CHAPTER 276: CHAPTER 263: PUNISH EVEN FROM AFAR!

Becoming an Honored Guest Elder of the Yellow Sand Sect is naturally not an easy task.

As an Honored Guest Elder, although residing in the sect permanently is not required, one must not become an enemy of the sect, and this is an ironclad rule.

Therefore, aside from Zhouyang, who had already signed a blood contract with the Yellow Sand Sect, both Chen Ping’an and Nie Qiufeng had to sign a "Nether Blood Contract" to truly become Honored Guest Elders of the Yellow Sand Sect.

Zhang Yunpeng, being a man of his word, upon their agreement to become Honored Guest Elders, immediately produced three Foundation Establishment Pills, allowing each of the three to purchase one for twenty thousand spirit stones.

Zhouyang knew that Zhang Yunpeng did this not only to win them over but also because the Yellow Sand Sect had recently obtained a large batch of Foundation Establishment Pills.

During the expedition to Rhino Horn Continent, the Yellow Sand Sect acquired more than a dozen Tier Four Demon Pills, which, once refined into Foundation Establishment Pills, added at least sixty or seventy to their reserves.

With so many Foundation Establishment Pills, sparing their use, they would last the Yellow Sand Sect sixty or seventy years.

After receiving these benefits, the three naturally agreed without hesitation to Zhang Yunpeng’s request to help hunt down and eradicate the remaining rebellious cultivators.

Subsequently, after resting at Luofeng Mountain for another two days, Zhouyang and the Zhou Family cultivators set off for home.

After another long journey, Zhouyang finally led the Zhou Family cultivators back to their starting point, the Yuquan Lake Oasis.

"Great-grandfather, I have brought you Luo Yunqing’s head, you may rest in peace now!"

Atop Jade Spring Peak, Zhouyang knelt in front of the old Clan Leader Zhou Minghan’s tomb and kowtowed three times heavily, murmuring as he placed Luo Yunqing’s head before the tombstone, making it face downward in an act of bowing and repentance.

Offering the enemy’s head in tribute to the departed ancestors is a notable feature of the Cultivation Realm.

In earlier times, cultivators would use secret techniques to imprison the enemy’s divine soul within the skull, burning it with Yin Fire, causing the soul to wail in repentance day and night before the ancestor’s grave.

However, later on, for fear of being labeled as Demonic Cultivators, people abandoned this practice, opting to use the enemy’s head as an offering instead.

Seeing that even Luo Yunqing, a dignified Late-Stage Purple Mansion Cultivator, was easily killed by their Clan Leader and had his head brought back as an offering to the late Clan Leader Zhou Minghan, even the Zhou Family cultivators who did not participate in the battle at Luofeng Mountain felt a mix of shock and a proud sense of shared honor.

This is their Zhou Clan’s Clan Leader!

Just upon opening his Purple Mansion, he could slay a Late-Stage Purple Mansion Cultivator!

Those cultivators who followed Zhouyang to war at Luofeng Mountain looked at the young man’s back with eyes full of admiration.

Many of them had seen Zhouyang kill Luo Yunqing, had witnessed Zhouyang easily cut down those rebellious Foundation Establishment Cultivators like mowing grass, so their reverence for Zhouyang was far more intense than that of the cultivators who stayed behind at the clan.

"I said it then, that whoever dares to unjustly kill our Zhou Family cultivators, I, Zhouyang, will lead the Zhou Clan to seek justice for the unfairly slain and avenge their grievances!"

"Now the murderer of the late Clan Leader Zhou Minghan has been decapitated, I hope you all understand that I, Zhouyang, am not just words."

"So today, I, Zhouyang, promise you all that whoever unjustly kills our Zhou Family cultivators in the future, no matter how far, I shall eliminate them!"

Zhouyang stood up and turned around, his sharp gaze sweeping over the Zhou Clan members watching him, his firm and powerful voice quickly reverberating in the minds of all present Zhou Clan members.

"Eliminate them!"

"Eliminate them!"

"Eliminate them!"

Excited shouts resounded once more throughout Jade Spring Peak and the entire Yuquan Lake Oasis.

The Zhou Family of the past, the Zhouyang of the past, none dared speak such brazen words, because in this Boundless Sea of Sand Cultivation Realm, their Zhou Clan didn’t have the strength.

However now, at least in this Boundless Sea of Sand Cultivation Realm, Zhouyang had the confidence and strength to say such words.

From this day on, even the cultivators of the Yellow Sand Sect, if they dare unjustly kill cultivators of the Zhou Family, Zhouyang would dare to personally ascend the Yellow Sand Sect to seek justice for the fallen Zhou Family cultivators and avenge their grievances!

And with the example of Luo Yunqing, no one within or outside the Zhou Clan would doubt the truth of Zhouyang’s words.

In the Boundless Sea of Sand Cultivation Realm, with not even a Golden Core Stage Cultivator left, even a Late-Stage Purple Mansion Cultivator was killed by Zhouyang with ease; who would dare think Zhouyang wouldn’t kill them?

Even those lawless sand bandits, in the future, must think carefully whether it’s worth it before deciding to target Zhou Clan cultivators!

Morale to be used!

On Jade Spring Peak, Zhouyang looked at the clan members who were flushed and fervently shouting, and nodded in satisfaction.

He has always paid great attention to the spiritual education of clan members. Nowadays, the young members of the Zhou Family have all grown up under the education of loving the clan and family, and their loyalty and love for the family are beyond doubt.

