Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 181 Utterly Heinous, A Young Girl's Heart [Please Subscribe]

"Father, Mother, please forgive your unfilial daughter. I will no longer be able to fulfill my filial duties to you both. Please take good care of yourselves!"

In a courtyard deep in a narrow alley in Zhoucheng, a girl of about thirteen or fourteen, dressed in white, knelt before her parents, her face streaked with tears, as the joyful music drew ever closer, kowtowing and bidding them farewell.

She knew in her heart that once that group actually entered the courtyard, she might not even have time to say goodbye to her parents.

Looking at his sensible daughter, Zhou Jimin, with tears in his eyes, rushed forward, pulled her up, and hugged her tightly, saying in a choked voice, "Yu Die, my good daughter, you are the most filial child, the most filial child in the world!"

Upon hearing this, the woman standing nearby could no longer hold back and rushed forward to embrace her husband and daughter, weeping uncontrollably.

"Waaaaah, Butterfly, my dear Butterfly, why are you so unlucky! Heaven is truly blind, why does it always make good people suffer?!"

The family of three embraced each other and wept uncontrollably.

This scene was witnessed by Zhou Chun, who was standing outside the alley.

He looked at this family, about to be separated from their loved ones and forever, and his eyes seemed to burn with fire.

Indeed, he couldn't save the hundreds of thousands of ordinary people from the Zhou family inside and outside the city.

But he absolutely cannot allow such a tragedy to happen right under his nose!

But just as Zhou Chun was thinking about how to make a move that would achieve his goal without provoking a large-scale retaliation from the She family against these ordinary members of the Zhou family, he realized that...

But then something happened that caused his blood pressure to spike again!

At that moment, the weeping family of three was forcibly separated by the She family members who broke into their home. Then, in a manner almost like abduction, two strong women dragged the girl out of the house and forcibly put her into the bridal sedan chair and locked her up.

Seeing this, several hot-blooded young men from the Zhou family outside immediately roared and wanted to rush forward to save the person.

Before they could even touch the bridal sedan chair, they were shot down to the ground by more than a dozen crossbow bolts.

"My son, my son!!"

"Sheng'er! Give me back my Sheng'er!!"

"I'll fight you to the death!!!"

Several Zhou family women and men who witnessed their son's death were screaming with rage and wanted to rush forward to fight.

As a result, they were met with spears and crossbows from the She family warriors.

Soon, more than a dozen corpses had piled up on the ground.

"Come on! I'd like to see just how tough you lowly Zhou family members are!"

A young man from the She family, holding a crossbow, arrogantly shouted at the other Zhou family mortals with a sneer on his face. The other She family warriors also laughed and sneered, their eyes filled with bloodlust.

Meanwhile, the ordinary members of the Zhou family clenched their fists tightly, staring at these madmen with furious eyes and clenched teeth.

At this moment, an elderly man from the Zhou family, with a full head of white hair but a ruddy complexion, jogged into the alley.

He glanced at the dozen or so corpses lying in a pool of blood on the ground, and a tear welled up in his eye.

Then he roared at the Zhou family mortals, "Go back! All of you, go back! Who gave you permission to come out? Get back to your own homes right now!"

As he roared, he swung his cane at the young men, driving them out of the alley with a mix of beatings and curses.

The old man seemed to be of high status. None of the ordinary Zhou family members who were beaten and scolded by him dared to resist. Many of them ran out of the alley with tears in their eyes and sobbing.

After driving away all the Zhou family members from the alley, the old man gave the She family warriors a deep look before leaving the alley expressionlessly.

Seeing that all the Zhou family mortals had fled, the She family warriors seemed to lose interest and quickly escorted the bridal sedan chair away from the alley, leaving Zhou City via the same route.

After everyone left, Zhou Chun concealed his face and identity and followed the old man from the Zhou family to a courtyard.

"Who are you? Why are you hiding like this, afraid to show your face?"

To Zhou Chun's surprise, when he suddenly jumped over the high wall and appeared in the courtyard, the old man who saw him was not flustered. Instead, he looked at him with a wary expression and questioned him in a deep voice.

That kind of courage is truly extraordinary.

No wonder he was able to drive away those furious Zhou family mortals before.

Zhou Chun replied in a deep voice, "You don't need to know who I am. I will rescue Zhou Jimin's eldest daughter and the kidnapped children."

"I can save the people, but I don't know how to settle them and prevent them from suffering further persecution from the She family. Do you have any good suggestions?"

