Chapter 838: Apprenticeship
The wine and food were full, the banquet was withdrawn, and the Zhou family dispersed one by one.
Zhang Weidong can be regarded as having seen the luxury of eating and drinking, dragon liver and phoenix gall, rare fish and abalone blood, and all kinds of strange sea beasts have been cooked into sky-high dishes. Even, even though Snake King Island was on the side, Zhang Weidong still found some rare monster beast ingredients in it, each of which was taken from the demon beasts above the demon general, and the food was surging with essence and blood.
Zhang Weidong estimated that there were no less than 3,000 spars for this extravagant banquet, and this meal would be gone.
Fortunately, Zhang Weidong has just recovered from a serious injury, and he needs sufficient energy supplements, and the beauty of this meal can no longer last.
Zhou Zuwu accompanied Zhang Weidong to change places and entertain him with first-class yuan tea, while Fu Bo returned to the small courtyard.
On the side, Zhou Qingcheng, Zhou Zuwu's most relied on grandson, served, serving tea and pouring water, doing the work of subordinates, while still looking at Zhang Weidong curiously.
In fact, it is very rare for grandfather Zhou Zuwu to entertain Zhang Weidong so extravagantly, and it is very rare for the Zhou family to do so. I remember that when Lord Qi visited the Zhou family for the first time, Grandpa held such a big banquet, spent a lot of money, and gave Lord Qi enough face, and the guests were happy.
Could it be that grandpa also regards this Zhang Weidong as a big man at the same level?
Looking at Zhang Weidong's age, it doesn't seem to be very big, but he is so valued by his grandfather and Lord Qi, which really makes him curious. In the battle with the Snake King before, what happened after the worst situation there, grandpa didn't say it, but Zhou Qingcheng knew a fact, that is, grandpa and Lord Qi rushed in time to save Zhang Weidong's life.
Jealous, resentful, dissatisfied, all kinds of thoughts are intertwined, and Zhou Qingcheng is a little distracted.
He is the hope of the Zhou family in the future. He is a man of the year in the young generation of Hanshi Ling, and he has concluded a golden pill at a young age. Now he was called by his grandfather to serve tea and pour water, and it is estimated that this treatment is unprecedented. It's very aggrieved.
After some small talk, Zhou Zuwu changed his words and said with a smile: "Brother Zhang, what do you think of my grandson?"
Zhou Qingcheng shook his head, hurriedly lowered his eyebrows, his face was a little red, but his eyes were more arrogant.
Zhang Weidong didn't know what Zhou Zuwu meant for a while, looked at Zhou Qingcheng slightly, and said with a smile: "I heard that when Zhou Qingcheng concluded the Jindan. is only in his early 100s, this talent is not low, the dragon among people, the Zhou family has a queen!"
Everyone likes to listen to other people's patting, Zhang Weidong praised it, and Zhou Zuwu smiled, looking very happy.
"I have talent, and my understanding is not bad, but. In the end, he has less experience, and his heart needs to be tempered more! This kid has never left the cold stone collar since he was a child, and he is a little proud. Jade does not peck into a device. The Zhou family wants to produce another Jindan late-stage monk, and it is extremely difficult. So the old man has a reluctant request-" Zhou Zuwu said modestly and said with a straight face.
"Brother Zhou, please speak!" Zhang Weidong was slightly stunned. Said.
At the same time, Zhou Zuwu wanted his grandson to follow him. Going out for training?
If this is a problem, Zhang Weidong is not easy to refuse. After all, Zhou Zuwu's help. He had to remember.
It's just that once he leaves Zhou's ancestral island, will the snake king give up, it's really hard to say, how to ensure Zhou Qingcheng's safety?
"Brother Zhang, I want to ask you to accept Qingcheng as a disciple!" Zhou Zuwu said directly.
"Apprentices?"
"What!"
Zhang Weidong was surprised, he didn't expect this stubble for a while.
Since he became a monk, he has never accepted disciples, and he is quite resistant to this. I am devoted to the path of immortals, where is the time to teach others? Isn't this to mislead people's children?
Zhou Qingcheng simply lost his voice and looked at his grandfather dumbfounded.
Let him worship Zhang Weidong as a teacher?
Looking at his face, Zhang Weidong seems to be younger than him!
