Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 232 The Destruction of the Black Dragon Gang, a Huge Gain [Please Subscribe]

"Even without someone in charge, the cave dwelling of a Golden Core cultivator is not something we can conquer in a short time!"

Amidst the expectant gazes of the surrounding cultivators, Daoist Mingjing uttered words that disappointed them.

Admittedly, there must be many treasures inside the cave dwelling of a Golden Core cultivator.

However, Daoist Mingjing still kept in mind the instructions of his master, and that the priority was to capture the Black Dragon branch altar!

So even though he knew everyone wanted to break into the cave and divide the treasures inside, he remained unmoved and led his men to other battlefields to help.

This time, the battle to conquer the mountain was different from the previous ones. With a leader like Daoist Mingjing, a certified Golden Core cultivator, present, no one dared to act on their own initiative and disobey his orders.

Therefore, despite their deep disappointment, everyone had no choice but to leave with Daoist Mingjing.

And so, the group followed Daoist Mingjing on his campaigns, going wherever there was a battle.

After a series of battles, almost every surviving cultivator gained considerable merit.

With the deaths and fall of a large number of Hualong Sect cultivators, the surviving Hualong Sect cultivators either fled into the caves of various Golden Core cultivators and Purple Mansion cultivators, or hid in remote places inside the mountain gate.

Only then did the various teams that had stormed the Black Dragon branch begin their assault, attacking the caves of the high-ranking cultivators of the Dragon Transformation Sect.

On Zhou Chun's side, Daoist Mingjing led them to the outside of the Golden Core cultivator's cave, where they joined another group of Jingguo cultivators to attack the cave.

As more than a dozen cultivators at the Purple Mansion stage attacked together, the mountain where the cave was located shook violently, and the unmanned protective formation was quickly torn open.

The cultivators of the Dragon Transformation Sect inside had nowhere to retreat and could only fight to the death.

However, facing a number of Yasukuni monks who outnumbered them several times over, this behavior, aside from earning a "commendable courage" evaluation, had little effect whatsoever.

Less than a quarter of an hour later, the protective array of the cave was completely shattered, and all the Hualong Sect cultivators inside were captured.

"So many miraculous herbs!"

"Look over there! Could that be the legendary thousand-year-old tobacco?"

"Nine-Leaf Red Snake Grass, this is also a thousand-year-old medicinal herb!"

"That Solomon's seal plant is so tall, could it also be a thousand-year-old medicinal herb?"

Suddenly, a series of exclamations rang out from all over the mountain. It turned out that with the complete destruction of the protective array, the herb garden on the mountain was exposed to everyone's view.

At this moment, seeing the rare and precious spiritual herbs in the herb garden, many cultivators couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

Some cultivators were seeing thousand-year-old spiritual herbs for the first time, and they stared wide-eyed at the herbs in the garden.

Seeing this, Daoist Mingjing hurriedly shouted, "Fellow Daoists, rest assured. I and the other two sects have recorded your contributions in this war. After the war is won, our three sects will definitely refine the spiritual items obtained in this war into pills and magical artifacts to reward the meritorious officials."

As soon as he finished speaking, the Moon Wheel Sect cultivator leading the other team echoed, "Fellow Daoist Mingjing is absolutely right. How to dispose of these spiritual herbs is up to you seniors to decide. We must not be tempted by greed!"

Hearing the two of them exchanging words, the other cultivators present felt a chill in their hearts, and their expressions immediately turned much uglier.

The saddest thing in the world is when you see several thousand-year-old medicinal herbs in front of you, and then someone suddenly says that they don't belong to you!

At this moment, all the family cultivators who had followed Daoist Mingjing and that Moon Wheel Sect cultivator in their long-standing battles felt this sorrowful.

Why were they attacking this Golden Core cultivator's cave so relentlessly?

Isn't it all for the treasures inside?

Now that the treasure was right in front of them, the two leaders said there was no share for them. How could they not be happy about that?

A cultivator from a prominent family immediately spoke up, saying, "Fellow Daoist Mingjing, Fellow Daoist Qian, these spiritual herbs are best left to you seniors to handle; I dare not have any objections!"

"But this cave was built with our collective effort; we can't let all our efforts go to waste and leave us with nothing!"

No sooner had the words fallen than someone else chimed in support: "Yes, yes, we contributed manpower and resources to help the three major sects attack the Dragon Transformation Sect, and we really paid the price with blood and sacrifice. We can't leave them with nothing!"

