Beast-controlling fairy clan.

Chapter 364: Time is Ruthless [Subscription Request]

First, Zhou Chun successfully opened up the Purple Palace, and then Lin Hongyu successfully formed the elixir.

This happy moment of double happiness was probably the happiest moment for Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi in the past hundred years.

Everything they had been striving for, everything they had been fighting for, all saw hope, real hope, because of these two happy events.

After being happy, the three of them gathered in Zhou Mingde's cave to discuss how to arrange for Lin Hongyu.

"Fellow Daoist Lin was born in the Dragon Transformation Sect after all. She had fought against the monks of the three major sects many times during the Southern Expedition. Many monks of the three major sects died at her hands."

"If we directly announce her existence to the public, the three major sects may not listen to our explanation. The relatives and friends of the cultivators who died at her hands will definitely regard our Zhou family as an enemy."

"More importantly, if the Hualong Sect knew that Fellow Daoist Lin had betrayed them, they would definitely take action. They would not sit idly by!"

"For all these reasons, I think it would be best for Fellow Daoist Lin not to show up in public."

Inside the cave, Zhou Mingde listened to what Zhou Daoyi conveyed, thought for a while and then expressed his own opinion.

Although it was he who facilitated Lin Hongyu's joining the Zhou family.

But he was just envious of Lin Hongyu's abilities and didn't want Lin Hongyu to appear in public as a representative of the Zhou family.

And apart from his personal thoughts, the things he said at this time are indeed things that need to be taken seriously.

"But if we don't let Senior Lin show up, let alone whether she, as a Jindan-stage cultivator, is willing to remain anonymous, it will be difficult for us to arrange her place of cultivation!"

"Our Jiufeng Ridge can barely accommodate a Jindan-stage cultivator to practice. If we don't let Senior Lin stay in the family, where should we arrange for her to stay?"

When Zhou Chun said this, his brows began to frown.

Zhou Mingde was the same as him and frowned instantly because of this matter.

You have to know that the amount of spiritual energy from heaven and earth that a Jindan-stage cultivator needs to absorb and exhale on a daily basis is extremely large. A small gathering place like the Hongyu Peak stronghold simply cannot afford to support a Jindan-stage cultivator to meditate and practice normally.

Even a spiritual place like Zhou Family's Jiufeng Ridge can only barely supply spiritual energy. It is possible that Zhou Chun and other Purple Mansion Stage cultivators will have to divide a few of them to avoid competing for spiritual energy.

If the Zhou family does not allow Lin Hongyu to show up openly, then they certainly cannot allow her to stay in the Zhou family's mountain gate permanently.

Because in that case, what if other Jindan stage cultivators suddenly come to the Zhou family, or some Zifu stage cultivators with keen perception come to the Zhou family.

It is easy to discover that there is a Jindan-stage cultivator hidden in the Zhou family’s mountain gate through Lin Hongyu’s huge demand for spiritual energy in her daily practice.

But apart from the Jiufengling Mountain Gate, the Zhou family currently has no spiritual land outside that can provide a place for Jindan stage cultivators to practice.

And if they can’t even provide a place for cultivation, how can the Zhou family have the face to let a Jindan stage cultivator work for them in hiding?
Just as Zhou Chun and Zhou Mingde were frowning and thinking about this, Zhou Daoyi suddenly said, "How about the wilderness? Can the family choose a spiritual place in the wilderness to build a large base and let Hongyu practice there?"

"Anyway, she has been cultivating in the wilderness since she was young. If she is asked to go back there to cultivate, I'm sure she will not refuse."

"Moreover, the family only allowed her to practice there, and did not restrict her freedom. If she wanted to travel to various countries' cultivation worlds, she could still do so under an alias!"

Hearing his words, Zhou Chun immediately frowned and said, "There is certainly no shortage of spiritual land in the wilderness for Senior Lin to cultivate, but to build a large base and keep it running normally, at least hundreds of Qi Refining cultivators are needed to maintain it. The family currently cannot possibly send so many clansmen there."

"And even if the family can send people over there, Senior Lin's existence will not be hidden by then. We can't let those clan members never return to the family just to keep it secret!"

Zhou Chun only mentioned the number of people.

In fact, to establish a large gathering place to accommodate the normal practice of Jindan stage monks, not only a large number of personnel are needed, but also matching formations.

But after hearing what Zhou Chun said, Zhou Mingde's expression changed quickly, and he suddenly said: "The family can't spare so many people, so how about kidnapping people from the outside world? Just like what we did before, catch some extremely evil bandits and send them to the wilderness, let them contribute to the development of the wilderness, so as to reform themselves."

