Clan Cultivation: Starting from Beast Taming-Chapter 532 - 278

"Kid, what on earth are you thinking in that head of yours? You and Yuzhen have done everything that needs to be done between you, and in these past three years, you’ve experienced things together that many mortal couples and cultivator pairs might not go through in their entire lives."

"After all that, you still have no intention of forming a spiritual bond with Yuzhen. I, as the Ancestor, really want to know, what exactly are you thinking?"

"Tell me, what is the reason that makes you so against forming a spiritual bond with Yuzhen!"

Inside the cave dwelling, after Zhou Chun had finished paying his respects, the Ancestor of the Su Family also looked at him with an awful expression and began to question him.

Originally, the Ancestor of the Su Family thought he was very accurate in judging people and had long seen through Zhou Chun’s character.

But now, this outcome made him feel very uncomfortable, finding it hard to accept the fact that he had misjudged.

And facing the questioning of the Su Family Ancestor, Zhou Chun didn’t know what to say for a while.

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If it were Su Yuzhen asking this, he might have other words to deal with it.

But now that it was the Su Family Ancestor questioning, those words were not good enough to deal with the situation.

After a long silence, he then spoke in a low voice, "Regarding this question from the Ancestor, it is difficult for the junior to respond. If I really have to give a reason, perhaps it’s ’destined to meet but not fated to be together’."

"Bullshit ’destined to meet but not fated to be together’!"

"I think you just don’t know what’s good for you, with your short-sighted view!"

The Su Family Ancestor looked at Zhou Chun with furious eyes and shouted, "Had it not been for Yuzhen begging for mercy, I would definitely have made you realize how severe the consequences are for disrespecting me!"

After finishing, he waved his hand and threw a jade bottle into Zhou Chun’s hands.

"Take the stuff and get out of the Su Family right now! I don’t want to see you again!"

Seeing this scene, Zhou Chun didn’t say much, paid his respects, and then left directly.

After Zhou Chun had left, the Su Family Ancestor waved his sleeve, releasing Su Yuzhen, who had been concealed by the side.

At this time, Su Yuzhen also had a pale and saddened expression, clearly showing that Zhou Chun’s previous words had had a certain impact on her.

She didn’t really take the matter as lightly as it seemed.

Seeing this, the Su Family Ancestor shook his head and said, "Yuzhen, you heard what that kid said. Now that your emotional ordeal is over, there will be no more obstacles before your Core Formation. Focus on cultivating within the family from now on!"

"Yes, granddaughter will obey the Ancestor’s instructions."

With a low response, Su Yuzhen also didn’t feel like saying anything more at the moment.

On the other hand, after leaving the gates of Su Family Mountain, Zhou Chun headed straight for his family’s place.

On the way, he checked the jade bottle given by the Ancestor of the Su Family, which contained five light golden Spirit Pills, the promised compensation for the sealing of his cultivation three years earlier.

Named Golden Sun Pill, it was a type of Spirit Pill suitable for Foundation Establishment cultivators with the Metal Element Cultivation Technique, with an efficacy better than the various Spirit Pills Zhou Chun had taken to advance his cultivation before.

Even at his middle phase of Foundation Establishment, consuming one pill could be equivalent to nearly two years of arduous cultivation, and five pills amounted to ten years.

With these five Spirit Pills, Zhou Chun’s cultivation speed would not fall behind because of the three-year seal; in fact, it would grow even faster.

Moreover, the three years’ worth of mundane experiences had indeed tempered his personal spirit and will, bringing significant gains on a spiritual level.

When he finally arrived at his family after hurrying back, Zhou Jiarui, who had been managing the family affairs on behalf of Zhou Chun for more than three years, looked at him with great surprise and breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank heavens, Zhengchun, you’re finally back!"

"Yes, finally back!"

Zhou Chun sighed deeply, full of emotion.

Then, he looked at Zhou Jiarui and asked, "In the three years of the junior’s absence, nothing major has happened to the family, has it?"

"No major incidents have occurred—just that a mixture of various matters has given me quite the headache. One really can’t understand how difficult it is to be the Clan Leader without experiencing it firsthand!"

