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There is such a special cave in the clan land of Canglong Zhang family.

This place is blocked all year round and no one is allowed to set foot in it.

Overall, it is like a forbidden area.

But there are no powerful demons or monsters imprisoned here.

And this is where the first generation head of the Zhang family, Zhang Xiong and Zhang Zhongxiu, lived.

Zhang Wei declined the request of Qun Yao and others to come together, and came here alone with a food box.

The environment around the cave is very quiet, and there is no overgrown weeds. It can be seen that someone often cleans the entrance of the cave.

There are some second-level restrictions at the door, which are enough to resist the attacks of foundation-building cultivators for a short period of time.

But this cannot stop Zhang Wei today.

However, Zhang Wei did not break through by force. He used the power of space to directly cross these restrictions and enter the cave.

Thanks to the effect of the magic circle, there was no dust accumulation in the cave.

However, the "dead air" caused by the long period of inactivity still permeated every corner of the cave.

Zhang Wei looked around and found that there were many bookshelves in the cave, with many books piled on them.

I reached out my hand subconsciously, but accidentally touched a handful of fragments.

After more than two hundred years, these books have become brittle.

It can be used just by handling it with care.

"Ok?"

At this time, Zhang Wei frowned and found that there was actually a breath of life in the cave.

The aura was very faint, and he looked like an ordinary person.

And it seems that he had just been here a month ago.

Zhang Wei was shocked.

So he relaxed his mind and sensed carefully, and found that this aura had been moving around the periphery of the cave, and the main objects he touched were these books, and he put them away after reading them, without damaging them at all.

"Reading a book?"

Zhang Wei felt a little curious, so he released electromagnetic force to stabilize the structure of the books, then took out a book and opened it.

"Is this... the book I left behind?"

When Zhang Wei saw the contents inside, he was shocked. He didn't expect to see the books he left behind in Zhang Xiong's cave.

And judging from the comments above, his elder brother had studied it carefully at the time.

That average person's goal is these books?
Zhang Wei was a little surprised.

You should know that before he left, he made several copies of all the books about science and technology in his mind, and left one of them in the Zhang family's library.

He didn't put it aside; anyone can see it.

Why take the risk to come here?

However, Zhang Wei currently has no intention of arresting anyone and holding them accountable.

Shaking his head, Zhang Wei put the matter aside for the time being and walked towards the quiet room used for practice.

The door of the quiet room opened, and what came into view was a low platform with a second-order spirit gathering formation engraved on it.

In the center of the spirit gathering formation, an old man with white beard was sitting cross-legged.

The sunlight shone through the dome skylight above the cave, bringing vitality to the old man's body.

It feels like he is still alive.

But Zhang Wei knew that it was just a corpse.

"Brother, I'm back..."

Zhang Wei said this calmly, but if you listened carefully, you could hear the slight tremor in his words.

The corpse in front of him was his brother Zhang Xiong!

Although Zhang Wei had been mentally prepared on the way here, when he saw his brother Zhang Xiong's body, he still couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart, and a feeling of suffocation enveloped his whole body!

After letting out a long breath, Zhang Wei walked to the low platform and sat opposite Zhang Xiong. He took out some appetizers and a pot of wine from the food box and placed them between his two brothers, and poured a glass of wine for himself and Zhang Xiong respectively.

Looking at the old body of his brother in front of him, Zhang Wei raised his head and drank the wine in the glass.

Three hundred years ago, not long after Zhang Wei and Chi Lian were swept away by the Yellow Springs Storm, Qun Yao personally came to the Zhang family to visit Zhang Xiong.

At that time, Zhang Xiong had just broken through to the middle stage of foundation building, and his life span was extended by another half a century. The entire Zhang family was immersed in the joy of the patriarch's breakthrough, so Qun Yao did not want to tell Zhang Xiong and Zhang Ping the bad news, so as not to add to their sadness.

But even so, Zhang Xiong still guessed that his younger brother Zhang Wei had met with an accident.

After repeated questioning, Zhang Xiong learned that Zhang Wei was swept away by the Yellow Springs Storm and his life or death was unknown. He said nothing but left a letter, passed the position of head of the family to Ping'er, and then went into seclusion again.

Whether it was Zhang Ping, the son, Qun Yao, who was watching from the sidelines, or Zhang Wei, who heard the news three hundred years later, everyone knew it.

He wants to break through the Purple Palace...

Only if he becomes a Zifu Master with a lifespan of 500 years can he spend 300 years to see his younger brother Zhang Wei.

But unfortunately...

He failed.

Although with Qun Yao's help, Zhang Xiong did not have to worry about the resources for cultivation, but at the final critical moment of the unity of man and nature... he missed the best time to copy the true map of the Great Dao.

