Beast-controlling fairy clan.

Chapter 257: Unprecedented Huge Harvest [Subscription Request]

The Zhou family gained a tremendous amount from this expedition against the Hualong Sect.

So much so that when the harvest was roughly counted, Zhou Chun, Zhou Mingde and the other two felt a little bit unbelievable.

To use Zhou Daoyi's words, when has the Zhou family ever been so wealthy!

Of course, in the era of the Three Absolute Sects, the Zhou family was indeed a wealthy and powerful family, a golden elixir family.

However, since arriving at Jiufengling, the Zhou family has been living a tight life. It is not an exaggeration to say that they wish they could break a spirit coin into two pieces.

When they were most short of money, they even had to change the spiritual coins that were originally distributed as welfare for the family's monks into family good deeds and distribute them to the family members.

At that time, Zhou Daoyi could never have imagined that just twenty or thirty years later, the Zhou family would be able to develop to its current level again.

At this time, after being happy for a long time looking at the statistical list, the three of them followed Zhou Chun's advice and quickly gathered all the elders of the family together to hold a family meeting to discuss the disposal of these things and also to report on the current situation of the family.

In the Zhongping Hall, Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi were sitting at the top, with Zhou Chun, Zhou Chongshan, and Zhou Daoquan sitting on their left, and Zhou Jiarui, Zhou Jiahe, Zhou Jiapeng, and Zhou Zhengyuan sitting on their right.

Zhou Mingde looked around and then spoke first.

"I have called all the elders here today because there are some things I need to let you know."

"But before we start discussing this, I have a decision to make that I would like to share with you elders."

When he said this, he suddenly looked at Zhou Chun and said, "Since Zhengchun successfully built his foundation and took over as the deputy patriarch of the Zhou family, everyone has witnessed his contributions to the family. There is no need for me to elaborate on it here."

"Therefore, after discussion between this old man and Daoyi, we decided to let him officially serve as the patriarch of our Zhou family, fully responsible for managing all members of the family and handling all family affairs."

"At the same time, after Daoyi steps down as clan leader, he will take up the position of the Grand Elder of our Zhou family."

A decision that was somewhat unexpected but also reasonable was spoken by Zhou Mingde.

It seemed that he had only discussed this decision with Zhou Daoyi, and even Zhou Chun didn't know about it.

Therefore, Zhou Chun also showed a hint of surprise at this time.

The six Zhou family elders were surprised and then smiled faintly.

The second elder Zhou Chongshan was the first to speak up: "I fully support Zhengchun being the clan leader."

"I also agree that Zhengchun should be the clan leader."

Zhou Daoquan responded immediately afterwards.

"I fully agree with the decision of the Grand Elder."

"I agree too."

"I support Zhengchun as the clan leader."

Zhou Jiarui, Zhou Jiahe, Zhou Jiapeng and others also expressed their agreement and support, and passed Zhou Mingde's decision with a unanimous vote.

Zhou Chun, who has always been relatively humble, was not humble this time.

After all the elders expressed their agreement, he stood up and bowed to Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi, saying, "Thank you for your trust and support, the two great elders. I will do my best to manage the family and make our Zhou family glorious again!"

After that, he stood up and bowed to the elders on both sides, saying: "At the same time, I also thank all the elders for their trust and support. From now on, I will be the clan leader, and I hope that all the elders can continue to support me. Believe me, I will definitely not let you down!"

Both paragraphs show his strong self-confidence, a confidence that comes from within.

At times like this, he must also be confident.

How can he succeed if everyone is optimistic about him and believes in him, but he doesn't even have confidence in himself?
"Then this matter is settled. After a while, when all the families have recovered, we will hold a celebration and invite the clan leaders of all friendly families to come and witness this event."

Zhou Mingde spoke again and confirmed the matter with one final word.

Then he glanced at the people below him and said slowly, "Now let Zhengchun tell you about the gains and losses of the family in this war."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Chun stood up again with an account book in his hand.

"Let me talk about the harvest first."

"In this war, the family's gains were huge, so huge that it was shocking!"

"According to current statistics, the family has obtained a total of five third-level magic tools in this war, including two third-level mid-grade magic tools, three third-level low-grade magic tools, and four third-level magic talismans."

"At the same time, the family has obtained a total of thirty-seven second-level magic tools, including seven second-level upper-grade magic tools, twelve second-level middle-grade magic tools, eighteen second-level lower-grade magic tools, and thirty-two second-level magic talismans."

"As for first-level magic tools, we harvested a total of 146, including 68 first-level high-quality magic tools, 78 first-level mid-quality magic tools, and 436 first-level magic talismans."

