Best Ascension

Chapter 238 Appointed Marriage
In the Daxinglong City, there are two most notable buildings. One is the Heigangyan city wall, which is more than a hundred miles long and twenty feet high and sixteen feet wide. It is as majestic as a mountain and as thick as a ridge.

The other is the Bagua Guangming Building located in the center of Xinglong City.

This building covers an area of ​​[-] mu, with nine floors and eight sides, soaring into the sky, it can be seen at a glance from any place in Xinglong City.

The main buildings of the building are all made of purple-patterned diamonds, and the outer walls of the building are covered with Mingguang glazed tiles, which are resplendent during the day, like a magnificent tower made of gold.

When night falls, the Mingguang glazed tiles that have accumulated sunlight all day during the day will burst out with thousands of lights, not only making the Bagua Guangming Tower look like a huge pillar of light that towers above the sky, but also illuminating half of Xinglong City in one fell swoop.

Just after midnight, a gloomy-faced elder of the Zhuji clan walked out from the eighth floor of the Eight Diagrams Guangming Building, and then flew in all directions with various spiritual weapons.

Some of them quickly fell into the courtyards of deep houses in the city, and some flew far away into the dark night without a trace.

A thin black-robed man with a gluttonous mask on his face walked outside the balcony, and was about to jump off when he was suddenly stopped by someone from behind.

"Gaotie, wait! This old man has something to discuss with you."

Zhao Sheng turned his head to look at the person who spoke, and it turned out to be the patriarch Zhao Dexuan, not surprisingly.

Zhao Sheng turned his head and gestured to the three leaders of Anbu, Baxia, Yazi, and Suanni, and said in a hoarse voice, "You guys go first. The plan remains the same, and everything remains the same!"

The three leaders of Anbu nodded silently, then disappeared one after another and dispersed separately.

Over the past thousand years, the Zhao Clan's Anbu has developed to today, and its number and scale have expanded dozens of times, and it has long been not only limited to the Zhao Clan, but more casual cultivators, sectarian traitors, and murderous ones. Demon bosses, even demons and heretics also exist.

The four leaders of Anbu are all foundation-building monks, and each of them controls a group of dozens of Anzi.

As far as Zhao Sheng knows, apart from Yazi who was born in the Zhao family, Ba Xia was originally an inner sect disciple of the Sky-Splitting Swordsmanship. He was expelled from the sect for violating the rules of the sect, and was later subdued by Zhao Dingguang and joined the Anbu of the Zhao family.

Suan Ni is a foundation-building demon cultivator, who was born in the Yin Sect of the Corpse, and the stench of corpses can be smelled far away.He joined Anbu voluntarily because his only daughter married into the Zhao family 20 years ago.

Ten years ago, after Zhao Sheng was promoted to Foundation Establishment, under Zhao Xuanjing's arrangement, he became one of the four chiefs of the Anbu, with a slightly higher status than the other three.

Because since Zhao Sheng joined, Ancestor Zhao issued orders to other Anbu members directly through him.

When there were only the two of them left in the building, Zhao Sheng took off the Taotie mask, and said suspiciously: "Patriarch, you have something to order, why did you make such a scene?"

"I need to ask your opinion on something?"

Zhao Dexuan has a broad heart and a fat body, with a rosy complexion, a round face with smiling eyebrows, and the corners of his mouth are naturally raised. Before he speaks, he smiles a little bit, just like the reincarnation of Maitreya Buddha.

The old patriarch who held the authority of the Zhao family for nearly a year now has a longevity of more than 220 years. Although the foundation has been established and completed, the golden core is hopeless, and he will not live for decades.

Zhao Dexuan has two major concerns in his heart. One is to select a qualified next-generation patriarch for the family.

It's hard, very hard.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Xinglong Zhao Clan is now developing like a sun, and the overall strength of the family is comparable to that of the second-rate cultivating sects in just a thousand years.

The family's sphere of influence covers five thousand miles of surrounding mountains and rivers, and there are nearly fifty vassal and marriage families in total, and there are nearly a hundred foundation-building monks associated with it, and countless qi refining.Hundreds of millions of mortals live in the territory directly and indirectly governed.

