The Xu family follows Taoism and seeks longevity

Chapter 70: Sleepless Night
  After reluctantly seeing off the Bai clan members, everyone in the Xu family also went back to their rooms to rest.

In Xu Zhian's room, the two sat opposite each other on the futon. Xu Zhiyu smiled and said:

"Third brother, today I saw that you and a female cultivator from the Bai family had a very happy chat. Are you planning to start a family?"

"Well, to be honest with my 19th brother, I do have this idea!" Xu Zhian sighed.

But this made Xu Zhiyu confused. How high-spirited the original third brother was, but now he seemed to be a different person.

Thinking of this, he continued to ask:

"Isn't the third brother determined to build a foundation? Could it be that the Bai Clan's female concubine's soul-stirring technique has deceived my brother's mind? Then I have to tell my grandfather and let him check it out!"

"Hey, Nineteenth Brother is joking. Third Brother really likes that female cultivator of the Bai family, why are you confused?" Xu Zhian explained first, then paused for a while and then continued: "It is so difficult to build a foundation. Originally I also don’t believe in fate, but in the end I finally recognized the reality. Do you know why?”

Without waiting for Xu Zhiyu to answer, he continued: "Do you still remember that time when you returned to the family and we met? Yes, I had just broken through the seventh level of Qi training, and I was a little proud. But in the past eight or nine years, I am still at the seventh level of Qi training. level, stuck on the threshold of the eighth level of Qi training and has been unable to break through."

"I also went to the Li's store in Fang City to buy barrier-breaking pills. However, after the shopkeeper Li of the pill shop learned about my situation, he told me that I had taken too many pills and accumulated too much erysipelas in my body. Even if Taking the barrier-breaking elixir won't help much. I suggest that I'd better make a breakthrough naturally, otherwise if I rely on the power of the elixir, my path will come to an abrupt end!"

"You also know that my spiritual roots are very average. If it weren't for the power of elixirs, I probably wouldn't be able to break through to the late stage of Qi training. Therefore, I bought all the elixirs and family rewards issued every year to speed up the process. While practicing, I didn’t expect that too much erysipelas accumulated in my body, and it ended up like this.”

"According to my estimation, if I practice meditation on my own to break through the eighth level of Qi training, it will probably take me more than ten years. I am nearly sixty years old at that time, and there is no hope of building a foundation. So I also looked away. It is better to find a companion. Living together, maybe I will give birth to a child with better spiritual roots. I get a lot of contribution points from family rewards every year, so I think I can train him well and let him realize my wish of building a foundation."

Hearing what the third brother said, Xu Zhiyu didn't know what to say. Is it comforting? How to comfort? I tried to persuade him not to give up, but it was obvious that the third brother had already made up his mind and could not say anything to persuade him at this time.

The two sat for a while and then went back to their rooms to rest. Although the Bai family has arranged a room for the two of them, they each have their own bedrooms and do not need to live in the same room.

Xu Zhiyu didn't get a good rest that night, and he couldn't calm down while meditating. I kept thinking about what I saw and heard today and what my third brother said.

Little did they know that it was not just the two of them who were having trouble calming down tonight, there were many people like them.

Minshan, in the cave of Bai Wenju, the founder of the Bai family. There are also three people forming a triangle, each sitting on a futon. However, the three of them were all contemplating, as if they had encountered something difficult.

After a long time, Li Youdao, the elder of the Li family, spoke up and asked:
  "Is what Brother Bai just said true? It's not that I don't believe what Brother Bai said, but this matter is related to the survival of the family. Please don't be offended, Brother Bai!"

"Brother Li, what are you talking about? Our three families have always helped each other and moved forward together. How could I lie about such a big thing as the beast tide." Bai Wenju was not angry after hearing Li Youdao's doubtful words. Instead, he continued with certainty: "This is news from Foguang Sect, there is no falsehood!"    "Then it seems that this beast wave is not simple! It's just small tribes like us who will suffer! If you survive, the family will survive, but if you cannot survive, the family will be destroyed!" Xu Shengsheng felt inspired when he heard Bai Wenju once again confirmed what he had just said and also revealed the source of the news.

"The information given to us by Foguang Sect was also obtained from the senior officials of Lingxiao Sect. It should be authentic and credible. You also know that our ancestors have some connections with a Jindan elder of Foguang Sect."

"The demonic beasts launching this time are not the kind of small beast tide that is led by the fourth level, led by the third level, and dominated by the second level. The reactionary beast tide this time may be the fifth level big demon, and there may be more than one fifth level demon beast. Think about how terrible this must be."

"But the good news is that the main attack direction of this beast tide is not our Jincheng Mansion, but the Chengji Mansion next door. However, the scale of this beast tide is ahead of schedule, and we still need to make more preparations. In case there are third-level and above monsters breaking in. , our family will suffer."

After hearing this, Xu Shengsheng and Li Youdao both nodded solemnly. At the same time, I am also somewhat fortunate. If the news had not been known in advance, the family's casualties might have been greater. Although such a huge beast tide cannot be changed by the two foundation-building families, it does not prevent them from making preparations in advance. This is a big favor owed to the Bai family, both of them thought so.

Although I wanted to ask Foguang Sect and the Bai family of Wuwei Mansion if they would send monks to support them, I couldn't ask because it was a matter of confidentiality. Besides, even if they really sent people here, they were just to help the Bai family defend themselves and had nothing to do with the two of them. Saying it out loud makes people embarrassed, and it might just be asking for trouble.

"By the way, have you brought all the magic weapons and elixirs produced by your two families this time? We can exchange what we have. I also have several formations produced by my family here. Although they may not be able to completely block the second-level monsters, But it can be used to defend some important places!" After Bai Wenju revealed the news to the elders of the two families, he was the first to speak and proposed to exchange some family-specific resources.

"I brought this from my family. There are three second-level magical artifacts; ten first-order high-grade magical artifacts, and thirty first-order medium-grade magical artifacts." Xu Shengsheng did not delay when he saw this, and said this time A treasure brought from the family.

"These are five bottles of second-level healing elixirs I brought from my family, and some first-level healing elixirs." Li Youdao finally took out what he carried.

Next came all kinds of exchanges. Because there was a powerful enemy at hand, the three of them didn't care too much. They exchanged what they needed in their hands in just three moves.

Then they continued to talk about the marriage of these three families.

"Two of you, we are holding such a marriage meeting this time in order to jointly fight against the threat of the Wei family and the monsters. Although the reality is greater than the content, if there are monks from various families who really have a good impression of each other, we must try our best to promote it. You can't do that thing of beating mandarin ducks." Seeing that the business was done, it was Bai Wenju who spoke first, after all, he is the master!

"It's easy to talk about. I think all the descendants of the Bai family are brave and capable people. If I, the male and female junior of the Xu family, are lucky enough to get married to them, I won't be happy enough, so how can I stop them?"

"It's very true, what Brother Xu said makes sense, and this is exactly what I thought." Li Youdao echoed.

"Okay, it's settled then! The marriage ceremony will be officially held tomorrow. You two will spend the night in my cave tonight. I hope you won't find it too shabby and shabby to receive good hospitality."

Naturally, Xu Shengsheng and Li Youdao didn't know how to practice Taoism. They meditated and practiced separately, and spent the whole night in silence.

(End of this chapter)