Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 576 Ghost Cultivation Method: Golden-Winged Tiger Breakthrough [Long Chapter, Please Subscribe]

Di Country, Valley of Resentful Souls.

The Valley of Vengeful Souls is a dangerous place within the Di Kingdom where no living beings exist. It is a place of Yin and evil, and ordinary living beings are easily corrupted and killed by the Yin and evil energy when they enter it.

Only a few cultivators in the Qi Refining stage occasionally enter it, attempting to find some useful spiritual items.

But no one expected that there was a Golden Core cultivator cultivating inside the Valley of Resentful Souls!

Zhou Chun sat cross-legged on a broken stone tablet in the Valley of Resentful Souls, his hands forming hand seals as he absorbed wisps of Yin energy into his body, slowly refining them into Yin-attribute magical power.

After an unknown amount of time, he suddenly exhaled a puff of hot, white breath and muttered to himself, "Three months of arduous training, and now it's finally done. I hope it wasn't all for nothing!"

As he spoke, he raised his hand and patted the storage bag at his waist, taking out an item and placing it in his hand.

Upon closer inspection, the object was none other than the Ghost Face Token he had previously obtained from the ancient city of the "Earth Dog Clan".

Just over four months ago, when Zhou Chun and his wife were traveling in the Di Kingdom, they visited a Golden Core cultivator from the Di Kingdom. As usual, Zhou Chun took out some Yin ore and Yin-attribute spiritual items as exchange items.

Unexpectedly, the Golden Core cultivator was genuinely interested in these things and exchanged them for a Yin-attribute spiritual herb of the thousand-year-old treasure level.

Seeing that the other party seemed to have a way to use Yin-attribute spiritual medicine, Zhou Chun had a sudden inspiration and took out the ghost-faced token, asking the other party to help him appraise it.

It turns out we really found the right person!

The Golden Core cultivator's assessment was not much different from Zhou Chun's own judgment, who believed it to be an object containing information.

To activate this vessel and read the information recorded within, it is necessary to inject Yin-attribute magic power.

Originally, the Golden Core cultivator wanted to help Zhou Chun read the information recorded inside, as he seemed to have a way to infuse the token with Yin attribute magic power.

But Zhou Chun naturally couldn't agree to such a thing.

After paying the appraisal fee, he left with his Daoist partner Su Yuzhen, and deliberately released the Wood Spirit Mu Sang to ride away.

With such a combination of two Golden Core cultivators and a fourth-tier demonic beast, even a late-stage Golden Core cultivator would have to think twice before acting against them.

So nothing happened afterward that I was robbed or killed.

After making some inquiries, Zhou Chun arrived at the Valley of Resentful Souls and began to cultivate a demonic art of the Yin Ghost Sect.

Cultivators can certainly practice other cultivation methods in addition to their main cultivation method.

However, under normal circumstances, almost no one would do that.

Because practicing multiple cultivation methods is not only time-consuming and laborious, but the magical power gained from these methods can also easily conflict with the magical power cultivated through the main cultivation method, thus affecting one's cultivation progress.

Not to mention cultivating both immortal and demonic arts!

Zhou Chun only dared to make a slight attempt now that his cultivation had reached the Golden Core stage.

After all, he only needs to possess Yin attribute magic power; he doesn't require raising his demonic cultivation level to Foundation Establishment or even Purple Mansion!

Once he finishes reading the information inside the Ghost Face Token, his demonic power will dissipate on its own.

Then, use "Purifying Spirit Water" to cleanse the meridians in your body, and the effects of cultivating demonic arts on yourself should be completely negligible.

At this moment, after more than three months of arduous training, Zhou Chun's Yin attribute magic power cultivation was roughly equivalent to that of a Qi Refining Stage 5 cultivator.

This level of magical power is naturally insignificant compared to his Golden Core stage cultivation.

However, if he wanted to advance to the Foundation Establishment stage, it would take at least a year, and Zhou Chun didn't want to spend that much time on that at the moment.

So if it doesn't work now, he can only give up for the time being and wait until he returns to his clan to have other clan members try it for him.

At this moment, he held the token in his hand and slowly poured the Yin attribute magic power he had cultivated into it.

Sure enough, the Ghost Face Token, which had previously failed to respond no matter what he tried, quickly reacted after the Yin attribute magic power was injected into it.

