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Chapter 737: Chapter 375: On the Verge of Eruption [Subscribe Please]_2 Chapter 737 -375: On the Verge of Eruption [Subscribe Please]_2 This cannot be said without sadness.
Although these people had pledged their loyalty to the Tianjing Sect for various reasons, their hearts were not entirely trusting of it, still harboring wavering and hopeful thoughts.
And as both sides completely fell out and began to cut ties and kill each other’s vassal cultivators, the previously calm southern regions of Jingguo Country suddenly started to become unstable.
Without the need for the upper echelons of the two powers to add fuel to the fire, the vassal families under them, already tainted with each other’s blood, began to actively seek out and fight their counterparts.
Especially in the land of the three states, where the Zhou Family of Lanzhou suddenly announced the various gains from looting the Jiang Family, many powerful cultivator families were eager to follow suit.
After all, the Green Lotus Temple had already hinted to them that neither Tianjing True Person nor Yu Jinghua, the Golden Core Phase cultivator of Tianjing Sect, could leave the sect’s gates.
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Even if they invaded Lingzhou to obliterate a family, the most powerful enemy they would encounter was at most in the Purple Mansion Phase.
In light of this, emulating the Zhou Family’s annihilation of the Jiang Family became a highly feasible endeavor for some of the major cultivator clans.
But just as the major cultivator clans of the three states were sharpening their blades and preparing to make a fortune in Lingzhou, the Zhou Family, which had sparked the conflict between the two major powers, made no further moves.
By this time, the Zhou Family had completed the memorial service for Zhou Zhengbo, and his tomb had been erected.
Since Zhou Zhengbo and his partner had a daughter, and since he had died in the line of duty, the Zhou Family granted an exception—providing a Foundation Establishment Pill for his daughter, which she could claim and take once she reached the twelfth level of the Qi Refinement Realm.
Furthermore, the family provided a compensation of ten thousand Spirit Coins to his partner, to manage and to use for the future cultivation expenses of the mother and daughter.
This compensation was undeniably generous.
And this level of compensation became the standard for the Zhou Family to reward the kin of cultivators who died in battle for the clan.
In the future, Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators of the Zhou Family, if they died on duty like Zhou Zhengbo, would receive compensation based on this standard, with additional consideration given for their contributions.
With such a standard in place, it’s not to say that all Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators of the Zhou Family would willingly die for the clan, but at the very least, when they faced life-and-death battles, they wouldn’t have to worry about their family being left unattended and unprotected after their demise.
“Now that Green Lotus Temple and Tianjing Sect have completely turned against each other, a major battle between them is inevitable sooner or later, and our Zhou Family will definitely not be able to stay out of it,”
“So, the following period may be our last chance to prepare!”
In the cavern dwelling, Zhou Chun and the other high-level members of the Zhou Family sat facing each other, discussing the changing situation in the southern part of Jingguo Country.
The benefits of the Zhou Family firing the first shot were clear. Under the protection of the Green Lotus Temple, they had managed to make a full and lucrative return.
Moreover, since the Zhou Family had already fired the first shot and presented their declaration of allegiance, they would not be criticized for not participating in the struggle between the vassal forces of both sides at this stage.
Therefore, at least until Green Lotus Temple and Tianjing Sect personally started fighting, the Zhou Family still had time to prepare well.
The main topic of discussion for Zhou Chun and the others today was how to make the most of this last preparation period to maximize the Zhou Family’s strength in anticipation of the impending fierce war.
Zhou Mingde spoke slowly, “Right now, Tianjing Sect only has Tianjing True Person and Yu Jinghua openly, once a full-scale war breaks out, these two will definitely be restrained by Green Lotus Temple, making them unable to extricate themselves.”
“As a result, when the time comes for the Zhou Family to join the battle, we will at most only have to face Purple Mansion Phase cultivators.”
“If we are only facing Purple Mansion Phase cultivators, we just need to diligently practice our spells and increase our own combat strength.”
The current strength of the Zhou Family, if strong, cannot be considered very strong, as they do not have a single Golden Core Phase cultivator in the open.
But to say they are weak is definitely not the case either.
Such powerful cultivator clans like the Jiang Family of Lingzhou, which had a thousand-year legacy, were extinguished just like that.
Unreservedly speaking, below Golden Core, the Zhou Family fears no power.
Even if involved in the war between the major forces, they can still serve as a solid backbone.
