When encountering a major event involving the fate of all the monks of the entire family, the patriarch and the elders must jointly discuss and make a decision, and the Supreme Elder agrees.

This is the rule of the Zhou family, and it is also the rule of many sect families.

With the existence of this rule, we can try to avoid the occurrence of major losses for the entire family or the entire sect due to a certain person's poor consideration.

If the decision made after everyone's deliberation still causes significant losses to the family and the sect, the responsibility will not be attributed to one person, but to all decision-makers.

In this way, there will not be a matter of the patriarch and the head of the family being forced to step down after a certain decision-making mistake causes the family sect to suffer heavy losses.

Therefore, whether it was to discuss who to send to Yunzhou to enlist, or to discuss the matter of dealing with the Hualong Sect teachers who infiltrated Lanzhou, Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Chun, who were the patriarch and acting patriarch, summoned the family elders to come over for a meeting to discuss at the first time.

At this moment, in the face of the question thrown by Zhou Chun, several Zhou family elders also frowned, revealing a contemplative look.

The future of the entire family is at stake, and they can't afford to be careless.

After pondering like this for a long time, the fifth elder Zhou Jiahe was the first to speak: "The old man thinks that the impact of this matter on my Zhou family should not be as great as that of other families. ”

"Now there are only two industries outside my Zhoujiashan Gate, one is the Chiyao iron ore vein, and the other is the shops in Hongyafang City."

"Let's not talk much about the shops in Fang City, we can transport a few more months of inventory to see how the situation changes."

"As for the Chiyao iron ore vein, after many years of mining, there shouldn't be much profit, if it is really attacked, it doesn't matter if you give up."

"So as long as I guard the mountain gate, don't let the masters of the Dragon Transformation Sect sneak into the mountain gate to cause damage, and then try to control the number of times the clansmen go out, there shouldn't be any problems!"

The elders of the Zhou family, although they usually do not participate much in the management of family affairs, most of them have a good idea of the general situation of the family, and they can come to Zhongping Hall at any time to check those documents and understand the family situation.

This not only allows them to supervise the patriarch, but also makes it easier for them to make suggestions and opinions during deliberations.

Therefore, after Zhou Jiahe expressed his opinion at this moment, the other two elders couldn't help but nod slightly in agreement.

However, after Zhou Chun listened to Zhou Jiahe's words, he frowned and said: "The words of the five elders are not unreasonable, but our Zhou family has little industry abroad, but its dependence on foreign countries is not small. ”

"Whether it is the materials for refining various pills, or some special ingredients for the demon beasts to eat, as well as finished pills, magic talismans and other things, they must be purchased from the outside world."

"If those people from the Dragon Transformation Sect really focus on this, the family's losses will still not be small!"

A big force will not allow itself to have certain shortcomings in some aspects, and is committed to self-sufficiency, which is what many big forces are trying to do.

But that's something that the big forces with a long heritage and a vast territory are considering.

An immortal cultivator like the Zhou family, especially an immortal cultivator like the Zhou family, who has only been rooted locally for more than ten years, is simply impossible to be self-sufficient.

With raw materials alone, it is impossible to produce them themselves.

The reason why the Zhou family is still using the good merit system is because most of the family's income is used to buy resources.

Moreover, there are many suppliers of these resources, half of which come from the purchase of the Fang market, and half of them come from other immortal cultivation families and scattered cultivators.

Some resources are delivered to people's homes, and some resources need to be picked up.

So why can't you easily close the mountain and close the door, this is also a very big reason.

"Zhengchun, what you said also makes sense, but the family's savings should be able to last for a few months, right? I think that these few months should be enough to make the form of Lanzhou's side clear, and the battle situation on Yunzhou's side should also change. ”

"In short, we don't send people out, but we don't refuse others to deliver goods, so others can't find any big faults."

It was the second elder Zhou Chongshan who said this.

He had also acted as the patriarch a few times before, and he knew better about the family situation than the other two new elders present.

And he can be said to be a conservative of the Zhou family, and he will be more conservative in some decisions.

But as the only member of the Zhou family's current "Chong" generation, his speech is still very influential, even if it is the patriarch Zhou Daoyi, sometimes he will fully consider his identity and face.

So at this time, the fourth elder Zhou Jiarui also looked at Zhou Chun and said, "Zhengchun, do you have any better suggestions?" If not, I also think that the suggestions of the Second Elder and the Fifth Elder are good, and I can ask the Supreme Elder to make a decision. ”

Zhou Chun originally had some ideas.

But now that the opinions of the elders were almost unanimous, he didn't want to mention it anymore.

After all, the acting patriarch is only an agent, and he has not yet become a regular.

If you don't turn into a regular for one day, you may lose the opportunity to become a regular because of a major mistake.

Therefore, although Zhou Chun felt that the suggestions of several elders were a bit conservative, for his own sake, he still decided to take it safe and not say anything more.

In this respect, he is still a little selfish and can't do it wholeheartedly.

But how many people in this world are not selfish?

People who are dedicated to the public are admired, but they are only admired.

