Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 426 Mysterious Inheritance [Please Subscribe]

In a desolate, wild mountain area.

Zhou Chun, who had emerged from the Black Mist Swamp, had brought Murong Luo to hide here.

He used the "Golden Rainbow Sword" to dig a temporary cave inside the mountain peak as a place to rest.

Then he sealed Murong Luo's cultivation and consciousness, and slowly began to refine the divine consciousness imprint in his storage bag.

After nearly half a month, Zhou Chun finally managed to forcibly erase Murong Luo's divine imprint and opened the storage bag.

As a notorious bandit cultivator, Murong Luo's storage bag certainly did not disappoint Zhou Chun.

There are three magical artifacts and spiritual materials inside: a piece of crimson ore, a tuft of crimson spiritual silk, and a piece of black spiritual wood.

There are as many as seven thousand-year-old spiritual herbs, two of which are the spiritual herbs that Zhou Chun needs to refine pills to improve his magical power.

There were also twenty or thirty magical artifacts, including seven third-tier artifacts and the rest were second-tier high-grade artifacts.

In addition, there are quite a few different kinds of magic talismans inside, including five third-tier magic talismans and as many as forty or fifty second-tier magic talismans.

There were also dozens of bottles of various kinds of pills, including many that could improve the magical power of Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Clearly, these second-tier magic artifacts, talismans, and pills were all stolen by Murong Luo from Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Of course, these stolen goods were only a part of what he couldn't or didn't have time to deal with; the majority of what was in his storage bag was spirit coins.

After Zhou Chun finished counting, he found that there were more than 247,800 spirit coins!

Such a large amount of spirit coins shows just how many cultivators this fiend has robbed and killed over the years, and how many evil deeds he has committed!

However, whether it's magical artifacts, talismans, pills, spirit coins, magical treasures, spiritual materials, or thousand-year-old spiritual herbs, these are not Zhou Chun's main concerns at the moment.

He quickly checked and counted these items before focusing his attention on the jade slips and books inside the storage bag.

Murong Luo's storage bag contained quite a few of these items, most of which were probably stolen.

Zhou Chun now had plenty of time, so he checked all these things very carefully to avoid missing anything he cared about.

Two days passed in this manner, and Zhou Chun held a pale purple jade book in his hand, lost in thought.

He had already skimmed through all the other jade slips and books, but had not found what he was looking for.

Now, only this jade book remains unread.

It wasn't that he didn't have time to read it, but rather that the jade book was under a special restriction, and without the corresponding incantation, it was impossible to break the restriction and read its contents.

The method to break the seal is clearly known only to Murong Luo himself.

"I hope this fiend knows what's good for him, or he won't hesitate to use those demonic methods!"

Zhou Chun muttered to himself and immediately took the purple jade book to the stone chamber where Murong Luo was imprisoned.

Inside the stone chamber, the white snake Lei Jiao coiled its body around Murong Luo, using him as a human pillar to imprison him. Whenever Murong Luo tried to wake up and escape, he would be immediately electrocuted.

After Zhou Chun entered, he had Bai Bai release the other party and then awakened Murong Luo, whose consciousness had been sealed.

"Who are you? Who hired you to kill me?"

After regaining his senses, Murong Luo glanced around before fixing his eyes on Zhou Chun and asking a question with resentment.

Zhou Chun didn't answer his questions, but simply said, "Fellow Daoist Murong, now that things have come to this, let's be frank. Honestly explain the situation of the 'Black Dragon' organization and teach me your divine sense attack technique, and I'll give you a quick death."

Upon hearing this, Murong Luo's eyes narrowed, and he couldn't help but chuckle, saying, "So that's why you didn't just kill me directly; you've got your eye on my 'God-Slaying Sword' secret technique!"

After laughing, he readily nodded and said, "No problem, as long as you let me go, I guarantee I'll tell you the complete cultivation method of the 'God-Slaying Sword'!"

"Let you go? You probably don't understand your situation!"

