Beast-controlling fairy clan.

Chapter 158 Daoyi comes out of retreat, Yunmang turns into a dragon [Subscribe]

Time passed, and soon a joint martial arts competition among the five major immortal cultivation families was held at Jiufengling, the gate of Zhou Family Mountain.

Although it was a joint martial arts competition among the five major immortal cultivation families, the Mu family of Biyun Mountain had encountered a great disaster, so they could only be runners-up this time.

In order to make this event a success, the Zhou family also invited many people from friendly forces to watch the ceremony.

Among them were the Li family, who were good at making elixirs, and the You family, who were good at forming formations.

As the Jiufengling Zhou family has now developed vigorously, the two families have once again attached importance to their friendship with the Zhou family and gradually have more frequent interactions.

The main reason is that Qinglian Temple is not so wary of them now. Even if they interact with each other, there is no need to worry about them forming a new force.

"Brother Chongshan, why didn't Brother Daoyi come out to preside over such a grand event today? I haven't seen Brother Daoyi for more than ten years, and I miss him very much!"

The representative of the You family, an old man in the late foundation building stage named You Jinfang, arrived at the scene. When he saw that the person representing the Zhou family to host the event today was Zhou Chun, a young man he had never met before, he couldn't help but frowned and asked with a little surprise to Zhou Chongshan, the second elder of the Zhou family, about the whereabouts of Zhou Daoyi, the head of the Zhou family.

"The clan leader is currently in seclusion to strive for the late stage of foundation building, so he cannot come out to preside over this grand event."

Zhou Chongshan responded to the other party's question calmly, and then said firmly: "Besides, Zhengchun is the next patriarch of my Zhou family. We think it is very suitable for him to host this event."

He naturally heard the contempt for Zhou Chun in Eugene Fang's words, so he firmly defended Zhou Chun's position at this time.

When Eugene Fang heard his words, he was slightly stunned, then smiled faintly and didn't say anything else.

This attitude made Zhou Chongshan even more unhappy.

It is true that he was a disciple of the You family cultivator, but that does not mean that he can sit idly by and watch the You family humiliate the Zhou family.

Besides, when he was learning his skills, the Zhou family paid all his tuition fees and did not owe the You family too much.

"Young friend Zhengchun is quite good. I have also heard of his name in the Li family. It is really enviable that the Zhou family can have such an outstanding descendant!"

At this moment, a monk representing the Li family named Li Cunguang smiled and spoke to ease the atmosphere, thus helping Zhou Chongshan out of the predicament.

Compared with the You family, the friendship between the Li family and the Zhou family is deeper and their cooperation is closer.

Therefore, the Li family cultivators know more about the current situation of the Zhou family.

Li Cunguang had heard a long time ago that Zhou Chun, the deputy clan leader, had been in charge of the Zhou family affairs for several years.

After hearing Li Cunguang's praise, Zhou Chongshan's complexion indeed improved a lot.

Then, seeing Li Cunguang nodding with a smile, he said, "Although Zhengchun is good, he is nothing compared to the genius of your Li family. I heard that your Li family had a pair of twin boys a few years ago. Both brothers have top-grade spiritual roots. This kind of thing is really rare in a thousand years!"

Li Cunguang couldn't help but laugh out loud at these words. He said, "Hahaha, I didn't expect that this matter would even reach your ears, Brother Chongshan. It seems that those two guys really became famous before they even started their apprenticeship!"

Although there are few twin brothers in the world of immortal cultivation, they are not impossible to find.

But both brothers have top-grade spiritual roots, which is very rare, just as Zhou Chongshan said.

Such a pair of brothers, who were born into a great immortal cultivation family like the Li family, will surely achieve extraordinary things in the future.

Li family cultivators like Li Cunguang are of course genuinely happy about the emergence of such a talented younger generation in their family.

Seeing that the topic had come to this point, Eugene Fang couldn't help but interrupt and said, "It is said that after hearing the news, someone at Qinglian Temple wanted them to become disciples. Brother Cunguang, will your ancestors agree to this?"

"I don't know about this, Li. How the ancestor acts is not something I can guess!"

Li Cunguang's eyes flashed, he shook his head slightly and didn't say anything.

Having gotten so frustrated, Eugene Fang's eyes darkened and he stopped talking.

While they were chatting in the audience seats, monks from several families were already fighting fiercely on the stage.

The participating monks from the Wang, Sun and He families are all very strong.

Especially the He family of Qingzhu Mountain. Maybe they were not satisfied with the results of the last fighting competition and wanted to get back at it this time. The participating monks of the He family were full of fighting spirit and their performance was very eye-catching.

