For or against, that's not a question.

In the Zhou family, Zhou Chun's current prestige can be said to be much higher than Zhou Mingde.

Perhaps in the hearts of the older generation of monks such as Zhou Daoquan and Zhou Zhengyong, they are still full of respect for Zhou Mingde, the respected ancestor of the family, and are deeply influenced by it.

But in the hearts of those younger generations of Zhou family monks, they only recognize Zhou Chun, the patriarch, as the boss of the Zhou family!

They grew up listening to Zhou Chun's legends and deeds since they were children, and when they grew up, they also witnessed Zhou Chun, the patriarch, lead the Zhou family to become bigger and stronger step by step, until they became the first Jindan family in Yasukuni!

Yes, Yasukuni's No. 1 Jindan family!

After Zhou Mingde's success in marrying the Dan, the Zhou family, which has three Jindan monks in the family at the same time, can already be called the first Jindan family in Yasukuni according to the popular algorithm of the immortal cultivation world.

After all, apart from the Zhou family, no Jindan family can have three Jindan monks in the family at the same time!

And the importance of a Jindan period monk is incomparable to ten Purple Mansion stage monks, let alone a foundation building period monk!

Therefore, even if the Zhou family may not completely exceed some old Jindan families in terms of the number of monks in the Zifu period and the number of monks in the foundation building period, it can still be called the first Jindan family in Yasukuni.

In this case, Zhou Chun, who single-handedly brought the Zhou family to this height, can imagine how deep his prestige in the family is.

So at this time, although he said that he had opinions to mention, none of the Zhou family monks really dared to give opinions.

Everyone knows that if they really have to be consulted on this matter, then they will not directly come up with a formulated plan to inform them, but should discuss it with them first.

Now directly tell them the plan and ask them to put forward their opinions, who of them dares to put forward it?

That's not how death works!

"The juniors have no opinion, the patriarch's plan is very practical, it is very suitable for today's family, and the juniors fully agree with this plan!"

Soon, Zhou Xinyi, the trusted acting patriarch, was the first to speak out to show his approval, and his words were full of praise for Zhou Chun.

Damn, let him get the first shot, this sycophant!

Some Zhou family monks were secretly annoyed that they had been preempted, and then they also followed up and praised Zhou Chun's proposal.

Compared with the one-quarter welfare offering that was cut, they were more concerned about the opinion of Zhou Chun, the pillar of the family.

No one wants to make a bad impression in front of the pillars of the family.

After all, if they still want to open up the Purple Mansion in the future, they still have to find a way from the family side.

Of course, this result was expected by Zhou Chun, and it was not surprising.

He is a dignified Jindan monk, and sometimes there is no need to explain things to others!

Dictatorship is dictatorship!

At this time, he just nodded lightly and said: "Very good, since you all have no opinions, then follow this plan to implement it, and discuss the criteria for how to evaluate the elite clan later!" ”

Then we talked about revising the family rules.

The revision of the clan rules this time is mainly for some of the previous rules that restricted the Zhou family monks from going out on adventures, as well as the relevant restrictions on the marriage and worship of the family monks.

In the past, the Zhou family had just laid a foundation in Jiufengling, and in order not to cause disasters and trouble, and in order to prevent the loss of clansmen, some rules with strong constraints were formulated according to the times.

Now those rules are already more harmful than beneficial to the Zhou family, and it is time to revise them.

Therefore, at this family meeting, Zhou Chun, on behalf of the family, proposed the abolition and revision of these relevant rules, and discussed with other family middle and senior leaders to formulate new rules.

After some exchanges, the new clan rules were finally negotiated.

According to the new clan rules, ordinary clansmen and elite clansmen of the Zhou family no longer need to apply to the patriarch when they go out during the holiday, and only non-personal holidays that go out for more than three days need to apply for a report to the patriarch.

As for the core clansmen who have been cultivated above the foundation building period, they still have to make a special report before they can go out.

In terms of clan marriage, the family has completely liberalized the control over clan marriage, so that all clan members can freely decide their own marriage events, whether it is marrying outside or even joining another family, the family does not care.

However, it is worth noting that marriages that are not recognized by the family will no longer be entitled to the family's special dowry subsidy and bride price subsidy.

That is, in the past, it was difficult to marry other families and then get a rich dowry from the family.

After all, the Zhou family is now a Jindan family, and there is no need to pull the network through marriages between ordinary clansmen.

In terms of worshipping into the sect, except for the prohibition of worshipping into the Qinglian Temple, the Zhou family can freely choose whether to worship or not in any other sect that normally exists in the Heavenly Spirit and Earth Realm.

But if you worship the sect, don't think about the resources on the family's side, unless you can show the value worthy of the family's investment!

Of course, if it is the Moon Wheel Sect, then the family will still give some help, after all, the Zhou family is now a vassal family of the Moon Wheel Sect, even if it is a good appearance.

