Chapter 270 The Zhang Family Has Changed, Goodbye Qun Yao

Hidden Dragon Mountain.

Three hundred years have passed, and the Hidden Dragon Mountain of the past has changed drastically.

The Hidden Dragon Mountain Road, which was originally dug to connect Chen State and Mi State, has been widened several times due to the persistent maintenance and development of Zhang family for generations. It is enough to accommodate eight carriages traveling in parallel, which benefits both countries. A man-made miracle for the ages.

Hidden Dragon City, located in the center of Hidden Dragon Mountain Road, is the city with the strongest commercial atmosphere in the two countries.

Even though it is limited by the geographical environment, the population of Hidden Dragon City exceeds one million. Coupled with the caravans from the two countries traveling north and south, its prosperity is no less prosperous than the capitals of the two countries.

But compared to the prosperity of ordinary commerce, what really makes Hidden Dragon City famous is the presence of immortals here!

Hidden Dragon City is divided into inner city and outer city.

The outer city is where millions of people live.

The inner city is the Xiuxianfang City that specifically supplies immortal cultivators.

Thanks to Zhang's drawing of part of the spiritual energy here, the concentration of spiritual energy here is not weaker than the first-order spiritual energy.

In addition, it is located on the main transportation route between the two countries, so it attracted a large number of casual cultivators and immortal cultivating families to settle in, making it a small fairy city.

There are 50,000 permanent cultivators, and when coupled with the floating population, the population can even exceed the 100,000 mark at its peak, making it the largest Xiuxianfang City in the nearby seven countries.

A hundred miles east of Hidden Dragon City, there is a mountain peak that is shrouded in white mist all year round. The shape of the mountain top resembles a dragon's head. From a distance, it looks like a blue dragon peeking out of the clouds.

The end is strange.

And inside this white mist, there is another cave.

The two rivers in the east and south cross at the foot of Longshou Mountain, and then flow toward the northwest.

And a huge building complex spreads out from the intersection of these two rivers, stretching for more than fifty miles!

Five steps to the first floor, ten steps to the pavilion.

The waist of the corridor is unobtrusive, and the eaves and teeth are high.

Everyone is holding on to the terrain and fighting each other.

The water vortex in the honeycomb, I don’t know how many tens of millions of them have fallen.

The luxury and grandeur of its architecture are far inferior to that of the imperial palace of Chen State, which has been expanded several times.

Here is the clan of the Hidden Dragon Zhang family.

Today, everything in the clan is decorated with lights and colorful decorations, and every member of the Zhang family who has received the letter is even more happy.

Because today is the 200th birthday of Zhang Tianyi, the third generation of the Hidden Dragon Zhang family.

As the third-generation head of the family, Zhang Tianyi's cultivation talent is very good. He is now in the late stage of foundation building. He has opened 107 Zhou Tian acupoints and is only one step away from the Zi Mansion.

As long as Zhang Tianyi breaks through the Zi Mansion, the power of the Zhang family will surely rise to a higher level, and those of them who rely on the big tree of the Zhang family will naturally gain more benefits.

Therefore, for this birthday banquet, the children of the Zhang family who were qualified to attend all tried their best, hoping to shine in the gift-giving ceremony.

In addition to the Zhang clan members who came back to celebrate their birthdays, a total of twenty-three immortal cultivating families from the seven nearby countries also sent important clan members to attend the banquet. There were even foundation-building experts from Zifu sects such as the White Lotus Sect who came to congratulate them. life! The disciples of the Hidden Dragon Zhang family are all proud of the family's current glory.

But at this moment, Zhang Tianyi, the birthday boy, did not appear.

He has more important things to do.

There is a platform on the hillside of Longshou Mountain. This is the place with the richest aura of Hidden Dragon Mountain. After the third-level spiritual gathering formation is enhanced, even Jindan Zhenren can practice in it for a short time.

But at this moment, there is a small courtyard in this platform, and in front of the small courtyard, there is a huge azure blue beast that is three feet high and more than ten feet long!

The alien beast looks like a deer, but it has dragon scales, and its four hooves are similar to dragon claws. White cloud flames are wrapped around its four ankles, and a larger cloud flame floats above its head. It extends from the top of the head along the back to the tail, turning the original deer tail into a huge torch.

And judging from its aura, this strange beast has reached the cultivation level of the late Zifu, and is not far away from the fake elixir realm!

A spiritual beast of this level can bluntly say that as long as it lets go of its spiritual thoughts, it can wipe out the entire clan of the Hidden Dragon Zhang family!

But at this moment, this spiritual beast was lying on the ground very obediently, waiting quietly beside a woman in black who was more than eight feet tall.

