Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 241 The Zhang Family's Ransom, The Golden Horned Dragon King [Please Subscribe]

Jiufengling.

Just as Mingxia Daoist was being escorted away by the Zhou family, Zhang Kaida entered the Zhou family's mountain gate with the ransom.

When he saw Daoist Mingxia, he was initially delighted, thinking that Daoist Mingxia had come to talk to and warn the Zhou family to release their Supreme Elder Zhang Shi'an, who had been captured and detained by the Zhou family.

But when he saw Daoist Mingxia leave alone, and his own Supreme Elder was nowhere to be seen, he felt a chill in his heart and realized that he might be overthinking things.

But clinging to that sliver of hope, upon seeing Zhou Daoyi, he still cautiously inquired, "May I ask, Fellow Daoist Zhou, no, may I ask, Senior Zhou, what brings Senior Mingxia to the Zhou family?"

He was filled with bitterness as he said this.

He remembered that when he first met Fellow Daoist Zhou, they were both at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage. Now, his cultivation had not improved and he was still at that level, while Zhou Daoyi had already successfully opened his Purple Mansion. He had to address the other party as a senior, which made him feel very sad.

Unwilling to hear his words, Zhou Daoyi glanced at him sideways and said indifferently, "What is it about? Is it any of your business?"

After saying that, she added sarcastically, "You don't actually think Fellow Daoist Mingxia came here specifically to speak up for Zhang Shi'an, do you? He's not worthy!"

The disdain in his words nearly made Zhang Kaida furious.

He had never encountered anything like this before.

Although the Zhang family of Tiantai Mountain is not a Golden Core family, they are still a prominent immortal cultivation clan in Lanzhou. Even Purple Mansion stage cultivators would not speak to them in such a tone.

But circumstances are beyond our control!

No matter how bitter or angry he felt, he could only force himself to endure it.

He could only pretend nothing had happened and said in a low voice, "May I first see the Supreme Elder of the Zhang family?"

"Go ahead and see me if you want. I'm not afraid of what tricks you might pull!"

Zhou Daoyi replied casually and then led Zhang Kaida directly to the mountaintop cave.

It's no wonder he mocked Zhang Kaida so much; Zhang Kaida's past actions were truly disgusting.

Even if it's not feasible to completely destroy the Zhang family now, Zhou Daoyi still wants to deliver a severe blow to Zhang Kaida's spirit, so that this guy will be disgusted for the rest of his life.

As for whether doing so would incur Zhang Kaida's resentment and cause him to continue to hate and target the Zhou family in the future, Zhou Daoyi didn't care at all.

If Zhang Kaida really dares to do that, then the Zhou family will have another excuse to continue retaliating against the Zhang family.

However, he felt that after this incident, Zhang Kaida and Zhang Shi'an would probably never dare to do anything underhanded again.

Don't the Zhou family hate Yu Jinghua?

But so far, the Zhou family hasn't made a single move!

If the leader of a family fails to learn from repeated lessons, then that family deserves to perish.

After arriving at the mountain cave with Zhang Kaida, Zhang Shi'an, who had been staying obediently inside, soon met with him.

"Kaida, you've finally arrived!"

Upon seeing Zhang Kaida, Zhang Shi'an's expression immediately became excited. He quickly stepped forward, grabbed Zhang's shoulder, and asked, "How is it? Did you bring everything I asked you to bring?"

"I brought everything; it's right here."

As Zhang Kaida spoke, he untied the storage bag from his waist and handed it to Zhang Shi'an.

"Okay, okay, it's good that you brought it!"

Zhang Shi'an repeatedly cheered, finally letting out a sigh of relief.

Then he picked up the storage bag and shook it, emptying out all the contents inside.

"One thousand-year-old Xuan Tu ginseng, five six-hundred-year-old spiritual ginsengs, ten five-hundred-year-old Huang Jing ginsengs, two second-grade high-level magic artifacts, three second-grade mid-level magic artifacts, one third-grade low-level magic talisman, one piece of iron essence, four pill formulas, and thirty-four thousand spirit coins!"

He recounted the items on the ground as if they were his own treasures, and with each item he listed, Zhang Kaida felt as if his heart was bleeding.

These things were the Zhang family's savings accumulated over many years, which they had never been willing to use when they encountered difficulties in the past.

Now, in order to redeem Zhang Shi'an and to appease the Zhou family, they have no choice but to hand over everything.

Zhang Shi'an, however, couldn't care less about the loss of these items. After Zhang Kaida finished speaking, he quickly looked at Zhou Mingde and said, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, look, everything I promised is here. May I return to my family now?"

"Alright, seeing as Fellow Daoist Zhang has shown some sincerity, let's just let this matter drop. Fellow Daoist Zhang, you can leave now!"

Zhou Mingde waved his hand, not making things difficult for him any further.

