Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 360 Target: Purple Mansion [Please Subscribe]

"Phew, finally out!"

On the white snowfield under the blue sky, Zhou Chun, who had just climbed out from the thick ice below, looked up at the sky and couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.

This was three months after he had fallen into the lake after the collapse.

After obtaining the Snow Crystal Insect King, he began his search for the surface.

However, the process was not smooth at all.

It took him almost a month to dig out the passage leading to the surface, in which he damaged a second-tier magic artifact, and even his commonly used [Sun-Shining Golden Wheel] suffered considerable wear and tear.

But all of that is in the past now.

In any case, now that he's out, the road ahead is clear.

After resting for half a day on the snowfield and recovering his magical power, Zhou Chun rode the Golden-Winged Tiger and left the snowfield.

That's right, Zhou Chun didn't plan to bring the Snow Crystal Insect King to exchange for the Snow Soul Pill as he had done before when exchanging for the Foundation Establishment Pill.

As a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, if he were to exchange for a Foundation Establishment Pill and have it on him, few people would be foolish enough to attack him for it.

However, if someone brings the Snow Crystal Insect King to exchange for a [Snow Soul Pill], then everything becomes uncertain.

This wasn't Zhou Chun judging others by his own petty standards, but rather something that had to be guarded against.

Just like how Lin Hongyu, despite having spent money to buy the spiritual items that aided in Core Formation, still dared not leave the Immortal Capital Market with these treasures.

Zhou Chun wasn't a local cultivator from Yang Kingdom, nor did he have any background or connections there. The cultivators from Xuepo Palace sold him out without any remorse.

Therefore, Zhou Chun had no choice but to leave the snowfield and Yang Kingdom first, and find another place to trade with the Snow Soul Palace.

Several days later, Zhou Chun returned to the Hongyufeng stronghold, which he had left more than a year ago.

At this time, most of the rogue cultivators who had gone to the snowfield to exchange for Foundation Establishment Pills and who were still alive returned to the stronghold.

However, many of them found that when they returned, there was no longer a place for them at the outpost.

That's just how reality is; often, a wrong choice can lead to irreparable losses.

Everyone has to pay the price for their choices.

Of course, Lin Wan'er will definitely continue to accept capable late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators like Fu Changqing, as long as they are willing to return.

Zhou Chun returned to the stronghold, had a conversation with Lin Wan'er, left her a letter, and then left alone.

This time, Zhou Chun took the [Earth Element Crystal Jade] ore accumulated in the stronghold and returned to the Zhou family.

Twenty days after Zhou Chun left, Lin Wan'er arranged for someone to deliver the letter Zhou Chun left behind to Xuepo Palace.

It goes without saying how the Snow Soul Palace will handle the letter left by Zhou Chun.

Meanwhile, Zhou Chun returned to Jing Kingdom from Yang Kingdom without any major setbacks, and successfully returned to his family's mountain gate in just over ten days.

Zhou Mingde was somewhat surprised by Zhou Chun's return.

However, after learning the purpose of Zhou Chun's return, he immediately became happy.

He was overjoyed to learn that Zhou Chun had actually captured a wood spirit in Shen Kingdom and tamed and contracted it to become a spirit pet.

"Wonderful, wonderful! Masaharu, you've truly given this old man a wonderful surprise!"

Zhou Mingde looked at Zhou Chun with a smile on his face and immediately asked him to summon the Wood Spirit so that he could take a look.

When Zhou Mingde finally saw the Green Deer in the form of the Wood Spirit and witnessed its incredible Wood Escape Technique, he was so astonished that he opened his mouth wide and remained speechless for a long time.

"Truly worthy of being a spirit born from the blessings of heaven and earth!"

"Such supernatural abilities are beyond the reach of ordinary demonic beasts!"

"To have such a spirit as my favorite is far better than having a dragon!"

He showered Qinglu with praise, and couldn't help but feel envious of Zhou Chun's good fortune.

Whether a dragon or a spirit is better is a matter of opinion for every cultivator.

However, in terms of rarity, spirits are undoubtedly much rarer than dragons.

From this perspective, it's not entirely wrong to say that having a spirit or monster is better than having a dragon.

After all, things are valued for their scarcity!

However, if Zhou Chun were to choose, he would naturally want both.

The dragon is powerful in combat, can reproduce, and can produce dragon blood spirits, making it extremely useful.

These spirits possess wondrous and mysterious powers, their ability to find medicine and minerals is unparalleled, their growth has virtually no limit, and their uses are infinitely numerous.

