Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 116 An Unprecedented Reward! [Please Subscribe]

Following the path he had come from, Zhou Chun returned to the pool in the forest in a short time.

Then he looked at the deep, emerald-green pool in front of him, and contentedly began his journey home.

Nothing happened along the way.

When Zhou Chun arrived inside the gate of Jiufeng Ridge, he suddenly heard cheers and shouts coming from somewhere.

He went over out of curiosity and saw a young man from the Zhou family riding on the back of the lead deer of the Eight-Horned Water-Splitting Deer, letting the giant deer carry him wildly through the mountains and forests.

Judging from this, it must be reindeer.

Among the crowd cheering, Zhou Chun also spotted Zhou Zhengyong.

He immediately walked over, first greeting Zhou Zhengyong, and then asked curiously, "Why did the Third Elder send Fifth Brother to tame the lead deer? He's only at the eighth level of the Qi Refining stage; will the lead deer submit to him?"

The fifth brother he mentioned was the young man on the reindeer's back, named Zhou Zhengxun. He was the fifth strongest among his peers and the newly appointed deer manager in the animal park.

Upon hearing Zhou Chun's words, Zhou Zhengyong immediately replied with a smile, "This was Fifth Brother's own request. He said that since he had taken office as the manager of the deer park, he couldn't possibly be unable to manage these eight-horned water deer under his jurisdiction. So the elders praised his ambition and gave him this opportunity."

"I never imagined Fifth Brother would have such ambitions. He truly is a man of the Zhou family!"

Zhou Chun praised him, then looked at Zhou Zhengyong and said, "What about you, Brother Yong? Last time you said you were working hard to get the King Kong Monkey and the Red-tailed Monkey to breed a new Crimson Flame King Kong Monkey, but there's still no progress?"

"It can't be that fast!"

Zhou Zhengyong rolled his eyes in annoyance, looking at him speechlessly and complaining, "Do you think cultivating new species of demonic beasts is something that can be done easily in three or five years? If that were the case, our Zhou family would have cultivated a whole bunch of new species of demonic beasts long ago!"

Hearing this, Zhou Chun wasn't angry. Instead, he looked at him and advised, "If it's not going to be effective so quickly, Yong-ge, you should focus more on your own cultivation. With your talent, if you work hard, you still have some hope of reaching the Foundation Establishment stage in the future."

Zhou Chun is thirty-four years old this year, while Zhou Zhengyong is four years older and is almost forty.

However, his cultivation level is still stuck at the ninth level of the Qi Refining stage.

As a good brother, Zhou Chun certainly didn't want his cousin to waste his life.

Zhou Zhengyong then understood his true intention and nodded with a look of gratitude, saying, "I know your good intentions, Thirteenth Brother, but I only cultivate new species of demonic beasts in my spare time."

"Besides, if a second Crimson Flame Vajra Monkey is successfully bred, the family will definitely reward them handsomely."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun didn't know how to persuade him further, so he could only sigh softly and say, "Well, since Brother Yong knows, I won't say any more. I have something to report to the clan leader, so please excuse me."

After saying that, he left.

Then Zhou Chun went to Baiyao Peak and handed over the carcasses of several poisonous spiny fish to his fourteenth uncle, Zhou Jiawei, for disposal.

After returning from Baiyao Peak to Baota Peak, he composed himself and entered Zhongping Hall to tell the clan leader Zhou Daoyi about his amazing discovery during his trip.

After recounting all his discoveries in one breath, he didn't wait for Zhou Daoyi to express any sentiments before reaching out and patting the storage bag at his waist, taking out all the various items he had obtained.

"Chieftain, please look, these are the things I brought back."

Looking at the large pile of things that Zhou Chun had taken out, Zhou Daoyi swallowed back what he was about to say.

He immediately perked up and began examining the ancient books.

During this period, when Zhou family cultivators came to Zhongping Hall to report on family affairs, Zhou Chun handled them on their behalf, without disturbing Zhou Daoyi's reading of those classic texts.

After more than ten hours had passed, Zhou Daoyi finally put down the cultivation manual of the Dragon Transformation Sect cultivator, his face filled with surprise and delight.

"What a stroke of luck! Masaharu, what you've gained this time is truly a stroke of incredible luck!"

"These ancient texts, especially those on the inheritance of alchemy, weapon crafting, and talisman array techniques, have come at the perfect time for our Zhou family."

