The sun rises and the moon sets, and in the blink of an eye, three years have passed since Zhou Chun opened the Purple Mansion.

And after these three years of practice, Lin Hongyu, who was far away in the Great Zhou Kingdom to consolidate her cultivation, finally returned to the Zhou family with Zhou Daoyi.

At this time, Lin Hongyu had already stabilized her cultivation, and she could restrain her aura as a Jindan stage monk and disguise herself as an ordinary monk to walk in the immortal cultivation realm.

Therefore, under Zhou Chun's arrangement, she easily entered the gate of Zhoujia Mountain, and met with the high-level officials of the Zhou family in the Zhou Mingde Cave Mansion on the peak of the pagoda.

This time, in order to welcome Lin Hongyu, a newly promoted Jindan period monk, even Zhou Daoquan, who was far away in the wilderness, was specially rushed over by Zhou Chun and brought back to the family.

Including Zhou Daoyi, the four Purple Mansion monks of the Zhou family all gathered in the cave mansion.

This is the first time since Zhou Daoquan went to Longxing Valley to sit in the town, and the four Purple Mansion monks of the Zhou family have all sat together.

"Congratulations to Lin Daoyou (Senior Lin) Jindan Dacheng and enjoy a thousand years of life!"

I saw that outside Zhou Mingde's cave mansion, when Zhou Daoyi arrived here with Lin Hongyu, Zhou Mingde, Zhou Daoquan, and Zhou Chun all bowed to him with a straight face and sent congratulations.

"Thank you for the congratulations of the three Taoist friends, and I hope that the three Taoist friends can also become Jindan in the future."

Lin Hongyu smiled slightly, calmly accepted the congratulations of the three, and politely returned the gift.

After being polite outside, the five of them entered the cave together.

When they arrived in the cave, the five people sat down, and Zhou Chun, as a junior, took the initiative to make tea for the four of them.

Then he saw Zhou Mingde take a sip of the spiritual tea, then suddenly looked at Lin Hongyu and asked: "Now that Lin Daoyou Jindan is complete, the world is as big as possible, I don't know what I think in the future?" ”

Hearing his question, Lin Hongyu immediately replied without hesitation: "The concubine body was able to succeed in marrying Dan this time, thanks to the great help of all the Taoist friends of the Zhou family, and now that she has succeeded, she should fulfill her original promise and help the Zhou family rise in the future!" ”

This answer immediately made Zhou Mingde smile, and he couldn't help but applaud again and again: "Okay, well, with Lin Daoyou's words, Zhou will be completely relieved!" ”

Zhou Chun and Zhou Daoquan on the side also looked like they had their hearts in their stomachs, and they couldn't help but smile on their faces.

Before that, the thing they were most worried about was undoubtedly that after Lin Hongyu succeeded in marrying the Dan, she would directly cross the river and tear down the bridge, abandoning the Zhou family and flying away.

In that case, the Zhou family really had nothing to do with her, and the previous huge amount of spirit coins were equivalent to being wasted.

Now that they have Lin Hongyu's personal promise, they can finally put their hearts back in their stomachs.

After laughing for a while at this time, Zhou Mingde looked at Lin Hongyu again and asked again: "Daoyi should have informed Lin Daoyou of the plan we discussed before, I don't know what Lin Daoyou's opinion on this?" ”

"If you want to say that there is no big opinion, it's just that although the concubine body has been successful now, but the refining of the most important natal magic weapon after the marriage has not made any progress, and she may run many times in the future to find spiritual materials suitable for refining magic weapons, and there is no way to sit in the stronghold of the wilderness all the time."

Lin Hongyu didn't hide anything, and directly told her thoughts honestly.

She is now a Jindan period monk, there is really no need to play any tricks in front of Zhou Mingde and others, just act rashly.

I believe that no one in Zhou Mingde and the others will give her a face or anything because she told the truth.

This is the confidence and self-confidence brought by strength.

Sure enough, after Zhou Mingde listened to her words, he quickly said: "Refining the natal magic weapon is indeed the top priority of the newly promoted Jindan stage monk, but if it is just to collect the magic weapon spiritual materials, Lin Daoyou does not need to do everything himself, just inform me of the relevant spiritual materials that need to be used, and the family will naturally arrange for the monks to go around to find out the news for Lin Daoyou." ”

"If the family can help find it, it is naturally a great thing, but the concubine body is disrespectful."

Lin Hongyu bowed slightly, and agreed without hesitation.

At this time, Zhou Daoyi also interjected and said: "Before I came back, I waited for a trip to the stronghold of Yangguo, where Hongyu had already shown her identity as a Jindan monk, and no one should dare to make any more ideas in that stronghold in the future." ”

"And Hongyu, she has decided to give all the income she earned in that stronghold, as well as the remaining output of the [Tuyuan Jingyu] vein, to Zhengchun, in order to repay Zhengchun's generosity before!"

Hearing this, Zhou Chun hurriedly thanked Lin Hongyu and said, "Thank you Senior Lin for your kindness." ”

He did not refuse Lin Hongyu's repayment.

