Clan Cultivation: Starting from Beast Taming

"This time, Auntie has succeeded in reaching Foundation Establishment thanks to your great help, Zhengchun. I won't say much more, if you ever need my help during your Foundation Establishment, I'll definitely support you with all my might!"

At Baozhi Peak, when Zhou Chun came back and learned the news, he went to visit and congratulate Zhou Jiahe. The newly advanced Foundation Establishment cultivator of the Zhou Family assured him with a serious expression.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Chun immediately performed a respectful gesture and thanked her, "Then I thank my aunt in advance!"

His heart was also very happy.

After that, Zhou Chun went to visit his parents and siblings for a while, then he handed over the 'Soul Seeking Technique' to the family and explained his suggestion to the Clan Leader, Zhou Daoyi.

Zhou Daoyi also quite agreed with his suggestion and even rewarded him with three hundred points of family merit.

Then he announced the good news to the whole clan.

Furthermore, to lay the groundwork for Zhou Chun among the masses, Zhou Daoyi specifically pointed out who had presented the 'Soul Seeking Technique' and who suggested that it be made accessible to all clan cultivators.

This move indeed made many ordinary members of the Zhou Family and even elite members exceedingly grateful to Zhou Chun.

After all, they originally did not have the qualifications to cultivate the family's secret techniques, but now they did.

For the next half year, the queue of cultivators in the Book Collection Tower, waiting to receive the method for cultivating the secret technique, was endless.

If it wasn't because Zhou Chun was really too busy to personally distribute jade slips to every Zhou Family cultivator who was collecting the method, it would have been even easier to win over people's hearts.

Half a year later, after consuming four Golden Sprout Pills in succession, Zhou Chun finally managed to break through to the twelfth level of the Qi Refinement Realm.

At this point, he only needed to open the last eight meridian acupoints to begin Foundation Establishment.

And by this time, he was just over thirty-four years old.

A Qi Refinement twelfth level cultivator at the age of thirty-four was a first among the current one hundred or more Qi Refinement cultivators of the Zhou Family.

The last cultivator to reach the twelfth level of the Qi Refinement Realm before this age was Zhou Zhengkang, who had died several years ago.

With such cultivation at this age, even if Zhou Chun were just a loose cultivator, his chances of succeeding in Foundation Establishment in the future were not small.

"Very good, Zhengchun, you have finally reached this level of cultivation!"

"Next, all you need to do is slowly open the last eight acupoints one by one, and don't worry about the Foundation Establishment Pill. I will think of a way for you. There should be an opportunity very soon!"

In the Central Peace Hall, when Zhou Daoyi saw that Zhou Chun's cultivation had finally broken through to the twelfth level of the Qi Refinement Realm, he nodded in satisfaction again and again, feeling very pleased with this outcome.

Then, he brought up old matters, directly stating that Zhou Chun need not worry about the Foundation Establishment Pill.

This made Zhou Chun feel deeply touched when he heard it.

Out of curiosity, he immediately asked, "What do you mean by opportunity, Clan Leader?"

Upon hearing his question, Zhou Daoyi did not beat around the bush and looked at him and said immediately, "You also know, in the past few years, the Dragon Transformation Sect has been increasingly wreaking havoc in Yunzhou. So much so that many loose Foundation Establishment cultivators and some small clans there have been lured by them. They have left Jingguo Country and gone to their new headquarters to cultivate."

"This is already starting to shake the foundation of Green Lotus Temple in Yunzhou!"

"Therefore, I heard that Green Lotus Temple has mobilized a batch of reserved materials, planning to refine some Foundation Establishment Pills as rewards, in order to commend those Cultivation clans and loose cultivators who have performed well in dealing with the Dragon Transformation Sect."

"If this is really the case, our Zhou Family will definitely not miss this opportunity!"

Is that so?

Zhou Chun nodded thoughtfully, understanding Zhou Daoyi's meaning.

By now, a lot had been investigated and figured out about the Dragon Transformation Sect.

From the information available, after the Dragon Transformation Sect was exterminated in Jingguo Country, the remnants most likely fled into the vast Dragon Abyss Marsh.

After more than eight hundred years of forbearing development, the current Dragon Transformation Sect has established another human settlement outside the desolate regions of Jingguo Country. Their overall strength is probably no weaker than Green Lotus Temple, if not stronger!

This time, by choosing to stir up trouble within Jingguo Country, they probably feigned a desire for revenge; their true intention was to recruit talent.
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After all, even if their strength had recovered nicely, it could not compare to their most prosperous period in the past.

