"This is Longxing Valley, and from now on this is the only place where you can rest and resupply in the wilderness."

In a valley full of weeds and shrubs, dozens of dead soldiers of the Zhou family and more than a dozen monks of the Zhou family who came here for the first time all looked at the internal situation of the valley with wide eyes and curiosity.

To be honest, without knowing the inside story, the first impression of this valley on these people is not very good.

It's less than 100 acres in size, so it's too small.

Not to mention that there are fifty or sixty monks here, even five or six monks live there, it is not enough.

After all, immortal cultivators are a group of people who pay great attention to personal privacy, and except for double cultivators, few people will live under the same roof with other people.

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This is less than 100 acres of area, if you build that kind of independent yard, I am afraid that one person and one independent yard cannot be guaranteed.

So although no one said anything, most of them were furrowed with their eyebrows, obviously not satisfied with the place.

Among them, the elderly of the Zhou family are the most obvious.

Although these old men of the Zhou family can be regarded as a group of people in the Zhou family who can endure hardships, they have never suffered this kind of suffering in this regard since they stepped into the path of cultivating immortals.

The thought that they might spend most of their lives in such a place in the future began to regret agreeing to come here.

Zhou Chun observed the words, and after seeing this situation, he immediately spoke to appease people's hearts.

"It's a bit smaller, but it's a great location, and it's a great place to make it a lot less likely to be discovered."

"What's more, there won't be outsiders here except you, so you don't need to worry about being disturbed by others when you are cultivating in your daily life."

"Of course, this is just a starting place, and in the future, when you have a thorough understanding of the situation in the surrounding area, the family will definitely choose another place to open up a larger stronghold!"

As soon as his words fell, Zhou Daoquan also immediately said: "What Zhengchun said is good, you don't just see the small place here, you should also see the benefits here, this valley is the spiritual eye of the spiritual veins here, and your cultivation here is much stronger than the original location." ”

"What's more, we are here to make contributions, and we are not here to live and retire, it is enough to have a place to live and rest, so why ask for more!"

As the elder of the family, and one of the highest-ranking monks present, he will also be resident here in the future, Zhou Daoquan's opening, those old people of the Zhou family finally balanced their hearts, and they didn't put on a face like that anymore.

As for Xu Fu and the dead soldiers of the Zhou family, they had been accustomed to the collective living environment in the Zhou family mountain gate before, and they also knew that they had no right to be picky, so their mentality was very peaceful.

After calming and stabilizing people's minds in this way, a group of people immediately began to devote themselves to construction.

At present, the Soul Purification Circle used to purify the turbid evil qi in Longxing Valley has not yet been arranged, so the top priority is to establish this magic circle and create a place where you can cultivate first.

Because the array equipment was ready-made, under the arrangement of Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Xindie, the Soul Purification Array was completed in less than three days.

Compared to the huge Soul Purification Array in the Zhou Family's Jiufeng Ridge, this Soul Purification Array was much smaller.

It has only three basic "sinking wells", which are distributed in a triangular shape on the peaks on the outer hills of the valley, connecting the leylines below.

This meant that only nine people were needed to keep this Soul Purification Circle running.

This is obviously also a special arrangement made considering the small number of people in Longxing Valley.

After Zhou Chun waited until the Soul Purification Array was successfully activated, he and Zhou Daoyi left with Zhou Xindie.

Next, everything on the side of Longxing Valley will be taken care of by Zhou Daoquan and Zhou Zhengyong, mainly Zhou Zhengyong will be responsible for managing Xu Fu and others.

And the relevant task plans have been listed and handed over to them.

Next, Zhou Chun and Zhou Daoyi only need to come over every two months, regularly collect the things they harvest here, and provide them with corresponding supplies to replenish them.

And just after Zhou Chun and the others left, Zhou Zhengyong commanded dozens of people to officially start building the Longxing Valley stronghold.

He selected Xu Fu and several other deceased family members in the late stage of Qi refining, and asked them to each take four or five mid-stage Qi refining monks out to investigate the situation and draw a detailed map.

Together with those old men of the Zhou family, he led the remaining monks in the early stage of qi refining to build a large number of buildings, such as residences and warehouses in the valley.

In just one month, more than a dozen buildings with wood and stone structures and several independent courtyards have been built in the small valley.

Those independent courtyards are naturally for Zhou Daoquan and Zhou Zhengyong to live in, after all, their cultivation identities are different, and it is impossible to mix with others.

And the ten old men of the Zhou family lived in those buildings separately from Xu Fu and others.