Zhou Chun's eyes turned cold, and with a wave of his hand, a golden blade of light shot out, severing Murong Luo's arm.

Then, without helping Murong Luo, who was no longer able to circulate his magic power, to stop the bleeding, he let the blood in his body spurt out from the cut and quickly accumulate into a large pool on the ground.

At first, Murong Luo gritted his teeth and remained silent, but when too much blood flowed out and he began to feel dizzy, he hurriedly shouted, "Let's talk this out, help me stop the bleeding first!"

"Hmph, I thought you could really stick your neck out!"

Zhou Chun let out a cold snort and immediately unleashed a burst of magical power to sever the blood vessels near his wound, temporarily stopping the bleeding.

However, his metal element magic was not good at healing. Although this stopped the bleeding, the magic power left in Murong Luo's body made him feel as if he had been pierced by nails, causing excruciating pain.

His face trembled as he gritted his teeth and endured for a moment before weakly whispering, "'God-Slaying Sword' is my unique secret technique, and only my unique method can open that jade scroll. If you kill me, you will be destined to never have this technique again!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun replied coldly, "Then I'll tell you the truth: I will definitely take your head in exchange for something important. So even if I don't get your divine sense attack technique, I will not spare your life!"

After saying that, he continued, "Furthermore, you should know that it's not that we can't obtain this secret cultivation method from you just because you don't speak up. The Soul Searching Technique can be performed even by those at the Golden Core stage!"

Upon hearing this, a strange glint flashed in Murong Luo's eyes, and he suddenly said, "If you think you can scare me with this, you've miscalculated. My soul has a restriction placed on it by the leader. If it is subjected to soul searching, it will be destroyed immediately to prevent the organization's information from being leaked!"

This answer surprised Zhou Chun slightly, and he looked at him with astonishment, saying, "So, you bandits who joined the 'Black Dragon' organization have essentially handed your lives over to the leader!"

"What else do you think, sir? If we didn't have such means, would the leaders have felt comfortable letting us join the organization and providing us with protection?"

Murong Luo spoke calmly, as if he didn't particularly care about matters of life and death being in someone else's hands.

Zhou Chun fell silent at this point.

Indeed, if he were the leader of the "Black Dragon" organization, he would definitely take similar strict control measures against these bandit cultivators, otherwise he wouldn't even know if he was sold out one day.

After a long silence, Zhou Chun finally spoke in a deep voice: "Since that's the case, you're no longer of any value. I'll send you on your way!"

As soon as he finished speaking, golden light surged from his palm, ready to sever Murong Luo's head.

"etc!"

Before Zhou Chun could make a move, Murong Luo hurriedly called out to stop him.

"What else do you have to say?"

Zhou Chun paused, looking at Murong Luo with a puzzled expression.

But Murong Luo, without blinking, said, "How about we make a deal? You help me find a body so my soul can leave my body and possess it, and I'll tell you the cultivation method of the 'God-Slaying Sword' and the incantation to open that jade book!"

After saying that, he gave him a fawning smile and said, "Look, this way, you can use my head and corpse to curry favor and get rewards, and you can also obtain the cultivation method of the 'God-Slaying Sword.' Isn't that killing two birds with one stone!"

"To let you possess my body?"

Zhou Chun's eyes flickered, and he couldn't help but show a thoughtful expression.

Then he suddenly asked, "What if you fail to possess someone?"

Upon hearing this, Murong Luo immediately knew that he was interested, so he quickly said, "You don't need to worry about that, sir. I have my own secret techniques to ensure a successful possession. You only need to find me a body that has just died no more than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, preferably the body of a Foundation Establishment cultivator!"

These confident words surprised Zhou Chun quite a bit.

Generally speaking, even a Golden Core cultivator attempting to possess another's body cannot guarantee success.

It's astonishing that Murong Luo is so confident now.

As a result, Zhou Chun was even more eager to see how he had managed to do it.

After a moment's thought, he nodded and said, "That's not impossible, but for safety's sake, before you possess someone, you must teach me the incantation to open that jade book. I will only allow you to possess someone after I have confirmed its feasibility!"

