The Clan Chief Born Through Little White's Inspiration

Chapter 41 The Clan Chief Born Through Little White's Inspiration

According to Zhou Daoquan, the demonic beast gestating inside the snake egg in his hand is a mid-level demonic beast called the Silver Lightning Python.

This silver lightning python is proficient in lightning magic and is extremely powerful.

What's even more remarkable is that, like the Azure Cloud Python of Clan Chief Zhou Daoyi, the Silver Lightning Python also possesses the bloodline of a dragon and has the potential to advance into a high-level demon beast or even a top-level demon beast.

As for why the silver lightning python inside the snake egg had not developed into a normal life form before, Zhou Daoquan guessed that it might be because it was a premature egg.

Some pythons do not lay their eggs directly, but instead allow the eggs to hatch into baby snakes inside their bodies.

The Silver Lightning Python also falls into this category.

But for some unknown reason, the snake egg was expelled prematurely and was not put back in by the female snake.

This makes things complicated.

Because it needs the help of a mother to incubate, this premature egg, once it stood on its mother's body, no longer had the conditions for incubation and naturally could not continue to develop.

However, perhaps due to the powerful bloodline of the demon beast, or for some other reason, it did not run out of life force and become a dead egg even though it had not developed and hatched normally for a long time.

As for how Zhou Daoquan made it regrow, he didn't explain, which likely involves some confidential information.

In short, the snake egg has now fully developed and can be hatched by cultivators through a contract.

After explaining the situation to Zhou Chun, Zhou Daoquan shoved the snake egg into Zhou Chun's hand, saying with reluctance, "Come on, make a contract in front of me. I really won't feel comfortable letting you take such a treasure away without a contract!"

He was truly reluctant to part with it when he said this.

Mid-level demonic beasts like the Silver Lightning Python, with their immense potential for cultivation, are exactly the kind of beasts that beast-taming cultivators like him love and prefer, not to mention that it is a dragon descendant with the bloodline of a Flood Dragon.

If he were to incubate and nurture this Silver Lightning Python, he was confident that he could elevate it to a second-tier demon beast within ten years and to a high-grade second-tier demon beast within fifty years.

After confirming that these were the eggs of the Silver Lightning Python, he was tempted to possess them and keep them for himself.

But in the end, he overcame his greed and did not actually commit the shameless act of embezzling the treasures of his descendants.

Zhou Chun, of course, had no idea about the inner struggles Zhou Daoquan had gone through; at this moment, he was simply filled with gratitude and respect for Zhou Daoquan.

After Zhou Daoquan's explanation, he also clearly understood just how precious the silver lightning python egg in his hand was.

It's no exaggeration to say that if this item were auctioned, it could easily fetch several thousand spirit coins, and possibly even tens of thousands.

Zhou Daoquan's willingness to return the item to him free of charge, without accepting any payment, was a noble act of character and integrity that he greatly admired and appreciated.

He made the right choice in coming to the Zhou family!

"Yes, this junior will now make a contract for this item."

Zhou Chun nodded emphatically, and then began to inscribe the "Soul Control Blood Array" in front of Zhou Daoquan.

Once he completed the contract with the Silver Lightning Python Egg, Zhou Daoquan finally severed his reluctance to part with it.

An egg can only be contracted once. Even if someone kills Zhou Chun now, he can no longer contract this Silver Lightning Python egg.

"The relevant information about the Silver Lightning Python, as well as some cultivation methods that I have summarized, are all in this jade slip. Take it back and read it carefully. If you encounter any problems or have any questions during the cultivation process in the future, you can come and ask me for help at any time."

As Zhou Daoquan spoke, he reached out and patted the storage bag at his waist, took out a jade slip that looked like a bamboo scroll, about one foot long and two feet wide, and handed it to Zhou Chun.

These jade slips are a medium for cultivators to record knowledge, and only cultivators can read the information within them through their divine sense.

Compared to paper books and slates, it has advantages such as being easy to carry and containing a large amount of information, but its disadvantage is that it cannot be preserved for a long time.

Upon seeing the jade slip handed to him by Zhou Daoquan, Zhou Chun was deeply moved. He bowed deeply and sincerely said, "Elder, I will remember your great kindness and repay you handsomely in the future!"

Then he respectfully accepted the jade slip with both hands.

Zhou Daoquan has lived for over a hundred years and has seen all kinds of people, so of course he can tell whether what he is saying now is sincere or just polite talk.

Therefore, a relieved smile appeared on his face, and he immediately patted him on the shoulder gently and said, "Work hard. As long as you nurture this Silver Lightning Python well, it shouldn't be a big problem for you to successfully establish your foundation in the future."

"Yes, I will certainly keep the elder's teachings in mind."

Zhou Chun nodded emphatically, then thanked Zhou Daoquan repeatedly before happily returning to his residence on Baozhi Peak with the snake egg.

For the next month or so, Zhou Chun checked on the snake eggs he had brought back every day, hoping they would hatch soon.

Forty-seven days passed, and while he was practicing his secret technique, the snake egg finally hatched on its own.

When he returned to his bedroom from the quiet room, a mental connection made him look immediately at the area under the bed.

On one of the wooden bed legs, a small white snake, about the thickness of a thumb, was coiled around it, its tongue flicking as it looked in his direction.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun couldn't help but smile happily and said, "Little guy, you've finally decided to come out!"

