Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 277 A Talented Individual Emerges [Please Subscribe]

Zhou Zhenkun's reliance was soon exposed.

After he and his spirit pet, the Silver Horned Rhinoceros, engaged in combat with Zhou Mingde and his servant, Xiao Lingyan also reached out and took out another demon beast from her spirit beast pouch.

It was a giant, bluish-black spider, exuding an aura even stronger than that of the Fire God Jackal; it was also a mid-grade, third-tier demonic beast.

Both Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi were familiar with this spider demon.

Because it was the spirit pet of Yu Jinghua, a Golden Core cultivator, named "Wind Demon Spider".

The Wind Demon Spider is fierce, powerful, and possesses extremely strange supernatural abilities.

In terms of sheer strength, it is no match for a third-tier low-grade Azure Dragon.

However, its strange spider silk magic prevented the Azure Dragon from fully unleashing its power.

With its cooperation, Xiao Lingyan actually managed to block Zhou Daoyi's servant and held her own without being at a disadvantage.

With Qingjiao unable to achieve anything, the Zhou family lost their greatest reliance, and the battle became extremely tense.

This outcome was unexpected by the Zhou family before the battle, and it also made Zhou Chun and the others watching the battle very nervous.

"Judging from their formation, they clearly came prepared. The Supreme Elder and the others have fallen into their trap by hastily engaging in battle."

Beside Zhou Chun, Elder Zhou Jiapeng expressed his views with a worried expression.

This viewpoint is undoubtedly very fair, and Zhou Chun agrees with it.

But he calmly said, "It's alright. The Supreme Elders are all seasoned veterans. What we can see, they can also see. I believe they will have a solution."

Even so, Zhou Chun himself was anxious.

He wasn't worried about Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi getting into trouble. Both of them had experience fighting against cultivators of the same level multiple times, and they both had third-tier demonic beast pets, so their safety was guaranteed.

He was worried that something might have happened to Zhou Daoquan.

Zhou Daoquan had only recently opened his Purple Mansion, and although he had also refined a third-tier magic weapon, he was still quite inexperienced compared to his opponent, Wu Jingting.

In a battle of this level, Zhou Daoquan's spirit pets were completely unable to provide him with any assistance, and he didn't even dare to release Zhu Yanhe to participate in the battle.

Clearly, Zhou Chun's concerns were not unfounded.

After fighting for about fifteen minutes, Zhou Daoquan and Wu Jingting were at a disadvantage due to their lack of skills.

He could only rely on a few third-tier magic artifacts to fight Wu Jingting; he had no other means to pose a threat to Wu Jingting.

Wu Jingting had been cultivating his Purple Mansion for decades and had long since mastered several secret techniques to the point where he could use them in battles against cultivators of the same level.

At this moment, he unleashed a secret attack, and Zhou Daoquan immediately fell into a disadvantageous position.

"Activate the mountain-protecting formation! I'll lend the Supreme Elder a hand!"

Seeing that Zhou Daoquan's side was in increasingly dire straits, Zhou Chun finally couldn't hold back any longer.

At his command, several Zhou family elders immediately took their positions and, together with him, activated the Zhou family's protective mountain formation, the "Five Directions Miro Formation".

After the formation was activated, Zhou Chun, who occupied the main position, used the formation's secret techniques to control its power and assist Zhou Daoquan.

Five-colored light surged above the Zhou family's mountain gate, and a thick five-colored beam of light slammed into Wu Jingting.

This attack, which combined the power of the Zhou family's protective mountain formation, was so powerful that even a late-stage Purple Mansion cultivator wouldn't dare to face its edge directly, let alone Wu Jingting, an early-stage Purple Mansion cultivator.

Startled, he quickly dodged the attack and then retreated rapidly away from the vicinity of the Zhou family's mountain gate.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Zhenkun and Xiao Lingyan were also startled and quickly moved away from the Zhou family's mountain gate, no longer daring to fight Zhou Mingde and the others near the gate.

Once they had retreated far enough, Xiao Lingyan pointed at Zhou Mingde and shouted, "Zhou Wende, what do you mean by this? Do you want to start a full-scale war with my Spirit Beast Manor?"

Hearing her words, Zhou Mingde coldly replied without any politeness, "If your Spirit Beast Manor wants to wage a full-scale war against my Zhou family, my Zhou family will naturally not sit idly by and wait to be killed. However, I'm afraid you, Xiao Lingyan, don't have the ability to make that decision!"

Zhou Daoyi sneered, "Spirit Beast Manor, you've got some nerve! Go ahead and blockade here, let's see if the Zhou family is afraid of you!"

The two men's attitude left the three Purple Mansion cultivators from the Spirit Beast Manor both shocked and furious, caught in a dilemma.

The situation is actually quite clear. With the strength of the three of them, they could suppress the Zhou family if they fought one-on-one outside.

