"First, the Lineage's welfare stipends needed to change. We planned to issue Family Contribution Points within the Lineage. Each low-grade spirit stone could be exchanged with the Lineage for 1 Contribution Point. From now on, all welfare stipends would be distributed in Contribution Points instead of spirit stones. There would also be an age requirement for receiving welfare stipends: only Family Cultivators over twenty years old could receive the corresponding annual Contribution Points according to their cultivation."
"The uses of Contribution Points would primarily include the following for now. First, exchanging them for treasures and materials in the Lineage treasury. Second, using them to offset Lineage missions. Third, requesting the three of us Foundation Establishment Cultivators to refine artifacts, concoct pills, or even engage in battle."
"There were several ways to obtain Contribution Points. First, through Lineage stipends. Second, by donating treasures. Third, by completing Lineage missions. Fourth, through transfers and trades between Lineage members. Fifth, by exchanging spirit stones with the Lineage."
"The second matter concerned establishing a Lineage childbirth subsidy fund. Given the severe shortage of Family Cultivators, after discussing it with my father and great-grandfather, the three of us decided to pay out of our own pockets and lend the Lineage five thousand spirit stones to establish this childbirth subsidy fund."
"Any Zhou Family Cultivator who gave birth to a descendant with a Low-grade Spiritual Root could, starting from the child's birth, receive an additional reward of 15 spirit stones each year for twenty years. Giving birth to a descendant with a Mid-grade Spiritual Root would bring an additional annual reward of 30 spirit stones, while giving birth to a descendant with a High-grade Spiritual Root would bring an additional annual reward of 50 spirit stones. The more you bore, the more you received—there was no upper