Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 299 Returning to the Family [Please Subscribe]

In a small border outpost in the southern part of the Great Yun Kingdom, Zhou Chun finally reunited with Zhou Mingde and his group.

While the group rested there, he took the opportunity to learn about Zhou Mingde's experiences over the past six months.

When Zhou Chun learned that the credit for the final invention of the poison formula had been taken by "Master Fufeng," he felt a sense of absurdity.

"It seems that no matter the world, this kind of 'picking the fruits' (profiting from others' success) is inevitable!"

He was secretly filled with emotion.

Such things were commonplace in his previous life, and were not surprising at all.

This kind of thing exists in schools, companies, and organizations, and it has even become the default rule.

But to his surprise, this kind of thing was just as prevalent in this world of cultivation.

Even a dignified Nascent Soul stage cultivator, a half-immortal with a lifespan of thousands of years, would do such a thing.

Perhaps the only difference between the two worlds is that one side achieves its goals through power, while the other side achieves them through personal strength.

After learning the truth about how the insect plague was eradicated, Zhou Chun took the opportunity to share what he had learned over the past six months.

In half a year, all three types of demonic insects he had contracted—the "Mysterious Armored Golden Feather," the "Flying Fire Scorpion," and the "Blue Moon Butterfly"—had hatched.

Because they had been in the wilderness and didn't have many spirit coins or spirit items, Zhou Chun couldn't prepare the most suitable food for their growth. Therefore, they were still just larvae and didn't show any signs of being powerful.

However, even larvae can be used to practice insect repellent techniques.

Therefore, Zhou Chun has gained some experience in controlling demonic insects, and his gains are quite good.

"Excellent, excellent. It seems that entrusting these insect eggs to you, Masaharu, to cultivate the art of insect repelling was a very correct decision. Your talent in this area appears to be quite remarkable!"

After witnessing Zhou Chun's demonstration of the deworming technique, Zhou Mingde nodded in approval repeatedly.

Among the cultivators who came to Yang Kingdom's aid this time, the Zhou family was undoubtedly the winner.

Although Shanyangzi and Qinglian Temple took the lion's share of the credit for contributing the prescription, the treasures and inheritance obtained from Han Yuan's tomb were enough to make the Zhou family rich.

What's more, they also discovered a [Earth Element Crystal Jade] vein.

The fact that they had achieved such great results in less than a year made Zhou Mingde and Zhou Chun, who were in the know, very happy.

On the way back, the two of them took turns so they could get back to their family as quickly as possible.

When the Fire God Jackal gets tired, the Golden-Winged Tiger takes over. When the Golden-Winged Tiger gets tired, the Silver Lightning Python Bai Bai takes over, and then Zhou Mingde personally controls the flying artifact to carry people.

After this rotation, the Vulcan Jackal, having rested and recovered, can continue its relay flight.

With this relay-style approach, the speed remained just as fast.

It only took about five days to return safely to Jingguo.

This speed is naturally much slower than the two days it took to get there, but considering the difference in cultivation level, it is actually quite fast.

What reassured Zhou Chun and his companion was that, although they had been away for more than half a year, everything in the family was normal and nothing bad had happened.

"Now let's talk about the distribution of the spoils from our trip to Yangguo!"

"Those magical artifacts and insect-repelling techniques are easy to discuss; we can all find a use for them."

"But what should we do with these two magical artifacts and the three spirit crystals?"

"Both of these items are conspicuous; once exposed, they'll inevitably attract attention. But selling them would be such a waste!"

At the top of Pagoda Peak, in a cave dwelling, Zhou Mingde, Zhou Daoyi, and Zhou Chun were discussing the distribution of the spoils from their trip to Yang Kingdom.

Zhou Daoquan, having gone to the wilderness outpost to oversee operations, was unaware of Zhou Chun and the others' return.

Upon hearing Zhou Mingde's words, both Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Chun lowered their heads slightly and fell into deep thought.

As Zhou Mingde said, such important treasures as magic weapons and spirit crystals are indeed a bit of a hot potato for the Zhou family.

Only Golden Core cultivators can use magical treasures, so even if the Zhou family obtains one, it can only sit in their warehouse and gather dust.

Although cultivators like them can use spirit crystals, if people knew that the Zhou family actually possessed such strategic resources, it would be hard for them not to be coveted.

After all, many rogue cultivators and Golden Core cultivators from Golden Core families do not possess such treasures.