"With these as supplementary materials, our Zhou family can try to develop in multiple directions in the future, and also cultivate some of our own weapon refiners and formation masters!"

Weapon refiner and formation master—these two cultivation skills have always been the Zhou family's biggest weaknesses.

To this day, the Zhou family doesn't even have a single cultivator capable of crafting a first-grade high-level magic weapon.

As for array masters, although there is Zhou Chongshan, the second elder of the Zhou family, who is highly skilled.

The problem is that most of the formations Zhou Chongshan learned came from the You family, which specializes in formations.

Now that the Three Absolutes Sect has split into four families, if the Zhou family doesn't want to offend the You family and have them come knocking on their door to demand an explanation...

The array formations that Zhou Chongshan learned from the You family certainly cannot be taught or passed down within the Zhou family.

Therefore, the Zhou family desperately needs the inheritance of array formation masters.

However, among the books Zhou Chun brought back this time, the weapon-refining techniques were the most comprehensive, with as many as four books specifically recording the inheritance of weapon-refining techniques.

In addition, there are two other books on formations, which record more than a dozen methods for setting up first- and second-order formations. These are also sufficient to serve as foundational teaching materials for Zhou family formation masters.

How could Zhou Daoyi not be happy and excited?

In his eyes, these cultivation techniques were even more important than the three cultivation methods and two secret arts that could only be practiced after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage.

The Zhou family has been passed down for over a thousand years, producing several generations of Golden Core cultivators, so they are not lacking in cultivation techniques.

After all, when the Three Absolutes Sect was still around, the cultivation techniques collected by several families were exchanged among them.

On the contrary, the inheritance of cultivation techniques is regarded as the foundation of each family, and no one is willing to let outsiders learn the core inheritance.

Secret techniques, unlike powerful techniques like the "Dragon Transformation Secret Manual" which can lay the foundation for a great power, may not be as effective as a magic weapon; they simply give cultivators another means of combat.

After a moment of excitement, Zhou Daoyi looked at Zhou Chun with gleam in his eyes and said, "Zhengchun, your gains this time are truly enormous. I must take all these things to the Supreme Elder to see. As for the related rewards, we will have to discuss them with the Supreme Elder before making a decision."

After pausing slightly, he looked at two of the items and said, "Well, but you don't need to bring this Heavenly Spirit Token, this second-tier high-grade magic weapon, or those spirit coins issued by the Dragon Transformation Sect. You can keep them for now and decide what to do with them."

"Yes, I understand."

Zhou Chun responded and put away the crimson-gold claw magic weapon and the "Heavenly Spirit Token".

Zhou Daoyi's trip lasted for two days and two nights!

After he returned from the cave of the Supreme Elder Zhou Mingde, he directly summoned Zhou Chun, who was cultivating at home, to the Zhongping Hall.

After Zhou Chun arrived at Zhongping Hall, Zhou Daoyi looked directly at him and said, "The Supreme Elder is very pleased and appreciative of your sharing of the gains you have made through your own fortuitous encounters. Therefore, he and I have discussed for a long time about the reward plan for you."

"We have now drafted a preliminary plan. Please take a look and see if you are satisfied. If there is anything you are not satisfied with, please let me know, and I will report it to the Supreme Elder."

He paused slightly, then said in a low voice, "The current plan is that the family will take care of everything for you in the future. Even if you fail to establish your foundation after taking one Foundation Establishment Pill, the family will find a way to get you a second or a third one!"

"Of course, if that's the case, you won't get any other rewards after you successfully establish your foundation."

"If you succeed in establishing your foundation in one or two attempts, all the cultivation techniques and secret arts currently collected by the family will be made available to you for cultivation, and you will be directly appointed as the sole deputy patriarch of the Zhou family."

"Furthermore, the Supreme Elder will personally gift you two second-tier magic artifacts and unconditionally do you a personal favor!"

After explaining the reward plan in one go, Zhou Daoyi waved his hand gently and said, "Zhengchun, you don't need to rush to answer. In short, the family will not mistreat any meritorious person. The family will always remember your contributions, and you will never be short of rewards."

However, despite his words, Zhou Chun quickly replied, "Clan leader, you are overthinking it. This junior has no objection to this reward plan and is fully willing to accept the clan's arrangement."

This is a matter of attitude!