"There's something else I need to tell you, about the jade bead in my dantian. I think I know its purpose now!"

Looking at Zhou Mingde's envious face, Zhou Chun then recounted how her magical artifact automatically protected its master after she was ambushed by the salamander monster.

As expected, Zhou Mingde was shocked upon hearing this and immediately asked him for details.

Zhou Chun didn't hide anything and shared all his related guesses.

"Zhengchun, you guessed correctly. Just as you said, since that jade bead was able to automatically protect its master after you faced a life-or-death crisis, it must not be an ordinary magic weapon. It must be a spiritual treasure with extremely high spiritual power!"

"In that case, the white toad we saw back then must be the spirit of this magical artifact!"

As Zhou Mingde spoke, his gaze involuntarily fell upon Zhou Chun's lower abdomen, specifically his dantian.

Then, with an extremely solemn expression, he said in a deep voice, "This matter must be kept strictly confidential. Before you are able to control this magical treasure, you must not let any third party other than me know of its existence!"

"I understand, and I will definitely keep this a secret."

Zhou Chun nodded, indicating that he understood.

He was innocent, but possessing a treasure was a crime; how could he not understand this principle?

Spiritual treasures are incredibly precious; even Nascent Soul stage cultivators cannot all possess them.

If people find out that Zhou Chun, a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, possesses such a treasure, not only will he lose his life, but his entire family may also be implicated.

So whether it's for his own good or for the good of his family, the fewer people who know about this, the better.

After waiting for more than ten days inside the family's mountain gate, Zhou Chun finally met the person he was waiting for.

On this day, a powerful aura of a Golden Core cultivator suddenly appeared outside the Zhou family's mountain gate.

On Pagoda Peak, after sensing the undisguised aura of the Golden Core cultivator, Zhou Chun and Zhou Mingde immediately took to the air and left the mountain gate.

As they exited the mountain gate formation, they saw a blue-clad man with a cold demeanor hovering in the sky; the source of that powerful aura was none other than this man.

Seeing this, the two men quickly bowed to the man in blue and said, "Junior Zhou Mingde and Zhou Zhengchun greet senior."

Faced with their bows, the man in blue showed no courtesy whatsoever, coldly stating, "You know perfectly well where I come from, so there's no need for further words. Hand over the Snow Crystal Insect King!"

His attitude made him seem more like a robber than someone trying to make a deal.

However, given his cultivation level and strength, Zhou Chun and Zhou Mingde, despite feeling uncomfortable with his tone, dared not be negligent.

Zhou Chun immediately replied respectfully, "The Snow Crystal Insect King is kept in the family's treasure vault by this junior. This junior will go and fetch it for you, senior."

After saying this, he bowed to the man in blue again before turning around and flying back into the family's mountain gate.

Not long after, Zhou Chun returned outside carrying the box containing the Snow Crystal Insect King.

"Senior, please look, this is the Snow Crystal Insect King."

In front of the man in blue, Zhou Chun opened the three-layered box, revealing the Snow Crystal Insect King inside the Cold Jade Box.

Perhaps because it had been away from its comfortable environment for too long, the Snow Crystal Insect King seemed rather listless and half-dead.

But upon seeing it, the indifferent blue-clad man opposite him suddenly had a glint in his eyes and immediately raised his hand to take the Snow Crystal Insect King from the box in front of him.

Then he raised his hand and patted his storage bag, taking out a white jade bottle magic artifact, and directly sucked the Snow Crystal Insect King into the jade bottle and put it away.

Then he flicked his sleeve and sent out a beam of white light that landed in front of Zhou Chun, revealing a white pill bottle.

"This is our sect's secret recipe, the [Snow Soul Pill]. Keep it safe for yourself!"

Seeing this, Zhou Chun breathed a sigh of relief, quickly grabbed the pill bottle, and bowed to the man in blue to express his gratitude, "Thank you, senior."

I thought that once we got here, the man in blue would leave.

Unexpectedly, the other party then looked at him and said, "Where the Snow Crystal Insect King resides, there are usually rare treasures accompanying it. Fellow Daoist, could you tell me where that place is?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun quickly explained, "Senior, you are wise. When I was exploring the ice cave, I fell into the bottom of Sunset Lake due to an accidental collapse. That's when I entered the ice cave where the Snow Crystal Insect King was located. Although the place was exceptionally cold and pure, I did not find any rare treasures there."

