Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 325 Savages, A Major Event [Please Subscribe]

"These are the mortals you found in the wilderness?"

Inside Dragon Rising Valley, Zhou Chun looked at the three mortals—two men and one woman—kneeling and trembling before him, his eyes filled with astonishment.

Previously, there were no mortals in Longxing Valley.

When the Zhou family was training its elite bodyguards, they never recruited women.

Therefore, it is impossible for cultivators in Longxing Valley to give birth to mortals, especially since it would be impossible for several adults to be born in just over a year.

The three mortals that Zhou Chun is seeing now were discovered by Zhou Zhengyong on a plain more than 600 miles away when he was exploring the wilderness.

According to Zhou Zhengyong, there were several tribes of ordinary people on that plain, the largest having a thousand people and the smallest two or three hundred.

These ordinary tribes appeared extremely backward; their hunting weapons were mostly made of animal bones and stones, with very few iron tools.

Their clothes were made of animal hides, bird feathers, and tree bark, and they had no written language.

However, according to Zhou Zhengyong's understanding, these mortal tribes are very likely the descendants of those mortals that the Dragon Transformation Sect had previously raised in the wilderness.

At this time, two or three decades had passed since the southern expedition.

Most of the mortals who lived in the wilderness perished there after losing the protection of the Dragon Transformation Sect.

However, with such a large number of people, there are always some lucky ones who survive. At that time, many low-level cultivators of the Dragon Transformation Sect also escaped, and they might shelter some mortals.

Even if these lucky ones survive, without the protection of cultivators, their meager strength will make it difficult for them to survive in the wilderness.

Therefore, they had no choice but to keep migrating, moving away from those dangerous places.

During this migration, the able-bodied among them either died at the hands of monsters or wild beasts, or from diseases or accidents.

Their new generation has no access to education or exposure to civilized society; all their energy is focused on how to obtain food and survive.

As a result, civilization degenerated and barbarism was born. The survivors organized themselves into tribes and struggled to survive in the wilderness with their savage and strong bodies.

After learning all this, Zhou Chun couldn't help but sigh, "They're a pitiful bunch!"

After speaking, he turned his gaze to Zhou Zhengyong and asked, "So, what do you plan to do with these mortals, Brother Yong?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhengyong hesitated for a moment before saying in a deep voice, "If the family allows, I would like to keep these mortals here to help with chores, and even relocate those mortal tribes here to establish a settlement nearby."

"Brother Yong, I understand your good intentions."

Zhou Chun nodded, indicating that he understood Zhou Zhengyong's intentions, then frowned and said, "But if too many mortals gather nearby and are allowed to grow stronger, it will inevitably attract more attention. If the existence of Dragon Rising Valley is exposed, the consequences will be unimaginable!"

The Zhou family established a pioneering base in Longxing Valley to secretly gather various resources from the wilderness, not to colonize it.

Once a group of wild people gathers here and establishes a settlement, it becomes a true colony, and it will be difficult to avoid attracting attention.

The small Zhou family could not withstand the attacks from the overlords of the wilderness.

"Yes, Thirteenth Brother, I've also considered what you said. But the benefits of taking in mortals are obvious. With mortals serving us, our cultivators here can do much less unnecessary work. Moreover, if a cultivator is willing to marry a mortal woman and have offspring, they might even give birth to a child with spiritual roots, thus increasing the number of cultivators in Dragon Rising Valley!"

Zhou Zhengyong first nodded, acknowledging Zhou Chun's statement, but then expressed his own opinion, trying to persuade Zhou Chun.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Chun also fell into deep thought.

In fact, he understood what Zhou Zhengyong was saying, but compared to the benefits Zhou Zhengyong mentioned, the disadvantages were more obvious and serious.

But Zhou Zhengyong was personally handpicked by him, and he had said that he would be in charge of all matters in Longxing Valley.

Since Zhou Zhengyong had his own ideas and expressed them, even if he didn't quite agree with them, he couldn't directly refuse.

After pondering for a long time, Zhou Chun looked at Zhou Zhengyong and nodded slightly, saying, "Brother Yong, if you really want to save these mortals, I can't stop your good deed. However, there is one thing that must be done: these mortals cannot be moved to the vicinity of Longxing Valley. We can only find another place to settle them, and we must not let them know about the existence of Longxing Valley."

"Alright, Thirteenth Brother, I've remembered your words. I will definitely handle this matter properly!"

Zhou Zhengyong nodded with a happy expression and readily agreed.

"Let's leave that matter for now and talk about something else."

