Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 453 Top Secret Operation [Please Subscribe]

Zhu Wuyai certainly did not disappoint Zhou Chun.

After Zhou Chun expressed his willingness to exchange magical artifacts, spiritual materials, and thousand-year-old spiritual herbs, he was indeed very happy to help as an intermediary, contacting several weapon-refining masters of the Yan Yang Sect to find a suitable magical artifact for Zhou Chun.

After careful selection, Zhou Chun finally chose two magical artifacts.

These two magical artifacts, one named "Golden Flame Demon-Suppressing Blade" and the other "Golden Light Demon-Slaying Mirror," are both high-grade third-tier magical artifacts meticulously crafted by a master craftsman of the Flame Sun Sect to deal with demonic cultivators.

Originally, those two magical artifacts were prepared by the master craftsman for the cultivators of his sect.

Unfortunately, Zhou Chun offered him so much that he couldn't refuse!

Zhou Chun took out two magical artifacts and spiritual materials, each worth tens of thousands of spirit coins.

Which weapon-forging master could withstand this?!

Don't assume that these materials are easy to find just because some high-grade third-tier magic artifacts are made with magic treasure materials. The reality is quite different.

For a high-grade third-tier magic weapon like the "Golden Rainbow Sword," it is said to contain magic treasure materials, but in reality, it only contains a small amount of gold essence, iron essence, and other spiritual materials. The cost of materials would not exceed ten thousand spirit coins.

More often, it involves mixing in scraps of magical artifacts and spiritual materials, which is euphemistically called mixing in magical artifacts and spiritual materials.

Moreover, in many cases, weapon refiners would deliberately exaggerate the amount of magical materials they added. For example, if only one or two ounces of gold essence was added, they would say that three ounces were added.

Unless one is a true master craftsman, it is difficult to determine exactly how much of the material was mixed in; one can only tell that this material was indeed added.

The magical materials that Zhou Chun took out to exchange at this time were indeed substantial, more than enough to be used to refine magical treasures.

Such materials, which can be used to forge magical artifacts, are almost irresistible to any weapon-forging master aspiring to reach the Grandmaster level.

That's why Zhou Chun considered the Yan Yang Sect as his backup plan and was full of confidence.

He was not unaware of the value of magical artifacts and spiritual materials, but he was even more aware that keeping these things in his possession would only leave them gathering dust, and there was no need to sell them for spirit coins.

It would be better to use them to exchange for magical artifacts to enhance one's combat power, help oneself compete for the position of "Seven Heroes of Heavenly Spirits", and exchange them for Core Formation spiritual items.

With his ability to make money, as long as he successfully forms his core in the future, he won't have to worry about finding the materials to refine his own natal magic weapon.

After receiving the magical artifact, Zhou Chun thanked Zhu Wuyai, the middleman who had made the connection, and then hurriedly returned to Tuyun Ridge.

Within the family, Zhou Chun discussed some matters with Zhou Mingde before rushing to the front lines of Feng Kingdom in the last few days.

"Your subordinate, Zhou Zhengchun, has returned from leave as ordered. Please grant your instructions, Commander!"

Inside the main hall, after returning to the front line, Zhou Chun's first priority was to pay his respects to Wei Yong, his direct superior, and cancel his leave.

Seeing that he had already reached the late stage of the Purple Mansion realm, Wei Yong made no attempt to hide his admiration and praised him repeatedly, saying, "Not bad, not bad at all. Young friend Zhou has indeed not disappointed. Now that I have you, it is as good as having a thousand troops!"

They didn't mention a word about Zhou Chun returning right on time.

Zhou Chun, ever quick to understand, immediately bowed respectfully and replied, "I owe my current level of cultivation to Commander. I have no way to repay your kindness except to give my life!"

Sure enough, upon hearing his words, Wei Yong immediately broke into a hearty laugh and said, "Haha, with these words from young friend Zhou, I am relieved."

After saying that, he nodded to Zhou Chun and said, "Now that you're back, young friend Zhou, you will continue to lead the First Brigade. I'll give you half a month to get used to the situation. After that, there will be an important mission that requires your participation!"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After Zhou Chun finished responding, he quickly took his leave and headed to his brigade's post.