Suddenly, the ghostly mask pattern on it seemed to come alive, grinning menacingly at him. Then, it opened its mouth wide and inhaled, causing Zhou Chun's spiritual consciousness to rapidly deplete as it was swallowed by the ghostly mask.

Finally, after absorbing enough divine consciousness to reach the level of a Purple Mansion stage cultivator, it seemed as if the ghost mask had finally been satisfied, and a vast amount of information surged into Zhou Chun's mind.

Fortunately, Zhou Chun had a strong divine sense; otherwise, if a cultivator at the Purple Mansion stage had experienced something like this, he would have suffered severe damage to his vital energy on the spot, leaving behind irreparable damage to his soul.

Even with his powerful spiritual sense, it would probably take him a year or two to recover the damage to his spiritual sense after this ordeal!

Fortunately, the effort paid off.

The vast amount of information that flooded into Zhou Chun's mind was clear evidence of this.

It took Zhou Chun several hours to process this information.

"So that's how it is! No wonder Master Xuan Sha's remnant soul was able to maintain its true spirit and consciousness for so long!!"

After a long while, Zhou Chun opened his eyes and exclaimed in amazement.

He had previously speculated about the information recorded in the Ghost Face Token, and now it has been confirmed.

He was right. The information recorded in this ghost-faced token was indeed related to the legendary ghost cultivators, and it contained a complete set of ghost cultivator inheritances!

Besides the secret methods for cultivators to switch to ghost cultivation, and the cultivation techniques for continuing to cultivate after switching to ghost cultivation, it also records many unique ghost cultivation secret techniques and soul path secret techniques.

Even the methods for refining ghost-path magical artifacts, treasures, and elixirs.

One of them is a secret technique of the soul path called "True Spirit Undying Technique", which strengthens the true spirit consciousness of ghost cultivators and prevents them from losing their true self consciousness over the long years and the erosion of Yin energy.

Because of the special nature of the Nascent Soul stage, cultivators in the Nascent Soul stage can also cultivate this technique to strengthen their true self consciousness, increase their resistance to bewitching supernatural powers, and prevent their souls from being searched.

It is very likely that Master Xuan Sha cultivated this secret technique of the soul path during his lifetime, which is why his true spirit has not been destroyed after his death and has persisted until now.

Of course, it is more likely that after his death he prepared to switch to ghost cultivation, but failed to succeed completely and only gained some ghost cultivation characteristics.

The specifics of the situation are now unknown.

In short, Zhou Chun's greatest gain now is that he has obtained the method to switch to ghost cultivation and the cultivation method of ghost cultivators.

This way, both he and future high-level cultivators of the Zhou family will have one more option before their lifespan runs out.

In particular, Zhou Daoquan, who was about to pass away at the end of his life, would immediately need these things.

In view of this, after studying and comprehending those ghost cultivation techniques for a while, Zhou Chun quickly left the Valley of Resentful Souls and met up with his Daoist partner Su Yuzhen, who was waiting for him in a market.

This time, Zhou Chun did not hide the matter of obtaining the Ghost Cultivation Method from Su Yuzhen, because it was not a secret that could not be told.

Moreover, the Su family patriarch is already old and has less than two hundred years of lifespan left. He may also embark on the path of ghost cultivation in the future.

Doing a favor at this time would benefit both families.

After all, although ghost cultivators cannot leave the Yin Sha Land, they are still a high-end combat force. In critical moments, they can still protect some of their former clansmen and descendants, so that they are not left with no way out!

Su Yuzhen was also a sensible woman, not to mention that two years had passed since the two of them left Tianyuan Immortal City to continue their travels.

After learning about the ghost cultivation technique, she understood and agreed to return to Jingguo.

Not long after, Zhou Chun returned to Tu Yunling and immediately informed Zhou Daoquan about obtaining the ghost cultivation technique.

"If you wish to pursue the path of ghost cultivation, Grand Uncle, I possess all the necessary spiritual items. With your cultivation level, although the success rate may not exceed 30%, if you succeed, you will possess a lifespan comparable to that of a Nascent Soul cultivator. In the future, you will be able to witness firsthand how my Zhou family rises to a higher level and ascends to the status of a Nascent Soul family!"

In the courtyard, Zhou Chun looked at the family elder in front of her, whose hair was already white and whose face was full of wrinkles, and gave him advice with a tone full of admonition.

He genuinely wanted Zhou Daoquan to embark on the path of ghost cultivation.