Upon hearing this, Murong Luo immediately replied without hesitation, "Fine, but you must also swear an oath to your inner demons, promising not to interfere with my possession, and even more so, not to attack me in any form after I have successfully possessed my body!"

"Then it's settled."

Zhou Chun gave Murong Luo a deep look, and immediately summoned the Wood Spirit to treat him, lest he really die.

Then, in front of Murong Luo, he made a vow against his inner demons.

After confirming that he had made a vow against his inner demons, Murong Luo readily told him the incantation to open the pale purple jade book.

After familiarizing himself with the incantation for half a day, Zhou Chun successfully used the incantation to open the restrictions on the jade book and read its contents.

As Zhou Chun had predicted, the jade book indeed contained the complete cultivation method for the "God-Slaying Sword".

In fact, the real name of this secret technique is "God-Slaying Technique". However, because it will nurture a "God-Slaying Sword" after cultivation, Murong Luo called it the "God-Slaying Sword" secret technique.

In addition to the "God-Slaying Technique", the jade book also records three other secret techniques involving the use of the soul and consciousness.

Among those three secret techniques, there is one called the "Soul-Swapping Technique," which allows cultivators to successfully possess another's body with a 100% success rate.

To perform this "Soul-Swapping Technique," as Murong Luo said, one must find a cultivator's corpse that has just died within the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, and whose body has not suffered significant damage.

Since the soul of the deceased cultivator had already perished and shattered, there was naturally no possibility of failure in the possession attempt.

The other two secret techniques are also very profound. One is the "Soul Splitting Technique", which can divide the soul into multiple parts, creating multiple split souls outside the main soul. Whether used to control puppets and refine corpses, or integrated into magic weapons to make them as controllable as the original magic weapon, these split souls are excellent choices.

However, this method can only be practiced at the Golden Core stage, and it carries great risks. One wrong move could severely damage one's soul.

The second secret technique is called "Soul Control Technique," which is a secret art that plants a soul restriction in another person's soul, thereby controlling that person to become a servant. It also requires the cultivation level of the Golden Core stage to cultivate.

Without a doubt, this purple jade book, which records the secret methods of using four kinds of divine souls and divine senses, is definitely a top-notch inheritance.

If a Golden Core cultivator were to successfully master all four of these secret techniques and reach a high level, they could definitely establish a powerful force based on them.

No one knows where Murong Luo got such an opportunity from.

Unfortunately, although he had the opportunity, he was clearly not lucky enough to fully enjoy it.

Now that this item has fallen into Zhou Chun's hands, it will surely be carried forward and developed in his hands in the future.

After reading the four secret techniques in the jade book, Zhou Chun kept his word and immediately took Murong Luo to find a body that could be possessed.

However, for safety reasons, Zhou Chun still sealed Murong Luo's cultivation and consciousness.

Actually, finding a suitable body for Murong Luo to possess is not very difficult.

Every day, cultivators who venture into the Black Mist Swamp perish, including Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Zhou Chun only needs to expand the search area and wait a little longer, and he will surely be able to find that kind of fallen Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Of course, he had another option: to personally kill a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

This time, he chose the second method.

After searching for seven days in the Black Mist Swamp, he found a suitable target.

He was a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator, a bandit cultivator shrouded in malevolent energy.

When Zhou Chun discovered this person, the person was robbing a group of cultivators who were adventuring in the Black Mist Swamp.

That group of cultivators only had one early Foundation Establishment cultivator and four late Qi Refining cultivators, so they were no match for this person.

When Zhou Chun arrived, two Qi Refining stage cultivators had already fallen victim to this person's cruelty.

He then casually captured the bandit, ignoring the survivors' thanks, and flew deep into the Black Mist Swamp.

After arriving on a small island, Zhou Chun first woke up Murong Luo, then pointed to the bandit cultivator he had knocked unconscious and said, "Fellow Daoist Murong, are you satisfied with this person?"

