Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 319 Unexpected Turn of Events [Please Subscribe]

Jinchangfang Market.

After Zhou Chun had been waiting outside the training area for more than five days without seeing Zhou Yu come out, he realized that something was wrong.

At this point, the effects of the Blue Moon Butterfly Powder on Zhou Yu had almost worn off, and Zhou Chun could no longer use the Blue Moon Butterfly to pinpoint her location.

However, there is only one entrance and exit to the training area, and Zhou Chun has been keeping an eye on it for the past few days, so he can confirm that the other party is still inside.

But after such a long time without the other party coming out, Zhou Chun had already begun to have bad suspicions.

When Zhou Jiahe came to see him, he took the opportunity to ask her, "Thirteenth Aunt, does Zhou Yu have any favored direct descendants?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Jiahe was taken aback at first, and then after a moment's thought, she replied softly, "She used to have three sons and two daughters. Two of the sons and one of the daughters all have spiritual root aptitude, but as far as I know, they are all low-grade spiritual roots, and basically have no chance of establishing a foundation."

"As for whether she has any grandchildren she particularly dotes on, I don't know. After all, since we separated from the family, we haven't talked about these family matters for decades."

This answer made Zhou Chun frown as well.

He then said in a low voice, "I suspect the reason Zhou Yu hasn't come out is because she has already given the Foundation Establishment Pill she obtained to her junior, and she's currently in the cultivation area protecting her junior as they progress through Foundation Establishment!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Jiahe's gaze sharpened, and he nodded solemnly, saying, "Zhengchun, your suspicion is very likely correct. At her age, she doesn't have many years left to live. Exchanging the Black Jade Toad for Foundation Establishment Pills at this time can only be for the purpose of nurturing the next generation."

After saying that, he muttered to himself, "If that's really the case, things are getting a bit complicated. It takes at least two or three months for a Qi Refining cultivator to break through to Foundation Establishment. Are we going to have to stay here and keep an eye on things for the next few months?"

"Alright then, Aunt Thirteen, you stay here and keep watch for a while. I'll go see the Supreme Elder and discuss with him what to do."

After thinking for a while, Zhou Chun asked Zhou Jiahe to keep watch in his place while he went to see Zhou Mingde to discuss countermeasures.

When he arrived at the inn, he told Zhou Mingde his guess and then took the opportunity to share his own opinion.

"In my opinion, if Zhou Yu is really planning this, then there is no need for the three of us to stay here. It is enough for just me to stay and keep watch. Elder, you can take the Fifth Elder back first to find a way to save the Black Jade Toad."

After Zhou Chun finished speaking, Zhou Mingde frowned slightly and fell into thought.

After thinking for about a quarter of an hour, Zhou Mingde relaxed and nodded slightly, saying, "Very well, since you have this intention, I will leave the Fire God Jackal for you to protect, just in case."

He certainly wouldn't feel at ease leaving Zhou Chun alone in Fengguo.

However, with the Fire God Jackal protecting him, as long as he doesn't encounter a late-stage Purple Mansion cultivator, it should be enough to protect Zhou Chun from harm.

Zhou Chun naturally wouldn't refuse such a powerful defensive trump card.

After reaching an agreement, Zhou Mingde handed the Fire God Jackal to Zhou Chun and then took Zhou Jiahe with him to leave Jinchang Market and return to the family's mountain gate.

After Zhou Mingde and Zhou Jiahe left, Zhou Chun kept watch outside the cultivation area every day, and also entered the cultivation area many times to investigate the situation.

Unfortunately, there were too many training rooms in the training area, and it was forbidden to go near other people's training rooms, so he was unable to find Zhou Yu's training room.

However, Zhou Chun quickly came up with another idea.

He bribed the cultivator in charge of allocating various cultivation rooms in the market with spirit coins, and learned from him where the long-term rented cultivation rooms were located. Then, based on the description of the appearance and cultivation level of the tenants of those cultivation rooms, he finally located the cultivation room where Zhou Yu was located.

According to the cultivators who manage the cultivation area, besides Zhou Yu, there was indeed a middle-aged man with Qi Refining cultivation in that cultivation room.

That makes everything fit together.

In light of this, Zhou Chun simply moved into the cultivation area as well, and asked the cultivators managing the cultivation area to monitor Zhou Yu's cultivation room while he was cultivating.

This way, his own cultivation wouldn't be delayed, and he wouldn't have to worry about Zhou Yu suddenly leaving the cultivation area while he was cultivating without his knowledge.

What Zhou Chun didn't expect was that after he had been waiting in Jinchangfang for almost two months, he still hadn't seen Zhou Yu, and the situation in Fengguo suddenly changed dramatically.