"Yes, my Zhou family is also a famous family in the Cold Stone Territory, the lord's guest has been inherited for three thousand years, and there are strong people in almost every generation, to put it mildly, the Zhou family is the head snake of the Cold Stone Territory, and there are countless monks who cling to it!" Zhou Zuwu said arrogantly.
"Brother Zhou, since the Zhou family is so prosperous, it's not easy to find a master?" Zhang Weidong asked puzzled.
He heard some words, and at the banquet, most of the important people of the Zhou family attended, but this part of the strength was only half small, and the more important offerings, Keqing and others did not come out. In the three thousand years of inheritance, almost all of them have strong people, and it can be expected that the Zhou family's heritage is very strong, and it should not be difficult to find one or two Jindan late stage monks.
"Well, that being said. But it was the Zhou family that became the head snake of the cold stone collar, and it also became a thorn in the side of many people, a thorn in the flesh, and the Zhou family had to be cautious, walking on thin ice, and developing in a low-key manner. In the Hanshi Domain, no matter which Jindan Ancestor you find, more or less, all kinds of stakeholders are not clear! Qingcheng is the hope of my Zhou family, and I have to think carefully about his future-" Zhou Zuwu sighed and said.
Listening to this, there seems to be some truth.
The Zhou family's family has a big business, but at the same time, the stronger it is, the more people are hated and remembered. It can be said that Zhou Zuwu is also distressed in his heart. At the beginning, in order to find a teacher for his grandson, it was painstaking. Even, he moved the idea of sending his grandson out of the cold stone collar and found a strong sect to accept it.
If there is a powerful sect as a backer, his grandson can go further in the future, and the Zhou family will also profit, so that the enemies of the bright and dark will be full of scruples.
But Zhang Weidong's appearance made Zhou Zuwu change his mind.
Zhang Weidong has nothing to do with Han Shiling, and his strength is very strong, stronger than him, besides, he has been observing Zhang Weidong's mind since he first met, and his intuition is still relatively reliable. If the grandson can worship Zhang Weidong as a teacher, with this hub, the Zhou family can attract a Jindan Great Perfection monk.
Kill a few birds with one stone!
It can be said that Zhou Zuwu is very calculating, and he is simply an old fox.
"This-" Zhang Weidong frowned slightly, feeling that this was a troublesome matter.
If he accepts Zhou Qingcheng, then he has to be responsible for teaching, it is too troublesome, and if he doesn't accept it, it is difficult to refuse Zhou Zuwu.
"Brother Zhang already has a disciple?" Zhou Zu Wuyi saw that Zhang Weidong was embarrassed, his heart sank, and he hurriedly asked.
"Nope!"
"What's the scruple you can't do? It doesn't matter, just say it, the Zhou family will definitely try their best to help!"
"Grandpa!" Zhou Qingcheng hurriedly shouted, a little dissatisfied.
Besides, he really wants to worship Zhang Weidong as a teacher. He was somewhat reluctant. Isn't Grandpa's teaching very good? And there is a big offering in the family, so you can ask for advice at any time.
"Shut up! The old man asks Brother Zhang to be your master. It's my Zhou family's ancestor who has accumulated virtue, don't think that I have concluded Jindan. I feel that I am amazing! With your strength, Brother Zhang can suppress you with one finger! What kind of young generation of influential figures, together with the Hong family, the Wu family, the Qin family, and a bunch of gentlemen, wander around all day long, and don't do business!" Zhou Zuwu's face sank, and he reprimanded.
"Grandpa, I didn't, just a few socials—" Zhou Qing argued.
"Entertainment? Where did you get the entertainment? Do you have the same girl from the Hong family? Don't you know that the Zhou family and the Hong family are opposite? If you don't cultivate well, you can only achieve nothing in the future! The future of the Zhou family cannot be pinned on a certain person. Only the strongest is the head of the Zhou family!" Zhou Zuwu sneered.
Zhou Qingcheng's heart was shocked, and he was a little panicked.
Usually, there are people inside and outside the world who say that he is the future head of the Zhou family, and he is also very happy, and he has always thought that he is the young head of the family. Now that grandpa has pointed out, doesn't it mean that the Zhou family is still cultivating other people?