When faced with tangible benefits, even the prestige of the three major sects becomes less effective.

After all, Daoist Mingjing and the cultivator surnamed Qian were only assigned as team leaders by Golden Core cultivators, not actual Golden Core cultivators.

Moreover, some of the cultivators present are currently engaged in fierce battles with the Golden Core cultivators of the Dragon Transformation Sect in the sky above!

Upon seeing this situation, Daoist Mingjing hurriedly communicated with the cultivator surnamed Qian to discuss countermeasures.

It's unclear what the two discussed in their haste, but soon Daoist Mingjing waved his hands and said in a deep voice, "Fellow Daoists, rest assured on this matter. We will remember the names of all the Daoists present today. All the treasures obtained from this cave will be distributed to you according to their value and as a reward. We will absolutely not treat you unfairly!"

"Fellow Daoist Mingjing is right. As long as we hand these things over to you seniors, you will certainly not treat us unfairly!"

The cultivator surnamed Qian also loudly echoed the words of Daoist Mingjing, vowing that he would not mistreat anyone.

After the two made their assurances, the other cultivators, though still reluctant, did not press their advantage and say anything more.

So they worked together to pick all the medicinal herbs in the herb garden, put them into jade boxes, and handed them over to Daoist Mingjing and the cultivator surnamed Qian.

The group then broke through the cave entrance and rushed inside.

However, what was unexpected was that there were some powerful forbidden techniques left behind by that Golden Core cultivator inside the cave.

One of the Moon Wheel Sect Purple Mansion cultivators who went to explore the cave was severely injured by the power of the forbidden technique. If it weren't for the timely rescue by the cultivator surnamed Qian, he might have perished on the spot.

Seeing this, all the cultivators from the various families stopped outside and focused their attention on the two cultivators, surnamed Qian and Daoist Mingjing.

Clearly, knowing that they are unlikely to gain any direct benefit, these people are unwilling to take the risk.

"Let me give it a try!"

Faced with the gazes of the crowd, Daoist Mingjing hesitated for a moment before deciding to take the risk himself.

After adding several layers of protection to himself, he rushed into the cave.

Soon a series of booming sounds emanated from inside the cave, the sounds rising and falling, lasting for a long time.

Eventually, all the sounds ceased, and the voice of the Daoist Mingjing then emanated from within.

"Alright, fellow cultivators, you may come in now."

Upon hearing his words, Zhou Chun and the others didn't stand on ceremony and rushed into the cave, eager to witness the magnificent scene inside the cave of a Golden Core cultivator.

The cave was buried deep within the mountain, as if half of the mountain had been hollowed out. Inside, there were twenty or thirty stone chambers.

After Zhou Chun and his group entered, they saw several female cultivator corpses, who were probably all servants of that Golden Core cultivator.

The Mirror Daoist who had entered first was now waiting in front of a stone chamber with its door tightly closed.

After everyone entered, he said in a deep voice, "This is the treasure room inside the cave. Let's see what's inside!"

After saying that, he blasted the stone door open.

To the disappointment and surprise of the expectant crowd, the treasure room inside the stone gate was completely empty, and they did not see any treasures.

"this……"

Looking at the empty treasure room, Daoist Mingjing couldn't help but open his mouth wide, clearly finding it hard to accept this result.

"It seems that the Golden Core cultivator had already prepared to escape. He packed all his valuables and took them with him. Those spiritual herbs were just a smokescreen to mislead others!"

Zhou Mingde narrowed his eyes and whispered the somewhat unacceptable truth.

The subsequent ransacking of the cave fully confirmed his words.

Not only was the treasure room completely empty, but the library was as well.

Even the jade bed in the bedroom was moved away.

The entire cave was as clean as if rats had entered it; there was nothing of value left behind.

This result nearly made Daoist Mingjing grind his old teeth to dust.

You should know that he had used a lot of methods to erase the arrays and restrictions in the cave, and even used a precious third-grade mid-level defensive talisman.

Is that all?

After walking out of the cave with a gloomy expression, he exhaled and said to Zhou Mingde and the others, "You fellow Daoists have all seen the situation inside this cave. If any of you seniors ask, you will all have to testify together."

Upon hearing this, the cultivator surnamed Qian was the first to respond, "Fellow Daoist Mingjing, rest assured. So many people are watching. All the seniors will surely believe what we say."

"Yes, yes, we will definitely testify for Fellow Daoist Mingjing!"

