Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 252 Young Xu Fu, Superior Spiritual Root [Please Subscribe]

When Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi returned to the Fulong stronghold, many of the Purple Mansion stage cultivators who had participated in the great pursuit also returned there.

These cultivators at the Purple Mansion stage also understood that the situation in the wilderness was unpredictable, and if the pursuit went too far, the roles of hunter and prey might be reversed.

However, the battle between the Golden Core cultivators was still ongoing, and the battlefield was gradually shifting to the wilderness.

Meanwhile, the Corpse Demon Cult's army of corpse refiners had vanished, and it was unknown what the outcome of their battle with the Crimson Fire Dragon would be.

Meanwhile, the beast tide army that had originally surrounded the Fulong stronghold was now mostly dead or scattered, and had disappeared without a trace.

Upon seeing this, the two members of the Zhou family returned to their residence and settled down to meditate and recover their magical power.

Meanwhile, while a decisive battle was raging on the front lines in Yunzhou, Zhou Chun, far away in Lanzhou, was also extremely busy.

He was busy collecting the bodies.

As the rampaging monsters in Lanzhou were gradually eliminated, Zhou Chun began to organize people to go to Jinji Mountain to transport the monster corpses that had been buried earlier.

Although a crude underground icehouse was built to bury the monster corpses, the sealing was not very good due to the time constraints.

If it takes too long, and the ice in the icehouse melts, the corpses of those monsters will probably rot and stink.

So when he saw that the situation had changed, Zhou Chun immediately led his men to Jinji Mountain to transport the monster corpses of the fifteen dragon claw giant lizards.

Dragon Claw Monitor Lizards are excellent at carrying heavy loads; a single lizard can carry tens of thousands of kilograms of weight. Fifteen Dragon Claw Monitor Lizards can transport three to four hundred thousand kilograms of monster meat in one trip.

Zhou Chun also mobilized more than a hundred storage bags from the Zhou family to store the corpses of demonic beasts.

Therefore, after three round trips, the more than one thousand demon beast corpses stored at Jinji Mountain were all brought back to the Zhou family.

By this time, the cultivators left behind by the Zhou family had already cleared out the ordinary beast meat from the old icehouse, making room specifically for these demon beast corpses.

Zhou Chongshan also specially selected a location in the mountains to temporarily set up a magic array that could release cold air, as a temporary warehouse to store the corpses of demonic beasts.

After setting up this temporary warehouse, Zhou Chun let the exhausted dragon claw giant lizards rest, while he himself took the storage bag and manpower and rode the dragon scale horse to the burial site where the Wang family's stronghold was located to continue cleaning up the monster corpses there.

At the same time, the Zhou family was also buying up the corpses of monsters brought back from various places by independent cultivators at low prices.

Zhou Chun planned to solve the problem of feeding the Zhou family's monsters for the next ten years this time.

In any case, the spirit beast food that has been refined and processed is relatively easy to preserve. The Zhou family also has a warehouse that is specially set up to store such bulk materials. The spirit sealing formation set up inside can reduce the rate at which the spiritual power contained in these spirit beast food dissipates to a very low level.

On this day, before Zhou Chun received any news from the front lines in Yunzhou, he encountered something that surprised him.

It turned out that while he was working in the Zhongping Hall that day, a cultivator from the External Affairs Hall came to report that a rogue cultivator in the Qi Refining stage had repeatedly requested to thank him in person for saving his life.

Zhou Chun has been clearing out monsters in various parts of Lanzhou these days, and he has indeed saved some rogue cultivators. However, most of them have already thanked him on the spot.

He was quite surprised that someone would actually come to the Zhou family to express their gratitude.

So he went to the Foreign Affairs Office.

Upon arriving at the Zhou family's external affairs office, Zhou Chun saw two unfamiliar cultivators, one old and one young, who seemed somewhat familiar to him.

Just as he was trying to recall when he had ever crossed paths with the old man and the young boy, the boy, his face filled with excitement, looked at him and said, "Master, it's this senior! It was this Senior Zhou who bestowed the elixir and saved your life!"

Upon hearing this, the white-haired old man beside him immediately knelt down before Zhou Chun, kowtowing and thanking him, saying, "Junior Mo Renyi pays respects to Senior Zhou. Senior has bestowed medicine upon me to save my life, and I have no way to repay this debt. Please accept my bow!"

Upon seeing this, the young man immediately knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly to Zhou Chun in gratitude.

"Oh, it's you guys!"

Zhou Chun finally remembered the origins of the two men, and then stepped forward to personally help the master and disciple up from the ground.

