Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 302 The Reward from Qinglian Temple, An Unwelcome Guest Arrives [

Eight-hundred-year-old red Ganoderma lucidum, thousand-year-old stone lotus, Azure Silk...

Inside the room, Zhou Chun and Su Yuzhen, the Daoist couple, sat facing each other, taking stock of the gifts they had received during their dual cultivation ceremony.

Perhaps it was to make amends to Zhou Chun, or perhaps it was to curry favor with the Su family patriarch.

Zhou Mingde specifically ordered that none of the gifts received at this dual cultivation ceremony need to be handed over to the family; they should all be disposed of by the couple themselves.

The two are now taking stock of the gifts, deciding which ones they can keep for themselves and which ones they can only sell for spirit coins.

"Madam Biluo Sha should keep this for herself and find someone to weave it into a ceremonial robe later."

"This Moon Shadow Fairy Lamp could be hung in the room."

"Millennial Golden Lotus is not something ordinary people can use, but my husband's Golden Armored Rock Turtle... well, let's just keep raising it!"

"As for these medicinal herbs, if you have a way to use them for alchemy, Madam, you may use them."

Zhou Chun checked each of the gifts one by one, and then offered her opinion on how to handle them.

To be honest, many of these gifts are not very practical, but the givers have put a lot of thought into them, making them impossible to find fault with.

Take, for example, the Azure Silk. This azure silk is made by extracting the epidermal fibers of a spiritual plant using special methods. It has the properties of never fading and being impervious to water and fire.

It's like that Moon Shadow Palace Lantern. Hang it in the room, and with just a little magic power, it can emit a bright and clear light like moonlight, projecting a full moon into the room and creating a starry and moonlit illusion.

There is also the thousand-year-old Stone Lotus. The Stone Lotus is an ornamental spiritual plant with a tenacious vitality. It can take root and grow even on cliffs or in piles of rocks. It is hard for the scorching sun and frost to harm it. Moreover, it only blooms once every ten thousand years, and the flowers will not wither for a thousand years after they bloom, which has a very beautiful meaning.

These are things that look nice but are not very useful; they're only good for decorating the facade.

Comparatively speaking, Zhou Chun still preferred those who directly gave him spiritual herbs and pills.

He then opened a jade box, took out a jade bottle, poured out a crystal-clear white pill, and handed it to Su Yuzhen, saying, "This Youth-Preserving Pill is for you, Madam."

Unexpectedly, Su Yuzhen shook her head slightly after hearing his words and said, "Husband, you should take it yourself. I have already taken this kind of pill before."

You've already taken it?

Zhou Chun was slightly taken aback, then looked at Su Yuzhen's face, which resembled that of a girl in her early twenties, and nodded in realization.

"In that case, I will take it myself."

After saying that, he put the pill into his mouth without hesitation and swallowed it.

Then, ignoring the slowly releasing medicinal effects within her body, she took inventory of the other items.

After everything had been inventoried, he looked at Su Yuzhen and said, "Everything has been inventoried. Are you satisfied with my decision, my wife?"

Upon hearing this, Su Yuzhen smiled slightly and said, "I have no objection. It's up to you, my husband, to make the decision."

The two then divided the gifts among themselves and put them into their storage bags.

For the next few months, Su Yuzhen stayed at the Zhou family's house and did not rush to return to the Su family's house.

So, about a year after Zhou Chun and his group returned to the Zhou family, the reward for the Zhou family's contribution of the medicinal prescription was finally distributed by Qinglian Temple.

This reward is quite substantial.

This includes one Azure Lotus Jade Token, one Talisman Treasure, three "Ascension Tokens," and 30,000 Spirit Coins.

Of all these rewards, the Azure Lotus Jade Token is undoubtedly the most important.

This item is a token of the Qinglian Temple. Anyone who brings this item to the Qinglian Temple can request that the temple send a Golden Core cultivator to do something for them.

This item can also be used to absolve sins.

If the Zhou family does anything in the future that requires Qinglian Temple to punish them, as long as it is not an unforgivable crime, this item can be used to atone for their sins.

It's like a get-out-of-jail-free card!

Compared to this precious Azure Lotus Jade Token, the talisman, though also valuable, pales in comparison.

As for the "Ascension Token," the Zhou family hasn't even used any of the ones they obtained before!

However, this "Ascension Token" can be traded. Even if the Zhou family doesn't need it themselves, they can still put it out for trade with others.

Generally speaking, the value of an "Ascension Token" is at least 10,000 spirit coins.

Because the Zhou family's contribution of the medicinal formula was not something that could be disclosed to outsiders, these rewards were personally distributed by Qingweizi, the head of Qinglian Temple, after Zhou Mingde was summoned to the temple.

