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Time passed swiftly. In the blink of an eye, three months had passed since Zhou Chun returned from the Wang Family of Red Medicine Valley.

During those three months, because Zhou Zhengkang had been designated as a Foundation Establishment seed of the Zhou Family, things had indeed been rather chaotic within the family for a while.

But after the commotion died down, everything returned to normal, and the outcome of the matter remained unchanged.

Although Zhou Chun had gained another opportunity to choose a secret art to cultivate, he had yet to successfully cultivate either of the two secret arts he already possessed, so naturally, he had no time to choose a new one.

After he began taking the Jade Ginseng Pills, his cultivation also started advancing rapidly once more.

The two bottles of Jade Ginseng Pills contained ten pills in total. Zhou Chun likewise took one every fifty days, and each time he took one, he could basically break through another acupoint.

At this rate, the two bottles of Jade Ginseng Pills would be enough to raise his cultivation to Level Nine Qi Refining, which was the late Qi Refining Stage.

As his cultivation steadily improved, Zhou Chun did not neglect his Spirit Pet, the Rock Earth Turtle, which had rendered him outstanding service.

He used some of the family's Merit Points to exchange for three more bottles of Beast Spirit Pills from Hundred Medicine Peak, preparing to use these pills to nurture the Rock Earth Turtle into a First-grade High-tier Demonic Beast as well.

One day, Zhou Chun was diligently cultivating the secret art "Five Elements Spirit Armor Art" in the Quiet Room at his residence when he suddenly sensed someone touching the formation outside. Someone had apparently come to visit.

After he finished cultivating and walked out of the Quiet Room, he opened the courtyard gate and immediately saw a middle-aged couple, a man and a woman dressed in silk brocade robes, along with Zhou Zhengyong, who had brought them there.

Just as Zhou Chun looked at the middle-aged couple, who possessed not the slightest trace of magical power, and felt that they seemed somewhat familiar and warmly familiar, yet could not recall their names or origins for the moment—

When Zhou Zhengyong saw him standing there without moving, he could not help giving him a push. "Thirteenth Brother, what are you standing there dazed for? Hurry up and invite Uncle and Aunt inside. They came from so far away to see you and suffered quite a bit along the way!"

Boom!

Upon hearing Zhou Zhengyong's words, Zhou Chun's memories surged through his mind. In an instant, he recalled the information about the middle-aged couple before him.

His expression changed, and he hurried forward, grabbed both of them by the hems of their clothes, knelt down, and cried out, "Father, Mother, your son has been unfilial. I made you suffer!"

After hearing this, the couple, who had been staring blankly at him ever since they saw him, immediately bent down and hugged his head tightly, crying tears of joy.

"My son!!!"

It turned out that this middle-aged couple were the parents of this body's Zhou Chun.

The two of them had originally been wealthy commoners in a mortal city in Feng Kingdom, enjoying a carefree life.

A year and a half ago, after the Zhou Family established a foothold at Nine Peaks Ridge in Misty Prefecture of Jing Kingdom, it began arranging for cultivators to return to Feng Kingdom and relocate its mortal clansmen. As the direct blood relatives of a Zhou Family cultivator, the two of them had been among those given priority for relocation.

Having missed their son, the elderly couple had hurried over the mountains and across the rivers to Nine Peaks Ridge to see Zhou Chun as soon as they had been relocated to a mortal settlement near it.

After learning the whole situation, Zhou Chun was deeply moved. He clasped the elderly couple's hands tightly and said, "Father, Mother, you've worked hard. Stay on the mountain from now on and let your son fulfill his filial duties!"

Unexpectedly, upon hearing this, Father Zhou immediately shook his head repeatedly. "That won't do. This Spirit Mountain blessed land is a place for you cultivators to meditate in seclusion. How could your mother and I, mere mortals, intrude upon your cultivation?"

Mother Zhou also nodded repeatedly. "Exactly, exactly. Your brothers and sisters are still living in the towns outside the mountain. Your father and I can't just stop caring for them!"

Hearing his parents' answer, Zhou Chun could not help falling silent.

In fact, with his current status as an Elite Clansman of the Zhou Family, he could arrange for all his direct relatives to settle within Nine Peaks Ridge.

But he also knew that the conditions inside Nine Peaks Ridge were not particularly suitable for mortals to settle and live in.

Humans were social creatures. Most of them enjoyed bustle and preferred a lively life filled with the warmth of everyday living.

Cultivators, however, preferred peace and quiet.

Therefore, for most mortals, living in towns with large mortal populations was far more convenient and enjoyable than living in a wilderness like Nine Peaks Ridge.

"All right, then. Since you don't like life on the mountain, I won't force you. Besides, the place where you live now isn't far from the mountain. Whenever I have free time in the future, I'll often come visit you!"

After remaining silent for a long while, Zhou Chun finally nodded. He stopped bringing up the matter of having them live on the mountain and merely asked the elderly couple to stay a few more days so that he could serve them and fulfill his filial duties.

The elderly couple naturally did not refuse this request born of filial devotion.

After staying on the mountain for half a month, the elderly couple grew deeply concerned about their other children outside the mountain. Zhou Chun had no choice but to personally escort them back to the town outside, while also taking the opportunity to meet his siblings.