Zhou Chun didn't expect Zhou Mingde to say this, and was stunned for a moment after hearing it.

But he soon shook his head and said, "I'm afraid this won't work. Those who can become bandit cultivators are not the kind of people who are content with the status quo, and they are usually not afraid of death. How could they be willing to preside over the Soul Purification Array in a pioneer base for their entire lives until they die of old age!"

After saying this, Zhou Mingde opened his mouth, not knowing how to refute.

Indeed, most of the cultivators who become bandits are those who are not satisfied with the status quo and will do whatever it takes to achieve their goals.

It is already difficult to control such people, let alone let them do things like sacrificing themselves and illuminating others.

"If you are not satisfied with the status quo, then give them a chance and hope to move forward!"

After a long silence, Zhou Daoyi suddenly spoke: "The family can use the name of secretly opening up the wilderness under the order of the three major sects to cover up the real purpose, let Hongyu sit in the stronghold as a Jindan stage cultivator, give them a sense of security and deterrence, and then purchase the spiritual objects they find in the wilderness at a low price."

"We can even let Wan'er, a family foundation-building cultivator who rarely shows up, pretend to be a captured person to confuse them."

"Then the family can pretend to give them the opportunity to buy spiritual items to help them build their foundation. But in reality, after they get the items and go into seclusion in the secret room, they can secretly send someone to sneak in and assassinate them, creating a scene where they have failed in building their foundation and died."

"Even when the amount of spirit coins accumulated by some of them was about to reach the purchase standard, they were killed by monsters in the wild."

"In this case, I dare not say for too long. In the next 70 to 80 years, they should at most have some suspicions, but they will definitely not be able to know the family's true intentions!"

"By that time, whether the family trains more trustworthy family warriors or sends clan members over, it should be enough to maintain the operation of the base."

He was worthy of being the head of the Zhou family. As soon as he said this, Zhou Mingde's eyes lit up.

He immediately clapped his hands and shouted, "Great! Daoyi's plan is brilliant. I think we should do it this way. This plan is totally worth a try!"

After hearing what Zhou Daoyi said, Zhou Chun could only sigh that he was too kind.

Zhou Daoyi's plan was undoubtedly a vicious one, which exploited human nature to the extreme.

Once this plan is implemented, most of the captured bandits will be abandoned after all their surplus value has been squeezed out.

There is a high probability that Zhou Chun could not come up with such a vicious plan.

"We are fighting evil with evil. Those bandits usually do a lot of evil, and they definitely didn't expect that this would be the retribution that awaits them!"

Seeing that Zhou Chun had been silent, Zhou Mingde seemed to understand what Zhou Chun was thinking, so he spoke to comfort him.

Zhou Chun could only smile bitterly and nodded slightly, saying, "If you just arrest those bandits to do this, I certainly won't have any objections." "Then let's make a preliminary decision first. Daoyi, when you go back to see Fellow Daoist Lin, tell her about this and see what she thinks."

Zhou Mingde nodded and immediately finalized the matter.

Then he said, "If Fellow Daoist Lin has no objection to this, Daoyi, you can also tell her that the family will give her 5,000 spirit coins every year as welfare. If she needs the family cultivators to help her collect something, the family will definitely do its best to help her collect it."

"I understand. I will definitely convey these words to her."

Zhou Daoyi nodded slightly and took note of it.

After completing the task of announcing the good news, Zhou Daoyi quickly returned to the Great Zhou Kingdom.

As for Zhou Chun, after getting the three foundation-building pills he had originally reserved from Zhou Daoyi, plus the one foundation-building pill he had exchanged from the Xuepo Palace of Yang State, he now had four foundation-building pills in his hands.

So he announced the good news within the family, giving reassurance to the ordinary members of the family who had been worried about this matter.

After doing all this, Zhou Chun went to the wilderness in person.

This was the first time Zhou Chun went to the wilderness after opening up the Purple Mansion.

He wanted to inform the great elder Zhou Daoquan of the good news of his opening up of the Purple Mansion and the good news of Lin Hongyu's successful formation of the elixir, and also discuss the matter of establishing a large gathering place in the wilderness.

And because the Zhou family's main base in the wilderness has now moved to the Caiyu Mountain stronghold, after Zhou Chun arrived in the wilderness through the underground waterway this time, he did not go to Longxing Valley, but went directly to the Caiyu Mountain stronghold.

"Sure enough, I knew from the beginning that with your talent, the Purple Mansion Stage could not be your limit. I didn't expect you to succeed so quickly!"

In the Caiyushan stronghold, Zhou Zhengyong was overjoyed after seeing Zhou Chun, who had reached the Purple Mansion Stage, and was happy for him from the bottom of his heart.

