Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 295 Offering Advice and Medicine [Please Subscribe]

When Zhou Chun learned about Han Yuan of the Thousand Spirits Sect from Zhou Mingde, he was also full of surprise.

He never imagined that the owner of the underground tomb was likely the one who caused this insect plague.

A Golden Core cultivator has created a massive insect plague that has affected several countries. If this were to get out, it would likely cause a huge uproar.

After reading Han Yuan's research notes and the insecticide prescriptions he left behind, he quickly understood why Zhou Mingde had asked him to come over.

He looked directly at Zhou Mingde and asked, "Is the Supreme Elder worried that providing these prescriptions directly would make it difficult to explain their origin?"

"Yes, if this prescription is truly effective and we present it to the higher-ups, it will surely attract inquiries from those senior cultivators."

"If we were to tell the truth, I fear that all the insect-repelling techniques left behind by Han Yuan will be confiscated, and our Zhou family will be strictly forbidden from practicing them!"

"In that case, the gains from this underground tomb exploration will be greatly reduced!"

Zhou Mingde nodded slightly and expressed his concerns in a low voice.

His concerns are not unfounded.

Now that it is known that this insect plague was likely created by Han Yuan, the insect-repelling techniques left behind by Han Yuan, as well as the forbidden techniques of the Thousand Spirits Sect that Zhou Mingde coveted, will definitely be confiscated by those Nascent Soul stage cultivators and will not be allowed to spread any further.

If they encountered a ruthless Nascent Soul cultivator, it wouldn't be surprising if they silenced Zhou Mingde and Zhou Chun.

In this situation, simply telling the truth is definitely not an option.

Therefore, after hearing Zhou Mingde's words, Zhou Chun nodded in agreement and said, "The Supreme Elder is right. Telling the truth is definitely not an option; we can't take that risk!"

After a moment's thought, he suggested, "In my opinion, the most reliable method is for us to test the authenticity of the prescription first. If it is indeed effective, we can try to add a few ingredients to reduce its potency, and then present the new prescription!"

"Those senior cultivators are all knowledgeable people, and there must be experts in medicine among them. Once our modified formula is in their hands, they can probably restore the original potent formula after a few more trials."

With the insect plague raging, countless cultivators are researching ways to completely eradicate it.

An effective prescription for eliminating insect plagues, even if its effects are not particularly strong, will certainly attract attention, prompting some high-level cultivators to conduct further research and refine it.

With the right research direction, it wouldn't be too difficult for those high-level cultivators to recreate the original formula from before the Zhou family's modifications.

In this way, no one would ever suspect that the Zhou family deliberately made the formula complicated.

However, if they did that, the Zhou family's contribution would certainly not be as significant as directly offering the original formula.

Therefore, after listening to Zhou Chun's advice, Zhou Mingde did not make a decision immediately, but instead lowered his head and pondered.

He needs to weigh the pros and cons.

After pondering for a long time, he finally nodded and said, "Zhengchun, your suggestion is good. Our Zhou family has already gained enough this time, and it's really not appropriate to make such a fuss!"

After reaching this agreement, the two began collecting relevant materials and making the poison according to the recipe.

Because they had a detailed recipe, the two of them could concoct poisons according to the recipe without relying on others.

Seven days later, the first poison targeting the bloodline characteristics of the "Thousand-Change Cricket" was successfully prepared, and then tested on the captured demon insects.

The results of this experiment left Zhou Mingde and Zhou Chun with mixed feelings of joy and worry.

The good news is that the poison did indeed have remarkable effects, much better than the poisons that Zhou Jiawei had researched.

The worry is that the effect was not as strong as the two had expected.

They then developed a poison specifically targeting the bloodline characteristics of the "Spirit-Devouring Ants".

Compared to the poison used against the "Thousand-Faced Cricket," this poison is somewhat special, requiring a different medium.

Zhou Chun and his group first need to poison a wild beast or monster to death, and then let the demonic insects devour the corpse of the dead beast or monster.

According to Han Yuan's record in the recipe, "Spirit-Devouring Ants" will slowly die within a day after devouring the corpses of dead wild beasts or monsters, and other "Spirit-Devouring Ants" that devour their corpses will also be poisoned to death.

However, when the demon insects were used in the experiment, they developed a strong resistance to the poison.

Although the demonic insects that devoured the poisonous flesh and blood experienced various discomforts and appeared quite listless, they gradually recovered after a day.

Clearly, these demonic insects that are now ravaging the Yang Kingdom have made up for certain bloodline defects during their evolution, making the poisons researched targeting their bloodline characteristics less effective.