As an immortal cultivator, seeking immortality is the first major thing in life, the most important thing in life.

Therefore, when it is beneficial to this important event, it is necessary to put the private before the public, and the private interests should be greater than the public interests.

Therefore, Zhou Chun was also selfish and frank at this time, and said directly without any guilt: "The junior has no opinion, then ask the second elder to go and meet the elder Taishang and explain this matter!" ”

"Okay, the old man will go see Elder Taishang."

Zhou Chongshan responded, and immediately went to the cave on the top of the pagoda peak to meet the Taishang Elder Zhou Mingde.

In fact, this matter of going to meet Elder Taishang Zhou Mingde should have been done by acting patriarch Zhou Chun.

But I don't know why, although the patriarch Zhou Daoyi often said that the Supreme Elder Zhou Mingde praised him and appreciated him very much.

However, Zhou Chun had never had the opportunity to meet that Supreme Elder Zhou Mingde alone.

Even if he became the acting patriarch this time, the matter reported to the Supreme Elder Zhou Mingde was also handed over to the Second Elder Zhou Chongshan to do.

Regarding this, Zhou Chun didn't have any thoughts in his heart.

But the Supreme Elder Zhou Mingde is the Zhou family's Dinghai Divine Needle, and he doesn't dare to show any thoughts in his heart.

I can only comfort myself that I can't cultivate at home, and it's not enough to have a head-on conversation with the Purple Mansion Monk.

didn't let Zhou Chun and them wait longer, and after Zhou Chongshan left for about an hour, he brought back the decision of the Supreme Elder Zhou Mingde.

"Elder Taishang basically agreed with our suggestion, so that I can follow this plan, and he will always be ready to take action!"

Hearing this, Zhou Chundang said: "Then let's do it, the juniors will arrange manpower to notify all parties of the cooperation forces and complete the contraction as soon as possible." ”

So as soon as the elders dispersed, he issued multiple orders in succession, asking some clansmen to leave Jiufengling with letters and go to various forces that cooperated with the Zhou family to convey information.

Among them, there are four families with deep cooperation, such as the Wang family of Red Medicine Valley, the Mu family of Biyun Mountain, the Sun family of Jinfengling, and the He family of Qingzhu Mountain, and Zhou Chun even revealed that if he is attacked by the Dragon Transformation Sect, he may temporarily give up the Chiyao iron ore vein.

Anyway, he has already done what he can do, and what other families think and do is none of his business.

In the next time, because of the fact that the Dragon Sect had infiltrated Lanzhou, the entire major immortal cultivation families in Lanzhou also had the feeling that all the plants and trees were soldiers.

There are quite a few families that adopt a conservative strategy like the Zhou family.

Especially those families that are deeply involved with Qinglian Temple, there are really several families that have directly closed their doors.

From this, it is not difficult to see that the destruction of the Dragon Sect in Yunzhou against those families who are closely related to the Qinglian Temple has really played a great deterrent role.

Now the ruling foundation of Qinglian Guan has indeed been greatly shaken.

At the same time, a Qinglianguan reinforcement army that rushed to Lanzhou from Lianzhou was also quickly stationed in Hongyafang City.

What made Zhou Chun happy was that Liu Shiyun's master, Mingxia Daoren, was also in the reinforcements.

Ever since they relied on the information sheets of those Dragon Transformation Sect members to get in touch with the Mingxia Daoists, the Zhou family's worship of this Qinglian Guan Zifu monk has not stopped over the years.

For example, most of the spiritual nectar produced by the Zhou family's [Jasper Spirit Bee] was given to this Qinglian Guankun Dao as a gift, and a growth package was specially formulated for its substitute spirit beast, and people were arranged to send corresponding materials every few months.

Although it is said that the people of Mingxia Dao did not promise anything to the Zhou family because of these things.

But since she accepted the things, she must show them in the future.

Otherwise, if she only goes in and can't get out, not to mention how it will annoy the Zhou family, after the rumor goes out, it will also make other forces dare not have any expectations for her, which is tantamount to cutting off her financial route.

So now that the Mingxia Daoist has come to Lanzhou, it is undoubtedly another strong reinforcement for the Zhou family.

Since then, the safety of the mountain gate can be completely relieved.

The arrival of Mingxia Daoren and others shows that Qinglian Guan still attaches great importance to the rear important place of Lanzhou, which also makes the various immortal cultivation families who were originally panicked and relieved a lot.

Some families closer to Hongyafang City have resumed their normal activities.

But danger is looming!

In a gathering place for casual cultivation in Lanzhou, a dignified middle-aged man in a black robe was listening to a report from his subordinates.

The black robe on the man's body is embroidered with a dragon diagram with gold thread, which is the Dharma Protector robe of the Dragon Sect, indicating that he is a black dragon protector of the Dragon Sect.

"Lord Dharma Protector, the information of the various immortal cultivation families in Lanzhou has been collected and investigated, according to your requirements, we have listed the most suitable families as targets, please take a look."

