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Chapter 261 Zhou Chongshan passed away and got the foundation-building pill again [Subscribe]

The situation is just as Zhou Mingde said. The Li family of elixir and the You family of formation are very interested in cooperating with the Zhou family to establish a pioneering base.

Through this war against the Hualong Sect, after paying a considerable sacrifice, their two major families finally gained the recognition of the Qinglian Temple and no longer restricted them in various aspects.

However, the influence range of a single pioneer outpost is only two or three hundred miles. It may be enough for a large immortal cultivation family, but it is not enough for a Jindan family like them.

If they could take advantage of the opportunity to cooperate with the Zhou family and obtain the right to develop another frontier settlement, it would undoubtedly be of great benefit to them.

But the two big families want too much!
According to them, they can take care of the manpower and formation arrangement needed to build the frontier outpost, but they want each to have a 40% share of the outpost.

How could Zhou Chun agree to such harsh conditions?

Even if the Zhou family is not short of money now, he cannot agree to this kind of profit sharing.

The bottom line in his mind was that the Zhou family accounted for 40%, and the two major families each accounted for 30%.

But how could the two major families with Jindan-stage cultivators easily agree to such conditions?

So the negotiations came to a standstill for a while, and none of the three parties wanted to give up their interests easily.

In order to force the Li and You families to make concessions, or to make a backup plan, Zhou Chun also spread the news that he was looking for people to cooperate in establishing a pioneering base, and asked the interested families to come to the Zhou family to discuss with him in detail.

At the same time, Zhou Chun also asked Lin Wan'er to go to the wilderness to explore places suitable for establishing a pioneering base, and asked the intelligence line she was responsible for to start collecting information on individual cultivators from various places.

Being so busy with various things, half a year passed quickly.

One day, Zhou Chun, who was working in Zhongping Hall, suddenly heard the sound of fireworks exploding from inside the mountain gate.

He hurried out to look, only to see that the fireworks were coming from the sky above Zhenxuan Peak.

This made him realize something immediately. After his expression changed slightly, he hurriedly gave a few instructions to the secretary in the hall and flew quickly to Zhen Xuanfeng.

At the same time, all the elders of the Zhou family who saw the firework flew to Zhenxuan Peak as quickly as Zhou Chun.

When Zhou Chun arrived at Zhenxuan Peak, he saw that the gate of the courtyard where Zhou Chongshan usually lived was already open. Two Zhou family cultivators who followed him to learn formations were waiting outside with anxious faces.

Seeing him and several elders coming over, the two hurriedly stepped forward to salute and explain, "Greetings, Chief. Just now, our Master suddenly felt that his time had come, so he ordered us to release the communication fireworks to notify you and the elders."

"Got it. You guys wait outside first. I'll go see the Second Elder right away."

Zhou Chun nodded and immediately entered the yard with the other elders.

Walking all the way to Zhou Chongshan's bedroom, Zhou Chun looked at the slightly open door, paused for a moment, then pushed the door open and walked in.

When he entered the inner room, he saw Zhou Chongshan lying on the bed, dying.

And it was only at this moment that he discovered that Zhou Chongshan's cultivation in the late stage of foundation building was rapidly fading away visibly to the naked eye.

"A cultivator who dies because his life span has run out will naturally begin to dissipate his power before he dies. When all his power is gone, he will breathe his last!"

Beside Zhou Chun, the third elder Zhou Daoquan was muttering to himself, and it was unclear whether he was explaining to him the current situation of the second elder Zhou Chongshan, or was saddened by the scene and thinking of himself.

"Second Elder, do you have anything else to say? Do you have any wishes to express?"

Zhou Chun looked at Zhou Chongshan, who was half asleep on the bed, and asked in a low voice.

Hearing his question, Zhou Chongshan's wrinkled face twitched slightly, and he opened his eyes halfway, looked at him with cloudy eyes and whispered: "I told you what I should say some time ago."

"As for my wish, I only hope that in the future there will be a member of my family who is gifted in formations, so that he can inherit my lifelong understanding of formations and let my hard work be passed down!"

He never married, had no children, and devoted all his life to the art of formations. This was what he cared about most.

After hearing what he said, Zhou Chun could not help but nodded and said, "I understand, you can rest assured. In the future, every cultivator in the Zhou family will have the opportunity to learn the art of formation. If we really find a good talent, the family will definitely support him and will not let your hard-earned work be passed down!"

"Then I'm relieved. The Zhou family will depend on you from now on."