When a clansman offers up something he or she has obtained through his ordeal, the clan assesses its value and then provides a reward. This is the most basic operating rule of a clan.

As for whether the reward given by the clan meets the expectations of the clansman who offered the gift, that is actually beyond the clansman's control.

Because the tribespeople themselves have the right to choose before they can give anything away.

You can choose to donate, or you can choose not to donate.

Since you have chosen to give, it means that you believe in the family and are willing to accept any fair or unfair reward from the family.

At this point, faced with the reward given by the family, he suddenly said, "I think this is unreasonable. I think this and that."

Isn't that just asking for trouble?

Zhou Chun is determined to become the head of the Zhou family, how can he be so lacking in a sense of the bigger picture?

In short, the Supreme Elder and the Clan Chief could give him the right to negotiate, but he could not take it for granted and actually do so.

Even if he were to do that, he would have to wait until he successfully established his foundation and became the deputy patriarch of the Zhou family.

"Okay, if you can accept this plan, that would be best."

Zhou Daoyi stared at Zhou Chun for a while, then smiled and nodded repeatedly, very satisfied with his attitude.

In fact, the so-called right to negotiate never really existed from beginning to end.

It was just a small test for him on Zhou Chun's part.

He set up this test for no other reason than to see if Zhou Chunlu would become arrogant and complacent after making contributions, and actually consider himself the third most important person in the Zhou family!

If that's the case, he really needs to give this junior a good talking-to.

But now it seems his worries were unnecessary; this junior is even more outstanding and composed than he imagined.

Satisfied, Zhou Daoyi then said, "Let's talk about what to do with the other items."

"I will keep that secret foil for now. If you want to study it later, you can take it and do so yourself."

"As for the Heavenly Spirit Token, it's up to you. If you want to participate in the Heavenly Spirit Trial yourself, keep it. If you don't want to participate, you can give it to your family to sell."

"As for the other things, you can keep them as you like for now."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun immediately replied, "This junior is very interested in the Heavenly Spirit Trial, and I intend to use this Heavenly Spirit Token myself."

This answer was not unexpected by Zhou Daoyi.

After all, the "Heavenly Spirit Trial" was a trial held by major sects thousands of years ago to select elite disciples. Any Qi Refining cultivator with ambition and strength would want to participate in this trial and test their abilities.

Not to mention that the trial grounds still contain many trial rewards left behind by the Heavenly Spirit Sect.

Therefore, he quickly nodded and said, "In that case, you should keep this Heavenly Spirit Token safe. When it shows any unusual activity, it means that the Trial Grounds are about to open. At that time, I will personally escort you to the Heavenly Spirit Gate Ruins."

"I understand."

Zhou Chun responded and then withdrew.

In the following period, Zhou Chun also focused on cultivating in the family while preparing for the "Heavenly Spirit Trial" that he might set off for soon.

He wrote a letter to Liu Shiyun at Qinglian Temple, asking her to help him find out more about the "Heavenly Spirit Trial".

At the same time, he also acquired magical artifacts, talismans, and elixirs from both his family and the market.

With the reward promised by his family, Zhou Chun no longer needs to worry about his Foundation Establishment.

Therefore, all the good deeds and spiritual coins he has accumulated from his family can be used to prepare for this "Heavenly Spirit Trial".

Not long after, Liu Shiyun received news first.

As Zhou Chun expected, a powerful force like Qinglian Temple naturally had more detailed information and records about the "Heavenly Spirit Trial".

According to Liu Shiyun, the "Heavenly Spirit Trial" includes single-player trials, multi-player trials where participants compete against each other, and even the most dangerous life-or-death trials.

Trial participants typically undergo a solo challenge upon entering the trial grounds.

Only by successfully completing the challenge can you choose to participate in the multiplayer trial area or the more challenging single-player challenge.

However, many years have passed, and now even if you manage to complete the single-player levels, it's very difficult to get the rewards prepared inside.

Therefore, if you really want to reap treasures in the Trial Grounds, you must enter those multi-person Trial Grounds where spiritual herbs grow.

This harvest could be spiritual herbs that have grown in the trial grounds for many years, or items from other trial participants.

Now that there is no longer supervision from the high-level cultivators of the Heavenly Spirit Sect, all multi-person trials can actually involve mutual killing, making them much more dangerous than the proper trials of the past.

(End of this chapter)