Beast Taming Immortal Clan

An ancient relic emerges, leading to an earth-shattering battle between ten Nascent Soul cultivators and ten holy mages of the "Multi-Winged Clan"...

The discovery of a millennia-old elixir within ancient ruins sparked a fierce competition among more than twenty Golden Core cultivators and a Grand Mage from the "Multi-Winged Clan"...

Mysterious monsters have appeared within ancient ruins, resulting in the deaths of several Golden Core cultivators and a "Multi-Winged Clan" archmage...

A fifth-tier spirit wood, suspected to be a ten-thousand-year-old purple mulberry wood, has been discovered within ancient ruins...

As soon as Zhou Chun entered the market of the Great Zhou Kingdom, he inquired around and heard various rumors about the ancient ruins on the Dolan Grassland.

Only then did he realize what major events had occurred nearby during the years he spent cultivating at the bottom of Muli Lake.

A duel between a Nascent Soul stage cultivator and a Holy Mage!

A great war sparked by an ancient elixir!

A calamity for the Golden Core caused by demons!

There is also the extremely rare fifth-tier spirit wood, the "Ten Thousand Year Purple Mulberry Wood"!

Each of these events would normally cause quite a stir in the cultivation world.

But now these events are happening one after another, simultaneously, in just a few years.

Zhou Chun could easily imagine how happy and excited the ordinary cultivators in the Great Zhou Kingdom, who were just bystanders, had been over the past few years.

However, thinking of the fifth-tier spiritual tree, the "Ten Thousand Year Purple Mulberry Tree," Zhou Chun couldn't help but touch the storage bag at his waist.

If the rumors are true, the tree root in his storage bag is most likely from this fifth-order spirit tree.

Under normal circumstances, the roots of such a fifth-order spirit tree would be quite important and would certainly not fall into the hands of a cultivator at the Purple Mansion stage.

However, Nascent Soul stage cultivators were not allowed to enter the ancient ruins at that time, and Golden Core stage cultivators must have fought a great battle over the fifth-order spirit wood.

It's hard to say who ultimately cut down and uprooted this fifth-tier spirit tree, but they certainly used extremely brutal methods to break it.

In that case, it's perfectly normal for some broken roots to remain underground, given the massive root system of a fifth-order spirit tree.

Those Golden Core cultivators were definitely fighting over the main trunk of the fifth-grade spirit tree; no one would have been concerned with the scraps in the ground at that time.

"I wonder if that piece of ancient purple mulberry tree root can sprout and grow into a new plant. If it can, then this thing is truly incredibly valuable!"

Zhou Chun's eyes flickered, and a sense of anticipation rose in his heart.

He knew that ordinary mulberry trees could be propagated by cuttings from branches, but he didn't know if a fifth-tier spiritual wood like the "Ten Thousand Year Purple Mulberry Wood" could do the same.

If they could do that, the Zhou family would undoubtedly make a huge profit.

After all, a new plant propagated from the roots of the "Ten Thousand Year Purple Mulberry Tree" will definitely become a fifth-order spirit tree in the future, but it will absolutely be a top-tier fourth-order spirit tree.

Purple mulberry wood is a spiritual wood with extremely high value. Its leaves are a favorite food of many demon silkworms and can also be used to make tea. Mulberry bark is an excellent raw material for talismans, and its branches can be used to refine magical artifacts. Mulberry fruit is also a very delicious spiritual fruit.

The new plant propagated from the roots of the "Ten Thousand Year Purple Mulberry Tree" is estimated to become a third-tier spirit tree in less than a hundred years, at which time the entire Zhou family will benefit from it.

The information was only gathered from ordinary markets and neighborhoods, and I dared not believe it entirely.

After a brief pause, Zhou Chun hurriedly headed towards Tianyuan Immortal City.

Several days later, Zhou Chun returned to Tianyuan Immortal City.

Upon his return, the first thing he did was go to the alchemy shop where Luo Qingni was affiliated to gather information.

As he expected, Luo Qingni not only returned safely to Tianyuan Immortal City, but also announced her seclusion three years ago, no longer accepting alchemy commissions.

Having confirmed that his investment wouldn't go to waste, Zhou Chun went to "Tianzhi Tower" and spent thousands of spirit coins to purchase a top-tier intelligence report on ancient ruins.

According to the people of "Tianzhilou", the vast majority of the information in this top-tier intelligence report is true. It was provided by cultivators who had entered the ancient ruins, and it is much more reliable than the various rumors circulating outside.

After purchasing the intelligence, Zhou Chun returned to the inn and examined it carefully.

