Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Black Mist Marsh.

A clear and melodious dragon roar suddenly pierced through the thick black mist, its sound reverberating for miles within the black mist marshland.

All the demons and beasts that heard this dragon's roar trembled with fear, their blood flowing with awe and submission, and they expressed their reverence in various ways.

Where the dragon's roar resounded, a silver dragon leaped and danced in the black mist, its body crackling with silver lightning, exuding majesty, magnificence, elegance, and mystery.

Wherever it passed, the black mist that had lingered in the Black Mist Marsh for years would dissipate.

Wherever it goes, beasts retreat and snakes and insects lie dormant.

It seems to be the embodiment of thunder descending upon the human world, a born child of lightning.

At this moment, Lei Jiao Bai Bai was undoubtedly excited and happy.

Hundreds of years of cultivation, all for this day!

A golden carp is no ordinary fish in a pond; it transforms into a dragon once it encounters wind and clouds!

The Silver Lightning Python has spent hundreds of years cultivating, just so that it could stir up the winds and clouds and transform into a dragon today.

Now that his long-cherished wish has come true, and he has truly transformed from a tiny thunder python into a dragon soaring through the heavens and earth, how could Lei Jiao Bai Bai not be extremely excited and thrilled?

It soared through the air, displaying its powerful body and revealing its immense strength, freely expressing its excitement.

As the master, Zhou Chun could naturally feel Bai Bai's excitement.

So he didn't stop it from its somewhat flamboyant behavior, letting it vent its emotions.

Fortunately, even after transforming into a thunder dragon, Bai Bai still recognized him as its master.

After letting loose, Bai Bai quickly flew to his side and brought her head close to him, letting him stroke her.

"Alright, alright, I know you're happy today, but this has really been a bit too much. We don't want to attract any trouble, so let's find somewhere else to celebrate!"

Zhou Chun stroked the dragon head in front of him and said to his beloved pet with a smile.

The python transforming into a dragon—this was Bai Bai's long-cherished wish, but wasn't it also his long-cherished wish?

Ever since he made a contract with Bai Bai and learned that Bai Bai possessed the bloodline of a dragon, he had had this wish.

After witnessing Zhou Daoyi's spirit pet, the Azure Cloud Python, transform into a dragon, he became even more determined to achieve this wish.

Now, over a century later, his wish has finally come true, and he is overjoyed.

After tidying up a bit, Zhou Chun rode the Thunder Dragon White and flew away, far away from this place.

Not long after, on another small island in the Black Mist Swamp, Lei Jiao landed in vain, along with Zhou Chun.

The spiritual energy on this small island is not very dense, and the strongest demon beast is only a mid-grade second-tier crocodile demon beast.

Before Lei Jiao Bai Bai had even fully landed on the island, it was already so frightened that it lay down on the ground, unable to move.

Despite its willingness to submit, it ultimately could not escape being eaten.

Having just evolved, Bai Bai seemed a bit hungry. It used a bolt of lightning to turn the crocodile monster into a barbecue, then tore the meat and bones apart and swallowed it whole.

While it was eating, Zhou Chun was also carefully observing its changes.

After transforming into a thunder dragon, Bai Bai's appearance has grown even more, now reaching a length of twelve zhang, and it may continue to grow in the future.

Its snake head has completely transformed into the head of a dragon, and four dragon claws have grown from its belly, each claw having three toes.

The snake's tail has grown fins like a fish tail, making it look much more beautiful.

At the same time, its silver dragon scales have also changed slightly. The lightning patterns on each scale are more intricate than before, making it look more beautiful.

Having observed this, Zhou Chun understood the situation.

Lei Jiaobai's bloodline was even purer than he had imagined!

Generally speaking, dragons with inferior bloodlines, although they may have dragon claws, will only grow two front claws, and their tails will be closer to snake tails.

Zhou Daoyi's blue dragon had exactly this kind of appearance.

The superior bloodline of the dragon not only has four claws and three toes, but also a fin-like membrane on its tail, making it even more beautiful.

It is said that the purest dragon bloodline can even grow four claws and four toes!

