Beast-controlling fairy clan.

Chapter 404 Zhou Chun's Grand Plan [Subscription Request]

The third-level, mid-grade monsters occupying the Xianglou Wood Forest are two giant black birds that resemble owls, but their faces look more like lions.

This bird is called "Lion-faced Eagle". It can control a strange black wind and has extraordinary strength.

Zhou Chun and Zhou Mingde took action personally, and together with the third-level intermediate monster Fire God Jackal, they only managed to drive away two monster birds.

Then, under the protection of the two, Mu Mei began to absorb the wood spirit power contained in the entire Xianglou wood forest.

Especially the fragrant tree where the "Lion-faced Eagle" built its nest, which is more than 5,000 years old and is a rare third-level spiritual tree.

Mu Mei had never enjoyed such a sumptuous meal since his birth.

Under the protection of Zhou Chun and Zhou Mingde, it took only seven days for it to absorb all the wood spirit power contained in the many spiritual trees, and then it entered Zhou Chun's spirit beast bag to sleep and digest.

According to the thoughts it conveyed before falling asleep, there will be no problem in being promoted to the third level this time.

This is the power of wood spirits, stone spirits and other monsters. As long as they have enough resources to feed them, they will hardly encounter any bottlenecks before the fifth level.

Only when they are promoted from the fourth level to the fifth level, they will encounter the heavenly thunder tribulation like the monsters, and only then will there be the possibility of failure and death.

During the few days when Mu Mei was absorbing the power of the wood spirit, Zhou Chun and Zhou Mingde also found a lot of spiritual medicines that were hundreds of years old in the Xianglou Wood Forest, so their efforts were not in vain.

Now that their goal had been achieved, the two of them did not stay any longer and quickly left the place. Then Zhou Chun returned the several "Sky Frost Bees" in the spirit beast bag to the nest and returned to the family's mountain gate.

After returning to the gate of Jiufengling Mountain, Zhou Chun and Zhou Mingde put all the hundreds of years old dragon grass into the family treasury for exchange by the core cultivators of the family, with priority given to several elders who had cultivated dragon-born monsters.

Up to now, except for a few new foundation-building cultivators, the rest of the Zhou family's veteran foundation-building elders have accumulated a lot of family good deeds.

When they saw something useful appearing at this time, they exchanged it for the Dragon Grass without hesitation.

Soon, all the four or five hundred year old Dragon Grass were sold out, and the only six hundred year old Dragon Grass was exchanged by Zhou Jiarui.

Zhou Jiarui can be regarded as one of the earliest cultivators in the Zhou family to tame dragon-born monsters.

Unfortunately, he was unlucky, and the Red Flame Dragon Python he tamed back then could never be promoted to the second level.

This time he spent three thousand points of family good deeds to exchange for the six hundred year old dragon grass, preparing to help this old friend one last time.

Others like Zhou Zhengyong, Zhou Xinlan and others who also tamed dragon-born monsters also exchanged for dragon grass to help their pets reach the second level.

Less than half a year passed, and the Zhou family had five more second-level dragon-born monsters.

Like Zhou Jiarui's Red Flame Dragon Python, Zhou Zhengyong's Red Eyed Dragon Vulture, Zhou Xinlan's Wind Shadow Dragon Snake, Zhou Xingtie's Fiery Dragon Lizard, and Zhou Zhengqing's Dragon Scale Horse, all of them were promoted to intermediate-level monsters.

The breakthrough of these monster bloodlines not only means that their own strength has reached the second level, but also gives them the opportunity to breed with monsters of the same race and directly give birth to intermediate-level monster offspring.

This is a happy event worth celebrating for the entire Zhou family.

However, under Zhou Chun's special instructions, these people chose to keep a low profile and did not announce the good news of their pets' successful advancement together. They planned to release the news slowly later.

That way it won't be so noticeable.

After all, everyone knows that the Zhou family now has a third-level dragon, and a few years ago, a dragon-scale horse was promoted to a mid-level monster on its own.

If a second-level monster is cultivated after a period of time, it would not be too surprising.

During this time, Zhou Chun was writing a plan for the future development of the Zhou family and planning two major events that had long been prepared to be implemented.

On this day, Zhou Chun was discussing some matters with several stewards of the Zhou family when he suddenly heard a report that a casual cultivator in the Foundation Establishment stage came to pay him a visit, claiming that he had received his favor.

"That's strange. I don't remember ever giving any favor to any casual foundation-building cultivator!"

Zhou Chun's face was filled with surprise. After hesitating for a while, he asked someone to take the visitor to the guest hall to entertain him, and then he continued to take care of clan affairs.