"In terms of elixirs, the family has harvested a total of 1,356 elixirs of 17 types, eight of which are suitable for Foundation Establishment cultivators."

"In terms of formations, the family gained five sets of formation tools."

"As for spiritual medicines, the family has harvested two thousand-year-old spiritual medicines this time, namely the thousand-year-old water jade Ganoderma lucidum and the thousand-year-old ground Scrophulariaceae. At the same time, there are five eight-hundred-year-old spiritual medicines, seven seven-hundred-year-old spiritual medicines, twenty-eight six-hundred-year-old spiritual medicines, thirty-nine five-hundred-year-old spiritual medicines, and sixty-eight four-hundred-year-old spiritual medicines!"

"The remaining spiritual medicines that are over 100 years old and under 400 years old, there are a total of 354!"

"As for the monster beasts, this time the family harvested nine red-eyed dragon eagles, fifteen dragon-clawed giant lizards, and thirty-three dragon-scale horses. In addition, we harvested one intermediate-level monster beast, the Blood Flame Dragon Python egg, and twenty-six low-level monster beast eggs."

"The rest of the spiritual gold ores we harvested add up to eighteen kinds, including precious items like iron essence and third-level demon pills."

"In addition, the family has obtained a total of 23 kinds of skills, 14 kinds of secret cultivation methods, five books on refining tools, three books on alchemy, six books on making talismans, two books on formations, six kinds of pill recipes, and three kinds of formation diagrams."

"In addition, the family also gained more than 37,500 spiritual coins that can be used in the Jingguo Immortal Cultivation World."

"Finally, the various types of monster materials harvested by the family this time totaled more than 3,200 pieces, and more than 2,300 monster corpses."

"And these gains are only what the family has gained now. As for the military merits of the family monks during the war, we have to wait until the three major sects have finished counting them before issuing rewards."

Zhou Chun held the account book in his hand and read out the harvest records one by one. Every time he read a paragraph, except for Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi who had read the account book beforehand, the eyes of other Zhou family elders would widen.

When he finished talking about all his gains, the Zhou family elders present had opened their eyes as wide as they could, staring at the account book in his hand with shock on their faces.

Although, several Zhou family elders who participated in the Southern Expedition knew that the Zhou family’s gains this time would not be small.

But they could never have imagined that the harvest could be so great!
They were all cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Stage. Even though they might not be very clear about the market prices, they roughly knew how much the magic weapons, talismans, and pills that Zhou Chun mentioned could be sold for.

That is definitely a number so huge that even Jindan stage cultivators would salivate over it!
"Is this all true? Is the reward really that great?"

Zhou Zhengyuan, who had always been in the family, had never participated in the Southern Expedition, nor had he been on the front line against the beast tide, murmured with shock and disbelief on his face.

He actually saw all those monsters and magical medicines.

Although with his alchemy skills, he would not be allowed to use spiritual medicines that are more than 500 years old, but he did know that the Zhou family had obtained a large number of spiritual medicines.

However, the magical instruments and other gains that Zhou Chun mentioned were something he didn't know about.

"Of course it's real. Everything in here was personally counted by me and the two great elders. There is nothing false."

Zhou Chun responded to Zhou Zhengyuan's question calmly.

Then he said, "Of course, the family's gains are indeed great, but the losses are also not small. Now let me talk about the losses."

"Before and after this war, the family lost a total of 27 monks, including 23 monks from our family and 4 monks from our relatives!"

"At the same time, the family also lost as many as 38 demon beasts and spiritual pets, including the Third Elder's Earth Armor Bear!"

"And the family also suffered huge losses in supplies this time. Most of the magic talismans and elixirs that were stored before the war were consumed. A total of 35 second-level magic talismans, more than 1,600 first-level magic talismans, and more than 500 elixirs were consumed. The mountain protection formation was also severely damaged in the war!"

"At the same time, the family spent a total of 32,000 spirit coins on providing relief to the members of the clan who died in the battle, and more than 9,600 spirit coins on recruiting independent cultivators!"

"This does not include the injured people such as the Second Elder and the Fourth Elder."

After hearing this, the smiles on the faces of the elders who were originally full of smiles faded a lot.

The victory in the war is indeed worth celebrating, and the huge gains made are also worth being happy about, but those tribesmen who died in the battle need to be remembered and mourned even more.

How could these elders still laugh when they heard Zhou Chun talking about those tribesmen who had died in the battle?