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So now, when discussing the impending war that could break out between the Tianjing Sect and the Green Lotus Temple at any moment, Zhou Mingde was no longer as trepidly fearful as he had been when he first engaged in the southern campaign.
His confidence was evidently much more substantial than before.
Upon hearing his words, Zhou Chun also nodded in agreement and said, “The Supreme Elder’s words are quite right, no matter when the war breaks out, focusing on improving our own combat strength is indeed the best response.”
After speaking, he added with even more conviction, “Times have changed. With Senior Lin here, no matter what we encounter, we have a stable path to retreat, and there’s no need for excessive worry.”
A family with a Golden Core Phase Cultivator and one without truly are not the same.
As long as a Golden Core Phase Cultivator remains, even if a family is forced to flee far away, it won’t be difficult to find a new place to start over.
Therefore, with Lin Hongyu backing them, Zhou Chun and the other senior members of the Zhou Family no longer reacted to every slight change in the situation of Jingguo Country like scared birds at the slightest disturbance.
If push comes to shove, they would just have Lin Hongyu reveal her presence and then move the entire family out of Jingguo Country.
“Then it’s settled. Zhengchun, you’ll make a trip to the Great Zhou Kingdom later to handle the gains we’ve obtained from the Jiang Family, and see if you can buy the Spirit Materials needed by Taoist Friend Lin to craft her Lifebound Dharma Treasure!”
Zhou Mingde looked at Zhou Chun and immediately made the arrangements.
Zhou Chun pondered for a moment over this arrangement but ultimately did not refuse.
However, before his departure for the Great Zhou Kingdom, Zhou Chun made a detour to the Dragon Abyss Marsh to seek trade with the Scale Frog Alien Clan.
Located deep in the inland, the Great Zhou Kingdom, though vast and rich in various Spiritual Objects, did not easily come by the exotic treasures from the waters of the Dragon Abyss Marsh.
Zhou Chun, having realized that these aquatic treasures sold better in the Great Zhou Kingdom, had consciously been quietly hoarding some precious ones in recent years without handing them over to the Green Lotus Temple for selection.
The Zhou Family had done such things in the past but were cautious about not being too overt for fear of angering the Green Lotus Temple.
At most, they would privately hoard certain truly precious aquatic treasures and did not dare to sell these hoardings publicly, in case the Green Lotus Temple learned of it and pursued the matter.
But now things were different. Not only had the Zhou Family reached a new private agreement with the Scale Frog Alien Clan to significantly increase future trade volumes, but they had also found a sales channel in the Great Zhou Kingdom.
Given the vast distance between the Great Zhou and Jingguo countries, unless the Zhou Family made it too obvious, it would be very difficult for the Green Lotus Temple to learn of this.
Ideally, Lin Hongyu, being a Golden Core Phase Cultivator, would have been the best candidate for selling the aquatic treasures in the Great Zhou Kingdom.
Not only could she get better prices, but even if the Green Lotus Temple found out, her Golden Core Phase power would make it difficult to link the matter back to the Zhou Family.
However, with a great war possibly imminent in Jingguo Country, Lin Hongyu could not leave easily.
This time, Zhou Chun brought with him numerous Elixirs and Spells obtained from raiding the Jiang Family, and with these two types of treasures that are rare for the Scale Frog Alien Clan, he successfully exchanged for many of their hoarded aquatic treasures.
After returning from the Dragon Abyss Marsh, Zhou Chun did not go back to his family but directly and quietly headed north to the Great Zhou Kingdom.
Since the Silver Lightning Python Baibai was still in a weakened state following the Ancestral Resurrection, Zhou Chun had to ride the Golden Winged Tiger and utilize his own Mana for the journey.
Even so, his speed was still much faster than Zhou Daoyi’s.
After all, he didn’t need to seek out gathering spots for Cultivators to meditate and restore Mana, saving much time in this regard.
Twenty-one days after departing from Lanzhou, he smoothly arrived in the Great Zhou Kingdom.
Once inside the borders of the Great Zhou Kingdom, Zhou Chun didn’t go to the Xiandu Marketplace he had visited before but instead discerned the direction to another marketplace with an even greater level of prosperity than Xiandu Marketplace.
To call it a marketplace was not particularly accurate; it was more appropriate to call it a city, a city dedicated to Cultivators!
That was the “Tianyuan Immortal City” located in the northwest of the Great Zhou Kingdom.