Among these hundreds of millions of mortals, dozens or hundreds of mortal cultivators can be born every year.

These immortal cultivation grass roots have nothing, except for those who were preempted by other families, the Zhao family can accept a dozen or twenty good seedlings every year, change their clan and surname, and list them in the Zhao family tree.

In terms of the current scale of the Xinglong Zhao Clan, every handover of the patriarch is no less than the succession of the throne of the dynasty. One mistake will cause a bloody storm, and even affect the luck of the Zhao Clan for the next hundred years.

Therefore, the selection of the new patriarch cannot allow Zhao Dexuan to be careless, and he must seek the unanimous consent of most of the Zhao clan elders before he dies.

Some people may say that there is something rare about the new patriarch, and the Jindan Patriarch can directly appoint him.

That's all for other cultivating families. The Xinglong Zhao family is a bit special. Firstly, it is limited by the family's ancestral training, and secondly, the situation of the three ancestors of the family is not good.

Ancestor Zhao Dingguang can still persist for 20 years, but Ancestor Zhao Tongxian is about to die.

Tonight's discussion in the Tongxin Hall was held for this purpose.

The sitting of the ancestor of Jindan is a major event that affects the rise and fall of the family, and everything must be arranged in advance to minimize the impact of this matter.

As for Patriarch Zhao Xuanjing, he was also in trouble, because the mountain dragon that lived with him was facing the dragon transformation once in a hundred years, so he had to return to the Ksitigarbha sect's mountain gate to work hard to overcome the calamity.

If you can successfully cross the catastrophe, you will have a hundred years of happiness.

But if the tribulation fails, the consequences will be unbearable for the entire Zhao family: Shanlong and his ancestors will be annihilated together.

Compared with this incident, Zhao Tongxian Patriarch's Sihua also took second place.

The Jindan Patriarch is about to lose the second of three, but the new generation of the Zhao Clan's Jindan Patriarch has been unable to be born for a long time.

This matter has become the biggest haze in Zhao Dexuan's heart. If this trouble does not go away, he will not be able to live without fear of death.

He searched through the information of all cultivators in the family, and finally found seven or eight "seeds" who were expected to be promoted to Jindan.

But Zhao Dexuan knows that the difficulty of golden pill is a hundred times more difficult than building a foundation.

These "seed" candidates have a [-]% chance of being promoted to Jindan, which is enough for him to burn his incense.

Among these people, Zhao Dexuan is most optimistic about this unattractive young man in front of him.

In the entire Zhao family including him, there were no more than ten people who knew that Zhao Qingyang had been promoted to Foundation Establishment, and the only one who knew that Zhao Qingyang had been promoted ten years ago was Zhao Dexuan except for the three ancestors.

At this moment, the reason why he called Zhao's Tianjiao to stop was that there was an important matter and he needed to consult the other party's opinion.

Zhao Sheng looked at the solemn old patriarch, and said in a deep voice, "What is it? Patriarch, please tell me."

Zhao Dexuan considered it for a while, and said with a serious expression: "I am going to announce your foundation establishment? What do you mean?"

Zhao Sheng changed his mind and asked, "Is this what the ancestor meant? 30 years old or 20 years old?"

His words have multiple meanings.

Originally, it was Zhao Xuanjing's careful arrangement for him to join the Anbu of the family and conceal his true identity and strength.

The purpose is well understood, so there is no need to repeat it.

The second half of Zhao Sheng's sentence is much more interesting.

For a foundation cultivator, the difference between a 20-year-old foundation establishment and a 30-year-old foundation establishment is like a world of difference.

Under the age of 20, they can be called "Little Daozi", and the future golden core is in sight.

And 30 years old can only be regarded as a hero, although the number is very small, it is not uncommon in the Tianzhu world.

"The old ancestor meant to let you make up your own mind."

"If you take the initiative to announce it to the public, which age would you choose, patriarch?"

Zhao Dexuan paused when he heard this, and said firmly, "20 years old!"

"Okay!" Zhao Sheng nodded and said simply.

Zhao Dexuan was very surprised, he didn't expect the other party to answer so happily.

