Zhang Xiaoshan is lying flat on his wooden bed, which is the house he has lived in for more than ten years, and he returns to his family this time, so he naturally lives here.

All the furnishings in the room were exactly the same as when he left, and someone in the family must have cleaned them over the years, and even some of the clothes he had worn in the cabinet were properly kept, and there was a faint smell of smoke, which was his favorite ambergris.

Perhaps accustomed to the life of travel, he lay in bed and could not sleep.

Tu Qianqian, who was on the side, sat in the room with two demon sisters. Zhang Xiaoshan originally arranged rooms for a few people, but these demon maids insisted on rotating to serve Zhang Xiaoshan every night. They deeply felt the grace of Zhang Xiaoshan's reconstruction, and everyone served them loyally and wholeheartedly, and under their insistence, Zhang Xiaoshan had no choice but to agree to them.

The candle flame in the room flickered, and there was a soft knock outside the door, and a woman's voice sounded outside the door, "Are you sleeping?"

Zhang Xiaoshan heard that it was Yang Dong Baili's voice, so he was about to get up and open the door, but Tu Qianqian had already opened the door in advance and let Yang Dong Baili into the room.

The other two maids immediately prepared tea, and then obediently withdrew from the room, leaving Tu Qianqian alone in the room.

"It's so late, why did you come to me? Could it be that it's cold in the north, you can't sleep?" Zhang Xiaoshan asked.

"Didn't you sleep either?" Yang Dong Baili sat directly on the chair and said, "During the dinner, I saw that your face was very bad, what happened?"

Thinking of what he saw and heard after returning to the family, Zhang Xiaoshan sighed: "Alas, what else can there be, it is nothing more than that dirty thing, which makes you laugh, it is really a family misfortune!"

"Hehe!" Yang Dong Baili immediately laughed, pointed at Zhang Xiaoshan and said, "You should find a bronze mirror to see your current expression!"

"Senior Bai Li, I'm not in the mood to joke with you, the thousand-year-old foundation of the Zhang family may collapse in an instant!" Zhang Xiaoshan recalled the situation when he saw Shizun during the day, and his heart was even more depressed.

When he returned to Camel Fort, of course, he asked to see his master as soon as possible, but he knew that his teacher had been in retreat since he was injured and returned to the family half a year ago, and had never appeared in front of people. It is precisely because Zhang Daocheng did not appear for half a year that the Zhang family was flexible and mobile in order to resist the enemy, and the three forces fought separately. Originally, this was just an expedient measure, but I didn't expect the war to end suddenly, and the Zhang family was not ready for the end of the war, which led to the strength of all parties, the expansion of ambitions, and finally disobedience to discipline, and the current crisis.

The reason for all the problems is that Zhang Daocheng disappeared suddenly, the so-called dragons have no leader, and many people are maliciously speculating that he has been seriously injured and fallen, but the family deliberately concealed it and did not report it.

Zhang Xiaoshan was eager to know about his master's situation, but along the way, Bei Huaixuan was always tight-lipped and always said that he didn't know, and Zhang Xiaoshan couldn't force him, so he had to press down the anxiety in his heart, anyway, he would be able to return to Camel Fort soon, and the situation of his master was naturally clear.

Camel Fort stands on the peak of the Baishi Mountain Range, looks like a camel lying down from afar, so it has this name, although it is called Fort, it can actually be divided into the front hall, the golden jade hall, the apse, the white cloud hall, the refining hall, the Qiqiao hall, the Tibetan scripture pavilion, the hundred things pavilion, the foreign affairs hall and so on.

A monk of Zhang Xiaoshan's status, when he returns to the family, has a series of cumbersome etiquette, even in the current situation, it cannot be avoided.

He first worshipped his ancestors in the front hall, and then came to the Foreign Affairs Hall to tell the story of his travels, and handed over some of the things he got to the family, the family did not require them to be handed over, and the full-screen personal wishes, because these things were obtained by the disciples in their travels and hard work, and the family could not take the initiative to ask for them. Hao Bufan, who was captured by him in Bailian Hall, had been imprisoned in the immortal mansion in the inkstone, and at this time he happened to be handed over to the family for disposal. The meridians on Hao Bufan's body were all sealed by Zhang Xiaoshan, and now he looked like a dead man.

