Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 310 Zhou Chun Goes All Out [Please Subscribe]

After returning from learning from the Su family patriarch, Zhou Chun followed his instructions and visited the most prominent cultivation clans in Lanzhou, Yunzhou, and Lianzhou.

Given the Zhou family's current reputation, these powerful cultivation clans might not readily accept his invitation, but they certainly wouldn't turn him away.

Zhou Chun originally wanted to invite the Li family (known for their medicinal pills) and the You family (known for their array formations) as well.

However, after receiving guidance from the Su family patriarch, he immediately abandoned the idea.

The reason the three families split up in the first place was because Qinglian Temple did not allow any of its forces to have three Golden Core cultivators.

If we invite the Li and You families over now, it might arouse suspicion from the Qinglian Temple, which would be counterproductive.

As Zhou Chun had expected, few major cultivation clans readily agreed to his invitation to visit.

Those who were more agreeable said they would discuss the matter with the clan's higher-ups before making a decision.

Those with a less favorable attitude simply refused with various excuses.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun was not discouraged. He simply returned to his family to review the results of the trip, listed the families he thought he could invite separately, and then studied how to persuade them.

For the next year, Zhou Chun devoted all his energy, in addition to his other tasks, to planning the joint martial arts competition.

After a year of hard work, this matter has finally made good progress.

"Fragrant Musk, Dragon Scale Horse Calves, Blue Lotus Fruit, Water-Repelling Pearls... Zheng Chun, you really spared no expense!"

Inside the cave, Zhou Mingde looked at the list of prizes for the joint martial arts competition handed over by Zhou Chun, and was slightly surprised.

The prizes on this list are some of the rarest spiritual items in the Zhou family, which are rarely sold under normal circumstances.

Especially the fragrant musk, which the Zhou family has been hoarding, intending to use it to exchange for certain precious spiritual items in the future.

This time, Zhou Chun is actually going all out to offer two or three dishes as the first prize for the event.

"There's no other way. You can't catch a wolf without risking your cub. If we don't offer these highly attractive prizes, why would other families be willing to send their best members to participate in the martial arts competition?"

Zhou Chun shrugged and explained the reason with a hint of helplessness.

Cultivators are mostly driven by self-interest; they never want to waste their time on things that don't bring them benefits.

It seems that the joint martial arts competition that the Zhou family is going to hold is nothing more than the Zhou family wanting to use this opportunity to show its influence and make its own family the supporting role to highlight the Zhou family.

Their relationship with the Zhou family wasn't that close, so naturally they didn't want to willingly play a supporting role.

Therefore, Zhou Chun's attempts to persuade these families were not very successful at first.

However, a conversation with a clan leader later made him realize where he should focus his efforts to succeed.

That's how Zhou Mingde came to have this list of prizes.

After explaining the situation to Zhou Mingde, Zhou Chun added, "Furthermore, with these rewards, the younger generation of the family will take this martial arts competition even more seriously. I think they certainly don't want to see their family's treasures taken away by others!"

"I hope it really works as you said, Masazumi. If it can truly inspire the younger generation, then all this money won't have been wasted!"

Zhou Mingde sighed softly, but still agreed to Zhou Chun's list of prizes.

"It definitely will!"

Zhou Chun replied confidently and then immediately went back to work.

Sure enough, when he went to persuade them again with this list of generous prizes, things went much more smoothly than before.

Many families who were interested have begun to discuss the rules of the martial arts competition with him.

After another six months of hard work, Zhou Chun finally finalized the joint martial arts competition.

After much persuasion, excluding the Zhou and Su families, sixteen cultivation families were willing to participate in this joint martial arts competition. Among them, six were major cultivation families with cultivators at the Purple Mansion stage, and the remaining ten were families of varying sizes.

Among these sixteen families, four families, such as the Wang family of Red Medicine Valley and the Sun family of Golden Maple Ridge, had previously maintained good relations with the Zhou family.

The other families are those that have gradually established relations with the Zhou family over the years.

Unlike the previous martial arts competition where the five major families joined forces, the rules for this competition are much simpler.

According to the rules, the Zhou family, as the host, will send thirty clansmen to defend the arena, while the other families will be the challengers.

