Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 196 Successfully Escaped Danger, Family Matters [Please Subscribe]

Zhou Chun is back!

When the Silver Lightning Python, in its ostentatious display, carried Zhou Chun to the gates of the Zhou family, many rogue cultivators and Zhou family members inside the gates witnessed this scene.

Zhou Chun's ashen face and barely breathing condition were also exposed to these people's view without any attempt to conceal it.

In an instant, every cultivator who witnessed this scene paled in shock.

"Jingchun, what happened to you? Who hurt you?"

Soon, Zhou Mingde, Zhou Daoyi, and other senior members of the Zhou family, who had heard the news, arrived near the mountain gate to welcome Zhou Chun.

Seeing Zhou Chun's barely breathing state, the Zhou family's high-ranking members present all changed their expressions drastically, filled with shock and anger.

"This junior has been poisoned by a third-tier demonic beast, and the poison has already reached my heart. I fear only a Golden Core cultivator can help me heal. I implore the Supreme Elder to quickly escort me to the Azure Lotus Temple!"

Zhou Chun looked at the Supreme Elder Zhou Mingde and weakly explained his situation.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Mingde's expression of shock and anger vanished instantly, and he solemnly said, "Very well, I will send you to Qinglian Temple right away!"

After saying this, he gave Zhou Daoyi and the others a few instructions, and then summoned the Fire God Jackal to carry Zhou Chun to Qinglian Temple.

On the way, Zhou Mingde also took the opportunity to inquire about Zhou Chun's details.

After all, once they arrive at Qinglian Temple, they might have to cover for each other.

But Zhou Chun shook his head slightly and said, "The matter is a bit complicated; it's best if I don't discuss it for now!"

However, it is better for Zhou Mingde to be unaware of the details than to know them.

"Alright, you've always been a person of your own opinion, so I won't ask any more questions."

Zhou Mingde looked him over for a while, then nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

Both cultivators at the Purple Mansion stage and third-tier demonic beasts are very fast. With Zhou Mingde and the Fire God Jackal taking turns traveling, they arrived at the Green Lotus Temple in less than half a day.

Because it was a cultivator at the Purple Mansion stage who personally came to visit, and specifically requested to visit Abbot Qingweizi.

The disciples of Qinglian Temple guarding the mountain gate dared not be negligent in the slightest and hurriedly reported the matter to the Foundation Establishment cultivator in charge, who then personally relayed the message to the temple master.

So, less than half an hour later, Zhou Chun appeared before Qing Weizi, brought by Zhou Mingde.

"Young friend Zhou, what happened to you? Who injured you like this?"

Inside the main hall of the sect leader, Qingweizi was startled when she saw Zhou Chun being carried in by Zhou Mingde. She quickly asked for details.

"Senior, you are wise. I discovered a crucial secret of the Dragon Transformation Sect, which led to my being hunted down by powerful protectors of the Golden Dragon Hall. I was forced to flee into the Dragon Abyss for refuge!"

"Unfortunately, I was unlucky and, during my escape, both I and the Golden Dragon Protector were attacked by third-tier demonic beasts."

"The fact that you, senior, are now covered in such potent poison is thanks to that third-tier demonic beast!"

Zhou Chun, barely breathing, looked up at Qing Weizi and recounted the details in a low voice, without hiding anything.

Upon hearing his words, Qingweizi's expression hardened, and she stared intently at his face.

After scrutinizing him for a while, she nodded slightly and said, "I understand. Then I'll try to see if I can remove the toxins for you!"

After saying that, he told Zhou Mingde to put Zhou Chun down, then stepped forward and raised his palm to press against Zhou Chun's back.

Instantly, Zhou Chun felt an overwhelming and powerful force surge into his body.

His own magical power instinctively tried to meet and resist this external force, but it was easily defeated.

At the same time, Qingweizi's slightly low voice entered his mind.

"Focus your energy in your dantian, relax your mind, and leave everything to me!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun immediately gathered all his magical power into his dantian, relaxed his mind, and allowed Qing Weizi's power to circulate within his body.

Before long, wisps of bluish-black poisonous blood began to seep from his mouth and nose, while wisps of black mist rose from his shoulders and the top of his head.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Mingde breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that Zhou Chun's life had been saved.

Sure enough, as the toxins were refined and forced out of his body, Zhou Chun's dark blue complexion quickly turned white.

By the time Qingweizi removed her hand from his back, his complexion had completely returned to normal, even appearing pale.

That was caused by a depletion of vital energy.

"Alright, the toxins in your body have been removed. Now, you just need to take some healing pills to replenish your vital energy and rest quietly for a few months to fully recover."

Qingweizi withdrew her hand, clapped her hands lightly, and calmly stated the results of the healing.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun immediately knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "Senior, I have no way to repay your life-saving grace. Please accept my bow!"

