Cultivating Immortals in the Family: Rising from Beast Familiarity

Chapter 73 The Touch of Despair
The Jiufengling Zhou family is now considered to be a well-known Xiuxian family in Lanzhou.

Because there used to be many casual practitioners living in the area around Jiufengling, but now there are two to three hundred casual practitioners who come to Zhou's house to practice every day.

So Luo Guangshun was placed inside, inconspicuous at all.

In fact, Luo Guangshun really wanted to thank Zhou Chun.

Because Zhou Daoyi's previous view was to directly kill and silence, which is simple and trouble-free.

It was Zhou Chun's strong recommendation that changed the decision of the patriarch Zhou Daoyi, and instead brought Luo Guangshun to the Zhou family and imprisoned him first.

In Zhou Chun's view, as long as the antidote from Fourteenth Uncle Zhou Jiawei's side can be researched quickly, the poison can be put on the market sooner.

Three to five years later, when it would be enough for other monks to buy related medicines, they would only look for the signboard of Spirit Beast House, so as to restore the lost popularity in one fell swoop.

And as long as the value of the poison is revealed, the strange fish in the underground river will naturally attract the attention of the Zhou family, and more efforts will be devoted to its development.

At that time, the Zhou family will occupy that place, and even if Luo Guangshun is released to let outsiders know the secret of the slime, can the Spirit Beast Villa directly attack the Zhou family for this inedible poison prescription?

So there is no need to kill people directly for such a secret that is not important in a few years.

In short, in Zhou Chun's eyes, the method of killing and silence is not impossible, but it can only be used as a last resort when there is no other way at all.

As long as there is a better solution, even if it is a little troublesome, the seemingly simple method of keeping secrets by killing and silence must not be used lightly.

The Zhou family can't even be regarded as the overlord in Lanzhou, let alone the entire Yasukuni world of cultivating immortals.

It is best not to do things that kill people and silence them.

Otherwise, if the matter is leaked out and then used by someone with a heart, the trouble will be many times greater than spending more time to arrange Luo Guangshun now!
On this matter, Zhou Chun's long-term perspective also made Zhou Daoyi greatly appreciate it.

He probably didn't think that killing a small casual cultivator would bring any trouble to the Zhou family.

But he appreciates Zhou Chun's thinking and vision for the long-term development of the family.

This is something that most Zhou family monks have difficulty possessing.

The vast majority of immortal cultivators are extremely selfish, and this kind of selfishness makes them often only see immediate benefits, not long-term benefits.

Of course, this is not because they are not smart enough, but because of the environment in the world of cultivating immortals.

A casual cultivator lives a precarious life every day, and his safety is not guaranteed. Only by being extremely selfish can he live better and for a long time in the cruel world of cultivating immortals.

This is also the case for many low-level family monks and sect monks.

But a person can be extremely selfish, but the patriarch of a family cannot be extremely selfish, and the head of a sect cannot be extremely selfish.

If such an extremely selfish person is allowed to be the patriarch of the family and the head of the sect, it will be a disaster for the family and the sect! !

Zhou Daoyi was selected as the head of the Zhou family at the beginning because he was fair and strict, thoughtful in doing things, and able to think for a long time.

And since the Zhou family took root in Jiufengling, facing all kinds of internal and external pressures, he understood one thing even more.

A patriarch of the Xiuxian family, in addition to being fair, strict and thoughtful, must also have a long-term vision, be able to not only see the immediate interests, but also consider the long-term interests.

It's a pity that he didn't see this ability from other Zhou family monks other than Zhou Chun.

It is precisely because of this that he values ​​Zhou Chun as a junior even more. For some of Zhou Chun's suggestions, as long as he does not see any serious consequences, he will agree to them most of the time.

He needs to use this to cultivate Zhou Chun's self-confidence, so that Zhou Chun is more enthusiastic about making suggestions and building and developing the family.

In fact, Zhou Daoyi's approach did have an effect.

At least after Zhou Chun's repeated suggestions were adopted by the patriarch Zhou Daoyi, and after he felt the trust and love of the patriarch Zhou Daoyi for him, his sense of belonging to the Zhou family also increased a lot in his heart, and he wanted the Zhou family to become better!
Time flies, and three months have passed in a blink of an eye.

During these three months, Zhou Chun made two trips to the underground river, and sent more than ten corpses of strange fish to Fourteenth Uncle Zhou Jiawei for research.

After a lot of experiments, Zhou Jiawei finally formulated the poison antidote he named "Touch of Despair".

"Touch of Despair", just like its name, touches people to despair.

