Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 163 A Dilemma [Please Subscribe]

Dragon Abyss!

The end point of that underground river in Lanzhou is actually Longyuanze!

This discovery immediately filled Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Chun with shock.

But upon closer reflection, it seems quite normal.

As the largest body of water in the surrounding countries, Longyuanze is the final point where the water systems of these countries converge.

The underground river had such a large volume of water that if its destination wasn't a large swamp like Longyuanze, it would have been discovered long ago, even if it could contain such a massive amount of water.

However, both Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Chun hesitated about whether to let the Azure Dragon build its nest there.

After all, Longyuanze is the main base of the Jiaolong clan!

This vast Dragon Abyss even contains fifth-order dragons!

If the Azure Dragon builds its nest there, even though it is thousands of miles away from Dragon Abyss, it is hard to guarantee that it will not be discovered by the dragon clan of Dragon Abyss in the future.

By then, the Azure Dragon will likely be abducted by the Flood Dragon Clan!

It should be noted that contracts such as the "Soul Control Blood Array" are not unbreakable.

In fact, given that the Azure Dragon is now stronger than Zhou Daoyi, it is capable of breaking free from the contract on its own, although that would come at a considerable cost.

However, as a spirit pet that was hatched and raised by Zhou Daoyi from a snake egg, it had long regarded Zhou Daoyi as its closest person after so many years of getting along.

Moreover, its successful transformation into a dragon was largely thanks to Zhou Daoyi's help.

Therefore, even now that it has that ability, it still has never thought of breaking free from the contract and leaving Zhou Daoyi.

However, if other dragons appear and stir up trouble in front of it, or forcibly take it to the dragon clan's stronghold deep in the Dragon Abyss Marsh, it will be in danger.

Then anything could happen!

Just as the two were shocked and distressed by this discovery, the scaled frog alien sentinels on the shore of the marshland finally spotted the two human cultivators approaching in the night sky.

Quack quack quack!!

Suddenly, a cacophony of noisy, ear-piercing frog croaks filled the air, much like the sound of a pond on a summer night.

One by one, the scaled frog aliens rushed out of the building with their pigeon-toed gait, each carrying weapons such as knives, forks, axes, and spears made of animal bones, stones, and wood.

Then, communicating through the croaking of frogs, they all looked up at the two human cultivators in the sky.

They clearly possessed night vision; even darkness could not obstruct their vision, allowing them to clearly see the appearances of the two human cultivators.

They seemed to hate and fear this kind of creature, croaking and waving their weapons at the two of them in a show of force, but they didn't dare to actually attack, not even symbolically throwing a stone.

Zhou Chun found this quite amusing.

The records of these alien races in ancient texts involuntarily came to mind.

The term "other race" refers to intelligent races other than humans.

That's right, the intelligent races in this world of cultivation are not only humans, but also many other intelligent alien races.

However, humans are still the most intelligent and the most powerful.

While various alien races possess intelligence far exceeding that of ordinary beasts, their strength varies considerably.

Some powerful alien races, though not as strong as humans, are not to be underestimated. They occupy large territories in some undeveloped wilderness areas and rule as kings.

Weak alien species, such as the scaled frog aliens that Zhou Chun is seeing now, can only rely on their talent for water to barely struggle to survive in places like Longyuanze, which have never been visited by humans.

Their living conditions and the circumstances they faced were quite similar to those of the primitive and semi-primitive tribes in Zhou Chun's previous life!

Many of these weak alien races are beings who are wantonly oppressed and enslaved by cultivators.

Just like this scaled frog race, because they are good at diving and can collect rare treasures from the deep sea, some cultivators will tame and enslave them to find treasures for themselves.

Of course, more often than not, cultivators would directly storm into the scaled frog tribe's territory and plunder the treasures they had accumulated over the years.

"Among the Scaled Frog race, there are also sorcerers who wield magical powers. I wonder where the sorcerers of this tribe are now?"

Zhou Chun muttered to himself and immediately released his divine sense to probe.

Even ordinary wild beasts have the opportunity to transform into demons and seek enlightenment in this world, so other intelligent alien races can naturally do the same.

