Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 133 An Old Friend from Back Then, in Seclusion to Establish Foundation [Please Subscribe]

Biyun Mountain.

Zhou Chun was probably more familiar with the original Biyun Mountain than most of the Zhou family cultivators.

After all, he was originally sent here to teach the Mu family cultivators the art of beast taming, but he stayed here for more than a year.

But now that he has returned, the scene he sees is completely different from what he remembers.

The once picturesque Biyun Mountain has been reduced to scorched earth in many places, and even the vegetation on the main peak shows signs of transplantation.

Even the area protected by the Mu family's new purification array has shrunk by nearly half.

It was obvious that the Mu family simply couldn't find enough cultivators to maintain the operation of the Spirit Purification Array, so they could only set up a small array and create a place for cultivation.

Upon seeing Zhou Chun and Zhou Jiarui arrive, Mu Yuntian immediately came over to greet them personally.

"Welcome, Fellow Daoist Zhou and Young Friend Zhou, to the Mu family. I have been waiting for you for a long time."

"Fellow Daoist Mu, you are too kind. Today, the Mu family has rebuilt its mountain gate. We two have come to offer our congratulations on the orders of the Supreme Elder, and wish the Mu family a speedy recovery and restoration of its prestige."

At this point, Zhou Jiarui took a storage bag from his waist and handed it forward, saying, "This is just a small gift, nothing special, but I hope Fellow Daoist Mu will accept it."

"You're too kind, fellow Daoists!"

Mu Yunshan smiled and said politely, but accepted the storage bag without any hesitation.

But when he took a moment to scan the contents of the storage bag with his divine sense, he was shocked.

Then he hurriedly bowed to Zhou Jiarui and said, "We, the Mu family, will never forget the kindness of the Zhou family and Senior Zhou, and we will surely repay you in the future!"

He spoke these words with absolute certainty and in a very firm tone.

Zhou Jiarui, who didn't have a very good impression of him before, felt much better after hearing this.

After exchanging a few more polite words, Zhou Chun and he were invited to the main hall, where they sat together with the Foundation Establishment cultivators from other families who had already arrived.

The Mu family, after all, has been rooted in Lanzhou for hundreds of years, and with the help of Qinglian Temple for this reconstruction, quite a few forces from Lanzhou came to show their support.

However, most factions simply sent people over with a few prepared gifts to show their support.

There aren't many forces that are willing to invest as much money as the Zhou family in giving gifts and assistance, which clearly shows that they are not very optimistic about Mu Yuntian's rebuilding of the Mu family.

This is probably related to the current situation.

With the Dragon Transformation Sect's disturbance, no one knows how the situation will develop in the future.

Some more conservative families would try to save money at this time and would not want to spend money to gain favors.

However, this only makes the Zhou family even more precious.

Therefore, when the celebration began, Mu Yuntian changed his original decision and made the Zhou family the first people he wanted to thank and toast. He first toasted Zhou Jiarui and Zhou Chun in front of everyone to thank Zhou Mingde and the Zhou family for their help to the Mu family.

This attitude drew attention from many of the guests present.

However, considering that Zhou Mingde's rescue of the Mu family that day was indeed very rare, and that he also assisted Daoist Mingxia in killing the Black Dragon Protector, it can be considered as avenging the Mu family.

These people then found a reason to understand this point and were no longer surprised.

After such a banquet, and after listening to Mu Yuntian talk about how to revitalize the Mu family in the future, this perfunctory celebration came to an end.

It was really just a formality anyway.

The Mu family claims to have rebuilt, but they haven't even cleaned up the war debris inside the mountain gate yet, so how can they possibly hold any celebration?

Today's so-called reconstruction celebration is nothing more than sending a signal to the cultivation community in Lanzhou.

Although the Mu family of Biyun Mountain suffered a great calamity, the family lineage has not been interrupted, and they are able to preserve the original Mu family property and maintain the Mu family's dignity.

Whether the latter can truly be achieved remains to be seen.

In short, since all the various forces are willing to send people to attend this celebration, it means that they are willing to maintain their old relationship with the Mu family and acknowledge this new Mu family.

However, after the event ended and as Zhou Chun was about to leave, his eyes suddenly lit up when he saw a familiar face.

