Cultivation Begins From The Desert

Chapter 414: The Wealth-Making Experience…



The Zhou Family now possesses over two thousand cultivators available for direct or indirect mobilization, with nearly twenty Foundation Establishment Cultivators—this is the strength that the Zhou Family holds today!

In fact, this is not all of the Zhou Family's strength, as they have not yet accounted for the Tier Four Clan Guardian Spirit Beast, the Eagle Lion Beast.

With this strength, the Zhou Family ranks second only to the Yellow Sand Sect in the Boundless Sea of Sand Cultivation Realm, even without Zhouyang within the family.

In other words, even if Zhouyang were to leave on a journey, the current power of the Zhou Family is sufficient to protect the family from any challenges or threats.

Thus, when the current Preaching Elder of the Zhou Family disclosed these statistics, not only did Zhouyang himself reveal a hint of satisfaction on his face, but the other Zhou Clan Members in the Council Hall also displayed smiles filled with pride.

As members of the Zhou Family, they all felt proud of being born into such a powerful family, feeling honored to be part of the Zhou Family.

This pride is ingrained in their bloodline, this honor is fused with the surname they bear.

They and their descendants will be proud their entire lives for having the Zhou Family's bloodline, for bearing the surname Zhou.

Naturally, for being able to stand here proudly and be surrounded by honor, all Zhou Clan Members in the Council Hall are genuinely grateful and respectful towards the initiator, the Zhou Family Supreme Elder, Zhouyang.

The admiring and reverent gazes that emerged from the eyes of one Zhou Clan Member after another beneath the stage all focused on the charming young man in the golden magical robe on stage, filling Zhouyang with a sincere feeling of satisfaction and pride.

The boasts he made over a hundred years ago on Jade Spring Peak to the old Clan Leader Zhou Minghan have now been fully realized, even exceeded!

The sense of achievement from realizing his boasts brought an indescribable comfort to his heart, elevating his inner realm immensely, as his Divine Soul in the Purple Mansion seemed to receive some form of nourishment, solidifying greatly.

The highest virtue is to establish oneself, next is to act and next is to speak, forming the "Three Immortals" of life.

Now, Zhouyang has gained small achievements in action and speech, elevating his inner realm simultaneously, while his Divine Soul undergoes a minor transformation, yielding substantial benefits.

It must be known that Purple Mansion Cultivators face their last challenge during Core Formation—the transformation of the Divine Soul into the Golden Core Primordial Spirit and its fusion with the Golden Core.

The more solidified and powerful the Divine Soul, the higher the success rate of transforming the Divine Soul into the Golden Core Primordial Spirit.

Therefore, the recent transformation of Zhouyang's Divine Soul directly increased his success rate in future Core Formation.

Of course, he is currently unaware of these improvements, only vaguely sensing some invisible benefits from the transformation of his Divine Soul.

Moreover, at this moment, the Finance Elder of the Zhou Family began reporting on the financial situation, shifting his attention to this matter.

"Currently, the family possesses one Tier Five Lower-Grade Spirit Mountain, one Tier Four High-Grade Spiritual Vein, three Tier Three Top-Grade Spirit Mountains, seven Tier Three Middle-Grade Spirit Mountains, five Tier Three Lower-Grade Spirit Mountains, forty-eight Tier Two High-Grade Spiritual Veins, seventeen Tier Two Middle-Grade Spiritual Veins, nine Tier Two Lower-Grade Spirit Mountains, contributing to a total of over six thousand eight hundred acres of Spirit Fields across these Spirit Mountains, yielding Spirit Grain worth seventy thousand Lower-Grade Spirit Stones annually!"

"Additionally, the family now possesses thirty-three ore veins, including five Tier Three Ore Veins, yielding minerals annually valued at roughly twenty-five thousand Lower-Grade Spirit Stones; eleven Tier Two Ore Veins, yielding minerals annually valued at roughly twenty thousand Lower-Grade Spirit Stones; and seventeen Tier One Ore Veins, yielding minerals annually valued at twenty-three thousand Lower-Grade Spirit Stones."

"Moreover, the family also owns over nine hundred twenty acres of Spirit Medicine Garden, harvesting batches of Tier One Spirit Elixir worth over twenty thousand Lower-Grade Spirit Stones every three years; batches of Tier Two Spirit Elixir worth over thirty thousand Lower-Grade Spirit Stones every ten years; batches of Tier Three Spirit Elixir worth over one hundred thousand Lower-Grade Spirit Stones every fifty years; and batches of Tier Four Spirit Elixir worth over one hundred thousand Lower-Grade Spirit Stones every two hundred years!"

"Moreover, the family also owns over one thousand one hundred thirty acres of Spirit Fruit Garden, harvesting batches of Tier One Spirit Fruit valued at nine thousand Lower-Grade Spirit Stones annually; batches of Tier Two Spirit Fruit valued at fourteen thousand Lower-Grade Spirit Stones every three years; batches of Tier Three Spirit Fruit valued at thirty-three thousand Lower-Grade Spirit Stones every thirty years."

"Moreover, the family also owns over three thousand seven hundred acres of Spirit Wood Field, harvesting Spirit Wood Materials annually valued at roughly seven thousand Lower-Grade Spirit Stones, with harvest expected to increase yearly as newly planted Spirit Wood matures, expected to grow ten-fold over the next century!"

"Moreover, the family now has scaled breeding of thirteen kinds of Spirit Beast, respectively Iron Armor Rhinoceros, Cyan-spotted Deer, Fire-Fierce Horse, White-tailed Black Sheep, Golden Rock Sheep, Flying Fire Bat, Flame-devouring Spider, Golden Armored Scorpion, Wind Lizard, Wolf-mouth Fish, Shatuo Beast, Fire Rabbit, Red Fire Chicken."