For various reasons, Zhou Daoquan was unable to break through to the Golden Core stage at the appropriate age, like Zhou Daoyi.

Zhou Chun has always felt indebted to him for this.

After all, this elder had taken care of him many times when he was young and had even saved his life.

Now that he has the opportunity to ensure the other party's true spirit is immortalized, to embark on the path of ghost cultivation, and to continue living in the world, he will naturally do his best to make this happen.

"I am well aware of your good intentions, Uncle. However, I have also heard that the path of ghost cultivation is inherently intolerable to Heaven and Earth. Once one turns to the path of ghost cultivation, it will be difficult to enter the cycle of reincarnation in this life..."

Zhou Daoquan looked at Zhou Chun with a furrowed brow, revealing his inner worries.

Hearing his worry, Zhou Chun felt both annoyed and amused.

It's a sad truth that people change a lot as they get older, becoming more indecisive and losing their judgment.

He immediately put on a serious face and advised, "Grand Uncle, you are attached to appearances! Putting aside the fact that the concept of reincarnation is ethereal and its existence is unknowable, even if reincarnation were real, would you still be the same person after reincarnation?"

"If after reincarnation there is no longer any connection with the previous life, then what does it mean to you?"

As someone who has transmigrated and been reborn, Zhou Chun doesn't dare to completely deny the existence of reincarnation.

But he also believed that even if reincarnation truly existed, it would be meaningless if one could not retain all the memories of their past life like he did.

If it were up to him, he would definitely choose the path of ghost cultivation, which allows one to exist for thousands or tens of thousands of years, instead of thinking about reincarnation!

Seeing that Zhou Daoquan seemed to be swayed, he added another reason to persuade him: "Furthermore, if you were to become a ghost cultivator, wouldn't you have ample time to study the arts of beast taming and insect control? If you could research and cultivate several beneficial hybrid demonic beasts like the Crimson Flame Vajra Monkey, the improvement to the family's overall strength and foundation would be no less than if you actually succeeded in forming your core!"

With this reason to continue serving the family, rather than to live for thousands more years, Zhou Daoquan seemed to have finally found a reason to convince himself.

His brows relaxed immediately, and he nodded, saying, "Alright then, since you've put it that way, I'll risk my life and give it a try!"

"Excellent! Then please carefully study this cultivation technique. I will arrange a suitable place and necessary spiritual items for you right away!"

Zhou Chun felt relieved and immediately handed over the secret technique for switching to ghost cultivation to Zhou Daoquan. Then he hurriedly went to arrange for people to prepare the necessary materials.

Switching to a ghost cultivator is no easy task, especially since Zhou Daoquan only has a late-stage Purple Mansion cultivation level, making the success rate extremely low.

Zhou Chun must prepare the best possible training ground and spiritual objects for him to increase his chances of success.

Fortunately, Zhou Chun had previously acquired a large number of Yin-attribute spiritual herbs and minerals in that underground ancient city, so he had a rich reserve of important materials and there was no need to worry about them.

All that's left is to prepare some other auxiliary materials.

According to the ghost cultivator inheritance records within the ghost-faced token, cultivators of different cultivation levels need to prepare spiritual materials of different grades to assist them in transforming into ghost cultivators.

Otherwise, even if one successfully transforms into a ghost cultivator, their cultivation level may still drop.

Therefore, while the success rate is higher for Nascent Soul stage cultivators switching to ghost cultivation, the requirements for related materials are also higher.

And most importantly, the size of the Yin Sha land.

The size of the Yin Sha Land has a significant impact on both the success rate of switching to ghost cultivation and the future cultivation of ghost cultivators.

If a Nascent Soul cultivator wants to switch to ghost cultivation, they must at least choose a large Yin Sha land like the ancient city of the "Earth Dog Clan". Ordinary Yin Sha lands simply cannot meet their needs.

Zhou Daoquan's cultivation level was only at the Purple Mansion stage. Even after switching to ghost cultivation, he would still maintain the Purple Mansion stage cultivation level.

In this way, even a place as sinister as the Valley of Resentful Souls, where Zhou Chun had previously stayed in the Di Kingdom, would be enough to support his transformation into a cultivator.

Of course, it would be even better if he could find a higher-level Yin Sha Land, so that he might have a chance to try to break through to the Golden Core stage of ghost cultivation in the future!

