Chapter 446: Family Tree Continuation

After hearing Qing Chan's words, Zhang Zhixuan was speechless.

The ten foundation-building cultivators in the family were only average in talent and disposition.

The main reason why they were able to successfully build their foundation was that they had the three Purple Mansion ancestors of the Zhang family as their backers. Compared with the foundation-building cultivators of the Qingxuan Sect who fought their way out of the competition, the ten or so foundation-building cultivators in the family were very average in terms of both aptitude and perseverance.

Although Zhang Sihong had the highest cultivation level, his talent was only ordinary, and he did not show much great talent, and was not as good as Liu Zixuan, who Zhang Zhixuan thought was mediocre.

If a person with mediocre disposition had a high level of cultivation in the Tao, he could also maintain a family, but it was difficult for the next generation of cultivators in the Zhang family to break through to the Purple Mansion realm.

If the three Purple Mansions were gone, they would not be able to defend Black Mountain at all.

Fortunately, the three Purple Mansion ancestors were still relatively young, with a lifespan of more than 300 years, and their Tao was relatively smooth, so they had more time to wait for the successor to appear.

Zhang Zhixuan had just returned from Su Heng's funeral when Zhang Yuanzheng and Zhang Guangliang, uncle and nephew, came to see him. Zhang Zerui and Zhang Shengdai also came with him.

Zhang Shengdai is the descendant of the fourth brother Zhang Zhian. Zhang Zhian has been raising horses for the family for his whole life, and his descendants are all ordinary mortals. The fourth brother has passed away for more than 40 years. When he was alive, Zhang Shengdai had not yet detected his spiritual roots. According to family rules, he could not inherit his good deeds and inheritance.

However, Zhang Shengdai's ancestors had a cultivator heritage, which was much easier than a cultivator who started from scratch. Moreover, the time between the death of the fourth brother Zhang Zhian and the time he practiced Taoism was very short, and the elders in the family also took good care of him.

The most important factor was that he was more fortunate among the next generation of family cultivators. He actually found a wild fourth-level spiritual medicine, which was enough to exchange for half of the good deeds of the foundation-building pill at the age of 40.

He was a cultivator with three spiritual roots, and had practiced to the ninth level of Qi training for four years. He heard that Zhang Guangliang came to Heishan to exchange for foundation-building pills. He was afraid that the family's stock of foundation-building pills would be exchanged out, so he hurried to Heishan to compete for the foundation-building pills.

Because he happened to meet Zhang Zerui going to Heishan, they were both practicing in Lingjing Mountain and were very familiar with each other, so he teamed up with Zhang Zerui, borrowed the poisonous dragon boat from Tiantai Peak, and came to Heishan almost at the same time as Zhang Yuanzheng and his nephew.

Zhang Zhixuan invited them into the cave and said to Zhang Zerui directly: "Zerui, are you here because you don't understand something about the practice?"

"Reporting to the ancestor, it's not because of this matter, but mainly because the family genealogy is no longer enough. Some time ago, Zhang Maolin's fourth son was detected to have spiritual roots, but the family tree is not enough, so I had to rush to Heishan to find the ancestor to continue the family tree and continue the inheritance."

The Zhang family is ranked as Taichu Lemeng, Zhisi Tongyuan, Guangsheng Zemao. These twelve characters were set by the founder Zhang Tairen. According to the age of Zhang Tairen's cultivation, the Zhang family has been passed down for 500 years. Even if he occupies Tiantai Peak, the Zhang family has gone through 400 years.

In 400 years, these twelve characters have been used up.

Zhang Zhixuan hesitated for a moment, and without consulting Qingchan and Hanyan, he spoke directly: "Since the Tairen Patriarch has set the twelve generations, I can't go beyond him and set the twelve generations, with Yuanshaoxianlong, Xingyechuanjia, Yongzhenwannian continuing the family tree."

Zhang Zerui said: "Ancestor, do you want to add several generations at once? There are many cultivators in the family now, especially those who have no hope in the Tao. They will enter the mortal world to marry wives and concubines on a large scale. I am afraid that the twelve generations can only be used for 200 years."