When he returned to his unit's camp, Deputy Commander Cheng Zhiming, seeing him return, beamed with joy and exclaimed, "That's wonderful! Commander, you're finally back! With you back, your subordinates and brothers feel much more at ease!"

After saying that, he seemed to realize Zhou Chun's progress in cultivation, and slapped his forehead again, exclaiming, "Look, I was really confused. I should have congratulated the commander on his great progress in cultivation first."

He then solemnly congratulated Zhou Chun, saying, "Congratulations on your great progress in cultivation, Commander! May you soon achieve the Golden Core stage!"

Seeing this, Zhou Chun waved his hand with a smile and said, "Deputy Commander Cheng, you're too kind. I was away for a year, and you've worked hard and taken care of things in the team. I will remember this and will definitely speak up for you in front of the Commander in the future!"

Upon hearing this, Cheng Zhiming's face instantly broke into a genuine smile, and he quickly replied humbly, "Commander, you flatter me. These are merely my duties, nothing to mention!"

And so, the two entered the office in a seemingly pleasant conversation, and Zhou Chun listened to Cheng Zhiming's report, learning about the major and minor events that had occurred over the past year.

Just as the two were talking, another deputy commander, Yue Feng, who had also heard the news, arrived.

When Yue Feng saw Zhou Chun's cultivation break through to the late stage of the Purple Mansion realm, his feelings were quite complicated.

If there was anything that made him stronger than Zhou Chun, it was his cultivation level at the late stage of the Purple Mansion realm.

But now he doesn't even have that advantage anymore!

So, after reluctantly bowing and congratulating Zhou Chun, he left with mixed feelings.

Zhou Chun, of course, didn't care what his opinion was.

Half a month is more than enough time for Zhou Chun to understand all the major and minor events that have happened in the past year, so that he can have a clear understanding of the current situation on the battlefield.

After listening to Cheng Zhiming recount the major and minor events that had occurred that year, he summoned all the soldiers to announce his return and organized an internal drill to check the combat formation adaptability of his new and old soldiers.

And just like that, half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

Just half a month after Zhou Chun's return, Wei Yong summoned him again and gave him the important task he had mentioned earlier.

"We have received intelligence that a new group of demonic cultivators will be arriving in the Yuanmo territory soon, carrying a large amount of supplies to support the Yuanmo Legion. Our predecessors have decided to dispatch elite troops to intercept and kill this group, preventing the Yuanmo Legion from receiving these personnel and supplies, thus weakening their war potential!"

"To ensure the success of this interception operation, we will launch a major counter-offensive on the main battlefield to draw the attention of the Yuanmo Legion!"

"Now that you, Zheng Chun, have returned, I will also announce your name. This time, you will join the Demon-Slaying Camp along with several other cultivators ranked among the 'Seven Heroes of Heavenly Spirit,' as well as some other powerful Purple Mansion stage cultivators, to intercept and kill those demonic cultivators who are coming to reinforce us!"

At this point, Wei Yong looked at Zhou Chun with a solemn expression and said, "This mission will be very dangerous, because the seniors only know that a new batch of demonic cultivators are coming to provide support with resources, but they are not very clear about the strength of those demonic cultivators."

"At that time, you Demon-Slaying Camp cultivators will not only have to deal with these demonic cultivators who have come from the Yuan Demon Realm itself, but you will also face the Yuan Demon Legion's support and encirclement. Even Golden Core cultivators will face a considerable risk of death!"

Hearing this, Zhou Chun was not frightened at all. Instead, she looked at him thoughtfully and said, "Since this mission is so dangerous and difficult, Commander, you still want to sign me up to participate. There must be considerable benefits involved!"

"Hahaha, I knew I was right! You were exactly how you reacted!"

Wei Yong suddenly laughed, looking at Zhou Chun with an expression that seemed to have expected it, and burst into laughter.

He then nodded and said, "That's right. Although this mission is dangerous, the benefits are just as great, making it very attractive."

"Firstly, anyone who registers and is selected will receive a basic battle merit reward equivalent to killing a cultivator of the same level. Secondly, for every demonic cultivator you kill, you will receive an additional 30% bonus on top of the original battle merit reward!"

"Most importantly, those who participate in this mission will receive a certain number of [Demon-Slaying Tokens] as a reward upon their return, based on their merits during the mission!"

