Yongsui Mountain, Tiannian Peak.

This is the most central peak of the Yongsui Mountains, from which you can look in all directions, the sea of clouds is curling, the forest is forested, and the surrounding scenery is in full view.

In the past month, every morning, Tang Zheng stood guard on the peak like this, looking out of thin air. It's a pity that he can comprehend the insight, but he can't see the entire mountainous area, and even if Yi Yi mobilizes all the plants, he won't get anything.

Time has passed in recent months, and Tang Zheng's hope is getting smaller and smaller.

On this day, Tang Zheng still sat on the peak and looked into the distance, without any movement.

He sighed softly.

Yi Yi pulled the corner of Tang Zheng's clothes and said, "Brother, we can't find Bao'er, right?"

"Maybe. Tang Zheng replied: "But it may also happen one day, it will suddenly appear in front of us on its own." ”

"You think it's still alive?"

"I believe he's still alive. ”

Iyi lowered her head and stopped talking.

After a while, the little girl suddenly gritted her teeth and said, "It's all to blame on the Wei family master, if it weren't for him, Bao'er wouldn't be gone, or we would go and destroy the Wei family!"

Tang Zheng pinched Yiyi's face: "Little girl, don't be so murderous." The Wei family is kind to me, and I can't attack the Wei family because of this. ”

"Is that all there is to it?"

Tang Zheng said lightly: "It doesn't count, God has his own judgment." ”

"Oh my God, what can God say?" Yiyi was puzzled.

Tang Zheng just said lightly: "Yiyi, you go back to Canglong Mansion and release the news, just say that my Tang Zheng is missing because of his beloved pet, and his life and death are unknown, which leads to disheartenedness and has no intention of paying attention to trivial matters in the mortal world." Of course, I, Tang Zheng, am still a member of the Wei family, and if it involves the life and death of the Wei family, I will still come out. ”

"Huh?" Yi Yi looked at Tang Zheng in surprise.

She didn't understand why Tang Zheng still wanted to do this in this situation, but Tang Zheng said: "Remember what I said, when I arrived at Canglong Mansion, I relayed it to everyone word for word, so that most of the cultivators and families in Lingzhou would know about it, understand?"

Yi Yi nodded dumbly.

Tang Zheng continued: "Do this well, you will go to Stone City. I heard that my wife's mother is very old and has a short lifespan, even if she uses the longevity pill, it is useless. You go there and see how long the old man can hold on. If you can still support it for a while, you will go to Shaohua Mountain and find the head of the Yuanyang faction, and say that I am the old lady of the Tang Dynasty who asked for a life-sustaining pill, as for the price, how much he wants, give it to him, if it is not enough, he will owe it first. ”

Yi Yi was puzzled: "Although the Life Continuation Pill can continue life, it will not solve the distress in the end, but the price is not cheap if it is delayed for time." The Wei family treats you like this, and you still help them like this?"

"You just do it. Tang Zheng was still not idle: "The third thing, I have a one-month appointment with Mu Yi, you go back to the Moon Washing Academy after you do this, see Mu Yi, tell him what happened here, don't hide it, and then come back." ”

"Just talking about what's going on here, and nothing else?"

"Yes, nothing else. ”

"And then?" said Yi Yi looked at Tang Zheng in a daze.

"Then ......" Tang Zheng whispered, "Then it depends on the will of heaven." ”

On this day, Yi Yi left Tiannian Peak, leaving Tang Zheng to continue looking in the mountains.

This search lasted for more than a month, and Tang Zheng finally found nothing, so he had to leave.

When he left, Xiaohu was still sleeping in the underground cave, and it had been more than a month since the remnants of the night left the Wei Mansion; under the mediation of a group of disciples, the Moon Washing Sect finally completed the most final statistics, and confirmed the contributions of Tang Zheng and others, and the name of Tang Zheng spread again, and the reward of 20 million spiritual money also spread throughout the north and south of Wenxin.

Correspondingly, there is a not-so-good gossip coming out.

Some people say that Tang Zheng and Wei Fu fell out.

The reason is that Tang Zheng openly declared that he ignored civil affairs - the biggest victim of ignoring civil affairs is undoubtedly Weifu.

Some well-informed people are even more convincing, saying that the reason why Tang Zheng is like this is because the Wei Mansion was not able to rescue him at the beginning. Tang Zai was dissatisfied, but he didn't want to turn against him and fall into infamy, so he had to act passively.

The thing is said with a nose and eyes, which makes some people in the Wei Mansion panic.

