Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 156 Thunder Python Transforms into a Dragon [Please Subscribe]

The results of the internal martial arts competition within the Zhou family were quickly announced.

There's not much to say about cultivators under thirty, but among those over thirty, there are a few who have shown remarkable talent.

Fortunately, those people were all people Zhou Chun knew.

One is Zhou Zhengyong. The life-and-death battles he experienced in Yunzhou not only transformed his mindset but also enriched his combat experience and significantly increased his combat capabilities.

With his current cultivation level of the eleventh level of Qi Refining and the multiple first-grade high-quality magic weapons in his possession, he performed exceptionally well in this martial arts competition and won first place.

Another one is Zhou Zhengtao. He was one of the top ten in the youth group back then. Now that his cultivation has reached the eleventh level of Qi Refining, his strength is also extraordinary. He almost defeated Zhou Zhengyong.

Another one is Zhou Jiayun, a cultivator ranked thirty-fifth in the "Jia" generation. He also won third place because of the power of his contracted spirit pet, the three-tailed fox.

In Zhou Chun's opinion, if these three participated in the joint martial arts competition of the five major cultivation families, they would have a good chance of making it into the top ten.

The magical artifacts he rewarded the participants with after the match were meant to further increase their chances of winning.

"Alright, this clan martial arts competition has come to an end. The clan will continue to hold similar events periodically in the future, and we hope to see more clan members participate next time, and even more outstanding performers!"

After Zhou Chun finished speaking, the Zhou family cultivators who had gathered quickly dispersed.

At the same time, after discussing with the elders, Zhou Chun also decided to accept the Wang family's proposal and have the Zhou family host the new round of the five major immortal cultivation families' joint martial arts competition.

However, Zhou Chun still needs to negotiate with the other four major families regarding the rules of the martial arts competition; he cannot simply follow their ideas completely.

Next, Zhou Chun focused on handling this matter.

After much bargaining, Zhou Chun finally reached an agreement with several families.

All participating monks have two options for participating.

First, you must bring a spirit pet into the battle, but you cannot use any magic talismans.

Secondly, no spirit pets will be brought into the battle; the old rules will continue.

These two competition options are mainly for Zhou family cultivators, but the restrictions are not as strict as they were at the beginning.

Zhou Chun believes that such restrictions are still acceptable.

The date for the event was quickly set, just seven months later.

On this day, while Zhou Chun was handling clan affairs in the Zhongping Hall, Zhou Zhengyuan, the steward of the Zhou family's Hundred Medicines Hall, suddenly came to find him.

"Sixth Brother, you rarely leave Hundred Herbs Peak. What brings you here today? Is there something you need my help with?"

Zhou Chun looked at Zhou Zhengyuan who had come looking for her, and a look of surprise appeared in her eyes.

This best alchemist in the Zhou family usually practices alchemy and cultivation on Hundred Herbs Peak and rarely comes down the mountain.

He can be said to be the most mysterious "Zheng" generation cultivator in the Zhou family.

Faced with Zhou Chun's surprised gaze, Zhou Zhengyuan's dark, reddish face revealed a very serious expression.

He bowed respectfully to Zhou Chun and said in a solemn tone, "I have come to see the deputy clan leader today because I have an important matter to report to the clan."

Upon seeing this, Zhou Chun's surprise deepened.

Then his expression hardened, and he said in a deep voice, "Sixth Brother, please speak."

"I recently tried to refine another batch of Demon Spirit Pills, but I failed again!"

"But this failure taught me that it wasn't that my alchemy skills were lacking, but rather that my cultivation level was insufficient!"

"If I had the cultivation level of the Foundation Establishment stage, I would guarantee with my life that I could successfully refine the Demon Spirit Pill!"

"So the reason I've come to see the vice patriarch is to request the clan's support in my Foundation Establishment stage!"

Zhou Zhengyuan stared at Zhou Chun with a serious expression and stated his purpose in a very earnest tone.

Zhou Chun's expression changed slightly after hearing his words.

Now he finally understood why Zhou Zhengyuan had taken the initiative to leave Baiyao Peak to find him.

To be honest, if this request had been made by a cultivator from another family, Zhou Chun would have thought he was out of his mind for daring to make such a request to the family's higher-ups.

However, Zhou Zhengyuan is straightforward by nature, and as the person with the highest alchemy skills in the Zhou family, he certainly has the right to make such a request.

Although he didn't actually have to be so direct, he could have expressed his demands in a more tactful way.

However, now that he has made it clear, Zhou Chun cannot allow him to bring it up again in a different way.

