Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 506 A Mix of Joy and Sorrow [Please Subscribe]

Under Zhou Chun's orders, the Zhou family immediately dispatched Foundation Establishment cultivator Zhou Xinyan with Zhou Yuanlian and the [Heavenly Spirit Token] to the ruins of the Heavenly Spirit Gate in Lingzhou.

Zhou Chun had been rampaging through the "Heavenly Spirit Secret Realm" and obtained some maps of it. He also recorded his experiences in detail.

This time, Zhou Yuanlian's entry into the group was much smoother than when he was completely clueless.

Moreover, Zhou Chun had given her many magic talismans before she entered, and told her not to worry about the "turbid evil energy" entering her body. If she encountered danger, she could boldly absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth inside to refine and restore her magic power. When she returned, he would naturally use spiritual objects to help her dispel the evil energy.

With these things and promises, and now at the tenth level of Qi Refining, if she still can't bring back the Soul Heart Fruit, then Zhou Chun will have to consider whether to continue to invest heavily in cultivating her.

After Zhou Yuanlian arrived at the Tianlingmen Ruins with Zhou Xinyan riding the Blue Feather Fire Kite, she found a place to rest temporarily, just like Zhou Daoyi had done with Zhou Chun back then.

However, compared to Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Chun, who were ignored back then, many Foundation Establishment cultivators who brought their juniors over took the initiative to chat with Zhou Xinyan after recognizing that they came from the Beast Taming Zhou family.

Some people even implied that the younger generation of the two families should stop after a brief encounter and show some mercy.

Zhou Xinyan didn't take these people's hints to heart. The rules in the secret realm encouraged competition and fighting. Killing an opponent would allow you to obtain all the treasures on their body, and you wouldn't have to worry about being held accountable or retaliated against.

In this situation, stopping short of a point is a joke!

However, he would not refuse their overtures on the surface, but simply gave them ambiguous answers with a smile.

After waiting for several days, the vortex for entering the "Heavenly Spirit Secret Realm" opened automatically, sending Zhou Yuanlian and the others inside.

Perhaps influenced by her cultivation techniques, Zhou Yuanlian, who used to prefer white, blue, and light yellow clothing, now mainly wears black and dark green.

Furthermore, because the robes she wears need to be extremely corrosion-resistant, she now has very few clothes to change into.

At this moment, she, dressed in a dark green bodysuit, appeared in a forest as soon as she entered the "Heavenly Spirit Secret Realm".

This is the final multiplayer trial ground. The previous levels were not difficult for her and she could easily pass them by using magic runes.

Before she could get a good look at her surroundings, a strange noise suddenly came from the bushes, and then a flat-headed, spotted venomous snake leaped out of the bushes and bit straight at her face.

Unfortunately, this snake chose the wrong target today.

Zhou Yuanlian simply reached out and grabbed the snake's body easily.

The snake, having been captured, immediately turned and bit her wrist.

What puzzled and terrified the venomous snake was that although it had clearly bitten its target and injected its venom, the prey seemed to feel no pain at all. The hand gripping its body did not loosen its grip at all, and did not tremble even once!

Hey~

Zhou Yuanlian let out a soft moan, her face showing no pain from being bitten, but rather a hint of pleasure and enjoyment.

She grabbed the snake's head with her other hand and squeezed it slightly, as if trying to squeeze out all the venom from the snake's body and inject it into her own body!

This venomous snake lived its entire life, and it probably never imagined that one day it would die because its venom was exhausted!

pat!

With a soft thud, Zhou Yuanlian casually tossed the venomous snake's carcass, now dead, into the bushes, just like throwing away trash.

She simply licked her bleeding wrist a few times, allowing the wound to heal quickly, and then walked away briskly with a happy expression.

Not long after, in a rotten swamp, a blackish-green poisonous lizard that lived there was killed by Zhou Yuanlian with a poisoned sword magic weapon in the water.

The first thing she did was to step forward and remove the venom sac from the lizard monster, carefully storing it in her storage bag. Then she gathered and stored some of the poisonous herbs that the lizard monster was guarding.

Cultivating the "Ten Thousand Poisons True Scripture" is not an easy task. In addition to enduring inhuman torture and the constant danger of dying from poisoning, it also requires collecting many poisons to prepare the poisonous water for cultivation.

With the support of the Zhou family, Zhou Yuanlian's cultivation is progressing smoothly.