Wei Danbai was furious and said: "Ridiculous! Regardless of whether it is true or not, even if it is true, without him Tang Zheng, there would still be my son Tianchong in the Wei Mansion, and he is the true biography of Guanri Peak! Besides, Tang Zheng has been enrolled in school for eight years, how has he ever asked about all the things in the Wei Mansion? On the contrary, there are a lot of requests, and how can my Wei Mansion ever treat him badly? The so-called no longer paying attention to it is purely inexplicable, and he has not paid attention to it at all! The business of the Wei Mansion has been done by himself!"

That's right, Tang Zheng really didn't do anything for the business of the Wei Mansion, such as Wei Tianzhi Wu Xing also participated in the family's business, but Tang Zheng didn't even complete the ten-year semester, even if he was full, he would have to enter the Moon Washing Sect in the future, and it was impossible to do things for the family.

The problem is that some people's worth is not inherently manifested by doing things.

What is the value of Tang Zheng, Tang Zheng himself does not know Lu Dao, his views are destined to have their limitations, or exaggerated, or narrowed, it is possible.

Because of this, he chose to leave it to Providence to make the decision, and let the facts weigh everything for themselves.

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Yuhua faction.

Han Tianji closed his eyes and meditated in the middle of the main hall, and there was a young disciple standing in front of him.

"It's confirmed?" he asked, without raising his head.

The Yuhua disciple replied: "It has been confirmed that the person who sent out the news is a little girl, judging from her appearance and speech, it should be the Yiyi beside Tang Gongzi." In addition, we have also bought off several subordinates of the Wei Mansion to confirm that the disappearance of Tang Zheng's pet is indeed a fact, and the Wei Mansion is indeed ineffective in this matter. ”

On Han Tianji's left hand sat a beautiful woman in palace clothes, and she also said at this moment. "But the most important thing is that until a few days ago, Tang Zheng still stayed in the Yongsui Mountain Range, and it was only two mountains away from my Yuhua Sect, but this is an ironclad fact. If it weren't for that, he wouldn't have done it. ”

Her name is Yuan Qiaojun, she is Han Tianji's wife, and she is also one of the three hearts of the Yuhua faction.

"Hmm. Han Tianji sighed lightly, touching his chin but didn't know what he was thinking.

A middle-aged man next to his right hand said: "I don't know why the senior brother in charge is so concerned about this matter, it's just that Tang Zheng and his family are a little unhappy, listening to his words and deeds, although there is a negative meaning, but after all, he is still concerned about the Wei family, so there is a word, if the matter involves the life and death of the Wei family, he will still come out." ”

Hearing this, Han Tianji laughed: "If only it was so simple." ”

The middle-aged man hurriedly asked, "Does Senior Brother think that there is something else to hide in this matter?"

Han Tianji said leisurely: "If you are really passive and evasive, then why do you still have to preach it everywhere? Senior Brother Zuo, if you don't care about the affairs of the sect, do you just find a place to retreat? Or do you shout everywhere, I can't wait for the whole world, including Qiu Shuyu and Shi Jingzhai, they all know that my Yuhua faction will have one less Tianxin?"

Senior Brother Zuo was speechless, and Han Tianji added: "By the way, I didn't forget to shout when I was notified: As long as it doesn't involve the life and death of the Yuhua faction, everything has nothing to do with me." ”

The middle-aged beauty had already covered her mouth and chuckled: "Speaking of which, the current Shimen sect still exists." ”

If it exists in name only, it also exists!

Senior Brother Zuo suddenly realized: "It turns out that Tang Zheng is causing trouble for the Wei family!"

"It's not necessarily the case. Han Tianji shook his head again: "The Wei family is only a mortal family in the end, not an immortal cultivation sect. Cultivators put strength first, so they often see each other in life and death. Mortals value money, so there are endless disputes between buying and selling. ”

"If that's the case, then it's nothing. Senior Brother Zuo said disdainfully, as a cultivator, he naturally disdained mundane gold and silver.

"Normally, it's nothing. Han Tianji said with a smile.

"Enh, Senior Brother in Charge, what does this mean?" Senior Brother Zuo looked at Han Tianji puzzled.

Han Tianji didn't answer, just looked at his wife: "Qiaojun once had a dog, you know this pet best, you might as well talk about it with your junior brother." ”

Yuan Qiaojun glanced at her husband and replied lazily: "What is there to say, back then, my father was dedicated to cultivation and had no time to accompany me, and I was deep in the mountains alone, bored and lonely." It was you who gave me a puppy that day to feed me. Since then, I have regarded this dog as my life, named Zhen'er, and never left my body on weekdays, and I hated those who were addicted to dog meat. ”

That Senior Brother Zuo started late, and he didn't know that Yuan Qiaojun still had such a thing, so he was surprised: "Senior Sister actually loves Dog Ruosi, and even has to care about other people's eating dog meat? ”

Yuan Qiaojun gave him a blank look: "You don't have dogs, you don't understand the heart of dog owners." ”

The senior brother Zuo was sad and indignant: "You don't eat dog meat, you don't know the deliciousness of dog meat!"

