Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 152 The Monkey King's Battle for Supremacy: New King vs. Old King [Please Subscribe]

The Zhou family's Jade Spirit Bees will pollinate the Wang family's medicinal herbs, and afterwards the Wang family will receive a share of the spirit honey.

Wang Zhixiong certainly wouldn't refuse such a good opportunity that came to him so readily.

He didn't even haggle with Zhou Chun over the amount of spirit honey in return, and quickly agreed to it.

With this matter settled, Zhou Chun returned to his family with his mission accomplished.

At this point, they had already obtained the Pulse Protection Pill and the Pulse Nourishing Pill, but they still had no idea where to get the other elixir, the Golden Spirit Qi-Regulating Powder.

However, the formula for Jinling Tiaoqi San was recorded in the "Jin Ding Xuan Gong" itself, so Zhou Chun was not particularly in a hurry about this matter.

First, we can get someone to buy the relevant materials. If that doesn't work, we can find someone to help us refine them.

Therefore, after returning to the family, Zhou Chun focused on preparing for the various matters decided at the elders' meeting that day.

First, there was the matter of forming a security team.

After discussing with him, Zhou Chun decided to appoint Zhou Jiapeng, a newly promoted Foundation Establishment cultivator from the Zhou family, as the captain of the security team. Then, he selected six people from the late-stage Qi Refining cultivators of the family as team members to form the initial security team.

Every day, the security team patrols the area within a hundred miles of Jiufeng Ridge at irregular intervals to crack down on any fighting or killing among cultivators within that area.

This matter was specially announced outside the gate of Zhoujiashan, and a batch of specially made communication chimneys from the Zhou family were distributed free of charge.

Any independent cultivator can attract the attention of the security team and send them to the rescue by activating a communication smoke tube within a hundred-mile radius of Zhoujiashan Gate.

Once the security team started patrolling, some independent cultivators would see the Zhou family's security team riding eight-horned water-repelling deer galloping through the mountains and forests every day, patrolling all directions.

With the stamina and speed of the eight-horned water deer, it can run a lap of hundreds of miles without needing to rest.

The wandering cultivators living near the Zhou family's mountain gate felt much more at ease upon seeing this, and greatly praised the Zhou family's actions.

These legitimate independent cultivators have nothing to fear from the Zhou family coveting their meager wealth or ruining their reputation for a pittance.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have chosen to live so close to the Zhou family's residence.

Now that Zhou Jiaken has formed a security team to patrol their residences, their safety has undoubtedly been greatly improved.

After the security team started operating, Zhou Chun then took charge of the nursery and family school.

The family academy was easy to set up. Zhou Chun hired an elderly elder of the "family" generation to be in charge of the matter. The elder only needed to teach the young people in the family who had not yet entered the path of cultivation various common knowledge of the cultivation world, and tell stories about the cultivation world.

Zhou Chun deeply understands the importance of educating and guiding teenagers.

Therefore, although he only assigned one monk teacher to the family academy due to the limited manpower and number of students, he did a lot of other work.

For example, they would gather material from some elders in the family and ask them to fabricate and embellish the stories. They produced more than twenty stories about the family cultivators working together to overcome difficulties, in order to cultivate the love of family among these young clansmen from an early age.

They would also arrange for family cultivators to bring in some wild beasts to fight against the young clansmen, so that several young clansmen could work together to fight against wild beasts that were far stronger than them.

This is how we cultivate their fighting spirit and sense of unity.

Because the orphanage was for the direct descendants of the family's cultivators, it could only be built inside the mountain gate for safety reasons.

After Zhou Chun conducted an on-site inspection and site selection, the building was constructed in a secluded place inside the mountain gate, entirely in the style of a high-walled courtyard.

It even includes models of street shops to help future children become familiar with ordinary life.

The young mothers and middle-aged women selected from the Zhou family's ordinary clansmen took on the role of teachers, responsible for caring for and nurturing the children sent to the nursery.

When those children grow up to be six or seven years old, they will be taught to read and write and to practice martial arts. They will not be sent into the mortal world to start a family and make a living until they turn sixteen.

Because many cultivators in the Zhou family had children before, and raised them by their side.

Once the nursery was built and started operating, it immediately took in twenty or thirty children of all ages.

After witnessing firsthand the living conditions of the children in the orphanage, some of the Zhou family cultivators who had initially harbored some concerns quickly put their worries aside and proactively expressed their desire to take a concubine and have children to Zhou Chun, the deputy clan leader.

In just six months, five cultivators from the Zhou family took concubines, and each of them selected several at once.

On this day, Zhou Chun went to the animal garden to inspect the situation.

It turns out that the eight-horned water deer raised in the zoo recently gave birth to a calf, and two other deer are also pregnant.

These monsters in the Zhou family's beast garden, apart from having less freedom than in the wild, have much better food and drink than before.