When the top ten contestants in the youth group appeared, the He family accounted for four, then the Wang family accounted for two, the Sun family accounted for three, and the Zhou family barely accounted for one.

At the same time, in the elite group, the top three people in the Zhou family’s previous internal competition also successfully made it into the top ten, finally saving face for the family as the organizer.

Seeing this, Wang Zhixiong, the head of the Wang family, couldn't help but smile at Zhou Chun and said, "Fortunately, Brother Zhou succeeded in building his foundation. Otherwise, if Brother Zhou had participated in the elite group this time, I'm afraid that the Zhou family would have taken up 40% of the top ten places!"

Hearing this, Zhou Chun couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "Friend Wang, I don't know whether I should be happy or disappointed when you say that!"

Then he shook his head and said, "We were able to occupy three places in the elite group this time. If we don't have the capital to eat next time, I'm afraid our Zhou family will be at the bottom!"

"Fellow Daoist Zhou, you are too modest. We have all seen the changes in the Zhou family over the past decade. They are indeed a thousand-year-old family. Their foundation is truly incomparable to that of a small family like us!"

The head of the Sun family, Sun Zhongping, also interrupted at this time, his words full of emotion.

The Sun family is the closest to the Zhou family, and he knows better than the other clan leaders how much the Zhou family has changed.

In the past, he thought that the Sun family might not be worse than the impoverished Zhou family.

However, after witnessing the changes in the Zhou family over the past decade, he had to admit that the Sun family was indeed inferior to the Zhou family in every aspect.

Sun Zhongping was not the only one who had this feeling. The head of the He family and Wang Zhixiong next to him also had the same feeling.

Mu Yuntian, the head of the Mu family, said at this time: "Fellow Daoist Sun is right. In terms of foundation and strength, the Zhou family is indeed incomparable to ours. Being able to form an alliance with the Zhou family was the most correct choice our family made!"

The Mu family is now deeply indebted to the Zhou family, so naturally he is not reluctant to cheer for the Zhou family in such an occasion.

"Friend Mu is right. Forming an alliance with the Zhou family was indeed the right thing for us to do."

Wang Zhixiong glanced at Mu Yuntian and smiled gently, showing his support.

Now the Zhou family's rise seems unstoppable. Regardless of whether they are envious or jealous, they are bound to deepen their friendship and ties with the Zhou family.

"Thank you for your kindness, fellow Taoists. We, the Zhou family, are very grateful for the recognition and acceptance of your families. We will always remember the help you have given us over the years."

"From now on, we have to help each other and advance and retreat together!"

Zhou Chun cupped his hands and responded with a smile. Obviously, his response made Wang Zhixiong and the others very satisfied, and they all showed satisfied smiles on their faces.

In the competition for the top three places, the Zhou family in the youth group gave up on their own initiative, and the three people in the elite group all wanted to try their best.

However, in the final competition for the first place, Zhou Zhengyong unfortunately lost to the cultivator from the Sun family.

After all, his cultivation was one level lower than the other party, and the other party seemed to have stayed at the twelfth level of Qi Refining for many years. He was very proficient in magic and had even mastered a secret technique that was no less powerful than the "Xin Jin Sword Qi".

Even though he used the green copper tripod and red copper ball magic weapons given by Zhou Chun, he was still defeated by the opponent's secret technique.

The Wang family gave a foundation-building pill as a reward to the first place winner of the elite group in the previous session.

But that's because they are sure of winning, so they offer this item as a reward to save face for the head of the family.

The Zhou family is not so sure of winning this time, nor can they produce such precious items as the Foundation Establishment Pill.

Therefore, the reward for the first place in the elite group was replaced with a second-grade low-quality magic weapon.

As compensation, the Zhou family took out a lot of stored monster eggs and monster cubs as rewards for the monks who came later.

In short, although the Zhou family gained a lot of face this time, they also paid a lot.

But this is a necessary price to pay, because next time when it is the turn of other families to hold an event, the Zhou family will be able to take other people's things for free.

After the event ended, Zhou Chun led the elders of the Zhou family and personally escorted all the monks who came to watch the ceremony out of the mountain gate.

After seeing off all the guests, several senior members of the Zhou family gathered together to discuss the results of this event.

Zhou Chun was the first to say, "Although we didn't win first place this time, our Zhou family has saved face and didn't make a fool of itself."

"And after this event, our Zhou family has completely united with the other families. At least from now on, the people from those families will no longer treat our Zhou family as outsiders!"

