Clan Cultivation: Starting from Beast Taming-Chapter 668 - 343: Rumors, A Dilemma [Subscribe Please]_2

During this six-month period, the new base location in Longxing Valley had also been successfully determined. Zhou Chun had already placed an order for a defense array with the You Family, requesting their help in refining a set of mountain-guarding Grand Formations capable of withstanding the attack of two or three third-tier Demon Beasts, to be deployed at the chosen new base.

To accomplish this, the already financially drained Zhou Family had to cede ten percent of their stake in the Mystical Crystal Stone vein at the Frontier Base to the You Family as payment for the purchase.

But all of this was worth it!

Because the location of that new base was only a little over two hundred miles away from the discovered Spirit Jade Vein.

This meant that once the new base was successfully established and operational, the Zhou Family would be able to figure out a way to mine that Spirit Jade Vein.

Having exclusive access to a Spirit Jade Mine, their revenues would grow immensely, to say that they would be making a fortune every day was no exaggeration.

All in all, difficulties are only temporary. The Zhou Family's momentum is now rising, and as long as there aren't any major losses of personnel, their surge in growth will be unstoppable.

One day, a piece of rumor that began from an unknown source suddenly started to spread wildly across all the states within Jingguo Country.

The rumor claimed that Qingxiao True Person, the Nascent Soul Stage cultivator of Green Lotus Temple, didn't have much longer to live. Once he passed away and transcended—without a Nascent Soul cultivator to preside—Green Lotus Temple would lose its current standing and be replaced by the Tianjing Sect.

The emergence of this rumor was undoubtedly a distressing signal for cultivation families like the Zhou Family who were rooted under the jurisdiction of Green Lotus Temple.

Setting aside whether this rumor was true or false, the mere appearance of this rumor at such a time was a very bad omen.

Moreover, many actually tended to believe this rumor was true.

The reason is simple: no one would dare to spread false rumors about a Nascent Soul cultivator lightly, and if it were false, such a rumor would be meaningless anyway.

Another point was that after the rumors began to ferment, although Green Lotus Temple issued a statement denouncing it as baseless, they did not dare to disclose Qingxiao True Person's real age.

Such an evasive response undoubtedly corroborated the veracity of the rumor from another angle.

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Therefore, many of the cultivation families under the control of Green Lotus Temple began to panic. The upper echelons of various families could not help but come together to discuss the matter and plan for their families' futures.

The Zhou Family was no exception.

"Nascent Soul cultivators have lifespans reaching two to three thousand years. Exactly how many years ago Qingxiao True Person achieved his Dao is something that probably only the three major sects other than the powers in Jingguo Country know in detail."

"But what can be certain is that Qingxiao True Person's time since attaining Dao is no less than one thousand five hundred years, because he was already a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator when the three major sects besieged the Dragon Transformation Sect at that time!"

"By this reckoning, even if the rumor cannot be entirely believed, the issue of Green Lotus Temple not having a successor is indeed an evident problem!"

In the cave residence, Zhou Chun conveyed all the gathered intelligence to Zhou Mingde, his tone also somewhat grave.

The Zhou Family was currently a vassal force under the jurisdiction of Green Lotus Temple. If Green Lotus Temple were to fall, the Zhou Family definitely wouldn't end up in a good place either.

Therefore, he couldn't help but worry about this matter.

But Zhou Mingde seemed to have other thoughts and wasn't very worried.

After listening to his report, he quickly gave his opinion, "The issue of Green Lotus Temple not having a successor has indeed become a reality. But as long as Qingxiao True Person is not within a hundred years of his lifespan's end, it's not our turn to worry about this issue."

"Besides, even if Qingxiao True Person really doesn't have much time left, could he not see the danger that Green Lotus Temple will face after his passing? Would he just watch indifferently as Green Lotus Temple gets replaced by Tianjing Sect after his transcendence?"

"The fact that Tianjing Sect is spreading these kinds of rumors shows they are fearful, not having the confidence to compete with Green Lotus Temple. Otherwise, why use such underhanded tactics?"

After finishing his thoughts, he waved his hand and continued, "In any case, there's no need to worry about this matter for now. The current situation is not yet dire enough for us to be anxious. You should also tell the younger generations to watch their mouths and not overly discuss this matter, let alone say anything foolish that might offend both parties."

Hearing this analysis, Zhou Chun also felt it made sense, and his heart settled down.

Indeed, for cultivation families like the Zhou Family, being able to see a hundred years into the future was already the limit.

What would happen in a few hundred years was truly not something they could worry about now, especially as it was uncertain if they would even be alive by then.

Therefore, there was no need to do anything detrimental to the family's development now for the sake of changes that could happen a century later.

But not every family could think the same way as the Zhou Family.

The world is always full of those who worry unnecessarily, as well as opportunists.

Seeing how feeble Green Lotus Temple's response was to the rumors, quite a few cultivation families, already wavering due to the establishment of Tianjing Sect, decided to switch their allegiance firmly to Tianjing Sect.

In just a year's time, in Yunzhou and Lanzhou—the two states adjacent to Lingzhou—there were over a dozen openly defecting cultivation families who joined Tianjing Sect.

As for how many did so secretly, that was only known to Tianjing Sect.

And the way Green Lotus Temple dealt with this situation was rather strange.

Although they quickly reclaimed the family mountain gates from those who defected to Tianjing Sect, Green Lotus Temple did not pursue their betrayal at all, as if tacitly allowing it.