Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 273 Talent and Talent [Please Subscribe]

Spring has come again.

On the top of Pagoda Peak, Zhou Chun walked out of the ancestral hall, his eyes gazing at the lush trees and flowers on the mountain, his mood equally bright and happy.

This is the seventh year since the war with the Hualong Sect ended.

As expected, the Zhou family experienced rapid development in the six years following the end of the war.

The war achievements and spoils gained during the war greatly benefited the vast majority of Zhou family cultivators.

In just six years, the average cultivation level of the Zhou family cultivators below the Foundation Establishment stage who had reached the Qi Refining stage increased by two levels.

Some Zhou family cultivators who originally had lower cultivation levels broke through three or four times in six years because they received a sufficient supply of pills.

Zhou Zhengyong's son, Zhou Xinlan, is not even twenty years old yet, but his cultivation has already reached the seventh level of the Qi Refining stage, making him much stronger than Zhou Chun was back then.

The emergence of these young talents has greatly increased the number of people Zhou Chun can use, and he no longer needs to rack his brains to figure out how to make the most of every manpower.

Moreover, thanks to the newly implemented super-birth subsidy policy, Zhou Chun now receives good news from his clansmen every few months, telling him who has given birth to a son or daughter with spiritual root aptitude.

At the same time, the number of tamed monsters in the Zhou family's beast garden has been expanding year by year.

Thanks to the large number of monster corpses that the Zhou family had stockpiled, and with a sufficient supply of food for the spirit beasts, many of the monsters tamed by the Zhou family have accelerated their breeding frequency, and some of them have even broken through a minor realm in their cultivation.

In this situation, Zhou Chun could see reports almost every few days about who had made progress in their cultivation, who had given birth to a good son, and which kind of demon beast had given birth.

And all of this naturally made him, the clan chief, happy.

Everything is developing in a good direction.

If this trend continues, the Zhou family's strength and resources will steadily grow stronger.

On this day, Zhou Chun accepted the invitation of Lin Wan'er, an honorary elder, to inspect the family's elite guard camp.

Over the years, the Zhou family has never stopped recruiting these servant assassins.

Currently, there are as many as forty-six cultivators undergoing training at the Zhou family's assassin camp.

The person with the highest cultivation level among them is already at the sixth level of the Qi Refining stage, and there are also three people with cultivation levels at the middle stage of the Qi Refining stage.

At the same time, these people vary in age, some are over twenty years old, while others are only eight or nine years old.

Zhou Chun rarely came to this assassin camp, but all the supplies here were allocated by him.

Upon entering the assassin camp, he quickly met Lin Wan'er, the person in charge.

"Elder Lin, what do you intend for me to see here today?"

After a quick glance at Lin Wan'er's pretty face, Zhou Chun smiled and asked her about the details.

"I invited the clan leader here today so that he could see the results I have achieved over the past few years."

Lin Wan'er answered Zhou Chun's question calmly, then said to a young man behind her, "Xu Fu, you can begin."

"Yes, Commander."

The thin young man in blue robes respectfully responded, then moved swiftly and gracefully, appearing on the training ground dozens of feet away.

At this moment, Lin Wan'er reached into a spirit beast pouch at her waist and released a comatose black giant leopard demon beast.

Zhou Chun recognized it at a glance: it was a first-tier, high-grade demonic beast, the Black Wind Leopard.

As soon as Lin Wan'er released the Black Wind Leopard, she immediately used her magic to awaken it.

call--

The Black Wind Leopard, which had just woken up, was still somewhat dazed, only letting out a series of low growls.

But at this moment, Xu Fu on the training ground had already raised his hand and made a hand seal, then swung out a cyan wind blade that slashed at the Black Wind Leopard.

This immediately made the Black Wind Leopard bristle.

It nimbly leaped several meters high in place, dodging the attack of the cyan wind blade.

It then pounced on Xu Fu like a black whirlwind.

Despite being only at the sixth level of Qi Refining, Xu Fu, who was only at the first-tier high-grade demon beast, did not show the slightest fear when faced with its attack.

He raised his hand and patted the storage bag at his waist, and a black iron shield magic weapon flew out and began to fly around him.

At the same time, he flicked his sleeve, and a dark blue-black arrow-shaped magical artifact shot towards the charging Black Wind Leopard.

As the arrow pierced the air, the Black Wind Leopard opened its mouth and spat out a cloud of bluish-black energy, forcefully deflecting the arrow to the side.