This put Zhou Mingde and Zhou Chun in a difficult position.

The original formula was already so unsatisfactory; if they were to follow the plan and add unnecessary ingredients to reduce the efficacy, the poison might not even be able to kill the demonic insects.

In that case, how could one gain merit by donating medicine?

"At this point, there are only two options. One is to ask Uncle Fourteen to conduct in-depth research on the previous prescription to see if a new prescription more effective against the demonic insects can be developed. The other is to directly present the original prescription, saying that it was a prescription for the Thousand-Transformation Cricket that the family had previously collected, and that it had been found to be effective after actual testing!"

In the quiet room, Zhou Chun rubbed his forehead, frowned slightly, and shared his new perspective.

But in his heart, he actually preferred the second method he had suggested.

The reason is simple: the sooner the insect plague is eradicated, the less damage will be suffered by the human race.

Furthermore, even if the first method is feasible, it is estimated that it will not be successful in ten days or half a month.

However, he knew that he was now serving as Zhou Mingde's advisor, and the purpose of an advisor was to offer relevant suggestions.

As for which method to use, that should be decided by Zhou Mingde.

Therefore, even if Zhou Chun had a bias in his mind, he would not deliberately only talk about the method he favored.

This is also one of the reasons why Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi liked him.

When it comes to family interests, he can always make rational analyses and offer useful suggestions, and often he can even come up with novel suggestions.

After listening to Zhou Chun's two suggestions, Zhou Mingde pondered for a moment and then shook his head slightly, saying, "Researching new prescriptions on our own is too time-consuming and full of too many uncertainties. It's really not the best approach."

"However, claiming the prescription was passed down through a family is inappropriate and unlikely to withstand investigation, especially by the Qinglian Temple!"

At this point, he took another deep breath, then sighed deeply, "It seems we still have no choice but to expose the existence of the underground tomb!"

The poison formula was obtained from an underground tomb, which isn't entirely something that can't be explained away.

The only thing that needed to be concealed was that the tomb's owner, Han Yuan, had experimented with and cultivated demonic insects using forbidden techniques.

Those research notes and notes of Han Yuan, as well as the forbidden techniques passed down by the Thousand Spirits Sect, must never be leaked!

Fortunately, all of Han Yuan's belongings ended up in Zhou Mingde's hands.

Even Ruan Hongzhuang, who narrowly escaped with her life that day, did not know the name or background of the tomb's occupant.

All that is known is that the tomb's owner was a Golden Core cultivator skilled in beast taming and insect control.

If we only release some things that can be seen in the light, we should be able to make it work.

After hearing Zhou Mingde's words, Zhou Chun immediately understood his meaning and said, "If we follow Elder's method, then we must carefully examine those books that are about to be exposed. We must make sure no one discovers that we are hiding anything from these books!"

"Yes, we need to check it thoroughly!"

Zhou Mingde nodded in deep agreement, then took out all the collected books and, together with Zhou Chun, thoroughly examined them.

After three days and three nights of tireless investigation, the two finally managed to sift out all the books that could be exposed.

These books that can be exposed are mostly illustrated books that record the appearance, abilities, and habits of demonic insects, as well as some cultivation methods for insect repelling techniques, and of course, some prescriptions for killing and repelling insects.

The books containing the core secret techniques and forbidden arts of the Thousand Spirits Sect have all been stored in a separate storage bag, which will be temporarily buried somewhere in the wild.

"Okay, we've checked it three times already, so there shouldn't be any problems."

In the quiet room, after reviewing the selected texts that could be exposed for the third time, Zhou Mingde finally nodded with complete relief, confirming that there were no problems.

The matter was of great importance, and he could not afford to be careless.

If this matter really goes wrong, not only will their contribution of donating the medicine be completely erased, but they will also very likely face death!

"Since there are no problems, Elder, when do you plan to depart? And how do you intend to proceed?"

Zhou Chun looked at the pile of books in front of him, but then asked about what happened next.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Mingde pondered for a moment before quickly replying, "I will rest for a day to recover my strength, and then I will go to Rongguo to pay my respects to Senior Shanyangzi of Qinglian Temple and report the matter to him."

At this point, as if remembering something, she suddenly said to Zhou Chun, "Just in case, make a copy of all these books and put it on you, Zheng Chun. You should also take those two magic treasures with you for now, and then you should go and hide somewhere else on your own."

