Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 272 Mysterious Heart Purple Rejuvenating Pill, Breakthrough in Vain [Please Subscribe]

The current elders of the Zhou family have almost all tamed demonic beasts and spirit pets.

However, only the Third Elder Zhou Daoquan and the Sixth Elder Zhou Jiapeng were able to cultivate demonic beasts and spirit pets to the second tier.

The other elders certainly didn't lack the desire to cultivate their original spirit pets into intermediate-level demonic beasts; rather, it was simply too difficult to achieve that.

In particular, many of them have only been at the Foundation Establishment stage for less than ten years, and simply do not have the strength or financial resources to seek out and acquire related spiritual items.

Under these circumstances, several elders were indeed tempted by the twelve demon beast eggs that Zhou Chun had taken out.

Although these monster eggs are all low-level monsters, as dragon-born monsters, the path to breaking through and evolving into second-tier monsters is very clear.

In the previous war against the Dragon Transformation Sect, they had obtained many dragon blood spirits.

After some consideration, Zhou Jiahe, Zhou Zhengyuan, and Zhou Zhengyong each chose a monster egg to take away.

After the elders had all made their selections, Zhou Chun placed the remaining nine demon beast eggs in the family treasury and then issued a notice to the other clansmen, allowing those who were interested to exchange them themselves.

After finishing this task, Zhou Chun returned to his residence and inquired with Su Yuzhen about the rewards from the three major sects.

"The rewards for merit are prepared by the three major sects themselves. Only after all the items are prepared will they be put together to form a list."

"If Fellow Daoist Zhou wants to know if there are any spiritual items among them that can help open the Purple Mansion, Yu Zhen can ask her aunt to try to find out. However, Yu Zhen cannot guarantee whether she can find out any information."

In the living room of the small courtyard, after learning Zhou Chun's purpose, Su Yuzhen did not refuse and quickly agreed to help.

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Miss Su."

Zhou Chun cupped his hands in thanks.

After that, Su Yuzhen left the Zhou family and went to the Moon Wheel Sect's mountain gate to help gather information.

Su Yuzhen's aunt, Su Yunniang, was a Purple Mansion stage cultivator of the Moon Wheel Sect and had also become a disciple of an elder of the Moon Wheel Sect, holding a high position within the sect.

Because Su Yuzhen looked remarkably like her, Su Yunniang had always adored her niece since she was little, granting her every wish.

When Su Yunniang saw Su Yuzhen coming to visit her and learned of her purpose, she readily agreed to help her find out.

Then, naturally, the conversation turned to Zhou Chun.

"Your aunt has heard about the cultivation partner the family chose for you. What do you think of him? Is he someone you can entrust your life to?"

In a courtyard adorned with countless flowers, Su Yunniang, dressed in a pink dress, and Su Yuzhen, dressed in a white dress, sat facing each other. Their faces were extremely similar, one beautiful and noble, the other fresh and bright, each with its own unique charm.

Faced with Su Yunniang's question, Su Yuzhen blushed slightly and replied in a low voice, "He is a very good person. Whether it is the elders or the fellow cultivators of the Zhou family, they all have the heartfelt recognition and support for him. It's just that we are not familiar enough with each other yet."

What do you mean by "not familiar enough"?

Su Yunniang frowned, looking at her niece with some confusion.

"We don't know each other well enough yet, and we haven't developed feelings for each other."

Su Yuzhen lowered her head slightly and answered Su Yunniang's question in a low voice.

"That shouldn't be the case. Even with your beauty, Yu Zhenni, you can't sway that boy?"

Su Yunniang looked at her niece with some surprise, and a hint of resentment appeared in her eyes.

Of course she was indignant. Her niece, Su Yuzhen, looked so much like her. If even Su Yuzhen's beauty couldn't sway Zhou Chun, wouldn't that mean she couldn't either?

Seeing this, Su Yuzhen naturally couldn't reveal what her family patriarch had done. She could only say softly, "Fellow Daoist Zhou is a person with a firm Dao heart. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to cultivate such a powerful top-level technique. How could mere beauty shake his Dao heart!"

"That makes sense. If you're too easily seduced by beauty, it might actually harm you when your emotional afflictions manifest!"

Su Yunniang nodded thoughtfully, which was taken as an acceptance of Su Yuzhen's answer.

Then, she smiled slightly at Su Yuzhen and said, "Even if his will is strong, it doesn't matter. After you two cultivate together, his body will accept you before his will does, and he'll fall in love with you sooner or later!"

"Auntie!"

Su Yuzhen blushed and called out shyly, finding Su Yunniang's explicit words a bit too much to handle.

