Clan Cultivation: Starting from Beast Taming

One-sided stories cannot be trusted, a principle Zhou Chun had understood very well in his previous life.

No matter what anyone says, you absolutely cannot simply choose to believe it all.

Otherwise, it's very easy to be swayed by their words and lose your ability to think and judge for yourself.

So when Zhou Yu, once an elder of the Zhou Family, came before him with repentance and pleas, he didn't feign belief and actually trust her.

In the end, no matter what Zhou Yu said, he merely agreed to relay her message to Zhou Mingde and the other two Purple Mansion Cultivators in the family.

Having finally rid himself of Zhou Yu's entanglements, Zhou Chun returned to the family sect gate with Zhou Jiahe.

Upon their return, Zhou Jiahe, who rarely spoke, hurriedly began to apologize to Zhou Chun.

"I'm very sorry about what happened today, cousin. Aunt Yu indeed did me a great favor in the past. This time she personally sought me out and asked me to invite you to meet her, I really couldn't refuse such an obligation and had to help her this once!"

In fact, without her saying, Zhou Chun had already guessed that this was the reason.

Besides the debt of gratitude being too strong to ignore, Zhou Jiahe, unless she was foolish, would know how taboo it is for her, an elder of the Zhou Family, to secretly contact someone like Zhou Yu, a betrayer of the Zhou Family.

Therefore, at this moment, faced with her apology, Zhou Chun quickly chose to forgive.

He simply nodded and said, "I can understand the difficulty you're in, cousin. Let's just put this matter to rest. In the future, it's best you avoid contact with those people to prevent any unfortunate misunderstandings!"

"Thank you for your understanding. You can rest assured, this time I have repaid the favor she once did for me. If she comes to me again, I will act as if I never knew her, and will certainly not help her with anything!"

Zhou Jiahe's expression relaxed as she solemnly promised in front of Zhou Chun.

Having received Zhou Jiahe's promise, Zhou Chun went to see Zhou Mingde and relayed Zhou Yu's words to this elder.

He was aware that he had no relationship whatsoever with Zhou Yu, and she definitely couldn't expect any real assistance from him.

Zhou Yu's real hope lay with Zhou Mingde and the other two Purple Mansion Cultivators of the Zhou Family.

However, after hearing Zhou Chun's relayed message, Zhou Mingde looked at him and directly asked, "What is your opinion on this matter, Zhengchun?"

"I am not in a position to say. After all, I am not familiar with the situation in Spirit Beast Manor, nor with the people who remain there, so it is not appropriate for me to comment much."

Zhou Chun shook his head, not giving any particular opinion.

Seeing that he was not willing to offer an opinion, Zhou Mingde did not press further.

He merely nodded and said, "I understand. I'll discuss this matter with Daoyi and the others, to see what they think."

After finishing, he instructed Zhou Chun, "There is no need to let more clan members know about Zhou Yu's matter for now, to avoid causing unnecessary turmoil. Zhengchun, also arrange for someone to inquire about the situation in Spirit Beast Manor, and see what exactly is going on there."

"Understood, elder."

Zhou Chun agreed and then withdrew to carry out his task.

Gathering information about Spirit Beast Manor was actually not difficult.

Even without going through those Zhou Family Cultivators who remained in Spirit Beast Manor, Zhou Chun had other means to gather intelligence.

He personally made a trip to the Li Family under the guise of fostering the bond between the two families, but in reality, he was there to gather intelligence about Spirit Beast Manor.

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Now that the Zhou Family had three Purple Mansion Cultivators, their standing was quite different. Since Zhou Chun, the Clan Leader himself, was paying a visit, the Li Family naturally could not fob him off with superficial words.

After such inquiries, Zhou Chun indeed learned a lot of useful information.

The situation was just as he had initially feared, the things Zhou Yu told him were indeed only her side of the story.

It's true that the current situation in Spirit Beast Manor appeared somewhat grim, but before entering seclusion for healing, Yu Jinghua had made quite a few arrangements to prevent any major chaos from happening too quickly.

As for why Zhou Yu and the other Zhou Family Cultivators were being suppressed and marginalized, in the eyes of ordinary outsiders, it was entirely their own making.

Despite already being sect cultivators, they still clung to their old way of thinking from the Sanjue Sect period, desiring to be the masters of the sect and to lord over other cultivators with different surnames.

The reason behind their thinking was simple: a lot of the properties in Spirit Beast Manor were brought over from the Zhou Family, and as Zhou Family members remaining in Spirit Beast Manor, they believed they should naturally have the management rights and priority use of those properties.

However, to be fair, since Spirit Beast Manor was now operating under the formal model of a sect, Zhou Yu and the others' way of thinking and actions were clearly divergent from the sect's interests.

Especially since the majority in Spirit Beast Manor were cultivators with different surnames, who also held the absolute advantage in terms of strength.

In this context, even though Zhou Yu and group were in a weaker position, they still desired more resources, which understandably would not sit well with the other cultivators.

Consequently, Zhou Yu and those deemed remnants of the Zhou Family by other cultivators, were naturally marginalized and suppressed, stripped of many benefits.

And it might be that Zhou Yu and the others had gone too far previously, or maybe they simply didn't want to be involved in such disputes, but Zhou Zhenkun, a Purple Mansion Phase Cultivator who should have stood up for them, showed no intention of doing so.