Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 148 Betrayed, Powerful Enemy Attacks [Please Subscribe]

Zhou Jiapeng's successful Foundation Establishment brought the number of Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Zhou family to seven, significantly boosting the family's strength once again.

In just over a decade, the Zhou family has cultivated four Foundation Establishment cultivators, demonstrating a level of strength that has astonished many other cultivation families in Lanzhou.

For most cultivation families, like the Mu family before them, it would be considered quite good if they could cultivate a Foundation Establishment cultivator every twenty or thirty years.

Stronger cultivation families, like the Wang family of Red Medicine Valley, can typically only cultivate one Foundation Establishment cultivator every twenty years, and sometimes none at all.

The Zhou family has now cultivated four Foundation Establishment cultivators in less than twenty years!

How could such speed not frighten the other families?

In addition, Zhou Mingde, the current cultivator of the Purple Mansion stage in the Zhou family, is in his prime and his lifespan is less than three hundred years.

Anyone who looks at the Zhou family now knows that its rise is unstoppable.

The status of the major immortal cultivation clans in Lanzhou is now as secure as Mount Tai!

"I can't thank you enough for this great kindness. I will never forget your kindness in making things possible for me!"

"If you ever need my help in the future, please don't hesitate to ask!"

Zhou Chun's residence was the place where Zhou Jiapeng, having successfully completed his mission, made a special trip to thank him.

Only those who have personally experienced the perilous path of Foundation Establishment will know just how difficult this stage is.

Although the Spirit Ascension Fruit doesn't have the miraculous effects of the Foundation Establishment Pill, it still greatly helps with Foundation Establishment.

Zhou Jiapeng may not have felt anything at the time, but after he came out and learned that another cousin had failed and died, he was covered in cold sweat and filled with relief.

Therefore, he was naturally very grateful to Zhou Chun for his great help when he exchanged the Spirit Ascension Fruit.

Faced with Zhou Jiapeng's grateful words, Zhou Chun smiled slightly and said, "Uncle Peng, you're too kind. It's all thanks to your own good fortune that you were able to succeed in one go. I was just helping you get an opportunity."

"That's true, but without your help in obtaining this opportunity, I'm afraid I might never have been able to successfully establish my foundation in this lifetime!"

Zhou Jiapeng shook his head slightly, his tone filled with a sense of regret.

He had lived for over sixty years, but he had personally witnessed many cultivators at the twelfth level of the Qi Refining stage who, because they did not dare to risk their lives to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, could only live with regret and die alone.

Compared to those people, he was incredibly lucky.

He was able to achieve Foundation Establishment in one go by consuming a Foundation Establishment spiritual item as soon as his cultivation level reached the standard required.

In short, just as he himself said, he will remember Zhou Chun's kindness for the rest of his life.

Just over half a month after Zhou Jiapeng emerged from his Foundation Establishment cultivation, Zhou Chun received another message forwarded by the Wang family of Red Medicine Valley.

Master Jiang from Dongling Market has successfully obtained the Nourishing Meridian Pill and specially invited Zhou Chun to go and exchange it.

Upon learning this news, Zhou Chun hurriedly went to find the Third Elder, Zhou Daoquan, and asked him to accompany him on another trip.

As before, the two spent about two days arriving at Dongling Market and then headed straight for Master Jiang's pharmacy.

"It's nice to see you again, Master Jiang."

In the backyard of the pharmacy, Zhou Chun smiled slightly upon seeing Master Jiang and bowed to him.

Upon seeing this, Master Jiang returned the greeting with a smile and said, "Yes, Fellow Daoist Zhou, you've finally arrived."

After speaking, he looked at Zhou Chun expectantly and said, "I have already exchanged the Nourishing Meridian Pill with Jiang. Did you bring the spiritual incense that Fellow Daoist Zhou promised?"

"That's natural."

Zhou Chun nodded, then reached into his storage pouch at his waist and took out a jade bottle.

This jade bottle contains three ounces of fragrant musk.

Considering the one ounce he used in the previous exchange for the Vein Protecting Pill, he only had a little over one ounce left of the half pound of spiritual incense he obtained from Xiang Ling She.

"Alright, then Fellow Daoist Zhou, please inspect this Nourishing Meridian Pill."

Master Jiang exclaimed in approval, then patted his storage pouch at his waist, took out a pill bottle, and handed it to Zhou Chun.

Then the two examined each other's items and, after confirming that they were all genuine, smiled at each other and put their items away.

After the transaction was completed, Master Jiang looked at Zhou Chun and his companion and smiled, saying, "Last time, you two left in such a hurry that you didn't even have a cup of water or wine. Would you do me the honor of having a cup of tea before you go this time?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun's expression shifted slightly, and he then smiled and said, "Speaking of tea, Master Jiang, why don't you try some of the spiritual tea produced by my family!"