As Zhou Chun spoke, he suddenly reached out and patted a spirit beast pouch at his waist, and a giant golden-haired monkey nearly two zhang tall appeared in front of him.

This golden-haired giant monkey was none other than the Vajra Spirit Monkey that originally guarded the Zhongping Hall inside the Zhou Family Mountain Gate.

When the golden-haired giant monkey emerged from the spirit beast pouch and saw Zhou Zhengyong, whom it hadn't seen for some time, it smiled and waved to greet him.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun smiled and said, "Hou Dali is an old acquaintance of yours, Brother Yong. It's a waste of its talents to be a gatekeeper in the family. So after I talked to it, it agreed to come to Longxing Valley to fight alongside you and serve the family."

Persuading the Vajra Spirit Monkey to come to Dragon Rising Valley didn't take Zhou Chun much effort. After all, ever since he had guided the monkey to become a second-tier demon beast, the monkey had been completely obedient to him.

Moreover, for the warlike Vajra Spirit Monkey, fighting various monsters in the wilderness is something it enjoys.

Upon hearing Zhou Chun's words, Zhou Zhengyong clapped his hands and exclaimed, "This is wonderful! With Dali's participation, Xu Fu and the others won't have to rely on me for help every time they encounter difficult monsters."

"Yes, that's what I think too."

Zhou Chun nodded, agreeing with his statement.

Afterwards, Zhou Chun visited Zhou Daoquan, who was in seclusion in Longxing Valley, and told him about the recent changes in the family so that he would be aware of the situation.

After he finished speaking, Zhou Daoquan nodded slightly and said, "Zhengchun, it's good that you brought that Vajra Spirit Monkey. With it and Zhengyong in the valley, I can occasionally get away to get some fresh air and explore this wilderness!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun immediately said, "Elder, if you are going out to explore the wilderness, you must leave your contact information. Otherwise, it would be bad if we needed to notify you in an emergency but couldn't find you."

"I know that, of course. If I go out, I will leave Zhu Yunhe behind. If there is any emergency, you can let him come to me."

Zhou Daoquan nodded slightly and explained his plan.

Zhou Chun naturally couldn't say anything more and quickly returned to his family.

Unexpectedly, less than half a month after Zhou Chun returned to his family, news that shocked the entire cultivation world of Jing Kingdom suddenly spread throughout the entire Jing Kingdom and even to neighboring countries.

The message was simple: the former top rogue cultivator of Jing Kingdom, "Tianjing Sanren," had successfully shattered his core and formed his nascent soul!

A new Nascent Soul stage cultivator has appeared!

Prior to this, only three major forces in the Jing Kingdom—the Moon Wheel Sect, the Flame Sun Sect, and the Green Lotus Temple—had Nascent Soul stage cultivators. The entire Jing Kingdom had only seven Nascent Soul stage cultivators.

Now that "Tianjing Sanren" has successfully shattered his core and formed his nascent soul, becoming Tianjing Zhenren, the number of Nascent Soul stage Zhenren in Jing Kingdom has reached eight.

However, this is probably not a good thing for the cultivation world of Jingguo.

It should be noted that the current power structure of the cultivation world in Jingguo has been established for a long time, and the three major powers have long since brought every inch of Jingguo's land under their control.

The appearance of Master Tianjing now could very well change this situation.

With a Nascent Soul stage cultivator in charge, the "Tianjing Manor" previously led by Tianjing Zhenren will inevitably be unwilling to remain confined to a corner of the land as before.

Once "Tianjing Manor" expands its sphere of influence, it will inevitably infringe upon the interests of the three major powers.

Because of this, when Zhou Chun learned of this news, he was not only shocked but also filled with worry.

It should be noted that Lingzhou, where "Tianjing Manor" is located, is adjacent to Lanzhou. If "Tianjing Manor" really expands its sphere of influence, Qinglian Temple will definitely be the first to bear the brunt, and the Zhou family may also be forced to get involved and face the risk of choosing sides again.

"The situation in Yasukuni is about to change again!"

On Pagoda Peak, after learning the news from Zhou Chun, Zhou Mingde couldn't help but sigh.

However, they all knew that no matter how the situation in Jingguo changed, the Zhou family was powerless in the face of such a great change and could only go with the flow.

Therefore, despite being filled with anxiety, there was nothing he could do.

Besides, they are certainly not the ones who are most worried right now.

In fact, the person most shocked and worried after learning that "Tianjing Sanren" had successfully shattered his core and formed his nascent soul was none other than Qingweizi, the head of Qinglian Temple.