At this time, Zhou Mingde slowly said: "The dead are gone. Those clansmen who died for the family are all heroes of my Zhou family. The Zhou family will remember their sacrifices and contributions. We cannot let their sacrifices go to waste!"

"Okay, now let me personally talk about the arrangements for these harvests!"

When he said this, he scanned the faces of the elders one by one, and then said in a deep voice: "This time, the harvest was basically obtained by the high-level monks of the participating families with their own strength, so they should be given priority in distribution!"

"Therefore, I believe that based on everyone's previous performance and gains, 70% of their gains on the battlefield should be taken by themselves, and another 10% should be used to reward the monks who stayed behind in the family, and the remaining 20% ​​should be put into the family treasury!"

"Do you have any objection to this distribution method?"

Hearing his words, Zhou Jiarui and other elders looked at each other, and then Zhou Chongshan took the lead and responded: "The more capable, the more. I have no objection to the distribution method of the Supreme Elder."

"The junior has no objection either!"

"Everything is subject to the arrangements of the Supreme Elder!"

"The juniors agree with this distribution method."

The remaining Zhou family elders all spoke up in agreement, and no one had any objections.

In fact, except for Zhou Jiahe and Zhou Zhengyuan who stayed at home, the rest of the people have participated in the Southern Expedition. According to this distribution method, their gains will not be low.

Neither of these two people have big ambitions. They are quite satisfied with their current cultivation and status. Naturally, they will not go against most people on such matters.

Seeing this, Zhou Mingde nodded in satisfaction and said, "Well, since you all have no objection, after we calculate your share, we will let you choose how to settle the account based on the actual situation."

After that, he said to Zhou Chun: "Now, Zhengchun, tell everyone about the current situation of the family."

Hearing this, Zhou Chun stood up again, then held the account book and said, "The family now has a total of 177 cultivators from the family and 21 in-laws. Among them, there are 2 Purple Mansion cultivators, 7 Foundation Establishment cultivators, 33 Qi Refining Late Stage cultivators, 74 Qi Refining Middle Stage cultivators, 53 Qi Refining Early Stage cultivators, and 17 people who have not yet entered the Dao."

"In addition, the family has now adopted 26 family servants, 18 of whom have entered the early stage of Qi Refining."

Thanks to the Zhou family's policy of encouraging childbirth over the years, the number of monks in the Zhou family has increased significantly in the past decade.

If more than twenty clan members had not died in the war, the number of cultivators in the Zhou family would have exceeded two hundred by now.

But to be honest, compared with the number of middle and high-level cultivators in the Zhou family, including two Purple Mansion cultivators and seven Foundation Establishment cultivators, this number of Qi Refining cultivators is far from enough.

However, increasing the population of the clan's cultivators is not something that can be accomplished overnight, and Zhou Chun does not have any good solution for this matter. He can only wait until he takes office as the clan leader and then try to see if he can introduce birth subsidy measures to boost the Zhou family's cultivators' desire to have children.

When Zhou Mingde heard him talk about the number of monks in his family, he asked him a question.

"Although the number of monks in the family has increased over the years, it is undoubtedly lagging behind the development of the family. The shortcomings of the family's lack of manpower were fully exposed during this war. In the future, the family will need to recruit people on a large scale. Zhengchun, do you have any ideas?"

Zhou Mingde had not discussed this issue with Zhou Chun in advance, so this was a surprise attack.

Therefore, after hearing what he said, Zhou Chun was also slightly stunned.

However, Zhou Chun quickly understood what Zhou Mingde was trying to say.

Then he hesitated for a moment and said, "The increase in the number of family cultivators cannot be improved in one or two years. The growth of a generation takes at least thirty years. Even if the family now has one hundred newborns with spiritual root qualifications, it will take another thirty to fifty years for them to grow up and be used by the family!"

“Therefore, I think that if we need to employ a large number of people outside the family in the future, we can only choose to hire outsiders!”

Argentina almost broke my dream last night! Last night was so fucking exciting. First, Brazil went home, and even though Ma was the only one who could save the team, he couldn’t change their fate of going home. Later, Boss Mei made an assist and shot, but they were still tied. Fortunately, I don’t have a heart disease, otherwise I would have to take a quick-acting heart-saving pill! But staying up late is so painful. I haven’t stayed up late like this for a long, long time. I went to bed at six o’clock and got up at two o’clock in the afternoon. And it happened that there was a game with Ronaldo tonight, and I had to watch it! So this is the only chapter today, and I will try to make up for it tomorrow and the day after tomorrow! I will only watch one game today, and I won’t watch the next one!

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