After saying that, he patted the storage bag at his waist, took out a tea set, and brewed a pot of tea in front of Master Jiang.

After the tea was brewed, Zhou Chun took out a small jade bottle and dripped a dozen drops of golden honey into the teapot.

"Come on, Master Jiang, try it and see how it tastes!"

Zhou Chun poured three cups of tea, one for himself and one for Zhou Daoquan, and then pushed the last cup to Master Jiang, smiling as he invited him to taste the tea.

"Alright, then I won't stand on ceremony."

Master Jiang looked at the tea in front of him and pondered for a while before smiling and taking a sip.

He then quickly nodded repeatedly, saying, "Excellent tea, truly excellent tea!"

"This spiritual honey is a special spiritual product of our family. The annual production is very limited. When used to blend spiritual tea, it can greatly enhance the flavor of any type of tea, leaving a lasting impression."

While explaining with a smile, Zhou Chun handed the jade bottle containing the spiritual honey to Master Jiang, saying, "If Master Jiang likes it, this small bottle of spiritual honey is a gift for you!"

A master alchemist is still worth befriending.

If we can truly win her over with the Zhou family's spiritual honey, we can use the spiritual honey to exchange for the precious pills she possesses in the future.

Master Jiang seemed to genuinely like the taste of the spiritual honey, and immediately reached out and took the jade bottle without ceremony, saying, "Then I, Jiang, will not stand on ceremony."

Then, as he put away the jade bottle, he also took out a small wine jar and handed it to Zhou Chun: "This jar of medicinal wine is also brewed with my own secret recipe. Fellow Daoist Zhou may wish to take it back and savor it slowly."

"Then I, Zhou, will certainly have to savor it properly when I get back."

As Zhou Chun spoke, he accepted the wine jar with a smile.

After exchanging gifts, Zhou Chun took the opportunity to say goodbye.

Master Jiang did not keep them any longer this time, and just like last time, he escorted them all the way to the outside of the pharmacy.

After watching them until they disappeared into the distance, he returned to the house in the backyard.

Then, looking at the tea set on the table that still smelled of tea, a cold smile appeared on his face.

Then he muttered to himself, "The Zhou family of Jiufeng Ridge? This Lingzhou isn't Lanzhou; the roads aren't as peaceful as Lanzhou's!"

After saying that, he leisurely sat down, poured himself another cup of tea that had almost gone cold, and slowly began to savor it.

On the other side, after leaving the market, Zhou Chun and Zhou Daoquan, just like last time, rode Zhu Yanhe and flew swiftly towards their family.

However, what the two did not realize was that shortly after they left the market and took off, a pair of eyes glowing with blue light in the forest below began to watch them.

"So, second brother, have you figured out the result yet?"

In the mountains, Su Qiang looked calmly at his second brother and asked in a low voice.

Su Qiang and Wei Tong are well-known Foundation Establishment cultivators in Lingzhou. Although they are Foundation Establishment cultivators, they prefer to work alone and do not join any organizations or establish their own like other independent cultivators.

Although Su Qiang was only at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, he cultivated a powerful technique, making him stronger than many late-Foundation Establishment cultivators. He had even defeated a late-Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Wei Tong, who was also at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, had only average combat abilities, but he had cultivated a secret technique called "Cloud-Piercing Eyes," which allowed him to see through the clouds and spot cultivators dozens of miles away.

The two therefore cooperated with each other, often secretly robbing and killing Foundation Establishment cultivators to obtain their wealth.

This time, the two knew in advance that two "easy targets" would come out of Dongling Market, so they set up an ambush outside.

Seeing the target emerge from the market and take off, Wei Tong, who was hiding in the mountains, immediately began to secretly use magic to spy on the target.

After observing for a while, Wei Tong spoke up, "No problem, I didn't see any third-tier demonic beasts in the spirit beast pouches on those two people, so they probably aren't carrying that legendary third-tier demonic beast with them!"

"Okay, let's do it!"

Su Qiang clapped his hands hard and immediately gave instructions: "I'll deal with the old man. You take down the junior first, and then we'll work together to kill the old man!"

"no problem."

Wei Tong responded, then reached out and patted the storage bag at his waist, summoning a blue flying boat magic artifact with two fish fins.

He and Su Qiang jumped onto the cyan flying boat together, and then, with a burst of magic power, the cyan flying boat soared into the sky and quickly flew into the heavens.

And so, the two of them followed Zhou Chun and his group from a distance, waiting for the right moment to strike.

After following for a while, Su Qiang suddenly said, "Alright, we're already over 300 li from the market town, and there aren't any cultivator settlements within 200 li. We can follow and make our move!"

"clear."

Wei Tong responded and immediately activated the acceleration ability attached to the magic weapon.

