The Xu family follows Taoism and seeks longevity

After the monks who participated in the celebration were sent away and all the mess was taken care of, the clan leader convened a meeting of the clansmen with cultivation levels of Foundation Establishment and above.

Originally, Xu Zhiyu's seat was at the bottom, but now that he has broken through the Zifu, he can no longer do that. As usual, Xu Deming asked someone to add an additional chair on the stage to place it parallel. Of course, he refused because he did not dare to sit with the two elders. On the pretext of keeping abreast, he moved his chair half a body back slightly.

After all the clan members were seated, Xu Shengsheng spoke. The first thing he asked about was the income and expenses of this celebration. Although everyone had a rough estimate in mind, the specifics had to be determined by Xu Zhengji, who was responsible for organizing the ceremony. report.

"Ancestor, clan leader, after estimating the gifts received for this Purple Mansion celebration, the value is about 1.9 million low-grade spiritual stones. If the Purple Qi Talisman from Taiyang Tower is also included, Then the total value will be around 2.5 million spirit stones.

In order to hold this celebration, the family consumed a total of more than 6,500 kilograms of spiritual wine, worth more than 43,600 spiritual stones, and more than 34,800 kilograms of monster meat, worth more than 104,770 pieces. More than a hundred fast spiritual stones, more than 6,000 kilograms of spiritual grains, worth more than 19,800 spiritual stones, more than 1,400 kilograms of spiritual fruits, worth more than 38,000 spiritual stones, the total cost is 20 More than 8,000 low-grade spiritual stones. "

After hearing the detailed report, most of the clan members were very happy, but there were some exceptions. Xu Jizu muttered:

"If it weren't for that group of casual cultivators who were eating and drinking, our expenses for this celebration would have been reduced by at least half!"

Although his voice was small, everyone present was a man of good cultivation. His words were heard clearly, and Xu Jipei, a monk sitting next to him who was also a successor, spoke to him.

"Fifth brother, you can't say that. This time at the Nineteenth Uncle's Purple Mansion Ceremony, those casual cultivators came all the way because they admired the reputation of our Xu family, and they didn't just come to have a meal with our Xu family. Besides, They didn’t come empty-handed, didn’t they all bring gifts?”

Xu Jizu originally felt a little embarrassed when he saw that his grumbling words had attracted everyone's attention. He was about to explain a few words, but when he heard his clan brother's words, anger surged out of his heart and his volume could not be raised. Shao Dao:

"It's okay if I don't mention gifts, but my liver hurts when I mention them! Those gifts from casual cultivators were all wrapped in exquisite brocade boxes. I thought they contained some precious spiritual objects. When I opened them, you Guess what, they are all the kind of stuff that you can buy a bunch of with a piece of spiritual stone in some casual cultivator squares. You don’t know, when I helped Grandpa Twenty-nine sort the gifts, I was so angry that I laughed!”

Hearing his indignant words, everyone else looked at each other and smiled. They knew the style of the casual cultivators very well, and they were not too surprised by this. At that moment, a clansman of the same generation persuaded:

"Okay, stepfather, the family needs some spiritual stones. Besides, since it is a celebration, it must be lively and lively. Think about it, if there are no casual cultivators to support them and exclude them all, then How many people can be left in the celebration that day, and will the atmosphere be as lively as before? So you have to look at the good side of everything, not just the bad side."

These words were very well spoken. Xu Jizu stood up, bowed his hands respectfully to the clan uncle, and said that his nephew had learned a lesson.

The next discussion is about the distribution of celebration gifts. According to family regulations, in this kind of family celebration held for individuals, half of the treasures are at the disposal of the clan members themselves, and the rest is generally owned by the family to enrich the family treasury.

In fact, the family has not held such a ceremony for an individual for a long time. When it was still a foundation building family, when a new foundation building appeared in the family, a foundation building ceremony would be held. However, the last person who held a foundation building ceremony had to date back to the person who had passed away. It has been over a hundred years since Xu Shengxiao's death.

After being upgraded to the Zifu family, during the troubled times, Xu Deming did not hold a grand ceremony, let alone the monks who built the foundation afterwards. It was definitely impossible to hold a foundation building ceremony again. This was also a tacit understanding formed between all the forces, such as Talking about a Zifu force, if you want to hold a personal celebration, then unless your family or your sect has a Zifu monk again, you can send out invitations to hold the ceremony. Other matters such as foundation building and the like cannot be done in a big way. It's done, it's not impossible to celebrate if you really want to. You can close the door and do whatever you want, but you can't mobilize troops.