Now that Bai Bai has transformed into a dragon, it has four claws and three toes, and a fish fin on its tail. Its bloodline is considered top-grade among dragons, and it is one of the dragons with a good chance of advancing to the fifth rank.

For a dragon, the better its appearance and the purer its bloodline, the stronger it is.

Bai Bai's ability to possess such a physical appearance after transforming into a dragon is clearly largely due to the extraordinary phenomenon of "a fish leaping over the dragon gate," which deserves immense credit.

If it hadn't been tempered by the power of heavenly lightning and reshaped into a dragon body by the infusion of spiritual energy, it would have been impossible for it, with its original python roots, to ascend to such a high level and evolve into such a superior appearance.

This is also its good fortune and destiny!

After observing Bai Bai's appearance and aptitude, Zhou Chun didn't stand on ceremony with his beloved pet and directly inquired about the changes in its supernatural abilities after evolution.

Whether human cultivators or demonic beasts, physical appearances are ultimately illusory; supernatural abilities are what truly matter.

However, for a dragon, good looks certainly mean good abilities.

Faced with Zhou Chun's question, Bai Bai naturally did not hide anything and quickly described the changes in his supernatural abilities after his evolution.

After evolving into a third-tier low-grade thunder dragon, Bai Bai has truly become a favorite of lightning, easily casting various first-tier, second-tier, and third-tier lightning spells, and its spell applications are much more extensive than before.

However, it currently only possesses four supernatural abilities that are most noteworthy.

One is the "Heavenly Thunder Slash" that it awakened and mastered after consuming the Thousand-Year Thunder Grass. This divine power became even more powerful and perfected after it evolved into a Thunder Dragon, and its power was greatly enhanced.

The second type is "Lightning Escape". After evolving into a Thunder Dragon, it unsurprisingly awakened and mastered this escape technique known as "the fastest in the world".

After mastering the "Thunder Escape" divine ability, as long as the Thunder Dragon Bai Bai is not ambushed or deliberately targeted and restricted, even a Golden Core cultivator would find it difficult to catch up with it.

The third type is "Heavenly Thunder Guidance," a supernatural power that, like "Thunder Escape," is almost a must-have for the Thunder Dragon clan.

The Thunder Dragon can fly to the heavens and use the "Heavenly Thunder Guidance" supernatural power to gather cloud energy and generate heavenly thunder, which it then uses to bombard its enemies.

If there is already thunderstorm weather, this "Heavenly Thunder Guidance" divine power can greatly increase the Thunder Dragon's combat power, giving it the ability to fight beyond its level!

The fourth type is "Heavenly Divine Thunder". This is a powerful divine ability that Bai Bai awakened and mastered after experiencing the "Fish Leaping Over the Dragon Gate" phenomenon and evolving into a superior dragon bloodline.

This is an extremely powerful and pure thunder magic technique!

Zhou Chun had read in ancient texts that some Golden Core cultivators who practiced Thunder Strike Techniques would risk their lives to fly into the sky during thunderstorms to collect the power of heavenly thunder in order to cultivate this powerful thunder magic.

However, very, very few Golden Core cultivators are actually able to master this lightning magic.

Once you master this lightning magic, you can basically sweep away cultivators of the same level!

The "Heavenly Divine Thunder" divine power that Bai Bai currently possesses can only be considered a weakened version, since its cultivation level is only at the third rank.

Moreover, if it needs to use this supernatural power, it must first absorb the power of heavenly lightning and store it in its body before it can use it.

In other words, it can only use this supernatural power a limited number of times, unlike cultivators who have truly mastered the "Heavenly Divine Thunder" supernatural power, who can use it at will.

Even so, this is still its biggest trump card!

Even though it's a weakened version of the "Heavenly Thunder" divine power, it's still called "Heavenly Thunder," and its destructive power is terrifying.

After Zhou Chun had layered various protective measures on himself, he was attacked by Bai Bai's "Heavenly Divine Thunder".

The result was almost a disaster!

