Chapter 148 Three-Tailed Demon Fox
The Lu family finally compromised.
They can't afford to compromise!
First of all, the two have already handed over their secrets. If they can't reach an agreement, who knows if the Zhou family will prevent them from seeing the sun of tomorrow?
Secondly, even though he knew that the Zhou family wanted his father and son to marry the Zhou family's fan daughter to form a family, they wanted to influence and control their own Lu family through this marriage method.
But looking at it the other way around, if the descendants of the Lu family are half of the blood of the Zhou family, it will definitely be easier for them to get the care and support of the Zhou family in the future.
You know, even if some small families want to become vassals of a big family like the Zhou family, the Zhou family may not be willing to accept it!
And as they agreed to the conditions of the Zhou family, Zhou Yang and Zhou Minghan also made an oath in front of Lu's father and son with Dao Xin, that they would never do anything like killing a donkey.
Naturally, this kind of Taoist oath cannot be reassured by signing the "Netherworld Blood Contract", but it does have a certain binding force on the monks. The higher the cultivation level, the less likely the immortal cultivator will violate this oath.
After Zhou Yang and Zhou Minghan finished their vows, Lu Hushan, the father and son of the Lu family, took Zhou Minghan to the oasis to check the situation.
As for Zhou Yang, he is now the patriarch of the Zhou family, and he has just finished the Foundation Establishment Ceremony, so it must be inconvenient for him to leave the family at this time.
After more than a month passed like this, Zhou Minghan brought Lu Hushan back to Yuquan Peak.
"The old man has found out the situation. That oasis is indeed, as the Lu family and his sons said, extremely suitable for human habitation. The old man preliminarily estimates that if the oasis can be fully developed, with the land area there, it will not be enough to feed a hundred thousand ordinary people. question."
"Although the area of the oasis is not as large as that of Yuquan Lake Oasis, it has a natural third-rank low-grade spiritual vein and two second-rank middle-grade spiritual veins. This condition is much better than that of Yuquan Lake Oasis. In addition, the entire oasis is Hidden by the natural phantom array, the security is extremely high!"
"But the problem now is that the third-tier monster occupying that oasis is a third-tier top-tier monster [Three-tailed Demon Fox]. You know how powerful this kind of monster is. I dare not say that I can win against this strange beast of the same level, let alone that there are two other third-level monsters enslaved by it for it to drive!"
On Yuquan Peak, after Zhou Minghan came back and put down Lu Hushan, he entered his cave with Zhou Yang and talked about his experience of going out this time.
Zhou Yang originally had a look of joy on his face when he heard the first two paragraphs, but after hearing his last sentence, his face instantly became a little ugly.
Of course he knew the title of "Three-tailed Demon Fox". This kind of fox is an atavistic mutant among fox monsters. Not to mention its strength is comparable to that of a dragon of the same level, it still has the possibility of continuous evolution and growth.
It is said that if the "three-tailed demon fox" can evolve into a sixth-order demon king, it can grow three more fox tails and become a "six-tailed spirit fox" stronger than the same-level flood dragon.
The most important thing is that this "three-tailed demon fox" is not only powerful in itself, but also far more intelligent than ordinary monsters of the same level. This is because its current strength is only the third-level top-rank, and it knows how to enslave other three-tailed monsters just like the fourth-level monsters. High-level monsters can be seen as subordinates.
To deal with such a powerful monster, to be honest, it is impossible to do it with the current strength of the Zhou family.
Of course, these are not the reasons for Zhou Yang's ugly face. The real reason for Zhou Yang's ugly face is that because this matter involves an unexpanded oasis, it is impossible for them to ask for foreign aid like the last time they dealt with the water monster.
The last time they dealt with the water monster, they dared to invite Chen Pingan to kill the monster. Firstly, it was because the Haoyang Cave belonged to their Zhou family, and secondly, it was such a third-order spiritual mountain without an oasis, which was not enough for Chen Pingan and The Chen family lowered their face and snatched it.
But this time the situation is different. The oasis occupied by the "Three-tailed Demon Fox" this time is a vast undeveloped oasis.
Such an undeveloped medium-sized oasis with a third-order natural spiritual vein is of great value.
As for how much this value is, the realistic template is the Zhou family of Yuquan Lake. If the ancestor of the Zhou family, Zhou Yuquan, discovered the undeveloped oasis of Yuquan Lake oasis, how could the Zhou family establish the current foundation?
If the Chen family can obtain such a medium-sized oasis that can establish a thousand-year foundation in addition to the Baisha River Oasis, then there will be no Zifu stage monks in the family in the future, and if they can't keep this precious land of the Baisha River Oasis, they can still survive. There is a way out, so as not to sever the family inheritance.
In the face of such a huge benefit, what is a mere face?
Not to mention the Chen family, even the monks of Huang Shamen may not be reliable in the face of such interests.
After all, such an oasis is enough to lay the foundation of a thousand-year-old family. Who can guarantee that the monks invited to help will keep their promises in the face of the temptation of such an entire oasis?
You must know that Zhou Yuquan, the founder of the Yuquan Zhou family, was also a monk of Huang Shamen back then!
"Let's put this matter down for now. After our grandson reaches the late stage of foundation establishment and his father recovers from his injuries, it won't be too late for us to develop that oasis. By then, Guangxiang and his junior monks will also grow up." , You can also play a role in the expansion operation!"
"As for the Lu family and his son, let them stay and practice on Yuquan Peak for the time being. If they want to marry wives and have children, they are free to do so, but before my Zhou family occupies that oasis, they can no longer be allowed to leave Yuquan Peak! "
After Zhou Yang pondered for a long time with a heavy face, he just let out a sigh of relief and expressed his opinion.