When talking about Hao Bufan's summoning, Fu Ming and Tu Qianqian were also summoned by him, the Zhang family looked at the eight female demon cultivators, and they didn't know how to deal with it, the Zhang family is a decent family, and all the children attach great importance to their personal reputation, like Zhang Xiaoshan, it is the first time that they openly bring the demon clan into the family.

Zhang Xiaoshan didn't want to hide his family, and told him frankly that these were his entourage slaves, and he had signed a soul contract with him. In fact, he can't help it, Tu Qianqian and others also have to practice, they can't stay in the fairy mansion all the time, as long as they appear in the camel fort, they will be found to be demon clans, and then explain to the family, it is even more inappropriate, and if they don't do this, they will be frank about everything.

Fortunately, the cultivation world treats demon cultivators quite discriminatory, but it allows powerful monks to capture demon clans as mounts or slaves, Zhang Xiaoshan does this, although it is still a little unorthodox, it is understandable, after all, Zhang Xiaoshan is already a monk in the Jindan period, and it is natural to capture some demon cultivators in the foundation building period to serve as his maids. And looking at these demon women, all of them are charming and charming, even some people who are in love with lust all the year round are unable to extricate themselves, let alone a young man like Zhang Xiaoshan!

In fact, the elders of the Foreign Affairs Hall can't be allowed to open up to Zhang Xiaoshan, it's really that this Zhang Xiaoshan is too famous now, and the three forces are all vying for his favor, so naturally no one wants to provoke and embarrass him!

Originally, it was a very troublesome thing, but because it involved Zhang Xiaoshan, it was opened by the net, and Tu Qianqian and other eight demon clans were even distributed to the Zhang family's letter on the spot, and from now on, they will become a member of the Zhang family. As for Fu Ming, he was originally a Terran monk, and there was no problem with his background, but under the guidance of Zhang Xiaoshan's words, he was exceptionally accepted by the family as a disciple of the outer gate.

Zhang Xiaoshan didn't expect things to go so smoothly, he was prepared for the worst, if the family deliberately embarrassed Tu Qianqian and the others, he was ready to dedicate a large number of spirit stones to ensure that a few people were by his side. Now that the matter has been solved so easily, there is naturally no need to break the bank.

After doing this, he changed into formal clothes again, and came to the Golden Jade Hall with Yang Dong Baili to meet his grandfather Zhang Baichuan, in fact, at the foot of the mountain, everyone had already greeted each other, but this formal etiquette must not be omitted.

On both sides of the main hall, there were hundreds of chairs, and only more than forty family elders were present at this time, and Bei Huaixuan was sitting in them.

Zhang Baichuan sat on the main seat in the middle of the main hall, and behind him, there were twelve other tall seats, where only two white-haired old men were sitting at this moment, one was Zhang Xiaoshan's fifth senior brother, and the other was a little faceless, I don't know which elder in the family was. Behind the twelve seats, there was also a black seat and an inky blue seat, which was the position of the Zhang family's Taishang Elder and the Guardian Divine Beast "Heavenly Roar". Originally, Zhang Daocheng should have sat on the black seat at this time, looking at Zhang Xiaoshan with a smile, but the seat was empty at this time.

Zhang Baichuan, as the current patriarch, first opened his mouth to pray a blessing salute, and then expressed joy at Zhang Xiaoshan's return on behalf of the family, and focused on Zhang Xiaoshan's deeds on behalf of the Zhang family to assist the Yang family in repelling the enemy. He was richer than all the elders present, after all, Qingluan had left him a huge amount of wealth, and some of the spirit stones of the fox clan. The rewarded medium-grade spiritual weapons and some ordinary pills are all dispensable, and only one of them is what Zhang Xiaoshan really cares about, which is the Zhang family's unique refining secret book "Heavenly Refining Decisions". With this book, Zhang Xiaoshan will fuse the Divine Fire Hundred Alchemy Techniques into it, and maybe there will be a new breakthrough! As the saying goes, everything in heaven and earth is the Tao, and if it is completed together, the Tao will be completed, and the Great Dao can be achieved!

