As early as when Zhou Chun became the head of the Zhou family, he knew that there were many secrets in the family that he did not know.
For example, he was not told about Zhou Daoyi and Lin Hongyu until many years later.
And now, after Yu Jinghua took Spirit Beast Villa to Tianjing Sect, another secret of the Zhou family was revealed in front of him.
Zhou Mingde no longer hid it from him this time, but directly told him the biggest secret of the Zhou family.
According to Zhou Mingde, when he was able to lead Zhou Daoyi and others to become independent and rebuild the Zhou family, it was not because Yu Jinghua was kind-hearted and missed his old relationship.
In the beginning, he was able to lead the family to separate and become independent only because he had something to check and balance Yu Jinghua.
It turns out that when the Jindan ancestors of the Zhou family chose to train Yu Jinghua to take over, they were also worried that Yu Jinghua might betray the Zhou family after he came to power.
Therefore, before Yu Jinghua forged the elixir, the ancestors of the Zhou family made him swear an oath that he would not betray the Zhou family or harm the Zhou family in this life.
At the same time, after Yu Jinghua successfully formed the elixir, he was forced to separate a ray of his soul essence and integrate it into a special magical weapon, and handed the magical weapon to the monks of the Zhou family for control.
Later, when he moved to Jingguo, that magical weapon fell into the hands of Zhou Mingde, which became his biggest support for daring to lead people to separate and become independent.
According to Zhou Mingde, as long as he activates the special magic weapon that is integrated with a ray of Yu Jinghua's spiritual origin and wipes out that ray of spiritual origin, Yu Jinghua himself will suffer heavy losses.
This kind of severe injury is enough to make it difficult for Yu Jinghua to improve his cultivation in this life, and it will also make him suffer great pain because of the damage to his soul.
It was precisely because of this method of checking and balancing Yu Jinghua that Zhou Mingde dared to lead the people to separate the family and become independent with the early cultivation level of Zifu.
It was also because of this method that after Zhou Chun found out that Zhou Zhengkang had been bewitched by the monks of Spirit Beast Villa and betrayed the Zhou family, Zhou Mingde dared to come to ask for an explanation after cleaning up the family in person.
Because of this, Yu Jinghua has never dared to do anything to the Zhou family in these years, and has even restrained the monks at Spirit Beast Villa to prevent them from embarrassment to the Zhou family.
Even though the Zhou family has grown steadily over the years, becoming more and more prosperous and prosperous, while Spirit Beast Villa has declined day by day, Yu Jinghua just pretended to be gone and never made any small moves.
Zhou Mingde originally thought that this situation would continue until a golden elixir stage monk appeared in the Zhou family or Yu Jinghua died.
But when he heard that Yu Jinghua had led the Spirit Beast Villa to join the Tianjing Sect, Zhou Mingde realized that the balance he had always wanted to maintain had been broken.
With Master Tianjing, the Nascent Soul Stage Master, as his backer, Yu Jinghua no longer has to worry about the Zhou family at all.
As for the current situation of the Zhou family, Zhou Mingde certainly would not dare to destroy the source of Yu Jinghua's soul at the risk of losing both sides unless it was absolutely necessary.
"If what I predict is true, I'm afraid that in a few days, Yu Jinghua's guy will come over to show me his cards and demand that he take back his ray of spiritual origin!"
"And he must have dedicated all my Zhou family's beast-control inheritance to Master Tianjing and Tianjing Sect now!"
When Zhou Mingde said this, his words were filled with anger.
After Zhou Chun listened to his statement, he also fell into silence.
Zhou Chun had wondered before. Since Yu Jinghua had actually betrayed the Zhou family, why would he allow Zhou Mingde to take his people and run away?
Before being taught a lesson by the ancestor of the Su family, Zhou Chun might have thought that Yu Jinghua was worried that the iron-blooded suppression of Zhou Mingde and others would cause those Zhou family monks who were willing to stay with him to desert.
But after being taught a lesson by the ancestor of the Su family, Zhou Chun knew deeply that once a Golden Core monk makes up his mind to do something, he will not care about any criticism at all.
So he had previously speculated that Zhou Mingde might have some leverage, forcing Yu Jinghua to compromise.
Now Zhou Mingde's narration has confirmed his guess.
Seeing that Zhou Chun was silent at this time, Zhou Mingde was also worried that he was overthinking, so he took the initiative to explain: "Originally, I didn't inform you Zhengchun about this matter because it involved a lot. In order to avoid irritating Yu Jinghua's fellow, I went over and over again.
The less people know about it, the better!”
At this point, he yelled with an angry face again: "I didn't expect that I didn't appreciate my kindness at all, and insisted on forcing me to such an extent!"
