Clan Cultivation: Starting from Beast Taming

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Such powerful divine sense, no other Qi Refinement Realm cultivator in the entire Zhou Family could compare to him in this aspect.

With his such powerful divine sense, once he successfully reached Foundation Establishment, his divine sense would undoubtedly be much stronger than that of an ordinary early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator like Zhou Jiarui.

One could say it was a case of gaining an early lead that secured continuing advantages!

And just two months after Zhou Chun had completed the "Heavenly Spirit Trial" and returned to his family, the Dragon Transformation Sect, which had previously suffered a significant blow, really made a comeback and caused a great commotion.

This time, the Dragon Transformation Sect directly set their sights on a Purple Mansion Family in Yunzhou, deploying three protectors and twenty to thirty Missionary Envoys, wiping out the entire family with the force of thunder!

Afterward, many Cultivation Families and Individual Cultivator Camps that had previously hunted down members of the Dragon Transformation Sect also suffered retaliation from the forces led by the Sect's Missionary Envoys.

In just half a month, more than a dozen Foundation Establishment cultivators perished in Yunzhou as a result of the Dragon Transformation Sect's vengeful actions.

Upon learning of this, Green Lotus Temple flew into a rage and immediately dispatched five Purple Mansion Cultivators and over seventy Foundation Establishment cultivators to preside in Yunzhou.

But facing such a powerful force from Green Lotus Temple, the Dragon Transformation Sect showed no sign of retreating this time and instead forced the temple's forces to split up for relief efforts through constant hit-and-run attacks, then looked for opportunities to engage in direct combat.

For a time, smoke billowed from the battlegrounds across Yunzhou, and many local loose cultivators, unable to bear the suffering, fled to nearby states such as Lanzhou and Lingzhou.

While ordinary loose cultivators could run, those Cultivation Families with homes and businesses could not.

Green Lotus Temple would not allow these Cultivation Families to flee either.

Thus, the war summons to rally Cultivation Family cultivators from Lingzhou, Lanzhou, and Lianzhou to support Yunzhou swiftly reached Zhou Family and other clans.

"According to the summons, one out of every five Foundation Establishment cultivators is to be drafted, with those numbering fewer than five treated as a group of five, and those exceeding seven treated as ten. Currently, our Zhou Family just happens to have five Foundation Establishment cultivators, so we only need to send one."

"But for the Qi Refinement Realm cultivators, it calls for one in every ten to be drafted, which means our family has to send fourteen cultivators to Yunzhou this time!"

"Elders, who do you think should be among the fourteen clan members we send?"

In the Central Peace Hall, after receiving Green Lotus Temple's summons, Zhou Daoyi called all elders except for Zhou Daoquan to discuss the issue.

This type of war summons from a higher Sect authority was completely different from the nature of the previous war between Zhou Family and the allied forces of the five great Cultivation Families against the Qiyun Alliance.

Back then, it was a battle for family interests; they had to mobilize the family's most elite forces to fight and to win at all costs.

But with the current war summons, if there wasn't any other hidden agenda, it was entirely possible to dispatch the weak, sick, and disabled just to meet the headcount.

In such cases, if they won, it mattered little, and if they lost, it would minimize the family's losses.

However, if they did that, it would undoubtedly cause many clan members to feel disheartened, especially for a Cultivation Family like Zhou.

After all, these clan members chose to stay with the family and serve it because they wanted to rely on the family's unity and support.

Even if they became old or disabled one day, having the family to rely on would ensure a better life than that of an ordinary loose cultivator.

If the family used the weak, sick, and disabled as cannon fodder in times of crisis, who would still trust the family? Who would rely on it?

All these reasons were well understood by the high-ranking members of the Zhou Family present at the meeting.

So after Zhou Daoyi finished speaking, the elders remained silent and contemplative, with no one voicing their thoughts for some time. Find your next adventure on mvl

Zhou Chun was also considering the issue, but he couldn't think of a perfect solution.

Such matters were always a question of tough choices for anyone in power, and perfect outcomes were impossible.

"I think we should resort to drawing lots. Let every clan member over the age of twenty, including the spouses of the families, draw lots. Whoever is drawn, that's who will go."

