Cultivation Begins From The Desert

Chihu Mountain, the newly built council hall of the Zhou family.

The Zhou family's newly built council hall is not much different in general style from the council hall on Yuquan Peak, but the space inside is wider enough to accommodate thousands of people to discuss matters in it.

At the same time, the decoration in the council hall is also much more exquisite. Not only are there more than 20 jade lamps made by the Zhou family monks themselves, but there are also hundreds of "clean heart futons" on the ground.

This "Qingxin futon" is a common auxiliary instrument for low-level cultivators to meditate in daily practice. Be able to calm down and think calmly.

However, there are so many futons here today that they are definitely not satisfied, because the people who participated in this family discussion are the real elites of the Zhou family. Except for those who cannot leave because of their heavy responsibilities, there are only less than 40 people.

"Today I gathered all the clansmen to hold a small family meeting to discuss several important matters."

"I also know that all the clansmen here are busy with clan affairs and time is tight, so today I will not listen to your reports on those clan affairs, and directly explain the matters to be discussed."

In the discussion hall, Zhou Yang sat cross-legged on a cold jade bed at the top, his eyes swept over the dozens of Zhou family cultivators sitting cross-legged at the bottom, and when he opened his mouth, he went straight to the subject.

"The first thing, since my Zhou family has been promoted to the Zifu family, some of the family's outdated rules need to be changed. That's right, I'm referring to the automatic promotion of clan elders to clan elders after they are promoted to the ninth level of Qi practice. one thing!"

"The second thing, my Zhou family is now more and more cultivators, and faces more and more various things. The original regulations of the Shuwu Palace in charge of the affairs of the whole family are out of date and need to be changed."

"The fourth thing, as the family gets bigger and bigger, the number of people in the family increases, and some bad signs have begun to show. Today, I am calling you all here, and I want you to check and correct yourself first, and then go back. Then I will question and guide the other clansmen, and establish a family style of integrity, goodness, diligence and integrity for my Zhou family!"

He finished saying what he wanted to say one by one, then kept silent and waited for the next Zhou cultivators to carefully reflect on the meaning of what he said.

After waiting for nearly two quarters of an hour, he looked at the crowd and said: "Now let's talk about the first thing, you are also aware of the situation of this matter, as the family's conditions are getting better and better, the family cultivator's cultivation level has been upgraded to the training level. The ninth level of Qi is much easier than before, so that the clan now has as many as twenty-two elders of the ninth level of Qi practice, and it is expected that there will be only a lot more in the future."

"I don't want to talk about what the ancestors thought when they formulated the system that the ninth level of Qi cultivation can be promoted to the clan elder, I just want to tell you that if this system does not change, as the number of elders increases, The more, the status of the clan elder in the hearts of the clansmen will definitely be lower and lower, and the status in the eyes of outsiders will be lower and lower."

"If you, as elders of the Zhou family, can't get the respect you deserve in front of outsiders, how can you make people respect the Zhou family? Revere the Zhou family?"

Hearing what he said, the expressions of some of the Zhou family elders present changed slightly, and then some people showed thoughtful expressions on their faces, and some people showed anxious and worried expressions on their faces, but no one dared to immediately say something.

It can be clearly seen that those who show a thoughtful look are all people who have been promoted to clan elders for more than ten or twenty years.

When these people were promoted to clan elders, there were only a few elders in the Zhou clan, and they truly understood the difference between the meaning of the clan elders at that time and the meaning of the clan elders now.

And those who show anxiety and worry are mostly people who have been promoted to clan elders in the past ten years. These people are finally promoted to become clan elders and enjoy the benefits of elders that were envied before. Naturally, they are worried that Zhou Yang proposed reforms at this time. The rules for the appointment of family elders will weaken their benefits.

These people didn't dare to say anything, but they all turned their attention to the old white-haired woman who was sitting in the same row with many foundation-building cultivators in the first row in front of her.

The white-haired old woman is the current chief elder of the Zhou family, Zhou Yuanchun.

As the chief elder of the Zhou family and the great-granddaughter of the old patriarch Zhou Minghan, Zhou Yuanchun was indeed qualified to sit in the same row as those foundation-building cultivators.

After feeling the gazes of the various descendants behind him, Zhou Yuanchun, who was already 118 years old, suddenly stood up tremblingly and cupped his hands towards Zhou Yang, and said in a hoarse voice, "The reason you said, Patriarch, We all know that you should directly express your opinions and ideas!"

"Sixth sister, you are old, so sit down and talk."

Zhou Yang glanced at the white-haired elder sister who had not lived for two years, and her mood was a little complicated.

After the death of the old patriarch Zhou Minghan, most of the inheritance was given to this granddaughter, except for one thing, which was the family contribution points accumulated by him.

Originally, Minghan had at least 30,000 Family Contribution Points this week, but before his death, he destroyed all of these Family Contribution Points, leaving nothing behind.