Upon hearing this, Murong Luo merely glanced at the bandit cultivator before nodding repeatedly and saying, "Satisfied, very satisfied. Please, fellow Daoist, remove the seal on my body so that I can perform the Body Seizure Technique!"

"Since Fellow Daoist Murong is satisfied, then I am relieved."

Zhou Chun smiled faintly and immediately cast a spell to remove the seal from Murong Luo's body.

At this moment, Murong Luo had no magical artifacts or talismans in hand, except for his cultivation level. Zhou Chun was naturally not afraid that Murong Luo would turn against him after recovering his cultivation level.

Murong Luo was naturally aware of this, and after recovering his cultivation, he immediately cast a second-tier ice-walking spell to freeze the Foundation Establishment cultivator on the ground to death.

Then he sat down cross-legged and solemnly performed the "Soul-Swapping Technique".

In Zhou Chun's view, after Murong Luo had been brewing for about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, his soul transformed into a ball of red light that flew out from between his eyebrows and quickly entered the eyebrows of the dead Foundation Establishment cultivator who was standing nearby.

After a short while, the deceased Foundation Establishment cultivator opened his eyes and came back to life.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun quickly asked, "How are you feeling, Fellow Daoist Murong?"

"It feels similar to what is described in the ancient books. I have just successfully possessed a body and I am still very clumsy in controlling it. I need to adapt for a while before I can fully master it."

"Murong Luo" blinked and said in a slightly stuttering voice.

Upon hearing his answer, Zhou Chun nodded thoughtfully, then said, "Very good. Since Fellow Daoist Murong has successfully possessed the body, my vow and promise have been fulfilled. I will not linger here any longer!"

Without waiting for Murong Luo's reply, he waved his hand and put Murong Luo's corpse into his storage bag, then transformed into a golden light and flew away from the place.

"Phew, that guy's finally gone. I'm so glad I escaped with my life!"

On the island, after witnessing the golden light disappear into the distance and vanish without a trace, "Murong Luo" breathed a long sigh of relief, his eyes revealing a joyful expression of relief.

Then he quickly closed his eyes and took the time to familiarize himself with the body.

But not long after, a powerful aura of a demonic beast suddenly rushed toward him, and soon a black giant lizard demonic beast exuding a foul stench appeared in his divine sense.

"A low-grade, third-tier demonic beast, the Blackwater Poison Lizard!"

Murong Luo's expression changed drastically, and he instantly revealed the origin of the black giant lizard monster.

Then, as if realizing something, he suddenly roared, "Damn bastard, I've been tricked!!"

He was indeed scammed.

Zhou Chun could not possibly let such a mortal enemy live.

So when Zhou Chun made the oath against his inner demons, he already knew how to avoid the oath and kill him.

The method is quite simple: use someone else to do the dirty work.

Zhou Chun cannot personally attack Murong Luo after he has been possessed, but that is limited to him and his spirit pets.

If other demonic beasts want to kill Murong Luo, it's none of his business.

In reality, he did nothing but allow Murong Luo to possess the body of the third-tier low-grade demonic beast, the Black Water Poison Lizard, near its territory.

Then, when he left, the aura he exuded was detected by the Blackwater Venom Lizard.

As for whether the Blackwater Poison Lizard will kill Murong Luo, this human cultivator, that's none of his business!

But Zhou Chun doesn't need to consider that outcome.

Two months later, Zhou Chun returned to Tianyuan Immortal City and, through Luo Qingni as an intermediary, conveyed to the Xiahou family that Murong Luo had been executed, instructing the Xiahou family to send someone with the Yellow Dragon Stone to exchange for the body.

After finishing this task, Zhou Chun quickly returned to his cave.

As early as after entering Tianyuan Immortal City, he had already established a mental connection with the Golden Armored Rock Turtle Stone and learned that it had awakened.

Since the outcome for the stone was already decided, Zhou Chun didn't rush to check the result. Instead, he focused on completing the exchange for the Yellow Dragon Stone.

Now that things are settled, he naturally wants to go back and reveal the results.

(End of this chapter)