Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 490 Before the Dan Yuan Hall [Please Subscribe]

A secret island.

Luo Qingni had visited the secret island several times, and the map she drew was already quite detailed.

As the cave dwelling of a Nascent Soul stage cultivator, this secret island has all the necessary functional buildings.

Orchards, medicinal herb gardens, animal parks, flower gardens, libraries, weapon halls, alchemy rooms, treasure pavilions, main halls, and so on.

Even a cultivation family like the Zhou family might not be as complete as this cave dwelling in every aspect.

However, without obtaining the inheritance of a Nascent Soul stage cultivator from within the secret island, many places are simply inaccessible.

According to Luo Qingni and her team's exploration, the only places they could hope to explore were the orchard, the animal garden, the flower garden, the artifact hall, and the alchemy room.

Although these places are guarded by puppets or monsters, at least there is still a chance.

As for important areas such as the medicine garden, treasure pavilion, and main hall, they are all sealed off by array formations and restrictions, giving no chance to venture inside.

After reading the information in the jade slip, Zhou Chun had a general idea.

He raised his hand and patted the spirit beast pouch at his waist, releasing the Wood Spirit.

Then, patting the blue spirit deer's head, he said, "Mu Sang, this entire island is yours now. You can absorb any plant or tree that can absorb the power of the wood spirit, and just bring back any spiritual herbs and medicines you find!"

"Mu Sang" is the name Zhou Chun gave to Mu Mei. The name comes from the fact that Mu Mei always liked to rest on that purple mulberry tree.

As for the Golden-Winged Tiger, Zhou Chun hadn't decided on a name for it yet, so he temporarily gave it the code name "Tiger Three".

Turtle Big, Dragon Two, Tiger Three, Wood Four—these are the code names Zhou Chun gave to his four spirit pets, simple and easy to remember.

Upon hearing Zhou Chun's words, Mu Mei Mu Sang's eyes lit up. She immediately thanked him profusely and then rushed towards the nearby plants.

Although the place had been looted by Luo Qingni and her group, the truly precious spiritual woods and herbs had already been taken away.

However, as a secluded secret realm, even ordinary plants and trees are often ancient trees that have grown for thousands of years, containing a considerable amount of wood spirit power, which would surely be enough for the wood spirits to feast on.

As for the safety of the Wood Spirit, Zhou Chun was not very worried.

As a spirit, it is naturally very sensitive to danger, can communicate with plants to understand the situation, and can even merge with plants to perfectly conceal its own aura.

After sending the Wood Spirit to absorb the power of the Wood Spirit, Zhou Chun headed straight for the orchard where the Five Elements Fruit Tree was located.

He followed the map and soon arrived outside the orchard.

Then, looking at the large door in front of him, Zhou Chun glanced at it briefly, then pushed it open and strode inside.

As Zhou Chun passed through the gate, he looked around and saw fruit trees of various shapes and sizes rising from the ground and planted in various man-made environments.

Some fruit trees are already laden with fruit, some are just beginning to bloom, and others have neither flowers nor fruit.

Most of the precious fruit trees are protected by array-like light shields, making them difficult to harvest.

However, some less valuable fruit trees are planted in large areas in certain corners, where they can be picked at will.

Of course, this isn't particularly valuable, especially compared to a Nascent Soul stage cultivator.

In fact, the spiritual fruits that grow on those fruit trees are all top-grade spiritual fruits that can increase the cultivation level of a Foundation Establishment cultivator by eating just one.

At this time, many of these fruit trees were laden with fruit, and there were quite a few ripe spiritual fruits.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Chun decided to start a large-scale harvest.

But at that moment, a sense of danger suddenly rose in his heart, making his hair stand on end, and he abruptly turned his head to look elsewhere.

Just then, a multicolored ball of light shot towards him in an arc.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun quickly had an idea and ordered the giant ape puppet following behind him to step forward and take action.

The giant ape puppet was three zhang tall and was made entirely of spirit wood and spirit metal. Its hands resembled bear paws, and each hand had five curved, sharp claws, which were its offensive weapons.

At this moment, under Zhou Chun's mental control, the giant ape puppet immediately raised its claw and swung it, sending a silver-white claw beam through the air and colliding with the five-colored light sphere.

Rumble!

The five-colored orb of light was hit by the silver-white claw light and exploded on the spot. The five elements of spiritual power surged and raged, causing the protective array shields that were protecting the spirit fruit trees to shake violently.

However, the surge of Five Elements spiritual energy heading towards Zhou Chun was torn apart by the giant ape puppet's claws.

Zhou Chun did not intend to let the giant ape puppet continue fighting the owner of the five-colored light sphere, and quickly withdrew from the orchard.

After he closed the orchard gate, everything calmed down.

These two doors, which could be pushed open at will, seemed to possess some kind of peculiar magic, leaving even a fourth-tier demon beast helpless.

"It seems that Luo Qingni and the others thoroughly angered the five-colored dragon fish inside when they picked the Five Elements Spiritual Fruit last time. Unless they achieve Golden Core, they'd better not come to this Hundred Fruit Garden again!"

