Clan Cultivation: Starting from Beast Taming-Chapter 496 - 261: Zhou Zhengyong’s Foundation Establishment, Breakthrough to the Mid-Stage of Foundation Establishment [Subscribe Requested]_2

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After all, the treasures that Zhou Chun had given were fine items that were difficult for ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivators to obtain.

In such circumstances, it was a great test of one’s personal social skills and character to borrow so many meritorious services from the numerous Qi Refinement Realm Cultivators in the various families.

But this was not something that Zhou Chun needed to worry about anymore.

After arranging this important matter, there were not many things in the family that needed his attention, and he could finally focus on improving his own cultivation level.

The rules of the Zhou Family, or rather, the rules of all sects and families, were such.

Because the Sect Leader and Clan Leader had expended a great deal of effort in laboring over the affairs of the sect and the family, they were entitled to priority support and care from the family with those Essence-Advancing Mana Elixirs.

Therefore, most of the Essence-Advancing Mana Elixirs that Zhou Mingde and the others had obtained from Yueguo Country had ended up in Zhou Chun’s hands.

Zhou Chun himself also had a good number of elixirs that he had obtained through various means.

This made his cultivation quite comfortable.

Other Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivators might be able to consume an Essence-Advancing Mana Elixir only once every few years, or even fail to obtain such elixirs over several years.

He, on the other hand, could consume an elixir every three or four months, while minimizing the impact of elixir toxicity.

As for the pure Golden Qi needed for his cultivation, he had also collected a large amount from buying and gathering them externally long ago.

Once he settled down to cultivate, Zhou Chun’s cultivation level improved quickly.

Half a year later, Zhou Zhengyong succeeded in using the Foundation Establishment Pill to establish his foundation, becoming the eighth Foundation Establishment Cultivator of the Zhou Family and thus filling the vacancy left by the death of Elder Zhou Chongshan.

"Congratulations to Brother Yong on successful Foundation Establishment!"

Atop Pagoda Peak, Zhou Chun saw Zhou Zhengyong, who had emerged successful from his retreat, and immediately offered his warm congratulations with a smile on his face.

Upon hearing his words, the smile that had covered Zhou Zhengyong’s face instantly restrained.

Then, with a face full of gratitude, he bowed deeply towards him and said, "Little brother thirteen, there is no way I can repay your kindness to me; this bow is all I can offer to express my thanks!"

Having spoken, he did not wait for Zhou Chun’s reply before raising his head again, looking at Zhou Chun with a serious expression and saying, "In the future, if the Clan Leader has any orders, Zhengyong will face mountains of knives and seas of fire without a single frown."

From his words, one could tell how deeply grateful he was to Zhou Chun in his heart.

He was very clear that without Zhou Chun, there would be no Zhou Zhengyong today.

The kindness Zhou Chun had shown him was something he could never fully repay no matter what he did.

Therefore, at this time, Zhou Zhengyong’s heart was set; he might dismiss anyone else in the Zhou Family, but he could not hesitate for a moment when it came to Zhou Chun’s words.

The saying goes that a warrior would die for a worthy cause; if Zhou Chun truly needed him one day, he would be willing to repay Zhou Chun’s kindness with his own life!

When Zhou Chun heard Zhou Zhengyong’s words and looked at the serious expression on his face, his heart was also full of emotions.

Without a doubt, when he initially grew close to Zhou Zhengyong, he indeed had the intention of using him.

But over the many years, he had truly come to regard Zhou Zhengyong as his own brother and family.

In fact, given his current identity and status in the Zhou Family, and his place in the hearts of the elders, having Zhou Zhengyong’s support or not made no difference to his position.

Yet when he received those two Foundation Establishment Pills, he thought of Zhou Zhengyong first.

That’s what brothers are for!

Zhou Chun did not try to hide the brotherly affection he felt for Zhou Zhengyong.

His smile briefly flitted across his face as he stepped forward to grasp Zhou Zhengyong’s hand and said, "You’re too serious Brother Yong; it was mainly your own efforts that led to such a success in building your foundation."

As someone who had been through the process, Zhou Chun certainly knew the difficulty of Foundation Establishment.

He even failed once himself during his Foundation Establishment!

The fact that Zhou Zhengyong succeeded on his first attempt, whether it was due to better luck than when he tried or not, really showed his mettle.

At least now, nobody could have any objections to Zhou Zhengyong exchanging one Foundation Establishment Pill.

Subsequently, Zhou Chun personally organized a celebration for Zhou Zhengyong to celebrate his success in Foundation Establishment.

Zhou Zhengyong’s success in Foundation Establishment had undoubtedly spurred the other Zhou Family Qi Refinement Realm cultivators, making them even more desperate for the remaining Foundation Establishment Pill.

