Chapter 637 -328: Four Treasures, The Chaos Begins [Subscribe Requested]
Long before Zhou Chun became the Clan Leader of the Zhou Family, he was clearly aware that there were still many secrets he did not know about his family.
For example, the matter of Zhou Daoyi and Lin Hongyu was something he was only told about many years later.
And now, after Yu Jinghua defected to the Tianjing Sect with the forces of the Spirit Beast Manor, another secret of the Zhou Family was unveiled in front of him.
Zhou Mingde no longer kept it from him this time, directly revealing to him the greatest secret of the Zhou Family.
According to Zhou Mingde, he was able to lead people like Zhou Daoyi to break away and rebuild the Zhou Family not because Yu Jinghua was kind-hearted or nostalgic for old times.
He was able to lead the split and become independent entirely because he had something in his possession that could check Yu Jinghua.
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It turned out that when the Golden Core Stage Ancestor of the Zhou Family chose to cultivate Yu Jinghua as his successor, he was also worried that Yu Jinghua might betray the Zhou Family after taking power.
Therefore, before Yu Jinghua’s Core Formation, the Ancestor of Zhou Family made him take a heavy oath, vowing never to betray the Zhou Family or bring them harm in his lifetime.
Moreover, after Yu Jinghua successfully formed his Golden Core, he was forced to separate a strand of his Primordial Spirit’s origin and infuse it into a special Magic Artifact, which was then handed over to the Zhou Family Cultivators for safekeeping.
Later, when they moved to Jingguo Country, that Magic Artifact fell into the hands of Zhou Mingde, becoming his greatest reliance to dare to break away and become independent with his followers.
According to Zhou Mingde, as long as he activated that special Magic Artifact integrated with a strand of Yu Jinghua’s Primordial Spirit’s origin and erased that strand, Yu Jinghua himself would suffer a severe blow.
This type of injury was enough to ensure that Yu Jinghua’s cultivation level would not progress further in this lifetime and would also make him suffer immense pain due to the damage to his Primordial Spirit’s origin.
It was because of this method to keep Yu Jinghua in check that Zhou Mingde originally dared to lead people away and become independent with his cultivation at the early stage of the Purple Mansion.
It was also because of this method that after Zhou Chun discovered Zhou Zhengkang was bewitched into betraying the Zhou Family by the cultivators of the Spirit Beast Manor, Zhou Mingde dared to go and demand an explanation after personally cleansing his own house.
Because of this, Yu Jinghua had always refrained from taking any action against the Zhou Family these years, even restraining the cultivators of the Spirit Beast Manor, forbidding them from targeting the Zhou Family.
Even as the Zhou Family prospered more and more over the years, and the Spirit Beast Manor gradually declined, Yu Jinghua turned a blind eye, never making any underhanded moves.
Zhou Mingde had thought that this situation would continue indefinitely, until a Golden Core Stage cultivator emerged from the Zhou Family, or until Yu Jinghua perished.
But now, upon hearing that Yu Jinghua had led the Spirit Beast Manor to join the Tianjing Sect, Zhou Mingde realized that the balance he had been striving to maintain was broken.
With a Nascent Soul Stage True Person from the Tianjing Sect as his backing, Yu Jinghua no longer had to fear the Zhou Family in the slightest.
And with the current situation of the Zhou Family, unless there was no other choice, Zhou Mingde definitely wouldn’t dare to risk mutual destruction to destroy that strand of Yu Jinghua’s Primordial Spirit’s origin.
“If my prediction is correct, it won’t be many days before that Yu Jinghua will come to me to settle the score and demand back his strand of Primordial Spirit’s origin!”
“And by now, he must have already offered up all of our Zhou Family’s Beast Taming legacy to the Tianjing True Person and the Tianjing Sect!”
As Zhou Mingde spoke, his words were filled with rage.
Zhou Chun, having listened to his narrative, fell silent.
Zhou Chun had always found it strange; Yu Jinghua had already committed acts tantamount to betraying the Zhou Family, so why did he allow Zhou Mingde to lead a faction away from the family?
If it weren’t for the lesson taught by the Ancestor of the Su Family, Zhou Chun might still think it was because Yu Jinghua was worried that iron-fisted suppression of Zhou Mingde and others would cause those Zhou Family Cultivators who chose to stay to become disillusioned.
But after learning the lesson from the Ancestor of the Su Family, Zhou Chun knew deeply that once a Golden Core Stage cultivator decided to do something, they would not care about any criticism at all.
Therefore, he had also guessed that perhaps Zhou Mingde might have some leverage in his hands, forcing Yu Jinghua to compromise.
Now, Zhou Mingde’s narrative had confirmed his suspicions.
Seeing Zhou Chun remain silent, Zhou Mingde worried that he might be overthinking, and took the initiative to explain, “The reason I did not inform you of this beforehand is because it involves great risks. In order to avoid provoking that Yu Jinghua, the fewer people know the better!”
Speaking at this point, he became furious again and bellowed angrily, “I had no idea that my good intentions would be so disregarded by that ingrate, forcing me to such a pass!”
Hearing his words, it seemed he had already made a certain decision.
“Then what do you plan to do, Supreme Elder?”
Zhou Chun promptly asked.
“Of course, I’ll hand over that item to the Green Lotus Temple!”
“He, Yu Jinghua, thinks that by joining forces with a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator, everything will be just fine? Wishful thinking!”
Zhou Mingde’s face turned fierce as he bitterly voiced his intention.
But upon hearing his words, Zhou Chun immediately shook his head and said, “The younger generation believes this is inadvisable!”
He then explained, “Even if the Green Lotus Temple accepts that item, they are unlikely to provide our Zhou Family with the highest level of protection. And we might end up antagonizing a Nascent Soul Stage True Person from Tianjing!”
“So what do you suggest then…”
Zhou Mingde’s expression changed, and his eyes held a touch of unwillingness as he looked at Zhou Chun.
“The younger generation believes that since the situation has changed to this point and things have come to this, we should no longer harbor excessive hopes.”
“If Yu Jinghua comes to demand that item, we can take the opportunity to make him exchange it for treasures!”
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