Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 102 The Clan Chief's Reward, Azure Frost Cave [Please Subscribe]

As Zhou Chun expected, Zhou Daoyi also attached great importance to the news that he had obtained some information on the new followers of the Hualong Sect in Yunzhou.

After glancing at the materials briefly, Zhou Daoyi pondered for a moment, then looked at Zhou Chun and said, "These materials are indeed very useful, but we cannot submit them to Qinglian Temple."

Seeing Zhou Chun's puzzled expression, he quickly explained, "The Zhou family is too small. We can't afford to offend either the Qinglian Temple or the Hualong Sect."

"If our Zhou family were to present this information to the Qinglian Temple, and the news were to leak out, the Hualong Sect would likely use our Zhou family as a scapegoat to eliminate us, making an example of us to warn other families and smaller sects."

"While submitting this information will bring some reward to our Zhou family, this small contribution is clearly not enough to make Qinglian Temple treat our Zhou family differently or give us special treatment!"

As soon as he said that, Zhou Chun understood.

To put it bluntly, the risks and rewards are not commensurate, or the information is not useful enough.

"So, Chieftain, you mean...?"

Zhou Chun looked at the clan leader Zhou Daoyi, sensing that the other party must have a better plan in mind.

Sure enough, upon hearing his question, Zhou Daoyi quickly replied, "Aren't you on good terms with that Miss Liu? This information can be given to her through you, and she can then submit it to the sect."

"This way you will not only repay Miss Liu for her kindness in reporting the news, but also allow her to receive a reward from the sect, and even let her master know about your relationship."

That's definitely better.

Zhou Chun nodded and immediately replied, "I understand. I will go to Lianzhou in a few days."

"That's right!"

Zhou Daoyi nodded with a look of approval, then asked Zhou Chun to take out the pills for appraisal.

The result was somewhat unexpected for the two. Even Zhou Daoyi could only recognize about half of the pills in the black-clad old man's storage bag. There were several other types of pills that he didn't know what they were, so he had to take Zhou Chun to Hundred Medicine Peak to find some alchemists from the Zhou family to identify them.

After fussing around for most of the day, apart from two pills whose uses were still unknown, the uses of the rest of the pills were identified.

Among the various pills, there are three types that can improve the magical power of cultivators in the late stage of Qi Refining, totaling nearly thirty pills.

Clearly, like those first-tier magic artifacts, these pills were also public items used by the old man in black to win over and reward new followers.

There are also three kinds of internal healing pills, one of which is a spiritual pill called "Dragon Blood Qi-Replenishing Pill". It is a healing spiritual pill that is very useful even for Foundation Establishment cultivators. It is said to be made with rare "Dragon Blood Ginseng" as the main ingredient. It is very rare, and there is only one left in the jade bottle.

Now that's good, Zhou Chun and the others won't need to rush to spend spirit coins to buy cultivation pills after their drug withdrawal period is over.

"By the way, I also obtained some spiritual blood and bits of flesh from the Azure Dragon during my trip. In a few days, after I have processed these things, I will give some to your Silver Lightning Python as a reward for your hard work over the past six months."

Inside the Zhongping Hall, Zhou Daoyi, who had returned to this place, suddenly seemed to remember something and immediately looked at Zhou Chun and said something that surprised and delighted him.

Zhou Chun never asked about the outcome of Zhou Daoyi's pursuit of the Azure Dragon, because he knew that if Zhou Daoyi wanted to tell him, he would naturally do so; otherwise, asking would be pointless.

But now it seems that Zhou Daoyi has clearly gained something.

Remembering that Zhou Daoyi had also had experience raising the Azure Cloud Python, he decided to avoid bothering Zhou Daoyi and immediately took out the three dragon blood spiritual items to ask him about their usage.

After examining the three dragon blood spiritual items he had brought out, Zhou Daoyi then asked him to release the Silver Lightning Python for further inspection.

After a moment's thought, he said to him, "Since your Silver Lightning Python is not far from breaking through to become a first-tier high-grade demon beast, then wait until it breaks through to use it."

"At that time, you can give it these two Dragon Blood Grasses to swallow, and then crush this Dragon Blood Stone and soak it in water so that it can slowly absorb the power of the dragon blood during its dormant breakthrough process."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun immediately took his words to heart.

Two days later, Zhou Daoyi handed Zhou Chun a large piece of green dragon flesh weighing about twenty or thirty catties and about a catty of dragon spirit blood, instructing him to feed it to the Silver Lightning Python. He also told him not to make a fuss about it.

Zhou Chun was naturally very grateful and repeatedly assured that he would not divulge a single word.

He had no idea that the dragon flesh and blood and dragon spirit blood he had obtained were actually the "money for selling himself" to his clan leader!