Upon seeing this, Zhang Shi'an was overjoyed and hurriedly bowed to him, saying, "Thank you very much, Fellow Daoist Zhou! Thank you very much, Fellow Daoist Zhou! I will take my leave now!"

After saying that, he pulled Zhang Kaida away from the mountaintop cave, and then quickly left Jiufeng Ridge while the Zhou family members watched them go.

After watching the two members of the Zhang family leave, Zhou Chun came to his senses and looked at the pile of things on the ground. He couldn't help but remark, "I never expected that the Zhang family, which has a lineage spanning hundreds of years, would also possess a thousand-year-old spiritual herb and a piece of iron essence. Indeed, one should not underestimate the foundation of any great cultivation clan!"

The preciousness of this thousand-year-old elixir goes without saying; it's an absolutely wonderful thing.

Iron essence is a precious refining material comparable to a thousand-year-old spiritual medicine. It is said that only those cultivators in the Purple Mansion stage who have mastered powerful fire magic or those in the Golden Core stage who possess Dan Fire can extract this essence from Xuan Iron.

The quality of these treasures is so high that they are sufficient to serve as materials for refining magic weapons for Golden Core cultivators.

There's definitely no one in the Zhang family who can refine this kind of thing; this piece of iron essence is most likely a treasure obtained from them.

"Unless they are newly established families of rogue cultivators, every family that becomes a major cultivation clan has hundreds of years of heritage. Over time, they accumulate and eventually acquire some high-grade treasures!"

Zhou Daoyi spoke nonchalantly, then shook his head slightly, saying, "It's a pity time is still too tight. We can't slowly manipulate the Zhang family. Otherwise, this little bit of stuff wouldn't be enough to take the life of a Purple Mansion stage cultivator!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun immediately said, "Isn't there still Zhang Shi'an's storage bag? He's a dignified Purple Mansion stage cultivator, and he just participated in the Southern Expedition; there should be quite a few good things inside!"

Prisoners should have the self-awareness of prisoners.

Therefore, when Zhang Shi'an left, he did not mention the magic artifacts and storage bags that had been confiscated from him, obviously knowing that the Zhou family would not be so kind as to return them to him.

Upon hearing Zhou Chun mention this, Zhou Mingde immediately took the confiscated storage bag and began to refine it.

Because Zhang Shi'an was also a cultivator in the Purple Mansion stage and was still alive, Zhou Mingde had to put in a lot of effort to erase the divine sense imprint he had left in the storage bag, and it took him almost half a day to succeed.

After successfully refining the storage bag, Zhou Mingde probed it with his divine sense and then smiled faintly, saying, "There's quite a lot of stuff indeed!"

After saying that, he handed the storage bag to Zhou Daoyi for inspection, and then let Zhou Chun check it as well.

During the Southern Expedition, the Jingguo Allied Forces annihilated and killed more than 100 cultivators at the Purple Mansion stage and 700-800 cultivators at the Foundation Establishment stage of the Hualong Sect, and breached the gates of three branch altars.

It can be said that no Foundation Establishment cultivator or Purple Mansion cultivator who survived the battlefield had a particularly bad harvest.

Although Zhang Shi'an's harvest was not as great as Zhou Mingde's, his storage bag still contained a considerable amount of various magical artifacts, pills, and spiritual herbs, as well as more than 43,000 spirit coins of the Hualong Sect.

In addition to the two third-tier magic artifacts he himself used, the Zhou family made a fortune again this time.

After taking stock of the spoils, Zhou Mingde began distributing them on the spot.

"This Flame Sparrow Pot is quite nice; Zhengchun, you should accept it and use it."

"Also, take this low-grade third-tier magic talisman. Keep it for self-defense."

"As for this Golden Cloud Pendant, it's yours, Dao Yi. You're just in need of a practical defensive magic weapon like this."

……

The compensation paid to the Zhang family is considered public funds, and the bulk of it should be deposited into the family treasury.

However, Zhou Chun and his colleagues had contributed to obtaining this public fund, so it was perfectly reasonable and compliant for them to select some items to keep based on their own needs.

Therefore, when Zhou Mingde distributed these things, Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Chun did not refuse and accepted them with a clear conscience.

After the items were divided, the remaining items were stored in Zhou Mingde's cave and the family treasury for later disposal.

Finally, Zhou Mingde looked at Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Chun and said, "Now that we have returned for several days, we should have found out about the beast tide. We expect to receive orders soon, and you two should be ready to go into battle."

"Yeah, I reckon the transfer order should be coming soon!"

Zhou Daoyi sighed softly, his tone tinged with apprehension.

Although the Zhou family is not what it used to be, their strength is now incomparable to when they first came to Jiufeng Ridge.

Families like the Zhang family of Tiantai Mountain can be easily controlled.

However, in this racial war that could potentially escalate to include both humans and demons, they remain an insignificant presence.