However, based on what she has learned over the years, once she successfully establishes her foundation, apart from the precious poisonous herbs and spiritual items that Zhou Chun left her, it will be difficult for the Zhou family to provide her with a sufficient quantity of poisonous herbs and spiritual items.

She will need to travel to various places to collect the venom of various poisonous monsters, as well as various poisonous minerals and herbs.

This trip to the "Heavenly Spirit Secret Realm" was undoubtedly a rare opportunity for her.

Many of the poisonous plants and creatures growing here are rare in the outside world. Taking as many as possible to store will greatly benefit her later cultivation.

Not long after, Zhou Yuanlian killed a cultivator who had entered the secret realm in a mountain stream and obtained all the items on his person.

By this time, she already knew where she was in the secret realm and was approaching the location of the Soul Heart Fruit tree.

But when she arrived near the Soul Heart Fruit tree, she found that someone else had already gotten there first, and the sounds of fierce fighting could be heard.

Upon realizing this, her expression immediately changed.

"The Soul Heart Fruit must not be lost under any circumstances; anyone who stands in my way must die!"

A cold glint flashed in Zhou Yuanlian's eyes, and a murderous intent arose in her heart.

She was once a kind-hearted girl from an ordinary family, but her subsequent tragic experiences ruthlessly trampled and crushed her kindness by reality.

Her more than ten years of cultivation experience have given her a profound understanding of the cruelty of the cultivation world.

In addition, due to the effects of cultivating the "Ten Thousand Poisons True Scripture", she had unknowingly become a person who disregarded life.

Now, all she wants is to become stronger, to possess great power, and then to hunt down those who cultivate demonic arts and eliminate all demonic cultivators!

Anyone who stands in her way of revenge is her enemy!

In the valley where the blue-faced ghost apes lived, a middle-aged couple, who appeared to be husband and wife, were fighting fiercely with more than a dozen blue-faced ghost apes. Several of the blue-faced ghost ape corpses were already lying on the ground.

Judging from the way these two handled things with ease, they clearly didn't take the dozen or so blue-faced ghost apes seriously and were determined to get the [Soul Heart Fruit] on the tree!

"Shuangmei, help me fend off these beasts' close-range attacks. I'll prepare my move!"

Suddenly, the man in the couple shouted, as if he had made a decision.

Upon hearing this, the woman immediately responded loudly, "Alright, Xiong-ge, go ahead and cast your spell!"

As she spoke, she raised her hand and patted the storage bag at her waist. A shield-like magical artifact, seemingly made of ice, was summoned and began to fly around the man.

A blue-faced ghost ape attempted to get close to the man, but was quickly repelled by the ice shield. Its claws, which had attacked the ice shield, were covered in frost, and it shivered and howled incessantly.

The man, protected by his Daoist partner, held a fiery red pearl in his hand and chanted incantations as he cast a powerful spell.

Neither the man and his wife nor the blue-faced ghost apes noticed that a stench like that of rotting animals had suddenly appeared in the valley.

Perhaps it wasn't that they didn't notice, but rather that it's quite normal for such a smell to appear near the lair of a monster, and it wouldn't easily attract attention.

As the man made hand seals and chanted incantations, a fiery red spiritual light was released from the pearl in his hand, gathering in the sky to form a fiery cloud.

After a dozen or so breaths, he suddenly shouted and pointed at the blue-faced ghost apes.

Instantly, fireballs rained down from the fiery cloud, bombarding the blue-faced ghost apes like cannonballs.

Boom boom boom!

A series of explosions rang out, and flames raged throughout the valley.

However, the fireballs deliberately avoided the location of the Soul Heart Fruit tree.

The group of blue-faced ghost apes suffered heavy casualties under this attack, with five being killed on the spot and most of the rest wounded.

However, the man didn't seem to be having an easy time either. After finishing the spell, he swayed and almost couldn't stand up.

Clearly, the powerful spell had drained his magical power, leaving him unable to fight any longer.

Fortunately, with his Daoist partner protecting him, he didn't have to worry about being retaliated against by those blue-faced ghost apes.

"That's strange. In the past, although this Fire Cloud Secret Technique would also drain a lot of my mana, it never made me this weak as I am now..."

The man muttered to himself, then reached for his storage pouch at his waist, took out a "Rejuvenation Pill" to restore his mana, and swallowed it.

