Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 304 Crisis Resolved, Mental Knots Untied [Happy New Year to everyone!]

Jiufengling.

When the two Golden Core cultivators engaged in a fierce battle in the sky outside Nine Peaks Ridge, Zhou Chun and the others inside the Zhou Family Mountain Gate were on tenterhooks.

Those uninformed rogue cultivators and ordinary Zhou family cultivators were filled with fear and didn't know what to do after this series of changes.

Especially those rogue cultivators, who had suffered an undeserved calamity, were now anxiously grabbing any Zhou family cultivators they could find, asking them all sorts of questions and trying to find out what was going on.

But at this point, those in the know had no chance of coming to explain to them.

In order to avoid trouble, the Foundation Establishment elders of the Zhou family could only use their own cultivation to intimidate those people and temporarily subdue them.

At the same time, after the Su family patriarch took the initiative to launch a major battle against Liu happy, Ruan Hongzhuang lost her usefulness.

Zhou Mingde, Zhou Daoyi, and Su Yuzhen, who also appeared at this time, together with the three Purple Mansion stage cultivators, quickly exhausted the power of Ruan Hongzhuang's talisman treasure. They even killed her on the spot without giving her a chance to beg for mercy.

After killing Ruan Hongzhuang, several high-ranking members of the Zhou family personally oversaw the various bases of the family's protective mountain array, operating it at full capacity to prevent Liu happy from suddenly attacking.

The "Five Directions Miro Formation" is itself a powerful forbidden formation. Although it is limited by environmental conditions and cannot withstand a Golden Core cultivator, it should be able to withstand several attacks from a Golden Core cultivator.

The Su family patriarch would certainly not stand idly by while Liu happy attacked the Zhou family's mountain gate.

Zhou Chun also came out of the ancestral hall at this time and went over to explain the situation to the clansmen and comfort the frightened clansmen and rogue cultivators.

After his personal explanation, the emotions of the Zhou family members calmed down. After all, the battle inside the mountain gate was over, and they couldn't see the battle outside.

When those rogue cultivators learned that there was a battle between Golden Core cultivators outside, although they were terrified, they were not foolish enough to insist on leaving immediately.

After Zhou Chun assured them that they would not be implicated and waived their spiritual coins for today's cultivation, they all temporarily stopped arguing.

Only then did Zhou Chun have time to observe the battle between the two Golden Core cultivators.

Unlike the battles between Golden Core cultivators he had seen before, Liu happy did not choose to fight the Su family patriarch in the sky this time because he did not have any juniors or subordinates to be wary of.

Instead, he fought the Su family patriarch in the sky less than fifty miles from the Zhou family's mountain gate.

It's not hard to see from this that he was planning to use the entire Zhou family as hostages to make the Su family patriarch hesitate to act.

However, his strength seems to be somewhat inferior to that of the Su family patriarch.

After watching for a while, Zhou Chun realized that Liu happy had only relied on that green flying sword as his magic weapon to fight the enemy from beginning to end. The magic weapon he used to protect himself was actually a third-grade high-quality defensive magic weapon, as well as a protective secret technique he had cultivated.

On the other hand, the patriarch of the Su family not only possessed the octagonal mace, his natal magic weapon, but also refined another magic weapon, a cyan jade staff.

With the advantage of having an extra magical artifact, the Su family patriarch could be said to have held an absolute upper hand from the very beginning.

"If this is all you've got, then you might as well leave your life in Yasukuni today!"

After a period of fighting, the Su family patriarch, having figured out Liu happy's methods, turned cold and went straight for the real fight.

With a low shout, he activated his magic, and the eight-sided mace suddenly emitted a water-blue spiritual light, instantly condensing into a thick blue lightning bolt that blasted towards Liu happy.

This move was clearly unexpected by Liu happy, and it was too late for him to fly back on his sword to defend.

But he was, after all, a Golden Core cultivator, and he still had one or two trump cards up his sleeve.

At that moment, though he was startled, he remained calm. A flash of pain crossed his eyes as he waved his sleeve and summoned a shimmering, azure-green wooden shield to shield himself.

The turquoise wooden shield is not a magic weapon, but its power far exceeds that of ordinary third-tier magic artifacts.

After the blue lightning released by the Su family patriarch's magic weapon struck the cyan wooden shield, it shattered the shield in one strike, but most of its power was neutralized, and it failed to truly harm Liu happy.

"Oh, a magical artifact crafted using precious materials? What a waste!"

The Su family patriarch narrowed his eyes, instantly seeing through the true nature of the turquoise wooden shield.

Magical artifacts cannot be crafted from ordinary materials. Any spiritual material that can be used as the main material for crafting magical artifacts is a rare and precious treasure that is hard to find in the world.

This kind of spiritual material can be used not only to refine magical treasures, but also to refine magical artifacts.

Because crafting magic weapons requires a Golden Core stage cultivation level, and only Golden Core stage cultivators can use magic weapons.

