Beast Taming Immortal Clan

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Caiyushan outpost.

When Zhou Daoquan met Zhou Chun, who had reached the Purple Mansion stage, he was overjoyed and extremely happy.

He repeatedly uttered exclamations of "the student surpasses the teacher."

In comparison, after learning from Zhou Chun that Lin Hongyu had successfully formed her core, he was also pleased and happy, but he didn't have as many feelings. At most, he was just glad that his family's investment hadn't gone down the drain.

Ultimately, he and Lin Hongyu were not familiar with each other, and she did not even share the surname Zhou.

Even if he successfully forms his core and protects the Zhou family, in Zhou Daoquan's eyes it's just a transaction.

So being happy is fine, but the meaning of happiness is completely different.

Zhou Chun then mentioned that the family planned to have Lin Hongyu come to the wilderness to oversee the reclaimed settlement.

After hearing his retelling, Zhou Daoquan remained silent for a while, then spoke up, "I have no objection to the family's plan, but has the family considered how to arrange for those people to interact with Xu Fu and his group?"

"Although Xu Fu and the others have been trained and raised in the family since childhood and are bound by the 'Dragon Transformation Secret Technique,' if they are allowed to spend time with those captured bandit cultivators, they might accidentally let slip something, which would affect the family's plans and would not be good."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun immediately said, "This shouldn't be a big problem. Even Xu Fu and the others wouldn't know the true purpose of the family's expansion of the stronghold. On the contrary, we can use their words and the family's related rewards to mislead those bandit cultivators."

"Moreover, Xu Fu and the others must be involved in this matter; otherwise, without their supervision, those bandit cultivators might deliberately sabotage the mission!"

Hearing him say that, Zhou Daoquan thought it made sense and didn't say anything more.

He simply nodded and said, "The spiritual energy concentration here in Caiyu Valley is even higher than that of our family's mountain gate. We don't need to support so many cultivators and demonic beasts, so it's more than enough for Fellow Daoist Lin's cultivation. The only thing is that we need to slightly change the Spirit Purification Array to a larger one."

"That's true. And with Senior Lin overseeing things, there's no need to change the protective formation. Expanding the current formation slightly is perfectly feasible."

Zhou Chun then mentioned another convenient feature.

After reaching an agreement with Zhou Daoquan, Zhou Chun also made a special inspection of Xu Fu and the others.

More than 20 years have passed, and of the 47 Zhou family assassins who came back then, only 23 are still alive. The number of casualties is quite high.

However, the surviving cultivators now have at least the ninth level of Qi Refining, which shows that they have gained quite a bit.

During the years that Zhou Chun went to Yang Kingdom and secluded himself to open his Purple Mansion, the Zhou family also sent more than twenty clansmen to join the stronghold to replenish its manpower.

In addition, some outstanding individuals from the second batch of family assassins trained have emerged and are now able to work for the family.

With these additions and subtractions, they managed to barely keep the two outposts running.

However, Zhou Chun already knew from Zhou Zhengyong that in order to maintain the operation of the two strongholds and plan the mining of spirit jade, Xu Fu and the others had basically stopped searching for any spirit objects and were busy at the two strongholds and the spirit jade mine.

At this time, the people Zhou Chun was inspecting were all people inside the Caiyu Valley stronghold, only a dozen or so people.

After inspecting the people accompanied by Xu Fu, he instructed Xu Fu: "In the future, the family may relocate more people to expand the stronghold. Xu Fu, you and your men must be prepared. You must be able to keep those people in check and prevent them from causing trouble."

After a moment's thought, he added, "Yes, when those people arrive, the family will reward you with another Foundation Establishment Fruit!"

He made this decision also taking into account the great contributions Xu Fu and others had made to the Zhou family over the years, and also to set an example for the bandits and cultivators who would come in the future.

Xu Fu was both surprised and delighted to hear this.

He immediately expressed his gratitude repeatedly: "Thank you for your kindness, Chieftain! On behalf of all my brothers, I thank you for your generosity!"

"These are all what you deserve. I have said that as long as you serve my Zhou family well, my Zhou family will not treat you unfairly."

As Zhou Chun spoke, he gently patted Xu Fu's shoulder to show his affection.

Just then, a joyful cry of a monkey rang out from the side. It turned out that the Golden Monkey had seen Zhou Chun and greeted him with delight.

Upon hearing the voice, Zhou Chun looked over and said with a slight surprise, "Oh, Dali, you've also advanced to a mid-grade second-tier demon beast?"

"It is like this: a few years ago, Dali helped the family obtain a tree of spiritual fruit in the wilderness, so after consulting with the Third Elder, I rewarded it with three spiritual fruits. Unexpectedly, it helped it advance to the middle grade of the second rank."

