Chapter 126 Zhang Xiong's Letter

On the way out of the ancestral hall, Zhang Xiong and Zhang Wei, brothers who had not seen each other for decades, walked side by side. Seeing the unhappy look on their younger brother's face, they advised him: "Zijie, don't be too angry."

Zhang Wei shook his head and sighed: "Brother, I'm not angry. On the contrary, I have already expected that our Zhang family will become like this."

Zhang Xiong was startled.

"Um?"

Zhang Wei asked at this time: "Brother, what do you think the so-called family is?"

Zhang Xiong thought for a while and said: "The tribesmen with the same surname and the same blood unite to overcome difficulties and preserve their big family in this troubled world."

However, Zhang Wei shook his head and said: "Troubled times have this effect, but in terms of essence, the so-called family is actually just using blood as a connection and human ethics as a shackles to trick a group of neglected branch clansmen into coming to the master. The blood vessels are the place where flesh is cut and blood is drained, and this is especially true in peacetime."

Zhang Xiong paused and looked at Zhang Wei in surprise. He didn't expect that his brother would say such treacherous words.

This is the biggest political incorrectness in the family.

But Zhang Xiong did not refute, but it was not because his younger brother was stronger than the Zhang family.

Zhang Wei turned to look at the Zhang family's clan territory, which had been expanded three times in the past few decades. Its grandeur was no less than that of the original Yun Kingdom Palace.

But now that the wall is high, it's no longer as friendly as when the family first opened...

Zhang Wei recalled in his mind what he had seen and heard during this period of time in the Zhang family, and sighed: "The so-called real beneficiaries in the family are just a few direct relatives, and collateral blood relatives are just objects of exploitation.

It's just that compared with foreigners, our branch of the Zhang family will have a slightly better life, but that's only for now...

In a few hundred years, when the number of members of our Zhang family reaches hundreds of thousands or millions, there will probably be many members of the side clan living on the streets.

By then, the so-called Zhang family will be just a name to them, and their lives may even be worse than those of other casual cultivators. "

Zhang Xiong was silent and did not refute, because this kind of thing had been commonplace before the Zhang family became a cultivating family.

There are many poor Zhang family members in Luyang County, and most of them are even tenants of their family.

Blood relationship? Same last name?

What the hell!

I won’t be merciless when it’s time to exploit you!

Even those several families will have their own plans.

The family...how much family love is still there after three generations left.

"The collateral line is after all"

Therefore, after Zhang Wei broke through the Liu family's formation and destroyed the Liu family's thousand-year foundation, he never worried about the counterattack of the Liu family's exiled clan members.

On the one hand, the members of these big families are constantly being killed.

After all, the Xiuxian family is not a duplicate monster. The whole family, old and young, is nestled in the ancestral house waiting to be killed. There will always be clan members traveling abroad or working in the family's industries in other areas.

On the other hand, Zhang Wei knows that for most of the collateral clan members, they really don’t have a high sense of belonging to the so-called family!

After the family is gone, it is true that the shop properties that rely on the family will be coveted by others, but these properties are not their own in the first place.

If he could just sell these properties, even at a low price, he would be able to transform into a wealthy casual cultivator. If he could find a place to hide, he might be able to live a happier life than when he was in the family.

revenge?

Doesn't exist.

When the family is still there, it's okay for everyone to work together to defend against foreign enemies. But the family is no longer there. Are you still working for that so-called family?

How much money does the family give you, does it make it worthwhile for you to do this?

As for rebuilding the family?

Let's first let the so-called heirs of those families sort out their primary and secondary relationships. A family that doesn't even have a foundation-building monk can't provide them with the most basic protection if they reunite.

Otherwise, the tree will fall and the hozen will scatter.

Zhang Wei continued: "I once saw such a sentence in a book."

"Are you worthy of the surname Zhao?"

"Maybe this sentence can be applied to some people in the Zhang family hundreds of years later."

Zhang Xiong looked at his melancholy younger brother and said, "Zijie, you..."

Zhang Wei sighed and said with a wry smile: "Brother... I am already in the late stage of foundation building, and I plan to return to the Jiexian Mountains to attack the Zi Mansion after attending your centenary birthday banquet.