Even a late-stage Purple Mansion cultivator would find it difficult to break through the [Black Water Xuan Turtle Shield] with a single blow. The protective light barrier was easily shattered and pierced. Then, the domineering silver lightning tore through the golden light shield formed by the [Qian Jin Circle], breaking through the "Solid as a Mountain" protective spell, and struck Zhou Chun, who had already used the "Dragon Transformation Secret Technique".

Even after being weakened by three layers of protection, the domineering and fierce "Heavenly Divine Thunder" still shattered the dragon scales all over Zhou Chun's body, causing him to vomit blood, with smoke rising from his head. He remained paralyzed and stiff for more than ten breaths before regaining consciousness!

Fortunately, the Wood Spirit was nearby and, seeing the situation, promptly cast some Wood-based healing spells to extend his life. Otherwise, he would have been bedridden for half a month!

"Amazing! Absolutely amazing! That was an incredible move!"

Zhou Chun, having caught her breath, exclaimed how impressive it was.

He estimated that in order to truly withstand this "Heavenly Divine Thunder" attack unscathed, he would either need to activate the "Shadow of the Black Tortoise" divine power attached to the [Black Water Tortoise Shield] or summon the "Golden Light Bowl" talisman.

But no matter which one it is, it can only protect him for a short time.

The power of heavenly lightning stored within Bai Bai's body is enough for it to unleash "Heavenly Divine Lightning" three times!

"This 'Heavenly Divine Thunder' is incredibly powerful. If used properly, it could easily kill a late-stage Purple Mansion cultivator in one strike!"

"Bye-bye, you've given me such a wonderful surprise!"

Seeing that Bai Bai looked like it had made a mistake, Zhou Chun hurriedly leaned over to comfort it, stroking its head with a smile and praising it repeatedly.

According to his original prediction, once Bai Bai successfully transformed into a dragon, he would be able to fight even against a late-stage Purple Mansion cultivator who cultivated top-level techniques.

However, he did not expect that Bai Bai's strength after successfully transforming into a dragon would be much greater than he had anticipated.

Having personally experienced the power of "Heavenly Divine Thunder," Zhou Chun can say without hesitation that the vast majority of late-stage Purple Mansion cultivators will no longer be his match!

If the three opportunities of "Heavenly Divine Thunder" are used well, basically no late-stage Purple Mansion cultivator can withstand it.

As long as he doesn't encounter Golden Core cultivators in the future, Zhou Chun, with Bai Bai and Mu Mei's assistance, will be fearless in the Purple Mansion stage.

"It wasn't for nothing that I went to such lengths to steal the thousand-year-old Dragon Transformation Grass and have it refined into the 'Dragon Transformation Pill'... It was all worth it!"

Zhou Chun gently stroked the white dragon head, his face beaming with pride, even happier than when he himself had broken through his cultivation level.

Sensing Zhou Chun's joy and confirming that his master had no intention of blaming him, Bai Bai also murmured happily.

After resting for a few days and recovering from the injuries he had sustained from being beaten by Bai Bai, Zhou Chun began to think about his next move.

He came to the Great Zhou Kingdom not only to find someone to refine the "Dragon Transformation Pill" to help Bai Bai successfully transform into a dragon, but also to seek opportunities to improve his cultivation. He also sought magical materials such as the "Yellow Dragon Stone" and spiritual objects that could help the Golden Armor Rock Turtle break through to the third rank.

Now that Bai Bai has successfully transformed into a dragon, and his combat power is stronger than he expected, he has already exceeded his first goal.

Logically, he should now be striving for his second goal.

"If I want to quickly improve my cultivation, pills are the first choice. I currently have a third-tier dragonfish demon core in hand. It shouldn't be a problem to ask Master Ge Yun to refine it into a 'Dragon Spirit Pill'. However, one batch of 'Dragon Spirit Pills' is simply not enough for me to break through to the mid-stage of the Purple Mansion realm."

"However, all I know right now is that the main ingredient for refining the 'Dragon Spirit Pill' is the inner core of a third-tier dragon-blooded demon beast. If I want to have someone refine more other spirit pills to improve my magical power, or if I want to buy such spirit pills, I'll have to find a way from those alchemy masters!"