There is no limit to the number of challengers, but all battles will be one-on-one.

The more Zhou family cultivators the challenger defeats in this battle, the higher their score will be. However, if the same Zhou family cultivator is defeated by multiple cultivators from the same family, they will not receive repeated points.

In other words, even if a family defeats all the Zhou family's defending cultivators, the highest score they can get is thirty points.

Finally, the rankings of this joint martial arts competition will be determined based on the scores of each family, and relevant prizes will be awarded.

It's worth mentioning that only those who score 25 points or more will receive the first-place reward prepared by the Zhou family, and even those who come in last place will receive a consolation prize to make their trip worthwhile.

Once the rules for the joint martial arts competition were finalized, the specific date was quickly set for a month later.

During this month, the Zhou family will also hold a martial arts competition to select thirty cultivators to defend their positions.

As Zhou Chun had expected, the announcement of the joint martial arts competition immediately caused a strong reaction within the Zhou family.

Among them, the younger generation of cultivators in the family who were not yet thirty years old were the most enthusiastic and eager.

When these people truly began to enter the world of cultivation, it was after the great war with the Dragon Transformation Sect. Therefore, they had never participated in such activities, nor had they ever fought for honor for their families on the battlefield.

This is something that makes many of them feel regretful when they hear their elders talk about the past, wishing they could have been born twenty or thirty years earlier.

The news that the Zhou family is leading a group of more than a dozen cultivation families to jointly organize a martial arts competition has undoubtedly given them hope of making a name for themselves.

If he could represent the Zhou family and single-handedly hold off more than a dozen cultivators of the same level from other cultivation families, preventing them from taking away the treasures belonging to the Zhou family.

They will surely become prominent figures in the Zhou family, and achieving Foundation Establishment will not be difficult for them in the future.

After all, the notice stated that as long as the defending cultivators defeated an opponent, they would receive a reward of merit based on the opponent's cultivation level; conversely, if they failed to defend the arena, only half of the merit would be deducted.

Based on the calculation of 50 merit points for a Qi Refining Stage 9 cultivator, as long as one defeats 100 opponents of that cultivation level and remains undefeated in any match, one can accumulate 5,000 family merit points.

Such a reward was enough to tempt even the young cultivators, whose minds were not yet fully mature, let alone the Zhou family cultivators who were in their fifties or sixties.

It should be noted that this time, the Zhou family, as the defending side, can relax the age limit for cultivators to seventy years old, while the attacking side has a limit of sixty years old.

"With Zhou Xinlan here, no one will be able to gain any advantage from my Zhou family in this martial arts competition!"

On a mountain peak, a tall, burly young man with a dark complexion looked up at the sky and uttered a bold statement. Standing beside him was a giant golden-haired, red-tailed monkey that was a head taller than him.

On the summit of the Zhou family's Xuan Peak, a woman in a flowing blue dress blinked her beautiful eyes and murmured to herself, "More than twenty years have passed. Whether I will have another chance to establish my foundation in this lifetime depends on this one. Zhou Xindie, you must seize this opportunity and let the clan leader see your abilities!"

Soon, the martial arts competition held within the Zhou family began.

This martial arts competition was personally hosted by Zhou Chun, and all eligible Zhou family cultivators with a mid-stage Qi Refining cultivation level or above could register to participate.

The reason for setting such low registration requirements is that ten of the thirty defending cultivators need to be mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators.

The main reason for doing this is to take care of the weaker families, so that the contestants they send out won't even win a single match.

Because of the lowered entry requirements, a total of 124 Zhou family cultivators eventually registered.

To be honest, before this martial arts competition actually began, Zhou Chun didn't know the exact strength of those family cultivators.

After all, the Zhou family hasn't held such an event for many years, and the strength of Qi Refining cultivators varies every few years.

Therefore, after he actually presided over this internal family martial arts competition, he was quite impressed with some of the outstanding family members.

In Zhou Chun's view, perhaps none of these clansmen could be as powerful as he was at the Qi Refining stage, but they were definitely much stronger than those from the Zhou family who participated in the joint martial arts competition of the five major cultivation families.

This shows that the Zhou family has been very competent in talent cultivation over the years.