Suddenly, the two fish fins beneath the blue flying boat artifact emitted a blue light and moved like oars.

In an instant, the speed of the cyan flying boat increased by several times out of thin air.

"Oh no! Someone's following us!"

On Zhu Yanhe's back, Zhou Daoquan seemed to have discovered something, and his expression changed drastically as he hurriedly turned to look behind him.

Beneath the blue sky behind them, a streak of azure light was rapidly pursuing them.

"We can't escape! They're too fast!"

Zhou Daoquan was experienced; just by looking at the speed of that cyan spiritual light, he knew that his side had no chance of escaping.

So he hurriedly ordered Zhu Yanhe to dive down to the ground.

Foundation Establishment stage cultivators can certainly fight in the air, but Zhou Daoquan knew that Zhou Chun had not yet switched cultivation techniques and was currently weak among cultivators of the same level, so aerial combat was not suitable for him.

Moreover, Zhou Daoquan's other spirit pet, the Earth Armor Bear, is able to exert its combat power more effectively by standing firmly on the ground.

Zhu Yanhe swooped down at lightning speed and landed on the ground in no time.

At this moment, Zhou Daoquan reached out and patted the spirit beast pouch at his waist, releasing a gray-yellow giant bear demon beast that was nearly three zhang long.

Then, turning to Zhou Chun, who was filled with astonishment, he instructed, "The enemy's strength is unknown. I will have Earth Armor Bear protect you. Once we have ascertained the enemy's strength, we will make adjustments as needed!"

"I understand."

Zhou Chun nodded, not trying to be brave and saying that she didn't need protection.

He hasn't even switched to a cultivation technique yet, hasn't mastered any secret arts, his spirit pet hasn't advanced to the second tier, and he hasn't even cultivated a single second-tier spell.

In this situation, even if he refined several second-tier magic weapons, his combat power would only be slightly better than some mediocre Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Just as Zhou Chun was preparing for battle by summoning his magical artifact, the cyan spiritual light finally arrived near them.

"They are two mid-Foundation Establishment cultivators!"

Zhou Daoquan's divine sense detected the cultivation levels of the two people on the cyan flying boat first, and he breathed a slight sigh of relief.

His face darkened, and he glared at the two who had dared to approach, demanding in a deep voice, "Who are you? Why are you chasing us?"

"Of course, it's the people who killed you!"

Su Qiang smiled coldly, then immediately jumped off the flying boat and waved his hand, summoning a greatsword burning with crimson flames, which he slashed at Zhou Daoquan.

Upon seeing this, Wei Tong sneered, raised his hand to put away the cyan flying boat magic weapon, and summoned a pair of cyan-black mandarin duck double sword magic weapons to slash at Zhou Chun.

"How dare you!"

With a sharp shout, Zhou Daoquan unleashed his magic power and wielded a ruler-shaped magical artifact glowing with yellow spiritual light to meet the blazing greatsword.

The two magical artifacts clashed and fought in mid-air, with flames and yellow light scattering everywhere, and they were evenly matched.

At this moment, Su Qiang formed hand seals, and a ball of crimson-gold fire suddenly emerged from his palms. Then he pushed his palms forward.

boom!

The ball of crimson-gold flames suddenly expanded, instantly transforming into a crimson-gold streak of fire that swept towards Zhou Daoquan.

Before the streak of crimson-gold flames even got close, a wave of intense heat made Zhou Daoquan's face burn. His mind, which had been slightly relaxed because his opponent was a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator, suddenly tensed up to the extreme.

"Damn it! This person cultivates combat techniques!"

The so-called methods of combat are what cultivators call techniques that involve extremely slow cultivation speed but can still grant great power and supernatural abilities.

Zhou Daoquan was surprised that the other party, who looked younger than him, had actually cultivated such a combat technique to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage. What kind of talent was that!

Without thinking it over, he immediately ordered Zhu Yanhe to spew out a pillar of crimson fire to slightly block the stream of fire.

Then, he quickly summoned a bronze-yellow chime bell artifact, releasing rings of yellow light waves that rushed towards the crimson-gold flames.

Finally, he waved his hand, formed a hand seal, and yellow spiritual light quickly emanated from his body, forming a thick yellow protective shield around him.

Almost immediately after the yellow protective shield took shape, the crimson-gold flames, sweeping in like a flood, successively shattered the crimson fire pillars and the rings of yellow light waves, directly engulfing Zhou Daoquan.

The crimson-gold flames and yellow spiritual light shone brightly, and after a while, Zhou Daoquan finally exhausted the power of Su Qiang's spell with his profound magical power and successfully walked out.

But at this moment, Su Qiang's palm was already surging with crimson-gold flames, and he was ready for his second strike!

(End of this chapter)