Cultivating Immortals in the Family: Rising from Beast Familiarity

Chapter 168 Changes in the Zhou Family, Rat Plague 【Subscription】

After one year and three months of retreat, Zhou Chun left the retreat.

And almost not long after he walked out of the closed room, the Supreme Elder Zhou Mingde in the cave on the top of the mountain found out about it.

So before he had time to return to his residence to visit the two soul pets he hadn't seen for a year, he was called into the cave by Zhou Mingde.

Then the patriarch Zhou Daoyi also came here.

"The aura is strong and deep, like a diamond. It seems that your "Golden Cauldron Mysterious Kung Fu" transfer has gone very smoothly!"

In the cave mansion, Zhou Mingde stared at Zhou Chun with piercing eyes, and after looking him up and down, he saw the great changes that had taken place in him.

After the patriarch Zhou Daoyi heard this, he looked directly at Zhou Chun and asked, "How do you feel? Can you tell me where the top skills are strong?"

"It feels very good. I have suffered so much before and prepared for such a long time!"

Zhou Chun smiled lightly, not hiding any secrets, and immediately told the benefits he had obtained after switching to "Golden Tripod Xuan Gong".

"Amazing! Just listening to your narration, you can know how strong you are now. It is indeed a top-level exercise handed down from ancient times!"

After listening to Zhou Chun's narration, Zhou Daoyi couldn't help admiring, and was also amazed and envious of his achievements.

"Although top-level exercises are difficult to master, they are indeed rewarding after they are mastered!"

Zhou Mingde nodded, feeling quite emotional.

Then he told Zhou Chun: "However, Zhengchun, you still need to keep the fact that you have practiced top-level skills a secret. In the future, just say that you have practiced a fighting method!"

Zhou Chun knew that he said this because he was worried that he would be too public and Mu Xiuyu would be hated by others.

Immediately replied with a serious face: "Yes, this junior understands."

Seeing that he understood what he meant, Zhou Mingde nodded in relief and said: "Then you can practice hard at home, and Daoyi can concentrate on building the dragon's lair."

Then let Zhou Chun go home first.

And when Zhou Chun returned to his residence, Baibai, who hadn't seen him for more than a year, came forward to get close to him.

The patriarch Zhou Daoyi had been feeding these two spiritual pets for him every once in a while. Although they were never hungry, they were obviously not as meticulous as his own care.

"Don't worry, Shitou. Now that I have completed the major event of switching to the cultivation method, I will try my best to find spiritual objects for you to purify the bloodline breakthrough. I will definitely let you break through to the second level as soon as possible."

In the yard, Zhou Chun touched the rock and soil turtle's head and gave him a guarantee.

After switching to "Golden Tripod Xuan Gong", he has nothing else to do urgently.

Naturally, energy can be used to cultivate spiritual pets and other aspects.

Zhou Chun also thought about it himself, and then he will concentrate on practicing a few more secret arts and some second-order spells while practicing and handling family affairs.

Wait until you have learned all the secret techniques and spells, and then try to practice a skill.

Anyway, after the establishment of the foundation, his life expectancy is more than 240 years. For him who is only in his early forties, the days to come are still long!
In the next few days, Zhou Chun checked the family affairs records in the Zhongping Hall and communicated with others, and he also knew that many things had happened in the family during his retreat for more than a year.

For example, the Zhang family in Tiantai Mountain sent people to apologize.

There was also the matter that after more than a month of his retreat, the third elder of the family, Zhou Daoquan, traveled far away from home, looking for his own opportunity to open up the Purple Mansion.

As well as various things about the thriving development of various industries in the family.

But there was one thing that made Zhou Chun curious.

During the more than a year of his retreat, the monk surnamed Hu who had dealt with Cangzhou at that time actually asked someone to send three letters to the Spirit Beast Zhai, all of which invited him to go to Cangzhou for a story, saying It is important to ask him for help.

The most recent letter was more than ten days ago, and the tone of the letter was much more sincere than the previous two.

"Forget it, let's put it aside for now. If there is something urgent, he will definitely send someone over to invite him."

Shaking his head, Zhou Chun put away the letter and didn't pay much attention to it.

When I left my contact information at the beginning, I just saved my mind to make friends.

It is not certain whether to make this friend or not!

And after he took charge of the family affairs again, he also made some changes to the family personnel.

Zhou Jiasheng, who had been the shopkeeper of Lingshouzhai for many years, was transferred back to the family, with Zhou Jiafei as the new shopkeeper.

Zhou Jiasheng was awarded the financial deacon by Zhou Chun, in charge of family financial statistics.