After secretly receiving this benefit, Zhou Chun was overjoyed and deeply grateful for the special treatment he received from the clan leader, Zhou Daoyi.

So a few days later, he took the seized documents to the gate of Qinglian Temple in Lianzhou, intending to hand them over to Liu Shiyun.

Lianzhou is located in the northeast of Lanzhou, not far from Jiufengling.

Lianzhou wasn't originally called this; it was only changed to this name after Qinglian Temple became powerful.

Compared to Jingguo territories such as Lanzhou and Yunzhou, Lianzhou is the base and stronghold of Qinglian Temple.

Within this state, there is only one sect, Qinglian Temple, as well as many cultivation families with deep ties to Qinglian Temple.

At least 60% of the disciples of Qinglian Temple come from Lianzhou.

Because of this situation, Zhou Chun became much more low-key after entering Lianzhou, for fear of offending a certain cultivator by accident. It turned out that the other party had a high-level cultivator relative in the Qinglian Temple.

For this reason, the security situation in Lianzhou is quite good. While it's not impossible for bandits and cultivators to commit murder and robbery to exist, they are extremely rare.

After traveling for another two or three days within Lianzhou, Zhou Chun finally arrived at the location of the Qinglian Temple's mountain gate, in the Qinglian Mountains.

The Qinglian Mountains stretch for thousands of miles and are extremely famous mountains and rivers throughout the entire Jing Kingdom.

This mountain belongs entirely to the Qinglian Temple. There are cultivation caves opened up by Qinglian Temple cultivators throughout the mountain. Outsiders are not allowed to enter the mountain without being led by a Qinglian Temple disciple.

If one wishes to visit relatives and friends within the Qinglian Temple, one must first deliver a letter to one of the designated pilgrimage sites. The letter will then be relayed to the person making the visit by a disciple of the Qinglian Temple who is in charge of delivering messages.

However, because the number of disciples specifically assigned to receive messages at the mountain worship location of Qinglian Temple is limited, and there are many outsiders visiting the sect's cultivators every day, getting priority to deliver one's letter depends on the cultivation level and status of both parties.

If a cultivator at the Purple Mansion stage comes, their letter will naturally be delivered first.

If it is a Foundation Establishment cultivator, they will be given priority in the queue if no higher-level cultivators cut in line.

For a Qi Refining stage cultivator like Zhou Chun, even if Liu Shiyun, whom he was visiting, was an inner disciple of the Qinglian Temple, the priority of sending letters would be relatively low.

Of course, if you want to increase the priority, it's simple: just pay more.

Money can make the devil turn the millstone, let alone man?

"Three spirit coins will guarantee that the person you visit will receive the letter within three days. If you increase the price to five coins, you can be assured of receiving it tomorrow!"

Inside a Taoist temple at the foot of Qinglian Mountain, an old Taoist priest, responsible for welcoming guests, gently stroked his beard with his left hand, raised his right hand and gestured a few times towards Zhou Chun, then smiled faintly and announced the price.

Judging from his behavior, this has clearly become a routine.

Zhou Chun even suspected, no, it should be said that he was certain.

If he doesn't pay the fee, even if the messenger disciple is available, he won't receive a message for a short period of time.

We should let it sit for at least seven or eight days before making a decision!

Therefore, although he was very unhappy with this pure extortion, he could only grit his teeth and accept it.

He immediately reached into his storage pouch and took out five spirit coins, handing them to the old Daoist: "Here are five spirit coins, please accept them, fellow Daoist."

Seeing this, the old Taoist quickly collected the spirit coins, then smiled with satisfaction and said, "Hehe, fellow Daoist, rest assured, your letter will definitely reach the intended recipient tomorrow."

"Then I'll have to trouble you, fellow Daoist."

Zhou Chun responded and immediately chose one of the rows of rooms outside the Taoist temple to stay temporarily.

Fortunately, these Taoist priests had some conscience; they didn't charge extra for the rooms, and anyone could stay in one of them as long as there was a vacancy.

While waiting inside the Taoist temple, Zhou Chun observed that many people who were reluctant to part with their three or five spirit coins were rudely dismissed from the main hall by the old Taoist or other welcoming Taoists and had to stay temporarily in the side rooms.

It's understandable that those people are reluctant to part with it.

It should be noted that even for ordinary cultivators of the Zhou family, the family's offerings and benefits, when converted into spirit coins, amount to only three to five spirit coins per month.

Why should someone so easily take away the spirit coins that I worked so hard to earn in a month?

Qinglian Temple assigns those outer disciples to do message-giving tasks, it's not like they don't give them task rewards!

It's only human nature to find it hard to part with wealth.

Even Zhou Chun, who had over a thousand spirit coins in his pocket, was filled with displeasure when he handed over the money.

But giving money really works!

Zhou Chun waited less than two days before Liu Shiyun received the letter and came to see him.