Zhang Tianyi, the patriarch of the Zhang family who was regarded as the most powerful person in the eyes of outsiders, was leading several junior members of the family to respectfully pay their respects to the woman in black.

"Senior, these are some little thoughts from the descendants of our Zhang family, please accept them!"

Zhang Tianyi said, and then the five carefully selected juniors from the Zhang family behind him immediately came forward with the brocade box, and then opened it in front of Qunyao.

Suddenly, a hazy spiritual energy spread out, and every treasure in these brocade boxes was at least a third-level existence!

Although it is no longer attractive to Wu Yao, who is in the middle stage of Jindan, it is still a big fortune for the Zhang family today.

Compared with these treasures, what Quyao really observed were these five Zhang family juniors.

And these five people also held their heads high, accepting Qu Yao's review like soldiers.

To be honest, these five people are not weak in cultivation.

They are only thirty years old, but each of them has the cultivation level of the late stage of Qi refining.

But soon, Qu Yao shook her head.

None of these five people's talents caught her eye.

Cultivation relies more on the accumulation of resources. Those with weak spiritual power can do so. If they are treated like this in Yulong Mountain, they can cultivate to the late stage of Qi Refining at the age of 20 and plan to build a foundation.

The five Zhang family juniors were immediately disappointed. Some of them wanted to say something, but were glared at by Zhang Tianyi.

Suddenly, the sound of the dam was hushed.

"You are also thoughtful..."

Quan Yao waved her hand and sent five brocade boxes to Cong Yun. Cong Yun glanced at them lightly, then opened his mouth and swallowed the five brocade boxes into his stomach.

Seeing that the treasures that their family had collected with great difficulty were directly fed to the spirit beast by the other party, the five Zhang family juniors were a little overwhelmed.

But because of Zhang Tianyi's attitude, they did not dare to say anything.

But the next sentence from Qun Yao made them look hot again.

"These things, just treat them as rewards." Qun Yao waved her hand, and two crystals, one yellow and two red, emitting misty spiritual light flew out first. They were the spiritual essences of earth and fire attributes!

Three pieces of spiritual essences of heaven and earth!

This means three foundation-building masters!

And then, the last treasure that Qun Yao took out made Zhang Tianyi breathe faster.

It was a translucent jade bottle, filled with pills emitting rich spiritual energy.

It was a whole bottle of third-level spiritual pills!

With this bottle of spiritual pills, he can impact the last orifice of foundation building and become a master of the Purple Mansion who enjoys five hundred years!

"Thank you for your gift, senior!"

Zhang Tianyi excitedly put away the two spiritual essences and the third-level spiritual pills, and then took the five Zhang family juniors to retreat respectfully.

When they walked down Longshou Mountain and were about to meet other people from the Zhang family, Zhang Tianyi and his party turned to hold their heads high.

The five Zhang family juniors following behind Zhang Tianyi were even more excited, staring at the storage bag on Zhang Tianyi's waist, wishing they could take the spiritual essence of heaven and earth for themselves right now.

At this time, the other four Zhang family foundation-building cultivators who had been waiting for a long time came forward.

After seeing the five people following Zhang Tianyi, they knew that none of the descendants they had chosen had been selected.

But it didn't matter. Since they couldn't go to Yulong Mountain for further study, they might as well stay and inherit the family business.

The leading elder, Zhang Tianhe, who was also in the late stage of foundation-building, asked: "How about it, how many spiritual essences did Senior Qun Yao reward this time?"

"This is not the place to talk."

Zhang Tianyi said lightly, and then took the lead and walked forward.

The others followed immediately after seeing this.

When they arrived at the mansion where Zhang Tianyi lived, the five foundation-building cultivators sat down one after another, and immediately a servant served them spiritual tea.

As for the five Zhang family descendants, they stood obediently at the door at this moment, looking into the hall nervously and expectantly.

Zhang Tianyi picked up the teacup with an elegant posture, showing the style of a patriarch of a large family.

After rinsing his mouth with spiritual tea, he said lightly in the eager eyes of others: "I am lucky to have fulfilled my mission this time, three plants!"

Hearing Zhang Tianyi's words, the four Zhang family elders were immediately delighted.

Zhang Tianhua, the second elder of the Zhang family, who was in the middle stage of foundation building, said excitedly: "Three spiritual essences, the spiritual vein has also condensed a piece of earth-attributed spiritual essence in the past hundred years, plus the one wood-attributed one we got by chance a few years ago, just enough for our five houses to share!"

Not only Zhang Tianhua, but also the other three foundation building elders were also happy.

They were worried that the number of spiritual essences was not enough for their five houses to share.

Although with the current power of the Zhang family, it is not difficult to get another spiritual essence in the future, but who can guarantee the time?