"It seems Qinglian Temple still has some sense of shame; this time their behavior wasn't too outrageous!"

Within the Zhou family, when Zhou Chun learned from the returning Zhou Mingde about the rewards given by Qinglian Temple, he was overjoyed and showed a happy expression.

Upon hearing his words, Zhou Mingde said softly, "I'm afraid this reward is somewhat due to the Su family patriarch's influence; otherwise, the Azure Lotus Jade Token wouldn't have been so easily issued."

The matter of the Su family patriarch being stationed at the Zhou family must be reported to the Qinglian Temple.

After all, the Su family patriarch was a guest elder of the Moon Wheel Sect, so he had to have a legitimate reason for staying in the territory of the Green Lotus Temple for so long.

The fact that the Su family patriarch was willing to stay at the Zhou family's mountain gate for an extended period undoubtedly elevated the Zhou family's status in the eyes of the Qinglian Temple.

Therefore, Zhou Mingde's statement is not without merit.

Zhou Chun remained silent after hearing this.

"I'll keep the rest for now, but you can dispose of these three Ascension Tokens, Zhengchun."

Zhou Mingde glanced at him and quickly made arrangements for the reward he received.

The prescription itself was obtained by Zhou Mingde through a risky adventure, so the reward should rightfully belong entirely to him.

Therefore, no matter how he arranges things, it's not excessive.

Zhou Chun had no objections at this point, and immediately took the three "Ascension Tokens" from his hand and left alone.

Back in Zhongping Palace, Zhou Chun looked at the "Ascension Token" in his hand and couldn't help but ponder.

The Zhou family had long held a consensus that any family member with decent aptitude should be avoided from being sent to a sect unless they had a strong desire to do so.

Therefore, the "Ascension Token" is something that is actually very difficult for members of the Zhou family to use.

But Zhou Chun knew that this was something that many independent cultivators and small families would fight tooth and nail to obtain.

Those small families with only one Foundation Establishment cultivator, or those that have never even produced a Foundation Establishment cultivator, simply do not have the ability to obtain Foundation Establishment Pills for their descendants, and even auxiliary Foundation Establishment spiritual items like Spirit Ascension Fruits are hard to come by.

Therefore, even if a family has a few promising juniors, in order not to hinder their future careers, they can only send them to a major sect like Qinglian Temple, hoping that these juniors will prosper in the sect and be able to give back to the family.

However, unless one possesses a superior spiritual root aptitude, it is not an easy task for ordinary cultivators with mid-grade spiritual roots to obtain a Foundation Establishment Pill and establish their foundation, even if they pass the Qinglian Temple's discipleship assessment.

The "Ascension Token" allows cultivators who join the Qinglian Temple to directly obtain a Foundation Establishment Pill.

Therefore, in order to seize this opportunity that could change the fate of their families, those small families would definitely be willing to pay a huge price to exchange for this item.

As for those independent cultivators, needless to say, they would be willing to go bankrupt just to obtain the "Ascension Token".

"The family isn't short of spirit coins right now, so there's no need to rush to sell this. Let's keep it and see if we can find a use for it later!"

Zhou Chun pondered for a long time but couldn't figure out how to use these "Ascension Tokens." He could only put them into the family treasury for later disposal.

Just as Zhou Mingde was happy about the reward given by Qinglian Temple, the thing he had been worried about finally happened.

Suddenly, a streak of blue light shot out from outside the borders of Lingzhou in northern Jingguo and rapidly entered the skies above Jingguo's land.

If a cultivator at the Purple Mansion stage were here, they would surely be able to see that the azure rainbow was actually the sword light released by a green flying sword.

At this moment, standing atop that turquoise flying sword were a middle-aged man in green robes with a delicate face and a beautiful woman in a red dress.

That beautiful woman in the red dress was none other than Ruan Hongzhuang, a cultivator from the Purple Mansion of Qi Kingdom who had escaped from Zhou Mingde's clutches.

At this moment, after the flying sword entered the airspace of Jing Kingdom, the middle-aged man with a effeminate face on the flying sword immediately spoke calmly: "This place is already Jing Kingdom. Fellow Daoist Ruan, do you know the location of the Zhou family's ancestral temple, which you mentioned?"

Upon hearing this, Ruan Hongzhuang quickly replied respectfully, "Senior Liu, please rest assured. Although I do not know the exact location of his family's mountain gate, a Purple Mansion stage cultivator like Zhou Mingde who has tamed a third-tier demon beast must be quite famous in this Jing Kingdom. As long as I go into the market to inquire, I should be able to find out."

