Beast-controlling fairy clan.

Chapter 11: The Evil Well of the Jingling Pavilion

"Brother Chun, you are well aware of the old clan rules of my Zhou family, so I will not repeat them."

"Now that our family has taken root in Jiufeng Mountain, and will completely become a family of immortal cultivators in the future, the rules will definitely change. This still needs to be discussed and modified by the Supreme Elder, the Clan Leader, and all the elders."

"At present, the family has adapted to local conditions and the times, and has only added a few more rules."

"First, we are not allowed to leave Jiufengling easily without the family's authorization. This is mainly to protect the members of the clan and to minimize the chances of provoking enemies. After all, we are unfamiliar with the place and don't know much about the situation in Jingguo."

"Second, without the family's permission, you are not allowed to show off the family's various methods in front of outsiders, you are not allowed to disclose the family's internal information to outsiders, and you are not allowed to bring outsiders back to the family. This rule is also to protect the family and its members."

"Third, in order to concentrate our efforts on major tasks, the family will temporarily stop distributing spirit coins to the family members as welfare and task rewards. Instead, we will count them based on good deeds. One good deed is equivalent to one spirit coin. Once the family has completely established its foothold, we will open up the exchange of good deeds and spirit coins."

……

All the rules, big and small, and things that need to be avoided were spoken by Zhou He and heard by Zhou Chun.

One of them spoke clearly and in detail, while the other listened carefully and took notes as he listened.

In just less than a day, Zhou Chun had a clearer understanding of the current situation of the Zhou family.

It should be said that the Zhou family’s current situation is generally not bad.

Not counting those family members who might still be wandering outside like Zhou Chun, there are still more than 130 cultivators in the Zhou family, including one Purple Mansion cultivator, four Foundation Establishment cultivators, and the rest are Qi Refining cultivators.

With such strength, even in the Jingguo Lanzhou immortal cultivation world, it can be ranked among the top ten among many immortal cultivation families.

However, the Zhou family was a new arrival after all, and they had used violence to occupy the Feng Shui treasure land of Jiufengling, which made them have a very bad reputation among the Jingguo casual cultivators.

The surrounding immortal cultivation sects and families in Jingguo were also somewhat wary and hostile toward this foreign force, and were not very willing to interact or cooperate with the Zhou family.

Fortunately, there are three other forces split from the Sanjue Sect to share the pressure in this regard. For the time being, no one should dare to be the first to step forward and openly become the enemy of the Zhou family.

It seems that the top leaders of the Zhou family are well aware of the difficulties the family is facing now, and the rules they have formulated are all designed to deal with these difficulties.

Zhou Chun believed that they should have other external measures to break this predicament, but he just didn't know it yet.

Of course, it is not his turn to worry about the Zhou family now. His cultivation level is not enough to influence the decision-making of the Zhou family.

Now he just needs to follow the arrangements from above and complete all the assigned tasks in addition to practicing every day.

After telling Zhou Chun everything he needed to pay attention to, Zhou He also told him a piece of news.

That was the group of independent cultivators who had ambushed and killed them near Jiufeng Ridge before. They had all been killed by the third elder Zhou Quan, who also followed the clues and killed more than a dozen independent cultivators who also hated the Zhou family.

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It's another sunny morning.

On Baozhi Peak, after Zhou Chun finished meditating on the cliff at the top of the mountain, he returned to his residence to have breakfast.

His breakfast was also simple, just white porridge with steamed buns, some dried fruits and air-dried shredded meat.

In fact, many cultivators do not have the habit of eating breakfast. At most, they would eat some wild fruits in the mountains and drink some spring water in the morning.

When you reach the foundation-building stage and are able to go on a fast, it is common to not eat for a month.

But Zhou Chun is different.

For him, maintaining the habit of three meals a day is a commemoration of his past life, allowing him to clearly realize every day the differences between himself and others.

Moreover, even if someone discovers this little habit, no one will care at all.

Even if someone really asked, Zhou Chun would have sufficient reasons to explain.

After spending about two quarters of an hour to finish his breakfast, Zhou Chun took a walk to the Jingling Pavilion on the hillside of Baozhi Peak.

Jingling Pavilion is located in a valley on the shady side of Baozhi Peak. It has a quiet environment, pleasant floral scents, and many beautiful flowers planted there.

When Zhou Chun arrived in the valley, he saw three Zhou family monks sitting cross-legged around a well in the center of the valley in a four-cornered pavilion. Every once in a while, a white jade pillar with a mixture of black and white would pop out of the well.

