Clan Cultivation: Starting from Beast Taming

The mountain gate of Spirit Beast Manor was located within Black Earth Ridge, where the Sanjue Sect had initially planned to take root.

Black Earth Ridge was an area of barren mountains and treacherous waters within Lanzhou, infested with numerous Demon Beasts and venomous insects.

The reason why the Sanjue Sect had chosen this place for their mountain gate after moving here was precisely because they knew the land was unclaimed. As long as they cleared out the Demon Beasts and venomous insects, it would be a fine place for cultivation.

After the division of the Sanjue Sect into four parts, both the Spirit Beast Manor of the Zhou Family and the Elixir Li Family found new locations to establish their mountain gates.

Only the Spirit Beast Manor and the Formation You Family took possession of the spiritual mountains on the east and west sides of Black Earth Ridge, where they established their mountain gates.

Among the four powers, the Spirit Beast Manor had absorbed most of the non-familial disciples from the original Sanjue Sect, and thus their influence was considered the strongest.

Now, not only did they have Yu Jinghua, a Golden Core Stage Cultivator, but also four other Purple Mansion Phase Cultivators and dozens of Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivators.

Full of anger, Zhou Mingde arrived at the Spirit Beast Manor and quickly met with Yu Jinghua, the Supreme Elder of the sect.

As a Golden Core Stage Cultivator, Yu Jinghua, although over seven hundred years old, appeared to be about the same age as Zhou Mingde—perhaps even younger, with very few white hairs on his head.

Seeing Zhou Mingde's furious appearance, Yu Jinghua was slightly taken aback before taking the initiative to ask, "Wen De, who has made you so angry that you come rushing over to me like this?"

Hearing this, Zhou Mingde took a deep breath to suppress the raging anger within him and said in a heavy voice, "I have now changed my name to Zhou Mingde, and it would be appropriate for Senior Yu to address me as Mingde in the future!"

Having said that, he did not give much face to Yu Jinghua, the Golden Core Stage Cultivator, and directly shouted angrily, "As for who has angered Zhou Mingde, if Senior Yu calls over that whore Xiao Lingyan to confront me, you will find out!"

Strangely enough, Yu Jinghua, a Golden Core Phase Cultivator, did not seem to take offense at such disrespectful language, almost as if he had grown accustomed to it.

He only frowned slightly, speaking in a low tone, "Did Lingyan provoke you? That's impossible. She has been cultivating within the sect all this time. How could she have provoked you?"

"Not just Xiao Lingyan, but also that beloved disciple of yours, Yu Deguang!"

Zhou Mingde glowered as he locked eyes with Yu Jinghua, then he mentioned another name that caused Yu Jinghua's expression to change.

"Even Deguang is involved?"

Yu Jinghua murmured under his breath, his brow furrowed.

He quickly nodded and said, "Alright, I will have them come here to confront you!"

Then he sent out a message, ordering Xiao Lingyan and Yu Deguang to come see him.

However, what he did not expect was that upon learning of Zhou Mingde's stormy arrival at Spirit Beast Manor, Xiao Lingyan and Yu Deguang, fearing trouble, had already left the sect's mountain gate in advance.

At this moment, he had no way to summon them for a confrontation.

This realization made Yu Jinghua suddenly aware that the two might indeed have secretly carried out actions against the Zhou Family without his knowledge.

For a time, he felt greatly annoyed.

Although he had now established Spirit Beast Manor and asserted its independence, Yu Jinghua had once sheltered the Zhou Family for many years and did not lack sentiment towards them.

In fact, it could be said that had the Sanjue Sect not been forcibly divided by the Green Lotus Temple, he would still have been the Zhou Family's pillar within the Sanjue Sect, continuing to protect them.

His original intention had been to establish Spirit Beast Manor with the Zhou Family as the core.

However, direct descendants of the Zhou Family, such as Zhou Mingde, did not wish to use the Zhou Family's resources to support so many cultivators outside the family.

And the other cultivators, not wanting the Zhou Family's direct descendants, who constituted only a small number, to control most of the new sect's resources, had no desire to continue serving the Zhou Family as subordinates!

Further affected by other factors, this eventually led to the direct descendants of the Zhou Family striking out on their own to form a separate branch, making a clear distinction from the Spirit Beast Manor.

At that time, considering the interests of the new sect and in order to secure his position as the founding Patriarch of Spirit Beast Manor, Yu Jinghua had forcefully retained most of the resources that originally belonged to the Zhou Family by leveraging his influence and cultivation level.

This had always made him feel guilty towards the Zhou Family, so after the establishment of Spirit Beast Manor, he strictly ordered his disciples not to become enemies of the Zhou Family or harm any Zhou Family Cultivators.

Of course, his inner guilt was one thing, but the real reason he was now so tolerant of Zhou Mingde lay in another secret known only to a very few.

In any case, learning now that his disciples had dared to defy his orders and provoke the Zhou Family, Yu Jinghua was indeed very angry.

After all, he was the founder of Spirit Beast Manor. To openly defy the founder's commands was almost akin to betraying one's masters and ancestors!

Despite the inner fury, he could not show it directly on his face.

He simply looked at Zhou Mingde and said gravely, "They are not currently within the sect's mountain gate. Tell me directly what has happened, Mingde, and I will deal with it fairly!"

"Then I shall see how Senior Yu deals with this fairly!"

Unable to contain his fury any longer, Zhou Mingde spoke of Xiao Lingyan and Yu Deguang's detailed machinations to lure Zhou Zhengkang into betraying the Zhou Family, and he did not even conceal the fact that Xiao Lingyan had snatched the Primordial Yang Body from Zhou Zhengkang.

And as he listened to the recounting, Yu Jinghua's brows knitted more deeply, and anger started to show on his face.

He was certainly aware of Zhou Zhengkang, the young prodigy of the Zhou Family.