Among the scaled frog race, there are sometimes beings with cultivation aptitude. They can become sorcerers and master spellcasting abilities by cultivating the scaled frog race's exclusive methods.

Without the existence of these sorcerers, even though the scaled frog race had a greater reproductive capacity than humans, they might have been wiped out long ago.

At this moment, Zhou Chun's divine sense quickly detected three scaled frog aliens with magical energy inside a stone fortress.

Judging from their auras, these three scaled frog aliens are equivalent to a human cultivator at the seventh level of the Qi Refining stage, a human cultivator at the fifth level of the Qi Refining stage, and a human cultivator at the fourth level of the Qi Refining stage.

These three Scaled Frog aliens clearly understood the power of the two human cultivators in the air outside, and they remained hidden inside the stone fortress, trembling all over.

To Zhou Chun's disappointment, although there were some spiritual herbs and ores containing spiritual energy inside the stone fortress, they were not anything precious and not worth his effort to plunder.

"Don't even think about it. Judging from the appearance of these scaled frog aliens, they have obviously been plundered by other cultivators long ago. It might have been done by those people from the Dragon Transformation Sect."

Seemingly noticing Zhou Chun's subtle actions and understanding his inner thoughts, Zhou Daoyi couldn't help but shake his head, signaling him not to overthink it.

Then he said in a low voice, "This is not a place to stay for long. Let's go back first."

Upon discovering that he was in the extremely dangerous Dragon Abyss Swamp, Zhou Daoyi completely abandoned the idea of ​​exploring the surrounding area.

All I want now is to get back to my family as soon as possible and get away from this dangerous place.

Zhou Chun was very curious about the scaled frog alien race and wanted to observe and study it more.

But we also know that now is not a good time.

Regrettably, they returned to the place where they had come from with Zhou Daoyi, and the Azure Dragon led them back to the family via the underground waterway.

After another day of swimming upstream, the Azure Dragon led Zhou Daoyi and the other person back to the original pool.

When they left the pool, Zhou Chun could clearly feel the reluctance the Azure Dragon showed when it returned to Zhou Daoyi's spirit beast bag.

Clearly, the experience of swimming freely in the underground river made it very comfortable after successfully transforming into a dragon.

Not long after, Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Chun returned to their family and met with the Supreme Elder Zhou Mingde to explain the details of their wondrous underground journey.

"The underground river's final destination is actually Longyuanze!"

"This is truly astonishing!"

Inside the cave, after listening to Zhou Daoyi's account of his journey through the underground river, Zhou Mingde was immediately shocked and couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

There have always been only three ways to reach Longyuanze: via rivers, land, and the sky.

No one expected that there would be a fourth path to Longyuanze!

Moreover, this fourth road is more concealed, faster, and safer than the previous three roads.

Thinking of this, Zhou Mingde couldn't help but sigh deeply, "What a pity! It's a pity that our Zhou family's strength is still too weak!"

"Otherwise, if we controlled such an underground passage leading directly to Longyuanze, we could create a powerful force by developing even just one or two percent of the abundant spiritual resources there!"

Just how rich is Longyuanze? Just look at the Hualong Sect and you'll know.

More than 800 years ago, the Hualong Sect wiped out 90% of its masters and most of its wealth was seized and divided up.

However, just over eight hundred years later, the Hualong Sect, backed by Longyuanze, once again accumulated a vast fortune and possessed the power to challenge the entire Jing Kingdom.

Therefore, Zhou Mingde's exclamation was absolutely true.

Unfortunately, just as he lamented, the Zhou family was still too weak and simply did not have the strength to develop Longyuanze.

Even without the dragon clan in Dragon Abyss taking action, the other powerful demonic beasts that inhabit it would be enough to wipe out the small Zhou family many times over.

"Although we cannot develop the resources of Longyuanze for the time being, the discovery of this secret passage has provided the family with an escape route."

"If our family ever faces annihilation in the future, at least we can use this passage to quickly escape Jingguo!"

