retreat. The two big families can't be the little ones. It's us, the small families caught in the middle, who are really unlucky."

As he spoke, Zhang Xiangshen took a wine gourd from his waist, raised his head and gulped it down a few gulps, the smell of alcohol was strong.

"Yuan Lie, come on."

As he spoke, without waiting for Zhang Lie to agree or refuse, he threw the wine gourd over.

"Gulu Gulu... Huh, it's really good wine!" After swallowing it with his head raised, he let out a sigh of admiration.

Then, Zhang Lie just took out a bright white bead, handed it to Zhang Xiangshen, and told the details of how he killed the "monster" in Peishan.

In the sphere of influence of the Shadow Demon Sect in Danyang Palace, the demonic beasts implanted with Jiaozhu are not only powerful, but the most important thing is that they are sufficiently concealed.

Therefore, Zhang Lie's kill was justified.

"This is Jiaozhu?"

Zhang Xiangshen knew the result of Zhang Lie's trip, but even if he knew, he still frowned slightly when he saw the Jiao Zhu in front of him at this moment.

"Tell me about your trip again, from beginning to end, and don't miss any details this time."

After Zhang Lie spoke again, Zhang Xiangshen asked some more questions.It's just that Zhang Lie had already envisioned it in his heart, and naturally he answered it fluently.

Zhang Xiangshen placed the jiao bead on the table beside him, and started pacing back and forth in the room.

"This is the old devil of the Shadow Demon Cult, and he is secretly practicing some powerful magic, but we can't get involved in this matter. Although we stand on the opposite side of the Shadow Demon Cult, if we are too attracted to the Shadow Demon Cult Note that Danyang Palace may not be able to protect us, and may not be willing to do its best to protect us. I will go to the cold water pool to freeze this orb to block the induction power of the shadow demon leader, and delay the matter for a few dozen Years, the current situation may not necessarily change at that time.”

After thinking for a long time, Zhang Xiangshen could only come up with an expedient solution.

This is the tragedy of small powers. Even if they know the cause of many things and know that they are deeply involved, they cannot deal with them in time, because they cannot deal with them effectively with their power, and most of the time they can only choose to drag the word.

Nodding his head, Zhang Lie also approved of the patriarch's handling of this matter. Just as he got up to leave, Zhang Xiangshen suddenly called to stop him.

"By the way, Yuan Lie, the refining material you were looking for earlier, Ice Soul Crystal, I came across one by accident when I was heading to Danyang Palace this time, so I bought it for you, and then."

As he spoke, Zhang Xiangshen threw out a jade box, which was caught by Zhang Lie. When he opened it, he saw an ice-blue crystal inside.

Now that you are in the family, you can naturally use the power of the family to do your own things. It is also a method of collecting materials and running around looking for information by yourself. It is announced as a family mission and hundreds of monks from the family can help Collecting it yourself is also a way.

Of course, this is to pay for the family's good deeds to repay.

Ice Soul Golden Crystal is a low-grade fourth-grade refining material, which is very valuable, but it was used by Zhang Lie to upgrade the third-grade Shuiyun Feijian.

Doing so is indeed suspected of being violent.

But only in this way can Zhang Lie be absolutely sure that at least the Five Elements Flying Sword will not be refined. Although this method of using high-level materials to upgrade low-level magic weapons has always been regarded as heresy by weapon refiners and is often used If it is, it is not enough for the refining cost, but Zhang Lie sacrificed his usual flying sword, but the situation is different.

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Looking out from the courtyard wall of Zhangjia Mountain City in Chiyang Valley, one can see a lush and lush landscape, and the eyes are full of beautiful mountain dwellings.

There are three main rooms in the yard, three side rooms, seven or eight green cypresses, and a meandering spring that flows slowly into the pond in the yard, which is extremely elegant.

In the middle of the courtyard, there are two people, an old man and a young man, eating fish and drinking wine. There are already a lot of fish bones on the small round table.

"Yuan Lie, it's been a while since you've come to see your fourth uncle for a drink." Zhang Chuanli, with white hair like snow, said this with a little drunkenness, looking at the old boy who had grown up in front of him, full of deep feelings .

"Fourth Uncle, I was wrong, I know I was wrong. Come on, I'll punish myself three times." While talking, Zhang Lie punished himself three times in a row, just raised his head and drank with enjoyment.

"You bad boy, greedy for your fourth uncle's ginseng wine, what kind of self-punishment is this?" If you don't see this bad boy, you will panic, but when you see it, you will often be so angry that you will go up to him and hit him lightly. After a while, the old man laughed more and more happily.

This year, Zhang Lie is 69 years old. For a cultivator at the Foundation Establishment Realm, this age is in his prime. Especially considering Zhang Lie's cultivation realm, it is not a problem at all to say that the Purple Mansion is in sight.

But Zhang Chuanli is already 120 years old. Although he is a monk in the late stage of Qi training and can nourish his body with mana, he has reached the limit of his lifespan.

Although the old man is open-minded and his body is still strong until now, Zhang Lie can sense that the vitality of his fourth uncle Zhang Chuanli is continuously declining, just like a hole is broken in the bottom of a jar, and it is useless to add more water to it , and even if you do it arbitrarily, it will make the hole bigger and make the water flow faster and more urgently.

Because the fourth uncle Zhang Chuanli is too old, the time Zhang Lie can accompany the old man is also limited, and he cannot be too tired. When he walked out, it was the fourth uncle's youngest son Zhang Yuanjie who accompanied Zhang Lie.

Although the two are of the same generation and age, Zhang Lie's appearance is like that of a young man in his early twenties, tall and resolute, like the rising sun, while Zhang Yuanjie's appearance is already very old. He practiced in his early years, Greedy and aggressive, but it is difficult to refine spiritual energy, which leads to insanity and damage to the foundation. Although he finally cultivated to the late stage of Qi training, his vitality has already passed away, and now he looks like he is 80 or [-] years old.

"Brother Yuanlie, the thing I asked you to help me with..." Zhang Yuanjie stopped in the middle of his words, because the eyes of the man in front of him were extremely sharp.

"Shut up, don't let the fourth uncle hear it, let's talk about it later."

"Yes."

Zhang Yuanjie didn't dare to say too much, but he had a solid foundation in his heart.The more elder brother Yuanlie pays attention to the old man, the more he can't let go of the kindness he had back then.

(End of this chapter)