Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 220 Enlightening the Golden Monkey, Hearing Devastating News [Please Subscribe]

Zhou Daoyi soon entered a state of seclusion.

Zhou Chun heeded Qingweizi's advice and did not leave the mountain gate again.

He does indeed have a lot of things to handle in the Zhou family now.

First, there's the war that could break out at any time.

The three major sects are going to launch a southern expedition against the Hualong Sect, which will definitely require a large-scale conscription. The Zhou family must make relevant preparations in advance and determine which clansmen will be sent to participate in the war.

In order to improve the survival rate of these people in the war, it is necessary to prepare talismans, elixirs and other related supplies in advance.

Regarding the establishment of pioneering bases, it is also necessary to make plans and preparations in terms of personnel and resources in advance.

However, these things can be arranged gradually, and there is plenty of time.

Zhou Chun has another important thing to do right now.

He then brought the Vajra Monkey, who guarded the main hall of Zhongping Hall, to the courtyard of his residence, and said to the old monkey, "Monkey, your time has come. This purple-veined golden peach is for you. Do not disappoint my high hopes for you!"

As he spoke, he reached into his storage pouch and took out a purple-veined golden peach that he had prepared especially for the old monkey.

It turned out that after Lin Hongyu succeeded, she kept her word and gave the Zhou family the other two purple-veined golden peaches she had.

Zhou Chun then took one of the stones to help the Golden Monkey break through and advance.

He had mentioned this to King Kong Monkey before, and now, seeing the fragrant and tempting spirit peach in his hand, King Kong Monkey's mouth watered.

Having spent so much time interacting with people in the Zhou family, this old monkey has become quite shrewd.

He immediately knelt down, cupped his hands in a respectful bow to Zhou Chun, and said, "This humble servant thanks the Vice Clan Chief for his kindness. I will certainly not disappoint the Vice Clan Chief!"

"Then you can break through to your next level in my courtyard!"

As Zhou Chun spoke, he tossed the purple-veined golden peach in his hand to the old monkey.

Upon seeing this, the old monkey on the ground quickly leaped up and caught the spirit peach. Then, right in front of Zhou Chun, it ate it in no time, leaving only the pit.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Chun immediately reached out and said, "Give me the fruit pit too; perhaps it can be used to grow a spirit peach tree!"

Upon hearing this, the old monkey immediately handed him the fruit pit, then quickly went to a rooftop in the courtyard, lay down, closed his eyes, and began to digest the medicinal power of the spiritual peach within his body.

"Stone, keep an eye on it. Let me know immediately if anything happens."

After observing the old monkey under the eaves for a while, Zhou Chun gave a word of advice to the golden-armored rock tortoise lying in the yard.

When he is in the family, the Golden-Armored Rock Turtle Stone usually lies in the yard and guards the gate for him.

However, the Silver Lightning Python Bai Bai and the Golden-Winged Tiger were not so willing to stay in this small courtyard. At this time, they had both found a comfortable place to rest on Pagoda Peak.

Anyway, now that they are Zhou Chun's spirit pets, everyone in the Zhou family knows about it, so there's no fear that anyone will harm them.

At the same time, they were instructed by Zhou Chun to never harm any human cultivators or demon beasts inside the mountain gate.

After handling the matter of the Golden Monkey's breakthrough evolution, Zhou Chun began to busy himself with other family affairs.

On this day, Zhou Chun was handling clan affairs in the Zhongping Hall when suddenly a piece of bad news arrived.

It turns out that his parents in the secular world had both passed away!

Upon hearing this news, Zhou Chun was taken aback. After clarifying the situation, he went to the mountaintop cave to explain to the Supreme Elder Zhou Mingde.

Only after receiving Zhou Mingde's permission did he leave the mountain gate and head to the place where the secular clansmen lived.

Not long after, Zhou Chun arrived at the house where his parents lived.

Because of Zhou Chun, his parents, brothers and others all held extremely high status in the secular community of the Zhou family. Not only did they live in mansions no worse than those of princes and nobles, but their food, clothing and daily necessities were also superior to those of ordinary princes and nobles.

Decades have passed, and the children of his brothers and sisters have all grown up, married, and had children of their own.

Therefore, there are now twenty or thirty people in this mansion who are related to him by blood, of all ages.

Upon seeing the arrival of Zhou, the deputy patriarch of the Zhou family, his brothers and sisters hurriedly led their entire families over to greet him and pay their respects.

