Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 307 Rectifying Family Values ​​[Please Subscribe]

The appearance of the Wind Shadow Dragon Serpent signifies the Zhou family's success in cultivating dragon-born demon beasts.

This is an extremely inspiring example.

This also gave Zhou Chun and Zhou Daoyi greater confidence in cultivating more varieties of dragon-born monsters in the future.

However, because the Wind Shadow Dragon Serpent has not yet formed a population, and because they do not want outsiders to know the news in advance, this news has not yet been announced among ordinary clansmen. Only elder-level cultivators and some core clansmen know about it.

The Zhou family is now stronger and more influential every year.

However, the attention it received also increased significantly.

Many forces want to know how the Zhou family achieved such rapid rise to prominence.

Over the years, the number of spies captured by the Zhou family is too many to count on two hands.

The saying "a tall tree catches the wind" certainly applies here.

Therefore, Zhou Chun, Zhou Mingde, and other high-ranking members of the Zhou family gradually began to consciously change the family's style of doing things, no longer wanting to be as high-profile as before.

In the past, the Zhou family wanted to do things in a high-profile manner because they wanted to make a name for themselves and increase their visibility.

The Zhou family is already well-known, so there's no need for them to continue being high-profile.

An incident that soon occurred further solidified Zhou Chun and other high-ranking members of the Zhou family's determination to reorganize the family.

On this day, a Foundation Establishment cultivator from a small family suddenly came to the Zhou family, saying he wanted to apologize for the reckless behavior of his juniors.

"It was all due to the ignorance of a junior member of the clan who offended a noble fellow Daoist. I, Yue, have already given him a severe lesson and punished him with ten years of solitary confinement. I implore Clan Chief Zhou to be magnanimous and forgive that boy and the Yue family!"

Inside the guest room where the Zhou family was entertaining guests, an elderly man in gray robes with white hair was bowing and making obeisance to Zhou Chun, displaying a very humble demeanor.

Zhou Chun Chu was also taken aback by the old man in gray's words, not understanding why he said that.

Although, according to the gray-robed elder's previous introduction, the Yue family he founded was just a small family with no more than thirty cultivators, far inferior to the Zhou family.

But the other party is, after all, a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator. Why would they come to apologize in such a humble manner for no reason?

So he quickly asked the other party for the specific reason.

It would have been fine if he hadn't asked, but once he did, Zhou Chun couldn't help but feel angry.

Just a few days ago, one of the gray-robed elder's juniors and a friend went on an adventure and happened to run into two juniors of the Zhou family. The two sides clashed over a few spiritual herbs and ended up fighting.

As a result, the gray-robed old man's descendants suffered a loss and even almost lost their lives.

After returning to the Yue family, the injured junior told the gray-robed elder the reason for his injury, hoping that the elder would seek justice for him.

However, when the gray-robed elder learned that the cultivator who had clashed with his junior was a member of the Zhou family, he was first startled and then furious that his juniors were so reckless as to bring trouble upon themselves and their family.

Therefore, the old man in gray came to the Zhou family today to apologize.

However, this is exactly what annoyed Zhou Chun.

He had not heard the two Zhou family cultivators mention the conflict at all; he knew absolutely nothing about it.

This clearly shows that the two of them intentionally concealed the matter!

This concealment also violates family rules.

According to clan rules, any clan cultivator who goes out on adventures and gets into a fight or feud must truthfully recount the events upon their return.

This is very important!

Many cultivation families that were destroyed in the past were because their members provoked powerful enemies they shouldn't have, causing all the cultivators in the family to suffer the same fate.

Although the Yue family was just a small family and posed no threat to the Zhou family.

However, this act of knowingly failing to report is itself extremely egregious.

Another point is that the two Zhou family cultivators deliberately concealed this matter, most likely because they were on the wrong side in this conflict, and chose to hide it in order to avoid punishment from their families.

This idea was also something that Zhou Chun, the clan leader, could not tolerate.

Although he was seething with anger, Zhou Chun did not show it on his face.

Regardless of how he deals with the two clansmen according to clan rules later, he certainly cannot show these things in front of outsiders.

He immediately waved his hand and said, "Fellow Daoist Yue, you flatter me. I had heard two of my clansmen mention this matter, but I did not expect there to be such details. It is true that I have been somewhat negligent in disciplining them."

