Chapter 260: The Abyss
Under the dim light, Zhang Yongkang sat on the bed, leaning in Yang Ping'er's arms, looking somewhat relaxed and reluctant.

The other three were extremely sad, but they tried hard not to cry.

Zhang Yongkang said: "Yang'er, after I leave, the first thing you have to do is to take back the spiritual stone veins in the south slope, and detain all the miners of the Lei family. No one is allowed to leave!"

Zhang Shaoyang said: "Yes, Dad."

"I have been busy these three days trying to break through the Lei family's protective formation, and I actually forgot about this matter."

"The next step is to send a letter to the sect via flying sword to tell them to send an elder to retrieve it. My Zhang family is willing to donate this mineral vein to the sect!"

"father!"

Zhang Shaoxing was surprised and said, "A lowest-level mineral vein can at least produce 100,000 low-grade spirit stones. If we offer it to the sect, we..."

"Young star!"

Zhang Shaoyang interrupted Zhang Shaoxing and said, "Listen to Dad!"

"Cough cough..."

Zhang Yongkang said: "I know what you are worried about. A low-level mine can indeed produce about 100,000 low-grade spirit stones, but it will take at least several decades to dig."

"My Zhang family has become like this now. If the news of the spiritual stone mine gets out, how can we protect it?"

"It would be different if we donated the mineral vein to the sect."

"First, you can obtain a large number of contribution points to exchange for various supplies from the sect, the most important of which is the new clan protection formation!"

"Second, if you offer it to the sect, the sect will give you one tenth of the original value of the spirit stones as a reward, which is at least 10,000 spirit stones!"

"All of our magic tools, elixirs, talismans, etc. have been collected by the system. These ten thousand spirit stones can just be used to make up for you."

"father!"

Zhang Shaoyang said: "I also collected a lot of supplies from the Lei family..."

Zhang Yongkang shook his head and said, "What good things can the Lei family have? At most, it's just a newly dug spiritual stone."

"The Lei family has two Foundation Establishment cultivators, and all the good stuff is in their storage bags..."

Zhang Shaoyang said helplessly: "Yes... Father, the total value of the cultivation items left by the Lei family is only more than 3,000 spirit stones."

"third……"

Zhang Yongkang continued, "If we donate the spiritual stone mine to the sect, the sect will definitely set up a base in Weiyang Mountain, and a foundation-building deacon will come to guard it."

"My Zhang family can work together with the garrison to protect Weiyang Mountain. Only in this way can we resist the counterattack of Yinlei Mountain!"

The three of them then understood Zhang Yongkang’s arrangement, it turned out to be for the Zhang family!

"call……"

Zhang Yongkang let out a long sigh and said, "These are my arrangements for the Zhang family."

"Next, it's the three of you."

"Young star!"

"father!"

"You have a lively personality. You are the one I am most worried about among you."

Zhang Yongkang said: "I hope you can gain enlightenment after this experience and stop wasting your precious time."

"My Zhang family had a great opportunity, so we were able to escape the fate of genocide. Your elder brother is the best example. It's a pity for Shao Hai..."

"father……!"

Zhang Shaoxing fell to his knees, unable to hold on any longer and burst into tears.

"Good boy, don't cry." Zhang Yongkang patted his head and said, "After your elder brother returns from the sect, I hope you can practice peacefully in the clan and don't go out and cause trouble again..."

Zhang Shaoxing said: "Dad, don't worry, I will be obedient, I will..."

"Shaoyang..."

Zhang Yongkang added: "You have advanced to the foundation building stage. According to the 'Canglan Covenant', you must go to the Nether Abyss within one year to resist the Nether Spirit Clan. The period is ten years."

"In the next ten years, my Zhang family will be protected by all the sects in Weiguo. Other families are not allowed to attack my Zhang family. This is also good news for my Zhang family."

"in addition……"

He tremblingly took out a book from under his pillow, handed it to Zhang Shaoyang and said, "A hundred years ago, I also stayed in the Nether Abyss for ten years, and recorded some of my experiences."

"Unfortunately, the jade slip that recorded the Nether Abyss was also in my storage bag. It was taken back by the system. Now I can only rewrite it from memory."

"When you go to the sect, they will explain it to you. You must take good notes."

Zhang Shaoyang said: "Dad, don't worry!"

At this time, Zheng Yi, who was hanging on Yang Ping'er's chest, felt a little embarrassed. There were many jade slips in so many storage bags, but he did not check them carefully.

It seems that the records about Mingyuan that Zhang Yongkang mentioned should also be among them.

"father!"

At this time, Zhang Shaoxing suddenly asked: "What exactly is the Dark Abyss? What secrets does it have?"

Zhang Shaoyang also looked at Zhang Yongkang, and Zheng Yi also pricked up his ears.

"Ugh……"

Zhang Yongkang sighed and said, "I am only a cultivator in the middle stage of foundation building. I don't know much about the Nether Abyss. I just know the basics."

"About a thousand years ago, our Canglan Continent was originally an independent supercontinent, with only a few islands around it at most."

"But that day, a large number of space cracks suddenly appeared in the center of Canglan Continent. Then the continent split apart, and seawater poured out, forming a giant abyss connected to the 'Nether Abyss'!"

"And Canglan Continent was also divided into four continents because of the Nether Abyss. They are divided into four continents: east, west, south and north. Our Wei Kingdom is on the edge of the northern continent, and that area has become a deserted place with few people."

"That day, the mountain gate of the Canglan Sect, located in the center of the Canglan Continent, was directly destroyed, and the Canglan Sect was also split because of the split of the continent."

"The race that lives in the Netherworld is called the Netherworld Clan, and there are a large number of Netherworld Beasts. They came out in droves to kill us humans."

"The Mingling Clan controls the Mingling Qi. It is rumored that it is a lower plane of the 'Netherworld', one of the upper realms. It can hurt the souls of cultivators. In the early stage, human cultivators like us are no match for it at all."

"As time goes by, more than 60% of the Canglan Continent is occupied by the Nether Spirit Clan."

“It was not until this time that the remaining cultivators of Canglan Continent signed an alliance to fight against the Nether Spirit Clan.”

"Afterwards, Canglan Sect, Taixu Dao, Wuzhuang Mountain, Xingxiu Sea, and Bailian Yongsheng Sect joined forces to communicate with the upper realm, and summoned five seniors in the Fusion Stage from the upper realm at once, along with dozens of Spiritualization Stage and Nascent Soul Stage cultivators, and drove the Nether Spirit Clan back to the Nether Abyss."

“But for some reason, the five fusion-level cultivators did not exterminate the Nether Spirit Clan. Instead, they used the power of the upper realm to seal the entrance to the Nether Abyss, leaving only the entrance, allowing human cultivators to enter the Nether Abyss through the entrance.”

"Rumor has it that when the five fusion-level cultivators were preparing to enter the Netherworld that day, they suddenly received a warning from the upper realm and did not dare to enter."

Zhang Yongkang said a lot in one breath, and Yang Ping'er quickly brought him tea.

"Since then, the Nether Abyss, which was sealed in the center of the continent, has become a dangerous place that countless cultivators in my Canglan Realm must go to after advancing to the foundation-building stage."

"Countless monks are stationed in the Nether Abyss to resist and kill the almost endless Nether Spirit Clan and Nether Spirit Beasts in order to limit their numbers and prevent them from breaking through the Nether Abyss blockade."

"In order to make many cultivators willing to go to the Nether Abyss to suppress the Nether Spirit Clan, the ten major sects of our Canglan Realm specially formulated the 'Canglan Covenant' to resist the Nether Abyss!"

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