Finally, the subsidy measures of the Zhou family to encourage the tribesmen to have children have now been officially abolished.

Now the number of immortal cultivators in the Zhou family is enough, and the number of mortals in the family has also increased a lot in two hundred years.

Nowadays, every year, there are as many as seven or eight children with spiritual root qualifications detected from those ordinary children, and sometimes there are even as many as ten!

There is no need for a system of maternity allowances.

The revision and abolition of these rules not only gave the Zhou monks the right to choose freely in some aspects, but also saved the family's expenses in some aspects.

It can be said that it not only won the hearts and minds of the people, but also saved money.

Therefore, when these new clan rules were revised, the Zhou family monks present, especially the younger generation of monks, were very much in agreement.

After waiting for the rules to be set, Zhou Chun asked everyone to discuss the criteria for judging the elite clansmen.

According to Zhou Chun's opinion, it is best that the number of elite clansmen should not exceed one-fifth of the total number of Qi refining stage cultivators in the family, that is, more than a hundred.

This number is not small, and many Zhou family monks have the opportunity to compete.

According to the unanimous decision of the people, the dual recognition standards of the probation system and the assessment system will be implemented for the elite clansmen.

If a certain clansman has reached the late stage of Qi refining in his cultivation, his conduct and merits are well received and recognized by the elders of the family, and there are five core clansmen or an elder who are willing to recommend him to become an elite clansman, then he can become an elite clansman.

And each core clan and elder can only use the power to nominate others to become core clan members once every three years.

The assessment system is simple, and the monks of the Zhou family who feel that they are qualified to become elite clansmen can apply to the family for assessment, and the assessment is divided into actual combat assessment and skill assessment, and you can become an elite clansman through the assessment!

When the number of Elite Clans reaches the limit, other ordinary Clansmen can challenge the Elite Clansmen to claim the Elite status of the other party.

Compared with ordinary clansmen, elite clansmen enjoy the right to exchange for foundation building spiritual objects first, enjoy the right to practice a variety of precious secret arts, enjoy more holidays, and their own treatment will be higher than ordinary clansmen!

It is foreseeable that in the future, those Qi refining period cultivators of the Zhou family will have to fight for their lives in order to compete for the status of elite clansmen.

After discussing all the major matters in this way, Zhou Chun announced the adjournment of the meeting.

Subsequently, the matter of the revision of the clan rules and the rules for the arrangement of the status of the clan was soon notified to the clansmen located in various parts of the family in the form of an official announcement.

It's only been less than a month, and even the monks of the Zhou family who have ventured outside know these things as long as they are still in Yasukuni.

As Zhou Chun expected, these revised new clan rules quickly won the support of the clansmen, who praised his sage.

As for the rearrangement of the family's status later, although some monks who had originally set the status of elite clansmen secretly complained, on the surface, everyone supported this fair and just selection method.

However, the real promotion and assessment cannot be carried out yet, because it will be Zhou Mingde's Jindan ceremony soon.

As soon as the day dawned, twenty-four bells rang one after another in Tuyunling.

The monks of the Zhou family, who had already had an experience, immediately took their places after the bell rang and entertained the guests who came to congratulate them.

In just ten years, two Jindan ceremonies were held in succession, which can spoil many low-level loose cultivators in Lingzhou, Lanzhou, Yunzhou, Cangzhou and other places.

Because the reputation of the Arowana Banquet at the Jindan Grand Ceremony last time was too loud, the number of casual cultivators who came to eat and drink this time was much more than last time.

Fortunately, the Zhou family also took a long time to prepare this time, and they had made sufficient preparations for the low-level monks to eat and drink, so they didn't care about the little expenses they spent on eating and drinking.

And I don't know if it's because after Zhou Mingde married the Dan, the influence of the Zhou family has been further expanded, or because he knows that there is no need to give a generous gift this time, or because he is simply curious about him, a Jindan monk who only succeeded in marrying the Dan at the age of four hundred and fifty or sixty.

The number of Jindan monks who came to attend Zhou Mingde's Jindan ceremony this time turned out to be as many as sixteen, and several of them came uninvited!

For this situation, Zhou Chun and Zhou Mingde are both happy to see it come to fruition and welcome it.

They did not disappoint these Jindan monks who came, although the [Bibo Washing Heart Tea] could not be provided, but the meat of the colorful Arowana was still taken out to entertain these VIPs.

This Jindan ceremony lasted for a few days, and finally it was the end of the joy of the guests and hosts.

When the Jindan ceremony ended, Zhou Chun and Zhou Mingde also had an in-depth conversation in Zhou Chundong's mansion.