The meeting of the Golden Jade Hall lasted for a long time, and it took two hours to end. During the church meeting, all the elders present could avoid the three seizures of power, but they just discussed some things in Youzhou. Zhang Xiaoshan understood that this was because Yang Dong Baili was present, and the Zhang family didn't want to spread the news about these internal family affairs.

After the congregation, it is natural that someone will come to entertain the distinguished guests and elders to the apse for dinner.

Zhang Xiaoshan was about to leave, when someone suddenly sent him a message: "Senior brother, slow down! Go with me to see the master!" Zhang Xiaoshan immediately looked up at the fifth senior brother sitting in the high position.

The fifth senior brother is the old man who stood on the golden jade hall with Zhang Daocheng when Zhang Xiaoshan went down the mountain, his name is Zhang Fangkey, the Taoist number is Wumiao Zhenren, and he is a great monk in the Yuan Infant Period, at this time he smiled and nodded lightly at Zhang Xiaoshan.

Zhang Xiaoshan was very excited in his heart, and he could finally see his master. He just stood in place and didn't move according to his senior brother's instructions, and Yang Dong Baili soon left surrounded by a group of elders.

Before leaving, Yang Dong Baili also communicated to Zhang Xiaoshan: "Boy, looking at your appearance, I know that you still have something to do here, I'll go to the banquet first, I'll see you later!"

Soon, on the huge golden jade hall, there were only two white-haired old men and Zhang Xiaoshan sitting in high positions.

Zhang Fangkey came to Zhang Xiaoshan's side with another old man and said with a smile: "Senior brother, time has passed, and in the blink of an eye, we haven't seen each other for five years!"

Zhang Xiaoshan said: "Senior brother is well, how is the master?"

Zhang Fangkey was relieved: "Master is fine, he knows that you have achieved such an achievement in this outing, and he is very happy in his heart, so he ordered me to take you to meet him!" Although he did not say anything, he had actually informed Zhang Xiaoshan that Master was still alive and well, and it seemed that there was no major problem.

The old man also said, "Uncle Shi, it's also a blessing that he has a disciple like you!"

Zhang Fangkey introduced: "Xiaoshan, this is Senior Brother Fang Qin, and he is also his own person!"

Zhang Xiaoshan understands that there are many disciples and disciples of the Zhang family, if he is seven senior brothers, and his own master is also nine senior brothers at that time, this Zhang Fangqin should be the personal disciple of a certain uncle, otherwise he will sit in the top position.

Zhang Fangjian said: "Senior Brother Fang Qin is a big family on the fire escape, and it is extremely inconvenient for the master to enter and exit the place where he is now, so I have to bother Senior Brother Fang Qin!"

Zhang Fangqin smiled and said, "Hugh is going to make fun of me, how dare I boast of my humble Taoism!" He smiled and spoke, and drew a circle with his right hand in the void, and all the fire candles on the Golden Jade Hall seemed to be attracted, all of them broke away from the loads below, and gathered in front of him, forming a fiery red gate.

"The two senior brothers are invited!" Zhang Fangqin pushed open the fiery red door, revealing a dark environment with a hint of coolness.

Zhang Fangkey walked in first, Zhang Xiaoshan did not doubt him, thinking that he was about to see his master, he immediately sorted out his appearance, and then stepped into the door.

Suddenly, a fiery feeling enveloped his body, and after a burst of red light in front of him, he heard Shizun's voice in his ears, "Xiaoshanzi, you're back!"

Although Zhang Xiaoshan couldn't argue in his eyes for the time being, he knelt on the ground the first moment he heard the voice, and said respectfully in his mouth: "Master!"

A cool breeze blew through Zhang Xiaoshan's eyes, and he immediately regained his vision, and saw that in the darkness ahead, there was a person covered with a blanket sitting cross-legged in front of him, and behind him, two other people hidden in the darkness were guarding him. The man seemed to be afraid of light, and the entire space was completely devoid of any light.

Although the cave was dim and dark, the figure of the man was clearly Zhang Daocheng, which really surprised Zhang Xiaoshan. He hurriedly knelt down and said, "Master, you... What's wrong with you?"

