There is no doubt about the status and prestige of the old patriarch Zhou Minghan in the Zhou family.
Even Zhou Yang, the clan leader who brought the Zhou family to power, is still inferior to him in terms of prestige.
All the current monks in the Zhou family grew up watching this old patriarch. They have had great admiration and reverence for this old patriarch who single-handedly supported the Zhou family since childhood.
Zhou Minghan is able to make all the monks in the Zhou family admire and respect him. His strength and seniority are certainly one of the reasons, but the bigger reason is that he acts justly, fairly and selflessly.
Zhou Xuanyu was his direct granddaughter, and he did not hesitate to spend all his family efforts to buy foundation-building pills for his granddaughter to take.
In fact, as the head of the Zhou family at the time and the only foundation-building monk, if he was really determined to do this, no one could stop him.
From this incident alone, we can see that in the heart of this old patriarch, the importance of family is far more important than personal relationships.
Over the years, everything Zhou Minghan has done may not convince everyone, but it can definitely convince more than 90% of the people.
In the hearts of all members of the Zhou family, the old patriarch is an absolutely reliable existence. As long as it is the old patriarch's decision, even if everyone does not understand it for the time being, they will obey his orders without hesitation.
This kind of trust and love from the tribesmen certainly makes Zhou Minghan very gratified and happy, which proves that his efforts over the years have been worthwhile.
He is a middle-grade spiritual root monk. After successfully building the foundation, he has never thought about forming pills. Even when he opened the Zi Mansion, he gave up such unrealistic thoughts early due to the cruel reality.
Therefore, in his heart, he would be very satisfied if he could develop the Zhou family and make the descendants of the clan say "Zhou Minghan is a good patriarch of our Zhou family" when talking about him as the old patriarch.
It's just that what Zhou Minghan did may satisfy other clan members, but for Zhou Xuanyu, the granddaughter, it is definitely not the case.
Let’s not talk about what happened in the past. After all, the Zhou family was really in trouble at that time. Zhou Minghan did not spend all the family’s efforts to buy the foundation-building pill for himself. Although Zhou Xuanyu was disappointed, he did not feel any resentment because of it.
But now, the Zhou family obviously has several foundation-building pills in stock, and the old patriarch Zhou Minghan has personally accumulated 20,000 to 30,000 family contribution points.
Under such circumstances, if Zhou Minghan is still unwilling to contribute to redeeming the Foundation Establishment Pill for his descendants, can Zhou Xuanyu not feel resentful in his heart?
How could Zhou Yuanyao, who was waiting for the foundation-building pill to build the foundation, not resent his great-grandfather who refused to help him in any way?
When Zhou Minghan thought about this, his heart suddenly felt like a knife.
"Great-grandfather, if you don't do it, someone else will do it in the future. There will be more and more monks in the family in the foundation-building period. You can't expect everyone to be as selfless as you, right?"
"Everyone has worked hard to build the foundation, and worked hard for the family. In the end, if you can't even protect future generations, then who is willing to shed blood and sweat for the family?"
"I would like to say something unlucky, grandson. If you suddenly die one day, the contribution points you have accumulated, according to family rules, can't they still be inherited by Sister Yuanchun and Sister Yuanyao? They will use these contribution points when the time comes.
Is it reasonable and compliant to redeem the Foundation Establishment Pill?"
"Instead of worrying about breaking the rules and letting people gossip, you should clearly formulate the rules and follow Huang Shamen's example. Each family's foundation-building monks can only exchange one foundation-building pill for their descendants in their lifetime!"
"Such sensible people will naturally understand your good intentions. If ignorant people dare to gossip, my grandson will make them understand what family rules and laws are!"
Zhou Yang looked at the old patriarch with a painful look on his face, and slowly spoke out his suggestions in a serious tone.
He knew why the old patriarch was so troubled and painful.
In fact, does the old patriarch Zhou Minghan really have no selfish motives at all?
Definitely not!
But as a highly respected figure who is widely loved and respected by family members, and an elder who everyone respects and respects, he cannot be stained.
The stains on ordinary people can easily be magnified ten times or a hundred times when placed on him. The impact of this will definitely not only be as simple as his personal reputation being ruined, but the entire family will be turbulent because of this.
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It is precisely because of this concern that Zhou Minghan has been hesitant about this matter.
Because he values his family more than anything else, he absolutely does not want to see his family, which has finally become strong, fall into turmoil because of his own selfish motives.
After all, he still takes his family too seriously!
But now, because of Zhou Yang's words, he woke up completely like an enlightenment.
He had a certain expression on his face, looked at Zhou Yang firmly and said, "Xiaojiu, you are right. If you hadn't woken me up, I would have almost done stupid things because of my reputation!"
After speaking, he immediately took a deep breath and said solemnly: "In this case, we will summon all the foundation-building monks in the family and the clansmen on the mountain to explain this matter specifically."
