Clan Cultivation: Starting from Beast Taming

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After consuming several Demon Spirit Pills, Baibai's Mana had significantly increased compared to before, allowing it to extend its transformation time and support more frequent bombardments.

Lightning cascaded down furiously, first striking the panicked Cold Ice Toad, tearing its skin and splitting its flesh, charring its body and emitting smoke as it cried out "guagua" desperately trying to escape.

Subsequently, the Lu Family Cultivator at the later Foundation Establishment Stage began to struggle in defense, completely falling into a defensive position.

Meanwhile, Zhou Chun pivoted to assist Zhou Jiarui in dealing with the Lu Family Cultivator at the early Foundation Establishment Stage.

Seeing this, the owner of the Ice Toad frantically ordered the Spirit Pet to intercept Zhou Chun, attempting to delay him.

However, Zhou Chun no longer held back and directly unleashed the "Flowing Light Golden Rainbow."

With a burst from his mouth, a golden rainbow shot out, piercing through the air towards the early-stage Lu Family Cultivator with the force of a bamboo-splitting, lightning-fast attack.

The Lu Family Cultivator was protected by a second-tier mid-grade Defensive Dharma Artifact. Detecting Zhou Chun's move, he quickly activated the green wooden shield around him, releasing a sphere of green radiance for protection.

However, the golden rainbow struck the green haze and instantly penetrated it, hitting the wooden shield directly.

In an instant, the mid-grade second-tier Defensive Dharma Artifact sustained heavy damage, with the surface of the wooden shield cracking open like a spiderweb, rendering it unable to provide defense anymore.

Zhou Jiarui's Golden Armor Rock Turtle was in perfect sync with its master, opportune in spitting out a "Sky-Splitting Golden Sword" that cleaved towards the Lu Family Cultivator.

Though the Lu Family Cultivator had some tricks up his sleeve, in a critical moment, green radiance surged from his body, forming a green tree-like umbrella to block in front of him, remarkably parrying the Golden Armor Rock Turtle's offense.

Yet, Zhou Chun's "Flying Dragon Snatch" Magic Artifact swooped through the air towards him again at that moment.

At the same time, the Lu Family Cultivator who was contesting with the Thunder Flood Dragon Baibai hoped to assist his comrade and thus launched a red light towards Zhou Chun, where the silhouette of a short sword Magic Artifact could be made out.

But Zhou Chun activated the "Profound Spirit Gold Bell" over himself, instantly causing that attack to rebound in vain.

Immediately after, he attacked the already grievously injured Cold Ice Toad with the "Sun Glare Wheel," ordered the Golden Armor Rock Turtle to deal with the Ice Toad, and together with Zhou Jiarui, they besieged the early-stage Lu Family Cultivator under the cover of the golden bell.

Such a battle did not last long; without the second-tier mid-grade Defensive Dharma Artifact, the Lu Family Cultivator was utterly overpowered by Zhou Chun and Zhou Jiarui, and was forced to withdraw from combat.

With his retreat, the Lu Family subsequently lost any chance of victory!

It wasn't long before all three Lu Family Cultivators were eliminated, and the Zhou Family secured this critically important victory.

In the subsequent battles at the Qi Refining Venue, the Zhou Family Cultivators fought fiercely to the utmost, even with Zhou Jiacheng's Spirit Pet falling in combat under the opponent's attack.

But in the end, they managed to secure another point for the family, winning the battle.

Thence, the Zhou Family advanced to the top thirteen without any further surprises.

"Well done, all of you are truly commendable! With people like you in our Zhou Family, how can we not flourish in the future!"

As the ten Zhou Family Qi Refinement Realm Cultivators also stepped down from the stage, Zhou Mingde, who had been waiting for a long time, couldn't help but voice his excitement and praise.

The Clan Leader Zhou Daoyi then aptly spoke, "It is all thanks to the Supreme Elder's wise leadership that we have today's Zhou Family! Your contributions to our success are immense."

"Indeed, without the Supreme Elder stepping forward back then, where would the Zhou Family be today!"

Zhou Chun said with a tone of emotion, echoing Zhou Daoyi's sentiments.

