Grandmaster Yu made a secret with his right hand, and the aura condensed into a green and white stone in mid-air. Liu Meizhen took a closer look and her eyelids twitched:
"Thousand Sun Stone?"
"Not bad." Grandmaster Yu nodded: "If you want to inscribe talismans on the city's foundation and walls, the best choice is Qianyang Stone."
Qianyang Stone is indestructible and is a second-level spiritual material.
Liu Meizhen remembered that there was such a vein in the He family's fiefdom. It might be because of the difficulty in mining, or because it was a rare commodity. Although the He family contained a Qianyang stone vein, there were only a handful of Qianyang stones flowing into the city. They wanted a large amount. To purchase, I'm afraid I have to go to He's house:
"Uncle Yu, as the beast tide is approaching, the star stones will not be available for a while. As for the Thousand Sun Stones, I will make up for them as soon as possible. You can see if you can start building the city first."
"Well, I've pretty much completed the preliminary preparations. As long as your Talisman Master is in place, the construction of the city can begin."
"Then it's up to Uncle to do the work."
Liu Meizhen came out of the back mountain, had a family dinner, and went to the He family in person the next day.
When Patriarch He heard that Liu Meizhen personally came to visit him, he was stunned for a moment and muttered: "Why on earth did the Fu family come?"
The He family and the Cao family had taken the initiative to seek peace with the Fu family, and for this reason they also acted as guarantors for the promotion of the Yu family to the quasi-ninth rank. In a sense, the three families were on the same ship.
Patriarch He went out to greet him personally.
In the meeting hall.
The two of them took their seats one after another.
Liu Meizhen said with a hint of apology:
"I heard that Brother He's family had two foundation builders in succession last year. Unfortunately, I was not in Jingzhou at the time and could not come to congratulate them in person. Please forgive me, Brother He."
Fu Changsheng went into seclusion.
Liu Meizhen went to Jingzhou.
At the foundation building ceremony of the He family, Fu Changli finally attended.
Patriarch He smiled and waved his hand:
"Why do you and I need to be so polite?"
Bring this up.
Patriarch He then asked about the Yu family from a quasi-ninth-grade family:
"By the way, Mrs. Fu, the ten-year period is almost halfway over. Has the Yu family in your fiefdom given birth to another Foundation Builder?"
Promoted to ninth grade.
The first condition is that there must be two members of the Foundation Establishment Tribe.
Liu Meizhen lowered her head and took a sip of milk tea. She didn't hide it and said directly:
"Two years ago, the Yu family bought a Foundation Establishment Pill at the Wanning Chamber of Commerce auction. The Yu family has already selected the most suitable candidate. I guess there will be good news soon."
"So good, so good"
After all, the He family is one of the guarantors.
If the Yu family fails to advance to the ninth level within ten years, then they will have to pay huge compensation, especially now that the beast tide is approaching, every family wants to break every spiritual stone into four petals and flower it.
Patriarch He said worriedly:
"Mrs. Fu, have you seen any signs of drought in your fiefdom in the past few years?"
in recent years.
There was not a drop of water in their land, and the drought was severe.
They can only send tribesmen to perform artificial rainfall regularly.
Liu Meizhen followed the other party's topic and said:
"Our Yunshan County and Pingshan County fiefdoms have not seen a drop of rain fall for two years. Even the Hanling River has dried up to the point of exposing the river bed. This time the beast tide is probably more ferocious than any in previous years."
"so"
"Our Fu family plans to build another city in the fiefdom to deal with the coming beast tide. Everything is ready, but we are missing the Qianyang Stone needed for the foundation."
It turns out that I came here for the Qian Yang Stone.
Patriarch He was stunned.
My mind raced.
From a geographical point of view.
Although the Fu family's fiefdom is located not far from the entrance of Shiwanda Mountain, along the Qingyang River to the north is their He family's fiefdom, so the He family is also under great pressure from the upcoming outbreak of the beast tide.
only.
He still couldn't figure it out.
The Fu family obviously already has a mountain-protecting formation, so why bother building a city in such a time-consuming and laborious manner:
"Mrs. Fu, if I remember correctly, the mountain-protecting formation in your fiefdom is a third-level ten thousand ghost formation. Could it be that even the third-level formation cannot withstand the attack of the beast tide?"
Liu Meizhen couldn't say much.
I just mentioned that this time the beast tide is different from previous years.
