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Chapter 394 Three Years of Change, Shocking News [Please Subscribe]

The Guo family of Tuyunling is gone.

Guo Tong, the Supreme Elder of the Guo family, and three other Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Guo family, including the family patriarch, all died on the spot without exception.

Ninety percent of the Qi Refining stage cultivators in the Guo family were killed, with only a dozen or so escaping.

However, the Zhou family and other families that attacked the Guo family were not entirely unscathed.

During the battle, when chasing down the three Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Guo family, all three cultivators used the ultimate third-tier magic talismans that Guo Tong had given them.

Caught off guard, a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator died on the spot, while Zhou Zhengyong and a Foundation Establishment cultivator from the He family were also injured.

Even Zhou Chun's spirit pet, the Golden-Winged Tiger, was seriously injured.

Faced with this situation, Zhou Chun and Zhou Mingde had nothing to say.

That's how wars of genocide work. Even if a clan is far weaker than its enemy, it will try every means to drag the enemy down with it.

Before the war began, they also gave several Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Zhou family some life-saving items.

After comforting the injured Zhou Zhengyong and his companion, Zhou Mingde ordered the battlefield to be cleaned up in preparation for returning to report.

Unlike the Jiang family, which was wiped out, the Guo family, upon learning that no reinforcements were coming, had already resolved to perish together with the enemy.

Therefore, before the mountain-protecting formation was broken, they had destroyed everything they couldn't take with them, and not a single intact spiritual herb could be found on Tuyun Ridge.

So apart from the storage bags of the Guo family cultivators who died during the breakout, there weren't many spoils for Zhou Chun and his group to collect.

The Zhou family, having already obtained the storage bags of Guo Tong and two Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Guo family (one of whom destroyed his storage bag before dying), had taken the lion's share of the spoils. As for the storage bags of the Qi Refining cultivators, they tacitly agreed that whoever killed them would own them.

This allowed other Foundation Establishment cultivators to make a small fortune.

After searching through everything they could find, the group simply burned some of the Guo family cultivators' corpses on Tuyun Ridge before leaving.

About half a day after the Zhou family left, two Qi Refining stage cultivators from the Guo family suddenly returned to Tu Yun Ridge and took away seven or eight children from the surviving mortals there.

These children were all members of the Guo family with spiritual roots, but they were spared from slaughter because they had not yet cultivated magical power.

According to the rules of the cultivation world, mortals are not harmed. Even in a war of annihilation, those in the opposing family who do not possess magical powers are not slaughtered.

Of course, not everyone follows this rule. Sometimes, to prevent the other family from seeking revenge later, after destroying the other family, people will secretly eliminate those in the other family who have spiritual roots through various means.

But neither when they were slaughtering the Jiang family nor now when they are slaughtering the Guo family, Zhou Chun and his men did this.

It wasn't that they were merciful, but rather that these two wars of extermination were quite special, and they couldn't directly seize the other family's mountain gate and turn it for their own use.

Meanwhile, after Zhou Chun and his group returned to their base at Little Bear Mountain, Zhou Mingde found the Qinglian Temple envoy: "Your Excellency, the Guo family of Tu Yun Ridge has been wiped out. The heads of their Grand Elder Guo Tong and three Foundation Establishment cultivators are here. Please examine them!"

After saying that, he patted the storage bag at his waist and took out the four severed heads that were in a wooden box.

"That's right, it is indeed Guo Tong, the Supreme Elder of the Guo family, and three Foundation Establishment cultivators."

After carefully examining the heads, the Qinglian Temple envoy nodded slightly and immediately unleashed a burst of true fire, burning the heads to ashes.

Then he said to Zhou Mingde, who was still looking at him, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, you have worked hard. I will report your contributions to the Abbot truthfully. Now, you should rest well and await the Abbot's further instructions!"

"I understand, then I will not disturb you any longer."

Zhou Mingde nodded, clasped his hands in a salute, and then turned and left.

Upon returning to their resting place, he relayed the message from the Qinglian Temple envoy to Zhou Chun and the others, and then dismissed them to rest.

Then, several members of the Zhou family gathered at Zhou Mingde's residence and took stock of the harvest together.

The Guo family of Tuyunling is, after all, a powerful clan of cultivators, and their family heritage is considerable.

From Guo Tong's belongings, the Zhou family not only obtained two third-tier magic artifacts, but also two thousand-year-old spiritual herbs, many high-aged spiritual herbs, and more than 20,000 spirit coins.

Among the belongings of the other two Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Guo family, there were also many magical artifacts, pills, spiritual herbs, and nearly 20,000 spirit coins.

These were spoils of war, which, according to custom, were to be distributed entirely among those who participated in the war.

So Zhou Mingde decided to divide the two third-tier magic artifacts and the two thousand-year-old spiritual herbs equally between himself and Zhou Chun, and then each of them would take 15,000 spirit coins and some high-age spiritual herbs.

