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Chapter 309 The Powerful Zhou Family (Part ) [Subscribe]

"The Zhou family's spiritual currency income in the past year is about 67,500 pieces. Among them, more than 25,000 pieces come from the spiritual beast store in the market, more than 11,000 pieces come from the rent of the family training area, more than 18,000 pieces come from the share of the black crystal stone vein, and more than 13,500 pieces come from trade with other forces."

"The Zhou family's spiritual currency expenditure in the past year was approximately 45,000 spiritual coins. Apart from the expenditure on the independent cultivators who helped the family guard the Pure Spirit Pavilion, the vast majority of it was used to purchase various supplies."

"In addition, according to statistics, the Zhou family has distributed a total of more than 33,000 family merits in the past year, of which more than 16,000 points were distributed as normal welfare offerings, more than 9,000 points were distributed as task rewards, and more than 8,000 points were distributed for purchasing spiritual objects from family members."

"The Zhou family has written off more than 15,000 points of good deeds in the past year, mainly from the tribe members exchanging treasures for the tribe's reserves."

"At the same time, the total amount of good deeds accumulated by all members of the Zhou family is more than 89,000 points!"

"Finally, the number of spirit coins accumulated in the family account is more than 87,000!"

Inside the Zhongping Palace, as the cultivator in charge of reporting the financial situation reported on the Zhou family's current financial income and expenditure, the expressions of the Zhou family elders all changed.

"Have we already accumulated this much spiritual currency in our family account?"

Zhou Daoyi muttered to himself, his face a little dazed, as if it was unreal.

Since the Zhou family settled in Jiufengling, they have never been so wealthy!
Zhou Daoyi still remembers that when Zhou Chun first brought these data to the family elders' meeting, there were only a mere 13,000 spirit coins available on the Zhou family's account, which was pitifully small!
But now this number has more than doubled!
Moreover, he knew clearly that there were still a large number of magical instruments accumulated in the Zhou family's treasury that had not been sold.

If all those things were sold, the number would probably double!
In other words, if the Zhou family wants to, they can use the family savings to train Purple Mansion Stage cultivators at any time.

There is no need to empty the pockets of the family leaders as they did in the past to purchase spiritual objects to assist in opening up the Purple Mansion.

"That's not right. According to this data, the family's income and expenditure are just barely balanced. Why did you say that the situation was very good before? What's so good about it?"

It was Zhou Zhengyuan again, and it was him who raised the question at this time.

He looked at Zhou Chun with a puzzled expression, his eyes full of curiosity.

"Sixth brother, you asked a very good question. Now we need to talk about the current income structure of the family!"

"The main sources of income for the family now are the following: first, the various medicines and spiritual objects produced by the family; second, the income from the mineral veins; third, the various monster eggs and monster cubs; fourth, the rare treasures from the waters of Longyuanze; fifth, the cultivation rent paid by independent cultivators; and sixth, the income generated by the family cultivators purchasing and exchanging treasures from the family."

"Among these six points, the proportion of the third and sixth points is increasing year by year, and the growth rate is very fast. In fact, they are closely related to the increase in the number of family members."

"Then there is the issue of expenditure. The family has previously spent a lot of money on purchasing various materials, and these expenditures will decrease in the future."

"At the same time, part of the family's expenditure goes to those family warriors. As the family warrior team is formed, this part of the expenditure will be reduced."

"Finally, the family will have several new sources of income opened up in the future, which are expected to bring the family tens of thousands of spirit coins every year!"

Zhou Chun talked freely and answered Zhou Zhengyuan's doubts bit by bit.

The meaning of his words was simple, that is, the Zhou family's income will continue to grow, while expenses will decrease.

With this increase and one decrease, the Zhou family's financial situation will naturally be better.

After hearing his answer, Zhou Zhengyuan and the elders all looked thoughtful.

Then he saw a flash of hesitation in Zhou Jiarui's eyes, and then he gritted his teeth and said bravely: "There is something that I and other family elders and clan members have been holding in my heart for a long time. Since you mentioned this matter today, I would like to ask you to help me solve the doubts in my heart!"

"Oh, Uncle Eleven, what do you want to ask?"

Zhou Chun's eyes flickered and he replied softly.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Jiarui immediately said in a serious tone, "It's about the family assassins you just mentioned, Zhengchun. I want to know why the family is spending manpower and resources to train these outsiders!"