After saying that, he continued, "Please wait a moment, senior. I will draw a map for you right away."

A short while later, Zhou Chun marked the location of the ice hole he had dug to escape on the snowfield map and handed the map to the man in blue.

At the same time, he added, "There were many Snow Crystal Insects there at the time, but I was only focused on capturing the Snow Crystal Insect King and didn't have the strength to capture them all."

Upon hearing this, the man in blue seemed to understand his meaning. He glanced at him and said calmly, "If you have any more Snow Crystal Worms, you can take them out. I will pay you one thousand spirit coins per worm!"

One thousand spirit coins for one Snow Crystal Worm—this is much lower than the bounty offered by Snow Soul Palace back then.

However, Zhou Chun knew that it was a special case and should be treated specially, so he did not complain about the low price. He quickly took out forty snow crystal insects that he had caught and handed them over to the other party in exchange for 40,000 spirit coins.

As for the remaining ten snow crystal insects, Zhou Chun planned to put them in the ice cave in the wilderness to see if they could reproduce there.

If successful, this will become another stable source of income.

After completing the two transactions, the blue-clad man from Snow Soul Palace left without even leaving his name.

After Zhou Chun and Zhou Mingde returned to the mountain gate, they began to discuss the Snow Soul Pill they had obtained.

Zhou Mingde spoke first, saying, "Although this Snow Soul Pill is said to be a spiritual pill that can assist in opening the Purple Mansion, it is difficult to say how effective it is. In my opinion, Zhengchun, you should wait a few more years and find another spiritual item to use in combination with it for peace of mind."

This was a prudent move on his part, and it was also for Zhou Chun's sake.

But Zhou Chun had her own opinion.

Zhou Chun slowly spoke, saying, "The Snow Soul Pill is an auxiliary elixir used by Snow Soul Palace disciples to open their Purple Mansion. The fact that a major sect like Snow Soul Palace has designated it as an essential elixir for its disciples to open their Purple Mansion shows that its effects must be outstanding, no less than the Mysterious Heart Purple Return Pill refined by the three major sects."

"Therefore, I think we should give it a try first; who knows, it might work!"

Just like a Qi Refining cultivator who has a Foundation Establishment Pill in his hand, he might not be able to resist the temptation to take it.

Now that Zhou Chun has obtained the treasure [Snow Soul Pill], and his cultivation is sufficient to break through to the Purple Mansion realm, he naturally wants to give it a try.

In fact, Zhou Chun himself had his own unique confidence in opening up the Purple Mansion.

He was different from ordinary people after all; his soul came from another world.

When a Foundation Establishment cultivator opens up their Purple Mansion and manifests their divine soul, it is essentially to awaken the soul, causing it to relocate to the Purple Mansion and become the central entity that governs everything.

After Zhou Chun understood the process of opening the Purple Mansion, he had a feeling that it might be much easier for him than for others.

Because his soul should have already been awakened; all that was lacking was the opening of the upper dantian and the Niwan Palace, and the opening of the Purple Mansion.

However, these were his most fundamental secrets, which he could not reveal to outsiders. At this point, he could only argue with reason and use firm words to persuade his elder, Zhou Mingde.

In the end, Zhou Mingde was persuaded by him.

"Fine! Since you insist on this, how can I forcibly stop you? I only hope you will act cautiously and not strive for success in one go!"

Zhou Mingde shook his head with a wry smile, and could only agree to Zhou Chun's decision.

Although he was an elder, he couldn't forcibly stop the younger generation from striving for higher levels; he could only try his best to persuade them.

If persuasion fails, then you have no choice but to agree.

To reassure him, Zhou Chun nodded solemnly and said, "Don't worry, I'm not a reckless person. If I'm truly unable to do what I'm supposed to do, I'll stop immediately!"

However, opening up the Purple Mansion is not something that can be done overnight. Even if successful, one still needs to meditate for a year or two to consolidate one's cultivation.

Moreover, for Zhou Chun, opening the Purple Mansion was not the most dangerous thing. The most dangerous thing was actually the matter of breaking the cauldron and rebuilding it when cultivating the second chapter of the Golden Cauldron Profound Technique after opening the Purple Mansion.

Failure at this stage means certain death, with no chance of escape.

Therefore, before he could truly begin his seclusion to open his Purple Mansion, he still had a lot of preparatory work to do.

Furthermore, Lin Wan'er also needs to be given a safety guarantee at the Yang Kingdom's Hongyu Peak stronghold to prevent a repeat of what happened before.

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