"Regarding the Golden-Armored Rock Turtle's advancement to the third rank, perhaps we could consult those alchemy masters. If all else fails, we could ask Master Luo Qingni to help refine another batch of 'Four Spirits Blood Transformation Pills' for Stone to try!"

A glint flashed in Zhou Chun's eyes, and he gradually formed an idea.

But before that, he had to do something else: transform the foundation of the "Dragon Transformation Secret" and use the "Blood Transformation Dragon Technique" to convert it into the bloodline of a white thunder dragon!

Zhou Chun converted his Golden Dragon bloodline into Azure Dragon bloodline to avoid being targeted and hunted down by the Dragon Transformation Sect.

However, compared to the Golden Dragon bloodline and the Thunder Dragon bloodline, Qingqing's Azure Dragon bloodline is undoubtedly much lower in level.

If Zhou Chunruo were to reconstruct his "Dragon Transformation Secret Technique" foundation into the Thunder Dragon Bloodline, his subsequent use of the technique would not only significantly enhance his actual combat power but also greatly improve his resistance to lightning spells.

However, places like Black Mist Swamp are not quiet places to switch to secret arts. If you want to switch to secret arts, you have to go to a safe place like a market town.

After packing up, Zhou Chun left the place.

Zhou Chun was a little depressed when he left Black Mist Swamp.

His several spirit pets are all excellent mounts for getting around.

However, apart from the Golden Armored Rock Turtle, the other three spirit pets are not suitable for transportation.

Lei Jiao Bai Bai and Mu Mei need no further explanation; they are far too ostentatious. Once a Golden Core cultivator discovers Mu Mei's background, it will be even easier for her to cause big trouble.

The Golden-Winged Tiger had already revealed itself during the pursuit and killing by Wang Jun of Leiya Valley, which was a feature that could easily expose its true identity, so it was no longer appropriate to release it as a mount.

As a result, even though he has three great spirit pets, he still has to expend his magic power to fly and travel!

After leaving the Black Mist Marsh and traveling for another two or three months, Zhou Chun finally returned to Tianyuan Immortal City.

Upon returning to Tianyuan Immortal City, Zhou Chun naturally did not visit the cave dwelling he had previously rented, even though the lease for that cave dwelling still had more than two years remaining.

Because the lease had not yet expired, he could not continue to rent a new cave dwelling, since a spiritual contract had to be signed and a magical imprint left when renting a cave dwelling.

The rule in Tianyuan Immortal City is that a cultivator is strictly prohibited from renting two cave dwellings at the same time, in order to prevent anyone from profiting from this.

However, Zhou Chun did have alternatives.

The training area in the city is an alternative solution.

The environment in the cultivation area is certainly not comparable to that of a private cave dwelling, but basic guarantees are still provided.

Zhou Chun paid for nearly half a year's worth of cultivation fees at once and then entered a superior cultivation room, which was exclusively for cultivators in the Purple Mansion stage, to go into seclusion.

The second time Zhou Chun used the "Blood Transformation Dragon Technique" to change his foundation, he suffered a lot. It was extremely rare for anyone in the Dragon Transformation Sect to change the attributes of the dragon bloodline in their body twice like him.

Fortunately, after more than a year of cultivation, he successfully transformed his foundation into the bloodline of the Thunder Dragon.

Although his foundation was successfully transformed, his level of the "Dragon Transformation Secret Technique" dropped to the second level. It will still take time for him to cultivate back to the third level.

This was an inevitable consequence of the switch to maintenance, and Zhou Chun had been prepared for it, so he was neither surprised nor disappointed.

On the contrary, the benefits of the fundamental shift made him very satisfied with his decision.

The "Dragon Transformation Secret Technique," based on the bloodline of the Thunder Dragon, not only made his physical strength surpass its previous level, greatly increasing his resistance to lightning spells, but also improved the success rate of his lightning spells.

