Chapter 9: Nine Peaks Ridge
Zhou Chun didn't understand the meaning of Zhou Fei's words at first.
But when an old man in red from the Zhou family arrived at the scene riding a red flaming crane, he understood what Zhou Fei meant.
Gai because this old man in red is an elder in the foundation building period of the Zhou family, ranking third among the three current elders of the Zhou family.
The elder named Zhou Quan rushed to the scene, and after learning about the situation from Zhou Fei's mouth, he immediately reached out with a cold look and patted the spirit beast bag on his waist, from which a groundhog-like yellow-brown spirit pet was released.
Then he said a few words to the spirit pet, and the spirit pet ran to the place where the scattered cultivators had stayed before and sniffed violently.
After a while, the little thing squeaked at Zhou Quan, and then turned into a yellow phantom and rushed into the mountains and forests.
Seeing this, Zhou Quan immediately instructed Zhou Fei and the others: "You go back to the family first to explain the situation to the patriarch, and the old man will go and destroy those rats who don't open their eyes!" ”
Then he drove his second-order demon beast Fire Crane to track it down.
This is also the migration of the Zhou family from other countries, and the local scattered cultivators don't know what their means are, so they dare to be so stupid as to attack the children of the Zhou family near the mountain gate of the Zhou family.
Changed to Fengguo's loose cultivation, after hearing the name of the Zhou family of the Three Peerless Gates, he definitely did not dare to ambush and kill the children of the Zhou family near the mountain gate of the Zhou family without completely extinguishing the mouth.
Because the fools who dared to do this in the past eventually became the rations of the spirit pets domesticated by the monks of the Zhou family.
At this time, seeing Zhou Quan's flying figure flying with a crane disappearing over the mountains and forests, Zhou Fei also quickly came back to his senses, waved at Zhou Chun and the others and said: "Let's go, let's go back to the family first, there are three elders to take action in person, those stupid thieves must be dead or alive!" ”
So the group continued to move along the established route, and after advancing for more than 70 miles, they finally arrived at the location of the Zhou family's current mountain gate - Jiufengling.
This Jiufeng Ridge is located in the depths of the lofty mountains, is a beautiful place composed of nine Lingxiu peaks, stretches more than 20 miles from east to west, and has 178 miles from north to south.
Originally, this place was the nest of a group of scattered cultivators in Lanzhou, and on the top of the nine peaks, each of them had a foundation building period casual cultivator, and another two or three hundred qi refining period casual cultivators lived and practiced here for a long time.
After the Three Peerless Gates were split, the Zhou family, who had nowhere to go, soon set their sights on this place.
After some investigation and investigation, knowing that this group of loose cultivators had nothing to do with those major sects and families, the Zhou family moved to Jiufeng Ridge and forcibly occupied this cultivation treasure land.
At this time, less than three months had passed since the great battle involving hundreds of immortal cultivators, and the traces of that battle could still be seen in many places inside and outside the Nine Peaks Ridge.
For example, the mountain forests that have been burned down, and the peaks of some mountains have been destroyed.
According to Zhou Yong's oral account, in that battle at that time, although the Zhou family had a Purple Mansion period monk in charge, and many second-order spirit beasts comparable to the foundation building monks to help, it also paid the price of more than a dozen clansmen to win the victory.
Now in the area where the Jiufeng Ridge is located in Zhou Chun's sight, he can only see the white formation mist at a glance, and he can't see the real scenery inside.
Led by Zhou Fei, their group walked around this area for a while, and then arrived at a valley mouth located between two mountains.
When they arrived here, there was no need for them to say anything, the monks of the Zhou family who were guarding the entrance and exit in the fog in the valley had already recognized Zhou Fei and Zhou Yong, and greeted them loudly, asking about Zhou Chun's origin.
After getting Zhou Fei's explanation, Zhou Jingwen and Zhou Yong were from the side to corroborate.
The Zhou family monk inside quickly manipulated the formation, causing the formation fog leading to the valley to surge, revealing a passage for the two of them to walk side by side.
The four of them walked along the passage for less than a hundred feet, and their eyes suddenly opened up, and their eyes could no longer be unhindered to see the world inside.
I saw that in the heaven and earth in this formation, nine spiritual peaks of different heights were distributed in the southeast, northwest, and northwest, and there were dozens of small hills large and small in between.
Mountains, forests, streams, lakes, waterfalls, pools, meadows, mountain streams, deep valleys......
All kinds of terrain and landforms can be found in this small world.
In the mountain forest, you can see apes frolicking in the treetops, and you can also see the vigorous posture of tigers and leopards when they scurry and jump.
Beside the stream, there are deer, sheep, cows, horses and other beasts quietly grazing on the green grass, and there are black bears playing in the water to fish.
Inside the lake, there are giant tortoises floating on the water to bask on their backs.
At the bottom of the waterfall, several scary-looking blue-black pythons wrap their bodies around the pillar-like reef and let the torrent wash away, as if they are enjoying themselves very much.
On the grass, there are teenagers from the Zhou family who look underage chasing and playing with giant wolves, and there are also girls holding white foxes bigger than themselves to comb their fur and catch insects.
On the edge of a secluded pool, two old men of the Zhou family use the stone as a chessboard, each holding the black and white two sons to catch and kill, not far away, a wild boar-like monster beast with a single horn is "humming hum" and another green bull demon beast is wrestling with the head against the head.
Zhou Chun looked at this scene, and after the initial discomfort, he quickly liked this place.
