Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 383 Seeking His Own Death [Please Subscribe]

Like the Red Jade Peak stronghold, the Yellow Stone Valley stronghold was established after the reconstruction of the Yang Kingdom, but the owner of this stronghold is a family of cultivators.

This Huang family, originally from the Qi Kingdom, moved to the Yang Kingdom during its reconstruction because their mountain stronghold was unsuitable for the Qi Kingdom.

After coming down from the snowfield, Zhou Chun and Fu Changqing's first stop was the Huang family in Huangshi Valley.

After registering and paying the spirit coins, the two entered a cultivation room arranged by the Huang family to meditate and recover their magical power.

However, in less than half an hour, Fu Changqing secretly slipped out of the training room and headed straight for the outside of the stronghold.

"You've got yourself killed!"

Inside the cultivation room, a cold glint flashed in Zhou Chun's eyes as he clearly saw Fu Changqing's actions.

However, he did not rush to chase after the other party. Instead, he released several "Mysterious Armor Golden Feather" demonic insects into the cultivation room where the other party had been.

Sure enough, Zhou Chun easily found a jade slip that Fu Changqing had deliberately left behind in the cultivation room.

Seeing this, he gave a cold smile and immediately ordered the demonic insects to bite through and destroy the jade slip.

After that, he collected the demonic insects and left the Huangshi Mountain stronghold.

After leaving the stronghold, Fu Changqing did not go far. He flew dozens of miles away before suddenly concealing his presence and hiding in a mountain forest.

His method of concealing his aura was quite ingenious; if Zhou Chun hadn't already tampered with him, he might not have been able to detect him at all.

However, through the tracking of the "Blue Moon Butterfly", Zhou Chun quickly discovered his existence and went directly to the mountain forest where he was hiding.

Then, looking down at the area where he stood, he said calmly, "Fellow Daoist Fu, why aren't you meditating and recovering your magical power within the Huang Family Mountain Sect? What are you doing here secretly? Could it be that there's some treasure here?"

In the mountains and forests, Fu Changqing, who thought he had hidden himself well, was suddenly struck dumb as if by lightning.

He stared at the dashing young man in the sky, his face ashen, not understanding how the other had discovered his hiding place.

But he knew in his heart that he was unlikely to escape unscathed today.

"Did you deliberately send me away from the base?"

He emerged from the forest, looked up at Zhou Chun in the sky, his eyes filled with despair.

"If Zhou says it's not true, I'm afraid even Fellow Daoist Fu would find it hard to believe."

Zhou Chun shook his head, looking at him calmly, and said indifferently, "Now that things have come to this, does Fellow Daoist Fu have any last words to say?"

"I……"

Fu Changqing opened his mouth, a ruthless glint flashed in his eyes, and suddenly raised his hand to slap the storage bag at his waist, a blue light flowing across his palm.

But just as his palm was halfway down, a golden blade of light suddenly descended from the sky.

Then he felt a lightness in his hand, and his right hand and wrist flew out together.

Ah!

A piercing scream rang out from Fu Changqing's mouth; the pain of a severed hand was unbearable for most people.

Fortunately, Zhou Chun didn't like torturing people, and soon unleashed another golden blade, severing his head and ending his suffering.

"Why bother! If you hadn't run away, I might not have killed you; at most, I would have let you retire to the wilderness!"

Looking at the body lying on the ground, its head and body severed in two, Zhou Chun couldn't help but sigh. He immediately gathered the body's belongings and unleashed a burst of flames that burned the corpse to ashes.

All told, he had already given Fu Changqing two chances.

If he had listened to him from the beginning and left directly, he would never have had any ill intentions towards him.

But Fu Changqing was driven by greed and tried to take advantage of the situation.

That's fine, though Fu Changqing had ulterior motives, he didn't actually take any action, so his crime didn't warrant death.

To maintain secrecy, Zhou Chun would at most take him back to Jingguo.

However, Fu Changqing once again tried to escape in his own cleverness, attempting to sell the information about the Cold Jade Mine to others.

This forced him to kill to silence them.

After killing Fu Changqing, Zhou Chun flew forward for a while, then randomly found a desolate mountain to land and continued meditating to recover his magical power.

Half a day later, Zhou Chun's magical power was fully restored, and he took out Fu Changqing's storage bag to check its contents.

As soon as he put his divine sense into the storage bag, he was overjoyed. He immediately shook the storage bag, and a large number of spirit coins fell out, piling up on the ground like a small mountain.

Looking at the pile of spirit coins in front of him, Zhou Chun counted them quickly with his divine sense.

A total of over 65,700 spirit coins!

No one would have expected that Fu Changqing, a mere rogue cultivator, would have so many spirit coins stored in his storage bag!

