The Xu family follows Taoism and seeks longevity

Chapter 55 Temporary Mission (Please read and recommend)

When he opened the cave door, he saw a young tribesman waiting outside the ban. It looked unfamiliar, as if he had never seen it before.

Before he could ask any questions, the young tribesman bowed first.

"I've met Brother Nineteen! My younger brother is ranked forty-eight, and his name is Xu Zhiyou. Please take care of Brother Nineteen in the future!" He introduced himself.

"I've met my forty-eighth brother! I don't want to take care of him or anything like that. If you need anything, I can speak. We are all members of the tribe, so I will definitely help if I can!" Xu Zhiyu had a good feeling about this young man who had never met him and was very talkative.

"By the way, forty-eighth brother, what do you want from me? Why don't you come into my cave for a chat?" Xu Zhiyu invited.

"I won't disturb Brother Nineteen anymore. The clan leader sent me to summon you. He said he had something to discuss! He asked you to come over."

"Okay, let's leave now!"

"The third brother will go on his own, and the younger brother will have to inform the other clan brothers, so it's different to go!"

"Well, forty-eighth brother, you go and do your work first!"

After Xu Zhiyou left, Xu Zhiyu stood at the door of the cave and thought: "What are you calling the clan members for? Did something happen? Didn't you hear the clan bell ringing? No matter what, let's go and take a look first!"

A quarter of an hour later, Xu Zhiyu had arrived in the family meeting hall.

He was not the first to arrive, there were already several people standing in the hall. They are the third brother Xu Zhian, the sixth brother Xu Zhiquan, and the fourteenth brother Xu Zhibao.

Now he was even more confused. He didn't know why the clan leader summoned them.
  He first said hello to all the clan brothers, and then directly asked what he suspected:
  "Brothers of the clan, do you know why the clan leader summoned us?"

"I don't know, I was practicing in the cave at that time, and I was called here by my forty-eighth brother who violated the cave's restrictions." Xu Zhiquan said.

"I was summoned just like Brother Six," Xu Zhibao said in the same way.

"Third brother, why don't you speak? Do you know anything?" Seeing that the third brother didn't speak, Xu Zhiyu asked, thinking that he knew something. The other two people also looked at him, wanting to ask for some useful information.

Xu Zhian shook his head and said:
  "I just made a guess, which may not be accurate, so I didn't say anything!"

"Third brother, there's nothing wrong with you. You might as well tell us and let's discuss it together!" the three said.

"Brothers, the spirit testing conference that is held every six years is about to begin. Do you know about this?"

"Oh? Third brother said that we should host this spirit testing conference? That's not right. Didn't this matter be done by sending the family task in advance and letting the clan members take it?" Xu Zhiquan asked the question bluntly.

"That's not necessarily true. This year, many family monks have been sent to perform secret missions. It's possible that the family doesn't have enough manpower." Xu Zhian said.

"Okay, let's stop guessing. We'll understand it when the clan leader comes out!" Xu Zhibao said to everyone seeing that everyone was just guessing and there was no accurate news.

A moment later, Xu Zhihai, who ranked twenty-fourth in the "Zhi" ranking, also came to the meeting hall. Everyone exchanged pleasantries again, and then no one came.

"Are you all here?" The clan leader heard the voice before he arrived.

I saw the patriarch striding from the back hall to the front hall. Everyone hurriedly bowed and saluted.

"I've met the clan leader!"

"Okay, now that everyone is here, I have something to say! I have recruited you here just for the spirit detection conference. Because the family is short of manpower, I have asked you to take charge of this matter. I am confident that you can complete the task. ?"

"Have confidence!" everyone replied loudly. "Okay, then let me make arrangements. Zhihai is responsible for the spiritual testing of the descendants of the family monks on Nanfeng Mountain; Zhibao is responsible for Nanping Town; Zhiquan is responsible for Xintian Town; Zhiyu is responsible for Zhongpu Town; and Zhi'an is responsible for Yaodian Town. "

"Come to me later to receive the spirit plate and Feiyunzhou. Prepare them and you can set off! After you come back, the family will reward you with family contribution points. If there are more children with spiritual roots in the area who is responsible, the spiritual root will be given to you. If you have excellent roots, there will be additional rewards!" The clan leader simply assigned the tasks to several people.