As Zhou Daoyi finished speaking, he suddenly frowned.

He suddenly realized that if this move was to work, the dragon's nest could only be built there.

Only by having a third-tier dragon guard this important waterway can we ensure that it is not discovered by outsiders.

Moreover, by building its nest there, the Azure Dragon could also integrate the demonic beasts in the underground river and transform them into a force that the Zhou family could utilize.

"What are your thoughts, Dao Yi? Do you think it's suitable to build the Azure Dragon's lair there?"

Zhou Mingde looked at Zhou Daoyi and, as expected, inquired about the construction of the dragon's nest.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Daoyi immediately said in a deep voice, "This junior believes that building the dragon's nest there is not impossible, but in that case, it would be best if this junior also secluded himself there to oversee the area, so as to ensure that no major incidents occur!"

"Are you practicing seclusion over there?"

Zhou Mingde was slightly taken aback, then frowned and said, "Isn't this inappropriate? The cultivation environment over there is probably not as good as the one here in the family."

"The environment here can't compare to that of the family, but without a junior member there to oversee things, I'm worried that Qingqing might venture into Dragon Abyss Swamp alone, and the consequences would be unpredictable!"

Zhou Daoyi shook his head helplessly and expressed his concerns.

"Let's not rush to make a decision. Let's look around the area near the mountain gate and see if we can find a more suitable place to build a dragon's nest."

Zhou Mingde waved his hand, still not drawing a conclusion easily.

Zhou Daoyi will eventually attempt to reach the Purple Mansion realm. If he were to go to a remote place to cultivate in seclusion at this time, who knows how much time he would waste.

Unless absolutely necessary, Zhou Mingde still didn't want him to leave the family.

So for the next two months, Zhou Daoyi led Qingjiao around the Zhou family's mountain gate, looking for a suitable place.

But even though Biyanze was thousands of miles away from the Zhou family, in Qingjiao's eyes, it was not as suitable as that underground river.

This made Zhou Daoyi even more worried.

He knew in his heart that what the Azure Dragon was really after was probably not the underground river, but the Dragon Abyss Swamp he had visited before.

Since Longyuanze has become the main base of the Jiaolong clan, it must have something that attracts the Jiaolong.

Having been there and witnessed its vastness, Qingjiao naturally looked down on ordinary marshes.

But this made Zhou Daoyi even more hesitant to let it build its nest there.

He didn't want the third-tier dragon he had painstakingly cultivated at great cost to end up running off with someone else.

That kind of blow was more painful for him than death.

Just as Zhou Daoyi was worrying about how to appease and persuade the Azure Dragon to build its nest elsewhere, Lin Hongyu from the Dragon Transformation Sect finally sent the latest information.

"The news is confirmed. In another two weeks, the target will travel alone to his birth family to attend a celebration. The best time to make our move will be when he leaves the family!"

Inside the cave, Zhou Mingde held the message and map sent by Lin Hongyu and handed them to Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Chun for review.

The two unfolded the map and saw the location of the target's family, which was about 1,700 to 1,800 miles away from the border of Yunzhou. In between was a dangerous wilderness, where many human settlements established by the Hualong Sect still exist.

"It's too far. According to the map, even if the operation succeeds, returning safely to Yasukuni will be a huge challenge!"

"There must be a Golden Core cultivator secretly stationed in the border region of the Dragon Transformation Sect. He will undoubtedly personally intercept and kill us!"

Zhou Daoyi shook his head, his face filled with worry as he expressed his inner concerns.

"So that underground passage you discovered last time can come in handy this time."

As Zhou Mingde spoke, he pointed to a spot on the map and said, "Look, this is Longyuan Marsh, less than 500 li from our target family's birthplace. We can get there in one breath!"

"Even if the enemy had known the news, they would have definitely deployed a large number of troops in this area near Yunzhou. By the time they realized what was happening, we would have already entered Longyuanze."

At this point, he looked up at Zhou Chun and the other person with a serious expression and said, "So now we must find out exactly how far the exit of that underground river that flows into Longyuanze is from the place shown on this map!"

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