This result also made Zhou Chun feel very satisfied and gratified.

Looking at these rising stars of the family, he felt like an old farmer looking at his thriving crops, filled with anticipation for the future harvest.

After three days and numerous fierce battles, the thirty cultivators representing the Zhou family to defend the arena were finally selected.

Most of them were young and middle-aged people under fifty years old, with only four over sixty.

After being selected, these people were immediately gathered together to listen to the admonitions of Zhou Chun, the clan chief.

"I have witnessed your performance over the past three days. Without a doubt, the fact that you are standing here proves that you are the most outstanding among all cultivators of the same realm in my Zhou family, and are the true elite members of my Zhou family!"

"As the head of the Zhou family, I am truly gratified to see such outstanding members as you in the Zhou family."

In the square in front of Zhongping Hall, Zhou Chun looked at the thirty clansmen gathered there and first showered them with praise.

As the clansmen basked in his praise with delight, he abruptly changed the subject, continuing, "However, the previous competition was merely an internal contest within my Zhou family. Your excellence is only relative to other cultivators in my Zhou family."

"Whether you are truly outstanding, whether you can truly bring honor to the Zhou family, and whether you can earn my respect, remains to be seen and will be verified by outsiders!"

"This joint martial arts competition among eighteen cultivation families is the most grand event our Zhou family has ever organized on our own since arriving in Jing Kingdom. Its importance is no less than the addition of another Purple Mansion stage cultivator to our family!"

"You are all the most outstanding members of the Zhou family. Whether this joint martial arts competition can be successfully held, whether it can truly let other families witness the strength of the Zhou family, recognize the strength of the Zhou family, and accept the fact that the Zhou family is respected, all depends on your performance!"

At this point, Zhou Chun paused, then suddenly looked at the group of clansmen with a deep gaze and shouted, "Now answer me, can you live up to my and the clan's high expectations?"

"I can definitely do it!"

"This junior will certainly live up to the clan leader's expectations!"

One by one, the Zhou family cultivators responded loudly, and many of them immediately felt their blood rush to their heads and their faces turn red.

"Very well, I've remembered what you said today. Now it's up to you to see how you perform!"

Zhou Chun nodded slightly, looking at everyone with encouraging eyes as he finished speaking.

He had said everything he needed to say; now all that was left was to see how his people behaved.

If these clansmen perform exceptionally well, it will naturally enhance the Zhou family's prestige and greatly boost the family's reputation and morale.

If these tribesmen are defeated and taught a lesson, it can also wear down their arrogance and serve as a form of tempering.

In any case, the prizes that the Zhou family offered would not be wasted.

A month passed quickly.

As the appointed date approached, the families who had agreed to participate in this joint martial arts competition arrived at Jiufeng Ridge one after another.

Of the eighteen cultivation families this time, most are local families from Lanzhou. Apart from the Su family of Jiangzhou, there are only four families from other places.

However, although there are only four families from other places, they are all major immortal cultivation families with cultivators at the Purple Mansion stage.

They are the Yu family of Lianzhou, the Xie family of Lianzhou, the Wen family of Yunzhou, and the Li family of Yunzhou.

Adding the Wang family of Red Medicine Valley and the Qin family, another major cultivation clan in Lanzhou, makes a total of six major cultivation clans.

Since it was just a martial arts competition for junior cultivators in the Qi Refining stage, the Purple Mansion stage cultivators from several major cultivation clans did not bring their teams. Instead, they sent their clan leaders and Foundation Establishment elders to participate.

On the last day of the gathering, all the members of the various cultivation families arrived, and the total number of people exceeded two hundred!

Upon seeing this, the Zhou family cultivators who represented the Zhou family in defending the arena began to waver in their confidence.

Faced with an opponent who outnumbers them eight or nine times, can they really hold out?

Ugh! Someone came to wish me a Happy New Year this afternoon, wasting two hours of my time. Otherwise, I could definitely have updated twice today! I'm starting to write the second update now. I'll post it as soon as I finish it, and if I don't finish, I'll post it tomorrow. Anyway, I'll definitely make up for the chapter I took leave from the day before yesterday!

(End of this chapter)