Zhou Chongshan showed a peaceful smile on his face and closed his eyes slightly.

He was still waiting, waiting for everyone else to arrive.

After waiting for about a quarter of an hour, the other elders who were still practicing and the two supreme elders also finished their practice and rushed over.

When Zhou Mingde saw Zhou Chongshan dying on the bed, his eyes were sore. He couldn't help but wipe his eyes, then stepped forward and held Zhou Chongshan's wrist and whispered: "Chongshan, you can go without worry. With me and Daoyi in charge of the family, and Zhengchun and others taking care of it, the family will definitely get better and better!"

"I believe it. I believe there will be such a day!"

Zhou Chongshan stretched out his hand and grasped Zhou Mingde's hand, muttering to himself in a low voice.

Then he tried to open his eyes, and swept his gaze across the faces of everyone in the room. Finally, he whispered softly, "Everyone, go out. Let me spend the last bit of time quietly!"

"Listen to Chongshan, let's let him go alone and in peace!"

Zhou Mingde said this and took the lead to walk out of the room.

In this way, after Zhou Chun and others waited outside for about two quarters of an hour, the aura in the room finally dissipated completely.

Then when everyone entered the room again, they saw that Zhou Chongshan had passed away peacefully with his eyes and mouth closed.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun took the opportunity to ask Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi: "According to the opinions of the two great elders, what kind of etiquette should be used to announce the death of the second elder?"

Hearing his words, Zhou Mingde and the other man could not help but look at each other. After communicating with each other through voice transmission, Zhou Mingde said in a deep voice: "Recently, many people have passed away in various families. Now that the second elder has passed away, there is no need to disturb others. The family can just mourn for seven days!"

"I understand. I will announce it to the whole clan now."

Zhou Chun nodded, and immediately left Zhen Xuanfeng and sounded the death knell.

Boom boom boom!
A series of seven heavy bell sounds rang out from the top of Pagoda Peak and soon spread throughout the entire Zhou Family Mountain Gate.

According to the rules of the Zhou family, if the bell rings seven times, it means that an important member of the clan, such as an elder, has passed away.

Therefore, after hearing the bell, all Zhou family cultivators who have no missions on their shoulders would rush to the ancestral temple to visit and bid farewell to their deceased family members.

Not long after, dozens of Zhou family members gathered in front of the Zhou family ancestral temple, and the body of the second elder Zhou Chongshan had been transferred here.

Afterwards, just like when Zhou Mingshan, the eldest elder of the Zhou family, passed away, dozens of Zhou family members wrapped themselves in white cloth and chanted scriptures and incantations around his body for seven days. Seven days later, Zhou Chongshan's body was buried in the family tomb on the back mountain of Pagoda Peak. He became the second Zhou family elder buried in this family tomb on the back mountain.

Less than two months after Zhou Chongshan's funeral, Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi took Zhou Daoquan away from the Zhou family.

The purpose of their trip was to fulfill their previous promise to Zhou Daoquan and help him seek revenge in Le Country, northeast of Cheng Country. They also wanted to see if they could dispose of some of the magic weapons they had obtained previously in Le Country and buy some useful things.

At this time, the Zhou family was already famous. In addition, the Jingguo immortal cultivation world had just suffered heavy losses in the previous war, and all forces were busy healing their wounds. Even if the two Purple Mansion Stage cultivators of the Zhou family were not in the family, there was nothing to worry about.

At this time, Zhou Chun also began to practice what he had said at the family meeting. He hired some independent cultivators who had passed the investigation and assessment, and hired them to do more work in the Zhou family.

Naturally, those independent cultivators were very happy that the Zhou family was willing to hire them to raise animals and grow medicine in the family.

In Zhou Chun's eyes, these tasks are tiring and a waste of time.

But in the eyes of independent cultivators, it is an opportunity to change the fate of themselves and their descendants.

It is really difficult to be a casual cultivator!
Many independent cultivators have not mastered any life skills except for a book on cultivation and a few spells.

This situation will not change much even when they reach the late stage of Qi Refining.

But every casual cultivator knows the importance of life skills.

Even if they only know the skills of raising animals and growing medicine, it is possible for them to change the way they make money, from an ordinary hunter who can only rely on finding elixirs and hunting monsters, to a craftsman who can make money with his skills.

Therefore, not to mention that the Zhou family offered spirit coins as compensation, even without this compensation, many independent cultivators would be willing to do this job.

Of course, the Zhou family would not let people learn skills for nothing and then run away after learning.

