In fact, the foundation of a family lies in the younger generation, and the younger generation is the hope for the family's future development.
However, Zhou Guang obviously put the cart before the horse, relying solely on the protection of the ancestors and neglecting to discipline the younger generation.
This has led to the fact that now that the family has been in trouble, even he and his clansmen are unable to handle the situation and are like a group of headless flies.
Most members of the Zhou family are selfish by nature. When something happens, the first thing they do is not to live and die with the family, but to take the opportunity to take away valuables and leave the family to avoid being implicated in the future.
Zhou Guang was unconscious and crazy, unable to take charge of the affairs. Zhou Lekang had not been released yet. For a while, the entire Zhou family mansion was emptied out.
Before outsiders could take action, they had already brought themselves down.
The next day, Zhou Guang finally regained consciousness and nearly died on the spot after hearing the tragic news. However, even greater tragedy was yet to come.
"Master, there's a group of people outside, they're all here to collect debts!"
"What debt?"
"Before our ancestor dueled with Chang Ming, didn't the casino open for the event? Many people came to place bets, but now..."
The most unlikely situation happened.
Many people lost, but some people preferred to bet on the underdogs and made a lot of money.
One of the guests bet one hundred thousand spirit stones, betting that Changming could not only defeat the ancestor, but also kill him!
At that time, the casino manager just thought that this guest was dreaming and was here to give money to their casino. Who knew that he would actually win the bet!
The odds in this case are thirty times, which means that the casino not only has to return the man’s principal, but also has to compensate him with three million spirit stones!
Including the compensation to others, it’s almost 10 million.
It's not like the Zhou family couldn't come up with such a large sum of money, but Zhou Jin, who was in charge of managing the casino, had already run away with the money! He left such a huge mess behind and took away all the money in the casino!
Zhou Guang was so angry that he spit out blood on the spot.
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"Hey, have you heard? There's a shop on Jinliu Street that specializes in selling martial arts techniques. They have everything from Yellow Rank to Heaven Rank!"
"How come I haven't heard of it? I went there a long time ago and bought a local mid-grade technique! Guess how much I spent?"
"Hiss, a mid-grade earth-level technique would cost at least several hundred thousand spirit stones, right?"
"Hahaha, let me tell you, this technique only cost me 30,000 spirit stones! How about that, cheap, right?"
Thirty thousand spirit stones is a huge sum of money, but if used to buy a local-level mid-grade martial arts technique, it is almost as cheap as cabbage.
It’s like a house worth millions is sold to you for hundreds of thousands. Doesn’t it feel like you got it for free?
The people around him didn't believe it. "How is that possible? Are you being tricked?"
"If I had been cheated, would I still be here chatting with you? I would have gone to the shop owner to argue with him a long time ago! To be honest, when I bought it, I was just like you. I couldn't believe that such a pie in the sky would happen to me. But I read the exercise book from beginning to end, and the feeling was different from the one I practiced before. The difference was obvious!
"I risked my life for the Zhou family before, nearly losing my life several times, all just to get a cultivation technique. But the Zhou family used a low-grade, yellow-level technique to trick me. I've been practicing for decades, but I'm still stuck in the Qi Refining stage. But this mid-level, earth-level technique is different. I've only been practicing for a few days, and I've already reached the threshold of the Foundation Establishment stage!"
The last sentence was like a huge rock thrown into the lake, immediately causing huge waves.
The scene was silent for a moment, and everyone was in an uproar.
"Let's go, let's go and have a look."
"What was the name of that shop?"
"It's called the Gongfa Pavilion! It's right next to the Narcissus Pavilion, you can see it when you go there!"
Such scenes did not just happen in one place, but were played out in every crowded place in the city.
It’s just that the promotional points are different.
Some are techniques, some are elixirs, and some are magical instruments...
Yes, publicity. This is a wave of marketing that Changming launched based on Xue Huan’s suggestion.
The Zhou family was now practically bankrupt, its former territory now divided among various factions. The black market benefited the most, taking over the entire Jinliu Street.
Originally this was a place for pleasure, but now, with Narcissus Pavilion as the center, several surrounding buildings have been converted into shops to sell various cultivation items.
The reason why aristocratic families can occupy high positions is because they monopolize most of the cultivation resources. If they want to cultivate, qualified commoners can only choose to join aristocratic families.
But now, the black market has broken this situation in one fell swoop.
Kung Fu, elixirs, magical instruments, talismans... everything needed for cultivation is no longer exclusive to the aristocratic families. As long as you have money, ordinary people can also buy it!
Although it is not easy for ordinary people to earn money, it is better than the previous situation where even if they have money, they cannot buy cultivation resources.
Now, as long as they work hard to make money and save it, they will have hope, instead of having only one way to go like before - they can only serve the aristocratic family, work hard for the aristocratic family, and finally become the aristocratic family's cannon fodder, with no way to be promoted forever.
Because of the publicity everywhere, Jinliu Street was crowded with people for a while, which was rarely seen in the past. After all, there was not much business here during the day.
The Kung Fu Pavilion has the most people, and everyone wants to see if it is true as they have heard, that there are Kung Fu techniques of all levels here.
The Kung Fu Pavilion has one floor. The first floor is densely packed with countless Kung Fu secrets like a bookstore. These secrets are all of the Yellow Level or Xuan Level. The second floor is of the Earth Level, and the secrets placed on the bookshelf are much sparser.
The third floor is filled with heavenly-level skills. Not even a single cabinet is filled with them, but this is already shocking enough.
The heavenly-level skills are enough to establish a new school, and now there are dozens of them displayed here!
The bookshelves are all enchanted with barriers, and the books on them cannot be touched directly. However, each technique has samples, and some of the samples are open, allowing people to see part of the content.
This is like the free chapters at the beginning of modern novels, which always let readers know what the book is about and whether it is worth buying.
The same goes for the exercises. Since they are for sale, it is naturally impossible to display all the contents. Otherwise, others will have already read them and there will be no need to buy them.
"'Yanlong Jue'? This is a low-grade Xuan-level fire-type technique that can be cultivated all the way to the Golden Core stage. That's amazing! I've never been able to find a technique that suits me, but I didn't expect to find it here. Man, I want to buy this!"
"Ice Palm, a combat technique with ice attributes. I already have the technique, so I don't need to change it. What I'm missing is a combat technique that can increase my combat power! It's only 5,000 spirit stones, so I'll buy it!"
"'Wind Spirit Technique' is a supplementary technique. Practicing it can greatly increase your speed and also allow you to use the wind to gather various information..."
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