Since the third-order spirit gathering formation was laid out and the high-grade spirit stones were refined, the spiritual energy here in Lingtian became stronger day by day, and the family began to migrate some monks over to open up caves on the hill near Lingtian.

This deserted hill was also given a name, called Lingjing Mountain.

When the spiritual veins are completely upgraded to the third order, the family will also relocate a small number of monks to come here, along with the monks who live at the foot of Lushan.

In order to make it easier for the monk's relatives to live, the family even mobilized the mortals of Lushan County to build a huge manor ten miles near Lingjing Mountain.

When the time comes, this manor will be inhabited by the monk's mortal relatives.

It is very close to Lingjing Mountain, where the monks are stationed, which not only ensures safety, but also is closer to the lively Lushan County.

Although it is safe to live on Lushan, after all, the town far from human settlement is still a little desolate in the end.

For ordinary mortals, they also prefer to live near the county seat of Lushan.

One day, Zhang Zhixuan was refining mana, and a messenger flew into the cave, Zhang Zhixuan opened it and found that it was summoned by the patriarch again.

In the more than 100 years that the patriarch has ruled the family, the family has always been relatively harmonious, and although major affairs have always been decided by the patriarch, most of them have been discussed with everyone.

After Zhang Zhixuan built the foundation, the patriarch no longer made up his mind alone, and asked Zhang Zhixuan's opinion on all major matters in the family.

Seeing that the patriarch had something important, he asked him to bring Qingchan, Zhang Zhixuan did not delay any longer, and immediately took Qingchan and returned to Lushan together.

Lingjing Mountain is not far from Tiantai Peak, only more than 600 miles, before dark, Zhang Zhixuan and the two finally returned to the mountain gate.

The two didn't waste time and went straight to the cold pool in the back mountain.

When he arrived at the patriarch's cave, he found that except for the seventh uncle, Zhang Mengyuan, several elders of the family had all arrived.

Zhang Leqian saw that Zhang Zhixuan and the others had arrived, so he said: "Since Zhixuan has come, Meng Ling, you will tell the matter again." ”

"A day ago, the Zhou family of Hongliushan came to ask for help, saying that in the Black Python Mountain, which is not far from them, there was a trace of a snake demon, and in just seven or eight days, more than 30 people have been eaten. The Zhou family sent three Qi cultivation period cultivators to deal with it, as well as the patriarch Zhou Wenjian, who had a high cultivation, but the three of them did not return, and it was likely that there was an accident. The Zhou family had no choice but to ask us for help. Zhang Mengling took a sip of tea and said unhurriedly.

Zhang Zhixuan opened his mouth and asked, "How is Zhou Wen's sword cultivation?" How? Is it comparable to a few elders of the family? ”

"Zhou Wenjian has been cultivating to the ninth level of Qi cultivation for almost twenty years, and this year is less than seventy, a small family cultivator like him, whether it is a magic spirit rune or a magic weapon spirit pill, it is estimated that he is better than the old and decrepit seventh brother." Eleventh Uncle Zhang Menghong was in charge of the family's law enforcement power, and he had a good relationship with Zhou Wenjian when he was young, and he knew him better, so he replied.

"Will there be a third-level demon beast?" Zhang Zhixuan asked.

"It's unlikely, demon beasts like to devour monks, if a third-level demon beast comes, it is estimated that the Zhou family will be finished within a day, and the news will not be transmitted at all.

Moreover, since our Taicheng County was gradually occupied by human monks two thousand years ago, after two thousand years, although it is still a little desolate, it is impossible for there to be a demon beast that has become a climate.

Even if there is a third-level demon beast, it is still flowing from the Hongshan Sect's Broken Cloud Mountain Range in the north of Lushan, and the possibility is not very high. Zhang Mengling shook his head and said.

After listening to Uncle Nineteen's analysis, according to Zhang Zhixuan's experience, it is estimated that it is not far from ten, so he said: "No matter what, the Zhou family of Hongliushan is our vassal family, and if we have the ability, we have to take care of it."