Upon seeing this, Su Yunniang couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh, "Alright, alright, Auntie understands. Auntie won't say anything more. In short, you can handle it yourself. Don't drag it out too long. The sooner you open the Purple Mansion, the sooner you can put the Ancestor's mind at ease!"

Then I went to help gather information.

Not long after, she returned to the courtyard and nodded slightly to Su Yuzhen, who was waiting there, saying, "Auntie, I've inquired. This time, when rewarding merits, ten [Mysterious Heart Purple Rejuvenation Pills] will indeed be released for cultivators outside to exchange for, with an exchange price of 10,000 battle merits per pill."

"I understand, thank you, Auntie."

Su Yuzhen's expression relaxed, and she quickly bowed to Su Yunniang to express her gratitude.

"Why be so polite with family? You rarely come all this way, so stay a few more days and keep your aunt company."

Su Yunniang waved her hand, smiled, and took Su Yuzhen's hand, insisting that she stay and keep her company for a few days.

After spending a few more days in the Moon Wheel Sect, Su Yuzhen returned to the Zhou family and informed Zhou Chun of the information she had gathered.

"I understand. This news from Miss Su is very important to our Zhou family. I would like to express my sincerest gratitude to you. Thank you very much."

Upon learning about the [Mysterious Heart Purple Rejuvenation Pill] from Su Yuzhen at his residence, Zhou Chun was overjoyed and immediately bowed deeply to express his gratitude.

"Fellow Daoist Zhou, you're too kind. It was nothing more than a small favor. You don't deserve such kindness."

Su Yuzhen smiled slightly, not taking credit for it.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Chun's expression shifted slightly, and he immediately nodded without saying anything more.

Now that they knew that 10,000 battle merits could be exchanged for a [Mysterious Heart Purple Rejuvenation Pill], the Zhou family naturally wanted to make preparations in advance.

No one in the Zhou family could produce 10,000 battle merits on their own.

However, the combined battle merits of Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi have exceeded ten thousand points.

So the two of them immediately went to Qinglian Temple and transferred Zhou Daoyi's battle merits to Zhou Mingde, making up 10,000 points.

Time passed slowly, and soon another six months had gone by.

More than four years after the war ended, the three major sects finally released the list of treasures that could be exchanged for war merits.

Just as the Zhou family had learned in advance, the three major sects released a total of ten [Mysterious Heart Purple Return Pills] that could assist cultivators in opening their Purple Mansions, priced at 10,000 battle merits per pill.

This is also the most precious item on this treasure list.

In addition to the [Mysterious Heart Purple Rejuvenation Pill], the three major sects also released one hundred Foundation Establishment Pills at once. Each Foundation Establishment Pill is exchanged for one thousand battle merits, and each cultivation family is limited to exchanging a maximum of two pills.

Of course, one hundred Foundation Establishment Pills are far from enough to satisfy the needs of so many cultivation families and independent cultivators in Jing Kingdom.

Therefore, in addition to Foundation Establishment Pills, about two to three hundred auxiliary Foundation Establishment spiritual items, such as Spirit Ascension Fruit and Yuan Foundation Fruit, have also been released, each requiring three to five hundred battle merits.

In addition, a considerable number of elixirs for enhancing the magical power of cultivators in the Purple Mansion stage and those for enhancing the magical power of cultivators in the Foundation Establishment stage have also been released.

Meanwhile, the three major sects also offered many high-quality magical artifacts and talismans for people to exchange.

Since battle merits can only be exchanged for items from the three major sects, the various cultivation families don't really have any other options. Regardless of whether the exchanged items are satisfactory, they can only try their best to spend them all.

The Zhou family acted swiftly. As soon as the treasure list was released, Zhou Mingde went to Qinglian Temple and successfully snatched a [Mysterious Heart Purple Rejuvenation Pill].

Zhou Chun, who arrived later, also exchanged two Foundation Establishment Pills on behalf of his family.

After exchanging the three most important spiritual pills, all the elders of the Zhou family who still had battle merits began to "exchange" their merits in exchange for various pills, magical artifacts, and talismans.

In less than seven days, more than 80% of the things that the three major sects had prepared for years were replaced.

At this time, the families that had acquired valuable items had already begun arranging for people to consume them.

For example, after Zhou Mingde brought back the [Mysterious Heart Purple Rejuvenation Pill], Zhou Daoquan took the pill and the [Ghost Face Soul Mushroom] he had previously acquired and entered the secluded cultivation chamber to begin his closed-door cultivation to open his Purple Mansion.

Meanwhile, the two Foundation Establishment Pills they had exchanged also caused quite a stir within the Zhou family.

