Clan Cultivation: Starting from Beast Taming
Chapter 913 - 435: Barrier Reemerges, New Stage of War [Subscribe Please]_3

At this point, he tentatively proposed, "In my view, if we cannot improve this shrinking income situation quickly, we can only start by reducing the treatment of the clan members. During these special times, I believe the clan members will understand this!"

Zhou Chun, upon hearing this, couldn't help but frown and did not respond immediately.

In fact, Zhou Chun was aware that many families, just as Zhou Jiarui had said, were tightening their belts and had reduced the welfare benefits for their clan members, calling on everyone to overcome the hard times together.

But he did not want the Zhou Family to do the same.

Because once they did that, it would mean that the Zhou Family had fallen into a financial crisis, which would be a substantial blow to the morale of the people.

"The matter requires careful consideration. Unless absolutely necessary, we cannot resort to this measure."

In the end, Zhou Chun decided to postpone the discussion of this matter, not being hasty in making a decision.

After parting with Zhou Jiarui and returning to his cave dwelling, Zhou Chun, looking at the vibrant Purple Mulberry in the valley, began to ponder over solutions to alleviate the Zhou Family's financial crisis.

After much contemplation, an issue that had been shelved for a long time suddenly came back to him.

"It seems I must make another trip to the Scale Frog Clan Tribe!"

He muttered to himself and promptly informed Zhou Mingde, who was cultivating in Tuyun Ridge, of his whereabouts before setting out alone towards the Wasteland Territory.

Before long, Zhou Chun appeared above a lake in the Wasteland Territory with High Priest Wukulu of the Scale Frog Alien Clan, along with some Scale Frog Clan Magicians and Samurai.

This lake was precisely where he had slain the Green-Scaled Dragon Fish and discovered the Water Essence Jade Vein.

"Right here. Taoist Friend Wukulu, you go down with Zhou Mou first to check the situation, and then we can let these juniors try to go down."

Above the waters, Zhou Chun casually pointed to the lake below and revealed his plan.

Hearing this, High Priest Wukulu immediately nodded in agreement, saying, "No problem, Taoist Friend Zhou, it's good for you to arrange this."

With that, Zhou Chun slapped his Spirit Beast Pouch at his waist and summoned Baibai, the Thunder Python that had transformed using the "Hundred Illusions Bead" and dived into the water with it.

Perhaps due to racial instincts, when High Priest Wukulu saw the Third Order Thunder Python, he immediately showed a look of dread and fear.

But he also knew this was Zhou Chun's Spirit Pet and quickly adjusted his mindset to follow him into the water.

The man and the frog plunged deep into the water, soon arriving at the former lair of the Green-Scaled Dragon Fish.

Years had passed, and the lair was now occupied by another Demon Beast, a Second Order Mud Dragon Demon.

When the Mud Dragon Demon sensed the presence of the Thunder Python Baibai, it was scared half to death, hurriedly using its Innate Divine Ability to burrow into the mud and rocks of the lakebed to escape its lair.

Zhou Chun didn't bother with such a minor demon and directly led High Priest Wukulu into the lair.

Then, pointing at the exposed Water Essence Jade ore, he said, "This is the place. What do you think, Taoist Friend Wukulu? Can your ordinary Clan Members come here to mine this Water Essence Jade ore?"

"Ordinary Clan Members might find it difficult, but some physically strong tribal Samurai may be able to stay here for a while, and First Order Magicians should be able to reach this place with no issue!"

After carefully sensing the environment, High Priest Wukulu quietly voiced his opinion.

This was not much different from what Zhou Chun had anticipated.

So, he soon said, "In that case, have those people you brought try it out first."

Wukulu naturally would not object and quickly went back to the surface to lead those Clan Members he had brought to the Demon Beast's lair.

After testing, the situation was much as Wukulu had described.

The physically strong Scale Frog Clan Samurai could hold on underwater for two hours, while First Order Magicians could stay for more than six hours.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun quickly said to High Priest Wukulu, "In that case, let's proceed with the cooperation scheme we discussed earlier. The Scale Frog Clan is responsible for mining the Water Essence Jade, and my Zhou Family will exchange Elixirs and Magic Artifacts of corresponding value. What do you think?"

Wukulu, without hesitation, agreed, saying, "No problem, Taoist Friend Zhou. Wukulu and the Scale Frog Clan have always trusted you and the Zhou Family's reputation. We will happily take this matter on."

So Zhou Chun let Wukulu return to recruit miners, while he himself went back to his family and ordered the family's Artifact Refiners to hasten the production of suitable mining tools for the Scale Frog Clan miners.

Not long after, the Water Essence Jade mining officially got on the right track.

However, just when Zhou Chun thought that this new source of wealth could ease the Zhou Family's financial crisis, his long-standing worries finally came to pass!

One day, explosive news suddenly spread throughout all the major Cultivator Families in Jingguo Country.

It turned out that Yunzhou, which bordered Fengguo, was struck overnight, with five Cultivator Families being slaughtered, including a famous large Cultivation clan!

And reportedly, the person behind this atrocity was "Corpse Fiend General" Jiang Zhong from the "Seven Demons of the Original Demon"!

This "Corpse Fiend General" Jiang Zhong, who cultivated a top-level Cultivation Technique of the Corpse Demon Sect, the "Earth Zombie Profound Art," could, when using this technique, have a body comparable to a Zombie of the same order and control a horde of Zombies.

He was known as the "Corpse Fiend General" because he could command and control over a hundred refined Zombies, possessing the ability to be an army unto himself.

It was for this reason that he had the capacity to slaughter five Cultivation Families in a single night.

"Has it finally begun? The thing I have been worried about has finally happened!"

Inside Tuyun Ridge, Zhou Chun's face turned extremely grave as he read the urgent message from Yunzhou's information station.

He was clear in his mind that with "Corpse Fiend General" Jiang Zhong's overnight slaughter of five major Cultivation Families, the war had entered a new stage.