The Xu family follows Taoism and seeks longevity

After returning to the family, Xu Zhiyu gathered together all the clan members who had reached the foundation building stage or above, and then told them the good news that Lingxiao Sect had allocated territory to their family.

When the tribesmen learned that the family had been allocated a territory that exceeded the size of an entire prefecture, they were so excited that they could not express it in words. Some of them could not believe it was true.

"Uncle Twenty-Nine, our Xu family really got such a vast territory. Why do I feel like I'm in a dream?"

A fourth-level foundation-building cultivator from the Ji generation asked.

Xu Zhiyu smiled and explained to his fellow tribesmen that the increase in territory was due to negotiations between the human race's deity and the demon king, which dispelled their doubts.

"Then should we call all the leaders of the seven counties under our family? Meet with them and confirm the master-servant relationship, as well as how much spiritual stone resources they should hand over to our Xu family every year."

The person who spoke was Xu Zhikai. The former head of the Xu family, Xu Chengsheng, has basically retreated to the second line, and now he makes decisions on most of the family affairs.

When he heard that the family's territory was expanding, his first reaction was that the Xu family's financial pressure would be reduced in the future because there were so many more blood bags.

Originally, all the forces in the seven counties paid tribute to Lingxiao Sect with their spiritual stones and spiritual objects. But now it is different. They have been assigned to the Xu family, and all these things will flow into the Xu family in the future.

In the past, the Xu family had always been the ones to suck the blood of others, but now it was finally their turn to suck the blood of others.

"That's what I was planning to do. Then I'll send a few smart foundation-building clan members from my family, take my guest token and the contract approval document issued to me by Lingxiao Sect, and go to various forces to convey the order!"

The main reason why Xu Zhiyu returned to the family this time was for this. Even if Xu Zhikai didn't say it, he would have given such an order.

"Zhiyu, isn't it too casual to send a foundation-building cultivator? How about I go there myself?"

The person who spoke was Xu Zhisong. As Shopkeeper Li had said, he had successfully broken through and became a Purple Mansion Stage cultivator. However, he did not make it to Xu Zhiyu's Golden Core Celebration and only came out of seclusion a few days ago.

Among the forces to be notified this time, there are many Purple Mansion forces. He thinks it seems inappropriate to only send foundation-building cultivators. If the cultivators who don't understand the situation know about it, they will laugh at the Xu family for having no one.

"Yes, Brother Nineteen, I think what Brother Eleven said is right. Let the two of us go and invite those Purple Mansion forces, and let the family's foundation-building clan members go and invite the foundation-building forces!"

Xu Zhijuan, who had also broken through to the Purple Mansion realm, echoed this. The injuries she had sustained when she broke through had only just healed, and she was just about ready to go out for a walk, so she volunteered.

"Okay, what you said makes sense, you guys can invite the Purple Mansion forces."

Xu Zhiyu thought about it and agreed to their request. Now that the family's status has changed, some styles of doing things must also change.

Afterwards, everyone discussed several important family matters, such as the increase in salary and benefits after the family was upgraded, and how to use the newly divided territory.

"Ancestor, clan leader, Nineteenth Brother, I think we can use the land outside the 3,000-li Hengduan Mountains allocated to us this time to raise various economical spirit beasts. We will definitely be able to make a lot of spirit stones.

I actually had this idea a long time ago, but our family was too weak to do it before. Now that our family is much stronger, I think it’s time to put this matter on the agenda.”

The person who spoke was Xu Zhixin. Since he successfully built his foundation, he has devoted himself to raising spiritual beasts. After decades of hard work, the Xu family now has more than 60 species of spiritual beasts.

Whatever flies in the sky, runs on the ground, or swims in the water, all are available in the Xu family’s Spirit Beast Valley.

Moreover, he had complained to Xu Chengsheng more than once that the Spirit Beast Valley was too small and could not accommodate the growing number of spirit beasts.

However, the Xu family's territory at that time was only a hundred miles in radius, and the Spirit Beast Valley he wanted to expand was too large, so his request was not approved.

This time, when he heard that his family had been allocated such a large piece of land, and that it was close to the Hengduan Mountains, he could no longer suppress his desire to expand the family's Spirit Beast Valley.