However, it's not necessarily true that they pose any threat to the Zhou family.

Moreover, as Zhou Mingde said, it is not something they have the right to decide to completely wage war against the Zhou family.

Engaging in conflict with the Zhou family as they are doing now is the limit of what they can do.

After glaring angrily at the Zhou family members, Zhou Zhenkun finally said in a rage, "This isn't over. You all know how important the Black Jade Toad is. If Master Yu doesn't retrieve it before he leaves seclusion, let's see how you explain it to him!"

After saying this, he led Xiao Lingyan and the other woman away in a dejected manner.

Upon seeing this, the Zhou family cultivators inside the Zhou family mountain gate couldn't help but cheer.

Elders of the Zhou family, such as Zhou Jiarui and Zhou Jiahe, were visibly moved and on the verge of tears.

Only those who experienced it firsthand know how miserable the Zhou family was when they moved to Jiufengling.

Only they knew how much Zhou Zhenkun and the others who stayed at the Spirit Beast Manor underestimated them and how much they mocked them.

Now, only thirty years later, those who doubted them and mocked them back then have been humiliated and left in disgrace.

Only those who have experienced it firsthand can understand this feeling of triumph after hardship!

Although Zhou Chun also participated in the reconstruction of the Zhou family, he had not personally experienced what Zhou Jiarui and others had gone through, so he did not have many feelings at this time.

After Zhou Mingde and the others returned, he asked in a low voice, "Elder, what should we do next?"

"Find them! We must find Zhou Yu and the others! We absolutely cannot let them take the Black Jade Toad elsewhere!"

Zhou Mingde, his face grim, gave instructions in a deep voice.

Everyone present knew that both sides had been tricked by Zhou Yu and his group today.

If Zhou Yu and the others hadn't given Zhou Zhenkun and his men the wrong signal, they would never have rashly attacked Jiufeng Ridge.

That previous battle could have been avoided.

Even though both sides were aware of this, they could only pretend not to know in order to save face.

Now that the fight has been fought, they will not forget the culprits and will not let them go unpunished.

Moreover, the black jade toad was indeed too important. Neither Zhou Zhenkun and the others from the Spirit Beast Manor, nor Zhou Mingde, would allow Zhou Yu and his group to squander it.

"They probably planned this all along. By now, they might not even be in Lanzhou anymore. Finding them will be no easy task!"

Zhou Chun sighed, not holding out much hope for Zhou Mingde's instructions.

Foundation Establishment cultivators who plan their escape can easily flee a state, or even the entire Jing Kingdom.

Since the Spirit Beast Manor failed to capture Zhou Yu and his companions at the beginning, finding them later became extremely difficult.

"Whether we find it or not, let's do our best!"

Zhou Daoyi reached out and patted Zhou Chun on the shoulder, gently comforting him.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun could only pull himself together and mobilize all the connections in the Zhou family to search for Zhou Yu and the others who had fled to an unknown location.

But as he said, once the best time had passed, the chances of finding several Foundation Establishment cultivators who were plotting to escape were extremely slim.

Both the Zhou family and the Spirit Beast Manor mobilized their resources and dispatched a large number of people to search, but after searching for more than half a month, they still had no results.

Ultimately, the Zhou family had no choice but to abandon the search.

At this point, seeing that they still couldn't find anyone, Zhou Zhenkun and the others had no choice but to risk angering Yu Jinghua and wake him up from his seclusion to explain the situation.

The result was obvious. Yu Jinghua was furious when he learned that the Black Jade Toad was missing. He immediately punished the relevant personnel who had failed to properly supervise it, and then personally went to the Zhou family in Jiufengling.

However, the Zhou family had never conspired with Zhou Yu in this matter. After failing to get any information from Zhou Mingde, Yu Jinghua had no choice but to return to the Spirit Beast Manor.

However, the fact that Zhou Yu and his group took away the Black Jade Toad still affected the Zhou family.

Zhou Zhenkun and others from Ling Shou Manor seem to believe that the Zhou family played a role in the defection of Zhou Yu and others, and have begun to openly target the Zhou family in many places.

At this time, Yu Jinghua's attitude towards the Zhou family was no longer as friendly as before. He went into hiding and tolerated the behavior of Zhou Zhenkun and others.

Faced with this situation, the Zhou family could only brace themselves and not let their morale falter.

On this day, Zhou Chun had just approved the request of two clansmen to go on a trip when suddenly his fifth brother, Zhou Zhengxun, rushed into the Zhongping Hall with a happy expression.

"Fifth Brother, didn't you take people out to test the spiritual root aptitude of those secular clansmen's newborns? What's making you so happy? Could it be that you've discovered some promising talents?"

Zhou Chun greeted Zhou Zhengxun with a smile as he entered, and asked him with a smile why he had come.