"If I successfully meet a Nascent Soul cultivator, I will naturally return to find you. If you do not see me return, immediately return to your clan, inform Zhiyi of everything, and then arrange for your clansmen to take refuge in the wilderness!"

His arrangement was clearly out of concern that Sanyoko might try to silence him in order to claim all the credit.

Although the possibility is actually not very high.

Zhou Chun didn't say anything more after hearing this, but nodded emphatically and said, "This junior understands."

Then Zhou Mingde went to rest, while Zhou Chun made rubbings and copies of those classic books on his own.

The following evening, after a day of rest, Zhou Mingde took the original texts to Rongguo.

After explaining things to Zhou Jiapeng and the others, Zhou Chun also left the market and went to find a remote mountain area to live in seclusion.

Leaving aside how Zhou Chun lived in seclusion in the wilderness, let's talk about how Zhou Mingde left the market town of Dayun Kingdom and sped towards Rong Kingdom.

He traveled swiftly and arrived in Rongguo in less than a day.

At this time, the Rong Kingdom was teeming with rampant demonic insects, and cultivators could be seen everywhere exterminating them.

Zhou Mingde had to make inquiries from various sources to find out the location of the group from Qinglian Temple.

According to the information he had gathered, he arrived at the gate of a cultivation family within the Rong Kingdom. It was said that the Qinglian Temple group was now using this place as their base to carry out an operation to exterminate demonic insects.

However, after entering the family's mountain gate, he was unable to see Shan Yangzi immediately, because the other party had also gone out to exterminate the demonic insects.

Fortunately, Zhou Mingde had made a name for himself in the area under the jurisdiction of Qinglian Temple. When the Qinglian Temple cultivators at the Purple Mansion stage who stayed behind learned that he had something important to report, they specially arranged for someone to contact Shanyangzi on his behalf.

After waiting for most of the day at the camp, Zhou Mingde finally saw Shanyangzi return.

"Fellow Daoist Zhou, what urgent matter brings you here to see me?"

Inside the quiet room, Shan Yangzi, dressed in a yellow Taoist robe, sat cross-legged on the couch, calmly looking at Zhou Mingde and asking his purpose.

As a cultivator sent by Qingyang Temple to preside over the "Hundred Clans Assembly", Shanyangzi still had some impression of Zhou Mingde, after all, Zhou Mingde had also made quite a splash at that grand event.

Moreover, before his departure, Abbot Qingweizi explained to him the purpose of bringing the Zhou family to Yang Kingdom.

These are the reasons why he rushed back to see Zhou Mingde after hearing that Zhou Mingde had come to pay him a special visit.

So when he asked Zhou Mingde about his purpose, he appeared calm on the surface, but deep down he was also secretly looking forward to it.

Shan Yangzi, who participated in the war to intercept the insect swarm's migration, knew much more about the horror of this insect plague than Zhou Mingde and Zhou Chun.

He also understood more clearly the urgent mindset of the human elite regarding the elimination of the insect plague.

Despite a sliver of hope, Shan Yangzi didn't really believe that this Purple Mansion stage cultivator actually had a way to eliminate the insect plague.

After all, so many powerful Nascent Soul cultivators couldn't do this, and so many learned Golden Core cultivators haven't figured out a way yet, so how can we have too high expectations for a Purple Mansion cultivator!

However, to Shan Yangzi's surprise, Zhou Mingde answered his question very directly and immediately: "Replying to senior, the reason I have traveled a long way to Rongguo to pay my respects is because I have found a way to subdue the demonic insects!"

"What? What did you say?"

Shan Yangzi was taken aback at first, then his expression changed drastically as he stared wide-eyed at Zhou Mingde, and said urgently, "Explain yourself clearly! Did you find a way to subdue the demonic insects, or did you find the key to eradicate the insect plague?"

Shan Yangzi hoped that Zhou Mingde was referring to the latter, but she was also somewhat hesitant to believe it would be.

As cultivators continue to eradicate demonic insects, they have discovered many effective methods to subdue them.

However, there is still no key method to eliminate the insect plague!

Zhou Mingde naturally understood the meaning of Shan Yangzi's words and quickly said with certainty, "It is the key to eliminating the insect plague. I have found a poison formula that is extremely effective against the demonic insects, and I have confirmed that this poison can be mass-produced to kill the insect swarms on a large scale!"

It can be mass-produced and used to kill large swarms of insects!

Hearing Zhou Mingde's affirmative tone, Shan Yangzi could no longer contain his excitement. He immediately stood up from the bed and rushed to Zhou Mingde's side.

(End of this chapter)