Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 140 Zheng Yong's Transformation, A Millennium Plan [Please Subscribe]

Jiufengling.

The Zhou family home in Jiufengling was quite lively that day.

Many Zhou family cultivators arrived near the entrance to the mountain gate, ready to welcome the Zhou family cultivators returning from their battles.

That's right, today is the day the Zhou family's cultivators who went on an expedition to Yunzhou will return.

After being stationed in Yunzhou for more than a year, the cultivators from the Zhou family who had been conscripted were finally able to return to their clan.

This does not mean that the war between Yunzhou and Hualong Sect has ended. Rather, after coordination and discussion between Qinglian Temple and other factions in Jingguo, reinforcements from other factions and states in Jingguo have arrived at the Yunzhou battlefield.

With the addition of these new forces, the number of Jingguo cultivators in Yunzhou became very abundant. Therefore, Qinglian Temple allowed the cultivators from Lanzhou, Lingzhou, and Lianzhou who had been urgently conscripted to fight to return to their families for recuperation.

Of the fourteen Qi Refining stage cultivators from the Zhou family who went there, only seven have returned alive, and two of them are crippled with missing arms and blindness!

At this moment, led by Zhou Jiarui, the fourth elder of the Zhou family, a group of Zhou family cultivators slowly walked into the mountain gate entrance that had been opened for them and entered the mountain gate.

Then they saw Zhou Chun, Zhou Jiahe, and as many as sixty or seventy Zhou family cultivators of varying ages standing in front of them.

Even Zhou Jiarui, who was unaware of the lineup, was stunned upon seeing it.

They never expected that so many people from their tribe would be there to welcome them.

Facing the astonished group, Zhou Chun opened his arms wide and said with a broad smile, "Welcome back, brave warriors who have been away on campaign!"

"You are all heroes of the family, and the family is proud to have such fearless members like you!"

"On behalf of all the cultivators in the family, I sincerely thank you for your sacrifices and contributions to the family!"

At this point, he bowed deeply to the group.

Then, looking at them with sincere eyes, he said, "Welcome home!"

Welcome home!

Behind Zhou Chun, Zhou Jiahe and other Zhou family cultivators also spoke up in unison, their faces also full of smiles.

This scene made Zhou Jiarui and the others, who were already in a good mood because they were able to go home, feel extremely comfortable and satisfied. Their faces were filled with happy and excited smiles.

"You little rascal, you always manage to come up with something new!"

With a smile on his face, Zhou Jiarui stepped forward and patted Zhou Chun's shoulder heavily, clearly very satisfied with the commotion Zhou Chun had created.

Although everyone knows that these family cultivators who were conscripted were actually just cannon fodder and unlucky souls.

However, no one can deny that their expedition solved a troublesome matter for the clan and provided other clan members with a stable opportunity to cultivate.

You could say they are heroes of the family.

These Zhou family cultivators, who had initially felt abandoned, now found their sense of abandonment greatly diminished upon returning and seeing the vice patriarch and elders leading so many clansmen to welcome them.

What if we really abandon them?

Why make such a big show of welcoming them?

Therefore, people's hearts are fickle.

For some people who know how to manipulate people's hearts, there are always many ways to make those who have changed their minds turn back to them.

Zhou Chun was not a master at manipulating people's hearts; otherwise, he wouldn't have been so old and still didn't have a wife in his previous life.

But even though I've never eaten pork, I've seen pigs walk.

Although he wasn't a master at manipulating people's hearts, he did know some ways to win people over and change their minds.

When these methods are used in conjunction with the power and influence he currently possesses, the effect will naturally be very good.

Can the joy an ordinary person derives from doing a good deed and being praised by another ordinary person be as great as the joy of being praised by the ruler of a country?

Is it possible to be praised by the whole country?

This is a simple and easy-to-understand principle!

Of course, Zhou Chun also knew very well that verbal praise could only make people happy for a short time. After the initial excitement wore off, the feeling of emptiness was more likely to erode their hearts.

Therefore, he also prepared practical benefits for all these returning Zhou family cultivators.

This includes substantial rewards for good deeds, spiritual coins, and exemption from all family duties for three years.

These things even belong to fallen cultivators and are inherited by their immediate family members if they have any immediate family members who are also cultivators.

In this way, both face and substance were secured, and the returning Zhou family cultivators naturally had no more complaints.