When he learned that Zhang Xiong had failed to break through.

Qun Yao also ran around for this matter.

I hope to find a treasure that will allow Zhang Xiong to reach Purple Mansion again.

But this... led to another tragedy.

When Zhang Xiong failed to break through and his life was almost over.

As a son, Zhang Ping saw it all and felt anxious.

At this time, Zhang Ping, with the support of Qun Yao, had reached the late stage of foundation building and needed to prepare for the breakthrough to the Purple Mansion Realm.

So a hundred years after Zhang Wei left, when a new round of Longmen tide came, he ventured into the Linglong Sea to search for elixirs.

As a result, he never came back.

The death of his son once again dealt a huge blow to Zhang Xiong, who was already nearing the end of his life. Not long after, he passed away in this cave.

At this point, the last two relatives of the Zhang family that Zhang Wei was familiar with came to an end...

"Brother, I'm out for a rest."

After a long time, Zhang Wei finally spoke.

He told his brother in front of him about his three hundred years of life outside.

As if the other person is still alive.

The tone was full of ups and downs, but the real danger was not revealed.

At this moment, he was like a wanderer who had just returned home after traveling for a long time. He only reported good news but not bad news in front of his elders at home.

hum ---

As Zhang Wei was speaking, strange rhythms spread out from his body and then swept across the entire cave.

In the void, semi-illusory shadows suddenly appeared.

It was the image of Zhang Xiong!

These Zhang Xiongs were either sitting or standing, practicing or reading or drawing talismans.

There are many different postures.

But it was lifelike, as if Zhang Xiong had come alive at this moment.

However, these are just images.

Under the fluctuation of emotions, Zhang Wei's electromagnetic consciousness overflowed uncontrollably. Under the influence of the power of his soul, it directly attracted the Taoist rhyme that belonged to Zhang Xiong and remained in the cave.

These images are records of Zhang Xiong's life in the cave.

Just like the soul image of the Cyclops Li Mo that Zhang Wei met in the Snow Palace. Zhang Wei was still talking to himself, and the image of Zhang Xiong in these Daoyun records became older with the passage of time.

Finally, when Zhang Wei talked about how he returned to the Five Realms through the Tongyou Sea Eye, the image of Zhang Xiong presented by Dao Yun gradually became as old as the corpse of Zhang Xiong in front of Zhang Wei.

And then... disappear.

"call……"

Zhang Wei exhaled a breath of alcohol, cleaned up the food, and then stood up unsteadily holding the wine jug.

"Brother, I have something else to do. I'm leaving now. I'll come see you again when I have the chance."

As he spoke, Zhang Wei picked up the wine jug and poured a sip of wine into his mouth, then turned around and staggered away.

However, just as he reached the door, he suddenly heard an old voice.

"Zijie..."

Zhang Wei stopped, his eyes widened, and there was no trace of drunkenness on his face anymore.

Turn your head and look behind you.

At this moment, a faint light appeared on Zhang Xiong's body, outlining Zhang Xiong's appearance in middle age like a candle in the wind.

Looking at Zhang Wei, Zhang Xiong showed a look of relief, smiled slightly and said: "You have grown up..."

As soon as he finished speaking, a gust of wind blew through the void, and Zhang Xiong's extremely illusory figure suddenly disappeared like water mist.

Zhang Xiong's body also disappeared at the same time.

It's like it never appeared.

"Brother..."

Zhang Wei murmured, and two tears slid down his cheeks without him knowing when.

But at this moment there was no sadness in his heart.

A smile appeared on his face.

Zhang Wei poured all the remaining wine in the jug into his mouth, then walked out the door laughing.

What Zhang Xiong said just now was not Zhang Wei’s illusion.

Those are Zhang Xiong’s exact words.

That is his divine thought!

At the end of his life, Zhang Xiong successfully cultivated the power of divine consciousness, and used this divine power to cast a sealing spell, sealing his extremely weak soul in his body with an unknown sealing spell.

This spell seals extremely thoroughly.

Even his perception of the outside world has been cut off. Without sufficiently powerful stimulation of spiritual power, Zhang Xiong's remaining soul would probably remain sealed in his body until it perishes.

With this kind of ending, one won’t even be able to enjoy reincarnation.

But it is this almost dead state that extends Zhang Xiong's "lifespan" to the greatest extent.

So that he can wait for his brother who can't find his home to return.

As it turned out... Zhang Xiong was successful.

At the end of his life, Zhang Xiong finally saw his younger brother.

And Zhang Wei also saw his brother for the last time.

When I walked out of the cave, the sun was already setting.

A night sky has hung above the sky, squeezing the living space of the sunset.