Deer Park steward Zhou Zhengxun performed well and was promoted to be the deacon of Hundred Beasts Hall.

Zhou Zhengyong, the former deacon of Hundred Beasts Hall, was transferred to be the supervising deacon.

"Currently, there are 170 immortal cultivators in my Zhou family, including 130 monks from the Zhou family and 41 monks from relatives."

"In the past year, the family's income is about [-] spirit coins, and the expenditure is about [-] spirit coins."

"At the same time, in the past year, the number of good deeds distributed by the family is about 8000 points, and the number of good deeds written off is about 1000 points."

"Currently, there are more than [-] Lingcoin savings in the family account."

In Zhongping Hall, invited by Zhou Chun, all the foundation-building monks in the clan, including the patriarch Zhou Daoyi, gathered here again to listen to his report on the general situation of the clan today.

Compared with the last time, among the elders attending this meeting, there was one less elder, Zhou Daoquan, and one more elder, Zhou Jiapeng.

After listening to his brief report at this time, Second Elder Zhou Chongshan immediately relaxed his eyebrows, nodded slightly and said: "It sounds good, and it has obviously improved a lot compared to the last time."

"Yes, the family has indeed seen a lot of excitement in the past few years. Among other things, I have drunk the full moon wine of the new family members almost seven or eight times. The little dolls in the nursery are even more so. It’s almost half the village!”

Fourth Elder Zhou Jiarui also nodded with deep emotion, and expressed his emotion with a smile.

Then the fifth elder Zhou Jiahe also said: "Not only the number of clansmen has increased, but also the enthusiasm of the clansmen is higher than before. The incentive measures formulated by the deputy patriarch, and the knowledge that the family's good deeds can be established after the savings of [-]." The basic seeds have made the clansmen more enthusiastic about doing things for the family and accumulating good deeds than before."

Speaking of this, looking at the patriarch Zhou Daoyi, he added: "Of course, the patriarch's cloud python transformation has also greatly improved the morale of the clan, and made the clan people look forward to the future of the clan."

Seeing this, Zhou Daoyi also nodded with a smile and said: "The elders are all very reasonable. From this point of view, you should be satisfied with the reforms that Zhengchun has made to the family, right?"

"The old man has no opinion."

Second Elder Zhou Chongshan took the lead in answering.

"satisfy."

"satisfy."

"very satisfied."

Three elders, Zhou Jiarui, Zhou Jiahe, and Zhou Jiapeng, also expressed their support one after another.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun hurriedly cupped his hands to express his thanks: "Thank you all elders for your trust and support. Zhengchun will definitely continue to work hard to serve the family."

"Then let's talk about another matter that called the elders over today."

Zhou Daoyi took the conversation, looked at several elders and said: "As early as a few years ago, Zheng Yuan of Baiyao Peak submitted to the family, and wanted the family to support him in successfully building the foundation, so that he would be absolutely sure to be able to refine The demon pill."

"At that time, my seat was in retreat, and there were many things to be busy in the family, and the finances were not rich, so I just promised him that he would provide support, but did not implement it immediately."

"Now that everything has been settled, there is no reason to delay this matter for long."

"So the elders think, should the family use their savings to buy a Foundation Establishment Pill for their foundation?"

And this kind of thing?

The elders of the Zhou family who heard about this for the first time all showed surprise.

Seeing that the second elder Zhou Chongshan frowned immediately, he said in a deep voice, "This is a bit against the rules!"

He is a conservative in the family, so he is naturally not used to this kind of self-sustaining talent who actively asks the family's senior management for support.

In the eyes of an old man like him, the senior members of the family are not blind, and of course he knows which clan members are worthy of training, support and foundation building.

If you didn't take the initiative to support you, it means that you feel that you are not qualified.

Just like the classic saying: What I give you is yours, and if I don’t give it to you, you can’t grab it!
Zhou Zhengyuan's alchemy skill is indeed the highest among the several alchemists in the Zhou family.

But the elders of the older generation of the family like Zhou Chongshan knew that his alchemy talent had not reached the point where the family had to support him to build a foundation.

Otherwise, the late Great Elder Zhou Mingshan would have explained this matter in his last words long ago.

"It's a bit against the rules, but the rules can't always be kept unchanged!"

"Nowadays, the family does have a great demand for Yaoling Pills, and it also needs a person with decent alchemy skills to serve the family."

"Since there is no better candidate, I can only trust him once and make an exception for him!"

When Zhou Daoyi said this, his tone was a little helpless.