From the fact that he addressed the other person as "senior," it is not difficult to know that this middle-aged man in blue is a Golden Core cultivator.

"Let's go to the nearest market first."

The middle-aged man glanced at Ruan Hongzhuang and agreed with her statement.

He then used a secret technique to conceal his cultivation level, disguising himself as a late-stage Purple Mansion cultivator.

Such concealment is difficult to fool even Golden Core cultivators, but most Purple Mansion cultivators would find it hard to discern his true cultivation level.

While an unfamiliar late-stage Purple Mansion cultivator was somewhat conspicuous, it wasn't as shocking as a Golden Core cultivator.

After that, the two of them sought out people to find out the location of the market, and then sought out people in the market to inquire about the Zhou family.

Just as Ruan Hongzhuang said, Zhou Mingde and the Zhou family are now quite well-known in Jingguo.

They asked around among a few people in the market and learned some basic information about the Zhou family.

They also found out about the recent dual cultivation ceremony held at the Zhou family.

Upon discovering this, the middle-aged man immediately frowned and said, "Something's not right. According to what you said, Fellow Daoist Ruan, and what the cultivators here are saying, the Zhou family patriarch is only at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage. So why would he marry a female cultivator at the Purple Mansion stage from a Golden Core family as his Daoist partner? And this happened shortly after they returned from Yang Kingdom!"

"Senior Liu, do you mean that the reason the Zhou family patriarch was able to marry a female cultivator at the Purple Mansion stage from a Golden Core family is because he presented the relics of a Golden Core cultivator obtained from the underground tomb in Yang Kingdom to that Golden Core cultivator from the Su family?"

Ruan Hongzhuang immediately realized what was happening and, with a slight change in her expression, uttered the words the middle-aged man had left unsaid.

"Aside from that, I can't understand why a female cultivator at the Purple Mansion stage from a Golden Core family would choose a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator as her Daoist partner!"

The middle-aged man nodded, his face grim as he acknowledged it.

Upon seeing this, Ruan Hongzhuang's expression immediately turned ugly.

The reason she was able to persuade this middle-aged man to come and help her take revenge was because she used the relics of a Golden Core cultivator in the underground tomb as leverage.

If Zhou Mingde were to offer the treasures he obtained from that underground tomb to a Golden Core cultivator, the middle-aged man in front of her would certainly not make a move.

After all, he himself had only been in the Core Formation stage for less than a hundred years. He might be able to bully a Purple Mansion family, but he would be no match for a Golden Core cultivator who had been famous for many years.

Not to mention this is in Yasukuni, which is someone else's territory.

But she had finally managed to persuade the middle-aged man to come and help her take revenge, and of course she didn't want him to back down now.

At the same time, she believed that the other party certainly didn't want to have made a wasted trip.

Therefore, after gritting her teeth, she quickly said, "Perhaps it's true, as Senior Liu said, that Zhou Mingde established a relationship with the Su family by offering treasures, but the treasures he offered certainly weren't all of them!"

"Furthermore, Fellow Daoist Shen's belongings are on him; he definitely won't give up that Hunyuan Bowl talisman!"

When she mentioned the words "Hun Yuan Bo", she deliberately emphasized them.

It turned out that when she was telling the middle-aged man about her experience in the underground tomb, he recognized the origin of the talisman that Shen Borong had used and explained it to her.

According to the middle-aged man, the "Hun Yuan Bo" talisman was a talisman crafted from the "Hun Yuan Bo," a famous magic weapon of a late-stage Golden Core cultivator from the Qi Kingdom more than 600 years ago.

At that time, that late-stage Golden Core cultivator was once hailed by some as the number one Golden Core cultivator in Qi Kingdom, thanks to the "Hun Yuan Bowl" magic weapon.

After this person passed away, the "Hun Yuan Bo" talisman he refined became something that many cultivators fought over, and even many early-stage Golden Core cultivators participated in the competition.

Shen Borong didn't know what kind of luck he had, but he was able to obtain such a powerful talisman.

When the middle-aged man learned that Shen Borong actually possessed a "Hun Yuan Bo" talisman, he was quickly tempted by Ruan Hongzhuang's request.

After all, with such a powerful talisman as a safety net, even if Zhou Mingde didn't get anything good in the underground tomb, it would still be worth it for him to make a move.

When he heard Ruan Hongzhuang mention the "Hun Yuan Bo" talisman again, even though he knew what she was thinking, the middle-aged man really didn't want to give up so easily.

After pondering for a moment, he nodded and said, "What Fellow Daoist Ruan said makes sense. Let's go to Lanzhou first, find out the situation there, and then make a decision."

(End of this chapter)