Listening to his words, it seemed that he had already made some kind of decision.
"Then what are you going to do, Supreme Elder?"
Zhou Chun took advantage of the situation and asked.
"Of course, hand that thing over to Qinglian Temple!"
"Does Yu Jinghua think that everything will be fine if he joins the Nascent Soul Stage monks? Don't even think about it!"
Zhou Mingde's face turned grim, and he told his plan bitterly.
Unexpectedly, after Zhou Chun heard what he said, he immediately shook his head and said, "This junior thinks this is inappropriate!"
After speaking, he explained: "Even if Qinglian Temple accepts that thing, it will probably not provide the highest level of protection to our Zhou family, and our Zhou family may hate Tianjing Zhenren, a Nascent Soul stage monk, because of this
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"What do you mean, Zhengchun..."
Zhou Mingde's expression changed, and his eyes looked at Zhou Chun with some unwillingness.
"The juniors think that since the situation has changed to this point, we shouldn't expect too much anymore."
"If Yu Jinghua comes to ask for that thing, we can take advantage of the situation and let him exchange the treasure for it!"
"I think for the sake of his own path and life, as long as the conditions are not too harsh, he should be able to accept them!"
Facing Zhou Mingde's gaze, Zhou Chun expressed his opinion calmly.
"Then what if he pretends to agree first, and then turns his back on me when he gets the thing?"
Zhou Mingde did not rush to express his position, but expressed another concern.
When Zhou Chun heard this, he said with determination: "No, he took Spirit Beast Villa to Tianjing Sect, and he has already offended Qinglian Temple. If he dares to attack our Zhou family again, he will do it to Qinglian himself."
Watch and send me the knife that kills chickens and scares monkeys!"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! These words are well-founded, and Zhou Mingde was quickly convinced.
Therefore, although he was still a little unwilling and angry, for the sake of his family, he still sighed softly and said: "Okay, then just do what you said, Masazumi!"
As expected, Zhou Mingde guessed the matter correctly.
On the third day after the Zhou family learned that Spirit Beast Villa had taken refuge with Tianjing Sect, Yu Jinghua sneaked into Jiufeng Ridge alone and came directly to Zhou Mingde's cave.
"We haven't seen you for many years. Are you okay with Mingde?"
When Zhou Mingde walked out of the cave, he saw Yu Jinghua looking at him with a smile on his face and taking the initiative to say hello.
"Thanks to you, Zhou and the Zhou family have always been very good!"
Zhou Mingde replied coldly, turned around and walked into the cave.
When Yu Jinghua saw this, he was not angry. Instead, he smiled even more and followed him in.
He knew from Zhou Mingde's attitude that it shouldn't be difficult for him to achieve his goal today.
To be honest, he was actually afraid that Zhou Mingde would impulsively hand over the magic weapon to Qinglian Temple.
Therefore, he has been squatting around Jiufeng Ridge in the past few days.
That magic weapon has a ray of his soul essence integrated into it, so it has the closest connection with him, and he can easily sense its location based on this.
If Zhou Mingde was really impulsive and took something out of the Zhou family's mountain gate, then he would have no choice but to show up and intercept it by force.
Fortunately, what he was most worried about did not happen.
Next, in Zhou Mingde's cave, Yu Jinghua and Zhou Mingde had a fierce bargaining.
In the end, the two of them reached an agreement, and Yu Jinghua paid a few of the Zhou family's treasures that he had been greedy for in the past, in exchange for his own ray of soul origin.
"Look, this is what I finally got after bargaining with him!"
In the cave on the top of the mountain, facing Zhou Daoyi, Zhou Chun and Zhou Mingde, who had obeyed his summons, Zhou Mingde did not say much and directly presented what they had gained from the negotiation.
He waved his hand and took out four treasures and put them on the table.
The four treasures were each a two-finger-sized milky white jade pendant. Once this object was taken out, it automatically began to gather the spiritual energy of the surrounding world. The rich spiritual energy flowed around it, manifesting a white spiritual light, which was very mysterious.
The second treasure is a talisman about a foot long. The complex spiritual patterns drawn on this talisman are the only ones Zhou Chun has seen in his life. The numerous spiritual patterns outlined with exquisite brushwork are just a few more glances.
This made Zhou Chun feel a little dizzy.
Even if this talisman is not activated, it will slightly gather the spiritual energy and emit a dazzling fiery red halo.
The third treasure is a broken light yellow flag. Most of the flag's surface seems to be missing. The remaining part of the flag is imprinted with countless small runes, which looks very mysterious.
The fourth treasure is a talisman with a blue spear pattern imprinted on it. It is an offensive talisman.
