Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 253 Arrangements, News of the Great Victory [Please Subscribe]

Zhou Family Residence at Jiufengling, Foreign Affairs Hall.

When hope turned to despair, both Mo Renyi and Xu Fu, the master and apprentice, were speechless with somber expressions.

Looking at the somber faces of the master and disciple, Zhou Chun lowered his head and fell into deep thought.

Undoubtedly, Xu Fu's excellent qualities did indeed arouse his interest in talent.

But as the saying goes, once bitten by a snake, twice shy.

Having suffered a great loss at the hands of Yu Jinghua, the Zhou family is now extremely cautious about cultivating cultivators from outside the family.

Nowadays, those cultivators from outside the Zhou family, including the Zhou family cultivators' own Daoist partners, will certainly not be given important positions, but they will definitely not be able to enter the core of the family.

You can never truly tame someone else's child!

This point has already become a fixed understanding in the minds of many Zhou family cultivators.

Therefore, even though Xu Fu had excellent aptitude, Zhou Chun was still considering whether to take him into the Zhou family for training.

After all, the current situation of the Zhou family is different from when they were raising Yu Jinghua.

The reason why the previous Golden Core cultivator of the Zhou family wanted to cultivate Yu Jinghua was because the Zhou family members at that time were not up to par and no one was worthy of being cultivated.

At that time, in order to maintain its status, the Zhou family needed to have a Golden Core cultivator in charge of the Three Absolutes Sect.

Therefore, the Golden Core cultivator from the Zhou family could only choose to train Yu Jinghua, a genius from another family, and do everything he could to help him form his Golden Core.

But what happened next was also obvious. After Yu Jinghua reached the Core Formation stage, although he still protected the Zhou family for some years, he turned around and forgot about the Zhou family's nurturing of him as soon as he had the opportunity to go it alone, and chose to betray and abandon the Zhou family.

With this vivid example before him, how could Zhou Chun not be cautious about such matters?

After all, the Zhou family currently has two Purple Mansion stage cultivators and several Foundation Establishment stage cultivators. One more Xu Fu won't make a difference, and one less won't make a difference either. It's not necessary to cultivate him to protect the Zhou family.

Only someone in Zhou Chun's current position would understand why those powerful families practice nepotism and only dare to appoint members of their own family to important positions.

Even if someone from the same family is less capable or has many flaws, their bloodline can never be changed.

People who are inherently cold-hearted and completely disregard their family are rare, and few family leaders would entrust such a person with important responsibilities.

But it's different for outsiders; outsiders will always be outsiders!

Human hearts are fickle. An outsider may be very loyal and grateful to a certain family at this time, but once they come to power and become stronger, no one can predict whether they will still maintain that loyalty and gratitude.

Anyway, Zhou Chun felt that it would be very difficult for him to do that.

After all, you can't truly tame someone else's child. If you have that kind of ability, why not establish your own family or sect and become the patriarch yourself?

Therefore, even if outsiders were to be used, Zhou Chun believed that they should only be those who were completely under his control, and that there should never be a situation where the cultivation level of an outsider was higher than that of the entire family.

Otherwise, it would be difficult to prevent situations where a servant becomes too powerful and bullies his master.

Therefore, he needed to think carefully about whether or not to recruit and train the young Xu Fu.

After an unknown amount of time, perhaps he noticed something from Zhou Chun's thoughtful expression.

Mo Renyi's eyes lit up again, and he suddenly looked at Zhou Chun and said, "Senior Zhou, do you have any plans to take on disciples? What do you think if I were to have Xu Fu become your apprentice?"

"Master, you..."

Xu Fu's expression changed slightly; he hadn't expected Mo Renyi to say such a thing.

However, Mo Renyi shook his head at this moment and said, "Fu'er, don't call me Master anymore. I have never formally accepted you as my disciple, nor have I taught you any magic. In terms of teaching, I am just a guide for your cultivation. It is far from a master-disciple relationship."

At this point, Mo Renyi turned his gaze to Zhou Chun and said, "Senior Zhou, you are a dignified Foundation Establishment cultivator. If Fu'er could become your disciple, it would be a great opportunity and blessing for him!"

But after hearing his flattering words, Zhou Chun shook his head slightly and said, "I understand your intentions, but even if I had such thoughts, I would never try to steal someone else's disciple like this!"

Upon hearing his words, the light in Mo Renyi's eyes dimmed instantly, and his expression became dejected once again.

On the contrary, the young Xu Fu breathed a sigh of relief and quickly said, "Yes, Master, I only recognize you as my master in this life, and I only wish to follow you to cultivate."

"You know nothing, kid!!"