Then go straight to the topic:
"Brother He, can you step up the mining of the Qianyang Stone vein in your fiefdom? If you don't have enough manpower, our Fu family can definitely provide the required miners. The Qianyang Stone excavated will also be sold at the market price. A unified acquisition will not miss a spiritual stone, what do you think?"
The reason why the He family did not sell in large quantities was simply to stabilize the price of Thousand Yang Stones by making them more rare.
As soon as this statement came out.
Patriarch He was moved.
However, thinking of the Fu family's luck that he saw when he used Zhanzhan Qi Technique before, he gritted his teeth and said:
"Mrs. Fu, the Qianyang Stone vein in our fiefdom has actually been mined to some extent, and the Qianyang Stone is stored in the family treasury. I am willing to sell it to the nobles at 30% of the market price, but there is an unlucky person. please."
Thirty percent?
In terms of the amount needed to build a city.
The remaining 70% of spiritual stones may reach tens of thousands of spiritual stones.
Patriarch He is so generous.
Liu Meizhen's heart moved, but she told the truth:
"Brother He, you also know that my husband is currently in retreat, so my authority is extremely limited in being able to agree to your request."
She was afraid that the lion of the He family would open his mouth.
Patriarch He shook his head and said:
"Mrs. Fu, don't worry. I, Mr. He, am self-aware. I promise to give you the Qianyang Stone of the Fu family for two reasons."
"First, after the beast tide breaks out, if... if our He family's fiefdom is lost, I hope the nobles can open the city gate by then to allow our He family to temporarily avoid the beast tide."
Patriarch He also planned for a rainy day.
The He family does not have as much manpower and material resources to build a city as the Fu family, but judging from the Fu family's behavior over the years, if the Fu family wants to build a city, it will definitely not be groundless.
Liu Meizhen nodded slightly:
"Once the beast tide breaks out, we humans are supposed to help each other. Brother He, I can promise you this right now. I wonder what Brother He's second request is?"
Mentioned the second point of appeal.
Patriarch He's face softened and he smiled:
"Mrs. Fu, my second request is that I hope that our He family and the Fu family can have a good relationship with the two surnames. As long as the children under my knees are interested in Mrs. Fu, whether as a son-in-law or a daughter-in-law, I will be extremely happy. "
Except for interest bundles.
Marriage is the main method for forming an alliance between two aristocratic families.
Liu Meizhen's thoughts changed rapidly.
Brother Fan is already married, and there is no need for her to mention the remaining Yaoyao. Her husband will definitely not let her go out to marry. Brother Rong is the only one left among the triplets, but Brother Fei has already discussed Rong's marriage with Uncle Fei before. We'll have to mention it after he builds the foundation.
Do the math.
No one is suitable for marriage.
But Qianyang Stone is the cornerstone of the city.
Suddenly.
Liu Meizhen thought of the other person and immediately said:
"Brother He, if that's the case, then when I go back this time, I will choose a suitable day to come and make an appointment."
"Very good, very good!"
Clan He is very happy.
The two chatted happily.
After Liu Meizhen came back from the He family's fiefdom, she called Brother Fan over: "Brother Fan, where is your sworn brother? Help me find him and tell him that I have something important to discuss with him."
Mention the stepbrother.
Brother Fan was stunned for a moment.
It took a while to realize that Liu Meizhen was referring to Fu Yongrui, an adopted son whom his father had recognized before, and he immediately said:
"Reporting to my mother, my sworn brother has carried out all the family tasks he needs to complete in the next ten years in one go. After returning to the clan, he has been in seclusion, and the child has not seen him show up for many years. Now I don't know if I'm in retreat or if I'm out, I'll go and ask."
"Well, go ahead. I'll wait for you in the meeting hall."
Liu Meizhen turned her right hand.
He took out a jade slip with information about the He family members written on it and studied it carefully.
Brother Fan came out of the meeting hall.
Arriving at the dojo halfway up the mountain, unlike other family members, Fu Changsheng took Fu Yongrui back and let Yu Lian teach him for a while. However, after Yunrui stepped into Qi refining, he took the initiative to ask Fu Changsheng that he needed a separate residence.
Fu Changsheng considered that Fu Yongrui had suffered inhuman torture for more than ten years.
It was agreed.
Originally, he thought that Yongrui could have more contact with his tribe and open his heart, but some wounds could not be cured artificially.
Therefore, Fu Yongrui was specially approved to build a small courtyard in the bamboo forest behind the dojo halfway up the mountain. This place is inaccessible. The tall bamboos completely cover the entire courtyard. It is very secretive and it is backed by a mountain, so it is usually very quiet. Even the sun rarely sets here.
