Cultivating Immortals in the Family: Rising from Beast Familiarity

Chapter 510 Sacrifice is Necessary 【Subscription】

For or against, that is not a question.

In the Zhou family, Zhou Chun's current prestige can be said to be much higher than Zhou Mingde's.

Perhaps in the hearts of Zhou Daoquan, Zhou Zhengyong and other older generation of monks, they are still full of respect for Zhou Mingde, a respected patriarch of the family, and are deeply influenced by him.

But in the hearts of the younger generation of Zhou family monks, only Zhou Chun, the patriarch, was recognized as the boss of the Zhou family!

They grew up listening to Zhou Chun's legendary deeds since they were young, and when they grew up, they also witnessed Zhou Chun, the patriarch, leading the Zhou family to grow bigger and stronger step by step, until they became the No. [-] Jindan family in Yasukuni!

Yes, the No. [-] Golden Elixir Family of Yasukuni!

After Zhou Mingde succeeded in forming alchemy, the Zhou family, which had three Golden Core monks in the family at the same time, could already be called the number one Golden Core family in the Yasukuni according to the popular calculation in the world of immortality.

After all, apart from the Zhou family, there is no Golden Core family that can have three Golden Core stage monks sitting in the family at the same time!
And the importance of a golden core stage monk is incomparable to ten purple mansion stage monks, let alone a foundation building stage monk!
So even though the Zhou family may not have completely surpassed some old Jindan families in terms of the number of monks in the Zifu period and the number of monks in the foundation period, it can still be called the number one Jindan family in the Yasukuni.

Under such circumstances, Zhou Chun, who single-handedly brought the Zhou family to this height, can imagine how deep his prestige in the family is.

So at this time, although he said that he could raise opinions, none of the Zhou family monks really dared to speak up.

Everyone knows that if they really need to ask for their opinions on this matter, then they will not directly come up with a prepared plan and inform them, but should discuss it with them first.

Now tell them the plan you have made and ask them to give their opinions. Who dares to raise it?
That's not how you die!

"The younger generation has no objections. The patriarch's plan is very practical and very suitable for today's family. The younger generation fully agrees with this plan!"

Soon, Zhou Xinyi, the trusted acting patriarch, was the first to express his approval, and his words were full of praise for Zhou Chun.

Damn it, let him get ahead of you, the sycophant!

Some Zhou family monks were secretly annoyed that they were preempted, and then they all followed up and said that they praised Zhou Chun's proposal.

They cared more about the opinion of Zhou Chun, the pillar of the family, than the cut quarter of the welfare offering.

No one wants to leave a bad impression in front of this family pillar.

After all, if they still want to open up Zifu in the future, they still have to find a way from the family.

Of course Zhou Chun had expected this result, and it was no surprise.

He is a dignified Jindan period monk, sometimes he does things without explaining to others!

Dictatorship is dictatorship!

At this time, I just nodded slightly and said: "Very well, since you all have no opinions, then follow this plan to implement it. We will discuss how to evaluate elite clansmen later!"

Then we talked about revising the family rules.

This revision of the family rules is mainly to deal with the previous rules that restricted Zhou family monks from going out to take risks, as well as the related restrictions on family monks' marriage and worshiping in the sect.

In the past, the Zhou family had just arrived and had just established a foundation in Jiufengling. In order not to cause disasters and prevent the loss of clan members, they formulated some strict rules according to the current situation.

Now those rules are doing more harm than good to the Zhou family, and it's time to revise them.

Therefore, at this family meeting, Zhou Chun, on behalf of the family, put forward opinions on the abolition and modification of these relevant rules, and discussed with the middle and high level of other families to formulate new rules.

After some exchanges, the new family rules were finally negotiated and finalized.

According to the new family rules, ordinary and elite members of the Zhou family no longer need to report to the patriarch when they go out during the holidays. Only when they go out for more than three days on non-personal holidays do they need to report to the patriarch.

As for the core clan members who have cultivated above the foundation stage, they still have to report and apply before they can go out.

In terms of clan marriages, the family has completely released the control of clan marriages, allowing all clan members to freely decide on their own marriage matters, whether it is marrying out or even marrying into another family, the family does not care.

But it is worth noting that marriages that are not approved by the family will no longer enjoy the family's special dowry subsidies and bride price subsidies.

That is to say, the thing of marrying out to other families in the past, and then getting a generous dowry from the family, is difficult to do now.

After all, the Zhou family is now a Jindan family, and there is no need to use marriages between ordinary clansmen to build a network of relationships.

As for worshiping the sect, apart from the prohibition of worshiping at the Qinglian Temple, members of the Zhou family can freely choose whether to worship in any other sects that normally exist in the heaven, spirit and earth realms.

