Chapter 1162: Chapter 501: Afterward [Subscribe Please]_4 Chapter 1162: Chapter 501: Afterward [Subscribe Please]_4 But he was not a loose cultivator; he was the pillar of support for a Golden Core family.

Thus, in certain circumstances, he was destined not to fade into obscurity like some loose cultivators, indifferent to fame and fortune.

At this moment, after playing with the Magic Artifact [Thunderfire Flying Chariot] for a while, Zhou Chun put away the assorted gifts and lowered his head to ponder over the situation of this Golden Core celebration.

From an overall perspective, this Golden Core celebration was undoubtedly highly successful. Whether judged by the number of Golden Core Stage cultivators invited or those cultivators who came uninvited, the turnout far surpassed the average Golden Core cultivator’s celebration.

However, it was not without flaws.

And speaking of the most significant flaw, it was naturally the Green Lotus Temple, which nominally ruled the lands of Lingzhou and Lanzhou, not sending anyone to attend.

“The fact that the Green Lotus Temple didn’t even bother to send someone over symbolically to offer congratulations shows that the Yiyang Observatory Master harbors quite a deep prejudice against my Zhou Family!”

Zhou Chun’s eyes sparkled, his mood turning somewhat heavy.

The skinny camel is still bigger than the horse.

Even though the Green Lotus Temple currently lacks Nascent Soul Stage cultivators, its strength is far beyond what the Zhou Family could contend with.

Currently, due to Taoist Qingchen’s secluded cultivation to form his Nascent Soul, the Green Lotus Temple has chosen to close its doors for self-preservation, allowing the Zhou Family some freedom.

Yet once the Green Lotus Temple emerges from its isolation, it will undoubtedly attempt to suppress the Zhou Family by all means!

“A Golden Core Stage cultivator attempting Nascent Soul Formation generally takes twenty to thirty years to see results. Now, less than ten years have passed since Taoist Qingchen began his secluded cultivation for Nascent Soul Formation. The Zhou Family should still have another ten to twenty years left!”

Ten to twenty years is not a long time.

But it is enough to accomplish quite a few things.

Zhou Chun silently pondered and soon came up with some thoughts and decisions.

In the subsequent months, the dragon-fish feast during Zhou Chun’s Golden Core celebration, as well as the later incident where the Zhou Family was attacked by a Golden Core Late Stage cultivator from the Dragon Transformation Sect, became a hot topic of discussion among cultivators across Jingguo Country and its neighboring nations.

Moreover, the fact that Zhou Chun neither perished nor was injured during the attack by a Golden Core Late Stage cultivator astonished many Golden Core Stage cultivators and solidified their belief in his feat of slaying a Fourth Order fish demon right after successfully forming his core.

As a result, when discussing Zhou Chun, few dared to treat him as a newly formed Golden Core cultivator anymore; instead, he was universally regarded as an experienced Golden Core Early Phase cultivator.

After hosting the Golden Core celebration, the Zhou Family’s status as a Golden Core family was thoroughly recognized and consolidated. The standing of Zhou Family cultivators within the Jingguo Country Cultivation Realm also rose accordingly.

From then on, even when traveling to other regions in Jingguo Country, the Zhou Family would command respect from many small and medium forces.

The Zhou Family’s various businesses also became increasingly lucrative.

At the same time, members of the Zhou Family’s upper ranks each reaped significant benefits.

Upon confirming that the threat from the Dragon Transformation Sect had been neutralized, Zhou Mingde drank the “Pure Primordial Spirit Water” handed to him by Zhou Chun to purify his body of inner core toxins and impurities. Then he brought the [Holy Spirit Blood Pill] and other spirit materials required for Core Formation into his cave for secluded cultivation.

On the other hand, Zhou Daoyi also received some elixirs gifted by Zhou Chun and began working to break through to Purple Mansion Late Stage.

Earlier, Zhou Chun had exchanged [Demonslaying Command Token] for three Nascent Soul Spirit Materials, all of which were prepared for Zhou Daoyi.

If Zhou Daoyi could advance to Purple Mansion Late Stage, he’d have a chance to attempt Core Formation.

Meanwhile, more than ten years later, the first [Mysterious Heart Purple Return Pill] Zhou Chun had originally exchanged for was finally acquired. He handed this pill directly to Zhou Xinlan, who eagerly entered secluded cultivation after receiving it.

Zhou Chun himself didn’t idle either.

He first selected a portion of the unknown lotus seeds he had obtained from the Secret Realm Island and planted them in a pond within Tuyun Ridge, leaving the remaining seeds to his Daoist companion Su Yuzhen to take back to the Su Family for cultivation.

Then, under the guise of closing his doors to heal, he secretly took the Golden Armor Turtle Bearer Stone, leaving Tuyun Ridge to venture into the Lifeless Desert.

Now that his Core Formation was successfully completed, it was time to retrieve the [Earth Mother Profound Gold] hidden deep within the abyssal canyon in the Lifeless Desert.