The appearance of the Windshadow Dragon Serpent represented the Zhou Family’s success in breeding Dragon Descendant Demon Beasts.
It was an incredibly heartening example.
It also gave Zhou Chun and Zhou Daoyi even greater confidence in breeding a wider variety of Dragon Descendant Demon Beasts in the future.
However, since the Windshadow Dragon Serpent had not yet formed a population, and they did not want outsiders to learn of this news prematurely, the information was not yet made public among the ordinary clan members. Only the elders and some key clan members knew about it.
Although the Zhou Family’s strength had been growing year by year, and its momentum was increasing, the attention it received had also grown significantly.
Many forces wanted to know how the Zhou Family had managed to rise so rapidly.
Over the years, the number of spies caught by the Zhou Family trying to gather intelligence was more than the fingers on both hands could count.
The saying "a tall tree catches the wind" was truly apt.
As a result, Zhou Chun, Zhou Mingde, and other high-ranking members of the Zhou Family gradually began to consciously change the family’s way of conducting affairs, not wanting to be as high-profile as before.
In the past, the Zhou Family needed to be high-profile to make a name for themselves and increase their fame.
Now, the Zhou Family no longer lacked fame; there was no need to continue being high-profile.
A subsequent event further solidified the resolve of Zhou Chun and other high-ranking members of the Zhou Family to rectify the conduct within the family.
One day, a Foundation Establishment cultivator from a minor family suddenly arrived at the Zhou Family, seeking to apologize for the reckless behavior of his junior.
"It’s all because the young ones in the family were ignorant, offending a cultivator of your esteemed family. Yue has already harshly disciplined him and sentenced him to face the wall for ten years as punishment. I beg Clan Leader Zhou to be magnanimous and to forgive both the youngster and the Yue Family!"
Inside the Zhou Family’s guest room, an elderly man dressed in grey with white hair on his head was continuously bowing to Zhou Chun with a very humble attitude.
Zhou Chun was initially surprised when he heard what the grey-clothed elder had said, not understanding why the other party would say such things.
After all, according to the grey-clothed elder’s previous introduction, his Yue Family was just a small family with no more than thirty cultivators, far incomparable to the Zhou Family.
Yet, here was a mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator who was so humbly making amends without any apparent reason.
So, he quickly asked the elder for the specific reason.
This question should not have been asked lightly. Upon asking, Zhou Chun could not help but feel a surge of anger.
It turned out that just a few days ago, a junior of the grey-clothed elder went on an adventure with a friend and happened to run into two juniors from the Zhou Family. A conflict arose over the fight for a few spiritual medicines, which ended in a brawl.
Naturally, the junior of the grey-clothed elder was at a disadvantage and even nearly lost his life.
When the injured junior returned to the Yue Family, he told the grey-clothed elder about the cause of his injuries, hoping that the elder would seek justice for him.
However, upon learning that the cultivators involved in the conflict were members of the Zhou Family, the grey-clothed elder was first shocked, then furious at his juniors for recklessly courting disaster for themselves and their family.
Therefore, the visit of the grey-clothed elder to the Zhou Family to apologize took place.
Yet, what angered Zhou Chun was this:
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About this clash, he had not heard a word from the two Zhou Family cultivators involved; he was completely unaware of the incident.
Clearly, those two were deliberately concealing the matter!
And such concealment was already a violation of the family rules.
According to family regulations, cultivators who venture out and become involved in conflicts must report the related situations truthfully upon returning.
This was very important!
Many cultivation families that had been destroyed in the past were ruined because their members had provoked powerful enemies beyond their means, dragging down the entire family with them.
Although the Yue Family was just a small family and no threat to the Zhou Family, the act of withholding information was in itself deplorable.
Another point was that the hiding of this incident by the two Zhou Family cultivators likely meant they were the unreasonable party in the conflict. They probably chose to hide it in order to evade the family’s punishment.
This kind of thinking was also something Zhou Chun, as the Clan Leader, could not tolerate.
Despite the anger surging in his heart, Zhou Chun’s face remained expressionless.
No matter how he intended to deal with the two clan members according to the family regulations, he definitely could not show these emotions in front of outsiders.
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He immediately waved his hand, saying, "Taoist Friend Yue, you take it too seriously. Zhou here did hear our clan members mention this matter in passing, but I didn’t realize it had such details. It seems I have been somewhat negligent in supervision."
After speaking, he added with a stern face, "Rest assured, Taoist Friend Yue, regarding these conflicts among the younger generation, as long as there hasn’t been bullying of the weak or loss of life, we, the elders, do not intervene excessively. Otherwise, these young ones, relying on the protection of their families, would become too arrogant!"
"Taoist Friend Zhou is kind and magnanimous. Yue admires you!"
The grey-clothed elder’s face was full of admiration as he bowed to Zhou Chun, his words full of flattery.
For an old hand like him, these changes in demeanor and tone could naturally be switched at will, without a trace of inconsistency.
After flattering Zhou Chun, seeing that he really harbored no resentment towards the Yue Family, the grey-clothed elder showed good judgment by taking his leave.
Once the grey-clothed elder had left, Zhou Chun quickly had the two clansmen who violated the family rules summoned to the Central Peace Hall.
"Zhou Zhengxin, Zhou Xinli, do you two admit your guilt?"
Inside the Central Peace Hall, Zhou Chun looked at the two Zhou Family members with a stern face and spoke with an unusually severe tone.