"No, Brother Forty-Nine, I don't agree with your idea. It's such a waste to build such a large piece of land into a Spirit Beast Valley."

Before Xu Zhiyu and others expressed their opinions, a member of the Foundation Building Clan who was sitting below stood up and refuted Xu Zhixin's request.

"Oh, so you are my brother Zhitai. Tell me, what is wrong with my request?"

The one who refuted Xu Zhixin was Xu Zhitai, the family's second-level top-grade spiritual plant husband, who was devoted to the family's spiritual medicine garden and spiritual fields.

Over the years, he has cultivated many magical medicines and improved several varieties of magical rice, which can be regarded as a great contributor to the Xu family.

"Brother Forty-Nine, I think that with such a large area, it would be enough for your Spirit Beast Valley to occupy only one-tenth of it. If it's too large, the spirit beasts will run around everywhere, and it will be difficult for you to manage it, right?
I think it would be better to give the land near the Hengduan Mountains to me. The soil there is fertile and full of spiritual energy, which is perfect for developing spiritual fields and medicinal fields."

Well, Xu Zhitai’s reason for opposing it was that he wanted to develop and utilize this vast area.

Then the two began to refute each other in front of everyone and then stated their reasons.

Xu Zhiyu and the others looked at each other and smiled without saying anything. They were happy to see this scene. Family competition was inevitable as long as it was healthy competition.

In the end, this matter was put on hold for the time being. Xu Zhiyu prepared to go in person to inspect the area first and then decide on its use.

Then everyone dispersed for a while, and after saying hello to his grandfather and parents, he flew out of the family directly.

A moment later, he had reached the edge of the newly added territory.

However, he did not use his spiritual sense to scan the surrounding situation. That would be too slow, and he had a faster and quicker way.

He took out a piccolo from his storage ring, blew it rhythmically a few times, and then stood there waiting.

Just like this, half an hour later, the feeling of the earth shaking came from far away, and Xu Zhiyu looked back.

It was an iron-eating beast that was more than ten feet tall and on all fours, and a super giant python that was thirty feet long that were rushing towards him quickly.

"I've met the master!"

The two beasts were Huahua and Xiaojin. When they saw that the one who summoned them was actually their master whom they had not seen for many years and felt the pressure of a fourth-level monster from him, they immediately ran over to salute.

"Well, how are you guys doing?"

Looking at the two spirit beasts whose cultivation had improved greatly, Xu Zhiyu nodded with satisfaction.

The iron-eating beast Huahua has now become a third-order intermediate-grade monster. Xiaojin is slightly weaker, but has also successfully broken through to the third-order lower grade.

Of course, the reason why they have made such great progress far exceeding other spirit beasts in such a short period of time is inseparable from their wealthy master Xu Zhiyu.

Before he left home last time, he had asked his grandfather to bring the two beasts some elixirs and spiritual objects that could help them increase their magic power regularly. That's why the two beasts' cultivation was able to grow so fast, but it would definitely slow down in the future. It's not that Xu Zhiyu didn't plan to cultivate them anymore, but because the growth cycle of monsters was too long, generally several times that of cultivators.

Therefore, the growth rate of their cultivation is far less rapid than that of humans. After reaching the third level, their speed of breaking through the level will slow down, and it is possible to break through one level in hundreds or even thousands of years.

The reason why Huahua broke through so quickly was related to the inheritance of the fifth-level great demon king that it received.

Then the master and servant chatted briefly about recent developments, and then got down to business.

“The reason I summoned you two this time is because I have a favor to ask of you.

I don’t know if you have received the notice, but the area three thousand miles north of where we are standing now has been ceded to the human race by the Demon King.

From now on, this is the Xu family's territory, so I hope you can mobilize your little demons to conduct a detailed investigation of this area, and then give us a detailed report on the specific situation."

Hearing his request, the two beasts agreed without any hesitation, saying that this was a trivial matter for them.

And Xiao Jin also told him a great piece of news.

The story began more than ten years ago when Xiao Jin broke through and became a third-level monster.

Before the breakthrough, it lived in a relatively small underground cave, and the environment was quite comfortable.

But after it broke through, its size increased several times, so it had to find another place to live.

Of course, after breaking through the third level, its identity is completely different. Things like finding caves can be done with just a single order.