So he immediately said goodbye to Zhou Jiarui and Mu Yuntian, and left the group alone to walk towards that acquaintance.

He strode forward and approached a purple-clad female cultivator who had come to the hall to gather her belongings, saying, "You must be Fellow Daoist Zi Ying. Do you still remember me, Zhou?"

Upon hearing Zhou Chun's words, the purple-clad female cultivator looked at him with a complex expression and said, "Of course, Zi Ying hasn't forgotten Fellow Daoist Zhou. I heard that Fellow Daoist Zhou has now become the acting patriarch of the Zhou family. Congratulations!"

It turns out that this purple-clad female cultivator was Mu Ziying, whom Zhou Chun had once taught the art of beast taming to the Mu family. The two families had even tried to bring them together.

However, Zhou Chun had no intention of getting married at the time, so he firmly rejected Mu Ziying's advances.

When Zhou Chun came to the Mu family earlier, Mu Ziying had actually seen him.

However, knowing that the two of them were now vastly different in terms of cultivation and status, and that the family that had once provided her with support had suffered a great calamity, Mu Ziying did not dare to go up and acknowledge him.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Chun took the initiative to come over and greet her after seeing her.

But this made her feelings even more complicated, and all sorts of thoughts began to emerge in her mind.

So much so that when he spoke, his tone sounded strange, tinged with bitterness.

However, her mind was filled with distracting thoughts and she was so agitated that she didn't even realize the inappropriateness of her words.

Fortunately, Zhou Chun noticed that her eyes were wandering and realized that she might have made a mistake unintentionally, so she didn't hold it against her.

Instead, there was more pity.

He immediately said in a gentle tone, "When I first heard that the Mu family had been attacked, my first thought was for the safety of Fellow Daoist Ziying and the other Mu family members. Now that I see that Fellow Daoist Ziying is alright, I am relieved."

Perhaps a gentle voice can indeed comfort people.

Upon hearing his words, Mu Ziying's mind calmed down, and she finally regained her normal thinking.

With a look of relief, she said, "Zi Ying was lucky; she was staying at her husband's house at the time, otherwise she probably wouldn't have escaped death either!"

"Oh, Fellow Daoist Ziying, are you married? May I ask which family your husband is from?"

A look of surprise flashed in Zhou Chun's eyes, and she couldn't help but look at Mu Ziying and ask her more questions.

Only then did he realize that Mu Ziying's hairstyle had indeed changed, and her face was indeed more beautiful than before, with a more mature and charming look.

However, his staring at her like that made Mu Ziying a little uncomfortable.

She lowered her head slightly and said softly, "Five years ago, Ziying was arranged by the clan leader to marry into the He family of Qingzhu Mountain. Her husband's name is He Chengli."

"So it's a talented young man from the He family!"

Zhou Chun nodded, his curiosity satisfied.

At this moment, he noticed Mu Ziying's nervousness and realized his rudeness.

With the subtle gazes from Mu Yuntian and Zhou Jiarui, he knew that now was not the time to continue the conversation.

After a moment's thought, he reached into his storage pouch, took out a pill bottle, and handed it to the other person.

He said, "Consider this bottle of pills my wedding gift to Fellow Daoist Ziying. If Fellow Daoist Ziying and your husband ever have time to visit the Zhou family, please feel free to come and see me. I will certainly do my best to be a good host."

Upon hearing this, Mu Ziying shook her head repeatedly, saying, "No, I can't accept this..."

Before he could finish speaking, Zhou Chun had already placed the elixir bottle on the table next to him and turned to leave with a flourish.

This startled her, and she stared blankly at the elixir bottle on the table.

After Zhou Chun left, he did not explain anything to Mu Yuntian and soon left Biyun Mountain with Zhou Jiarui.

"Zhengchun, do you know that girl from the Mu family? Your relationship seems a bit more than just friendship!"

On the way back to Jiufengling with Zhou Chun, Zhou Jiarui couldn't help but inquire about the relationship between Zhou Chun and Mu Ziying.

He didn't believe that Zhou Chun had taken a liking to Mu Ziying.

Putting aside the fact that Mu Ziying was clearly no longer Yuan Ying at a glance, her cultivation level of the fifth level of Qi Refining was simply not enough to catch Zhou Chun's eye.

But if it wasn't that kind of relationship, why would Zhou Chun send pills to that person?