It's quite possible that a huge wave could wipe out the Zhou family.

As the head of the Zhou family, how could Zhou Daoyi not feel uneasy and awe about this?

While Zhou Chun and the others were speculating about when the transfer order would arrive, the people who would truly determine the fate of this war gathered together on the banks of Longyuanze.

Above the Dragon Abyss Marsh, nine Nascent Soul cultivators, including True Person Silver Moon and True Person Azure Sky, gathered together.

Facing them were five Nascent Soul stage cultivators from the Dragon Transformation Sect and three fifth-order dragons.

"The three demon kings have unleashed a beast tide to attack our human kingdom. Is this an attempt to break the long-standing tacit agreement and declare war on our human race?"

Yin Yue Zhenren stared directly at the three fifth-tier dragons opposite him—the Crimson Fire Dragon, the Black Dragon, and the Azure Dragon—and asked a question on behalf of the human race in a low voice.

After investigating the cause of the beast tide, they eventually discovered that it was these three dragons who were behind it. Soon after, five Nascent Soul stage cultivators from the Dragon Transformation Sect also tracked them down and arrived at the scene.

Now that the three parties have gathered here, a major battle could break out at any moment.

Upon hearing Silver Moon True Person's question, the fifth-tier Crimson Fire Flood Dragon spoke in human language and sneered, "What a joke! It is clearly you human cultivators who have broken the tacit agreement between my Dragon Abyss Flood Dragon clan and your human race. Now you are accusing us of breaking the tacit agreement between our two races. What do you call that? The thief crying 'stop thief!'"

As soon as the voice faded, the azure dragon chimed in, "That's right! You inexplicably gathered a large number of human cultivators and entered the wilderness to wreak havoc, slaughtering my demon race. As the demon king's clan, my dragon race has the right to gather all demons to demand justice from you humans!"

These fifth-tier dragons are already as intelligent as humans, and under the tutelage of the Dragon Transformation Sect, they have learned a great deal about the human race. Naturally, they will not be fooled by Silver Moon True Person's few words.

Not to mention they came prepared.

"What about you who raise my human cultivators and feed on them? Such behavior has crossed the line for humanity!"

The white-haired, green-robed Master Qingxiao stared at the three dragons, his gaze indifferent as he followed up with a question.

Upon hearing this, the Crimson Fire Dragon immediately retorted, "Bah! You humans are allowed to tame our demon race and slaughter them like cattle, but we demons are not allowed to tame your human cultivators as food? Besides, what we eat are just the old, weak, sick, and disabled. They would die anyway if we weren't fed, so why not grant us this privilege!"

"Yes, yes, we haven't gone to your human kingdom to eat people, nor have we eaten your disciples or descendants. What right do you have to tell us what to do?"

Qingjiao chimed in again, his tone also filled with resentment.

"These words, they must have taught you."

"So, you three demon kings were trained by the Dragon Transformation Sect, weren't you?"

Silver Moon True Person suddenly turned his gaze to the five Nascent Soul stage cultivators of the Dragon Transformation Sect and whispered his deduction.

These words caused the three fifth-tier dragons' expressions to change. Then, the black dragon, which had remained silent until now, coldly said, "So what if it is? What are you trying to say?"

"I think I understand what Lord Golden Horned Dragon King means. The people the Flood Dragon Clan has sent this time are probably just a few of you demon kings who have received favors from the Dragon Transformation Sect. The other demon kings will not actually participate in this war!"

A smile flashed across Silver Moon True Person's face as he casually uttered words that caused the three fifth-order dragons to change their expressions drastically.

Seeing them like this, Silver Moon's smile became even brighter.

He couldn't help but smile smugly and said, "It seems I was right. In that case, on behalf of the human race, I will give Lord Golden Horned Dragon King some face. If our human race wins this battle, we will only expand our territory by a thousand miles to consolidate our border security. We will not take an inch more land, and we will never again summon reinforcements from human kingdoms other than Shen, Cheng, and Feng!"

As soon as the words were spoken, a majestic voice suddenly resounded from heaven and earth.

"We'll do as you say!"

The sound was like thunder, echoing through the sky, yet none of the Nascent Soul stage human cultivators or fifth-order dragons present knew where its master was.

Such supernatural power caused the Nascent Soul stage cultivators and fifth-order dragons present to show their awe.

After the sound gradually faded away, True Person Silver Moon coldly gazed at the three fifth-tier flood dragons and the five Nascent Soul stage cultivators of the Dragon Transformation Sect, and said, "Since Lord Golden Horned Dragon King has responded, then let's each rely on our own methods!"

After saying that, he took the initiative to lead the others to evacuate first.

Since they were not confident of capturing them, the leader of the Dragon Transformation Sect and the three dragons on the other side did not pursue them.

Here's the second chapter for today! It's freezing! It's snowing in Changsha!

(End of this chapter)