"The old man can succeed in marrying the Dan, this life is already considered complete, and the next personal practice of the old man is no longer important, so the old man plans to refine the art of refining weapons for the rest of his life, whether it is to leave some more magic weapons for the family as a foundation in the future, or to use the Jindan True Fire to cultivate alchemy essence, iron essence and other magic weapon materials, it can provide some help for you and other family Jindan monks in the future."

"As for family affairs, if you don't have time to worry about it in the future, the old man can also take care of it for you, so you don't need to spend any more energy on this."

"In short, even if the family can't provide any support for your cultivation path, it must not become a burden to your cultivation!"

In Zhou Chundong's mansion, Zhou Mingde stared at him with a straight face, and said what he thought after thinking about it for a long time.

As the founder of the Zhou family today, Zhou Mingde also deeply understands one thing, that is, if a family wants to grow and develop, someone must sacrifice their own path.

Because he understood this, he didn't dare to fantasize about the matter of the knot pill before, and he only thought about how to strengthen the family wholeheartedly, even if he delayed his cultivation time.

Because of this, he won the respect and respect of Zhou Daoyi, Zhou Daoquan, Zhou Chun and other descendants, and won the love of his clansmen.

But he also knew in his heart that not everyone could do this kind of sacrifice for the sake of the family's growth.

This is especially true for monks who have a long way to go and who are expected to go further.

And Zhou Chun, who was only in his early 200s and succeeded in marrying Dan, is undoubtedly the kind of monk who has a far-reaching path and is expected to impact the Yuan Infant Stage!

If he continues to distract Zhou Chun from family affairs and distract his energy to support the development of the family, although it can be of great help to the family, I believe he himself will not particularly care about this.

But when two or three hundred years passed, Zhou Chun found that because he was distracted from taking care of his family, his cultivation progress was not as expected, and he might even lose hope of impacting the Yuan Infant Period.

At that time, even if Zhou Chun has a deep affection for the family, I am afraid that he will inevitably have a kind of complaint, and even directly cut off from the family, leaving the family to concentrate on the pursuit of Yuanying Avenue!

If that really happens, the loss of the Zhou family will be much greater than the things they have obtained now.

And this kind of example has not happened unheard of in the world of cultivating immortals, and it is even somewhat common!

If Zhou Mingde didn't succeed in getting married, even if he saw this, there would be no good way.

After all, at that time, as the only Jindan period monk of the Zhou family, Zhou Chun inevitably had to devote his energy to worry about family affairs, including preaching and teaching the Dharma to the younger monks of the family and answering doubts about cultivation.

But now that he has succeeded in marrying Dan, his lifespan has been greatly extended, and he still has at least five hundred years to live.

In this way, what should have been a distraction for Zhou Chun can be completely replaced.

Anyway, in his situation, there is no possibility of getting married at all, and sacrificing some cultivation time is no problem at all.

So after thinking about it for a long time, he chose this time to talk to Zhou Chun about these things.

Zhou Chun didn't expect that Zhou Mingde said that he had something to discuss with him, and it would be this matter.

After Zhou Mingde finished speaking, he was stunned.

Then he looked at Zhou Mingde with a complicated face, his throat surged, and he didn't know what to say for a while, and his heart was very moved.

I saw that after brewing in his heart for a while, he said affectionately: "I have never felt that the family is a burden to me!" ”

"I have always been very grateful to you and your family for taking care of me and helping me when I was lowly in my cultivation, I have always liked the atmosphere of helping each other in the family, and I have always been proud to be a member of the Zhou family!"

"Although it is true that the family is no longer able to give me much support in terms of cultivation resources, the help given to me in other aspects still exists, and I have never thought about leaving the family."

He didn't say anything modestly, he said it from the heart.

Just like he said, although the Zhou family can't provide him with any cultivation resources now, he doesn't have to pay rent in the cave mansion in the family, and he can still get the high benefits paid by the Zhou family every year.

In addition, what materials he wants to collect now, what news he wants to inquire about, hundreds of monks of the entire Zhou family will serve him.

Even the food for his spirit pets is provided by the Zhou family.

These conveniences are difficult to have when a casual practitioner is having.

And if you join a certain sect, although you can also enjoy these conveniences, once you enjoy these conveniences, don't you have to help those sects do things?

In this case, it is better to stay in the Zhou family and be an ancestor!

Zhou Mingde naturally heard whether Zhou Chun's words were true or false, and nodded with a relieved face at the moment: "Yes, the old man believes that with your feelings for the family, it is impossible to do anything to break away from the family." ”

After speaking, he changed his words and said: "But between the family and the clan, it should be mutually successful. ”

"Now that you have brought the family to an unprecedented level of prosperity, and the family is now helping you less and less, whether it is for the sake of your path or for the long-term interests of the family, you should no longer spend more energy on family chores!"

His words are so straightforward, if Zhou Chun prevaricates again, he will be a little ignorant.

