Chapter 926
Negotiation
Xuanmiao stopped and turned to look at her: "You've been talking to it for three days and three nights, what are you trying to get? The location of those rare treasures?"
Eighty percent of the love, hate, and grudges between monsters stem from the struggle for rare and precious treasures.
Many rare and precious natural materials have fixed properties.
A hundred years ago, those ginseng and lingzhi herbs grew there. As long as humans don't eradicate them, they will still grow there a hundred years later.
Pan Yun nodded with a smile: "That's right, Senior Sister. Cultivation is inseparable from rare and precious materials. This is a ready-made treasure map. Since we rarely see each other, we should naturally chat more. Moreover,"
Pan Yun paused for a moment before saying, "I truly consider it a friend."
"Friend?" Xuanmiao looked at her quietly, and after a long while nodded: "Okay, I believe you."
After that, he turned around and left.
Pan Jun secretly breathed a sigh of relief, put on a smile again, and jogged to catch up with her: "Senior sister, you heard it too. When you have time, you can go with your third senior brother to see her. Your health is not good. Eat more spiritual medicine to nourish your body so that you can break through later."
The mystery remains undisputed.
She has broken through to the first level of Marquis, her hidden injuries have healed considerably, and her cultivation is smoother than before. As for her body returning to its original state, she has hope, but not much expectation.
if I get it I am lucky, but if not, it is fate.
Instead of worrying about me, you should worry about your third senior brother.
Pan Yun chuckled: "Third Senior Brother's mind isn't on cultivation, but it's not difficult to get him to focus."
Xuanmiao frowned slightly. She had urged Tao Ji more than once, and she didn't think it was simple.
Just as they were about to ask, the town came into view. The ancestor sent a disciple to greet them at the town entrance. As soon as the disciple saw the two of them, he immediately came forward: "Aunt Li, Master Pan... Imperial Preceptor, the ancestor is already waiting in the main hall."
The two ancestors had kind faces, completely different from how they looked when we first and second met.
Xuanmiao adapted well. Pan Jun was even more forgetful than the two ancestors, as if the previous confrontation had never happened. He not only smiled but also looked very respectful.
Zhang Shangde thought to himself: No wonder he is a person who can become the national advisor at such a young age.
Zhang Xuefang sarcastically remarked: "No wonder he can become the national advisor at such a young age."
The two men changed their attitude towards Pan Yun because they learned from Zhang Liuzhen that during their years of seclusion, Wang Feiyin had survived a tribulation and broken through to the third rank of Marquis.
Although his cultivation level was not as high as Zhang Zijin's, he had already touched upon it. If he really fought with all his might, given Wang Feiyin's shameless fighting style...
The two of them shuddered at the thought. When did the Zhang family fall into such a predicament?
Pan Yun, at a young age, had already broken through to the first rank of Marquis. According to Zhang Liuzhen, she was also born with a Daoist physique.
Among the younger generation of the Zhang family, none can surpass him.
The two ancestors were extremely anxious, but there was nothing they could do.
Although Zhang Liuzhen's dantian meridians could be used for cultivation, they were like a broken piece of porcelain glued back together. While they could hold water, they were extremely fragile and could collapse at any moment, and water would also seep in.
For the first time, the two regretted that they shouldn't have stood by and watched the second wife fight against Zhang Liuzhen just because she was unconventional.
If it had been stopped in time, the Zhang family would have had not only Zhang Liuzhen, but also Zhang Liuyuan.
But the Zhang family has never lacked geniuses. There were the Zhang brothers, Zhang Zijin, and others; Zhang Maocheng; and later Zhang Liuzhen and Zhang Liuyuan. Even among the women, there was Zhang Li. Therefore, the Zhang family was never short of geniuses, and they assumed they would never lack them in the future.
A naturally born Daoist physique is valuable, but a naturally born Daoist physique that deviates from the norm and is not of one mind with the family is not a help, but an obstacle.
So they let it go, they despise it...
Who knew that the Zhang family would never produce another genius after that?
Among the "Wei" generation, Zhang Weiyi and others are said to be outstanding, but little do people know that they are simply the tallest among the short. If they were placed in the generation of Zhang Liuzhen and Zhang Ziwang, they would not be worth mentioning at all.
Could it be that Heaven saw how little they cherished their innate Dao bodies and thus cut off the Zhang family's future?
Otherwise, how come both the daughter of an official and the scholar have become born with Daoist bodies, yet the Zhang family has not produced another genius?
Since there are no talented individuals among the younger generation to rival him, Zhang Li's existence becomes very important.
Among the younger generation of the Zhang family, only she has the potential to catch up with Pan Yun. Moreover, she is her senior sister and a disciple of Sanqing Mountain.
Whether it's catching up in terms of capabilities or engaging in diplomacy, we need her.
Taoism is pragmatic, unlike those pedantic scholars who knowingly persist in what is wrong.
They realized their mistake and immediately changed their attitude towards Zhang Li.
First, they told Zhang Li to return to the Celestial Master's Mansion, even bringing up her parents: "Their cultivation is not high, they are at most a hundred years old, how many more years can you accompany them?"
Xuanmiao remained expressionless and said, "More than fifty years."
The two elders choked for a moment, then said, "Now that you have broken through to the first rank, it is only a matter of time before you become the second rank. Fifty years will pass in the blink of an eye for you, and you will not have many days left to stay by your parents' side."
Xuanmiao looked up at them and said, "My parents are different from the two ancestors. They are a loving couple. My presence here only invites dislike."
For the first time, the two ancestors realized that being too affectionate between husband and wife wasn't a good thing.
Seeing that Zhang Li was unmoved by reason, they had no choice but to avoid Pan Yun and speak frankly to her: "Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, because the fate of the Zhang family has been linked to that of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial family has always trusted the Zhang family. In principle, even if a national advisor were to be appointed, someone should be chosen from the Zhang family. However, the emperor now trusts Pan Yun, and the people of the world are silent. I'm afraid they already look down on the Zhang family. As descendants of the Zhang family, if we cannot uphold the tradition, we will have no face to meet our ancestors a hundred years from now."
Zhang Li: "The Zhang family's martial arts are passed down to men but not women. Even if I wanted to preserve the lineage, I am powerless to do so."
Zhang Xuefang gritted her teeth, glanced at Zhang Shangde, and said, "From today onwards, the women of the Zhang family may enroll in school together with the male disciples of the clan."
Zhang Li pressed further, "How much of the martial arts can they learn?"
"They can learn any of the cultivation techniques that outer disciples can learn."
Zhang Li shook his head: "What if a woman with talent as high as mine only learns the outer disciples' techniques? Wouldn't that be a waste?"
Zhang Xuefang retorted fiercely, "If they learn the inner sect techniques and then pass them on after they get married, how will the Zhang family maintain its standing in the Daoist world?"
Zhang Shangde also calmly said, "Zhang Li, don't act rashly. The Zhang family has been able to stand in the world for a thousand years, standing in the north and south of the North Kong, because of our Zhang family's secret Taoist arts and techniques."
Zhang Li said indifferently, "Those with talent can choose to enter the inner sect to learn inner sect techniques. If they are afraid of it being leaked, they can either marry into another family or not marry at all. It is their choice."
She said, "I am not someone who doesn't eat meat porridge. Of course I know that the Zhang family has stood for a thousand years because of its secret martial arts techniques. I'm just indignant that the men of the Zhang family have choices, but we women don't?" (End of Chapter)