But if you join the sect, don't think about the family's resources, unless you can show the value worthy of the family's investment!
Of course, if you join the Moon Sect, the family will still give some help. After all, the Zhou family is now a vassal family of the Moon Sect, so even if they look good, they have to be decent.

Finally, the Zhou family's subsidy measures to encourage their clansmen to have children have now been officially abolished.

Now the number of immortal cultivators in the Zhou family is enough, and the number of mortals in the family has also increased a lot in 200 years.

Nowadays, there are as many as seven or eight children with spiritual root qualifications detected from among the ordinary children every year, and sometimes even as many as ten!

There is absolutely no need to implement the maternity subsidy system anymore.

The modification and abolition of these rules not only gave Zhou family monks the right to choose freely in some aspects, but also saved the family's expenses in some aspects.

It can be said that it has won the hearts of the people and saved money.

Therefore, when revising these new family rules, the Zhou family monks present, especially the younger generation of monks, very much agreed with it.

After the rules were set, Zhou Chun asked everyone to discuss the criteria for judging elite clansmen.

According to Zhou Chun's opinion, the number of elite clansmen should not exceed one-fifth of the total number of monks in the family's Qi refining period, that is, more than one hundred people.

This number is not small, and many Zhou family monks have the opportunity to compete.

According to the unanimous decision made by everyone, the dual identification standards of the investigation system and the assessment system are implemented for the elite clansmen.

If a certain clansman has reached the late stage of Qi refining, his character and achievements are highly praised and recognized by the elders of the family, and five core clansmen or one elder are willing to recommend him to become an elite clansman, then he can become an elite clansman .

And every core clan member and elder can only use the power to recommend others to become core clan members every three years.

The assessment system is simple. Zhou family monks who feel that they are qualified to become an elite clan can apply to the family for assessment. The assessment is divided into actual combat assessment and skill assessment. After passing the assessment, one can become an elite clan member!

When the number of elite clansmen reaches the upper limit, other ordinary clansmen can challenge the elite clansmen to seize the other party's elite status.

Compared with ordinary clansmen, elite clansmen have the priority to exchange for foundation-building spiritual objects, have the right to practice a variety of precious secret arts, enjoy more vacations, and are treated better than ordinary clansmen!
It is foreseeable that the monks in the Qi refining period of the Zhou family will fight desperately for the status of elite clansmen.

After discussing all major matters in this way, Zhou Chun announced the adjournment of the meeting.

Subsequently, regarding the revision of the family rules and the rules for the status and status of the clan members, the clan members located in various parts of the clan were quickly notified in the form of an official announcement.

It's only been less than a month, and even the monks of the Zhou family who have ventured outside, as long as they are still in Yasukuni, know these things.

As expected by Zhou Chun, these revised new family rules quickly won the support and support of the people of the clan, who praised him for his sageness.

As for the rearrangement of family status, although some monks who had originally established the status of elite clans secretly complained, everyone supported this fair and just selection method on the surface.

However, the real selection and assessment cannot be carried out now, because Zhou Mingde's Golden Elixir Ceremony will soon be held.

At dawn on this day, 24 bells rang in Tuyun Ridge one after another.

The monks of the Zhou family, who had already experienced it once, took their positions immediately after the sound of the bell, and entertained the guests who came to congratulate.

In just ten years, two Golden Elixir Ceremonies were held in succession, which made many low-level casual cultivators in Lingzhou, Lanzhou, Yunzhou, Cangzhou and other places very happy.

Because the Dragon Fish Feast at the Golden Elixir Ceremony was too famous last time, the number of casual practitioners who came to eat and drink this time was much more than last time.

Fortunately, the Zhou family also took a long time to prepare this time. They made sufficient preparations for the food and drink supplies of the low-level monks, so they didn't care about their food and drink consumption.

And I don't know if it's because Zhou Mingde's alchemy has further expanded the influence of the Zhou family, or it's because he knows that he doesn't need to give a big gift this time, or it's just for him, a golden alchemy monk who only succeeded in alchemy at the age of 60. Curious.

The number of Golden Core monks who came to attend Zhou Mingde's Golden Core Ceremony this time turned out to be as many as 16, and several of them came uninvited!

Regarding this situation, both Zhou Chun and Zhou Mingde are happy to see the results, and welcome it.

They didn't disappoint the Jindan stage monks who came here. Although [Bibo Xixin Tea] could not be provided, the meat of the multicolored dragon fish was still brought out to entertain these distinguished guests.

After the Golden Elixir Ceremony lasted for several days, it was finally the end of the happy event between the guests and the host.

After the Golden Elixir Ceremony ended, Zhou Chun and Zhou Mingde also had an in-depth conversation in Zhou Chun's cave.