Without waiting for Zhou Chun to ask, he explained, "You may not know what the [Demon-Slaying Token] is. It's something the Alliance has only recently started promoting; it has many uses and is extremely difficult to obtain!"

"For example, if you have a [Demon-Slaying Token], you can have a master craftsman from the alliance forge a high-grade third-tier magic weapon for you free of charge, or have a master alchemist refine a batch of pills for you free of charge, or exchange it for exquisite treasures from the Demon-Slaying Treasury!"

"In short, you should know that the [Demon-Slaying Token] has an extremely wide range of uses and is of great significance. It is generally issued only to Golden Core cultivators, but it is also extremely useful even to Golden Core cultivators!"

Something that is only distributed to Golden Core cultivators must be a good thing.

There is no doubt about this.

After all, in any cultivation world, Golden Core cultivators are de facto high-level cultivators, even in major sects they are high-ranking elders.

Therefore, after hearing Wei Yong's explanation, Zhou Chun also took the matter to heart.

He immediately replied, "Understood, sir. When shall I depart?"

"We can depart tomorrow. You can meet me here on your own then!"

As Wei Yong spoke, he telepathically informed Zhou Chun of the meeting place.

Finally, he looked at Zhou Chun meaningfully and said, "This mission is an opportunity for you. If you want to compete for the 'Seven Heroes of Heavenly Spirit,' your performance in this mission will be extremely important. You must seize this opportunity!"

"Your subordinate understands. Your subordinate will certainly not let the Commander and all the seniors down!"

Zhou Chun nodded solemnly and made a firm promise.

After that, Zhou Chun didn't return to his own brigade's camp. Instead, he rested at the rest area provided by Wei Yong, waiting to set off the next day.

Early the next morning, Zhou Chun quietly left the main camp and headed to the rendezvous point provided by Wei Yong.

To maintain secrecy, this meeting place was not located on a sacred mountain, but rather in the ruins of a mortal city within the territory of the Feng Kingdom.

After Zhou Chun flew to the ruins of the mortal city according to the map, he silently poured his magic power into a blue jade talisman that Wei Yong had given him.

Once activated by magic, the cyan jade talisman emitted a faint cyan glow, as if notifying someone.

Not long after, a figure silently appeared a hundred feet away from Zhou Chun and released an aura that attracted his attention.

He was an ordinary-looking middle-aged man in black, but also a true Golden Core cultivator.

After the person appeared, he nodded slightly to Zhou Chun, who was looking at him, and said, "Since you have the token, please come with me to the meeting point."

"This junior obeys."

Zhou Chun responded and immediately followed the middle-aged man in black, traversing the ruins with him.

After a short while, Zhou Chun followed the middle-aged man in black into a basement concealed by an array. Dozens of cultivators had gathered there, the weakest of whom was at least at the Purple Mansion stage!

With the introduction of the middle-aged man in black, Zhou Chun quickly met with the highest commander of this mission.

The leader of this mission was a late-stage Golden Core cultivator named Zhang Dongyang, who came from Zhengyang Palace.

Zhou Chun was now a minor celebrity, so after hearing him introduce himself, Zhang Dongyang's eyes flashed with a golden light, and he immediately looked him up and down.

The man's eyes gleamed with golden light, clearly indicating that he was using some kind of supernatural ability to check on Zhou Chun's condition.

These behaviors can be described as very unfriendly and disrespectful.

Unfortunately, the difference in cultivation levels between the two was too great. Although Zhou Chun felt extremely uncomfortable and angry, he dared not show it in the slightest and could only lower his head and pretend not to see it.

At the same time, he also became secretly on guard.

Since Zhang Dongyang has cultivated a powerful spiritual eye technique, the "Hundred Illusion Pearls" on Lei Jiao Bai Bai's body will most likely be difficult to hide from his spiritual eye technique. I'm afraid I should make preparations as soon as possible.

While Zhou Chun was lost in thought, Zhang Dongyang seemed to see right through him and withdrew his spiritual eye ability.

Then, without any hesitation, he commented to Zhou Chun, "It seems alright. Although your aura is a bit weak, as if you took a Breakthrough Pill before breaking through, your foundation is solid. If you have enough opportunities in the future, you might be able to successfully form your core!"

"This junior is filled with trepidation."

Zhou Chun answered with his head lowered, his tone very humble.