After about half an hour, Zhou Chun finished his work and went to the guest hall to meet the wandering cultivator who came to visit him.

When he entered the guest hall, he saw a young man with an elegant face sitting alone in a chair with his eyes closed.

At this time, as if he noticed someone coming in, he suddenly opened his eyes and looked towards the door.

When he saw Zhou Chun, his eyes suddenly flashed with surprise, and then he quickly stood up and bowed to Zhou Chun, saying: "I am Zhang Liang, a casual cultivator from the Shen Kingdom, and I am honored to meet you, Senior Zhou!"

Zhou Chun was still thinking about where he had dealt with this person before. When he heard him introduce himself, his past memories came to his mind and he understood the whole story.

It turned out that this person was none other than the young cultivator in the Qi Refining Stage who had told him the news about Mu Mei.

After thinking of this, his expression softened immediately, and he nodded with a smile, saying: "So it's you, a junior. I was wondering who would come to see me in the name of repaying a favor. I didn't expect you to be so lucky and succeed in building your foundation!"

After saying this, he gestured to him not to be polite, and then he sat down beside him.

Although Zhang Liang was just a casual cultivator, his bearing was quite extraordinary. When Zhou Chun asked him to sit down, he thanked him and then actually sat down half of his body, without the smooth habits of other casual cultivators.

After he sat down, he immediately followed Zhou Chun's words and complimented him, "It's all thanks to you, senior. Ever since I received the treasure you gave me and said goodbye to you, my luck has started to improve. A few years ago, I was even lucky enough to get a spiritual item that helped me build my foundation, and I succeeded in building my foundation in one go!"

"I also traveled to Jingguo this time. After hearing about Senior Zhou's reputation, I learned that the benefactor who saved me back then had already successfully opened up the Purple Mansion. That's why I came all the way here to thank you."

Zhou Chun and his pet Silver Lightning Python are indeed quite famous in the Jingguo immortal cultivation world. If you use this clue to ask people, it is not difficult to find out his true identity.

Therefore, Zhou Chun was not surprised to hear what Zhang Liang said.

However, the other party's act of repaying kindness was indeed quite suitable for his temperament.

At that time, he did not reveal his name or origin, and he only met the other party once.

But after the other party successfully built his foundation, he was willing to go abroad to visit him to thank him for saving his life. This kind of thought is indeed rare.

After witnessing the various ugly sides of human nature in the world of immortal cultivation, such people who know how to repay kindness are indeed worth cherishing.

Zhou Chun immediately smiled and waved his hand, saying, "You were able to successfully build your foundation because of your own luck. I dare not take credit for this."

Zhang Liang heard this and said solemnly: "What happened back then may not be worth mentioning to the seniors, it was just a casual thing, but to the younger generation, it is a grace of rebirth, and I must repay it!"

After saying that, he raised his hand and patted the storage bag on his waist, took out a long wooden box and handed it to Zhou Chun: "I also know that with your cultivation and status, ordinary spiritual objects are not worthy of your attention, but this 600-year-old 'Dragon Snake Root' is a token of my gratitude. I hope you will accept it!"

With Zhou Chun's cultivation, a 600-year-old "Dragon Snake Root" spiritual medicine is not really a rare thing. He can collect similar spiritual medicines in a day's walk in the wilderness with Mu Mei. However, with Zhang Liang's cultivation, this level of spiritual medicine is almost the most precious spiritual medicine he can get.

Therefore, Zhou Chun did not despise the value of his gift. Instead, he admired and valued his gratitude.

He raised his hand to take the wooden box, and then responded solemnly: "Okay, I accept your gift."

"Thank you, senior!"

Zhang Liang seemed to have put down some kind of burden, and heaved a sigh of relief and expressed his gratitude to Zhou Chun again.

The two then started chatting, with Zhou Chun mainly asking about Zhang Liang's experiences and what happened to the Huang family after he had taken Mu Mei away.

Zhang Liang didn't think Zhou Chun would covet anything from him, so he answered all of Zhou Chun's questions, and the two had a very pleasant conversation.

After asking Zhang Liang, Zhou Chun found out that after he took away Mu Mei halfway, the Huang family's Purple Mansion cultivator was so angry that he spread the news that he had taken Mu Mei away.

But he had already fled far away to Yang State, and the other party did not know his name, and had not even seen his spirit pet, so they could only rely on the characteristics of his martial arts to spread the news.

In this case, it is naturally difficult for people to believe the truth of the matter.

Even if someone believed it, there were no useful reference clues to find him.

