Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 201 The Battle for the Thousand-Year Grass [Please Subscribe]

The information brought back by Zhou Chun and Daoist Mingxia allowed Qingweizi to breathe a sigh of relief.

Qinglian Temple has always been the most proactive in dealing with the Hualong Sect.

The reason is simple: Qinglian Temple's territory borders the wilderness, and if Hualong Sect wants to enter Jingguo, it can't avoid Qinglian Temple no matter what.

Another reason is that the Qinglian Temple and the Hualong Sect have a greater hatred for each other.

The current Qinglian Temple rose to power by stepping on the corpses of the Hualong Sect.

Because of all this, Qinglian Temple was extremely anxious after learning that the Hualong Sect was growing bigger and bigger, and desperately wanted to kill the Hualong Sect again.

However, forces such as the Moon Wheel Sect and the Flaming Sun Sect have been unable to make up their minds to launch a full-scale attack to destroy the Dragon Transformation Sect.

Therefore, Qinglian Temple launched an undercover operation, sending spies to infiltrate Hualong Sect in an attempt to obtain intelligence that would make forces such as Yuelun Sect and Yanyang Sect make a decision.

Now, hard work pays off. After investing a great deal of manpower and resources, Qinglian Temple finally obtained crucial intelligence, giving them a sufficient reason to destroy Hualong Sect.

This made Qingweizi want to shout, "Heaven is helping me!"

After a moment of joy, he looked at Daoist Mingxia and nodded repeatedly, saying, "Nephew Mingxia, you have done an excellent job this time. You have made a great contribution in obtaining such important information. After I report this information to the Ancestor, I will definitely ask the Ancestor to reward you handsomely!"

After saying that, he seemed to remember something and suddenly asked, "By the way, what about that young friend Zhou? We must have him keep this matter strictly confidential and prevent it from leaking out beforehand!"

Upon hearing his question, Daoist Mingxia, who had just been pleased by his words, suddenly looked slightly uncomfortable and replied, "Replying to the Abbot, when I received this information, I knew its importance, so I asked Fellow Daoist Zhou to return home so that I could return to the sect as quickly as possible to report this matter to the Abbot."

"Is that so..."

Qing Weizi nodded, then said softly, "Then please inform the Zhou family and tell them to keep it a secret from young friend Zhou when he returns!"

"Yes, Your disciple obeys."

Master Mingxia breathed a sigh of relief and quickly agreed.

So a few days later, Daoist Mingxia personally visited the Zhou family and paid a visit to the Zhou family's Supreme Elder, Zhou Mingde.

It's unclear what they discussed, but Mingxia Daoist left the Zhou family with a smile on her face.

Inside the cave atop Pagoda Peak, after seeing off Daoist Mingxia, Zhou Mingde summoned Zhou Chun, who had been hiding in his cultivation chamber.

Then he said to Zhou Chun, "Just as we expected, this fellow Mingxia Daoist came here this time to seal off our Zhou family's territory."

After saying that, he let out a heavy snort and said, "Hmph, this scoundrel has taken all the benefits for himself, but he only tries to fool our Zhou family with empty promises that he can't keep. He's truly despicable!"

Zhou Chun's expression was also somewhat unpleasant, but this result was within his expectations.

He simply said coldly, "Since she cares so much about whether I return, then I'll just return a little later, so they won't keep worrying about me!"

"That's exactly right!"

Zhou Mingde nodded and then said, "Zhengchun, you should stay in my cave and cultivate in seclusion for now. After things calm down, we'll go and seize the Thousand-Year Grass to exchange for the resources needed to open Daoyi's Purple Mansion."

For the next six months, Zhou Chun stayed in Zhou Mingde's cave to cultivate the "Blood Transformation Dragon Technique" and transform the dragon blood attribute in his body.

After six months of arduous training, Zhou Chun finally transformed the dragon blood attribute within him into the bloodline of the Azure Dragon.

During this time, Mingxia Daoist from Qinglian Temple repeatedly urged people to send letters inquiring about Zhou Chun's whereabouts, but the Zhou family only said that they had not seen him.

Zhou Mingde even went to Qinglian Temple in person to find Daoist Mingxia, wanting her to go with him to the wilderness to find Zhou Chun.

But Daoist Mingxia would never do such a thing.

He declined the offer, citing his current important duties that prevented him from taking the matter.

However, perhaps out of a sense of compensation, or perhaps out of fear that Zhou Mingde and the Zhou family might do something impulsive, she handed over the promised 30,000 spirit coins to Zhou Mingde ahead of time.

The condition that Qinglian Temple gave Zhou Chun for his undercover work was that he would be rewarded with 30,000 spirit coins if he returned successfully.

Now that Zhou Chun has brought back the news, it is more than enough to fulfill the requirement of Chengcheng's return, so this spirit coin should naturally be given to him.

