Cultivation Begins From The Desert

Chihu Mountain, the newly built meeting hall of the Zhou family.

The new meeting hall built by the Zhou family is not much different in style from the meeting hall on Yuquan Peak, but the space inside is wider enough to accommodate thousands of people to discuss affairs in it.

At the same time, the decoration in the meeting hall is also much more exquisite. Not only are there more than 20 jade lamps made by monks of the Zhou family who refined them from light jade, but also hundreds of "pure heart futons" are placed on the ground.

This "pure heart futon" is a commonly used auxiliary magic weapon for low-level immortal cultivators to meditate daily. It is woven from "spiritual concentration grass" and has the effect of pure heart and concentration. Be able to calm down and think calmly.

But there are so many futons here today, there must be no room for them, because the people who participated in this family discussion are all the real elites of the Zhou family. Excluding those who are unable to leave due to heavy responsibilities, there are only less than forty people.

"The purpose of calling all the clansmen here today is to hold a small family meeting to discuss a few important matters."

"I also know that all the clansmen here are busy with clan affairs and time is tight, so today I won't listen to your report on those clan affairs, and I will directly explain the things to be discussed."

In the meeting hall, Zhou Yang sat cross-legged on a cold jade bed at the top, glanced at the dozens of Zhou family monks sitting cross-legged at the bottom, and opened his mouth to get straight to the point.

"The first thing, since my Zhou family has been promoted to the Zifu family, some outdated rules of the family need to be changed. Yes, I am referring to the fact that the clan members are automatically promoted to the elders of the family after they are promoted to the ninth level of Qi training. one thing!"

"The second thing is that the number of monks in my Zhou family is increasing, and there are more and more things to face. It turns out that the regulations of the General Affairs Hall in charge of the affairs of the whole family are outdated and need to be changed."

"The third thing is that as the family is getting bigger and more and more people are in the family, some bad signs have begun to show up. I called you here today, and I want you to check yourself first, and go back Afterwards, I will inquire and guide the other clansmen, and establish a Qingming family tradition of integrity, kindness, diligence, honesty and honesty for my Zhou family!"

He finished what he wanted to say one by one, and then kept silent and waited for the next monks of the Zhou family to carefully reflect on the meaning of what he said.

After waiting for nearly two quarters of an hour, he looked at everyone and said, "Now let's talk about the first thing. You know the situation of this matter. As the family conditions get better and better, the cultivation of the family monks has been promoted to practice The ninth level of qi is much easier than before, so that the family has as many as twenty-two elders at the ninth level of qi training, and it is expected that there will be a lot more in the future."

"I don't want to talk about what the ancestors thought when they formulated the system that one could be promoted to the elder of the family by practicing Qi at nine levels. I just want to tell you that if this system does not change, as the number of elders increases The more people there are, the status of the elder of the family in the hearts of the clan will definitely be lower and lower in the future, and the status in the eyes of outsiders will also be lower and lower."

"If you, as the elders of the Zhou family, can't get the respect you deserve in front of outsiders, how can you make people respect the Zhou family? Respect the Zhou family?"

Hearing what he said, the complexions of some Zhou's elders present changed slightly, and then some showed thoughtful looks on their faces, and some showed anxious and worried looks on their faces, but no one dared to immediately say something.

It can be clearly seen that those who look thoughtful are all people who have been promoted to family elders for more than ten or twenty years.

When these people were promoted to family elders, there were only a few elders in the Zhou family. They really understood the difference between the meaning represented by the family elders at that time and the meaning represented by the family elders now.

And those who showed signs of anxiety and worry were mostly those who had been promoted to family elders in the past ten years. These people were finally promoted to become family elders and enjoyed the elder benefits that they had envied before. Naturally, they were worried that Zhou Yang would propose reforms at this time Appointment rules for family elders would weaken their welfare package.

These people didn't dare to say anything, but they unanimously looked at the white-haired old woman who was sitting in the first row with many foundation-building monks.

The white-haired old woman is Zhou Yuanchun, the current elder of the Zhou family.

As the great elder of the Zhou family, and also the great-granddaughter of the old patriarch Zhou Minghan, Zhou Yuanchun is indeed qualified to sit in the same row with those foundation-establishing monks.

And after feeling the gazes of the younger generations behind him, Zhou Yuanchun, who was already 118 years old, stood up tremblingly and cupped his hands towards Zhou Yang, and said in a hoarse voice: "The reason you said, patriarch, We all know, you should just talk about your opinion directly!"

"Sixth sister, you are getting old, you should sit down and talk."

Zhou Yang glanced at the gray-haired elder sister who hadn't had a good life for two years, feeling a little complicated.

After the death of the old patriarch Zhou Minghan, most of the inheritance was given to this granddaughter, with the exception of one thing, which was the family contribution points accumulated by her.

Originally, Zhou Minghan had at least 30,000 family contribution points, but before his death, he destroyed all these family contribution points, leaving nothing behind.

