Clan Cultivation: Starting from Beast Taming
Chapter 1179 - 506: Zhou Mingde Forms a Core [Subscribe Requested]

Chapter 1179: Chapter 506: Zhou Mingde Forms a Core [Subscribe Requested]

Zhou Jiapeng’s sitting and transforming marks the end of yet another generation within the Zhou Family.

Considering the merits he contributed to the family during his lifetime, Zhou Chun, the Clan Leader with Golden Core stage cultivation, personally presided over the ceremony, reading the eulogy aloud. He also decreed that all family cultivators wear mourning attire for three days to honor the elder.

As for Zhou Jiapeng’s descendants, Zhou Chun did not give them any special privileges or preferential treatment.

As Clan Leader, Zhou Chun maintains fairness in these matters; otherwise, with the current scale of Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Zhou Family, how could he possibly take care of everyone in the future?

Furthermore, Zhou Jiapeng, as a Late Foundation Establishment cultivator, had participated in numerous wars over the years. The wealth he accumulated for himself was no less than that of a typical Purple Mansion Phase loose cultivator.

The wealth he left behind is sufficient for his descendants to attempt multiple Foundation Establishment breakthroughs.

If even under such circumstances, none of his descendants can cultivate successfully to the Foundation Establishment stage, it simply proves their incompetence, and Zhou Chun has no reason to waste family resources on them.

The only thing Zhou Chun could do for Zhou Jiapeng was to have the family continue to care for his Golden Winged Iron Feather Hawk, ensuring it could live out the rest of its days peacefully within the Zhou Family.

Of course, given the lifespan of such a bird, it hasn’t yet reached the age of true retirement.

Its current task is to produce as many outstanding bloodline descendants as possible, contributing more exceptional Demon Birds as spirit pets to the Zhou Family.

It just so happens that the Golden Feathered Eagle that Zhou Chun had the Golden Winged Tiger train is a female eagle!

If these two types of Demon Beasts manage to successfully breed, they could potentially give rise to a new mid-level Demon Beast population for the Zhou Family!

In an interesting twist of fate,

Six months after Zhou Jiapeng’s passing, the Golden Feathered Eagle—after years of training by the Golden Winged Tiger—finally yielded and willingly signed another contract with a Human Clan cultivator.

Zhou Chun assigned Zhou Zhengyong to take it as a spirit pet and mount.

Speaking of Zhou Zhengyong, he was rather unfortunate.

His first spirit pet, the Red-Tailed Monkey, had long perished due to its inability to break through to the second rank, succumbing to the exhaustion of its lifespan.

Afterward, he contracted a Redflame Vajra Ape and a Red-Eyed Dragon Sparrow.

Unfortunately, both spirit pets fell in battle, one after the other!

This deeply affected him, to the point that he decided not to contract any spirit pets thereafter!

Yet, as a Purple Mansion Phase cultivator of the Zhou Family, if he couldn’t even present a single second-rank Demon Beast to represent the clan, wouldn’t that make him the subject of ridicule?

Thus, Zhou Chun personally intervened, assigning him the Golden Feathered Eagle—a high-grade second-rank Demon Beast—as his contract spirit pet, thereby restoring his dignity.

Time passed day by day.

On this particular day, many cultivators training within Tuyun Ridge suddenly realized that the nature’s spiritual energy they had gathered and refined with their cultivation techniques was abruptly and uncontrollably being drawn toward another location. No matter how they tried, they couldn’t reassemble the energy back to themselves.

This sudden and strange change caused many to pale and rush out of their cultivation rooms to investigate the cause of the scattered spiritual energy.

A commanding and authoritative voice resounded in the ears of every cultivator within Tuyun Ridge:

"This clan’s Supreme Elder Zhou Mingde is attempting Core Formation. All cultivators must immediately cease absorbing spiritual energy and leave Yellow Dragon Peak!"

It was the voice of the Clan Leader!

Many Zhou Family cultivators instantly recognized the speaker and promptly evacuated from the vicinity of Yellow Dragon Peak.

Loose cultivators who had come to Tuyun Ridge to train were also organized and directed toward the edge of the family’s mountain gate by the Zhou Family cultivators.

In the past, perhaps such occurrences might have warranted expelling these individuals entirely from the family domain to prevent any unforeseen events.

But now, with two Golden Core stage cultivators overseeing Tuyun Ridge, such precautions were unnecessary. Allowing these outsiders to observe the Nascent Soul Heavenly Phenomenon might even earn the Zhou Family a better reputation.

Dark clouds began to gather ominously in the skies, as massive amounts of nature’s spiritual energy converged onto Zhou Mingde’s secluded cultivation site.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, the Zhou Family is truly remarkable! First, the Clan Leader Zhou Zhengchun completes his Core Formation outside and returns, and now, the elder is triggering a Nascent Soul Heavenly Sign. This truly speaks of phenomenal fortune and heavenly favor!"

"Indeed! I heard that a few years ago, a Core Formation cultivator from the Su Family of Jiangzhou was also the Zhou Family Clan Leader’s dual cultivation partner. By the looks of it, three individuals have completed Core Formation in succession!"

"There used to be talk that the Zhou Family Clan Leader carried immense fortune, but I dismissed it as self-aggrandizement. Now, it seems there might be truth to those claims!"

"If Zhou Family’s Supreme Elder succeeds in Core Formation, doesn’t that make them a family of three with Golden Cores? Is there another clan in Jingguo Country with three Golden Core stage cultivators?"

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Even within the Zhou Family mountain gate, where many Zhou Family cultivators were present, they couldn’t suppress the curiosity and gossip of the loose cultivators regarding Zhou Mingde’s Core Formation.

At this critical moment, all the Zhou Family cultivators’ attention was focused on Yellow Dragon Peak. Even if some overheard comments considered disrespectful to the family, they lacked the time and energy to pursue such matters.

Everyone was aware that triggering a Nascent Soul Heavenly Phenomenon only marked half the success of Core Formation.

Only when the Nascent Soul Heavenly Phenomenon dissipated naturally, and nature’s spiritual energy returned to equilibrium, could Core Formation truly be deemed successful.

This stage was essentially a one-way transition—with success or death as the only outcomes. Failure would mean a catastrophic explosion and death, with no alternative!

Even Zhou Chun found himself on edge during this time.

The Holy Spirit Blood Pill—claimed to restore an aging person’s vitality to its peak—was a miraculous elixir described within an alchemy recipe. Yet whether its effects were truly as remarkable as stated remained uncertain, even to Zhou Chun.

If its effectiveness fell short of expectations, Zhou Mingde would face immense danger during this stage!

Fortunately, Zhou Chun’s anxiety proved unfounded.