Beast-controlling fairy clan.

Chapter 260: Rich military exploits, successor to the clan leader [Subscription required]

The statistics of the three major sects’ battle achievements are finally out!

Because many immortal cultivation families were involved, no people were sent to deliver letters to each family one by one this time. Instead, the battle statistics were announced directly in the markets in various places. Any cultivator could see the results on the huge notice board in the market.

The Zhou family had a shop in Hongyafang Market, so the shop owner immediately copied the information about the Zhou family and sent it back to the family.

In this war against the Hualong Sect, the Zhou family undoubtedly made great contributions and achieved many merits.

All their evidences that could prove their achievements were submitted and verified at the first opportunity.

When the statistical results came out at this time, they all felt extremely satisfied and happy.

According to the statistical standards of the three major sects, killing a cultivator in the early stage of foundation building and a second-level low-grade monster can obtain 200 points of military merit, which is roughly equivalent to 2,000 spirit coins.

The merit points for a cultivator in the middle stage of foundation building and a second-level medium-grade monster are 300 points, and the merit points for a cultivator in the late stage of foundation building and a second-level high-grade monster are 400 points.

A Purple Mansion early stage cultivator and a third-order low-grade monster beast can get up to one thousand points of combat merit, while a Purple Mansion middle stage cultivator and a third-order medium-grade monster beast can get up to one thousand five hundred points of combat merit.

In addition, participating in some important tasks and handing over some important materials can earn varying amounts of military merit.

So the final statistical result was that Zhou Mingde alone obtained 6,700 points of military merit.

The second person in terms of military merit was Zhou Daoyi, who obtained 4,650 points of military merit.

They were able to obtain so many military merits, and a lot of the credit should have come from reporting the news of the beast tide and the news of the disagreement among the Dragon Transformation Sect monks in the Golden Dragon branch.

The third place in military merit was naturally Zhou Chun, who obtained 3,370 military merit points.

Zhou Daoquan, who ranked fourth in military merit, also obtained 2,950 military merit points.

Zhou Chongshan, who ranked fifth in military merit, obtained 1,650 military merit points.

Zhou Jiapeng, who ranked sixth in military merit, obtained 1,450 military merit points.

Zhou Jiarui, who ranked seventh in military merit, obtained 980 military merit points.

Zhou Jiahe, who ranked eighth in military merit, obtained 570 military merit points.

The Qi-refining cultivators of the Zhou family who participated in the battle later also gained dozens of points of military merit.

As for the pensions for the fallen monks, they are distributed uniformly according to their realms, and are directly paid to their families together with the military merits they had gained during their lifetime.

The pension for a cultivator in the Qi Refining Stage is fifty points of military merit, the pension for a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage is five hundred points of military merit, and the pension for a cultivator in the Purple Mansion Stage is three thousand points of military merit.

Calculated in this way, the Zhou family received 1,350 points of military merit in compensation, plus the military merits made by those fallen monks during their lifetime, it is almost 1,500 points.

However, although the statistics of military merits have been released and the approximate value of the military merits has been announced, the rewards for the military merits have not yet been directly allocated.

According to the three major sects, the destruction of the Hualong Sect has consumed a lot of resources themselves, and they are temporarily unable to offer so many spirit coins and treasures as rewards.

Therefore, only the statistics of military achievements are announced at present, and the specific rewards will not be distributed until three to five years later.

Next, the alchemists, weapon refiners, and talisman makers of the three major sects will work at full capacity, transforming the resources obtained from the Dragon Transformation Sect and the Beast Tide into elixirs, magic weapons, and magic talismans, and then distribute these things as rewards.

But the Zhou family is quite special.

Because Zhou Mingde took the opportunity to transport the corpses and inner elixirs of several third-level monsters to express his demands to Qinglian Temple.

At this time, he was also able to use the inner elixir of the third-grade low-grade monster blue-eyed civet cat and two thousand points of combat merit that he had obtained, and successfully exchanged for the inner elixir of the third-grade medium-grade monster one-horned fire wolf that was killed by Qing Lingzi at that time.

With the help of this third-level mid-grade demon beast inner elixir with similar properties, the Fire God Jackal should be able to be promoted to a third-level mid-grade demon beast in the near future.

It's a pity that those fourth-level dragon inner cores cannot be exchanged for others, and the Zhou family cannot afford it. Otherwise, the Zhou family would probably try to sell everything they have.

In addition to the normal statistics of military merits and pensions, the three major sects also announced another thing: exchanging money.

