Cultivation Begins From The Desert

Red Tiger Mountain.

Zhou Yuanchen lowered his sword light and looked at Lingshan, which was half covered by formation clouds and mists, with an indescribably complicated look in his eyes.

Of course it wasn't the first time he came here, but every time he came here, his mood was very different.

The last time he came to Chihu Mountain was when Zhou Yang held the Zifu celebration. When he came here to participate in the Zhouyang Zifu celebration, his mood was mixed with joy and pride.

I am happy that the Zhou family has been promoted to the Zifu family, and I am also proud of myself as a member of the Zifu family.

But this time when he came here, his mood was quite different.

"Husband, why did you stop? Didn't we send a message to the patriarch in advance to inform them of coming here today to recognize their ancestors and return to their clan?"

Beside Zhou Yuanchen, a woman in a white dress with a nine-level qi training was holding a two or three-year-old boy in her arms, and looked at the Taoist companion with a puzzled face and asked questions.

It turned out that this woman was Zhou Yuanchen's newly found Taoist partner in Huangshamen for a few years, and the little boy in the woman's hand was their first child.

According to the agreement reached with Zhou Yuanchen when the Zhou family funded Zhou Yuanchen's foundation building, after Zhou Yuanchen successfully established the foundation, he must marry a wife and have children and leave offspring, and then let his offspring re-recognize their ancestors and return to the Zhou family.

Therefore, Zhou Yuanchen came here today to do this.

At this time, Zhou Yuanchen, who heard his Taoist companion's questioning voice, sighed slightly in his heart, and couldn't help shaking his head: "It's nothing, I just remembered something suddenly, okay, let's go up the mountain now!"

After finishing speaking, he immediately sent a sound transmission talisman to the monks on the mountain, and then walked up the mountain holding the Taoist companion's hand.

On Chihu Mountain, Zhou Yang, who received the news, hurried out of the cave and went down to the mountainside to welcome Zhou Yuanchen and his wife.

"Brother Yuanchen is here, why don't you inform my younger brother with Feijian's message in advance? The younger brother can go out to receive the eldest brother and sister-in-law!"

As soon as Zhou Yang saw Zhou Yuanchen and his wife, he complained half jokingly and half seriously.

Although he knew that Zhou Yuanchen and his wife would come to recognize their ancestors and return to their clan today, and he also ordered people to prepare the ritual items, but it was impossible for him to walk down the mountain in person early in the morning and wait for Zhou Yuanchen and his wife to come over, wouldn't he?

Zhou Yuanchen was very moved when he heard his words, and quickly explained: "I heard that you have been practicing in seclusion for the past few years, ninth brother, why bother you in advance because of such a trivial matter?"

Zhou Yang could not belittle him because of his status as a cultivator in the Zifu period, but he had to consider the difference in cultivation between the two parties.

Asking a cultivator from the Purple Mansion to wait for him outside the family, Zhou Yuanchen asked himself that he was not qualified yet, and Zhang Yunpeng and his wife, the head of the Huangsha sect, would be more or less the same.

Zhou Yang heard the words, but shook his head again and again and looked at him seriously and said: "Brother Yuanchen's words are wrong. As the patriarch, the little brother must personally handle such important matters as recognizing the ancestors and returning to the clan."

Zhou Yuanchen was speechless for a while, so he could only cough twice and nodded again and again to admit his mistake: "Ahem, the ninth brother is right, the elder brother was rude."

After he finished speaking, he was also afraid that Zhou Yang would entangle this matter again, so Dang even took the little boy from the arms of his Taoist companion and said to him, "Guangde, this is your ninth uncle, quickly salute and say hello to him."

The little boy was very obedient, and immediately shouted to Zhou Yang: "Hello, Uncle Nine, I am Zhou Guangde, with a broad mind, a man of benevolence, righteousness and morality."

"Hi Guangde, you're such a good boy, let Uncle Jiu give you a hug."

A smile spread across Zhou Yang's face, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, he took the little boy that Zhou Yuanchen handed over.

He held the little boy Zhou Guangde in his arms, a golden light flashed in his eyes, and he quickly saw the little boy's spiritual root aptitude through the "Lihuo Golden Pupils".

Since his parents are both monks, and his father is also a Foundation Establishment monk, the little boy Zhou Guangde's spiritual root aptitude is quite good. Although he is not a high-grade spiritual root, he is also a middle-grade spiritual root with a spiritual root attribute that is biased toward earth and wood.

With this talent, as long as he works hard to cultivate in the future, and his father Zhou Yuanchen, who is a monk in the foundation stage, devotes himself to cultivating it, the possibility of the little guy's foundation building in the future is still very high.

At that moment, Zhou Yang personally carried the little boy Zhou Guangde to the ancestral hall together with Zhou Yuanchen and his wife.

After the Zhou family moved their foundation to Chihu Mountain, they built an ancestral hall here that was more magnificent than the one on Yuquan Peak. here.

Just like what Zhou Yang said, recognizing the ancestors and returning to the clan is a big family event.

After Zhou Yang received Zhou Yuanchen's summons a few days ago, he called all the monks of the "Yuan" generation and some monks of the "Guang" generation who were in the late stage of Qi training to come back to watch the ceremony. They all gathered together in the ancestral hall to witness this event.