Zhou Chun turned around and looked at the closed door, shook his head slightly, and then turned and left.

He had originally wanted to see the splendor of the Five Elements Fruit Tree, but now he had to give up that idea for the time being.

After leaving the orchard, Zhou Chun went to the garden.

The garden on the secret island is quite large, containing not only a variety of flowers, plants, and spiritual plants, but also artificial lakes, rockeries, pavilions, and towers.

There used to be some dragon carp monsters living in that lake.

However, when Luo Qingni and the others first came here, they killed or captured all those dragon carp demon beasts, but now it is difficult to see even one.

At the same time, all the rare and precious flowers and plants in the garden were picked and transplanted away, leaving only some common varieties.

Zhou Chun scanned the garden with his divine sense, but couldn't find anything that caught his eye.

This shows just how thoroughly Luo Qingni and her accomplices looted the place!

In the end, having no other choice, he could only collect some seeds and roots of flowers, herbs, and spiritual plants to take with him, hoping they could be planted in the Zhou family's spiritual mountain.

Having experienced the orchard and garden, Zhou Chun temporarily abandoned his idea of ​​exploring other places and went directly to the location of the alchemy room.

He walked along a stone-paved road for more than thirty miles and then came to the foot of a black mountain.

Standing at the foot of the mountain, Zhou Chun looked up and saw that the black mountain peak in front of him was about two hundred feet high. There was no grass growing on the mountain peak, and the temperature rose noticeably as he got closer.

Ahead of Zhou Chun, the stone path splits into two, one leading to the east side of the black mountain peak, where the alchemy room is located.

A path leads to the west side of the black mountain peak, where the Hall of Weapons is located.

Both places were guarded by fourth-tier puppets, making them dangerous locations where Luo Qingni and her group suffered a crushing defeat.

Looking back at the place Zhou Chun came from, there were also wilderness areas without danger, and some places where spiritual herbs grew.

However, the medicinal herbs growing there are not of high quality; perhaps the higher-quality ones have all been picked by Luo Qingni and the others.

This secret island is not small, but most of its area is not open to intruders like Zhou Chun.

Perhaps only by truly obtaining the legacy left by the owner of this place can one fully collect the spiritual treasures on the island!

After looking at the two roads ahead for a while, Zhou Chun headed straight for the location of the pill formula.

He walked along the stone path uphill for a distance and then arrived at a gatehouse.

Looking up through the gate tower, you can see several palaces built on the mountainside, and you can vaguely see the three large characters "Danyuan Hall" on the plaque above the door of a large hall.

On the left and right sides of the gate tower, there are two humanoid warrior puppets.

These two samurai puppets, one wielding a blade and carrying a shield, and the other carrying a bow and arrows, represent a ranged attack and a melee combat, respectively.

They were all covered in one-piece suits of armor, which were probably forged together with their bodies.

The armor had some minor scratches on its surface, probably left by Luo Qingni and the others.

According to the jade slip given by Luo Qingni, as long as you enter within 30 feet of the two warrior puppets, or lock onto them and launch an attack, their activation mechanism will be automatically triggered.

After Luo Qingni and others figured out this mechanism, they also thought about using their speed to quickly bypass the two warrior puppets and reach the "Dan Yuan Hall".

However, after testing the waters, they discovered that those palaces were protected by separate, separate protective barriers.

Although those restrictions weren't particularly strong, and they could be broken given enough time, the two warrior puppets clearly wouldn't give them that time and opportunity.

Therefore, the only way to enter the "Dan Yuan Hall" is to first deal with these two warrior puppets.

After observing the two warrior puppets from a distance, Zhou Chun patted the spirit beast pouch at his waist and released the Golden Armor Mountain-Bearing Turtle Stone, Thunder Dragon White, and Golden-Winged Tiger. He then released more than a hundred "Heavenly Frost Frost Bees".

Then he raised his hand and patted the storage bag at his waist, taking out the fourth-grade low-level giant ape puppet and several fourth-grade magic talismans.

"You'll all have to watch your step and read my expression later... Fine, just do as I say!"

Zhou Chun gave instructions to his spirit pets, then made hand seals and chanted incantations, using insect-repelling techniques to integrate more than a hundred "Heavenly Frost Frost Bees" into a giant demon bee several meters long.

Then the giant bee flew swiftly toward the warrior puppet with a bow and arrows on its back.

After flying to a distance of over thirty feet, Zhou Chun gave an order, and the numerous "Heavenly Frost Frost Bees" that formed the giant demon bee sprayed out all the "Heavenly Frost Frost Qi" in their bodies, condensing into a thick, white, icy current that shot towards the warrior puppet.

Although, compared to Golden Core cultivators, or even Purple Mansion cultivators, the speed of that cold energy flow was not particularly fast.

But how much time could it take to cover a distance of more than thirty zhang?

Almost as soon as the cold air current formed, it landed on the samurai puppet.