If he were to cultivate to the third level, Zhou Chun estimated that he would even be able to instantly unleash certain lightning spells after transforming, just like he was able to cast certain wind spells before.

After completing his mastery of the "Dragon Transformation Secret Technique," Zhou Chun immediately left seclusion to contact Master Ge Lan, wanting to entrust this alchemy master with the early stage of Golden Core cultivation to refine "Dragon Spirit Pills" for him.

To his disappointment, when he arrived at the shop where the master was affiliated and explained his purpose, he was told that Master Ge Lan's alchemy tasks for the past three years had been completed and he would not be accepting new commissions for the time being.

This situation truly disappointed Zhou Chun.

After all, if Master Ge Lan were to personally handle the task, there would be no possibility of the "Dragon Spirit Pill" failing to be refined, and the number of pills produced at one time would be at least five.

If it were any other alchemy master, being able to produce three or four pills at once would be considered quite good.

This is precisely why alchemy masters like Master Ge Lan always have a full schedule of alchemy tasks, so they don't have to worry about not having anyone to send them materials to practice with.

"Are we going to go see that Master Luo again?"

Zhou Chun hesitated and found it difficult to make a decision.

Although he has changed his appearance, he had previously signed a spiritual contract with Master Luo, so the other party must be familiar with his magical aura.

If he were to commission the other party to refine pills again, it would be difficult to conceal his identity.

After hesitating several times, Zhou Chun still couldn't make up his mind and decided to wait and see.

Soon, Zhou Chun changed his target and arrived at a well-known location in Tianyuan Immortal City, the "Tianyuan Palace".

This "Tianyuan Palace" is a place where most of the independent cultivators in Tianyuan Immortal City come, and it is the place where various commissioned tasks are issued within Tianyuan Immortal City.

From the major sects and families of the Great Zhou Kingdom to ordinary rogue cultivators, everyone can post tasks in the "Tianyuan Palace" and hire other cultivators to help them.

Of course, if you want to post a mission in the "Tianyuan Palace", the reward cannot be low, starting at least at one thousand spirit coins.

Therefore, most of the cultivators who come to the "Tianyuan Palace" to accept commissioned tasks are Foundation Establishment cultivators and Purple Mansion cultivators.

Zhou Chun's visit to the "Tianyuan Palace" was not to issue a mission, but to see if there was a suitable mission for him.

He had heard that occasionally there would be missions here that rewarded one with pills to improve their magical power, but these missions were very difficult to complete.

However, with two Tier 3 spirit pets, Bai Bai and Mu Mei, by his side, he does indeed possess the ability to complete tasks that are difficult for ordinary people to accomplish.

As he entered the "Tianyuan Palace", he saw a huge white jade tablet standing inside, three zhang high and one zhang wide. Various task information was displayed on the jade tablet in rotation, and each task was thoughtfully marked with a number.

If someone takes a liking to a particular task, they can go to the counter inside the hall to accept the task assignment.

Once someone accepts a task, it will temporarily disappear from the white jade tablet until the task is completed or the task expires without anyone completing it, at which point it will be displayed on the white jade tablet again.

At this moment, there were hundreds of people in the hall observing the task assignments on the white jade tablet. Most of them were Foundation Establishment stage cultivators, and there were also a few Purple Mansion stage cultivators among them.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun also silently walked to the side and began to observe the various tasks on the white jade tablet.

"This fellow Daoist looks unfamiliar. Could it be your first time here?"

Just as Zhou Chun was silently observing the various tasks on the white jade tablet, a gentle voice suddenly entered his ears.

He turned his head and saw a Taoist priest dressed in black, with a slightly old face and a goatee, who was smiling and nodding at him.

The black-clad Taoist's cultivation was slightly higher than his, belonging to the mid-stage of the Purple Mansion realm.

Adhering to the principle of "not hitting a smiling face," Zhou Chun returned the greeting and said, "How can you tell that this is my first time here, fellow Daoist?"

"Hehehe, let me let you know, fellow Daoist. Normally, we Purple Mansion cultivators who frequently come to the 'Tianyuan Palace' to accept commissions do not come here in person to select tasks like you do. Every day, someone will copy down the tasks suitable for us and give them to us to review. We only need to come here once when we want to receive a task."