At that moment, he saluted him solemnly and said: "The younger generation has been taught, no matter what the younger generation achieves in the future, you will always be the most respected elder of the younger generation, and the Zhou family will always be the home of the younger generation!" ”

"Okay, well, with your words, the old man will be satisfied!"

Zhou Mingde applauded again and again, and helped him up with joy.

After determining their respective tasks in the future, in the days to come, Zhou Mingde began to worry about family affairs instead of Zhou Chun.

However, Zhou Chun still has the name of the patriarch and has not taken it off.

That is, in the third month after the end of Zhou Mingde's Jindan ceremony, Zhou Zhengyuan, the highest-ranking monk in the Zhou family's "Zheng" generation, died and became sitting.

Zhou Zhengyuan has never fought on the battlefield for his family in his life, but he has served the family alchemy all his life, and it can be regarded as a high level of hard work.

Therefore, his posthumous affairs are also the same level as Zhou Jiapeng, who passed away before, and the whole family raised filial piety for three days to commemorate the deceased family minister.

"Sixth brother is gone, among the family peers, in fact, there are only me and the thirteenth brother!"

Where the tomb of the Zhou family is located, Zhou Zhengyong and Zhou Chun stood together in front of the tomb of Zhou Zhengyuan, who had just entered the ground, and the two looked at the newly piled tomb in front of them, and their mood was a little melancholy.

I heard Zhou Zhengyong mutter: "Among so many people of the same generation, you and I are not the most qualified, but I didn't expect that now you and I have gone the farthest and lived to the end!" ”

The people of the same generation in his mouth obviously only refer to the group of people who were born before the Zhou family came to Jiufengling.

Like Zhou Zhengqing, although he is also the same generation as them, he is actually twenty or thirty years apart, and he is not their real contemporary!

And after listening to Zhou Zhengyong's words, Zhou Chun also sighed with a sigh: "Yes, who would have thought at that time that in the end, the biggest achievements among the peers would be Brother Yong, you and me!" ”

As he spoke, names and faces couldn't help but flash in Zhou Chun's mind one by one.

Zhou Zhengkang, Zhou Zhengtao, Zhou Zhengjie......

At that time, the Zhou family, these peers competed with Zhou Chun, hoping that they could get the support of the family and build a foundation for success.

In the end, Zhou Chun had the last laugh and became the one who was unanimously favored and supported by the elders.

And Zhou Chun did not live up to the expectations of those elders, and successfully brought the Zhou family to an unprecedented height, which is worthy of the efforts and expectations of those elders!

"That's different, thirteenth brother, you can form a golden pill, all of which you did by your own ability, I can live to this day, but it is because of your blessing!"

Zhou Zhengyong shook his head slightly, and said what was in his heart with a look of emotion.

He knew very well in his heart that he was not outstanding in his peers, and he was able to come to this day because he established a good friendship with Zhou Chun before he made his career and was taken care of by Zhou Chun.

Otherwise, he was afraid that he would be like those of his peers who had already passed away, and he would have died early because he could not build a successful foundation.

"Luck is also a kind of strength, Brother Yong, you can get to this day, it is enough to explain a lot of things, so why bother to be presumptuous!"

Zhou Chun shook his head slightly and comforted Zhou Zhengyong softly.

But Zhou Zhengyong's lips moved, and finally he just sighed lightly and didn't say anything more.

In this way, the two left together after paying tribute to Zhou Zhengyuan's grave together.

Just a month after Zhou Jiapeng's death, the second [Xuanxin Purple Returning Pill] that the Zhou family had exchanged at the beginning was also distributed.

Since this elixir had already been promised to Zhou Zhengqing, after the elixir was distributed, Zhou Chun personally handed it over to him.

And Zhou Zhengqing, who was already quite old, also went into retreat soon after getting the pill.

But Zhou Chun did not stay in the family and wait for the results of Zhou Zhengqing's retreat, but quietly went to the Great Zhou Kingdom after explaining to Zhou Mingde.

This time he went to the Great Zhou Kingdom, Zhou Chun was bound to find Luo Qingni to refine the [Ancient Dust Pill] and Zhuji Dan, and at the same time, he also had to urge Sun Yuanjing to speed up the collection of [Taiyi Xuanjin Qi], even if it was to add money!

In addition, he also had to buy and exchange materials for Zhou Mingde to refine his natal magic weapon, and he had to collect the few remaining materials for his natal magic weapon.

In order to achieve these goals, Zhou Chun brought all the precious spiritual objects collected by himself and the Zhou family with him this time, and also carried a large number of spirit coins.

He has made sufficient preparations, and is determined to complete the "shattered tripod recasting" and refining the natal magic weapon in the Great Zhou Kingdom in one go, and then return to Yasukuni in the strongest state to face the changes in the Qinglian Concept.

(End of chapter)