Clan Cultivation: Starting from Beast Taming

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Speaking of this, he couldn’t help but look at Zhou Chun and say, "Didn’t you obtain an eight hundred-year-old Red Essence Ganoderma? With this Spiritual Medicine in hand, the Li Family would surely be willing to exchange for detoxification pills and spiritual medicine."

"That would be best."

Zhou Chun nodded repeatedly, then immediately took out the eight hundred-year-old Red Essence Ganoderma from his Storage Pouch, which was stored in a jade box, and handed it to Zhou Mingde, saying, "The eight hundred-year Red Essence Ganoderma is right here, Supreme Elder, please take it to the Li Family to exchange for detoxification medicine!"

Seeing him hand over the precious Spiritual Medicine that he had bought with thousands of Spirit Coins without any hesitation in exchange for detoxification pills, the anger in Zhou Mingde’s heart caused by the poisoning and injury from the Fire Divine Jackal finally subsided completely.

He gave Zhou Chun a deep look, then nodded and said, "Good, I will personally make a trip to the Li Family, and you should go back and rest well for now."

"Yes, junior obeys."

Zhou Chun complied with a response and immediately left the cave dwelling to return to his own residence.

Once he was back at his residence, Zhou Chun released the still-weak Silver Lightning Python, Bai Bai, gave it a meal, and allowed it to recuperate in the courtyard before he himself went back to his room to rest.

After sitting and resting for half a day, Zhou Chun felt somewhat better, so he took out the Storage Pouch he had obtained from the masked Cultivator with the wolf-face mask to check it.

Master Jiang’s Storage Pouch was still with Zhou Mingde, and he didn’t know what exactly was inside it.

However, the gains from the Cultivator with the wolf-face mask were now all in his hands.

At this moment, he opened the Storage Pouch and saw that there were less than three thousand Spirit Coins left, but besides the blue treasure bottle Magic Artifact he had put away, there was still an unrefined second-grade mid-quality Magic Artifact.

This item, named "Profound Water Chain," was also an artifact that had appeared at the previous auction, a trapping artifact that had sold for four thousand six hundred Spirit Coins.

Fortunately, the Cultivator with the wolf-face mask had not managed to refine it in time, otherwise, Zhou Chun might not have been able to wait for the Fire Divine Jackal to arrive during that battle.

Besides the treasure bottle artifact, the "Profound Water Chain," and those Spirit Coins, the wolf-face masked Cultivator’s Storage Pouch was rather clean, containing only some Mana recovery, healing, and detoxification pills; there weren’t many other miscellaneous items.

But if he included the dark blue curved knife Magic Artifact, Zhou Chun’s haul was significantly substantial.

Two second-grade top-quality Magic Artifacts, even if each was not as valuable as the "Sun Glare Wheel" he had bought at the auction, were still worth about eight or nine thousand each.

Adding up the other gains, the possessions from the Cultivator with the wolf-face mask alone amounted to at least twenty-five thousand Spirit Coins.

If he could also get a share of Master Jiang’s remains later, his total gains could definitely exceed thirty thousand Spirit Coins.

Considering everything, it was quite the windfall.

However, Zhou Chun didn’t feel much joy at this moment.

Because the greater the gains, the greater the risks.

The Cultivator with the wolf-face mask was obviously a person with a background, and behind Master Jiang was a Cultivation family significantly more powerful than the Zhou Family, openly.

Once these two forces confirmed that he, Zhou Chun, was the killer, trouble would surely ensue.

So the gains were like hot potatoes, and he needed to find a way to solve these two problems for the family. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Half a day later, Zhou Mingde successfully returned from the Li Family with detoxification pills.

After administering the detoxifying Spirit Pill to the Fire Divine Jackal, the poison of the Purple Crow Snake in its body indeed began to rapidly dissipate.

Seeing this, Zhou Mingde’s hanging heart finally settled, and he felt relieved.

After instructing the Fire Divine Jackal to recover well and dispel the remaining toxins, he left the Spirit Beast Room and called Zhou Chun to his cave dwelling.

"Alright, now that the Fire Divine Jackal’s poison is cured, it’s time to talk about the trouble you have stirred up this time."