"But I noticed that you were carefully observing the task on the jade tablet just now, which shows that you are unaware of the details and must be a newcomer here for the first time!"

The Taoist in black stroked his beard and smiled, then explained the whole story.

"I see, I've learned something."

A look of sudden realization flashed in Zhou Chun's eyes, and he immediately nodded to indicate that he understood.

But he didn't say anything more.

This caused the black-clad Taoist's smile to freeze for a moment, and he could only speak again, saying, "To be honest, fellow Daoist, the reason I took the initiative to get to know you is not out of any ill will. It is because I have a task that I cannot complete by myself, so I would like to ask you for help."

However, upon hearing this, Zhou Chun immediately shook his head and refused without hesitation, saying, "I'm sorry, I've only come here today to broaden my horizons and have no intention of accepting any missions. Fellow Daoist, please find someone else!"

Such a straightforward answer stunned the Taoist priest in black, and the smile on his face vanished instantly.

He then gave Zhou Chun a deep look, and nodded slightly, saying, "I understand. Since Fellow Daoist Zhang has no intention, I will not force him. I apologize for disturbing you."

After saying that, he withdrew.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun stopped looking at him and continued to observe the tasks on the three jade tablets.

At this moment, as the tasks on the jade tablet rotated, one of them suddenly caught Zhou Chun's attention.

"Recruit three cultivators at the Purple Mansion stage to escort you to the Muli Lake area of ​​the Dolan Grassland. The reward is one 'Enhancing Vitality Pill'. This is an escort mission. The reward will be issued by the employer upon completion of the mission. There is no limit to the number of applicants. The employer will ultimately select three candidates."

Looking at the information about this task, Zhou Chun couldn't help but become a little interested.

He was already curious about the exotic region of the Dolan Grassland, especially wanting to see the legendary "Multi-Winged Tribe".

This escort mission requires delivering people to a certain location on the Dolan Grassland, so the employer must be quite familiar with the Dolan Grassland.

In that case, he might consider taking on this mission, traveling to the Dolan Grassland, and incidentally obtaining the "Enhancing Essence Pill" that can improve one's magical power.

A moment later, Zhou Chun walked to the mission counter inside the "Tianyuan Palace" and said directly to the attendant behind the counter, "I want to accept mission number thirty-five and mission number fifty-eight."

"Okay, mission number thirty-five is an escort mission. After you register your information, we will provide you with the employer's information. You can go and find the employer yourself."

"Task number fifty-eight is a collection task. This task can be accepted by three cultivators at the same time. Currently, only you, senior, have accepted it. Your identity information also needs to be registered."

Behind the counter, a female cultivator with late-stage Qi Refining cultivation listened to Zhou Chun's words. She simply channeled her magic power onto a small white jade slab in front of her and retrieved information about two tasks. Then, she respectfully explained the relevant procedures to him.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Chun briefly noted down the information about the alias Zhang Liang, then asked the female cultivator, "I've brought the items needed for Mission Fifty-Eight with me. How can I exchange them for the mission reward?"

Hearing this, the female cultivator wasn't surprised and immediately replied skillfully, "The employer has left contact information. After you leave the meeting place and time, we will notify the employer to come and complete the transaction with you."

"Oh, you don't need to send anyone to witness this?"

Zhou Chun asked with some surprise.

Upon hearing this, the female cultivator immediately lowered her head and said softly, "The existence of our 'Tianyuan Palace' is merely to facilitate the cultivation community within the Immortal City to obtain what they need. We do not participate in the details, so please be careful when accepting missions, senior. If anything happens while you are out, our 'Tianyuan Palace' will not bear any responsibility!"

"I see, I understand now."

Zhou Chun nodded thoughtfully, then left a meeting place and time, before leaving with the information about the employer of Mission No. 35 given to him by the female cultivator.

Upon arriving outside the "Tianyuan Palace," Zhou Chun glanced at the information left by the employer number thirty-five and headed straight for the "Yanfa Palace" in Tianyuan Immortal City.

