Clan Cultivation: Starting from Beast Taming - Chapter 158

Chapter 158: Chapter 111: Displaying the Corpse in Public, the Clan Leader’s Reward [Subscribe Please]

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From the interrogation of the captured Loose Cultivators, it was learned that the Foundation Establishment Cultivator who was mutually wounded with Zhou Chun was named Shen Han, a Loose Cultivator who had not been at the Foundation Establishment Stage for more than thirty years.

This man originally practiced under the name of a Loose Cultivator organization and often helped other Loose Cultivators to deal with some powerful Demon Beasts that were difficult to handle, and he was generous in sharing the benefits, maintaining a fairly good reputation.

Therefore, a Loose Cultivator who had discovered the Octagonal Aquatic Deer with Zhou Jiacheng informed Shen Han of the discovery, hoping for a reward afterwards.

From this point of view, Shen Han could also be considered clever, at least understanding the principle of steady progress and not easily resorting to burning bridges after crossing them.

But this time he was too clever for his own good, having provoked someone he shouldn’t have.

Thanks to Zhou Jiacheng, who returned to the family in advance to report the news, an enraged Zhou Daoyi had already personally sent messages to all the allied families of the Zhou Family asking for their help in keeping an eye out for information regarding Shen Han.

At the same time, he also made private promises to the leaders of several Individual Cultivator Settlements, offering 2,000 Spirit Coins as a reward for any information on Shen Han’s whereabouts provided secretly!

With such comprehensive efforts, Shen Han, who was hiding in an Individual Cultivator Settlement to recover from his injuries, was soon betrayed by another Foundation Establishment Stage Loose Cultivator.

Then, Clan Leader of the Zhou Family, Zhou Daoyi, personally took action and lay in wait outside that Individual Cultivator Settlement.

By the time Zhou Jiarui, along with Zhou Chun and the others, had transported the remaining three Octagonal Aquatic Deer back to Jiufeng Ridge over several days of combined water and land transport,

the body of Shen Han had already been brought back by Zhou Daoyi himself.

“Zhengchun, I’m glad you’re all right. I’ve decided to hang this fiend’s body outside the mountain gate for public display for a hundred days so that all the Loose Cultivators in Lanzhou will know the fate of those who bully the weak and harm Cultivators of the Zhou Family!”

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Inside Central Peace Hall, after personally examining Zhou Chun’s injuries, Zhou Daoyi’s expression softened, and then he coldly stated his decision on the disposition of Shen Han’s body.

This time, the danger Zhou Chun and the others encountered was the first time a Foundation Establishment Stage Loose Cultivator had acted against Zhou Family Cultivators alone since the Zhou Family established themselves at Jiufeng Ridge.

This trend must not be allowed to continue!

Even if the injured were not an heir like Zhou Chun, whom he valued greatly, as Clan Leader of the Zhou Family, Zhou Daoyi would absolutely not tolerate such behavior.

Hence he did not hesitate to spend favors to ask allied families for assistance in finding the man, and offered a hefty sum to entice those Foundation Establishment Loose Cultivators to provide information.

He had to make it known to those Loose Cultivators that if they dared to bully the weak and harm Zhou Family Cultivators, no matter the cost, the Zhou Family would ensure their bodies were exposed for all to see!

Only by doing so could a deterrent effect be formed against those who always felt they had nothing to lose.

It would discourage them from readily murdering Zhou Family Cultivators for a trifling gain.

Of course, Zhou Chun had no objections regarding the exposure of Shen Han’s body to the public.

Although this method was rather inhumane, it was necessary.

Without such severe punishment, it would not serve as a deterrent.

Even though Zhou Chun knew that Zhou Daoyi’s actions in pursuing Shen Han were primarily for the collective interest of the family, he was still very grateful and touched by his help in avenging him.

He immediately expressed his gratitude, “How could someone of my lowly status deserve such profound favor from the Clan Leader!”

“There is no need for such words. What I have done is not only for the sake of avenging you but also to prevent similar incidents from happening to all the Cultivators of the family,” Zhou Daoyi said with a wave of his hand, refraining from using any false flattery about valuing Zhou Chun.

He then looked at Zhou Chun and said, “Your performance this time has been conveyed to me by Jiarui and Jiacheng. Without you, the family might have lost several outstanding Clan Members. Such merit must be rewarded!”

After a brief pause for contemplation, he nodded and said, “Including the reward for this mission, I grant you 500 family merits, and in addition, I will bestow upon you two Grade Two inferior Talismans and a Grade One superior Flying Artifact.”

This reward could not be considered anything other than generous.

But considering Zhou Chun’s losses, it was only fair.

In the battle with Shen Han, Zhou Chun not only used a precious Grade Two Talisman Instrument but also consumed an exceedingly precious “Dragon Blood Qi Tonic Pill,” two Rejuvenation Pills, and dozens of Grade One Talismans.

The combined value of these items would not be less than 1,000 Spirit Coins.

If the reward given by Zhou Daoyi were less than this amount, it would indeed be disheartening.

Thus, Zhou Chun felt entirely justified in accepting this reward.

After receiving the reward, he returned to his dwelling to recuperate.

Because he was seriously injured on duty, Zhou Daoyi specially granted him a three-month leave of convalescence.

However, after about a month of resting, Zhou Chun’s injuries were mostly healed.

By then, the body of Shen Han, which had been exposed for all to see outside Jiufeng Ridge, had been dried into a mummy.

And this incident was quickly propagated throughout the Loose Cultivator community of Lanzhou’s Cultivation World through the word of mouth of those who went to Jiufeng Ridge for Cultivation.

Since the Zhou Family did not betray the Foundation Establishment Loose Cultivator who revealed Shen Han’s whereabouts, other Loose Cultivators were shocked by the Zhou Family’s strength and methods. They managed to find the man and bring him to justice so quickly.

Even some Cultivation families unaware of the internal details were astonished by the power the Zhou Family demonstrated in this matter and had to reassess the Zhou Family’s capabilities.

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