So after a few years, no one mentioned this matter again.

And for a casual cultivator, Zhang Liang's experience can be considered quite exciting.

Almost every independent cultivator who can successfully build a foundation has a great opportunity.

After listening to his personal experience, Zhou Chun suddenly looked at him and asked, "What are your plans next? Do you want to find a place with others to establish a base for independent cultivation, or marry a wife and concubines and establish your own cultivation family? Or do you want to choose to be the supreme elder of a small family and accept offerings?"

When Zhang Liang heard Zhou Chun's words, he was stunned, with confusion in his eyes. It was obvious that he had never thought about this question.

But this is indeed a problem he must consider in the future.

The points Zhou Chun mentioned now are the choices made by most independent cultivators after successfully building their foundation.

After he was stunned for a while, he seemed to realize something, and immediately bowed to Zhou Chun and said, "I haven't thought about this yet, Senior Zhou, can you give me some advice?"

Seeing this, Zhou Chun said bluntly: "If you don't have any ideas at the moment, you can come to my Zhou family and get a job. At least you can have a safe and stable place to practice, and a decent salary!"

"Senior, do you want me to join the Zhou family?"

There was a flash of hesitation in Zhang Liang's eyes, and his tone became a little lower, seeming unwilling.

"It's not what you think. It's just equivalent to hiring you to work for the Zhou family for a long time. If you don't want to do it at that time, just tell me in advance!"

Zhou Chun shook his head slightly and explained briefly.

After hearing his explanation, Zhang Liang knew that he was taking care of him intentionally. He immediately stood up and bowed to Zhou Chun, saying, "Senior, you are kind-hearted. I misunderstood you. Please forgive me."

"No need for that. So you agree?"

Zhou Chun waved his hand, indicating that he didn't mind his little question just now.

If Zhang Liang still didn't know how to respond at this point, he would have lived in vain.

He immediately responded, "Thank you for your care, senior. I naturally have no reason to refuse!"

"Very good, then you can stay here in Jiufengling first, and I will tell you what you need to do later."

As Zhou Chun said this, he had Zhang Liang taken away first and arranged for him to live in an independent courtyard.

In fact, although he took in Zhang Liang on a whim because he admired his character, it was also related to the two things he was going to do next.

In view of the fact that the world of immortal cultivation in Jingguo has begun to stabilize, and the Zhou family has reached his own standards in terms of personnel and the number of domesticated spirit beasts, Zhou Chun is preparing to launch two new money-making businesses.

These two businesses, one is the messaging business, the other is the delivery business, to put it simply, is delivering letters and express deliveries.

Currently in the world of immortal cultivation, the methods of communication between various families and sects are relatively simple. If ordinary Qi Refining cultivators want to contact friends, they can either do it themselves or ask familiar relatives and friends to deliver the letter on their behalf.

As for the cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Stage or the Purple Mansion Stage, they would give the letters to their juniors in the form of tasks and ask them to do the work on their behalf.

But in fact, because the reward for delivering letters is very low, most of the time no one is willing to take it, so it can only be forcibly assigned to some monks with low cultivation.

As for individual cultivators, they basically have to deliver the letters themselves, and occasionally they can ask certain caravans to help deliver the letters.

There are obviously huge business opportunities here.

Zhou Chun had actually seen this business opportunity a long time ago, but due to limited conditions, he did not dare to intervene in the matter.

Now that the conditions are ripe, he naturally does not intend to continue wasting business opportunities.

He wanted to use the Zhou family's large number of spiritual beasts for transportation, as well as a sufficient number of clansmen, to develop Jingguo's express delivery business.

The goal is to establish transit and distribution points in all the major markets in Jingguo, and then deliver letters and goods to various immortal cultivation families and the vast number of individual cultivators in need!

With the Zhou family's current reputation and strength, there is great potential for this matter.

Moreover, Zhou Chun also planned to bring in the Jiangzhou Su family to expand the business of the Yuelun Sect in several states.

A casual cultivator like Zhang Liang, who is in the Foundation Establishment stage, is the regional "general manager" he plans to recruit, who will be responsible for recruiting and managing couriers around each market town.

Later on, we will recruit some low-level cultivators with good conduct as couriers to be responsible for delivery business.

This matter is not limited to independent cultivators. By then, even some foundation-building cultivators from immortal cultivation families can be made "general managers" of a region by the Zhou family.

In this way, the express delivery business can not only bring a new income growth point to the Zhou family, but also allow the Zhou family to obtain intelligence information on many cultivators, which can sometimes be of enormous value!

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