Even the battlefield experiences that once terrified and pained them have now become something they boast about and brag about, and are even more effective when arguing.

Once the argument really started, he lifted his shirt, revealing the scars from his previous injuries, and excitedly shouted, "I shed blood for the Zhou family, I rendered service to the Zhou family, I took a bullet for you..."

Even senior members of the Zhou family who don't have this experience would likely be speechless and their aura would immediately weaken.

"I never imagined that so much would happen in my family while I was only gone for a little over a year!"

"Thirteenth Brother, you not only successfully established your foundation, but you've also become the deputy patriarch of the clan, taking full charge of clan affairs!"

On Baozhi Peak, in his own living room, Zhou Zhengyong, who had just returned, looked at his cousin with a face full of emotion and his eyes full of amazement.

After a year of fighting, he also gained something, breaking through to the tenth level of the Qi Refining stage.

However, compared to Zhou Chun's successful Foundation Establishment, it is obviously nothing.

When Zhou Chun heard his words of lament, she simply smiled and said nothing.

Similar statements have been made by many people before.

He gently picked up the teacup beside him, took a sip of tea, and then looked at Zhou Zhengyong with a slight look of surprise, saying, "Brother Yong, you seem to have made quite a bit of progress. Not only has your cultivation improved, but your spirit and temperament are also very different from before. It seems you've experienced quite a lot in the past year or so!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhengyong's gaze sharpened, and then, as if remembering something, he sighed softly with a somewhat dazed expression, "Yes, we have indeed experienced a lot!"

"May I ask you to tell me about it?"

Zhou Chun asked with a curious expression.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhengyong hesitated at first, but after only a moment, he nodded slightly and said, "Then let me tell you, Thirteenth Brother!"

It turns out that after he went to Yunzhou, he experienced twenty or thirty battles, large and small, in just over a year!

Those battles included skirmishes as well as offensive and defensive engagements.

The enemies included both official members of the Hualong Sect and rogue cultivators who had defected to the sect under its influence.

The battle that truly had the greatest impact on Zhou Zhengyong was the attack on the Hualong Sect's stronghold.

In that battle, two Zhou family cultivators perished and one was crippled.

What was initially thought to be an easy victory turned into a pyrrhic one, won only through betrayal.

Unfortunately, that traitor turned out to be Zhou Zhengyong's comrade-in-arms who had fought alongside him for half a year, and the two had even developed a good relationship!

In this battle, Zhou Zhengyong not only lost two members of his tribe and a friend, but he and his spirit pet, the Red-tailed Monkey, were also seriously injured and it took them two or three months to fully recover.

As Zhou Zhengyong spoke, he couldn't help but murmur, "After that battle, while I was recuperating, I often saw strange looks in everyone's eyes, and everyone seemed to be wondering if they had also been bribed by the Dragon Transformation Sect!"

Even the people around me can't completely believe it anymore!

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun raised an eyebrow and couldn't help but ask, "And then what happened?"

"After I recovered from my injuries, I was transferred back to the front lines to participate in the battle, where I was saved by a teammate I had only recently joined!"

"That's when I realized, this is war, this is what the cultivation world is supposed to be like!"

After answering this part, Zhou Zhengyong suddenly looked intently at Zhou Chun and said, "Once we're on the battlefield, we should always be vigilant, even with comrades we've shared life and death with!"

"However, we should also maintain a degree of trust in our companions, even those we've only recently met. Once we choose to travel together, we should believe that they will come to our aid in times of danger!"

After saying that, he waved his hand and said, "This is my experience and insights. I hope it won't disappoint you, Thirteenth Brother."

"Of course you won't be disappointed!"

Zhou Chun looked at Zhou Zhengyong with admiration in his eyes and said, "Brother Yong, your experience has indeed been a great test of humanity and a true test of character!"

"Judging from your experiences and your own insights, you are clearly much stronger now than you were before you went to Yunzhou!"

Yes, Zhou Chun could see that Zhou Zhengyong was now much stronger than before, both in terms of actual combat ability and mental resilience.

Since ancient times, war has been the fastest way for men to grow up!

Men who have experienced the brutal baptism of war become stronger, both physically and mentally.

Even cultivators are no exception.

In Zhou Chun's eyes, Zhou Zhengyong in the past was just a cultivator with some qualifications and animal breeding skills. He could be a good manager of the animal park. Zhou Chun could take advantage of his loyal and righteous character and confidently arrange him to some important positions as a management talent.

