The Xu family follows Taoism and seeks longevity

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  After handing the three people to Xu Zhijuan and Xu Zhixin, who were members of the Jiji tribe, under strict supervision, Xu Deming took Xu Zhiyu back to the family meeting hall.

Looking at the exhausted ancestor sitting there, he felt unhappy. Who could be happy knowing that there were several scum in his family? What's more, as the first person in the family, the courage and pressure on his shoulders are really too heavy.

"Yu'er, what do you think we should do with those people?"

After a long silence, Xu Deming stopped rubbing his temples and asked in a deep voice.

"Those two cheated on others, took them in privately, and resold the offerings of the family's spiritual valley. I think they should be sent to the Tianchu Copper Mine mining area and let them stay there to mine for the rest of their lives until they die of old age."

Xu Zhiyu replied in a low voice that in his opinion, such scum should be severely punished.

"Isn't this a little too harsh? If other family ministers know about it, will they all want to leave the Xu family?" Xu Deming continued to ask.

"Just leave and recruit some more worshippers. There are so many casual cultivators, why are you afraid that we can't recruit anyone? Moreover, the salary our family gives to worshipers is very high. I don't know how many casual cultivators try their best to become our family's worshippers. Well, there’s no need to worry about that.”

"Furthermore, these worshipers of the family were recruited more than ten or twenty years ago. At that time, the family's strength was not as strong as it is today, so its attraction to casual cultivators was far less than it is today. As a result, the worshipers recruited before were somewhat unable to keep up. Regarding the development of the family, I just wanted to report to you, ancestor, that I have changed all these offerings! It would be great if they left voluntarily because of this!" He replied calmly.

"Okay, I'll do what you say about the offerings! Yu'er, what do you think we should do with those traitors?"

Seeing Xu Zhiyu becoming more and more mature, Xu Deming felt very happy. The anger that originally arose due to the betrayal of his tribe seemed to have calmed down a lot, and his tone of voice became much softer.

"The crime deserves to be punished! But after all, they are members of the same clan with the same blood flowing through their bodies. Let them commit suicide and leave a whole body for them. It is the last bit of dignity."

After Xu Deming heard this, he pinched his beard and thought for a long time, and finally shook his head. He thought his ancestor had softened his heart, and was about to persuade him again, but he didn't expect his ancestor to go on to say:

"Since the Wei family has been destroyed, and I have become the scum of the Wei family, I will do as you said, let him commit suicide, and then lay his body in the square, so that all the clan members can learn from it and never follow in his footsteps!"

"As for the two people who betrayed the family and took refuge in Baiyi Sect, I plan to kill one and keep the other. The one left can help us pass on false information to confuse Baiyi Sect. After all, the family has no way to fight against the powerful Baiyi Sect. What do you think? how?"

"Ancestor, I understand what you mean! But who to kill and who to keep? Should Xu Zhengyun be killed and Xu Zhilian be kept?" Since the two of them have betrayed the family, he now calls them directly. name.

"On the contrary, I think Xu Zhilian should be killed and Xu Zhengyun should be kept." The ancestor gave an answer that was beyond his expectation.

"Forgive me for being stupid, and please ask the ancestor to clarify my confusion!"

"Xu Zhilian is a very deep man in the city. At the same time, he took the initiative to betray the family for the sake of the Foundation Establishment Pill. Such a person is a cold and poisonous snake. If he is not careful, his family will suffer disaster. Moreover, he can't do it alone. Without descendants of Taoist companions, it is difficult to control."

"But Xu Zhengyun is different. The reason why he became a traitor back then was because he made a mistake, which is essentially different from actively betraying him. More importantly, he has a wife and children, especially his son, who is ranked among the generation with the word 'Zhi' Xu Zhiling, who is sixty-six years old, is only thirty-two years old this year, so he is a child of old age, and with good spiritual roots, he will still have the opportunity to build a foundation in the future."

"I believe that as long as Xiaozhi acts with emotion and reason, he will cooperate with the family wholeheartedly, and we can pass false news through him to confuse the Baiyi Sect."

After hearing this, Xu Zhiyu could only sigh that Jiang was still hot as an old man, and immediately slapped his ancestor hard.

"Let's discuss it next. You said that since Baiyimen knew that our family had discovered a valuable red copper vein, why didn't they do anything?" Xu Deming continued to test him.

"My guess is that our Xu family is no longer under their Baiyi Sect, but belongs to the Lingxiao Sect. They don't dare to attack us for the time being. But I think they must have some plans for the family, but we don't know it for the time being. !”

"Then do you think Baiyimen will spread the news that the family owns the red copper veins, so that the family will be targeted by some powerful forces with malicious intentions, and then kill people with a knife?"