Mo Renyi scolded him irritably, then looked at Zhou Chun with unwavering determination and said, "Senior Zhou, you personally tested Fu'er and found him to have a superior spiritual root aptitude, so you can say you're destined for him. Even if you don't want to take him as a disciple, you can still make him a son-in-law of the Zhou family. If Fu'er becomes a son-in-law of the Zhou family, he will definitely cherish the Zhou family as his own!"

He was unaware of the Zhou family's situation; otherwise, he would never have said those words.

Fortunately, Zhou Chun knew he didn't mean it and didn't hold it against him. He simply waved his hand and said, "Let's forget about the live-in son-in-law thing. Young friend Xu is too old to talk about these things."

After a slight pause, he continued, "Actually, it's not impossible for the Zhou family to help young friend Xu remove the turbid evil energy from his body. However, in that case, young friend Xu would have to stay with the Zhou family and serve them from now on, and wouldn't be able to live as freely as a rogue cultivator!"

"Senior Zhou, what do you mean...?"

Mo Renyi looked at Zhou Chun with a mixture of joy and surprise, not fully understanding his meaning.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Chun calmly explained, "My Zhou family has adopted some people with spiritual roots from the mortal world as servants and trained them. In the future, we will give priority to sending these people to do some more dangerous things."

"If he wants the Zhou family to help Fellow Daoist Xu remove the turbid evil energy from his body for free, then he can only become a servant in the Zhou family!"

They were called servants, but in reality they were the family's henchmen and assassins.

Doctor Mo Ren also knew this principle.

"this……"

He looked at Zhou Chun hesitantly, then whispered, "Senior, would you allow me to discuss this with Fu'er?"

"Do whatever you want."

Zhou Chun waved his hand, indicating that he didn't care.

So Mo Renyi pulled the still somewhat confused Xu Fu aside and explained the meaning of "household servant" to him.

Of course, to avoid offending Zhou Chun, he spoke somewhat euphemistically, not actually saying the words "death warrior," but only telling Xu Fu about the various dangers he might encounter after becoming a servant of the Zhou family.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Chun interjected, "Fellow Daoist Mo, there's no need to be so tactful. These matters require mutual consent. I, Zhou, would never force anyone to become a loyal follower of the Zhou family!"

With a cold expression, he looked at the young Xu Fu and said, "Young friend Xu, I can tell you with certainty that once you become a servant of the Zhou family, you will frequently be going on adventures to fight against demonic beasts and other cultivators. You will very likely die at the hands of those enemies!"

"Of course, as long as you emerge victorious in the battle, the Zhou family will certainly not treat those of you who have rendered meritorious service to the family unfairly. Whether it's elixirs, magical artifacts, or cultivation techniques and secret arts, you will not be shortchanged!"

Many people may want to take advantage of others' ignorance to do things for themselves, but Zhou Chun is not that kind of person.

Xu Fu's spiritual root aptitude was excellent, but the Zhou family did not necessarily need to obtain him.

Therefore, Zhou Chun does not need to deceive people into doing things for him and the Zhou family.

What he wants is someone who truly knows the road ahead is dangerous but still dares to move forward; such a person is worth the Zhou family's real investment of resources to cultivate.

After listening to Mo Renyi and Zhou Chun's words, Xu Fu, who had just turned twelve, surprisingly made a decision very quickly.

He immediately knelt down before Zhou Chun, and said firmly, "Senior, I am willing to serve you as my servant!"

"Oh, are you sure? You really won't regret it?"

Zhou Chun narrowed his eyes slightly, staring at the boy on the ground, clearly seeing the changes in his expression and eyes.

Facing his gaze, the young Xu Fu bit his lip and replied in a deep voice, "Yes, this junior will never regret it!"

"Alright, then you can stay with the Zhou family from now on."

Zhou Chun looked away, nodded, and agreed.

Then he turned his gaze to Doctor Mo and said, "Of course, if Fellow Daoist Mo is willing to guard the Pure Spirit Pavilion for the Zhou family, you can also stay near the Zhou family to cultivate."

Upon hearing this, Doctor Mo shook his head slightly and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Senior Zhou, but I have long since given up on cultivation and am used to the mundane life. I can only appreciate it in my heart."

"Master, you..."

The young Xu Fu's eyes changed slightly, and he opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something.

But Mo Renyi quickly raised his hand to stop him from speaking.

"Fu'er, you don't need to say anything more. Everyone has their own ambitions. My ambitions lie elsewhere, so please don't try to persuade me anymore. Just take good care of yourself in the future."

At this point, Mo Renyi bowed to Zhou Chun and said, "I will be entrusting Fu'er to Senior Zhou from now on. This junior should take his leave now."