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As the Clan Leader, Zhou Chun was clearly aware of which Zhou Family cultivators were gradually nearing the 5,000-point mark in merits.

Interestingly, several Zhou Family cultivators had managed to push their family’s merits to over 4,000 points by borrowing from others.

However, the remaining few hundred points proved difficult to borrow.

After all, behind those with over 4,000 points, there were several other cultivators with over 3,000 and 2,000 points of merits.

Zhou Chun did not interfere with this; after all, these people were similar in cultivation level and aptitude. Whether they succeeded after taking the Foundation Establishment Pill was entirely up to fate, and it would be the same no matter who took it.

Time slowly passed, and soon another two years had gone by.

One day, with a surge of mana within his body, Zhou Chun finally broke through to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment.

That year, he was forty-eight years old.

At thirty-six, he established his foundation, and at forty-eight, he made a breakthrough to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment; this speed was anything but slow!

It’s important to note that even those cultivators who practiced mana-advancing techniques rapidly, without the help of elixirs, would also need to cultivate diligently for forty to fifty years to make it to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment.

Even though Zhou Chun practiced the top-tier Golden Cauldron Profound Art, which made his cultivation speed no less rapid than those practicing mana-advancing techniques, this was still an astonishing rate of progress.

After all, he was not a cultivator with a high-grade Spirit Root Aptitude but merely a mid-grade one.

However, to Zhou Chun himself, this seemed quite normal.

Ever since he had started practicing the Golden Cauldron Profound Art, he had almost never lacked essence-advancing mana elixirs, and what’s more, the elixirs varied in type.

By these calculations, in just six or seven years, he had ingested at least twenty-six or twenty-seven elixirs.

And the effects of each of these elixirs, suited for Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators to advance their mana cultivation, were almost equivalent to one or two years of normal meditation and cultivation.

Overall, it was as if he had been cultivating for fifty or sixty years.

So, it was perfectly normal for him to have this level of cultivation at his age!

Meanwhile, after years of Zhou Chun’s nurturing, the Golden Winged Tiger had become a top-tier rank one Demon Beast, and even the Silver Lightning Python Baibai, with the priority feeding of the Demon Spirit Pill by the family, was getting closer and closer to advancing to a mid-tier rank two Demon Beast.

Once it advanced to a mid-tier rank two Demon Beast, with the support of Zhou Chun, who was at the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment, master and servant would become formidable opponents within the Foundation Establishment Stage.

It did not take many days before the news of Zhou Chun’s breakthrough to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment spread within the Zhou Family, and many Zhou Family cultivators came to congratulate him.

A forty-eight-year-old at the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment, with Zhou Chun’s rate of cultivation progress, he might well have a chance of striking at the Purple Mansion Phase before he reached a hundred.

By that time, even a fool would understand Zhou Chun’s standing within the family.

However, before Zhou Chun could revel much in his cultivation breakthrough, a troublesome matter came knocking at his door.

"You’re saying that a vein of Mystical Crystal Stones has been discovered on the border of our Zhou Family’s base, and we’ve come into conflict with the Su Family from Jiangzhou? There were fatalities?"

Atop Pagoda Peak, Zhou Chun looked at Zhou Jiarui, who had come in person to deliver the news, and his expression changed.

It so happened that since Zhou Jiarui, along with four other Zhou Family cultivators, went to the Wasteland Territory to jointly establish a frontier base with the Li Family and the You Family, it took them less than two years to set it up. They then began to expand and scavenge the surrounding areas, using the base as a center.

While this round of expansion and scavenging did not yield any particularly rare treasures, they did manage to obtain some Spiritual Medicines with a growth period of two to three hundred years, as well as some Spirit Wood, Spirit Fruits, and Demon Beast Eggs, which brought substantial gains to all three families.

This only served to motivate the cultivators of the three families even more.

Half a month ago, the You Family suddenly discovered a vein of Mystical Crystal Stones at the boundary of the base.

This should have been fantastic news, as Mystical Crystal Stones are excellent materials for artifact refining, known for enhancing the hardness of magic artifacts, and they always have a good market.

However, when representatives from the three families were sent to assess the size and scale of the Mystical Crystal Stone vein, they were unfortunately spotted by the neighboring Su Family base.

Following that, due to the Su Family’s claim that the Mystical Crystal Stone vein was on their territory and should belong to them, an argument ensued, and eventually a fight broke out.

Under those circumstances, once a fight started, it was difficult for either side to control their emotions or the force behind their attacks.

So, after a fierce battle, several Qi Refinement Realm cultivators from both sides died, escalating the dispute significantly!

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Given that the Su Family was also a Golden Core family, the people at the frontier base from the three families did not dare make any further decisions on their own, leading to Zhou Jiarui returning to the family to report to Zhou Chun.

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