Zhang Daocheng replied: "It's good to come back, I'm fine, it's just that I fell into a strange poison, which caused unrecognizable and great damage to my cultivation, before I recovered, I didn't come out, now that you come back, everything can be solved!"

"Although the disciple is incompetent, he is bound to avenge his master!" Zhang Xiaoshan cried excitedly, from childhood to adulthood, he stayed by his master's side, enjoying his master's care for him, and now seeing his master become like this, how could he not be excited.

"Silly boy, I, Zhang Daocheng, will not fall because of this matter, don't worry, I can fully recover after more than a month of refinement, the reason why I have been hiding my situation is because I want to take the opportunity to solve the long-hidden problem in the family!

Zhang Xiaoshan understood what Zhang Daocheng meant, he took out the inkstone, poured out a large number of pills from it, and said, "Master, these pills should have an antidote, you can take them!"

Zhang Daocheng said with a smile: "I have already taken the antidote, and this place is located in the core of the Thousand Demon Mountain Range, which is the place of extreme yin, it is suitable for cracking this strange poison, you don't have to worry about me! You can keep these pills for yourself, and you will need them soon!"

Zhang Xiaoshan was confused and asked, "Master, the disciple doesn't understand!"

"You'll know soon, it's important to remember your task, and whether the three seizures of power can be solved depends on your future performance!" Zhang Daocheng said solemnly.

"The disciple must do his best!" Although Zhang Xiaoshan didn't know what it was, since it was something entrusted by his master, he must do his best.

"What I tell you next, you just have to rot in your stomach after listening to it, don't let others know, I know that you have a beautiful woman by your side, but you must understand what is involved!" Zhang Daocheng said.

Zhang Xiaoshan said in a panic: "The disciple is ridiculous, it's just... It's just—" He really didn't know where to start.

"Okay, I've already calculated that you must have a love calamity, and you are just a calamity, I won't delve into it!" Zhang Daocheng slowed down his voice, and then waved lightly: "Xiaoshanzi, come closer, let me see you!"

Zhang Xiaoshan respectfully came to Zhang Daocheng's side, raised his face, and came to Zhang Daocheng's face.

A scaly hand gently stroked Zhang Xiaoshan's face, and then retracted. "Good boy, after so many years, it hasn't changed at all, and he is still my good apprentice!" Zhang Daocheng said with emotion.

In the following time, Zhang Daocheng told Zhang Xiaoshan about his injury.

He claimed that he was injured by a beautiful female cultivator of the demon clan during a battle half a year ago, and the woman had reached the cultivation level of the tribulation period, and there was a very powerful magic weapon, which was a gossip diagram. If it weren't for the fact that he relied on the best spiritual weapon to protect his body, quickly escaped from the battlefield, and almost really fell, not long after he returned to the rear of the family, he found that he was deeply poisoned and his body had undergone great changes, and he immediately suspected that there must be something wrong in the family.

Where he will appear is because the family has received reliable news, where will the big man of the Sima family appear, but in fact, there is only the mysterious demon clan female cultivator nearby, and although the banshee has strong skills, she has the best spiritual weapon to protect her body, and she left when she saw that the opportunity was not good, and she was not harmed, but after returning to the family, there was a situation of poisoning, which shows that these things are all colluded between someone in the family and outsiders, specially designed to deal with herself.

In this case, Zhang Daocheng simply planned to hide himself, and sent all the people he had secretly cultivated to investigate, and indulged in family strife, so as to find out the traitor in one fell swoop, and solve the problem of the Zhang family's hidden problems.

Originally, he just wanted to wait for the enemy to take the initiative to surface through this passive method, but when he got the news that Zhang Xiaoshan, who had been missing for five years, had reappeared, he was overjoyed, his most beloved apprentice was unharmed, so his plan could be changed in a different way. Therefore, he sent Bei Huaixuan, who had contact with Zhang Xiaoshan, to recall Zhang Xiaoshan from the outside.

This is what happened before Zhang Xiaoshan's banquet, he was resentful in his heart, the Zhang family had accumulated for thousands of years, and there was such a traitor at this time, he had to cooperate with the master to find out this person, and at the same time to reunite the three sects together, so that the Zhang family could continue to be stable.