The whole place looked a bit eerie.
Brother Fan stood outside the small courtyard in the bamboo forest, looked over, and found that the courtyard gate array was closed, and a dust-covered bell hung on the courtyard wall.
"Ring ring ring!"
The bell rings. There was no response from Zhulin Xiaoyuan.
Brother Fan waited patiently for a long time, thinking that Fu Yongrui had gone out, when the formation light screen in the small courtyard surged with ripples.
There was a squeak.
But I saw the door of the bamboo forest courtyard open.
Fu Yongrui slowly walked out of the hospital.
But he was seen wearing a long black gown, the hem of which was blowing in the wind, like a shadow wandering in the middle of the night. His face was pale, and his eyes were deep and cold, as if he could see into the dark corners of the human heart, but he seemed to have lost interest in everything in the world. Between the brows, the sword eyebrows were slightly raised, and the corners of the eyes were slightly lowered, revealing an indifference that was not easy to approach.
Although this was not the first time he had dealt with Fu Yongrui, Brother Fan couldn't help but feel a little nervous and quickly said:
"I'm sorry to disturb my brother's Qingxiu. My mother has something important to discuss with my brother, so I'm waiting in the meeting hall. Brother, do you think it would be convenient for me to move there?"
"Um"
Brother Fan only felt a cold force whistling past his eyes, and then Fu Yongrui disappeared. Standing where he was, he couldn't help but swallow his saliva.
Seclusion for several years.
This sworn brother is even more unpredictable.
Inside the meeting hall.
Liu Meizhen, who was selecting candidates for marriage, suddenly realized something and raised her head from the jade slip, only to see that in an instant, someone was already standing in the palace.
This body method.
Fast and weird.
Even if she is already a foundation-builder, if she is not prepared for the slightest, she will be bullied by the opponent in an instant.
Liu Meizhen's eyes fell on Fu Yongrui, who was standing in the meeting hall and merged with the shadows in the room, and he immediately changed his previous thoughts.
Put the jade slip into your pocket.
With a kind look on his face he said:
"Yongrui, I heard from Brother Fan that you have been in seclusion since you completed many family tasks in one breath. Your father is busy in seclusion again, which makes me worried. That's why I want to meet you, practice together, and concentrate on hard work. Of course it's good, but you also have to balance work and rest."
He looked like he was just chatting.
Fu Yongrui is obviously not good at it.
It was often after Liu Meizhen said a few words that he would reply.
The end.
Fu Yongrui cupped his hands and said:
"Mother, if there is nothing important, I will leave now."
"Yeah, let's go. Remember, if you encounter something you don't understand in practice, don't try to figure it out by yourself. You can come and ask me."
After Fu Yongrui leaves.
Liu Meizhen murmured in a low voice, with a trace of doubt evident on her face.
After a while.
She rubbed her brows, and immediately left Yunshan County and headed to Liang Yun Mountain, the fiefdom of Pingshan County. Liang Yun Mountain had a complex array arranged and was guarded by Mo Lan, and the mining of spiritual stones was carried out in an orderly manner.
After sending a message to Fu Yongyi, who is in charge here.
The formation light curtain surged.
Liu Meizhen swayed and entered Liang Yun Mountain.
Fu Yongyi welcomed people into the resting cabin in the mining area. The cabin was extremely simple. There were various stones on the table. There was a piece of paper under each stone, which detailed the characteristics of the stone and the longest length. Where it appears, etc.:
"Mother, it's a bit messy here. Wait a moment and I'll clean it up."
"Need not"
Liu Meizhen didn't want to disrupt Fu Yongyi's talent selection table.
After sitting on a chair nearby, he said:
"Yong Yi, are the tens of thousands of new miners still obedient?"
"Well, since Mistress you said that you would select a thousand people who can mine the most spiritual stones as free people, these miners have been working overtime and actively mining without the supervision of our tribe. According to this progress, it will take about another year or two. , the entire spirit stone vein can be mined completely."
Tens of thousands more miners.
Naturally, it was brought back from the Yang family in Taiyun County, Jingzhou.
Liu Meizhen feels that the sooner this spiritual vein is mined, the better. Although the Liang family seems to have made peace with their Fu family, if they learn that there is a spiritual vein contained here, I am afraid that a battle will break out. .
For the child Fu Yongyi.
Liu Meizhen liked it from the bottom of her heart.
Not only does he endure hardships and stand hard work, he never makes it public even if he has made great achievements. Moreover, when Brother Fan was a child at Wangyue Academy, it was Fu Yongyi who took him with him.
