Clan Cultivation: Starting from Beast Taming

In the cave dwelling, Su Yuzhen, clad in a white gown, extended a deep bow to the two Supreme Elders of the Zhou Family, her greeting was meticulous and considerate.

Such a gesture devoid of any pretensions undoubtedly engendered a great deal of fondness in Zhou Mingde’s heart upon their first encounter.

He immediately responded with a beaming smile, waving his hand and saying, "Miss Yuzhen, there is no need to be so formal. While you cultivate within the Zhou Family, behave as if you were in your own home; do not feel constrained."

As he spoke, he patted his storage pouch at his waist and took out a jade pot, which he handed to Su Yuzhen.

"Since it is our first meeting, I am unsure what you might fancy, Miss Yuzhen. This jar of Spirit Honey is a special spiritual object from my Zhou Family. Whether used to enhance tea or consumed directly, it has a unique flavor. I hope you will not disdain it."

After nearly twenty years of cultivation, the population of the Jade Spirit Bees of the Zhou Family had significantly increased.

And through cooperation with other families in gathering nectar and making honey, the production of Spirit Honey had also exceeded normal levels, so someone like Zhou Mingde, a high-ranking family member, could now have a stock of Spirit Honey on hand.

But to give away a jar of Spirit Honey upon meeting was still quite generous of Zhou Mingde.

Anyway, Zhou Chun felt that the Supreme Elder must have done this deliberately to show him, demonstrating through action that he already regarded Su Yuzhen as a potential partner for himself, the Clan Leader. Your journey continues on NovelBin.Côm

Having already decided to choose Zhou Chun as her cultivation partner, Su Yuzhen had naturally reviewed all the information about the Zhou Family she could obtain.

The Spirit Honey crafted by the Jade Spirit Bees, she had certainly seen the related reports.

Seeing Zhou Mingde offering her a jar as a meeting gift, the astute Su Yuzhen also roughly guessed the intention of the Zhou Family’s Supreme Elder.

She immediately rejoiced, accepting the jade pot with both hands and holding it carefully before giving Zhou Mingde another bow and saying, "An elder’s gift is too honorable to decline, Senior’s generous present will be shamelessly accepted by this junior. "

After storing the jade pot in her storage pouch, she also took out two jade boxes and handed them to Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi.

"I came to the Zhou Family without an elder accompanying me, but our ancestor gave these two boxes of Spiritual Tea as a gift for me to present to you both, and I hope you both will kindly accept them."

She said with a smile, revealing the origin of the two jade boxes, indeed immediately capturing both Zhou Family Supreme Elders’ attention.

A gift from a Golden Core Stage Cultivator is surely not ordinary.

Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi exchanged a glance, then Zhou Mingde said with a smile, "Since it’s a gift from Senior Su, I won’t stand on ceremony."

He took the jade box in hand and opened it to have a look.

Inside the small jade box, there were roughly ten dark green tea leaves.

The tea leaves were unprocessed and appeared as if they had just been picked.

But these were not ordinary tea leaves; they came from the Su Family’s thousand-year-old tea tree. Each leaf was worth hundreds of Spirit Coins and was not available for purchase at any price.

Zhou Mingde took a leaf and observed it in his hand, noting that the dark green tea leaves actually had barely visible light purple Spirit Patterns growing within them.

The Spiritual Power contained within just one leaf was almost comparable to that of a hundred-year-old Spirit Ginseng, and the quality was entirely beyond any comparison to the ginseng.

"Indeed, it is excellent tea. May I know if this tea has a name?"

Zhou Mingde returned the tea leaf to the jade box, replaced the lid, and curiously turned to Su Yuzhen to inquire about the origins of this Spiritual Tea.

Upon hearing his question, Su Yuzhen did not hold back and answered with a smile, "This tea is called ’Purple Extreme Spirit-Nourishing Tea.’ The tea tree’s age has exceeded three thousand years, and we can only harvest just over two hundred leaves every three years. It has always been exclusively provided to our Su Family and the Purple Mansion Phase Cultivators of the Moon Wheel Sect."

"Purple Extreme Spirit-Nourishing Tea, what a fine name. The tea is excellent, and so is its name!"

Zhou Mingde nodded his head, followed by another round of praise before satisfyingly placing the jade box into his storage pouch.

Zhou Daoyi, standing beside him, did the same and also took out his prepared meeting gift.