The "Dragon Coins" issued by the Hualong Sect can be taken to the exchange offices opened by the three major sects in the market town and exchanged for spirit coins, or accumulated as military merits.

The exchange rate was much lower than Zhou Chun had expected. Ten "Dragon Coins" could only be exchanged for three "Moon Coins" circulated in Jingguo.

Some people may wonder why the three major sects want to exchange those "Dragon Coins", wasting a large amount of spirit coins and military merits in vain.

But if you understand clearly the contributions of various immortal cultivation families and individual cultivators during the war, you will not have any doubts about this.

You have to know that when they applied to join the war, the various immortal cultivation families did not receive any benefits such as a talisman or an elixir from the three major sects. They all brought their own dry food and weapons to participate in the battle.

For example, the Zhou family, in order to raise enough supplies to cope with the war, had to emptied most of Zhou Chun and others' personal pockets to raise enough supplies.

That’s why they were able to buy so much because they got the news early and paid a low price.

Although their military exploits this time were fully worth their efforts, not every family can have such gains!

At that time, the three major sects undoubtedly earned the most spiritual coins.

Since they had harvested so many spirit coins before the war, if they did not allow this exchange after the war and spit out some of the spirit coins, how could the many immortal cultivation families, whose efforts were far from matched by their gains, not be filled with resentment?

Although the three major sects are high and mighty, even if all the immortal cultivation families in the country unite, they will not be able to resist them.

But immortal cultivators are different from weak mortals after all.

When many immortal cultivation families are on the verge of bankruptcy due to war, they may take risks to vent their hatred or save their families, such as assassinating monks from the three major sects who are away, or robbing and killing monks from other families.

This will have a huge impact on the entire domestic security environment and indirectly affect the interests of the three major sects.

Not to mention that the Dragon Transformation Cult has not yet been completely eliminated, and the major families may need help in dealing with other enemies in the future.

In this case, it is very necessary to exchange and cancel the "Dragon Coins" seized from the Dragon Sect. Thanks to this exchange policy, the more than 80,000 "Dragon Coins" accumulated by the Zhou family can also be exchanged for more than 20,000 Spirit Coins.

Now that the battle merit verification has been announced, the mysterious rewards for the top 30 families in the "Hundred Clans Conference" have officially come into effect.

According to the three major sects, the Zhou family and other thirty families must establish a fixed base with a protective array and a soul-purifying array in the wilderness within the next five years, otherwise their reward will be taken back and distributed to other families.

Five years is not a short time, but it is not long either.

The Zhou family must have planned this matter early on, because the Zhou family actually wanted to establish not just one, but two strongholds.

Fortunately, the Zhou family had made plans at the beginning. The stronghold was not occupied by the Zhou family alone, but shared with some friendly families.

At this time, taking the opportunity of holding a ceremony to succeed Zhou Chun as the clan leader, they invited the leaders of the Wang family of Hongyao Valley, the Sun family of Jinfengling, the He family of Qingzhushan and other families that were on good terms with the Zhou family to come to the Zhou family to discuss the establishment of a pioneering base.

On this day, at the invitation of the Zhou family, more than a dozen immortal cultivation families in Lanzhou sent representatives to witness the succession ceremony of the new patriarch of the Zhou family.

Outside the Zhou family ancestral temple, in front of many Zhou family members and foreign cultivators who came to attend the patriarch succession ceremony today, Zhou Daoyi said in a solemn voice: "Dear Zhou family members, fellow Taoists who are watching the ceremony, please come here to witness that I, Zhou Daoyi, the patriarch of the Jiufengling Zhou family, will no longer serve as the patriarch from today onwards."

After saying this, he turned around and faced Zhou Chun who was standing beside him.

At this time, Zhou Chun knelt on one knee with his hands raised high.

Zhou Daoyi said again at this time: "Zhou Zhengchun, the deputy patriarch of the Zhou family, has a pure character, both moral and talented, and can convince others. From today on, the position of the Zhou family patriarch will be succeeded by the deputy patriarch Zhou Zhengchun."

As he spoke, he raised his hand and patted the storage bag on his waist, and handed the seal representing his identity as the clan leader to Zhou Chun.

Zhou Chun held the seal in his hand, stood up slowly, and then said in a serious voice: "Thank you all the elders and clan members for your trust. Zheng Chun will definitely do his job and fulfill his duties with all his heart, and live up to the kindness of the elders and the high expectations of the clan members."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Daoyi waved his hand and said, "Dear clan members, have you met the new clan leader yet?"

