Cheng Qingjia closed his eyes, only regretting that his aptitude was too mediocre and that he had used so many resources to reach the late stage of foundation building.
If he had the talent of Miss Zhan, and was noticed by Penglai Fairy Island, how could he have ended up in the situation he is in today...
Cheng Qi was not the only one who had doubts. All the other members of the Cheng family, except Xu Chunniang, also wanted to persuade Cheng Qingjia.
Almost as soon as the banquet ended, these people couldn't wait to find him and start lobbying him with both emotional and logical arguments.
"You must be convinced that the Third Miss is interested in you."
"With the second Miss Zhan here, the Zhan family can prosper for at least another thousand years. This is good for you and the family."
"In the early years of our Cheng family, we also had a genius who was enrolled in the Penglai Fairy Island. But that was more than a thousand years ago... The Cheng family is now in decline and is no longer what it used to be."
Even his seventh uncle, who had watched him grow up, asked him to think more about the family.
After the Cheng family left, Cheng Qingjia felt confused and depressed, and couldn't even concentrate while meditating.
After tossing and turning until late at night, he simply ran to the stern of the boat to get some fresh air, but met Xu Chunniang there.
He was slightly startled, "Fellow Daoist Xu?"
In fact, she was the only one today who did not try to persuade him to rely on the Zhan family.
Xu Chunniang noticed him as soon as he appeared. She opened her eyes, nodded slightly, and then closed her eyes.
Seeing this, Cheng Qingjia silently swallowed his desire to talk.
It has only been in the past few months that Fellow Daoist Xu has become a guest official of the Cheng family.
She stayed in the library all day, and although they had met a few times, they did not have a deeper friendship.
The formation on the cloud boat is always activated, so even if you stand at the stern of the boat, you still can't feel a trace of wind.
Cheng Qingjia stood there for a while, his eyes unconsciously fell on the sitting figure, and his mood suddenly calmed down.
Seeing that he had no intention of leaving, Xu Chunniang finally opened her eyes, "Fellow Daoist Cheng, do you have anything else to say?"
The formation on this cloud boat was very advanced. She had never seen it before, so she deliberately found a secluded place to observe it carefully to see if she could see anything.
Could it be that Cheng Qingjia also has some research on battle formations
Cheng Qingjia naturally had no idea what the other party was thinking. He knew it was time to leave, but his feet seemed to be rooted and he couldn't move at all.
The depression that had been suppressed in my chest for a long time seemed to have found a window to vent.
"Fellow Daoist Xu, what do you think of the Zhan family's strength?"
Zhan family
Xu Chunniang thought seriously for a moment. As the first family of the five southern islands, the strength of the Zhan family was beyond doubt.
The Zhan family owns the coral island with the most resources. There are no less than twenty people in the family who have achieved the Golden Core level, and there are also Yuanying cultivators in charge.
The second Miss Zhan, who has been worshipped in Penglai Fairy Island since childhood, is a well-deserved genius with a bright future.
Its overall strength is two points stronger than Hunyuan City.
"The Zhan family is good."
Cheng Qingjia was surprised, "Just good?"
Xu Chunniang was born on an unknown island and was just a foundation-building cultivator. In her eyes, the Zhan family should be as majestic as a mountain.
But from her tone, the Zhan family is strong, but that seems to be it.
"What else?"
Xu Chunniang cast a doubtful glance at him. She had a vague feeling that he didn't come to Zhouwei just because he was interested in the battle formation.
Cheng Qingjia took a deep breath, "So... what do you think of the Cheng family?"
After asking this question, he felt uneasy.
He knew that the Cheng family could not be compared with the Zhan family, but he still wanted to hear her opinion.
"The Cheng family has been able to be passed down for two thousand years, and it must have its own unique features."
When Xu Chunniang said this, she suddenly remembered a bone book she had seen in the Sutra Library.
"It seems that your Cheng family's ancestors once produced a genius cultivator who also worshipped at Penglai Fairy Island."
Thinking of that ancestor, Cheng Qingjia's face showed both pride and loss.
"He entered Penglai at the age of ten, and also successfully formed a pill before the age of a hundred. But not long after he formed a pill, he unfortunately died while carrying out a sect mission."
Back then, the Cheng family was at its peak in the five southern islands.
But since the accidental death of that ancestor, the Cheng family has gone downhill.
"It is said that the three fairy islands of Penglai, Fangzhang and Yingzhou have such a high status because there are always Divine Transformation cultivators on the fairy islands. Do you know if this is true or not?"
Xu Chunniang suddenly asked, remembering the discussion among the monks of the Zhan family at the banquet.
Cheng Qingjia was stunned and spoke hesitantly.
“I heard from my grandfather that after a Nascent Soul cultivator breaks through to the Spiritual Transformation stage, they will eventually leave this world after a few years or even decades.
But Penglai, Fangzhang, and Yingzhou are three fairy islands with a long history, and their magical powers are unimaginable to ordinary people. Maybe the rumors are true. "
Xu Chunniang nodded. A powerful force like the Three Immortal Islands would definitely not be completely ignorant of the Dead Sea and the Five Sects of the Northwest.
It’s a pity that apart from the monks on the island, few people know the specific locations of these three fairy islands.
It would be difficult for ordinary people to find them in their entire lives.
If you want to find out the news about the Dead Sea and the Five Northwestern Sects, you have to go to Pingfeng Island first and make plans.
She would try to go there once the hunting contest was over.
Cheng Qingjia left.
He was full of sorrow when he came, but felt relieved when he left.
The Zhan family is very strong, but his Cheng family's ancestors were also glorious. He will work hard to cultivate and find a way to restore the family's former glory.
Xu Chunniang closed her eyes and continued to observe the formation.
The cloud boat sailed on the sea for several days. No matter how rough the waves were outside, the boat was as stable as the ground, and even the slightest shaking could not be felt.
The third floor of the Cloud Boat was Zhan Yingluo's private domain. No one was allowed to set foot there without her permission.
At this time, on the third floor of the Cloud Boat, besides Zhan Yingluo, there were only the Jindan cultivator named Zhao and the old man from the Zhan family whom she trusted deeply.
She reached out to grab the pot and poured herself a glass of spirit wine. "Uncle Zhao, is she still at the stern of the boat?"
Zhao Hucheng nodded. "During the past four days, the female cultivator named Xu Chunniang has been staying at the stern of the boat without moving. She must be a formation master, and her attainments in formation are probably not weak."
A hint of surprise appeared on Zhan Yingluo's face. The protective formation on this cloud boat was centered around two third-level formations and incorporated ten second-level formations, which showed how sophisticated and complex it was.
The boat protection formation covered the entire cloud boat. When the formation was activated, some operating rules would naturally be revealed.
Only a formation master, and at least a second-level formation master, can capture some traces.
Hasn't the Cheng family been on the decline for a long time? Where on earth did they recruit such a formation master with such a strong cultivation level
Zhao Hucheng didn't say anything. The old man behind Zhan Yingluo spoke up and told him the news he had heard.
"She was born on an unknown island. Ten months ago, she rescued a young man from the Cheng family at sea. After that, she landed on Nansha Island for the first time and registered her identity. Five months ago, she became a guest of the Cheng family and has been staying in the Cheng family's library ever since."
Zhan Yingluo nodded slightly. Xu Chunniang must have had some opportunities to become a formation master and achieve her current level of cultivation.
Since he is just a monk from an unknown island, it should not affect her plan.