Chapter 59 Return to Xihe
As the elder of the family, you don’t need to take on the family’s chores in the future, but you have a lot of complicated things to deal with, and you may not have more free time.
Zhang Zhixuan took over the affairs of the ninth uncle Zhang Mengquan.
In addition to refining elixirs for the family, his mission is also to take care of the business in the city and the spiritual field at the foot of the mountain.
These two incomes are almost the family’s largest financial resources now and control the family’s largest income.
Handing this matter to Zhang Zhixuan is enough to represent the importance the family attaches to him.
Since the incident in Xihefang that year, Zhang Zhixuan has not been to Xihefang again.
Because the Hu family had access to Hu Peiyu’s connections, and with the support of Qingxuanzong, his family already accounted for half of the income from Xihefang City.
This fact makes the five major families in Taicheng County very dissatisfied, but there is nothing they can do.
There are many spiritual veins in Taicheng County. Without Xihefang, where can everyone open the market?
Therefore, under the leadership of the Wu family, the five major families nearby began to isolate the Hu family, not communicating with them or doing business with his family.
They even mobilized the weak vassal families to block the Hu family, making it difficult for them to survive.
It’s a pity that the old fox of the Hu family is also quite good at it. He constantly gives up some benefits to engage in price wars to win over local casual cultivators and small families.
In this way, they come and sell various immortal cultivation resources to low-level people. In recent years, they have actually promoted the prosperity of Xihefang.
After becoming the family elder, Zhang Zhixuan first went to the spiritual field to take a look.
Yellow bud grass has been planted in the spiritual field again, and it will take another three years to mature.
The most precious Dozens of Pearls Spirit Grass is still the same as before. It takes tens to hundreds of years to harvest this relatively precious Spirit Grass. Only after years of continuous investment can we wait for the day of harvest.
Only families with Foundation Establishment and above, whose basic strength is relatively stable, will open this kind of medicine garden. In general, small families during the Qi training period, even if they have several acres of spiritual fields, usually plant some spiritual rice.
After all, these small families are constantly experiencing twists and turns. Perhaps the family has declined before the elixir they planted has matured, and it may even arouse the greed of others, leading to the disaster of annihilation.
After seeing Lingtian, Zhang Zhixuan immediately went to Xihefang.
Regarding Xihefang, Zhang Zhixuan also had some unspeakable shadows in his heart.
The scene of that day still lingers in Zhang Zhixuan’s mind. In just one or two days, the family’s monks in the city suffered heavy casualties. Of the thirteen clansmen, only four survived safely.
The voice, appearance, and smile of the ninth uncle Zhang Mengquan, who cared for him very much, were still in Zhang Zhixuan’s heart like frames.
It’s a pity that after we said goodbye in Xihefang, before we had time to say a few words of farewell, we could never see each other again.
There was a fierce battle in the city, as if it was just yesterday.
Even after six years, Zhang Zhixuan can still recall the embarrassment of his escape, the fear when he was hunted down, and the joy after surviving by chance.
Going to Xihefang City again, Zhang Zhixuan suddenly felt that things were different and people were different.
There was a big battle that year and most of the shops in Fangshi were destroyed. Even the formations stationed in Fangshi were completely destroyed by Wei Mazi and others.
After the Hu family took control of Fangshi, they renovated the dilapidated houses and set up a new defensive formation.
Today’s Xihefang seems to have changed beyond recognition in Zhang Zhixuan’s eyes.
Before the chaos in Xihefang, the Zhang family had a total of eight shops.
After the Hu family took control of Fangshi, they obtained half of the ownership of Xihefang, leaving only four shops in the family.
It happened that the family was always short of manpower, so they simply gave up several rented shops to the Hu family.
The remaining four stores are connected together, and the shelves inside are not fully arranged.
In the past two years, because Zhang Zhixuan went to Nanhuang and the family did not train a second alchemist, without the elixir business, the business in the market was naturally worse.
The current elder of Baicaoxuan is Seventeenth Uncle Zhang Mengqian. We haven’t seen each other for a few years. Seventeenth Uncle’s cultivation is still at the sixth level of Qi training and is far behind Zhang Zhixuan.
Because Fangshi is far away from the family, Uncle Seventeen has not returned to Shanmen recently.
In addition, there were many monks near Fang City, and it was not suitable to send messenger talismans to avoid being intercepted by other monks, so he did not know that Zhang Zhixuan had become the elder of the family.
Seeing Zhang Zhixuan come in, Seventeenth Uncle’s face lit up and he said happily: “We haven’t seen each other for a few years, Zhixuan’s cultivation level is even more unpredictable.
I heard that you left the family to travel. When did you come back? “
“It’s been less than a month since I came back, Uncle Seventeen, how is the business of these shops in the market recently?” Zhang Zhixuan asked.
“It’s still like this bird!
After Brother Jiu left, the business in Baicao Xuan became worse day by day.
Fortunately, in recent years, the clan leader’s injuries have improved a bit. Every three months, he has to draw several second-level high-grade spiritual talismans, barely able to exchange for some spiritual stones.
In addition, Sister Meng Qin can refine one or two second-level high-grade magic weapons every year and send them over. If that day comes, the shop may be a little more lively. “
“Everything will get better slowly.” Zhang Zhixuan comforted.
“What a good bird!
The most popular item in the market is elixir. Without the alchemist in the family, the shops in the market can only support a few idlers.
If you don’t come back, Baicaoxuan will be closed. “Zhang Mengqian shook his head with disdain on his face.
Behind his words, he complained a little about Zhang Zhixuan’s travels, and disliked him for not doing his job properly and not staying at home to refine elixirs for Baicao Xuan.
Except for a few people in the family, the news that Zhang Zhixuan went to Nanhuang for revenge has been concealed from the outside world.
To prevent the news from being leaked and discovered by the Wu family, it would bring danger to Zhang Zhixuan.
Therefore, monks like Uncle Seventeen who are not family elders have no idea where Zhang Zhixuan has gone.
In response to Uncle Seventeen’s complaints, Zhang Zhixuan smiled indifferently and said without explanation: “I’m back, Baicao Xuan will not close.”
“Now that you are back, I will report to the clan leader and hand over the errands in the city to you in three years. This way, I can feel more relaxed.
When I return to Lushan, I will prepare to retreat for a period of time to break through the later stages of Qi training. “Zhang Mengqian said happily.
Zhang Zhixuan took out the elder token, waved it in front of Uncle Seventeen and said: “I have become the elder of the family, and I no longer need to work as a handyman.
I just have a lot of free time recently, so I will take your place for a while.
Now that you have reached the edge of breakthrough, you should seize the time to break through.
After all, the most important thing for a monk to practice is his cultivation state. “
Seeing Zhang Zhixuan take out the elder token, his seventeenth uncle Zhang Mengqian looked shocked and said in disbelief: “Zhixuan!
You came down the mountain at the age of sixteen, and it has only been seven years now.
You are only twenty-three years old this year, and your cultivation has reached the ninth level of Qi training. You are expected to have great success in the future. “
Zhang Zhixuan said modestly: “Uncle Seventeen has won the prize. I can’t say what will happen in the future. Without the Foundation Establishment Pill, I may not be able to successfully build the Foundation. I have to try to take advantage of the one-thirtieth chance.
Of course everyone is happy if I succeed, but it is also my chance if I fail. “
(End of chapter)