It was a rare treasure from the waters of Dragon Abyss Marsh, called "Water Spirit Star Shell." Wearing it not only moisturized skin and enhanced the wearer’s beauty but also could slightly increase a Water-Element Cultivation Method Cultivator’s cultivation speed during meditation.

The key was that this item was also extremely beautiful.

Compared to the gift that Zhou Mingde had presented, the "Water Spirit Star Shell" delighted Su Yuzhen even more; she had immediately threaded it with a golden wire and wore it on her person.

After the exchange of greeting gifts, Zhou Mingde laughed and waved his hand, saying, "Alright, now that the two of us old fellows have met, I’ll let Zhengchun take little friend Yuzhen to get acquainted with the situation inside our Zhou Family Mountain."

"Junior obeys, I’ll trouble Taoist Friend Zhou with the arrangements then."

Su Yuzhen responded and turned to look at Zhou Chun, bowing slightly as a gesture of respect.

"This is part of Zhou’s duties, Miss Yuzhen, no need for formalities."

Zhou Chun cupped his fists together and immediately led the guest away from the cave abode.

Once they left the cave abode, Zhou Chun began guiding Su Yuzhen from Pagoda Peak, visiting one place after another within the Zhou Family’s territories, introducing her to some Zhou Family Cultivators they encountered along the way.

That the Clan Leader Zhou Chun would personally accompany a female Foundation Establishment stage cultivator around the family grounds caused quite a stir among the Zhou Family Cultivators, all of whom were curious about their relationship and tried various means to glean information.

What gave Zhou Chun some relief was that Su Yuzhen did not put him in a difficult position by claiming to be his Dao companion. She simply stated that she came to the Zhou Family to study.

As for what she was studying, that wasn’t something that needed to be disclosed to others.

After the tour, Zhou Chun finally brought her back to his own residence on Pagoda Peak.

This was in accordance with what he had promised to the Ancestor of the Su Family, that during Su Yuzhen’s stay at the Zhou Family, she would reside in his dwelling.

"This is the token for entering and exiting Zhou’s residence, Miss Su, please keep it safe. I am often at the Central Peace Hall dealing with family affairs and do not return here often, so I hope Miss Su can understand," Zhou Chun said. @@novelbin@@

In the courtyard, Zhou Chun looked at the graceful lady in white in front of him, paused for a moment in silence, then took out the prepared token and handed it over, explaining the circumstances.

Su Yuzhen gave a slight smile upon hearing his words, responding, "As the Clan Leader, it is normal for Taoist Friend Zhou to be occupied with numerous duties. Yuzhen naturally understands."

Having said that, she reached out to receive the token that allowed entrance to the residence. She then slapped her storage pouch, took out a wooden box, and handed it to Zhou Chun.

She spoke softly, "Yuzhen is aware that, due to my presence, quite a bit of trouble has unexpectedly fallen upon Taoist Friend Zhou and the Zhou Family. I hope that the contents of this wood box might offer some compensation to Taoist Friend Zhou and the Zhou Family."

"What is inside?" Zhou Chun asked, his face showing surprise as he looked at Su Yuzhen, not expecting her to have prepared a gift for him as well.

Su Yuzhen merely smiled gently and said, "Taoist Friend Zhou will know once you open it."

Seeing her insistence, Zhou Chun had no reservations, and immediately opened the wood box.

What he saw within the box were several jade slips.

This made Zhou Chun even more curious.

He picked up a jade slip and concentrated on it slightly.

After a brief moment, Zhou Chun withdrew his consciousness from the jade slip, his expression complex as he looked at Su Yuzhen and said, "Miss Su has been thoughtful, these things are indeed very useful for Zhou and the Zhou Family!"

It turned out, the information recorded in the jade slips not only included the list of items that the Su Family was willing to trade with others but also contained the collected information about the various Golden Core Stage Cultivators in Jingguo Country. It detailed the cultivators’ personalities, preferences, and areas of expertise in Cultivation Techniques and Divine Skills.

In addition, the jade slips also included the general information about the top thirty clans from the "Hundred Clans Gathering", such as the special Spiritual Objects produced by those families and their relationships with other powers.

This intelligence was absolutely a timely boon for the Zhou Family at present.

Zhou Chun had to admit, Su Yuzhen had a keen eye for people.

He had no reason whatsoever to refuse this gift!