Today I hold the world

In the small courtyard of the Zhong family in Sanliqiao, the children stood in a row in front of the main house. After the last child was tested by Jiang Yuzhou, Liang Weng brought them into the house.

Out of the twelve children, four of them can practice qi and practice. It is like a pie falling from the sky, and it is thrown at this family's withered Chilongmen.

Tao Hanting and Tang Lin watched the small figures entering the main room from the side room in the courtyard.

Tang Lin couldn't help sighing, thinking that when he entered the mountain gate, he was selected from tens of thousands of children in the ordinary kingdom, and there was really no one in a million.

Now the head of the sect brought back more than a dozen children at will, and half of them have spiritual roots. No wonder Master Tao took the risk to leave the Liu family and recruit someone to recognize the head.

In the middle of the courtyard, Jiang Yuzhou couldn't hide his joy, and said excitedly to Zhong Ziyan:

"Sect Leader, Zong Buer, Chen Shengnian, Miao Fu and Zhou E, these four children will be regarded as my family right away?"

Zhong Ziyan's original plan was to bring these children into Chilongmen together, so Jiang Yuzhou's words are naturally fine.

It's just that Zhong Ziyan was a little sorry for those students who hadn't been tested for their spiritual roots, so he didn't give up and asked:

"The rest of the children, can't they practice?"

Jiang Yuzhou looked at Zhong Ziyan with strange eyes, and smiled after a while: "Master, you are too greedy, aren't you? Thousands of mundane sects may not be able to give birth to a person with spiritual roots. We will meet four , not lucky enough?"

Zhong Ziyan let out a deep breath, it seems that the rest of the children are dead, "You just said that dogs also have spiritual roots, but they can't practice, why?"

"He is a pseudo-spiritual root of the five elements, commonly known as a waste body of cultivation, and his life is a mass of green energy. I have never seen it before. It is impossible to have the same ginseng in this world." Jiang Yuzhou said.

Zhong Ziyan looked at the door of the main house. The six-year-old dog was smarter than other children, and he was secretly poking his head out to observe his husband.

Smiling at the dog, Zhong Ziyan turned around and sighed, "...Let's put it in the door too, give me a chance."

Jiang Yuzhou originally wanted to persuade Zhong Ziyan to give up the dog. After all, the resources of the sect are scarce now, so it is impossible for a hopeless disciple to practice. He just saw the kid smiling at him. He was still a six-year-old child. Can nod in response.

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For more than ten days in a row, Zhong Ziyan asked Jiang Yuzhou and the others various questions, and learned a lot about the entire cultivation world.

Because of Tao Fangyin's marrow cleansing empowerment, he is now directly in the early stage of Qi training, except for the daily discussions and exchanges with the three fellow disciples, the rest of the time is all practicing according to the Qi training chapter in "Xuanxing Zhenjie".

On the surface, he was called the head of the sect, but Zhong Ziyan knew that he didn't have the ability to be the head of the sect at all.

In the realm of comprehension, the strong are respected, and the weak prey on the strong. Chilongmen is now dilapidated and withered. If you want to have a good home in the future, you can't be lazy now. The most important thing right now is to improve your strength day and night.

The first month has passed in the blink of an eye, and Zhong Ziyan has stabilized the first level of Qi training, and learned three small spells from Jiang Yuzhou and Tang Lin. Slowly and smoothly, no longer making a fool of myself like in the beginning.

In February, the ice and snow gradually melted, and Liang Weng took seven children whose spiritual roots had not been detected by Jiang Yuzhou to stand and walk every day to resist the cold and wind.

Since he can't set foot on the road of comprehension, it is better to cultivate a group of capable helpers in the mortal world. This is Liang Weng's idea to Zhong Ziyan.

In contrast, the five children who were selected to join the Chilongmen had a more comfortable life. They were taught various theoretical knowledge by Tang Lin, and then they took some strange pills and took medicinal baths.

This is the initial process of conditioning the body. They are all poor beggars. They do this to repair the hidden diseases left in the past.

In mid-February, the snow cleared and the trees recovered.

This morning, Tao Fangyin finally returned with the disciples he had attracted. Over the Sanli Bridge, a second-order cloud boat landed slowly. The materials on it were piled up half a hill, and a dozen people with small bags came down.

Because Jiang Yuzhou and Tang Lin took their children to Xincheng to play, Zhong Ziyan and Tao Hanting were the only ones left at home. The two went out to greet them.

"I've met the master!" Tao Fangyin had a fluttering white beard and a calm face. Before Zhong Ziyan approached, he said loudly, and the rest of the people behind saluted.

Zhong Ziyan was very detained by so many people at once, and after a short pause, he took two quick steps, stepped forward and asked with concern, "You don't need to be too polite, old ancestor, will this trip go smoothly?"

Tao Fangyin stroked his beard and smiled, pretending to respond loudly, "Fulfilling our mission, we received seventeen disciples and took back some supplies, which is enough for me to set up another mountain gate."

According to the phrase 'do not disgrace the mission', a Jindan cultivator respected the junior Qi training so much that the seventeen disciples had to look at the new head seriously.

Zhong Ziyan naturally knew the deep meaning of Tao Fangyin's move, and felt extremely ashamed in his heart, how could he be so flattered, secretly vowed that he must work hard to cultivate, and build a foundation as soon as possible to live up to the current love.