Sure enough, upon closer inspection, he realized that his several thousand spirit coins had not been wasted.

The Class A intelligence report from "Tianzhilou" contains very detailed information about the ancient ruins.

According to the intelligence, the ancient ruins were the abandoned mountain gate of an ancient sect called "Xuantian Sect". It was sealed by an extremely mysterious forbidden array and was completely unknown to outsiders.

However, a few years ago, the forbidden array that sealed the ruins malfunctioned for some unknown reason, and its aura was leaked. This was sensed by a Golden Core cultivator named Yuan Hong, who then sought out an array master and several Purple Mansion cultivators to break the array.

It was only because the array master misjudged the concentration of spiritual energy in the abandoned mountain gate of the "Xuantian Sect" within the sealing array that the spirit-sealing array he set up was unable to contain the strange phenomena caused by the emergence of the ruins, ultimately leading to the discovery of this ancient ruins by the "Multi-Winged Clan" mages.

The information from Tianzhi Tower does not mention why the Xuantian Sect abandoned this mountain gate, and it is unknown whether this was intentional concealment or genuine ignorance.

However, since it was a mountain gate that was abandoned on its own initiative, there were no ancient treasures, elixirs, or secret techniques left in the ancient ruins.

What is truly useful to cultivators today are the low-grade herbs and spirit trees that the "Xuantian Sect" completely disregarded when it abandoned this mountain gate.

These spiritual herbs and medicines, which may have been less than a hundred years old back then, have now become treasures that even Nascent Soul stage cultivators are vying for after thousands or tens of thousands of years of growth.

Zhou Chun had only heard of the ten-thousand-year-old immortal medicine and the fifth-order spiritual wood "ten-thousand-year-old purple mulberry wood" before, but in reality, the ancient ruins produced far more than just one or two kinds of ten-thousand-year-old immortal medicine and fifth-order spiritual wood.

The information from "Tianzhi Tower" alone records the existence of five ancient immortal herbs, three of which were obtained by human cultivators and two by multi-winged mages.

Besides the fifth-tier spiritual wood, the "Ten Thousand Year Purple Mulberry Wood," there is also a "Ten Thousand Year Azure Cloud Wood" and a "Ten Thousand Year Yellow Dragon Wood" in the ancient ruins.

These three fifth-tier spirit trees were all cut down and shattered during the battle. Both the human cultivators and the "multi-winged" mages each collected a considerable number of spirit tree fragments, but overall the human cultivators obtained more.

As for the mysterious monster in the rumors, it is said that it was probably transformed from a "multi-winged" archmage who accidentally entered the ancient ruins. That unlucky guy was trapped and died somewhere in the ruins, and his resentment did not dissipate after his death, so he turned into a monster.

Meanwhile, in this battle for treasures within the ancient ruins, human cultivators and "multi-winged" mages also suffered many casualties, with as many as five or six named Golden Core cultivators perishing within the ruins.

And the archmages of the "Multi-Winged Race" will only perish more.

Now, several years have passed, and the spiritual herbs and trees in the ancient ruins have been almost completely plundered. The array masters on the human side are studying the sealing array, hoping to complete it and continue to seal this place.

The mages of the "Multi-Winged Clan" did not object to this.

According to inside information obtained by "Tianzhilou", this ancient ruin may become a training ground for the two races in the future, opening once every hundred or several hundred years, and allowing those second-tier juniors to enter and fight for treasures.

This is also the common practice in the human cultivation world today for dealing with various ancient ruins.

After all, if a large number of cultivators were to stay in such a secluded place with abundant spiritual energy and a unique environment for a long time, it would only damage the environment and turn it into an ordinary spiritual mountain and blessed land.

It would be better to seal it away and use it specifically to cultivate certain special medicinal herbs that are difficult to grow in the outside world.

"Ancient relics have emerged, bringing with them a surge of millennia-old spiritual herbs. Now is the best time to exchange these herbs. Our shop intends to hold a private exchange event for fellow cultivators to share their resources. Those interested can inquire at our shop for details!"

At the end of the intelligence report, Zhou Chun also saw a message left by the official "Tianzhilou" team, which can be considered an official "GG" (GG) statement.

"Will there be an exchange?"

Zhou Chun's eyes flickered; she was also somewhat tempted.

He currently possesses a considerable number of thousand-year-old medicinal herbs, but they may not be the thousand-year-old medicinal herbs he desires.

If he could obtain the thousand-year-old spiritual herbs needed to refine pills that enhance magical power through the exchange meeting, it would undoubtedly save him a lot of time.

