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Chapter 140: Zheng Yong's Transformation, a Millennium Plan [Subscription Request]

Jiufeng Ridge.

The Zhou family at Jiufengling was quite lively on this day.

Many Zhou family monks came to the entrance of the mountain gate, ready to welcome the Zhou family monks returning from the battle.

That’s right, today is the day when the Zhou family’s cultivators who went on the expedition to Yunzhou will return.

After being stationed in Yunzhou for more than a year, the cultivators who were recruited from the Zhou family were finally able to return to their family.

This does not mean that the war between Yunzhou and Hualong Sect has ended, but after coordination and discussion between Qinglian Temple and other Jingguo factions, reinforcements sent from other factions and states in Jingguo have arrived at the Yunzhou battlefield.

With the addition of these fresh forces, the number of Yunzhou's Jingguo monks became very abundant, so Qinglian Temple allowed the monks from Lanzhou, Lingzhou, and Lianzhou, who had been urgently recruited to fight, to return to their families to recuperate.

Of the fourteen Qi-refining cultivators from the Zhou family who had gone there originally, only seven have returned alive, and two of them are crippled with broken arms and blind eyes!

At this time, led by Zhou Jiarui, the fourth elder of the Zhou family, a group of Zhou family monks slowly walked into the entrance of the mountain gate that had already been opened for them and entered the mountain gate.

Then they saw Zhou Chun, Zhou Jiahe, and as many as sixty or seventy Zhou family cultivators of all sizes standing facing them.

After seeing this lineup, even Zhou Jiarui, who was unaware of the situation, was stunned.

They never expected that so many tribesmen would be here to greet them.

Facing the surprised people, Zhou Chun opened his hands and said with a smile: "Welcome back all the warriors who have been away from home!"

"You are all heroes of the family, and the family is proud to have members like you who are not afraid of sacrifice!"

"On behalf of all the monks in the family, I sincerely thank you for your sacrifice and contribution to the family!"

Having said that, he also bowed deeply and saluted to the few people.

Then he looked at them with sincere eyes and said, "Welcome home!"

"Welcome home!"

Behind Zhou Chun, Zhou Jiahe and other Zhou family cultivators also spoke out in unison, their faces also filled with smiles.

This kind of scene made Zhou Jiarui and others, who were already in a good mood because they were able to return home, feel extremely comfortable and satisfied in their hearts. Their faces were filled with happy and excited smiles.

"Boy, you always come up with some new tricks!"

Zhou Jiarui walked up to Zhou Chun with a smile on his face and patted him on the shoulder. It was obvious that he was very satisfied with the scene Zhou Chun had created.

Although everyone knows that these family monks who were recruited are actually cannon fodder and unlucky guys.

But no one can deny that their expedition solved a troublesome problem for the family and provided other members of the clan with a stable opportunity to practice.

It is also possible to say that they are the heroes of the family.

The Zhou family cultivators who had originally felt that they had been abandoned, when they returned and saw the deputy clan leader, the elders and so many clan members coming to greet them, the feeling of being abandoned was undoubtedly greatly reduced.

What if you really abandon them?
Why should we make such a big show to welcome them?

So, people’s hearts are fickle.

For some people who know how to play with people's hearts, there are always many ways to make those who have changed their minds turn back to them.

Zhou Chun is not an expert at manipulating people’s hearts, otherwise he wouldn’t have been so old and yet not even had a wife in his previous life.

But even if you haven't eaten pork, you have seen a pig walk.

Although he is not an expert at manipulating people's hearts, he does know some ways to win over and change people's hearts.

When these methods are used together with the power and influence he currently possesses, the effect will naturally be very good.

If an ordinary person does a good deed and is praised by an ordinary person, can the happiness he gets be as great as if he is praised by the head of a country?
Can it be so praised by the whole country?

This is a simple and easy to understand truth!
Of course, Zhou Chun also knows deeply that verbal praise alone can only make people happy for a while. After the excitement is over, the feeling of emptiness is more likely to erode people's hearts.

Therefore, he also prepared practical benefits for all the returning Zhou family monks.

Including generous rewards for good deeds, spiritual coins, and exemption from all family chores for three years, etc.

Even fallen monks have these things, and they will be inherited by their immediate family members, if they have immediate family members who are monks.

In this way, they had both face and substance, so the Zhou family cultivators who returned naturally had no complaints.