The Zhou family is aware of quite a few Yin Sha places, but most of them are located within the territory of Feng Kingdom, and are scars left by the former Corpse Demon Sect and Yuan Demon Legion.

Zhou Daoquan would never go to such a place to cultivate the path of ghost cultivation, otherwise if he were discovered one day, he would easily be exorcised and his righteous spirit rectified!

As for the Yin Sha land in Jingguo, the place where the Zhou family raised the blue-faced ghost ape was barely usable, but choosing that place meant that Zhou Daoquan would basically have no way to advance in the future, and the place was so small that it felt like he was in prison.

After much deliberation, Zhou Daoquan chose the Yin Sha place in the wilderness, which was the original location of the Blood Dragon Branch of the Transformation Dragon Sect.

There are almost no high-level cultivators in the wilderness, and demonic beasts don't like to go to the Yin Sha Land. Zhou Daoquan chose to cultivate in seclusion there, so he didn't have to worry about being disturbed.

The only inconvenience is that it is too far from the family, and it will be quite troublesome if I want to meet with my family members in the future.

However, considering that his conversion to ghost cultivation will be a top secret of the family, there is no need to worry too much about it.

Time passed slowly, and half a year had gone by in the blink of an eye.

On this day, inside the ruins of the Blood Dragon Branch Altar, on a uniquely shaped square altar, Zhou Daoquan sat cross-legged, with three second-tier high-grade demonic beasts—a pig, a python, and a wolf—bound in front of him.

To transform into a ghost cultivator, one needs to offer blood sacrifices to the Lord of the Underworld to draw in a stream of ghostly energy from the underworld to cleanse the soul.

When the moon was high in the sky and midnight arrived, Zhou Daoquan, having adjusted his condition, immediately took a bone blade and stabbed it into his chest, piercing his heart. Then, using the blade as a pen, he began to carve mysterious runes all over his body.

Wherever the blade passed, streaks of blood oozed from the wound. Strangely, the blood did not flow directly down the wound, but instead congealed into bloodstains on Zhou Daoquan's body.

Before long, Zhou Daoquan's entire body was covered with ghostly patterns, and ghost face designs were faintly forming on his chest and back.

He was already extremely weak at this point, but he still mustered his strength to activate the magic weapon and behead the three demonic beasts that were offered as sacrifices, causing their blood to flow all over the altar beneath him.

Immediately afterwards, a desolate and low incantation rang out from Zhou Daoquan's mouth.

The deep incantation seemed to awaken some unseen consciousness, and soon a gust of cold wind appeared on the altar, emitting a "whooshing" sound.

Then a bizarre scene unfolded.

As soon as the cold wind swept across the altar, the blood on the altar and the three demonic beasts began to dry and congeal rapidly. The bodies of the three demonic beasts even visibly shrank, as if all their life force had been drained away.

Then, seemingly finding the offerings palatable, a black vortex suddenly formed above the altar from the eerie wind.

As the vortex spun, a deep black, ghostly aura, barely visible to the naked eye, emerged and plunged directly into Zhou Daoquan's Purple Mansion Sea of ​​Consciousness.

Upon sensing this ghostly aura, Zhou Daoquan's mind sharpened, and he hurriedly used his spiritual cultivation technique to absorb and integrate it into his soul.

As his soul absorbed the ghostly energy, the ghostly markings on his body seemed to be activated at once, and his entire body was instantly engulfed in crimson flames. His physical essence was rapidly consumed as these crimson flames burned.

At the same time, the surrounding Yin energy seemed to be attracted by something, and began to rush towards Zhou Daoquan like moths to a flame.

Time passed slowly.

After an unknown amount of time, Zhou Daoquan's physical body had been burned to ashes in the blood flames, and the blood flames had long since been extinguished.

On the altar, there was only a faint humanoid phantom sitting cross-legged, constantly absorbing the Yin energy.

At this moment, Zhou Chun suddenly appeared outside the altar, and with a wave of his hand, he threw out a black jade bottle, which landed on the head of the humanoid phantom.

Immediately afterwards, a stream of pitch-black liquid dripped from the jade bottle and landed on the humanoid phantom.

In an instant, as if they had consumed some highly nutritious food, the humanoid phantom, which had been barely visible, began to solidify visibly.

After all the black liquid in the jade bottle had dripped out, the humanoid phantom could now clearly see its facial features. It looked exactly like Zhou Daoquan, and in his middle age.