After saying that, he added with a serious expression, "Please rest assured, Fellow Daoist Yue, as long as there is no bullying or murder among these juniors, we, as elders, will not interfere too much. Otherwise, these juniors, relying on the protection of their families, will become incredibly arrogant!"

"Fellow Daoist Zhou is kind-hearted and magnanimous; I, Yue, admire him greatly!"

The old man in gray, his face full of admiration, bowed to Zhou Chun and uttered words of flattery.

For a seasoned veteran like him, such changes in demeanor and tone are naturally something he can control at will, without the slightest hint of anything amiss.

After showering Zhou Chun with praise, and seeing that Zhou Chun truly had no intention of taking his anger out on his wife's family, the gray-robed old man wisely took his leave.

Once the gray-robed elder left, Zhou Chun quickly had the two clansmen who had violated clan rules summoned to the Zhongping Hall.

"Zhou Zhengxin, Zhou Xinli, do you two know your crime?"

Inside the Zhongping Hall, Zhou Chun stared coldly at the two members of the Zhou family, his tone unusually stern.

This startled the two young members of the Zhou family who were used to seeing his approachable side, and their faces instantly turned pale with shock.

But neither of them were easily intimidated, and they wouldn't confess so easily.

The slightly older Zhou Zhengxin, relying on the fact that he and Zhou Chun were of the same generation and that his father was also a cultivator in the family, immediately mustered his courage and pretended to be ignorant, saying, "What makes you say that, Thirteenth Brother? I don't know what I did wrong to make you so angry?"

"Hmph, you dare play dumb with me!"

Zhou Chun's face darkened, and he immediately stared at him, shouting, "Then tell me, when you two went on your adventures together before, did you get into any fights? Did you injure anyone?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhengxin and Zhou Xinli turned pale and instantly understood why Zhou Chun had called them over.

The two men immediately knelt down with a thud, repeatedly kowtowing and begging for forgiveness, saying, "Clan leader, please forgive us! We know we were wrong, please forgive us!"

"Forgive you? That's easy for you to say!"

"The Zhou family's rules have been taught to you since you started reading and writing. If you can't recite them fluently, you can't graduate from the family school."

"Tell me, why did the elders and I establish this rule in the family academy?"

Zhou Chun stared at the two people on the ground with a gloomy expression, his words full of anger.

Since taking over as the head of the Zhou family, he has put a lot of effort into educating the younger generation of cultivators in the family.

He couldn't completely change the world's atmosphere, but if he had the ability, he wanted the younger generation of cultivators in the Zhou family to be more upright and law-abiding, and not to do anything illegal or unethical.

Therefore, whether it is clan rules or moral education, he incorporates his own ideas into them.

But now, the actions of Zhou Zhengxin and Zhou Xinli are undoubtedly contrary to his expectations, how could he not be angry?

He glared angrily at the two men and roared, "Today I want to ask you, are those clan rules that you know by heart just pieces of waste paper in your eyes? Do you even respect the existence of clan rules? Do you even respect my position as clan leader?"

Enraged, Zhou Chun unleashed his full power as a Foundation Establishment cultivator, along with the imposing aura he had cultivated from his long-term high position.

Faced with this oppressive aura, Zhou Zhengxin and Zhou Xinli, even though they were already kneeling on the ground, still could not bear it and immediately trembled and collapsed to the ground in terror.

"Spare us! Chieftain, spare us! We'll never dare to do it again!"

The two men pleaded for mercy repeatedly, completely terrified.

Seeing the two of them in such a sorry state, Zhou Chun couldn't help but shake his head, and his anger subsided.

He immediately withdrew his imposing manner and said in a deep voice, "Get up now and tell me everything you've been hiding in detail. If I find out you've concealed even a single word, you know the consequences!"

"Yes, yes, thank you for your mercy, Chieftain!"

The two thanked each other as they helped each other to their feet and nervously recounted what had happened to Zhou Chun.

The situation unfolded much as Zhou Chun had anticipated: Zhou Zhengxin and Zhou Xinli, while on an adventure, discovered a group of Yue family cultivators gathering herbs, which led to a conflict.

According to Zhou Zhengxin, they were not originally determined to obtain those medicinal herbs and had no intention of seizing them.

However, the Yue family cultivators assumed that the two wanted to steal the spiritual medicine and said many unpleasant things, which finally enraged the two, who then released their spirit pets to fight them.