At the same time, after more than a month of exploration, Xu Fu and others have also explored all the areas within a radius of 100 miles in Longxing Valley and drawn a very detailed map.

At this time, Zhou Zhengyong got the map and listened to Xu Fu's explanation, and his face suddenly showed a look of surprise.

"No wonder the thirteenth brother said that as long as this Longxing Valley is well developed, just the annual income can create a foundation building period monk for the family, it seems that this statement is really true!"

He thought in his heart about what Zhou Chun had said to himself, and at this time he didn't believe it.

Because according to Xu Fu and others, just by exploring this area of more than 100 miles, there are dozens of wild elixir resources found.

In the territory of Lanzhou, even some seventy or eighty-year-old mountain ginseng, yellow essence and other things will be dug up by those scattered cultivators in exchange for spirit coins.

But in this wilderness, elixirs such as 100-year-old yellow essence and 100-year-old Ganoderma lucidum are easy to see.

On the map in Zhou Zhengyong's hand, there is a mountain peak that has been specially marked, and in the later notes, there are a large number of wild yellow essence growing on this peak, of which more than a dozen yellow essence has been found in a hundred years.

And the demon beast that occupies such a mountain peak is just a first-order high-grade demon beast fanged tiger.

This is absolutely unimaginable in Lanzhou.

In addition, there are many wild spirit trees in this wilderness, and their ages are often thousands of years.

After these spiritual trees are fell, whether they are used as building materials, or used in refining tools and arrays, they can be used.

Now such a natural treasure trove is placed here, and the Zhou family can take it at will.

Zhou Zhengyong thought of this, and he couldn't wait to personally lead the team out to hunt demons and collect medicine.

And just when Zhou Zhengyong began to show his strength and lead people to collect all kinds of spiritual objects in the wilderness, Zhou Chun encountered another incident here.

On this day, suddenly, a loose cultivator came to Jiufengling, claiming to be entrusted by a senior in the foundation building period to send a letter to the head of the Zhou family.

After Zhou Chun received the jade slip and checked the information inside, his face suddenly changed.

Then he hurriedly went to the cave on the top of the mountain to meet Zhou Mingde.

"You said that Zhou Yuna's traitors sent a letter to you, wanting to sell the black jade toad they stole back then to the family?"

In the cave, after Zhou Mingde heard Zhou Chun's intention, he was also stunned, revealing a look of disbelief.

"She did say so in the letter, saying that as long as the family took out a Tsukidan to her, she would hand over the black jade toad to the family."

Zhou Chun nodded slightly, and said the contents of the jade slip in a deep voice.

It turned out that the owner of the jade slip was Zhou Yu, a monk of the Zhou family who defected from the Spirit Beast Villa more than ten years ago.

Now that he didn't know what had happened, he suddenly wanted to use the black jade toad he had stolen as a bargaining chip to exchange for a Zhuji Dan from the Zhou family.

Because the matter involved a troublesome character like Zhou Yu, as well as treasures like the Black Jade Toad and Zhuji Dan, Zhou Chun naturally didn't dare to agree on his own initiative, so he could only come to Zhou Mingde to discuss.

"The value of the black jade toad, of course, is not comparable to a Zhuji Dan, but the problem is that Zhou Yu first betrayed my Zhou family, and then betrayed the Spirit Beast Villa, how credible can the words of this kind of betrayer have?"

Zhou Mingde's brows were furrowed, and his words were full of doubts about Zhou Yu's letter.

It's no wonder that others may not know the role of the black jade toad, but he and Zhou Chun do.

This black jade toad is a pair of strange beasts that a Purple Mansion period monk of the Zhou family's ancestor found from a foreign country, this strange beast itself is weak, and even many first-order high-grade demon beasts can easily kill them.

But they have a very long lifespan, and have been passed down in the Zhou family for more than 400 years.

If that's all it takes, it's not surprising that there are more long-lived creatures in the world.

However, the toad crisp produced by the black jade toad is very useful.

This toad has a lot of toxins, and it can poison the monks of the Qi refining period.

However, after combining it with some elixirs to make spiritual incense, it is a rare spiritual object that can strengthen the soul of a monk in the Purple Mansion period.

In the past, if any of the Zhou family's foundation building period monks succeeded in opening up the Purple Mansion, they would receive a small box of this spiritual incense as a family reward.

And because of the limited production of toad crisp on the black jade toad, coupled with the need for secrecy, this spiritual incense has hardly ever flowed out, and there are not many monks in the Zhou family who know about this thing.