Then he said softly, "I saved people that day only out of gratitude for this young fellow Daoist's filial piety, and because I admired Fellow Daoist Mo's willingness to risk his life to save mortals from demonic beasts. You two don't need to be so polite."

Upon hearing this, the white-haired old man, Mo Renyi, looked at him with gratitude and said, "To Senior Zhou, it may be a small matter, but to me, it is a life-saving grace!"

"Such a great favor! If I didn't come to thank you in person, wouldn't I have wasted my life?"

These words made Zhou Chun feel very comfortable.

Although many people often say that one should not express gratitude for a favor.

But if one doesn't even receive a thank you after doing good deeds, few people will continue to do good deeds and help others in the future.

The white-haired old man, Mo Renyi, traveled a long distance to the Zhou family to express his gratitude. This gratitude might not bring Zhou Chun any practical benefits, but it certainly made him feel quite comfortable, and his mood improved a lot.

He then took the opportunity to have the person sit down to the side and learn a little about the situation of the other party and their apprentice.

According to Mo Renyi, he was originally an ordinary doctor whose family had passed down medical skills. Because his father had lived next to an old rogue cultivator for many years and had a close relationship with him, he was able to embark on the path of cultivation with the help of that old rogue cultivator.

However, after spending more than 20 years in the cultivation world, Mo Renyi grew tired of the life of a rogue cultivator and simply gave up cultivation to return to the mortal world, where he inherited his family's medical clinic and devoted himself to treating patients and dispensing medicine.

The young Xu Fu was someone with spiritual roots whom he discovered during one of his medical practice sessions. At the time, the young Xu Fu was suffering from a strange disease, and Mo Renyi had tried many methods but could not cure him. So he could only teach him the method of cultivating immortality and breathing exercises, hoping that he could strengthen his body and get rid of the strange disease by cultivating his own magical power.

After practicing under his guidance for several years, the young Xu Fu actually cured his strange illness using the method of cultivating immortality.

"Wait a minute, you're saying this kid has only been by your side for three years? And he hasn't gone to any independent cultivator's stronghold or any family's mountain sect to cultivate during that time?"

Suddenly, Zhou Chun seemed to have noticed something interesting, and looked at Mo Renyi with surprise, asking the question that had been bothering him.

Hearing this, Doctor Mo misunderstood his meaning and sighed softly with a bitter smile, "I know that making him do this will taint him with turbid and evil energy, but I never intended to truly lead him into the world of cultivation. I only wanted him to try and see if he could cure the strange illness. Now it seems that I have harmed him!"

"That's not what I meant. I meant, did you test his spiritual root aptitude?"

Zhou Chun shook his head repeatedly and then spoke up again to reveal his true intentions.

This surprised Mo Renyi slightly, and he shook his head and replied, "No, I am only at the sixth level of the Qi Refining stage, so I don't have the ability to test his spiritual root aptitude. I just felt that he had a kind of spirituality, so he might have spiritual root aptitude!"

At this point, he seemed to realize something and tentatively looked at Zhou Chun, saying, "Senior, do you mean that Xu Fu has excellent spiritual root aptitude?"

"Whether it's good or not, a test will tell!"

As Zhou Chun spoke, he turned his gaze to the young man Xu Fu and said, "I am now testing your spiritual root aptitude. Do not resist or oppose your body's reaction."

"Yes, junior obeys."

The young Xu Fu respectfully responded and stood aside obediently waiting for Zhou Chun to cast the spell.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Chun immediately made a hand seal and cast a spell, using the "Spirit Testing Technique" on him.

When the white orb formed by the "Spirit Testing Technique" entered his body, the young Xu Fu immediately felt a pain like ants gnawing at his heart, a sensation that was numb, itchy, and painful all at once.

But he kept Zhou Chun's instructions firmly in mind and did not dare to use his meager magical power to alleviate the pain. He simply gritted his teeth and endured it with his own willpower.

Fortunately, the pain only lasted for a few breaths before it subsided.

Soon, a beam of white light with a hint of blue shot out from the top of his head and stopped when it was more than eight feet above his head.

"His spiritual light shines eight feet above his head—this is top-grade spiritual root aptitude! This kid actually has a top-grade spiritual root!!"

Upon seeing this, Mo Renyi, who was standing to the side, widened his eyes and exclaimed in shock.

Even if you've never eaten pork, you've still seen a pig walk.

Although Mo Renyi was unable to use the "Spirit Testing Technique," a high-grade first-order spell that consumed a great deal of energy, due to his own cultivation level, he had been in the cultivation world for more than 20 years and of course knew the criteria for judging the spiritual root aptitude of the "Spirit Testing Technique."