Previously, it was known that there was still one Foundation Establishment Pill whose recipient had not been determined. Now, two more Foundation Establishment Pills have been added. How could this not make the minds of the Zhou family cultivators who are still in the Qi Refining stage uneasy?

Many Zhou family cultivators who met the requirements for Foundation Establishment but couldn't gather the required five thousand family merits pleaded with Zhou Chun, openly or secretly, hoping their families would make an exception and give them a chance.

However, in Zhou Chun's view, five thousand family merits was already a very low requirement, and they were even allowed to borrow merits from each other.

If they still can't gather enough, it just means they haven't contributed enough to the family.

So no matter how many people come to him with their stories, he always sticks to this standard and will never change it.

However, in order to appease these clansmen, Zhou Chun also took the opportunity to implement some new policies.

First, he implemented a new policy of birth subsidies. Any Zhou family cultivator who gives birth to offspring with spiritual root aptitude will receive relevant merit rewards from the family based on the level of their offspring's spiritual root aptitude. In addition, an extra merit subsidy will be issued every year before the offspring reaches adulthood.

According to this standard, even if a child with a low-grade spiritual root is born, one can receive a one-time reward of 200 merit points, and for the next 18 years, one can also receive an annual subsidy of 30 merit points.

Based on this calculation, if any Zhou family cultivator is capable enough to have ten children with spiritual root aptitude, they can accumulate five to six thousand merit points within eighteen years, even without doing anything, and directly become the family's "Foundation Establishment Seed".

This unprecedentedly generous maternity allowance shocked the entire Zhou family.

Many Zhou family cultivators, who were already in their sixties or seventies, were tempted by this incredibly generous birth subsidy and were eager to try their luck.

After all, the hardship of childbirth is mainly borne by women.

If these men were a little more diligent and found more men to conceive, it wouldn't be difficult for them to have ten or eight children a year.

This is also Zhou Chun's intention in launching this super birth subsidy.

He wanted to take advantage of the fact that these older family cultivators could still sow seeds, allowing them to contribute to the family one last time, and also to let them see the family they had fought for their entire lives passed down to their descendants.

In addition to the super birth subsidy, Zhou Chun also optimized some of the original family-related task rewards, increased the merit rewards for some outings, and released a number of new outings for experienced family cultivators to guide new ones, hoping that experienced family cultivators could lead inexperienced family cultivators outings for training.

The effect of this was quite obvious. In less than half a year, more than a dozen members of the Zhou family's cultivator clansmen took concubines, some even taking concubines several times in a row, and there were even cases of taking seven or eight concubines at once!

At the same time, many young Zhou family cultivators, led by their elders, left the mountain gate and began to truly come into contact with and understand this world of cultivation.

On this day, a long wolf howl suddenly rang out from Pagoda Peak, and the sound quickly spread throughout the entire Zhou Family Mountain Gate.

It turned out that Zhou Mingde's spirit pet, the Fire God Jackal, had successfully advanced to a mid-grade third-tier demon beast after refining that mid-grade third-tier demon core.

The successful advancement of the Fire God Jackal was naturally a joyous occasion for the Zhou family.

Since the establishment of the Zhou family, this demonic beast has made great contributions to the Zhou family.

Now that it has successfully advanced, both its owner Zhou Mingde and the Zhou family cultivators such as Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Chun are genuinely happy for it.

Good things come in pairs. Less than two months after the Fire God Jackal broke through, Zhou Chun's spirit pet, the Silver Lightning Python Bai Bai, also successfully broke through to the middle level of the second tier, catching up with its master's cultivation once again.

Having become a mid-grade second-tier demon beast, the Silver Lightning Python Bai Bai's strength has greatly increased. If it were to transform into a Thunder Dragon, ordinary late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators would be no match for it.

Even a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator like Su Yuzhen, who has cultivated top-tier techniques, might not be able to defeat it decisively.

At this point, with no action from cultivators in the Purple Mansion stage, Zhou Chun had already firmly established himself as one of the strongest in the Foundation Establishment stage.

Good fortune seemed to be constantly on the Zhou family's side.

Just as Zhou Chun was feeling happy about his spirit pet's breakthrough in cultivation, good news came from the Zhou family's beast garden.

However, after four or five years of domestication, the dragon-scaled horses that had been plundered from the White Dragon's branch altar finally produced pregnant mares.

The presence of pregnant mares in the herd indicates that the Dragonscale Horses have truly adapted to life within the Zhou Family Mountain Gate and have developed trust in the Zhou Family cultivators who have trained and cared for them, which is why they have begun to reproduce.

This also means that the Zhou family has now truly possessed this new mode of transportation.

First update, one more update before midnight.

(End of this chapter)