Upon seeing this, Qingweizi waved her hand and said, "Get up. My Qinglian Temple doesn't follow the Dragon Transformation Sect's ways. There's no need for such grand gestures."

After saying that, he gazed at Zhou Chun and said, "Now you can tell me about the important secrets you've discovered!"

"Yes, I will speak immediately."

Zhou Chun responded and immediately recounted in detail how she had met Lu Ran by chance, how she learned the secrets of the Dragon Transformation Sect from Lu Ran, and Lu Ran's conditions.

As he expected, Qingweizi, upon hearing his words, immediately changed her expression, becoming furious at the treacherous actions of the Hualong Sect.

"That Dragon Transformation Sect! They actually dare to betray our human race, they actually dare to sell out our human race's interests!"

Qingweizi, her face filled with shock and anger, shouted repeatedly, her aura extremely terrifying.

Just from this aura, Zhou Chun's legs trembled and he almost knelt down in the main hall.

Although Zhou Mingde was much better, he was still slightly hunched over and trembling.

Fortunately, Qingweizi only lost her composure for a short while before recovering and quickly suppressing her aura.

Then, looking at Zhou Chun with a deep gaze, he said, "The news you brought, young friend Zhou, is indeed very important. I will take the conditions proposed by the protector of the Dragon Transformation Sect seriously. Once there is a result, I will immediately summon you, young friend Zhou, to discuss it further."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun hurriedly said, "Then what about the 'Dragon Transformation Secret Technique' that I possess..."

He had suffered enough from the "Dragon Transformation Secret Technique" and didn't want to carry this time bomb around with him again!

"Washing away the traces of the 'Dragon Transformation Secret Technique' cultivation on your body will cause considerable damage. In your current state, it's probably not suitable to do this. Let's wait until you've recovered!"

Qingwei waved her hand and gave Zhou Chun a somewhat uneasy answer.

Cleansing away traces of cultivation from the "Dragon Transformation Secret Manual" would damage his body; no one had told him this before.

At the time, Master Mingxia only said that Qinglian Temple had a way to help him solve this problem, but she didn't say how.

But since things had come to this, he couldn't say anything more and could only respectfully reply, "This junior understands. Then this junior will take his leave."

Then he left Qinglian Temple with Zhou Mingde and returned directly to the Zhou family.

Nothing happened along the way.

When they saw that Zhou Chun had returned safely with Zhou Mingde, Zhou Daoyi and the other clansmen in the Zhou family mountain gate, who had been worried about him all day, breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's alright, it's alright!"

Inside the Zhongping Hall, Zhou Daoyi looked at Zhou Chun, who had returned safely, and couldn't help but nod and cheer.

To be honest, Zhou Chun's appearance when the poison was taking effect really frightened him.

That was definitely the most tense time for him since the Zhou family settled in Jiufengling.

If Zhou Chunzhen were to die, the most heartbroken person would probably not be his parents, but rather the clan chief, Zhou Daoyi.

After all, he had poured so much effort and expectation into Zhou Chun.

Meanwhile, seeing that Zhou Chun was unharmed, the Fourth Elder, Zhou Jiarui, looked at him with great curiosity and asked, "What exactly happened that caused you such a serious injury, Zheng Chun? Where is the Third Elder? Wasn't he with you?"

Most of the elders were kept in the dark about Zhou Chun's infiltration of the Hualong Sect, and they all genuinely believed that Zhou Chun had gone on a long journey with the Third Elder, Zhou Daoquan.

So when Zhou Jiarui asked this question, Zhou Chun was momentarily at a loss for how to answer.

Fortunately, Zhou Mingde saw that the truth was in danger of being exposed, so he quickly spoke up to save the day, saying, "Daoquan is fine. Zhengchun encountered a powerful enemy on his way back after separating from Daoquan and was tricked by the enemy."

After saying that, he waved his hand and said, "Alright, if you have any questions, ask Zheng Chun after he has recovered. Let him go back and rest for now."

Seeing that he said this, the others, even though they still had many questions, did not dare to ask any more questions and could only leave Pagoda Peak first.

Zhou Chun was indeed exhausted, so she went back to her residence to rest.

……

Meanwhile, after the third protector of the Golden Dragon Hall returned to the Golden Dragon branch altar, he hurriedly reported his findings to the hall master, Li Tianxing.

"As expected, that kid really was a spy sent by the Jingguo Kingdom!"

After hearing the report from the three protectors, Li Tianxing's expression darkened, and he instantly became certain of Zhou Chun's true identity.

Then, looking coldly at the Third Protector, he said, "Are you sure that kid wasn't dead back then?"

Upon being looked at by him, the third protector shuddered and hurriedly replied, "Master, you are wise! When I cast my spell, I could indeed sense that boy!"

"Alright, then I'll have Guan Cheng make the trip again."