Hearing his words, Zhou Chun couldn't help but look at the two supreme elders, Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi.

Very few people in the Zhou family knew about the existence of Longxing Valley. Now, apart from him, the patriarch, only three of the family’s supreme elders knew about it.

Therefore, whether or not Zhou Jiarui’s question can be answered depends on the decision of the two supreme elders.

Facing Zhou Chun's gaze, Zhou Mingde quickly shook his head and said, "This matter is a family secret. The fewer people who know about it, the better for the family. You don't need to worry about it."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Jiarui lowered his head and responded respectfully: "Yes, I understand. Please forgive me for my recklessness!"

Having said that, this meeting of family elders is almost over.

After quickly discussing some other things, Zhou Chun took the initiative to end the meeting of family elders.

In the next half month, Zhou Chun was mainly in charge of the promulgation of new clan rules and admonished some young clan members, asking them to learn from the events of Zhou Zhengxin and Zhou Xinli and not to violate the bottom line of clan rules.

After finishing this task, he went to inspect the Zhou family's death squad camp.

Because of Lin Wan'er's departure and because the number of people has reached a certain number, the Zhou family's death camp has now stopped recruiting new members.

Currently, there are a total of 48 Qi Refining cultivators in this camp of death. Among them, the one with the highest level of cultivation is Xu Fu, a cultivator with superior spiritual roots, who has already reached the eleventh level of Qi Refining.

When Lin Wan'er left, she recommended Xu Fu to Zhou Chun as the leader of the death squad camp. Now he has indeed replaced Lin Wan'er's position and is responsible for training the Zhou family's death squads.

Under Xu Fu, there was one cultivator in the late Qi Refining stage, fourteen cultivators in the middle Qi Refining stage, and thirty-two cultivators in the early Qi Refining stage in the death camp.

These people all practiced secret techniques such as "The Secret of Transforming into a Dragon" and "The Secret of the Cicada's Breath in the Forest". Xu Fu even practiced the "Secret of the Five Elements Spiritual Armor" that Zhou Chun had practiced before.

In addition, for some of the outstanding ones among them, the Zhou family also allocated some monster cubs for them to use as contracts.

Therefore, in terms of actual combat effectiveness, they may be even stronger than Zhou family cultivators of the same level of cultivation.

Zhou Chun has never forgotten the scene when Xu Fu killed the first-class top-grade monster Black Wind Leopard in front of him.

As long as these Zhou family warriors who have been trained by Lin Wan'er can have 70% of the strength of Xu Fu at the same level, they will have met Zhou Chun's psychological requirements.

After inspecting the death warrior camp and watching the battles of the family death warriors, Zhou Chun said to Xu Fu who was following him, "Maybe soon, you guys will be put to use. I hope you can show me your value with your performance!"

At this point, he looked directly at Xu Fu, who was now a handsome young man, and said encouragingly, "My promise to you is still valid. As long as you can create several times the wealth invested in you for my Zhou family, your future will not be dark!"

"Yes, I and others will definitely not let the clan leader down!"

Xu Fu lowered his head slightly and responded in a firm voice. He still didn't know what the Zhou family wanted to do by training them, but he knew it must be a very dangerous thing.

However, he was already accustomed to danger and did not show much fear of it.

Lin Wan'er was right to let him go out and gain experience.

After practicing alone in the world of immortal cultivation for several years, he deeply understood the difficulties of being a casual cultivator.

Even for a casual cultivator like him who possesses top-grade spiritual roots, without some great opportunity, the possibility of successfully building a foundation is not great.

And because of the "Secret of Transforming into a Dragon" that he practiced, it was impossible for him to be accepted into the immortal cultivation sects in Jingguo and several neighboring countries.

Moreover, even if he could really join other forces, he would have no chance of escaping the Zhou family's hunt if he could not eliminate the Green Dragon bloodline in his body.

To sum up, his best choice now is to work hard for the Zhou family, and then accumulate merits to obtain treasures such as the Foundation Establishment Pill from the Zhou family.

"Very good, then I look forward to your performance then!"

Zhou Chun nodded slightly, reached out and patted Xu Fu on the shoulder, then turned and left.

He was indeed planning to develop Longxing Valley, but not now.