Judging from this, he has clearly succeeded in switching to ghost cultivation this time!

"How are you feeling, Uncle?"

Looking at the somewhat illusory figure in front of him, Zhou Chun asked Zhou Daoquan about his own feelings with a curious expression.

He had only read about ghost cultivators in ancient texts; only the individuals involved truly knew the differences between them and normal cultivators or even demonic cultivators.

"It feels alright. Apart from the lack of physical sensation, it's not much different from using divine sense to perceive the outside world."

Zhou Daoquan replied in a low voice.

Since he has no physical body, he can only speak by either vibrating the air with his divine sense or magic power, or by transmitting his voice through his divine sense.

After answering Zhou Chun's question, he looked at Zhou Chun with gratitude and said, "It really is thanks to your bottle of Pure Yin Spirit Liquid, Zheng Chun. Otherwise, relying solely on that Netherworld Ghost Qi and the Yin Sha Qi here, I probably wouldn't have been able to successfully switch cultivation. It seems that switching from Purple Mansion stage cultivation to Ghost cultivation is indeed too risky!"

The bottle of pure Yin spiritual liquid he mentioned was refined by Zhou Chun himself, using five Yin-attribute spiritual herbs of the thousand-year-old treasure level.

This kind of treatment is something that many Golden Core cultivators rarely enjoy when they switch to the path of ghost cultivation.

After all, while yin-attribute spiritual herbs are not very useful to cultivators, finding such ancient spiritual herbs is a matter of great luck.

However, Zhou Chun didn't feel any reluctance about it. He waved his hand dismissively and said with a smile, "Grand Uncle, you're too kind. As long as you can successfully switch cultivation methods, what is a mere bottle of Pure Yin Spirit Liquid?"

"Now that you have successfully completed the transition, I will not disturb you any longer to help you consolidate your cultivation. If you wish to contact me or the Supreme Elder in the future, you can send a message directly to Elder Lin."

"I will come to visit you again after you have consolidated your cultivation!"

After saying that, he took his leave and left.

Humans and ghosts are ultimately on different paths. Ghost cultivators can be considered ghosts in a certain sense, and the yin and evil places they inhabit are not suitable places for normal cultivators.

Moreover, Zhou Daoquan had just successfully transitioned to cultivation, and his cultivation level was only equivalent to that of a cultivator in the early stage of the Purple Mansion realm. He was completely ignorant of any ghost cultivation techniques. At this time, he needed to seize the time to consolidate his cultivation and diligently practice his techniques!

As for his safety while he was alone here, Zhou Chun was not worried.

Ghost cultivators may have many flaws, but they are known for their exceptional ability to survive on their own territory.

Since they have no physical form, they can easily hide in the deep underground ghost caves when they encounter danger.

Unless one possesses a special method to counter ghost cultivators, or the strength to destroy this Yin Sha land, killing a ghost cultivator here would be extremely difficult.

It could be considered a double blessing. Not long after Zhou Chun returned to his family, and several years after consuming the third-grade high-quality wind-attribute demon core he had obtained at the Canglan Sect exchange meeting, the Golden-Winged Tiger finally completely digested the power of the entire demon core and broke through to the third-grade high-quality level.

Unlike Lei Jiao Bai Bai and Jin Jia Fu Shan Gui Shi Tou, which possess extraordinary bloodline talents and can directly advance to the fourth tier without any bottlenecks.

After reaching the upper rank of the third level of cultivation, the Golden-Winged Tiger's path to advancement came to a hurdle. To break through and evolve into a fourth-rank demon beast, it would need another great opportunity.

However, Zhou Chun didn't have time to help it find this opportunity for the time being, because there were many things to do, and they were all important.

Therefore, for the time being, we can only let it slowly cultivate and accumulate power, waiting for the opportunity to come.

With the matter of Zhou Daoquan switching to ghost cultivation resolved, Zhou Chun was finally relieved of a worry.

He immediately calmed down and began to train his disciples while also cultivating several newly acquired secret techniques and supernatural abilities.

Zhou Chun had already collected all the auxiliary spiritual items required for the first level of "Minor Five Elements Breaking the Restriction Mystic Light" during his previous travels, and he had even collected three auxiliary spiritual items required for the second level.

At this time, while cultivating the first level of the secret technique, he asked the family cultivators to help him look for the remaining two spiritual items.

