Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 239 The Zhou Family Has a Dragon [Please Subscribe]

After opening up the Purple Mansion, Zhou Daoyi undoubtedly became the most powerful person in the Zhou family.

So when Zhou Chun heard his domineering words, he didn't think there was anything wrong with them.

If he were to successfully open up the Purple Mansion in the future, he might be even more arrogant than Zhou Daoyi is now!

So after Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Mingde rested in the courtyard for half a day and recovered their magical powers, the Zhou family officially set off to return to their clan.

They left the market openly and legitimately, and the whole group boarded a flying boat magical artifact summoned by Zhou Daoyi, which Zhou Daoyi then carried towards Lanzhou.

Not long after the flying boat departed, several extremely fast beams of light shot into the sky, chasing after the Zhou family.

After flying for over a thousand miles, as they approached the border area between Yunzhou and Lanzhou, a loud shout suddenly reached the ears of the Zhou family.

"Fellow Daoists of the Zhou family, please wait!"

Amidst the shouts, two figures suddenly appeared in the Zhou family's line of sight.

Both men were dressed in black robes and wore masks. They also used magic to conceal their faces, ensuring that it would be difficult to see their features using either divine sense or spiritual eye magic.

This kind of attire clearly indicates that the visitor has ill intentions.

Therefore, Zhou Daoyi's side not only did not stop, but Zhou Mingde on the flying boat directly looked at the two and asked, "Are you two trying to rob us on the road? If so, then bring it on!"

This confident and fearless attitude left the two men momentarily speechless.

Only after the Zhou family had flown a distance did the cultivator among them, who was at the late-stage Purple Mansion realm, speak loudly: "Fellow Daoist Zhou, please don't misunderstand. We simply wish to purchase some spirit beasts for transportation from the Zhou family. Your Zhou family has acquired so many spirit beasts from the Dragon Transformation Sect, and you don't need that many yourself. Why not spare some to sell to us?"

As soon as he finished speaking, another early-stage Purple Mansion cultivator nodded repeatedly, saying, "Yes, yes, it's not a good thing to hog everything. Fellow Daoist Zhou, you'd better be more generous!"

Hearing their words, which were a mix of soft and hard language, Zhou Mingde calmly replied, "If you two fellow Daoists only wish to purchase spirit beasts for transportation, that's not difficult. Once my Zhou family has bred a herd of beasts, we will naturally sell them. At that time, you only need to bring spirit coins to my Zhou family; you can buy as many as you like!"

This answer clearly angered the two. The late-stage Purple Mansion cultivator immediately turned serious and said coldly, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, don't joke around. When will you finally breed a herd of beasts?"

"Let's be clear, just tell me if you're selling now or not!"

As they finished speaking, both of them patted their storage bags at their waists and took out their magical artifacts.

Seeing this, Zhou Mingde's eyes turned cold, and he coldly stared back at the two men, saying, "Not for sale!"

"Hmph, you ungrateful wretches, then you can all die!"

The late-stage Purple Mansion cultivator's face darkened with anger, and he roared as he launched an attack.

"You're the ones who deserve to die!"

Zhou Mingde let out a low shout and immediately summoned a defensive magic weapon to block the attack.

At the same time, both he and Zhou Daoyi reached out and patted the spirit beast pouches at their waists, releasing their respective spirit pets.

With a clear and melodious dragon roar, the Azure Dragon Qingqing revealed its form to outsiders for the first time.

"A third-tier dragon!"

A gasp rang out; it came from the early-stage Purple Mansion cultivator.

Although the late-stage Purple Mansion cultivator did not exclaim in surprise, his eyes were also filled with shock.

Having just participated in the southern expedition, they were well aware of the power of the dragon.

Although the Dragon Transformation Sect did not allow third-tier flood dragons to participate in the battle, there were many instances of fourth-tier flood dragons fighting against multiple opponents.

Therefore, when they saw Zhou Daoyi release a third-tier azure dragon, how could they not be extremely shocked?

In an instant, the two of them felt a strong urge to retreat.

"Things have changed, let's retreat!"

The late-stage Purple Mansion cultivator gave a low shout and immediately turned to leave.

Clearly, they were well aware that they had no chance of winning against the two Purple Mansion cultivators and two third-tier demonic beasts from the Zhou family.

But since Zhou Daoyi had already revealed the Azure Dragon, how could he be willing to gain nothing at all?

"Qingqing, leave him here!"

With a low shout, the Azure Dragon Qingqing flicked its tail and vanished from its spot in an instant.

When it reappeared, it was already beside that early-stage Purple Mansion cultivator.

This scene startled the man, who hurriedly activated a golden jade pendant, releasing a dense golden light to protect himself.