However, such an exchange meeting will definitely have Golden Core stage cultivators participating, and Zhou Chun cannot guarantee that there won't be Golden Core stage cultivators who have cultivated the Spirit Eye Divine Power among them.

If he were to encounter someone of that kind, and that person were to use their spiritual eye to observe him, the "human-faced fish glue" he was currently using to disguise himself would not be able to hide from that person's spiritual eye.

"Let's go ask. If we can use magical artifacts to conceal our faces at the event, then we'll give it a try. If not, then forget it!"

Zhou Chun made up his mind and immediately went to "Tianzhilou" to inquire about the exchange meeting.

In response to Zhou Chun's question, the manager of "Tianzhilou" quickly replied, "It's simple for you to participate in the exchange event, senior. Just display any thousand-year-old spiritual herb and purchase an invitation for two thousand spirit coins!"

Upon hearing this answer, Zhou Chun couldn't help but curse inwardly that the owner of "Tianzhilou" was a greedy bastard who was obsessed with money.

An invitation to a mere exchange event costs two thousand spirit coins, and requires the provision of a thousand-year-old spiritual herb as proof of eligibility.

But she still asked, "Can I conceal my identity at the exchange? I don't want others to covet the treasures I exchange!"

"Of course. When the exchange begins, our building will provide standardized identity concealment artifacts to absolutely guarantee the safety of the participants."

The shopkeeper replied with a serious expression.

"Then let's send Mr. Zhang an invitation!"

As Zhou Chun spoke, he took out two thousand spirit coins and a thousand-year-old spiritual herb that he had brought from the Zhou family and handed it to the shopkeeper.

After receiving the spirit coins and examining the thousand-year-old elixir, the shopkeeper quickly and respectfully handed over the elixir and a jade talisman to him.

"Please keep this jade talisman safe, senior. The exchange meeting will be held in about three months. When that time comes, as long as you are in Tianyuan Immortal City, the jade talisman will send a signal to notify you, and then you can bring the jade talisman to this building."

At this point, the shopkeeper emphasized slightly, "Furthermore, senior, please note that this establishment only recognizes tokens, not people. And before you actually enter the exchange meeting, we will verify again whether you are carrying the thousand-year-old spiritual medicine!"

"I see. I understand."

Zhou Chun nodded, immediately put away the jade talisman and the elixir, and turned to leave "Tianzhi Tower".

Three months isn't a long time, so he planned to just stay in the cultivation room for a few months and wait it out.

Time flies, and three months passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day, Zhou Chun was meditating in his cultivation room when suddenly the jade talisman he had bought from "Tianzhilou" activated automatically, emitting a constant buzzing sound to remind him.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun immediately raised his hand and released a burst of magic power onto the jade talisman to suppress the strange movement. Then he quickly left the cultivation room and headed to the "Tianzhi Tower".

When he arrived at "Tianzhi Tower" and presented the jade talisman, he was indeed asked to present the thousand-year-old spiritual medicine for verification.

Only after this verification was confirmed did someone hand him a gray cloak made of some unknown material and a tiger-head mask to change into. Finally, a special person led him to a pavilion in the backyard.

When Zhou Chun entered the pavilion where the exchange meeting was held, he saw that there were already twenty or thirty cultivators present. Regardless of their cultivation level, they were all wearing cloaks and masks, and sitting in chairs, just like him.

Zhou Chun had already verified that the cloak he was wearing was a special shielding artifact that could block the wearer's magical aura.

The mask, on the other hand, can block the cultivator's spiritual vision and supernatural abilities from observing, making it difficult for others to see one's own appearance.

Therefore, without using any magical power, no one would know whether he is a Golden Core cultivator or a Purple Mansion cultivator.

In such a situation, it is obvious that no one would use their divine sense to scan others, as that would easily provoke public outrage.

Therefore, after entering the attic, he sat down on an empty chair and waited quietly.

After waiting for about an hour, the number of cultivators in the pavilion exceeded fifty, and at this time the host finally appeared.

Suddenly, a thin old man with white hair and black clothes walked into the building, followed by a beautiful woman in white and a burly man in yellow robes.

All three of them showed their true faces, and all of them had reached the Golden Core stage. The thin old man in the lead was even a late Golden Core cultivator.

After entering the building, the three of them went straight to the main seat and sat down.

Then the thin old man bowed to everyone and said, "Greetings, fellow Daoists. I am Tianzhi Sanren, the owner of this Tianzhi Tower. These two are Fairy Chen and Master Wu. This exchange meeting will be hosted by the three of us."