"This old man is able to successfully form alchemy, and this life is considered complete. Next, the old man's personal practice is no longer important, so the old man plans to spend the rest of his life studying the art of refining weapons. In the future, whether it is to leave more magic tools for the family as background, or to use Golden core real fire cultivation gold essence, iron essence and other magic weapon materials can provide some help for Zhengchun you and other golden core monks of other families in the future."

"There is also family affairs. If you have no time to worry about Zhengchun in the future, the old man can take care of it for you, so you don't need to waste energy on this."

"In short, even if the family can no longer provide any support for your cultivation path, it must not become a burden that hinders your cultivation!"

Inside Zhou Chun's cave, Zhou Mingde stared at him with a serious face, and expressed his thoughts after long consideration.

As the single-handed founder of the Zhou family today, Zhou Mingde also deeply understands one thing, that is, if a family wants to continue to grow and develop, someone must sacrifice their own way.

Because he understood this, he didn't dare to fantasize about forming alchemy before, and he only thought about how to strengthen the family, even if he delayed his cultivation time for this.

Also because of this, he won the respect and respect of Zhou Daoyi, Zhou Daoquan, Zhou Chun and other younger generations, and won the love and affection of his tribe.

But he also knows in his heart that not everyone can do this kind of sacrifice for the development and growth of the family.

This is especially true for those monks who have a long way to go and are expected to go further.

And Zhou Chun, who was only in his early [-]s and successfully formed a pill, is undoubtedly the kind of monk who has a long way to go and is expected to hit the Nascent Soul stage!

If Zhou Chun continues to be distracted from family affairs and energies are used to support the development of the family, it will certainly be of great help to the family, and I believe he himself will not particularly care about this.

But after two or three hundred years passed, Zhou Chun found that his progress in cultivation was not as good as expected because he was distracted from taking care of his family, and he might even lose hope of hitting the Nascent Soul Stage.

At that time, no matter how deep Zhou Chun's affection for the family is, he will inevitably feel a kind of complaint, and even cut off the family directly, leaving the family to concentrate on pursuing the Nascent Soul Dao!

If that kind of thing really happened, the Zhou family's loss would be much greater than what they got now.

And this kind of example has not never happened in the world of cultivating immortals, and it is even somewhat common!
If Zhou Mingde did not succeed in forming the alchemy, even if he saw this, there was no good way.

After all, at that time, as the Zhou family's only Jindan period monk, Zhou Chun inevitably had to devote his energy to worrying about family affairs, including preaching the Tao and Dharma to the younger monks of the family, and answering doubts about cultivation.

But now that he has successfully formed the alchemy, his lifespan has been greatly extended, and he has at least 500 years to live.

In this way, he can completely replace Zhou Chun's distraction.

Anyway, in his situation, there is no possibility of conceiving a baby at all, and it is no problem at all to sacrifice some time for cultivation.

So after thinking about it for a long time, he picked this time to talk about these things with Zhou Chun.

Zhou Chun also didn't expect that Zhou Mingde said that he had something to discuss with him, and it would be this matter.

After Zhou Mingde finished speaking, he was stunned.

After that, he looked at Zhou Mingde with a complex expression, his throat soared, and he didn't know what to say for a moment, and his heart was extremely moved.

After he had been brewing in his heart for a while, he said affectionately: "I have never felt that the family is my burden!"

"I have always been very grateful to you and the family for taking care of and helping me when I was at a low level. I have always liked the atmosphere in the family where people help each other, and I have always been proud of being a member of the Zhou family. !"

"Although the family is indeed unable to give me much support in terms of cultivation resources now, but the help given to me in other areas still exists. I have never thought about leaving the family."

His words are not modest words, but from the heart.

As he said, although the Zhou family can no longer provide him with any cultivation resources, he does not have to pay rent for the cave in the family, and he can also receive high welfare offerings from the Zhou family every year.

In addition, what materials he wants to collect and what news he wants to inquire about, hundreds of monks in the entire Zhou family will serve him.

Even the food for his spiritual pets was provided by the Zhou family.

These conveniences are difficult for a casual cultivator to possess.

And if you join a certain sect, although you can enjoy these conveniences, once you enjoy these conveniences, don't you need to do things for those sects?
In this case, it's better to stay in the Zhou family and be respected as the ancestor!

Zhou Mingde could naturally hear whether Zhou Chun's words were true or not, so he nodded with relief and said, "Yes, I believe that with your pure feelings for the family, it is impossible to do something to break away from the family."

After finishing speaking, he changed the topic: "But between the family and the clansmen, there should be mutual achievements."

"Now you have brought the family to an unprecedented level of prosperity, but the family is helping you less and less. Whether it is for the sake of your path or the long-term interests of the family, you should not stop Spend more energy on family chores!"

His words were so straightforward, Zhou Chunruo would be a little ignorant if he tried to evade again.