That is, after the Zhou family was forced to split, Yu Jinghua used this spiritual incense as a bargaining chip for Xiao Lingyan and other Purple Mansion monks to enjoy out of the need to win over other Purple Mansion monks.

The black jade toad with such a large purpose, in terms of value, is that Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Daoquan are not comparable to the spiritual objects they used when they opened up the Purple Mansion.

Now Zhou Yu is only exchanging it for a Zhuji Dan, how can this be believed.

Don't say that Zhou Mingde doesn't believe it, and Zhou Chun doesn't dare to believe it in his heart.

But he still said: "No matter how credible this matter is, the younger generation thinks that we still have to treat it with an attitude that we would rather believe it, after all, what the black jade toad says is also the legacy left by the ancestors to our descendants!" ”

Hearing his words, Zhou Mingde's eyes immediately froze, and then he nodded and said: "Well, what you said makes sense, whether this matter is true or not, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, we should try our best to fight for it." ”

After speaking, he looked at Zhou Chun and asked, "Then did she say how to trade?" And where is the trading place? ”

When Zhou Chun heard this, he immediately replied: "She said in the letter that if we agree to this deal, we will take our things to Jinchangfang City in Fengguo to participate in an underground Yibao meeting." ”

"Oh, did she flee back to Fengguo all these years?"

Zhou Mingde's expression moved, and there was a sudden look in his eyes.

Previously, Zhou Yu and others defected from the Spirit Beast Villa, and they didn't know where to go, and the Spirit Beast Villa and the Zhou family had offered a reward for them with great fanfare, but there was no news.

Now it seems that they should have chosen to flee back to Fengguo to avoid this kind of wanted.

At this time, he couldn't help but sneer: "They are not stupid, people who know our Zhou family and Spirit Beast Mountain Villa will not dare to show their faces in Fengguo easily!" ”

After speaking, he nodded at Zhou Chun and said, "Since this is the case, then the old man will go to Jinchangfang City in person!" ”

I didn't want Zhou Chun to hear what he said, but he shook his head with a wry smile and said: "I'm afraid it's not okay, she said in the letter that she only accepts the five elders to trade with her, and if there is a Zhou Family Purple Mansion Monk, she will cancel the transaction!" ”

The fifth elder of the Zhou family is Zhou Jiahe, and it was she who had to take Zhou Chun to see Zhou Yu because she owed Zhou Yu a favor.

Now Zhou Yu has designated her to trade with her, obviously thinking that she is more familiar with Zhou Jiahe, and the transaction will be safer.

"Hmph, she has a lot of conditions!"

Zhou Mingde snorted a little dissatisfied, and then said: "The old man will personally take Jiahe to Jinchangfang City, but I want to see what tricks she is playing!" ”

Unexpectedly, Zhou Chun shook his head again and said, "Elder Taishang, you go in person, of course, it is safer, but I am afraid that she will startle the snake and make her dare not show her head." ”

"In the opinion of the juniors, it is better for the juniors to accompany the five elders on a trip, so that even if she finds the juniors, she will not be as jealous as she is of you."

"And the juniors can also take the opportunity to use the Blue Moon Butterfly to track her, and maybe they can find her hiding place along the vine!"

At that time, Zhou Chun chose the "Blue Moon Butterfly", a demon insect contract cultivation, in addition to valuing the ability of this demon insect to create illusions, it was also because of the tracking effect attached to its butterfly powder.

Once the adult male's butterfly powder is detached from its wings, it turns into a colorless and odorless particle that sticks to something and can be smelled by the female from a distance of more than a dozen miles.

Therefore, when Zhou Chun finished reading Zhou Yu's letter, he already had this plan in his mind.

He didn't want to bet on whether Zhou Yu would really exchange the black jade toad for Tsukidan, he just wanted to find an opportunity to seize Zhou Yu.

In this way, whether it is the black jade toad or the Tsukidan, it will fall into his hands.

Hearing his words at this time, Zhou Mingde only groaned slightly, then nodded lightly and said: "Since Zhengchun has this plan, let's go over together, the old man will not enter the Fang City at that time, and will only wait for you outside the Fang City, so that he is not afraid of being discovered, and he can secretly protect you from being plotted." ”

After all, he was still not worried about Zhou Chun's safety, and he must follow him in person.

Of course, Zhou Chun would not refuse the secret protection of a Purple Mansion monk, and immediately responded respectfully: "Yes, the junior obeys the order." ”