They must know that as long as the major sects in Jingguo Country still exist, they could never truly be permitted to return to Jingguo Country.

But they themselves wanted to expand and strengthen, and to establish a domain ruled by the Dragon Transformation Sect outside of Jingguo Country, they needed sufficient manpower.

They could only set their sights on Jingguo Country then.

Clearly, the Green Lotus Temple would not stand by and ignore this matter, as they could not allow a large number of Jingguo Country Cultivators to defect to the Dragon Transformation Sect, weakening their own power and strengthening their enemy's.

Therefore, to prevent this from happening, they could only severely crack down on the Sect Members of the Dragon Transformation Sect who sneaked into the territory to cause chaos, and at the same time offer benefits to stabilize people's hearts.

Once one's hands were stained with the blood of Sect Members of the Dragon Transformation Sect, it naturally became impossible to defect to the enemy!

As for the Zhou Family, who had only recently moved to Lanzhou, it was definitely impossible for them to ally with the Dragon Transformation Sect.

Thus, when the Green Lotus Temple really started handing out Foundation Establishment Pills to win people over, and everyone began to diligently strike against the Dragon Transformation Sect for the sake of the pills, the Zhou Family could naturally follow the trend and become one of them.

By then, even if they really killed some of the Foundation Establishment envoys of the Dragon Transformation Sect, they would not become targets, and could also use this opportunity to show their determination to the Green Lotus Temple—it would be killing three birds with one stone.

After understanding all this, Zhou Chun indeed no longer worried about the Foundation Establishment Pills.

One day, because the family's supply of the Poison Thorn Fish slime used to make the "Touch of Despair" was exhausted, Zhou Chun went to the underground river to catch fish again.

What can be confirmed now is that the Poison Thorn Fish cannot be cultivated artificially.

Or to say, due to environmental limitations, they could not be cultivated artificially.

The Poison Thorn Fish bred by the Zhou Family either died or, after being removed from their original environment, their slime gradually dispersed, ceasing to produce any after several rounds of extraction.

Therefore, if they wanted to create the "Touch of Despair," they still had to continue sending people to that underground river to catch fish and collect the slime.

Zhou Chun had also previously suggested several times that the Zhou Family should directly take over the mountain where that pond was located.

But he was turned down by the Clan Leader Zhou Daoyi for the time being.

According to Zhou Daoyi, the Zhou Family's manpower was limited at the moment, and while they could barely manage to defend Jiufeng Ridge, establishing another branch would make it difficult to take care of both sides.

After being rejected several times like this, Zhou Chun stopped bringing up the matter.

However, after arriving at the pond this time, Zhou Chun, looking at the deep water before him, couldn't help but think again about delving into the underground river to explore.

Now that his cultivation had reached the twelfth level of the Qi Refinement Realm, and the Silver Lightning Python had become a top-tier first-grade Demon Beast with an equally strong combat prowess in water.

Even if they encountered a group attack by a large swarm of Poison Thorn Fish as they had before, with the potent paralyzing effect of Thunder Element Spells in water, escaping unscathed should not be difficult.

No sooner thought than done!

After a moment's contemplation, Zhou Chun released Little White, the Silver Lightning Python, and then applied a "Water Avoidance Technique" on himself, with Little White leading the way as they plunged into the depths.

Perhaps it was that Little White had begun to exhibit some of the intimidation typical of higher-level Demon Beasts, because this time when Zhou Chun was led through the underground river, the Demon Beasts they encountered were scared off in advance.

He easily reached the underwater cave that had forced them to turn back before.

Upon entering the underwater cave, Zhou Chun encountered some Poison Thorn Fish again.

But these Demon Beasts fled into the depths of the cave upon seeing Little White, perhaps to call for reinforcements again.

Zhou Chun was on high alert in his heart.

Indeed, after moving forward for a while, Zhou Chun once again witnessed the scene that had previously forced them to retreat.

He saw dozens of Poison Thorn Fish forming a school and charging fiercely, making the tranquil underwater cave churn with dark currents.

"Little White, it's all on you now!"

Zhou Chun took a deep breath in his heart and immediately leapt off the python's back, allowing Little White to take the initiative and launch an attack.

A silvery-white electric Dharma Sphere burst forth from Baibai's mouth, instantly exploding amidst the school of fish.

In an instant, even from dozens of feet away, Zhou Chun felt a tingling sensation as if he had been touched.

Meanwhile, several of the Poison Thorn Fish were blasted to death on the spot, and the survivors writhed, their speed drastically reduced.

At this moment, Little White twisted its tail and bravely charged into the school of fish!