He could only nod solemnly and reply, "I understand. I will report this matter to the clan leader and the Supreme Elder. If there are any results, I will inform you, Sixth Brother, as soon as possible!"

"Thank you, Vice Clan Chief. I'll head back and wait for news now."

After Zhou Zhengyuan finished speaking, he cupped his hands in a respectful gesture to Zhou Chun and left without any further ado.

This style of doing things made Zhou Chun shake his head.

Fortunately, he is not a petty person; otherwise, with such an attitude, he might have given him a hard time or made things difficult for him.

Perhaps it was precisely because he focused all his energy on alchemy and cultivation that he was able to stand out from the other alchemists!

With this in mind, Zhou Chun began to consider the feasibility of Zhou Zhengyuan's request.

In fact, with seven Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Zhou family at present, Zhou Mingde, Zhou Daoyi, Zhou Chun, and other core members of the Zhou family have no plans to continue supporting newcomers to achieve Foundation Establishment.

The main problem is that the Zhou family's precarious financial situation makes it difficult for them to support such a plan in the short term.

However, if Zhou Zhengyuan wasn't lying, then the benefits of helping him successfully establish his foundation would be quite substantial.

The Demon Spirit Pill is an extremely important elixir for the Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Zhou family.

Especially for Zhou Chun himself, once his two spirit pets both break through to the second tier, their demand for such spirit pills will be very high.

Therefore, supporting Zhou Zhengyuan in establishing his foundation would be extremely beneficial to these high-ranking members of the Zhou family.

Zhou Zhengyuan probably thought of this as well, which is why he dared to directly ask the family's higher-ups for support.

"Let's help him out; it'll be helping ourselves too!"

Zhou Chun's eyes flashed, and he immediately set off for the cave dwelling of the Supreme Elder Zhou Mingde on the mountaintop to report the matter.

Not long after, Zhou Chun went down the mountain and returned to Zhongping Palace.

Zhou Mingde also agreed to support Zhou Zhengyuan in establishing his foundation, but not now.

The Zhou family needs to bide their time for a while.

Only after the clan leader Zhou Daoyi breaks through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment and his spirit pet, the Azure Cloud Python, transforms into a dragon can he resume his high-profile lifestyle without any worries.

So Zhou Zhengyuan can only wait now.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, the Silver Lightning Python had been asleep for more than three months after consuming the Dragon Blood Ginseng.

On this day, Zhou Chun was working in the Zhongping Hall.

Suddenly, he seemed to sense something and realize something.

He hurriedly gave instructions to the scribe inside, then rushed out of Zhongping Hall and returned to his residence.

When he entered his own yard, he saw that the Silver Lightning Python, Bai Bai, had already woken up and was molting its skin and changing its scales.

Since it was promoted to a first-tier high-grade demon beast and grew dragon scales like those of a dragon, the Silver Lightning Python has not shed its skin for a long time.

However, this advancement to the second tier means it has officially come of age, and molting is inevitable.

Its body was constantly rubbing against the metal stake, and its originally incredibly hard dragon scales were now falling off piece by piece with the friction.

These detached dragon scales are all dull in color and have lost their spiritual power.

Their essence is absorbed by the newly formed dragon scales before they molt.

Therefore, dragon scales and snake skin that naturally shed due to molting have no value.

The entire molting and scaling process took about an hour.

Once the old skin and scales had fallen off, a brand new, silver-white lightning python appeared before Zhou Chun's eyes.

At this moment, because it had just broken through, the Silver Lightning Python still had strands of silver-white electric light running through its body, which was caused by its power overflowing and being unable to be controlled.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun knew that the Silver Lightning Python still needed some time to adapt to and control the power of a second-tier demon beast.

After praising him a few times, he brought him a large amount of food to eat.

Unlike human cultivators, demonic beasts grow larger with each breakthrough, so their need for food is extremely high.

Zhou Chun had already prepared food reserves for Bai Bai's next meal after his breakthrough.

After it had devoured over a thousand catties of demon beast meat in one go, filling its belly to a round and full size, Zhou Chun smiled and patted its head, letting it slowly adapt to the changes in its strength. He then turned and returned to the Zhongping Hall to continue his work.

Two more months passed, and the Silver Lightning Python Bai Bai's condition finally stabilized.

At this time, the Silver Lightning Python was nearly seven zhang long, and in terms of size, it was no less than the Azure Cloud Python, which was a second-tier mid-grade demon beast back then.

And its size growth has not stopped; it will certainly grow considerably more in the future.

Along with its size, its strength has also increased.

It could be that the bloodline was indeed powerful, or it could be that the three-hundred-year-old Dragon Blood Ginseng was particularly potent.