You must know that the title of "Xiao Daozi" is not so easy to get.

The ancients said: if a tree is beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy it, if the cliff is higher than the shore, the current will be turbulent!

Once the Zhao family spread the word and declared that the family had a "little Daoist", it would definitely attract the attention of many forces.

For the sake of fame and future, let's not talk about the young Jiji who took the initiative to come to challenge.

The faction family that is the enemy of the Zhao family will definitely not watch the enemy give birth to a Jindan real person, and will definitely kill them secretly.

Zhao Dexuan could even predict that in the next few decades, Zhao Qingyang would encounter countless swords and arrows.

But it's easy to hide with a sharp sword, but hard to guard against a hidden arrow!

"Qingyang, this old man is suffering too..."

"The patriarch doesn't need to explain. I know that the current good development momentum of the family must not be interrupted. Otherwise, the power will regress, and it will be difficult from now on. At the worst, it will attract the siege of wolves, tigers and leopards."

What Zhao Sheng said is true, anyone with a discerning eye knows that the Zhao family is in a stage of rising strength.

However, the continuous resignation of the family ancestors will undoubtedly severely dampen the morale of the clan, and shake the hearts of the clan and the vassal forces. The serious consequences caused by this are simply incalculable.

Although there is the ancestor Zhao Xuanjing, the Xinglong Zhao family will not be able to fall down from the altar, but the difference between one person and three, the steady rise and the rapid decline is so big that even a fool can see it.

Therefore, at the critical moment of the rise and fall of the Xinglong Zhao family, the Zhao family needs a "hope", a hope to boost the confidence of the whole family.

In Zhao Dexuan's view, Zhao Sheng is Zhao's best "hope" candidate.

Of course, if Zhao Xuanjing can be promoted to Nascent Soul, everything will be fine, and there is no need for Zhao Sheng to "show his face".

But for the sake of safety, it will be at least one or two hundred years until the day when Zhao Patriarch is sure to be promoted to Nascent Soul.

The key to overcoming the Nascent Soul Thunder Tribulation lies in Shanlong.

The second is that the Zhao family will give birth to a new Jindan Daoist as soon as possible.

But in Zhao Sheng's view, this matter has little hope and is very mysterious.

Presumably the patriarch Zhao Dexuan thought so too, otherwise he would not have made such a suggestion.

Seeing that the patriarch was relieved, Zhao Sheng joked, "I don't know what kind of performance the patriarch has arranged for me?"

Zhao Dexuan chuckled, "I promise to satisfy you! But I want to ask, what is your current strength? How many floors have you built?"

"Does the patriarch want to listen to the truth or lies?"

"What about lies? What about truth?"

"The lie is that you have just been promoted to the fourth floor of the foundation building, and if you can compete with the fifth and sixth floors of the foundation building, the outcome will be [-]-[-]!"

When Zhao Dexuan heard this, he was startled.

It's only been ten years, and Qingyang has already built the fourth floor, and his realm has been improved like a rocket, and he has soared into the sky.

"The truth?" he asked quickly.

"The truth is the fifth floor of foundation building. Even if you attack together in the middle stage of four or five foundation building stages, I can't help you. It's no problem to hit the seventh or eighth floor of foundation building. Go all out, even the patriarch, you have to be careful, so as not to overturn the ship .”

"Really?" Zhao Dexuan's heart was beating violently, and he raised three tones unconsciously.

"Why don't you and I try it now?" Zhao Sheng rolled up his sleeves and suggested eagerly.

"No, the old man knows that you never lie, so I believe what you say." Zhao Dexuan looked uplifted, with a signature smile on his face, smiling like Maitreya Buddha was alive.

"If that's the case, forget it." Zhao Sheng let go of his sleeves, "By the way, you haven't said what kind of grand appearance you have arranged for me?"

A mysterious smile appeared on Zhao Dexuan's face, and he said in a friendly tone, "Originally I planned to let you challenge the little Daoist of the Danding Sect, Liu Xinwu, the young master of the Liu family in Denver. But now the old man has changed his mind."

"Patriarch, don't be foolish, what are your thoughts?" Zhao Sheng urged.

