Chapter 111: The Golden Jade Hall The curtain opens
On the night of the assassination, Zhang Daocheng summoned Zhang Xiaoshan again to the dark cave.
Zhang Daocheng is very concerned about this matter, this can be said to be the biggest scandal of the Zhang family in a thousand years, he has enjoyed peace for a long time, and the precautions in the family are so wasted, as the actual helmsman of the family, Zhang Daocheng is ashamed and sad. What's even more terrifying is that this incident is likely to be planned by insiders of the Zhang family.
Zhang Xiaoshan faced his master and boldly said his guess, and Zhang Daocheng strictly ordered Zhang Xiaoshan not to transfer this matter to a third person, regardless of whether Zhang Xiaoshan's guess was correct or not, after all, it involved some scandals in the Zhang family's back, and it really can't be known to outsiders!
In fact, Zhang Xiaoshan already had a hunch that the final result of this matter would be blamed on the Sima family, after all, sometimes, what everyone cares about is not the truth of the matter, even so, he still decided to find out who was behind this matter, and he would not easily let go of a person who wanted to kill him.
Both the master and apprentice deliberately did not talk about this matter, so they quickly changed the topic, Zhang Xiaoshan raised some of his doubts about "Emperor Yan's Demon Breaking Heart Method", and Zhang Daocheng answered them one by one.
According to Zhang Daocheng, this Yan Emperor's Demon Breaking Mind Method is the best technique, and its power is much stronger than that of the Heavenly Fire Nine Styles, but the content of the Heart Method is extremely mysterious, and it is indeed difficult to master cultivation. Originally, with Zhang Xiaoshan's qualifications, as long as he took time to comprehend, he could also master it, but now that the trial conference is imminent, there is not much time left for Zhang Xiaoshan, Zhang Daocheng has to explain the difficulties and tricks for him personally, although the progress is fast, but it is even more difficult for Zhang Xiaoshan to go further in this exercise in the future. However, there is a hurry, and both the master and apprentice are conscious.
After an hour of teaching, Zhang Xiaoshan felt that he had touched the door of Emperor Yan's demon-breaking method, and after he went back, as long as he only had one or two details, he could get started.
Speaking of which, unconsciously, two full hours have passed, Zhang Xiaoshan must leave, after all, many people are staring at Zhang Xiaoshan now, if someone finds out that Zhang Xiaoshan came to meet Zhang Daocheng, for Zhang Daocheng who is recovering from his injuries, it will add a lot of danger!
Zhang Daocheng finally instructed Zhang Xiaoshan to cultivate his own spiritual weapon, he has already learned the particularity of Zhang Xiaoshan's spiritual weapon from Zhang Yangjun, according to his estimate, Qinghuo has a great possibility to become the third best spiritual weapon of the Zhang family in a thousand years, this is a great opportunity, naturally not to be missed!
Zhang Daocheng gave Zhang Xiaoshan another high-grade spiritual weapon, which was a fire-attribute long stick called the Three Flame Dragon Sticks, which was an extremely powerful weapon.
Zhang Xiaoshan was naturally puzzled, he felt that he already had a green fire, why did he need this three Yanlong sticks?
Zhang Daocheng explained that the power of the green fire is too strong, after all, the participants of the future trial conference are all young children of the Zhang family, and the magic weapons used in their hands are also the Zhang family's own magic weapons, once Zhang Xiaoshan uses the green fire, it will destroy a few rare spiritual weapons, which is also a major damage to the family, Zhang Daocheng naturally does not want to see it, so he can only give Zhang Xiaoshan the three flame dragon sticks to use!
When Zhang Xiaoshan heard this, he had to accept the long stick, Zhang Daocheng took out a brown inner armor and handed it to Zhang Xiaoshan, and introduced: "This is the Aoki Sancai Armor, which is forged from the heart of the 10,000-year-old iron birch tree, although it is only a medium-grade armor, it is already very rare, and because it is a wood attribute, when you use the fire attribute technique, it can also boost your skills." ”
Zhang Xiaoshan originally had a broken piece of high-grade armor on his body, but after several battles, especially when he crossed the Heavenly Mine Tribulation, it had already turned into ashes, and he had been looking for a piece of armor to defend himself, but the spiritual weapon was easy to obtain, and the armor was difficult to find, so he never gained it.
This is also the reason why he was very happy when he harvested the Silkworm King, the Silkworm itself is a good material, and it can become a solid armor after simple weaving, ordinary swords cannot be destroyed at all, he now has one in his underwear, but in the daytime fighting, the Silkworm Cloth is not effective at all, and the attack of the cultivator really needs regular armor to defend.
Zhang Xiaoshan hurriedly respectfully accepted the Aoki Sancai Armor, with this medium-grade armor, his strength rose again, and now even if he dealt with the monks in the early stage of the Yuan Infant, he also had some confidence.
"Xiao Shanzi, I won't see you again until the trial conference is over, you have to do it yourself!" Zhang Daocheng said.
Zhang Xiaoshan immediately understood what his master meant, he knelt on the ground respectfully, kowtowed to Zhang Daocheng three times, and said: "Teacher, rest assured, the disciple will live up to your teachings, and I will go all out in this trial meeting!"
Zhang Daocheng groaned: "There is nothing in the world, greed, hatred and obsession provoke karma!"
A white light enveloped Zhang Xiaoshan, and he returned to his bedroom.
Four lamps illuminate the room, and the incense burner is lit with fine spices, which have a miraculous effect on the mind and healing. On his bed, there was a pink fox and a spotted red-whiskered leopard, the two demons had fallen into a deep sleep after taking the healing elixir, and the other six maids, all holding their own spiritual weapons, guarded the six directions between the houses.
