Cheng Ling nodded and said: "Yes, the Zhou family leader must know the grievances between the Famous Sword Academy and the major forces in the south. If he can find the help of the people I mentioned, he will definitely be able to wipe out all the major forces!"
"In this case, isn't the Zhou family still considered a top power in the south?"
Zhou Changtian was dumbfounded, looked at Cheng Ling in disbelief, and murmured: "Impossible, there are millions of monks from various major forces, how can they be defeated so easily, let alone one of the nine major forces in Canglan Continent behind them? This is the Ouyang family."
Cheng Ling sneered and said: "The major forces in the south are originally vassals of the Famous Sword Academy. How can their strength compare to them? As for the Ouyang Family, is there anyone among the nine major forces who cannot deal with them?"
Zhou Changtian was startled and said in confusion: "Senior, do you mean Feng Yan Sect?"
Cheng Ling's heart moved slightly. Zhou Changtian's cultivation level was not high, but he was extremely shrewd. According to Jian Yinghao, except for a few high-ranking members of the nine major forces who knew about the discord between the Feng Yan Sect and the Ouyang Family, no one else knew about it. Unexpectedly, he also knew about it.
He then said: "Is it Feng Yan Sect? I'm sorry to keep this secret. It's not time to say it clearly right now, so I just ask the head of the Zhou family if he is willing to make a bet with me."
Zhou Changtian pondered for a long time and asked: "It's not that I don't know what's good or bad. Each of the major forces in the south is a hundred times more powerful than my Zhou family. What confidence do seniors have in defeating them?"
Cheng Ling smiled and said: "It's very simple. The most fundamental things for a cultivator are nothing more than Dharma, lovers, wealth, and land. Dharma. If the Zhou family can stand for thousands of years, it must naturally have a unique inheritance of skills. It's just that there are no exceptionally qualified people. Disciple. This is not difficult to solve. As long as you give me a little time, I can naturally help the Zhou family cultivate several outstanding disciples."
"Honey, with my help and the power of the Famous Sword Academy, the Zhou family's strength will make a huge leap in a short time. It will not be difficult to catch up with the other southern powers."
"Cai, the Zhou family is good at making talismans. We can exchange knowledge on this. I can train alchemy masters for you and plunder large quantities of southern resources."
"At this time, the Zhou family's legal, romantic, and financial development has made great progress. With such advances and retreats, a large amount of resources from other forces will be plundered. It will not take a few years for the Zhou family's strength to catch up with them. By then, the Zhou family will be able to catch up with them. Does the head of the family still think it’s not enough to compete?”
It suddenly dawned on Zhou Changtian's mind that the beautiful blueprint drawn by Cheng Ling was exactly the path to becoming a strong man that he had dreamed of. However, he still had scruples in his heart and asked: "What the senior said is indeed an excellent method, but my Zhou family only has a thousand people. Even if there are a few outstanding disciples, facing millions of southern power monks, Why resist?"
"This is very simple. What if your Zhou family can have a blessed land for cultivation, where you only need to launch an attack and don't need to defend at all?"
"But where can we find such a blessed land? Generally speaking, areas with sufficient spiritual resources are occupied by several major forces. With the current strength of the Zhou family, it is impossible to snatch them away."
"Don't your Zhou family have a certain territory outside Xiangcheng? So how will thousands of family members be accommodated?"
Zhou Changtian smiled awkwardly and said: "There is indeed a mountain top outside Xiangcheng, but the aura of that mountain range is not high. It might as well be in Xiangcheng."
Cheng Ling suddenly realized, no wonder Zhou Changtian had to stay in Xiangcheng to recover after being injured.
It's a question of aura. However, such a thing was easy for him. He smiled calmly and said, "Master Zhou, don't worry about this. I will naturally help you turn that clan land into a blessed place for cultivation."
An idea flashed in Zhou Changtian's mind, and he asked in shock: "Senior, is he still good at arranging formations?"
Cheng Ling smiled and said, "I understand a little bit!"
Zhou Changtian frowned. He paced back and forth in the guest room. After a long time, he said decisively: "Senior, my Zhou family has been suppressed by several major forces for tens of thousands of years. Now it has declined. Now, we can regain our prestige." We will never let go of this opportunity, we will do this!"
After saying that, he seemed to have made some kind of determination and felt much better.
Zhou Zhiyuan stood beside him, also with a determined look on his face. He has never been angry with the Ouyang family for being aggressive, but his father has always warned him that he needs to be patient and not to conflict with the Ouyang family if he does not have enough strength.
This time I saw my father being harmed by the Ouyang family again and almost died. How could he endure it? Now facing the blueprint for rise drawn by Cheng Ling, we dare not let it go easily.
Cheng Ling smiled and said: "Okay, since the head of the Zhou family has such ambitions, I will help you. Now, let's plan carefully how to act."
The two father and son looked happy, bowed and said: "But please give me your instructions, senior!"
Cheng Ling said slowly: "First of all, we need to go to the mountain top mentioned by the Zhou family. I will set up a few formations there so that you will have no worries. Secondly, I have a few pills here, which are suitable for the Zhou family's cultivation. and improve your cultivation, I think Master Zhou will make the best use of the rest."