Yuan Qiaojun immediately glared, but Han Tianji stopped him: "Don't talk away." ”

Yuan Qiaojun took a break and said: "However, Zhen'er is just a mortal dog, and her lifespan is limited, so if I use up the elixir for it, I will only live for thirty years and finally die." ”

An ordinary dog generally only lives to be about ten years old, Senior Brother Zuo heard that letting a dog live to be thirty years old is like making people live to three hundred years old, and I don't know how many elixirs she has wasted to do this, he sighed in his heart, but he didn't dare to speak.

Yuan Qiaojun continued: "After Zhen'er's death, I was sad for many days, and since then I have been reluctant to have a dog, and I have become disheartened, but I have realized that my faction has no idea of life, and my strength has improved by leaps and bounds. ”

Senior Brother Zuo heard that she was actually aware of the law because of dogs, but she only felt that life was gloomy, the world was difficult, and people were not as good as dogs.

It was Han Tianji who brought the topic back to the right path: "Saying this, I just want you to know that Tang Zheng lost his love tiger because of Wei Danbai, and most of his hearts were extremely angry. When you understand this feeling, I am afraid that you will be able to understand many things that he has done. ”

Senior Brother Zuo realized: "Senior Brother means ......"

Han Tianji replied: "Tang Zheng was born in the Wei family and was favored by the Wei family, although he also had a return, but after all, he is still a member of the Wei family. No matter how generous his reward was, no matter how unsympathetic Wei Danbai's performance was, it could not be a reason for him to turn around and kill the Wei family! So the only thing he could do was to be negative, that is, to stop serving the Wei family to the death. This is also understandable, the Lord is chilling, and even if his subordinates do not rebel, they will be discouraged. But that's just in terms of reason. If it's emotionally ...... Qiaojun, if Zhen'er had been killed by someone back then, what would you do to that person?"

Yuan Qiaojun's eyes widened: "Who dares? I fought with him!"

Han Tianji said leisurely: "I think at that time, Tang Zheng must also want to fight with Wei Danbai." ”

Senior Brother Zuo completely understood: "It's a pity that he can't do this after all, there are many things in this world, and there are only the same choices between reason and feelings." ”

Han Tianji said: "Tang Zheng chose the truth, but regretted the emotion. If someone does what he wants to do but can't, he will be grateful. ”

"Senior Brother Mingjian!" Senior Brother Zuo's eyes suddenly lit up, and then he thought about it and said, "But Tang Zheng is just a student who has not yet started, is it worth putting so much effort into helping him?"

"A student who hasn't started yet?" Han Tianji laughed: "It's this student who hasn't yet started, who backhanded Gu Changqing and exterminated the Eagle Hall; Senior brother, don't say that you couldn't do what he did back then, even now, you can't do what he did, right?"

Senior Brother Zuo nodded awkwardly.

Han Tianji said: "Besides, it's just a small mortal family, do you need to make any effort to die?

Senior Brother Zuo was convinced: "Senior Brother is wise!"

Although Han Tianji didn't think exactly the same as Tang Zheng, he guessed one thing correctly, that is, Tang Zheng did see this possibility.

In other words, he himself is consciously or unconsciously turning the possibility into reality.

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No matter what the era, expansion is not something that can be solved with money.

In the Ancient Earth Age, the degree of expansion of merchants was closely related to the protection/umbrella that the bureaucrats were able to provide, and in the Qixia Realm, it was directly related to the scope of influence of the cultivators.

Having a spirit disciple means that a town is dominant, and with a spirit master, the influence can reach the city, Tianxin is the state, Zifu is the country, and Sendai is the boundary.

This kind of thing is not a certain rule, but it is invisibly deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, everyone silently abides by it, and the occasional transgression may be nothing, if the step is too big, you have to be careful to pull the egg.

The Wei family employs spirit masters, and the buyers and sellers can be all over the Canglong Mansion, which is a good big family in the Canglong Mansion, but they don't dare to step out of the territory of the Canglong Mansion easily.

It wasn't until Wei Tianchong became a true legend that the pace of expansion of the Wei family suddenly increased, and it began to spread to the entire Lingzhou region, and even the territory of Li Guo was involved in a small area, but the main business direction was still in Lingzhou.

This is mainly because although Wei Tianchong is not Tianxin, as Yan Changfeng's apprentice, his influence is comparable to that of ordinary Tianxin, plus Tang Zheng has become famous several times, he has long been a famous rising star of the Moon Washing Sect, and he has even waited for the ten-year period to expire even when he gets the recommendation order, so he is basically defaulted to a quasi-state-level family.

