Chapter 259: Rich military exploits, successor patriarch
The statistics of the combat achievements of the three sects are finally out!
Because many cultivating families were involved, this time we did not send people to deliver letters from house to house. Instead, we directly announced the statistical results of the war achievements in various cities. Any monk can see the results on the huge notice in the city.
The Zhou family has a store in Hongyafang City, so the store owner immediately transferred the transcript of the information about the Zhou family back to the family.
In this war against the Hualong Sect, the Zhou family undoubtedly contributed a lot and made many meritorious deeds.
All their evidence that could prove their merits were handed over for verification as soon as possible.
When the statistical results came out at this time, they were all extremely satisfied and delighted.
According to the statistical standards of the three sects, killing an early-stage foundation-building monk and a second-level low-grade monster can earn 200 points of combat merit, which is approximately equivalent to 2,000 spiritual coins.
The mid-stage foundation-building monks and second-level mid-level monsters have 300 points of combat merit, while the late-stage foundation-building monks and second-level high-grade monsters have 400 points of combat merit.
The early stage monks of the Purple Mansion and the third-level low-grade monsters have up to 1,000 points of combat merit, while the middle-stage cultivators of the Zi Mansion and the third-level mid-level monsters have 1,500 points of combat merit.
In addition, participating in some major tasks and turning in some important materials can earn varying amounts of military merit.
Therefore, the final statistical result is that Zhou Mingde alone gained 6,700 points of combat merit.
Zhou Daoyi ranked second in combat merit, with 4,650 points of combat merit.
They were able to obtain so many military exploits, and a lot of the credit should have come from reporting the news of the beast tide at that time and the news of the disagreements between the monks of the Dragon Transformation Cult within the Golden Dragon Branch.
Naturally, Zhou Chun ranked third in combat merit, with 3,370 points of combat merit.
Zhou Daoquan, who ranked fourth in combat merit, also received 2,950 points of combat merit.
Zhou Chongshan, who ranked fifth in combat merit, received 1,650 points of combat merit.
Zhou Jiapeng, who ranked sixth in combat merit, received 1,450 points of combat merit.
Zhou Jiarui, who ranked seventh in combat merit, received 980 points of combat merit.
Zhou Jiahe, who ranked eighth in combat merit, received 570 points of combat merit.
The monks of the Zhou family who participated in the Qi Refining Period later in the war also gained more or less dozens of points of combat merit.
As for the pension for the fallen monks, it is distributed uniformly according to the major realm, and is directly distributed to the family together with the military merits obtained during his lifetime.
The pension for monks in the Qi Refining Stage is 50 points of military merit, the pension for monks in the Foundation Establishment Stage is 500 points of military merit, and the pension for monks in the Purple Mansion Stage is 3,000 points of military merit.
Calculated in this way, the Zhou family has received another 1,350 points of pension and military merit. Adding the military merits of those fallen monks during their lifetimes, the total is almost more than 1,500 points.
However, although the statistics of military exploits have been released and the approximate value of military exploits has been announced, the rewards for military exploits have not yet been released directly.
According to the three sects, the destruction of Hualong Sect this time has also consumed a lot of money for the three sects themselves, and they cannot produce so many spiritual coins and treasures as rewards for the time being.
Therefore, only the statistical results of combat achievements are currently announced, and specific rewards will not be issued until three to five years.
Next, the alchemists, weapon refiners, and talisman makers of the three sects will go all out to convert the resources obtained from the Hualong Cult and the Beast Tide into elixirs, magic weapons, and magic talismans, and then use these things as rewards to distribute.
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But the Zhou family is special.
Because Zhou Mingde took the opportunity to transport the corpses of several third-level monsters and inner elixirs to express his demands to Qinglian Temple.
At this time, he was able to use the third-level low-grade demonic beast Blue-Eyed Civet Cat Inner Elixir and 2,000 points of combat merit that he had previously obtained, and successfully exchanged it for the third-level mid-level demonic beast One-Horned Fire Wolf Inner elixir that was killed by Qing Lingzi.
With the help of this third-level mid-level monster inner elixir with similar characteristics, the Vulcan Jackal should be promoted to a third-level mid-level monster soon.
It's a pity that those fourth-level dragon inner elixirs can't be exchanged for others, and the Zhou family can't afford to exchange them. Otherwise, the Zhou family would just sell them, so I guess everyone would give them a try.
In addition to the normal statistics of military achievements and pensions, the three sects also announced
Another thing, exchange money.
The "Dragon Coins" issued by the Hualong Cult can be taken to the exchange offices opened by the three major sects in Fang City, and exchanged for spiritual coins, or accumulated into battle merit.