As for the metal-elemental evil energy required for cultivating the "Evil Essence Drill", Zhou Chun directly went to the place where he had collected the "Earth Mother Profound Gold" and collected a large amount, enough for him to slowly refine for decades.

Thus, the main secret techniques and supernatural abilities that Zhou Chun currently cultivates are the "God-Slaying Great Technique", the "Gengjin Sky-Splitting Thunder", the "Beast Spirit Fusion Great Technique", the "Minor Five Elements Breaking Restriction Mysterious Light", and the "Fiend Yuan Drill".

As for the "Golden Escape Technique" that he had been studying, he hadn't even grasped the basics, so there was no way he could talk about cultivating it.

Once a cultivator calms down and focuses on cultivation, they will hardly feel the passage of time.

When Zhou Chun reappeared in the sight of the common people, it was seven years after Zhou Daoquan switched to the path of ghost cultivation.

Seven years ago, after Zhou Daoquan switched to the path of ghost cultivation, the Zhou family held a grand funeral for him and erected a cenotaph in the clan cemetery.

Seven years later, Zhou Chun reappeared in public to preside over another funeral, the funeral of Zhou Xinyi, the acting patriarch of the Zhou family!

For the past century, Zhou Chun has devoted himself to cultivation, while Zhou Xinyi has managed all the family affairs. He has devoted his life to the family and made great contributions.

Unfortunately, because he only had the cultivation level of Foundation Establishment and his soul had not yet manifested or condensed, it was impossible for him to follow the path of ghost cultivation.

Now that he has passed away at the end of his life, Zhou Chun, the clan chief, made an exception and attended and presided over his funeral to commend him for his contributions to the clan.

"Xin Yi dedicated his life to serving the family diligently and tirelessly. The family's current status and power are inseparable from his contributions. You, the younger generation, should take him as a role model and forever remember his contributions to the family!"

At the funeral, Zhou Chun solemnly and respectfully gave a final assessment of Zhou Xinyi's life achievements in front of all the clansmen, fully affirming his contributions to the family.

After the funeral, Zhou Xinyan, who succeeded Zhou Xinyi, was summoned to the cave by Zhou Chun for a talk.

As a family elder, Zhou Xinyan took the initiative to request to succeed Zhou Xinyi in his position.

He even spent several years learning how to handle clan affairs from Zhou Xinyi beforehand.

This is clearly a cunning junior who has seen the power and convenience of the acting clan leader position and wants to use it as a stepping stone for his advancement.

Zhou Chun didn't exactly find it offensive.

After all, the world is bustling with activity, and everyone is driven by profit.

It is unrealistic to expect clansmen to disregard personal gain and loss and work for the family.

Zhou Xinyan wants to serve as the acting clan leader, which is fine, provided that he has the ability and that Zhou Chun does not discover that he is using his power to seize clan interests!

If he can do these two things, Zhou Chun won't mind taking good care of his cultivation in the future; otherwise, don't blame him for being impartial.

After summoning this junior to the cave, Zhou Chun stared at him with a stern expression and said, "Xinyan, it's good that you're willing to take on this responsibility. The family has reached this point; a Foundation Establishment stage cultivation level is indeed insufficient to uphold the family's reputation!"

"However, this responsibility is of paramount importance. It can be said that the livelihoods of all eight hundred cultivators in the clan are in your hands, and the number of cultivators indirectly affected is as many as several thousand. The slightest mistake could have serious consequences. Are you aware of this?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Xinyan replied respectfully in a deep voice, "This junior understands. This junior will certainly do my best to fulfill my duties and will not let down your trust, Clan Chief!"

Upon hearing his answer, Zhou Chun gave him a deep look, nodded, and said, "Since you understand, then I won't say anything more. I'll let you act as an interim official for three years as a trial period. If you perform well within three years, you'll officially assume this position. Otherwise, you should honestly go out and look for opportunities!"

"Yes, thank you for giving me this opportunity, Chief. I will certainly not let you down!"

Zhou Xinyan was overjoyed and immediately knelt down deeply, then left Zhou Chun's cave with a satisfied heart.

Zhou Chun ultimately dared not be negligent in such matters. In the following year or two, he paid close attention to family affairs and secretly observed Zhou Xinyan's every move to determine whether this person was worthy of use.

I was supposed to finish writing at midnight and reach 8,000 words, but I thought better of it. There's no need to force it. I can just add a few hundred more words tomorrow and it will be the same!

(End of this chapter)