Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 132 Zhou Chun's Thoughts [Please Subscribe]

Zhou Daoyi, the patriarch of the Zhou family, once said that the most important thing for the Zhou family now is to help Zhou Chun successfully establish his foundation.

The Foundation Establishment Pill obtained by the Zhou family should first be given to Zhou Chun.

Therefore, in order to obtain the Foundation Establishment Pill, as the clan leader, he took the lead and went to the front line in Yunzhou after issuing the order to mobilize manpower at Qinglian Temple.

Unexpectedly, before any clear news came from his side, Zhou Mingde, who stayed behind in the family, had already obtained the Foundation Establishment Pill by killing members of the Dragon Transformation Sect.

Now, Zhou Mingde held the Foundation Establishment Pill in his hand, looked at Zhou Chun and pondered for a moment, then nodded slightly and said, "You can use this Foundation Establishment Pill, Zheng Chun. When your cultivation reaches the required level, you can come to me to collect it."

Hearing this, Zhou Chun breathed a sigh of relief.

Since it concerned a crucial matter of Foundation Establishment, he couldn't help but feel anxious just now, worried that something unexpected might happen.

Fortunately, no accidents occurred, and Zhou Mingde still considered the overall situation.

He quickly bowed and expressed his gratitude, saying, "Thank you for your kindness, Supreme Elder. I will certainly cultivate diligently and live up to your expectations!"

"I hope so!"

Zhou Mingde nodded slightly, gave a few more instructions, and then returned to his cave.

Since the detachment of the Hualong Sect sent to Lanzhou had been wiped out, Zhou Chun and several elders of the Zhou family discussed the matter and then abandoned their previous conservative strategy, restoring everything to its original state.

However, after this incident, the family's internal oversight has indeed been strengthened, and the control over people entering and leaving the mountain gate has become much stricter.

This wasn't just the case with the Zhou family; it was the same for all the other cultivation families in Lanzhou.

After all, there are lessons to be learned from the past.

That camp of independent cultivators was infiltrated by members of the Dragon Transformation Sect because of its lax supervision.

By controlling the cultivators guarding the formation, they managed to place the Black Dragon Protector, a Purple Mansion cultivator, into the camp.

Ultimately, this resulted in several Foundation Establishment stage cultivators being taken prisoner.

Although the loose cultivation camp itself had lax supervision of outside cultivators, the incident was indeed caused by the lack of strict supervision.

With this negative example in mind, if the various cultivation families still don't know to strengthen the supervision of entering and leaving the mountain gate, then they deserve to be wiped out!

At the same time, encouraged by the fact that he could finally obtain the Foundation Establishment Pill, Zhou Chun became even more diligent in his cultivation.

No matter how busy he is every day, he will never neglect his daily meditation and cultivation time.

Now he has come to realize that if he does not become a Foundation Establishment cultivator, no matter how well he does in other aspects, he will not be able to wield great power in the Zhou family or rise to the top.

So whether it's to gain greater strength, a longer lifespan, or greater power.

Successfully establishing his foundation has become his most important task at the moment.

At this time, when he asked the Fourth Elder Zhou Jiarui to deliver goods to the market, he bought two bottles of Golden Sprout Pills from Li's Pharmacy for himself. He still needed to rely on the power of the pills to quickly open up the remaining acupoints in his body.

Time passed slowly, and the Dragon Transformation Sect did not seem to have much of a reaction to the Black Dragon Protector's defeat in Lanzhou.

Meanwhile, in Yunzhou, after several fierce battles, the situation gradually calmed down and turned into a guerrilla war where cultivators from both sides outwitted and outmaneuvered each other.

This shows that the Hualong Sect is still not ready for a large-scale invasion of Yunzhou, and it seems that it is only using it for military training.

For reasons unknown, the various factions in Jingguo did not seem to have any intention of launching a distant expedition to the headquarters of the Hualong Sect.

Zhou Chun had limited information and did not know what the Qinglian Temple and other sects above were thinking or planning.

He only hoped that the war could be kept within the territory of Yunzhou and that Lanzhou would not be dragged into it.

For the time being, it seems that Qinglian Temple also thinks this way and has been trying to prevent Hualong Sect from expanding the battlefield further.

On this day, as the month drew to a close, Zhou Chun began writing a summary of the various clan affairs he had handled that month, for the elders to review.

He was quite skilled at this, after all, he had been doing these kinds of jobs when he was the clan chief's secretary.

But he felt somewhat uncomfortable doing this as the acting clan leader.

It's beneath the dignity of a clan leader to do such things like a lowly clerk.

So he couldn't help but have the idea of ​​finding someone to write for him.