Upon hearing Zhou Jiarui's words, Zhou Chun knew that the other party must have misunderstood.

He said in a rather irritable tone, "Eleventh Uncle, please don't misunderstand. The reason I know Fellow Daoist Ziying is because I once taught her the art of beast taming in the Mu family. That bottle of pills was also a wedding gift for her and Fellow Daoist He Chengli."

"Oh, so that girl is a daughter-in-law of the He family?"

Zhou Jiarui nodded thoughtfully, and indeed stopped making wild connections.

But he quickly looked at Zhou Chun and said, "Even if you have nothing to do with that girl, Zheng Chun, you're not getting any younger. Once you've successfully established your foundation, you can start thinking about settling down."

"Our Zhou family is now considered a powerful clan in Lanzhou, with considerable strength and reputation. If you're looking for a Daoist partner, there are definitely many eligible female cultivators from various families willing to marry into the Zhou family!"

He wasn't the first to say such things to Zhou Chun.

Not to mention Zhou Zhengyong's previous advice, even the clan chief Zhou Daoyi and some other familiar elders of the Zhou family had spoken to Zhou Chun about this matter.

However, Zhou Chun himself did not have a strong desire to get married, nor did he want to settle for marrying just any female cultivator, so he politely declined the offer.

At this moment, he said in the same way, "I understand what Uncle Eleven means. Let's discuss this matter after I successfully establish my foundation!"

Let's put it off for now. Anyway, these elders are cultivators, so they can't urge us every day like those old men and women.

After returning to the Zhou family, Zhou Chun quickly put the Mu family's affairs out of his mind and focused on cultivation and handling family matters.

Some time later, the Second Elder, Zhou Chongshan, suddenly found Zhou Chun.

"Zhengchun, I have thoroughly studied the formation you gave me back then, and I have also compiled the relevant setup and usage techniques. You can learn it when you have time."

Inside the Zhongping Hall, Zhou Chongshan reached out and patted the storage bag at his waist, handing him a set of array-setting tools that Zhou Chun had almost forgotten about, along with a jade slip.

As he handed the items to Zhou Chun, he exclaimed, "It's all thanks to those array formation manuals you offered. If I hadn't learned so much from them, I wouldn't have been able to figure out how to use this array formation so quickly!"

"Is that so? Thank you very much, Elder!"

Zhou Chun took the items and thanked them profusely.

After seeing off the Second Elder Zhou Chongshan, he checked the jade slip that the elder had left him.

In addition to the techniques for setting up and controlling the formation, the jade slip also contains an introduction to the uses of the formation.

It turns out that this set of array-setting equipment can be used to set up an array called the "Eight Gates Mysterious Water Array", which is a killing array that can trap and kill Foundation Establishment cultivators!

However, this "Eight Gates Mystic Water Formation" is somewhat complicated to set up, quite time-consuming, and requires a cultivator to operate it in order to make it effective.

Therefore, when Zhou Chun killed the Black Dragon Envoy of the Dragon Transformation Sect, the severely injured enemy had not set up this formation at all.

Now that Zhou Chun has obtained the method to set up and control this formation, he can either sell it or keep it as a trump card. It's like he's gained an extra treasure out of nowhere.

Time flies, and another six months have passed in a flash.

At this point, 105 of the 108 acupoints in Zhou Chun's body had been opened, and only the last three acupoints needed to be opened before he could take the Foundation Establishment Pill to begin foundation building.

It was at this time that a great battle broke out in Yunzhou, which allowed Zhou Daoyi to successfully kill two missionaries of the Hualong Sect, for which he received a Foundation Establishment Pill as a reward.

Having obtained another Foundation Establishment Pill, Zhou Daoyi, for his own safety and to avoid retaliation from the Dragon Transformation Sect, did not stay on the front line in Yunzhou. Instead, he sent the Fourth Elder, Zhou Jiarui, to replace him.

"Now, Zheng Chun, you only have one thing to do: go into seclusion and cultivate until you can take Foundation Establishment Pills before emerging!"

On Pagoda Peak, Zhou Daoyi, who had returned from the battlefield with a Foundation Establishment Pill, looked at Zhou Chun with a serious expression and directly ordered him to go into seclusion for cultivation.

(End of this chapter)