Cultivating Immortals in the Family: Rising from Beast Familiarity

Chapter 68 Immortals Are Different, Accidental Discovery

Jiufengling.

When Zhou Chun was appointed by shopkeeper Zhou Jiasheng to represent Lingshou Zhai and returned to the Zhou family for the funeral, he saw that the Zhou family monks in the family were all wrapped in white cloths on their heads, and the whole family mourned the deceased great elder Zhou Mingshan.

Seeing this, he hurriedly asked someone for a white cloth to wrap around his head, and then went to Pagoda Peak to pay homage to the body of Great Elder Zhou Mingshan.

Counting it, it has been five or six years since the Zhou family laid down their foundation in Jiufengling, but this is the first time that a monk like Zhou Mingshan has died at the end of his life.

How to go about the funeral process also needs to be discussed and formulated by Zhou Daoyi, who is the patriarch, and the elders.

Finally, after deliberation, it was decided that according to Zhou Mingshan's status as an elder, the funeral would be held on nine days.

During these nine days, in addition to guarding the Jingling Pavilion and other unavoidable tasks, all the monks of the Zhou family in the family's mountain gate must chant scriptures and mantras for the elder Zhou Mingshan outside the ancestral temple on Baota Peak to save the dead .

And during the nine days, the other four major cultivating families who had received the news of the funeral, as well as some other forces in Lanzhou, sent people to mourn the funeral.

Some casual cultivators who lived and practiced near Zhou's house in Jiufengling would also stop by to worship at Zhou's house when they came to practice.

After nine days of making such a fuss, Zhou Mingshan's body was sent to the tomb of the Shan clan at Baota Peak and buried for safety.

The body is buried, and the funeral is over.

The lives of most Zhou family monks have returned to normal, no different from before.

At this time, Zhou Chun was able to meet with the patriarch Zhou Daoyi in private.

He also came with a mission this time, which was to ask if the clan could still supply various unique medicines of the Zhou family to the Lingshouzhai.

"Please let Jiasheng rest assured that before the death of the Great Elder Zuo Huaxian, he had already reserved enough pills for the family to refine for several years. The supply at the shop will indeed decrease in the future, but it will not decrease too much! "

When Zhou Daoyi said this, he asked again with concern: "Is the number of customers in the store still declining? Or is there something new in the Spirit Beast Pavilion?"

"Patriarch Mingjian, the number of guests is indeed continuing to decline, but there are no new tricks in the Spirit Beast Pavilion for the time being, and they are probably just watching our jokes!"

When Zhou Chun said this, his face was full of bitterness.

Seeing this, Zhou Daoyi couldn't help but sighed: "Hey, there is no way to do this, you all should take it easy, the family is now supported by the income from the Chiyao iron vein, and it can still last for a few years! "

Hearing what Zhou Daoyi said, Zhou Chun felt a little better.

Now he and Zhou Jiasheng are afraid that the family will not understand them, and think that it is their incapacity that caused the store's revenue to drop sharply, which really makes them unable to argue.

At that moment, he also saluted gratefully and said: "Thank you, Patriarch, for your understanding. This junior will truthfully tell Uncle Sixteen what you said when he returns."

After he finished speaking, he talked about another thing.

"Patriarch Mingjian, this junior received a corpse of a strange fish from a loose cultivator a few days ago. I have never seen this strange fish after reading all the monster atlases collected by the Zhou family, and I don't know what the materials on it are useful for, so So I want to ask the patriarch to appraise it to see if this fish has any special value."

While talking like this, Zhou Chun also reached out and patted the storage bag on his waist, and took out the wooden box containing the corpse of the strange fish.

Because he used a lot of ice cubes to keep it fresh, the strange fish carcasses in the wooden box still maintained a good freshness, which was not much different from the situation purchased at that time.

At this time, Zhou Daoyi looked at the corpse of the strange fish he took out, and his eyes narrowed slightly, and he began to look at it carefully.

After such a careful look, he nodded slightly to Zhou Chun and said: "It is indeed a new type of monster that has never been recorded in the family. Tell me about the situation of this monster in detail!"

"Yes."

Zhou Chun responded, and immediately repeated what Sanshu Luo Guangshun said at that time.

"As Na Sanxiu said, this kind of strange fish should be a kind of monster that lives in groups underwater, so it means that their reproductive ability is not bad."

"If it doesn't have high requirements for the habitat and food, even if it has no other use, you can catch some and raise them in the river ponds inside and outside the family's mountain gate, as food reserves for other carnivorous monsters!"

After Zhou Daoyi listened to Zhou Chun's words, he pondered for a while, and then expressed his own opinion.

Monster beasts that live in groups have always been the monsters that the Zhou family valued more.

Because gregarious monsters are only easy to reproduce, they can help the family avoid the embarrassing situation that the family monks do not have a monster contract in many cases.

But group living monsters also have their disadvantages, that is, once the population is too large, it is difficult to provide enough food to feed them for a long time.

