Clan Cultivation: Starting from Beast Taming

"As long as Taoist Friend Lin is willing to join the Zhou Family and help us, with Zhou’s continuous matchmaking efforts, it’s certain that over time, the resistance in Daoyi’s heart can be gradually eliminated, eventually leading him to agree to become Dao partners with you!"

Zhou Mingde spoke these words with full confidence, reason, and evidence, clearly prepared in advance.

Upon hearing his words, Lin Hongyu also couldn’t help but fall into deep thought once again.

Without a doubt, she was somewhat moved by what Zhou Mingde had said.

This wasn’t because she had deep feelings for Zhou Daoyi or a strong desire to become his Dao partner.

The main reason was that she was also clear in her heart that if she wanted to further her prospects in the future, she definitely needed to find a power to join; it was simply impossible for her to remain a Loose Culturist or to establish a power of her own.

Since she would have to join a power after all, the Zhou Family was undoubtedly an excellent choice.

By joining the Zhou Family and becoming Zhou Daoyi’s Dao partner, she would truly become one of the Zhou Family’s own. This was something other powers would find hard to offer her.

Moreover, the most critical point was that both of the Zhou Family’s Purple Mansion Phase Cultivators were only at the early stages of the Purple Mansion Phase, far from forming their Golden Cores, and would not compete with her for related resources.

After such careful consideration, Lin Hongyu gently nodded to Zhou Mingde and said, "If Taoist Friend Zhou is truly able to persuade him to agree to become Dao partners with me, then naturally there will be no problem with me joining the Zhou Family."

"Do you mean…"

Zhou Mingde looked at Lin Hongyu with a surprised and questioning expression, seeming to catch something from her words.

"Yes, I won’t accompany you back to the Zhou Family for now. Once you have truly convinced him to agree, let him personally come and take me back to the Zhou Family!"

Lin Hongyu slightly nodded, revealing her own strategy.

Zhou Mingde, after hearing her words, felt his joy dissipate markedly.

Zhou Mingde talked a good talk, appearing confident, but in reality, his confidence in persuading Zhou Daoyi was less than thirty percent.

According to his plan, he was to lure Lin Hongyu to the Zhou Family first, creating a fait accompli.

In consideration of the bigger picture, Zhou Daoyi would at least not insist on driving Lin Hongyu away.

Latterly, once Zhou Daoyi got used to Lin Hongyu’s presence, he could then play matchmaker and it wouldn’t be too late for them to become Dao partners.

But Lin Hongyu was clearly a person not easily deceived, indifferent to his sweet words; she was interested only in his actions. @@novelbin@@

It can be said that those who could cultivate to their level were no fools. Stay tuned for updates on NovelBin.Côm

Nobody would foolishly sell themselves out simply based on someone else’s words!

Although he felt inwardly dejected, Zhou Mingde did not allow it to show too obviously but instead, sighed with a slight sense of regret, "Well then, since Taoist Friend Lin cares so much about this matter, Zhou has nothing much to say. Where does Taoist Friend Lin intend to settle next? And how should Zhou contact you?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Hongyu immediately answered, "I should still be settling in Cheng Country for the time being. If Taoist Friend Zhou wishes to contact me, you can send someone to the Bailin Marketplace in Southern Lingzhou of Cheng Country to find a marketplace named Qianren Marketplace. The owner there knows me and will know how to get in touch."

After saying that, she left directly.

Zhou Mingde could only watch her depart, unable to say anything else to retain her.

"Alas! Indeed, none of these younger generations can give peace of mind!"

Shaking his head with a wry smile, Zhou Mingde looked down at the Storage Pouch in his hand; he finally had time to see what was inside.

The contents of the Storage Pouch were not as much as Zhou Mingde had imagined, not too many.

However, the key treasures that Lin Hongyu had promised were all there.

These included a Spiritual Object that assisted in opening the Purple Mansion, two Foundation Establishment Pills, twelve Demon Beast Eggs, and eight Dragon Blood Spirit Items.

The uses of the first two items were self-explanatory. Although there were only twelve Demon Beast Eggs, they were from excellent Dragon Descendant Demon Beasts.

As for the eight Dragon Blood Spirit Items, none of them were worth less than the Dragon Blood Ginseng that Zhou Chun once fed to the Silver Lightning Python named Baibai, with a medicinal age of four hundred years.