With such harmony between man and nature, and with animals and people living in such harmony, such a place can purify the mind and make people extremely relaxed.
Before coming to this world, such a place and such a life were the dream of office workers like Zhou Chun, and it was a place that could only exist in fantasy.
"Brother Chun, don't think about it, although this place is not as good as our previous Sanjue Gate Mountain Gate in Fengguo, but it belongs to our Zhou family alone, as long as our Zhou family has a good business and development in the future, it may not be worse than in the Sanjue Gate at that time!"
Walking between the mountains and forests without roads, Zhou Yong saw Zhou Chun walking all the way, and seemed to be in a mood that something was wrong, and thought that he was disappointed by the situation in Jiufengling, so he hurriedly comforted him.
Zhou Chun saw that he had a misunderstanding, and he also shook his head again and again and said: "No, Brother Yong, you are too worried, this place is very good, very good, I am very satisfied!" ”
"Hahaha, it's good to be satisfied, it's good to be satisfied."
Zhou Fei, who was leading the way in front of him, suddenly burst into laughter when he heard what Zhou Chun said, obviously very satisfied with his answer.
In this way, after two more quarters of an hour, they finally came to the main peak of Jiufeng Ridge, which is the place where the head of the Zhou family works, Pagoda Peak.
The Pagoda Peak, as its name suggests, looks like a circular pagoda standing on the earth.
It is as high as more than 470 zhang, the ancient trees on the mountain peak are towering to the sky, the aura is rich, it is the best place to practice in Jiufengling.
From the foot of the mountain, a trail has been carved out to the top of the mountainside, and the view suddenly widens, and a palace loft built on the side of the mountain appears.
Without waiting for Zhou Chun to take a good look at the attics of these palaces, Zhou Fei led the way and led them into the hall where the plaque of "Zhongping Palace" was hung.
Soon, Zhou Chun met Zhou Guyi, the patriarch of the Zhou family, in the depths of the main hall.
Like most sects and families, the patriarch of the Zhou family was not the person with the highest cultivation.
Zhou Gu Yi's cultivation is only in the middle stage of foundation building.
But as early as when the Three Peerless Sects were still there, he became the patriarch of the Zhou family.
For the children of the Zhou family like Zhou Fei and Zhou Chun, this patriarch made them feel more awe-inspiring than the current Purple Mansion Stage Elder.
I saw that the patriarch of the Zhou family was majestic, with a resolute face and a majestic bearing, and at a glance he knew that he was a person who had been in the top position for a long time.
After he waited for Zhou Fei and the four of them to salute, he was not in a hurry to ask about Zhou Chun, but first asked Zhou Fei to report on the investigation in Hongyafang City, and took the manual summarized and written by Zhou Fei for reading.
After reading the manual in less than a quarter of an hour, he put it down, nodded lightly, and said, "You have done a good job in this matter, and I will record the relevant merits for you." ”
Then he turned his gaze, looked at Zhou Chun and said, "Now let's talk about you, if I'm not mistaken, your name is Zhou Chun, right?" It was supposed to be working in the Leopard Park? ”
As the patriarch of the Zhou family, he has long been familiar with the names and whereabouts of the adult Zhou family monks.
Soon after seeing Zhou Chun just now, he had already recalled Zhou Chun's relevant information, and there was no need for Zhou Fei and others to introduce him.
At this time, hearing that he had put the topic on himself, Zhou Chun hurriedly responded respectfully: "The patriarch is as wise as a torch, and the junior is Zhou Chun." ”
Then he took the initiative to tell him how he fled all the way from Fengguo to Yasukuni and how he met Zhou Fei and others.
It's just that the part where he turned his face with Li Han, a monk of the Li family, was also hidden, and it was changed to the two of them went their separate ways after hearing the news of the split of the Three Peerless Sects halfway.
His description of nine truths and one falsehood is naturally not afraid of Zhou Guyi debunking, and he also believes that Zhou Guyi will not delve into this matter.
Sure enough, Zhou Guyi only praised him for his escape experience, and praised his determination and will to return to the family without fear of difficulties and dangers, so he didn't ask more about it.
Instead, after looking at him and muttering for a while, he nodded lightly and said: "The family is now at the beginning of the mountain gate, and all kinds of waste are thriving, it is the time when you need to employ people, Zhou Chun, you can not be afraid of difficulties and obstacles, and you have to return to the family after hardships, this intention is worthy of praise." ”
"Since the spirit pet you originally cultivated has died, this rock and soil turtle spirit egg will be given to you as a new spirit pet to cultivate, I hope you can cherish and make good use of this thing, and serve the family well in the future!"
After speaking, he raised his hand and patted a storage bag on his waist, took out a white jade box from it and handed it to Zhou Chun.
When Zhou Chun saw this, he was immediately overjoyed and overjoyed.
I saw him holding the jade box with both hands, and with a face full of joy, he immediately bowed to Zhou Guyi and bowed deeply: "Thank you for the patriarch's reward, the younger generation will definitely do their best to serve the family in the future, and live up to the love of the patriarch and the family." ”
"Okay, you can go to Baozhi Peak to practice next, about the current situation of my Zhou family, as well as the rules that need to be followed in the family, you can inquire from Zhou He, the peak master of Baozhi Peak."
After Zhou Guyi finished speaking, he waved his hand lightly and signaled that a few people could leave.
Seeing this, Zhou Fei and the others hurriedly saluted and left here.