With his various methods, if he can reach the same level as that "Three-tailed Demon Fox" in terms of cultivation, it will not be difficult to kill him. At that time, with the help of Zhou Minghan, Zhou Xuanzhen, and Zhou Xuanyu, he can take it down. That oasis is basically a surefire one.
However, with his current cultivation base, it would take twenty or thirty years to wait until his cultivation base reaches the late foundation establishment stage.
"Hey, that's the only way to go!"
Zhou Minghan let out a long sigh, but did not object to Zhou Yang's opinion.
In fact, he didn't say anything in his heart, that is, he was worried about his longevity, and he might not be able to wait for the day when Zhou Yangxiu reached the late stage of foundation establishment.
After all, he didn't know that Zhou Yang could use "Qianyang Xianguang" to get rid of erysipelas.
He only calculated based on his own experience that it would take at least forty years for Zhou Yang to upgrade from the current level three of foundation building to the seventh level of foundation building, and his remaining lifespan happened to be this amount!
The matter of the new oasis is very important. The only people in the Zhou family who know the complete situation of this matter are Zhou Yang and his son and Zhou Minghan, the three foundation-building stage monks, and even Zhou Xuanyu doesn't know.
Zhou Xuantai, who was the first to come into contact with the Lu family and his son, also had only a half-knowledge, and was given a ban by Zhou Minghan, prohibiting him from talking about this matter to others.
As for the Lu family's father and son, according to Zhou Yang's arrangement, the two were temporarily grounded on Yuquan Peak, and their activities were limited to Yuquan Peak, and there were monks arranged by the Zhou family to monitor them outside their residence.
Fortunately, these two people are also considered sensible, knowing why the Zhou family grounded them, and did not want to use their lives to test the bottom line of the Zhou family, but just nestled in the residence arranged by the Zhou family for them, and came here every day to marry them. Dozens of mortal women from the Zhou family are busy making great things.
After letting go of the matter of the new oasis, Zhou Yang and Zhou Minghan began to work on another major task, which was to upgrade the spirit veins at Haoyang Grotto.
At the foundation-building ceremony, Zhou’s family exchanged two third-order instruments for seven or eight thousand spirit stones. In addition, Zhou Yang and Zhou Minghan’s private savings, as well as the spirit stone reserves on the family’s public treasury, contributed to the improvement of the spirit vein. The 30,000 spirit stones of the first rank have been gathered together.
It is not difficult to upgrade the spiritual pulse, but the difficult thing is the spiritual stone.
It takes 30,000 low-grade spirit stones to upgrade a third-tier low-grade spirit vein to a third-tier middle-grade one, and at least 80,000 spirit stones are needed to upgrade a third-tier middle-grade spirit vein like Yuquanfeng to a third-tier top grade!
With the current scale and financial resources of the Zhou family, if a few foundation-building monks gather together, it is still possible to upgrade a third-tier low-grade spiritual vein like Haoyang Grotto to a third-tier middle-grade spiritual vein.
But if it is said that it is necessary to upgrade the third-level middle-grade spiritual veins to the third-level high-grade spiritual veins, it is really beyond our capabilities.
The Spirit Gathering Formation in Haoyang Grotto had been selected by Zhou Xuantai, the only second-order formation mage of the Zhou family, when Zhou Yang was retreating.
This time, after Zhou Yang made the decision to upgrade the spirit veins, he immediately took Zhou Guangxiang, who had learned the art of formation with him, and began to set up the spirit-gathering formation there.
Leaving aside the formation talent, most of the formation masters in the practice world are earth-type and water-type kung fu monks.
The spiritual energy of the earth element is thick and stable, and the spiritual energy of the water element is good at changing. Among the five elements, its stability is second only to that of the earth element. These characteristics can increase the success rate of the formation.
Zhou Guangxiang is a top-grade spiritual root cultivator whose spiritual root attribute is partial to earth and wood. He also practices earth-type kung fu, which just meets the selection criteria for formation masters, and he himself seems to be quite interested in formation methods.
According to Zhou Xuantai, it's hard to say whether his formation talent can surpass that of Zhou Guangqian, the former great elder of the Zhou family, but it must be higher than his master. There is still great hope for him to become a third-order formation master in the future.
There is no such thing as a top-grade spiritual root monk who can’t reach the ninth level of Qi training before the age of sixty. Zhou Guangxiang is only in his early fourteenth year of age, and his cultivation is already at the fourth level of Qi training. It will not be difficult to copy Zhou Yang’s training speed in the future .
Therefore, Zhou Yang still agrees with Zhou Guangxiang's distraction in learning the formation. The Zhou family really needs a good formation master to serve the family.
In fact, it's not just Zhou Guangxiang, many of the "Yuan" and "Guang" monks who were born later in the Zhou family have been arranged to learn these skills from the elders of various families after showing interest in cultivating immortals. up.
For example, Zhou Yang's righteous sister, Zhou Yuanyao, and Zhou Guangkun, a middle-grade spiritual root monk who was born in "Fengyue Tower" and also has the attributes of fire and wood spirit roots, are now learning alchemy with his father Zhou Xuanhao.
And Zhou Guangxiang's twin sister, Zhou Xiang, was arranged to go to the medicine garden to learn spiritual planting skills from Zhou Xuanchen, the steward of the medicine garden, because her spirit roots were of wood and earth.
Other skills such as refining weapons, making talismans, taming animals, and spirit brewing are now also learned and inherited by juniors.
Half of the spirit stones the Zhou family earned in the past few years were spent on training these juniors.
If Zhou Minghan was still in charge of the family, he would definitely not invest so much all at once.
But Zhou Yang is different. Zhou Yang's knowledge in his previous life told him that technical matters can only be made bigger and stronger later if he is willing to invest money in the early stage.