As a result, I didn't expect to encounter this kind of thing right after I came back.

I am very worried that in my lifetime, I will see the Zhang family deteriorate and become a so-called family that is only connected to me through a so-called bloodline. "

Zhang Xiong opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but in the end it turned into a helpless sigh.

"well……"

Zhang Wei smiled bitterly and said: "Let's not talk about it anymore. I originally came back to wish you a birthday, eldest brother, but in the end, I got emotional and did this."

"It's ridiculous to say that I haven't been back for forty years, and a lot of people don't know me. As soon as I came back, I gave the whole family a blow. I guess many people already hate me."

"They dare!"

Zhang Xiong glared and shouted: "A bunch of little bastards who are no more than forty years old, how have they experienced your era? You didn't help them get everything they eat now? Who dares to have an opinion against you? If you agree, I will expel him from the Zhang family! Let him fend for himself!"

When Zhang Xiong said the last words, he was shouted out with spiritual power, and the descendants of the Zhang family who were writing a self-reflection in the ancestral hall not far away could hear it.

He shuddered, then gave up the last bit of luck in his heart, scratched his head and tossed around the ten thousand-word self-reflection.

Then Zhang Xiong sighed and smiled bitterly: "Actually, after hearing what you said, I feel that what you did is quite right. The family has developed too fast in recent years, and some family members are impatient. It's just right to ring the alarm bell for these little bastards!"

"Brother..."

Zhang Xiong reached out and patted his brother's shoulders, which had become much broader, and said: "Okay, let's not talk about this. We two brothers haven't seen each other for decades. Tell me about your experiences over the years!"

Zhang Wei smiled and said: "Okay... Also call Brother Gu, Fellow Daoist Miao, Sister-in-law Qin and Brother Xiao together! We won't go home until we are drunk today!"

"Okay! I'll go call people!"

After decades, the two foundation-building cultivators Gu Man and Miao Ling are fine, and have not changed much.

On the contrary, Xiao Yunshan and Qin Xiaoling are over a hundred years old and look old.

Although he had lived a life of luxury in Canglong Mountain for these years, Zhang Wei still felt a strong sense of old age from his old friend.

After all, even with the theoretical limit of 120 years for Qi-refining cultivators, Xiao Yunshan and Qin Xiaoling were considered old.

Perhaps... after returning to Fenglin Mountain for retreat, when he came out again, Xiao Yunshan and Qin Xiaoling, the two old friends, had passed away...

When old friends meet, they naturally exchanged pleasantries.

While toasting and exchanging cups, several people exchanged a lot of their experiences over the years.

Gu Man and Miao Ling had given birth to two smart twins as they wished, one of whom was very talented and turned out to be an ice-attributed spiritual root, so Gu Man was trying to send her daughter to Linglong Island for further studies.

With her own help outside, her daughter's life in Linglong Island would be easier, and it would be easier to plan for foundation-building spiritual essence in the future.

As for her son... he was relatively ordinary, but with the care of Gu Man and Miao Ling and the blessing of the big tree of the Zhang family, it would not be a problem for him to live a rich and prosperous life in the future.

As for Xiao Yunshan and Qin Xiaoling, although they are old, they are very open-minded.

Pulling Zhang Wei to introduce his grown-up grandson and granddaughter, as well as several cute and clever great-grandchildren.

As for his biological son Xiao Ke, after practicing to the peak of Qi Refining more than 30 years ago, he went out to travel and look for the opportunity to build a foundation. There has been no news for more than ten years...

"Things have changed..."

Zhang Wei sighed in his heart, and then drank more wine at the banquet with his friends.

In this way, a month passed, and Zhang Xiong's 100th birthday celebration started as scheduled.

Thanks to the power of the four foundation builders of the Zhang family.

From the four countries of Chen, Mi, Qi, and Cang, a total of 23 foundation-building families sent people to give gifts, and even the Yunshang Sect specially sent Yun Xi, who was already in the middle stage of foundation building, to congratulate and attend the banquet, which was considered to give enough face to the Zhang family.

Zhang Wei did not reveal his identity. After all, given the current situation of the Zhang family, if there was another cultivator in the late stage of foundation building who was about to become a purple mansion, the immortal cultivation forces in the nearby countries would probably be unable to sleep.

