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Shortly after the Jiang Family was annihilated, he learned about it through a Purple Mansion Cultivator from the He Family who had escaped.
When he learned of the details from the Purple Mansion Cultivator of the He Family, he too was greatly surprised.
“Well done, Zhou Mingde. I didn’t expect that in just a hundred years, the Zhou Family would have gained such strength. I really underestimated them before!”
He muttered to himself, his expression rather ugly.
It was obvious that the more the Zhou Family prospered under the leadership of Zhou Mingde, the more shortsighted he appeared.
He was even clearer in his mind that, given the chance, the Zhou Family would spare no effort to take revenge on him.
So now that he knew the Zhou Family had easily wiped out the Jiang Family and those he had sent to rescue them, there was no way he could feel good about it.
“Hmph, what does it matter if the Zhou Family has become stronger? Without reaching the Golden Core, they are still mere ants. Why should I worry about the revenge of these ants!”
He bolstered his own spirits, his gaze becoming firmer.
As a Golden Core Stage Cultivator, his state of mind and cultivation level were naturally not poor.
He had no regrets about the things he had done.
While the Zhou Family continued to thrive and develop, the threat they could pose to him was still far off.
If the Zhou Family really dared to take revenge on him, he definitely would not show the slightest mercy!
“The Zhou Family is not to be feared. The only concern is the Green Lotus Temple!”
“I want to see what other moves they have up their sleeves next!”
Yu Jinghua spoke to himself, his gaze involuntarily drifting toward the direction of the two Golden Core Stage Cultivators from the Green Lotus Temple outside the mountain gate.
He was well aware that the Zhou Family’s extermination of the Jiang Family was just a probe by the Green Lotus Temple.
The Green Lotus Temple would certainly have more tactics to deploy next.
His true opponent would only be the Green Lotus Temple, and not a small Zhou Family.
Putting aside how Yu Jinghua reacted after learning about the demise of the Jiang Family, let’s say that after the Zhou Family members returned home, they began to happily tally up their spoils.
First, they planted all the Spirit Fruit Trees and Spirit Tea Trees that had been moved from the Jiang Family, and then they placed the Five-Colored Pheasants and other Demon Beasts into the enclosed Beast Garden.
Afterward, Zhou Chun gathered more than a dozen clan members to help tally the Storage Pouches plundered from the corpses of the Jiang Family Cultivators, as well as the various Spiritual Objects scoured from the Jiang Family’s treasure vault.
With the detailed examination of over twenty Zhou Family Cultivators, the spoils brought back from the Jiang Family were quickly organized into a list and handed to Zhou Chun.
And when Zhou Chun finished reading the information recorded on the list in his hands, even with his temperament and experience, he couldn’t help but reveal a genuinely joyful smile.
They had struck it rich!
This was Zhou Chun’s most sincere feeling at the moment.
The Jiang Family, a Cultivation clan with a thousand years of inheritance, was incredibly wealthy, far beyond what an ordinary family could compare to.
According to the statistics, the Western Expedition War alone netted them more than 127,000 Spirit Coins in solid assets!
Furthermore, they acquired over eight hundred Magic Artifacts, with more than twenty of them being second-order and six being third-order.
In addition, the Jiang Family was known for passing down Elixirs, and the Zhou Family acquired a substantial number of Elixirs this time—twenty-seven different kinds, totaling over six thousand five hundred.
There were also gains in the form of Talismans, Formations, and other similar items.
At the same time, they found thousands of Spiritual Medicines in the Jiang Family, including over fifty that were more than five hundred years old and over three hundred that were more than a hundred years old.
Finally, the thousands of volumes of books from the Jiang Family’s Book Collection Tower were all moved to the Zhou Family, which included not just numerous Cultivation Techniques and secret techniques, but also many experiences and insights of the Jiang Family ancestors in Alchemy and Talisman Making, as well as various miscellaneous writings and notes.
Such staggering spoils were a first since the Zhou Family took root at Jiufeng Ridge.
The key point was that in obliterating the Jiang Family, not a single Zhou Family member had perished; all the gains were pure profit.
This was truly astonishing!
They had achieved maximum gain at the minimum cost.
In this battle of eradication, the Zhou Family had truly made a fortune.
The Jiang Family truly lives up to its reputation as a millennium-old cultivation powerhouse, with a foundation that’s simply incomparable to ordinary families. What a pity that we’re the ones benefiting now!”
Zhou Chun flicked the sheet filled with text in his hand, speaking with a full-faced smile.
Just now, as he read the information on the sheet, the others had looked as well.
