Zhou Quan's words did not dissuade the clan chief from his idea, who felt that he could still be the clan chief even if he was just accompanying his wife in doing business.
Zhou Quan, however, stopped talking about himself and directly recommended Brother Shi Zhou, saying that during the two months he worked with him, he felt that Brother Shi Zhou was also capable of being the clan leader.
He also said that he believes Shi Zhou is the most respectable person of their generation.
The patriarch of the Zhou clan is passed down from generation to generation. When the previous patriarch gets old, people of the same generation as the old patriarch cannot serve as patriarch. Therefore, the election of the next generation is a very solemn process.
This is also why the clan leader doesn't choose his own son.
His own stone boat was alright, but he was also the oldest of his generation, a full twenty years older than Zhou Quan.
After much deliberation, he decided to choose someone younger, someone who might be able to lead the Zhou family to greater success.
Especially in the matter of building the new village, even though Zhou Quan was still a person with limited mobility at that time, he insisted on accompanying everyone through that difficult time.
This gave him hope among the younger generation.
Of course, the clan chief couldn't speak ill of his own son in front of him, but when comparing Shi Zhou and Zhou Quan, he naturally wanted to choose Zhou Quan.
"Why don't you refuse me first, and go back and discuss it with your father?" the clan chief asked Zhou Quan.
Zhou Quan smiled and said, "There's no need to ask my father. You may have told him your thoughts. My father asked me, but I refused him."
"Uncle Clan Chief, don't worry. If you're still concerned, the clan can appoint a guardian elder. I'll take that position, and let Brother Shizhou be the clan chief. He'll be in the village and can manage some of the village's miscellaneous affairs."
“As an elder, I will protect everyone’s safety. If anyone bullies the villagers or causes trouble, tell me, and I will step in to protect them. Does that seem appropriate to you?” Zhou Quan thought for a moment and then said.
The clan chief pondered for a moment, then nodded. "It's possible, but this elder or guardian should be more skilled, right? But what about you?"
The clan chief thought that as a guardian, one should know martial arts. In case someone really caused trouble and started a fight, only someone with high martial arts skills could protect the villagers.
Zhou Quan smiled and saw several pieces of paper on the table in the clan chief's house. He picked up one without any writing on it and asked them if it was useful. When they said it was useless, Zhou Quan crumpled it up in his hand and then unfolded it. The crumpled paper had turned into a pile of ashes. He gently placed it on another piece of paper.
The clan chief stared at the clump of blackish-gray paper ash in disbelief, then looked at Zhou Quan's palm, which showed no abnormality.
Shi Zhou was equally dumbfounded.
How is this possible? Zhou Quan is actually that amazing?
"What do you think of my proposal now, Uncle?" Zhou Quan didn't explain further, but looked at the clan leader and asked.
The clan chief remained silent for a moment, then looked at Shi Zhou, "What do you think?"
Shi Zhou nodded, "Okay, with Xiao Quan helping me, I believe that my brother and I can definitely manage Zhoujia Village better."
The clan chief nodded, "Alright, on the morning of New Year's Eve, we will open the Zhou Clan Ancestral Hall. Everyone will be there then, and we will announce this. Xiao Quan will definitely come."
Zhou Quan agreed.
Afterwards, the clan chief pulled him aside and told him about all the big and small things that had happened in the village since he left. Zhou Quan listened until the end of the 11 o'clock hour before he was let go and left the clan chief's house.
He was lying in bed but couldn't fall asleep at all. He hadn't discussed refusing to become the clan leader with Xiaomai, and he didn't know what she hoped he would choose.
Lost in thought, he fell asleep without realizing it.
However, in his dream, Zhou Quan arrived in that dilapidated world.
This place is teeming with mutated creatures, and man-eating beasts and plants may appear at any time.
In his dream, he kept running away, running away without stopping. He ran through short corridors, ran through long corridors, ran through laboratories filled with the smell of medicine, and ran through the iron cage that locked him up.
People in white coats injected him with syringe after syringe of medicine, which came in various colors and were also transparent.
In his memory, he had no father or mother, no parents, no relatives. He heard from those people that they could not find out where he came from or his genetic origin.
He couldn't understand what they were saying, but one day he suddenly understood a little girl's clear voice, "Grandpa, this brother is so pitiful, can we let him go?"
The old man guarding his iron cage sighed, "No, child, this child is a mutant and a superhuman, but we can't find the genetic source in him, we can't find out what mutated him."
The clear voice asked again, "Grandpa, does that mean he's not human?"
The old man gave a soft "hmm" and then fell silent.
The next moment, a great fire broke out in Zhou Quan's dream. He seemed to be angry, releasing endless flames that burned the iron cage that encircled him.
He saw that the old man seemed to be trying to put out the fire; he was a water-based ability user.
He thought his water could extinguish the flames around him, but the next moment, he waved his hand, and a water spell even more powerful than his opponent's counterattacked the old man.
The old man died just like that.
"Grandpa!" the girl cried out loudly and desperately.
He simply looked coldly at his surroundings, at the place that imprisoned him.
He didn't understand why the child was crying, nor did he understand why people were crying when someone died.
He didn't even know where he came from, or who his parents were.
"Monster! He must be a monster! He's a monster!"
"Kill him! Kill him now!"
He was surrounded by such shouts, voices filled with fear and disgust towards him.
Zhou Quan's thoughts once again plunged into darkness.
When he regained consciousness, he had become a wandering superhuman, seemingly a hundred years later. He had seen and learned so much in this dilapidated world.
Wherever he went, he was all alone. He didn't know where he came from or where he was going; he just walked aimlessly.
He would destroy any alien beasts that offended him.
Later, he encountered a group of people who all possessed superpowers. They claimed their abilities were powerful and asked if he would like to join them.
He joined and became a member of that place, doing tasks with everyone, collecting daily necessities, eating and sleeping together.
Gradually, he was recognized as the most powerful person there, and the leader made him a teacher, telling him to teach some children supernatural abilities.
"Teacher" seemed to be a new word to him, and out of curiosity, he agreed.
As a result, he gained a group of lovely students.
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