In this respect, how big a family can expand is directly dependent on how many cultivators it has to support. If you don't have enough strength to develop yourself into a behemoth, you can easily become fat in the eyes of others, which is why cultivators are important—they are like the army to the country, where the iron hoof treads, there is an endless source of wealth!

But now, an army is going to be disarmed.

One of the most powerful ace armies is coming back!

This has undoubtedly touched the hearts of many people.

Unlike Han Tianji's seeing through the mystery and taking the opportunity to sell well, most people's thinking is actually much simpler. When the news of Tang Tribulation came, they understood one thing:

The two pillars that supported the Wei family fell one!

Doing business is like a tall building, the higher the floor, the deeper the foundation, the thicker the pillars to support, and the heavier the amount of force to bear.

At the time of this expansion, suddenly there is one less pillar, and those that were originally due to this expansion are destined to rebound.

Interestingly, the first to rebound was the Gu family, and at that time, Tang Zheng had not even left Yongsui Mountain.

Wei Fu Study.

Wei Danbai sat in front of the desk, his face gloomy, and said to a middle-aged man in a green robe standing in front of him: "Say it again!"

The middle-aged man was Wei Die's father, Wei Qingsong, and he said unhurriedly: "Gu Chongxuan said that the head of the Gu family suddenly fell seriously ill, and the delivery is still to be delayed." ”

"Smack!" Gu Danbai slapped his palm on the bookcase: "The date of delivery is set, why did it suddenly change the hexagram? My Gu family has been preparing for this for a long time and has mobilized countless manpower and financial resources, just for this day." He said that the patriarch is seriously ill, and these three dart boards, five casinos, and fourteen shops are all gone?"

Wei Qingsong smiled bitterly: "Gu Liangde's old immortal body has always been so good, how could he suddenly become seriously ill, it is just an excuse in the end, most likely because of Tang ......"

He didn't say any more, but Wei Danbai already understood what he meant: "Do you want to say that the Gu family thinks that without the Tang Tribulation, we can't help them and start to regret the deal we set before?"

"Probably that's the case. Wei Qingsong said.

Wei Danbai said angrily: "This is crossing the river and demolishing the bridge!"

At the beginning, the Gu family was sent by the Shimen faction, and after the incident, the Gu family inevitably had a name for collaborating with the enemy and treason. In the end, they were decisive and pushed out the person who was in charge in time to be a substitute for the dead ghost, and then pleaded through the Wei family. Because of this, the Wei family did not want to involve the Gu family too deeply, so as not to drag themselves into the water when the time came, so after receiving a large amount of benefits, they turned around through Tang Zheng Wei Tianchong.

At the beginning, the ancient family gave a lot of benefits, in addition to a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry are these agreed shops. These days, taking stock of the shops and preparing to receive them, the people of the Wei family have already made preparations, but they didn't expect that when the matter came, the Gu family would regret not selling.

Wei Qingsong said: "It's not the first time that the people of the Gu family have crossed the river and demolished the bridge. People like them, when they lose power, they can kneel down and call grandpa for you, and when they are powerful, they can lift themselves to the sky, and their brazenness is a must, and they can pull down what others can't do with their faces. Isn't it just this how many years have you become one of the five great powers? Now it's just history repeating itself. ”

Wei Danbai's face turned pale: "They are so sure, without Tang Tribulation, we can't help them?"

Wei Qingsong replied: "That's not necessarily, the people of the Gu family didn't say that they wouldn't sell it, they only said that they would hold it off for a few days." From this point of view, they are not sure that we have no way to deal with them. ”

"Can't be sure you dare to be so arrogant?"

Wei Qingsong replied: "It's not necessarily arrogant, it's just about the foundation of the ancient family, so they can't afford not to take risks." After all, the courage to protect one's own property is always greater than that of snatching other people's property, not to mention that they still have room for temptation. What is really worrying is that the matter of taking over the Gu family's property has already been reported, and once this matter cannot be properly handled, I am afraid that it will ......"

"Afraid of what?"

"Imitaters!"

Hearing this, Wei Danbai also gasped.

He looked at his second brother: "Then what do you mean?"

Wei Qingsong replied: "Let the sky rush out and teach the Gu family a lesson with the power of thunder." ”

"But the Gu family just refused to sell the shop, so we let Tian Chong make a move, and if it is going to be rumored, it is not the Gu family who has rebelled, but my Wei family who has taken it by force!"

"That's also something that can't be helped, otherwise it's not enough to deter Xiaoxiao. We must let them know that without Tang Tribulation, we also have Wei Tianchong. ”

Wei Danbai immediately said: "Then why not wait for those little ones to jump out and then teach a lesson, the Wei family's reputation cannot be lost, and the teacher is famous!"

"I'm afraid it will be too late by then. ”