Therefore, some weapon refiners whose cultivation level is below the Golden Core stage, after obtaining this spiritual material, sometimes wastefully choose to use this magical treasure material to refine a third-tier magical weapon in order to create a powerful magical artifact as their masterpiece.

The third-tier magic weapon crafted in this way is far more powerful than ordinary third-tier magic weapons due to the strength of its material, but it is still far inferior to magic treasures.

However, due to its powerful material, which can accommodate a large amount of mana from a Golden Core cultivator, this third-tier magic weapon can sometimes rival magic treasures.

Of course, it was just a brief touch.

Just like what Liu Xi did, he sacrificed the magic weapon to force it to unleash a power far greater than usual, thus blocking the Su family patriarch's killing move.

At this moment, facing the mockery of the Su family patriarch, Liu happy could no longer contain his anger. He glared at the Su family patriarch with a furious expression and shouted in a deep voice, "Fellow Daoist Su, are you really going to break ties with me for the sake of this mere Zhou family? You know you can't kill me!"

Liu happy was very confident that the Su family patriarch could not kill him.

It is extremely difficult for a Golden Core cultivator to kill another Golden Core cultivator of the same cultivation level.

Through their exchange, Liu happy knew that although he was no match for the Su family patriarch, the power of the two magical treasures in the Su family patriarch's possession meant that he had no chance of killing him.

After all, if he can't beat him, wouldn't he just run away?

If a Golden Core cultivator were to escape at full speed, he could quickly fly out of the territory of a country. Could it be that the Su family patriarch could chase him to other countries?

However, faced with his threat, the Su family patriarch sneered and said, "So what if we tear off the mask? What can you do to me, Su?"

He continued, his tone laced with threat, "You are, after all, a Golden Core cultivator, and surely you have a family in Qi Kingdom. Do you really think you would dare lay a hand on any of the younger generation in my Su family?"

As soon as he said this, Liu happy's expression immediately turned ugly.

Indeed, unless they are a very small number of independent cultivators, the vast majority of Golden Core cultivators in the cultivation world come from sects and families.

Liu happy was, of course, from a certain faction within the Qi Kingdom.

Now that he has gone to the Jingguo region to stir up trouble, he naturally has no scruples.

However, if he dares to bully a younger cultivator from another Golden Core family just because he has no ties in Jingguo, he will definitely suffer the consequences.

Seeing that he couldn't defeat the Su family patriarch in a fight or win an argument with him, Liu happy suddenly felt a strong urge to retreat and didn't want to stay there any longer.

"Fine, fine, you win today. I, Liu, admit defeat!"

He yelled angrily and immediately turned and ran away.

"Where do you think you're going!"

With a loud shout, the Su family patriarch quickly gave chase.

The two chased and fled, quickly disappearing from Zhou Chun and the others' sight.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun, Zhou Mingde, and the others knew that the matter was now resolved.

They all knew in their hearts that the Su family patriarch's pursuit this time was unlikely to yield any real results; it was merely a gesture.

Presumably, it won't be long before the news of the Su family patriarch's great battle against a foreign Golden Core cultivator outside the Zhou family mountain gate and his pursuit of the enemy for thousands of miles spread throughout the Jing Kingdom.

At that time, the Zhou family's status in the eyes of other forces will definitely be greatly enhanced.

After this incident, the Golden Core cultivator who escaped will certainly not come to Jing Kingdom to cause trouble for the Zhou family again.

After all, the Su family patriarch had already made his stance clear. If he were to cause trouble for the Zhou family again, it would be forcing the Su family patriarch to go to the Qi Kingdom to cause trouble for his own faction.

"Alright, this matter is finally resolved. Everyone can breathe a sigh of relief now!"

On Pagoda Peak, Zhou Mingde gazed in the direction where the Su family patriarch had left for a long time before finally letting out a long sigh of relief.

The attack by Golden Core cultivators this time was ultimately caused by his past actions, which is why he has always been the one under the most pressure.

When the matter was resolved, he was naturally the happiest one.

"Yes, this is finally over!"

Zhou Chun sighed softly as she recalled the "sacrifice" she had made for this matter.

And as they expected, the Su family patriarch returned in less than half a day after leaving in pursuit.

According to him, he chased the Qi Kingdom Golden Core cultivator for more than three thousand miles and inflicted some minor injuries on him during the chase, which can be considered as teaching him a lesson.

"I have already given that person a stern warning. If he dares to attack the Zhou family again, I will personally go to Qi Kingdom. I believe he will not dare to risk attacking the Zhou family again for something whose existence is uncertain!"

"Of course, just in case, I will continue to stay at the Zhou family for the next six months."

On Pagoda Peak, the Su family patriarch, upon his return, met with Zhou Chun and several other high-ranking members of the Zhou family, calmly explaining the relevant situation.

His actions can be considered the most benevolent and righteous thing he could do for the Zhou family.