"Among these thirteen Spirit Beasts, Cyan-spotted Deer, White-tailed Black Sheep, Golden Rock Sheep, Flame-devouring Spider, Golden Armored Scorpion, Wolf-mouth Fish, Shatuo Beast, Fire Rabbit, Red Fire Chicken are Spirit Beasts of significant economic value; as their numbers rise, they can consistently provide the family with a significant amount of Spiritual Flesh and Spiritual Milk ."

"At present, just the thirty-four Golden Rock Sheep provide Spiritual Milk valued at seven thousand Lower-Grade Spirit Stones every ten years, while the expanded Flame-devouring Spider group of one hundred thirty-four individuals yields spider silk annually valued at five thousand Lower-Grade Spirit Stones. Others like Wolf-mouth Fish, Fire Rabbit, Red Fire Chicken, and other Spirit Beasts together provide Spiritual Flesh valued annually over ten thousand Lower-Grade Spirit Stones."

"Finally, the annual income from the family marketplace and the various shops in the New Oasis also exceeds fifty thousand lower-grade spirit stones!"

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"However, the aforementioned incomes are calculated based on the market value of all family assets. In reality, after deducting various materials consumed by the family itself every year, as well as payments made to miners and honored guest cultivators, and subtracting the costs of purchasing various materials, the actual yearly spirit stones stored by the family are around seventy thousand lower-grade spirit stones."

"Moreover, excluding the consumption incurred from exchanging Foundation Establishment Pills, the family currently distributes over seventy thousand clan contribution points annually, while the reclaimed contribution points are under forty thousand!"

Detailed accounts of Zhou Family's financial income and expenditures were gradually reported by the current Finance Elder of the Zhou Family. Throughout the Council Hall, there was total silence as everyone listened intently to his critical data report.

In the order of finance, companions, magic, and land, this word "finance" ranks first, indicating its importance to cultivators.

Regarding the Zhou Family's financial status, everyone from the Supreme Elder Zhouyang to an ordinary Zhou Clan member was deeply concerned.

The quality of financial income and expenditure directly affects the clan welfare they can receive and the resources they can enjoy.

For example, spiritual grain, spiritual flesh, spirit wine, and spirit tea—these items are distributed as welfare by the family every six months. The quantity distributed each time is more than enough for them to consume for half a year.

But if the family's income does not catch up with expenses, the first thing to be cut won't be their annual pay but rather these free welfare distributions.

Naturally, no Zhou Family cultivator at today's meeting desires to see such a situation occur.

Fortunately, the Zhou Family's financial situation, for now, seems satisfactory.

After the completion of the New Oasis Passage, the Zhou Family dismissed most of the hired cultivators, no longer needing to invest spirit stones in constructing an artificial spiritual vein, saving a substantial amount.

Otherwise, the Zhou Family's net annual income would at least be halved.

Such financial circumstances would be unseemly for a Purple Mansion clan.

Of course, Zhouyang knows this financial situation only reflects the present. As the Zhou Family increases its development on Rhino Horn Continent and the surrounding Desert Sea, there will be a wave of income growth.

For instance, the Finance Elder mentioned the Golden Armored Scorpion, Wind Lizard, and Wolf-mouth Fish—these spirit beasts were gradually discovered and tamed by Zhou Family cultivators while exploring the Rhino Horn Continent and its surrounding Desert Sea over the years.

The Wolf-mouth Fish resides in a large lake within the Rhino Horn Continent; although merely a tier two lower-grade demon beast, due to its tender meat and delicious taste, it quickly became a renowned dish in the Boundless Sea of Sand Cultivation Realm.

Enjoying fish in the Boundless Sea of Sand Cultivation Realm is itself a luxury, not to mention savoring the spirit-rich meat of demon beast fish.

So, despite not intending to speak, he could not help but say: "In terms of spirit beast breeding, we should indeed put more effort into it. The family now possesses numerous spirit mountains, and we can fully utilize some unimportant spirit mountains, even entire oases as beast gardens, achieving large-scale breeding."

Previously, the Zhou Family didn't engage in large-scale spirit beast breeding due to limited spirit mountains, unable to sustain many spirit beasts.

After all, spirit beasts are voracious eaters, picky about food—herbivores eat only tender grass and leaves, sometimes fed low-tier spirit grass or "Golden Pearl Rice" as spirit grain.

As for carnivores, it's needless to say—they are even more selective, often refusing anything but demon beast meat.

But now, the Zhou Family possesses nearly a hundred spirit mountains—though most are tier two spirit mountains—they are sufficient for breeding some low-tier demon beasts.

Moreover, raising spirit beasts isn't like mining ore veins; breeding is a stable, sustainable source of profit. There is no worry about not selling penned spirit beasts. If supply exceeds demand, the spirit beasts can be slaughtered to refine "Essence Pills," "Grain Avoidance Pills," or other spirit pills for storage.

Thus, after Zhouyang's remarks, Zhou Guangxiang, the Clan Leader, immediately decided: "Since the Supreme Elder has ordered, Tong Rui, you and others should convene with cultivators from the Finance Hall and the Beast Garden Supervisor to draft a plan once this conference concludes. This matter shall be prioritized for next year's agenda."

After speaking, he glanced over the diverse Zhou Clan members in the hall, then suddenly stood tall, respectfully bowing to Zhouyang, saying: "Supreme Elder, now that the family personnel and finances have been summarized, please announce the family's new internal governance reform plan."


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