Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 249 A Glorious Victory, Red Jade Issues a Warning

The fact that Qinglian Temple actually sent a Golden Core cultivator to rescue the Zhou family was a result that greatly surprised everyone in the Zhou family.

I feel flattered!

At that moment, the cyan light descended like a bolt of cyan lightning outside the Zhou family's mountain gate, revealing the figure of a young Taoist flying on a sword.

The young Taoist priest Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Chun looked very familiar to them; he was Qing Lingzi, who had previously been stationed at the front-line stronghold of Biyanze.

At this moment, after Qing Lingzi revealed his figure, he did not rush to clear out the demonic beasts. Instead, after scanning them with his divine sense, he immediately raised his hand, made a hand seal, and pointed at the ground below.

Then a sword cry rang out, and a streak of azure sword light descended from the sky and disappeared into the ground.

Immediately following this, a series of rumbling sounds came from underground, as if an earth dragon had turned over.

Not long after, a ball of cyan sword light, carrying a corpse, burst from the ground and returned to Qing Lingzi's side.

The corpse was naturally the Blood Dragon Hall protector of the Dragon Transformation Sect who had tried to escape using earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a technique used in Chinese fantasy novels) after seeing the Golden Core cultivator arrive.

Earth Escape Technique is indeed a miraculous life-saving technique. After escaping into the earth, not only is it difficult for divine sense to detect and lock onto enemies underground, but ordinary spells and magical artifacts are also unlikely to harm those underground.

Unfortunately, that Blood Dragon Hall protector could only perform the technique skillfully; he had not yet mastered it.

Most importantly, Qing Lingzi arrived too quickly. He only had time to burrow a dozen feet underground before Qing Lingzi locked onto his aura and then used his flying sword magic weapon to pursue him underground.

Magical artifacts inherently possess sentience, and sword cultivators' flying swords are even more sentient than ordinary magical artifacts, capable of automatically locking onto and pursuing enemies!

All of these factors ultimately led to the death of the Blood Dragon Hall protector.

After killing the Blood Dragon Hall protector who had fled underground with a single sword strike, Qing Lingzi glanced at the third-tier demonic beasts that were running away with their tails between their legs. He then made a sword incantation with his hand and pointed out, and the cyan flying sword once again hummed as it pierced through the air and slashed at several demonic beasts.

Zhou Chun and the others, who were on Jiufeng Ridge, saw a cyan sword light flashing in the sky like a dragon. Every time it changed direction, a third-tier demon beast would fall.

In just a few dozen breaths, all four third-tier demonic beasts that had scattered and fled were beheaded and killed!

After doing all this, Qing Lingzi sheathed his sword and waved to the Zhou family members who were still dumbfounded, saying, "Alright, the rest of the demonic beasts, your Zhou family can deal with them yourselves. Remember to send the demon cores and the corpses of the third-tier demonic beasts to Hongya Market!"

Before he finished speaking, the cyan flying sword beside him emitted a dense sword light, enveloping him and transforming him into a streak of cyan sword light as he soared into the sky and departed.

Thus, from the moment she appeared until she left, Qing Lingzi only stayed in front of the Zhou family for less than a quarter of an hour.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the crisis of the Zhou family was completely resolved, leaving an extremely deep impression on everyone in the Zhou family.

"Is this the power of a Golden Core stage cultivator?"

Inside the mountain gate, Zhou Chun stared blankly at the receding azure sword light, his heart filled with immense shock.

During the Southern Expedition, he also witnessed a great battle between Golden Core cultivators, but because both sides were at the same level, he couldn't see much with his cultivation level.

All I know is that Golden Core cultivators are incredibly powerful!

But today is different. The overwhelming strength that Qing Lingzi displayed against demons and cultivators below the Golden Core stage made him realize just how powerful Golden Core cultivators really are.

That is an existence that cultivators who are not at the Golden Core stage simply cannot resist!

Whether it's the cultivation level of the Golden Core stage or the magic weapon that only Golden Core stage cultivators can activate, they are two different concepts for those below the Golden Core stage.

This made Zhou Chun suddenly understand why, even though they only differed by one cultivation realm, the status of Golden Core cultivators in the cultivation world was so different from that of Purple Mansion cultivators, and why there were so few Golden Core cultivators!

Clearly, there must be some unknown barrier between the Purple Mansion stage and the Golden Core stage, which blocks the hopes of most Purple Mansion stage cultivators to form their Golden Core.

"Zhengchun, you arrange for people to clean up the battlefield. Daoyi and I will go after those beasts right away. We must not let a single one of them escape!"

Suddenly, Zhou Mingde's words snapped Zhou Chun out of her daze.

His eyes darted around slightly, and he quickly replied, "This junior obeys."

Then he put down the control of the formation, got up and arranged for people to leave the mountain gate and clean up the battlefield.

This war took place right at the Zhou family's doorstep, so naturally, not a single corpse of the dead monsters would be wasted.

Zhou Chun personally collected the corpses and demon cores of the four third-tier demon beasts that Qing Lingzi had killed and temporarily stored them on Pagoda Peak. Then he had other demon beast corpses sent to the icehouse that the Zhou family had previously used to store beast meat.

