Cultivation Begins From The Desert

Decades have passed, Zhou Yang's face is still the same as before, still so handsome and handsome.

However, Zhou Tongyue and Li Hong, who had just passed middle age, were already gray-haired and had little life expectancy.

The age difference between Zhou Tongyue and Li Hong is only one year old. After a few decades, both of them are already at the ninth floor of the Foundation Establishment. .

However, at this time, these two well-known experts in Cangyuan Immortal City knelt down in front of a young man with excitement on their faces, and there were faint tears in their eyes.

"Hey! It's been really hard for you all these years, it's me who's hurting you all!"

Zhou Yang looked at the two emotional juniors in front of him, let out a long sigh, stepped forward and grabbed their shoulders and helped them up.

"Old Ancestor, don't say that! If it weren't for you, Ancestor, we would have died a hundred years ago. How could we succeed in building a foundation, and how could we live for another hundred years?"

"We have suffered a little over the years, but my grandson dares to swear that there is absolutely no resentment towards the ancestors. The kindness you have given to our juniors will never be forgotten!"

Zhou Tongyue's expression was excited and he said again and again, and he swore on the spot.

Seeing this, Zhou Yang felt even more guilty.

He really didn't have any thoughts about the family branch in the extreme western land over the years. If it wasn't for the occasional encounter with the "Scorpion King" in "Dead Sand Sea", if it wasn't for Yin Hanguang who wanted to use Guo Jinhong's head to stand out, he would It may not come to the Far West for hundreds of years.

After all, before that, whether it was the "Heavenly Demon Corpse King" or Guo Jinhong, they were enemies that he couldn't face at all.

If he appeared in the extreme west before the transformation of the pill and the infant, and let these two enemies know, what awaited him would be endless pursuit.

At that time, not only could he not be able to take care of the Zhou family branch here, but he would also cause them to be exterminated.

Fortunately, God opened his eyes, allowing him to return to the extreme west through the "curve to save the country", and use Yin Hanguang's power to seek justice for the grievances he suffered at the beginning.

It also allows him to make some compensation to the clansmen who are still standing here.

At this moment, he looked at Zhou Tongyue, whose face was full of excitement, and nodded lightly: "I know your loyalty, my ancestor, I will give you an explanation and some compensation when I come to the extreme west this time. ."

"Now, tell the ancestors about the situation of the family here, so that I can have an idea in my heart."

Hearing his words, Zhou Tongyue immediately scratched his beard in embarrassment and said, "Let's let Brother Li introduce you to the ancestor, he knows the family situation better than me, the nominal head of the family. "

Zhou Tongyue is a monk of the Zhou family "Tong", and Li Hong's Taoist companion Zhou Fuyun is a monk of the Zhou family's "Fu". According to the genealogy, he should be Li Hong's uncle and elder.

However, the two of them are close in age and have worked together for many years. Li Hong is also a powerful person with considerable means. Zhou Tongyue relies on him a lot in the governance of the family, so he has always ignored this on purpose, and only called him brothers. So as not to embarrass Li Hong.

Fortunately, Zhou Yang himself is not that kind of old-fashioned person. He did not pursue such trivial matters, but just turned his attention to Li Hong, who had never said much.

After feeling Zhou Yang's gaze, Li Hong immediately bowed his hands to him, and opened his mouth to talk about the situation of the Zhou family branch in Cangyuan Xiancheng.

"Old Ancestor Mingjian, the family branch in Cangyuan Xiancheng, after decades of development, there are now 12 monks in the foundation-building stage, 187 monks in the Qi training stage, and more than 80,000 secular people!"

"At the same time, the family currently owns a third-order high-grade Lingshan, two third-order low-grade Lingshan, four second-order high-grade Lingshan, and three shops in Cangyuan Xiancheng!"

"Because of the lack of income sources, in order to prevent sitting on the mountain, most of the monks in the family work in various industries in Cangyuan Xiancheng to earn cultivation resources. Most of the foundation-building monks in the family also serve in the guards of Cangyuan Xiancheng."

