Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 331 Thunder Lizard Island, Yuan-Building Fruit Tree [Please Subscribe]

The benefits of using Foundation Building Pills to build a foundation are self-evident.

However, for the Zhou family cultivators, the disadvantages of failing to establish a foundation using Foundation Establishment Pills are obvious to all.

Leaving aside Zhou Jiacheng, who failed at the beginning and has now passed away.

Zhou Zhengtao, who failed to establish his foundation despite exchanging 5,000 points of family merit for a Foundation Establishment Pill, is a prime example.

They initially managed to accumulate 5,000 points of family merit through borrowing, but ultimately failed to establish their foundation.

This left him penniless and incurred a debt of two to three thousand points of family merit.

Over the years, he has been working tirelessly to pay off his debts, working like a spinning top with hardly any rest.

Even though he has been working very hard to pay off his debts, the debt of two or three thousand points of family merit is not something that can be paid off in ten or eight years.

Under normal circumstances, by the time he pays off his debts, he will only have one or two decades left to live.

Even his descendants, because they cannot inherit much from him, will have a much lower starting point than the descendants of other clansmen.

This practice of borrowing money to exchange for Foundation Establishment Pills was originally a special arrangement made by Zhou Chun to help his clansmen exchange for Foundation Establishment Pills.

But now it seems that if you're unlucky, good things can turn into bad things.

In light of this, with the Foundation Establishment Pills now exhausted, Zhou Chun felt it was time to change the original temporary mechanism.

He quickly proposed convening an elders' meeting, inviting the two Supreme Elders and the elders inside the Nine Peaks Ridge Mountain Gate to explain the shortage of Foundation Establishment Pills and to request a change in the amount of merit points required to exchange for Foundation Establishment Pills.

"Back then, we exchanged 5,000 merit points for Foundation Establishment Pills because our clan was still in a period of decline and needed to boost the confidence of our clansmen and encourage them to work towards this goal."

"But now the clan has long since emerged from its period of decline. The number of cultivators in both the Purple Mansion stage and the Foundation Establishment stage is more than double what it used to be, and it is much easier for clansmen to earn merit points."

"Under these circumstances, if we continue with the preferential policy of exchanging 5,000 merit points for Foundation Establishment Pills, and ensure a sufficient supply, the family treasury will eventually be depleted!"

Inside the Zhongping Hall, Zhou Chun explained his reasons for wanting to change the exchange standards for Foundation Establishment Pills, and then looked at the elders.

In fact, he wasn't worried that his proposal wouldn't be approved, because any cultivator with common sense would know that a Foundation Establishment Pill costing five thousand spirit coins was simply unavailable on the market.

The Zhou family had implemented this preferential policy because several of their elderly Foundation Establishment elders were nearing their end, and in order to quickly cultivate a sufficient number of Foundation Establishment cultivators to replace them.

Now that all the Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Zhou family have been replaced by middle-aged and young adults, their numbers have more than doubled. There is no need for them to continue this preferential policy while pretending to be rich.

"In your opinion, Clan Chief, how much merit should be allocated to redeem Foundation Establishment Pills?"

Sure enough, shortly after Zhou Chun finished speaking, the Fifth Elder, Zhou Jiahe, took the lead in asking about the revised standards, completely omitting the question of whether he agreed or disagreed with the revision.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun immediately replied, "In my opinion, the exchange rate for Foundation Establishment Pills should be raised to at least 7,000 family merit points."

Upon hearing his answer, before Zhou Jiahe could even respond, Fourth Elder Zhou Jiarui frowned and said, "Isn't seven thousand merit points too much? A Foundation Establishment Pill usually only costs seven or eight thousand spirit coins!"

"That's true, but as you know, Fourth Elder, without the family's intervention to purchase Foundation Establishment Pills, even if a Qi Refining cultivator has a lot of spirit coins, buying a Foundation Establishment Pill depends on luck, and they might not even survive to take it!"

Zhou Chun continued, "Furthermore, the Foundation Establishment Pills the family has recently purchased have all cost no less than eight thousand spirit coins. It's expected that it will be very difficult to buy Foundation Establishment Pills at normal prices for some time to come!"

Everything he said was true.

In fact, because Jingguo and Fengguo have suffered from wars in the last hundred years, resulting in the loss of many Foundation Establishment cultivators, the Foundation Establishment Pill market in the surrounding countries has experienced a buying frenzy.

Those cultivation families that lost Foundation Establishment cultivators were willing to use their resources to snap up Foundation Establishment Pills to restore their vitality. Some cultivators who made money in the war were also willing to pay higher prices to buy Foundation Establishment Pills.

This buying frenzy has driven up the price of Foundation Building Pills, and it's unlikely that the price will drop in the short term.

