Huge Gains, Generous Rewards

Chapter 64 Huge Gains, Generous Rewards

Because he had a limited number of jade boxes and some of the medicinal herbs were not old enough and had low value, Zhou Chun did not manage to consume all the spiritual herbs in the Medicine Valley.

After he and Liu Shiyun finished picking dozens of the more valuable medicinal herbs, they left the herb valley.

On the way back, because the giant ape wanted to carry the bags containing the emerald-crowned flying snakes, Zhou Chun and Liu Shiyun, at its repeated requests, sat on its shoulders, one on each side, and were carried back by it.

Given the Green-haired Giant Ape's cultivation level and stamina, the journey that would have taken Zhou Chun and his companions several days to complete was covered in less than two days at its feet.

This is because Zhou Chun and Liu Shiyun cannot withstand excessively violent jolting for an extended period of time; otherwise, it could have gone even faster.

After returning to the Zhou family in Jiufengling, Zhou Chun first settled Liu Shiyun in his residence, and then went to Pagoda Peak with the giant ape carrying the Emerald Crown Flying Serpent to hand over the captured Emerald Crown Flying Serpent to the clan leader Zhou Daoyi.

"You did a good job. The Emerald Crown Flying Serpent is indeed a demonic beast species with considerable cultivation value for the family. You have once again rendered a service to the family!"

Inside the Zhongping Hall, Zhou Daoyi nodded repeatedly after looking at the emerald-crowned flying snakes captured by the giant ape with green hair. He was very pleased with Zhou Chun's actions in thinking of the family.

Zhou Chun was pleased to receive the praise, but he did not dare to claim all the credit. Instead, he sincerely said, "Clan leader, you are wise. This matter is all thanks to Elder Yuan. If it were not for Elder Yuan, it would have been impossible for me to accomplish this on my own."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Daoyi waved his hand and said, "I naturally understand this, but I will only reward you with the credit. How you decide to share it with it is your business."

The Giant Ape with Green Hair is, after all, a demon beast. Even if it holds a high position within the Zhou family, it certainly doesn't have "human rights."

Therefore, Zhou Daoyi's current approach is the most appropriate.

Zhou Chun understood this, so he did not argue about it further.

He quickly added, "During this trip, I also collected many medicinal herbs from the places where these emerald-crowned flying snakes live. I would like to donate the parts that are useful to the family to the family."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Daoyi nodded with a look of satisfaction and replied, "It's rare that you're so thoughtful. I'll summon Zheng Yuan right away and have him take a look at which medicinal herbs are worth keeping."

After saying that, he sent the blue parrot "Lanlan" to Baiyao Peak to deliver the message.

When Zhou Zhengyuan arrived from Baiyao Peak, Zhou Daoyi took Zhou Chun to Feishi Peak and handed over the Emerald Crown Flying Snakes to the Third Elder Zhou Daoquan, who then arranged for people to tame them.

Not long after, Zhou Zhengyuan arrived at the "Zhongping Hall" and began to identify and count the spiritual herbs that Zhou Chun had taken out.

In the end, Zhou Zhengyuan took 70% of the spiritual herbs that Zhou Chun picked from the Medicine Valley back to Hundred Herbs Peak, and the total value of these spiritual herbs was equivalent to 754 family merits.

"Including the emerald-crowned flying snakes you brought back, I'll round it up to a whole number and count it as one thousand family merits!"

Zhou Daoyi glanced at the statistical paper that Zhou Zhengyuan had given him before leaving, pondered for a moment, and then looked at Zhou Chun and told him about the reward he would receive.

A thousand families’ good deeds!

This is undoubtedly a very large reward for good deeds.

It is very likely that, apart from a few Foundation Establishment stage cultivators in the family, there are very few Qi Refining stage cultivators in the Zhou family who can possess so many merit rewards.

With this reward for good deeds, Zhou Chun's family merit points now approach 1,500.

This doesn't even include the reward he received for discovering the Crimson Iron Ore Vein!

According to the Zhou family's one-to-one exchange rate between merit points and spirit coins, this amounts to 1,500 spirit coins.

What can 1,500 spirit coins do?

The money could buy ten bottles of the [Yellow Cloud Pill] that Zhou Chun is currently taking, enough for him to slowly reach the twelfth level of the Qi Refining stage!

If used to buy magical artifacts, it could buy about four high-quality Tier 1 artifacts like the [Moon Blade Meteor Wheel].

Even as far as Zhou Chun knew, sometimes if you were lucky enough to find one, a Foundation Establishment Pill would only cost five or six thousand spirit coins!

Therefore, even with his temperament, he showed extreme surprise and delight after hearing about the reward Zhou Daoyi mentioned.

Seeing the surprise on his face, Zhou Daoyi also said with a strange expression, "Don't say you're surprised, I was also very surprised after I did the calculations just now."