You should know that among the current generation of the Zhang family, three of the five main branches have foundation-building elders who are already old and have difficulty breaking through.

If they haven't cultivated a foundation-building elder for their lineage before they pass away, then their lineage will be in danger.

According to their understanding of their companions who have worked with them for hundreds of years, when that day comes, their relatives will definitely not be soft-hearted.

At most, they will be more polite for the sake of their previous feelings and blood ties.

And now there are five spiritual essences, which is just right for them to cultivate a foundation-building elder each. In that case, even if they pass away, their lineage can still occupy a high position in the Zhang family's big ship and ensure the prosperity and wealth of their lineage.

At this time, Zhang Tianxing, the fourth elder with the least life left, poured a basin of cold water and said: "But there are many branches that have returned this time, and they are all clamoring to start a clan competition..."

"Clan competition?"

Zhang Tianyi and others frowned.

The so-called clan competition is a system set by Zhang Xiong, the first generation of the Zhang family. Under normal circumstances, the family will hold a meeting every half a century, and will also hold a meeting after collecting the essence of heaven and earth.

All Zhang family disciples under the age of 30, regardless of the main branch, must compete on the same stage, and the winner will obtain the essence of spirit to build a foundation.

The original intention of this system was to ensure the vitality and ambition of the new generation of disciples in the family. In addition, with the supervision of the elders at the beginning, the clan competition at that time was very attractive.

But with the passage of time, this system has now become a dead name, and it has not been held for nearly two centuries.

After all, who would be willing to share it with outsiders if it can be passed on privately to blood relatives?

What if a strong man comes out of these branches and collaterals, and the descendants of the family are not strong enough, and let others take away the essence of spirit, then how much impact will it have on the stability of the family?

If the small branch replaces the big branch a few more times, the whole family will be in chaos?

Collaterals are collaterals, and main veins are main veins.

The main responsibility of the collateral branch is to provide for the main branch, so as to ensure the continuous inheritance of the family.

Only when the main branch develops well can the family become stronger, thereby driving the improvement of the living conditions of the collateral branches.

And this is the thinking logic of the fifth branch of the Zhang family and the operating logic of the Zhang family today.

In other words, this is the essence of the family ecosystem.

"These collateral branches don't understand our painstaking efforts at all, and they are always thinking about making trouble!" The elder Zhang Tianhe pinched his eyebrows and said, his words were full of dissatisfaction with the collateral branches.

The third elder Zhang Tianchong said in a gloomy tone: "But now they have brought up the ancestral system, we can't just not respond at all. Do we really have to do as they wish and hold a clan competition?"

Zhang Tianhua said bitterly: "This group of ungrateful wolves, don't they think about how they can live so well! If it weren't for us working day and night, how could they enjoy the peaceful years?

Now that they have grown wings, they want to ride on our heads!

This is no longer an ordinary side branch, we must fight hard!"

The elders of the fourth house talked a lot, and even the young people of the fifth house standing outside were indignant.

A mere side branch actually wants to seize my opportunity?

You are simply rebellious!

Dongdong...

At this time, Zhang Tianyi knocked on the table to attract the attention of others, and then said: "You can't write two Zhang characters with one stroke. After all, we have the same ancestor, so don't say too much."

The third elder Zhang Tianchong asked: "Then big brother, what do you think we should do?"

Zhang Tianyi stroked his beard and smiled slightly, saying: "They are dancing so happily, don't they just want the essence of heaven and earth? Don't think about the essence of heaven and earth, but we can compensate with some other things.

It's just that we, the main lineage families, don't have much surplus food, so we can only give it to those tribesmen who are really in trouble."

Zhang Tianhe's eyes flashed, and he understood Zhang Tianyi's plan, and asked: "Then how do we distinguish which tribesmen are What if they are really in trouble? "

Zhang Tianyi laughed and said, "My Zhang family was a family that passed down farming and studying in the mortal world. We would not cry unless we had no choice. So the ones who cried the loudest are the ones in trouble... Baotong!"

Zhang Baotong, the grandson of Zhang Tianyi who was waiting outside the hall, immediately walked into the hall and bowed, saying, "Grandpa, you have something to tell me!"

Zhang Tianyi waved his sleeves and said, "We are kind-hearted and cannot bear to see poor relatives. Find out which of our clansmen are the poorest, and then give three farms to each family! Remember, do it beautifully, and let outsiders see the family style of our Zhang family!"

Zhang Baotong immediately responded, "Yes!"

Seeing this, how could everyone not understand Zhang Tianyi's plan?

You must know that when facing a group that expresses its demands, the best way is not to suppress them all at once, but to divide them...

And as long as the group is divided, they will have plenty of ways to deal with those troublemakers afterwards!

"Brother, tall!"

"Brother, hard!"

