Journey to the head

Chapter 43 Seeking spiritual veins
As soon as Zhou Chao's incident came out, the industry investigation could only be suspended.

Lu Gan asked Lin Le to go back and rest first, and wrote down his address, agreeing to find him when the matter was over.

Lin Le bowed and walked away, turning his head three times.

On the way back to Xianhe Tower, Zhou Chao couldn't wait for even a moment.He rambled on and explained the situation of the Yuqing Zhou family in detail.

The governance of a place is the responsibility of the local sect.

What dominates a state and sits high in the clouds is the giant sect of this state and the large sects surrounding it.

The specific rulers of each county under a state are medium-sized sects with Jindan Zhenren.

If medium-sized sects are chess pieces, then small sects with only foundation-building Taoist priests and micro-sects with only qi-training monks are stones and sand that can be kicked away at will.

The policies of a county are all decided by the medium-sized Jindan Sect.As long as this medium-sized sect does not degenerate into killing mortals, giant sects and large-scale sects will not care.

They will only be responsible for mediating disputes between medium-sized sects and above and maintaining the general stability of a state.

Therefore, order only starts from medium-sized sects.Those who do not enter the golden elixir are all ants.

Therefore, within a county, the survival of small sects and micro sects all depends on the Jindan sect in charge of the local area.

Unfortunately, the person in charge of Chongming County, where Yuqing Zhou's family is located, is the Xuanguang Sect, a war-loving sect.

Regarding these small and micro sects in the county, the Xuanguang Sect's attitude is natural selection and advocating the cultivation of gu.I will fight you to death and annex each other. The winner will follow me to conquer other counties, and the loser will be destroyed and overthrown.

Therefore, there was always war in Chongming County, and the micro-sects had no independent space and had to rely on the small-scale sects.Small sects hate each other and often clash and fight.

The Yuqing Zhou family is a cultivation family that grew up in such an environment.

After five generations of hard work, despite the ups and downs of fortune, the Zhou family has always occupied Yuqing Mountain and has three vassal micro-sects.

It wasn't until Zhou Bing, the current head of the family, that the situation took a turn for the worse.

"My grandfather died unexpectedly, and the position of head of the family was passed to my father. But my uncle was also building a foundation. For the position of head of the family, he and my father had a big conflict." Talking about the reason, Zhou Chao was extremely sad, "My original clan There were two foundation builders, my father and uncle, and a guest minister who built the foundation. But the dispute between my father and uncle became more and more serious, so they simply separated the family and each had their own spiritual lineage. The guest minister couldn't bear it anymore, so he left."

Each one has its own spiritual vein?Lu Qian's heart moved and he said sympathetically: "Your family has two spiritual veins? Hey, how could you end up in such a bad situation with such good conditions?"

Zhou Chao's face was full of loneliness: "Who says it's not the case? One is a second-level mid-level spiritual vein, and the other is a first-level high-level spiritual vein. Among the small sects in Chongming County, they are pretty good. These are all It is the foundation laid by the ancestors, but it is a pity that the descendants are unworthy..."

"Then what?" Lu Gan interrupted his remembrance.

Zhou Chao continued to speak, his face even more bitter.It turns out that after the family separation, the conflict between his father and uncle not only failed to resolve, but actually deepened.Finally, three years ago, the two started fighting, and it was a real fight.

The uncle died on the spot, and the father injured Ben Yuan and lay paralyzed on the bed unable to move.In the past three years, my family's savings have been exhausted, and I can only breathe a sigh of relief. During this time, my condition has been getting worse, and it seems that I won't be able to survive much longer.

How could the submissive Chaosheng sect, which had been suppressed by the Zhou family, let go of this opportunity?From the beginning of secret testing, to the gradual encroachment, now they have begun to blatantly attack the Zhou family monks.

Zhou Chao himself was hit by a monk employed by the Chaosheng Sect on his way to Fangshi and almost lost his life.

"Your whereabouts have been leaked." Lu Gan said sharply, "Otherwise, how would they know about the city?"