Zhang Dongyang seemed to have lost interest in him, and immediately waved his hand, saying, "Go sit down and wait. Once everyone has arrived, I will give you my instructions."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun immediately replied respectfully, "Yes, junior obeys."

Then he found an empty spot nearby and sat down.

However, he could clearly sense that many cultivators at the Purple Mansion stage in the basement were looking at him, each with a different meaning.

He also secretly observed the other cultivators.

By this time, Zhou Chun had at least spent some time with the Heavenly Spirit Legion, and even if he had never seen the real people of those more famous cultivators, he had at least seen their portraits.

After taking a closer look, he was secretly alarmed.

Because among these people, he clearly discovered several well-known late-stage Purple Mansion cultivators, just like Lin Qingxuan.

In addition, Wei Yong had mentioned that several other members of the "Seven Heroes of Heavenly Spirits" would join the mission, making this operation a true gathering of heroes.

In the time that followed, the Golden Core cultivator who brought Zhou Chun would occasionally go out to meet other people who were coming to join them.

Some of those people came alone, like Zhou Chun, while others came in groups.

After more than half a day, the basement, which had originally looked quite spacious, was now mostly filled with people, with a total of 150 to 160 cultivators sitting there.

It wasn't until after sunset, when the number of cultivators in the basement had exceeded 180, that no one else entered.

At this moment, Zhang Dongyang coughed lightly, drawing everyone's attention.

"Everyone's almost here. Now, I'll give you a detailed explanation of this mission!"

"I believe many of you already know the general details of this mission, but I will now reiterate them."

"The legion has gathered 180 of us here to form the Demon-Slaying Battalion. Their main purpose is to infiltrate the Demon Legion's rear in the Desolate Spirit-Slaying Desert and ambush and kill the demonic cultivators who are coming to reinforce from the Demon Realm!"

"I don't need to elaborate on the dangers of this operation; you are all well aware of them. Since you have chosen to come here, you should all be prepared."

"Now, I'll mainly talk about the rules of this operation."

At this point, Zhang Dongyang glanced at Zhou Chun and the others before saying in a deep voice, "This operation will be led and commanded by me, with the other nine fellow cultivators at the Golden Core stage assisting me. All of you participating cultivators, regardless of your original military rank or background, must unconditionally obey my command and orders. Anyone who disobeys will be executed without mercy!"

"Furthermore, various changes may occur during the operation, so if you don't arrive at the designated location to rejoin the retreat in time, you'll have to find your own way back!"

After saying this, Zhang Dongyang suddenly raised his hand and patted the storage bag at his waist, immediately taking out a large box.

When the box was opened, it contained rows of white, transparent crystal balls.

When Zhou Chun and the others were all drawn to the box of transparent crystal balls, Zhang Dongyang took the opportunity to explain, "These magical artifacts are specially made recording beads. Each of you can take one and carry it with you. When you fight, just inject a little magic power to activate it, and it will record the scene of your battle with the enemy, which will be convenient for the Rewards Department to compile statistics later."

"Of course, if the magical artifact is damaged, or if you don't want the recording bead to record your trump cards, you can choose not to activate the artifact. But then you'll need to use the enemy's corpse to prove your achievements!"

He then distributed all the photo beads to everyone.

After everyone had received a memory bead, Zhang Dongyang led the way outside.

Then the remaining nine Golden Core cultivators and Zhou Chun and the others quickly followed.

As the group arrived on the ground, Zhang Dongyang raised his sleeve and waved it. A beam of white light flew out from his sleeve and landed in the sky, revealing a pure white ship.

Then he said to Zhou Chun and the others, "This [Hidden Dragon Boat] is a magic treasure-level flying artifact, which is very good at stealth flight. Even Golden Core cultivators would have difficulty detecting it. It was specially lent to us by a senior True Person so that this mission could go smoothly."

After saying that, he led everyone onto the boat.

After that, Zhang Dongyang alone piloted the [Hidden Dragon Boat] magic weapon, flying stealthily through the sky, leading Zhou Chun and the others around the heavily defended area of ​​the Yuan Demon Legion, heading straight for the Absolute Spirit Desert in the southwest of Feng Kingdom.

I don't know why, but I feel exhausted and weak all day. My mouth is dry, I have a lot of liver fire, and I can't eat much! I'll stop here for today!

(End of this chapter)