The exchange ratio was much lower than Zhou Chun originally expected. Ten "Dragon Coins" could only be exchanged for three "Moon Coins" circulating in Yasukuni.
Some people may wonder why the three sects exchanged those "dragon coins" and wasted a large amount of spiritual coins and military exploits.
But if one only needs to understand clearly the contribution of various cultivating families and individual cultivators during the war, there would be no doubts about this aspect.
You must know that when they were recruited to participate in the war, each cultivating family did not receive the benefits of a magic talisman or an elixir from the three sects. They all brought their own dry food and weapons to participate in the battle.
For example, the Zhou family, in order to raise enough supplies for the war, emptied most of Zhou Chun and others' personal pockets to raise all the supplies.
That's it, it's because they got the news early and the purchase price was low that they could buy so many.
Although their achievements in this war are completely worthy of their efforts, not every family has such achievements!
At that time, those who earned the most spiritual coins were undoubtedly the three sects.
Since they had harvested so many spiritual coins before the war, if they did not let go of the exchange after the war and spit out some of the spiritual coins, how could the many cultivating families whose efforts were far from matching their gains be dissatisfied with complaints?
Although it is said that the three sects are superior, even if all the immortal cultivating families in the country unite, they will not be able to resist them.
But after all, immortal cultivators are different from ordinary people who have no power to bind a chicken.
When many immortal cultivating families are on the verge of bankruptcy due to war, they may take desperate risks to vent their resentment or save their families, either by assassinating monks from the three sects who are out of town, or by robbing and killing monks from other families.
This will have a great impact on the entire domestic security environment and indirectly affect the interests of the three major sects.
Not to mention that the Hualong Cult has not yet been completely eliminated, and the major families may need help in dealing with other enemies in the future.
In this case, it is very necessary to exchange and cancel the "Dragon Coins" seized from the Hualong Cult.
Thanks to this exchange policy, the more than 80,000 "dragon coins" accumulated by the Zhou family can also be exchanged for more than 20,000 spiritual coins.
At this time, as the battle merit verification was announced, the mysterious rewards for the top 30 families in the "Hundred Clans Conference" were officially effective...
According to the wishes of the three sects, thirty other families including the Zhou family must establish a fixed stronghold with a guardian magic circle and a spiritual purification magic circle in the wilderness within the next five years, otherwise their rewards will be taken back.
, distributed to other families.
Five years is not a short time, but it is not long either.
The Zhou family must have planned this matter in advance, because the Zhou family really wants to establish not one, but two strongholds.
Fortunately, the Zhou family had planned it well at the beginning. The Zhou family did not have exclusive use of the stronghold, but shared it with some close friends of the family.
At this time, they took the opportunity to hold a patriarchal succession ceremony for Zhou Chun, and invited family talkers who were good friends with the Zhou family, such as the Wang family of Hongyao Valley, the Sun family of Jinfengling, and the He family of Qingzhushan, to the Zhou family to discuss the establishment of a new family.
The matter of establishing a stronghold.
On this day, at the invitation of the Zhou family, more than a dozen immortal cultivating families in Lanzhou sent representatives to witness the succession ceremony of the new patriarch of the Zhou family.
Outside the Zhou family ancestral temple, in front of the many Zhou family members and foreign monks who came to attend the patriarchal succession ceremony today, Zhou Daoyi said with a serious face: "Dear members of the Zhou family, and fellow Taoists who are watching the ceremony, please join us today.
This testifies that I, Zhou Daoyi, the patriarch of the Zhou family in Jiufengling, will no longer hold the position of patriarch from today."
After saying that, he turned around and came face to face with Zhou Chun who was standing beside him.
At this time, Zhou Chun knelt down on one knee and raised his hands high.
Zhou Daoyi said again at this time: "Zhou Zhengchun, the deputy patriarch of the Zhou family, has a pure character, both ability and political integrity, and is able to obey others. From today on, the position of the head of the Zhou family will be passed to the deputy patriarch Zhou.
Masazumi succeeds."
After saying that, he raised his hand and patted the storage bag on his waist, and handed the seal representing the identity of the clan leader into Zhou Chun's hand.
Zhou Chun held the seal in his hand, stood up slowly, and then said in a serious voice: "Thank you to all the elders and clan members for your trust. Zhengchun will definitely be in his position, seek his duties, perform his duties with all his heart, and live up to everyone's expectations."
The love of the elders has lived up to the high expectations of all the clan members."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Daoyi waved his hand and said, "My fellow clansmen, I haven't seen the new clan leader yet!"
"Zhou Daoquan has met the clan leader!"
