In the Hopewell Courtyard, after being patiently appeased, Zhao Sheng sent Zhao Xiaoqi, who came to inquire about the news, away.

Sending Zhao Xiaoqi away, he shook his head with a wry smile on his face, and couldn't help but sigh, "This mastermind behind the scenes is really painstaking, and he even used the means of spreading rumors among mortals. It seems that the Zhao family will not give up if they don't toss and die. ”

By this time, Zhao Sheng had already vaguely guessed who was manipulating all this behind the scenes, and nine times out of ten it was Wei Cheng and my old fox.

Only he will do whatever it takes to achieve his ends.

The reason why Wei Cheng wanted to force the Zhao family to death was not only for the Zhao family's immortal cultivators, but more importantly, for the Zhao family's 50,000 mortal relatives.

Don't think that mortal relatives are not important to a cultivator family.

On the contrary, it is the most important foundation of any immortal cultivation family.

Taking the Zhao family as an example, among the thirty-one immortal cultivators of the Zhao family, more than ten were from secular families.

When the Wei family annexes the 50,000 relatives of the Zhao family, the number of new immortal cultivators in his family will inevitably increase greatly.

In the immortal cultivation world, a considerable number of immortal cultivation families have achieved a leap in family strength by constantly assimilating the mortal relatives of other families.

Zhao Sheng also guessed that maybe not only he guessed it, but I am afraid that even a few shrewd elders of the family also had a rough idea in their hearts.

But so what!

Wei Cheng's move is obviously fearless, and the conspiracy he uses is more like a conspiracy.

Who let the Zhao family reveal such a big flaw by themselves.

In this regard, Zhao Sheng has no good way, he can only see the move.

The key to breaking the situation in this matter lies in whether the two clan elders can successfully build a foundation.

It's done, and everyone has a bright future.

Not... If you don't achieve it, you can only plan!

……

The sun was scorching, the fire was flowing in July, and two months passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day, Zhao Sheng was engrossed in drawing the invisibility talisman in the talisman room.

After a while, as the surface of the rune paper was rejuvenated, the complex and gorgeous rune shape flashed away, and an invisibility talisman took shape.

Zhao Chongwei on the side saw that Zhao Sheng had succeeded again, and couldn't help but throw down the talisman pen in frustration, and complained to Zhao Sheng: "Chonghe, why is the invisibility talisman so difficult!" I've failed more than a dozen times today. ”

Zhao Sheng walked to her side when he heard this, picked up a scrapped talisman from the table, looked at it for a while, and said, "Xiaowei, your brushwork and runes are correct, and the spiritual apertures are complete. The reason for the repeated failures is that the spiritual power between the runes is unevenly distributed, resulting in poor node penetration. ”

Zhao Chongwei took the talisman and looked at it for a while, and said in frustration: "I have tried my best to control it, but the invisibility talisman is too complicated. I put all my energy into its sigils and aura, and I really can't care about other places. Not everyone is as perverted as you! ”

Zhao Sheng was speechless, it's all my fault!

In the end, he had to comfort: "Don't rush, take your time." Practice makes perfect. At your current pace, it will be three months at most. ”

Zhao Chongwei couldn't help but roll her eyes, and said in disgust: "Are you laughing at me for being stupid!"

Zhao Sheng's face stiffened when he heard this, and he hurriedly apologized: "Auntie, you are a genius girl in the family, and you are only seventeen years old, and you are already in the third-layer realm of qi refining. I'm a rookie on the second level of qi refining, how dare I laugh at you. ”

Hearing him say this, Zhao Chongwei's depression in her heart decreased slightly, but she still sighed and said, "What's the use of the third layer of qi refining, it won't help the family at all." I don't know when the clan elders will come out? ”

Zhao Sheng's expression was slightly gloomy, and he comforted her: "Don't worry, the two clan elders will definitely succeed!"

After listening to this, Zhao Chongwei folded her hands, lowered her head and closed her eyes, and prayed sincerely: "The ancestor blesses our Zhao family with another foundation-building monk!"

After speaking, she elbowed Zhao Sheng and urged: "Chonghe, pray with me."

Zhao Sheng was a little speechless.

Who said that immortal cultivators are not superstitious, in fact, they are old superstitions.

Just like Zhao Keru, the alchemist of the Zhao family, every time he opens the furnace for alchemy, he has to bathe and change clothes, burn incense and pray, and the momentum is very grand.

Not only him, but most of the refiners in the Immortal Cultivation Realm, alchemists, array mages, all have similar worship habits. Some worship heaven and earth, some worship our ancestors, and some worship their ancestors.

Seeing that Zhao Sheng didn't move, Zhao Chongwei urged again: "Hurry up!"

Zhao Sheng touched his nose and had no choice but to say two words of ancestor blessing.

Because of his perfunctory attitude, Zhao Chongwei complained about him very much.

It wasn't until Zhao Sheng "changed his ways" that he let him go.

In other words, I beg myself to bless my offspring, and there is no one else!

Facts have proved that it is useless to ask for the blessing of the ancestors.

Two days later, a thunderbolt of bad news made the Zhao family panic.

Zhao Jingang failed to build the foundation!

Not only did it fail, but even the meridians were broken in many places, and the realm regressed to the early stage of the ninth layer of qi refining.

In just half an hour, Zhao Chonghe, as the only Chong senior, and the seven Zhao elders who held real power sat at the round table again.

At this time, the atmosphere in Tongxin Hall was even heavier than it was two months ago.

There is no doubt that Zhao Jingang's defeat was a serious blow to the Zhao family, so serious that it shook everyone's confidence.

At this emergency meeting, Zhao Sheng did not speak, in fact, there was nothing to say.

Failure is failure, and it's not like the sky is falling.

The other elders of the Zhao clan behaved very sensibly this time, and after a short period of frustration, they immediately discussed the aftermath properly.

To put it simply, block the news externally, try to downplay the color of failure internally, make every effort to appease people's hearts, and severely crack down on any rumors.

After leaving Tongxin Hall, Zhao Sheng immediately went to the Good Gong Hall, advanced ten years of Lingqi as the head of the family, and exchanged all the treasures such as the flying sword and Xuanlan Crystal in the storage bag for Bigu Dan and Lingyuan Dan.

Then, he plunged headlong into the Water Vein cultivation room and began a long retreat.

He's going to prepare for a retreat.

If Zhao Jinding also fails.

Zhao Sheng decided to wait for him to be promoted to the third level of Qi refining, and then enter Tianzhu Mountain in advance.

Time flies, and two years are fleeting.

On this day, Zhao Sheng, who had messy hair and beard, finally walked out of the cultivation room.

At this time, no one knew that he had successfully advanced to the third level of Qi refining.

After exiting the customs, surfaced, Zhao Sheng boarded a wooden boat and instructed the boatman to sail to the shore of Longli Lake.

Halfway through the journey, he was shocked to find that there were more than 60% more boats on Longli Lake than there were two years ago.

From three-zhang long wooden boats to more than ten or twenty zhang wide-bottomed warped boats, there are more than 100 boats.

There are also two medium-sized dragon-headed magic boats that are more than 30 zhang long and seven or eight zhang high, and the surface of the hull is shining with countless runes, speeding on the lake.

From time to time, someone on the boat would cast a glowing fishing net into the water.

This busy scene seems to symbolize that the Zhao family is very prosperous.

However, Zhao Sheng, who saw this scene, was not only not happy, but frowned tightly.

Standing on the bow of the boat, Zhao Sheng muttered to himself: "The situation is not good!"

After going ashore, Zhao Sheng quickly learned a very bad news from his clansmen.