The Zhou family has extensive experience in raising beasts. In order to cultivate these herbivorous demon beasts, they have specially searched for and selected several kinds of spiritual herbs that are rich in nutrients.

Those spiritual herbs can grow into spiritual herbs containing spiritual energy in two or three years simply by scattering their seeds in places rich in spiritual energy, and they don't require much effort to take care of them.

The Zhou family has cultivated special pastures in many places in Jiufeng Ridge to grow these spiritual herbs.

Because of their high regard for these eight-horned water-repelling deer, they are fed three meals of abundant spiritual herbs every month.

Because of such a favorable living environment, these eight-horned water deer were domesticated very quickly and grew up very well.

"Our deer park is currently searching for superior deer breeds. We are looking for a group of female wild deer that can match the size of the male eight-antlered water deer to mate with them, in order to expand the population in this way."

"If this is successful, it will also prevent the next generation of eight-horned water deer from having deformed fetuses due to inbreeding, which would affect the development of the population."

In the deer park, as Zhou Chun looked at the doe with her calf in the distance, Zhou Zhengxun, the manager of the deer park, took the opportunity to report his own thoughts to him.

Since Zhou Chun reformed the Zhou family, he has also issued a new commendation system for each branch.

Those who achieve outstanding results in their positions will receive substantial rewards for their good deeds, and may even be promoted in rank.

In places like the Beast Garden managed by the Hundred Beasts Hall, the manager of each garden can be defined as having outstanding achievements as long as they can significantly increase the number of monsters.

Such incentive systems have existed before, but this time Zhou Chun has made them more specific and detailed, and increased the rewards.

Therefore, the enthusiasm of many Zhou family cultivators was also ignited, and they wanted to make a name for themselves.

Upon hearing Zhou Zhengxun's idea, Zhou Chun nodded in agreement, saying, "That's right, Fifth Brother, I fully support your idea. You can draft a plan outlining all the requirements your deer farm has for the deer breed, and then submit it to me for approval before sending it to the External Affairs Hall. Let the other clansmen work together to make this happen!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhengxun was overjoyed and quickly bowed to express his gratitude: "Thank you for your support, Vice Clan Chief."

Zhou Chun waved his hand and said, "No need to thank me. As long as it's for the family and beneficial to the family, you can bring up any suggestions to me in the future, and I will approve them as appropriate."

After inspecting the deer enclosure, he went to the monkey enclosure.

Although Zhou Zhengyong is now a steward of the Hundred Beasts Hall, he still concurrently manages the Monkey Garden because the affairs of the Hundred Beasts Hall are handled in the Beast Garden.

Moreover, the breeding of the Crimson Flame Vajra Monkey in the Monkey Garden was a major issue discussed at the Zhou family elders' meeting, and as a steward of the Hundred Beasts Hall, he had to keep a close eye on it.

Coincidentally.

Zhou Chun came to the monkey park with the intention of asking Zhou Zhengyong about the Crimson Flame Vajra Monkey.

As soon as he arrived outside the monkey enclosure, he heard the roars of monkeys coming from inside and sensed fluctuations in magical energy.

Then, with a sweep of his divine sense, he clearly saw the situation deep in the mountains and forests.

In a clearing deep in the forest, where the monkeys usually rested and played, King Kong Monkey, the old monkey king who had ruled the monkeys for more than ten years, was now fiercely fighting with his son, Red Flame King Kong Monkey, who was challenging his position as monkey king.

The old Monkey King, Vajra Monkey, was a first-tier high-grade demon beast equivalent to a cultivator at the twelfth level of the Qi Refining stage when he fought against Zhou Chun and the others.

Now, more than a decade later, although it has not evolved into a second-tier demon beast, its strength has increased considerably.

Moreover, its actual bone age is only over fifty years old, which means it is in its prime and not the kind of old monster that is old and weak because it has no hope of advancement.

Even some of the Zhou family's Qi Refining Stage 12 cultivators dared not say they could secure a victory against it.

However, its challengers are also formidable.

With the Zhou family's generous support, the Crimson Flame Vajra Monkey, despite being less than ten years old, has already reached a level of cultivation comparable to the old Monkey King.

As a hybrid demon beast, it not only possesses the same strong physique and magic as the old monkey king, but also masters several fire-based spells.

Aside from lacking the combat experience of the old monkey king, its strength on paper already surpasses that of the old monkey king.

Two apes, each over ten feet tall, were covered in golden light, baring their teeth and swinging their fists in a frenzied exchange, relentlessly hammering their opponent.

They are very agile. Although they cannot fly, they can leap several meters high. Sometimes they jump up and fight each other in the air, and sometimes they jump onto a tree to compete in magic.

Zhou Zhengyong, the steward of the Hundred Beasts Hall, was watching the battle for the Monkey King with his spirit pet, the Red-tailed Monkey, and the demon monkeys in the monkey park.

Perhaps they were all watching too intently, because even when Zhou Chun walked nearby, no one noticed.