Then Zhou Chongshan nodded and said, "Zhengchun is right. Although this event cost the family a lot of money, it also allowed the family to demonstrate its influence. At least the Li family and the You family will know through this event that although our Zhou family is a little weaker now, we are not much worse off than them!"

As soon as these words fell, the third elder Zhou Daoquan said with deep agreement: "What the second elder said is true. Although the Li family and the You family are powerful, they are basically isolated by local forces."

"Now they can still live off their old capital, and nothing can be seen, but if they still cannot integrate into the Yasukuni Shrine a hundred years later, it will not be easy for them to support their large family after their old capital is gone!"

The greater the power, the more resources it needs to sustain itself.

However, the Li family, the You family, and the Zhou family are all outsiders. It is already very difficult for them to have a piece of land to settle down. It is simply impossible for them to grab land.

However, if they cannot enclose land and occupy resource points such as mineral veins and sacred mountains, they cannot open markets to collect rent.

Large families like the Li family and the You family, which have hundreds of immortal cultivators, will have a hard time.

After all, the more people there are and the higher their cultivation levels are, the more resources are needed to support them.

If they only relied on the Li family's own alchemy skills and the You family's formation skills, it would be unrealistic to support such a large family!
However, due to their huge size, other local immortal cultivation families in Lanzhou do not dare and are not qualified to form an alliance with them to engage in in-depth cooperation and exchanges.

If the family fails to absorb resources from the local immortal cultivation families, its finances will be unable to make ends meet and the capital will soon be exhausted.

By then, the huge Li family and You family will most likely split into several small families, each seeking their own way of making a living.

This is almost an obvious conspiracy, and many people can see it.

Therefore, Zhou Chongshan said with some gloating at this time: "The Li family and the You family are like this, and the guys in the Spirit Beast Villa are the same. They may even be worse off than these two families!"

"In my opinion, if the Hualong Sect does not take any bigger action next, it will be fine. But if there is a bigger action, as long as the Qinglian Temple gives some sweet treats, I'm afraid these few sects will just be cannon fodder for them to consume."

"By then, even their Jindan-stage ancestors will have to go to the front lines!"

He had friendships with many cultivators from the three families, so this shouldn't have been the case.

But the Zhou family has been in trouble over the years, and when they encountered danger several times, the several families ignored their past friendships and never came to help.

Moreover, now the cultivators of the two families seem to have developed a mentality of superiority over the Zhou family, and feel that the Zhou family is no longer worthy of being mentioned in the same breath with them.

This made him very annoyed.

So it’s no wonder that people are gloating over other people’s misfortune now.

"Let's just ignore the Li and You families. If they want to maintain our friendship, then we can do so. If they don't, then we don't have to beg them, or it will seem like our Zhou family can't survive without them!"

Zhou Chun also didn't have much good feelings towards these two families, who were once old friends, so he didn't want to talk more about the two families at this time.

As for Lingshou Villa, in his mind it was a hostile force. If the Zhou family had the opportunity in the future, it would definitely be the target of attack. There was no need to discuss it now.

After briefly sharing the family's recent financial revenue and expenditure and population changes, Zhou Chun asked the elders to go back first.

After another half a year, Zhou Daoyi, who had been in seclusion for several years, finally succeeded in breaking through to the late stage of foundation building and came out.

"Congratulations to the clan leader for his great progress. Our Zhou family has one more cultivator in the late foundation building stage."

In the Zhongping Palace, Zhou Chun saw Zhou Daoyi who had just come here after successfully leaving the country. He was immediately delighted and bowed and congratulated him.

"It's just something to be expected. There's nothing to congratulate."

Zhou Daoyi waved his hand, then looked at Zhou Chun and asked, "It seems that a lot of things have happened in the family during the past few years that I have been in seclusion?"

"Some things did happen, but they were nothing serious and not worth alarming you, Chief."

As Zhou Chun spoke, he briefly explained the various things that had happened in the past few years.

Finally, he looked at Zhou Daoyi expectantly and asked, "Since you have made a breakthrough, when will there be a result on the matter of the Qingyun Python transforming into a dragon that day?"

"Two years ago, I gave Qingqing the inner elixir of the Green Dragon. Now it is still sleeping and digesting the power of the inner elixir. It may take another one or two years for the results to appear!"

After Zhou Daoyi finished speaking, his consciousness suddenly moved, and he said to Zhou Chun: "Since the Supreme Elder has summoned me, I will not talk to you any more. Wait until I come back to talk about anything else."

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