However, from a long-term perspective, these two items are undoubtedly very important to the Zhou family.

You should know that magical treasures are not easy to obtain.

If a cultivation family without a strong foundation produces a Golden Core cultivator, the entire family must save and scrimp for decades to raise enough money to buy a magic weapon for that cultivator.

Moreover, the magical treasures that can usually be purchased with money are the lowest quality among magical treasures. The truly good magical treasures cannot be bought with spirit coins.

Although the Zhou family was once a family of Golden Core cultivators, they no longer have a single magic treasure hidden away.

Therefore, the two magical treasures obtained this time are also very useful to the Zhou family.

If the Zhou family were to produce a Golden Core cultivator in the future, these two magic treasures would immediately come in handy, and the family would no longer need to tighten their belts to save money.

Similarly, the function of spirit crystals is also the same.

For a cultivator like Zhou Mingde in the Purple Mansion stage, having a spirit crystal in hand is practically a guaranteed victory when facing an evenly matched opponent.

In this situation, deciding what to do is a difficult choice.

After an unknown amount of time, Zhou Chun spoke first, saying, "I have a question. With our family's current power and reputation, is it possible that we can't even protect a single magical artifact?"

"The Qinglian Temple has benefited so much from our family, and our family has always treated them with utmost respect. If a Golden Core cultivator were to come and seize the magic treasure, wouldn't they have a responsibility to provide protection for our family?"

Upon hearing his words, Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi both changed their expressions and exchanged glances.

Then Zhou Daoyi spoke up, saying, "In fact, as a subordinate force recognized by Qinglian Temple, our Zhou family does have a responsibility to protect us when faced with the plundering of high-level cultivators."

"But Zheng Chun, as you know, Golden Core cultivators are all incredibly powerful. If they really have their eyes on our family, they naturally have many ways to hide their identities and prevent Qinglian Temple from finding out who did it."

"If we can't even find the murderer, how can we expect to get revenge!"

After speaking, Zhou Mingde nodded and said, "Daoyi is right. I'm not worried about Senior Shanyangzi's suspicion of the family now, but I am worried that Ruan Hongzhuang, who escaped back then, might spread the news that the Zhou family possesses a magic weapon to the Golden Core cultivators of Qi Kingdom in order to take revenge on me!"

"If a Golden Core cultivator from Qi Kingdom were to come to Jing Kingdom to cause us trouble, I'm afraid Qinglian Temple would be too far away to help us in our immediate situation!"

After they said that, Zhou Chun fell silent.

Indeed, once one's cultivation reaches the Golden Core stage, one essentially gains the ability to act with impunity in the cultivation world.

As long as you don't recklessly provoke forces with Nascent Soul stage cultivators in charge, you often don't need to worry about anything when doing things.

Therefore, if a Golden Core cultivator from outside Jingguo were to come specifically to cause trouble for the Zhou family, it would not be something the Zhou family could easily resolve.

"What should we do then?"

Even Zhou Chun, who was always full of schemes, was at a loss and could only throw the problem back to his two elders.

"To ensure absolute safety, we must invite a Golden Core cultivator to stay with the family for several years, or possess a trump card that even Golden Core cultivators fear!"

After pondering for a while, Zhou Mingde whispered his opinion.

Upon hearing his words, Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Chun also began to ponder them.

Zhou Mingde's method was undoubtedly very helpful in solving the problem.

If Ruan Hongzhuang really manages to persuade a Golden Core cultivator to come and cause trouble for the Zhou family, then they will definitely arrive within three to five years.

If the other party finds out that the Zhou family has a Golden Core cultivator protecting them, they will naturally stop targeting the Zhou family.

If they possessed a trump card that would make even Golden Core cultivators wary, that would be even better, as it would greatly enhance the overall strength of the family.

However, neither of these two points is easy to achieve.

"It's not easy to persuade a Golden Core cultivator, let alone have them stay in the family for several years. Even if we were willing to offer a magic treasure, it wouldn't be an easy task."

"As for possessing a trump card that even Golden Core cultivators fear, that's even more difficult, practically impossible!"

After pondering for a moment, Zhou Daoyi spoke his opinion in a deep voice.

He's right. Aside from independent cultivators, Golden Core cultivators generally belong to a faction, making it difficult for them to stay with the Zhou family for several years.

As for rogue Golden Core cultivators, they were basically not considered by the Zhou family, because it would easily become like inviting a wolf into the house.