But now, he felt that Zhou Zhengyong's potential had increased, and he was now valuable enough to help him build his foundation, so that he could play a greater role in the family in the future.

Moreover, compared to many cultivators in the Zhou family, Zhou Zhengyong has an even more important value: he has a wife and children, both of whom are cultivators!

From the perspective of the family, clansmen with descendants are undoubtedly more important than clansmen without descendants under the same conditions of ability.

As the deputy patriarch of the Zhou family, Zhou Chun has reason to treat Zhou Zhengyong differently because of this, even if we disregard his personal relationship with Zhou Zhengyong.

At this moment, Zhou Zhengyong seemed to have noticed something and suddenly said to Zhou Chun with a serious expression, "I know that you, Thirteenth Brother, have always had great ambitions and aspirations. Now that you have become the deputy patriarch of the family and are in charge of all family affairs, it seems that it is time for you to put your ambitions into practice."

"I can't guarantee anything else from now on, but if the family ever needs my help, I will absolutely help without hesitation!"

For a Qi Refining cultivator to say such things to a Foundation Establishment cultivator would be incredibly unbelievable to any rogue cultivator who saw it.

Even within cultivation families, there aren't many Qi Refining stage cultivators who dare to say such things.

But now he has the courage to say it.

Zhou Chun understood that this was because he had gained great courage after experiencing life and death, and also because of his deep affection for him, who did not treat him as an outsider.

So he immediately nodded formally and said, "I will. I'm sure I'll need your help then, Brother Yong!"

"Then I will await your orders at any time."

Zhou Zhengyong grinned, seemingly quite satisfied with Zhou Chun's answer.

After chatting for a while longer, Zhou Chun didn't take up any more of Zhou Zhengyong's time and quickly said goodbye and left his home, allowing him to have a heart-to-heart talk with his wife and children.

It seems like a double celebration.

Not long after Zhou Zhengyong and the other cultivators returned to their families, Zhou Daoquan, the third elder of the Zhou family, who had been in seclusion for several years, also successfully broke through to the late Foundation Establishment stage and emerged from seclusion.

Thus, the Zhou family now had two late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Zhou Daoquan, being only 170 years old, also has the potential to reach the Purple Mansion realm in the future.

He was just unlucky. Zhou Daoyi had the opportunity to transform into a dragon because of his spirit pet and was also preparing to break through to the Purple Mansion.

Given the Zhou family's current strength, it's somewhat unrealistic to support two Foundation Establishment cultivators in their attempt to break through to the Purple Mansion realm at the same time.

It might be necessary for one of the two to seek their own breakthrough opportunity in the future.

But that's a matter for the future.

At least for now, the Zhou family cultivators are in a good mood because Zhou Daoquan has successfully broken through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment.

This is what a vibrant family should look like, and what a thriving family should look like!

"I never imagined that so many things would happen during the few years I was in seclusion!"

"The Mu family was destroyed and then rebuilt; a protector of the Dragon Transformation Sect died in the siege by the Supreme Elder and his men!"

"And you, brat, not only did you successfully establish your foundation, but you also became the deputy patriarch of the clan, officially assuming the responsibilities of the patriarch!"

On Flying Stone Peak, when Zhou Chun came alone to congratulate Zhou Daoquan, who had just emerged from seclusion, the Zhou family elder looked at the young junior who was now at the same level as him and thought about the various news he had just learned, and was filled with emotion.

Upon hearing his lament, Zhou Chun's eyes flickered, and he couldn't help but smile, "Elder, you have indeed missed out on quite a few things. If you regret not being able to participate in these matters, how about you help me carry out a comprehensive reform of the family?"

"I can assure you that this comprehensive reform will be a momentous event that will impact the Zhou family for a thousand years; it would not be an exaggeration to call it a plan for the millennium!"

By the end, his tone had become very solemn.

This change in tone made Zhou Daoquan narrow his eyes and look at him in surprise.

Then, in a serious tone, he said, "Judging from your tone, this reform must be quite extraordinary!"

After saying that, he asked, "You want to completely reform the family. Does the Supreme Elder know about this? Has he agreed?"

"This junior intends to obtain the consent of all the elders before inviting the Supreme Elder to make the final decision!"

Zhou Chun calmly uttered words that made Zhou Daoquan's expression change.

This is the first update for today; there will be another one tonight!

(End of this chapter)