Zhou Jiarui rubbed his temples with a look of suffering and spoke with a sigh.

Zhou Chun just smiled when he heard this.

As the family’s power and the number of cultivator residents grew, the responsibilities of the Clan Leader of the Zhou Family indeed became increasingly burdensome.

For someone like him, who had already accumulated a wealth of experience in many matters, suddenly taking on the duties of Clan Leader was indeed challenging.

Many issues that had not been dealt with before could only be addressed by consulting past archives and following previous handling methods.

Then, Zhou Chun took the opportunity to say to Zhou Jiarui, "The past few years must have indeed been hard on Uncle Eleven. Now that your junior is back, why don’t you take a good rest?"

"I’ve been looking forward to this day—I’ve really been waiting for this day!"

Zhou Jiarui’s face immediately lit up with a joyful smile, and he handed over the token of the Clan Leader’s authority to Zhou Chun quickly and decisively.

After reclaiming the token of the Clan Leader, Zhou Chun then met with Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi and briefly described his experiences with the Su Family.

Learning that Zhou Chun still did not plan to form a Daoist union with Su Yuzhen, Zhou Mingde also expressed some criticism.

But since things had already progressed to this point, he could not say much more and could only sigh and shake his head as he moved past the subject.

After leaving his mountaintop cave dwelling, Zhou Chun began to understand the events that had taken place within the Zhou Family over the past three to four years by reviewing the archives.

In a little over three years, the Zhou Family had seen a substantial increase in both population and resources.

Especially during these three years, several younger members of the Zhou family discovered a nest of Earth Armored Spiders while exploring the Frontier Base, adding another Demon Beast with high economic value to the Zhou Family’s assets.

As a low-level Demon Beast, the Earth Armored Spider was not particularly powerful.

However, this species, adept at digging and living only in dark underground caverns, was rarely seen.

The silk within the Earth Armored Spider’s silk glands, before being spat out, was an excellent material for weaving vestment robes and flags.

In the Earth Armored Spider nest discovered by the Zhou family youths, there were six un-hatched spider eggs, which have now been hatched by the Zhou Family and formed a small brood.

Besides the economically valuable Earth Armored Spider, the Red-Eyed Dragon Sparrow and the Dragon Claw Giant Lizard, which were brought back by the Zhou family, have also started laying eggs, allowing the Zhou Family to localize these two species of Dragon Descendant Demon Beasts.

Now, the various Demon Beasts in the Zhou Family Beast Garden contribute tens of thousands of Spirit Coins to the family’s income each year, and industrialization has initially been achieved.

In addition, the Mystical Crystal Stone Mine developed in cooperation with the Zhou Family has entered a high-output stage, providing the Zhou Family with nearly twenty thousand Spirit Coins worth of Raw Mystical Crystal Stones every year.

But none of these were the most pleasing to Zhou Chun.

What brought him the greatest joy was the cultivation of talent within the family.

With the family’s costly support, Zhou Xindie had successfully mastered the methods for laying out five types of formations, qualifying as a true Array Master. Her talent in the field of formations was now proven, and there was a chance she might someday take over for the late Elder Zhou Chongshan.

Another younger cultivator with considerable talent in Artifact Refining, Zhou Xintie, was already able to forge lower-grade, first-tier Magic Artifacts to be sold. His future too was something to look forward to.

However, the one who made the fastest progress was Zhou Xinlan, who was studying Alchemy. Stay updated through novelbuddy

Under the guidance and personal instruction of the Alchemist Zhou Zhengyuan, with her own good talent, Zhou Xinlan’s skill in Alchemy grew stronger each year, and now she was able to refine low-level Elixirs such as the Beast Spirit Pill on her own.

For the family, these younger talents were far more important than any mine or Demon Beast brood.

After they grow up, the value they create for the family will far surpass that of any mine or Demon Beast brood.

Zhou Chun now only hoped that nothing else would disturb the peaceful development of the Zhou Family in the Lanzhou Cultivation World.

With just another two or three decades, the overall strength of the Zhou Family was bound to be more than doubled!