As soon as it broke through to the second tier, the Silver Lightning Python had three of its original innate spells enhanced and upgraded for nothing.

One is "Lightning Spell". Now that this talent spell has been enhanced, every bolt of lightning that the Silver Lightning Serpent spits out has the destructive power of a second-tier spell, and it has also incorporated the "Chain Lightning Spell" that it previously mastered.

One is "Heavenly Thunder Strike," a second-tier lightning spell enhanced and advanced from "Thunder Strike." It can directly summon heavenly thunder to bombard powerful enemies, and its power is stronger than "Thunder Strike," without the need for prior charging.

There is also "Floating Light Thunder Blast", a second-tier lightning spell that is an enhanced and advanced version of "Thunderstorm".

This spell is powerful. The Silver Lightning Serpent can condense a series of lightning orbs that float around its body beforehand, and then freely command one or more of these orbs to bombard the enemy.

The exact number of lightning orbs that can be condensed and float around the body depends on the Silver Lightning Serpent's control over this spell.

Because for each additional lightning ball that is condensed, it needs to devote its energy to controlling and maintaining its existence.

In addition to these three second-tier spells that were upgraded from the original innate spells, Silver Lightning Python Bai Bai also awakened a new second-tier innate spell, "Lightning Flash," after this breakthrough.

This is a stealth spell that allows the Silver Lightning Serpent to approach enemies at extremely high speeds or escape.

The advanced version of this spell is the famous "Lightning Escape Technique".

It can be said that after completing its advancement, the Silver Lightning Python Bai Bai's actual combat power has completely surpassed that of its master, Zhou Chun.

Even let alone Zhou Chun, none of the other early Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Zhou family who had switched to other cultivation methods would be a match for Bai Bai, the Silver Lightning Python.

I'm afraid only those early Foundation Establishment cultivators who have mastered combat techniques could barely manage a one-on-one fight against the Silver Lightning Python.

This is what makes some powerful demonic beasts with strong bloodlines so formidable.

Once they reach a certain rank, they can become the strongest within that rank.

It is both a blessing and a curse that comes from bloodline.

While bloodlines grant monsters immense power, they also limit their potential for advancement.

After a mid-level demon beast grows into a second-tier high-grade demon beast, it is many times more difficult for it to advance to the third tier and become a high-level demon beast than for a low-level demon beast to evolve into a mid-level demon beast.

In the more than 1,700-year history of the Zhou family, there are fewer than twenty demonic beasts that have truly evolved from intermediate-level demonic beasts into advanced-level demonic beasts, which can be described as extremely rare.

"Awesome, bye-bye."

"From now on, your safety will depend on me!"

On the training ground reserved for Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Zhou family, Zhou Chun personally tested the current strength of the Silver Lightning Python Bai Bai and praised the spirit pet with great delight.

Not only is its attack power formidable, but its speed is also astonishing.

Even its defensive capabilities are extremely strong.

At least the second-tier low-grade magic weapon used by Zhou Chun would have a hard time breaking through its dragon scale defense.

If the Silver Lightning Python weren't still just a python with no dragon claws or horns, Zhou Chun would have doubted whether it was a dragon.

However, thinking of the dragon, Zhou Chun couldn't help but look at the top of the silver lightning python's head.

At this moment, there was a slight bulge on the top of the Silver Lightning Python's head, as if something was being nurtured inside.

So, shall we try that secret technique now?

Zhou Chun's eyes flickered, showing some eagerness to try.

Several years have passed, and he has successfully completed the initial training of the "Ancestral Revival" secret technique that he chose to cultivate. The Silver Lightning Python, which he personally hatched and raised, naturally does not resist him using this technique.

However, while the "Ancestral Revival" technique is extremely powerful, its side effects are equally severe.

A demon beast that has undergone surgery will find it difficult to recover to its full strength for at least six months, during which time its cultivation will also stagnate.

Therefore, Zhou Chun was also undecided at this moment, wondering whether or not to give it a try.

"Bai Bai, would you like to try transforming into a dragon?"

Ultimately, Zhou Chun gave the choice to the Silver Lightning Python Bai Bai, asked for its opinion, and also informed it of the potential side effects.

Hiss~ Hiss!

The silver lightning python nodded its white head slightly, its eyes filled with excitement as it agreed, clearly not caring about any aftereffects.

As expected, a newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger!

Upon seeing this, Zhou Chun no longer hesitated.

"Okay, let's give it a try!"

He nodded and immediately began to cast a spell, performing the secret technique of "Ancestral Revival".

First update of the day! I'll try to resume a stable update schedule tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)