This was actually one of the real reasons why Zhou Mingde came to find Daoist Mingxia.

After Zhou Chun completed the dragon blood attribute conversion, Zhou Mingde went to Qinglian Temple again.

This time, however, he openly told Daoist Mingxia that he was going to the wilderness to find Zhou Chun and asked her to protect the Zhou family while he was away.

"Fellow Daoist Zhou's deep affection and care for the younger generation truly puts me to shame!"

Looking at Zhou Mingde, whose mind was made up, Daoist Mingxia sighed and then nodded, saying, "Please rest assured, fellow Daoist. I will have my disciple Liu Shiyun take my token to the Zhou family to oversee things and ensure that no one attacks the Zhou family while you are away!"

"Then I, Zhou, will thank Fellow Daoist Mingxia in advance."

Zhou Mingde responded and then returned to the Zhou family with Liu Shiyun, who had already successfully established her foundation, and her father, Liu Qingshan.

Upon returning to the Zhou family, Zhou Mingde summoned all the elders and announced his decision to search for the missing Zhou Chun.

At this time, almost all the elders of the Zhou family were still kept in the dark, unaware of what the three core members of the family had done in secret.

They were all shocked to hear that Zhou Chun, the deputy patriarch of the family, had gone missing.

Elders like Zhou Jiahe and Zhou Jiapeng, who had received favors from Zhou Chun, reacted strongly and wanted to go out together to find Zhou Chun.

This scene was quite gratifying to Zhou Mingde.

Clearly, after years of hard work, Zhou Chun, the deputy patriarch of the family, has successfully gained the heartfelt recognition of all the senior members of the Zhou family and the love and respect of most of the Zhou family cultivators.

"In that case, if Dao Yi is able to open his Purple Mansion, then Zheng Chun can formally assume the position of clan leader!"

He secretly thought to himself, and immediately used his prestige to suppress the suggestions of the elders, only taking the opportunity to ask the clan leader Zhou Daoyi to accompany him to find the person.

It is highly unreasonable for the Supreme Elder and the Clan Chief to leave home together, and the Zhou family elders should have firmly opposed this.

However, because Zhou Chun was too important to the family, and they were also well aware of how much the patriarch Zhou Daoyi valued Zhou Chun, in the end, apart from the second elder Zhou Chongshan who objected, the other elders did not object too strongly.

And so this actually happened.

Afterwards, Liu Shiyun, who carried the token of Mingxia Daoist, stayed at the Zhou family to help take care of them, and Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi left the family's mountain gate together.

Three days later, Zhou Mingde, Zhou Daoyi, and Zhou Chun appeared together at the edge of Longyuan Marsh and made contact with Lu Ran.

Not long after, Lu Ran appeared in front of the three of them.

"Senior Lu, this is Zhou Mingde, the Supreme Elder of the Zhou family. The three of us will assist you in obtaining the [Thousand-Year Grass]."

Upon meeting again, Zhou Chun smiled and introduced Zhou Mingde to Lu Ran.

But after hearing his words, Lu Ran frowned slightly and said, "Young friend Zhou, are you sure you're not joking? This fellow Daoist Zhou is only at the early stage of the Purple Mansion realm. Even if he and I were together, we would still be no match for that Azure Flame Dove!"

"Fellow Daoist Lu, rest assured. We know perfectly well how powerful the third-tier superior-grade demonic beast, the Azure Flame Dove, is. Since it dares to snatch food from the tiger's mouth, it must have something to rely on!"

Zhou Mingde spoke calmly and confidently.

This made Lu Ran take a few more glances at him, and then his gaze fell on the spirit beast pouch at his waist.

Finally, he nodded thoughtfully and said, "Alright then, since you're so confident, I'll take you to find that Azure Flame Dove!"

After saying that, he led the way.

Following Lu Ran, Zhou Chun and the others traveled for a thousand or two miles through the wilderness before finally stopping outside a mountain range near a river.

"That mountain range is the territory of the Azure Flame Dove. It's not some sacred mountain or blessed land, but the existence of the Thousand-Year Grass has kept it there and prevented it from leaving."

Lu Ran pointed to the mountain range ahead and explained the situation in a low voice.

Then he looked at the three members of the Zhou family and said, "Now may I see your trump cards?"

"sure."

Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi exchanged a glance, then patted their spirit beast pouches at their waists and released their beloved pets.

When the third-tier demonic beasts, the Fire God Jackal and the third-tier Azure Dragon, appeared, Lu Ran's eyes widened instantly, filled with shock.

He stared wide-eyed at the third-tier azure dragon, then looked at Zhou Chun, his mouth agape in disbelief.

Then, with a wry smile, he sighed softly and said, "If it weren't for what you did before, Fellow Daoist Zhou, I would have doubted whether you were even members of the Dragon Transformation Sect!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun chuckled and said, "Hehehe, Senior Lu, please forgive me. The existence of this third-tier azure dragon is a top secret of our Zhou family, and it's really inconvenient for outsiders to know!"