Without waiting for a response, he continued, "The rules for this exchange are very simple. First, the three of us will take turns displaying the items we are exchanging. Then, fellow Daoists who have exchanged items with the three of us can display their own items first, and so on in turn."

After the words were spoken, a brief silence fell over the attic.

Then a cultivator wearing a monkey-face mask said in a low voice, "This kind of exchange rule is quite rare. Let's get started quickly, friend."

Upon hearing this, Tianzhi Sanren glanced at the others and then nodded slightly, saying, "Alright, since none of you fellow Daoists have any objections, this exchange meeting will now officially begin."

After saying that, he raised his hand and patted the storage bag at his waist. Several beams of spiritual light flew down in front of him, revealing five jade boxes and two magical treasures and materials.

With a wave of his hand, the lids of all five jade boxes opened, revealing five different thousand-year-old medicinal herbs inside.

The two magical materials were a piece of blackish-purple wood, two feet and seven inches long, and a fist-sized crystal that shimmered with blue spiritual light.

Seeing that everyone's attention was drawn to the treasures he had taken out, Tianzhi Sanren said indifferently, "I won't introduce these five thousand-year-old spiritual herbs. This piece of spiritual wood is the hardest part of the trunk of the fourth-order spiritual wood 'thousand-year-old black maple wood.' Its size is enough to refine flying swords, wooden rulers, and other magical treasures. This crystal is a very rare 'Blue Sea Yuan Crystal,' which can be used to refine certain exotic magical treasures."

After explaining the origins and uses of these items, Tianzhi Sanren stated his own needs: "These seven items are only for the exchange of Gengjin, Tianjing Stone, and Longevity-Extending Spiritual Objects. If any fellow Daoist can offer these three types of treasures, even if their value far exceeds these items, or if you desire something even better, I will gladly add other treasures to the exchange. I will never let you suffer a loss!"

After hearing his words, none of the cultivators present uttered a sound, as if no one was willing to give face to this late-stage Golden Core cultivator.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Chun shook his head slightly inwardly.

The things that Tianzhi Sanren brought out were certainly good, but what he sought was even rarer and harder to find.

Needless to say, few cultivators would exchange longevity-extending spiritual items after obtaining them, unless they had already consumed similar spiritual items and could no longer consume them.

After all, isn't the purpose of cultivators to pursue immortality?

Although longevity-enhancing spiritual items cannot grant immortality, they can extend a cultivator's lifespan, allowing them to live longer.

For cultivators, only by living longer can they have the opportunity to break through to a higher realm.

The remaining two items, Gengjin and Tianjingshi, are also rare treasures.

Geng metal is a top-grade metal element spiritual object. Adding Geng metal to any flying sword or other magical treasure can greatly enhance the sword's sharpness attribute.

As far as Zhou Chun knew, some powerful sword techniques and killing moves cultivated by sword cultivators could only unleash their true power when the flying sword was mixed with Geng metal.

Furthermore, the "Golden Cauldron Profound Art" he cultivates, after reaching the Golden Core stage, requires the creation of a natal magic weapon that can also be infused with Geng metal to develop a powerful killing move.

Such a treasure would not be easily given away for exchange.

Zhou Chun was the same.

He actually possessed a piece of Gengjin, but it wasn't something he obtained; rather, it was discovered by Zhou Mingde from the storage bag of the insect cultivator Han Yuan, and is now stored in the Zhou family's treasure vault.

Another treasure, the Heavenly Crystal Stone, is an extremely rare and precious spiritual object that can greatly enhance the durability of magical artifacts, making it most suitable for strengthening a cultivator's natal magical artifact.

Naturally, no one would offer such a thing for exchange unless they had so many they couldn't use them all.

After waiting for about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea without anyone speaking, Tianzhi Sanren sighed softly, waved his hand to put everything away, and then nodded to the yellow-robed giant, "Master Wu".

Having received this signal, the martial arts master immediately patted his storage bag and took out his exchange item.

The martial arts master took out five items in total: three magical artifacts and two spiritual herbs.

After taking out the items, he said in a deep voice, "These three magic artifacts are all top-grade third-tier magic artifacts that I, Wu, have carefully crafted. They are all infused with magic treasure materials. These two spiritual herbs are also rare and exquisite."

After saying that, he also stated his own needs: "I don't have high requirements for these things. You can bring out the main materials, magic weapons, spiritual materials and ores from any fourth-order demon beast to exchange with me. I will select the exchange partners myself. Fellow Daoists who are interested can communicate with me through telepathy to discuss it."

Clearly, this martial arts master, like Zhu Wuyai, the weapon-refining master whom Zhou Chun had previously dealt with, was also a weapon-refining master who wanted to break through to the level of a weapon-refining grandmaster.