In the middle of the room, a white jade ring floated in the air, and a trace of cold air overflowed from the surface of the jade wheel. Yang Dong Baili usually likes to live in the Cold Moon Building, because it contains rich moon yin qi, which is of great benefit to his cultivation of the exercises.
The whole room was full of Zhang Xiaoshan's trusted cronies, with these people guarding here, he could finally sigh, this day was too turbulent, he was really physically and mentally exhausted, and he could finally lie on the bed and rest......
In the next three days, Zhang Xiaoshan did not take a step out of the room, there were too many things that he needed to do, refining high-grade spiritual weapons, medium-grade armor, practicing exercises, and recovering from injuries, he did not have a moment to rest, but fortunately, although time was pressing, he still solved all the things smoothly.
You must go to the family assembly, where you will be appointed as an honorary elder, and there will be a series of activities such as making a book, drawing a statue, setting up a tablet, and so on. At the end of the meeting, the three forces will also announce the list of five people who participated in the trial conference, and the cultivation level, the secret technique of the exercises, and the spirit weapons and spirit beasts all need to be announced one by one, if anyone dares to conceal the information, once they find out, they will be jointly strangled by the other two.
A ray of morning light shrouded the window, only to hear the melodious sound of the bell outside, this is the Zhang family assembly will only play the bell of the ceremony, a total of 60 times need to be struck, should be with a cadre era.
The family meeting is the most solemn thing of the Zhang family, held once every ten years, except for the retreat and the injured and sick, all the monks above the Jindan period and the city lords of the state capitals, the head of the palace, and the protector all need to gather in the hall of the Golden Jade Hall to discuss matters, and at the same time, the Zhang family will open all the mountain protection arrays, and the entire Baishi Mountain Range will immediately have a bright light, and the fully armed guards will be lined up from the foot of the mountain to the front of the Golden Jade Palace,
The lobby of the Golden Jade Hall had already set up a space formation in advance, and the original space was immediately increased dozens of times, which was enough for thousands of high-level officials of the Zhang family to sit inside.
There are five rows of suspended gold seats in the north head, and the top three rows of seats are all vacant, and the gods of heaven, earth and man are enshrined on them, among which the three monarchs of heaven and earth, "Zhongtian Xingyao Xuanwei Shenwu Emperor", "Xinghe Nine Heavens Bibo Yaochen Emperor", and "Houtu Bailing Moisturizing Difu Monarch" are even higher.
The following two rows sit all the earth immortal monks of the Zhang family, and the Zhang family has a total of 13 monks in the tribulation period, and these people are divided into their own positions according to their priorities.
At the south head of the main hall, there are four rows of silver chairs, a total of nine in each row, sitting the thirty-six elders of the inner door of the Zhang family, all of whom are in power and are in charge of the core of the Zhang family, and the thirty-six inner door elders represent the three forces.
There are a total of eight rows of bronze seats in the east, each row is also nine seats, which sits the seventy-two elders of the Zhang family, these people have mixed backgrounds, many of them are attracted by the Zhang family's heavy gifts, they usually do not undertake specific things in the clan, and they can also not live in Youzhou, they are more free than the elders of the inner door, and they only need to perform the elder task once every ten years, but their status is also very high, and they enjoy the rich worship of the family.
These honorable elders do not have to sit in strict accordance with the requirements, such as an elder in the Tribulation Period like Bei Huaixuan, who can sit in either the north or the east, depending on his choice, and there are also some elders as well, so there are often vacancies in the seats.
There are a total of twenty rows of black iron chairs in the west, and the composition is more complicated, most of them are the heads of the Zhang family in various state capitals, and some are the children of those who came to participate in the agenda of the conference.
In the middle of the hall of the Golden Jade Palace, there are three other grass and wood futons, for the presiding officer of the meeting to sit and use, according to the custom, each meeting is the current patriarch of the Zhang family to take charge of the ceremony, and the Taishang elder Zhang Daocheng and the guardian beast Heavenly Roar are separated from the left and right, this is the past practice and custom.
Originally, because of Zhang Daocheng's sitting, the three parties have always been able to be harmonious, but they sat on their seats very casually, and there was no obvious boundary, but this time the arrangement was very different from usual, all the people and horses were divided according to their own origins, and they sat in a certain position.
Zhang Baichuan was sweating, it was the first time for him to participate in this kind of meeting, not to mention that as the current patriarch presided over this conference, if there was originally Taihang Elder Zhang Daocheng in charge, he would not be so nervous, but the ancestor was not there, leaving only the Heavenly Roar Zun in cyan armor here, he really didn't know the bottom in his heart.
Zhang Xiaoshan, who was sitting in the lowest row of the west head, was talking with a middle-aged man beside him, that person's name was Zhang Yangzheng, a monk in the late Jindan period, and he was one of the five people sent by the main sect, and the other three were all sitting around Zhang Xiaoshan, faintly headed by Zhang Xiaoshan.
Among the other three, the eldest is named Zhang Fangyue, a monk in the middle of Jindan, who is over 100 years old and has mediocre qualifications; another middle-aged man named Zhang Yangzin, who is also a monk in the late Jindan period, and finally a woman in her twenties, named Zhang Qiyan, who has only cultivated in the middle stage of foundation building. Zhang Xiaoshan couldn't help but look at Zhang Qiyan twice, after all, with her cultivation during the foundation building period, she could be selected by her family to participate in the trial conference, I think there should be some kind of talent and supernatural powers, right?