Upon hearing what Zhou Chun said, Zhou Zhengyong, who was standing behind Zhou Chun, immediately took the initiative to explain the reason.

"That's truly its good fortune!"

Zhou Chun nodded, then reached out and shook hands with the giant golden monkey that had come over. He patted its lowered head and chatted with it in monkey language for a few minutes.

Next, Zhou Chun personally went to see the spirit jade mine.

The mine is now being excavated, and the miners are the descendants of the wild people that Zhou Zhengyong took in and sheltered many years ago.

Now, under the protection of the Zhou family cultivators, those wild people have returned to civilization, learned weaving, casting, and farming, and their numbers have grown to tens of thousands.

Many of the outstanding wild people were even able to enter the two strongholds of the Zhou family and do odd jobs for the cultivators of the Zhou family.

However, Zhou Chun specifically and solemnly warned Zhou Zhengyong this time that the number of wild people should not be allowed to continue to explode like this, otherwise it would definitely cause trouble.

This is actually for the good of those wild people themselves.

Because if they really attract the attention of high-level demonic beasts, or even the Dragon Transformation Sect, then it will only be these wild people who suffer.

After inspecting the spirit jade mine, Zhou Chun officially left the Jade Mining Valley outpost.

However, he did not return directly to his family, but instead went to the location of the Scaled Frog Tribe.

In recent years, with the Dragon Transformation Cult's influence completely withdrawing from the Dragon Abyss Marsh, the scourge of the Dragon Transformation Cult has been reduced. They have also received many weapons and medicines from the Zhou family, and the Scaled Frog alien race has developed rapidly and is showing signs of rising to prominence.

As far as Zhou Chun knew, Lu Ran had already subdued a third-tier scaled frog alien sorcerer and had also trained another third-tier scaled frog alien sorcerer.

He could command and mobilize more than twenty second-tier scaled frog alien sorcerers.

Although this force is not as powerful as the Zhou family, it has made great progress compared to before.

It was thanks to the service of these subordinates that he was able to consistently exchange rare aquatic treasures for various supplies from the Zhou family.

Zhou Chun's visit to Lu Ran was to try and get information about the Dragon Transformation Grass from him.

The Scaled Frog race is, after all, a native of Dragon Abyss. Even if they are not valued by the Flood Dragon race due to their weak strength, their understanding of the situation inside and outside Dragon Abyss is definitely beyond that of ordinary people.

Zhou Chun wanted to try to find out information about the Thousand-Year Dragon Transformation Grass from Lu Ran.

"Truly astonishing! I never imagined that in just over a decade, Fellow Daoist Zhou would have already successfully opened his Purple Mansion. The younger generation is indeed formidable!"

Inside Lu Ran's luxurious water mansion, when he saw Zhou Chun, a cultivator at the Purple Mansion stage, standing in front of him, he was amazed by Zhou Chun's astonishing speed of cultivation progress.

Speaking of which, he was also an old friend of Zhou Chun.

When the two first met, Zhou Chun was only at the early stage of Foundation Establishment and had just completed his cultivation technique.

Over the years, although they haven't met many times, it seems that every time they meet, he can clearly see the progress Zhou Chun has made in his cultivation.

Although he had overestimated Zhou Chun's cultivation speed as much as possible, he did not expect that Zhou Chun would break through the Purple Mansion barrier so easily.

He was just a cultivator in the Purple Mansion stage back then.

Compared to the various stumbles and hardships he had encountered on his own cultivation path, Lu Ran couldn't help but feel a sincere sense of envy towards Zhou Chun.

Zhou Chun had heard far too many words of amazement from Lu Ran these past few days, and hearing them again now no longer stirred any emotion within him.

He replied very politely and modestly, "It was just good luck that I succeeded on the first try. I don't deserve such praise from Senior Lu."

After speaking, his expression turned serious, and he bowed to Lu Ran with a solemn expression, saying, "To be honest, senior, the reason I have taken the liberty of visiting you today is that I have a favor to ask of you!"

"Oh, what could possibly be so important to Fellow Daoist Zhou?"

Lu Ran's expression shifted, his frog-like eyes widened, and he looked at Zhou Chun with surprise.

So Zhou Chun told him about his desire to find the Thousand-Year Dragon Transformation Grass.

After hearing his words, Lu Ran nodded knowingly and said, "Fellow Daoist Zhou wants to find the Thousand-Year Dragon Transformation Grass to help that Silver Lightning Python transform into a dragon, right?"

"Yes, that is exactly what I meant."

Zhou Chun did not hide his intentions and readily admitted them.