The small courtyard of the Zhong family couldn't accommodate too many people, and the group of people went back to the cloud boat after meeting Zhong Ziyan, the new head one by one.

Zhong Ziyan briefly told Tao Fangyin what happened during this period, mainly about the five children.

Tao Fangyin was overjoyed, and just as he was about to see those children, Liang Weng, Jiang Yuzhou and Tang Lin happened to come back with someone.

"Old Ancestor, are you back?"

"Meet the ancestor!"

The two were overjoyed and greeted each other.

Liang Yu also saluted, and the two girls grabbed his clothes and looked at Tao Hanting timidly. The rest of the children also fell silent seeing that Grandpa Tao was very strange.

Tao Hanting glanced at all twelve children, Jiang Yuzhou alluded to five of them, Tao Fangyin knew it well and nodded.

"The three of you go to the cloud boat to catch up with your classmates. We will leave this place in the afternoon. It will be a long journey, so be prepared in advance."

What Tao Fangyin meant was for Jiang Yuzhou and the three to settle down with the new group of fellow disciples.

Seeing the three of them boarding the cloud boat quickly, Liang Yu also took the children back to the small courtyard, and Tao Fangyin pulled out a geological map.

"For today's plan, the first thing to do is to find a place to build a cone. Although Dongzhou is vast, many places are actually not suitable for building mountain gates. I analyzed the various places earlier, and only the boundary of Huai Mountain, the Puyang River area, and the boundary of Shouqiu are still unsuitable for these three places. There is a chance to establish a new mountain.”

Zhong Ziyan had never seen such a large drawing. Looking at the three places drawn by Tao Fangyin, he didn't know where to go. Fortunately, Tao Fangyin didn't want him to choose at all, so he continued:

"Shouqiu has no strong sect to govern, and it has been in chaos for a long time. Although it is possible to seize a mountain and establish a sect, the operation will not last long. This is a place where you will only go if you have nowhere to go..."

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"The Puyang River area is rich in aquatic products and prosperous in commerce, but it is under the jurisdiction of a super sect. It is difficult to live long without consent, so we can only spend money to stay temporarily. However, the warehouse in the sect is short of money. The materials I brought today are used for other purposes. We can't afford it."

After analyzing the two places, neither place can be settled in a short time. Zhong Ziyan looked at the last area that had not been analyzed by Tao Fangyin, "Then only Huaishan is left..."

"That's right. Although Huaishan is a place where yin creatures breed and demons gather, there are not too many sects of cultivation to interfere. We only need to find a second-level spiritual land around Huaishan to temporarily dormant and cultivate. After we find out the surrounding forces, we can seize it A third-order spiritual land can be operated for a long time." Tao Fangyin said.

Zhong Ziyan agreed very much and nodded in agreement. In his opinion, the human heart is much more terrifying than demons and ghosts.

After the two discussed, Tao Fangyin asked Zhong Ziyan to prepare quickly and set off as soon as possible.

Zhong Ziyan went back and explained to Liang Yu, and told the students that he was going away for a long time, and he would not come back for three to five years. He asked who was unwilling to go with him, and could stay here to continue living. None of the children said they were unwilling.

I have lived here for more than ten years, and now I am about to leave. Zhong Ziyan is very sad in his heart, but people always have to move forward. Besides, Zhong Ziyan is no longer an ordinary man. Can be trapped in the abbot vortex.

It was almost noon, Liang Yu and the children got on the cloud boat, Zhong Ziyan walked into Xincheng, and went to Zhang Mansion in the south of the city to meet Zhang Mingyuan, who was a good friend when he was a self-school boy. Zhang Mingyuan happened to be cutting plum trees. go out for a drink.

"I won't drink today, I'm here to say goodbye."

"Yo, are you going on a long trip? What's the matter, the last time I went out for three months, did you get addicted?" Zhang Mingyuan teased heartlessly.

Zhong Ziyan took out a special wooden sign with his name engraved on it, touched the grooved ribs that had already been coated with pulp, and slowly handed it to Zhang Mingyuan with a sad expression.

"When I was young, I was always protected by you from being bullied by those aristocratic families in the city. Spring and summer are long, and I can't eat enough because I am tall. Every time I can receive pastries from your home. After growing up , I was running around to make a living, you were forced to become an official, although you talked less, you never forgot each other, you still often visit me in the thatched cottage."

"The teacher said that the friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, and you and I don't stop here. Let's say goodbye today. I don't know when I will see you again. I will give you the hallmark of this classmate. And remember, when I return, I will drink again!"

After finishing speaking, he put the small square box in his pocket into Zhang Mingyuan's hand, which contained a longevity-prolonging [Changchun Pill].

After the farewell ceremony, Zhong Ziyan turned around and left. When he walked to the door, he suddenly heard curses behind him, "You poor beggar, taking a bad brand is considered a parting gift, so poor, why don't you ask Uncle Zhang for some money? "

Zhong Ziyan smiled and continued walking without looking back.

"Zi Yan, when will you return?"

Zhong Ziyan raised his head and looked in the direction of the Sanli Bridge outside the city. He seemed to be able to see through the bricks and tiles of the houses and the city walls. The cloud boat was probably about to set sail.

"Plum wine, green robes, guarding the cold hall in the absence of cloudy weather; gray clothes and blood, red dragons, wind, frost, rain and snow to pay for the river..."

When will I return? How will Zhong Ziyan know~