"Zhou Jiarui has met the clan leader!"
"Zhou Jiahe has met the clan leader!"
Beginning with several elders of the Zhou family, one by one the Zhou family monks present began to bow their hands towards Zhou Chun and salute.
It's just that at this time, the mood of everyone who saluted was completely different.
Seniors like Zhou Daoquan, Zhou Jiarui and other Zhou parents in the foundation-building period saw that step by step, Zhou Chun, the younger generation, finally reached the position that everyone originally expected, and they felt relieved and happy.
Seniors like Zhou Jiacheng, Zhou Jiasheng and other Zhou family members in the Qi Refining Period saw Zhou Chun, a younger generation, reaching this stage in just twenty or thirty years, and their hearts were full of emotions. They were both happy and admired for him, and also proud of themselves.
Feeling sour and ashamed.
As for Zhou Zhengyong, Zhou Xinlan, Zhou Xindie and other fellow monks and juniors who were close to Zhou Chun, they all felt extremely happy and excited when they saw Zhou Chun finally taking the position of head of the Zhou family, and felt happy for him from the bottom of their hearts.
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Even the Zhou family monks who did not have a particularly good relationship with Zhou Chun, whether they were elders, peers, or juniors, although they were shocked that he became the clan leader so quickly, no one said they were dissatisfied or angry...
Just like Zhou Daoyi said before, Zhou Chun's outstanding performance over the years, regardless of personal character or ability, has made most of the Zhou family's monks impeccable and have no choice but to obey him.
At this time, after all the Zhou family members and Zhou Chun, the new patriarch, had finished their ceremony, Wang Zhixiong and others who came to watch the ceremony also sent congratulations to Zhou Chun.
After another lively meal, the celebration was finally over.
When the celebration was over, Zhou Chun invited Wang Zhixiong and other people who were close to the Zhou family to the reception area, and behind closed doors they talked about establishing a pioneer stronghold.
However, what Zhou Chun didn't expect was that when he talked about cooperating to establish a pioneering stronghold, Wang Zhixiong and others, who had previously expressed gratitude and approval to the Zhou family for such a healthy behavior, changed their minds at this time.
"Forgive me, Fellow Daoist Zhou. It's not that Wang and the Wang family don't want to get involved in this matter. It's really that the Wang family has suffered heavy losses in this war and is no longer able to contribute to this matter!"
"Yes, yes, my He family's situation is similar. This time, the mountain gate that our He family has inherited for hundreds of years has been abandoned. Now rebuilding the mountain gate will consume a lot of manpower and material resources, and there is no extra strength to participate in pioneering.
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"My Sun family was originally underpopulated. In this war, we lost the patriarch and two elders. Now we are lucky to be able to keep our family alive, and we really can't afford to participate in the establishment of a pioneering stronghold!"
In the living room, Wang Zhixiong and others took turns complaining about their family's difficulties, but no one wanted to explore the wilderness again.
When they agreed to build a pioneering base together, it was because the family was strong at that time and fully capable of investing manpower and material resources in this area.
But who would have expected that after the battle of the Southern Expedition, each of their families would lose several monks in the foundation-building stage, and also lose dozens of monks in the Qi-refining stage in the beast tide.
The loss of these people has left their respective families with a lot of physical and mental injuries. Now they have no energy left to invest in pioneering the frontiers.
This result was also unexpected by Zhou Chun.
He looked at Wang Zhixiong and others with sad faces in front of him, and his own brows also furrowed.
The Zhou family is also short of people. If these people are unwilling to join in the establishment of the pioneer stronghold, with the current number of Zhou family members, there is no way to build a pioneer stronghold that meets the requirements of the three sects.
"Anyway, everyone
Fellow Taoists, you should think more about it. Once you miss this opportunity, it will be difficult for you to enter again in the future!"
In the end, Zhou Chun could only sigh softly and asked several families to think about this matter more, but he could not force them to join.
After sending off Wang Zhixiong and others, Zhou Chun also explained the difficulties of establishing a pioneer stronghold to Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi.
"Since the Wang family is unwilling to devote manpower to do this, they have no choice but to ask other families if they want to cooperate. If that doesn't work, you can also find some casual cultivators in the foundation-building period to cooperate. After all, you have to establish a pioneering stronghold first.
stand up!"
After listening to Zhou Chun's words, Zhou Daoyi immediately gave his own opinion.
Zhou Mingde also said at this time: "Then let's ask the Li family and the You family what they think. Although they can also establish a pioneer stronghold, with the size of their family, just one pioneer stronghold is definitely not enough!
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"Junior understands, this junior will handle this matter as soon as possible."