Zhou Chun didn't disturb them, and quietly watched the battle unfold, keeping his own aura concealed.

After fighting for an unknown period of time, the old monkey king seemed to realize that if he dragged it out any longer, he might not be a match for his challenger, so he roared and launched the final battle.

Suddenly, the golden light on its body was pushed to its limit, and the golden light on its fist swirled around its right claw, as if it were wearing a claw glove.

Then it roared and swung its right paw, lunging at the Crimson Flame Monkey.

The Crimson Flame Vajra Monkey hadn't lost a single move to the Old Monkey King before, so naturally it wouldn't back down now.

They immediately launched a counter-charge, roaring and howling.

boom!

It was like two giant rocks colliding, producing a loud crash, as both monsters slammed their palms into each other's heads.

But this time the result was completely different from before.

The Crimson Flame Monkey's claws still failed to tear through the old monkey king's defenses, causing him no obvious external injuries.

However, the old monkey king's claws successfully tore through its defenses, leaving a bloody, deep claw mark on its left cheek that was almost shattered!

This scene, witnessed by the spectating monkeys, immediately caused many of the demon monkeys to close their eyes, too frightened to watch any longer.

Many of them were optimistic about the Crimson Flame Monkey, but at this moment they dared not utter a single word in its defense.

"Old ginger is spicier!"

Zhou Chun sighed slightly, also quite amazed by King Kong Monkey's performance.

He could naturally tell that the move just now was another application of the Golden Monkey's innate magic.

The reason why the innate spells of monsters are called innate spells is because they are innate; they can master them without learning, and it is difficult for them to learn other spells through learning.

However, there is also a lot of untapped potential in innate magic. Some demon beasts whose cultivation has stagnated and cannot progress may, over the years, discover the potential of their innate magic through chance or a flash of inspiration, and develop other ways to use the power of magic.

This method of application is somewhat similar to the fire control secret technique used by the hunchbacked old man that Zhou Chun had seen in the "Heavenly Spirit Trial".

Through the manipulation of fire control techniques, it can successfully fuse the originally weak "Fireball Spell" into a spell with a power stronger than an ordinary first-tier high-grade spell.

The current King Kong Monkey hasn't reached that point yet, but it has already taken the most important step.

Given time, if it continues to delve into its research, it's hard to say it won't reach that level.

"It seems this Vajra Monkey has potential. If we encounter a suitable spiritual creature for its breakthrough in the future, we might consider helping it!"

Zhou Chun looked at the golden monkey with a gleam in his eyes, and a feeling of admiration for its talent stirred within him.

With the example of the [Green Wood Spirit Ape], Zhou Chun had no aversion to raising such a beast without a master.

He wouldn't mind raising such a demonic beast as long as it could be used for his own purposes.

Of course, this is on the premise that they can demonstrate potential worth cultivating!

But just when Zhou Chun thought the battle for the Monkey King was about to end with the challenger's defeat, an unexpected event occurred.

Suddenly, the fur on the fallen and injured Crimson Flame Monkey burst into flames.

No, it wasn't the hair burning, but a flame of magical energy that appeared on its body!

Ow—

A furious howl erupted from the Crimson Flame Vajra Monkey's mouth. Suddenly, it opened its mouth and spat out a fiery red ball of flame at the Vajra Monkey.

Boom!

The violent explosion sent King Kong Monkey flying, and the golden light on its body was also shattered.

But the Crimson Flame Monkey, engulfed in flames, caught up with it before it could even stand up, raising its paw and slamming it down on the head.

That clearly meant they wanted to kill King Kong!

"No! Stop it!"

Zhou Zhengyong, who was watching the battle, suddenly woke up and hurriedly shouted to stop the Crimson Flame Vajra Monkey.

But how could the furious Crimson Flame Vajra Monkey possibly listen to him?

The claw slammed down on the golden monkey below with unwavering determination, without the slightest hesitation.

Fortunately, Zhou Chun was still there.

In the critical moment, Zhou Chun hurriedly flew in front of the Golden Monkey and erected a magical shield.

Bang!

After a loud bang, the Crimson Flame Vajra Monkey was knocked back several steps by the enormous recoil force.

Although Zhou Chun was only a Foundation Establishment cultivator in the early stage and had not switched to any powerful cultivation techniques, the difference in their cultivation levels was still significant.

The Crimson Flame Vajra Monkey's physical strength was so great that it couldn't even break through the Vajra Monkey's previous defenses, so how could it possibly hurt him?

After repelling the Crimson Flame Vajra Monkey, he immediately released his oppressive aura to subdue it, and then had Zhou Zhengyong, who rushed forward in surprise, pull it away to heal its injuries.

He then turned his gaze to the Golden Monkey on the ground.

Just a heads up, I'm going on a hiking trip today, so I won't be able to write during the day. I probably won't be able to update until 11 PM, and then the update tomorrow morning will likely be delayed until noon!

(End of this chapter)