Even the battlefield experiences that had previously made them fearful and painful became a source of bragging and showing off for them, and were even more useful when they were quarreling.

When they really started arguing, they would lift up their clothes to reveal the scars on their bodies, and excitedly shout, "I have shed blood for the Zhou family, I have made contributions for the Zhou family, I have blocked bullets for you..."

Generally, cultivators of the Zhou family who have not had this experience would be speechless even if they were elders with higher seniority, and their momentum would immediately weaken!
"I didn't expect so many things to happen in the family after I was away for just over a year!"

"Thirteenth brother, not only have you successfully established your foundation, you have also become the deputy patriarch of the family and are in charge of all family affairs!"

On Baozhi Peak, in his own living room, Zhou Zhengyong, who had just returned, looked at his cousin in front of him with emotion, his eyes full of amazement.

After he went out to fight for a year, he gained some things and his cultivation level broke through to the tenth level of Qi Refining Stage.

But compared with Zhou Chun's successful foundation building, it was obviously nothing.

When Zhou Chun heard his sigh, he just smiled and said nothing.

Many people have said similar things before.

He gently picked up the teacup beside him and took a sip of tea. Then he looked at Zhou Zhengyong with a hint of surprise and said, "Brother Yong, you seem to have made great progress. Not only has your cultivation improved, but your mental temperament is also very different from before. It seems that you have experienced a lot in the past year or so!"

Hearing this, Zhou Zhengyong couldn't help but stare at it, and then he seemed to have thought of something, and his face suddenly looked a little dazed and he sighed softly: "Yes, I have indeed been through a lot!"

"Then I wonder if you could talk to me about it?"

Zhou Chun asked with a curious look on his face.

Zhou Zhengyong was a little hesitant when he heard this, but after hesitating for a while, he nodded gently and said, "Then tell me about it, Thirteenth Brother!"

It turned out that after he went to Yunzhou, he experienced more than twenty or thirty battles of varying sizes in just over a year!
Those battles included encounters as well as offensive and defensive battles.

The enemies include both formal followers of the Hualong Sect and independent cultivators who have defected to the sect and been driven by the sect.

The battle that had the greatest impact on Zhou Zhengyong was the battle to attack the Hualong Sect's stronghold. In that battle, two Zhou family monks died and one was disabled.

A battle that was originally thought to be easy to win turned out to be a difficult and tragic victory due to the betrayal of a traitor.

It just so happened that the traitor was Zhou Zhengyong's companion who had fought together for half a year, and the two had established a good friendship!
In this battle, Zhou Zhengyong not only lost two tribesmen and a friend, but he and his pet red-tailed monkey were also seriously injured. It took them two or three months to fully recover.

When Zhou Zhengyong said this, he couldn't help but murmured in a low voice: "After that battle, when I was recovering from my injuries, I often looked at everyone with strange eyes, wondering if he had also been bribed by the Hualong Sect!"

"Even the tribesmen around me don't dare to believe it completely!"

When Zhou Chun heard this, he raised his eyebrows and asked, "What happened next?"

"After I recovered from my injury, I was transferred to the front line to participate in the battle, and was saved by a teammate who had just joined the team!"

"It was then that I realized that this is war, and this is what the world of immortal cultivation should be like!"

Zhou Zhengyong answered this point, and suddenly looked at Zhou Chun and said: "Once we are on the battlefield, we should always be vigilant, even if we are with our companions who have fought life and death together, we should still be wary!"

"But we should also keep our trust in our companions, even if they are people we have just met. Once we choose to travel with them, we should believe that they will rescue us in times of danger!"

After saying that, he waved his hand and said, "This is my experience and understanding. I hope it won't disappoint you, my thirteenth brother."

“Of course you won’t be disappointed!”

Zhou Chun looked at Zhou Zhengyong with a gleam in his eyes, and said with admiration: "Brother Yong, your experience is indeed a test of human nature and a test of one's heart!"

"From your experience and your own understanding, Brother Yong, it is obvious that you are now stronger than before you went to Yunzhou. Much stronger!"

Yes, Zhou Chun could see that Zhou Zhengyong was now much stronger than before, both in terms of actual combat ability and psychological endurance.

Since ancient times, war has been the fastest way for men to grow!

Men who have experienced the cruel baptism of war will become stronger both physically and mentally.

Even cultivators are no exception.

In Zhou Chun's eyes, the former Zhou Zhengyong was just a cultivator with some qualifications and animal-raising skills. He could be a good zoo manager, and he could take advantage of his loyal and righteous character and arrange him to some important position as a management talent.

