Beast-controlling fairy clan.

Chapter 68: Differences between Immortals and Mortals, an unexpected discovery

Jiufeng Ridge.

When Zhou Chun was assigned by the shopkeeper Zhou Jiasheng to represent Lingshouzhai to return to the Zhou family to attend the funeral, he saw that all the Zhou family cultivators in the family had white cloth wrapped on their heads, and the whole family was mourning for the deceased elder Zhou Mingshan.

Seeing this, he hurriedly asked someone for a piece of white cloth to wrap his head, and then went to Pagoda Peak to pay homage to the body of the great elder Zhou Mingshan.

All in all, the Zhou family has taken root in Jiufengling for five or six years, but this is the first time that a cultivator like Zhou Mingshan has passed away due to old age.

The funeral process also needs to be discussed and formulated by Zhou Daoyi, the clan leader, and the elders.

After discussion, it was finally decided that based on Zhou Mingshan's status as an elder, the funeral would be held for nine days.

During these nine days, in addition to unshirkable tasks such as guarding the Jingling Pavilion, all Zhou family monks within the family gate must chant scriptures and mantras for Elder Zhou Mingshan outside the ancestral temple on Pagoda Peak to pray for the deceased.

During these nine days, the other four great immortal cultivation families, as well as some other forces in Lanzhou, which had received the news of the death, each sent people to pay their respects.

Some independent practitioners who live and practice near the Zhou family in Jiufengling would also stop by to pay their respects when they came to the Zhou family to practice.

After nine days of such a grand ceremony, Zhou Mingshan's body was finally buried in the clan tomb on the back mountain of Pagoda Peak.

Once the body is buried, the funeral is over.

The lives of most Zhou family monks have returned to normal, no different from before.

Only then was Zhou Chun able to meet with clan leader Zhou Daoyi in private.

He also came with a mission this time, which was to ask whether the clan could still provide Lingshouzhai with a stable supply of various Zhou family's unique elixirs.

"Don't worry about this, Jiasheng. Before the great elder passed away, he had already prepared enough elixirs for the family to last for several years. The supply from the store will indeed decrease in the future, but it won't be too much!"

Zhou Daoyi asked again with concern, "Is the number of customers in the store still declining? Or is the Spirit Beast Pavilion doing something new?"

"Patriarch, please be advised that the number of customers is indeed still declining. The Spirit Beast Pavilion hasn't come up with any new tricks for the time being. I guess they are just laughing at us!"

When Zhou Chun said this, his face was full of bitterness.

Zhou Daoyi couldn't help but sigh when he saw this. "Alas, there's nothing we can do about it. You should all be more open-minded. The family is now supported by the income from the Chiyao Iron Mine, so we can still hold on for a few more years!"

After hearing what Zhou Daoyi said, Zhou Chun did feel a little better.

Now he and Zhou Jiasheng are afraid that the family will not understand them and think that their lack of ability is the reason for the sharp drop in store revenue. That would really leave them speechless.

He immediately bowed with gratitude and said, "Thank you for your understanding, Chief. I will tell Uncle Sixteen what you said when I return."

After saying that, he started talking about another thing.

"Master, please understand. I received the body of a strange fish from a casual cultivator a few days ago. I have never seen this strange fish before even after reading all the monster atlases in the Zhou family's collection. I also don't know what the materials on it are used for. So I would like to ask the Master to identify this fish and see if it has any special value."

As he said this, Zhou Chun patted the storage bag on his waist and took out the wooden box containing the corpse of the strange fish.

Because he used a lot of ice to preserve the fish, the strange fish carcass in the wooden box still retains a good degree of freshness, not much different from when it was purchased.

At this time, Zhou Daoyi looked at the strange fish corpse he took out, his eyes slightly condensed, and he looked at it carefully.

After taking a closer look, he nodded slightly to Zhou Chun and said, "It is indeed a new type of monster that our family has never recorded. Please tell me more about this monster!"

"Yes."

Zhou Chun responded and immediately repeated what the rogue Asura Guangshun had said at that time.

"As that casual cultivator said, this strange fish should be a kind of demon beast that lives in groups underwater. This means that their reproductive ability must be quite good."

"If they don't have high requirements for their habitat and food, even if they have no other use, we can capture some and raise them in rivers and ponds inside or outside the family's mountain gate as food reserves for other carnivorous monsters!"

After listening to what Zhou Chun said, Zhou Daoyi pondered for a moment and then expressed his own opinion.

Social monsters have always been the ones that beast-taming families like the Zhou family value more.

Because social monsters are easy to reproduce, they can often help families avoid the embarrassing situation where family monks do not have monster contracts.

However, social monsters also have their disadvantages. Once the population is too large, it is difficult to provide enough food to feed them for a long time.

Monsters like red-tailed monkeys and green-crowned flying snakes are better off, as they either eat fruit and plants or have very small appetites.

