Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 408 Holding a grudge, select [Please subscribe]

Zhou Chun was undoubtedly very satisfied with the results of his trip to the Zhu family in Yanzhou.

The Black Water Tortoise Shield is undoubtedly the strongest Tier 3 defensive artifact he has ever seen.

With this treasure in hand, he had an extra layer of protection when he traveled far away.

The 150,000 spirit coins that Zhu Wuyai paid to purchase the remaining "Black Abyss Iron" also made him rich again.

After returning to the Zhou family's mountain gate, Zhou Chun began making various arrangements in preparation for his long journey.

Four or five months passed, and just as Zhou Chun was about to embark on a long journey, his Daoist partner Su Yuzhen successfully broke through to the mid-stage of the Purple Mansion realm and came to the Zhou family after emerging from seclusion.

"I originally wanted to travel with my husband, but unfortunately, the Ancestor firmly disagreed, insisting that I reach the late stage of the Purple Mansion realm before I could travel!"

"My husband, you must be careful when you travel alone. Don't try to be the first to others in everything. You must ensure your own safety!"

Inside the room, after a passionate moment of intimacy between the two Daoist partners who hadn't seen each other for years, Su Yuzhen sincerely explained her thoughts and gave Zhou Chun a series of earnest instructions.

Even though he had heard these words from more than one elder, Zhou Chun did not find them annoying at all. He simply replied softly, "I will remember them, my wife, please rest assured."

For the next month or two, Su Yuzhen stayed with Zhou Chun at the Zhou family home.

After sorting out and handling all the affairs of the family, Zhou Chun bid farewell to his elders and Daoist partner one morning and quietly left the Zhou family.

The Zhou family then announced to the public that their patriarch, Zhou Chun, had obtained an opportunity and was in seclusion cultivating to break through to the mid-stage of the Purple Mansion realm.

Zhou Chun was very well prepared for this trip. He brought everything he needed in his storage bag, and his spirit beast bag was filled with spirit pets and demonic insects.

The key point is that he wasn't in a hurry this time and didn't have any particular idea of ​​having to get back to his family within a certain timeframe.

So he didn't spend his days in the wilderness as before, but only wanted to reach his destination as soon as possible.

On the contrary, he acted like an ordinary Purple Mansion stage cultivator, using the Golden Rainbow Sword to travel. Whenever he passed through a market or a large stronghold of independent cultivators, he would stop and browse around, sometimes even buying things or selling some of his accumulated possessions.

Upon learning that he was a cultivator traveling, many of the Purple Mansion stage cultivators they encountered would spar with him in terms of spells and supernatural abilities, exchange cultivation experiences, or even trade spiritual materials and treasures.

It should be said that the cultivation world is quite tolerant of cultivators at the Purple Mansion stage.

Even though Zhou Chun didn't flaunt his wealth, he still managed to subtly reveal his impressive magical abilities. Yet, no foolish cultivator at the Purple Mansion stage secretly harbored thoughts of assassinating him.

If you don't have a very high chance of succeeding in ambushing and killing a cultivator at the Purple Mansion stage, you'll bring a terrible enemy upon yourself and your faction.

Generally speaking, even cultivators at the Purple Mansion stage from major sects wouldn't dare to do such a thing easily.

The reason Zhou Chun suffered that time was purely because he stole the opportunity from the silver-robed youth Wang Jun. In addition, Wang Jun believed that Zhou Chun was so powerful that he could easily defeat Zhou Chun, so he chose to attack him.

In this way, Zhou Chun spent nearly two years traveling through several countries before finally arriving at the Great Zhou Kingdom at a leisurely pace.

During his travels over the past two years, in addition to his own observations and experiences, Zhou Chun also acquired some pills and spiritual items that could help improve the Golden-Winged Tiger's cultivation through purchase and exchange.

There are all sorts of pill formulas in the cultivation world, and the only pill suitable for improving the cultivation level of second-tier demon beasts is the Zhou family's [Demon Spirit Pill].

When Zhou Chun traveled through Cheng Kingdom, he also encountered a small sect that was also skilled in beast taming techniques. He exchanged several bottles of "Blood Spirit Pills" with an elder in the sect who had reached the Purple Mansion stage. These pills were also suitable for improving the cultivation of second-tier demon beasts.

Based on the feedback from Zhou Chun after giving the Golden-Winged Tiger this elixir, the main ingredient of this "Blood Spirit Pill" is likely the blood of a third-tier demon beast.

When Zhou Chun learned of this, he was quite tempted and had the idea of ​​exchanging pill formulas with this sect, even if it meant exchanging [Demon Spirit Pills].

However, considering that the other sect not only had a Golden Core stage elder, but also a fourth-tier sect-protecting spirit beast, he gave up the idea.

If the strength is not equal, rashly revealing that you possess the recipe for the [Demon Spirit Pill] will only bring you death.

Even if we were to do this, we would have to wait until the Zhou family had its own Golden Core cultivator.