At the same time, if a puppet is hit by the "Frost Breath" spewed by more than a hundred "Frost Bees", even a fourth-order puppet cannot escape being frozen.

In the blink of an eye, the newly activated samurai puppet was frozen solid, along with the surrounding ground.

At the same time, the giant ape puppet released by Zhou Chun flashed and pounced in front of the awakened sword-wielding, shield-carrying warrior puppet in the blink of an eye. Without saying a word, it raised its claws and struck down on the puppet's head.

Because it had the initiative, the giant ape puppet's claw struck the samurai puppet's head squarely, sending it flying.

But a samurai puppet is, after all, a puppet without flesh and blood, and has no sense of pain.

Even after its head was cracked open by the giant ape puppet's claw, it remained unaffected, quickly regained its footing, and then fiercely swung its blade at the giant ape puppet.

Boom!

The giant ape puppet's silver claws clashed with the warrior puppet's flaming blade, producing a deafening roar.

The two puppets didn't use many different moves; they were all big, sweeping, head-on clashes.

However, compared to the warrior puppet, the giant ape puppet was slightly weaker and was clearly at a disadvantage in the fight.

But it's difficult to determine a winner in a short time!

It was at this moment that Zhou Chun, along with his several spirit pets, launched a joint attack on the warrior puppet.

Lei Jiao Bai Bai made the first move, immediately unleashing his ultimate technique, [Heavenly Divine Thunder], which struck at the warrior puppet.

Rumble!

Amidst a violent thunderous explosion, the samurai puppet, shield in hand, charged out from within.

Although it had burn marks from lightning, it was clear that it had not suffered any serious injuries.

Although the [Heavenly Divine Thunder] is powerful, the Thunder Flood Dragon Bai Bai is only a mid-grade third-tier demon beast. Without attribute advantage, it is unrealistic to expect it to seriously injure this fourth-tier puppet!

However, the moment the warrior puppet charged out, the giant ape puppet opened its mouth and spat out a thick silver beam of light that struck the shield in its hand, instantly blasting it back more than ten feet and shattering the defensive aura emanating from the shield.

Immediately afterwards, a golden ray of light fell upon it.

The Thunder Flood Dragon was unable to subdue the fourth-tier puppet, but the Golden Armor Mountain-Bearing Turtle Stone could.

The main materials used to create these puppets are spirit wood and spirit metal, including the weapons they wield.

Upon being struck by the "Golden Magnetic Glow" from the Golden Armor Mountain Tortoise Stone, the warrior puppet froze, as if it had crashed.

Zhou Chun would never let such a golden opportunity slip by.

His entire body surged with magical power, and with one burst of energy, he finally activated the mid-grade fourth-tier magic talisman.

A burst of intense orange-yellow light appeared in the sky, and then, guided by Zhou Chun's divine sense, it coalesced into an orange-yellow pillar of fire that struck the warrior puppet.

Fortunately, Zhou Chun's cultivation has now reached the peak of the Purple Mansion stage, and his divine sense is far stronger than that of ordinary late-stage Purple Mansion cultivators, which is why he was able to barely restrain and control the power of this fourth-grade mid-level magic talisman.

If it were someone else, even someone who was on the same list as him as the "Seven Heroes of Heavenly Spirits," as long as their spiritual sense was not as strong as his, they might not be able to control the powerful energy released by the mid-grade fourth-level magic talisman and suffer backlash and injury!

Perhaps sensing a powerful threat, the warrior puppet immediately burst into flames, forcibly stimulating the spiritual crystals within its body to release a large amount of spiritual power to help it refine the "Golden Magnetic Glow," and then raised its shield to block in front of it.

Just then, an orange pillar of fire pierced the air and crashed down on the samurai puppet.

Rumble!

Another deafening explosion rang out, and the raging flames transformed into a raging sea of ​​fire that engulfed the samurai puppets, even affecting the frozen bow and arrow puppets.

As the sea of ​​fire subsided slightly, Zhou Chun quickly spotted the figure of the warrior puppet using his eyesight.

The result gave him a slight unease.

Despite enduring such a fierce blow, the samurai puppet remained largely intact, except that its shield was shattered into pieces and cracks appeared on its body.

Just as Zhou Chun got a clear look at the situation of the samurai puppet, the puppet once again lunged at him with its blade drawn.

It was probably his actions just now that made its intelligent judgment system consider him the greatest threat.

However, it was stopped by the giant ape puppet after only traveling half the distance.

Originally, the giant ape puppet was slightly weaker than the samurai puppet, but now that the samurai puppet has been injured, it is not as powerful as the giant ape puppet.

However, Zhou Chun could not show the slightest joy because the fire wave that had just spread out had actually helped the bow and arrow puppet dissolve the freezing power.

At this moment, the puppet that was frozen in ice was about to break free of the ice!

I was out and about today and only had time to write tonight, so I can only write 4,000 words for now. I'll try to make up for it with 8,000 words tomorrow!

(End of this chapter)