According to the family birth order, Zhou Chun was the third child. Above him were an elder sister and an elder brother, while below him were a Fourth Sister and a Fifth Brother.

Aside from him and his Fifth Brother, all his other siblings had already married and had children.

This time, they had also benefited from his good fortune. His siblings and their families, along with more than five thousand other Zhou Family mortals, had spent over a year traveling thousands of miles to reach Misty Prefecture of Jing Kingdom, once again gaining the protection of the family's cultivators.

After meeting his siblings, Zhou Chun gave each of them some pills he had specially exchanged from the family as gifts.

For a Cultivation Family like the Zhou Family, which had a large number of mortal clansmen, certain pills specifically intended for mortals were specially refined so that the cultivators in the family could conveniently show filial devotion and affection toward their mortal relatives.

These pills were refined mainly from various Spirit Medicines. Their medicinal effects were mild and easy to absorb, and they could cure illnesses, dispel poisons, and prolong mortals' lives.

Some ailments that even Zhou Chun's previous self had found difficult to cure, such as heart attacks and strokes, could even be treated with remarkable effects by these pills. Taking one would ease the condition, making them practically universal medicines.

Zhou Chun prepared one pill for each of his direct blood relatives, which could also be considered a token of his affection.

After accompanying several relatives in the mortal world for three days, he finally returned to the Zhou Family's mountain gate at Nine Peaks Ridge.

"It seems I've completely adapted to this world and this identity. During these past few days, when I met and spent time with those relatives, I didn't feel the slightest discomfort or awkwardness. Everything felt so natural and unrestrained!"

Inside his room, Zhou Chun stood before the mirror and looked at his own fair, handsome face reflected in it. He murmured to himself, his eyes shifting uncertainly.

Whether this was a good thing or a bad thing, he himself could not say.

Perhaps the power with which one's surroundings and atmosphere assimilated a person was simply this formidable.

Now, apart from insisting on having three meals a day and occasionally differing greatly from the other Zhou Family cultivators in his way of thinking, Zhou Chun had become no different from a native of this world.

During the first year, he would occasionally miss the technological products of his previous life, the comfortable, soft bed, and all kinds of delicious food and drinks.

But now he had completely grown accustomed to a hard wooden bed, plain tea and simple meals every day, and rising early to meditate and cultivate.

He was now a proper cultivator. Every word and action conformed to the principles of cultivation.

"Perhaps the current me is the real me!"

With a faint smile on his face, Zhou Chun was extremely satisfied with his current life. Compared with his former life, he preferred the life he had now.

Over the next two or three months, Zhou Chun indeed made time to visit the mortal towns outside the mountain every month. He went to see his parents and relatives, who had only just settled there, and helped them deal with their worries and resolve various inconveniences in their daily lives.

It had to be said that the Zhou Family treated these mortal clansmen quite well and had not simply abandoned them after relocating them.

A cultivator of the "Family" generation was now stationed permanently in the settlement to protect these mortals. If a local mortal power wished to bully these Zhou Family mortals, it would soon learn just how serious the consequences could be.

However, that cultivator could only provide assistance through force. When it came to matters of daily life, he was clearly helpless and could only rely on the mortals to find their own solutions.

With the knowledge and experience from his previous life, Zhou Chun could find solutions to most of these daily-life problems, and thus he ended up helping quite a lot.

As time passed without anyone noticing, Zhou Chun, busy with cultivation, almost forgot his agreement with Third Elder Zhou Daoquan.

It was not until one day, when Zhou Daoquan suddenly sent someone to Precious Lingzhi Peak to find him, that he remembered the matter.

"Boy, you've finally come. This time, you've really gotten yourself a great bargain. I wonder how you plan to thank this old man?"

On Flying Stone Peak, when Zhou Chun met Third Elder Zhou Daoquan, he saw that the other man was looking at him with an unfriendly expression as he spoke these words.

After mulling over what he had said, Zhou Chun immediately understood the implication.

Then, both delighted and nervous, he looked at Zhou Daoquan and said, "Elder, for your great kindness and virtue, this junior will naturally repay you generously in the future!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Daoquan's eyebrows twitched. He rolled his eyes at him and said irritably, "What's the difference between saying that and saying nothing? Can't you say something practical, like promising to offer this old man ten thousand Spirit Coins in the future, or a thousand-year Spirit Medicine?"

This time, it was Zhou Chun's turn to roll his eyes.

Ten thousand Spirit Coins? A thousand-year Spirit Medicine? This old man really dares to ask!

He could only put on a bitter expression and say, "Elder, don't tease this junior. There wasn't the slightest falsehood in what I said just now. If you don't believe me, you can simply watch my performance in the future."

"Hmph, that's what you said. If you dare show no results in the future, this old man won't let you off easily!"

Zhou Daoyi gave a light snort, then waved his sleeve and took out the mysterious snake egg that Zhou Chun had entrusted to him for research.

The snake egg had shrunk slightly in size by this point, but a faint aura of life could already be sensed from it.

In other words, the life inside had already finished developing and could now be contracted and hatched by a cultivator.

Just as Zhou Chun stared intently at the mysterious snake egg, Zhou Daoquan revealed its true origins with an envious look on his face.

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