After Zhou Chun patiently waited for everyone to finish their greetings, he said directly to his siblings, "Eldest sister, second brother, you stay here. Let these younger ones leave for now!"

No one dared to disobey him.

So, apart from the five siblings, everyone else quickly left the courtyard.

Zhou Chun glanced at his parents' coffins in the mourning hall, then looked at his siblings and said, "Father and Mother were not even eighty years old. With the miraculous medicines I fed them over the years, they should have lived to be over ninety, if not a hundred. How could they have suddenly passed away together?"

Upon hearing this, the second brother hurriedly shook his head and waved his hands, saying, "Third brother, don't misunderstand! We absolutely wouldn't dare to be disrespectful to Father and Mother in any way!"

The eldest sister chimed in, "Yes, yes, with the miraculous medicine you gave us, Third Brother, our parents were always very healthy. We're completely baffled as to why they suddenly passed away. The doctors and spiritual masters can't figure out the cause either!"

"Don't panic, I certainly won't suspect you of being involved in this!"

Zhou Chun waved his hand, signaling the others not to panic, and then said in a deep voice, "But our parents can't just die like this, without any explanation!"

Yes, it's all unclear and ambiguous!

As soon as Zhou Chun saw the faces of his parents' remains in the coffin, he knew that there must be something wrong with their sudden death.

Although he found no wounds or signs of poisoning on the two bodies, their peaceful expressions were clearly eerie.

At first glance, his peaceful appearance seems no different from that of an elderly person who has passed away at the age of old age.

However, Zhou Chun's parents were not only a few years apart in age, but they also regularly took the elixirs he gave them to regulate their bodies, so it was impossible for them to suddenly die of old age together!

In light of this, Zhou Chun immediately inquired in detail about the circumstances surrounding the death of their parents, and even summoned the maids and servants who cared for their parents, as well as the doctors who usually treated them, for questioning.

After a thorough questioning, he finally grasped a clue and suddenly looked at the doctor and said, "You mean, the old man and the old woman have been feeling unwell for the past two or three days, and the calming medicine hasn't helped much?"

"Yes, when I was summoned to treat the old master and old lady the other day, they said they had several nightmares at night and were feeling a bit weak. They wanted me to prescribe some calming and invigorating medicine to help them recover. So I prescribed them a calming and invigorating medicine according to the family's ancestral prescription!"

"But when I came for a follow-up visit yesterday, the old man and woman said that the calming and qi-tonifying soup was not very effective, so they asked me to change the prescription. I then gave them the Three Treasures Nourishing Spirit Soup, but unexpectedly..."

The doctor glanced at Zhou Chun, his face pale, and then said nothing more.

He felt incredibly unlucky!

The two prescriptions he wrote were clearly free of any side effects, so how could two elderly people who were usually so healthy that they could carry water and climb mountains suddenly pass away in less than three days?

"Is there any herbal medicine left?"

Zhou Chun turned his gaze and suddenly looked at the maid who usually took care of the two elderly people and asked.

Upon hearing this, the maid hurriedly replied, "The medicine that was brewed a couple of days ago is all gone, but the dregs and the herbs that haven't been brewed yet are still here."

"Take me to the kitchen."

As Zhou Chun spoke, he strode towards the kitchen inside the mansion.

Once inside the kitchen, he examined all the herbs and dregs, but still couldn't find anything amiss.

But he did not give up.

After careful consideration, he personally returned to the mountain gate and invited his fourteenth uncle, Zhou Jiawei, who was the most skilled in using poison in the family, to his parents' home to examine and inspect the bodies of his parents and the items they used in life.

After Zhou Jiawei finished his examination and questioning, Zhou Chun looked at him and asked, "Fourteenth Uncle, did you figure anything out?"

"There are some speculations, but without physical evidence, they can only be considered speculations!"

Zhou Jiawei looked up at him and replied cautiously.

"It's alright, Uncle Fourteen, just tell me your speculation. I will know the truth."

Zhou Chun waved his hand, indicating that he could speak freely.

Seeing this, Zhou Jiawei no longer hesitated and immediately said, "According to the deputy clan leader, your father and son have been taking the elixirs you gave them to regulate their bodies for a long time, and they also pay attention to their health. They have always been very healthy. Even if they occasionally have nightmares, it is inconceivable that their lives would be in danger so quickly!"