"Actually, this kind of paperwork doesn't necessarily have to be done by cultivators from within the clan. We can select some quick-witted ordinary members of the clan to fill the role, as long as they are restricted from easily leaving the mountain gate and from easily communicating with other clan members!"

"Furthermore, two people can be stationed outside the hall to stand guard and relay messages, so that people don't have to knock on the door like they're just visiting someone's home!"

"Even in the Beast Garden and Hundred Herbs Peak, we can train and recruit mortals to do some animal husbandry and planting work, so that the clansmen there don't have to spend so much time on these things!"

From this idea of ​​finding a ghostwriter, Zhou Chun quickly thought of many more things.

He can be said to have gained extensive experience at the grassroots level. When the mountain gate was first established, he traveled to various peaks with a large number of Zhou family cultivators, doing everything from building roads and bridges to raising beasts and feeding wolves.

Therefore, he also clearly knew that some things did not necessarily have to be done by cultivators; ordinary people could also do them as long as they were willing to put in the effort.

However, at that time, most of the Zhou family's mortal clansmen did not migrate here. The mortals who did migrate were closely related to the family's higher-ups, so naturally, they were not asked to do such tiring and potentially dangerous work.

Another issue is the mindset of cultivators themselves.

In the minds of many cultivators, mortals are weak and short-lived, and sometimes even a minor cold or flu can take their lives.

A single, unintentional roar from a monstrous beast could scare several people to death.

With this mindset, they naturally don't think that mortals can be of any help to cultivators.

At most, only things like cooking and washing clothes, which are completely risk-free, are things that ordinary people can do.

This way of thinking isn't necessarily wrong. After all, if there are enough people, it's definitely better to have cultivators do the same thing than ordinary people.

However, given the current number of cultivators in the Zhou family, they are clearly not extravagant enough to assign the clan leader several secretaries and two guards to watch over him!

Zhou Chun felt that he needed these people to assist him in his work.

Therefore, using ordinary people as a compromise is a very good approach.

In layman's terms, they don't even need to pay the price of family good deeds; the cost is almost negligible.

However, while he may have thought about it, Zhou Chun is not yet capable of using ordinary people to participate in family affairs.

Firstly, the family elders might not agree with this.

Secondly, finding suitable ordinary people to do these things also takes time.

Therefore, Zhou Chun planned to privately ask the Zhou family cultivators stationed in the mortal town to help him find suitable candidates and conduct targeted preliminary training.

After he successfully established his foundation, he truly secured his position as deputy clan leader and gained a voice.

If we bring up this matter again, there shouldn't be any problem.

Just as Zhou Chun was secretly plotting this, Mu Yuntian, a Foundation Establishment cultivator from the Mu family of Biyun Mountain who had originally joined the Qinglian Temple, came to visit the Zhou family.

This Mu Yuntian was originally an inner disciple of the Qinglian Temple. He was the elder brother of Mu Yunshan, the former patriarch of the Mu family, and his cultivation level was also as high as the late Foundation Establishment stage.

The Mu family originally intended to do everything in their power to help him break through to the Purple Mansion realm.

But now that the Mu family has suffered a calamity, he not only can no longer get help from the family, but also has to step forward to take the lead and help the Mu family rebuild. It can be said that he is just unlucky!

At this time, after arriving at the Zhou family, this person directly asked to see Zhou Mingde, the supreme elder of the Zhou family.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Chun had no choice but to ask the Second Elder, Zhou Chongshan, to inform the person and then invited them to rest in a side hall next to the Zhongping Hall.

Soon after, Zhou Mingde led Zhou Chongshan to the side hall.

Upon seeing Zhou Mingde, Mu Yuntian, still dressed as a Taoist priest, hurriedly stepped forward and bowed deeply, saying:

"When my Mu family was robbed last time, among all the families we were on good terms with, Senior Zhou was the first to come to our rescue. For this kindness and grace, all the surviving cultivators of my Mu family are deeply grateful and endlessly thankful!"

"Now, with the sect's permission, I have returned to Lanzhou to rebuild my family."

"Therefore, I have come today to pay my respects to Senior Zhou and would like to ask that, in consideration of the friendship between our two families, you would do me the honor of attending the Mu family's reconstruction celebration at Biyun Mountain in half a month."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Mingde's eyes flashed with a strange light, and he couldn't help but say, "Fellow Daoist Mu, you are too kind. The Zhou family and the Mu family are allied families. When the Mu family is in trouble and sends out a signal for help, how can my Zhou family remain indifferent?"

"It's a pity that I was a little too slow that day and couldn't save the fellow Daoists of the Mu family!"