Fighting is prohibited within Tianyuan Immortal City. If cultivators within the city wish to engage in combat or test the power of their spells, they must rent a venue in the "Spell Demonstration Hall."

The employer, number thirty-five, was clearly preparing to test the strength of the mission participants in the "Dharma Practice Hall".

After arriving at the "Dance Hall", Zhou Chun gave his name to the attendant and was then led to a martial arts platform with an array set up.

After waiting for about half an hour inside the martial arts arena, he saw an old man in a yellow robe with the cultivation level of the late Purple Mansion stage walk onto the stage.

"How should I address you, fellow Daoist? I am Yan Qiyang, the employer of Mission Number Thirty-Five of the 'Tianyuan Palace'."

The old man in the yellow robe walked onto the stage, glanced at Zhou Chun, and then introduced him with a smile.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Chun immediately bowed and said, "I am Zhang Liang, greetings to Fellow Daoist Yan."

"So it's Fellow Daoist Zhang."

Yan Qiyang nodded and then said, "Regarding the details of the mission, I presume Fellow Daoist Zhang has already read them, so I won't go into too much detail here. If Fellow Daoist Zhang wants to successfully accept this mission, he must withstand three of my moves without being injured!"

"I understand. Please enlighten me, Fellow Daoist Yan."

Zhou Chun nodded slightly and immediately distanced herself from Yan Qiyang.

Then he raised his hand and patted the storage bag at his waist. The "Qianjin Ring" immediately flew out and grew to a diameter of ten feet, protecting him inside. At the same time, an earthen-yellow inkstone magic artifact flew to the top of his head and bloomed with thick, ink-like earthen-yellow clouds that engulfed him.

Seeing that this cultivator, at the early stage of the Purple Mansion realm, had produced two impressive-looking third-tier defensive magic weapons, Yan Qiyang nodded subtly, then said, "Fellow Daoist Zhang, be careful, I'm about to make my move!"

As he spoke, he made a hand seal and pointed at Zhou Chun. A dense, earthy-yellow spiritual light condensed in the air and transformed into an earthy-yellow mountain that crashed down on Zhou Chun.

Before the mountain peak even arrived, a powerful binding force had already descended upon Zhou Chun, making it difficult for him to move.

The earthen-yellow mountain peak quickly crashed down onto the earthen-yellow clouds that were protecting him, shattering most of the clouds on the spot until they dissipated after landing on the golden light shield erected by the "Qianjin Circle".

"The second move!"

Yan Qiyang spoke again, flicking his sleeve, and a beam of yellow light flew into the air, revealing an earthen-yellow ruler-like magical artifact.

He wielded the earthen-yellow ruler as a magical weapon and struck Zhou Chun. Yellow light surged from the ruler, and its power made Zhou Chun's heart tremble.

Without a second thought, Zhou Chun immediately drew his "Golden Rainbow Sword" and slashed at the ruler.

Two beams of spiritual light, one golden and one yellow, collided in mid-air. The golden beam let out a mournful cry and was knocked away, while the yellow ruler continued to strike Zhou Chun.

It wasn't that the "Golden Rainbow Sword" was of inferior quality to the earthen yellow ruler, but rather that Zhou Chun's cultivation level was two minor realms lower than Yan Qiyang's, resulting in less power being poured into the magic weapon and lower quality of magical power.

Ultimately, the power of a magical artifact depends on the user's cultivation level.

The same high-grade third-tier magic weapon will definitely not be as powerful in the hands of a cultivator in the early stage of the Purple Mansion realm as it is in the hands of a cultivator in the late stage of the Purple Mansion realm.

However, with the "Golden Rainbow Sword" blocking it, the power of the earthen yellow ruler was greatly reduced. Zhou Chun then used the "Solid as a Golden Mountain" spell to block it.

"The third move!"

Yan Qiyang's emotionless voice rang out again, and the earthen-yellow ruler, which had flown back with all its might, was once again controlled by him to strike Zhou Chun.