At that moment, as the extraordinary light above the young Xu Fu's head appeared, he immediately understood the extent of his spiritual root aptitude by comparing it with the information he already knew.

He naturally understood how rare and precious a superior spiritual root was!

With such spiritual root aptitude, no matter which of the three major sects in Jing Kingdom one goes to, one would be sought after as a disciple by cultivators at the Purple Mansion stage, and would never have to worry about Foundation Establishment Pills in the future.

"It is indeed a top-grade spiritual root, and what's even more remarkable is that it's a wind spiritual root!"

Zhou Chun also looked at the young Xu Fu with surprise, astonished by the other's talent.

The spiritual roots of cultivators are generally of the five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. Most of them contain several of these elements, such as Zhou Chun, who has the three elements of metal, earth, and wood.

In addition to the five elements, there are also special attributes such as wind, thunder, ice, and darkness.

Compared to the more common Five Elements attributes, special attributes such as wind, thunder, ice, and darkness are undoubtedly much rarer and more uncommon.

It's not that these special attribute spiritual roots are necessarily better than the five elements attributes; in fact, under the same conditions, there is no difference in cultivation speed between the two.

However, cultivators with special attributes will greatly enhance the power of their wind, thunder, ice, and darkness spells after practicing the corresponding techniques, making it difficult for ordinary cultivators with the five elements to counter them.

In short, cultivators with special attributes are generally stronger in combat than cultivators with the five elements attributes at the same cultivation level.

Xu Fu himself possessed a superior spiritual root aptitude, allowing him to cultivate faster than most cultivators. Furthermore, he had a wind-attribute spiritual root, making such a spiritual root aptitude truly rare.

Upon seeing Zhou Chun confirm his guess, Mo Renyi's face suddenly turned pale, and he said with a face full of regret, "So, in that case, when I treated him and taught him cultivation, didn't I end up harming him instead?"

However, he realized that if he didn't teach Xu Fu how to cultivate, Xu Fu wouldn't be able to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth containing turbid and evil energy for a long time.

The thought that such a promising cultivation genius might have been buried because of his own actions filled Mo Renyi with regret.

Zhou Chun understood Mo Renyi's feelings and immediately comforted him, saying, "Fellow Daoist Mo, you flatter me. If you hadn't taught him cultivation, not only would his strange illness remain unresolved, but this talented young man would have been buried somewhere!"

The young Xu Fu, standing nearby, quickly echoed, "Yes, yes! If it weren't for you, Master, I would have been dead long ago. I can never repay your life-saving grace. What does it matter if I'm tainted by a little bit of evil energy!"

Despite this, Mo Renyi still felt very upset, feeling that he had buried Xu Fu's genius.

He glanced at Xu Fu, then at Zhou Chun standing to the side.

Suddenly, as if remembering something, she looked at Zhou Chun with hopeful eyes and cautiously asked, "Senior Zhou, I've heard before that the turbid evil energy isn't entirely insurmountable. Some large families and sects seem to have ways to remove the turbid evil energy from a cultivator's body. Is that true?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun narrowed his eyes, then nodded slightly and said, "It's true, and my Zhou family has two treasures that can remove the turbid and evil energy from a cultivator's body!"

Before Mo Renyi, whose face lit up with joy after hearing his words, could speak, he added calmly, "However, both the incense of the Fragrant Spirit Musk and the Soul-Cleansing Water of the Soul-Cleansing Demon are treasures worth thousands of spirits, and they are priceless and unavailable for purchase."

The implication was clear: they didn't think Mo Renyi could afford the spirit coins to buy both of them.

And that is indeed the case.

If Mo Renyi were truly wealthy, he wouldn't have given up his cultivation path to live in seclusion in the mortal world, nor would he have allowed Xu Fu to cultivate in the mortal realm.

Therefore, after hearing his words, Mo Renyi's joyful expression vanished instantly, replaced by a look of sorrow and helplessness.

Xu Fu, the young man who had just shouted that he didn't care about being tainted by the evil energy, now had a dimmed look in his eyes, and the light in his eyes disappeared.

Regarding the dangers of turbid and malevolent energy, Mo Renyi had actually told him about it when he first taught him the method of cultivating immortality and breathing techniques.

He was only relying on this method to save his life at the time, so he didn't care about the potential consequences.

Having already tasted the benefits of magical cultivation, witnessed the strength of Foundation Establishment cultivators like Zhou Chun, and known that he possessed superior spiritual root aptitude, how could he not want to go further on the path of cultivation!

First update of the day, more tonight.

(End of this chapter)