If they were replaced by large carnivorous monsters such as lions, tigers, wolves and leopards, the consumption of meat would be too great.

Moreover, this kind of monsters are picky about food, generally only eating living things and fresh meat, so it is really difficult to breed them on a large scale. Therefore, the Zhou family does not dare to capture this kind of monsters and raise them now.

If the strange fish that Zhou Chun brought had low requirements for the water environment and food, then it would be a good idea to domesticate them as food for high-level monsters.

"I understand now. I will try to contact that casual cultivator and see if I can get the location of this strange fish from him!"

Zhou Chun nodded, indicating that he knew what to do.

After leaving the body of the strange fish in the family for research, Zhou Chun went to a nearby mortal town to visit his parents and others.

Ever since he went to the market town, he had very little time to visit his parents, brothers and sisters.

When I went back this time, I found out that my fifth brother had already married and his wife was pregnant, and my fourth sister's family had a big fat boy.

Unfortunately, he is still a mortal without spiritual roots!

"Son, please remember us and come visit us once in a while, but don't neglect your own practice because of this."

"We have our family to take care of us, and your brothers and sisters to respect us. Everything is fine!"

In the side hall of the Zhou family used for dining, after Zhou Chun's family had a reunion dinner around a long table, Zhou's father looked at Zhou Chun with loving eyes and said these words.

As soon as he finished speaking, the second brother, who was the smartest among Zhou Chun's brothers and sisters, quickly responded, "Yes, yes, Dad is right. Third brother, you are the only immortal cultivator in our family for generations. You must not neglect your cultivation because of us mortals. We will take care of our parents, so you can rest assured."

Then the eldest sister also hurriedly expressed her opinion: "Second brother is right. Third brother, your own cultivation is the most important. We are the only ones who can take care of your parents. Don't let these things delay your cultivation."

As soon as their eldest sister and second brother opened their mouths, the remaining four sisters and five brothers, no matter how poor their eyesight was, knew that they had to say a few words at this time.

Immediately, they followed suit and said similar words.

When Zhou Chun saw this scene, he suddenly felt very complicated.

In fact, it’s not that he has a deep relationship with these family members. It’s just that he feels guilty and wants to make up for it so he often finds time to visit them.

Unexpectedly, his enthusiasm now caused misunderstandings among these family members.

This really made him not know what to say.

However, he did discover that when he was the only cultivator in the family, things did seem a little strange when the family got along with each other.

Zhou's father and mother were okay, but his brothers and sisters and their spouses and children were all very reserved. It would not be an exaggeration to say that they were extremely cautious.

If I don't talk to them, they don't dare to talk to me, even though they are smiling all the time.

It seemed as if Zhou Chun was not their brother, but a superior leader who could decide their future and life and death with just a word.

This feeling of leaders and subordinates getting along with each other not only did not make Zhou Chun, the "leader", feel happy, but made him feel very awkward and uncomfortable.

Looking at several brothers and sisters who were actively trying to please him, Zhou Chun was silent for a long time.

Then he didn't say anything more, just nodded gently and said: "Dad and Mom, don't worry, I know everything in my heart, and I won't slack off in my cultivation."

After that, he turned to his brothers and sisters and said, "From now on, Dad and Mom will trouble you, the eldest sister, the second brother, the fourth sister, and the fifth brother, to be more attentive. If you encounter any difficulties or lack anything, you must send me a message in time and I will do my best to help you solve it."

Hearing what he said, Zhou's father, mother, and brothers and sisters all smiled happily.

Next, Zhou Chun, who originally wanted to stay in the family for two days, had to return to the market town early.

After returning to the market town, Zhou Chun relayed the instructions of clan leader Zhou Daoyi to the shopkeeper Zhou Jiasheng, which made the shopkeeper, who had been in a bad mood recently, feel a little relieved and his complexion improved a lot.

Without the pressure from his family and knowing that the store's supply would not be reduced much, he, as the shopkeeper, would indeed feel a lot less pressure.

So the two of them continued to run and maintain the store while racking their brains to think of how to regain the lost popularity.

That day, Zhou Chun was thinking about the strange fishes discovered by San Xiuluo Guangshun, so he took a leave and went to find Liu Qingshan to ask if he had any way to find the other party.

But since Liu Qingshan was confined to the market town, he had less contact with these friends and was unable to provide any help to Zhou Chun.

Just as Zhou Chun was on his way back to the shop, passing by the Spirit Beast Pavilion, his eyes suddenly focused and he saw a familiar cultivator just coming out of the Spirit Beast Pavilion.

Why would he go to the Spirit Beast Pavilion?
Behind a big tree, Zhou Chun looked at the back of the cultivator who came out of the Spirit Beast Pavilion and left quickly, his eyes full of surprise and suspicion.

(End of this chapter)