"This shouldn't be the case, because doing so would do them no good at all. In the end, the red copper mine did not fall into their hands. Since they have known about the news for several years, they still haven't seen them take action on the veins, and there is no evidence of any When the news comes out, I think they want to monopolize this mine, but they haven’t figured out how to deal with the family yet!”

Just like this, the two of them asked and answered each other, and half a day passed in the blink of an eye. Just when he was about to say goodbye, the ancestor suddenly asked:

"Yu'er, you've been living with your parents these days, right?"

He didn't know what his ancestor meant by asking this, but he still replied:

"Yes, Ancestor. I have been staying with my parents since I returned to my family. I think they don't have much time left, so I plan to spend more time with them."

"Okay, I get it. I know you like peace and quiet, so your grandfather and I chose a new place to open a cave for you. You will definitely be satisfied. It's just that it's not finished yet, but that's just a matter of the next few days. It is estimated that once all the family members have completed the psychological test, it will be completely completed, and then I will take you there in person."

Hearing the news made him extremely happy. At the same time, his mind was racing, checking the possible places to open caves on the clan mountain. Finally, he thought of a beautiful place. After bidding farewell to his ancestor, he left happily.

As for why he and Sun Qijin didn't discover this when they were looking for a place to plant spiritual mulberry trees, it was because that place was supposed to be a temporary restricted area and he was unable to enter.

Returning to the square, he found that more than half of the tribesmen here had left, and the rest were waiting for relatives and friends. He met Xu Zhengyun's Taoist companion and son, as well as the two friends and his wife and children who were eating and drinking. Now he Naturally, he was not in the mood to talk to them, but walked straight to his parents and accompanied them back to the small courtyard where they had been living.

After opening the formation and inviting the two elders into the back room, Xu Zhiyu took out a bottle of elixir from the storage ring and offered it to the two elders.

"Father, mother! This is the life-prolonging elixir that I bought for you two elders at the auction this time when I went out. Please accept it!" Xu Zhiyu knelt on his knees and held the elixir above his head.

Yes, this is the Yimu Life-Extension Pill that he bought by the way when he was bidding for the Five Elements Heaven-Building Pill at the high-end auction in Kuixingfang City last time.

The reason why the family did not give it to his parents as soon as he returned was because after taking this elixir, it would take a month to refine the potency. This was just in time for the family to do a heart-searching test, so he did not use this elixir until now. Take it out and offer it to the two elders.

"Good boy, get up! Your father and I have accepted the things!" The two elders, who originally wanted to refuse, looked at their son who had been unable to kneel down. They knew his son's temperament and exchanged glances with each other. It was Xu's mother who spoke and accepted her son's kindness.

Seeing that his parents accepted him, he was extremely happy. He immediately explained the method of taking the elixir and the precautions to the two elders several times before sending them to their usual practice place to meditate and absorb the power of the medicine.

Thanks to the upgrading of the family's spiritual veins over the years and the tireless cultivation of the two elders, both Xu's father and Xu's mother have reached the ninth level of Qi training. It is because the body's Qi and blood have declined and they cannot complete the foundation building. . However, having a high level of cultivation has its own benefits, that is, the speed of refining the pills will increase. Originally, if the two elders were both at the seventh level of Qi training, it might take three months to refine the two Yimu longevity pills.

In the blink of an eye, another half month passed, and all the monks outside the family were replaced by those who had done the heart test.

The time set by the family for the heart-searching test was today. He got up early and came to the square very early. He saw a familiar figure and walked over immediately.

"Hello, Brother Nineteen!"

"Hello, Brother Nineteen!"

He walked past the tribesmen and greeted him with greetings, which also alerted the person he was looking for. He turned around and greeted him with the same greeting:
  "Hello, Brother Nineteen, Zhikai is so polite!"

"Zhikai, I haven't seen you in five years. You have made a lot of progress. Your cultivation has reached the third level of foundation building. I guess you are not far from the middle stage of foundation building, right?" He was full of praise when they met.

"My little progress is far behind compared to Brother Nineteen. I still have to work hard!"

After not seeing each other for a few years, Xu Zhikai had grown a beard. He was stroking his goatee with one hand and said modestly while waving his other hand.

"Zhikai, how is the development of Fangshi now? Before it's your turn to test, you can talk to me! You also know that I have been responsible for managing Fangshi before, and I am still very concerned about the situation there." Xu Zhiyu He asked directly.

"Brother Nineteen, the development of Taoyuanfang City in the past few years has been too fast. There are now more than 10,000 casual cultivators living in the city. If you count the flow of people entering and leaving the city every day, there are even more No matter what, there must be 20,000 to 30,000 people."

"Now not only the casual cultivators from Taoshui County come to our home city, but now even the casual cultivators from the other eight counties in Jincheng Prefecture come here specifically to do everything. It's very lively!"