And under the sky is the bustling Zhang family territory.

The birthday banquet has begun. At this moment, the seats are full of guests. Thousands of clansmen are happily congratulating Zhang Tianyi on his 200th birthday. It is indeed a wonderful scene.

Zhang Wei didn't care about this. The moment he walked out of the cave, he only felt that the heavy stone that had been pressing on his body disappeared, making him feel unprecedented joy and relaxation.

Buzz~~

As if breaking free from the shackles, a slight energy fluctuation burst out from Zhang Wei's body.

Zhang Wei looked at his hands and murmured, "The peak of the early Nascent Soul stage..."

After seeing his brother for the last time, the last bit of obsession in Zhang Wei's heart melted away, and it was normal for him to have a breakthrough in his cultivation.

But...it can't rise any further!

Feeling the aches and pains in all his limbs, Zhang Wei felt a little depressed.

The situation with the second body was fine. While practicing the Five Thunders Heavenly Gang Technique, there was no need to worry about the impact of the surging magic power on the body.

But his true self...

Zhang Wei’s current cultivation level of the Heavenly Thunder Refining God Technique has only reached the late Golden Core stage, but now Zhang Wei’s body’s cultivation level has reached the peak of the early Nascent Soul stage.

The outdated martial arts forced Zhang Wei to use magic power whose quantity and quality far exceeded his endurance limit, making him feel uncomfortable in his own movements.

It feels like being in shackles.

If his cultivation were to make another breakthrough and reach the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, Zhang Wei suspected that even if he would not explode, the blood vessels and meridians throughout his body would not be able to withstand the surging magic power and would burst!
"I need to vent my anger..." Zhang Wei muttered, and then planned to ask Chi Lian for help.

However, at this moment, he suddenly sensed a sneaky figure approaching here.

The visitor was a young man.

He is not very old, about thirteen or fourteen years old.

The clothes were not fancy and even had two patches on them.

This kind of treatment is not even accorded to the five main branches, let alone some of the nearby branches.

But the other party had a familiar aura.

Thunder Spiritual Power...

"Ok?"

Zhang Wei raised his eyebrows and remembered the aura of the ordinary person who was looking for a book to read in the cave, so he hid his body and appeared beside the young man.

I watched him sneakily turn into the bushes beside a cave, then lift up a pile of rubble, revealing a...dog hole?
Moreover, there is no prohibition on its existence, and you can reach the interior of the cave by going in!

Zhang Wei was stunned. He didn't expect that the restrictions on his elder brother's cave could be circumvented like this?
Then Zhang Wei watched the young man sticking his butt out and struggling to get inside. Zhang Wei couldn't help but laugh at his difficult look.

So he raised his leg and kicked the boy in the butt.

"Ouch!"

Zhang Baozang could only let out a scream, and then with the sound of clothes tearing, he rushed directly into the cave, and then fell into a gourd due to inertia.

The price he paid was that his already tattered clothes were completely ruined.

"my clothes……"

Zhang Baozang looked at his clothes with heartache. These were his best clothes, but they only had two inconspicuous patches on them.

If today wasn't the birthday party of clan leader Zhang Tianyi, who required the entire clan to dress smartly and not bring shame to the Zhang family in front of foreign guests, he would still be reluctant to wear it.

But soon, Zhang Baozang thought of a very important question.

"Who kicked me?"

Zhang Baozang was shocked. You know, this is a forbidden area. If he, a member of a side branch, were to be discovered when he broke in, he would be finished!
It would be fine if I was kicked out of the Zhang family tree, but what if they discovered my spiritual power and my cultivation was destroyed?
Thinking of this, Zhang Baozang crawled towards the dog hole, wanting to return the same way he came.

But as soon as he put his head in, he looked up and saw Zhang Wei squatting at the entrance of the dog hole, looking at him leisurely.

Zhang Baozang felt it carefully and found that there was no spiritual power fluctuation from this person.

Either they are much stronger than me, or they are just ordinary people like me.

But it is obviously impossible. How could an ordinary person come here during the Zhang family’s birthday party?
So this person's strength is far beyond mine!
Moreover, he looked very unfamiliar. Based on his memory of having worked in the Zhang family for ten years, he had no recollection of such a person in the Zhang family.

Then there is only one possibility!

The other party is a spy who sneaked into the clan territory while the Zhang family was holding a birthday party!
Damn it...

No, I can’t just sit there and wait for death, I have to find a way to save myself!

Thinking of this, Zhang Baozang raised his head and smiled a smile that was uglier than crying. He said, "This... Senior, if you have any instructions, please tell me. I will help you through fire and water. I only ask that you can spare my life."

(End of this chapter)