At this point, he personally stepped forward and helped Mu Yuntian up.

Then, looking at the other person again, he said, "However, I have some doubts about what Fellow Daoist Mu just said. Since you said that you returned to rebuild the Mu family with the sect's permission, will you continue to cultivate within the Qinglian Temple in the future?"

Upon hearing this, Mu Yuntian immediately replied respectfully, "To be honest, Senior Zhou, my return to rebuild the Mu family this time is a special favor from the sect, which allows me to reside in the Mu family as a disciple of the sect until a Foundation Establishment cultivator is cultivated from the current generation of the Mu family."

"I see, I understand now."

Zhou Mingde nodded slightly, understanding his meaning.

After a moment's thought, he gently shook his head and said, "In that case, it would be inappropriate for me to go. Let the acting patriarch of the Zhou family and an elder of the Zhou family go instead."

After he finished speaking, a look of sadness and disappointment clearly appeared in Mu Yuntian's eyes.

However, it is also known that since Zhou Mingde has said this, it is impossible to change his mind.

He could only reply, "Yes, since senior has no intention of attending, this junior will not dare to insist. Then this junior will wait for the arrival of fellow Daoists from the Zhou family at Biyun Mountain."

Then, feeling dejected, he left the Zhou family with Zhou Chun seeing him off.

After Zhou Chun saw Mu Yuntian off and returned to the top of Pagoda Peak, Zhou Mingde looked at him and several Zhou family elders and suddenly asked, "What do you think about Mu Yuntian staying at the Mu family's residence as a disciple of the Qinglian Temple?"

Upon hearing this, the group was slightly taken aback, and then they all lowered their heads to ponder the purpose of his question.

Perhaps unsure of Zhou Mingde's intentions, after much deliberation, none of them were willing to speak first.

This made Zhou Mingde raise an eyebrow, and he suddenly looked at Zhou Chun and said, "Since none of the elders are willing to speak first, then you, the junior, should speak first."

When he called out his name, Zhou Chun could no longer remain silent and could only reply, "Yes, then this junior will make a fool of himself."

Then he looked up and said, "I believe that even if some of the higher-ups of a major sect like Qinglian Temple pity the Mu family's plight, it is unlikely that they would take the initiative to help the Mu family rebuild in this way."

"So it is highly likely that Mu Yuntian himself made this request to the sect, and the sect's higher-ups either pitied the Mu family's plight or for other reasons, which is why they agreed to let him rebuild the Mu family in this way."

At this point, he paused slightly, lowered his voice a little, and continued, "As for whether Mu Yuntian's actions are intended to use his status as an inner disciple of the Qinglian Temple to intimidate other forces that have designs on the Mu family, or whether he is unwilling to relinquish his status as an inner disciple of the Qinglian Temple, I dare not presume to say!"

"That's right, very well said, and your understanding is very insightful."

Zhou Mingde looked at Zhou Chun with a slight surprise, then nodded repeatedly, quite satisfied with his answer.

After speaking, he turned his gaze to the other elders and asked, "And you? Do you have anything to add?"

"This junior feels that Mu Yuntian lacks sincerity. He thanked the Supreme Elder for saving the Mu family, but his gratitude was only verbal and he did not even send a decent gift."

At this moment, Zhou Jiarui also whispered his opinion.

Unexpectedly, after he said this, Zhou Chongshan immediately shook his head and said, "You can't say that. Not giving a gift might be because he thinks that ordinary gifts are not enough to repay this kindness, so he didn't give a gift easily."

"Moreover, the Mu family's reconstruction will require considerable expenses in all aspects. If he were a smart man, he should use every valuable item he owns for the family's rebuilding!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Jiarui opened his mouth, but refrained from arguing, finally saying in a low voice, "Perhaps that's true!"

Seeing this, Zhou Mingde shook his head slightly and waved his hand, saying, "Alright, that's enough analysis. You'll find out what kind of person Mu Yuntian really is in the future."

After saying that, he instructed, "When you and Jiarui go to the Mu family later, Zhengchun, pick out some things that will help rebuild the Mu family as gifts and send them over. Don't let anyone gossip about our Zhou family."

"Yes, junior obeys."

Zhou Chun and Zhou Jiarui responded in unison.

After Zhou Mingde left, the two of them discussed the specifics of giving gifts with the other elders.

After such discussions, a suitable gift list was drawn up, and the relevant gifts were prepared according to the list.

Half a month later, Zhou Chun and Zhou Jiarui, carrying the prepared gifts, went together to the Mu family in Biyun Mountain to keep their appointment.

(End of this chapter)