Then he walked to the bedside and reached out his hand.

Because of the contract, the white snake showed no repulsion or fear towards his approach. Instead, it quickly pressed its cool snake head against his palm, then crawled up the back of his hand to his wrist, and soon coiled around his wrist several times.

It looked as if Zhou Chun was wearing several silver bracelets on his left hand.

"From now on, I'll call you Bai Bai, Little Bai Bai."

Zhou Chun reached out and gently touched the head of the small white snake, then smiled and gave it a name.

Newborn pythons require meticulous feeding and care.

Zhou Chun strictly followed the diet set by Zhou Daoquan, feeding it appropriately sized bird eggs and a special kind of baby snake food made by the Zhou family every day, which was actually something like minced meat and ham sausage.

Half a month passed like this, until Xiao Bai Bai grew to be about the thickness of two fingers. Only then did Zhou Chun add some live animals such as baby birds and baby mice to its diet.

Like turtles, snakes prefer stillness to movement.

Therefore, Xiao Bai usually sleeps wrapped around Zhou Chun's wrist.

The contractual relationship between the two made it naturally regard Zhou Chun as its mother, and it only felt safe and relaxed when it smelled Zhou Chun's scent.

After initially feeling uncomfortable, Zhou Chun gradually got used to having a snake wrapped around her arm.

That day, Zhou Chun received an invitation to attend a full moon celebration at Xiangmu Peak in three days.

The person who sent out the invitation was Zhou Zhengjie, the ninth in their "Zheng" generation, who, like Zhou Chun, was also at the Qi Refining stage.

More than two years ago, this man married a female cultivator from the Sun family of Jinfeng Ridge. A month ago, the female cultivator gave birth to a son for him, so he invited Zhou Chun and other members of his clan to come and celebrate the baby's one-month birthday.

Zhou Chun couldn't refuse such a thing, so he prepared a gift and went to Xiangmu Peak with Zhou Zhengyong three days later.

When they arrived at Fragrant Wood Peak, Zhou Chun discovered that Ninth Brother had not only invited them, fellow cultivators, but also many elders, and even the clan leader, Zhou Daoyi, had come.

Moreover, before the banquet began, the clan chief Zhou Daoyi personally named the ninth brother's child and delivered a speech.

"Today is a day worth recording for our Zhou family. Zhengjie's son, Zhou Xinyuan, is the first Zhou family member born after we settled in Jiufengling, and also the first member of the Xin generation of the Zhou family to possess spiritual roots!"

"Whether a family can prosper depends not only on how many high-level cultivators it has, but also on whether its population is large and whether it can continuously produce outstanding descendants!"

"The birth of Zhengjie proves that our Zhou family has a worthy successor, and that the roots of our Zhou family tree have been firmly planted, ready to multiply and bear abundant fruit!"

"As the clan leader, I am very pleased and happy about this matter, and on behalf of the clan, I award Zhengjie and his wife one hundred merits each. I also sincerely hope that other members of the Zhou clan can contribute their own strength to the continuation and inheritance of the clan!"

At the banquet, clan chief Zhou Daoyi looked at the guests and clansmen with a happy expression and gave a speech encouraging them to have children.

That's right, Zhou Chun realized that the clan leader, Zhou Daoyi, was attending the full moon celebration today to urge them to have a baby.

Most of the current Zhou family cultivators of the "family" generation are either too old to have more children, or they have already had children.

However, very few of the "Zheng" generation cultivators have married and had children.

If this were during the Three Absolutes Sect era, it wouldn't be a big deal. After all, with over a thousand years of inheritance in Feng Kingdom, the Zhou family's mortal members had already reached hundreds of thousands.

Even if cultivators don't give birth, a large number of mortals will.

With more mortals born, there will inevitably be members of the Zhou family bloodline who possess spiritual roots.

However, the Zhou family now has no way to relocate all its members here, nor can it conduct large-scale spiritual root aptitude tests on the Zhou family members born there as often as before.

Therefore, if the family wants to replenish its bloodline with fresh blood, the only option is to encourage the current family members to have more children.

After all, if both parents are cultivators, the chances of their offspring having spiritual roots are not small.

Therefore, encouraging the birth of immortal cultivators within a family is a far more efficient method than the gamble of probability for ordinary people.

However, all of this is predicated on the fact that these Zhou family cultivators are willing to live!

Thinking of this, Zhou Chun couldn't help but look at the many "Zheng" generation cultivators present, as well as some "Jia" generation cultivators under the age of sixty.

It turned out that quite a few people were actually persuaded by Zhou Daoyi's words, and they showed thoughtful expressions, including Zhou Zhengyong who was standing next to him.

This startled him slightly at first, and then he suddenly lowered his head in shame.

He judged others by his own standards and misunderstood the situation!

This is not the world of his previous life. In this world, even among mortals, there is a strong clan atmosphere, and the saying "many children, many blessings" is not an exaggeration.

Even in a cultivation family like the Zhou family, if there are several direct blood relatives, they are likely to do better than other individual family members within the family.

Therefore, people don't feel any aversion to having more children.

The real obstacle preventing them from having children is probably finding a suitable partner first.

(End of this chapter)