Some preparatory work still needs to be done in advance. Only when everything is ready will he send Xu Fu and others to Longxing Valley to establish the Zhou family's own pioneering base.

After returning from the death squad camp, Zhou Chun was busy organizing joint fighting competitions.

The reason why he had this idea was, of course, not only to use this fighting competition to erase the arrogance of those young clansmen, but more importantly, he wanted to take this opportunity to establish a closer relationship with other family forces.

Those who are in the right will have many supporters, while those who are in the wrong will have few. This is an eternal truth.

It is extremely difficult for the Zhou family to have a Jindan-stage cultivator now, and it is simply unrealistic.

In the absence of Jindan-stage cultivators, if the family wants to continue to expand its influence, the only option is to develop horizontally.

When the Zhou family has a deep relationship with many large immortal cultivation families, and even reaches an offensive and defensive alliance, the family's influence will naturally expand further.

However, this is obviously not something that can be done easily.

First of all, each of the major immortal cultivation families has its own circle of relationships, and many of them are leaders in their own circles.

If they were asked to join the Zhou family's circle of relationships, and not as leaders, how could they easily agree?

There are also taboos coming from the Qinglian Temple.

Although Qinglian Temple has never explicitly prohibited the immortal cultivation families under its jurisdiction from forming various alliances, it has indeed turned a blind eye to the alliances between many families.

But that doesn't mean they are really willing to see the various immortal cultivation clans under their command form an alliance and advance and retreat together.

If subordinates are united, it will be difficult for leaders to exert their authority in many cases.

The balance between these two issues can only be determined by Zhou Chun and the Zhou family themselves.

In order to increase the attractiveness, Zhou Chun’s first stop was the Su family in Jiangzhou.

He visited his Taoist partner Su Yuzhen at the Su family, and met with the ancestor of the Su family to explain some of his ideas.

Unexpectedly, after hearing his words, the Su family ancestor narrowed his eyes, looked at him clearly, and said indifferently: "I understand your calculations, ancestor. The Su family can support you in this matter and send some clansmen to participate. It can also be regarded as a training for them."

"But what I want to warn you is that you must control this matter properly. You cannot involve other Jindan families, and you cannot establish any alliance organizations. You must also report to Qinglian Temple and explain the purpose of holding this event."

"The most important thing for your Zhou family right now is to focus on improving the cultivation of the family's top leaders. That is the real strength of your family!"

It is said that people become more wise as they grow older. How could a Jindan-stage cultivator like the Su family's ancestor, who has lived for five or six hundred years, not see Zhou Chun's true intention in organizing this kind of joint fighting competition?

As a Jindan-stage cultivator, he naturally knew some things that Zhou Chun didn't know.

At this time, he gave Zhou Chun a serious warning and reminder.

This was exactly why Zhou Chun came to visit him.

After hearing his words, Zhou Chun hurriedly bowed and thanked him, "Thank you for your teachings, Grandpa. I will definitely follow your teachings."

"Alright, I will explain this matter to the people below. If you don't have anything important to do in the future, please don't disturb my practice!"

The ancestor of the Su family waved his hand and drove them away.

If it wasn't for Su Yuzhen's sake, he would not have met Zhou Chun, a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage, and would not have given him these instructions and teachings.

Even with Su Yuzhen's face, he couldn't treat Zhou Chun as often as he did his own apprentice and give him guidance.

In the entire Su family, only a handful of people can enjoy such treatment.

After he pointed this out, Zhou Chun couldn't help but feel a sense of loss in his heart.

There is no doubt that Zhou Chun in the past wished that he would never see the ancestor of the Su family again in his life.

However, ever since the Su family's ancestor took charge of the Zhou family and helped the Zhou family defeat and drive away the attacking Jindan cultivators, he realized how safe it was to have a Jindan cultivator as a backer.

The guidance given by the Su family's ancestor this time also fully illustrates this point.

Now, Zhou Chun was suddenly told by the Su family's ancestor that he should not come to visit him again unless it was something important. He couldn't avoid feeling lost.

The emergence of this feeling of loss made him feel incredible and he felt like a humiliator!
At that moment, he didn't even dare to look at the face of the Su family's ancestor. He hurriedly bowed and said goodbye and left.

He didn't want the Su family's ancestor to see his true thoughts at this moment, that would be too embarrassing!

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