Before Xiao Ying and Zhou Guangxiang left the Far West, they had left dozens of foundation building pills and some third-order spiritual pills to Zhou Tongyue and Li Hong according to Zhou Yang's instructions, in order to practice Zhou Yang's actions towards those people. The promise of a monk to the Far West.

Later, when Zhou Yang returned from Kunxu Realm, he also gave them a few fourth-order demon pills and some high-level magic talismans for their family development.

Therefore, in the Zhou family in Cangyuan Xiancheng, there was an abnormal situation where the number of monks in the foundation-building stage and the number of monks in the Qi-training stage were more than ten to one.

It is also because of this obviously abnormal situation that they are now being watched from all sides.

If it wasn't for Li Hong's vigilance, and with the help of Li Mubai's power, he arranged for the Zhou family cultivators to work in the official industry of Cangyuan Xiancheng, and using this tiger skin to deter those who watched, I am afraid that the Zhou family's annihilation would have come a long time ago.

Of course, the most critical point is that although there are many monks in the Zhou family's foundation-building stage, there have been no cultivators in the Zifu stage, which prevents them from entering the eyes of those really powerful forces.

Otherwise, I'm afraid that a Jindan stage cultivator has already taken action to kidnap people and use soul search methods to find the reason.

Just relying on the foundation building Dan to explode a large number of foundation building cultivators has obvious shortcomings, that is, it can only make people build foundations, but cannot support these foundation building cultivators.

During the Qi training period, immortal cultivators only need to build a foundation, but after the foundation is successfully established, they have to consider the next realm.

The Zhou family branch on the side of Cangyuan Xiancheng obviously did not have the strength to help the foundation-building cultivators continue to climb up.

In a family, once it is unable to provide cultivation assistance to the senior members of the family, except for a very few monks who are very nostalgic and grateful, who are willing to help the family selflessly, most people will choose to leave the family and find a way out.

You must know that even Zhou Yang, when the Zhou family cannot provide him with other cultivation resources, often takes away a large number of spirit stones from the Zhou family's treasure house for his own personal use.

"According to what you said, since the family's financial situation is so difficult, how did you make those family foundation cultivators willing to continue to serve in the family?"

Zhou Yang looked at Li Hong with a face full of surprise and asked, he was indeed extremely curious about this question.

The so-called clever woman is hard to cook without rice, even if Zhou Yang, who brought the Zhou family to this point with one-handedness, and Li Hong and Fu and Li Hong are in different places, they can't do this.

"It's still up to the grandson to solve the puzzle for the ancestors!"

When Li Hong wanted to speak, Zhou Tongyue suddenly took the lead and spoke for him.

After stealing the conversation, Zhou Tongyue didn't even look at Li Hong's complicated and incomprehensible face, and bowed his hands to Zhou Yang with a straight face: "Old Ancestor Mingjian, in fact, over the years, the monks who have successfully established the foundation of the Zhou family, There are a total of twelve people, but one of them was killed while going out, and the murderer has not yet been found, and the other two were executed by the grandson himself!"

"The two people who were executed by their grandson were the first group of monks in the family to build a foundation. Because the family could not provide them with many cultivation resources after the foundation was successfully established, they wanted to leave the family and join other families, and so on. Acting is tantamount to betrayal!"

"They don't even think about it. If they don't have a family, with their qualifications, how could it be so easy to get a foundation building pill? Their ancestors followed the ancestors to this far west land, using their loyalty to the family and their own life as the They exchanged the foundation building Dan, not to let them abandon the family and climb the high branch after they succeeded in building the foundation!"

"So after the incident happened, grandson first sold a fourth-order demon pill left by you, the ancestor, in exchange for a few [Netherworld Blood Contract], and forced the remaining family foundation-building cultivators to sign one by one. With the blood contract, I swear to never betray the family!"