Zhao Dexuan smiled deeper, deliberately lowered his voice, and said: "I plan to appoint a marriage for you!"

"what?"

Zhao Sheng was surprised...

……

Two months later, in the secret room of the ancestral mausoleum on the third basement floor of the Bagua Guangming Building, Zhao Xuanjing, Zhao Dingguang, Zhao Dexuan, Zhao Sheng and other core members of the Zhao clan stood together in front of an eternal ice coffin,
Everyone looked heavy, watching the ancestor Zhao Tongxian lying in the ice coffin, instantly frozen by the eternal ice, and entered a state of suspended animation.

The eternal ice coffin can last Zhao Tongxian's vitality for thousands of years,

In the next thousand years, if the Zhao family encounters a crisis of genocide, Zhao Tongxian will wake up again and fight the final battle for the survival of the family.

This kind of frozen feigned death secret technique is very common in large-scale cultivating forces, and it is one of the most practical foundations.

The reason why the ranks of the Tianzhu world are becoming more and more solidified, and the strong will always be strong, has a lot to do with this technique of feigning death and prolonging life.

After a while, the Eternal Ice Coffin was slowly sealed into the secret room. As soon as the door of the secret room was closed, a layer of khaki enchantment suddenly rose around, and the base of the enchantment array was connected to the main hub of the Bagualou formation.

If it is not allowed, anyone who touches the enchantment will definitely be noticed by Zhao Shi.

After a while, the core members of the Zhao Clan with heavy responsibilities left one after another from the Eight Diagrams Guangming Building.

At this time, in a lobby on the third floor of the building, Zhao Xuanjing was sitting at the top, Zhao Dingguang was at the second seat, Zhao Dexuan, Zhao Sheng and Zhao Yancang were also present.

Although the old ancestor Zhao Dingguang's death was approaching, he was still in good spirits, with a pair of long-lived brows floating in his ears, and a strong anger exuded from his body.

300 years ago, Zhao Dingguang successfully formed an alchemy with a fifth-level fire horned dragon inner alchemy. He was the most proficient at refining weapons in his life, and he was already a third-level refining master.

What he is most proud of in his life is that he has produced no less than ten magic weapons, among them is a thunderbolt ring, which is as high as the fourth grade, and it is now hanging on Shanlong's neck.

Zhao Dingguang was inevitably depressed because he had just watched his elder pass away, so he was leaning on the jade chair, closing his eyes and resting his mind.

"Reporting to our ancestors, the family we have decided to marry this time is the Weaver Girl Dong's family. I have received information that the Dong family intends to release four candidate Weaver Girls, and all four of them will choose Youyuanlang recently. Therefore, I want Qingyang to come to propose marriage .”

"Qingyang, what do you mean?" Zhao Xuanjing turned to look at Zhao Sheng.

Before Zhao Sheng opened his mouth, Zhao Yancang took the first step, and said with a happy face: "Old ancestor, Qingyang agrees! Daughter of the Dong family, who doesn't want to marry?"

"Well," Zhao Sheng couldn't help touching his nose when he saw his father scrambling to express his opinion, and hummed helplessly.

What Zhao Yancang said was right, the Dong family's daughter was the dream marriage partner of countless Xiuxian families.

Let's put it this way, the Zhinu Dong family's in-laws are all over the Tianzhu world, and [-]% of the Yuanying-level forces are Dong's in-laws.

The reason for this is that the Weaver Girl of the Dong family is not only born prosperous, but also very easy to give birth to, and half of the children born will have spiritual roots.

You must know that the higher the realm of the immortal cultivator, the more difficult it will be for the offspring.

It is very difficult for a Jindan real person to give birth to offspring, let alone the Yuanying ancestors.

However, the daughters of Zhinv Dong's family broke the iron rule.

Another very important point is that the Dong family has successfully weaved the most complicated and high-end cultivation circle in the Tianzhu world through the connection of in-laws.

If the Zhao family of Xinglong can marry a candidate Weaver Girl to get started, they will undoubtedly win a ticket to join the high-end circle.

This is extremely important to the Zhao family!
(End of this chapter)