Therefore.
Compared to other tribesmen.
Liu Meizhen treats Fu Yongyi as a family member.
After the two talked for a while.
Liu Meizhen said:
"Yong Yi, it was the head of the family who brought you out of Fujiacun back then. Brother Fan and the rest of his brothers and sisters didn't have to be taught by him personally. Instead, they cared more about you. The head of the family had mentioned to me before that he wanted to I want to recognize you as my adopted son, but I have been busy with everything, so I have delayed this matter again and again. "
Fu Yongyi heard this.
Blinked.
The family should consider themselves as adopted sons.
this.
He was a little flattered and waved his hands hurriedly:
"Mother, you may have misunderstood me. How can I be the head of the family's child with mediocre qualifications?"
Liu Meizhen smiled and shook her head:
"Yong Yi, what you said is a bit belittling. Now you have reached the peak of Qi training and are also the leader of the Yong generation. How can you be regarded as having mediocre qualifications? And considering you as the adopted son of the two of us, you are the one. The importance of fate has nothing to do with cultivation qualifications. Even though the head of the family has gone into seclusion, I can still make the decision to open the ancestral hall and put you in my name and the head of the family. Are you willing?"
Once he becomes Fu Changsheng's child.
Even the adopted son.
That is also the lineage of the clan leader.
The status and status in the Fu family are beyond the comparison of ordinary people.
Fu Yongyi cupped his hands and said:
"If the head of the family hadn't appeared and saved the child from danger, the child would have become a skeleton by now. From the moment the head of the family saved the child, the child would have regarded the head of the family as his reborn parent."
Liu Meizhen smiled and nodded.
After a few days of this.
On an auspicious day in mid-January, Fu Yongyi rushed back from Liang Yunshan to complete the family recognition ceremony and recorded Fu Yongyi's name under the names of Fu Changsheng and Liu Meizhen.
At the banquet.
Liu Meizhen said to Fu Yongyi:
"Yong Yi, look at the girls sitting at the same table as Yaoyao. They are all from the same lineage as the head of the He family. You can go over and have a toast later and see which one you like. Tell me, what grade are you in? You are much older than Brother Fan, Brother Fan is already married, you should also start a family and start a business, and spread the branches of our clan leader."
Fu Yongyi because of childhood shadow.
Not longing for marriage.
But he knew that since he was already a clan leader, he had to bear some responsibilities, so he handed over his hand and said: "Children, obey your mother in everything."
"You child, how can you be so perfunctory about a major marriage matter? I am responsible for you and the girls. Go quickly. I didn't ask you to designate one immediately. These girls from the He family during this period They will all stay in our clan, just pick the one you like. If there is no match for you, it doesn't matter, I will arrange it for you."
As soon as this statement came out.
Fu Yongyi felt a little more moved in his heart.
Generally speaking.
Family marriage.
They are all designated by the head of the family, so there is no way for me to pick and choose.
Fu Yongyi plucked up the courage, picked up the fruit wine and went to Yaoyao's table.
Most of the girls from the He family who were joking and joking stopped when they saw Fu Yongyi coming over, and all of them lowered their eyebrows shyly.
He Qingshang, who was sitting next to Yaoyao, looked up and down at the approaching Fu Yongyi without avoiding others.
Seeing that Fu Yongyi didn't have any jewelry on his body and had dark skin, he looked like a naive boy from the countryside. He raised his hand to hold the Luoyue Zhuchai from Huaibei Prefecture on his head, curled his lips and turned his head. passed.
He Qingshang is the eldest daughter.
She is doted on by thousands of people, and she is arrogant and only wants to marry into a high family. Naturally, she does not like Fu Yongyi. If her father had not insisted on him coming, she would not have come to the Fu family.
On the banquet table.
They are all daughters in the name of Patriarch He.
Of course, Fu Yongyi's origins are very clear.
Several of them had the same idea as He Qingshang and did not want to accept this marriage, but they did not dare to show it as obviously as He Qingshang.
Yaoyao saw Fu Yongyi coming.
He wisely found a reason to retreat.
On the banquet table.
Only Fu Yongyi and a group of He family daughters were left.
Fu Yongyi raised the fruit wine in the bottle:
"This is the Baihua fruit wine brewed by my third uncle. For female cultivators, it is the most effective for beautifying the skin. Fellow Taoists, you should try a cup."
The words have not yet finished.
He Qingshang snorted coldly:
"I am a naturally beautiful girl. Who cares about your Laoshizi fruit wine?"