Presenting the Treasure, the Clan Chief's Wisdom [Please Read Further]

Chapter 32 Presenting the Treasure, the Clan Chief's Wisdom [Please Read Further]

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In the mountains and forests, Zhou Chun looked at the book "Feng Zhen's Miscellaneous Talks" in his hand, which contained the cultivation method of "The Hidden Cicada Breathing Technique in the Forest," and his face was full of excitement.

In the world of cultivation, the most precious things for a power have never been external objects such as magical artifacts, pills, and talismans, but rather various secret techniques with special uses.

Magical artifacts, elixirs, and talismans can only benefit one person, while secret techniques can be practiced by any cultivator who meets the cultivation requirements.

The term "secret art" is also a conceptual term, encompassing secret medicinal formulas, secret weapon crafting techniques, alchemy skills, and so on, all of which can be included in the inheritance of secret arts.

Therefore, the more secret techniques a power possesses, the deeper its foundation.

Major sects like the Jingguo Moon Wheel Sect, the Flame Sun Sect, and the Green Lotus Temple, which have Nascent Soul stage cultivators in charge, possess a vast collection of secret techniques.

Therefore, even if the cultivators of these sects who have inherited the legacy do not have an advantage in magical artifacts, they are still far superior to cultivators from small families and sects outside.

The "Forest Hidden Cicada Breath Technique" that Zhou Chun has obtained is not a killing technique that can directly improve combat power, nor is it a weapon-refining or pill-refining skill that can continuously produce resources for the family.

However, its advantage lies in the simple requirements for cultivators; almost anyone can cultivate, and all Qi Refining stage cultivators can use it.

This universality will greatly enhance its value to a cultivation family.

Therefore, Zhou Chun is now almost certain that as long as he offers up this secret technique, he can not only be directly promoted to an elite clansman, but also possibly receive a large amount of family merit.

How could he not be happy!

With this joyful feeling, Zhou Chun, beaming, summoned his bamboo leaf flying artifact and soared into the sky, eager to return to his family.

However, once he returned to his clan, he calmed down and did not rush to Pagoda Peak to present the treasure to the clan leader Zhou Daoyi. Instead, he returned to his residence on Baozhi Peak and meditated to recover his magical power.

Zhou Chun doesn't want anyone to know about the stone jar that can produce purifying spiritual water yet.

Therefore, every time he returns to his family, regardless of whether his magic power has been greatly depleted, he will first deplete his magic power to the point where only 10% or 20% remains.

That way, no one will suspect that he was meditating outside to restore his magical powers.

He also needs some time to "process and create" this experience.

For example, where did he get the spirit coins to purchase the first-tier superior magic weapon [Moon Blade Meteor Wheel]?

For example, after he fought a fierce battle with the enemy outside, he did not quickly ride his flying magic weapon back to the family. Instead, due to the excessive consumption of magic power, it took him more than three days to walk back to the family!

These details are very important and must be paid attention to at all times.

Otherwise, even if no one notices the flaw once or twice, after a while, no one is stupid enough to notice the anomaly.

After meditating on Baozhi Peak for several hours and fully recovering his condition, Zhou Chun went to Baota Peak to pay respects to the clan leader, Zhou Daoyi.

"Masaharu, you finally decided to come back. You've been gone for quite a while. If you hadn't come back, you probably wouldn't have had a chance to participate in the family selection competition."

Inside the Zhongping Hall, after receiving Zhou Chun, Zhou Daoyi looked at him deeply and said something profound.

Zhou Daoyi still has a deep impression of Zhou Chun, a young member of the clan.

The main reason is that Zhou Chun's previous actions and suggestions have greatly benefited the family, and as the clan leader, he naturally cannot forget such a meritorious person.

Although he thought highly of Zhou Chun, as the clan leader, he had to treat everyone equally and couldn't just give anyone special treatment or rewards.

Therefore, aside from giving Zhou Chun some preferential treatment in certain aspects, he would not directly and without reason bestow anything upon Zhou Chun.

Upon hearing Zhou Daoyi's meaningful words, Zhou Chun quickly replied, "Clan leader, you are wise. There was indeed a reason why it took me so long to return this time."

For most Zhou family cultivators, a trip to Hongya Market, even if they travel slowly, would take seven or eight days.

After all, it was just a trip to buy and sell things, not a trip to stay there permanently for cultivation.

He was gone for more than ten days, which was one or two times longer than others, which meant he did far less work for the family.

If anyone were to gossip or spread rumors about this, Chief Zhou Daoyi would probably have to punish him to appease the people.

However, since there was a reason for it, Zhou Chun did not rush to explain the reason, but directly began to present the treasure.

"Clan leader, you are wise. Although I encountered many dangers on this trip, I also gained a great deal and obtained a secret technique that is very useful to the clan."