Bang!

After a muffled thud, the man was sent flying by the headbutt of the Azure Dragon.

Then he was met with a flaming spear.

The spear, burning with crimson flames, pierced the man's body, causing the golden light protecting him to flicker and sway precariously.

Upon seeing this, the man was terrified and hurriedly begged for mercy, crying out, "Spare me! Spare me!"

While begging for mercy, he desperately urged the golden jade pendant magic artifact to fight against the flaming spear.

But at that moment, a beam of bluish-white light blasted at him from behind.

As a result, the golden shield that had been holding its own against the flaming spear was shattered on the spot, and he was blasted away along with it.

Before he could regain his footing, the Azure Dragon pounced on him again, its dragon claws already striking his chest.

"Alright, Qingqing, spare his life!"

Just as the Azure Dragon's claws were about to disembowel the man, Zhou Daoyi suddenly shouted to stop it.

The man who had escaped death was overjoyed and wept, repeatedly expressing his gratitude: "Thank you so much for sparing my life, fellow Daoist! Thank you for showing mercy!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Daoyi waved his hand and said, "Don't thank me yet. I'm only sparing your life for the sake of the bigger picture, but you can escape punishment!"

Upon hearing this, the man immediately nodded repeatedly like a chicken pecking at rice, saying, "Yes, yes, yes, I know I was wrong, I will definitely admit my guilt and accept punishment!"

"Since that's the case, why don't you reveal your true face first!"

A soft shout came from the side. It was Zhou Mingde who, seeing that the late-stage Purple Mansion cultivator had really escaped, relaxed his vigilance and joined the interrogation.

These words made the man freeze, and he immediately fell silent.

Ok?

Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi's eyes darkened, and the gazes of Qingjiao and Huoshen Jackal also turned fierce.

Upon seeing this, the man was startled and hurriedly replied, "Yes, yes, yes, I'll do as you say!"

Then the spell that concealed his face was lifted, and he took off his mask, revealing the face of a middle-aged man.

"So it's Fellow Daoist Zhang Shi'an!"

Zhou Mingde looked at the middle-aged man in front of him, his tone involuntarily carrying a hint of sarcasm.

Zhang Shi'an, with an early stage of Purple Mansion cultivation, is the Supreme Elder of the Zhang family of Tiantai Mountain and the leader of the Zhang family in this Southern Expedition.

The Zhang family of Tiantai Mountain has always wanted to take revenge on the Zhou family because their second elder, Zhang Yunjin, failed to kill Zhou Jiarui and Zhou Chun and was instead killed by the Fire God Jackal.

Previously, the Zhang family had sent spies to the Zhou family. After being discovered and warned by the Zhou family, the Zhang family sent people to the Zhou family to apologize.

However, the Zhou family had always known that the Zhang family's apology was not sincere at all.

Later, at the "Hundred Clans Conference", news about the Zhou family was secretly spread by the Zhang family. The Zhang family even wanted to collude with the Jiang family of Lingzhou to take revenge on the Zhou family.

Zhou Mingde originally planned to settle old scores with the Zhang family after the war against the Dragon Transformation Sect was over.

Unexpectedly, before the war was even over, the Zhang family jumped out to deal with the Zhou family again, and even managed to capture Zhang Shi'an, the supreme elder of the Zhang family.

This is really interesting!

Clearly, Zhang Shi'an also understood the meaning behind Zhou Mingde's words.

He turned his head slightly, his expression unnatural, and then said in a sincere, low voice, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, please forgive me. I was confused for a moment and was misled into participating in this matter. I had absolutely no intention of being an enemy of the Zhou family!"

However, upon hearing this, Zhou Daoyi immediately sneered, "Being misled? I think it's you, Fellow Daoist Zhang, who misled others to deal with us!"

"No, absolutely not!"

Zhang Shi'an immediately shook his head and cried out, his face full of injustice, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, you have truly wronged me! I absolutely did not do such a thing!"

"Hmph, whether I've wronged you or not, you know in your heart!"

Zhou Daoyi snorted coldly, too lazy to argue further, and immediately snapped, "Enough nonsense, quickly and honestly tell me who the person who escaped is!"

"Fellow Daoist Fu Mingtao of the Fu family in Lingzhou, it was he who lured me here!"

Zhang Shi'an, of course, would not hide anything from his companion who had abandoned him and fled, and without the slightest hesitation, he revealed the other party's background.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Mingde quickly pictured the face of an old man with a goatee.

If I remember correctly, the Fu family also seemed to be quite skilled in beast taming techniques. It seems that Zhang Shi'an knew this, which is why he persuaded them to come and ambush the Zhou family.