It should be noted that many cultivators at the Purple Mansion stage do not even have this many spirit coins in their storage bags.

"It seems this guy sold everything for spirit coins; perhaps he's trying to make one last gamble!"

Zhou Chun muttered to himself, having a guess about why Fu Changqing carried so many spirit coins.

Aside from the spirit coins and a few magical artifacts, he found nothing else of value in the other party's storage bag, which was enough to prove the truth of his guess.

Fu Changqing did this because he wanted to collect enough spirit coins to buy spiritual items to help him open up his Purple Mansion.

Unfortunately, all these spirit coins now belong to Zhou Chun.

A few days later, Zhou Chun returned to the Hongyu Peak stronghold and told Lin Wan'er the truth about Fu Changqing's death.

"As the clan chief said, Fu Changqing deserved to die; he was killed just as well!"

Lin Wan'er learned what had happened from Zhou Chun and immediately clapped her hands in delight.

She naturally had no sympathy for Fu Changqing, after all, she had almost died because of his betrayal back then.

The reason we didn't kill Fu Changqing back then was because we still needed him at the time.

Now that Fu Changqing is playing tricks on Zhou Chun again, she naturally thinks he deserves to die and doesn't deserve any sympathy.

Zhou Chun knew this, which is why he didn't hesitate to tell her the truth.

After explaining everything, Zhou Chun looked at Lin Wan'er with a serious expression and instructed, "I need to rush back to my family to tame the demonic insects. I'll leave the Red Jade Peak stronghold to Elder Lin. If anything uncontrollable happens, please prioritize your own safety and don't force anything!"

"Don't worry, clan leader, I won't act recklessly."

Lin Wan'er nodded slightly, indicating that she understood.

Having finished explaining, Zhou Chun didn't linger and immediately embarked on his journey home.

More than half a month later, Zhou Chun finally returned to his family after a long and hurried journey.

To his relief, during the months he was away from his family, although the struggle between the cultivation families under the Tianjing Sect and the cultivation families under the Qinglian Temple intensified, the Zhou family was not drawn into it and continued to develop steadily.

Zhou Mingde, Zhou Daoyi, and the others were extremely curious about why he had been gone for so long and wanted to know what had delayed him.

Zhou Chun naturally wouldn't hide anything and immediately explained the details of his trip to the Great Zhou Kingdom.

When they heard that he had been chased by a mid-stage Purple Mansion cultivator because of the Thousand-Year Thunder Light Grass and had almost lost his life, Zhou Mingde and the others were shocked and immediately inquired about his injuries.

After confirming that his injuries were not serious, Zhou Mingde shouted angrily, "This is outrageous! Zheng Chun, do you even know what kind of power Thunder Cliff Valley is? How could they cultivate such a madman!"

"Thunder Cliff Valley is a major sect in the Great Zhou Kingdom, with a Nascent Soul stage cultivator in charge. That person claims to be the young master and possesses such supernatural abilities and magical artifacts. He is very likely a descendant of that Nascent Soul stage cultivator, or at the very least, a direct descendant favored by some Golden Core stage cultivator!"

Zhou Chun spoke his speculation in a low voice, which immediately calmed down Zhou Mingde's anger.

Being a descendant of a Nascent Soul cultivator is indeed an unattainable status for the Zhou family.

Even at the height of the Zhou family's power, they would keep their distance from such people.

But then he seemed to remember something and muttered, "Zheng Chun, could you be mistaken? If he really is a descendant of a Nascent Soul cultivator, how could he not even have a mere 100,000 spirit coins?"

"Well, maybe he was short of money at the time and didn't have that many spirit coins on him!"

Zhou Chun hesitated for a moment, then whispered his guess.

"That makes sense. If he weren't a descendant of a Nascent Soul cultivator, why would Tianyuan Pavilion have told him that you, Zhengchun, bought the Thousand-Year Thunderlight Grass?"

Zhou Mingde nodded, realizing the key point himself.

Then, with a worried expression, he looked at Zhou Chun and said in a low voice, "However, if that's really the case, Zheng Chun, I'm afraid your chances of getting revenge on him in the future are slim!"

"Uncle, you are mistaken. In my opinion, Zheng Chun has a great chance of taking revenge in the future!"

Zhou Daoyi suddenly interjected, staring intently at Zhou Chun, and said, "Once Zheng Chun's Silver Lightning Python successfully transforms into a dragon, the power of the dragon will completely suppress that man's lightning magic. When Zheng Chun wants to kill him, he won't even have a chance to escape!"

"That's what I think too. As long as Bai Bai successfully transforms into a dragon, we'll definitely be able to keep that guy in check!"

Zhou Chun nodded, agreeing with Zhou Daoyi's statement.