While the man was refining the elixir to restore his magical power, his Daoist partner took advantage of the situation and plucked several ripe spiritual fruits from the Soul Heart Fruit tree. Then, she led him straight out of the valley.

But the horde of blue-faced ghost apes, having suffered heavy casualties, would not give up easily. They immediately launched a fierce attack on the two, determined to capture them.

After another fierce battle, the man suddenly staggered and fell to the ground.

"Brother Xiong..."

The woman's expression changed drastically, and she hurriedly stepped forward to protect the man.

But at that moment, several blue-faced ghost apes simultaneously activated their "Soul-Crying" divine power, instantly causing her expression to freeze.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, a blue-faced demon ape swiftly swept past the man on the ground and ripped his head off!

Once the woman regained her senses, she saw the bloody scene and her eyes turned bloodshot. She screamed hysterically, "Ahhh! You damned beasts! I want you all dead! Die!!"

Then he frantically used his magical artifacts to attack the blue-faced ghost apes.

But not long after, she suddenly felt dizzy and short of breath, as if she couldn't breathe.

"I'm...oh no, I've been poisoned! Xiong Ge was poisoned to death!"

The woman forcefully used her magic to try to suppress her physical discomfort, while her eyes, filled with resentment, scanned her surroundings, trying to find the person who had poisoned her.

At this moment, the blue-faced demon apes also began to show symptoms of poisoning and stopped attacking the woman.

Upon seeing this, the woman became agitated and shouted angrily at the surrounding mountains and forests, "Who is poisoning people? Come out now!"

"If you don't get out here right now, I'll destroy the storage bag, and neither of us will get away with this!"

As he spoke, he reached for the storage bag at his waist.

She clearly knew that the person who secretly poisoned her would not allow him to destroy such a treasure as the Soul Heart Fruit.

But she seemed to have underestimated the potency of the poison and overestimated her own abilities.

Just as her hand touched the storage bag, she suddenly felt everything go black and she collapsed to the ground.

"What a fool you've lost your mind! If you hadn't yelled and screamed, the poison might not have taken effect so quickly, but instead you had to yell and scream..."

Inside the valley, Zhou Yuanlian slowly emerged from the woods where she was hiding, carrying an incense burner in her hands.

The toxins were released through the burning of the incense burner, which was also a magical artifact used for poison cultivation.

As soon as she appeared, she raised her hand and waved it, sending a black poison needle flying towards the forehead of the woman on the ground.

Only after seeing the black poison needle pierce her forehead did Zhou Yuanlian feel relieved enough to step forward and take her storage bag.

Then he turned to look at the blue-faced ghost apes.

As demonic beasts, the Green-Faced Ghost Apes were much more resistant to toxins, but most of them were already injured. After inhaling a large amount of poisonous smoke, they were already walking unsteadily and could no longer pose a threat to Zhou Yuanlian.

"The clan chief asked me to take a few Blue-Faced Ghost Apes back to breed, but I only brought four spirit beast pouches with me. Which ones should I take?"

After gazing at the blue-faced ghost apes, who looked like lambs to the slaughter, and pondering for a while, Zhou Yuanlian made a decision.

She selected four apes that looked full of life from the still-living blue-faced ghost apes in the valley, drugged them, and put them into her storage bag. The apes were three females and one male.

These potent sedatives, concocted by her using her poison skills, were enough to keep several blue-faced ghost apes in a daze for half a month.

She didn't kill the remaining blue-faced ghost apes; instead, she treated their external injuries.

The Soul Heart Fruit tree cannot be transplanted at all, and it still needs the care of the Blue-Faced Ghost Ape. Therefore, destroying the Blue-Faced Ghost Ape group is a short-sighted approach.

After handling everything in this way, Zhou Yuanlian quickly left Ghost Ape Valley.

In the time that followed, Zhou Yuanlian, relying on her unpredictable and difficult-to-defend poison skills, moved freely in the secret realm, collecting seven [Heavenly Spirit Tokens] with little effort and gaining much.

However, she was not too greedy and did not actively hunt down those trial participants. Instead, she spent most of her time wandering around the secret realm, collecting spiritual resources.

When it was time to leave, she successfully gained the qualification to enter the tower with the help of seven [Heavenly Spirit Tokens].

During the subsequent process of breaking through the barrier to retrieve the treasure, she unleashed her full power of poison skills, and with the help of several magical artifacts, she broke through the barrier in just over ten breaths and obtained a jade box.