Immediately, he bowed to him solemnly and said: "The junior has been taught, no matter what the junior will achieve in the future, you will always be the most respected elder of the junior, and the Zhou family will always be the home of the junior!"

"Okay, okay, with your words, the old man is satisfied!"

Zhou Mingde applauded again and again, and helped him up with joy.

After confirming their future tasks in this way, in the following days, Zhou Mingde began to replace Zhou Chun to worry about family affairs.

However, Zhou Chun still bears the title of patriarch and has not removed it.

That is to say, in the third month after Zhou Mingde's Golden Elixir Ceremony ended, Zhou Zhengyuan, the most senior monk in the "Zheng" generation of the Zhou family, passed away.

In Zhou Zhengyuan's life, although he has never fought for his family on the battlefield, he has dedicated his whole life to serving the family's alchemy, which can be regarded as hard work.

Therefore, in terms of his posthumous affairs, he was also treated at the same level as Zhou Jiapeng who had passed away in Sihua before. The whole family held a mourning ceremony for three days to commemorate the deceased family veteran.

"Sixth brother is going, among the family members of the same generation, in fact, only me and thirteenth brother you!"

Zhou Zhengyong and Zhou Chun stood together in front of Zhou Zhengyuan's tomb at the site of the Zhou family's tomb. Looking at the new tomb in front of them, they felt a little melancholy.

Then I heard Zhou Zhengyong muttering: "Among so many people of the same generation, you and I were not considered the most talented brother Thirteen. I didn't expect that now it is you and me who have gone the farthest and lived to the end!"

The clansmen of the same generation in his mouth obviously only refer to the group of people born before the Zhou family came to Jiufengling.

People like Zhou Zhengqing, although they are of the same generation as them, are actually 30 or [-] years apart in age, so they can't be regarded as their true peers!

And after hearing Zhou Zhengyong's words, Zhou Chun also sighed with embarrassment: "Yes, at that time, who would have thought that in the end, the greatest achievements among our peers would be Brother Yong, you and me!"

While speaking, names and faces flashed in Zhou Chun's mind one by one.

Zhou Zhengkang, Zhou Zhengtao, Zhou Zhengjie...

In the Zhou family back then, these clansmen of the same generation competed with Zhou Chun, hoping that they could get the support of the family and succeed in building a foundation.

In the end, Zhou Chun had the last laugh and became the one who was unanimously favored and supported by the elders.

And Zhou Chun did not live up to the expectations of those elders, and successfully brought the Zhou family to an unprecedented height, which is worthy of the efforts and expectations of those elders!
"That's different, Thirteenth Brother, you were able to form a golden core, all because of your own ability, and I can live to this day, but it's all because of your blessing!"

Zhou Zhengyong shook his head slightly, expressing what was in his heart with a deep emotion.

He knew very well in his heart that he, who was not outstanding among his peers, was able to get to where he is today because he established a good friendship with Zhou Chun before he made a fortune, and was supported and taken care of by Zhou Chun.

Otherwise, he might be like his long-dead contemporaries, who died long ago because they couldn't succeed in building a foundation.

"Luck is also a kind of strength. Brother Yong, you can get to this day, which is enough to explain a lot of things, so why belittle yourself!"

Zhou Chun shook his head slightly, comforting Zhou Zhengyong softly.

But Zhou Zhengyong's lips moved, and in the end he just sighed lightly and said nothing more.

In this way, the two left together after paying homage to Zhou Zhengyuan's tomb.

Just one month after Zhou Jiapeng passed away, the second [Xuanxin Zihuan Pill] that the Zhou family had exchanged back then was also distributed.

Since this elixir had been promised to Zhou Zhengqing long ago, Zhou Chun handed it to him personally after the elixir was released.

And Zhou Zhengqing, who was not young, went to retreat soon after getting the elixir.

However, Zhou Chun did not stay in the family to wait for the results of Zhou Zhengqing's retreat. Instead, he quietly went to the Great Zhou Kingdom after explaining to Zhou Mingde.

Going to the Great Zhou Kingdom this time, Zhou Chun will definitely find Luo Qingni to refine [Guchen Pill] and Zhuji Pill, and at the same time urge Sun Yuanjing to speed up the collection of [Taiyi Xuanjin Qi], even if it costs more No hesitation!

In addition, he had to buy and exchange materials for Zhou Mingde to refine the talisman, and he had to collect the remaining materials for his talisman.

In order to achieve these goals, Zhou Chun took all the precious spiritual objects collected by himself and the Zhou family with him this time, as well as a large number of spiritual coins.

He has made sufficient preparations and is determined to complete the "broken tripod recasting" and refine the magic weapon of life in the Great Zhou Kingdom in one go, and then return to Yasukuni in the strongest state to face the changes in Qinglian Temple.

(End of this chapter)