Monster beasts like red-tailed monkeys and emerald-crowned flying snakes are better. They either eat fruit and plants, or eat very little.

If they were replaced by those large carnivorous monsters like ligers, tigers, wolves, and leopards, the consumption of meat would be too great.

Moreover, this kind of monster is picky about food, and generally only eats live animals and fresh meat. It is really difficult to raise them on a large scale.

That's why the Zhou family didn't dare to arrest such monsters and raise them.

If the strange fish brought by Zhou Chun didn't have high requirements for the water environment and food, then it would be good to domesticate them as a high-level food for monsters.

"This junior understands. After this matter, this junior will find a way to contact that casual cultivator to see if he can learn about the lair of this strange fish!"

Zhou Chun nodded, indicating that he knew what to do.

After leaving the corpse of the strange fish in the family for research, Zhou Chun went to a nearby mortal town to visit his parents and others.

Since he went to Fangshi, he has had very little time to visit his parents, brothers and sisters.

When I went back this time, I found out that the fifth younger brother was already married, the wife was pregnant, and the fourth younger sister also had a new fat boy.

It's a pity that he is still a mortal without spiritual root qualifications!

"Son, if you can remember us, it's fine to come and visit us once in a while, but don't waste your own cultivation because of this."

"We have our family to take care of us, and your brothers and sisters to take care of us. Everything is fine!"

In the dining hall of the Zhou family, after Zhou Chun's family had a reunion dinner around a long table, Zhou's father looked at Zhou Chun lovingly and said these words.

But as soon as he finished speaking, the second elder brother who had a brighter head among Zhou Chun's brothers and sisters hurriedly responded: "Yes, yes, Dad is right, third brother, you are the only one in several generations of our family." Immortal cultivators, don’t waste your cultivation just because of us ordinary people, your parents will be taken care of by us, just rest assured.”

Then the elder sister hurriedly followed up and said: "Second brother is right. Third brother, your own practice is the most important. It is enough for you to take care of your parents. Don't dare to delay your practice because of these things."

As soon as their eldest sister and second brother spoke, the remaining four younger sisters and five younger brothers knew that no matter how poor their eyesight was, they must follow up with a few words at this time.

Immediately, they also said similar words one after another.

Seeing this scene, Zhou Chun felt very complicated.

In fact, he is not saying how deep his relationship with these family members is, but because of his guilty conscience, he often finds time to visit these family members out of compensatory psychology.

Unexpectedly, his enthusiastic performance now caused misunderstandings among these family members.

It really made him not know what to say.

However, he did find that when he was the only immortal cultivator in the family, it was really strange for the family to get along with each other.

Zhou's father and Zhou's mother are okay to say, but the brothers and sisters and their spouses and children are all very cautious, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are cautious.

If I don't talk to them, I don't dare to talk to myself, even if he is actually smiling all the time.

It seems that Zhou Chun is not their brother, but a superior leader who can decide their future life and death with one word.

And this kind of feeling that the leader gets along with the subordinates not only did not make Zhou Chun, who is a "leader", very happy, but made him feel very awkward and uncomfortable.

Looking at the brothers and sisters who were actively trying to please him, Zhou Chun was also silent for a while.

Then he didn't say anything, just nodded lightly and said: "Father and mother, don't worry, the child knows everything in his heart, and he will not slack off in cultivation."

After finishing speaking, he said to several brothers and sisters: "From now on, parents will trouble the eldest sister, second brother, fourth younger sister, and fifth younger brother to be more careful. If you encounter any difficulties or are missing something, you must solve it in time. Send me a message to explain, and I will try my best to help you solve it."

Hearing his words, whether it was Zhou's father, Zhou's mother, or the brothers and sisters, they all showed happy smiles.

Next, Zhou Chun, who originally wanted to stay in the family for two days, had to return to Fangshi ahead of schedule.

After returning to Fangshi, Zhou Chun told the account of the patriarch Zhou Daoyi to the shopkeeper Zhou Jiasheng, which made the shopkeeper, who had been in a bad mood recently, a little relieved, and his complexion improved a lot.

Without the pressure from the family, and after confirming that the supply of the store will not be reduced much, he, the shopkeeper, will indeed have a lot less pressure.

So the two continued to manage and maintain the store, while racking their brains to think about how to restore the lost popularity.

On this day, Zhou Chunxin was thinking about the strange fish discovered by San Xiuluo Guangshun, so he took a leave of absence to find Liu Qingshan, and asked him if there was a way to find him.

But since Liu Qingshan was grounded in Fangshi, he had less contact with these friends, so he couldn't help Zhou Chun.

But on the way back to the shop, Zhou Chun passed near the Spiritual Beast Pavilion, his eyes suddenly fixed, and he saw a familiar monk just coming out of the Spiritual Beast Pavilion.

How could he go to the Spirit Beast Pavilion?
Behind a big tree, Zhou Chun looked at the back of the monk who left quickly after coming out of the Spirit Beast Pavilion, his eyes were full of surprise.

(End of this chapter)