One day, Zhang Zhixuan was exhaling and refining purple qi, even after he built the foundation, he still practiced the qi accumulation technique every day, and constantly exhaled and strengthened a mouthful of innate purple qi.

It is precisely because of this kind of self-discipline and hard work that his cultivation can continue to improve, relying on the help of the purple qi in the dantian, at the age of less than fifty, he cultivated to the fifth layer of the foundation, and with a monk with three spirit roots, he caught up with the cold smoke of the alien spirit root.

Suddenly, a transmission note flew from outside the cave, Zhang Zhixuan opened it and saw that there was a letter sent to Tiantai Peak.

Zhang Zhixuan and Qingchan galloped all the way, and after coming to Tiantai Peak, they found the patriarch sitting on the futon with a serious face, and when they saw the two of them coming, they said: "Ma Jimin, the head of the Ma family in Jiufeng Mountain, sent a letter, saying that when their family excavated the echo stone on Chaoyin Mountain, it seemed that they had dug up a spiritual stone mine. When this kind of thing happened, the aura on Chaoyin Mountain is now getting stronger day by day, and the news will soon be impossible to hide. So he sent letters to the neighborhoods and discussed what to do. ”

Spirit stone mines are generally hidden underground, and once excavation begins, the spiritual energy stored in them will leak out, and it is basically impossible to conceal them.

This kind of vein is very precious, and there are only seven small spirit stone mines in the entire Yu country, and every time a spirit stone mine is discovered, it will inevitably lead to a large-scale conflict between monks.

Especially after the civil strife in Wu, the power of Xuansu Palace weakened, and gradually gave up the vassals outside Wu. There are no monks on the four sects of the Yu Kingdom, and there have been several conflicts over the years because of various resources.

The Chaoyin Mountain is located in the south of the Broken Cloud Mountains, which is the junction of Qingxuanzong and Hongshan Sect, and the southern part of the Broken Cloud Mountains is basically the sphere of influence of Qingxuanzong, and the northern part is controlled by Hongshan Sect.

Once the spirit stone mine in Chaoyin Mountain is leaked, the Hongshan Sect will definitely come to fight for it, Taicheng County will also become a battlefield for the two major wars, and the five major families will also be wiped out.

However, the spirit stone mine is a strategic resource, and it is not possible to fight for it, and monks sometimes have to put aside all competition for resources.

"This kind of thing still needs to be discussed, it is all to blame for the greed of the Ma family, it is estimated that they have mined some spirit stones privately, and now the spiritual energy of the underground spirit stone mine is leaking, and their family can't hold it, so they are in a hurry to notify other families.

This matter depends on the Wu family's decision, if they are willing to notify Qingxuanzong and give up the majority of their interests, we will follow. If someone wants to swallow the spirit stone mine alone, we will be vain, we will not work hard, save ourselves, and plan for the worst. Once the situation is unfavorable, he will give up the family mortals and spiritual veins, and move to Montenegro with the family monks.

Without the strength of Qingxuanzong, this spirit stone mine would not be able to be saved. This spiritual stone mine is located in our Taicheng County, and once it encounters a war, I am afraid that our family monks will also be wiped out. After thinking about it for a while, Zhang Zhixuan said his analysis again.

"You have considered it well, since this spirit stone mine is located in our Taicheng County, even if it is the sphere of influence of Qingxuanzong, Qingxuanzong has an advantage in morality. Moreover, Chaoyin Mountain is located in the southern part of the Broken Cloud Mountain Range, which is closer to us, and with the formation arranged, it will be easier for us to defend it. If the Hongshan Sect exerts its strength to attack and mobilize a large number of monks, the spiritual rice consumed by crossing the Broken Cloud Mountain Range will be enough for them to drink a pot. If we only use high-level monks to harass, without the help of Qingxuanzong, our five high-level monks are few, but we will not be able to defend it. ”

The two discussed it for a while and decided to stay with Qingchan to guard Lingjing Mountain, and the two of them went directly to Jiufeng Mountain, the gate of the Ma family.

Jiufeng Mountain is located in the northernmost part of Taicheng County, about 10,000 miles away from Zhangjia's Lushan Mountain, and from Jiufeng Mountain to the north for seven or eight thousand miles, you will enter the edge of the Broken Cloud Mountain Range.