Even though Zhou Chun's words made sense, Zhou Jiarui couldn't help but show a worried expression, saying, "But if the merit points are really raised to seven thousand, I'm afraid it will easily cause many clansmen to lose faith!"

"Therefore, in addition to Foundation Establishment Pills, I plan to prepare some auxiliary Foundation Establishment spiritual items. Their exchange price will be only half that of Foundation Establishment Pills, or even less!"

"In this way, the clansmen can act according to their own abilities and circumstances, without having to gamble everything to pursue a Foundation Establishment Pill, and also avoid the tragic situation of having to spend the rest of their lives paying off debts if they fail to establish their foundation!"

Zhou Chun solemnly stated his plans, having already considered what Zhou Jiarui had said.

"If that's the case, there won't be much of a problem. However, this would inevitably lead to a huge demand and consumption of those auxiliary Foundation Establishment spiritual items. Can the family guarantee a stable supply?"

As Zhou Jiarui finished speaking, he looked at Zhou Chun with a puzzled expression.

Based on his understanding of Zhou Chun, Zhou Chun must have had a solution before making this plan.

But he really didn't know where Zhou Chun was going to find so many spiritual items to aid in Foundation Establishment to supply the clansmen's needs.

Just as he was about to listen to Zhou Chun's insightful opinion, Zhou Mingde suddenly changed his expression and interrupted, asking, "Zhengchun, are you perhaps thinking of taking advantage of that Foundation Establishment Fruit Tree?"

"The Zhuyuan Fruit Tree? What's the Zhuyuan Fruit Tree? Where is it?"

Zhou Jiarui muttered to himself, his face full of doubt, his gaze sweeping over Zhou Chun and the two elders.

They already knew in their hearts that this was probably another secret that they were unaware of.

Under the watchful eyes of his elders, Zhou Chun nodded slightly and said, "That's right, I do indeed want to transplant that Foundation Establishment Fruit Tree here!"

"With the Zhou family's current strength, if we go all out, we should still have a very good chance of succeeding!"

The Zhou family currently has three cultivators at the Purple Mansion stage, a third-tier low-grade azure dragon, and a third-tier mid-grade demon beast, the Fire God Jackal.

The Thunder Lizard Beast clan guarding the Zhuyuan Fruit Tree consists of two Tier 3 Thunder Dragon Lizards and dozens of Tier 2 Thunder Lizard Beasts.

If the Zhou family goes all out, the Azure Dragon and the Fire God Jackal will be enough to hold back the two third-tier lightning dragon lizards.

The remaining dozens of second-tier thunder lizard beasts, though numerous, were no match for the three cultivators at the Purple Mansion stage.

After hearing Zhou Chun's words, Zhou Daoyi immediately chimed in, "Actually, what Zheng Chun said is right. Now that things have come to this, with the current strength of my Zhou family, we are fully capable of transplanting that Zhuyuan Fruit Tree back."

His words undoubtedly indicated his agreement with Zhou Chun's suggestion.

"If that's the case, then let's do it!"

Zhou Mingde nodded and quickly agreed.

Then he personally explained to the other confused elders, "You don't need to worry. The matter concerning the Zhuyuan Fruit Tree involves a big family secret, and it's not convenient to reveal it to too many people. You just need to know that this matter exists."

His words were essentially meaningless, but because of his different status, the other elders, even if they had some doubts, dared not say anything and could only agree.

After further discussion, the elders' council unanimously passed a decision to raise the exchange rate for Foundation Establishment Pills to 7,000 family merit points, and to set the price of Foundation Establishment Fruits, which had not yet been obtained, at 3,000 family merit points.

In addition, the age restrictions for exchanging Foundation Establishment Pills and Foundation Establishment Fruits have been revised. Those who exchange Foundation Establishment Pills must be no older than seventy years old, and those who exchange Foundation Establishment Fruits and other auxiliary Foundation Establishment items must be no older than sixty years old.

All cultivators who have exchanged for these two spiritual items must consume them only by themselves; those who violate this rule will be severely punished!

However, these two decisions will not be announced until the Zhuyuan Fruit Tree is obtained; for the time being, only elders and above will know about them.

In order to ensure the success of acquiring the Zhuyuan Fruit Tree, the Zhou family decided to deploy all its main forces this time.

Not only will all three cultivators at the Purple Mansion stage participate in the battle, but Zhou Chun will also go along.

Zhou Chun invited Su Yuzhen to help oversee and protect the Zhou family's mountain gate.

After making these preparations, Zhou Mingde personally led the team, with Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Chun accompanying him to Longxing Valley, where they met up with Zhou Daoquan and headed to Longyuanze.