But now, he feels that Zhou Zhengyong's upper limit has been raised, and he has the value to support his foundation building, and he can play a greater role in the family in the future.

Moreover, compared to many cultivators in the Zhou family, Zhou Zhengyong has a more important value, that is, he has a wife and children, and both of them are cultivators!
From the perspective of the family, the importance of this kind of clan member with descendants is undoubtedly greater than that of a clan member without descendants with the same ability.

As the deputy patriarch of the Zhou family, Zhou Chun has reason to look at Zhou Zhengyong differently because of this, even without considering his personal relationship with Zhou Zhengyong.

At this time, Zhou Zhengyong seemed to have noticed something, and suddenly said to Zhou Chun with a serious face: "I know that you have always been ambitious, Thirteenth Brother. Now that you have become the deputy patriarch of the family and are in charge of all family affairs, I think it is time for you to display your ambitions."

"I won't say anything else from now on, but as long as the family needs me for anything, I will definitely not hesitate!"

He was a Qi Condensation cultivator, and speaking such words to a Foundation Establishment cultivator, if those casual cultivators saw it outside, they would find it incredible.

Even within the immortal cultivation families, there are not many Qi Refining cultivators who have the courage to say this.

But he has the courage to say it now.

Zhou Chun understood that this was because he had gained great courage after experiencing life and death, and also because he had deep feelings for himself and did not regard himself as an outsider.

So he nodded formally and said, "I will, and I will definitely be able to use you, Brother Yong!"

"Then I will be waiting for your orders at any time."

Zhou Zhengyong grinned, seeming very satisfied with Zhou Chun's answer.

After the two chatted for a while, Zhou Chun did not take up any more of Zhou Zhengyong's time and quickly said goodbye and left his home, allowing him to talk to his wife and children about his heart.

It seems like happiness comes in pairs.

Not long after Zhou Zhengyong and other monks who had gone out to fight returned to their family, Zhou Daoquan, the third elder of the Zhou family, who had been in seclusion for several years, also successfully broke through to the late stage of foundation building and came out of seclusion.

As a result, the Zhou family had two cultivators in the late foundation building stage.

And since Zhou Daoquan is only over 170 years old, he also has the possibility of reaching the Purple Palace in the future.

It was just that his luck was bad, as Zhou Daoyi happened to have a chance to transform into a dragon because of his spiritual pet, and was also preparing to attack the Purple Mansion.

With the current strength of the Zhou family, it is still somewhat unrealistic to support two foundation-building cultivators to break through to the Purple Mansion at the same time.

Maybe one of the two will need to find a breakthrough opportunity on his own in the future.

But that's for the future.

At least for now, because Zhou Daoquan successfully broke through the late stage of foundation building, all the cultivators in the Zhou family are in a good mood.

This is what a vibrant family looks like, this is what a thriving family looks like!

"I didn't expect so many things to happen during the few years I was in seclusion!"

"The Mu family was destroyed and rebuilt, and a guardian of the Hualong Sect died under the siege of the Supreme Elder and his men!"

"And you, kid, not only have you successfully established your foundation, you have also become the deputy patriarch of the family, and have officially taken over the responsibilities of the patriarch!"

On Fei Shi Peak, when Zhou Chun came alone to congratulate Zhou Daoquan who had just come out of seclusion, the Zhou family elder looked at the young junior who was already at the same level as himself, and thought about the various news he had just learned, and was filled with emotion.

After hearing his sigh, Zhou Chun's eyes moved and he couldn't help but smile: "Elder, you have indeed missed a lot of things. If you feel regretful for not participating in these things, how about helping me to carry out a comprehensive reform of the family next time?"

"I can assure you that this comprehensive reform will definitely be an important reform that will affect the Zhou family for a thousand years. It is no exaggeration to say that it is a thousand-year plan!"

By the end, his tone had become very solemn.

This change in tone made Zhou Daoquan narrow his eyes and look at him in surprise.

Then he said in a serious tone: "From your tone, this reform should be very unusual!"

After that, he asked again, "You want to completely reform the family. Does the Grand Elder know? Does he agree?"

"I plan to obtain the consent of all the elders first, and then invite the Grand Elder to make the final decision!"

Zhou Chun said calmly what made Zhou Daoquan's expression change.

First update today, there will be another update in the evening!
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