Therefore, after checking all the treasures in the storage pouch one by one, Zhou Mingde’s face showed a smile once again.

He transferred all the treasures from the storage pouch into his personal storage pouch that he regularly used, then returned directly to the gates of Zhou Family Mountain, and shared this harvest with Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Chun.

"As previously agreed, this ’Ghost-Faced Soul Mushroom’ will be for Daoquan’s use,"

"As for these two Foundation Establishment Pills, Zhengchun, you arrange them."

"These twelve Demon Beast Eggs will let the Elders and Clan Members decide if they want to exchange for them according to their situation. If no one exchanges them, then they will be hatched and put into the Beast Garden."

"As for these eight Dragon Blood Spiritual Objects, I will keep them for the time being and deal with them depending on future circumstances."

In the cave residence, after showing the various treasures he got from Lin Hongyu to Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Chun, Zhou Mingde naturally started talking about his arrangements for these items.

In truth, they had already had a general idea about the arrangements for these items, so at this point, Zhou Mingde was just going through the motions.

However, after Zhou Mingde finished speaking, Zhou Chun said, "Junior suggests not to rush into distributing these two Foundation Establishment Pills; otherwise, the successive appearance of Foundation Establishment Pills in our Zhou Family might raise suspicions and might give our Clan Members the wrong impression that they are too easily obtained."

"Hmm, Zhengchun, your concern is not without reason. Then, handle it as you see fit,"

Zhou Mingde pondered for a moment and then nodded in agreement with Zhou Chun’s suggestion.

Then he said to Zhou Chun, "Considering the time, the various elixirs and magic artifacts promised by the three major sects should also be almost done. Zhengchun, you might as well talk to Miss Yuzhen about this matter, to see if you can get some insider news in advance."

"If it is true that there are Purple Mansion Spirit Matters that assist in opening the Purple Mansion for sale, our Zhou Family must strive to obtain one!"

Zhou Daoyi had successfully broken through to the Purple Mansion Phase by using two assisting Spirit Matters for opening the Purple Mansion.

Clearly, Zhou Mingde intended to provide the same treatment to Zhou Daoquan, thus compensating for the opportunity he had previously taken from him.

Zhou Chun naturally could not take this matter lightly.

He immediately replied, "Yes, Junior will find an opportunity to have a talk with Miss Su."

Afterward, he took the Foundation Establishment Pills and the Demon Beast Eggs and left the cave residence.

After Zhou Chun left, Zhou Mingde looked towards Zhou Daoyi, who had remained silent beside him, thought for a while, and then still brought up the matter of Lin Hongyu.

"I’ve talked with Taoist Friend Lin, and she still has some feelings for you, Daoyi. As long as you are willing to become Dao companions with her, she is willing to join the Zhou Family and serve the family for life!"

There were no detours or euphemisms, Zhou Mingde straightforwardly presented the outcome of the matter.

He knew he couldn’t fool Zhou Daoyi, nor did he want to.

Upon hearing his words, Zhou Daoyi responded calmly, "Please forgive me, Junior cannot comply. Furthermore, Junior does not believe her joining the Zhou Family would be beneficial. How can we be sure that she will not become another Yu Jinghua in the future?"

"That’s different. Once she joins our Zhou Family, even if she succeeds in Core Formation, she won’t be able to control the Zhou Family’s power like Yu Jinghua did. No one will listen to her, and her past background will be her greatest weakness!"

Zhou Mingde shook his head slightly, expressing his own opinion regarding Zhou Daoyi’s concerns.

"Then Junior also cannot become Dao companions with her,"

Zhou Daoyi stated, then gave Zhou Mingde a bow and directly took his leave as well.

Seeing this, Zhou Mingde could only let out a wry smile.

He knew it would be like this.

Zhou Daoyi had rejected Lin Hongyu many times in the past. Now, to ask him to invite Lin Hongyu to return to the Zhou Family and become his Dao companion was not something easy.

But as long as there was a glimmer of hope, Zhou Mingde was still willing to put in the effort to make it happen.

Meanwhile, Zhou Chun, after leaving with the items from Zhou Mingde’s cave residence, promptly gathered all the Foundation Establishment Cultivators in the family at Central Peace Hall.

"The family has recently acquired a batch of high-quality Demon Beast Eggs. Elders, take a look and see if there’s any that catch your eye. If needed, you may choose one to take and hatch."