After all, the terms of the deal between the two parties were that once he helped the Zhou family get rid of the attacking Golden Core cultivators, he would no longer have to abide by the ten-year agreement.

His willingness to stay for another six months shows that he is taking great care of the Zhou family.

Therefore, upon hearing his words, Zhou Mingde immediately expressed his gratitude, saying, "Thank you for your kindness, Senior Su. This kindness and the Zhou family will never forget it!"

Then, knowing the situation, he led Zhou Chun and the others to retreat first, allowing the Su family patriarch to recover his magical power in his own cave.

Once outside, Zhou Mingde, Zhou Chun, and the others examined Ruan Hongzhuang's storage bag and inventoried her spoils.

Back in Yang Kingdom, Ruan Hongzhuang didn't come away empty-handed; she took the corpse of the earth-armored dragon and its demon core.

However, Zhou Chun and the others could not find the two items in her storage bag, which meant that they had obviously been disposed of or left at their residence in Qi Kingdom.

Besides some essential pills and talismans for going out, she only had less than two thousand spirit coins in her storage bag.

It's easy to see from this that she was prepared for an accident during this trip.

Fortunately, as a cultivator in the Purple Mansion stage, the magical artifacts she used were not ordinary. Even if she sold them at a discount, they would still be worth tens of thousands of spirit coins, so she didn't really end up with nothing.

However, the Zhou family's biggest gain this time was actually their reputation.

The Su family patriarch fought a fierce battle with another Golden Core cultivator for the sake of the Zhou family, his newly formed marriage alliance. As this news spread, the Zhou and Su families once again became the subject of much discussion among cultivators in the Jing Kingdom.

Although battles between Golden Core cultivators were not uncommon in the recent wars.

However, it is quite rare for a Golden Core cultivator from a prestigious family to get into a fight with a Golden Core cultivator from another country over a family matter, as happened this time.

Today, the Su family patriarch fought a foreign Golden Core cultivator for the sake of the Zhou family. Will he help the Zhou family deal with their enemies in the future?

This is something that many Yasukuni forces have to consider.

It could even be said, to exaggerate a bit, that the battle fought by the Su family patriarch brought decades of peace to the Zhou family.

From now on, any force without a Golden Core cultivator in charge should consider whether it can withstand the wrath of the Su family's patriarch before even considering making an enemy of the Zhou family.

Moreover, since it was foreign Golden Core cultivators who attacked the Zhou family, Qinglian Temple, as the legally head sect of the Zhou family, specially sent Golden Core cultivator Qing Lingzi to the Zhou family to inquire and investigate afterward.

When Qing Lingzi learned from Zhou Mingde and the Su family patriarch that the visitor had attacked the Zhou family because of the underground tomb in Yang Kingdom, and that the Zhou family was the one who offered the prescription, he made a promise in front of the Su family patriarch that he would definitely send someone to Qi Kingdom to warn the other party.

This is the benefit of having a Golden Core stage cultivator as a protector.

Without the Su family patriarch, even if Liu happy had destroyed the Zhou family, Qinglian Temple would never have known who had done it.

Even if they knew that the other party might have come to destroy the Zhou family because the Zhou family had obtained the relics of a Golden Core cultivator, they would not bother to send people to Qi Kingdom to investigate the situation, let alone warn anyone.

What Zhou Mingde didn't expect was that after this incident, Zhou Daoyi seemed to have been touched by something and actually "had a change of heart".

On this day, as he discussed with Zhou Chun and Zhou Daoyi who should go to Chengguo to meet Lin Hongyu and explain the matter of the [Earth Element Crystal Jade] mine, after the crisis of the Zhou family was resolved, he was relieved.

Zhou Daoyi actually volunteered to take on this matter and was willing to personally represent the Zhou family to find Lin Hongyu.

This made Zhou Mingde extremely happy.

"That's great, Daoyi, you've finally come to your senses!"

He clapped his hands and cheered with a face full of joy, his happiness overflowing. Zhou Chun, who was standing to the side, was also stunned and did not understand why this matter was worth his happiness.

In the spirit of asking questions when in doubt, Zhou Chun quickly looked at Zhou Mingde and asked, "What have you figured out? Why are you suddenly so happy, Supreme Elder?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Mingde's smile faltered, and he glanced at Zhou Daoyi.

However, Zhou Daoyi remained calm and showed no reaction whatsoever.

But the best indication is that he didn't say anything, which means that Zhou Daoyi no longer minded revealing this matter to Zhou Chun.

So he coughed twice and said, "Ahem, now that things have come to this, it's time to tell you, Masashi!"

The update is a bit late because I was very busy during the day. I received three groups of relatives who came to pay New Year's visits today. I didn't sleep well last night because of the fireworks. I didn't have time to catch up on sleep until 5 pm, and I didn't get up to eat until after 7 pm. Fortunately, I still managed to finish the work before 12 pm!

(End of this chapter)