At this point, Li Tianxing couldn't help but sneer, "Hmph, how dare he be an undercover agent in my Golden Dragon Hall! He has quite the nerve!"

After saying that, he ordered the Great Protector Guan Cheng to immediately lead a group to the Black Spear Tribe.

However, when Guan Cheng and his men arrived near the place mentioned by the Three Protectors, they tried to cast a spell but found that there was no response whatsoever.

This is also a flaw in "The Secret of Dragon Transformation" that can't really be considered a flaw.

When the two are too far apart, the connection between people of the same dragon blood will not be as strong.

That's why the Hualong Sect strictly limits the time that its followers can go out alone, in order to prevent them from wandering too far.

When Guan Cheng cast the spell, Zhou Chun had already almost arrived in Lanzhou, so he naturally couldn't sense Zhou Chun's presence.

Upon realizing this, Guan Cheng's gaze sharpened slightly.

He muttered to himself, "In the two days that followed, and considering he was injured, he couldn't have gone far. It seems he truly died in the wilderness, devoured by monsters!"

Despite this thought, he then went to several more places and used magic to sense the surroundings.

After numerous unsuccessful attempts to cast spells and sense the source of the problem, he confirmed his hypothesis and returned to report to Li Tianxing, the head of the Golden Dragon Hall.

"Since we can't sense anyone anymore, let's just leave this matter at that. Let's leave the matter of that Scaled Frog alien to the White Dragon branch. We should focus on developing ourselves."

Li Tianxing paused slightly, then continued, "However, you still need to inform the Crimson Dragon Hall and the Black Dragon Hall, send them that kid's information, and tell them to keep an eye out for which faction he belongs to!"

"Yes, I will handle this matter."

Guan Cheng responded and then withdrew.

……

On Pagoda Peak, Zhou Chun slept for nearly ten hours before waking up naturally.

After waking up, he felt much better.

After meditating for about an hour, he left the bedroom and went to the courtyard outside.

Inside the courtyard, the Silver Lightning Python Bai Bai and the Winged Tiger were still fast asleep, as if they hadn't fully recovered.

At this moment, Zhou Chun came out, and only the Golden-Armored Rock Tortoise, which had been staying in the yard, noticed him in time. It then excitedly raised its head and hissed to greet him.

The hissing sound quickly woke up the sleeping Silver Lightning Python Bai Bai and the Winged Tiger.

Hiss~

Aww...woof!

Both spirit pets hissed and growled as they rushed toward their master.

"Alright, alright, I'm fine now. You two have done a great service in saving our master this time, and I will definitely reward you handsomely!"

Zhou Chun stroked the white snake's raised head with one hand and the golden-winged tiger's head that was leaning towards him with the other, comforting the two spirit pets with a smile on his face.

Then he walked up to the Golden-Armored Rock Turtle, reached out and touched its nose, and said, "Stone, you've worked hard guarding the house all by yourself. From now on, your master won't leave you alone again."

With that, Zhou Chun fed Bai Bai and Shi Tou a Demon Spirit Pill each, and gave the Golden-Winged Tiger two Beast Spirit Pills, letting them slowly digest the medicinal effects in the courtyard. He then went to Zhou Mingde's cave on the mountaintop.

Now that his injuries have stabilized, it's time for him to discuss many things with Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi.

At this moment, he entered Zhou Mingde's cave dwelling. After meeting the two, he didn't stand on ceremony and directly asked them, "Grand Elder, Clan Chief, have you retrieved the storage bag I left at the contact point? Have you done what I mentioned in my letter?"

Hearing this, Zhou Mingde and his companion exchanged a glance, then Zhou Mingde nodded and said, "The matter was accomplished. Lin Hongyu was very efficient; she actually managed to obtain three purple-veined golden peaches!"

After saying that, his expression darkened, and he said in a deep voice, "However, that woman's appetite is too great. She actually wants our Zhou family to buy her a Crimson Sun Flowing Pearl Pill in exchange. We have not yet agreed to this!"

"What kind of pill is the Crimson Sun Pearl Pill? Is it very valuable?"

A look of doubt flashed across Zhou Chun's face, and he couldn't help but ask the question that had been bothering him.

"It's not just about being valuable!"

Zhou Mingde sighed and immediately explained, "The Crimson Sun Flowing Pearl Pill is a kind of pill suitable for Purple Mansion stage cultivators who cultivate fire-element techniques to break through bottlenecks. One pill is worth tens of thousands of spirit coins, and it is very difficult to buy."

"Although Lin Hongyu is willing to pay for this portion of the spirit coins, where are we going to find such a spirit pill for her in such a short time?"

Hearing this, Zhou Chun was speechless.

Finally, he could only sigh softly, "It seems that even that Crimson Dragon Protector has encountered trouble, which is why he's in such a hurry to break through his bottleneck!"

First update of the day!

(End of this chapter)