Hearing their words, Zhou Mingde's excitement simmered down a bit, and he couldn't help pointing at the two and laughingly said, "You two stop flattering me. When it comes to contributions, both of your service to the family is not at all lesser than mine!"

He then swept his arm grandly and said, "Enough about rewarding for merits, we can discuss that after returning to the family. For now, let's go rest and wait for the conclusion of the grand assembly!"

The group chattered and laughed, heading to the resting area in high spirits for a much-needed rest.

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After more than half a day had passed, the finals of the "Hundred Clans Conference" had finally all concluded, and the rankings for the top thirteen families were announced.

The Zhou Family's points placed them right in the twelfth position, only one point ahead of the thirteenth!

That was a crucial point, for without it, there would be three families with the same score, and inevitably a selection would have to be made from among them for the twelfth and thirteenth places.

The other two families tied for the thirteenth place each had a Purple Mansion stage cultivator, one in the late stage and one with two Purple Mansion cultivators.

In the end, the family with the late-stage Purple Mansion cultivator managed to secure the thirteenth place.

This result caused the members of the Zhou Family to break out in a cold sweat and breathe sighs of relief in their hearts.

Interestingly, the Jiang Family did not manage to break into the top thirteen either, whereas the Yan Family, who had been defeated by the Zhou Family in the first round, had somehow fought their way into the top thirteen.

Once the final rankings of the competition were announced, the yellow-robed daoist Master Shanyang from the Green Lotus Temple waved his hand and said, "Alright, this concludes the Hundred Clans Conference. Next, we three major sects will organize a trade fair and an auction in the Xianyun Marketplace. Those who are interested may take a look!"

After finishing, he secretly transmitted a message to the representatives of the top thirty families selected from this "Hundred Clans Conference," instructing them to go to a certain place in the Xianyun Marketplace to have a covert meeting.

This action disappointed those cultivators who were still keen on finding out what mysterious benefits the top thirty families had obtained.

But as this was the decision of the three major sects, no one dared to object.

Consequently, the focus of discussions shifted to the upcoming trade fair and auction.

A trade fair and auction jointly organized and hosted by the three major sects was something that had only been heard of once in several hundred years.

Therefore, many cultivators were expectant of the items that would appear at the trade fair.

As for the auction, it was not something that ordinary cultivators could participate in. Only the various powers or high-level loose cultivators had the financial strength to take part in it.

On the Zhou Family's side, Zhou Mingde went to the marketplace for a secret discussion with the Golden Elixir cultivators from the three major sects.

Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Chun, among others, surged into the marketplace, joining the so-called trade fair.

This so-called trade fair was somewhat similar to the original street market stalls in the marketplace.

The difference was that during the trade fair, any cultivator could set up a stall anywhere in the marketplace for trading goods, as long as it didn't obstruct traffic and block the facades of the stores.

As a result, the marketplace became extremely lively.

In less than a day's time, most of the open spaces in the Xianyun Marketplace were occupied by the stalls of cultivators, many of whom were Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators.

Seeing this, the Zhou Family members decided to let Zhou Jiarui and Zhou Jiacheng, among a few others, set up two stalls, where they put some items they wanted to dispose of up for sale.

The others roamed on their own, looking to purchase items that caught their eye from the stalls of other cultivators.

Zhou Chun, now carrying tens of thousands of Spirit Coins, was a rich man; if he truly took a fancy to something, he would not spare his wealth to acquire it.

However, with his current level of discernment, ordinary items were hardly worth his attention, and whether he would find anything of value depended on luck.

He casually picked a direction and walked along, his gaze sweeping over each of the stalls, focusing mainly on those set up by Foundation Establishment cultivators.

But as he had expected, most Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators belonged to families or sects, and the items they brought to the stalls were rarely of true value.

After a complete round, he hadn't spent a single coin.

Just when he was feeling rather uninterested and was about to return to his own stall, suddenly, he heard a commotion coming from the edge of a grove ahead. Lifting his eyes, he saw that a crowd of dozens had already gathered.

Seeing this, his interest was piqued, and he hurriedly stepped forward to approach.