Cultivation Begins From The Desert-Chapter 795 - 778: Talented and Beautiful, Joining Forces to Exterminate Demons!

The old Zhou Family truly is a gathering of talents!

This was Zhouyang's most direct feeling after hearing Zhou Liangyu's words.

He had absolutely no other intentions, definitely not!

Frankly speaking, with the current strength of the Zhou Family, if the suggestions of those Zhou Family Elders were followed, and as long as they were not too aggressive and took things slowly, solving the current inflation issue in the Boundless Sea of Sand Cultivation Realm wouldn't be particularly difficult.

After all, strength reigns supreme in the Cultivation Realm. Even if some low-tier cultivators could discern the Zhou Family's sinister intentions, they wouldn't be able to resist this leeching behavior and would have to grudgingly comply with the rules set by the Zhou Family.

If some of them were clever, they might even make a small fortune by siding with the Zhou Family in their endeavors.

As for the damage such actions could bring to the Zhou Family's reputation, it was not of great concern.

One must know that the Zhou Family is now the absolute overlord of the Boundless Sea of Sand Cultivation Realm. As long as there was no internal strife within the Zhou Family, even if all cultivators in the Boundless Sea of Sand Cultivation Realm opposed them, they could be easily suppressed by the Zhou Family.

In a hundred or two hundred years, when the lifespan of a couple of generations of middle-lower tier cultivators would have ended, there wouldn't be many who remembered such misdeeds committed by the Zhou Family.

By then, when the Boundless Sea of Sand begins to recover and all cultivators learn that the Zhou Family was creating oases to rejuvenate the sand sea, as initiated by their patriarch Zhouyang, these later generations are more likely to be grateful for everything Zhouyang and the Zhou Family did.

Zhouyang easily grasped the thoughts of those Zhou Family Elders.

He glanced at Zhou Liangyu with an impassive expression and asked lightly, "What you mentioned just now were the opinions of the clan elders, but what about you? As the Clan Leader, on such an important matter, surely you have some opinions of your own?"

Zhou Liangyu, of course, had his own thoughts.

Upon hearing Zhouyang's query, after a slight hesitation, he bowed and said, "Junior indeed has some immature opinions. If I'm wrong, I hope the patriarch will not take offense."

"No harm, feel free to speak your mind. That's the tradition of our Zhou Family."

Receiving Zhouyang's approval, Zhou Liangyu immediately said, "I believe that to solve the current economic issues in the Boundless Sea of Sand Cultivation Realm, we don't necessarily have to employ drastic measures. We can completely utilize gentler methods to gradually absorb the spirit stones held by middle-to-low-tier cultivators."

"For instance, we could use the excuse of a shortage of Foundation Establishment Pills to sell high-priced slots to visit the Liuyun Continent Cultivation Realm on a large scale, providing low-tier cultivators with spirit stones but no Foundation Establishment Pills a new choice and hope!"

"We can then require qualification recognition for bidding on slots, restricting participation to those not at Ninth-Layer Qi Cultivation and Ninth-Layer Foundation Establishment. With more participants, they would need to engage in magical combat to determine who gets the bidding rights, which can temporarily suppress a wave of purchasing desires, acting as a buffer!"

"Finally, we gradually control the speed of spirit stone distribution and halt the creation of oases, so that those middle-lower tier cultivators lose this safe and quick way of earning spirit stones."

Having said this, Zhou Liangyu slightly lowered his head and said in a low voice, "Patriarch, please be discerning; this is all the junior could think of."

Clap clap clap!

Suddenly, applause rang out, and Zhouyang, with a beaming smile, clapped while nodding at Zhou Liangyu, saying, "Not bad, not bad. It seems Li Hong made the right choice selecting you as the Clan Leader, Liangyu, Liangyu, you are indeed a fine talent!"

Such high praise left Zhou Liangyu a bit dumbfounded, looking at Zhouyang both surprised and delighted, unsure of how to respond for a moment.

However, Zhouyang had not finished speaking and soon, with a stern face, he looked at him and said, "Zhou Liangyu, remember this: as a leader, naturally, you cannot be soft-hearted or indecisive."

"But only a leader with benevolent qualities can genuinely earn the respect and affection of subordinates, the admiration and recognition of outsiders, and render enemies helpless."

This time Zhou Liangyu reacted quickly and immediately replied, "Junior remembers, junior will certainly remember the patriarch's teachings and dare not forget!"

After saying this, he seemed to understand why Zhouyang praised him, and his eyes immediately flashed with a deep joy and sense of satisfaction.

This recognition and affirmation of his governance philosophy pleased him more than any treasure gift, considering his diligent fulfillment of his Clan Leader duties.