This time, however, when the yellowish-brown ruler struck out, it created an illusion of mountains, as if the ruler carried the power of mountains.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Chun's expression changed, and he hurriedly infused the "Golden Rainbow Sword" with magical power, activating the sword's associated supernatural ability, "Golden Rainbow Line".

Then, golden light surged from the golden flying sword, and in an instant, it transformed into a thin golden rainbow that slashed towards the earthen yellow ruler.

"Turning swords into silk!"

Yan Qiyang's expression changed, and he couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

But as the golden rainbow clashed with the earthen-yellow ruler, it was once again sent flying, revealing its true form. He quickly shook his head, a look of relief on his face, and said, "So it wasn't turning swords into threads, but a similar flying sword transformation technique!"

Before he finished speaking, he voluntarily put away the greatly weakened, earthen-yellow ruler.

Then he nodded slightly to Zhou Chun and said, "No need to try anymore. Fellow Daoist Zhang's strength meets the requirements and he can be selected."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun breathed a sigh of relief.

He deliberately concealed his abilities, not wanting to expose the magic weapon [Black Water Xuan Turtle Shield]. Under such circumstances, it would not be easy for him to withstand three moves from Yan Qiyang, a late-stage Purple Mansion cultivator, without getting injured.

Now that the other party is willing to let him pass, he naturally won't continue to torture himself.

He immediately put away his magical artifact, bowed respectfully to the other party, and said, "Fellow Daoist Yan, your strength is truly admirable!"

"It's just that you have the advantage of higher cultivation level. If Fellow Daoist Zhang were at the same cultivation level as me, your strength would probably be even greater than mine!"

Yan Qiyang waved his hand, showing no sign of smugness as he spoke.

Then, half-jokingly looking at Zhou Chun, he said, "Fellow Daoist Zhang really startled me just now. I almost thought I had encountered a Golden Core stage sword cultivator senior who was pretending to be a cultivator playing around in the mortal world!"

Zhou Chun naturally understood what he meant.

The move "Golden Rainbow Line" is so striking that anyone who sees it for the first time would easily associate it with the sword technique "Turning Sword into Silk," a skill that only Golden Core stage sword cultivators can master.

But in reality, the two are completely incomparable.

The master craftsman who forged the "Golden Rainbow Sword" was probably a cultivator who dreamed of becoming a sword immortal but lacked the supernatural power, which is why he created such a counterfeit.

Therefore, upon hearing Yan Qiyang's teasing words, he coughed twice, somewhat embarrassed, and explained, "Ahem, Fellow Daoist Yan, you flatter me. That move just now was purely a transformation of the flying sword itself. I, Zhang, don't know any swordsmanship at all!"

"Hehehe, it doesn't matter if you don't know swordsmanship. If used well, this move can still have a surprise effect sometimes!"

Yan Qiyang chuckled and said meaningfully.

Without waiting for Zhou Chun to exchange pleasantries, he got down to business.

"Now that Fellow Daoist Zhang is included, the three members for this escort mission are all present. The departure date is seven days from now. Fellow Daoist Zhang, please meet Yan and the others at the West City entrance on the morning of the seventh day after tomorrow. Don't be late!"

"I understand, Mr. Zhang. I will arrive on time," Zhou Chun replied solemnly.

Yan Qiyang seemed to have other things to do afterward, and left without chatting with him for long.

Zhou Chun then left the "Dianfa Hall".

Several hours later, in a room at an inn in the city, Zhou Chun met with the employer of mission number fifty-eight. He handed over the snake lizard monster venom sac he had obtained in the Black Mist Swamp and received a reward of five thousand spirit coins.

Then he sold some of the collected poisonous herbs to the other party and got more than two thousand spirit coins.

After completing this task, Zhou Chun spent another seven days in the cultivation room until the time agreed upon with Yan Qiyang arrived, at which point he rushed to the west entrance of the city to meet him.

What Zhou Chun didn't expect was that when he met up with Yan Qiyang here, he would run into an acquaintance he didn't want to see.

This chapter has nine thousand words!