Once this sticky ointment touches the skin, it will cause a strong itching sensation in people and monsters in just a dozen breaths, and it will make people want to dig out the flesh and blood in that place and throw it away!

If there is no antidote, this itching effect will last for a very long time, and no matter how you wash it during the period, it will not have much relief.

It has been verified in the experiment that as long as the monster is stained with this poison, its combat effectiveness will drop a lot.

That itchy feeling will greatly distract it, making it impossible to concentrate and fight with others.

After Zhou Chun saw the effect of "Touch of Despair" with his own eyes, he immediately ordered [-] copies of poison and [-] copies of antidote from Zhou Jiawei and brought them back to Fangshi, and asked him to continue making large quantities of this poison with the existing materials. .

Then this new product was launched quickly, and I strongly recommended this new product to monks who came to shop in the store.

The result was not what he expected.

All monks who have used the "Touch of Despair" all praise this poison, and the repurchase rate is 100%!
In addition, Zhou Chun specially spent spirit coins to find some casual practitioners to advertise everywhere in Fangshi. Within two months, the reputation of "Touch of Despair" became popular.

A large number of monks came here to buy the poison, and they sold out the poison in a wave, and the sales of other animal repellents and insect repellents in the store also increased a lot.

This is why Zhou Chun has always wanted to develop new products.

He knew very well that in terms of price, similar products from Spirit Beast Zhai and Spirit Beast Pavilion were similar.

The reason why the turnover of the Spirit Beast Zhai dropped sharply after the opening of the Spirit Beast Pavilion was entirely because the Spirit Beast Pavilion attracted customers with those special products.

As a customer, the prices of similar products in the two stores are almost the same anyway, so if I have a need, of course I will buy it at whichever store I go to.

And since going to the Spirit Beast Pavilion to buy things, if you are lucky, you can also buy special products that the Spirit Beast House does not have, so naturally you should give priority to going to the Spirit Beast Pavilion.

Now because of the appearance of "Touch of Despair", a large number of customers came to the Spirit Beast Zhai, and the situation naturally changed accordingly.

At the same time, when Zhou Daoyi learned of the news that the store's turnover had increased significantly due to the "touch of despair", he quickly made up his mind to support Zhou Jiawei's expansion of production.

So Zhou Daoquan, the elder, went out in person and took Zhou Jiahui to the underground river. He directly caught more than 20 strange fish and brought them back to Zhou's family. They kept them in several ponds in the family to see if captive breeding could be realized. .

At the same time, Zhou Jiahui is often sent to the underground river to catch strange fish to obtain their mucus.

While Zhou Jiasheng and Zhou Chun were delighted by the sharp increase in store revenue, the shopkeeper of the competitor Spirit Beast Pavilion was outraged by the sudden drop in store revenue.

"Uncle Yu Mingjian, this month our store's revenue has dropped by almost [-]% compared to last month. You must know the reason. It's all because of the new products launched by Lingshouzhai, which has greatly reduced the number of customers in the store!"

"And this is just the beginning. If we can't think of a way to change this situation, or increase the number of special spiritual things such as spiritual honey and spiritual milk, the store's revenue will probably decline in the future!"

In the Spirit Beast Pavilion, facing the foundation cultivator Yu Deguang who came to collect the store's operating income for this month, the shopkeeper Lu Yunsheng also poured out bitterness with a sad face.

"About the situation of the new product of Spirit Beast House, I have indeed heard about it. Zhou Jiawei is quite capable, and he was able to research such a miracle medicine by himself after Zhou Mingshan's death!"

"But what you said about increasing the amount of spiritual honey and spiritual milk is basically impossible, and even the amount of these things will be reduced in the future."

"After all, these things are important resources that our sect uses to exchange some special resources with other forces. It is a waste of value to exchange them for spirit coins!"

When Yu Deguang said this, seeing Lu Yunsheng's face became more bitter, he immediately changed the subject and continued:

"However, Nephew Lu, you don't have to worry too much. Zhou Jiawei's three-legged cat skills can't help Senior Brother Du. It won't take long for Senior Brother Du to analyze and find out the formula of his poison powder, and then make a copy."

Hearing this, Lu Yunsheng's bitterness really dissipated a lot, and he couldn't help saying happily: "Then nephew, don't worry, if we can also sell that kind of poison, we will definitely be able to bring the customers back again!"

Seeing this, Yu Deguang nodded in relief and said: "So nephew Lu, you can continue to take care of the shop with peace of mind. The sect will never forget your contributions."

(End of this chapter)