I saw a black dragon messenger who was also wearing a black robe, and the black robe was embroidered with a dragon diagram with silver thread, half-kneeling on the ground, and respectfully handed a booklet to the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man took the booklet, flipped through a few pages, and then his eyes stayed on one of the pages.

Then he said: "Just this Biyun Mountain Mu family, who told them that the mountain gate is not far from the lake!" ”

"I Have a Catalogue of Ghosts and Gods"

"Yes, my subordinates will arrange it."

The black dragon envoy who was half-kneeling on the ground had a solemn face, and after bowing again, he silently retreated and prepared.

Two days later, on the shore of Biyun Lake, which was originally beautiful, dozens of members of the Dragon Transformation Sect suddenly appeared, and the leader was a Black Dragon Protector who had cultivated in the Purple Mansion Period!

The monks of the Mu family, who discovered this, were suddenly shocked and sounded the alarm desperately.

I only heard the bells of "Dongdong Dongdong" ring one after another, and within half an hour, there were ninety-nine eighty-one sounds!

This is the highest level of alarm bell sound, which means that the family has encountered a crisis of annihilation, even if it is a monk who is in retreat, at this time, all of them must be awakened by the detention and come out to meet the enemy.

At the same time, a brilliant spell firework exploded directly from the sky above Biyun Mountain, turning into a huge blood-colored lotus flower.

The sound of this huge fireworks explosion, as well as the blood-colored lotus flower diagram hanging high in the air of two or three thousand zhang, within a radius of two hundred miles around Biyun Mountain, are all seen and heard.

"Dad, Dad, it has appeared, the blood lotus diagram you mentioned has appeared in the sky!"

In a mountain village 100 miles southwest of Biyun Mountain, a teenage young man in coarse linen clothes suddenly ran into the room with a shocked face, and shouted out to his old father who was paralyzed and bedridden inside.

"What do you say? Quick, carry me out!

”

The old man on the bed was stunned for a moment, then his face changed suddenly, and he hurriedly struggled to lift the quilt with both hands and let the young man carry himself out.

After lying on the young man's back and going out of the door, and seeing the huge blood lotus diagram in the sky in the distance, two lines of tears suddenly flowed from the old man's eyes.

"Dad, why are you crying?"

After feeling the coolness in his neck, the young man asked in a somewhat puzzled voice.

"Because my father's home is going to be gone! Home is gone!

”

The old man wept bitterly, then grabbed the young man by the collar and said loudly, "Quick, go and take out the jar in my bedside table!" ”

"Oh, Dad, don't talk about it, I know, I'll do it."

The young man let out a cry of pain, hurriedly put the old man down, turned around and went to the room, took out a black porcelain altar wrapped in a quilt, and put it in front of the old man.

"Go get a torch."

The old man looked at the porcelain altar in front of him and said his request again.

Then, when the young man went to fetch the fire, he carefully opened the moisture-proof cloth cover on the porcelain altar and examined the contents.

I saw that inside the porcelain altar, there was a black-brown granular substance, which was filled with half a jar.

At this time, the young man came with a torch and shouted, "Father, here comes the torch you wanted." ”

The old man stretched out his hand to take the torch in the young man's hand, looked at his face that looked like his own youth, and said with a rare smile: "Son, do you remember the Mujiazhuang that your father took you to three years ago?" ”

"Of course I remember, why did you suddenly mention this, Dad?"

The young man nodded, looking at the old man with a puzzled face.

When the old man heard this, he immediately said in a deep voice: "Then you go to Mujiazhuang now, tell the owner there, and say that your father and my task are complete, and you will stay there in the future!" ”

As he spoke, he waved his hand and said, "Don't ask anything, you just do what I say, and someone will naturally tell you everything!" ”

"What about you, Daddy?"

The young man seemed to realize something, and looked at the old man with a worried face.

The old man suddenly smiled at him and said, "Your father and I should have gone down to accompany your mother a long time ago, but the task assigned to me by the family is not allowed to break it off by myself!" ”

"Okay now, your father and my mission are complete, and I can finally go down to accompany your mother with peace of mind!"

After speaking, he stretched the torch in his hand into the porcelain altar in front of him.

Suddenly, a pungent smell emanated from the porcelain altar, and then a thick black smoke rose from the porcelain altar, and soon formed a column of smoke hundreds of zhang high.

And as this pillar of smoke rose, the person who saw the pillar of smoke dozens of miles away quickly ignited the smoke as the person who had the same mission as the old man.

This beacon smoke spread to all parts of the world, and in less than an hour, even hundreds of miles away near Jiufeng Ridge, the same beacon smoke appeared.

At the same time, the news that the Mu family in Biyun Mountain was in danger of annihilation, and with the appearance of these beacon smokes, it quickly spread to the ears of the patriarchs of the families who were friendly with them.

Including the Qinglian Guan monk from Hongyafang City, he also received the news very quickly.

"It turned out that the Mu family stepped on this thunder first!"

On the peak of the pagoda, Zhou Chun flew into the air, looking at the pillar of smoke that rose dozens of miles away, with a very complicated expression on his face.