The Black Wind Leopard, moving at breakneck speed, quickly arrived beside Xu Fu and slammed its claws down on the young man.

Bang!

With a loud bang, the black iron shield protecting the youth was swatted away by a claw.

Just as the Black Wind Leopard steadied itself and prepared to launch another attack, the young man in front of it suddenly moved and rushed in front of it.

A flash of blue light appeared, and the youth's right paw slashed across the face of the astonished Black Wind Leopard, leaving a bloody claw mark on its left cheek and half of its ear.

Roar--

The pain of disfigurement and severed ear instantly caused the Black Wind Leopard's eyes to turn bloodshot, and it roared in fury.

It swiftly turned around and spat out a series of dark blue-green wind blades at the youth, then, enveloped in dark blue-green spiritual light, it lunged at the youth with a speed much faster than before.

However, the young man was also incredibly agile at this moment. A gentle breeze surrounded him, and his body moved as lightly as a feather on the ground and in mid-air. He not only perfectly avoided the wind blades spewed by the Black Wind Leopard, but also managed to dodge the Black Wind Leopard's close-range pounce.

After dodging the Black Wind Leopard's attacks like a matador, the young man seized the opportunity and waved his hand. The dark blue arrow artifact that he had retrieved at some point was released and pierced the right eye of the charging Black Wind Leopard.

First, its left ear was severed, and now its right eye has been shot out. Black Wind Leopard has completely gone mad.

It stared fiercely at the young man with its only remaining left eye, chasing him like a mad dog, pouncing and biting, trying to tear the human who had crippled it to pieces.

But each time it was just a little short; each time, the beast's claws could only shatter the youth's illusion.

Gradually, its face was stained red with blood, and due to excessive blood loss, its strength declined, and its speed slowed down.

It was this slight delay that quickly led to its demise.

When it missed again, the young man who had been dodging its attacks suddenly leaped onto its back and then plunged his claws into its neck, tearing apart its carotid artery and trachea!

boom!

With a thud, the Black Wind Leopard's body hit the ground and began to convulse violently. Hot blood gushed from the wound on its neck and from its mouth, quickly staining the ground crimson.

The culprit, however, leaped high into the air the instant its body landed, and slowly drifted down to the ground like a falling feather.

clap clap clap!

Applause erupted from outside the arena. Zhou Chun clapped his hands, looking at the young man in the arena with a surprised expression, and praised, "A very exciting battle! To win against a stronger opponent, and without even relying on powerful magical artifacts or talismans—such a performance is truly amazing!"

His praise came entirely from the bottom of his heart.

If Zhou Chun hadn't witnessed it with his own eyes, he wouldn't have believed that Xu Fu, who was only at the sixth level of the Qi Refining stage, could actually achieve this.

Just as he said, none of the three magical artifacts Xu Fu used in the battle just now were first-grade high-quality magical artifacts.

Furthermore, Xu Fu never used any magic talismans throughout the entire process.

Throughout the entire process, Xu Fu only used three mid-grade first-tier magic artifacts: a black iron shield for initial defense, a bluish-black arrow artifact, and a pair of boots he wore.

With just these three mid-grade first-tier magic artifacts and the first level of the "Dragon Transformation Secret Technique" he had cultivated, Xu Fu managed to defeat a stronger opponent with the weak, single-handedly killing a high-grade first-tier demon beast, the Black Wind Leopard, while only having mid-stage Qi Refining cultivation.

Such a record truly amazed Zhou Chun.

He himself would never have been able to do that back then!

Faced with Zhou Chun's praise, Xu Fu quickly knelt on one knee and bowed, saying, "Thank you for your praise, clan leader. I was able to do this entirely because of your cultivation and guidance, Commander."

"I have taught everyone here, but you are the only one who can do this right now, so you don't need to be modest about your abilities."

As Lin Wan'er spoke, she looked at Zhou Chun and said, "As you can see, Clan Chief, Xu Fu's current strength is such that even ordinary first-tier high-grade demonic beasts and late-stage Qi Refining cultivators might not be his match. This training camp is almost too small to keep him here."

"Elder Lin means..."

Zhou Chun looked at Lin Wan'er, somewhat confused about her meaning.

"If the clan leader permits, I would like him to go out into the cultivation world to gain more life experience, so that he doesn't end up with great skills but fail because he doesn't understand human relationships!"

