Chapter 104 Demonic snake eats people

Since the third-level spirit gathering formation was set up and the high-quality spirit stones were refined, the spiritual energy in the spirit field became stronger day by day, and the family began to move some monks here to open caves on the hills near the spirit field.

This uninhabited hill was also given a name, called Lingjing Mountain.

When the spirit vein is fully upgraded to the third level, the family will move a small number of monks here, and the monks' relatives living at the foot of Lushan will also come.

In order to facilitate the residence of the monks' relatives, the family even mobilized the mortals in Lushan County to build a huge manor ten miles away from Lingjing Mountain.

At that time, this manor will be inhabited by the mortal relatives of the monks.

This place is very close to Lingjing Mountain where the monks are stationed, which not only ensures safety, but also is closer to the bustling Lushan County.

Although living in Lushan is safe, it is still a bit desolate after all, far away from the towns where humans live.

For ordinary mortals, they also prefer to live near Lushan County.

One day, Zhang Zhixuan was refining his magic power when a communication talisman flew into the cave. Zhang Zhixuan opened it and found that it was the clan leader who summoned him again.

In the past hundred years when the clan leader governed the family, the family has always been relatively harmonious. Although major events have always been decided by the clan leader, most of them are discussed with everyone.

After Zhang Zhixuan established his foundation, the clan leader no longer made decisions alone. All major events in the family had to ask Zhang Zhixuan's opinion.

Seeing that the clan leader had important matters and asked him to bring Qingchan with him, Zhang Zhixuan did not delay any more and immediately brought Qingchan back to Lushan together.

Lingjing Mountain is not far from Tiantai Peak, only more than 600 miles. Before dark, Zhang Zhixuan and his partner finally returned to the mountain gate.

The two did not waste time and went straight to the cold pond in the back mountain.

When they arrived at the clan leader's cave, they found that except for the seventh uncle Zhang Mengyuan, several elders of the family had all arrived.

Zhang Leqian saw Zhang Zhixuan and the other two arriving, so he said, "Since Zhixuan is here, Meng Ling, tell us what happened again."

"A day ago, the Zhou family of Hongliu Mountain came to ask for help, saying that a snake demon appeared in the Black Python Mountain not far from them. In just seven or eight days, it has eaten more than 30 people. The Zhou family sent three Qi training monks to deal with it, as well as the clan leader Zhou Wenjian, who has a high level of cultivation. As a result, the three never returned, and it is likely that something went wrong. The Zhou family had no choice but to ask us for help." Zhang Mengling took a sip of tea and said slowly.

Zhang Zhixuan asked, "How is Zhou Wenjian's cultivation? What are his skills? Is he as good as the elders of the family?"

"Zhou Wenjian has been practicing Qi training for nearly 20 years and is less than 70 years old this year. For a cultivator from a small family like him, whether it is a magic spell or a magic weapon, he is not as good as us. He is probably only slightly better than the old and weak seventh brother." Eleventh uncle Zhang Menghong is in charge of the family's law enforcement power. He had a good relationship with Zhou Wenjian when he was young and knew him better, so he answered.

"Will there be a third-level monster?" Zhang Zhixuan asked.

"It is unlikely. Monsters like to devour cultivators. If a third-level monster comes, it is estimated that the Zhou family will be finished within a day and the news will not be passed on.

In addition, our Taicheng County has been gradually occupied by human cultivators since two thousand years ago. After two thousand years, although it is still a bit desolate, it is impossible for a monster to become powerful.

Even if there is a third-level monster, it will come from the Duanyun Mountains of Hongshan Sect in the north of Lushan. The possibility is not very high." Zhang Mengling shook his head and said.

After listening to Uncle Nineteen's analysis, Zhang Zhixuan estimated that it was almost certain according to his experience, so he said: "No matter what, the Zhou family of Hongliu Mountain is our vassal family. We have the ability to take care of it.

Early tomorrow morning, Aunt Mengqin, Qingchan and I will go down the mountain together to solve the monster problem near Hongliu Mountain."

Although Qingchan has practiced Qi training to the ninth level for many years, because of his practice of Qi storage, he is only equivalent to a cultivator of the fifth level of Qi training.