"After that, the junior used a trick to deceive the two betrayers, and then led all the cultivators of the family's foundation-building period to besiege them.

"Since then, as long as the Qi-training monks in the family succeed in establishing a foundation, they need to sign a blood pact to swear allegiance to the family, which has continued to this day!"

I should have thought of that!

Zhou Yang smiled bitterly in his heart, then stared at Zhou Tongyue, who had a clear conscience, without speaking.

Using the "Netherworld Blood Pact" to force people's allegiance, he has done this before. To be honest, although this can forcibly bind people's loyalty, it cannot make people sincerely do things for the family.

So after he gradually became stronger in the Zhou family, he never did such a thing again.

In fact, those really big forces would never do such a thing.

Because the backlash effect of doing so is too great.

Especially when encountering a ruthless character who is very forgiving, it is easy to be deceived by the other party first signing a blood contract, and then he will find an opportunity from within and risk his life to launch a fatal blow to the forces that enslave him.

If it is the Zhou family in the boundless sand sea cultivation world, who dares to do such a thing without his consent, Zhou Yang will definitely impose a heavy punishment on him, or even abolish his cultivation.

But the situation of the Zhou family in the extreme west is too special.

Zhou Yang also believed that Zhou Tongyue would definitely be reluctant to do such a chilling thing to the cultivator of his own clan if there was a way, unless he was forced to a dead end.

He could even imagine Zhou Tongyue's mood at that time.

The two juniors that he cultivated with his own hands suddenly betrayed the family and left. This kind of betrayal undoubtedly stabbed Zhou Tongyue twice in the chest, causing him pain and anger.

And because of the betrayal of these two juniors, the other juniors are also flustered and eager to move. dm

In the face of this situation, if Zhou Tongyue did not take the time to use ruthless means to stabilize people's hearts, I am afraid that the family that had finally improved would soon fall apart.

"Actually, it was Li Hong who gave you this idea!"

"Although you Zhou Tongyue is daring, you grew up in your family, how could you suddenly think of such a vicious idea?"

"I believe you said that you killed the two traitors yourself, but if you say these ideas are your own, you are fooling the wisdom of the ancestors!"

After Zhou Yang stared at Zhou Tongyue for a long time, he turned his eyes and looked coldly at Li Hong, who had a complicated face, and sneered and told the truth of the matter.

"No……"

Zhou Tongyue lowered his head and wanted to try to quibble.

But at this time, Li Hong had already knelt on the ground with a thud, and kowtowed heavily to Zhou Yang to plead guilty: "The old ancestor has a bright eye, this matter is indeed the idea given by the junior to the master, and the two traitors are also juniors. It is designed that their relatives will deceive them, if the ancestor wants to punish, please punish the younger generation, don't wrong the family master!"

When Zhou Tongyue saw this, his face changed, and he also knelt down and kowtowed: "Old Ancestor Mingjian, although Li Hong came up with the idea, it was only implemented with the consent of the grandson. If you want to judge the crime, the grandson There is one too!"

Seeing this scene, Zhou Yang felt relieved by their brotherly love, but also resented their cleverness.

How could he not know what Zhou Tongyue meant? Now, the Zhou family branch in Cangyuan Xiancheng is the two of them, Zhou Tongyue and Li Hong. The Zhou family branch here is useless, but may expose its own existence.

Of course, it doesn't matter how bad the two of them are doing, it's just human nature to want to protect themselves.

Thinking of this, Zhou Yang couldn't help shaking his head. With a wave of his hand, he used a mana to lift the two up, and then said:

"Get up, Patriarch, I didn't say I would punish you."

"Your approach in this matter is indeed inappropriate, but according to what you said at the time, it is not wrong to choose this approach. You should do extraordinary things at extraordinary times. I am not an unreasonable person."

"But since the ancestors, I am here, this kind of practice must not be practiced in the future."

Hearing his words, Zhou Tongyue and Li Hong both breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that this hurdle was finally over.