Then he chuckled softly and said, "Moreover, I unexpectedly obtained a treasure during my time in Yang Kingdom. If I make good use of it, dealing with that scoundrel will be much easier!"

He then recounted how he captured a swarm of demonic bees that resembled "Heavenly Frost Frost Bees" and how he discovered a cold jade mine.

Finally, he took out the giant piece of ancient cold jade and the honeycomb from his storage bag for the two to see.

"What a huge piece of ancient, cold jade!"

Upon seeing the giant millennium-old cold jade that suddenly appeared in the living room, Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi both opened their mouths in astonishment, marveling at it.

They were not ignorant people, but such a huge piece of ancient cold jade was indeed very awe-inspiring.

Under normal circumstances, a piece of ancient cold jade the size of a human head is enough to be auctioned.

However, the piece of thousand-year-old cold jade that Zhou Chun took out was dozens of times larger.

"Such a large piece of millennia-old cold jade, Zheng Chun, do you really intend to use it merely as a nest for a swarm of demonic insects?"

Zhou Mingde stared wide-eyed at the unprecedented giant piece of millennia-old cold jade, and couldn't help but question Zhou Chun's plans.

It wasn't that Zhou Mingde didn't know how to take a long-term view, but in his opinion, the huge profits from selling this giant piece of millennium-old cold jade would be more than enough to support Zhou Chun's cultivation to the Core Formation stage.

This is much better than going to great lengths to cultivate a group of demonic insects.

Therefore, without waiting for Zhou Chun's response, he continued, "I have also read the 'List of Extraordinary Insects of Heaven and Earth.' Although the extraordinary insects on it are powerful, their growth and reproduction cycles are far beyond those of ordinary demonic insects. If you, Zheng Chun, devote too much energy to this, I'm afraid it will delay your cultivation!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun immediately shook his head and said, "Elder, I understand what you're saying, but the Heavenly Frost Frost Bee is a rare insect that appears only once every thousand years. Since I've been fortunate enough to encounter it, how can I let fate take its course and ignore it?"

"Besides, if such a large piece of thousand-year-old cold jade were exposed, our Zhou family wouldn't be able to protect it at all. Even if we cut it up and sold it slowly, people might still find out that it was our Zhou family who did it, and we would still face considerable risks!"

"In that case, we might as well use it for beekeeping for now, and sell it later when we find other alternatives!"

Zhou Mingde had neither practiced insect-repelling techniques nor witnessed the power of the "Heavenly Frost Cold Bee," so it was normal for him to question the use of giant thousand-year-old cold jade for beekeeping.

However, Zhou Chun had personally witnessed the power of the "Frostbee" and was very eager to subdue and tame this strange insect.

Moreover, this may be his only chance to subdue the demonic insects on the "List of Strange Insects of Heaven and Earth".

Even if he discovered other strange insects, he didn't have the ability to capture them.

Only the "Frosty Frost Bee" being restrained by the "Moon Toad Pearl" gave him the opportunity to subdue this strange insect.

"Ah, what you say makes sense. If you didn't possess the [Moon Toad Pearl], you wouldn't have been able to capture the Heavenly Frost Bee. Perhaps it truly is fate!"

Zhou Mingde sighed softly and nodded slightly, seemingly convinced by Zhou Chun, and immediately dropped the matter.

After recounting his experiences during his trip to the Great Zhou Kingdom, Zhou Chun took out the remaining 70,000 spirit coins and deposited them into the family treasury. Then, he took the family's formation master, Zhou Xindie, and headed to the wilderness.

The "Frostbee" prefers to inhabit extremely cold places, and the place where Zhou Chun obtained the "Moon Toad Pearl" was undoubtedly the most suitable place for it to inhabit.

If nothing else happened, Zhou Chun planned to focus on taming the demon bees.

However, given the overwhelming power of these demonic bees, Zhou Chun had to have someone set up an array to modify the area.

At this point, he brought Zhou Xindie to the outside of the cave where the ice cave was located, and then had her survey the terrain to determine the formation to be set up according to the local conditions.

Zhou Xindie lived up to his expectations. After exploring the inside and outside of the cave, she quickly came up with an idea.

"The cold air here is too strong, and other formations are easily interfered with by it. Only the earth-element formation that connects with the power of the earth veins can minimize its influence. With my current abilities, I can only set up the Thick Earth Demon Sealing Formation at most, which can trap a third-tier low-grade demon beast for about a quarter of an hour."

Upon hearing that it could trap a low-grade third-tier demonic beast, Zhou Chun immediately smiled and nodded, saying, "That's enough. Xin Die, just go ahead and set it up. If you need any materials, just tell me, and I'll have someone find them for you."

I'll try to update twice tomorrow!

(End of this chapter)