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Chapter 330 Foundation Establishment Pills Sold Out [Please Subscribe]

After meeting, the Zhou family trio decided to ignore the impending war in Feng Kingdom and simply observe the situation.

They are all very realistic.

Although Fengguo was their homeland, the Zhou family had already established a foothold in Jingguo and could no longer return.

Moreover, even if the Corpse Demon Sect is defeated, the original Three Absolutes Sect's mountain gate will not be occupied by the Zhou family.

If that's the case, what does Feng's war have to do with them?

After making this decision, Zhou Chun felt relieved. He only needed to instruct the intelligence team to collect Feng Guo's war reports.

His main concern was the Tianjing Sect.

After all, with Lingzhou's independence, Lanzhou became a buffer zone between Qinglian Temple and Tianjing Sect.

If the Tianjing Sect wants to expand its territory but doesn't want to offend both the Yanyang Sect and the Qinglian Temple, then it basically has no choice but to attack Lanzhou.

This is not good news for the Zhou family.

Because the Spirit Beast Manor had allied itself with the Heavenly Mirror Sect, and with the renewed war in Feng Kingdom, the Li family of pills and the You family of formations also sent people to the Zhou family to discuss these two matters.

Zhou Chun sensed from the two families that they wanted to return to Feng Kingdom.

Over the years, neither of their families has fared very well in Jingguo; they're only slightly better off than Ling Shou Manor.

If it weren't for the many contributions and sacrifices they made in the previous southern campaign, their two families might be in a much worse state by now.

However, now that the Spirit Beast Manor has pledged allegiance to the Heavenly Mirror Sect, both families have become targets of suspicion from the Green Lotus Temple, putting them in a very awkward position.

Therefore, after hearing that the Jingyang Sect had colluded with the Zhengyang Sect to declare war on the Corpse Demon Sect, they had the idea of ​​returning to their homeland.

It was only at this time that Zhou Chun learned more detailed information about Zhengyangmen from the two families.

According to the Li family members, Zhengyang Sect is a cultivation sect even more powerful than the Moon Wheel Sect. It not only has four Nascent Soul stage cultivators in charge, but also one with late Nascent Soul stage cultivation.

Moreover, most of the cultivation techniques and secret arts practiced by the Zhengyang Sect cultivators have a restraining effect on evil spirits and ghosts, and the several evil-slaying talismans secretly passed down by the sect are famous in many countries.

There was once a sect whose strength was not much weaker than that of the Corpse Demon Sect, called the Earth Ghost Sect. Because of a conflict between its cultivators and the Zhengyang Sect, the sect extracted the soul of a Purple Mansion stage cultivator from the Zhengyang Sect and refined it into a ghost.

This angered the Zhengyang Sect, prompting several Nascent Soul stage elders of the Zhengyang Sect to personally lead a large army on a distant expedition. They managed to surround and kill the two Nascent Soul stage cultivators from the Earth Ghost Sect inside the sect, and annihilated the entire Earth Ghost Sect.

After that battle, few people dared to bully the disciples of Zhengyang Sect when they traveled outside.

It was precisely because of Zhengyangmen's formidable record that the Li family of pills and the You family of formations felt that the Corpse Demon Sect might be defeated this time, and thus conceived the idea of ​​returning to their homeland.

They not only wanted to go back themselves, but also wanted to bring the Zhou family back with them.

After all, the Zhou family is indispensable if the Three Absolutes Sect is to be reorganized.

Otherwise, if two families form a sect, and there is any disagreement, without a third party to mediate and ease the conflict, it is easy to escalate the conflict and cause a serious conflict that neither side wants to see.

This has been proven many times throughout the more than 1,000-year history of the Three Absolutes Sect.

Moreover, the Zhou family's current strength is no match for the two families. Once the Three Absolutes Sect is reorganized, the power will still fall into the hands of the two families with Golden Core cultivators.

Unfortunately, Zhou Chun and Zhou Mingde, being family members, knew their own situation and were fully aware of the plans of both families.

No matter what the Li and You families said, Zhou Chun just shook his head, firmly stating that he would not give up the hard-won foundation of Jiufengling.

Seeing that they couldn't persuade the Zhou family, and also worried that if they pushed Zhou Chun too far, he would report them to Qinglian Temple, the Li and You families didn't say anything more.

Zhou Chun pretended not to have heard of this matter.

In the following year or two, many Foundation Establishment cultivators from Lanzhou, Yunzhou, Cangzhou and other places went to join the Tianjing Sect, and some small cultivation families even migrated there as a whole.

However, those forces with cultivators at the Purple Mansion stage are currently in a wait-and-see state and have not rushed to take sides.

After receiving cultivators from all over the country who came to join them, the Tianjing Sect finally took on the appearance of a major sect, with more than four hundred Foundation Establishment stage cultivators at its disposal.

Unfortunately, apart from Yu Jinghua, who defected to the sect, Tianjing Sect still did not produce a second Golden Core cultivator.