It is unclear which force is responsible, but the eggs of the "corpse moth" have been appearing in various markets one after another. There have even been cases of disciples of the Corpse Demon Cult being targeted and killed by "corpse moths".

This clearly premeditated and targeted provocation has truly touched a raw nerve with the Corpse Demon Cult.

Therefore, the Corpse Demon Sect began to explicitly prohibit Feng Kingdom cultivators from raising "Corpse Moths". Anyone found to have violated this order would be killed without mercy, regardless of their cultivation level or background!

The issuance of this ban further fueled the disgust and anger of the Feng Kingdom's cultivators.

They find it hard to accept this ban.

Because if the Corpse Demon Cult can prohibit the raising of "Corpse Moths" today, they can prohibit them from doing other things tomorrow.

If this continues, won't they all become slaves of the Corpse Demon Cult?

Major sects like the Jingyang Sect would find it even more difficult to accept the Corpse Demon Sect's prohibition.

Although it's obvious to everyone that the Corpse Demon Sect is now the most powerful force in Feng Kingdom, and whether Feng Kingdom is in chaos or not is up to the Corpse Demon Sect.

However, even a major sect like the Jingyang Sect only acknowledged the Corpse Demon Sect's status as the number one power in Feng Kingdom; they absolutely did not consider themselves vassals of the Corpse Demon Sect and had to obey its orders in everything.

In this situation, even a major sect like the Jingyang Sect, which internally notified its members that they should not raise "corpse moths," did not enforce the Corpse Demon Sect's order to prohibit the trade of "corpse moth" eggs.

Or perhaps the ban was merely issued in name only, with no actual enforcement action taken.

The Corpse Demon Cult took a very straightforward approach: they sent their disciples to various market outposts. Once they discovered the presence of "Corpse Moths," they would immediately arrest and kill people, completely disregarding the rule that fighting was forbidden within the market.

This domineering and arrogant approach is tantamount to trampling on the faces of other forces, directly provoking public outrage.

Zhou Chun, who was in Jinchangfang Market, was stunned when he heard the news.

Then his expression changed drastically.

Zhou Chun knew that if the situation continued to evolve in this way, Feng Kingdom would likely repeat the chaos of decades ago.

Jingyang's faction and its forces may be forced to engage in another major war with the Corpse Demon Cult.

By then, countless cultivators from Feng Kingdom will have died in the war.

Throughout the history of the human cultivation world, the number of cultivators who died due to invasions by alien races or natural disasters has never been as many as the number of cultivators who died in battles between various forces within the human cultivation world.

Invasions by alien races, or insect plagues like the "Thousand-Cricket Plague," are things that happen only once every thousand years.

However, the mutual attacks and killings between various cultivation forces occur every year in this cultivation world, only varying in scale.

If a war of survival were to break out between the Corpse Demon Cult and the other forces of the entire Feng Kingdom, the number of cultivators who would die would be at least tens of thousands!

Zhou Chun absolutely did not want to get involved in this war.

"Judging by the time, it should be about right!"

"Wait a little longer. If we still haven't seen him after three months, then we'll have to leave."

Inside the market, a look of worry flashed in Zhou Chun's eyes, and a strong desire to retreat arose in his heart.

While capturing Zhou Yu is important, it is not worth putting himself in danger for it.

Zhou Chun knew which was more important.

Persistence pays off. After waiting in the training area of ​​the market for about eighty days, Zhou Chun finally saw Zhou Yu come out.

Accompanying Zhou Yu was a middle-aged man in blue robes with a haggard face; his cultivation level was still at the Qi Refining stage.

After the two came out together, Zhou Yu turned around and glanced at the middle-aged man behind her, then waved her hand and said, "Alright, it's just one failure. Don't be so discouraged. As long as I'm alive, I will definitely find a way to help you succeed in Foundation Establishment!"

Upon hearing her words, the middle-aged man's face immediately lit up with excitement. He quickly bowed deeply to her and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Grandmother. I will certainly live up to your expectations next time."

"Let's hope so!"

Zhou Yu shook his head slightly and immediately stepped out of the training area.

When she left the training area, she quietly observed the surroundings. Seeing that there was nothing unusual, she quickly led the middle-aged man away from the vicinity.

But little did she know that none of her actions had escaped Zhou Chun's notice.

To avoid being discovered by Zhou Yu, Zhou Chun did not dare to follow closely. Instead, he used the "Insect Puppet Technique" that he had successfully cultivated over the years, attaching a wisp of his spirit to a "Mysterious Armor Golden Feather" demon insect, which then flew in the air to follow the two of them from a distance.

Compared to demonic beasts, demonic insects are not only tiny in size, but also emit a very weak aura, making them easy to overlook when alone.