Unfortunately, they underestimated the strength of the Zhou family and never expected that Zhou Daoyi, a newly promoted Purple Mansion, would actually be raising a third-tier dragon.

This fatal error in intelligence left Zhang Shi'an with no chance to escape.

"What a shrewd family from Lingzhou! We'll settle this matter with them another day!"

Zhou Mingde's face turned cold. He had already remembered this grudge and would definitely seek an explanation from the Fu family of Lingzhou in the future.

He then glanced at Zhang Shi'an and said calmly, "I won't go into the grudges between the Zhang family and our Zhou family. I'd like to invite you to visit our Zhou family so we can discuss it in detail."

"I'll listen to Fellow Daoist Zhou, I'll do whatever Fellow Daoist Zhou says!"

Zhang Shi'an nodded repeatedly, not daring to utter a single word of dissent.

He knew in his heart that if he fell into the hands of the Zhou family, he would be at their mercy.

If you act sensibly at this point, you might be able to escape unscathed.

If they don't know what's good for them, their fate will be grim.

So he obediently handed over his magic weapon and storage bag to Zhou Mingde, then sat on the back of the Fire God Jackal, and was taken to the Zhou family's Nine Peaks Ridge.

Now that Zhou Daoyi had exposed the Azure Dragon, he no longer hid it and had Zhou Chun and the others sit on its back, riding it back to the clan.

As they watched the dragon and wolf soar into the sky and disappear into the distance, the cultivators who were hiding in the shadows all showed expressions of relief.

There are quite a few people eyeing the gains of the Zhou family, but few dare to act as directly as the Fu and Zhang families of Lingzhou.

Some people only follow along because they sense there might be an opportunity to get a bargain.

Unexpectedly, they discovered the Zhou family's powerful hidden trump card.

A cultivation family that originally only had one Purple Mansion stage cultivator in charge actually raised a third-order Azure Dragon!

These cultivators who were secretly observing could already imagine how many people would be shocked once this news spread.

Regardless of how strong the dragon is, its potential is far beyond that of any other monster.

The third-tier Azure Flood Dragon can only be considered a high-level demon beast at present. However, due to the special nature of the Flood Dragon bloodline, the difficulty for a third-tier high-grade Azure Flood Dragon to break through and evolve into a fourth-tier Flood Dragon is much less than that for an ordinary third-tier high-grade demon beast to break through to the fourth tier.

This means that in a few hundred years, the Zhou family may possess a fourth-order dragon!

What does a fourth-order dragon even mean?

It's definitely not something a Golden Core cultivator can compare to!

Knowing that the exposure of a third-tier dragon would inevitably cause great controversy within the Zhou family, Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi had kept their identities hidden and delayed the time for exposure.

If Zhou Daoyi hadn't already successfully opened his Purple Mansion, and if it hadn't truly come to the point where exposure was unavoidable, Zhou Mingde probably still wouldn't have allowed the Azure Dragon to reveal itself.

Leaving aside how shocked outsiders were to learn that the Zhou family possessed a third-tier azure dragon, Zhou Chun and his companions encountered no further accidents along the way after riding the dragon, and returned to the Nine Peaks Ridge gate in less than half a day.

"I'm finally back!"

Inside the mountain gate, looking at the familiar scenery, Zhou Chun, Zhou Daoquan, and the others all sighed with emotion.

Although, all things considered, they had only been away from their family's ancestral temple for less than two months.

However, the events of the past two months have left them feeling exhausted, as if they had been away from home for many years.

For a weary person, what could be more relaxing and comforting than home?

Just as the group was thinking they could finally relax, Zhou Mingde suddenly said, "Zhengchun, you and Daoquan go to the Beast Garden and settle those demonic beasts. Daoyi and I will take Fellow Daoist Zhang to our cave for a chat!"

Upon hearing this, the group realized that the war was not over yet, and they didn't have much time to rest.

"Yes, junior obeys."

Zhou Chun and the others responded and watched as Zhou Mingde and the other escorted the dejected Zhang Shi'an to Pagoda Peak.

Then Zhou Chun raised his hand to rub his forehead, looked at Zhou Daoquan and said, "Third Elder, the Beast Garden was originally your territory. You should decide how to settle these demonic beasts."

After saying that, he turned his gaze to Zhou Jiapeng and said, "Uncle Peng, why don't you take Uncle Eleven back to his cave to rest?"

With the Supreme Elder and the Clan Chief absent, he, as the Deputy Clan Chief, naturally became the one giving orders.

It's freezing in Changsha! Zero degrees Celsius tonight. I'll rest for the night and let my body adjust to the sudden drop in temperature before continuing the battle!

(End of this chapter)