What he needs to do is to both fulfill the beautiful future he has depicted for these clan members and strengthen their love for the clan and family through practical actions, so that they all unite under his banner as Clan Leader, and unconditionally follow his commands.

Perhaps some would say, isn’t this just deception?

Isn’t this promoting personal worship?

Zhouyang does not deny these points.

However, he wants to emphasize two points: He may deceive anyone, but he will not deceive his clan members, and raising his status in the hearts of the clan members is also to better lead the clan to prosperity.

As long as the Zhou Family continues to grow stronger day by day, and the clan members become richer and more potent under his leadership, no one will think he is deceiving them, and no one will consider it wrong to worship him as an idol or deity!

Next, taking advantage of the moment when all the members of the Zhou Family were stirred and inspired by his speech, Zhouyang immediately issued the grand migration command.

This grand migration plan had been meticulously prepared years in advance, and now, everything is ready, just waiting for him as the Clan Leader to give the final command.

According to the plan, four to fifty thousand mortals from the family branch on the Baisha River Oasis, and over one hundred thousand mortals on Yuquan Lake Oasis, would be relocated to the Red Tiger Mountain Oasis in groups.

Moreover, all Zhou Family cultivators, except for some necessary guards, would also be relocated entirely to Red Tiger Mountain Oasis.

Once the migration is complete, the number of mortals on Yuquan Lake Oasis will dwindle to less than fifty thousand, the number on Red Fox Ridge Oasis will be about the same, and the number on Haoyang Mountain Oasis will maintain around ten thousand.

Additionally, among the three Spirit Mountains here, the Zhou Family would only leave one Foundation Establishment Cultivator stationed at Red Fox Ridge, while the other two Spirit Mountains will have two Ninth-Layer Qi Cultivation Elders lead over a dozen Qi Cultivation Cultivators to station there.

In the future, the foundation and main focus of the Zhou Family will be placed on the Red Tiger Mountain Oasis, with these three Spirit Mountains here serving as resource points, merely to provide cultivation resources and training ground for clan offspring.

Of course, the migration is not something that can be completed overnight, and Zhouyang, as a Purple Mansion Stage Cultivator, cannot track and oversee this matter all the time.

Therefore, after issuing the grand migration command and instructing all the Foundation Establishment Cultivators from the Zhou Family, except for himself, to lead the Qi Cultivation Stage Cultivators in batches for relocation, he hurried to the Purple Cloud Cave of Red Fox Ridge, and along with his Dao Companion Xiao Ying, set off for Red Tiger Mountain Oasis.

Since the Eagle Lion Beast was left behind to assist his father, Zhou Xuanhao, Zhouyang could only take Xiao Ying with him on a flying sword to Red Tiger Mountain Oasis.

"Ying’Er, let me tell you some good news. At most in twenty years, once the Zhou Family has firmly established a foundation in Red Tiger Mountain Oasis, I will take you back to Liuyun Continent Cultivation Realm for a good journey before we return!"

On the flying sword, Zhouyang, while enjoying the flight with his beautiful wife in his arms, quietly revealed his future plans to her.

The world outside is wonderful; now that his cultivation has reached the Purple Mansion Stage, even within the Liuyun Continent Cultivation Realm, he is at the intermediate level, genuinely having the capital to travel through the Cultivation Realm.

Thus, he is naturally unwilling to remain confined forever in the Boundless Sea of Sand Cultivation Realm, accompanying the vast desert all day long.

"Really? Zhou Lang, did you really mean what you just said? We can truly return to Liuyun Continent Cultivation Realm?"

Xiao Ying’s pretty face flushed with excitement, and her jade hand shook Zhouyang’s arm with a voice full of anticipation.

Over the years, although she never mentioned returning to Liuyun Continent Cultivation Realm, Zhouyang knew she must be longing for home from the occasional moments when she stared blankly toward the Broken Cloud Mountain Range.

During such times, he always felt a pang of guilt.

Undoubtedly, Xiao Ying’s arrival in the Boundless Sea of Sand Cultivation Realm was entirely due to his selfish desires.

Over the years, he has seen and remembered all of Xiao Ying’s contributions and sacrifices for the Zhou Family, and he has long decided to make it up to this beautiful wife of his in the future.

Looking at his beautiful wife’s excited and thrilled face, he couldn’t help but smile slightly and said, "Of course it’s true, I may deceive anyone but not you, my dear wife!"

Xiao Ying didn’t catch his words’ underlying meaning and just excitedly pressed her face against his chest, saying enthusiastically, "That’s wonderful! Zhou Lang, you are so good!"

Her requirements have always been low; being able to return to Liuyun Continent Cultivation Realm again is something she perceives as worth celebrating.

As for having to wait another ten or twenty years to go back, she doesn’t mind at all.

This amount of time may seem long to mortals, but to a Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator, it’s just one or two slightly longer closed-door cultivation sessions.

After flying like this for three days, Zhouyang returned to Red Tiger Mountain Oasis after several decades.

By this time, apart from a Yellow Sand Sect Foundation Establishment Cultivator waiting at Red Tiger Mountain for the Zhou Family’s takeover, all other cultivators belonging to Yellow Sand Sect had already withdrawn.

As soon as Zhouyang and his wife arrived at Red Tiger Mountain, the stationed Yellow Sand Sect Foundation Establishment Cultivator quickly approached them to greet and report the situation.

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