After his Sky Blue Cloud transformed into a dragon, the Zhou family's ancestral beast control skill can be said to have reached its peak.

But the skills of the other alchemy talisman formations are a bit out of date.

The formation is now completely supported by a second elder, Zhou Chongshan, and no suitable successor has been found yet.

Needless to say about refining weapons, only the Supreme Elder Zhou Mingde now knows a little bit, but he didn't put too much effort into it.

In terms of making talismans, he can make second-order magic talismans, but he can't let him be a family talisman maker without doing other things.

In terms of alchemy, since the great elder Zhou Mingshan passed away, the few alchemists he trained for the family are hard to challenge.

Zhou Zhengyuan was already the tallest of the dwarfs, which was good in comparison.

So although he was a little uncomfortable with Zhou Zhengyuan's threatening request, Zhou Daoyi also felt that it was necessary to help him in order to strengthen his family's foundation.

And at this moment, after hearing his words, Second Elder Zhou Chongshan also fell silent.

"Actually, with Zheng Yuan's ability, as long as he is hardworking and willing to work hard, in another 20 years, he will be able to accumulate enough family good deeds to become the seeds of foundation establishment. At that time, he was only in his early seventies, and he still has a chance to succeed in foundation establishment."

"If the family helps him now, it's considered an early investment!"

The Fourth Elder Zhou Jiarui said a few words in a low voice, in which he also agreed with this matter.

Zhou Chun glanced at the Fourth Elder, but understood his thoughts.

His new contracted spiritual pet, the Chiyan Dragon Python, has a great chance to be promoted to the second rank in the future when there are third-rank dragons in the family, and he will definitely use the demon spirit pill at that time.

At this time, helping Zhou Zhengyuan was tantamount to helping himself.

Obviously, Zhou Jiahe and Zhou Jiapeng also quickly figured out the joint, and then they all agreed with this matter.

Seeing this, Zhou Chongshan could only change his words and say: "Well, the family can support him to build the foundation, but if he fails to build the foundation, or if he fails to refine the demon spirit pill as he said after the success of the foundation, he will not want it in the future." Receive family benefits again!"

He took a step back, and the Fourth Elder, Zhou Jiarui, immediately nodded and said, "That's fine. I think this kind of punishment should be added to Zheng Yuan's situation!"

"Then it's like what the second elder said, and he won't have any objection if he wants to come to Zhengyuan."

Zhou Daoyi nodded slightly, agreeing to the matter.

So it was settled.

The next step is to inquire about the purchase of the Foundation Establishment Pill.

But as long as you are willing to spend more Spirit Coins, it is not impossible to buy Foundation Establishment Pills.

After more than a month passed like this, Zhou Chun suddenly received news from Fangshi, saying that a monk surnamed Hu had found the shop and wanted to meet him.

"I really found it."

Surprise flashed in his eyes. After Zhou Chun thought about it, he told the patriarch Zhou Daoyi about the situation, and then went to Hongyafang City.

"Finally Daoist Zhou is willing to come and see Hu!"

In the Spirit Beast House, Hu Changyou, who met Zhou Chun again, looked at him with emotion on his face and let out a long sigh.

The words were full of resentment, like an angry little daughter-in-law.

And it is not difficult to know from his words that he already knows Zhou Chun's true origin.

This made Zhou Chun a little embarrassed.

Hastily cupped his hands and saluted: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Zhou has been retreating at home for more than a year, and he just left the customs a month ago. Although Zhou saw the letter from fellow Daoist Hu after he left the customs, but the family affairs are busy, and there is no time to ask someone to give it to Daoist. Friends reply."

Speaking of this, he smiled wryly and said, "But I don't think Fellow Daoist would be so anxious and come to Lanzhou on a special trip."

Hearing what he said, Hu Changyou also smiled wryly and said: "It's not Hu who is in a hurry, but the person who asked Hu to be in a hurry. Hu really can't stand the urging, so he can only invite Fellow Daoist Zhou in person!"

"What the hell is that, and it's worth making a special trip to find Zhou like Fellow Daoist Hu?"

A strange look flashed in Zhou Chun's eyes, and he asked why.

"It's a rat problem!"

"In a group of gold-eating rats in Cangzhou, a second-order mutant gold-eating rat appeared. It secretly integrated several groups of rats, and secretly bred a huge group of tens of thousands of rats underground. Now it has infected many mining areas. A plague of rats has formed, and many mining monks have been injured by them, so the amount of minerals lost is also huge!"

Hu Changyou expressed his intention with a solemn expression.

　After finishing this chapter, the book has 60 words, so fast!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)