Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 392 Tu Yunling [Please Subscribe]

"This junior pays respects to Senior Zhou. With the leadership of the two senior members of the Zhou family, we are certain to achieve a great victory in this campaign against the rebels!"

"With Senior Zhou here, we have nothing to worry about in this battle!"

"The strength of the two senior members of the Zhou family is evident to all, and we are all willing to follow them in battle!"

When the Zhou family arrived at the Xiaoxiong Mountain stronghold near the border of Lingzhou and Lanzhou, they were immediately warmly welcomed and flattered by a group of cultivators from the immortal cultivation families recruited by Qinglian Temple. This sight made Zhou Xintie, a young man who was seeing such a scene for the first time, feel extremely excited.

Zhou Chun brought him along this time with the intention of training him.

Unexpectedly, he witnessed this scene first.

Thinking about it carefully, it's not surprising at all that such a scene occurred.

After all, the Zhou family's current strength is undeniable, and their previous achievements in conquering the Jiang family and annihilating their clan were truly awe-inspiring.

Countless cultivation families in Jingguo were terrified upon hearing this news.

It can be said that the Zhou family's current prestige was entirely earned through fighting.

Faced with the flattery and praise from numerous cultivators, Zhou Mingde did not lose himself in it. Instead, he responded very politely, "Fellow Daoists, you are too kind. We, Zhou and others, have come under the orders of the sect. We are only willing to act in accordance with the sect's orders. We cannot accept such praise from you all."

The Zhou family is not what it used to be. While it has become powerful, it has also attracted the attention of the Qinglian Temple.

Therefore, there is no longer a need to make a name for oneself through high-profile actions as in the past.

Now, he is ostentatiously accepting praise and leading the cultivators of various families, which is certainly a prestigious position.

However, it's hard to guarantee that it won't arouse the dissatisfaction of Qinglian Temple, who might suspect that the Zhou family is forming cliques and harboring ulterior motives.

Zhou Mingde wouldn't take that risk.

After exchanging pleasantries, Zhou Mingde led Zhou Chun and the others deep into the stronghold and found the person in charge of Qinglian Temple stationed there.

The person in charge sent by Qinglian Temple was not highly skilled; he was only at the mid-stage of the Purple Mansion realm.

After exchanging pleasantries with Zhou Mingde and Zhou Chun, he conveyed further instructions from Qinglian Temple.

"The Abbot personally ordered that this mission, led by two fellow Daoists from the Zhou family, be undertaken to Lingzhou to subdue the rebellious Guo family of Tuyunling and exterminate their entire clan!"

To subdue the Guo family of Tuyunling?

Zhou Mingde and Zhou Chun were slightly taken aback, then exchanged a glance and smiled.

The Guo family of Tuyunling was a Purple Mansion family that came to the aid of the Jiang family when the Zhou family slaughtered the Jiang family last time.

At that time, the early-stage Purple Mansion cultivator from the Guo family fought with Zhou Chun, but was ultimately defeated and used a teleportation technique to escape.

Zhou Chun, fearing an ambush, did not give chase.

I never expected to run into this again today.

Zhou Mingde immediately replied solemnly, "I understand. Please convey to the Abbot that the Zhou family will do its utmost to fulfill your instructions!"

"That's good. Fellow Daoist Zhou, you can rest here for half a day today. You should set off early tomorrow morning!"

The Qinglian Temple cultivator nodded in satisfaction and then announced the departure time.

Knowing that there was still half a day left, Zhou Mingde and Zhou Chun were no longer in a hurry.

The two first went outside to communicate with cultivators from other families and take a headcount.

Perhaps inspired by the previous battle in which the Zhou family slaughtered the Jiang family, or perhaps because there weren't many targets to begin with.

This time, Qinglian Temple did not ask the various cultivation families that were far away to send Qi Refining stage cultivators. Instead, it asked each cultivation family to send a certain number of Foundation Establishment and Purple Mansion cultivators based on their own circumstances.

The Guo family of Tuyunling, to which the Zhou family was assigned this time, is a major cultivation clan, so they were given a considerable number of Foundation Establishment cultivators.

In addition to the three Foundation Establishment cultivators brought by the Zhou family themselves, there are ten other Foundation Establishment cultivators at their disposal.

In this way, their lineup is not much worse than when they attacked the Jiang family.

According to intelligence, the protective array of the Guo family in Tu Yunling is not as powerful as the Guo family's array, and the number of Foundation Establishment cultivators in the family is now only three.

Having understood these points, Zhou Mingde and Zhou Chun had a clear idea of ​​what was going on.

The next morning, the group set off from the Xiaoxiongshan stronghold and marched straight into Lingzhou territory, heading straight for the Guo family's mountain gate at Tuyunling to attack.

Less than half a day later, the group arrived at the gate of the Guo family's mountain at Tuyunling.

