Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 313 The Unyielding Younger Generation [Please Subscribe]

"Xie Zhiqiang of the Xie family, please enlighten me, Fellow Daoist Zhou."

"Xie Zhitao of the Xie family, please enlighten me, Fellow Daoist Zhou."

"Xie Cunshan of the Xie family, please enlighten me, Fellow Daoist Zhou."

On the arena, cultivators from the Xie family of Lianzhou leaped onto the stage one after another, engaging in fierce battles with the Zhou family cultivators who were defending the arena.

As a powerful cultivation clan rooted in Lianzhou, the Xie family has a very deep relationship with Qinglian Temple, and their family strength is much stronger than that of the Wang family of Hongyao Valley, a powerful cultivation clan that has suffered major setbacks.

Of the twenty-three cultivators who came this time, only twenty of them took to the field, yet they had already earned twenty-four points.

But just when they were looking forward to breaking the Su family's record, they found that they could hardly make any further progress.

The twenty-fifth cultivator from the Zhou family to defend the arena was the beautiful female cultivator Zhou Xindie.

Her gentle and delicate appearance was very deceptive, unlike Zhou Xinlan who seemed difficult to deal with.

But in terms of actual strength, she was only slightly inferior to Zhou Xinlan.

At this point, the Xie family suffered a great loss at her hands.

Three Xie family cultivators in a row fell before her.

Until the last Xie family monk appeared.

He was a handsome young man dressed in a blue robe. He raised his hand, made a hand seal, and a gust of wind propelled him to land on the arena.

Then, he bowed to Zhou Xindie, who had already rested on the stage, and said, "Xie Cunrui of the Xie family, I am honored to learn from Fellow Daoist Zhou's superior skills."

"Zhou Xindie of the Zhou family, please forgive my ignorance, fellow Daoist."

Zhou Xindie bowed with her eyes lowered, her voice clear and melodious.

The two men, one handsome and the other beautiful, had already attracted much discussion among the cultivators below the stage even before they had exchanged blows.

Even the Xie family patriarch in the stands jokingly said to Zhou Chun, "I wonder if your family's young lady is already engaged? If not, how about we arrange a marriage between our two families?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun laughed heartily and said, "Haha, Fellow Daoist Xie has a keen eye for people. Die'er is the most outstanding girl among the younger generation of my Zhou family, both in terms of talent and appearance."

After saying that, he shook his head slightly and said, "However, the marriages of my Zhou family's children have always been decided by themselves. If Fellow Daoist Xie is interested, then your family's young men will have to pursue them themselves!"

This wasn't him being perfunctory; it was simply the Zhou family's situation.

Although his own marriage did not go entirely according to his wishes, Zhou Chun, as the head of the Zhou family, never interfered in the marriages of the younger generation of the family.

He generally doesn't interfere too much with whether Zhou family cultivators marry or get married; at most, he'll let them consider it a few more times to see if they've made up their minds.

"Hehehe, since Fellow Daoist Zhou doesn't object, then I'll have those kids put in a lot more effort later."

The Xie family patriarch chuckled and took the matter seriously.

Looking at the arena, Xie Cunrui and Zhou Xindie quickly revealed their true skills in their fight.

Xie Cunrui waved a blue feather fan in his hand repeatedly, and a dense rain of pale blue wind blades flew towards Zhou Xindie.

Faced with the opponent's overwhelming offensive, Zhou Xindie summoned a light blue pearl and hung it in front of her chest, creating a light blue shield to protect herself.

When the wind blade landed on the shield, it only caused ripples to spread across the shield.

After the dozens of wind blades dissipated, before Xie Cunrui could use any other methods, Zhou Xindie's counterattack had already begun.

With a wave of her hand, the female cultivator sent a long blue and white ribbon flying out from her sleeve. It snaked through the air and wrapped itself around Xie Cunrui.

Upon seeing this, Xie Cunrui's eyes flashed with a strange light. He immediately slapped his feather fan forward, and with the help of his magic power, a beam of azure spiritual light shot out, instantly transforming into an azure whirlwind in the air and engulfing the long ribbon.

Sensing that her connection with the magical artifact was being suppressed, Zhou Xindie frowned slightly, then let out a delicate shout and sent a burst of magical power into the long ribbon, forcibly freeing it from the cyan whirlwind.

Before she could reorganize her attack, Xie Cunrui on the other side patted his storage bag at his waist and once again summoned a bluish-white bone spear magic weapon.

The bluish-white bone spear was less than five feet long, so it must have been a short spear.

Driven by Xie Cunrui's magic, the short spear shot towards Zhou Xindie like an arrow released from a bow, resembling a streak of bluish-white lightning.

Before Zhou Xindie could react, the short spear had already struck the protective shield in front of her.

Instantly, the ripples on the shield surged violently, and cracks quickly appeared.

