After returning from the ancestor of the Su family, Zhou Chun visited a number of immortal cultivators in Lanzhou, Yunzhou, and Lianzhou from door to door according to his instructions.

With the reputation of the Zhou family today, these immortal cultivators may not happily agree to his invitation, but they will definitely not turn him away.

Originally, Zhou Chun also wanted to invite the pill Li family and the formation You family to come in.

But after the guidance of the ancestor of the Su family, he immediately dispelled this idea.

The reason why the three families were separated in the first place was because Qinglian Guan did not allow a force with three Jindan period monks to appear under its command.

Now, if the Li family and the You family are invited over again, it is difficult to guarantee that it will not arouse the suspicion of Qinglian Guan, but it is not good.

And things were just like what Zhou Chun thought in his heart, in the face of his invitation to visit, few immortal cultivators agreed on the spot.

Those with a better attitude also said that they would discuss with the high-level members of the clan before making a decision.

Those with a poor attitude directly rejected them for various reasons.

Seeing this situation, Zhou Chun was not discouraged, but just returned to the family to sort out the results of this trip, listed the families that he felt might be invited, and then studied and persuaded them.

In the following year, Zhou Chun focused on planning the joint fighting competition in addition to the various things that he was busy with.

After a year of hard work, this matter has finally made good progress.

"Fragrant musk, dragon scale horse cubs, blue lotus fruit, water beads...... Zhengchun, you are really willing to spend the money! ”

In the cave, Zhou Mingde looked at the list of prizes for the joint fighting martial arts competition handed over by Zhou Chun, and was also slightly surprised.

The prizes on this list can be said to be the rarest spiritual objects of the Zhou family, and they are rarely sold in normal times.

Especially the fragrant spirit musk, this thing has been hoarded by the Zhou family, and it is only ready to be exchanged for some precious spiritual objects in the future.

This time, Zhou Chun actually wanted to come out with three taels as the first prize of the event, which was really a bloody investment.

"There's no way, I can't help the wolf with my child, if I don't take out these extremely attractive things as prizes, how can other families be willing to send outstanding children of the family to participate in the fighting competition."

Zhou Chun spread his hands, and said the reason a little helplessly.

Most immortal cultivators have the character of not being profitable and can't afford to do it early, and no one wants to waste time doing things that are not beneficial.

It seems that the Zhou family wants to hold a joint fighting competition, in the eyes of the people in power of other families, it is nothing more than that the Zhou family wants to take this opportunity to show their influence and make their family a green leaf that sets off the Zhou family.

They didn't have a relationship with the Zhou family itself, so naturally they didn't want to be this green leaf willingly.

Therefore, at the beginning, Zhou Chun's lobbying of these families was not very smooth.

But then a conversation with a certain family patriarch made him suddenly realize where he should work to succeed.

So there is now a list of prizes in Zhou Mingde's hands.

At this time, after explaining the reason to Zhou Mingde, Zhou Chun also said by the way: "And with these things as a reward, the juniors of the family will also pay more attention to this martial arts competition, I think they definitely don't want to see their treasures being trampled on by others and taken away by themselves!" ”

"I hope it can really be as you said, if it can really be used to motivate those juniors, these things will not be in vain!"

Zhou Mingde sighed lightly, but still agreed with Zhou Chun's list of prizes.

"Definitely!"

Zhou Chun replied confidently, even if he retreated, he was busy.

Sure enough, when he went to lobby again with this list of prizes full of sincerity, things went much smoother than before.

Many families who have been tempted have begun to be willing to discuss the rules of the fighting competition with him.

In this way, after half a year of busy work, Zhou Chun finally finalized the matter of the joint fighting competition.

Under his repeated lobbying, excluding the Zhou family and the Su family, the number of immortal cultivation families willing to participate in this joint martial arts competition reached sixteen, of which there were six immortal cultivation families with Purple Mansion period monks in charge, and ten of the remaining large and small families.

Among these sixteen families, four families, such as the Wang family of Hongyao Valley and the Sun family of Jinfengling, were all families that had a good relationship with the Zhou family in the past.

The rest of the families are families that have established friendships with the Zhou family over the years.

And unlike the rules of the five major families' joint martial arts competition, the rules of this martial arts competition are much simpler.