"Because your current merit points have made you the third highest-ranking Qi Refining cultivator in the family, and the other two are elders who are decades older than you!"

Are there two elders whose good deeds are even greater than mine?

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun's surprise dissipated considerably.

At this moment, he was thinking about how many more years it would take him to become the cultivator with the highest amount of merit among the Qi Refining stage cultivators in his family.

three years?

Five years?

In short, it shouldn't be too far away!

Zhou Daoyi, of course, had no idea what he was thinking, otherwise he would probably be speechless as well.

After her initial surprise, she looked at Zhou Chun and said, "You should save these merits for now. Otherwise, if you spend them freely, the amount of things other family members can exchange for will be greatly reduced."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun immediately replied respectfully, "This junior understands and will certainly follow the clan leader's instructions."

"Now let's talk about the reward for discovering and reporting the Crimson Iron Mine!"

Zhou Daoyi nodded, but then began to talk about the long-delayed matter of the reward for discovering the Crimson Iron Vein.

"The Crimson Iron Mine is now officially open for mining, and the family will be able to share in the profits of around 50,000 spirit coins."

"After discussing with the Supreme Elder, I have decided to not only elevate your family's status, but also to reward you and Zheng Yong with items worth approximately two thousand spirit coins."

"Since you were the one who discovered it directly, Zheng Yong also said that the main credit was given to you, so the reward you will receive is about 1,500 spirit coins."

As Zhou Daoyi finished speaking, he suddenly reached out and patted the storage bag at his waist, taking out more than a dozen scattered items and placing them in front of Zhou Chun.

"Here are some magical artifacts, talismans, and elixirs for you to choose from. It's up to you which ones you pick!"

The items that Zhou Daoyi is now able to offer to Zhou Chun are naturally the finest of the finest.

The vast majority of them were obtained from the killing of several Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Qiyun Alliance.

Although the Zhou family suffered casualties in the previous battle between the Qiyun Alliance and the five major cultivation families, their gains far outweighed their losses.

Not only did Zhou Daoyi obtain the relics of the three Foundation Establishment cultivators he had killed, but Zhou Mingde also killed two Foundation Establishment cultivators in the subsequent pursuit.

The Zhou family's Qi Refining stage cultivators killed over thirty rogue cultivators from the Qi Yun Alliance, reaping considerable gains as well.

Zhou Chun, who had not participated in the battle, also got the opportunity to share in the benefits.

He looked at the pile of things in front of him from left to right, asking this and that, and finally chose four items.

They are a bright yellow jade pendant, a light gold circular ring, a bottle of elixirs, and a magic talisman.

The jade pendant is named "Mingxia Pendant". It is a defensive magic artifact with an automatic protection function. When worn around the neck, it can release a glowing light to protect the body with just a thought when in danger, which is enough to withstand an attack from a first-grade high-level spell.

If you continue to infuse mana into it, the power of the radiant light will increase greatly, and it will be able to handle attacks from ordinary first-tier high-grade magic weapons without any problem.

Combined with the Five Elements Spirit Armor Technique that Zhou Chun has already learned, it is virtually impossible for a Qi Refining stage cultivator to kill him in one blow.

That pale gold circular magical artifact is called the "Golden Lock Ring." It can change size to trap enemies and is extremely effective against demonic beasts.

The pills are called "Rejuvenation Pills," a type of pill that can restore mana after refinement. One pill can restore 80% of Zhou Chun's mana within a quarter of an hour. There are three pills in total.

This [Rejuvenation Pill] is extremely precious; one pill is worth eighty spirit coins, and generally only Foundation Establishment stage cultivators can afford it.

The last talisman is a second-tier talisman called "Wind Travel Talisman," which, once activated, allows Qi Refining stage cultivators to fly on the wind. The flight speed is even faster than that of ordinary Foundation Establishment stage cultivators using magical artifacts, making it a very practical escape tool.

The four items together are worth about 1,400 to 1,500 spirit coins.

"These four items are roughly the same value. I'll give you two more top-grade first-tier magic talismans as a bonus."

Zhou Daoyi glanced at the four items Zhou Chunxuan had chosen, then reached into his storage pouch and took out a "Golden Armor Talisman" and a "Fire Serpent Talisman," handing them to him.

Zhou Chun was naturally very grateful and thanked him repeatedly.

After he put everything into his storage bag, Zhou Daoyi looked at him and earnestly instructed him: "Now you should have no shortage of magic weapons and pills. Next, you should work hard to cultivate and try to reach the twelfth level of Qi Refining before you are thirty-five years old. That way, you will have plenty of time to prepare for Foundation Establishment."

"Yes, this junior will certainly keep the clan elder's teachings in mind."

Zhou Chun nodded solemnly in agreement, then silently withdrew from the "Zhongping Hall" and returned to Baozhi Peak with a bountiful harvest.

(End of this chapter)