Clan Cultivation: Starting from Beast Taming

Flying Rock Peak.

After seeing Zhou Chun off, Zhou Daoquan's mood was also very complex.

He had known that Zhou Chun was daring, with courage and wisdom.

But he didn't expect Zhou Chun to be so bold!

Whether it was choosing to cultivate the Golden Cauldron Profound Technique, which no one had dared to practice for over two hundred years, or wanting to make major changes to the family power structure shortly after becoming Vice Clan Leader,

these were things normal people wouldn't dare to do, or even think of doing.

"They say that the calf doesn't fear the tiger because it is new to the world, it seems that indeed, some matters are approached with more determination and vigor by the youth than us old folks!"

He muttered to himself, his eyes involuntarily revealing a hint of anticipation.

He was rather curious to see whether the reforms Zhou Chun spoke of would be as beneficial as he claimed.

He was even more eager to find out if Zhou Chun could become the second Zhou Family Cultivator in a millennium to successfully cultivate the Golden Cauldron Profound Technique.

On the other hand, after gaining the support of the third Elder Zhou Daoquan, Zhou Chun took his plan and went to see the recently returned fourth Elder Zhou Jiarui, seeking his support.

But the fourth Elder Zhou Jiarui was not like Zhou Daoquan, daring to take a stance; he only said he would play it by ear.

As for the fifth Elder Zhou Jiahe, there was no need to say much, since he had received a great favor from Zhou Chun during his Foundation Establishment and naturally supported Zhou Chun's reform plan.

Apart from these Elders, Zhou Chongshan, the second Elder, was also a key focus of Zhou Chun's persuasion efforts.

This highly esteemed Elder from the Zhou Family, both in terms of personal hierarchy and Cultivation Level as well as his status as the Zhou Family's strongest Array Master, indeed held a practically second-in-command position within the Family.

If he could be persuaded, his reform plans would likely encounter little problem.

Not long after, he appeared on Formation Mystery Peak, where the second Elder resided, and then showed him his plan.

After the Elder had gone through the plan for a while, Zhou Chun watched closely for cues, guessing it was about time the Elder finished reading, and took the initiative to say, "Junior knows that Elder wishes for the Zhou Family to develop stably, just like a Formation that can only exhibit its best function when it runs stably."

"However, the Array Dao also dictates that there is room for change. A Formation without the ability to change is merely a dead Formation. Regardless of how high its grade or how powerful it may be, it could easily be broken by someone finding its flaws!"

"If you view the Family as a Formation, you should also know that if an Array Master can stably control the Formation, and guide and act according to the situation, making various favorable changes, then the Formation's power and profound mystery can be better utilized!" Enjoy new adventures at M-V-L

In his previous life, Zhou Chun had worked in sales for some time and knew a bit about how to persuade others.

Playing to their interests was undoubtedly a very good approach.

Zhou Family's second Elder Zhou Chongshan was conservative by nature, showing little interest in things other than Formations—he hadn't even contracted a single Demon Beast.

So before coming to persuade him, Zhou Chun did his homework, reading some annotations on the Array Dao by Array Masters.

Now, he was putting what he learned to use, applying the concepts of stability and change within the Array Dao to the governance of the family.

Hoping that the Elder would thus understand his painstaking effort and agree to support him.

After listening to his words, Zhou Chongshan slightly lifted his head, looking deeply at him as he said, "But how can you be so sure that these reforms you want to make will definitely benefit the family?"

"Although I'm not very smart, I can see that many of your reform measures are about manipulating people's hearts."

"Yet the human heart is fickle. Today they might be inspired by your measures to strive for betterment for both the family and themselves, but another day they may become resentful and give up, or even defect from the family!"

At this point, his tone changed, and he spoke gravely, "Moreover, the most important thing is that we, as a Cultivating family, value unity. One major reason that clan members are united is that we are all related by blood, naturally close to each other, and willing to help one another. High-level Family Cultivators also do not bully the lower-level ones easily!"

"If we implement the incentive system and the elimination system you speak of in your plan, it may indeed stimulate the potential of some clan members, gaining some more powerful Elite Clan Members and core members for the family. However, it can also hurt the feelings of some who fall behind, causing them to completely lose their sense of belonging to the family and destroying family unity!"

"Have you considered these serious consequences?"

As he finished, his tone carried a strong questioning intent.

Listening to these words, Zhou Chun's expression subtly changed, and he fell silent.

In fact, Zhou Chun's reform plan was mostly modeled after corporate structures and state governance from his previous life. Some rules and regulations were directly adopted or slightly modified and put to use.

Since countless companies and countries were using this structure, it showed its effectiveness.

This was why he was previously so confident that his reforms could increase the overall strength of the Zhou Family, propelling its development to new heights.

But now, having been enlightened by Zhou Chongshan, he suddenly realized that what seemed like beneficial reforms for the collective might not always be so.

They might even be digging at the roots of the collective!

Just as Zhou Chongshan had mentioned, the Zhou Family were Cultivators, and the natural closeness brought by shared blood made the family's Cultivators naturally more united and reliable than those from sects.