After it gave the order, thousands of little demons under its command began to conduct a carpet search of the nearby area, looking for a suitable cave for it to live in.

In the end, the cave was not found, but a snake-like demon who was building his foundation accidentally discovered an underground spiritual mine while digging a hole to explore the underground situation.

Upon hearing the news, Huahua and Xiaojin rushed to check it out immediately. They had dealt with human monks too many times and understood the value of spiritual ore better than ordinary monsters.

Mineral veins in the world of immortality are generally divided into five columns, from small to large, namely micro, small, medium, large, and extra large.

Micro is not guaranteed. It is possible that the vein only extends one foot or even one inch. As long as the vein is within a hundred feet, it can be called a micro vein.

There are standards for small, medium and large mineral veins. Only when the mineral vein reaches more than 100 feet can it be called a small mineral vein.

Finally, after their exploration, they discovered that the scale of this mineral vein had reached a medium-sized level. This made the two beasts very happy. They originally planned to report this news to Xu Zhiyu and then let the monks of the Xu family come to mine.

But during that period, Xu Zhiyu had been in seclusion, and Xu Chengcheng had not come for several years because he was busy with family affairs at that time.

Therefore, only the two of them knew this secret. As for the snake-type foundation-building monster that discovered the news, it had disappeared without a trace.

It was not until they met their owner this time that they told him the belated good news.

"Did you really discover a medium-sized mineral vein only 2,500 miles away from here?"

Xu Zhiyu felt that this was too much of a coincidence and confirmed it again with some doubt.

"It's absolutely true. We have checked it several times and there is no way we can be wrong."

"Okay, great. If what you said is true, I will definitely reward you handsomely. Now tell me, what kind of mineral vein did you find?"

After Xu Zhiyu got the definite answer, he was very happy.

Although the Xu family's current financial situation is relatively healthy, with a considerable surplus every year, who can guarantee that it will continue like this? Therefore, increasing revenue is extremely important.

The Xu family currently has only one medium-sized mineral vein, and that is the Tianchi Copper Mine. However, because the Xu family has increased its mining efforts in recent years, this mine has been mined to nearly half its size.

If the remaining half is mined at this rate, it is estimated that it will only last for a hundred years.

As for the various miscellaneous spiritual mines within the territories of other families, they were either small or micro, and had been mined out before they could be officially mined.

Therefore, he attached great importance to this unmined spiritual mine discovered by the two spiritual beasts.

"This……"

The two beasts looked at each other, with embarrassment on their faces. Although they had seen a lot of the world following Xu Zhiyu, they really didn't know how many types of spiritual ores there were.

"what happened?"

"Master, we don't recognize that kind of spiritual ore, but its grade must be high. I have picked up a lot of raw ores before, and I found that they were extremely hard when I attacked them. I tried my best but couldn't shake them at all."

This news surprised Xu Zhiyu. He was very clear about Huahua's strength. She was definitely the best among the spirit beasts of the same rank. She would not necessarily lose even if she fought against a third-rank top-grade spirit beast.

But he was surprised that such powerful strength could not even shake a piece of raw ore.

"Even you can't destroy it, could it be a fourth-level spiritual ore? Oh, right, didn't you say you found the original ore before? Let me see it, maybe I can recognize it."

In order to facilitate storage, he specially bought a large storage bag and gave it to the two spirit beasts, so he stretched out his hand and asked them for the raw ore.

"Wow!"

Suddenly, a small pile of green spiritual ore appeared on the ground. Xu Zhiyu used his magic power to roll up a piece and began to observe it carefully.

After a moment, he had the definite answer in his mind. Ever since he had visited the Sutra Library in Taiyang Tower, his knowledge had greatly increased. As long as the spiritual objects were not too obscure, he could basically identify them all now.

"This is lapis lazuli, a fourth-order low-grade spiritual mineral. Its most prominent feature is its hardness. As long as a little bit of it is added when refining a magic weapon, the magic weapon's ability to break restrictions will increase exponentially.

It is a rare material for refining equipment. Come on, take me to the mine now."

Xu Zhiyu held the raw ore and said excitedly, "A medium-sized fourth-level spiritual ore vein is a huge fortune." (End of this chapter)