The exchange terms they offered were undoubtedly tempting to many cultivators.

Zhou Chun then saw his lips move slightly as he communicated telepathically with other cultivators.

Unfortunately, the magical artifacts and elixirs he took out were not what Zhou Chun needed, so Zhou Chun could only look at them this time.

Before long, Master Wu's three magical artifacts and two spiritual herbs were all exchanged, which brought a smile to his face.

Then the fairy Chen took his place.

Of the three, this Fairy Chen had the fewest possessions. With a wave of her hand, she took out three jade boxes, and upon opening them, they all contained the same kind of spiritual medicine.

Then, in a clear, cold voice, he said, "These are three thousand-year-old jade marrow fungus, which can only be exchanged for ginseng that is over three thousand years old. Fellow Daoists who have these can send me a telepathic message with their offer."

Thousand-year-old Jade Marrow Mushroom!

Upon hearing these words, many cultivators present were moved.

Zhou Chun was no exception.

His eyes were fixed on the medicinal herbs inside the three jade boxes.

Inside the jade box was a milky-white Ganoderma lucidum, its leaves and stems as clear as jade, with natural pale golden spiritual patterns on them, making it extremely beautiful.

The reason this item moved Zhou Chun and many other cultivators was that it was an essential ingredient for refining Foundation Establishment Pills.

The cultivation of this Jade Marrow Fungus is difficult, requiring planting on fourth-order spirit wood to succeed, which has made it almost a product monopolized by various large forces.

After all, only major sects can possess living fourth-tier spirit trees.

Even if someone discovers a fourth-tier spirit tree in the wild, without a jade marrow spirit tree's bud, it simply cannot be successfully transplanted.

Even if the transplant is successful, it will take a thousand years to harvest.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, only those large sects with long-standing traditions can cultivate such spiritual medicines in large quantities.

They would also be unlikely to allow such a miraculous medicine to fall into the wrong hands.

This is because the Jade Marrow Ganoderma is not only an essential ingredient for refining Foundation Establishment Pills, but also a substitute for many rare elixirs, and can replace many kinds of spiritual herbs as the main ingredient.

"Just who is this Fairy Chen? How is she able to produce three thousand-year-old jade marrow fungus at once!"

Zhou Chun looked at the Fairy Chen with surprise and suspicion, and became extremely curious about her identity.

After hesitating for a while, he couldn't resist the temptation and sent a telepathic message to the other party offering a price.

"Fairy Chen, I have a white jade ginseng that is over three thousand years old. How about exchanging it for your three thousand-year-old jade marrow fungus?"

Fortunately, he made an unexpected fortune at the bottom of Muli Lake, otherwise he really couldn't afford to ask for that price.

However, upon hearing his telepathic message, Fairy Chen quickly replied in a slightly somber tone, "Fellow Daoist, you jest. While a three-thousand-year-old white jade ginseng is indeed precious, exchanging it for three thousand-year-old jade marrow mushrooms is simply impossible. At most, I can give you two!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun immediately replied, "I would be at a disadvantage if I only exchanged two plants. How about this, I'll add a 1,500-year-old Polygonatum plant as well, is that alright?"

This time, however, his words received no response. Perhaps it was because someone else offered a higher price, and the Fairy Chen simply stopped talking to him.

But just as Zhou Chun was disappointed and thought he was going to miss this opportunity, the Fairy Chen sent him a telepathic message after a short while: "Alright, let's exchange as you say, fellow Daoist!"

It actually worked!

Zhou Chun's expression froze for a moment, then his disappointment vanished instantly, and he happily replied, "Okay, it's a deal."

After saying that, he hurriedly took out two jade boxes and used his magic to send them to the Fairy Chen.

After briefly opening the jade box and glancing at it, Fairy Chen quickly presented the jade box containing three thousand-year-old jade marrow mushrooms to Zhou Chun.

Afterwards, the two put away their jade boxes, both showing expressions of satisfaction.

Zhou Chun, in particular, was overjoyed, his face hidden behind the mask.

Although no one in the Zhou family had ever refined Foundation Establishment Pills, it didn't mean they were unaware of the production volume of Foundation Establishment Pills.

As far as Zhou Chun knew, if a master alchemist were to refine a thousand-year-old jade marrow mushroom, it could produce at least seven or eight Foundation Establishment Pills.

If one performs exceptionally well, producing nine pills is not impossible.

In other words, if he asked Luo Qingni to refine Foundation Establishment Pills, he could easily get at least twenty or more!

How could he not be overjoyed!