Hearing this, Zhou Mingde also couldn’t help but laugh heartily, “Isn’t that so? With this windfall, our family needn’t worry about money for the next ten years or so.”
Following that, Zhou Daoyi said with a smile, “Now we just hope that Zhengbo encounters no trouble. As long as he can return safely, our Zhou Family will be the grand victors of this episode!”
“Indeed, let’s pray that good fortune favors the brave!”
Zhou Chun’s smile slightly diminished as he grew concerned for the safety of that particular clan member.
While they were able to eradicate the Jiang Family, and these individuals had contributed greatly, they shouldn’t forget Zhou Zhengbo’s merits.
However, what they didn’t expect was that Zhou Zhengqing, who quickly went to investigate Zhou Zhengbo’s situation, soon sent back dire news through hawk messenger.
Zhou Zhengbo had fallen!
According to Zhou Zhengqing’s investigation, not long after Zhou Zhengbo had fled into the marketplace, he was discovered by Jiang Chuanxiong, the Foundation Establishment Cultivator from the Jiang Family.
The latter then conspired with the marketplace enforcement team, attempting to capture Zhou Zhengbo on the charge of indiscriminate killing.
In the ensuing confrontation, Zhou Zhengbo was outmatched and slain on the spot by his adversaries.
All of this was witnessed by cultivators from the Zhou Family’s intelligence outpost!
“The scoundrel deserves death!”
Zhou Mingde’s eyes blazed with fury as he slammed the table and shouted.
He was indeed extremely angry, because this was the first time since the Zhou Family had taken root in Jiufeng Ridge that a Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator had been killed by another party while abroad.
Such an outcome, even with the Jiang Family destroyed, was not enough to quell his anger.
“He truly deserved to die!”
Zhou Chun’s face was covered with frost as he spoke in an icy tone, “To kill an elder of our Zhou Family in broad daylight within the marketplace, not only does Jiang Chuanxiong deserve death, but the Tianjing Sect must also give my Zhou Family an explanation and account for this!”
After finishing, he immediately decided, “I will go pay my respects to Temple Master Qingwei. We cannot let this incident slide!”
“I shall accompany you, Zhengchun!”
Zhou Mingde said, and then he and Zhou Chun hurried to the gates of Green Lotus Temple.
Their actions were not an overreaction, they were necessary.
If Zhou Zhengbo had simply been killed by a cultivator from the Jiang Family while abroad, then eliminating the Jiang Family would indeed have been seen as adequate vengeance, providing a satisfactory explanation to their clan members.
However, Zhou Zhengbo’s demise occurred within the marketplace!
The marketplace has always been one of the safest places in the Cultivation World.
Ordinarily, as long as one is not wanted by the marketplace’s administration, and does not violate the marketplace’s prohibitions, even if there exists a personal grievance with a high-ranking individual of the marketplace’s administration, one’s personal safety within the marketplace should be guaranteed.
But Zhou Zhengbo had been killed after entering the marketplace!
This made matters grave.
If the Zhou Family did not take this opportunity to press the issue, Zhou Zhengbo’s death would indeed be in vain.
Therefore, upon learning of the incident, Zhou Chun and Zhou Mingde, while shocked and enraged, also quickly conceived of a strategy.
Both men were keen-minded and understood very well that the Green Lotus Temple was currently looking for ways to trouble the Tianjing Sect and to stand on the moral high ground to move against the Tianjing Sect.
Zhou Zhengbo’s murder within the marketplace was undoubtedly an excellent breakthrough.
The Zhou Family certainly couldn’t demand an explanation and account from the Tianjing Sect, but the Green Lotus Temple had the power to do so.
Indeed, when Zhou Chun and Zhou Mingde arrived at the gates of Green Lotus Temple and met with Master Qingwei,
facing this perfect opportunity handed to them, Master Qingwei immediately replied with a serious expression, “Two fellow Daoists, rest assured. Since the Zhou Family looks to the Green Lotus Temple as its leader, we naturally cannot shirk our duty to take a stand for the Zhou Family. I will write a letter to Fellow Daoist Yu, asking him to hand over the murderer and the accomplices to deliver justice to the Zhou Family!”
After destroying the Jiang Family, the Tianjing Sect had remained inactive, and he was worried about not having a better excuse to escalate the situation.
Now, with this perfect pretext, he didn’t care whether the Zhou Family wished to use the Green Lotus Temple to seek private revenge under the guise of public justice; he only sought to further damage the reputation and strength of the Tianjing Sect.