This is also very easy to understand. Take the Xu family as an example. After becoming the Zifu family, the family has more than 20 foundation-building monks. If these people all hold foundation-building ceremonies, then they will have to hold more than 20 ceremonies. , it is held almost once every one or two years, which is really a waste of time and money, and we also have to take into account the problems of foundation-building monks in other Zi Mansion forces. Calculating like this, there may be ceremonies to participate in or hold every few days. Who can bear this? If you are still practicing or not, you can’t just eat and drink every day, right?

This rule has been implemented for thousands of years. Some people may think that the monks who held the ceremony were at a disadvantage, but they also have to think about it. Although the family seems to have received so many gifts, when other forces want to hold a celebration later, they will send them It is also the family that congratulates the gift, not a certain monk.

Moreover, the most important part of the congratulatory gifts are those third-level and above spiritual objects. These will be taken away by the monks holding the celebration. Although the remaining spiritual objects seem to be many, the value is actually only about half. Sometimes it may Not yet.

When the time comes for the gifts, the family may have to sell these low-level gifts to spiritual stones, and then use the spiritual stones to purchase the corresponding third-level gifts. In this way, the family actually suffers a loss.

But there is no way. The safety of the family depends on the protection of the Zifu monks. When encountering difficult things, the Zifu monks also need to deal with it. It is also necessary to take advantage of the family. We cannot let the high-level monks drag the whole family to the throne alone. Let's go ahead. What's the point of the family's existence? The best relationship should be mutually reinforcing, rather than blindly demanding. Otherwise, after the cultivation level has improved, the clan members will have long since left the clan, and who would still want to stay in the clan?

"My opinion is that the treasures should be picked by Yu'er first until half of the value is filled, and then the rest will be sent directly to the family treasury. What do you think?" asked the ancestor Xu Deming.

"We have no objection!"

Acting in accordance with the clan rules, who can say anything, but everyone in the audience was staring at Xu Zhiyu intently at the same time, holding their breath, wanting to see what decision the newly promoted family Zifu would make.

Xu Zhiyu, who was sitting on the stage, had a smile on his face. He glanced down and took in the expressions of each monk. He found that it felt good to sit here. Although he had only sat there for less than half a day, he was already deeply impressed. He fell in love with this feeling. He didn't feel anything when sitting down before. But after reaching this high place, he was definitely unwilling to let go down. Now he just wanted to keep climbing up until he stood on the endless ground. The pinnacle of people standing shoulder to shoulder with him.

"I agree with the ancestor's proposal just now. The spiritual objects of the third level and above belong to me, and the others will be sent to the family treasury." Looking at the people in the audience who were nervous with their hearts in their throats, he continued:

"Of course, now that I have stepped into the Purple Mansion realm, I don't want the Purple Qi Talisman anymore. I will temporarily put it away by the ancestor or the clan leader, and leave it for use when there are monks in the family who have completed the Foundation Establishment and need to break through the Purple Mansion. , but family contribution points are indispensable, so don’t think about using them for free!”

Hearing his words, everyone in the audience burst into laughter. Among the gifts, what they were most concerned about was, of course, the ownership of the Purple Qi Talisman that could assist the Foundation Establishment monks to break through the Zi Mansion. Now I heard that Xu Zhiyu actually didn’t take the treasure. Instead of using the talisman, he left it to be exchanged for monks who had accumulated enough family contribution points to use. This kind of mind made everyone look at him with admiration and reverence. In fact, even if he put away the purple qi treasure talisman and waited until he married a Taoist couple in the future and gave it to his Taoist couple or his descendants, it was completely reasonable and no one could blame him. But he gave up, which made all the people below him. The admiration for him also made his image in the hearts of the tribe grow taller and taller.

"Brother Nineteen has great righteousness, this broadmindedness, this sincerity, I really admire him so much! I am so touched!"

Xu Zhifeng was infected by his behavior and was the first to leave his seat. He gave him a big salute that could only be given to elders, and then said with great emotion.

"Nineteenth uncle is so righteous, my nephew admires me!"

One after another, the tribesmen stood up and saluted him, and they kept saying respectful words.

