Cultivating Immortals in the Family: Rising from Beast Familiarity

Chapter 68 The difference between immortals and mortals, unexpected discovery

Jiufeng Ridge.

When Zhou Chun was assigned by the shopkeeper Zhou Jiasheng to represent the Spiritual Beast House and returned to the Zhou family for the funeral, he saw that all the Zhou family monks in the family had their heads wrapped in white cloth, and the whole family mourned the death of the great elder Zhou Mingshan.

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

In total, it has been five or six years since the Zhou family took root in Jiufeng Ridge, but this is the first time that a monk like Zhou Mingshan has passed away.

How this funeral process should be carried out also needs to be discussed and formulated by Zhou Daoyi, the clan leader, and the elders.

After final discussion, it was decided that based on Zhou Mingshan’s status as an elder, the mourning period would be set at nine days.

During these nine days, in addition to unshirkable tasks such as guarding the Jingling Pavilion, all Zhou family monks in the family mountain gate must chant sutras and chant mantras for the elder Zhou Mingshan outside the ancestral temple on the pagoda peak to save the deceased.

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During these nine days, the other four major cultivating families who had received news of the funeral, as well as some other forces in Lanzhou, each sent people to pay their respects.

Some casual cultivators who live and practice near the Zhou family in Jiufengling will also stop by to worship when they come to the Zhou family to practice.

After nine days of such grand arrangements, Zhou Mingshan's body was sent to the tomb of the Houshan clan at Pagoda Peak for burial.

When the body is buried, the funeral service 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 in private with the clan leader Zhou Daoyi.

He also came with a mission this time, which was to ask if the clan could still supply various Zhou family's unique elixirs to the Spirit Beast Studio on a stable basis.

"Don't worry Jiasheng about this. Before the Great Elder passed away, he had already reserved enough pills for the family to refining for several years. In the future, the store's supply will indeed be reduced, but it won't be reduced too much!

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When Zhou Daoyi said this, he asked with concern: "Is the number of customers in the store still declining? Or is there something new in the Spirit Beast Pavilion?"

"Clan Chief Mingjian, the number of guests is indeed continuing to decline. The Spirit Beast Pavilion has not come up with any new tricks for the time being. They are probably just watching our jokes!"

Zhou Chun also had a bitter look on his face when he said this.

Seeing this, Zhou Daoyi couldn't help but sigh and said: "Hey, there is nothing we can do about this. You all should be more open-minded. Now that the family is supported by the income from the Chiyao Iron Mine, it can still last for a few years!

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Hearing Zhou Daoyi say this, Zhou Chun felt a little better.

Now he and Zhou Jiasheng are afraid that the family will not understand them and think that it is their incompetence that has caused the store's revenue to plummet, which really makes them unable to defend themselves.

At that moment, he saluted with gratitude and said, "Thank you, patriarch, for your understanding. I will truthfully convey your words to Uncle Sixteen after I return."

After that, he talked about another thing.

"Clan leader Mingjian, I received a strange fish corpse from a casual cultivator a few days ago. I have never seen this strange fish after reading through the monster atlas collected by the Zhou family, and I don't know what the materials on it are used for. Therefore,

I would like to ask the clan leader to identify it and see if this fish has any special value."

While saying this, Zhou Chun also reached out and 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 keep it fresh, the strange fish carcasses in the wooden box still maintained a good level of freshness, which was not much different from the condition when he acquired it.

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

After looking at it carefully, he nodded slightly to Zhou Chun and said: "It is indeed a new type of monster that has never been recorded in the family. Please tell me in detail about this monster!"

"yes."

Zhou Chun responded and immediately repeated what Sanshu Luo Guangshun said at that time.

"As the casual cultivator said, this kind of strange fish should be a gregarious type of monster that lives underwater. This shows that their reproductive ability is definitely not bad."

"If it doesn't have high requirements for the habitat and food, even if it has no other use, you can capture some and keep them in the rivers and ponds inside and outside the family gate as food reserves for other carnivorous monsters!"

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

Social monsters have always been the most valued monsters of beast-controlling families like the Zhou family.

Because the gregarious monsters breed easily, they can often help the family avoid the embarrassing situation where the family monks do not have a monster contract.