Upon arriving in the Great Zhou Kingdom, Zhou Chun underwent another transformation and headed straight for Tianyuan Immortal City.

Tianyuan Immortal City can be considered the base camp for many artisans and independent cultivators in the Great Zhou Kingdom. Many independent cultivators in the Great Zhou Kingdom who have achieved considerable success in alchemy, weapon crafting, and talisman making choose to rent cave dwellings and settle down in Tianyuan Immortal City.

In a place like Tianyuan Immortal City, where cultivators gather, as long as you have a unique and powerful skill, it is very easy to earn money to support your cultivation.

Therefore, those alchemy masters and weapon crafting masters among the independent cultivators do not need to establish any strongholds outside or join any forces. They can rely entirely on their skills to earn a large amount of spirit coins in Tianyuan Immortal City to cover the spirit coin expenses for renting cave dwellings, as well as other expenses.

Zhou Chun knew he couldn't find alchemists with powerful backgrounds to refine the "Dragon Transformation Pill," otherwise he might risk the alchemist embezzling the elixir.

As far as he knew, the rogue alchemy masters or weapon crafting masters in Tianyuan Immortal City would allow the client to watch the process of refining pills and magical artifacts, in order to prove that they had not deliberately forged or concealed the refined elixirs.

Zhou Chun came prepared this time. After entering the Great Zhou Kingdom, he changed his appearance and transformed into the likeness of Xu Fu.

The substance he used for disguise was a special spiritual item from Longyuanze called "Human-faced Fish Glue".

This item comes from a type of fish demon in Longyuanze. The fish demon can change its form by secreting a special mucus, transforming into the appearance of other fish.

After collecting and refining their mucus, one obtains the magical substance known as "human-faced fish glue".

The protector-level cultivators of the Hualong Sect used this "human-faced fish glue" to change their appearance when they infiltrated Jingguo and Fengguo.

The disguise effect of this item is so great that even Golden Core cultivators need to use their spiritual eyesight to detect any abnormalities. It is very difficult for Purple Mansion cultivators to tell whether someone has been disguised just by looking at their face.

With this disguise, Zhou Chun would only be able to avoid being recognized by the silver-robed youth Wang Jun by his magical aura if he were extremely unlucky.

Otherwise, it would be difficult for anyone to connect him with the cultivator who bought the Thousand-Year Thunderlight Grass based on his appearance alone.

Therefore, after arriving in Tianyuan Immortal City, Zhou Chun first rented a cave dwelling that matched his cultivation level, renewing the rent for three years at once, spending six thousand spirit coins.

In terms of cave dwelling rent, Tianyuan Immortal City is clearly more expensive than Xiandu Market, which is also in the Great Zhou Kingdom.

After renting the cave dwelling, Zhou Chun did not rush to find the alchemy masters. Instead, he first collected information about Leiya Valley and the alchemy masters in the city who accepted commissions.

As a celestial city with a highly developed cultivation civilization, Tianyuan Celestial City has shops that specialize in selling all kinds of information, and some people specialize in collecting information on the city's famous craftsmen to sell.

As a major power in the Great Zhou Kingdom with a Nascent Soul stage cultivator in charge, Leiya Valley's basic information will also be available for sale.

After all, many independent cultivators want their talented offspring to join a major power, but they themselves are limited by their own vision and knowledge and do not know much about the various major powers. They worry that if they choose the wrong one, it will delay the path of their offspring.

Therefore, they will spare no expense to purchase basic information about major powers in order to determine which major power to send their children to.

"Tianzhilou" is a shop in Tianyuan Immortal City that specializes in intelligence business.

This shop is located in a secluded spot in the market. If Zhou Chun hadn't inquired beforehand, he really wouldn't have been able to find it.

When he entered the shop, he saw an old man in black with Foundation Establishment cultivation sitting behind the counter.

As Zhou Chun entered, a crisp sound suddenly rang out from a birdcage in the shop.

"We have guests! We have guests!"

It turned out to be a gray-spotted magpie that looked like a lark.

Upon hearing this voice, the meditating old man in black quickly opened his eyes and looked at Zhou Chun.

Upon discovering Zhou Chun's Purple Mansion stage cultivation, the man quickly put on a smile and stood up to greet Zhou Chun, saying, "Welcome to my humble abode, Senior. May I ask whether you are here to buy or sell information?"

As a shop that sells information, "Tenchiro" naturally not only sells information but also buys information.

The vast majority of the information they sell is actually acquired through purchases using spirit coins, with only a small portion obtained through specialized intelligence gathering personnel.

"I'd like to purchase information about the Thunder Cliff Valley sect. The more detailed the better. I also need information on the various alchemy masters in the city, again, the more detailed the better!"

Zhou Chun stated his needs in a calm tone.

"This must be your first time visiting our humble abode, senior. Our intelligence is divided into three levels: A, B, and C. Level A is the most expensive but also the most detailed, and the relevant intelligence is updated every six months. Level B and C differ in the level of detail, and the intelligence updates are also much slower."