He sighed and said, "Tsk, tsk, tsk, a Purple Mansion cultivator who is over a hundred years old! My Zhou family hasn't had such a young Purple Mansion cultivator in hundreds of years. Thirteenth brother, you have completely surpassed the other supreme elders!"

"Brother Yong, you are really embarrassing me. I was able to open up the Purple Palace so quickly because of the hard work of all the elders. I dare not say that!"

Zhou Chun repeatedly waved his hands, signaling Zhou Zhengyong not to compare himself with his elders in this way, lest others hear him and say that he is arrogant and despises his elders.

When Zhou Zhengyong heard what he said, he realized that he had said something wrong. He immediately raised his hand and gently slapped his mouth and said with a smile: "Look at me, I just can't control my mouth. I always say whatever comes to my mind. I must be more careful in the future!"

The sentence "say whatever comes to mind" fully demonstrated his emotional intelligence and made Zhou Chun laugh.

The two of them chatted and laughed as they headed towards Zhou Daoquan's residence.

But halfway along the way, Zhou Chun suddenly thought of something, and couldn't help but look at Zhou Zhengyong and said, "By the way, why don't we see Tenth Sister-in-law?"

Hearing his words, Zhou Zhengyong's smile froze and gradually disappeared.

Just when Zhou Chun's heart skipped a beat, thinking that something had happened to Sun Yujiao, Zhou Zhengyong sighed softly, "She's old and homesick, and she dislikes me for not having time to accompany her, saying that she plans to spend her last few years at the Sun family!"

This sigh, filled with helplessness and guilt, quickly made the smile on Zhou Chun's face disappear.

Zhou Chun couldn't help but recall the gentle and beautiful lady from the Sun family.

In order to test Zhou Zhengyong who came to propose marriage, Sun Yujiao's parents specially arranged a test task to capture and kill the first-class top-grade monster Purple Flame Marten.

In order to marry his beloved woman, Zhou Zhengyong went to Zhou Chun and asked her to help him.

In the end, with the combined efforts of the two, they successfully killed the purple flame sable, allowing Zhou Zhengyong to win the beauty.

Later, Sun Yujiao gave birth to a son for Zhou Zhengyong. Zhou Zhengyong specially invited Zhou Chun to check his spiritual root qualifications and even wanted Zhou Chun to name his son.

Zhou Chun now recalled all these past events one by one in his mind, which made him sigh in his heart.

Then he remembered the last time he saw Sun Yujiao. It was before he went into seclusion to open up the Purple Mansion. He came here specially to release snow crystal worms into the ice cave in the wilderness.

At that time, Sun Yujiao was already over 100 years old and had become a white-haired old woman.

In fact, Sun Yujiao's qualifications are not worse than Zhou Zhengyong's. If she could have the same opportunity as Zhou Zhengyong, she might be able to succeed in building the foundation.

But unfortunately, when she was old enough to build her foundation, neither the Zhou family nor the Sun family where she was born could provide her with such a precious spiritual object as the Foundation Building Pill.

As a result, she is now very old and her time is running out, while her Taoist partner and son have both successfully established their foundations and have only lived less than half of their lives.

This is really a torture for her.

No wonder she doesn't want to live with Zhou Zhengyong anymore and just wants to return to the place where she was born and live out the rest of her life.

"Time flies by so fast. There were so many familiar faces back then, but now only a few can be seen. Time is really the most ruthless!"

Zhou Chun couldn't help but sigh out loud, feeling extremely emotional inside.

In the past, he pursued a higher level of cultivation, more because he wanted to gain stronger power so that he could better stand in this dangerous world and be able to stand at a higher place to see the scenery of this world.

He did not feel much difference in his lifespan after the breakthrough in his cultivation.

But now, seeing that all the friends and relatives he made when he first came into this world have passed away or are about to pass away due to the exhaustion of their lifespans, he deeply feels the ruthlessness of time.

There is no doubt that compared with fellow monks like Sun Yujiao, he is lucky.

Since coming to this world, thanks to his own efforts and the care of his elders, although he has experienced many hardships, the rewards he has reaped are also great, so he never has to worry about not having enough lifespan.

But the vast majority of cultivators in this world are undoubtedly like Sun Yujiao, or even worse than Sun Yujiao, and can live to the end of their lifespan.

The road to immortality is full of corpses.

Until the day comes when one truly possesses immortality and endless life, no one can afford to be lazy and slack off. Otherwise, one day one will become like that mortal, watching his lifespan run out helplessly!
After Zhou Chun realized this, the slight complacency he had felt because he had successfully opened up the Purple Mansion at the age of over a hundred disappeared in an instant.

He still has a long way to go in the future!
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