In fact, after they did this kind of thing, they discussed together how to deal with the family's questioning in the future. In the end, Li Hong concluded that as long as Zhou Yang, the family's ancestor, was present, it would not be because of this. The incident severely punished them.

Now it seems that everything is as expected, which makes Zhou Tongyue admire this old partner even more.

"But Old Ancestor, if you don't use this method, how can you make the younger generations of the family loyal to the family? The family here can't offer any rich conditions to win them over, and the situation here is not the same as the boundless sand sea immortal world. In the same way, after they leave the family, there are many better choices!"

Li Hong looked at Zhou Yang with bright eyes and said, he seemed to have realized something, and his eyes were full of anticipation.

Seeing this, Zhou Yang couldn't help but smile and said: "You don't have to worry about this, since I have come to see you, Patriarch, I will naturally have a solution to this matter. You don't need to be tied down in the future. Do things under the banner of the Zhou family!"

What?

Although Li Hong already had some conjectures in his heart when Zhou Yang summoned the two of them to meet him, he was shocked to hear Zhou Yang's domineering and sidelined words.

He looked at Zhou Yang in shock, and couldn't help asking: "Could the ancestor find a way to cancel the [Neiguang League]'s wanted order against you? Just please forgive the rudeness of the younger generation, [Neiguang League]'s wanted order for you, It was released by that old monster Guo Jinhong himself, and in his capacity, no one should be able to force him to cancel the wanted order, right?"

Because of the festival between Zhou Yang and Guo Jinhong, Li Hong also paid special attention to inquire about some news about Haoyang Sect and Guo Jinhong over the years.

Although due to his cultivation level, he couldn't find out any really secret news, but from what he learned, it also let him know that Guo Jinhong would definitely not take the initiative to cancel the "wanted order" against Zhou Yang.

And although he was smart, he never thought of it, or even dared to think that Zhou Yang would be able to kill Guo Jinhong, the Nascent Soul cultivator!

Regarding the killing of Guo Jinhong, Zhou Yang would definitely not reveal the slightest bit to Li Hong and the others before the matter was implemented.

So in the face of Li Hong's inquiry, he just waved his hand and said, "I have a solution for this matter, you don't need to inquire about it. At most two or three years, you can stand up and walk in an open and honest manner."

"Yes, the junior understands."

With a shudder in his heart, Li Hong hurriedly stopped inquiring about the matter.

He is a smart person, and he has realized from Zhou Yang's words that there will be a big change in the extreme west, and this big change is not something that a little shrimp like him can participate in.

Zhou Yang liked him as a sensible person who knew how to advance and retreat and was sensible. Seeing this, he could not help but nodded gratified, and then changed the conversation: "You have been in Cangyuan Xiancheng for a long time, do you know how the current situation of Cangyuan Sanren Li Cangyuan is now? How long will he live?"

Before he was caught by the "Heavenly Demon Corpse King", he knew that "Cangyuan Sanren" Li Cangyuan's remaining lifespan was less than a hundred years. .

If it wasn't for that incident, perhaps he would have now taken over the rule of Cangyuan Xiancheng from "Cangyuan Loose Man" Li Cangyuan, making the Zhou family officially a member of the Far West.

"Back to the ancestors, Senior Li's situation has been sealed by the Li family, and no one knows how long he can live, or whether he has died!"

"In recent years, because of this incident, the entire Cangyuan Immortal City has been surging. The cultivators of the deputy city lord Geng Zhong's family have begun to seize the property and positions that originally belonged to the city lord's cultivators. Senior Li Mubai walked together, and they drove many people out of some industries, and they even injured a few people!"

"What's even more worrying is that we haven't seen Senior Li Mubai for half a year, and the Li family's people stopped us several times to see him. Some of the Li family's elite children and some talented juniors have all left Cang. Yuanxian City doesn't know where to go!"

While answering Zhou Yang's words, Li Hong carefully peeked at Zhou Yang's face, but he hesitated.