Xu Zhiyu on the stage did not have too deep feelings, nor did he feel that what he had done was too praiseworthy, just because he had a golden finger, a purple qi treasure talisman and countless purple qi treasure talismans in his eyes. They are all the same, and there is not much difference between keeping them in the clan and carrying them on his body. If he wants to use them, he can just use them and it will be effortless.

However, although the other two Zifu people on the stage thought exactly the same as him, and understood that the clansmen did not know Xu Zhiyu's superpowers, which was why they admired him so highly, but if they were indifferent, they would arouse the suspicion of the clansmen, and they would not sit still. You moved out of modesty, and you didn’t show any expression at all. I’m afraid that’s inappropriate, right?

So the two of them looked at each other, and Xu Shengsheng nodded slightly to Xu Deming. The latter understood, stood up, and then raised his hands and pressed down, signaling everyone to sit down.

"While everyone is so happy, I'm here to announce some good news, to make it even better!"

"Ancestor, what kind of good news is this?" Xu Jizu asked with a smile on his face. Others also stretched their necks, waiting for the so-called good news from their ancestor.

"In view of the fact that Xu Zhiyu has made an indelible contribution to the development of our Xu family, and now that he has become a monk of the Zi family, after repeated discussions with the clan leader, I decided to make him a member of our Xu family. Supreme Elder, what do you think?"

As soon as these words came out, not to mention how others reacted, Xu Zhiyu, who had been complimented and praised by so many tribesmen just now and looked calm, now seemed a little resistant.

He is very clear about what the position of the Supreme Elder of the family represents. His status is higher than that of the clan leader and almost equal to that of the ancestor. In other words, if he becomes the Supreme Elder and the ancestor travels, then He is the true number one person in the Xu family.

However, this is the first time in the history of the Xu family that this position has been established. Generally speaking, foundation-building forces basically do not have this position. Foundation-building monks are generally called elders and will not be given the name of ethereal master. There is no other reason, just because Not worthy, the title "Tai Shang" is not something that ordinary monks can afford.

In fact, if we talk about it among the big forces, only monks with Jindan cultivation are qualified to become supreme elders. Those below Jindan would be laughed at, but the Xu family is a remote place, so it is okay to call it this. There is no big problem. When the celebration was held before, some forces sent the Supreme Elder who was cultivated in the Zi Mansion.

Just when he was thinking about how to get rid of this position, the monks in the audience stood up again and spoke out to support this decision.

"The ancestor is wise and the patriarch is wise! Brother Nineteen, no, you should be called the Supreme Elder now. The Supreme Elder's contribution to the family is obvious to all. Without him, the family would certainly not have developed to where it is today!"

As Xu Zhiyu's number one confidant, Xu Zhikai, who was transferred back from Yuanguang Pavilion in Tianyuanfang City, was the first to speak out in support.

"That's right, the Supreme Elder has worked hard and achieved great results. It should have been like this a long time ago!"

"We support this decision!"

No one present raised any objections. It was not that they knew about Xu Zhiyu's golden finger, but that in the past few years, the clan leaders and ancestors would talk about his great achievements from time to time. For example, he is now very popular among the family members. The spiritual fish and shrimps that Ji welcomed were all brought back from outside, including the spiritual objects that Xu Shengsheng used to break through the Zifu. In addition, he also provided the red copper mine that provides the family with a large amount of spiritual stone income every year. He discovered it.

One by one, Xu Zhiyu's great contribution to the Xu family was declared. Therefore, as soon as the ancestor Xu Deming raised this matter today, it was approved by everyone without giving him a chance to refuse. At this point, he also I can only take charge.

And there is another advantage of being an elder, that is, the salary is doubled. According to the adjusted salary, the annual salary of an early Zifu monk like him was 800 yuan, but now it has become 1,000 yuan. Six hundred middle-grade spiritual stones, converted into low-grade spiritual stones, is more than 190,000, which is not a small amount of money.

Although these spiritual stones are nothing to him, promotion and salary increase are always very happy.

Seeing that nothing happened next, Xu Shengsheng asked all the Foundation Establishment clan members present to leave, and then took out all the gifts he received this time and let his grandson choose. Xu Zhiyu also did what he said, just the third-order The spiritual objects were put away, but nothing else was moved.

After selecting the spiritual objects, he did not choose to leave immediately. Instead, he was going to tell his grandfather and ancestors that he was going to travel, which was actually to participate in the God Transformation Ceremony. However, after thinking about it again and again, he decided not to talk to his grandfather and ancestors. Zu said, mainly because he was afraid of scaring them. (End of chapter)