Clan Cultivation: Starting from Beast Taming
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Regarding the impending war in Fengguo, after the trio from the Zhou Family had met, they all decided to pay it no heed and just observe.

They were all very pragmatic.

Though Fengguo was once their homeland, the Zhou Family had already established their roots in Jingguo Country and simply could not return.

Moreover, even if the Corpse Demon Sect were to be defeated, it was not their Zhou Family's turn to occupy the former territory of the Sanjue Sect.

Given these circumstances, what did Fengguo's war have to do with them?

After making this decision, Zhou Chun felt relieved. All he needed to do was have the agents from the Intelligence Hall gather information on the war in Fengguo.

What concerned him more was the situation with the Tianjing Sect.

After all, with Lingzhou declaring independence, Lanzhou had become a buffer zone between the Green Lotus Temple and the Tianjing Sect.

If the Tianjing Sect wished to expand their territory without simultaneously offending both the Sunflame Sect and the Green Lotus Temple, they would likely have to set their sights on attacking Lanzhou.

This was not good news for the Zhou Family.

And because the Spirit Beast Manor had pledged allegiance to the Tianjing Sect, coupled with renewed chaos in Fengguo, the Elixir Li Family and Formation You Family also came one after another to discuss these two matters with the Zhou Family.

Zhou Chun gathered from the representatives of the two families that they were somewhat inclined to return to Fengguo.

In recent years, both families had not fared well in Jingguo, only slightly better than the Spirit Beast Manor.

Had it not been for the significant contributions and sacrifices they made during the Southern Expedition, the current state of both families could have been much more dismal.

Now, with the Spirit Beast Manor's allegiance to the Tianjing Sect, both the Li Family and the You Family had become objects of suspicion by the Green Lotus Temple, putting them in an awkward position.

Thus, after learning that the Jingyang Sect was colluding with the Zhengyang Sect to declare war on the Corpse Demon Sect, they began to entertain thoughts of returning to their homeland.

It was then that Zhou Chun obtained more detailed intelligence about the Zhengyang Sect from the two families.

According to the messenger from the Li Family, the Zhengyang Sect was a Cultivation sect even more powerful than the Moon Wheel Sect, with four Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators, one of whom was in the late phase of the Nascent Soul Stage.

Furthermore, the Cultivation Techniques and secret techniques practiced by the disciples of the Zhengyang Sect were mostly restraining against yin and evil spirits, and several exorcism charms secretly passed down by the sect were famous across various countries.

Once, a sect scarcely weaker than the Corpse Demon Sect, known as the Earth Ghost Sect, had a conflict with the Zhengyang Sect. They extracted the Divine Soul of a Purple Mansion Phase Cultivator from the Zhengyang Sect and sacrificed it to create a ghost.

This incensed the Zhengyang Sect, prompting several Nascent Soul Stage elders to lead an army on a campaign far from their homeland. They besieged and killed two Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators of the Earth Ghost Sect within their own halls and eradicated the entire sect.

After that battle, the disciples of the Zhengyang Sect could walk about without fear of being insulted by many.

It was precisely because of such formidable military achievements that the Li Family and the You Family believed the Corpse Demon Sect might be defeated this time and began to consider returning to their homeland.

Not only did they wish to return, but they also hoped to bring the Zhou Family with them.

After all, if they were to re-form the Sanjue Sect, the involvement of the Zhou Family was indispensable.

Otherwise, if two families formed a sect and had any disagreements, without a third party to mediate and smooth things over, conflicts could easily escalate and result in severe clashes, something both sides would not wish to see.

This lesson had been proven many times over the more than a thousand years of the Sanjue Sect's history.

Moreover, due to their currently lesser strength compared to the two families, were the Sanjue Sect to be re-formed, the majority of power would still lie within the two families possessing Golden Core Stage Cultivators.

Unfortunately, Zhou Chun, Zhou Mingde, and others were well aware of their own family's affairs and the intentions of the two families.

No matter what the Li and You families said, Zhou Chun just shook his head, firmly stating that he would not give up Jiufeng Ridge, the base that they had fought so hard for.

Seeing that they could not persuade the Zhou Family, and also fearing that pushing Zhou Chun too hard might lead him to report them to the Green Lotus Temple, the Li Family and the You Family said no more.

Zhou Chun simply acted as if he had never heard the matter.

In the following one to two years, in places like Lanzhou, Yunzhou, and Cangzhou, many Loose Cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Stage went to pledge allegiance to the Tianjing Sect, and even some minor Cultivation families moved there in their entirety.

However, those powers with Purple Mansion Phase Cultivators as their pillars were still observing the situation, not rushing to pick sides.

After taking in the Cultivators from various places, the Tianjing Sect finally appeared more like a major sect, capable of commanding over four hundred Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivators.

Unfortunately, aside from Yu Jinghua, who had joined them, the Tianjing Sect still had not seen the emergence of a second Golden Core Stage Cultivator.

This was a significant weakness for a major sect.

If they could not make a breakthrough in this area, the Tianjing Sect's attractiveness to those in the Purple Mansion Phase would be greatly diminished.

In short, both Zhou Chun and the Zhou Family maintained only vigilance towards the Tianjing Sect, without any intention to join them.

One day, another Zhou Family Cultivator, Zhou Zhengbo, accumulated five thousand points of merit and exchanged them for a Foundation Establishment Pill from Zhou Chun.

Zhou Zhengbo was also a disciple who had previously participated in the Tianjing Conference. His Cultivation Level had advanced to the twelfth layer of the Qi Refinement Realm soon after the conference.

Thanks to his father being one of the "Jia" generation elders of the Zhou Family, Zhou Jiagong, with the help of his parents' fund-raising efforts, he was finally able to secure this opportunity ahead of others.

In fact, by now, the elders of the "Jia" generation in the Zhou Family were passing away year by year. For instance, Zhou Jiacheng, who had failed in Foundation Establishment, and Zhou Jiawei, who was adept in the Art of Poison Making, had both passed away one after another.