After a long contemplation, it was the second elder, Zhou Chongshan, who broke the silence and voiced his opinion.

His suggestion was a feasible method and appeared fair on the surface.

But how could such a major family matter be settled by a method that seemed fair yet could potentially lead to great losses for the family!

It was only because Zhou Chongshan himself had no children and was usually engrossed in the study of the Array Dao that he suggested such a seemingly fair method.

Therefore, after he finished speaking, the other elders remained silent.

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He quickly regained his composure and couldn't help but shake his head repeatedly, remaining silent thereafter.

"Let me suggest a method. You all can consider whether it is appropriate or not."

In the end, it was the Clan Leader, Zhou Daoyi, who broke the silence, proposing his strategy: "Of the fourteen spots, let's select half from among the clan members over fifty years old who are below the late stage of Qi Refinement. They can decide who goes by drawing lots."

"For the remaining half of the spots, one core family member, two elite clan members, and four ordinary clan members should be selected. They will also determine who goes by drawing lots!"

His approach was, in fact, leaning towards making up the numbers to reduce the family's losses.

However, it was entirely different from sending only the elderly and weak to fill the numbers.

At least it partly considered the feelings of those elderly and weak cultivators, so they wouldn't feel that the family completely disregarded their lives, readily sacrificing them all when danger arose.

And those elite and core family members would feel a stronger loyalty toward the family and cherish their current status even more due to the differential treatment compared to ordinary clan members.

Although it may sound cruel, for any power, what truly matters are those few elite and core members, not the vast majority of ordinary members.

In the Cultivation World, where individual strength is honored, this is even more evident.

So after considering Zhou Daoyi's method for a moment, the Fourth Elder, Zhou Jiarui, quickly spoke up, "The Clan Leader's method is good, I agree."

"I also agree."

Zhou Jiarui, who had been granted the status of the Fifth Elder, also nodded in agreement with Zhou Daoyi's method.

With that, the Second Elder, Zhou Chongshan, could only wave his hand and say, "Then let's do as the Clan Leader says, I have no objections."

Having decided on this method, Zhou Daoyi had Zhou Chun begin to tally the numbers of those eligible for drawing lots, then prepare the wooden sticks and drawing tube for all those who met the criteria to start the draw.

According to the plan, the elderly and weak group was to draw first, followed by the ordinary clan members, then the elite clan members, and finally, all core family members would gather to draw the last lot.

However, no one expected that after all the core family members finished drawing, not a single one drew a red lot.

Just then, only one lot remained in the drawing tube.

For a moment, everyone couldn't help but glance at that wooden stick, and at Zhou Chun holding the drawing tube, with a peculiar look in their eyes.

"It seems my luck isn't great!"

Zhou Chun's face flashed a bitter smile as he reached out and pulled out the wooden stick from inside the tube.

As expected, it was the only red lot!

Zhou Daoyi was somewhat speechless at this outcome.

He had specifically arranged for Zhou Chun to hold the drawing tube and let the other clan members draw first to prevent Zhou Chun from getting the red lot first.

Even so, the red lot still ended up in Zhou Chun's hands.

This left him truly at a loss for words.

With so many clan members watching, and all of them core family members, he couldn't publicly go against his own words, even though he really didn't want Zhou Chun to participate in such a dangerous mission.

But just as he was struggling to decide and delaying the announcement, Zhou Zhengyong suddenly clenched his teeth, stood up abruptly, and said loudly, "Thirteenth brother is the hope of the younger generation of our family and is the most likely to achieve Foundation Establishment next. He should not be involved in such perilous matters!"

He then turned to Zhou Daoyi and bowed deeply, "Clan Leader, please be discerning. I am also a core family member, and I volunteer to go to Yunzhou in place of my thirteenth brother. I ask for your permission!"

"Brother Yong, you this..."

Zhou Chun's expression changed, looking at Zhou Zhengyong as if to speak.

But before he could, Zhou Daoyi's voice resounded authoritatively, interrupting him,

"Since Zhengyong you are so resolved, I shall grant your wish!"