"Do you know how many spirit stones we collected in the city fee alone last year? A total of two hundred thousand. If we add up the shops rented to merchants, the caves rented to casual cultivators, and the stall fees in the casual cultivator market, then Excluding all expenses, the family's net income per year is 300,000 low-grade spiritual stones."

Xu Zhikai happily reported to him everything about Fangshi. He listened patiently on the surface, but his attention was no longer on it. After finally waiting for him to finish, he then asked in a roundabout way:
  "Zhikai! Brother Clan, I want to ask you, are the storekeepers in the shops around our Baocui Building okay? I haven't seen them for several years, so I still miss them."

Xu Zhikai couldn't help laughing when he saw the clan brother making nonsense in a serious manner, but he knew what the clan brother wanted to ask, so he answered directly:

"Adjacent to our Baocui Tower are Taiyang Tower and Tianluo Pavilion. The shopkeeper of Taiyang Tower has not changed over the years, and Shopkeeper Xi has always been in charge. She has also always lived in seclusion and rarely steps out of Taiyang Tower. In the past few years that I have been in charge of Fangshi affairs, I have only met her once. That was when I took Brother Nineteen's Taiyang Tower enshrinement token to her to redeem the Foundation Establishment Pill every three years. .”

"As for the shopkeeper of Tianluo Pavilion, she was replaced three years ago. Fellow Daoist Qin is no longer in charge. She went back to the sect, and the Lingxiao sect replaced him with a seventh-level foundation-building monk named Weng Xianwei. This He is not easy to deal with, and we have few interactions with each other, and we basically don’t interact with him, so I don’t know much about his situation.”

When he heard that Qin Yun was transferred back, he sighed secretly, patted his clan brother on the shoulder, and left a little lonely, with a lot of things in his heart.

When he came to the family meeting hall and saw that there was no one here, he found a chair and sat down, folding his hands on his chest, thinking about something motionlessly.

One after another, the family foundation builders who had undergone the test also came to the meeting hall. Seeing his expression, they gathered together, and in order not to disturb him, they all used their spiritual consciousness to communicate.

"Brother Thirty-six, what do you think happened to Brother Nineteen? I have never seen Brother Nineteen with such an expression since I met him?" The first person to speak was Xu Zhinan. She had not seen him for several years, and she was also confused. More beautiful.

"I don't know. He was fine just now. He asked me about things in Fangshi, but in the blink of an eye he became like this!" Xu Zhikai pretended not to know. He actually had a close guess in his mind, but he was not like that. People who like to gossip, so they shirk their knowledge.

"Do you think Brother Nineteen has lost his love? After one of my former city guards was abandoned by a female cultivator, he behaved like this. He is very similar to Brother Nineteen now!" The person who made this guess It's Xu Zhiqiang, and I have to say that his random guess is somewhat close to the truth.

Just as a few people were guessing, Xu Deming and Xu Shengsheng walked in from the back hall. Everyone immediately sat upright and stopped communicating. This also alarmed Xu Zhiyu. He also adjusted his mood and waited for the ancestor's message. Speech.

"This heart-searching test did not find any problematic clan members or offerings. I am very satisfied with the results! So you can leave now. Remember not to stay in the family for too long. Replace all the clan members who have replaced you and have been on the battlefield. I promised them that in the next ten years, they will not have to perform family tasks. It is also an expedient measure to send them to replace you this time!" Xu Deming said in a good mood.

"Yes, Ancestor!" Xu Zhikai and others accepted the order and left.

"Ancestor, I have one more thing to report!"

After the Ji-building clan members left, Xu Zhiyu spoke and at the same time took out the treasure map that Xu Zhipeng had given him.

"Whoosh!" Xu Shengsheng retrieved the object from the air, took the treasure map into his hand, and looked at it with Xu Deming. After watching for a moment, Xu Shengsheng let out a light sigh, looked at him and said:
  "Yu'er, the place depicted on this map seems to be on the edge of the family's old Zhongpu Town. It is not only bordered by the original Wei family, but also very close to the Hengduan Mountains. However, this treasure map looks a bit old. Maybe it's true, so be it! I still have things to deal with today, so I'll go with you tomorrow!"

"Okay, Grandpa, it's great to have you with us! By the way, why don't you bring Zhikai and the others with you to broaden your horizons? Their return to Fangshi and the Tianchaite Mine will be postponed for a day or two. It’s not a bad idea!”

Xu Zhiyu said in a consultative tone that the map recorded on this map might be an ancient cave. It would be great to take the people of the Establishment Clan to broaden their horizons. You must know that such an opportunity is quite rare.

As for safety issues, there is no need to worry. With a late-stage Golden Elixir master like Liu Zhenren around, he would dare to break into even a dragon's pond or a tiger's den.

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