All independent practitioners who are able to come and learn these skills must not only be screened for their background, but also sign a service contract, stipulating that they must serve for a minimum number of years before they can leave the Zhou family and stop doing this job.

The service period of this service contract is at least ten years.

With the participation of these independent cultivators, many cultivators in the Zhou family were able to gain freedom and have more time to leave the family to travel the world of immortal cultivation and try to learn other immortal cultivation skills.

Especially those younger generations with the character "Xin" in their names, if they have no interest in studying in the Beast Garden, they can take this opportunity to learn skills such as alchemy, weapons, talismans and formations.

Because too many materials for alchemy, weapon making and talisman making were obtained in the previous war, Zhou Chun waved his hand and allowed each Zhou family cultivator to use twenty pieces of materials for free to practice after detailed preparation.

As long as they can show some talent in the process of practicing, they can obtain more materials for further study.

This kind of good thing can only be encountered within the family. Even in places like the three major sects, such a good thing will not happen.

Time passed slowly, and soon three months had passed.

One morning three months later, Zhou Mingde and his two companions, who had been away from home for hundreds of days, finally returned.

"Grand Elder, you are finally back. Why did it take you so long to go out this time?"

On the Pagoda Peak, Zhou Chun looked at the three elders who had returned, and asked with a puzzled look on his face the reason.

Le State is very far away from Jing State, but at the speed of three people, they can arrive there in ten days at most. A hundred days is indeed too long.

"I went there at the right time. I attended an underground auction in a market town in Le Country, which delayed me for almost half a month. It also took me some time to eliminate those high-ranking officials of the Tang family, so I came back much later than expected."

Zhou Mingde answered Zhou Chun's question softly, then smiled and said, "But it's all worth it. Zhengchun, guess what we gained from this trip to Le Country?"

"Looking at you, Grand Elder, could it be that you have obtained the Foundation Establishment Pill?"

Zhou Chun's eyes moved slightly, and he made a tentative guess.

Hearing what he said, Zhou Mingde couldn't help but laugh at Zhou Daoyi and said, "Look, I thought this kid could guess right!"

Then he smiled and nodded, "That's right. This time at the underground auction in Le Country, we only used 18,000 spirit coins to bid for two foundation-building pills, and also bought three bottles of spirit pills suitable for foundation-building cultivators."

"And when I killed those Tang family leaders, I got a lot of good things from them, and even got two third-level high-quality magic weapons!"

Zhou Chun was also shocked when he heard this.

"What? There are actually two foundation-building pills!"

He looked at Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi with surprise, and was both surprised and happy.

For a family cultivating immortals, there is no such thing as too many treasures like the Foundation Establishment Pill, and it will always be one of the most useful treasures.

Especially in the current Jingguo, because too many foundation-building cultivators were lost in the previous war, this kind of treasure is now completely out of stock and cannot be bought at all.

Now, all the immortal cultivation families are waiting for the three major sects to refine the foundation-building pills, waiting to use their military merits to exchange the foundation-building pills from the three major sects for the cultivators in the family to use for foundation-building, and to cultivate new foundation-building cultivators for the family.

But even if the three major sects obtained a lot of materials for refining Foundation Establishment Pills this time, and were able to refine quite a few Foundation Establishment Pills by then, I am afraid that there would not be enough to share.

For at least the next twenty to thirty years, the price of Jingguo's Foundation Establishment Pill will remain high, and it will be difficult to buy it at the previous price.

Under such circumstances, the Zhou family has now obtained two Foundation Establishment Pills. How could Zhou Chun not be surprised?

But soon he seemed to think of something and asked, "Oh, right, didn't the Third Elder say that there was also a thousand-year-old Yin Lingzhi? Didn't you, the Supreme Elder, get this thing?"

"No, the thousand-year-old Yin Lingzhi and other valuables in the mausoleum were sold by the Tang family in exchange for talismans. It took Daoyi and I a lot of effort to kill that old man Tang!"

Zhou Mingde shook his head and explained the whole story in a rather depressed tone.

"That's such a pity!"

Zhou Chun sighed softly, it was also a pity.

At this time, Zhou Daoyi said, "Although it's a pity, it's good that Daoquan can get rid of his anger. Next, we have to wait for news from the three major sects. I hope they can release some spiritual objects to help open up the Purple Mansion. Then Daoquan will have hope of opening up the Purple Mansion!"

"Daoyi is right. As long as Daoquan gets rid of his anger and resolves his worries, everything else is secondary."

Zhou Mingde nodded repeatedly and was no longer depressed.

Second update today!

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