Zhang Wei just called Yun Xi over halfway and had a long talk with him. After getting Yun Xi and the Yunshang Sect behind him to promise to take care of the Zhang family, he planned to leave Canglong Mountain.

After dealing with the family affairs, he would go into seclusion and prepare to attack the purple mansion!

On a mountain near Canglong Mountain, Zhang Wei said goodbye to his old friends, then rode on Congyun and said to his brother Zhang Xiong: "Brother, then I will leave..."

In fact, Zhang Wei wanted to keep Congyun in the Zhang family as a guardian spirit beast at the beginning, but Zhang Xiong refused, saying that he hoped he would have a helper outside.

In addition, Congyun was unwilling to stay in Canglong Mountain, so Zhang Wei had to agree with Zhang Xiong's idea.

"Well..."

Zhang Xiong nodded, and then Zhang Wei was about to ride Congyun away.

But just when Cong Yun flew into the sky, Zhang Xiong gritted his teeth, as if he had made up his mind, and called Zhang Wei back.

Then he took out a mustard bag and handed it to Zhang Wei.

Zhang Xiong said: "Zijie, this journey is long, you can take these things!

But they are not good things, you probably don't like them, so don't open them now, wait until you return to that Fenglin Mountain."

"Oh..."

Although Zhang Wei was puzzled, he still took the mustard bag, and then rode Cong Yun into a light and left.

Zhang Xiong stood on the top of the mountain, quietly watching his brother's back disappear into the sky.

After standing there for a long time, he turned around and left the mountain. At this time, the wind blew, making him feel a little wet in his eyes.

Thousands of miles away from Canglong Mountain.

Zhang Wei did not listen to Zhang Xiong's words and open the mustard bag after returning to Fenglin Mountain, but opened it directly on the road.

Sitting on Cong Yun's back, Zhang Wei counted the things in the mustard bag.

Although the Zhang family has developed well in recent years, it has only been prosperous for a few decades, and there are not many good things. There are only some precious spirits implanted in Zhang Wei's eyes.

But in this mustard seed bag, Zhang Wei also found a letter.

Zhang Wei opened it, and his hands trembled after seeing the contents of the letter.

"My disciple Jie wrote to me:

Zijie, what you said to me when you came back that day, I thought a lot later, and finally decided to write this letter to you.

You have always been a person with your own opinions, and your views on some issues are completely different from those of us old guys. Although sometimes it is very annoying, I have to say that you really speak to the essence.

Zijie, you are a person of temperament. You have helped me a lot, prepared the essence of heaven and earth for me, Heping'er, put us on the path of cultivating immortals, and made us become masters of foundation building respected by everyone.

Let me, Heping'er, avoid the pain of physical aging and live for a hundred years.

It has brought the Zhang family to a new level. It can be said that the current Zhang family's foundation is all worked hard by you alone, and we old guys are just taking advantage of you.

However, we did not provide you with much help. Even now, after you returned home, not only did you not take the initiative to ask for property, but you also gave many good things to family members. It can be seen that even now, the Zhang family's love for you The help is minimal.

You have helped us enough, so much that it makes me, the elder brother, feel ashamed.

However, some elderly people in the family are still not satisfied.

In the past few months when you have been home, many old people from your direct lineage have come over and asked me to ask you to restart the experiment of refining the essence of heaven and earth, so that you can refine the essence of heaven and earth for their descendants who have reached the peak of Qi refining.

At that moment, I suddenly understood.

The so-called family may be something that we should stick to, but for many people, it is nothing more than a shackles.

Including you!

You should not be restricted by the greed of some people in your family, but should fly to a broader world.

Brother Wei knows that with his own qualifications, even with your best help, the middle stage of foundation building is Brother Wei's limit.

So one day, my brother will eventually die, and everyone will turn into loess, but maybe you will still be as beautiful as ever.

At that time, when you faced the unfamiliar Zhang family, would you help or not help when you encountered difficulties?

I don't want it to be difficult for you.

Children and grandchildren have their own blessings, but they also have things they need to face. You cannot let the Zhang family become a shackles for you.

Go fly to your heart's content and see all the beautiful scenery in the world.

But when I’m tired, I go home to take a look and have a rest...