Zhou Yuanlian seems to have had better luck than Zhou Chun did back then.

Inside the jade box she received was a jade slip containing a rare poison recipe. If concocted, it could even poison a cultivator at the Purple Mansion stage!

After leaving the secret realm, Zhou Yuanlian didn't go into details about what she had gained there, but only asked Zhou Xinyan to take her back to her family as soon as possible.

Seeing this, Zhou Xinyan didn't ask any further questions and directly released the Blue Feather Fire Kite to take her back to Tu Yunling.

"Chieftain, you are wise to grant my request. I have successfully brought back the Soul Heart Fruit and the Blue-Faced Ghost Ape!"

Inside Zhou Chun's cave, Zhou Yuanlian, who had just returned from the "Heavenly Spirit Secret Realm" trial, respectfully took out her spoils and presented them to Zhou Chun.

Because of her cultivation of poisonous arts, she was somewhat of an oddity within the Zhou family. Many Zhou family cultivators dared not associate with her, which also caused her to lack respect for many of the Zhou family elders.

However, she dared not show any disrespect to Zhou Chun.

Firstly, Zhou Chun gave her her current power, and secondly, she naturally revered the power that Zhou Chun possessed!

"Only two Soul Heart Fruits?"

Zhou Chun frowned as he looked at the spiritual fruit offered by Zhou Yuanlian.

When he picked the Soul Heart Fruit, there were still two unripe fruits on the tree, so he didn't pick them.

I never imagined that after so many years, I would only have obtained these two Soul Heart Fruits.

Upon hearing his words, Zhou Yuanlian hurriedly explained, "There are still four Soul Heart Fruits on the tree that have not yet ripened, so I followed your instructions, Clan Chief, and did not touch them!"

"There's no need to panic. I don't mean to blame you."

Zhou Chun offered a reassuring remark and then dismissed the woman.

He then carefully put away the two Soul Heart Fruits and handed the four blue-faced ghost apes to Zhou Xinyi, asking him to arrange for them to be taken to a secluded place for raising.

The Blue-Faced Ghost Ape can only inhabit yin and evil places, so it is impossible for the Zhou family's mountain gate to keep this beast.

However, given the Zhou family's current power, it's perfectly normal for them to occupy several special locations and open villas to raise some demonic beasts with special environmental requirements.

After Zhou Yuanlian left, she went to see Zhou Xinyi and offered most of the spiritual herbs she had obtained in the "Heavenly Spirit Secret Realm" to the family in exchange for family merit.

If she wants to cultivate poison skills, she needs to collect various poisons, but relying on herself to collect them is obviously too slow.

Therefore, most of the good deeds she has accumulated over the years have been used to collect those poisonous creatures through missions issued by her family.

This is one of the differences between her and ordinary cultivators.

In contrast, she doesn't need to take any pills to enhance her magical power; instead, she can absorb the power of poisons through medicinal baths to accelerate her cultivation.

So she would spend her money on collecting drugs.

Time flies, and another year has passed in the blink of an eye.

At this time, Su Yuzhen, who had gone into seclusion later than Zhou Mingde, had reached the critical period of forming her core.

Upon receiving the news, Zhou Chun immediately went to the Su family in Jiangzhou and used the dual cultivation secret technique passed down by the Su family patriarch to transfer a portion of his life essence to her, allowing her to transform this pure golden elixir essence into nourishing power through the methods in the "Su Nu Xuan Gong".

After transferring his vital energy, Zhou Chun didn't dare to disturb Su Yuzhen any longer. He quickly left the secret room and went to take some pills to recover his energy.

However, the loss of his vital energy this time was quite significant. Even though Zhou Chun had taken the pills provided by the Su family patriarch, he still felt weak.

So he could only return to his cave in Tuyunling and meditate in seclusion to recover his depleted energy.

More than a year later, the Su family received good news: Su Yuzhen had successfully formed her core!

Upon hearing the news, Zhou Chun breathed a sigh of relief.

Although he had great confidence in Su Yuzhen from the beginning, he couldn't be completely at ease until the final result came out.

Now that the results are in, I can finally relax completely.

Su Yuzhen's successful formation of the Golden Core not only boosted the prestige of the Su family in Jiangzhou, but also gave them two Golden Core cultivators to oversee the family.

For the Zhou family as well, it was a joyous occasion.