Because he knew very well that since Lin Hongyu had become a Jindan stage monk, he would definitely not owe him a favor from a junior of the Purple Mansion period.

It's like if he, Zhou Chun, owes a favor to another foundation building monk, and if he can repay it, he will definitely repay it.

At this time, if he refused Lin Hongyu's repayment, it would be a very stupid move, and it would be easy for people to misunderstand that he had other plans.

Sure enough, seeing that he accepted this reward so happily, Lin Hongyu also smiled, and immediately said to him with a smile: "It should be me who thanked you Zhengchun, but you have the grace of enlightenment and life-saving to me and Wan'er." ”

Hearing her words, it was obvious that she had already learned about Zhou Chun's rescue from Lin Wan'er.

After a few people chatted about some things, Lin Hongyu went back to Zhou Daoyi's cave to rest first.

And after she left, the four Purple Mansion monks of the Zhou family discussed one thing again.

I saw Zhou Mingde's eyes swept over the faces of the three juniors, and he whispered in his mouth: "You say, do you want the family to hand over the magic weapon that the old man got from the Yang Kingdom to Lin Daoyou for sacrifice?" ”

At the beginning, he got two magic weapons from the storage bag of Han Yuan, a monk in the Jindan period, one of which was given to Zhou Chun as a dowry gift to the ancestor of the Su family, in exchange for the ancestor of the Su family to protect the Zhou family and block the Jindan monk of the Qi Kingdom who came to the Zhou family to take revenge.

However, the other magic weapon has been sealed in the Zhou family's secret vault, and the secret is not revealed, and only a few core monks of the Zhou family know that this thing exists.

Now a few Purple Mansion Stage monks of the Zhou family are still very far away from the Jiedan, and they don't need that magic weapon at all.

However, Lin Hongyu, a newly promoted Jindan stage monk, has no magic weapon to use.

It's no wonder that Zhou Mingde would bring up this matter now.

Hearing him talk about this at this time, Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Chun were still thinking and groaning, but Zhou Daoquan, who had always spoken little, spoke first: "The younger generation thinks that it is not impossible to hand over that magic weapon to Lin Daoyou for sacrifice, but at least she has to wait until she has really been in the family for decades, or has made meritorious contributions to the family." ”

After these words fell, Zhou Daoyi, who was still pondering, quickly nodded and responded: "What Brother Daoquan said is not unreasonable, there is no merit and no luck, Hongyu She has been deeply favored by the family before, and now she has not made an inch, how can she take such a treasure again." ”

"What about you? What do you think about this? ”

Zhou Mingde's gaze suddenly fell on Zhou Chun and asked him for his opinion.

When Zhou Chun heard this, he immediately said: "The junior thinks that what the two elders said makes sense, even if they want to hand over the magic weapon to Senior Lin for cultivation, they should wait for her to sit in the family for a period of time." ”

"Since all three of you think so, let's do it."

Zhou Mingde said this, and ended the conversation between several people.

A few days later, Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Daoquan accompanied Lin Hongyu to the wilderness through the underground waterway.

When Zhou Daoyi came back from the wilderness, he brought Zhou Zhengyong and Xu Fu back by the way.

Zhou Zhengyong came back to visit relatives, and his Taoist companion Sun Yujiao had no more longevity, so Zhou Chun specially asked him to come back to accompany the Taoist companion on the last journey.

And Xu Fu was transferred back because Zhou Chun wanted him to preside over the arrest of bandits.

With Lin Hongyu's return, the expansion of the Yushan stronghold can no longer be delayed.

Now that the problem of the formation has been solved, it is necessary to have a sufficient number of monks to keep the stronghold running.

Therefore, the matter of arresting the bandit must be carried out immediately.

I saw that in the Zhongping Palace, Xu Fu, Zhou Zhengbai, and Zhou Xinlan, the three foundation building monks, were called here by Zhou Chun together, and then looked at the three of them and said, "I summoned a few of you here today, there is a very important task entrusted to you to do." ”

After speaking, he informed the three of them of the task of capturing the bandits.

Among the three, only Xu Fu had been approved by Zhou Chun before, and he understood what his identity was, so he did not express any doubts about the task arranged by Zhou Chun.

However, Zhou Zhengbai and Zhou Xinlan, the two foundation building monks of the Zhou family, were very surprised when they heard Zhou Chun's task arrangement, and expressed their doubts on the spot.

Regarding the questions of the two monks of the same clan, Zhou Chun just nodded lightly and said: "It is normal for you to have doubts in your hearts, but I hope you can remember one thing, some things are not known to you, not to distrust you, but to protect you." ”

Speaking of this, he also said in an accentuated tone: "I have arranged this task for you to do today, precisely because I trust you to keep a good secret!" ”

"Yes, I'll see what to do."

Zhou Zhengbai and Zhou Xinlan glanced at each other, and when they were respectful, they didn't ask any more.

After that, the two left the Zhoujia Mountain Gate with Xu Fu, and with the relevant intelligence information provided by the Zhoujia Intelligence Hall, they went to Yasukuni and various places in neighboring countries to trap bandits.