There are many obstacles on the road to cultivating immortality. I wish my brother an everlasting path to immortality!

Foolish brother Zhang Xiong and Zhang Zhongxiu’s handwriting. "

After reading the letter, Zhang Wei slowly exhaled.

"Brother..."

He couldn't explain what he was feeling at the moment.

Feeling uncomfortable?

have.

Is it easy?

There are also.

It's complicated anyway.

"Alas... break away from the world, break up the fate of the world... haha."

Zhang Wei shook his head and smiled bitterly, then patted Cong Yun's neck to make him fly faster.

Within a few days, Zhang Wei returned to Fenglin Mountain.

As soon as he entered the cave, he saw Chi Lian grinding medicine.

Chi Lian raised his head and was stunned for a moment. He was not surprised by Zhang Wei's return. He just said lightly: "I feel that Mr. Zhang, you are not in a good mood. What's wrong?"

Zhang Wei paused and thought to himself, Chi Lian, your eyes are still as poisonous as ever.

He waved his hands and said with a smile: "Ah, nothing happened..."

Chi Lian put down the medicine pestle, turned around, looked directly at Zhang Wei and said, "Master Zhang, I said you can't lie to me."

"But this is Mr. Zhang's private matter, so I won't get to the bottom of it. Come with me."

After saying that, he got up and pulled Zhang Wei into the house.

Zhang Wei asked in confusion: "What are you doing?"

Chi Lian asked Zhang Wei to lie down, and then said: "Press your head to relax."

After saying that, he put his hand on Zhang Wei's forehead and squeezed it gently.

Zhang Wei instantly felt a sense of relaxation, his head was empty, and his whole body became lazy.

At this time, Chi Lian asked: "Is it because of the family?"

"Um……"

Under Chi Lian's miraculous technique, Zhang Wei slowly let go of his defenses, slowly revealed his experience of going home, and then said groggily: "Maybe this is the fate of those who are cultivating immortals like us. "

Chi Lian opened his mouth, as if to say something.

But Zhang Wei could no longer hear Chi Lian's words. He had fallen asleep under Chi Lian's massage and even made a slight snoring sound, but his brows were still slightly wrinkled.

Chi Lian stopped massaging, stretched out his hand and crossed Zhang Wei's neck, then put his hand into Zhang Wei's shirt, and pressed twice on Zhang Wei's heart.

Then, Zhang Wei's slightly frowned brows immediately relaxed, as if he had had a good dream.

And Chi Lian did not leave, just quietly guarding Zhang Wei, looking at his face for a long time, but finally just sighed.

After Zhang Wei fell into a deep sleep, Chi Lian sat down on the bed with peace of mind, sat cross-legged and practiced quietly.

Two months later, Quyao returned.

At the same time, they also brought back a lot of demonic materials, as well as the results of the five major sects' revenge battles against the demonic beasts in the Jiexian Mountain Range.

The ten-year war finally came to an end, with the five major sects' coalition winning a great victory.

In the final battle, Master Yulong united with Master Jishan, Master Baicao, Master Xuefeng and Fairy Linglong.

The five golden elixir masters jointly set up a large formation, killed two demon kings, and severely damaged the two golden elixir demon kings, establishing the battle situation in one fell swoop.

Afterwards, the coalition forces were overwhelming, chasing the monster army for thousands of miles, and finally stopped under the intervention of a Nascent Soul Demon King in the Jiexian Mountains.

But even so, the five major sects' coalition forces also captured five second-order spiritual veins and thirty-eight first-order spiritual veins, which was a great victory.

At this point, the aftermath of the incident in Shen Nong's Secret Realm of Heavenly Man and God Valley has completely come to an end, and the situation in the entire five regions has returned to calm.

Just like that, time flies by, and thirty years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Fenglin Mountain, Sanxian Cave, under the power infusion of the newly developed turbine generator, dense light spots appeared on Zhang Wei's body.

The light spots spread all over his body, forming a Zhoutian trend.

Buzz———

A buzzing sound sounded, and another light spot appeared on Zhang Wei's body. Combined with the previous number, there are a total of 107!

The turbine generator stopped working, and Zhang Wei slowly opened his eyes.

"It's time to break through the purple mansion!"