With Zhouyang's recognition and affirmation, he could now carry out his duties confidently and boldly, without fearing that his decisions might displease Zhouyang, bringing shame upon himself and Li Hong, who recommended him.

And seeing Zhou Liangyu's joyful and excited expression, Zhouyang was extremely satisfied.

Perhaps from a problem-solving perspective, Zhou Liangyu's methods were far less effective than the strategies of those Zhou Family Elders.

But from a long-term benefit perspective, Zhou Liangyu's methods were undoubtedly more advantageous to the Zhou Family.

More importantly, Zhouyang himself highly appreciated Zhou Liangyu's approach and was extremely satisfied and admired for Zhou Liangyu's benevolent qualities.

In such satisfaction and admiration, he did not hold back from saying more to this admired junior.

Immediately he solemnly said to this junior, "The Zhou Family is now a prominent clan, and if measured by the power of Nascent Soul Stage cultivators, it can be said to be the foremost cultivation clan in the realm, possessing power that even the combined efforts of other cultivators in the Boundless Sea of Sand Cultivation Realm cannot shake."

"But this doesn't mean that the Zhou Family members can treat those cultivators who rely on the Zhou Family as inferior beings, as if they're pigs and dogs to be insulted and slaughtered at will!" 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

"If the Zhou Family becomes unjust and loses its righteousness, then today's Great Brightness Immortal Palace might become tomorrow's Zhou Family, and the calamity of family collapse and extermination begins from here!"

The calamity of family collapse and extermination begins from here!

If such words were spoken by others, even the naturally kind-hearted Zhou Liangyu would be angry and rebuke.

The Zhou Family is now at the height of its power, and every Zhou Family cultivator is full of confidence and expectations for the clan; anyone daring to speak ill of the Zhou Family would be their unanimous enemy.

However, when such words came from the mouth of Zhouyang, the patriarch of the Zhou Family, Zhou Liangyu felt cold sweat running down his back, deeply anxious and not daring to ignore it in the slightest.

Apprehensive, he glanced at Zhouyang, nodded vigorously, and said, "The patriarch's teachings are correct, and the junior will certainly remember the patriarch's admonitions, and will strictly monitor and control the family atmosphere, never allowing the Zhou Family's millennial reputation to be ruined by a few family scoundrels!"

"It's good that you understand this, so the task of regulating the prices in the Boundless Sea of Sand Cultivation Realm will be implemented according to your methods. With me as the patriarch backing you, you can act with confidence and boldness."

Zhouyang's tone was very calm, yet these calm words stirred Zhou Liangyu's heart, making him extremely excited.

With Zhouyang's endorsement, all those voices doubting and obstructing him in the Zhou Family would be silenced; his every command would be carried out to the fullest, with no one daring to defy them.

Before the excited him could express his gratitude, Zhouyang spoke again: "Furthermore, Ancestor, I'm about to slay the monster preventing the revival of the Desert Sea. Once this task is complete and the Desert Sea begins to revive, many demon beasts within it will undoubtedly benefit. At that time, the demand by low-to-middle tier cultivators for magical artifacts and spirit talismans will surely increase sharply. You can prepare early for this."

"Junior obeys!"

Days later, Zhouyang personally led a team of Nascent Soul stage cultivators to the buried site of the "Innate Five Elements Jade."

Having visited the place hundreds of years ago, Zhouyang could, despite the passage of time, recall the correct direction.

Thus, a little over a month later, they again arrived at the location of the gigantic celestial pit.

"The Thousand-legged Earth Dragon loves darkness, and the underground is its domain. No matter how we entice or provoke it, it won't come to the surface to fight us, so we must go down to the pit bottom to deal with it."

"But once underground, apart from Fellow Daoist Lan, none of us are skilled in the Earth Escape Technique. If the Thousand-legged Earth Dragon triggers a cave-in to bury us, then seeks the opportunity to attack, it will be very troublesome and dangerous."

"Therefore, if we want to slay the Thousand-legged Earth Dragon underground, we must be quick—quick enough to leave it with no chance to trigger a cave-in, quick enough to leave it with no chance to escape."

"To accomplish these two points, we rely entirely on Fellow Daoist Lan and Xue Wei. One of you must promptly disrupt the Thousand-legged Earth Dragon's earth escape divine techniques, and one must freeze and trap it temporarily, creating an opportunity for Zhouyang to strike!"

Outside the celestial pit, Zhouyang held his breath and stopped on the ground, discussing the battle plan with the others.

Regarding the Thousand-legged Earth Dragon, a rare exotic beast, he had specially investigated and studied its habits and abilities once he learned of its presence here.