"Taking the information about Thunder Cliff Valley purchased by the senior as an example, the top-tier intelligence will have separate information about each Golden Core stage cultivator and Purple Mansion stage cultivator in Thunder Cliff Valley, including detailed information such as their past requirements for accepting disciples."

"The Class B will only record the names and cultivation levels of the Golden Core and Purple Mansion cultivators. Some may have some personal information, but it will not be very detailed."

"For a grade C certificate, you can basically just ask any Qi Refining outer disciple in Thunder Cliff Valley for information!"

The old man in black glanced at Zhou Chun as he spoke, then continued, "The information on the alchemy masters is the same. The top-tier information is the most comprehensive, including not only the names of various pills that each master is skilled at refining or has successfully refined, but also their approximate success rates..."

His implication was nothing more than urging Zhou Chun to purchase top-tier intelligence.

After hearing his words, Zhou Chun said calmly, "Just give me a second-grade copy of the information on Thunder Cliff Valley. As for the intelligence on the various alchemy masters, I'll have to check the prices first!"

Although this was his first time visiting "Tianzhi Tower," he had already inquired about the intelligence classification system here.

I was just pretending not to know before.

After some time, Zhou Chun paid 1,500 spirit coins for the information and returned to his cave with several jade slips.

Once inside the cave, Zhou Chun immediately took out the jade slip containing information about Leiya Valley and began to examine it.

This jade slip was placed under a special restriction by "Tianzhi Tower" and could only be viewed once, so Zhou Chun needed to return to his cave to view it.

If it is a Grade A document jade slip, the restrictions are even stricter, and the buyer must make a vow from their inner demons that they will not resell it.

After a thorough examination, Zhou Chun gained a relatively detailed understanding of the Leiya Valley sect.

According to the intelligence records, although Leiya Valley is a sect, the real power in this sect has always been held by the Wang family, a family of cultivators. The only Nascent Soul stage cultivator in Leiya Valley is also surnamed Wang.

Leiya Valley is slightly weaker than Qinglian Temple, with only nine Golden Core cultivators and fifty or sixty Purple Mansion cultivators.

The silver-robed youth, Wang Jun, was the son of the current patriarch of the Wang family in Leiya Valley.

His father was a mid-stage Golden Core cultivator, not only the patriarch of the Wang family but also the sect leader of Thunder Cliff Valley.

This is why he calls himself "Young Master".

However, Zhou Chun breathed a slight sigh of relief. Although the silver-robed youth Wang Jun and the Nascent Soul stage cultivator from Leiya Valley were from the same family, Wang Jun was not a direct descendant of that Nascent Soul stage cultivator. In fact, that Nascent Soul stage cultivator had not left any offspring.

In this way, the silver-robed youth Wang Jun and the Nascent Soul stage cultivator would hardly have any connection. Even if Zhou Chun had the strength to take revenge in the future and killed him, it would be impossible for that Nascent Soul stage cultivator to take action for him.

"I'll just keep this grudge to myself for now. Anyway, given that guy's age, he should be able to live for another two or three hundred years without any problem. There's no need for me to be too hasty in seeking revenge and cause myself trouble!"

Having thought of this, Zhou Chun stopped thinking about revenge and instead picked up the intelligence data on the alchemy masters to read.

There are more than a dozen well-known rogue alchemy masters in Tianyuan Immortal City, but masters are also divided into different levels.

Just as someone who can forge a low-grade third-tier magic weapon can be called a master craftsman, Zhu Wuyai, who forged a magic weapon of the level of the [Black Water Xuan Turtle Shield], is also a master craftsman.

Therefore, Zhou Chun did not gamble by buying a first-class copy of the information on every alchemy master. Instead, he bought a first-class copy of the information on the most famous and powerful masters, and a second-class copy of the information on the others who were also quite well-known.

After reviewing the information of all the alchemy masters, he finally narrowed it down to two of them.

These two alchemy masters, one of whom was Ge Yun, the alchemist of the "Dragon Spirit Pill" that Zhou Chun had heard about before. Ge Yun's alchemy skills were among the top three in Tianyuan Immortal City, and his cultivation level was also at the early stage of Golden Core.

The second alchemy master was named Luo Qingni, a late-stage Purple Mansion cultivator who was also a female cultivator.

Master Luo Qingni's alchemy skills are not comparable to those of Golden Core cultivators, but she once successfully refined a rather uncommon elixir called the "Four Spirits Blood Transformation Pill".

The "Four Spirits Blood Transformation Pill" and the "Dragon Transformation Pill" are both pills that help monsters purify their bloodlines. However, the "Dragon Transformation Pill" is only suitable for monsters with the bloodline of a dragon, and its effects are very strong.

While the "Four Spirits Blood Transformation Pill" works on all kinds of demonic beasts, its effects are only so-so.

In Zhou Chun's opinion, since this Master Luo Qingni could even refine an unorthodox elixir like the "Four Spirits Blood Transformation Pill," she might also be able to refine the "Dragon Transformation Pill."

First update!

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