"How is it? Fellow Daoist Lu, do you think we can handle that Azure Flame Dove now?"

Zhou Mingde looked calmly at Lu Ran and asked in a leisurely tone.

Upon hearing this, Lu Ran's expression shifted several times before he smiled wryly and bowed, saying, "I underestimated Fellow Daoist Zhou and the Zhou family's strength before. I apologize to Fellow Daoist Zhou!"

Then, his spirits lifted, and he said excitedly, "That's enough! With Fellow Daoist Zhou and the help of these two third-tier demonic beasts, we're more than capable of dealing with that Azure Flame Dove!"

The Azure Flame Dove is indeed formidable, but even the strongest can be overwhelmed by a multitude of opponents.

Without any difference in cultivation level, even as a third-tier high-grade demon beast, it would have no chance of defeating two Purple Mansion cultivators and two third-tier demon beasts.

Immediately, Lu Ran volunteered to lure out the Azure Flame Dove.

He took off and flew straight towards the mountain range.

Not long after, a ball of emerald green fire flew out of the mountain ridge after him.

What they saw was a dove bathed in emerald green flames.

This bird is not large; although it is a third-tier high-grade demon beast, its wingspan is less than two zhang.

But despite its small size, it possesses immense power.

Its emerald green feathers are extremely gorgeous, like peacock feathers, with exquisite patterns on them, and when it flutters, it looks like a ball of flame.

This is the Azure Flame Dove, a powerful high-level demonic beast.

The emerald green demonic flames on its body are not only extremely hot, but also have a special fire poison. Even the Fire God Jackal, a demonic beast that also plays with fire, dares not let these demonic flames touch its body.

Lu Ran was repeatedly defeated by it because of this.

However, this time the Azure Flame Dove couldn't be arrogant.

After it chased Lu Ran, its old rival who had repeatedly come to provoke it, out of its lair, it was quickly surrounded by Zhou Mingde, the Fire God Jackal, and the Azure Dragon.

hold head high!

With a dragon's roar, the azure dragon Qingqing launched its attack.

It opened its mouth and spat out a bluish-white spiritual light, which then transformed into a bluish-white wind dragon that pounced fiercely towards the Azure Flame Dove.

chirp——

Not to be outdone, the Azure Flame Dove let out a cry and spat out a ball of emerald green flame, transforming into an emerald green firebird to meet the bluish-white wind dragon.

The two collided in mid-air and quickly transformed into a storm of flames that mingled together, turning the sky a deep blue-green.

In the end, the bluish-white wind dragon was slightly weaker and was completely burned and refined by the emerald green flames.

At this moment, the attacks of Vulcan Jackal and Zhou Mingde also bombarded Biyanjiu, and Lu Ran also roused his spirits and turned back to fight again.

Under such a combined attack, Bi Yan Jiu was unable to defend itself and was completely overwhelmed.

Meanwhile, Zhou Chun and Zhou Daoyi took the opportunity to sneak towards the Azure Flame Dove's nest in the mountains.

The objective of this operation is not to kill the Azure Flame Dove, but to seize the [Thousand-Year Grass] that it guards.

Therefore, Zhou Chun and his group's plan was for Lu Ran and Zhou Mingde to first trap the Azure Flame Dove, preventing it from escaping for a short period of time, and then for Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Chun to harvest the Thousand-Year Grass.

Once they get their hands on the spirit herb, they won't need to fight the Azure Flame Dove to the death.

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The Azure Flame Dove quickly discovered Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Chun's movements and let out a series of fierce howls in shock and anger. It immediately wanted to break through the encirclement and return to guard its nest.

But as soon as it made a move, several attacks came at it, forcefully blocking it back.

Not long after, Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Chun found the nest of the Azure Flame Dove and saw the Thousand-Year Grass.

This extremely rare spiritual herb looks quite unremarkable; it's just a greenish-blue herb that resembles lilyturf.

However, upon closer inspection, one will find that the leaves on the shaded side of this spiritual herb are covered with tiny golden dots the size of sesame seeds.

It is said that the golden dots on the "Thousand-Year Grass" increase with each year it grows.

"Hey, there's a Ganoderma lucidum here!"

Just as Zhou Chun's gaze was focused on the [Thousand-Year Grass], he suddenly heard the clan leader Zhou Daoyi's surprised exclamation.

He turned his head and saw that on the spirit tree where the Azure Flame Dove had built its nest, there was indeed an Azure Cloud Spirit Mushroom growing, which also seemed to be five or six hundred years old.

Then he couldn't help but grin and say, "Not bad, not bad. With this Bixia Lingzhi as a bonus, this trip wasn't a complete waste."

The second update is here. Tomorrow morning's update should be a sure thing, and updates can resume!

(End of this chapter)