Day by day, another hundred days passed quickly.
One day, Lin Wan'er came to Zhou Chun, saying that the stockpile of Earth Origin Crystal Jade ore was ready for transport back to the Zhou Family and wanted to ask which of them should escort the ore back.
Under normal circumstances, Zhou Chun would be the most suitable for such a task.
But he was now busy with taming the Wood Charm, and if he took the Wood Charm on the road, he feared an accident might occur. If he left the Wood Charm to travel alone, he was also worried about it getting into trouble.
So, in the end, they could only assign this task to Lin Wan'er.
After Lin Wan'er set off for the Zhou Family with the ore, Zhou Chun had no choice but to take over the management of the stronghold himself, dealing with related affairs.
Compared to the multifarious affairs of a large clan like the Zhou Family, the affairs of the stronghold were much simpler.
Zhou Chun's main duties were to monitor the stronghold's daily income, participate in rotating shifts for Formation vigilance, or when new Loose Cultivators joined, or old ones left, he had to approve and agree.
Actually, in terms of personnel changes, it was common for the Individual Cultivator Stronghold.
Most Loose Cultivators chose to join a stronghold for a stable cultivation environment when their Cultivation Level was low or when they had someone to take care of.
When their Cultivation Level grew and they had no more burdens, they became dissatisfied with the meager income provided by the stronghold and wanted to leave to seek adventure and treasure.
For these Loose Cultivators wanting to leave, most strongholds wouldn't make things difficult for them.
Similarly, for Loose Cultivators wanting to join a stronghold, there wouldn't be too high a threshold set, unless the stronghold was about to reach full capacity.
To Zhou Chun's surprise, on the fifth day after Lin Wan'er's departure, he suddenly received a large number of applications from Loose Cultivators wishing to leave the stronghold.
At first, he didn't notice anything unusual, but after he had approved five Loose Cultivators' departures in one day, and then more came to apply to leave, he realized something was amiss.
He quickly summoned Fu Changqing and several others to start investigating the cause.
What they found deeply furrowed Zhou Chun's brow.
"So, all these Loose Cultivators are wanting to leave the stronghold because they are hoping to try their luck on the snowy plains capturing Snow Crystal Worms?"
It turned out that the real reason these Loose Cultivators wanted to leave the stronghold was a piece of news that had recently spread.
It was said that Snow Essence Palace, one of the major sects of Yang Kingdom, had suddenly issued a reward: any Cultivator who could offer up three Snow Crystal Worms would receive a Foundation Establishment Pill in exchange.
After this news was confirmed, it had already caused a sensation in various Marketplaces and strongholds across Yang Kingdom, with many low-level Cultivators enticed to the snowy plains of the northwest in search of Snow Crystal Worms.
Upon hearing this news, many of the low-level Loose Cultivators at Hongyu Peak Stronghold became restless with the idea.
Zhou Chun couldn't understand why Snow Essence Palace suddenly needed so many Snow Crystal Worms, but such a move was clearly not good for Hongyu Peak Stronghold.
After a moment's hesitation, he quickly ordered Fu Changqing and the others, "Tell those Cultivators that although Snow Crystal Worms don't have any offensive Divine Skills, their ability to escape on the snowy plains is even beyond that of Foundation Establishment Cultivators. Even if they are lucky enough to find such Demon Insects, they won't be able to catch them."
"Also, tell them that anyone willing to stay at this time will receive an additional five Spirit Coins subsidy from the stronghold each month!"