At this time, the three Zhou family monks would cast a series of control spells at the jade pillar, pressing it back into the well, and repeat this process over and over again.

That well is one of the bases of the spiritual purification array that protects the Zhou family of Jiufengling, and is also known as the "Shensha Well".

There is such a purification pavilion and a sinking well on each of the nine sacred peaks of Jiufengling.

At every moment, there are Zhou family monks waiting by the well, controlling the magic array to sink the turbid evil energy absorbed by the array deep into the ground, so as to ensure that the spiritual energy of heaven and earth absorbed and refined by the Zhou family monks on the mountain is pure spiritual energy.

This job is very tiring. Not only is it laborious and time-consuming, it also prevents people from meditating normally or doing other things.

Therefore, the current rule of the Zhou family is that every Zhou family disciple who has reached the middle stage of Qi Refining must guard the Jingling Pavilion for at least three hours every day.

Zhou Chun has now settled down on Baozhi Peak to practice cultivation, and from now on he will have to guard the Jingling Pavilion nearby every day.

Seeing that he had arrived at Jingling Pavilion on time, a cultivator from the Zhou family who had been here for sufficient time immediately nodded at him with a smile, said hello, and left first.

Zhou Chun took over the other party's task, sat on the cushion where the other party had just sat cross-legged, and guarded the "Sinking Evil Well" together with the other two Zhou family monks.

In addition to guarding the Jingling Pavilion, Zhou family Qi-refining cultivators like Zhou Chun also need to take turns guarding several places in the mountain protection formation.

There is also a series of work to be done, including going out hunting for the spirit beasts tamed in the mountain gate, building some buildings, opening up mountain roads between peaks, and cultivating medicinal gardens.

However, apart from guarding the Jingling Pavilion without any negligence or accidents, the rest of the work is not difficult and there is no one to supervise you. You just need to do a little bit every day.

After all, immortal cultivators don’t have much else but plenty of time.

While doing these tasks, Zhou Chun naturally got to know other Zhou family cultivators and became familiar with them.

On this day, Zhou Chun and several Zhou family monks returned from hunting in the mountains outside Jiufeng Ridge. After sending most of the prey to the zoo, they returned to their residence.

As soon as he entered the yard, he saw a rock turtle gnawing on the bark of a tree.

At this time, three months had passed since Zhou Chun returned to the Zhou family in Jiufengling.

The rock turtle egg, which was just an egg at first, has now hatched and grown into a gray-brown turtle as big as a washbasin. Its appearance is somewhat similar to the alligator snapping turtle in Zhou Chun's previous life.

Three or four people can stand on the back of an adult rock turtle without feeling crowded, so a turtle of this size is really just a "small turtle".

But don’t be fooled by this little guy’s small size, he has pretty good teeth.

With its sharp teeth, it can easily crush pebbles.

So even if it has not yet awakened and mastered the rock turtle clan's innate magic, this little turtle is still a great threat to ordinary people.

The best thing about rock turtles is that they eat almost everything.

It can eat animal meat, tree bark, and even soil. It has a very strong digestive ability.

At this time, the little turtle, who was groaning at the small tree in the yard, sensed that its owner Zhou Chun had returned. It immediately wagged its tail and turned to look at him, expressing its "hungry" emotion.

Generally speaking, spiritual beasts that are hatched and tamed by cultivators from a young age have much higher IQs than wild monsters because they are rarely affected by the erosion of foul evil energy.

Some species of monsters are born with relatively high IQs and may even acquire wisdom that is no less than that of humans.

However, the intelligence of monsters such as the Rock Turtle is not very famous. It can convey the emotion of understanding by relying on the mental contract between the two parties. For this little turtle that is only three months old, this is the best performance it can give.

Fortunately, Zhou Chun did not have any expectations for the intelligence of this rock turtle. He only took a fancy to its thick skin and strong body that could withstand heavy attacks. As long as it could help him fight in the future, that would be enough.

At this time, he immediately walked forward, took out some wild animal hearts, livers and other nutritious foods that he had specially left behind in the storage bag and threw them into the food bowl, letting the little turtle eat them slowly.

I went into the kitchen, lit a fire and started cooking.

Quarter of an hour later, Zhou Chun had prepared several dishes by either frying, roasting or boiling, and then he enjoyed this sumptuous dinner slowly by himself.

(End of this chapter)