Clan Cultivation: Starting from Beast Taming-Chapter 1018 - 463: Commendations and Rewards [Subscribe Request]_3

Inside the hall, Zhou Chun performed a very formal bow to his immediate superior, Wei Yong, completing the final ceremonial step of reporting back.

Upon seeing this, Wei Yong also applauded and exclaimed with approval: "Good, good, good, Zhengchun you have worked hard. Please take a seat over there!"

"Thank you, Commandant."

Zhou Chun responded and did not display any further modesty. He directly took a seat at the lower end of the table.

Times had changed, and now he was the freshly minted "Mr. Dragon Tamer," ranked among the "Heavenly Spirit Seven Marvels."

Even though his cultivation level was still at the Purple Mansion Phase, he now had the qualifications to sit at the same table as the Golden Core Stage Cultivators.

This was one of the Heavenly Spirit Legion’s special rewards for these cultivators with outstanding battle merits.

As soon as Zhou Chun took his seat, Wei Yong looked at him with a full smile and praised him greatly: "Zhengchun, the news of your great feats in the Lifeless Desert, taking down the ’Wind Demon’ Mu Fengyun and the ’Blood Fiend Young Master’ Yan Wuji, has already spread all over the Alliance, even the various Commanders have heard of it, and they are very satisfied with your performance, signaling commendation."

As he said this, he couldn’t help but laugh: "Even this seat and our own camp have gained quite a lot of benefits from your light."

Then he saw him rise to his feet, nodded slightly towards Zhou Chun and said: "Now that you have successfully returned, this seat will first communicate the commendation to you."

"Yes, I listen with great respect," said Zhou Chun, quickly getting to his feet and bowing in response.

Immediately, Wei Yong took out a golden yellow brocade scroll from his Storage Pouch, unfolded it with both hands and recited: "The Jingguo Country Cultivator Zhou Zhengchun is upright by nature, has righteous aspirations, is capable of suppressing demons and slaying evil, has since the beginning chopped down demon heads like Jiang Zhong, Xu Qinglin, and later destroyed demon heads like Mu Fengyun, Yan Wuji, etc., his battle merits are outstanding, and his reputation has spread far, deserving commendation."

"Today, in the name of the Heavenly Spirit Legion and the Heavenly Spirit Alliance, we specially commend Jingguo Country Cultivator Zhou Zhengchun as the fifth Marvel among the ’Heavenly Spirit Seven Marvels,’ bestow upon him the title of ’Mr. Dragon Tamer,’ award one Fourth Order Talisman, and one Talisman Treasure to encourage him!"

As soon as the words fell, Zhou Chun quickly responded with respect: "Junior Zhou Zhengchun thanks the Alliance and the Legion for their commendation and thanks all the seniors for their commendation!"

Seeing this, Wei Yong personally stepped forward to hand over the commendation scroll to him, lifting him up as he said: "This is just a special commendation from the Legion and the Alliance for the battle merits you have established. As for how your battle merits in the mission are to be calculated and rewarded, you must submit the relevant evidence to the Reward and Merit Office for their assessment."

After finishing, he assured with a serious face: "You just rest easy, as long as you can produce proof of your merits, this seat will definitely argue for you and will not let anyone deduct even a bit of your battle merits!"

Upon hearing these words, Zhou Chun hurriedly replied: "Yes, I understand, I am deeply grateful for the Commandant’s generosity."

Saying that, he handed over his own Storage Pouch containing various Demon Path artifact materials and demon cultivator corpses, along with the special Shadow Recording Bead artifact he preserved, to Wei Yong.

He then received the Fourth Order Talisman and Talisman Treasure awarded as the Legion’s reward from Wei Yong’s hands.

After the official matters were concluded, Wei Yong let the two Deputy Commanders leave and then began to talk about personal matters with Zhou Chun.

Wei Yong set up a Sound-proof Barrier and then said earnestly to Zhou Chun: "Your achievements this time will indeed bring you great gains, but they will also attract some coveting and schemes against you. Do you understand what I mean?"

Hearing this, Zhou Chun nodded solemnly and said: "Junior understands, the ’Heavenly Spirit Seven Marvels’ has always been a case of one slot per person. Now that junior has taken one of those slots, it will naturally make those who want it jealous and envious, prompting some to scheme against junior."

As he said this, he couldn’t help but laugh self-mockingly: "Especially as my relationship with Master Qingwei is not difficult to investigate, I fear Master Qingwei won’t protect and help me anymore!"

"That’s true, and the situation might be even more complex than you think," agreed Wei Yong, nodding his head before revealing some news: "You might not know yet, but among those Purple Mansion Phase Cultivators who went with you to the Lifeless Desert for the mission, about forty percent of them did not make it back safely, including the former member of the ’Heavenly Spirit Seven Marvels,’ Yang Tianxiong!"

"Furthermore, Gu Jinyan and Peng Wuji, although they made it back, they’re both heavily injured and probably need a year and a half to recover."

Hearing Wei Yong’s words, Zhou Chun was also slightly surprised.

This was news he genuinely did not know.

If this was true, then this would be the first time a member of the "Heavenly Spirit Seven Marvels" had perished, and the impact would be significant.

With numerous thoughts whirling in his mind, he looked at Wei Yong and asked: "Does the Commandant have any advice for me?"

"The method I have is to feign an injury. You should pretend to have suffered internal injuries that require half a year of recovery; this seat will handle this matter for you."

"After half a year, when the war situation has changed and the attention on you is no longer as high, it will not be too late to go back into battle and slay demons!"

Wei Yong’s face showed a slight smile as he gave his suggestion.

Feigning injury?

Zhou Chun’s eyes lit up slightly. He immediately nodded and replied: "Junior understands. Junior was invaded by the Golden Fiend Energy in the Lifeless Desert, which injured my Dantian and meridians, and it will take a year and a half of treatment to recuperate!"

Wei Yong, hearing this, immediately clapped his hands in approval and smiled: "That’s right, since you need to heal, you might as well do so here in the main camp. This seat will arrange for you a spirit energy-rich cave abode to peacefully heal your wounds. The affairs of the first company will temporarily be managed by the two Deputy Commanders."