At this moment, Zhou Xindie finally came to her senses, hurriedly raised her hand and made a hand seal, quickly urging the long ribbon to return to defense.

Finally, before the protective barrier completely shattered, she managed to use her long ribbon to sweep the short spear magic weapon away.

However, due to the broken shield, her blue and white precious magic artifact could no longer be used for a short period of time, which meant she was missing a powerful defensive magic artifact.

Xie Cunrui would not let go of such a good opportunity to expand his victory. He quickly waved his feather fan and sent out a blue-white wind dragon that pounced on Zhou Xindie.

Faced with this relentless onslaught, Zhou Xindie had no choice but to use her magic talisman first.

With a flick of her wrist, a magic talisman burst into flames, transforming into a blue wave that met the onrushing wind dragon.

Amidst the swirling winds and surging waves, the two magical forces clashed in mid-air for a while before the white wind dragon ultimately prevailed, forcefully breaking through the giant waves and bursting forth.

However, with the giant wave delaying them for a while, Zhou Xindie calmly activated her blue and white long ribbon to wrap around the wind dragon, and with a gentle twist, she broke it apart.

After recovering with the help of the magic talisman, Zhou Xindie urged her long ribbon to dance around her body to resist Xie Cunrui's attacks, while also quickly patting her spirit beast pouch to release her spirit pet.

Her spirit pet is an eight-horned water-repelling deer, which she has also trained to a first-grade superior level.

However, this kind of monster was not very strong in combat, and it had been injured in the previous battle, which is why she did not release it at the beginning.

Seeing Xie Cunrui's formidable skills, she had no choice but to let the spirit pet continue fighting despite its injuries.

Yo—

After emerging, the eight-horned water-repelling deer raised its head and let out a neigh, then opened its mouth and spat out a blue jet of water at Xie Cunrui.

But such attacks were practically painless to Xie Cunrui.

He simply chanted an incantation, made a hand seal, and waved his feather fan. A blue-white wind wall appeared out of thin air in front of him. When the blue water column struck it, the wind wall only shook for a moment before falling silent.

However, the attack from the Eight-Cornered Water-Splitting Deer did take up some of his energy, giving Zhou Xindie a chance to catch her breath.

After relieving the pressure for a while, Zhou Xindie quickly formed hand seals and cast a first-tier high-grade protective spell, "Flowing Wave Shield," on herself.

However, just as she re-adjusted her defenses and prepared to continue the battle with Xie Cunrui, she saw Xie Cunrui looking at her seriously and saying, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, if these are all the tricks you have, then this battle can end here!"

"What do you mean?"

Zhou Xindie's beautiful eyes narrowed, and she was a little angry, feeling that she had been looked down upon.

Therefore, after questioning the other party, he angrily shouted, "Use whatever tricks you have!"

"Then so be it, fellow Daoist!"

Xie Cunrui let out a low shout, immediately forming a hand seal. A blue light surged from his palms, quickly condensing into a blue ball of light that floated in front of him.

Then, with a wave of his hand, the cyan ball of light streaked across the sky and quickly appeared in front of Zhou Xindie.

boom!

With a loud bang, the cyan light ball exploded in front of Zhou Xindie, instantly turning into countless tiny wind blades that engulfed her.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Jiarui, the referee, immediately tensed up.

His expression quickly changed, and he hurriedly mobilized the power of the formation to forcibly suppress the still raging wind blade storm.

Even so, when Zhou Xindie reappeared, her clothes were torn in several places by the wind blades, and blood gushed out uncontrollably, staining her clothes red.

Fortunately, Zhou Jiarui noticed the situation immediately and promptly mobilized the power of the formation to cover her up, thus preventing her from being exposed.

When she reappeared in public, she was wearing a new white dress.

She glanced at Xie Cunrui with her pale face and said softly, "Fellow Daoist Xie, your methods are truly adept; I am utterly convinced of my defeat!"

After saying that, she frowned and, enduring the pain, slowly walked off the stage.

Although her injuries are not particularly serious, they will not heal in a short time, and she will be unable to play for at least the next day or two.

The Zhou family had already made preparations for this unexpected situation, and a new substitute clansman would step in to take her place, allowing the martial arts competition to continue.

"That kid, he really doesn't know how to be gentle with women!"

On the stands, the Xie family patriarch watched this scene, but he couldn't feel happy at all. Instead, he cursed angrily.

He was just trying to play matchmaker, but now look what he's done, beating that girl up like this in front of so many people. Doesn't she have any dignity?

Zhou Chun wasn't angry about Zhou Xindie's defeat and injury.

Unless it's a serious injury that's difficult to heal, a minor injury can actually teach these younger members of the Zhou family a lesson, making them less likely to be complacent and ignorant.

Hearing the Xie family patriarch's cursing, he seized the opportunity to ask, "That move just now must have been some kind of secret technique, right? Its power is probably comparable to a low-grade second-tier spell!"