As he said this, Zhou Chun took out the book "Feng Zhen's Miscellaneous Talks" which contained the "Lin Yin Chan Xi Jue" and handed it to Zhou Daoyi.

"Is this really true?"

Zhou Daoyi's expression shifted, and he immediately took the book, looking at the page that Zhou Chun had specifically turned to.

After he finished reading the description of the cultivation method and effects of the "Hidden Cicada Breath Technique" in the book, he couldn't help but nod with delight and say, "It is indeed a practical and excellent secret technique. Zheng Chun, you have done a great service to the family this time!"

After saying that, he raised an eyebrow, recalling Zhou Chun's earlier description of "nine deaths and one life," and immediately asked with concern, "You just said you experienced a near-death experience, did you encounter some kind of bandit cultivator?"

"The clan leader is wise; that is indeed the case."

Zhou Chun gave a small compliment, and then recounted his experience of encountering the bandit couple, including a detailed description of the battle, without hiding anything.

After hearing Zhou Chun's description, Zhou Daoyi was quite shocked.

He looked at Zhou Chun in front of him and really couldn't believe that this young junior, who was not even 25 years old, could fight against two bandits and kill them despite being behind in cultivation.

While surprised by Zhou Chun's strength, he also shook his head repeatedly and warned, "That was too risky! Zheng Chun, if you encounter something like this in the future, it's best to just leave. We cultivators are fighting for immortality, there's no need to fight like this!"

After saying that, as if afraid Zhou Chun hadn't listened, he added earnestly, "I'm not telling you to run away from trouble, but to tell you there's no need for pointless fighting. Those bandit cultivators are homeless stray dogs, their lives are worthless. We don't need to risk our lives against them without being able to win!"

Zhou Chun knew that he meant well, so he didn't explain anything, but simply straightened his posture and replied, "Junior understands, and will definitely pay attention in the future."

"Good child, it's good that you understand."

Zhou Daoyi nodded with satisfaction, quite pleased with his attitude.

Zhou Chun then took the opportunity to say, "I have another matter to ask the clan leader. When I was cleaning out that bandit cultivator's storage bag, I found a bottle of pills and a piece of ore that I don't recognize. I would like to ask the clan leader to help me identify them."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Daoyi immediately said softly, "Oh, take the thing out and let me see."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun immediately took out the bottle of pills and the piece of yellowish-brown ore.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Daoyi first opened the jade bottle, poured out a pill, glanced at it, and quickly nodded, saying, "This pill is the [Ginseng and Ginseng Pill], a kind of pill that can improve the mana of cultivators in the late stage of Qi Refining. It is more effective than the family's [Spring Sun Pill], but its medicinal properties are more domineering. It should not be taken in large quantities, and the interval between doses should preferably be more than two months."

Then he returned the jade bottle to Zhou Chun and looked at the yellowish-brown ore, saying, "This ore is quite good. It's called Tianhuang stone, which contains pure earth element spiritual power. It can be used as a material for refining weapons and is also a favorite food of certain earth elemental beasts."

At this point, he also took the opportunity to give Zhou Chun some pointers: "Once your rock tortoise has been cultivated to the first-grade superior level, you can feed it this. Even if it can't evolve its bloodline into a mid-level demon beast, it can still strengthen its bloodline and accumulate foundation for future advancement."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun nodded repeatedly in thanks: "This junior understands. Thank you, clan leader, for clearing up my doubts."

After he put both items away, Zhou Daoyi looked at him and said, "Alright, if there's nothing else, you can go back now. As for how to reward you for offering the secret technique, I will discuss it with the elders and then summon you back to announce it."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun immediately replied respectfully, "This junior obeys. This junior will take his leave."

After saying this, he left the main hall and returned to Baozhi Peak to wait for news.

After Zhou Chun left, Zhou Daoyi looked at the book "Feng Zhen's Miscellaneous Talks" in his hand and suddenly realized that he seemed to have forgotten to ask Zhou Chun where the spirit coins used to purchase the first-grade high-quality magic weapon came from.

"Forget it, we cultivators wander the world, who doesn't have some fortuitous encounters and our own little secrets? As long as he didn't embezzle family property for personal gain, why bother digging so deep!"

Zhou Daoyi shook his head slightly, quickly suppressing his desire to get to the bottom of things, and decided not to concern himself with the matter any further.

He is indeed the patriarch of the Zhou family, but he is not the parent of every Zhou family cultivator.

Moreover, even parents shouldn't allow their children to have no privacy at all.

If he tries to uncover every little secret of every Zhou family cultivator, the end result will likely be that the clansmen will become alienated from him, or even leave the family altogether.

Therefore, in order to be a qualified clan leader, Zhou Daoyi must know what questions he should ask and what questions he should not ask.

Six thousand words delivered today!

(End of this chapter)