In the cave dwelling, Zhou Mingde waited for Zhou Chun to come and complete the formal greeting, then brought up the reason for summoning him.

The trouble he had caused.

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Zhou Mingde used these few words to start his speech, allowing one to understand his view on Zhou Chun’s incident this time.

He looked at Zhou Chun with a grave voice and said, "Actually, I am also aware that this matter can’t be entirely blamed on you. After all, it was Master Jiang who harmed you first, and it was they who initiated the attack with the intent to kill you."

"But you and I both know that in the Cultivation World, no one cares who is in the right, only who has the bigger fist."

"Master Jiang, as well as the other person you killed, are both figures with significant backgrounds, and Master Jiang himself is an Alchemy Master. With such two Cultivators of the late stage of Foundation Establishment killed, the forces behind them will surely not let the matter rest easily."

"If they track the matter back to our Zhou Family, they will definitely seek an opportunity for retaliation!"

Generally speaking, Cultivators from two Cultivation families won’t easily become enemies.

Because once they do, it could potentially escalate into a feud between the families.

To side with family over justice—this is the survival principle followed among all Cultivation families within the Cultivation World.

Unless the enemy has an extraordinarily powerful background, no family would surrender one of their members to be punished by an enemy family just because that member killed someone from the outside.

If that were the case, then a family would have no cohesion whatsoever and would fail to inspire loyalty and affection from its members.

For this reason, many Cultivators, when seeking revenge against a Family Cultivator, will not target only the individual Cultivator but will include their entire family in their list for retribution.

Moreover, the one who committed the murders this time was Zhou Chun, the Vice Clan Leader of the Zhou Family, and the Spirit Pet of the Supreme Elder of the Zhou Family.

Just these two facts alone are enough to ensure that the matter is inextricably linked to the entire Zhou Family.

Before coming here, Zhou Chun had also considered the likelihood of subsequent retaliation from the forces backing Master Jiang.

Now, facing Zhou Mingde’s words, he responded seriously, "They also have families and businesses; even if they seek revenge, they will definitely have to use methods within the rules, they cannot unscrupulously assassinate our Zhou Family’s Qi Refinement Cultivators!"

"Since that is the case, why not try seeking help from the Green Lotus Temple to mediate this affair? I, the junior, am willing to enter a life-and-death duel with any non-late stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator they send, to settle this grudge!"

"You want to engage in a life-and-death duel with them!"

Zhou Mingde was startled and looked at Zhou Chun in surprise, not expecting him to suggest that.

The so-called "life-and-death duel" is a special method for resolving deep-seated personal enmities between two powers of not too disparate strength that cannot be resolved otherwise.

Generally, a life-and-death arena is set up for the parties with unresolved personal grievances to decide life or death on the platform.

Whichever side falls and perishes, the other party’s power must no longer pursue the matter.

To ensure the defeated side adheres to this afterwards, authorities from major forces are normally invited to preside over the event.

"This is the best solution I could think of!"

Zhou Chun nodded with a composed expression, calmly affirming his stance.

"But are you truly confident? According to what you’ve said, you would let them send a mid-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator to fight in the duel. What if they also bring a mid-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator specialized in Combat Techniques, who also has a contracted second-order Demon Beast?"

Zhou Mingde looked at Zhou Chun with a frown, not at all pleased that he had chosen to bear the consequences alone.

Even though he had his opinions about the trouble Zhou Chun had caused, Zhou Mingde never entertained the idea of abandoning him.

Therefore, he naturally harbored concerns over Zhou Chun’s risky method of resolution.

In response to his doubt, Zhou Chun replied calmly, "That’s why the duel should be arranged a year from now. By then, not only should my Silver Lightning Python Spirit Pet have recovered, but the Rock Earth Turtle might have also successfully evolved!"

"That does sound more reasonable,"

Zhou Mingde nodded slightly, seeming to accept his proposal.

Then, waving his sleeve, he said, "Then you should personally visit the Green Lotus Temple and meet with Taoist Friend Mingxia. Take most of Master Jiang’s belongings with you. With these items, the Jiang Family should agree to your proposal for a life-and-death duel!"