After crossing the Broken Cloud Mountain Range, which stretches for thousands of miles, it enters the hinterland of the Yu Kingdom.

There are four major sects in the Yu country, Qingxuanzong is located in the southeast direction, they are in the north direction is Hongshan Sect, and Nanlu Pavilion is located in the northwest of Qingxuanzong, in the farthest place from Qingxuanzong, is the Huanshui Sect dominated by female cultivators.

Of these four sects, two are located in the southern part of the Broken Cloud Mountain Range and two are located in the northern part of the Broken Cloud Mountain Range.

Among the four major sects of Yu Kingdom, the Huanshui Sect, which is dominated by female cultivators, is the most powerful, and this sect has three Jindan monks. The remaining three sects are not much different, and there is only one Jindan stage ancestor. However, when it comes to the Purple Mansion period monks below, the monks of Qingxuanzong and Nanlu Pavilion are more well-known because they often fight with demon beasts.

Zhang Zhixuan and the others flew for four days before they came to the mountain gate of the Ma family in Jiufeng Mountain.

Ma Jimin, the head of the Ma family, saw that the two had arrived, and personally went down the mountain gate to greet Zhang Zhixuan and the two, at this time, the monk of the Zhu family in Liucheng, which was closest to Jiufeng Mountain, had also arrived, and this person's name was Zhu Hun, and he was only cultivated to three layers of the foundation building period.

The five major families of Taicheng County, with the Wu family being the strongest, not counting the power of Qingxuanzong, the family has five monks in the foundation building period, followed by the Liu family in Taibai Mountain, there are three monks in the foundation building period, and then there is the Lushan Zhang family, there are also three monks in the foundation building period, and the remaining Jiufeng Mountain Ma family and Liucheng Zhu family are only one foundation building monk.

In the entire Taicheng County, there are a total of thousands of monks, but it is the dozen pillars of these five families who have really built the foundation. Occasionally, if a loose cultivation foundation is successful, he will leave Taicheng County and enter Montenegro to practice.

After all, compared to the massive resources spent on cultivating a third-order spirit vein, it was much easier to snatch the spirit vein from the mouth of a demon beast.

But there is a premise, it is easy to seize the spiritual vein, but it is difficult to hold it, there are not only third-order demon beasts in the Southern Wilderness, but also fourth-order and fifth-order demon beasts, once you encounter a demon beast of this level, you will not only lose the mountain gate, but also have your life in danger.

Therefore, even if the monks in the foundation building period opened up the mountain gate and occupied the spiritual veins in the Southern Wilderness, they would not choose a place that was too desolate, and could only choose the vicinity of Qidafang City to occupy the spiritual mountain.

With the support of the Purple Mansion monks of Qidafang City, the spiritual veins occupied by the nearby monks can be safeguarded.

Zhang Zhixuan and the others waited for a few days, and the monks of the Liu family of Taibai Mountain and the Wu family of Yanlaifeng also arrived.

The Zhuji family of the entire Taicheng County, except for the Jiuhuashan Hu family, which was isolated, the rest of the family monks have all arrived.

The five major families of Taicheng County have always been headed by the Wu family of Yanlaifeng, and when they saw that the head of the Wu family, Wu Xiangjiao, was coming, everyone gave up their hands one after another, wanting him to take the lead.

The reason why everyone respects Wu Xiangjiao is not only because the Wu family is strong, but also because Wu Xiangjiao abides by the rules, handles things fairly, has foresight in major matters, and can know how to advance and retreat. He relied on more than a hundred years of life to make the foundation building monks of the five major families respect.

Wu Xiangjiao humbly arched his hand and said: "I don't know the situation of Chaoyin Mountain yet, since Ma Daoyou has called everyone here, why don't we go down to the mine cave to have a look, if we are lucky enough to find a miniature spiritual mine, then our five families will develop it together." A miniature mine can't attract the greed of the Hongshan Sect, and the five of us can still hold it together

If it is a small spiritual mine, Chaoyin Mountain must arrange a fourth-order formation and arrange for the monks of the Purple Mansion Period to guard it, I am afraid that we will not be able to hold this spiritual mine, and the share of the spiritual mine will be ceded to the majority of Qingxuanzong. That's my opinion, what else do you have to add. ”