Yang Xian came to the Zhou family's resident formation and sent a message. The monks guarding the formation of the Zhou clan had come to contact them. At the same time, the Zhou clan member also sent a message to inform their clan leader. Yang Xian waited quietly. The last time he arrived, it was the same Zhou clan member who was guarding the formation to receive him.
What Yang Xian wants now is to hand over the task and prepare to collect the jade token as a token of the mission issued by the sect, which means it has been successfully completed. The so-called sect task release, this kind of task released by an individual or family, the sect will give the publisher a task jade plaque with relevant information on it. The disciple who takes the sect task will get another task jade plaque after completing the task. As proof, the information on the two jade tablets is consistent. When the mission begins, the two jade tablets are separated. When the two jade tablets are put together, it means the mission is completed and can be handed over to the sect. If the sect fails the mission, there will only be one jade tablet, which is incomplete and needs to be assessed by the sect. Lingjian Sect uses this basic operation to form the most common mission system. If the disciple who receives the mission loses the mission jade card, it can be solved, but it will require a lot of procedures to replace it, which is very troublesome, but this situation rarely occurs.
The Zhou family's residence is on a hillside extending from the Wuyin Mountains, called Yinling Mountain. You can see it at a glance. The Zhou family's residence has a first-level high-grade mountain protection formation. If all the formations are turned on, it can be used for a short time. Trapping the immortal cultivators in the early stages of foundation building. However, activating all the formations consumes a lot of money, at least 100 low-grade spiritual stones per year. In order to save spiritual stones, the mountain protection formation is generally not activated, but a first-level low-grade warning formation is still activated in front of the station and is connected to the main formation. When the warning formation is attacked, the mountain protection formation will be activated, and the warning formation will be activated. The function of the method not only ensures safety but also effectively saves resources. The warning array method only requires 10 spiritual stones per year to activate the setting up of the mountain protection array. This is the most secure method in the world of immortality, because the Zhou family There have been immortal cultivators in the foundation building stage, so the overall protection is still very complete.
Now Yang Xian is standing in front of the warning formation waiting. The disciples stationed at the station are looking at this disciple of the Lingjian Sect very doubtfully. A few days ago, he was only at the third level of Qi Refining. Like himself, he broke through after not seeing each other for a few days. , becoming the fourth level of Qi Refining, this Shangzong disciple is really different. But his face was so pale, he was probably injured.
As soon as a cup of tea was served, Zhou Yuanqing, the current patriarch of the Zhou family, arrived with a group of clan members, and then greeted him warmly: "Fellow Taoist Yang, come sit in the family. I have prepared high-quality tea for you to taste."
Yang Xian knew it was an excuse. This old fox was alone outside. Although he had a sect mission, how could he dare to easily enter the former foundation-building family formation? What if the Zhou clan members did not respect martial ethics and activated the formation? , it will be impossible to escape. Yang Xian also said with a smile: "Clan Chief Zhou, you're welcome. I just completed this sect mission, so I came here to hand it over." Zhou Yuanqing was shocked, and when he looked carefully, Yang Xian's cultivation was already in the middle stage of Qi refining. , but Yang Xian did not restrain his aura, and looked quite sharp. In addition, the aura was up and down, unstable, and it seemed that he had made a breakthrough recently. Zhou Yuanqing said without changing his expression: "Congratulations to Fellow Daoist Yang for his great improvement. I came in a hurry and didn't prepare any gifts. I just gave these 5 low-grade spiritual stones to Fellow Daoist. It's just a small gift and not respectful. This mission is very troublesome." Fellow Taoist, I wonder what the final result of this mission will be, is there any additional gain?"
When Zhou Yuanqing said the extra gains, he deliberately emphasized his tone. Yang Xian knew that this was the old guy asking about his injuries. Yang Xian also wanted to find out why the Zhou family would use mortal investigation events to issue this mission, because the first-level There is also a price for the family to issue tasks.
"Yang has been searching for nobles in the mountains for the past few days, but has found nothing. While exploring deeply, he accidentally ran into a first-level mid-level spiritual beast python. He barely escaped from the snake's mouth between life and death. It was a blessing in disguise, and the bottleneck was broken through. To get promoted.”
Speaking of this, Yang Xian pretended to cough a few times.
"First-order middle-grade spiritual beast," Zhou Qingyuan pretended to exclaim. Yang Xiaodao was affected. Zhou Qingyuan once again pushed the five spiritual stones forward, "It's just a small gift, please be sure to accept it."
Yang Xian didn't show any pretense and accepted the situation, "Clan Leader Zhou, has the sect's mission been completed this time?"
"Fellow Daoist Yang, look at my memory. It's no longer useful as I get older. I almost forgot about this. This is the sect's mission jade token."