The most challenging aspect of dealing with this exotic beast is that it never leaves the underground environment, where, except for cultivators skilled in earth element divine techniques, other cultivators can barely utilize seventy percent of their divine techniques.

If not for the celestial pit present here, given Zhouyang's current power, he wouldn't be able to kill a Thousand-legged Earth Dragon whose cultivation is close to Tier Seven.

However, with the celestial pit present, his plan had the chance to be implemented.

After arranging the plan and ensuring everyone understood their roles, Zhouyang called upon his late-stage Nascent Soul cultivation external incarnation, then had it take them hidden inside the Dongxuan Pearl into the celestial pit.

Rumble!

The violent explosion and rumbling sound quickly echoed from the pit's bottom, with blazing fire and lightning shooting skyward, even breaking the constraints of the pit and showing on the surface.

Meanwhile, the ground near the pit undulated suddenly like a heavily compressed sponge, causing large-scale collapses and cracks.

"Screeeech," the sharp screeching sounds simultaneously came from the pit's bottom, filled with pain and madness.

At the pit's bottom, a massive creature resembling a centipede with black-brown hard shell and hundreds of curved saber-like legs wriggled under a seven-layered golden tower burning with golden flames, struggling to no avail.

Zhouyang had been at the late-stage Nascent Soul for decades, and his first lifebound spiritual artifact, the Qianyang Golden Tower, had since been nurtured and elevated into a tier six high-grade spiritual artifact.

With his late-stage Nascent Soul cultivation, suppressing the Thousand-legged Earth Dragon for a short time with the tier six high-grade spiritual artifact is no problem.

Especially with Lu Xuewei and Qin Yue'Er, assisted by the Cyan Flood Dragon Green Luo.

Qin Yue'Er, possessing a Profound Yin Spirit Body and possessing magical power of the yin-cold attribute, teamed up with Lu Xuewei using extreme cold divine techniques to freeze approximately a third of the Thousand-legged Earth Dragon's body, preventing it from exerting full strength to escape Zhouyang's suppression.

The Cyan Flood Dragon Green Luo restored its true form, coiling around the Thousand-legged Earth Dragon like a green rope, binding roughly a seventh of its body tightly despite having its flesh chopped open by sword-like legs.

Lan Daoist used great magical power to seal the surrounding space, preventing the Thousand-legged Earth Dragon from utilizing its innate earth escape divine techniques to flee.

However, the key to this battle remained with Zhouyang's incarnation.

The Tier Seven magical artifact Vermilion Bird Fan was wielded by Zhouyang's external incarnation, now preparing while the Thousand-legged Earth Dragon was suppressed.

Though not highly intelligent, the Thousand-legged Earth Dragon couldn't ignore the terrible aura exuding from the Vermilion Bird Fan.

Its struggles became fierce, soon making the relatively weak cyan flood dragon Green Luo, engaged in close combat with it, unbearable, and leading to thoughts of retreat.

"No retreat! If you dare retreat one step, I won't spare you!"

Zhouyang gave a cold glance at the cyan flood dragon, his voice laced with intense murderous intent.

The cyan flood dragon momentarily froze, angrily roared, then continued to grit its teeth and tighten its hold.

Thankfully, Xiao Ying intervened.

Xiao Ying transformed some of the Rejuvenating Immortal Dew stored in the Rejuvenating Immortal Bottle into mist of vitality, which infused into the cyan flood dragon's body, aiding its recovery from the injuries caused by the Thousand-legged Earth Dragon's struggles, indirectly enhancing its strength.

Lan Daoist also drew upon some strength to join in suppressing the Thousand-legged Earth Dragon, preventing its breakout from Zhouyang's constraints.

Approximately a quarter-hour passed while the Thousand-legged Earth Dragon was held down; Zhouyang's external incarnation finally infused all its magical power into the Vermilion Bird Fan, completing the final preparation.

With the external incarnation wielding the vermilion feather fan strongly, a solid scarlet fire pillar shot out, crashing directly onto the Thousand-legged Earth Dragon's head, enclosed by a thick shell.

Screeech—

The Thousand-legged Earth Dragon crazily twisted its head, letting out a wretched, piercing screech.

This didn't change the process of its head melting within the fire pillar.

Carrying the power of the fire attribute law, the continued output of Vermilion Bird Fire soon burned through the Thousand-legged Earth Dragon's head, creating a hole with a diameter of a meter.

And that was not the end.

Penetrating the shell with formidable defense, the Vermilion Bird Fire, still potent, quickly spread, incinerating all flesh and organs inside the shell, leaving only a long empty shell lying on the ground.