According to the rules, the Zhou family, as the host, will send thirty clansmen to defend the battle, and the other families will act as the attacking party.

There is no limit to the number of attackers, but the battles will be one-on-one.

The more Zhou family monks the attacking side defeats in this kind of battle, the higher the points, but after the same Zhou family monk is defeated by multiple monks of the same family, he will not score repeatedly.

In other words, even if a certain family defeated all the Zhou family's guardian monks, they could only get a maximum of thirty points.

Finally, according to the number of scores of each family, the ranking of this joint fighting competition will be arranged, and relevant prizes will be distributed.

It is worth mentioning that only when the points reach more than twenty-five points can they get the first prize that the Zhou family is really prepared for, and even if it is the final ranking, they will also receive a consolation prize that makes their trip worthwhile.

In this way, after the rules of the joint martial arts competition were finalized, the specific time was quickly set, just a month later.

And in this month's time, the Zhou family will also hold a fighting competition, and select thirty monks to defend the ring.

As Zhou Chun expected, when the joint fighting competition was officially announced, it immediately caused a strong reaction within the Zhou family.

Among them, the younger generation of monks in the family, who are not yet thirty years old, are the most enthusiastic and eager.

When they really started to step into the Immortal Cultivation Realm, it was already after the Great War with the Dragon Transformation Sect, so they had never participated in this kind of activity, nor had they fought for the honor of their family on the battlefield.

This makes many of them often regret when they listen to the elders of the family talk about the past, and they want to be born twenty or thirty years early.

Now led by the Zhou family, the news that more than a dozen immortal cultivation families will jointly hold a fighting martial arts competition will come out, which undoubtedly makes them see the hope of becoming famous.

If he can represent the Zhou family, he can block more than a dozen cultivators of the same level of the immortal family alone, and prevent them from taking away the treasures belonging to the Zhou family.

Then they will definitely become famous figures in the Zhou family, and it will not be difficult to build a foundation in the future.

After all, the proclamation said that as long as they defeated an attacking opponent, they could receive rewards for their good deeds according to the opponent's specific cultivation, while if they failed to defend the battle, only half of their good deeds would be deducted.

According to the calculation of a ninth-level cultivator's reward of fifty points of good deeds in the Qi refining period, as long as he defeats a hundred opponents with such cultivation, and he is undefeated, he will be able to make up five thousand points of good deeds of the family.

With such a reward, not to mention these young monks whose hearts are not very mature, even those Zhou family monks who are fifty or sixty years old are also fiercely moved.

You must know that this time, the Zhou family is the defending side, and the age of the monk can be relaxed to seventy years old, while the attacking side is sixty years old.

"With me Zhou Xinlan here, no one wants to get benefits from my Zhou family in this martial arts competition!"

On a certain mountain peak, a sturdy young man with a sturdy body and a dark face looked up at the sky and made a bold statement, and beside him stood a golden retriever red-tailed giant monkey that was taller than him.

And above the Xuanfeng of the Zhou Family Array, a blue-clothed woman in a blue dress fluttering her beautiful eyes blinked at this moment, and whispered to herself: "It's been more than 20 years, whether there is still a chance to build a foundation in this life, it depends on this time, Zhou Xindie, Zhou Xindie, you must seize this opportunity, and you must let the patriarch see your ability!" ”

Soon, the fighting competition held within the Zhou family was launched first.

This martial arts competition was personally presided over by Zhou Chun, and all Zhou family monks of the appropriate age who had cultivated in the middle stage of qi refining and above could sign up to participate.

The reason why the registration requirements are so low is also because among the thirty guardian cultivators, ten mid-stage qi refining cultivators need to be arranged.

The main reason for this is to take care of those weaker families, lest the contestants sent by their families will not be able to win even one game.

Because of the lowering of the registration threshold, a total of 124 Zhou family monks participated in the registration.

To be honest, before this martial arts competition really started, Zhou Chun didn't know the specific strength of those family cultivators.

After all, the Zhou family hadn't held this kind of event for many years, and the strength of the Qi Refining Stage cultivators would vary every few years.

Therefore, after actually presiding over this intra-family martial arts competition, he was also quite impressed by some of the outstanding clansmen.