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

Monsters such as red-tailed monkeys and green-crested flying snakes are better off. They either eat fruits and plants, or their appetites are very small.

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

Moreover, this kind of monster is picky about food and generally only eats live animals and fresh meat. It is really difficult to breed them on a large scale.

Therefore, the Zhou family now does not dare to go out to arrest such monsters and raise them.

If the strange fish brought by Zhou Chun do not have high requirements for the water environment and food, then it would not be a bad idea to tame them as a high-level monster food.

"Junior understands this matter. I will try to contact the casual cultivator later on to see if I can learn from him the nest of this strange fish!"

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

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

Since he went to Fangshi, he has rarely had time to visit his parents, brothers and sisters.

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

It's a pity that he is still a mortal without spiritual root qualifications!

"Son, if you can remember us, just come over and visit us once in a while. But don't waste your own practice because of this."

"We have our family taking care of us, and your brothers and sisters are taking care of us. Everything is fine!"

In the dining room of the Zhou family, after Zhou Chun's family had a reunion dinner around the 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 more intelligent among Zhou Chun's brothers and sisters quickly responded: "Yes, yes, dad is right, third brother, you are the only one in our family for several generations."

Immortal cultivators must not neglect their cultivation because of ordinary people like us. You can rest assured that your parents will be taken care of by us."

Then the eldest sister also hurriedly expressed her position and said: "Second brother is right. Third brother, your own practice is the most important. We can take care of your parents, but we don't dare to delay your practice because of these things."

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

Immediately, they also said similar words one after another.

When Zhou Chun saw this scene, his mood suddenly became very complicated.

In fact, it's not that he has a deep relationship with these family members, it's just that he often finds time to visit these family members out of a guilty conscience and a compensatory mentality.

Unexpectedly, his enthusiastic performance now caused misunderstanding among these family members.

This really made him not know what to say.

However, he did find that when he was the only immortal cultivator in the family, it was indeed a bit strange for the family to get along.

Father Zhou and Mother Zhou were fine, but the brothers, sisters, their spouses and children were all very cautious, and it would be an understatement to say they were cautious.

If he doesn't talk to them, he won't dare to talk to himself, even if he is actually smiling all the time.

It seems that he, Zhou Chun, is not their brother, but a superior leader who can decide their future life or death with one word.

This feeling that leaders and subordinates get along the same way not only did not make Zhou Chun, the "leader", feel happy, but instead made him feel very awkward and uncomfortable.

At this moment, Zhou Chun was silent for a while as he looked at several brothers and sisters who were actively trying to please him.

Then he didn't say anything more, just nodded slightly and said: "Fathers and mothers, don't worry, the child knows everything in his heart and will not slack off in his practice."

After that, he said to several brothers and sisters: "From now on, parents will trouble the eldest sister, second brother, fourth sister, and fifth brother. You guys should be more attentive. If you encounter any difficulties or lack something, you must be there in time."

Send me a subpoena and explain, and I will try my best to help you solve it."

After hearing his words, Zhou's father, Zhou's mother, and several brothers and sisters all showed happy smiles.

Next, Zhou Chun, who originally wanted to stay with the family for two days, had no choice but to return to Fangshi in advance.

After returning to Fangshi, Zhou Chun conveyed the instructions from the patriarch Zhou Daoyi to the shopkeeper Zhou Jiasheng, which made the shopkeeper, who had been in a bad mood recently, relax a little and look much better.

Without the pressure from the family and making sure that the store's supply will not be reduced much, he, the shopkeeper, will indeed be less stressed.

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

On this day, Zhou Chun was thinking about the strange fish discovered by Luo Guangshun, so he took a leave to find Liu Qingshan and asked him if there was any way to find him.

But since Liu Qingshan was banned from Fangshi, he had less contact with these friends and could not provide much help to Zhou Chun.

And just as Zhou Chun was returning to the shop and passing by the Spirit Beast Pavilion, he suddenly focused his eyes and saw a familiar monk coming out of the Spirit Beast Pavilion.

Why did he go to Spirit Beast Pavilion?

Behind a big tree, Zhou Chun looked at the back of the monk who quickly left after coming out of the Spirit Beast Pavilion, his eyes full of surprise.

(End of chapter)