Even if other cultivators saw the demonic insects in the air and realized something was wrong, they would mostly just report it to the cultivators stationed in the market, rather than directly taking action to shoot down the demonic insects.

As long as Zhou Chun retracts his wisp of spirit before the enemy kills the demonic insect, it will be difficult for anyone to discover that he is the master of the demonic insect.

After following Zhou Yu and his companion for some time, Zhou Chun saw them enter a general store.

Not long after, Zhou Yu, with a worried expression, led the middle-aged man out of the general store and headed straight out of the market.

Upon realizing this, Zhou Chun hurriedly followed and ran towards the outside of the market.

The "Mysterious Armor Golden Feather" can keep track of people within the market, but once outside, it becomes very difficult for these demonic insects to keep up once Zhou Yu takes flight with his people.

When Zhou Chun left the market, he saw that Zhou Yu and the other person had already disappeared into the distance, and could only be seen as a small black dot.

So he hurriedly summoned the cyan flying boat magic artifact he had obtained from Lingzhou, flew into the clouds, and followed it from afar.

To avoid any unforeseen complications, after following for nearly a hundred miles, Zhou Chun activated the acceleration ability of the cyan flying boat.

Suddenly, the two fins beneath the azure flying boat shone brightly with azure light, and began to move like oars.

Zhou Chun's flight speed immediately increased by several times.

The explosive speed caused the sound of air being torn apart to resound like thunder across the sky.

Not long after, Zhou Yu, who was ahead, noticed this change.

She glanced back at the sky and her expression changed drastically.

Although it was still difficult to see Zhou Chun's face clearly, she vaguely guessed the identity of the person behind her.

Immediately, she hurriedly shouted to the middle-aged man beside her, "A powerful enemy is attacking! Zhen'er, you go first, we'll meet up at Flying Fox Mountain!"

"Grandmother..."

The middle-aged man wanted to say something, but Zhou Yu threw him aside.

Seeing this, he could only hurriedly summon his flying artifact to stabilize himself and flew off in a panic to the other side.

Seeing that Zhou Chun was chasing after him at a speed far beyond his own, Zhou Yu simply turned around and went to meet Zhou Chun, trying to buy the middle-aged man time to escape.

However, Zhou Chun found her actions utterly ridiculous.

Zhou Chun didn't say anything more, and directly patted the spirit beast pouch at his waist, releasing the Golden-Winged Tiger.

Then he instructed his spirit pet, "Little Gold, go after that person and try to capture him alive."

Roar!

Upon hearing its master's command, the golden-winged tiger immediately let out a low growl and flapped its wings to chase after the middle-aged man in blue.

Meanwhile, Zhou Chun had already released the Silver Lightning Python, letting it fly around.

"Zhou Zhengchun, I am still your elder. Do you really intend to drive me to my grave?"

Zhou Yu opened her mouth angrily and shouted, actually trying to play the emotional card.

Unexpectedly, upon hearing her words, Zhou Chun glared at her and shouted, "Considering you were once a senior member of my Zhou family, if you obediently surrender and return with me to the clan to await the Supreme Elder's judgment, you may still have a sliver of hope. Otherwise, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

As he spoke, he moved even closer to the two of them.

Upon hearing his answer, Zhou Yu's face immediately turned ugly, and she fell silent.

Zhou Yu was well aware of just how terrible her actions had been.

She knew that if she went back with Zhou Chun, her fate would be worse than death.

Therefore, she immediately made up her mind that she would rather die than surrender!

"Very well, let this old woman see what you're capable of, daring to speak such boastful words!"

She roared angrily and quickly reached out and patted the spirit beast pouch at her waist, releasing her spirit pet.

Zhou Yu was already a Foundation Establishment cultivator in the Zhou family during the Three Absolutes Sect era, so her spirit pet had naturally been cultivated to the second tier, and was even a second-tier high-grade demon beast.

It was a very beautiful golden raccoon, also known as the "Jade-faced Golden Raccoon" in the monster encyclopedia, a very rare intermediate-level monster.

Despite being a second-tier high-grade demonic beast, the golden raccoon was not large, only about the size of an ordinary leopard.

After it emerged from the spirit beast pouch, it seemed to sense its master's anger, and immediately glared at Zhou Chun with fierce eyes, letting out a series of low growls.

"Then you'd better open your eyes wide and see what Zhou's methods are all about!"

Zhou Chun glanced at the golden raccoon, sneered, and then patted the spirit beast pouch at his waist.

Instantly, a buzzing sound rose into the sky, and a large number of pale golden flying insects flew out from the spirit beast pouch at his waist, quickly gathering into a pale golden cloud of insects above his head.

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