Since they had never visited the site after learning about the Zhuyuan Fruit Tree from Lu Ran, they went to Lu Ran again before venturing into Longyuan Marsh to ask him to guide them.

Now that the two sides have been cooperating for decades, Lu Ran naturally wouldn't refuse the Zhou family's small request.

Under his personal guidance, the four members of the Zhou family traveled nearly three thousand miles into the Dragon Abyss before finally arriving at the island where the Thunder Lizard herd was located.

This island, located deep in Longyuanze, is very large, shaped like a scallop, and is nearly two hundred miles long and seventy or eighty miles wide.

The island is covered with lush vegetation and is full of spiritual energy, making it an extremely precious place.

Unfortunately, this treasure land is located deep in the Dragon Abyss Marsh, making it impossible for cultivators to occupy and develop it.

After bringing the Zhou family to the vicinity of the island, Lu Ran pointed to the island and said to the four members of the Zhou family, "The Foundation Establishment Fruit Tree is located by a pool in the middle of the island. The Thunder Lizard Beasts also mainly nest in that area. Fellow Daoist Zhou, you can go there yourselves. I, Lu, will not go."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Mingde's eyes flashed with a strange light, and he couldn't help but ask, "Based on my understanding of Fellow Daoist Lu, you shouldn't be someone who's afraid of trouble. Why are you unwilling to even come with us to watch the battle?"

"It's not that I'm afraid of trouble, but I'm already this old and don't want any more accidents to happen!"

While answering Zhou Mingde's question, Lu Ran continued, "Furthermore, I'd like to add that it's best if the battles between you fellow cultivators and the Thunder Dragon Lizards are to be stopped short of causing serious injury, otherwise, it could very well lead to unforeseen consequences!"

"Why is that? Fellow Daoist Lu, do you perhaps know something else?"

Zhou Daoyi's eyes narrowed, and he looked at Lu Ran and pressed him for an answer.

"It's not that I, Lu, know any inside information, but I feel that these Thunder Dragon Lizards and Thunder Lizard Beasts are able to dominate this island because they must be protected by fourth-tier demonic beasts. If any of them die, it might easily enrage those fourth-tier demonic beasts, causing them to launch a relentless pursuit to kill you fellow Daoists!"

Lu Ran didn't hide anything and directly stated his guess.

These words instantly changed the expressions of the Zhou family members, who became serious.

"Indeed, Fellow Daoist Lu is quite right. We have indeed overlooked something in this regard!"

Zhou Mingde nodded solemnly, admitting that he hadn't considered things thoroughly enough, and then slowly said, "But since we're already here, we certainly won't be satisfied if we don't give it a try!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Ran nodded and said, "I have some understanding of your strength, Fellow Daoist Zhou. As long as we finish this quickly and seize the Foundation Establishment Fruit Tree, we should be able to achieve our goal in less than half an hour."

After saying this, he offered a polite blessing and then headed home.

This time he only came to show the way; he didn't care about anything else.

Now that his mission of leading the way was complete, he naturally wouldn't stay in such a dangerous area any longer.

Watching Lu Ran's departing figure, the four members of the Zhou family exchanged glances, nodded to each other, and rushed towards the depths of the island.

The island, which appears to be quite large, is actually not that big relative to the flying speed of a cultivator at the Purple Mansion stage.

The four members of the Zhou family sped along the way and entered the central area of ​​the island in less than a quarter of an hour. They soon saw the Zhuyuan Fruit Tree that Lu Ran had mentioned.

This spiritual root grows in a crack in the rocks by the pool. The tree is about ten feet tall and looks like a loquat tree, but the fruit it bears looks like a persimmon, except that the fruit is purplish-black in color.

At this moment, there were still more than a dozen spirit fruits hanging on the fruit tree, all of which looked ripe.

But just as the four members of the Zhou family were focused on the Zhuyuan Fruit Tree, two angry hisses quickly diverted their attention.

Suddenly, two giant blue lizards, each over five zhang long, rose into the air from the jungle beside the pool, raising their heads and glaring at the group with angry hisses.

Both of these blue giant lizards have a single silver-white horn on their heads, with blue arcs of electricity crackling on it. Judging from their aura, they are both mid-grade third-tier demonic beasts.

As soon as the two blue giant lizards appeared, a rumbling sound echoed across the ground.

From the surrounding jungle, one after another, thunder lizards, each three or four zhang long, were rushing toward the pool like lightning, roaring and calling for their kin as they ran.

Seeing this, Zhou Mingde immediately ordered in a deep voice, "Dao Yi and I will deal with these demonic beasts. Zheng Chun, you will assist Dao Quan in transplanting this Foundation Establishment Fruit Tree as quickly as possible!"

After saying that, they released their respective spirit pets together with Zhou Daoyi.

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