After all, she was Zhou Chun's legally wedded cultivation partner, which meant she was practically a member of the Zhou family.

Now that she and Zhou Chun have both formed golden cores, it will surely become a beautiful story in Jing Kingdom.

It's only because Zhou Mingde is currently in seclusion to form his core that he's happy to be discussing with Zhou Chun how to send gifts and offer congratulations.

However, Su Yuzhen is not Zhou Chun, and does not possess rare and precious spiritual items such as the Five Elements Spiritual Fruit to quickly stabilize her cultivation.

After she successfully forms her core, she will need to continue her seclusion and cultivation for several more years before she can emerge and receive guests.

Therefore, after receiving the news, Zhou Chun did not rush to the Su family to see her immediately, but instead sent a letter to congratulate her.

At this moment, Zhou Chun's thoughts were entirely focused on Zhou Mingde.

If you count on your fingers, Zhou Mingde has been in seclusion for seven or eight years to form his core.

Because of the cultivation method Zhou Mingde uses, it takes him much longer to condense his "virtual core" than cultivators like Zhou Chun who cultivate top-tier techniques, and ultimately, he cannot catch up with them in terms of the limit of condensing his "virtual core".

But seven or eight years should be enough time for him to complete this step.

If there are no unforeseen circumstances, the results should be revealed in the next year or two.

At this critical moment, Zhou Chun dared not leave his family. His original plan to go to the Great Zhou Kingdom to find Luo Qingni to refine pills and collect the [Taiyi Xuanjin Qi] had to be postponed for the time being.

However, before Zhou Chun could even see the result of Zhou Mingde's Core Formation, he first witnessed the death of the last "family" generation cultivator in the Zhou family.

"I'm still a little unwilling! If only I could wait until the Supreme Elder's Core Formation results came out, and see him successfully form his Core before I left!"

Inside his own cave, facing Zhou Chun who had come to see him off on his final journey, Zhou Jiapeng, who was in his final moments, spoke of his regrets with a hint of resentment in his eyes.

Hearing his words, Zhou Chun felt genuinely sorry for him.

But since things had come to this, all he could do was comfort him, saying, "Uncle Peng, don't worry, the Supreme Elder will definitely succeed in forming his core!"

After saying that, he looked at him again and asked, "Uncle Peng, do you have any other last words to say?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Jiapeng hesitated for a moment before speaking in a low voice, "I've already entrusted everything that needed to be explained to the younger generation. If there's anything else I'm worried about, it's that Golden-Winged Iron-Feathered Eagle. It's been with me my whole life, accompanying me on over two hundred years of battles. I've long considered it family, and I hope it can also die a natural death and be buried next to my grave!"

According to the Zhou family tradition, before a Zhou family cultivator passes away, they will release their contracted spirit pets. If the spirit pet does not want to go into the wild, it can be handed over to its descendants or the family for adoption.

Zhou Jiapeng had previously broken his contract with the Golden-Winged Iron-Feathered Eagle, but eagle-type demon beasts are very loyal, and the Golden-Winged Iron-Feathered Eagle was unwilling to leave and was willing to continue to protect his descendants.

However, that Golden-Winged Iron-Feathered Eagle is now a second-tier high-grade demon beast, which is quite a good combat force, while there is still no Foundation Establishment cultivator among Zhou Jiapeng's descendants.

Without a Foundation Establishment cultivator, even if the Golden-Winged Iron Feather Eagle were willing to protect its descendants, they would likely find it difficult to command this demonic bird, and the family would inevitably have to intervene in the end.

The Zhou family doesn't keep idle demons!

Therefore, upon hearing Zhou Jiapeng's words, Zhou Chun understood his inner worries.

He then looked at him solemnly and promised, "If that's the case, Uncle Peng, you can rest assured. I can assure you that unless we face a crisis of annihilation, I will absolutely not allow your Golden-Winged Iron-Feathered Eagle to go out and fight powerful enemies. It can live out its remaining days peacefully in the Zhou family!"

Upon receiving this promise, Zhou Jiapeng immediately showed a look of excitement and couldn't help but exclaim repeatedly, "Excellent! Excellent! In that case, I can truly die without regrets!!"

After saying those words, he passed away peacefully with a smile on his face.

With the passing of Zhou Jiapeng, the "Jia" generation of the Zhou family completely disappeared, and later generations could only see their names in the family genealogy and ancestral tablets!

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