Zhou Changtian received the pill handed over by Cheng Ling, opened it, and said in shock: "Lingxu Pill, Breaking Tribulation Pill, and another pill that is full of Taoist charm. I wonder what kind of pill it is?"
"That's the Little Enlightenment Pill, which can help you understand the way of heaven and break through the shackles of the tribulation period!"
Zhou Changtian was overjoyed and said, "This...this...senior's kindness in supporting the Zhou family is truly unforgettable. Could it be that you are an eighth-grade alchemy master?"
Cheng Ling smiled and did not answer directly, but said: "The Zhou family head does not need to know my level of alchemy, as long as he knows that these elixirs are the key to the rise of the Zhou family."
Zhou Changtian took a deep breath, bowed to Cheng Ling and said, "Senior's kindness in supporting the Zhou family will be unforgettable. If we can really become the top power in the south, the Zhou family will only follow my predecessor's lead in the future."
"Okay, let's see how we develop in the future. It's already too late today, how about tomorrow the head of the Zhou family will lead us to the mountain where the family is?"
"I will obey the instructions of my senior!"
At this point, the conversation between the two ended, and Zhou Changtian took Zhou Zhiyuan out of the guest room. On the way back, Zhou Zhiyuan asked, "Dad, have you really decided to become enemies with the various forces in the south?"
Zhou Changtian took a deep breath, looked up at the stars, and said softly: "Zhiyuan, that senior has such cultivation at such a young age, and is also proficient in alchemy and formation. Such an opportunity is once in a lifetime. I have this person in the Zhou family. With help, we will be able to restore our past glory. Remember, when the opportunity comes, you must seize it and never let it slip away easily!"
Zhou Zhiyuan nodded silently, with a hint of fighting spirit igniting in his eyes. The family's revival is at this moment!
The next day, Zhou Changtian came to Chengdu early.
Outside Ling's guest room, after he got up to wash up, he took him to the hills outside the city. Also accompanying him were Fu Bo, Zhou Zhiyuan and Zhou Qi.
With the Lingxu Pill given by Cheng Ling, his cultivation returned to the late stage of integration in just one night. Along the way, he was very respectful to Cheng Ling and explained to him the major forces in the southern region.
Only then did Cheng Ling know that there were not only the seven major forces in the south, but also many small and medium-sized families and sects, numbering in the thousands. Among these forces, the Zhou family can only be ranked at the bottom. The suppression of local forces by the southern monks for tens of thousands of years has reached its limit.
From his words, Cheng Ling also learned that the Ouyang family was not a family born and raised in the south, but migrated from the central area of Canglan continent to the south ten thousand years ago. With the large number of monks in the family, they plundered the resources of the south. After ten thousand years, It took accumulation to reach where we are now.
It can be seen that among the nine major powers, the Ouyang family has the weakest background. No wonder it has always been at the bottom. When encountering the Fengyan sect, it can only look up to them. If it weren't for the latter's existence in the Small Heaven Realm, it would have been destroyed long ago.
However, the successive heads of the Ouyang family were all scheming people. After being suppressed by Feng Yanzong, they found another way to cultivate a large number of tentacle families and developed various auxiliary means to consolidate the family's resource base and forcefully suppress the local forces in the south. For a while, it firmly held the top spot in the South, and no one could shake it.
After talking happily for a long time, everyone arrived at the clan site.
Cheng Ling looked up and saw in front of him a deep valley surrounded by mountains on three sides. Several towering mountains surrounded a deep valley with a radius of thousands of miles. Only in the front direction was there a spacious road leading directly to the outside of the mountain, which was exactly the same as what he had imagined. The top of the hill is much different.
Zhou Changtian explained: "The southern region has many mountains and sparsely populated areas, so the Zhou family can have such a piece of their own clan land. This is the result of strong compression in recent hundreds of years. In its heyday, the mountains within a radius of thousands of miles were all Zhou Changtian Home territory.”
Cheng Ling nodded with satisfaction. This area was not too big or too small, so it was suitable for setting up formations. However, the spiritual energy in the valley is not strong, and other forces must look down upon it, which is why the Zhou family is allowed to occupy such a mountainous area.
However, this is not difficult to solve. The Chongling Mountains are spread all over the south, and there must be enough spiritual veins under the ground. As long as you search for it yourself, and then carry a few spiritual veins into the valley, the concentration of spiritual energy here will soon be promote.
He stopped outside the mountain gate for a long time, secretly memorizing the distribution of these mountains and preparing for future formations. Zhou Changtian stood beside him, not daring to disturb him easily. After a while, he saw Cheng Ling retracting his gaze and said, "Senior, I will take you to the cave first to have a look!"
"Oh? Is there still my cave here?"
Zhou Changtian said: "Last night I had a good conversation with my senior, and I asked the disciples in the clan to build a cave for my senior overnight. If you are not satisfied, just speak up and we will reset it according to your senior's requirements."
Cheng Ling nodded silently, and as he walked towards the deepest part of the valley, everyone soon came to the entrance of a cave. The entrance of the cave is not big, and the outside is densely covered by vines. Once you enter the cave, you will find all the equipment inside.
Cheng Ling nodded with satisfaction and was about to speak when he saw Zhou Changtian still leading him deeper into the cave. He hesitated for a moment and then followed. After walking for a while, the light shone brightly in front of my eyes. When I looked up, there was another exit in front of me.