"As it should be."
Zhou Yang nodded, fully agreeing with Zhou Minghan's decision.
Next, the two of them used the messenger flying sword to notify Zhou Guangxiang from Red Fox Ridge and Zhou Xuanhao from Haoyang Mountain to rush to the Yuquan Lake Oasis, and then summoned all the monks on the Yuquan Lake Oasis to explain
The family’s latest revised rules for exchanging Foundation Establishment Pills.
The situation was as expected by Zhou Yang. As soon as they heard that the old patriarch Zhou Minghan exchanged the foundation-building pill for his great-granddaughter to build a foundation, many clan members took pictures on the spot because of the power of many family foundation-building monks sitting there, but they did not show any emotion on the spot.
What, but the look in their eyes and the expression on their face clearly showed the dissatisfaction in their hearts.
Of course, these people have reason to be dissatisfied, because the number of Foundation Establishment Pills is extremely limited. If the Foundation Establishment Stage monks can also exchange for Foundation Establishment Pills, what can they, the Qi Training Stage monks, do to compete with other Foundation Establishment Stage monks?
Monks in the foundation-building stage can receive hundreds of family contribution points by doing nothing every year. Monks in the Qi-training stage can earn half of what others earn even if they work hard for a year.
All clan members know that after Zhou Guangxiang used one Foundation Establishment Pill, the family only had two Foundation Establishment Pills left, and it is no secret now that the Zhou family will not participate in the "Foundation Establishment Conference" next time.
Under such circumstances, if Zhou Yang and the others still do something like this, how do you think those monks in the Qi training period can be convinced?
"What? Do you all think this is unfair? Are you very unconvinced?"
In the meeting hall on Yuquan Peak, Zhou Yang looked at the clan members who showed signs of dissatisfaction after the old clan leader Zhou Minghan said the new rules. He calmly spoke out what these people were thinking.
He looked at these people and nodded lightly and said: "Yes, if I were one of you now, I would also be dissatisfied with this family rule!"
"But have you ever thought about where the family's current foundation-building pills come from? Did the family buy them with spiritual stones? Did the family refine them themselves?"
"Not really!"
"It was earned by us monks in the foundation-building stage with our lives!"
"We exchanged our lives for the Foundation Establishment Pills, but in the end we don't have the right to redeem these Foundation Establishment Pills. Do you think this is fair?"
"Let me tell you one more thing. If you just rely on your own generation to accumulate contribution points, 99% of you will not be able to redeem the Foundation Establishment Pill!"
"Then have you ever thought about it? If the contribution points of our foundation-building monks cannot be passed on to our juniors to exchange for foundation-building pills, what will our juniors use to compete with your juniors for the right to exchange foundation-building pills?"
"It's impossible that the descendants of us monks in the foundation-building stage will not be treated as well as you descendants of monks in the qi-training stage in the family, right?"
"That's all I have to say. You should think more about what I say, think about what I say carefully, and see if what I say makes sense!"
After Zhou Yang finished speaking in a cold voice, he waved his sleeves and left the meeting hall without looking at the reactions of the clansmen who heard his words.
"Although I am only a junior in terms of seniority, I still want to tell you that I completely agree with what the clan leader just said. If we, the foundation-building monks, do not even have the authority to exchange foundation-building pills from our families, what do you think about the family in the future?
Will the monks in the Foundation Establishment stage still go out and exchange their lives for Foundation Establishment Pills? When the source of Foundation Establishment Pills is gone, even if you have 100,000 contribution points, who will you go to exchange for Foundation Establishment Pills?"
Zhou Guangxiang, as a staunch supporter of Zhou Yang, couldn't help but express his views on today's matter.
His words were simpler and more straightforward than Zhou Yang's.
The Zhou family monks whose expressions had changed because of Zhou Yang's words suddenly changed wildly after hearing his threatening words.
Although Zhou Guangxiang's words are hurtful, the truth is very clear.
No matter how stupid you are, you know what will happen to the Zhou family in the future if they lose their source of foundation-building pills.
The monks in the foundation-building stage participated in the exchange of foundation-building pills. Although it was unfair to the monks in the qi-training stage, it still gave them a chance to compete.
But if the Zhou family doesn't even have the Foundation Establishment Pill, they won't even have the chance to compete!
The old patriarch Zhou Minghan, who had been silent until now, also let out a long sigh at this time: "Hey! As a person involved, it is not convenient for me to say anything on this matter, but I also want to tell you that the foundation-building monks belong to the family.
fundamental!"
"Originally, the help that our family can provide to the Foundation Establishment monks is not much. Most of the things we use for practice are refined and taken by ourselves. If we are not even allowed to redeem the Foundation Establishment Pills, we will be left in the dark.
Even the descendants of Yin can’t do it, so what reason do we monks in the foundation-building period have to protect the family? To protect you?”