This time is different from the past, in the past, the Zhou family was afraid of exposing the relationship with Lin Hongyu, the protector of the Dragon Transformation Sect, and the arrest of bandits and cultivators had to be done under the pretense of the hand of the demon beast Aoki Spirit Ape.

Now the arrest of bandit cultivators is for the sake of the family's own development, even if it is discovered, it is not a particularly big deal, at most, it is just to make some loose cultivators hostile to the Zhou family.

That's why Zhou Chun dared to boldly appoint the foundation building monk of the Zhou family to do this.

After arranging the task at this time, Zhou Chun groaned slightly, but set off to the station of the Zhou family's Baiyi Hall.

The Zhou family's Baiyi Hall is located on the Xuanfeng Peak, and most of the Zhou monks who practice refining tools, talisman making, and array skills are carried out here.

After Zhou Chun came to Baiyitang at this time, he went directly to the "Pyrotechnic Academy", that is, the refining area.

Like the Qinglian Temple, those major sects will open up the underground fire veins and connect the earth fire located thousands of zhang deep underground to be used for the sect monks to refine the pill refining tools.

But it is not easy to do this, and the average Jindan family does not have this ability.

At the beginning, in order to establish the Earth Fire Room, it was the Jindan Period Monk of the Li Family of the Dan Medicine Family and the Formation Master of the You Family who joined forces to reluctantly open up only three Earth Fire Rooms.

And without the power of the Earth Fire Room, if you want to refine the pill refining weapon, you can only do it through other methods.

Taking the monks of the Zhou family as an example, the monks of the Zhou family's qi refining period generally have three ways to make fire when refining weapons and alchemy.

The first method is to burn something called Yang Flint, which is like the coal of Zhou Chun's previous life, the color is maroon-red, and the ignition point is very high, and it needs to be ignited with a spell flame, and after ignition, it can continue to release a high-temperature flame comparable to the high temperature of a spell flame.

The second way is to use a magic weapon that can set fire, and this magic weapon can release high-temperature flames as long as it is steadily infused with mana.

The third method is to use the demon fire of demon beasts, such as the flames spit out by demon beasts such as red flame wolves, flame pigs, and fire pheasants.

Among these three methods, the first and third are the most used by the monks of the Zhou family.

Choosing these two methods meant that they could devote themselves to the process of refining the alchemy with their whole body and mind, and they no longer had to be distracted to urge the magic weapon to set fire.

And after the foundation building period, because of his own mana, he can transform the foundation building true fire, and there is a new choice.

After Zhou Chun entered the pyrotechnic courtyard at this time, he quickly found the person he was looking for.

I saw that on the edge of a well, Zhou Xintie, the current hall master of the Zhou family's Baiyi Hall, was washing the hair of a huge red-haired wild boar, which was a good helper for his refining, a first-order high-grade demon beast flame pig.

At this time, as if sensing something, Zhou Xintie suddenly turned his head to look behind him, and then saw Zhou Chun who was looking at him at a glance.

"Ah, Patriarch, why are you here!"

His face was startled, and while exclaiming, he hurriedly turned around and greeted Zhou Chun.

"Have you just finished refining the weapon?"

Zhou Chun waved his hand, signaling that he didn't need to be polite, and asked a word in his mouth.

Hearing his words, Zhou Xintie also complimented him and said: "The patriarch's eyes are like torches, and the junior has indeed just completed a refining process. ”

After speaking, he smiled awkwardly and said: "Every time this beast finishes refining, he has to come over to take a cold shower to be comfortable, otherwise he will not fully cooperate next time, and the younger generation will have no choice but to satisfy it!" ”

"This shows that it is very smart, no wonder your refining success rate is far better than others."

Zhou Chun smiled slightly, and also praised this junior.

Then he said what he meant today, "Do you have what I told you before?" When you complete the refining task I assigned, I will give you a big gift. ”

As he spoke, he patted the storage bag on his waist, took out a jade bottle and handed it to Zhou Xintie, "This is my gift to you, you can take it!" ”

Seeing this, Zhou Xintie couldn't help but reach out and take the jade bottle, then glanced at Zhou Chun, and uncorked the bottle in his encouraging eyes.

"This is, this ......"

I saw Zhou Xintie take a slight look at the contents of the jade bottle, and then looked at Zhou Chun with a shocked face, his eyes full of excitement and disbelief.

Facing his shocked and excited eyes, Zhou Chun said lightly: "This Zhuji Dan was obtained by this seat himself, and he has not used any family wealth and connections, so it should be at the disposal of this seat itself." ”

"Although you have average qualifications, your talent in refining weapons is strong, and the Zhou family needs talents like you now to help the family make up for their shortcomings, which is why this seat is willing to give you this Tsukidan."

Hearing this, Zhou Xintie didn't know how to answer.

When he grabbed the jade bottle in his hand and nodded heavily: "The younger generation understands, the younger generation must live up to the high expectations of the patriarch and live up to the patriarch's love!" ”

(End of chapter)