After returning.
I saw the great elder Zhao Deguang waiting outside again.
"Great Elder, what's wrong with you?"
The elder's face was a little pale, as if he had just recovered from a serious illness, which made Zhao Yongqi feel frightened.
"A group of loose cultivators approached Weishan, and we had some conflicts with them. It's okay." The great elder waved his hand indifferently.
"Rogue cultivator?"
"Are they coming for us?" Zhao Yongqi knew that the Zhao family's development strategy was to build good relationships and would not take the initiative to have disputes with outside monks. Even if there were conflicts, they would try to resolve them.
"Great Elder, come into the room to talk." Zhao Yongqi controlled the small Ruyi Bell Array to open the passage.
"No."
The Great Elder explained: "Those casual cultivators are sneaky. As soon as our mountain patrolling cultivators approached, they started to attack without saying a word. I suspect that they are just coming for the Wei family. I came this time in the hope that the clan leader can send more patrols." The manpower of the monks will prevent Xiaoxiao from causing trouble."
Zhao Yongqi believed in the judgment of the great elder.
He took out the warrant representing the clan leader from his storage bag, handed it to the other party and said: "The third elder should have some manpower. If it is not enough, you can also borrow it from several other deacons."
...
After the great elder left.
Zhao Yongqi thought about it and stopped going back to practice. Instead, he changed his route to Weishan Palace.
at the same time.
He patted the storage bag with his hand, and a transmission note appeared immediately: "Come quickly."
After whispering two words, the sound transmission immediately turned into a flame the size of a thumb, and disappeared in a few flashes.
Come to Weishan Hall.
Zhao Yongqi sat cross-legged on the cloud platform, silently thinking about many things in his heart.
In the past two years, under the encouragement of the Zhao family's policies, a large number of newborns have been born in the ordinary world. However, it will take at least twelve or thirteen years for these babies to grow up. It is still unrealistic for the population to increase significantly in a short period of time.
The caravan can now only wander around a radius of about 500 miles. Even so, there will still be casualties every two or three months. Moreover, the scale of the caravan is too small, and the spiritual stones it earns are extremely limited. After all the costs, it can probably be produced in a year. Four to five thousand spiritual stones fell.
It is basically difficult to find a way to breed monster beasts by yourself.
The harvest of Linggu is quite stable, but its annual income is estimated to be only about five thousand Lingshi.
There are now seventeen casual cultivators in Dongwei Mountain, and they can pay less than one thousand and five spirit stone rents every year.
In comparison.
The Zhao family's expenses are quite high.
Almost every year, a batch of exorcism talismans must be purchased, consumption of the Fiery Octagon Array, offensive and defensive weapons for the caravan monks and mountain patrol monks, monthly salary for the Zhao family monks, interactions with other forces, etc.
It all adds up.
About 50,000 spiritual stones are consumed every year, which is far from breaking even.
"Clan leader, are you looking for me?"
While Zhao Yongqi was thinking, Bai Zhengyi quietly walked into Weishan Palace.
"right."
Zhao Yongqi calmed down: "Recently, a group of casual cultivators came near Weishan Mountain. Does Mr. Bai know their origins? Has there been any unusual movement among the casual cultivators in the east of Weishan Mountain?"
For two years.
Similar conversations have happened many times, and both of them are familiar with it.
Bai Zhengyi had long since lost his psychological burden. After a moment of thought, he said: "I really haven't paid attention to the casual cultivators near Weishan Mountain. However, everything is normal in Dongweishan Mountain. Only Daoist Fellow Li is still in seclusion all year round, while Fellow Daoist Feng often travels outside."
Zhao Yongqi nodded slowly. This was similar to the information he got from Zhao Chongxue: "You must pay attention to observation recently and do not guarantee the stability of casual cultivators."
"clear."
The two parties have cooperated for such a long time and have established initial mutual trust.
...
Return to the secret room.
Zhao Yongqi frowned and thought.
"Perhaps we should use divination now."
In the art of divination, the higher your cultivation level, the more and more accurate information you can get, and you will be more resistant to the backlash of divination. He originally planned to wait until the fourth level of Qi training before performing divination.
But with the current situation, we probably can’t wait that long.
The pressure from Lingshi and external pressure are all forcing Zhao Yongqi to make a choice.
When the Zhao family first came to Weishan.
Because the strength of the Zhao family was unclear, the surrounding forces and casual cultivators were waiting and watching; but as the situation of the Zhao family gradually became clearer, the friction around them gradually increased.
root cause.
There was still no high-level monk in charge, so the monks around him were like cats that smelled fishy smell, and they all wanted to come up and lick it.
...
Zhao Yongqi checked the small Ruyi bell array again.
Set the formation to "refuse to disturb" state.
Even if someone comes again, they will receive direct feedback from the formation. The internal monks are practicing in seclusion and it is not convenient to receive guests.
Then.
He took out the treasured jade-colored "ribs" from his personal storage bag.
This rib is added with the art of divination.
It was his hope to change the fate of the Zhao family.
The fingertips were lightly traced across the fingertips, and red blood drops dripped onto the ribs and were immediately absorbed by the ribs.
Immediately afterwards.
Zhao Yongqi used magic power to wrap the ribs, focusing entirely on the ribs, and began to use the divination technique he had learned to slowly refine the jade ribs.
This time the sacrifice.
It took three days.
Under the influence of his magic power, the ribs of the muddy jade began to shrink visibly to the naked eye, and the color of the muddy jade became darker.
Three days later.
Zhao Yongqi sat cross-legged. The jade ribs had shrunk several times, becoming the size of a finger. They slowly rotated in front of Zhao Yongqi's chest. From a distance, they looked like a jade-colored hexagram.
A wordless hexagram without any pattern or text.
Concentrating his magic power, the rib hexagram fell immediately, and Zhao Yongqi stretched out his hand to catch it.
At this time, the appearance of the "ribs" has changed greatly. It feels like animal skin and looks like a jade sign. It is difficult for anyone to associate it with the ribs.
Holding the rib hexagram sign.
Zhao Yongqi could feel a sense of blood connection coming from the hexagram sign. The hexagram sign came from the same source as him, and it looked wonderful.
At this time, the jade ribs are qualified to prevent disasters.
Of course, even if the disaster-blocking object can reach most of the backlash, a tiny part will still be transmitted to Zhao Yongqi. This is the reason why he wants to advance to the fourth level of Qi training and then perform divination.
The higher the cultivation level.
The stronger the ability to withstand disasters.
Play with it for a moment.
Zhao Yongqi took out another item - the great elder's beard.
This was something he had prepared long ago.
If divination is to be used, there must be a corresponding divination object and an accurate divination purpose.
For example, asking for wealth, asking for children, asking for marriage...
The "Book of Measuring the Heaven, Measuring the Earth, and Calculating People" that Zhao Yongqi understood was only the section on calculating people, so it could only predict the direction of a certain individual, but could not predict the direction of power or geomantic treasures.
besides.
He who counts others does not count himself.
Zhao Yongqi could not directly divine for himself, because when he divined for himself, the scene he saw was actually in the past tense.
The moment he divined for himself, the future had been changed by him, and he would move to another branch of the timeline.
In summary.
Zhao Yongqi decided to divine the opportunity of the great elder to build the foundation. The object of the divination was the great elder, and the purpose was to build the foundation.
Very clear.