"Therefore, judging from this, it can be basically concluded that an external force caused your father and son to suffer a nightmare and pass away!"

"Based on the behavior of your father and son before and after their deaths, it is very likely that the poison was caused by one of the three rare poisons: Nightmare Spider Poison, Soul Burial Flower Poison, and Soul Loss Grass Poison."

He hesitated for a moment, then continued, "I'm more inclined to believe that your father and son were poisoned by Nightmare Spider venom, because this toxin can mix with another hallucinogenic toxin, Ecstasy Pollen, to create a way of dying where the soul is unknowingly destroyed while in a state of ecstatic hallucination!"

"Are Nightmare Spiders monsters?"

Zhou Chun narrowed his eyes and suddenly asked.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Jiawei immediately replied, "Nightmare Spiders can be either demonic beasts or ordinary beasts. Their venom varies in strength, but the effects are roughly the same. Moreover, this kind of strange insect is quite rare; I've never seen one before!"

"I understand, thank you very much, Fourteenth Uncle."

Zhou Chun nodded, thanked Zhou Jiawei, and then told him to return to the family's mountain gate first.

Next, Zhou Chun took care of his parents' funeral arrangements alone at their old house, and then bid farewell to his brothers and sisters before returning to the mountain gate.

Upon his return to Pagoda Peak, Zhou Mingde personally descended the mountain to ask him, "Zhengchun, how's your investigation going? Your parents' sudden deaths—who do you think were responsible?"

"Uncle Fourteen judged that my parents most likely died from a mixture of Nightmare Spider venom and Elysium pollen, and I believe his judgment is largely correct!"

At this point, Zhou Chun's tone turned slightly cold, and he said in a chilling voice, "As for who did it, I believe the Jiang family is the most likely candidate. Didn't that Master Jiang once severely injure the Fire God Jackal with the venom of the Purple Crow Snake?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Mingde's expression darkened, and he coldly said, "If it really is the Jiang family, then they are truly shameless to attack two mere mortals!"

In the cultivation world, there's no such thing as "not harming one's family," but it's an unspoken understanding among cultivators not to attack the mortal relatives of their enemies because of personal grudges.

Especially in matters between two families, it is rare for a cultivator to kill a mortal who is related to the other family by blood simply because they hate someone from the other family.

Generally, even if one really wants to eliminate the other party's mortal relatives by blood, one would wait until the cultivators of the other party's family are wiped out before doing so.

That's why, even though Zhou Chun had a grudge against the Jiang family, he never considered that they might retaliate against his parents.

But now it seems that shameless people who don't follow the rules can be found everywhere!

"So, Masaharu, what are you planning to do now?"

Zhou Mingde suddenly changed the subject and asked about Zhou Chun's plans.

His parents were murdered, and he felt he had to avenge them. However, he was also worried that Zhou Chun might act impulsively and do something detrimental to himself and his family.

However, Zhou Chun's reaction was much calmer than he had expected.

Zhou Chun said in a low voice, "This junior plans to ask the Third Elder to secretly monitor my parents' old house to see if the murderer will target my brothers and sisters again!"

"If we can catch the murderer now, that would be great. But if the murderer gives up now, then we'll settle this score with the Jiang family later!"

This answer undoubtedly relieved Zhou Mingde.

He immediately nodded and said, "This is a very good way to handle it. I will talk to Daoquan about it, and he will definitely agree."

He then added in a cold voice, "As for the Jiang family, regardless of whether they were behind this or not, we will definitely settle accounts with them in the future!"

Once hatred is formed, it is very difficult to resolve it peacefully.

Putting aside the previous hostility the Jiang family had towards the Zhou family, the fact that the Zhou family had secretly murdered the Jiang family's mid-stage Purple Mansion cultivator meant that only one of the two families would survive in the future.

In the eyes of the Jiang family, regardless of whether the death of their own Supreme Elder was orchestrated by the Zhou family, the Zhou family bears an inescapable responsibility for the matter!

They haven't even received a single word of condolence or apology from the Zhou family!

The previously promised right to relinquish the wilderness and establish settlements seems to have been never mentioned, and there has been no further news.

Given all this, how could they possibly let things go with the Zhou family?

Therefore, in Zhou Mingde's eyes, once the Zhou family becomes powerful and is no longer disturbed by other things, the first family he will destroy is the Jiang family. He absolutely cannot allow the Jiang family, his enemy, to have the opportunity to grow stronger.

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