Unexpectedly, upon hearing this, Zhou Zhengxun was overjoyed and gave a thumbs-up, saying, "Clan leader, you're truly amazing! You guessed it right away!"

"That's right, we've discovered a promising talent, and one with top-grade spiritual root aptitude at that!"

Superior spiritual root aptitude?

Zhou Chun was slightly taken aback, then his face lit up with joy.

He immediately waved his hand at Zhou Zhengxun and said, "Don't rush, Fifth Brother, please explain in more detail, take your time."

Upon seeing this, Zhou Zhengxun quickly explained the relevant situation in detail.

It turns out that today he led a group of people to the mortal settlement of the Zhou family to test the spiritual root aptitude of children born in the last three years. As a result, after testing less than two hundred children, he found that one boy had a superior spiritual root aptitude.

Upon discovering this, Zhou Zhengxun jumped up excitedly on the spot and hurriedly returned to his family to personally report the news to Zhou Chun.

After listening to Zhou Zhengxun's explanation, Zhou Chun nodded repeatedly and said, "I understand the situation. I'll go with you, Fifth Brother, right away."

Then he took Zhou Zhengxun and left the mountain gate, riding the Golden-Winged Tiger directly to the scene.

At this moment, because the test revealed that the candidate possessed superior spiritual root aptitude, many ordinary members of the Zhou family gathered at the testing site to watch the spectacle.

When Zhou Chun and Zhou Zhengxun arrived above the site, they saw that the streets around the spirit testing location were packed with people, probably numbering in the tens of thousands.

The arrival of the Golden-Winged Tiger caused the Zhou family mortals to gasp and shout in surprise.

Upon seeing this, several Zhou family cultivators who had been left at the scene by Zhou Zhengxun immediately shouted, "Our Zhou family patriarch has arrived! Why don't you all quickly clear the space so that the patriarch's spirit pet can land!"

Upon hearing that the person on the Golden-Winged Tiger's back was actually the Zhou family patriarch, the ordinary members of the Zhou family were all quite frightened.

Immediately, a clearing more than ten feet in diameter was forcibly cleared to allow the Golden-Winged Tiger to land, and all the Zhou family mortals present knelt down and paid their respects to Zhou Chun.

"Fellow clansmen, there's no need for such formalities. We're all one family, so let's skip these customary formalities."

Zhou Chun stood on the tiger's back with a smile and waved to the mortal tribesmen, indicating that there was no need for formalities.

Then, under Zhou Zhengxun's guidance, he met the boy who possessed the aptitude of a superior spiritual root.

The boy is probably under three years old and is chubby and fair-skinned.

Since he had no cultivation, Zhou Chun focused his divine sense on him and easily discovered that he had spiritual roots, and that his spiritual root aptitude was definitely not bad.

Zhou Chun then personally examined him again and confirmed that he had the aptitude for a superior spiritual root, with the attributes of wood, earth, and fire.

After confirming that everything was correct, Zhou Chun happily took the boy into her arms and asked softly, "What was this child's original name?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhengxun's gaze immediately turned to the couple standing to the side, who were the boy's biological parents.

The couple had never seen such an important figure as Zhou Chun before. Faced with Zhou Zhengxun's gaze, the man quickly pulled his wife to kneel down, his voice trembling with excitement, and said, "Zhou Muxian, in response to the clan leader's question, my son's name is Zhou Muxian!"

Names like "Admiring Immortals," "Seeking Immortals," and "Dreaming of Immortals" are commonly used by mortals in various cultivation families when naming their descendants.

As ordinary members of a family that cultivates immortality, these mortals all hope that one of their descendants will become an immortal cultivator.

However, such a name is somewhat inappropriate for cultivators.

Therefore, upon hearing the man's words, Zhou Chun immediately waved her hand and said, "Then he shouldn't aspire to immortality anymore, because he will become an immortal himself!"

After a brief moment's thought, he nodded and said, "Yes, from now on, his name will be Xinyan, Zhou Xinyan!"

Upon hearing this, the man on the ground very tactfully kowtowed and thanked him, saying, "Yes, thank you for bestowing a name upon me, Chief. From now on, my son will be called Zhou Xinyan!"

Seeing that he was so sensible, Zhou Chun nodded in satisfaction and said softly, "Your child has extraordinary talent and will surely achieve great things in the future. If you agree, I will take him back to the family's mountain gate today. After he grows up and becomes sensible, he can return home to reunite with you!"

Upon hearing this, the man was filled with mixed emotions of joy and sorrow. The woman beside him also gripped his clothes tightly, her eyes filled with reluctance.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun did not urge him, but quietly waited for the man's decision.

The man didn't dare keep him waiting any longer. After a slight hesitation, he reached out and grasped the woman's wrist, respectfully replying, "It is my child's good fortune that you have taken a liking to him, Chief. Of course, I have no reason to disagree."

The second update is here!

(End of this chapter)