Zhou Yang understood very well the reason why Zhou Minghan did this, that is, he did not want Zhou Yuanchun to exchange the Foundation Establishment Dan for her two low-grade Linggen sons after getting this huge contribution point.

So when Zhou Yuanchun took the magical tools and spirit stones left by the old patriarch Zhou Minghan a few years ago, and wanted to find him and his father Zhou Xuanhao in exchange for family contribution points, both he and Zhou Xuanhao refused.

Because of this, the relationship between Zhou Yuanchun and them suddenly became a lot more divided, and he felt a little resentment towards them when he thought about it.

Even so, Zhou Yang did not think that his father and son did wrong.

The Zhou family's resources are limited, and it is impossible to waste the precious foundation building pills on Zhou Yuanchun's two mediocre sons.

In fact, as long as her two sons can show other superhuman talents in addition to Linggen, Zhou Yang is actually willing to give her a chance.

It's a pity that her two sons don't have this kind of talent, and they are a little pampered and arrogant. How can Zhou Yang be willing to waste the precious Foundation Establishment Dan on such a person who can't be cultivated?

"My opinion is very simple. In the future, clan cultivators can only be promoted to elders when they reach the Zifu period, and those who have successfully established foundations can be promoted to clan elders."

"Of course, cultivators at the foundation-building stage should focus on their cultivation and should not focus on specific family management. Therefore, the family should also select some people with excellent related abilities among the ninth-level qi training cultivators, and grant them the post of deacon elder. , responsible for the management of the family affairs.”

"The number of deacon elders is fixed at seven, and they are divided into preaching elders, internal affairs elders, general affairs elders, financial elders, law enforcement elders, security elders, and foreign affairs elders. Each elder is responsible for one aspect of family affairs management."

"Being managing the cave of scriptures, testing the spiritual roots of the clan, and teaching the people with spiritual roots to practice, the elders are responsible for the practice; the elders of the house are responsible for reviewing and assessing the rise and fall of family personnel, and counting the number of cultivators and mortals in the family. And the realm of cultivating immortals and arts; the elders of the general affairs are responsible for processing reports and applications submitted by the family monks, and are responsible for the centralized release of various family and private tasks."

"The financial elder is responsible for reviewing and statistic on the income and expenditure of the family's property, and managing and operating various family properties; the law enforcement elder is of course responsible for the implementation and supervision of family rules and regulations; the security elder is naturally responsible for maintaining law and order in the family territory, including the removal of monsters and arrests. Criminal monks; foreign affairs elders are mainly responsible for foreign exchanges and trade and the introduction of outstanding talents for the family.”

"These seven deacon elders are equal in status to the family foundation-building cultivators. All clansmen must bow to the elders when they see the elders in public. The welfare offerings they receive each year should be raised to 300 contribution points!"

Zhou Yang looked at the Zhou family cultivators present, and said in a deep voice what he had been thinking about for a long time.

For a while, the entire council hall was quiet.

"Seven, seven elders! Will this number be too small? Patriarch, you want to improve the efficiency of the family, we all understand, but the number of seven elders is too small, right? ? In case any elder has something to do in retreat, or there is an accident, we don't even have a replacement for him!"

It was not Zhou Yuanchun who had just asked the question, but Zhou Yuanpeng, the younger brother of Zhou Yang.

Zhou Yuanpeng ranked tenth among his peers and was two years younger than Zhou Yang. According to the 120-year-old life expectancy of a cultivator during the Qi training period, he could live for about ten years.

Moreover, he was rewarded with special contribution points from the family because he discovered a new mortal food crop "white sand taro" at the beginning. He also has a lot of prestige among the elders of the Zhou family.

"Tenth brother, what you said, I naturally considered it, so what I want to say is that since you want to get rich family benefits and get a superior status~www.wuxiamtl.com~ Naturally, you have to sacrifice."

"Therefore, once you are the elders of the family, you should not think about progressing in your own path. You can't do things like seclusion unless you are in seclusion to recover from your injuries!"

"As for the replacement person, this has to do with the second thing I'm going to say next!"

Zhou Yang nodded lightly and said, his eyes swept over the Zhou family elders whose expressions were changing, and then said:

"The second thing is that I want to set up seven management organizations in the family, including the Chuan Gong Hall, the Internal Affairs Hall, the Shuwu Hall, the Punishment Hall, the Finance Hall, the Public Security Hall, and the Foreign Affairs Hall. Corresponding elders will be in charge, and one or two vice hall masters will be set up to assist the hall master in handling the affairs of the hall.”

"These seven churches are directly responsible to the patriarch and the elders' association. The quota and personnel recruitment review of each church will ultimately require the signature of the patriarch to be valid!"

"You people, even if you don't have the ability to become elders, you can still compete for the positions of vice hall master or deacon in the hall. As long as you can join these seven halls, you can all get a certain amount of job subsidies to ensure that even if you are older than After 60, you can continue to receive family welfare offering points!"