Upon meeting, Liu Shiyun bowed apologetically to him and said, "The sect rules are complicated, and I apologize for keeping Fellow Daoist Zhou waiting."

Clearly, they were also aware of the character of the messenger disciples here.

Zhou Chun naturally wouldn't take his anger out on her, and immediately smiled and shook his head, saying, "Since it's the rule, how can we blame Fellow Daoist Liu!"

"It's good that Fellow Daoist Zhou understands."

A look of relief appeared in Liu Shiyun's eyes, and then she invited Zhou Chun, "My father has prepared a simple meal at home. Please come with me to the cave for a chat."

"Then I, Zhou, will humbly accept your offer."

Zhou Chun smiled gently and readily agreed.

Then, led by Liu Shiyun, he and she flew together into the Qinglian Mountains using a flying magical artifact.

Because of her own lineage, Liu Shiyun's current place of residence and cultivation is not the gathering place of the cultivators in Qinglian Temple, but a spiritual mountain in the Qinglian Mountains where she cultivates with her master.

Therefore, Zhou Chun was unable to enter the actual Qinglian Temple gate and witness the scenery inside this major sect of Jingguo.

He and Liu Shiyun, who was wielding a ribbon magic artifact, flew around the edge of the mountain gate protected by a mountain-protecting array. After traveling for a hundred or two miles, they finally entered the Qinglian Mountain Range, which was no longer blocked by any array.

Standing two or three hundred feet in the air, Zhou Chun looked around and saw that among the continuous mountains below, he could see groups of demonic beasts hunting and playing, and he could also clearly see some strange fruits and spiritual herbs that shimmered with spiritual light being guarded by the demonic beasts.

What I saw did not seem to be within the territory of a major sect in the cultivation world, but rather in some wild and primitive place.

"The demonic beasts in the Azure Lotus Mountains are all deliberately bred by the sect, mainly to hone the outer disciples of the sect."

"The rare herbs and fruits in those mountains are all recorded in the sect and cannot be picked at will."

"The sect has someone specifically tasked with checking these things every month."

As Zhou Chun walked ahead, Liu Shiyun, who was leading the way, seemed afraid that he might be confused, so she gently explained it to him.

In fact, Zhou Chun knew this as well. After all, the Three Absolutes Sect's mountain gate was once located in a similar state, only it wasn't as grand as the Green Lotus Temple.

He didn't explain further, but instead pointed with curiosity to a misty area not far ahead and asked, "Are those places shrouded in array mist and spiritual light the cultivation caves of your sect's senior cultivators?"

"Yes, according to our sect's rules, any elite disciple can choose a secluded spot in the mountains to build an independent cave for cultivation."

Liu Shiyun nodded slightly, replying with an envious look.

The independent cave dwelling she mentioned wasn't the kind of place where a rogue cultivator could simply dig a few stone chambers in the mountains and call it a day.

It is a true cultivation cave equipped with a spirit-purifying array and a mountain-protecting array.

Take the cave dwellings that Zhou Chun is currently seeing as an example.

When selecting locations for these cave dwellings, they would choose various branches or nodes of the spiritual veins of the Qinglian Mountains, places where the spiritual energy is much richer than in other areas.

Then, I asked the array masters in the sect to set up a superior mountain-protecting array and a spirit-purifying array, turning it into a private cultivation place that belonged entirely to me.

These cave dwellings can even be passed down from master to disciple for several generations, continuing for hundreds or even thousands of years!

Even if some long-established cave dwellings have been lost in the middle and there are no outstanding people to inherit them, Qinglian Temple will not let them fall into disuse. Instead, it will specially select outstanding disciples from the sect to inherit them and continue the lineage.

So over the years, there are now more than a hundred independent cultivation caves of all sizes still operating within the Qinglian Mountains.

And so, Zhou Chun flew hundreds of miles through the Qinglian Mountains with Liu Shiyun before finally arriving at the cave where her master cultivated.

This cave, named "Qingshuang Cave," has been established for five or six hundred years. It was created by Liu Shiyun's master's master's master and has been passed down through three generations.

The cave dwelling is centered around a sacred peak, encompassing three surrounding secondary peaks and some mountain streams, valleys, and forests, roughly two-fifths the size of Jiufeng Ridge.

Master Liu Shiyun, her disciples, and their fellow cultivators all lived in this cave.

All things considered, this huge cave dwelling can currently accommodate fewer than thirty cultivators!

Because of the use of a more efficient purification array, only five cultivators are needed to maintain the operation of this cave.

Furthermore, with a Purple Mansion stage cultivator in charge, even if attacked by several Purple Mansion stage cultivators, the cave's protective formation can hold out for a long time, enough to hold out until other Qinglian Temple cultivators come to its aid.

It could be said that this cave dwelling is the very gate of a cultivation family!

Second update today!

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