The Guo family had already obeyed the Tianjing Sect's order to seal off the mountain, so they were somewhat prepared at this time.

Upon seeing the group of cultivators from Lanzhou arrive, their family's protective mountain formation immediately activated at full power.

A hazy yellow light enveloped the entire Guo family mountain gate, making it difficult to see what was inside from the outside.

However, the Guo family cultivators inside could see the situation outside clearly without any obstruction.

"Disaster has struck! I knew it would happen!!"

On Tuyun Ridge, Guo Tong, the Supreme Elder of the Guo family, looked at Zhou Mingde and Zhou Chun, who were leading the attacking team outside, and his expression immediately turned extremely ugly.

Ever since the failed rescue of the Jiang family, which directly led to a major conflict between the various forces under the Tianjing Sect and the Qinglian Temple, he had a vague premonition that the Guo family might also suffer.

Therefore, after escaping back to his clan, he took the initiative to recall his clansmen and seal off the mountain.

For the forces in the cultivation world, choosing to close their mountains signifies either encountering a great calamity or trying to avoid one.

But now it's clear that even with the decision to close the mountain, the Guo family still couldn't escape this calamity and was dragged into it.

Now that the threat of annihilation of his clan is imminent, Guo Tong, as the Supreme Elder of the Guo family, is utterly shocked and numb.

After Zhou Chun and the others arrived outside Tu Yun Ridge, Zhou Mingde first ordered his mount, the Fire God Jackal, to stop. After a brief moment of consolidation, he exhaled a thunderous roar and shouted, "The Guo family of Tu Yun Ridge has received the grace of Qinglian Temple for generations, yet now they have betrayed their sect and show no remorse. Their crimes deserve death!"

Before the shout had even finished, he cupped his hands to the sky and said, "We have come today by imperial decree, ordered to exterminate their entire clan!"

Although the cultivation world is a dog-eat-dog world, everything still requires a legitimate reason.

Even when the Zhou family previously slaughtered the Jiang family, it was under the pretext that the Jiang family had killed a Foundation Establishment elder of the Zhou family.

This campaign against the Guo family of Tuyunling will be launched under the pretext of Qinglian Temple's righteous cause of suppressing rebellion, since there is no enmity or grudge between them.

In this way, although it was these people who took action, the general public in the cultivation world knew who the real culprit was who wanted to destroy the Guo family.

In this way, the Zhou family and other families will not have to bear the infamy of indiscriminately killing innocent people.

On Tuyun Ridge, upon hearing Zhou Mingde utter the words "annihilate their clan," all the Guo family cultivators' expressions changed drastically, with many of the lower-level cultivators revealing fear in their eyes.

At this time, it had only been a few years since the Jiang family was wiped out by the Zhou family.

As a close friend of the Jiang family, the Guo family of Tuyunling has had many cultivators visit the old site of the Jiang family to pay homage to their old friends.

Now, hearing these cultivators who slaughtered the Jiang family utter words about annihilating the Guo family, how could the Guo family cultivators not turn pale?

Guo Tong, the supreme elder of the Guo family, was no exception.

A flicker of fear flashed in his eyes, but he forced himself to suppress it, gritted his teeth as if making a decision, and suddenly said loudly, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, I, Guo, would like to ask you a question: if my Guo family were to abandon our mountain sect and migrate to another country, would you spare our lives?"

When Guo Tong said those words, his heart was bleeding.

The reason they initially joined the Tianjing Sect was because their family's headquarters were located in Lingzhou, and for the sake of their family's future development, they had no other choice.

If I had known this day would come, I would have preferred to have simply abandoned the mountain gate and left Lingzhou. Perhaps I could have received another place from Qinglian Temple as a mountain gate.

There's no going back in life; once a choice is made, one must bear the consequences of a wrong choice.

Zhou Mingde could undoubtedly empathize with Guo Tong's current state of mind.

After all, almost a hundred years ago, the Zhou family also had to leave their homeland and go to a foreign country because they chose the wrong side in a war between major powers.

Unfortunately, the Guo family was not the Zhou family; their strength was no match for the Zhou family, and they were too late to escape.

Therefore, when faced with Guo Tong's question, Zhou Mingde remained silent for a moment before slowly saying in a complicated tone, "The imperial decree I received only allows for the extermination of the Guo family!"

When they said those words, both Zhou Mingde and Zhou Chun vaguely realized Qinglian Temple's intentions.

Although they were all acting on the orders of the Qinglian Temple when they attacked the Guo family at Tuyunling, they shouldn't be accused of indiscriminately killing innocent people.

However, it was these people who took action, and the primary targets of revenge for the cultivation families they attacked and slaughtered were definitely these people and their families.

So if they are soft-hearted today, they and their families will only suffer in the future.

More importantly, once their hands are stained with the blood of the cultivation families under the Heavenly Mirror Sect, the chances of them being accepted by the Heavenly Mirror Sect again will be much smaller.