"It is indeed a very difficult secret technique to master. That kid is also stubborn; he spent five or six years on it!"

The Xie family patriarch gave a vague reply, indicating he did not want to discuss the matter further.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun naturally knew better than to ask any more questions and simply continued watching.

After defeating Zhou Xindie, Xie Cunrui went on to defeat the twenty-sixth Zhou family guardian cultivator. In the end, like Su Mingfu of the Su family, he was defeated by Zhou Xinlan, who guarded the twenty-seventh gate.

As a result, the Xie family of Lianzhou and the Su family are now tied for first place in points.

After the Xie family, two more small families took to the stage, but both only managed to score a dozen points.

Even the Qin family, a powerful local cultivation clan in Lanzhou, only managed to score 20 points despite sending 21 cultivators to participate in the battle.

After that, the Yu family of Lianzhou and the Li family of Yunzhou, two major cultivation families, took turns to compete, and both only achieved scores of 22 and 24 points respectively.

The battle only became suspenseful again after the Wen family of Yunzhou finally took to the field.

The Wen family is a prominent clan in Yunzhou with a history of over a thousand years. Currently, the clan also has two cultivators at the Purple Mansion stage.

The reason the Zhou family was able to persuade the Wen family to participate in the joint martial arts competition was because the Wen family was in dire need of the spiritual substance, Xiangling Musk.

Zhou Chun had previously made an agreement with the Purple Mansion stage cultivators of the Wen family that as long as the Wen family could win first place, they would not only receive the reward of three ounces of Fragrant Musk, but they would also be allowed to exchange other spiritual items for two ounces of Fragrant Musk.

Therefore, the Wen family is determined to win first place this time.

They sent a total of twenty-six clansmen to participate in the event, and all of them were at least late-stage Qi Refining cultivators.

When the Wen family cultivators took to the field, they indeed made the fastest progress since the start of the event.

With only twenty-three players on the field, they had already reached the twenty-seventh pass guarded by Zhou Xinlan.

However, the pass guarded by Zhou Xinlan was like an indestructible wall, keeping everyone who wanted to pass out.

From the twenty-third to the twenty-fifth person, four members of the Wen family fell to him.

It wasn't until the twenty-sixth Wen family cultivator appeared that this continued.

"Wen Liangyu of the Wen family, I have learned a lot from Fellow Daoist Zhou."

On the arena, the last cultivator of the Wen family, a middle-aged man with graying hair, walked up with a solemn expression.

He carries the last hope of the Wen family; this battle can only be won, not lost!

After the two exchanged greetings, the battle quickly broke out as referee Zhou Jiarui's voice rang out.

Somewhat surprisingly, Wen Liangyu also tamed a first-tier high-grade demon beast.

It was a robust steel-armored rock boar, three zhang long and seven chi tall, much larger than the Crimson Flame Vajra Monkey.

With the Steel Armored Rock Boar holding him back, the Crimson Flame Golden Monkey was no longer able to provide Zhou Xinlan with any help whatsoever.

Without the help of her spirit pet, Zhou Xinlan faced Wen Liangyu's attacks alone and quickly fell into a disadvantageous position.

But he also has a strong personality and is unwilling to accept defeat.

So after barely surviving one of his opponent's attacks, he immediately gritted his teeth and launched a counterattack.

He reached out and patted the storage bag at his waist, then took out two identical magic talismans and activated them on the spot.

In an instant, two fire snakes appeared in front of him.

However, he did not let the two fire snakes pounce on his opponent. Instead, he rapidly formed hand seals and unleashed streams of magic power at the two fire snakes, intending to rely on his fire control technique to forcibly merge the power of the two first-grade high-level magic talismans.

"This kid's gone mad!"

In the stands, Zhou Chun's expression changed slightly; he hadn't expected Zhou Xinlan to take such a risk.

While it is true that fire control techniques can indeed combine the power of multiple fire-based spells to unleash greater power.

However, if the combined fire magic is too powerful, there is a risk of playing with fire and getting burned.

Therefore, it is common to use "Fireball Talisman" or "Firebird Talisman" in combination with "Fireball Talisman" to fuse them.

Zhou Xinlan is only at the twelfth level of the Qi Refining stage, yet she wants to merge the power of two first-grade high-level magic talismans, the "Fire Serpent Talisman," into one. Isn't that insane?

Zhou Chun immediately wanted to forcefully intervene in the battle to stop Zhou Xinlan's risky behavior.

But at that moment, Zhou Zhengyong, who was also in the stands, suddenly said, "Clan leader, don't be anxious. Since Xinlan dares to do this, it means he must be confident!"

"Brother Yong, you..."

Zhou Chun looked at Zhou Zhengyong with a surprised expression, not expecting him to say such a thing.

This month is over. Next month I'm going to step up my game and increase my update frequency. I don't expect to go back to two updates a day, but I'll at least manage three updates every two days!

(End of this chapter)