Yang Xian took the mission jade token handed over by Zhou Qingyuan, took out a jade token from his arms and put it together. Holding his hands in fists, he said, "Clan Chief Zhou, Yang's mission has been completed. He must return to the sect and resume his duties. See you later." After saying that, he turned and left.
Watching Yang Xian Yufeng leave, a middle-aged man walked out quickly behind the Zhou clan leader, "Uncle, has Hao'er's matter not been settled yet?"
"Hao'er has most likely died, my most beloved grandson!" Zhou Qingyuan said with tears in his face.
Zhou Hao is the most talented boy in the Zhou family. He has the qualifications of the three spiritual roots of fire, wood, and earth. With the help of elixirs, he started practicing at the age of 8 and reached the fourth level of Qi refining at the age of 18. He did not encounter bottlenecks in the middle stage of Qi refining. This speed of cultivation is the most likely core seed for the Zhou family to break through and become the foundation-building stage. The Zhou family currently has no cultivators in the foundation-building stage, and their old rivals, the Zhang and Huang families, had their clansmen break through to the foundation-building stage at about the same time 30 years ago. The Zhang and Huang families fought against each other. Even so, the Zhou family, who was originally their opponent, was still suppressed. I can't even lift my head. 30 years ago, everyone was the same, but 30 years later, the situation is completely different. Now Zhou Hao's hope for this foundation-building period is gone. Although under the management of Lingjian Sect, the clan will not be exterminated openly, the living environment of the Zhou family will become increasingly worse, and extermination will only be a matter of time. After the suppression of the Zhang and Huang families, currently the only one in the entire Zhou family who is at the ninth level of Qi refining. In the late stage of Qi refining, there were originally 6 in the middle stage of Qi refining, but now there are only 5, and the rest are all 21. He is a monk with mixed spiritual roots from the first to the third level of Qi Refining. In the past, in the family, there were at least five or six monks at the ninth level of Qi Refining, and even half-step foundation building monks at the tenth level of Qi Refining, but now Zhang Under the deliberate targeting of the Huang family and the influence of the Spirit Sword Sect's recruitment, the number of mortals has dropped, and the number of monks has also dropped. The family's rapid decline is difficult to describe.
Zhou Qingyuan led a group of tribesmen back, with a lot of thoughts in his mind. The mission issued to Lingjian Sect this time was to kill three birds with one stone. First of all, he wanted to scare the Zhang and Huang families to express their attitude. Although his family was in decline. The first-grade family, but still has the support of the Lingjian Sect to protect them. This is the common eldest brother. The two families have done too much over the years; secondly, every time a genius appears in the Zhou family, he will wither, and the genius of Zhou Hao is no exception. The Lingjian Sect People came to investigate and search, but they were looking for mortals. The intention is self-evident. This is to show the Zhang and Huang families that we know who did it, but we did not pursue it in depth, which is also a sign of submission. The last step is to see if we can borrow the banner of Lingjian Sect. This is just a wish. If the disciple who performs the task can have a certain connection with the Zhou family, or even get closer, then at least we can get a little relationship, but Yang Xian executed The mission was slippery from beginning to end. There was nothing I could do about it and just run away after finishing the matter. It was impossible to force the disciples of the Spirit Sword Sect to stay! If the Lingjian Sect is offended, the clan will be exterminated directly. The Lingjian Sect has a very good backing and is very tough and will not fail. The hope of the Zhou family now is themselves. The fate of the 27 immortal cultivators in the family is also tied to themselves. They are close to 70 years old this year. Although the life span in the late stage of Qi refining is about 120 years, Zhou Yuanqing still wants to live as long as possible. Before the age of 80, I have a chance to build a foundation, so I strive for stability in everything to stabilize the Zhang and Huang families. At the same time, I also strengthen my determination to grow in secret. If something happens to me again, the Zhou family will be doomed, even if there is a spirit. The protection of the Sword Sect will also disappear completely, because the existence of a first-grade family or sect in the later stage of Qi refining is necessary. Without the cultivation in the later stage of Qi refining, a first-grade family or sect will not exist. This is also the case with Spirit Sword. Zong's bottom line, at the same time, Zhou Yuanqing basically did not leave the mountain protection formation, and was cautious in doing things. This was also to prevent the Zhang and Huang families from harming the Zhang and Huang families. The Zhang and Huang families have not yet broken up. It may also be that the two families were wary of each other, so they stayed. The Zhou family is dying. Zhou Yuanqing sighed secretly, it is not easy to be the leader of a clan! Surrounded by two hungry wolves, the Zhou family must find a way out.
Yang Xian didn't know Zhou Yuanqing's various thoughts. His only idea now was to return to the sect as soon as possible to hand over the task and practice seriously.