"That old scoundrel, Tianjing! We've all been fooled by him!"

"Now it seems that the injury he sustained during the southern campaign was entirely intentional. He wanted to use the pretext of recuperating to secretly cultivate and form his Nascent Soul!"

Qingweizi slumped onto the jade couch, her face pale, her eyes filled with shock and anger.

At this moment, he was filled with remorse.

If he had known earlier that "Tianjing Sanren's" so-called seclusion to recuperate was actually an attempt to break through to the Nascent Soul stage, he and Qinglian Temple would definitely have stopped him.

"How exactly did he succeed? With a success rate of less than 10%, how did he manage it?"

Qingweizi muttered to herself with her mouth wide open, having completely lost the demeanor of a sect leader.

He was also a Golden Core cultivator, although he was not yet at the late Golden Core stage, but he already knew everything he needed to know about the Nascent Soul stage.

The Nascent Soul stage cultivator Qingxiao Zhenren of Qinglian Temple once said that if "Tianjing Sanren" wanted to break through his core and form a Nascent Soul, the success rate would be less than 100%.

As a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, Qingweizi naturally had no doubt about Qingxiao Zhenren's judgment.

So when he heard the news that "Tianjing Sanren" was in seclusion to recuperate, he didn't pay much attention to it.

After all, the Golden Core cultivators of Qinglian Temple witnessed the "Heavenly Mirror Hermit" being injured, so there's no mistake about it.

But reality slapped him hard in the face and mocked him mercilessly!

He, Qingweizi, had always been the one scheming and manipulating others, but now he himself was being played like a fool.

At this moment, Qingweizi's feelings were truly beyond words!

"Yes, Ancestor, we still have an Ancestor! I'll go see the Ancestor right now!"

After an unknown amount of time, Qingweizi suddenly jumped up, as if a drowning person had grabbed a straw, and excitedly flew away from the sect leader's hall.

Before long, Qingweizi arrived at the valley outside the deepest part of the Qinglian Temple.

He stood outside the valley, gazing at the valley shrouded in a white, misty array. After tidying his appearance slightly, he bowed deeply to the valley and said, "Ancestor, your disciple Qingweizi has urgent business to discuss with you!"

After he finished speaking, he remained in a bowing posture, waiting for a response.

About fifteen minutes later, an old and dignified voice rang in his ears.

"Come in."

Before the words had even faded, the fog ahead churned, revealing a passageway that people could walk through.

"Thank you, Ancestor."

Qingweizi thanked him respectfully again before entering the valley through the passage.

Upon entering the valley, the rich spiritual energy that rushed towards her immediately invigorated Qing Weizi, making her feel much more energetic.

Although this wasn't the first time this had happened, he still couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

If he can cultivate in such a place, there might not be no possibility of him breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage in the future.

Compared to the extremely rich spiritual energy here, the place where he, the sect leader, usually cultivates is undoubtedly the difference between a thatched hut and a palace!

Looking around, one can see that the valley is filled with all kinds of rare thousand-year-old spiritual herbs and precious spiritual plants that are rarely seen outside the world. The quantity of these herbs exceeds what many Golden Core cultivators who are not from major sects have ever seen in their entire lives.

Deep in the valley, there is a pond about two acres in size, with white steam rising from its surface and a few green lotus leaves faintly visible inside.

If any other Golden Core cultivators who had never been here witnessed this scene, they would surely be stunned into silence.

Because that pond is actually a super large spring of spiritual light!

The white steam rising above the pond is actually an extremely rich source of spiritual energy from heaven and earth.

After arriving here, Qingweizi only glanced at the pond before her gaze fell upon a thatched hut beside it.

In the thatched courtyard, a Taoist priest in green robes with white hair sat at a stone table, brewing tea.

"Speak, what brings you here to pay your respects to this old man today?"

Seemingly sensing Qingweizi's gaze, the white-haired Taoist spoke softly, asking a question, but his eyes remained fixed on the teapot on the table, without glancing at Qingweizi.

Qingweizi dared not think this was a sign of disrespect, so she immediately bowed and said, "Disciple Qingweizi greets Ancestor."

Then he straightened up and respectfully explained his purpose.

"What?! The Heavenly Mirror Hermit has successfully shattered his core and formed his Nascent Soul!"

The white-haired Taoist priest trembled slightly, then abruptly turned to look at Qing Weizi. His sharp gaze instantly made Qing Weizi lower her head in a hurry.

"Tell me in detail what exactly happened!"

Another update today. Hopefully I can find a place to live in the next couple of days...

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