Seeing his frankness and lack of concealment, Lu Ran was quite satisfied and immediately nodded slightly, saying, "Actually, Fellow Daoist Zhou has asked the right person. I happen to know where this item is!"

At this point, his tone tightened slightly, "But Fellow Daoist Zhou probably knows where a thousand-year-old dragon transformation grass grows. Obtaining such a spiritual treasure is likely extremely difficult!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun also said with a solemn expression, "Of course I know what I'm doing, but since it concerns the important matter of transforming a spirit pet into a dragon, no matter how difficult it may be, I must do my best to try."

"Since Fellow Daoist Zhou is so determined, then I will not try to persuade you any further. I can tell you the location of that dragon's nest, but I also have something I would like to ask for your consent."

Lu Ran first nodded and agreed to help, then he mentioned his conditions.

He and Zhou Chun were just business partners, so of course he wouldn't help them for nothing.

Zhou Chun didn't mind and immediately replied in a deep voice, "Senior Lu, please speak. As long as it's something I can do, I will definitely not refuse."

"As Fellow Daoist Zhou knows, I, Lu, do not have much time left. At most, I will pass away in a little over ten years. What I ask for is that after I pass away, Fellow Daoist Zhou continue to take care of the Black Spear Tribe and maintain trade between the two tribes."

Lu Ran stared intently at Zhou Chun and spoke in a low voice about what he wanted.

Upon hearing his words, Zhou Chun immediately frowned.

All along, the Zhou family has been making a deal with Lu Ran rather than with the Scaled Frog alien race.

If Lu Ran had continued trading with the Scaled Frog race after his death, it might not have been as convenient and safe as it is now.

Zhou Chun's mind raced, and after a moment's thought, he looked at Lu Ran and asked, "Senior Lu, you haven't leaked any information about that waterway, have you?"

Upon hearing his question, Lu Ran immediately replied solemnly, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, rest assured, I can distinguish right from wrong. Even if I were to pass away, I would absolutely not leak this matter out!"

This answer relieved Zhou Chun, who immediately said, "It's not that I don't believe Senior Lu, but the matter you mentioned is of great importance, and I cannot give you a definite answer right now."

"I need to return to my family and discuss this matter with my elders before I can give you a definite answer."

Having said that, Zhou Chun knew that he probably wouldn't get his wish today, so he took the opportunity to say goodbye to Lu Ran.

Before he left, Lu Ran looked at him sincerely and said, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, you might want to pass on a message to Fellow Daoists Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi: trade between our two races is always a mutually beneficial affair. With the strength of the Scaled Frog Clan, they simply cannot pose any threat to the human race!"

"I will convey your words to you, senior."

Zhou Chun responded and immediately began his journey home.

Upon returning to the family's mountain gate, Zhou Chun went to see Zhou Mingde and recounted his visit to Lu Ran, as well as Lu Ran's request for him to convey his words.

Then, while Zhou Mingde was pondering, he also expressed his opinion: "In fact, maintaining trade between the two races is indeed beneficial to both sides. The scary thing is that without Lu Ran's frog-bodied, human-soul existence to restrain them, those scaled frog alien races will be short-sighted and make excessive demands, even revealing our existence to the dragon race!"

"Yes, Masaharu, what you said hits the nail on the head. These are things we absolutely must guard against!"

Zhou Mingde nodded involuntarily, agreeing with the two points Zhou Chun made.

After thinking for a while, he said in a deep voice, "How about this, let's talk to Lu Ran and see if he can make any guarantees. If he doesn't have a good solution, we'll pretend to agree first, and then completely sever ties with those scaled frog aliens after he passes away!"

After saying that, he looked at Zhou Chun and comforted him, "You don't need to be too anxious. Even if you can't get the Thousand-Year Dragon Transformation Grass, there are still two Thunder Dragon Lizards on Thunder Lizard Island as alternatives. They also contain strong Thunder Dragon bloodlines. If you take their inner cores and give them to the Silver Thunder Python, it will still have a chance to successfully transform into a dragon!"

Zhou Chun didn't take these words of comfort seriously at all.

It contains the bloodline of a thunder dragon, but it is not a true thunder dragon.

If it is truly a third-tier Thunder Dragon inner core, then it is naturally better than anything else.

But how much of an effect can a third-tier Thunder Dragon Lizard inner core containing the bloodline of the Thunder Dragon have on the Silver Thunder Python?

Breaking through from the second to the third stage is the best opportunity to transform into a dragon. If you miss this chance, you'll have to wait until you break through from the third to the fourth stage.

Zhou Chun would rather the Silver Lightning Python break through to the third rank a few years later than let it waste this opportunity to transform into a dragon.

Chapter Two is here!

(End of this chapter)