On Qingliang Peak in Jiufengling, the Zhou family hollowed out the mountain to build a huge icehouse, large enough to store the carcasses of thousands of cattle.

Normally, the Zhou family would fill the icehouse halfway, so they wouldn't have to arrange for many people to hunt for the monsters they kept every day.

In fact, as the number of demonic beasts raised by the Zhou family increased, their consumption of meat also increased, and it was no longer enough to feed them by simply sending people out to hunt.

More than ten years ago, Zhou Chun suggested that the mortals of the Zhou family raise a large number of livestock such as pigs, cattle, sheep, and fish to provide food for the demon beasts in the family.

However, ordinary beast meat can only fill the stomachs of demonic beasts and does not promote their cultivation.

Therefore, in the past, the Zhou family would regularly feed their raised demon beasts some demon beast meat every month, or make spirit beast food by adding some spiritual herbs to the demon beast meat, in order to slightly promote their cultivation.

In the past, just buying these monster meats would cost the Zhou family a considerable amount of spirit coins every month.

However, this beast tide provided the Zhou family with a large number of monster corpses.

At this moment, Zhou Chun arranged for people to transport the monster corpses into the ice storage. As the ice storage gradually filled up, he couldn't help but think of the monster corpses buried at Golden Rooster Mountain.

We had originally planned to send people to collect them after the battle, but now that the beast tide is raging, it's hard to say whether we can still retrieve those monster corpses.

"However, it seems this ice storage facility needs to be expanded, or at least one or two more should be built. The price of monster corpses should drop significantly later, so we can't miss this opportunity to stockpile them!"

Looking at the ice storage room, which was already piled with hundreds of monster corpses, Zhou Chun immediately had another idea.

Not long after, Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi, who had gone out to hunt down the fleeing monsters, returned with their spirit pets.

Under the pursuit of the two Purple Mansion stage cultivators and two third-tier demonic beasts, all the demonic beasts that had invaded the Zhou family were completely wiped out.

However, not a single member of the Zhou family perished in this battle!

This was undoubtedly a glorious victory.

So much so that when the rogue cultivators who participated in the battle learned that the war was over and they could choose whether to stay or leave, they all chose to stay and continue cultivating or working for the Zhou family.

The Zhou family naturally wouldn't refuse this offer.

Although no one from the Zhou family died in this war, the mountain-protecting formation, the "Five Directions Miro Formation," was severely damaged during the beast tide attack and temporarily lost its protective power, urgently requiring repair.

Therefore, after Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi returned, Zhou Mingde went to Hongya Market under the pretext of escorting the corpses and demon cores of the four third-tier demon beasts to ask Qinglian Temple for help, hoping to obtain materials from Qinglian Temple to repair the "Five Directions Miro Formation".

At the same time, Zhou Chun also arranged for several Zhou family cultivators with lower cultivation levels to evacuate the family's mortals, allowing them to temporarily relocate away from their residences near Jiufeng Ridge.

This beast tide headed straight for the Zhou family's mountain gate at Jiufeng Ridge, which prevented any casualties among the Zhou family's mortals.

However, if the main force of the next beast tide sweeps across the Zhou family's mountain gate, those Zhou family mortals who live not far from Jiufeng Ridge will definitely be affected.

As the deputy patriarch of the Zhou family, Zhou Chun naturally could not allow this to happen.

Two more days passed, and Zhou Mingde successfully returned to the Zhou family with the materials to repair the "Five Directions Miro Formation". Zhou Chongshan, disregarding his own injuries, devoted himself to the repair work of the "Five Directions Miro Formation" day and night.

On the other hand, after the beast horde sent to attack the Zhou family disappeared without a trace, the leader of the Crimson Dragon Hall seemed to have stopped making any further moves. Even the main force of the beast tide had slowed down, advancing less than 300 miles in two days.

However, the subsequent development of the situation once again exceeded Zhou Chun and the others' expectations.

On this day, an order from Qinglian Temple stunned several high-ranking members of the Zhou family.

The order was simple: two Purple Mansion stage cultivators and three Foundation Establishment stage cultivators from the Zhou family were to immediately leave the mountain and participate in clearing out the demonic beasts that were wreaking havoc in Lanzhou.

The reason for this order is very simple: all the third- and fourth-tier monsters in the beast tide have fled Lanzhou. Now, only the first- and second-tier monsters, who have lost the restraint of these high-level monsters, are wreaking havoc in Lanzhou.

The reason why these third- and fourth-tier demonic beasts fled Lanzhou was due to the changes on the front lines in Yunzhou.

It turned out that after learning that the Hualong Sect and the Jiaolong Clan would unexpectedly invest their forces in Lanzhou, the leaders of the three major sects in Yunzhou also made a bold move.

They secretly contacted the Corpse Demon Sect of Feng Kingdom, and suddenly all the Golden Core stage cultivators and Purple Mansion stage cultivators rushed out from the great formation stronghold and engaged in a great melee with the third and fourth-tier demonic beasts in the beast tide.