"Brother, tall and hard!"

Facing the flattery of the crowd, Zhang Tianyi smiled and said: "When I was young, I only had a glimpse of the books left by my second uncle Zhang Wei. The one who really possesses great wisdom is still him!"

"Then let's pay tribute to our uncle!"

"If it weren't for the legacy left by the old man, a Jindan Zhenren would have protected my Zhang family for three hundred years. How could my Zhang family be what it is today?"

"My Zhang family can be what it is today, all thanks to the merits of my uncle!"

"Hello uncle! Hahaha..."

For a while, the hall was full of laughter.

What they didn't know was that just outside the house, a pair of eyes with a little sadness were watching all this.

"Alas..."

With a sigh, the figure disappeared quietly.

On the other side, Cong Yun was complaining to Qun Yao.

"Madam, you are so kind to them! You give them a few spiritual essences almost every time you come. Now you even take out a whole bottle of third-level spiritual pills to help Zhang Tianyi break through the Purple Palace, but they only paid a few third-level spiritual objects..."

Quan Yao paused and said in a heavy tone: "They are Xiaofan's clansmen. When Xiaofan is not here, I should take good care of them..."

Cong Yun sighed and said: "It is right that you take care of the Zhang family, but are you taking care of them too well? I heard that the reputation of the Zhang family is not very good outside now... If this continues, I suspect that it will have a bad impact on your reputation."

Quan Yao did not speak this time.

In fact, she knew what Cong Yun said.

But in the eyes of Qun Yao at the time, it was no big deal.

After all, all family forces from ancient times to the present are like this.

Even within Yulong Mountain, there are countless stories of some small families soaring to the sky because of the thighs of a true disciple or a golden elixir elder.

At that time, Qun Yao was only a purple mansion. Although she was born in a big clan, she was not from Linglong Domain after all.

At that time, the Zhang family worshipped Gu Man and Miao Ling, who had just established their foundation, and they had just sat down and passed away. In addition, with Zhang Xiong and Zhang Ping, the first and second generation masters of the Zhang family, in control, the Zhang family was restrained.

It was not until later that the news of Qun Yao's advancement to the golden elixir came, and the Zhang family's style of behavior gradually became unbridled.

But at this time, Qun Yao still didn't want to take action against the Zhang family.

Because Zhang Wei...

Whenever the Dragon Gate Tide came, Qun Yao couldn't help but think of Zhang Wei who risked his life to send her out of the storm of the Abyss Sea.

Thinking of what he said at the beginning that there was a brother with whom he had a good relationship, Qun Yao decided to take care of Zhang Wei's family for him.

She moved in with the love of the house, and her attitude towards the Zhang family became more tolerant and indulgent, which led to the current situation.

However... this is the last time.

Qun Yao looked to the south.

That is the direction of the Azure Abyss Sea.

The main reason why she gave such generous gifts to Zhang Tianyi and others this time was that this was her last time to visit the Zhang family.

Helping Zhang Tianyi, the most likely person in the Zhang family to achieve the foundation-building realm of the Purple Mansion, was the last insurance she left for the Zhang family.

In another half a century, when the storm in the Azure Abyss Sea weakened, she would go to the opposite side of the Azure Abyss Sea to look for Zhang Wei's trace.

Without her protection, the Zhang family is likely to become the target of public criticism and be suppressed by all the nearby immortal cultivation forces.

This is true even with the protection of the Purple Mansion Master.

But they can still survive. With the lifespan of the Purple Mansion Master, at least the prosperity and wealth of the Zhang family can be guaranteed for three hundred years.

During this period, the Zhang family can change itself, and it is possible to be reborn in Nirvana and become a normal immortal cultivation family.

This was what Qun Yao arranged for the Zhang family before she left.

"I hope Xiao Fan won't blame me..."

Qun Yao sighed, thinking that her beloved's family had been helped by her and was now in this state. She didn't know what Zhang Wei would think of her after knowing it, and she was suddenly worried.

At this moment, Cong Yun, who had been lying on the ground calmly, suddenly stood up and looked at the void in front of him. His mighty face was full of disbelief.

Qun Yao asked strangely: "Cong Yun, what's wrong with you?"

At this moment, a familiar voice sounded in her ears.

"Qun Yao, Cong Yun..."

Qun Yao was struck by lightning, her tall body was extremely stiff, and then she turned her head mechanically.

Then, she saw the void in front of her slowly twisted, and three figures, one man and two women, quietly appeared in front of her.

Looking at the man in the lead, Qun Yao's eyes slowly moistened.

Although the other person's appearance had changed greatly, she still recognized that he was the person she had been thinking about for three hundred years...

Zhang Wei looked up, looked at the tearful girl in front of him, and smiled: "Long time no see."