Zhou Chaochang sighed: "Fellow Taoist is right. I thought that by acting alone without any members of my family, I could avoid being noticed, but the result was even worse. Now not only are the hearts of my family changing, but the three vassal sects of my family are also It’s already semi-independent.”

"In other words, there are powerful enemies outside, alien minds within, isolation and helplessness," Lu Gan concluded.

Zhou Chao nodded and looked at Lu Gan with hope: "Fellow Daoist Qi, is there anything we can do to save you now?" Lu Gan asked back: "I have to confirm something. You just mentioned your uncle's lineage, so what about you?" Can the young master of the Zhou family really be in charge now?"

Zhou Chao said without hesitation: "My uncle has no descendants. After his death, the monks who followed him also returned to the master's house. After my father was seriously injured, he entrusted me with full authority to exercise the power of the head of the family. In the past three years, all matters in the family have been dealt with. It’s all up to me.”

"That's good." Lu Qian smiled slightly: "Let's talk about it after we enter the inn."

When we arrived at the inn, it was already late, and everyone was a little hungry, so they asked the storekeeper to prepare some fruits and snacks and bring them to the room.Several people set up mute curtains and sat around.

Zhou Chao looked at Lu Gan eagerly, waiting for him to reveal his good ideas.But Lu Gan took his time and asked everyone to eat first.

"Fellow Daoist Qi..." Zhou Chao said anxiously.

"Don't be in a hurry. If your stomach is empty, your head will be empty." Lu Qian smiled and picked up a piece of snacks. "Fellow Daoist Zhou, let's eat first. Only when we are full can we have the strength to think."

Xuanjizi and Qingfeng Baitao knew that there must be a reason for Lu Qian to be like this, so they also cooperated with his actions.

Zhou Chao couldn't eat anything. He saw Lu Qian and others eating and drinking slowly, and his heart almost exploded.

He even wanted to get up and leave several times, but now Lu Qian was the only life-saving straw in front of him, so how could he give up.

The anxiety in his heart kept building up, and he couldn't even sit still.

Seeing that the fire was almost done, Lu Gan stopped, and Zhou Chao's eyes immediately focused on Lu Gan.

Lu Qian finally spoke: "If I can help the Zhou family tide over the difficulties, how can the Zhou family repay me?"

The emotions that had been accumulated just now reached their peak in an instant, Zhou Chao said hurriedly: "As long as I have it at home and Taoist friends like it, feel free to take it."

"I'm not interested in other things either." Lu Gan looked calm, "But there is one thing I'm afraid Daoist Fellow Zhou won't be able to give."

"What is it? I will definitely give it!"

Lu Qian slowly spit out two words: "Spiritual pulse."

These two words were like a bolt from the blue, and everyone was shocked!
Zhou Chao suddenly stood up and said loudly: "No, spiritual pulse is absolutely not possible! This is the foundation of my family, how can I give it to others?"

"Your family?" Lu Qian shook the tea cup, "Your family is about to be destroyed, so what's the foundation?"

Zhou Chao stood there blankly, but the balance in his heart was still leaning towards the side of the spiritual vein. Just as he was about to refuse, he heard Lu Qian said: "You seem to have misunderstood, I don't want your spiritual vein, I just want to borrow your spiritual vein. "

"Borrowing spiritual veins?" Zhou Chao felt relieved, and the scales instantly deflected, "What kind of borrowing method?"

Lu Qian said with a smile: "I have important things to do in Cangzhou, and it is not appropriate to have no place to stay. So I will lend you your first-level high-level spiritual vein as a place to stay. Lend me a hundred years and I will pay it back when it is due."

Looking at Zhou Chao's struggling face, Lu Gan continued: "Fellow Taoist, don't worry about losing the big tail. I will only borrow a land within ten miles of the spiritual vein, and I promise not to expand the house or build any more buildings during the lease period. Everything will remain as it is. Show sincerity.”

The room fell completely silent, and even Baitao held his breath and concentrated.

Zhou Chao stared at Lu Qian, but Lu Qian looked calm, as if he was just talking about an ordinary trivial matter.

Finally, Zhou Chao said slowly: "Do you really have a way to save my Zhou family from this disaster?"

Lu Qian laughed in his heart, it's done!

(End of this chapter)