In this way, in the witness of hundreds of clansmen, Zhou Yuanchen held the hand of his son Zhou Guangde, kowtowed one by one in front of the spirit cards of the deceased elders of the Zhou family in the ancestral hall, offered the spirit incense, and finally the patriarch Zhou Yang personally took out In the original genealogy, Zhou Guangde's name was added to the monks of the "Guang" generation.

From now on, Zhou Guangde is a member of the Zhou family in the true sense, and has nothing to do with Huang Shamen in the future.

"This time Guangde came back to recognize his ancestors and return to his clan. I also took leave of absence from the Zongmen. For the next five years, our husband and wife will stay in the family to take care of Guangde. If you have anything to do with me, Brother Ninth, But it’s okay to say.”

After the ceremony of recognizing the ancestors and returning to the clan, Zhou Yuanchen asked the Taoist couple to take their son to the mountains to familiarize themselves with the surroundings, but he and Zhou Yang went to a secluded place behind the ancestral hall and explained their plans.

"This is a good thing. Brother Yuanchen, it's rare for you to be able to stay in the family for such a long time. It's just a chance to get in touch with the clansmen."

"As for what you want Brother Yuanchen to do, if you have time, Brother Yuanchen, you might as well go to Baiyi Hall to teach the family monks the skills of talisman making, and help the family make some third-order talismans by the way."

Zhou Yang nodded lightly, and unceremoniously arranged tasks for Zhou Yuanchen.

When Zhou Yuanchen heard his words, he immediately agreed: "No problem, I will definitely not be stingy to pass on my experience and knowledge of making talismans to the younger generations of the family."

After finishing speaking, he reached out to pat the storage bag, took out a jade slip and handed it to Zhou Yang, saying, "In addition, here is a handbook of talisman-making experience that I have summarized and written over the years. Ninth brother, you can also include it in it." Let the family study in the family scripture cave!"

Zhou Yuanchen is now a third-tier middle-grade talisman maker. Although his talisman-making experience does not involve some secret talisman-making skills of Huang Shamen, it is still very valuable for research and study.

Zhou Yang immediately took the jade slip with both hands, and said solemnly: "Brother Yuanchen, don't worry, younger brother will definitely let the clan know your contribution to the clan!"

In order to express his importance to Zhou Yuanchen, Zhou Yang handed over the remaining first-class cave on Chihu Mountain to him for temporary residence. At the same time, he also let those members of the Zhou family who had learned the skill of making talismans or were interested in making talismans , seizing this opportunity is much like asking for advice on talisman making skills.

Even he himself set aside some time to attend the professional class that Zhou Yuanchen gave to those Zhou family talisman masters.

That's right, after much thought, Zhou Yang decided to put the second art of cultivating immortals on the art of making talismans.

He doesn't need to think about alchemy anymore. Daoist Xiao Ying is an excellent alchemist, and array mage is recognized as the most time-consuming and energy-consuming profession, so there are actually not many professions for him to choose from.

For him, choosing the Talisman Technique has several advantages.

First of all, he can use the talisman to make up for his lack of spell practice. He has practiced to this day, and many spells are only at the stage of being usable but not proficient, and they cannot be used in actual combat in fighting skills.

If he has learned the talisman making technique, he can use the talisman to make up for this shortcoming, making his means of fighting the enemy more comprehensive and able to deal with various complicated and dangerous situations.

Secondly, now the Zhou family belongs to his highest level of cultivation, and it is estimated that it will be the same in the future, so if he can learn the talisman making technique and raise it to the fourth level, he can leave many fourth-level talismans for the family as trump cards. Even if he has something to go out to travel, he doesn't have to worry about destroying the Zhou family with a random cultivator or monster from the Purple Mansion.

Third, the talisman-making technique does not have high requirements for materials. Except for talisman brushes, no matter it is blood ink, spirit ink, or talisman paper, they can all be made from the blood and skin of monsters, and there is no need to ask for alchemy. It takes a lot of time to find a certain material, just like refining a weapon.

The Zhou family does not lack the materials needed to make talismans. Whether it is blank talisman paper or blood ink, the Zhou family has a large amount of storage. Of course, it is limited to first- and second-order materials. Although there are third-order materials, it is impossible for them to be as low as these Just hand it over to a certain talisman maker for use like high-level materials.

Zhou Yang learned the talisman-making technique with the cultivation base of the Zifu period, and with the sufficient supply of various materials, the progress should not be too fast under the high-rise building. Only three months later, he raised the talisman-making technique to the second-level high-grade, Then after another two months of hard training, he successfully produced the first third-order low-grade talisman.

However, after becoming a third-tier talisman maker, it would be impossible for him to rapidly increase the level of talisman making as before.

The Zhou family's current third-level talisman materials are limited, and it is impossible for him to waste and waste them like low-level materials.

Furthermore, the difficulty and skill requirements for making a third-tier talisman are far higher than those of a second-tier talisman. Even he would have to spend a lot of time studying and practicing to master it.

And now he can't allocate all his time to making talismans. Whether it is the practice of the second level of "Da Yan Jian Jue" or the practice of "Qianyang Shenlei", the sequence in his heart is higher than that of making talismans. surgery.

After all, he is going to travel soon, and he has to travel through dangerous places like the Broken Cloud Mountain Range. If he encounters danger at that time, the only thing that can save his life is these two powerful magical powers, not the The third-order talisman technique that is completely useless at the Zifu level.