In Zhou Chun's opinion, there may not be anyone among these clansmen who can be as powerful as when he was in the Qi Refining Period, but he is definitely much stronger than those of the Zhou family who participated in the joint fighting competition of the five major immortal cultivation families at that time.

This shows that the Zhou family is still very qualified in terms of talent training over the years.

This result also made Zhou Chun personally feel very satisfied and gratified.

Now he looks at these rising stars of the family, just like the kind of old farmer who looks at the crops that are growing well in the field, and his heart is full of anticipation for the future harvest.

It took three days, and after many fierce battles, the thirty monks who represented the Zhou family were finally selected.

Most of them are young and middle-aged people under the age of 50, and only four are over the age of 60.

After these people were selected, they were immediately gathered together to listen to the admonition of the patriarch Zhou Chun.

"In the past three days, your performance has been seen in my eyes, and there is no doubt that you can stand here now, which proves that you are the outstanding among all the monks of the same realm in my Zhou family, and you are the real elite clan of my Zhou family!"

"As the patriarch of the Zhou family, I am indeed very pleased to see that the Zhou family has a group of outstanding clansmen like you."

On the square in front of the Zhongping Palace, Zhou Chun looked at the thirty clansmen gathered here, and first praised him without hesitation.

When those clansmen were happy and enjoyed his praise, he changed his words again and continued: "However, the previous competition was only an internal competition between my Zhou family and my own closed door, and your excellence is only compared to other monks of my Zhou family. ”

"In the end, whether you are really good or not, whether you can really make my Zhou family have a bright face, whether you can let this seat take a look, and you have to withstand the verification of outsiders!"

"This joint martial arts competition of the eighteen immortal cultivation families is the most powerful event that our Zhou family has hosted alone since they came to Yasukuni, and its importance is no less than that of another Purple Mansion monk in the family!"

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"You and others are the best clansmen of my Zhou family at present, whether this joint fighting competition can be held successfully, whether other families can truly see the strength of my Zhou family, recognize the strength of my Zhou family, and accept the fact that my Zhou family is respected, it all depends on the performance of your family!"

Speaking of this, Zhou Chun's tone was stunned, and he suddenly looked at the people of the clan with deep eyes and shouted: "Answer this seat now, can you live up to the high expectations of this seat and the family?" ”

"The younger generation will definitely be able to!"

"The younger generation must live up to the high expectations of the patriarch!"

One by one, the monks of the Zhou family replied loudly, and many people suddenly had blood and qi surging, and their faces turned red.

"Okay, this seat remembers your words today, and it will be up to you to behave!"

Zhou Chun nodded lightly, looked at everyone with encouragement in his eyes, and ended his speech.

He said everything that should be said, and then he just needs to see the performance of these clansmen.

If these clansmen perform very well, they will naturally be able to greatly increase the face of the Zhou family and greatly enhance the family's reputation and morale.

If these clansmen are defeated and taught a lesson, it can also wear away the arrogance in their hearts and play a polishing role.

In any case, the prizes that the Zhou family took out would not be wasted.

A month passed quickly.

When it was close to the agreed date, those families who had agreed to participate in this joint martial arts competition also rushed to Jiufengling one after another.

Most of the eighteen immortal cultivation families this time are still local families in Lanzhou, and there are only four families from other places, not counting the Su family in Jiangzhou.

However, although there are only four foreign families, all of them are immortal cultivators with Purple Mansion period monks in charge.

They are the Lianzhou Yu family, the Lianzhou Xie family, the Yunzhou Wen family, and the Yunzhou Li family.

Here, plus the Wang family of the Red Medicine Valley and the Qin family, another immortal cultivator clan in Lanzhou, there are just six immortal cultivators.

And because it was just a martial arts competition in which the juniors of the Qi refining period participated, several Purple Mansion Stage cultivators of the Immortal Cultivation Clan did not lead the team to come, and only let the patriarch and the Zhuji elders bring people to participate.

On the last day of the assembly, all the personnel of the various immortal cultivation families had arrived, and the total number of people exceeded two hundred!

Seeing this situation, the monks of the Zhou family, who participated in the defense on behalf of the Zhou family, were originally full of confidence, but they were also suddenly shaken.

Facing an opponent who is eight or nine times their own, can they really hold on?