Except for the clan leader Zhang Leqian, the rest of the family didn't know Qingchan's situation at all. Seeing that Zhang Zhixuan was going to take the little girl with him, Zhang Mengqin said strangely: "Qingchan is still young, and it may be dangerous to go to Hongliu Mountain this time. Why don't we change someone to go with us?"

Zhang Zhixuan smiled easily and said: "Don't worry, Eighteenth Aunt, Qingchan can take care of herself. When a monk practices Taoism, he will always face danger. If he doesn't go through experience, it's just an embroidered pillow that looks good but is useless.

Whether it's today or in the future, she will always encounter danger. This time, just treat it as a training for her.

Besides, I'm by her side. If she encounters danger, I won't sit idly by."

Since he made a decision, Zhang Zhixuan didn't waste time. He made some preparations. The next morning, he took Zhang Mengqin and Qingchan down the mountain.

Hongliu Mountain is also a branch of Lushan Mountain. It is not far from Tiantai Peak. Going northwest from Tiantai Peak, about a thousand miles away is Hongliu Mountain.

The history of the Zhou family in Hongliu Mountain is much longer than that of the Zhang family in Lushan. This family also produced high-level cultivators in the past, but unfortunately it declined in the end.

More than 200 years ago, when the Zhang family was at its peak, the Zhou family came to seek refuge and settled in Hongliu Mountain.

After hundreds of years of cultivation, there are already two second-level high-quality spiritual veins on Hongliu Mountain. If one more can be cultivated, it can be combined into a third-level spiritual vein.

However, the Zhou family in Hongliu Mountain does not have a foundation-building cultivator, so it is estimated that they dare not cultivate a third-level spiritual vein, so as not to be targeted by a foundation-building cultivator and leave a hidden danger of extermination.

After more than 200 years of development, the Zhou family in Hongliu Mountain now has more than 30 cultivators, and the scale is already quite large. Once someone builds a foundation, it will be a complete foundation-building family.

Near Hongliu Mountain, the mortals of the Zhou family also built a town.

Zhang Zhixuan took a glance and found that the population of the Zhou family had reached tens of thousands just by looking at the scale of the city.

Zhang Zhixuan glanced at Zhang Mengqin and said, "The proportion of cultivators in this family is higher than ours."

The population of the Zhang family also exceeded 40,000, and they also controlled more than a dozen towns near Lushan County. The population under their control has exceeded 100,000.

With such a large population, the selected cultivators are only more than 100, while the population of the Zhou family is only 10,000 or 20,000, but they can raise more than 30 cultivators. Among their clansmen, the number of people with spiritual roots is almost twice that of the Zhang family.

"It seems that this Zhou family is not simple. Their ancestors must have high-level cultivators."

The higher the cultivation level of the cultivators and the better the spiritual roots, the better their descendants will be, and the greater the probability of having spiritual roots.

It is for this reason that the family will do its best to encourage the cultivators in the family to marry and have children.

After all, if a cultivator has more than a dozen children, there will always be one or two with spiritual roots.

Zhang Tairen, the founder of the Zhang family, raised more than a dozen children, and half of them had spiritual roots. In addition, his son Zhang Chuyun opened up the Purple Mansion, so the Zhang family could develop into a family of immortal cultivators.

Ordinary foundation-building cultivators would not be so lucky to raise many children with spiritual roots. There was no son who could open up the Purple Mansion, so the family they passed down quickly declined.

Only immortal cultivators with good foundation and a large population can continuously cultivate foundation-building cultivators from generation to generation and maintain the prosperity of the family.

The five major families in Taicheng County are such immortal cultivators. Except for the Zhang family, the other four major families have been passed down for at least five generations, more than 600 years.

The Liu family, which has the longest inheritance, has been passed down for more than 2,000 years. It has been established here almost since the barbaric era of opening up Taicheng County.

Their family has now opened up more than 300 acres of spiritual fields, which is almost ten times that of the Zhang family. You should know that their family has not found a spiritual well, let alone spiritual water to irrigate the spiritual fields. It costs more than 100 spiritual stones to open up one acre of spiritual fields. From this, we can see the foundation of these old families.