If he weren't worried about implicating these ordinary members of the Zhou family and causing an even greater tragedy, he would have acted directly when the She family warriors started killing people earlier.

But he can't!

He knew very well that the She family warriors did that to provoke the Zhou family mortals into attacking them, so that they could have a legitimate reason to kill them.

If he were to use his cultivation techniques to save people on the spot, those people he saved would likely not survive, and many ordinary members of the Zhou family would also die under the She family's subsequent retaliation.

So at that time, he could only watch helplessly as those ordinary members of the Zhou family were killed by the warriors of the She family.

It wasn't until the old man appeared that Zhou Chun saw a solution.

Faced with his question, the old man seemed to realize something, and a look of deep surprise flashed in his eyes as he looked at him and said, "You are a cultivator?"

"Yes."

Zhou Chun nodded slightly, readily admitting to the matter.

Upon seeing this, the old man's face first lit up with excitement, but then, as if remembering something, his expression darkened, and he said in a low voice, "If you can truly rescue the children of the Jimin family, I can arrange for them to leave Zhou City and never return!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and said softly, "It seems you are indeed a smart person. I thought you would ask me to help you fight against the She family!"

Upon hearing this, the old man gave a bitter laugh and said, "I'm not clever, but I know that the tide of history is irreversible!"

"Even so many cultivators in my Zhou family had to abandon their ancestral heritage and flee to distant lands, which shows just how powerful the She family and the forces behind them truly are!"

"We mortals, if we submit to the rule of the She family now, we still have a chance to survive and continue the Zhou family bloodline!"

"If they overestimate their abilities and attempt revenge or confrontation, the number of people who die in the end will likely be countless times greater than what we have now!"

These insightful words, and the bitterness and helplessness they contained, moved Zhou Chun deeply.

He looked at the old man before him and suddenly said, "I know you don't entirely believe me, but I still have to tell you, the Corpse Demon Sect behind the She family is now the largest cultivator force in Feng Kingdom, and for the time being, no one can rival them!"

"So if you really can't stand the She family's oppression, then you should split up and flee towards Jingguo. Even if you die on the run, it's better than being wantonly tortured and killed here!"

Without waiting for the old man's reply, he quickly climbed over the courtyard wall and left the yard.

Next, Zhou Chun followed the wedding procession all the way to a newly built mountain city more than 20 miles away from Zhou City, which was the main place where the She family's mortals lived.

The family that forcibly married Zhou Jimin's daughter, Zhou Yudie, was quite influential within the She family. Three generations back, one of their ancestors was a Foundation Establishment cultivator in the She family.

At this time, after Zhou Yudie was brought into the She family compound, Zhou Jimin's son and youngest daughter were brought to her by the She family.

"You little slut, you better watch out! If you dare to cause even the slightest trouble, not only will you be going to join the Third Young Master, but your younger siblings will also be going with you!"

A woman from the She family whispered a warning to Zhou Yudie beside her, and then led her to the mourning hall.

Yes, the funeral parlor.

Although it was a joyous day, the groom was already a corpse, and his body had been lying in state for many days.

However, the She family had their own methods for preserving corpses, so the body in the coffin was now dressed in groom's makeup and attire.

At this moment, as the bride entered the mourning hall, under the control of a cultivator from the She family, the corpse in the coffin suddenly stretched its hands out of the coffin and sat up straight!

what! !

Upon seeing this scene, Zhou Yudie screamed in terror and instinctively tried to back away.

However, her hand was tightly held by the woman beside her.

"What are you afraid of? This is your husband!"

The woman stared at Zhou Yudie with a ferocious expression and hissed, seemingly unfazed by the sight of the corpse "coming back to life."

But Zhou Yudie was seeing this situation for the first time and couldn't adapt to it.

Although she knew beforehand that the She family wanted to marry her off to a corpse, and that she would be killed and buried alive with them.

But to everyone's surprise, the She family would actually make him and a corpse perform the wedding ceremony!

"Behave yourself!"

"Think of your younger brother and sister out there; they're all counting on you to survive!"

The woman from the She family warned the girl in a low voice, then hugged her from behind, preventing her from moving.

Upon hearing her warning, the girl indeed reduced her struggle considerably.

At this moment, the groom's corpse completely crawled out of the coffin and walked towards the girl.

Upon seeing this, the girl was so frightened that she closed her eyes tightly and dared not look any further.

But at that moment, a strange laugh suddenly rang out inside and outside the mourning hall.