Xu Zhiyu and others went to the clan leader in order to receive the Ouija Board and Feiyun Boat. Then he said goodbye to the clan leader and walked out.

At the door of the family meeting hall, everyone said goodbye. Some people set off directly, while others still need to make some preparations.

"Third brother, please wait a moment. I have something to ask you," Xu Zhiyu said, looking at the three people who had left and the third brother who was about to return to the cave.

"What's the matter, Nineteenth Brother?" Xu Zhian asked kindly. The two of them have a close relationship, which can be regarded as a life-and-death friendship.

"Third brother, I know what this Ouija board is, but this is the first time Feiyunzhou has seen it. So I want to ask my clan brother for advice."

"Oh, you're talking about this!" Xu Zhian took out Feiyunzhou from his storage bag. Then he said: "This object is a first-class high-grade magic weapon. It has a card slot inside. When used, spiritual stones are inserted into it, which can make the hull expand to one foot in length. It can carry people inside, and it is protected by an array to form a protective shield. The cover is used to block wind and attacks. It should be able to carry ordinary people and prevent them from the pain of flying at high altitudes. It is simple to operate and extremely fast. It is my Xu family's proud work!"

"Then why don't monks in the family usually use this when going out?" Xu Zhiyu was still a little confused. It stands to reason that such a good thing should be very popular. But he basically never saw anyone using it.

"That's because this thing consumes a lot of money. It consumes one spirit stone for thirty miles. Take the farthest town you go to, Taishi Town, for example. It is six thousand miles away from the family. If you use Feiyun Boat to fly there, it will cost you two hundred. The spiritual stones, plus the requirements for return, total four hundred spiritual stones. Do you think this is something that ordinary monks can afford?"

No wonder Fourteenth Brother and Sixth Brother just set off directly, but they didn't take a flying boat, they just flew with swords. It seems that he is preparing to fly away with his sword and return in a flying boat. This is also the reason why mortals cannot fly with swords, otherwise these spiritual stones can be saved. This is truly a luxury magic weapon. No wonder no one uses it at ordinary times, it only comes in handy at this time. It is not very practical at ordinary times and may have been collecting dust in the family treasure house. But it is a good treasure if you are outnumbered and running for your life. It seems that I will have to prepare a boat when I come back this time! Thinking like this, he said:

"Thank you, Third Brother, for clearing up the doubts. My little brother has been taught a lesson! I have nothing to prepare, so I'll just go ahead. When I get back, I'll find Third Brother to conspire to get drunk!"

"Okay, be careful on the road! The place we are going to is not convenient, otherwise we can still walk a distance together. You go first, the third brother has some things to explain."

"In that case, Third Brother, I will take my leave. I also wish Third Brother this time to find a few more good seedlings with spiritual roots for my Xu family, and win the top prize in the family!" Xu Zhiyu said half-jokingly and half-blessing.

"Okay, okay, as long as you can talk, I encourage you with this! Go quickly, go early and come back early, come back safely!" Xu Zhian scolded with a smile.

Xu Zhiyu didn't answer, just smiled and nodded, cupped his fists and saluted, and then set off.

After leaving the family mountain gate, he took out the map, identified the direction, stepped on the flying sword, and flew towards Zhongpu Town.

With his eighth level of Qi training, he could fly a thousand miles with his sword at a time, and 60% of the spiritual energy in his Dantian would be consumed. At this time, you need to meditate to restore your spiritual power before you can continue flying.

After six days like this, Xu Zhiyu finally arrived at his destination - Zhongpu Town.

This town is located in the north of the Xu family's territory and has a population of more than 100,000. It is one of the important places of origin for Xu family monks.

Xu Zhiyu crossed the densely packed mortal houses and landed in the largest square in the town. At this time, there was still one day before the spirit testing conference started, but many people had already gathered together. There are children who are being examined and parents who are accompanying them. Seeing Xu Zhiyu coming with the sword, his eyes were full of envy, fear, and desire.

Seeing everyone looking at him, many people began to kneel down respectfully to worship. He frowned and said in a spiritual voice:
  "Everyone, please be quiet and line up first. After all the psychic detectors from nearby villages have arrived, we will start tomorrow!"

Xu Zhiyu declined the mayor's kind invitation and just meditated and rested on the high platform of the square, waiting for the spirit testing conference to officially begin.

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