This is a major weakness for a large sect.

If a breakthrough cannot be made in this area, the Heavenly Mirror Sect will become much less attractive to cultivators at the Purple Mansion stage.

In short, Zhou Chun and the Zhou family are only keeping an eye on the Tianjing Sect and have no intention of siding with them.

On this day, another Zhou family cultivator, Zhou Zhengbo, collected five thousand merit points and exchanged them for a Foundation Establishment Pill from Zhou Chun.

Zhou Zhengbo was also a cultivator who had participated in the "Heavenly Mirror Dharma Assembly" before. His cultivation level rose to the twelfth level of the Qi Refining stage shortly after the assembly.

Because his father was Zhou Jiagong, an elder of the Zhou family with the surname "Jia," he managed to get the opportunity ahead of others thanks to his parents' efforts in raising funds from various sources.

In fact, the elders of the Zhou family with the character "Jia" in their names are passing away year by year. For example, Zhou Jiacheng, who failed to establish his foundation, and Zhou Jiawei, who was skilled in making poison, have both passed away one after another.

Of the Zhou family elders that Zhou Chun first came into contact with after arriving in this world, there are not many left now.

The Zhou family cemetery on the back mountain of Baota Peak sees one or two new graves added almost every year.

If it's not an important figure like a family elder, then when a Zhou family cultivator passes away, only their family members will observe mourning for them.

At most, Zhou Chun, the clan leader, or some elder will go through the motions on behalf of the family and themselves.

Having experienced many such things, Zhou Chun has become indifferent to them.

On this day, Zhou Chun once again brought supplies to Longxing Valley.

After several years of development, Longxing Valley has now truly become an important source of income for the Zhou family.

Thanks to the abundant spiritual medicinal resources provided by Longxing Valley, the alchemists of the Zhou family have improved their skills rapidly. Zhou Zhengyuan and Zhou Xinlan are even able to refine spiritual pills that enhance the magical power of Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Meanwhile, the various materials collected here for refining weapons and making talismans have also put the Zhou family's weapon refining and talisman-making skills on a fast track of development.

Of the four major cultivation techniques of alchemy, artifact crafting, talismanic arts, and array formations, only array formations require extremely high levels of personal comprehension and talent. The other three are essentially disciplines of experience.

In this kind of experiential discipline, those with talent can certainly go further and faster, but those with average talent are not without hope of catching up.

However, after several years of looting, everything that could be looted in the area surrounding Longxing Valley had been completely plundered.

To maintain their income, Xu Fu and his men must now travel to even more distant places to plunder.

However, once they leave Longxing Valley too far from their stronghold, the survival risks for these Qi Refining stage cultivators will greatly increase.

Keep in mind that only a few years have passed, and of the forty-eight Zhou family assassins who came back then, five have already died and two have been crippled!

And this was the result even with Zhou Zhengyong and the Golden Monkey taking care of them.

"This time I brought ten high-grade first-tier magic artifacts, thirty second-tier magic talismans, five hundred high-grade first-tier magic talismans, twenty bottles of pills to enhance magic power cultivation, various healing medicines, and five hundred jade boxes!"

Inside Longxing Valley, after being welcomed in, Zhou Chun first told Zhou Zhengyong and Xu Fu about the supplies he had brought this time.

Due to the small number of people and the high intensity of the battle, the Dragon Rising Valley suffered a great deal of damage to its magical artifacts and talismans.

Whenever Zhou Chun or Zhou Daoyi came to deliver supplies, magic talismans were always included.

Fortunately, Zhou Daoyi himself was a talisman maker capable of making second-tier talismans, and the Zhou family has now trained several cultivators capable of making first-tier high-grade talismans. Otherwise, relying solely on purchasing them would have been a huge expense.

"That's wonderful! With all these things you brought this time, Chieftain, we can continue to explore even more distant places."

Even in front of Xu Fu, an outsider, Zhou Zhengyong still paid attention to etiquette and always addressed Zhou Chun as the clan chief.

He then took the storage bag from Zhou Chun and quickly retrieved two more storage bags, handing them to Zhou Chun. "These contain my harvest over the past two months. Please keep them safe, Clan Chief."

After Zhou Chun put away the storage bag, Zhou Zhengyong continued, "Furthermore, last month the team lost another Qi Refining Level 6 cultivator and seriously injured another Qi Refining Level 7 cultivator. The atmosphere in the team is somewhat tense now; some people are fearful because of the successive deaths of their companions!"

He phrased it somewhat euphemistically, but Zhou Chun understood what he meant.

Although the Zhou family had made it clear to these family assassins when they were training them that they might give their lives for the Zhou family at any time in the future.

However, explaining the situation is one thing, but when it actually happens, it's another matter entirely.

These Zhou family assassins learned and grew up together in the Zhou family, and they also had to cultivate a tacit understanding to fight together, so their relationship was very close.

Now, seeing his close friends fall one after another, not knowing when it will be his turn, Zhou Chun himself has experienced that feeling of bewilderment and anxiety.