Zhang Zhixuan said nonchalantly: "You can add more generations after they are used up. This kind of thing is not a big deal." Then he turned his head Asked: "You came to Black Mountain to exchange for foundation-building pills?"

Zhang Guangliang and Zhang Shengdai answered at the same time: "Yes", "Yes"

"Have you prepared all the merits?"

Zhang Shengdai replied: "Ready."

Zhang Guangliang replied: "I still need to borrow from my third uncle."

"In that case, Guangliang, you and your nephew should go to Elder Guangyang first and ask him to notarize the transfer of merits, and then exchange for foundation-building pills. As for Shengdai, bring up your identity token."

Zhang Shengdai respectfully handed his identity token to Zhang Zhixuan. Zhang Zhixuan took it up and took a quick look, and found that the merits on the token exceeded 5,000.

Zhang Zhixuan used his magic power to wipe Zhang Shengdai's identity token, deducted 5,000 merits, and then took out a foundation-building pill from the cave and handed it to Zhang Shengdai.

After getting the foundation-building pill, Zhang Shengdai bowed respectfully, spent 60 merits to rent a good cave, and prepared to retreat in Black Mountain to break through the foundation-building realm.

After everyone had dispersed, Zhang Zhixuan said to Zhang Zerui thoughtfully: "Have many of the next generation of cultivators in the family reached the ninth level of Qi training?"

"The ancestor guessed correctly. In addition to Sheng Dai and Guang Liang, there are three other ninth-level cultivators under the age of sixty. The next generation of cultivators has a larger base. It is estimated that seven or eight people can cultivate to the ninth level of Qi training before the age of sixty. When they grow up, we must change the rules for exchanging foundation-building pills. After all, although the family has planted some jade marrow gold mushrooms, it will take thousands of years for them to mature. Without stable gold mushrooms, we will definitely not be able to provide a steady supply of foundation-building pills."

Since becoming a Purple Mansion cultivator, the time he spent with the lower-level cultivators in the family has gradually decreased, especially after moving to Black Mountain, and he didn't know the young cultivator Zhang Zhixuan at all.

After listening to Zhang Zerui's words, Zhang Zhixuan nodded involuntarily and said, "Yes, some changes should be made. After Shengdai and Guangliang exchanged the foundation-building pill, the remaining foundation-building pill in the family treasury can only be used for one pill. If the furnace cannot be opened for refining in a short time, the outstanding cultivators in the family can only be allowed to join the sect for development."

After sending Zhang Zerui away, the next day Zhang Guangliang and Zhang Yuanzheng also completed the procedures for borrowing good deeds and successfully exchanged the foundation-building pill from Zhang Zhixuan. Like Zhang Shengdai, Zhang Guangliang also rented a cave in Heishan to break through the foundation-building realm.

Time passed very quickly, and more than half a year passed in the blink of an eye.

The two people who broke through the foundation-building period in seclusion also soon had results. Although the younger Zhang Shengdai had an opportunity in his early years, he exchanged the foundation-building pill in his forties. Unfortunately, due to bad luck, he did not successfully break through the foundation-building realm and became the second cultivator in the family to achieve great perfection in Qi training.

However, because he discovered a wild fourth-level spiritual medicine a few years ago and obtained 3,000 family merits, Zhang Shengdai's family background is very rich. The debt owed for exchanging for foundation-building pills is only 5,000. In addition, he is still relatively young, so the debt should be repaid before he turns 100.

Zhang Shengdai's failure in foundation-building made Zhang Yuanzheng feel nervous. Although the Zhang family has successively advanced more than ten foundation-building cultivators, they have also experienced two failures in foundation-building.

Once Zhang Yuanzheng fails in foundation-building, it is feared that it will be difficult to repay the family debt until death, and he will also drag down his descendants, just like Zhang Siming at home.

Zhang Shengdai failed in foundation-building, and good news soon came from Zhang Guangliang.

Although Zhang Guangliang's foundation-building was more difficult than Zhang Shengdai's, he passed the three levels and three difficulties without any danger, successfully broke through the bottleneck, and advanced to the foundation-building stage.