The remaining items were divided among the three Foundation Establishment cultivators.

After dividing up the spoils, the five members of the Zhou family went back to their rooms to rest.

However, for the next five days, no further orders were issued by Qinglian Temple.

Without orders, it meant that Zhou Chun and his men would have to continue to be stationed at the Little Bear Mountain outpost.

However, the Little Bear Mountain stronghold itself was not a large stronghold. It was a place abandoned by a cultivation family that had defected to Lingzhou, and was later taken over by the Qinglian Temple.

The concentration of spiritual energy in this place is simply insufficient to meet the cultivation needs of Zhou Chun and the other cultivators at the Purple Mansion stage.

Therefore, if they were to stay here for an extended period, it would delay their spiritual practice.

"Fellow Daoist Zeng, how much longer must we wait here? My Zhou family lives only a thousand miles from here. If there's nothing else, could you please allow us to return to our family to cultivate?"

On this day, Zhou Mingde once again sought out the Qinglian Temple envoy, inquiring about the temple's arrangements for him and his companions, and expressing his own demands.

Upon hearing this, the Qinglian Temple envoy frowned, then reassured him, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, please calm down. Since the abbot has not issued any new orders, it means there may still be a use for you. You should be patient."

Unexpectedly, Zhou Mingde did not give up this time. Instead, he said with a serious expression, "It's not that I lack patience, but I am different from you, Fellow Daoist Xu. I have a family to take care of, and my Zhengchun's cultivation cannot be delayed!"

Such a forceful tone immediately caused the Qinglian Temple envoy's expression to change, and he couldn't help but look at him angrily.

But Zhou Mingde met his gaze calmly, showing no intention of backing down.

After a brief standoff, seeing Zhou Mingde's resolute will, the Qinglian Temple envoy could only suppress his anger and say in a low voice, "Very well, since Fellow Daoist Zhou is so anxious, I will send another message to request instructions from the Temple Abbot!"

"Thank you for your trouble, Fellow Daoist Zeng."

Zhou Mingde nodded slightly and left with satisfaction.

No one knows what the Qinglian Temple envoy said, but this time the Qingwei Temple Abbot's order came very quickly.

According to the latest orders, the two Purple Mansion stage cultivators of the Zhou family can return to the family to await orders, but the three Foundation Establishment cultivators must remain at the Little Bear Mountain stronghold to continue to await orders.

Judging from this situation, it seems that Qinglian Temple still intends to use force against Tianjing Sect.

But no matter what, Zhou Chun and Zhou Mingde should at least stop idling around at the Little Bear Mountain stronghold.

After receiving the latest orders, the two immediately set off back to their family.

After returning to his family, Zhou Chun gained a more detailed understanding of the current situation by checking the information in the family's intelligence hall.

After the Zhou family broke through Tuyun Ridge, several other major cultivation clans in Lingzhou were also attacked and destroyed, with most of them being wiped out. Only one heavily injured Purple Mansion cultivator and a few Foundation Establishment cultivators escaped.

Because the Tianjing Sect stood idly by throughout this process, the cultivation families that were not besieged were completely disheartened, and many families abandoned their sects and migrated north as a whole.

Nowadays, apart from some scattered cultivator strongholds, there are very few cultivator families whose mountain gates still have people remaining within Lingzhou.

Meanwhile, Qinglian Temple has amassed a large number of troops on the border between Yunzhou, Lanzhou and Lingzhou, seemingly ready to launch a major invasion of Lingzhou to recover lost territory at any time.

"What exactly is this Heavenly Mirror Immortal thinking? Does he really intend to keep enduring until the Azure Sky Immortal reaches the end of his life and passes away?"

"But if things continue like this, even if he has the patience to wait until Master Qingxiao passes away, many of the disciples of the Tianjing Sect probably won't live long enough to see that day!"

Inside the Zhongping Hall, Zhou Chun looked at the Jingguo map spread out in front of him, with many places in the Lingzhou section marked with a red cross.

Although it is said that it is taboo for a mere Purple Mansion stage cultivator to speak ill of a Nascent Soul stage cultivator.

But now Zhou Chun really wants to know what Tianjing Zhenren is planning to do.

The current situation is extremely unfavorable for the Tianjing Sect.

Zhou Chun didn't need to go to the Heavenly Mirror Sect's mountain gate to know that at this moment, the disciples of the Heavenly Mirror Sect were probably all unable to eat or sleep, and each one was more anxious than the last.

If this situation continues, Qinglian Temple won't even need to attack; it will be enough to make it difficult for the disciples of Tianjing Sect to concentrate on their cultivation and cause the sect's morale to collapse.