With the help of sixteen fourth-tier refined corpses and four Golden Core cultivators sent by the Corpse Demon Cult, the human alliance ultimately emerged victorious in this chaotic battle.

The exact casualties on both sides were unknown to the cultivator who came to deliver the message from the Zhou family. All that was known was that after this battle, the beast tide offensive on the Yunzhou front was greatly hampered and seemed to be unable to fight any longer.

So it's quite clear that the third- and fourth-tier demonic beasts in Lanzhou suddenly abandoned their herd and left because they had received a message.

After all, with the main force of the beast tide in Yunzhou suffering a setback, the human alliance only needed to send a few Golden Core cultivators to make them suffer a crushing defeat.

If they don't run now, it will be difficult for them to escape later.

Having learned the inside story, the Zhou family members naturally could no longer refuse the orders from Qinglian Temple.

So Zhou Mingde immediately led Zhou Daoyi, Zhou Chun, Zhou Jiapeng, and Zhou Jiahe away from the family's mountain gate to sweep away the roaming monsters.

However, not long after the group left the Zhou family's mountain gate, a message light suddenly landed in Zhou Mingde's hand.

He raised his hand and beckoned to the communication flame generated by the long-distance communication talisman. After reading the contents, his expression immediately changed drastically.

"Elder, what's wrong? Who sent this message talisman?"

Seeing that his expression was off, Zhou Daoyi quickly asked what was wrong.

"Let's land first and then talk about it."

Zhou Mingde shook his head slightly and immediately landed on the ground.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun and the others had no choice but to land as well.

Once on the ground, Zhou Jiapeng and Zhou Jiahe were instructed by Zhou Mingde to guard the perimeter, leaving only Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Chun behind.

This action caused both of them to change their expressions, as if they had realized something.

Sure enough, after Zhou Mingde set up a soundproof barrier, he transmitted his voice to the two of them, saying, "The message talisman was sent personally by Lin Hongyu. She said that the leader of the Crimson Dragon Hall may have left behind that Earth-Turning Dragon to deal with us, and that he wants to capture your Azure Dragon, Dao Yi. In addition, she also said that the Crimson Fire Dragon and she have already gone to Yunzhou, and she asks us to go to Yunzhou as soon as possible!"

"What? The Earth Dragon is coming to deal with us?"

Zhou Chun and Zhou Daoyi were both taken aback and shocked by this sudden news.

Then both of them felt a little flustered, especially Zhou Daoyi, who was the target of the earth-turning dragon, and found it even harder to remain calm.

He was just a cultivator in the early stages of the Purple Mansion realm who had only recently opened his Purple Mansion!

What merit or ability does he possess to have a mid-grade fourth-tier demonic beast personally come to deal with him!

"Although I also think this matter is quite unreliable, Lin Hongyu has never given us false information before, let alone this time she used a treasure like the Thousand-Mile Communication Talisman to warn us!"

At this point, Zhou Mingde looked at Zhou Daoyi and said, "Daoyi, you should leave Lanzhou immediately. Only by staying near those Golden Core cultivators will the Earth Dragon dare not risk its own destruction to attack you!"

"But under what pretext should I leave Lanzhou? Should I reveal that we already know the Earth Dragon Gang is targeting me?"

Zhou Daoyi spoke with a grim expression about his concerns, clearly troubled.

"No official title is needed. Clan leader, you are just ordered to clean up the rampaging demonic beasts. There is no one supervising you. Even if the seniors of Qinglian Temple here find out after you go to the front-line stronghold in Yunzhou, they will certainly not blame you for it."

"At worst, you can just say you were worried about the family cultivators on the front lines in Yunzhou, which is why you went there to visit them after things calmed down in Lanzhou!"

Zhou Chun composed himself and clearly came up with a pretext and excuse for Zhou Daoyi.

After he finished speaking, Zhou Mingde nodded repeatedly and said, "Zhengchun is right. Daoyi, just say it like that. No one will care too much at a time like this."

But Zhou Daoyi then said with a worried expression, "What if they can't find me and the Earth Dragon attacks the family?"

"There's nothing we can do. If you were here, you couldn't do anything even if the Earth Dragon attacked the clan. Do you think we'd just let you obediently stand up and let it kill you?"

At this point, Zhou Mingde patted Zhou Daoyi on the shoulder and urged, "Alright, stop worrying about this and that. Just take good care of yourself. Don't worry about the family for now. Hurry up and go!"

Seeing this, Zhou Chun urged, "Yes, clan leader, you should leave quickly. Perhaps that earth-turning dragon will follow you after it finds out you've left Lanzhou!"

"Alright, I'll be going now. Take care!"

Zhou Daoyi gritted his teeth, immediately stood up, bowed to Zhou Mingde, and then rode the dragon into the sky, flying towards Yunzhou.

Entertainment is prohibited today! Online novels aren't considered entertainment?! This is the first update for today. I can't guarantee I'll be able to write a second one. Everyone, go to bed early tonight!

(End of this chapter)