Lin Wan'er met Zhou Chun's gaze and spoke her plans in a low voice.

Upon hearing her words, Zhou Chun immediately frowned.

Although it was never mentioned, the Zhou family's original intention in training these servant assassins was not to have them kill people for the Zhou family, but to enable them to be competent in searching for resources in the wilderness in the future.

Therefore, the skills these people mainly learned in the suicide camp, besides combat, were identifying various spiritual resources.

They are defined as warriors and gatherers.

Learning how to interact with other cultivators was not part of the Zhou family's plans.

After all, these people may never have the chance to come into contact with cultivators from the outside world until they die!

Although these things were not explicitly mentioned, Lin Wan'er should have been able to figure them out given her intelligence.

"Has Elder Lin developed a fondness for talent?"

Zhou Chun looked at Lin Wan'er and asked telepathically.

"I suppose so. This lad not only possesses outstanding spiritual talent, but he's also incredibly intelligent and quick-witted. I have high hopes for his future achievements!"

Lin Wan'er nodded slightly, acknowledging her appreciation for talent.

After hearing her words, Zhou Chun couldn't help but ponder.

Lin Wan'er was, after all, an honorary elder of the Zhou family, and this was the first time she had offered her opinion since joining the Zhou family.

Zhou Chun certainly couldn't be easily dismissed.

After pondering for a long time, Zhou Chun nodded slightly and said, "Alright, since Elder Lin values ​​this lad so much, then allow him to travel for three years. Elder Lin, you can arrange everything yourself."

Upon hearing this, Lin Wan'er breathed a sigh of relief and immediately called out to Xu Fu, "Xu Fu, you heard that too, hurry up and thank the clan leader."

Upon hearing her words, Xu Fu immediately knelt down and kowtowed in gratitude, saying, "Your subordinate thanks the clan chief for her mercy, and thanks the commander for his high regard!"

Seeing this, Zhou Chun stepped forward and personally helped him up, then patted him on the shoulder and said, "Work hard! With your talent, as long as you dedicate yourself to serving the Zhou family, reaching the Foundation Establishment stage will be no difficult task!"

After saying that, he nodded to Lin Wan'er and left first.

A few days later, under Lin Wan'er's arrangement, Xu Fu left the Zhou family's mountain gate and was taken by the intelligence cultivators she had arranged to venture into the cultivation world for training.

As far as Zhou Chun was concerned, even if Xu Fu was very talented, he was still an outsider and not worth paying too much attention to.

He was more concerned about the younger generation of his own clan.

These people may not be as talented as Xu Fu, but they are the Zhou family's true confidants.

Currently, Zhou Chun is paying close attention to three members of the Zhou family: Zhou Xinlan, Zhou Xindie, and Zhou Xintie.

Zhou Xinlan is Zhou Zhengyong's son and has always been well taken care of by Zhou Chun. Half a year ago, he showed considerable talent in alchemy and is now learning alchemy techniques from Zhou Zhengyuan at Baiyao Peak.

Zhou Xindie was brought back from Feng Kingdom by Zhou Chun. Because she possessed the "Three Yin Body", Zhou Chun paid more attention to her.

Recently, it has been discovered that she is quite interested in the art of formations and seems to have some talent in this area. Zhou Chun has given her special permission to study some of the formation writings left by the late Second Elder Zhou Chongshan.

As for Zhou Xintie, this junior was not originally valued by Zhou Chun.

But just over a year ago, at the age of seventeen, he crafted a simple magical artifact.

Although it was just a crude magic weapon that could barely be called a low-grade first-tier magic weapon, considering that Zhou Xintie only failed fifteen times before he managed to forge it, his talent for forging magic weapons was quite remarkable.

When Zhou Chun learned about this, he immediately felt like he had struck gold.

Therefore, after seeing the magical artifact forged by Zhou Xintie with his own eyes, he decided to train this junior as the future chief artifact refiner of the Zhou family.

Not only was he granted a large amount of refining materials, but to facilitate his future refining, he was also allowed to form a contract with a newly born Crimson Flame Vajra Monkey.

It should be noted that although the Crimson Flame Monkeys successfully propagated in the Zhou family, their population size has never increased.

To date, the Zhou family has only six Crimson Flame Vajra Monkeys in total.

In short, Zhou Chun never hesitates to invest in those Zhou family descendants who truly have the potential to be cultivated.

This is the second update for today! I'll try to post two more tomorrow!

(End of this chapter)