At this time, after Zhou Chun and Zhou Chun looked at the four treasures on the table for a while, Zhou Mingde began to distribute these things.
With a wave of his hand, he picked up the milky white jade pendant and moved it to Zhou Chun.
"This spiritual source jade will be worn and used by you Zhengchun from now on. This object is a rare item obtained by an ancestor of my Zhou family. It is said to be made from a piece of spiritual eye jade. When worn around you, it has a very strong effect.
The spirit-gathering effect can greatly improve the efficiency of cultivation."
"It's just that this thing is precious and is only useful for practice. If you, Zhengchun, leave the family in the future, you'd better keep it where you live."
Hearing that it was a treasure that could improve the efficiency of cultivation, Zhou Chun was not polite. He really needed the assistance of such a treasure at the moment.
When Dang Jiejie reached out to take the thing, put it in a jade box, he did not forget to say thank you: "Thank you for your kindness, the elder, I will keep this thing for the family first!"
Treasures like Lingyuan Baoyu are often public property that cannot be privatized within a family and can only be distributed according to need and to those who need it most and are most useful.
Therefore, Zhou Chun is only keeping it on his behalf and has no right to control it.
Then he saw Zhou Mingde raise his hand and take the talisman into his hand.
"As for this fourth-level talisman, let me keep it for now."
The fourth-level magic talisman is also a very precious thing, but in order to use this treasure, early Zifu monks like Zhou Daoyi are a little reluctant.
Only Zhou Mingde, who is already in the middle stage of Zifu's cultivation, can normally activate and use treasures of this level.
Therefore, it is most appropriate for him to keep it.
Then Zhou Mingde looked at the broken flag flag again, and said slowly: "Although this guarding spirit flag is a broken object, it is the origin of the family's beast guarding inheritance and represents the most orthodox inheritance of the family.
Then enshrine it in the ancestral temple to respect your ancestors!"
The Zhou family's beast-control inheritance was obtained by the ancestors of the Zhou family from an ancient cave.
The broken flags and banners in front of Zhou Chun and others are exactly what the ancestors of the Zhou family brought out from the ancient cave.
It is said that this object is a powerful magic weapon, but it is too broken and cannot be used for sacrifice.
Now it is just a symbolic thing, symbolizing the Zhou family's orthodoxy.
Enshrining things like this in ancestral temples is of course the best way to dispose of them.
Finally, Zhou Mingde looked at the talisman again.
After looking at the object and pondering for a while, he finally said: "As for this talisman, leave it to Dao Quan. He is sitting alone in Longxing Valley and really needs such a treasure for self-defense!"
After saying that, he looked at Zhou Daoyi and asked, "What do you think, Daoyi?"
"Junior, I have no objection. Compared to this junior, Brother Daoquan really needs this thing more!"
Zhou Daoyi nodded slightly and fully agreed with his handling opinions.
"That's it, you will personally deliver this thing to Daoquan."
As Zhou Mingde said this, he picked up the talisman and handed it to Zhou Daoyi.
After completing the division of treasures, he let the two of them leave.
After Zhou Chun returned to his residence, he immediately took out the Lingyuan jade and tested it.
He put the jade on his chest and meditated as usual.
As soon as he entered concentration, all the rich spiritual energy of heaven and earth gathered by the Lingyuan Baoyu was absorbed into his body.
After some meditation practice, Zhou Chun was pleasantly surprised to find that the effect of his meditation practice this time was at least half as good as before he got the Lingyuan Jade.
In other words, if he now wears the Lingyuan Baoyu to practice, his cultivation speed will be increased by 50% compared to before.
This huge improvement is really gratifying.
"Great, in this way, maybe in less than ten years, I will be able to break through to the late stage of foundation building!"
Zhou Chun clenched his fist vigorously, his face full of joy.
However, Zhou Chun was not happy for long. Something happened that made him frown deeply.
"The Jingyang faction colluded with Zhengyang Palace to declare war on the Corpse Demon Cult?"
Seeing the Eagle News coming from Yunzhou from the Intelligence Hall, Zhou Chun could not hide his surprise and opened his mouth wide.
Although he had previously felt that Feng Country was likely to be in chaos again through his own experience in Feng Country.
But I never expected that this chaos would come so quickly and appear in such a form.
He recalled the Zhengyang Palace force in his mind, but found that he had never heard of it, and it was probably not a force from several nearby countries.
But those who dare to help the Jingyang Sect deal with the Corpse Demon Cult are certainly not ordinary forces. They must at least be at the level of the Moon Lun Cult to dare to do this!
"This is really messy!"
Zhou Chun rubbed his head and could only go to the cave on the top of the mountain again with the news.