Zhou Chun had also considered this, and couldn't help but frown, saying, "If we invite a Golden Core cultivator to the family to oversee things, I'm afraid that once they understand the situation, they'll easily raise the price on the spot, and even a single magic weapon might not be enough to satisfy their appetite!"

The two of them spoke back and forth, neither of them objecting to Zhou Mingde's statement, but both agreed that the matter was not so easy to handle.

However, after listening to their conversation, Zhou Mingde calmly replied, "Raising prices on the spot is always unavoidable; it's just a matter of how much or how little!"

After saying that, he looked at the two of them and said, "If you think the idea of ​​asking someone for help is acceptable, I will personally go and talk to them. In short, this matter should be handled as soon as possible."

"So, who are you planning to invite? The senior from the Li family, or that senior from the You family?"

Zhou Daoyi looked at him with a hint of curiosity and asked.

"That's hard to say. Let's see what the senior colleagues think first!"

Zhou Mingde shook his head slightly, offering no answer.

After resting at the family for a day, he left the family's mountain gate to visit several Golden Core cultivators.

It is expected that Zhou Mingde's trip will not yield results in just one or two days.

After he left, Zhou Chun returned to Zhongping Hall and handed over the reins to Zhou Jiarui, who was acting as his patriarch, to continue fulfilling his duties as clan leader.

After learning about the development and changes in his family over the past six months, the first thing he did was to mobilize the family's resources to collect materials for cultivating the three types of demonic insects and hand over several pill formulas to the Seventh Elder, Zhou Zhengyuan.

Those pill formulas were all collected by the Thousand Spirits Sect to promote the growth of demonic insects, similar to the Zhou family's "Beast Spirit Pill" and "Demon Spirit Pill".

However, Zhou Chun had also seen these pill formulas and knew that refining these pills was much easier than refining pills for cultivators.

In fact, the same applies to "Beast Spirit Pills" and "Demon Spirit Pills".

After all, the pills given to cultivators cannot be taken lightly. The toxicity of the pills must be reduced to a certain level, otherwise it will easily ruin a person's cultivation.

However, the pills given to demonic beasts and demonic insects are different. Demonic beasts have powerful bloodlines and are much better at neutralizing pill poisons than cultivators. As long as it is not a poison that directly damages the physical body and bloodline, it will not have any effect on them.

Most of the demonic insects do not have long lifespans and are not very strong, so even if they are forced to grow faster, it will not have much of an impact.

As long as the pills you give them don't damage or affect their reproductive ability, it's fine.

Another point is that the raw materials for refining pills for demonic insects are mostly the flesh, blood, internal organs, bones, and certain minerals of demonic beasts, with herbs and spiritual medicines making up only a small part.

This means that finding all the raw materials is much easier than finding the pills for cultivators.

Furthermore, Zhou Chun did not keep the inheritance of the art of insect repelling secrets to himself.

Apart from the forbidden techniques of the Thousand Spirits Sect that are not convenient for ordinary clansmen to know, most of the insect-repelling techniques are open to clansmen of different levels and statuses according to their rarity, allowing them to choose to practice them.

Of course, if they choose to cultivate the art of insect control, they will have to find the relevant demonic insects themselves, as the family currently does not have any good demonic insects for them to choose from.

The family gained another insect-repelling technique, and this news quickly spread throughout the Zhou family, indeed arousing the interest of many clansmen.

After all, cultivators who know how to repel insects are very rare in the cultivation world.

The less common a method is, the less experience most cultivators have with dealing with it.

Therefore, some ambitious Zhou family cultivators naturally wanted to see if they could learn some insect-repelling techniques to add a trump card to their schemes.

Several elders of the Zhou family shared this view.

These were all things Zhou Chunle saw with pleasure.

Having already achieved some mastery in insect repelling techniques, he knew that if he wanted the insect repelling techniques to be effective in the Zhou family, he had to get as many Zhou family members as possible to practice them.

Only when the initial population is large enough can a sufficiently excellent insect species be cultivated.

Once the Zhou family possesses more than a dozen excellent insect species that can be passed down through generations, then the art of insect control will truly take root in the Zhou family and become a family heritage that is no less valuable than the art of beast taming.

For this reason, he has even begun to consider establishing an insect garden, preparing to build another insect garden outside the beast garden specifically for cultivating demonic insects.

It's a bit late, so I can only update once today. I'll update twice tomorrow!

(End of this chapter)