However, even though they were aware of this, Zhou Chun and his team had no other options.

Now they are on the verge of action and have no choice but to act.

Just as Zhou Mingde often said before, in the contest between powerful forces like Tianjingmen and Qinglian Temple, the small Zhou family could only drift along and be driven by others, with no hope of escaping.

Unfortunately, Guo Tong hasn't figured this out yet, or rather, even if he has, he has no other choice because he's in that situation.

His face turned pale at first, then his blood boiled, and he roared with bloodshot eyes, "Fine, fine, since that's how it is, then don't blame the Guo family for burning you all to the ground!"

"Let's fight them!"

"Let's give it our all!"

"Let's fight to the death! Let's fight to the bitter end!"

……

The Guo family cultivators roared angrily, their emotions running high.

At this moment, they all knew they had no other choice but to surrender; no one would accept their surrender.

Since that's the case, they'd rather die than give up a piece of flesh from the enemy!

Because Guo Tong did not muffle these sounds, Zhou Chun and the others in the sky outside could hear the shouts from the Guo family cultivators on Tu Yun Ridge.

Those cries filled with grief and indignation were also very unpleasant to hear for these cultivators who also came from families of immortal cultivators.

The saying goes, "When the rabbit dies, the fox grieves," meaning that animals grieve for their own kind.

If the Guo family of Tuyunling is like this today, who knows if their respective families won't be like this in the future?

In the struggle between powerful forces, these cultivation families were completely powerless to control their own destiny.

Unless, unless one day their family can become a major power, like the Huangfu family of the Great Zhou Kingdom, and have their own Nascent Soul stage cultivators!

For a time, many people actually felt sympathy for the Guo family, and their fighting spirit greatly diminished.

Seeing this, Zhou Mingde's heart sank, and he immediately said loudly, "Fellow Daoists, we are now each serving our own masters, so there's not much more to say. If you don't want to implicate your families and future generations, please do your utmost to ensure that not a single one escapes!"

Upon hearing his words, the others' expressions changed slightly, their thoughts were quickly pulled back to reality, and they regained their rationality.

Yes, there's no turning back now that the arrow has been released. Since they've already received the imperial decree and come to the outside of Tuyun Ridge, they have no way to retreat.

If the Guo family is not destroyed, and the Qinglian Temple investigates seriously, they will definitely be accused of negligence, and it wouldn't be surprising if they were even charged with treason.

Thinking of this, everyone cheered and their fighting spirit was ignited.

"Then let's get started!"

Seeing that morale was high, Zhou Mingde waved his hand and directly issued the order to attack.

So everyone used their unique skills to attack the Guo family's protective mountain formation.

Just like when he attacked the Jiang family before, Zhou Chun summoned his three spirit pets—the Silver Lightning Python, the Golden Armored Rock Turtle, and the Golden-Winged Tiger—and ordered them to attack the formation at will.

He then tossed the Golden Rainbow Sword aside and used it to slash at the misty yellow array barrier, unleashing streaks of golden sword energy.

Attacking the mountain-protecting formation requires a great deal of patience and endurance, unless you can break through the formation in a short period of time.

Although the Guo family of Tuyunling is not as powerful as the Jiang family, their mountain gate's protective formation was set up by a highly skilled formation master, capable of withstanding the continuous onslaught of several Purple Mansion stage cultivators.

Currently, Zhou Chun and his team, even the Fire God Jackal, only have three Purple Mansion level combatants, while the defending side still has Guo Tong, a Purple Mansion cultivator.

Therefore, they could not break the Guo family's protective mountain formation in a short time and could only continue to attack to deplete the formation's power.

Fortunately, they are not in a hurry this time. One day is fine, three days is fine, and if all else fails, ten days is fine too.

The main purpose of Qinglian Temple's actions this time was not to wipe out the Guo family and other clans, but to force Tianjing Sect to participate in the war.

That way, they could openly send people to participate in the war.

At the same time that the Guo family of Tuyunling was besieged, several other major immortal cultivation clans in Lingzhou were also surrounded at their mountain gates. Various distress signals flew like scraps of paper toward the mountain gate of Tianjingmen.

Yu Jinghua, the deputy sect leader of Tianjing Sect, was also at his wits' end after receiving these distress messages.

He originally thought that Qinglian Temple wouldn't dare to go too far, after all, when Master Tianjing tried to recruit him, he had revealed some of his secrets to him.

But the current situation makes him feel like he's been deceived.

"Perhaps there's another possibility: he never cared about the lives of these families from the beginning. Maybe he even wanted to use the Qinglian Temple's sword to clear away these weeds so that he could cultivate new seedlings that would truly be loyal to him in the future!"

A bold guess suddenly popped into Yu Jinghua's mind, and then he froze.

First update!

(End of this chapter)