After all, they, the cultivators who participated in the Southern Expedition, had all encountered this situation before.

Therefore, he took what Zhou Zhengyong said very seriously, and immediately looked at Xu Fu, the leader of the assassins, and asked, "Xu Fu, do you have anything to say?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Fu immediately replied respectfully, "In my opinion, these are all perfectly normal things. Those people simply haven't fully adapted to this kind of separation of life and death yet. Once they get used to it, they won't think about it too much!"

"Yes, you have a point, but this matter still needs to be taken seriously."

Zhou Chun nodded, then lowered his head and pondered for a while before having an idea.

He looked at Xu Fu and said slowly, "How about this, you can tell them that every time they go out and make a gain, they can get two days of rest."

"At the same time, you can also tell them that as long as they persevere and make enough contributions to the family, they will have the opportunity to leave here!"

At this point, Zhou Chun waved his hand and said, "Alright, Xu Fu, you may leave now. I still have matters to instruct the Eighth Elder."

"Yes, I'll take my leave."

After Xu Fu took his leave, Zhou Chun looked at Zhou Zhengyong and asked, "Brother Yong, what do you think of Xu Fu?"

Hearing this, Zhou Zhengyong was visibly taken aback.

After a moment's thought, he spoke softly, "Xu Fu is quite remarkable. Not only is his combat ability outstanding, with few able to match him, but he is also very quick-witted. Whether dealing with people or devising strategies, he is a master, almost on par with you, Thirteenth Brother, in your youth!"

"Oh, Yong-ge, you think so highly of him?"

A look of surprise flashed in Zhou Chun's eyes, as if she hadn't expected Zhou Zhengyong to answer like that.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhengyong replied with a serious expression, "It's not that I think highly of him, but rather that he has indeed done an outstanding job. If he were a member of my Zhou family, I would definitely recommend him to succeed you, Thirteenth Brother!"

"Yes, it's a pity he's not a member of my Zhou family!"

Zhou Chun sighed softly, feeling quite regretful about it.

To be fair, Zhou Chun is not the kind of person who insists on bloodline theory.

However, the Zhou family's special circumstances meant that cultivators who were not of Zhou family bloodline were unlikely to be given important positions within the Zhou family.

Now, the Supreme Elder Zhou Mingde, who is now the one who truly makes the final decision for the Zhou family, is particularly concerned about this point.

Zhou Chun couldn't accuse Zhou Mingde of being narrow-minded, since both Zhou Mingde and the Zhou family had indeed suffered greatly in this regard.

Moreover, Zhou Chun couldn't guarantee that his judgment of people was accurate, nor could he guarantee that if Xu Fu achieved great success in the future, he wouldn't betray the Zhou family like Yu Jinghua.

"Let's observe him further, Brother Yong. If he really has no problems, even if it's just to give other family assassins a chance to fight, I will find a way to help him successfully establish his foundation!"

Zhou Chun raised his hand to rub his forehead and softly stated his plans.

"Don't worry, Thirteenth Brother, I'll be careful."

Zhou Zhengyong nodded and readily agreed.

So after paying another visit to Zhou Daoquan, Zhou Chun returned to his family with the spoils from Longxing Valley.

Not long after returning to his family, Zhou Chun had another Foundation Establishment Pill exchanged for.

The person who exchanged the Foundation Establishment Pill this time was Zhou Zhengqing, a member of the "Zheng" generation of the Zhou family, who was also a Zhou family cultivator who had previously participated in the "Heavenly Mirror Dharma Assembly".

He was also a second-generation immortal. His mother was Zhou Jia Kui, a cultivator of the "Jia" generation in the Zhou family, and his father was a late-stage Qi Refining rogue cultivator who married into the Zhou family.

Because of his outstanding performance, his parents gave up their own cultivation early on so that he could exchange for Foundation Establishment Pills. They saved every penny and devoted all their energy to earning family merits, and even stooped to borrow merits from all over the place.

Now, he has finally succeeded in getting a Foundation Establishment Pill.

With the Foundation Establishment Pill being swapped out, Zhou Chun was left with only one Foundation Establishment Pill.

According to the rules, this Foundation Establishment Pill was to be prepared for Zhou Xinyan, a member of the Zhou family with superior spiritual root aptitude, and no one was allowed to touch it.

This means that even if others accumulate 5,000 points of family merit, they will not be able to exchange for Foundation Establishment Pills for the time being.

"It seems the standard of 5,000 family merit points is outdated. Perhaps the amount of merit points required to exchange for Foundation Establishment Pills should be increased in the future!"

"Hmm, perhaps we shouldn't only offer Foundation Establishment Pills to our clansmen for exchange. We should give them more options so they don't have to be fixated on just one option. That way, even if they fail, they won't be as ashamed as Seventh Brother for the rest of their lives!"

Zhou Chun looked at the last Foundation Establishment Pill in his hand, lost in thought.

The second update is here!

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