"Don't say goodbye, it's a friendly trip."

Zhou Chun did not try to stop him, and immediately had someone lead Xu Fu to escort Mo Renyi out of the Zhou family mountain gate.

After Xu Fu reluctantly saw Mo Renyi off and returned, Zhou Chun looked at him and said, "Come with me. I will first help you remove the turbid evil energy from your body, and then I will teach you a new skill."

After saying this, he led Xu Fu to his residence, then went into the house alone to take out the purification stone jar, took out a little of the fragrant musk and threw it into the stone jar to dissolve, then carried the stone jar out of the room.

Once in the courtyard, Zhou Chun handed Xu Fu a stone jar emitting a strange fragrance, casually explaining, "This jar of spiritual water contains the fragrance of musk and soul-cleansing water. Try drinking it first. If it doesn't completely remove the turbid and evil energy from your body, I'll think of another way!"

Looking at the blue spiritual water emanating a rich fragrance from the stone jar in front of him, Xu Fu didn't think much of it and immediately accepted the jar with both hands, replying, "This junior obeys."

Then he gulped down the spiritual water in the jar.

Because there was too much spiritual water in the jar, he could only drink less than a third of it at a time, so Zhou Chun told him to take his time.

This was the first time Zhou Chun had given purified spiritual water to an outsider, and the first time he had used it to remove the turbid and evil energy from a cultivator who was deeply tainted by it. He was also very curious to know how effective it would be.

After Xu Fu finished his first sip and rested, he looked at him and asked, "How are you? How do you feel?"

"I feel very energetic and relaxed."

Xu Fu honestly shared his feelings.

This is similar to how Zhou Chun felt when he drank water after being tainted by the turbid evil energy.

He nodded thoughtfully, then said, "Then we'll continue drinking later."

Xu Fu then drank the remaining spiritual water in three separate servings over an hour.

According to him, when he drank the spiritual water for the last time, the feeling of being energetic and relaxed was gone, and he only felt bloated.

Zhou Chun estimated that the turbid evil energy in his body had been completely removed.

After all, although he had been cultivating outside for three years, his cultivation level was too low, and the accumulated turbid evil energy in his body was not yet at the level that required several jars of purifying spiritual water to remove.

This experiment undoubtedly gave Zhou Chun a great deal of confidence.

If he can confirm its safety in the future, he can package the purifying spiritual water and use it to remove the turbid and evil energy from people's bodies to gain benefits.

Of course, if we were to actually do something like this, we certainly couldn't be as careless as we were this time. After all, those seasoned veterans in the cultivation world aren't as easily fooled as Xu Fu.

After helping Xu Fu expel the turbid evil energy from his body, Zhou Chun took him to the library and selected a basic cultivation technique for him specifically suitable for cultivators with wind-attribute spiritual roots, called "Spirit Wind Technique".

This "Spirit Wind Technique" can only be cultivated by cultivators with wind-attribute spiritual roots. Xu Fu's cultivation speed will be much faster than the techniques he has cultivated before, and it will also help with the casting of wind-based spells.

Aside from the "Spirit Wind Technique," a suitable cultivation method, Zhou Chun didn't give Xu Fu any special training. Instead, he sent him to the residence of the Zhou family's servants so that he could receive training alongside them.

After dealing with Xu Fu's matter, Zhou Chun returned to his normal work routine.

Within two days, news of the great victory at the Yunzhou front reached the Zhou family.

The news originated from Hongya Market and was no longer delivered to individual families by designated personnel. This indicates that the Jing Kingdom's upper echelons believe they have the situation under control and no longer need to rush to inform everyone immediately to boost morale, as they had done before.

According to the above message, the battle at Fulong stronghold ended in a great victory for the Jingguo Allied Forces.

This great battle not only completely thwarted and repelled the beast tide army that was attacking Yasukuni, but also caused heavy losses to the high-level demon beasts and the Dragon Transformation Sect that drove the beast tide to attack Yasukuni.

Not only were five fourth-order demonic beasts killed, but six Golden Core cultivators were also killed. Even two fourth-order dragons were killed: the middle-grade fourth-order Ink Dragon that had escaped from the Black Dragon branch and the low-grade fourth-order White Cloud Dragon from the White Dragon branch.

The third-tier demonic beasts suffered even greater losses, with more than fifty killed. The few remaining Purple Mansion stage protectors of the Dragon Transformation Sect were also killed again, with more than a dozen killed.

On the other hand, the Jingguo Allied Forces only lost three Golden Core stage cultivators and less than thirty Purple Mansion stage cultivators!

This is the second update for today. I'll try to post three updates tomorrow!

(End of this chapter)