"Ahem, Brother Zhou, since you have family affairs to deal with, it is inconvenient for me, an outsider, to listen to it!" Zhang Weidong got up. I want to say goodbye. If you listen to it more, this apprentice will have to accept it. He didn't want to get involved in a certain strength, he just wanted to cultivate steadily, and he wasn't interested in any potential.
This week, Zu Wu did not leave his apprenticeship. The mind is not pure!
"Qingcheng, why don't you come here to apprentice?" Zhou Zuwu hurriedly shouted.
Zhou Qingcheng was stunned, his face turned red. Gritting his teeth in shame, he was ready to kneel.
Zhang Weidong hurriedly stopped and said, "Don't." I can't afford you to kneel! Brother Zhou, it's not that I'm hypocritical. I'm so focused on cultivation that I can't take care of my apprentices at all, so I'll be a misguided disciple!"
At this time, Zhou Zuwu was also anxious, and said: "Brother Zhang, if you can accept Qingcheng, I can allow you to enter the ancestral land of the Zhou family once!"
"Zhou family ancestral land?" Zhang Weidong was puzzled.
And Zhou Qingcheng was stunned.
The ancestral land of the Zhou family!
Even he only entered once when he was a child, and even the family worship was not qualified to enter, so grandpa actually wanted to make an exception? Just to keep Zhang Weidong?
"The existence of my Zhou family's ancestral land is not a secret, it is only useful for monks, and there is a certain chance to improve Yicheng's comprehension on the existing foundation!"
Zhang Weidong's heart was shocked, and he was forced to be surprised, then he was silent, and only after a moment did he calm down and said, "Brother Zhou, why do you value me so much?
Zhou Zuwu smiled bitterly, and a trace of embarrassment flashed on his face.
"Since Brother Zhang has scruples, I won't hide it, in addition to what I just said, there are two factors, I think Brother Zhang has an unlimited future, and the future will go higher and farther, and Lord Qi can't compare, second, I want to befriend Brother Zhang, which will also be of great benefit to the future of my Zhou family!" Zhou Zuwu confided.
This answer seems to be a little more reliable, Zhang Weidong nodded slightly.
"Brother Zhou helped me this time, I owe you a favor from the Zhou family, it is said that it is not too much to accept the children of the Zhou family as apprentices, but I have a major event and cannot be stable, so don't mention the matter of accepting apprentices for the time being-" Zhang Weidong said calmly.
Zhou Qingcheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but Zhou Zuwu was disappointed, and he was probably a little unhappy in his heart.
He has pulled down his old face, and he was actually rejected by Zhang Weidong.
"Of course, since Brother Zhou raised this matter, I also want to repay the favor of the Zhou family, but I can find a strict teacher for Zhou Qingcheng, he has a good relationship with me, his strength is very strong, it is the late stage of Jindan, and there is great hope for the future Jindan Great Perfection!" Zhang Weidong said again.
Zhou Zuwu's eyes lit up and asked, "I don't know who this Daoist brother is?"
"I don't know if Brother Zhou has heard of King Ning? Originally, it was in the middle stage of Jindan, and it was said that he was well-known in Flame Immortal Island, but now it is in the late stage of Jindan, so he returned to Flame Immortal Island!" Zhang Weidong said with a deep sigh.
King Ning seems to be quite famous among the monks in the middle of Jindan, but as an ancestor in the late Jindan period, it is normal for Zhou Zuwu to be an ancestor in the late Jindan period.
"Huh, King Ning, who is known as one of the top ten Jindan powerhouses in Flame Immortal Island, is said to be ruthless, but he is extremely faithful to his promises and has a very positive reputation, and now he is the Jindan Ancestor?"
And Zhou Qingcheng on the side was also surprised, and his eyes lit up.
"That's good!" Zhang Weidong smiled.
"Ha Luha, okay, then please leave this matter to Brother Zhang, it is his blessing that the inferior grandson can worship King Ning as his teacher! Of course, what I just said is still valid for Brother Zhang!" Zhou Zuwu seemed to be very satisfied.
Indeed, Zhang Weidong did not accept apprentices, which made him a little regretful. But it would be better if his grandson could worship King Ning as a teacher, after all, King Ning is a person, he knows more, and his heart is more at ease.
Even Zhang Weidong was surprised, King Ning's fame really doesn't seem ......small?
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