"Zhou Daoquan meets the clan leader!"

"Zhou Jiarui meets the clan leader!"

"Zhou Jiahe meets the clan leader!"

Starting with a few Zhou family elders, the Zhou family cultivators present began to bow and salute Zhou Chun one after another.

However, the moods of everyone who saluted at this time were completely different.

Elders of the Zhou family who were in the foundation-building stage, like Zhou Daoquan, Zhou Jiarui, etc., were all pleased and happy to see their junior Zhou Chun finally reach the position that everyone had expected step by step.

Elders of the Zhou family who are in the Qi Refining Stage, such as Zhou Jiacheng and Zhou Jiasheng, were filled with emotion when they saw that their junior Zhou Chun had reached this stage in just two or three decades. They were happy and admired him, but also felt sad and ashamed for themselves.

Zhou Zhengyong, Zhou Xinlan, Zhou Xindie and other fellow cultivators and juniors who were close to Zhou Chun were extremely happy and excited to see that Zhou Chun had finally taken the position of the Zhou family head, and they were happy for him from the bottom of their hearts.

Even those cultivators of the Zhou family who did not have a particularly good relationship with Zhou Chun, whether they were elders, peers, or juniors, were shocked that he became the clan leader so quickly, but no one expressed dissatisfaction or indignation.

Just as Zhou Daoyi had said before, Zhou Chun's outstanding performance over the years, both in terms of personal character and ability, had made the vast majority of Zhou family cultivators have nothing to criticize about him and had to submit to him.

At this time, after all the Zhou family members had paid their respects to the new clan leader Zhou Chun, Wang Zhixiong and others who had come to watch the ceremony also congratulated Zhou Chun.

After another lively meal, the celebration came to an end.

After the celebration was over, Zhou Chun invited Wang Zhixiong and other people who were close to the Zhou family to the reception area, and talked behind closed doors about establishing a pioneering outpost.

However, what Zhou Chun did not expect was that when he talked about cooperating to establish a pioneering outpost, Wang Zhixiong and others who had previously expressed gratitude and approval for the Zhou family's generosity, now changed their minds.

"Please forgive me, Brother Zhou. It's not that I and the Wang family don't want to get involved in this matter. It's just that the Wang family suffered heavy losses in this war and is no longer able to contribute to this matter!"

"Yes, yes, the situation of my He family is similar. This time, my He family was forced to abandon the mountain gate that had been passed down for hundreds of years. Now it will take a lot of manpower and resources to rebuild the mountain gate, and there is no extra strength to participate in the development of the wasteland!"

"My Sun family has never had many people, and we lost the clan leader and two elders in this war. We are lucky to be able to protect our family now, and we are unable to participate in the establishment of a pioneering stronghold!"

In the living room, Wang Zhixiong and others took turns complaining about the difficulties of their families, and none of them wanted to open up the wilderness again.

The reason they agreed to establish a frontier outpost together was because the family was strong and capable of investing manpower and resources in this area.

But who would have thought that after a battle to the south, their families each lost several Foundation Establishment cultivators, and dozens of Qi Refining cultivators in the beast tide.

The loss of these people has caused serious damage to their respective families, and they now have no spare energy to invest more manpower in opening up the frontier.

Zhou Chun did not expect this result.

He looked at Wang Zhixiong and others who had sad faces, and his brows also furrowed.

The Zhou family was originally short of people. If these people were unwilling to join in the establishment of the pioneering base, with the current number of members of the Zhou family, there was no way to build a pioneering base that met the requirements of the three major sects.

"In any case, fellow Taoists, please think about it. Once you miss this opportunity, it will be difficult for you to enter again in the future!"

In the end, Zhou Chun could only sigh and ask the families to think about the matter more, but he couldn't force them to join.

After seeing off Wang Zhixiong and others, Zhou Chun explained to Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi the difficulties of establishing a pioneering outpost.

"Since the Wang family is unwilling to invest manpower to do this, we can't force them. We might as well ask other families if they want to cooperate. If that doesn't work, we can find some Foundation Establishment cultivators to cooperate with. After all, we have to build a pioneering base first!"

After listening to Zhou Chun's words, Zhou Daoyi immediately gave his own opinion.

At this time, Zhou Mingde also said: "Then let's ask the Li family and the You family what they think. Although they can also build a pioneer base, given the size of their family, one pioneer base is definitely not enough!"

"I understand. I will handle this matter as soon as possible."

Zhou Chun nodded and accepted what they said.

This is the first update, there will be a second update in the evening!
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