After Zhou Yang noticed his little gesture, he couldn't help but smile at him: "If you have something to say, just say it, don't hold it in your stomach."

"Yes, the old ancestor Mingjian, the younger generation thinks that if our Zhou family can walk in the extreme west with a banner in the future, we must have a foundation of our own, and the immortal city of Cangyuan is turbulent and facing a change of owners. , isn't it just right?"

"Of course, it's up to you to decide this matter. Geng Zhong is now a third-level cultivator of Jindan. Without you, we wouldn't be able to slap him with a slap in the face!"

After Li Hong finished speaking his thoughts in one breath, he could not help looking at Zhou Yang with anticipation, his eyes were full of eagerness.

He is a man of ambition and ability. Even if he has little life left in the rest of his life, he still wants to develop the Zhou family of Cangyuan Xiancheng into a powerful family while he is still alive, and let his spiritual card after his death be here. It occupies a prominent position in the Bian family ancestral hall.

If the Zhou family could enter Cangyuan Immortal City while he was alive, and become the master of this piece of land that he had been fighting for for over a hundred years, he would really die without regrets!

"You dare to think!"

"A mere ninth-level foundation-building cultivator, a mere foundation-building family, dares to count a Jindan cultivator, and dares to count on the position of the city lord of Cangyuan Xiancheng, you are not afraid of taking too big steps and getting into trouble. ?"

Zhou Yang looked at Li Hong, who looked at him with eager anticipation, and couldn't help laughing, but he admired the courage of this guy.

This reminded him of the first time he saw Li Hong. At that time, Li Hong was a ninth-level qi cultivator who came for the "Treasure Hunting Conference" held by the Zhou family. The performance is also full of courage and courage.

When Li Hong heard what he said, he immediately knew that he was not unintentional, and quickly complimented him: "If the ancestor did not come, the junior would naturally not dare to have the courage, but since the ancestor, you are here, the courage of the junior is also not enough. came out."

After flattering Zhou Yang in this way, he boldly said, "Besides, Patriarch, you probably also know that when Aunt Guangxiang and Senior Li Mubai became Taoist couples, it was the advice the junior gave her, if it wasn't for Guo Jinhong That old monster slammed into the bar, I am afraid you have already led our Zhou family to become the master of Cangyuan Immortal City!"

Hearing this, Zhou Yang couldn't help laughing and said: "Well, since you have already talked about this, I will not hide from you, the ancestor, this time I came to the extreme west, the ancestor I really have the idea of ​​helping you enter Cangyuan Xiancheng. , and in order to become famous for the teacher, this time the ancestors I brought Guangxiang and their brothers and sisters."

Hearing this, Li Hong couldn't help shouting with joy: "If this is the case, then the big thing will be accomplished!"

Looking at Zhou Tongyue again, he was equally ecstatic, his face full of joy.

"Don't be too busy to be happy for now~www.readwn.com~ Guangxiang's relationship with her ancestors and me, Guo Jinhong and Geng Zhong are very clear, so now she can't make public appearances to let people know, then you have to What I do is to help her hide her identity and find out the real situation of Cangyuan Sanren from Li Mubai."

"If the Cangyuan Sanren really have died, then you must persuade Li Mubai and Guangxiang to leave Cangyuan Xiancheng, and then temporarily give up everything and move to another safe place to take refuge for a while, and wait for the ancestors to finish things on my side. Later, when you can help out, I will take you back to Cangyuan Immortal City!"

Zhou Yang calmly poured cold water on the two of them and explained the specific situation clearly, fearing that the two of them would be overexcited and ruin a major event.

Hearing what he said, the two of them calmed down a lot.

Then the two looked at each other, and Li Hong said, "Relax, the ancestor, I will leave this matter to the younger generation, and the younger generation will definitely help Aunt Guangxiang and the others to handle this matter, and wait for the ancestor to take action. That day is coming!"

"Do this well, and give you a chance to attack Zifu!"

Zhou Yang stared at the two of them and said something that surprised and delighted them both. _