Early tomorrow morning, Aunt Meng Qin and Qingchan, the three of us will go down the mountain together to solve the demon plague near Hongliu Mountain. ”

Although Qing Chan has cultivated to the ninth level of qi cultivation for many years, because of the relationship between the cultivation of qi and the cultivation of qi, it is only equivalent to a fifth-level qi cultivation monk in appearance.

Except for the patriarch Zhang Leqian, the rest of the family didn't know about Qingchan's situation at all, seeing that Zhang Zhixuan was going to take the little girl, Zhang Mengqin said strangely: "Qingchan is still young, it may be dangerous to go to Hongliushan this time, why don't you go with us with another person?" ”

Zhang Zhixuan smiled lightly and said, "Don't worry, Aunt Eighteen, Qingchan can take care of herself." Monks will face danger at any time, and if they don't go through the experience, they will be useless in embroidered pillows.

Whether it is today or in the future, she will always encounter danger, and this time, it should be a workout for her.

Besides, I'm by her side, and I won't stand idly by in case of danger. ”

Since the decision was made, Zhang Zhixuan did not waste time, made some preparations, and early the next morning, he took Zhang Mengqin and Qingchan down the mountain.

Hongliu Mountain is also a branch of Lushan, not very far from Tiantai Peak, from Tiantai Peak to the northwest direction, about a thousand miles away, is Hongliu Mountain.

The history of the Zhou family in Hongliushan is much more than that of the Zhang family in Lushan, and this family has also produced high-level monks before, but unfortunately it declined in the end.

More than 200 years ago, when the Zhang family was at its peak, the Zhou family came to defect and settled in Hongliushan.

After hundreds of years of cultivation, there are already two second-order high-grade spirit veins on Hongliu Mountain, and if one more can be cultivated, it will be able to synthesize a third-order spirit vein.

However, the Zhou family in Hongliushan did not have a foundation building period monk, so it is estimated that they would not dare to cultivate a third-order spirit vein, so as not to be targeted by the scattered cultivation of the foundation building period, leaving the hidden danger of extermination.

After more than 200 years of rooting and development, the Zhou family of Hongliushan now has more than 30 monks, and the scale is quite large.

In the vicinity of Hongliu Mountain, the mortals of the Zhou family also established a town.

Zhang Zhixuan glanced at it, just looked at the scale of the city, and found that the population of the Zhou family was already tens of thousands.

Zhang Zhixuan glanced at Zhang Mengqin and said, "The proportion of monks in this family is a little more than that of our family. ”

The Zhang family's population also exceeded 40,000, and they also controlled more than a dozen towns near Lushan County, and the population under their control exceeded 100,000.

With such a population, there are only more than 100 monks selected, and the population of the Zhou family is only 10,000 or 20,000, which can raise more than 30 monks, and among their clansmen, the number of people with spiritual roots is almost more than double that of the Zhang family.

"It seems that this Zhou family is not simple, their ancestors must have high-level monks."

The higher the monk's cultivation and the better the spiritual root, the better their descendants will be, and the greater the probability of having a spiritual root.

It is for this reason that the family does its best to encourage the monks of the family to take wives and concubines and have children.

After all, the descendants of a monk give birth to more than a dozen children, and one or two of them always have spiritual roots.

Zhang Tairen, the founder of the Zhang family, raised more than a dozen children, and half of them had spiritual roots, plus his son Zhang Chuyun opened up the Purple Mansion, so that the Zhang family could develop into a family of cultivating immortals.

Ordinary monks in the foundation building period cannot be so lucky, and they can raise many children with spiritual roots. There was no son who could open up the Purple Mansion, so the family they passed down quickly declined.

Only a family of immortal cultivators with a good background and a large population can continuously cultivate foundation building monks from generation to generation, and can maintain the longevity of the family.

The five major families in Taicheng County are such immortal cultivation families, except for the Zhang family, the other four major families have been passed down for at least five generations, more than six hundred years.

The Liu family, which has the longest inheritance, is more than 2,000 years old, and has gained a foothold here almost in the barbaric era of opening up Taicheng County.

Their family has now opened up more than 300 acres of spiritual land, which is almost ten times that of the Zhang family. You must know that their family has not found a spiritual well, let alone spiritual water to irrigate the spiritual field, and every acre of spiritual field is opened, it costs more than 100 spiritual stones, which shows the heritage of these old families.