Once the Tianjing Sect begins to collapse from below, how will Tianjing Zhenren continue to fight Qingxiao Zhenren?

"Then let's wait and see. We should know the result in three to five years at most!"

Shaking his head in bewilderment, Zhou Chun tossed aside the red pen, put away the map, and stopped studying it.

It's now pretty much certain that unless a full-scale attack is launched against the Heavenly Mirror Sect, these Purple Mansion stage cultivators shouldn't need to go to the battlefield.

He then focused on his cultivation and waited for new developments in the situation.

Things seemed to be developing as Zhou Chun had predicted.

Over the next two years, Qinglian Temple used both overt and covert methods to almost completely wipe out the cultivation world of Lingzhou.

Not to mention that all the cultivation families that originally belonged to the Heavenly Mirror Sect have either died or left, even the strongholds of rogue cultivators are mostly empty.

After all, the relationship between independent cultivators and cultivation families was one of coexistence and mutual benefit. Now that the cultivation families no longer buy the spiritual items from the independent cultivators and make pills and talismans for them, it will be difficult for them to stay in Lingzhou.

As a result, the once bustling cultivation world of Lingzhou was now eerily quiet.

Zhou Chun even heard rumors that some low-level cultivators from the Tianjing Sect had begun to flee.

If this is true, then what he predicted and expected will probably happen very soon.

In the past two years, all three members of the Zhou family who were sent to Qinglian Temple have successfully broken through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

The result was pretty much as he had guessed: two people succeeded, and one person failed.

Zhou Xinjian and Zhou Xinhe succeeded, while Zhou Xinlan failed.

Upon learning the news, Zhou Chun sent a thousand spirit coins to each of the two successful individuals as a congratulatory gift.

As for Zhou Xinlan's fate after her failure, only she herself can know.

In addition, there is some good news from the Zhou family. First, following the "Wind Shadow Dragon Serpent", a second type of dragon-born monster that has been mutated by the aura of the Azure Dragon has also appeared.

This monster was a horned lizard that Zhou Chun brought back from the Great Zhou Kingdom. After mutation, it became a "unicorn dragon lizard" that mastered wind magic, transforming from a mere mount into a main battle pet.

Compared to the "Dragon Claw Giant Lizard" monster that the Zhou family originally possessed, this "Unicorn Dragon Lizard" is much stronger in combat power and much faster, making it very suitable as a main battle spirit pet for Qi Refining stage cultivators.

The second piece of good news also came from the Zhou family's animal park.

It was the horse king in the Zhou family's dragon scale horse herd that evolved and successfully advanced to become a second-tier low-grade demon beast. It evolved from the original low-grade demon beast dragon scale horse into the mid-grade demon beast cloud-stepping dragon steed.

The Zhou family's Dragon Scale Horse was originally obtained from the White Dragon Branch of the Dragon Transformation Sect, and it carries the bloodline of the White Water Dragon.

The intermediate-level demonic beast, the Cloud-Stepping Dragon Steed, doesn't differ much in appearance from the Dragon Scale Horse, except that its dragon scales are harder and it has grown a dragon's whisker under its chin.

However, this beast has mastered the "Cloud-Treading" technique. When it flies, white clouds accompany it. Not only does it look very good, but its speed is also no less than that of a second-tier flying bird.

The key is that it can also carry people underwater, even to depths of thousands of feet!

If it weren't for the fact that it was the king of the Dragon Scale Horse herd, and the fact that the Zhou family needed to keep it for breeding, several of the Zhou family's Purple Mansion stage cultivators would have been tempted to take it as their mount just for its impressive appearance.

The third piece of good news came from Zhou Mingde.

It turns out that the two black jade toads that had successfully evolved earlier have finally started producing toad venom.

Although, according to Zhou Mingde, the toad venom produced by these two black jade toads was of much lower quality than that of the original two black jade toads, it was still a good start, and it could still be made into a secret spiritual incense that could help cultivators in the Purple Mansion stage to cultivate.

Aside from these three major pieces of good news, there are other, smaller pieces of good news that are not worth mentioning.

Six months later, a startling piece of news suddenly spread throughout the Kingdom of Yasukuni.

After a long period of silence, Master Tianjing suddenly announced that he wanted to challenge Master Qingxiao of Qinglian Temple to a duel, and that there was an important wager involved.

The details of the bet were not hidden but were announced along with the news.

According to the wager made by Master Tianjing, if Master Tianjing can fight Master Qingxiao head-on for half a day and escape Master Qingxiao's pursuit, Qinglian Temple will close its gates for three hundred years and cede Lanzhou and Yunzhou to the rule of Master Tianjing.

If True Person Tianjing cannot do these two things, then disband the Tianjing Sect and from now on, he will only be a rogue cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage, stationed in the south of Jing Kingdom to protect the southern territory of Jing Kingdom!

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