"Hehehe, a spirit maiden born in an unlucky year, month, and hour—she's top-notch material for corpse refining! Your She family is truly lucky!"

"However, since I've stumbled upon this opportunity, then it belongs to me!"

As soon as the laughter began, several golden beams suddenly shot towards the She family cultivators inside the mourning hall, instantly killing these Qi Refining stage cultivators on the spot.

Then a cloud of black poisonous smoke rushed into the courtyard, quickly poisoning all the ordinary members of the She family inside.

When the black poisonous smoke dissipated, the other ordinary members of the She family who had seen the commotion rushed over to check the situation, only to find a pool of corpse water on the ground, with not a single body in sight.

This matter quickly alarmed the cultivators within the She family's mountain sect, and a Foundation Establishment cultivator rushed to the scene to investigate.

When this Foundation Establishment cultivator from the She family learned those two sentences from a mortal who had heard the strange laughter outside, his expression instantly darkened, revealing displeasure.

"What a bunch of bastards!"

"With their paltry skills, do they even deserve to use spirit maidens born in the year, month, and hour of Yin to create Yin corpses?"

"Serves him right, he deserves to die!"

After angrily cursing that he deserved it, the Foundation Establishment cultivator from the She family had no further intention of investigating the follow-up situation and went directly back to the She family's mountain gate to report.

What's the point of investigating this?

A spirit maiden born in a yin year, yin month, and yin hour—this is an exceptional material for corpse refining that is priceless.

Now that they've been discovered and kidnapped by others, they certainly won't stay in the vicinity any longer.

After Zhou Chun rescued the people that day, he quietly returned to a wilderness outside Zhou City with the three mortals he had rescued.

His original intention was to leave the three of them behind so that Zhou Yudie's parents could come and take them away.

But when he revealed his plans, the girl Zhou Yudie suddenly knelt down before him.

"I beg the Immortal Master to accept my daughter as your disciple. I am willing to serve you as your servant for life!"

In the desolate wilderness, the girl knelt on the ground covered with pebbles and withered branches, banging her head against the ground repeatedly until her forehead broke and bled.

But she remained indifferent, simply repeating the same words over and over.

This scene was completely unexpected by Zhou Chun.

He frowned and waved his sleeve to unleash a burst of magic, holding the girl back and preventing her from engaging in such self-harming behavior.

"Stop kowtowing, get up first!"

At the same time, the little girl next to her finally came to her senses and rushed forward to hug her sister, crying, "Waaah, sister, you're bleeding."

Seeing this, the little boy hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Sister, please get up quickly, let me wipe you."

After saying that, he waved his sleeve to help wipe it.

"I'm fine, you two be good, go play over there!"

Zhou Yudie looked at her younger siblings who were coming forward, comforted them in a low voice, and then pushed them away.

Then, gazing expectantly at Zhou Chun, she said, "I know that immortal masters don't like to take on disciples easily, but please believe in my sincerity and determination. As long as you accept me as your disciple, I will do whatever you ask without hesitation!"

"Why are you so determined to become my disciple? Is it to seek revenge against the She family?"

Zhou Chun looked at the girl and asked in a calm tone.

Upon hearing his words, the girl nodded without hesitation and said, "Yes! I want revenge! I want revenge for Tiger, Qiang, Aunt Chunhua, Uncle Youcai, and all the others who died! I want revenge for all the clansmen who were killed by the She family!"

"Commendable courage!"

Zhou Chun said it casually.

Then, gazing intently at the girl, he said, "But do you know how powerful the She family is? Do you know how arduous and difficult cultivating immortality is?"

"Even if you cultivate for ten or a hundred years, compared to the powerful She family, it's nothing more than a moth drawn to a flame—utterly overestimating your abilities!"

He wasn't trying to scare the girl; he was stating a fact.

Let alone the young girl alone, even the entire Zhou family would have a very slim chance of catching up with the She family within a hundred years.

After all, the She family currently possesses enormous resources. With these resources to support them, it's hard to say that their family won't produce Golden Core cultivators or even a few more Purple Mansion cultivators within a hundred years.

Not to mention that their family still has a fourth-tier refined corpse to suppress their resources!

However, faced with his disheartening words, the girl remained undeterred and said, "I know I can't fight the She family alone, but as long as I cultivate immortal techniques and supernatural powers, I can stop the She family mortals from harming other Zhou family members!"

"Innocent!"

Zhou Chun shook his head, giving the girl only these two words as a reply.

The second update is here!

(End of this chapter)