Zhou Yang understood Zhou Minghan's reason for doing this very well, that is, he didn't want Zhou Yuanchun to exchange the Foundation Establishment Pill for her two low-grade spirit root sons after getting this huge contribution point.

So when Zhou Yuanchun took the magic weapon and spirit stone left by the old patriarch Zhou Minghan a few years ago, and wanted to ask him and his father Zhou Xuanhao to exchange for family contribution points, both he and Zhou Xuanhao refused.

Because of this, the relationship between Zhou Yuanchun and them suddenly changed a lot, and he felt a little bit of resentment against them in his heart.

Even so, Zhou Yang didn't think that his father and son did anything wrong.

The resources of the Zhou family were limited, and it was impossible to waste the precious Foundation Establishment Pill on Zhou Yuanchun's two mediocre sons.

In fact, as long as her two sons can show other superhuman talents outside of the spiritual root, Zhou Yang is actually willing to give her a chance.

It's a pity that her two sons don't have this kind of talent, and they are a bit spoiled and arrogant. How can Zhou Yang be willing to waste the precious Foundation Establishment Pill on such an unbearable person?

"My opinion is very simple. From now on, the family monks can only be promoted to the Supreme Elder when they reach the Zifu period, and those who succeed in foundation establishment can be promoted to become the family elders."

"Of course, monks in the foundation building period should focus on cultivation and not focus on specific family management. Therefore, the family should also select some people with excellent related abilities from among the monks on the ninth floor of Qi training, and give them the position of deacon elders. , responsible for the management of various affairs of the family.”

"The number of deacons and elders is fixed at seven, and they are divided into the elders who teach the work, the elders of the internal affairs, the elders of general affairs, the elders of finance, the elders of law enforcement, the elders of public security, and the elders of external affairs. Each elder is responsible for one aspect of family affairs management."

"Bi manages the scripture cave, detects the spiritual roots of the clansmen, and teaches the cultivation of the spiritual roots to the elders who are responsible for the practice; the elders of the internal affairs are responsible for reviewing and assessing the family's personnel promotion, counting the number of monks and mortals in the family, and the cultivation level of the monks. And the realm of cultivating immortals and hundreds of arts; the general affairs elders are responsible for processing the report applications submitted by the family monks, and are responsible for the centralized release of various family entrusted tasks and private entrusted tasks."

"The financial elders are responsible for reviewing and counting the income and expenditure of the family property, and managing and operating various family properties; the law enforcement elders are of course responsible for the implementation and supervision of family rules and family laws; the security elders are naturally responsible for maintaining law and order in the family territory, including removing monsters and arresting them. A criminal monk; the foreign affairs elder is mainly responsible for foreign exchanges and trade and the introduction of outstanding talents for the family."

"These seven deacon elders have the same status as the family foundation monks. All clan members must salute when they see the elders in public. The welfare offerings they receive each year should be increased to 300 contribution points!"

Zhou Yang looked at the Zhou family monks present, and expressed his thoughts in a deep voice that he had been thinking about for a long time.

For a while, the entire meeting hall fell silent.

"Seven, seven elders! Is this number too small? Patriarch, you want to improve the efficiency of the family's work, we all understand, but the number of seven elders is too small, right? ? In case any elder has something to retreat, or something happens, we don't even have a replacement for him!"

The one who broke the silence and said this was not Zhou Yuanchun who was asking the question just now, but Zhou Yuanpeng, Zhou Yang's younger brother.

Zhou Yuanpeng ranked tenth among his peers, and was two years younger than Zhou Yang. Based on the 120-year lifespan of a monk in the qi training period, he could live for about ten years.

Moreover, because of his meritorious service in discovering a new mortal food crop "white sand taro", he was once rewarded with special contribution points from the family, and he also has a lot of prestige among the current elders of the Zhou family.

"Of course I have thought about what you said, tenth brother, so what I want to say is that if you want to obtain generous family benefits and a superior status, you will naturally have to sacrifice."

"So once you become the elders of the family, you don't want to think about making progress on your own path. You can't do things like retreat unless you are recuperating!"

"As for the replacement person, this is related to the second thing I'm going to say next!"

Zhou Yang nodded lightly and said, his eyes swept over those Zhou parents whose expressions were changing, and then said:

"The second thing is that I want to set up seven management institutions in the family, including the Chuangong Hall, the Internal Affairs Hall, the General Affairs Hall, the Criminal Hall, the Finance Hall, the Security Hall, and the Foreign Affairs Hall. The corresponding elders will be in charge, and one or two deputy hall masters will be appointed to assist the hall master in handling the internal affairs of the hall."

"These seven churches are directly responsible to the patriarch and the elders. The quota and personnel recruitment review of each church will eventually require the patriarch's signature to confirm!"

"You people, even if you don't have the ability to become elders, you can still compete for the position of deputy hall master or deacon in the hall. As long as you can join these seven halls, you can all get a certain amount of position subsidies to ensure that even if you are over the age After 60, you can continue to receive family welfare offering points!"

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