The others also spoke up to comfort Daoist Mingjing's wounded heart.

Next, the two teams joined forces again and began to sweep through the Black Dragon Branch Temple.

At this point, the situation inside the Black Dragon Branch Altar was largely settled. Most of the cultivators of the Black Dragon Hall of the Transformation Dragon Sect had died, and only a small number had escaped from the mountain gate.

In contrast to the Golden Core cultivators who had packed their belongings and prepared to escape, the cave dwellings and residences of the Purple Mansion and Foundation Establishment cultivators actually contained many of their treasured possessions.

This allowed some daring, independent family cultivators to make a fortune.

After a night of fierce battle from dusk till dawn, only the cultivators from the Jing Kingdom remained in the Black Dragon branch altar.

Only then did the leaders, including Daoist Mingjing, order a retreat and return to their camp, leading Zhou Chun and the others, who had fought all night, back to their temporary camp outside to rest.

Meanwhile, in the sky above, the Golden Core cultivators of the Dragon Transformation Sect were filled with shock and anger upon realizing this.

At the same time, there was nothing they could do!

They were outnumbered and could only barely hold off the Golden Core cultivators from the Jing Kingdom. They simply didn't have the strength to do anything else.

In the end, they could only leave the Black Dragon branch with resentment and anger!

The Golden Core cultivators on the Jing Kingdom's side naturally wouldn't stand idly by and watch the enemy escape. They pursued them for thousands of miles until reinforcements arrived, at which point they stopped their pursuit.

Although the Dragon Transformation Sect did not lose a single Golden Core cultivator in this battle, it lost dozens of protectors, hundreds of missionaries, and thousands of ordinary followers.

After this battle, apart from a few Golden Core cultivators and guardian spirit beasts of the Black Dragon Hall who survived, the entire Black Dragon Hall almost followed in the footsteps of the Crimson Dragon Hall and was completely destroyed!

On the other hand, Jingguo's side suffered only two injuries among Golden Core cultivators, fewer than ten deaths among Purple Mansion cultivators, and fewer than a hundred deaths among Foundation Establishment cultivators, making it a great victory!

This is another major victory for the Yasukuni side since the start of the war, following the great victory at the Red Dragon branch altar.

Therefore, when the pursuing Golden Core cultivators returned to their camp, apart from the family cultivators who suffered heavy losses, such as the Wang family of Red Medicine Valley, the rest of the cultivators who suffered minor losses were all overjoyed.

The Zhou family members were no exception!

While waiting for the twenty Golden Core cultivators to return, they had already taken stock of the gains from the battle at the Black Dragon branch altar.

Not counting the spiritual herbs they picked, the Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Black Dragon Branch alone had as many as seventeen storage bags in their hands!

These seventeen storage bags belonged to thirteen Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Dragon Transformation Sect. The contents of the bags belonged to the Zhou family. Furthermore, the Zhou family could register the corpses of their owners along with the storage bags as battle merits, and receive rewards after the battle based on these merits.

After opening these storage bags, including the magical artifacts left behind by their owners, the Zhou family acquired four second-tier high-grade magical artifacts, seven second-tier mid-grade magical artifacts, and eleven second-tier low-grade magical artifacts!

In addition, there were more than ten second-tier magic talismans, dozens of bottles of various pills, and four sets of formations.

There are dozens of other items, including spirit gold, spirit jade, and spirit medicine!

However, the most common currency is spirit coins.

The spirit coins in the dozen or so storage bags totaled more than 54,000!

These spirit coins, captured as spoils of war, are not useless; all three major sects will reclaim them after the war.

Although it is still unknown at what price the three major sects will buy back these spirit coins, even if it is halved, it will still be more than 20,000 spirit coins!

"At least 100,000 spirit coins! The contents of these storage bags, converted into spirit coins, would be worth no less than 100,000!"

Inside the room, after Zhou Chun made a rough estimate of the value of all the items that had been inventoried, he immediately exclaimed a huge sum of money with a look of surprise on his face.

Hearing this, Zhou Mingde nodded with a delighted expression and said, "That's right, my estimate is also above that amount. And this doesn't even include the spiritual herbs we dug up from that herb garden. If we include those, it would be at least 150,000 spirit coins!"

After saying that, he turned to Zhou Daoquan beside him and said with a smile, "It seems that after the war ends, Daoquan, the family will be able to find a way to help you gather the spiritual materials needed to open your Purple Mansion!"

I've only just finished writing this now, sigh!

(End of this chapter)