The battle was, of course, won by Zhou Zhengxin and his companion.

However, the two knew that what they had done was dishonorable, and they also believed that the Yue family was a small family, and that the Yue family cultivators were "in the wrong first," so they would definitely not dare to make a fuss afterward.

So he decided to avoid trouble and deliberately concealed the matter.

To be honest, Zhou Zhengxin and his companion's thoughts are understandable and not a big mistake.

And this incident did not cause any serious consequences.

However, clan rules are unforgiving and will not change according to people's thoughts.

Violating clan rules is violating clan rules, and no matter how many reasons there are, they cannot be used as an excuse to escape punishment.

Moreover, the reasons given by Zhou Zhengxin and his companion are completely untenable.

Their intention in concealing the truth was to evade punishment according to clan rules; they were knowingly violating the law!

According to the Zhou family's clan rules, those who knowingly violate the rules should be severely punished.

After Zhou Chun understood the details of the matter, he looked at the two of them with a grave expression and said, "Originally, if you had confessed your mistakes, the family would have at most fined you a year's worth of welfare and asked you to send some healing pills as an apology!"

"But you shouldn't have, absolutely shouldn't have, harbored any illusions, deliberately concealed this matter, and intentionally violated the clan rules!"

At this point, a flash of anger appeared in his eyes, and he raised his voice, saying, "I remember that in the clan rules handbook in the family academy, there are related notes and explanations after each clan rule, the purpose of which is to make clan members understand why this rule is necessary."

"You knew perfectly well that concealing such matters and making enemies could bring disaster upon your family, yet you still knowingly committed this crime. Such behavior is truly unforgivable!"

As he spoke, he waved his hand, stopping Zhou Zhengxin from trying to explain himself.

He coldly stared at him and said, "You don't need to say anything more. Clan rules are clan rules, and they won't change because of the strength of your enemies!"

After saying this, he began to pronounce the verdict: "According to the family rules, anyone who deliberately conceals a feud with someone, provided it has not caused serious harm to the family, shall have their family benefits suspended for at least five years and be confined to their quarters for at least three years!"

"Given your inappropriate attitude, in addition to the five-year suspension of your family benefits, I hereby extend your confinement period to five years!"

After proclaiming the verdict, Zhou Chun waved his hand and said, "For the next five years, you will all stay obediently inside the family's mountain gate. Without my order, you are not to step out of the family's mountain gate even once!"

"Yes, junior obeys!"

Zhou Zhengxin and Zhou Xinli exchanged a glance, both bowing their heads in remorse and accepting the punishment.

Although the two are still young, this punishment will definitely be something they will remember for the rest of their lives.

Even their future paths may become more difficult because of this punishment.

This is the price for breaking clan rules!

No rules, no standards.

If a family's rules are not strictly enforced, they will not be able to deter its members.

After Zhou Chun punished Zhou Zhengxin and Zhou Xinli, he quickly ordered the punishment to be posted on the notice board outside Zhongping Hall.

In this way, every member of the Zhou family who comes to Zhongping Hall will see this punishment, which will increase their respect for the clan rules.

But even this wasn't enough to satisfy Zhou Chun.

Because he deeply understands a principle: when you find one cockroach in a house, there are definitely many more cockroaches in dark corners that you don't know about.

If Zhou Zhengxin and Zhou Xinli, these two younger members of the Zhou family, would take chances and deliberately conceal the fact that they had made enemies while traveling, would other members of the Zhou family have done the same?

The Zhou family now encourages its members to go on adventures. As long as their cultivation level isn't too low, Zhou Chun will generally approve any application to go out on this basis.

Furthermore, he repeatedly increased the amount of time that Zhou family members could travel outside the home each year.

His original intention in doing this was to broaden the horizons and knowledge of the family's cultivators, improve their personal abilities, and prevent them from becoming isolated and out of touch with the cultivation world.

But he absolutely did not want his good intentions to be misused by the family's cultivators, thus bringing disaster to the family.

Therefore, after punishing Zhou Zhengxin and Zhou Xinli, Zhou Chun pondered for a long time and decided to increase the importance of this matter. He convened a high-level meeting of the family elders to find a way to rectify the family's style and reduce the occurrence of similar incidents.

This is also a good opportunity to review the current situation of the family and to gather the opinions of the elders on the future development of the family.

(End of this chapter)