Clan Cultivation: Starting from Beast Taming

"Regarding the Heavenly Spirit Trial, this matter needs to be traced back to thousands of years ago."

"Roughly seven or eight thousand years ago, the vast region that included Jingguo Country, Cheng Country, and Shen Country, was dominated and ruled by a powerful cultivation sect known as the Heavenly Spirit Sect."

"It is said that, at its peak, the Heavenly Spirit Sect had more than a dozen Nascent Soul Stage cultivators alone!"

"The Heavenly Spirit Trial was a test created by the Heavenly Spirit Sect to select outstanding disciples from within its ranks."

"There were a total of three Trial Grounds for the Heavenly Spirit Trial, each corresponding to cultivators of the Qi Refinement Realm, Foundation Establishment, and Purple Mansion stages, who could enter their respective trial based on the level of their Heavenly Spirit Order."

"Inside each Trial Ground, there were all sorts of dangerous challenges and treasures arranged by the Heavenly Spirit Sect for the disciples. The better the disciples performed in the Trial Grounds, the higher the rewards they would receive after the trial ended."

"However, the Heavenly Spirit Sect has long been destroyed, and two of the three Trial Grounds have been discovered and deciphered, leaving only the one for Qi Refinement Realm cultivators yet to be found."

"Also, due to the destruction of the Heavenly Spirit Sect, those who wish to participate in the Heavenly Spirit Trial and enter the Trial Grounds can only do so by using the Heavenly Spirit Order during certain special periods through the teleportation altars located in the ruins of the Heavenly Spirit Sect."

"According to what I know, every time the Heavenly Spirit Trial begins, cultivators within the borders of the three countries will enter that Trial Ground with a Heavenly Spirit Order to scavenge for resources, and there have even been people who brought back Spiritual Medicine that was over a thousand years old!"

In the Central Peace Hall, faced with Zhou Chun's inquiry, Zhou Daoyi slightly organized his thoughts before informing him of all the details about the "Heavenly Spirit Trial."

After speaking, he also sighed with a sense of regret, "What a pity I wasn't there at the time; otherwise, if it were just over five thousand Spirit Coins, I might have tried to win that Heavenly Spirit Order and let you, Zhengchun, explore the Trial Ground to see the situation!"

Zhou Daoyi understood Zhou Chun's strength quite well.

Now that both the Rock Earth Turtle and the Silver Lightning Python had been successfully nurtured, in addition to the secret techniques he practiced and the Magic Artifacts he owned, it was very difficult for anyone in the Qi Refinement Realm to defeat him.

If he were to participate in that "Heavenly Spirit Trial," he would likely achieve significant gains.

However, Zhou Chun's attention at this time was already caught by the formidable power of the Heavenly Spirit Sect mentioned by Zhou Daoyi.

He showed no reaction to the sighing, but rather asked curiously with full interest, "As the Clan Leader said, the Heavenly Spirit Sect was so powerful at its peak, how did it come to be destroyed?"

This time, Zhou Daoyi shook his head and said, "I don't know about that; after thousands of years, only those well-informed Golden Core cultivators might know something, while the vast majority of ordinary cultivators would find it difficult to know the true story."

Having said that, he waved his hand at Zhou Chun and said, "Alright, you just need a rough understanding of these events, there's no need to pay too much attention. You should focus more on your cultivation and strive to reach the stage of Foundation Establishment as soon as possible!"

"Understood, junior has taken note," replied Zhou Chun obediently. He then took his leave and returned to his dwelling.

Within a few days, news spread throughout the Zhou Family that the clan had acquired five Spirit Ascension Fruits.

Unlike before when candidates were selected for Foundation Establishment Pill consumption, this time Zhou Daoyi placed all five Spirit Ascension Fruits into the Family Treasure Vault, allowing clan members to exchange them for family merits.

The exchange price for each Spirit Ascension Fruit was two thousand family merit points.

This price was almost at cost, perhaps even a bit of a discount.

However, among the entire Qi Refinement Realm cultivators in the Zhou Family, only two people had more than two thousand family merit points—one was Zhou Chun who had no need for the Spirit Ascension Fruit and the other was already over ninety years old with virtually no hope for Foundation Establishment.

Thus, neither of them participated in the contention for the five Spirit Ascension Fruits.

But while they did not contest for the Spirit Ascension Fruits, others coveted the family merits they possessed.

Shortly after the news that the Spirit Ascension Fruits could be exchanged for family merits was released, several senior family members approached him with a single goal: to borrow merits from him. Enjoy more content from m-v l'e|m,p| y r

The fact that Zhou Chun had the most family merits among the Qi Refinement Realm cultivators in the Zhou Family was by now an open secret.

And since he still needed some time to break through the twelfth layer of the Qi Refinement Realm, let alone to penetrate all one hundred and eight acupoints in his body.

Therefore, those Zhou Family elders who had a need for the Spirit Ascension Fruits and insufficient family merits readily targeted him.

Faced with these elders' requests, Zhou Chun also felt a bit caught between a rock and a hard place.

If he didn't lend, there was the risk of being labeled as stingy and tightfisted by the elders, affecting their opinion of him negatively.

If he lent, considering there were so many elders, whom should he lend to?

Consequently, he could only first inquire about the amount of merits each person wanted to borrow and then used the excuse that he needed time to consider, while weighing his options in secret.

First of all, he was definitely going to lend out the merits. If he didn't lend to anyone, it would seem he offended no one, but in reality, he would have offended everyone.

Moreover, if the merits he lent out helped someone succeed in establishing their Foundation, it would count as a significant favor.

But by the time Zhou Chun had barely considered for two days, two of the five Spirit Ascension Fruits had already been exchanged by someone who managed to gather enough merits from other clan members, preempting others by acting first.

This caused the rest of the Zhou Family members to become anxious, and Zhu Chun faced even greater pressure.