Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 514 My Destiny Beast Talisman [Fourth Update, Please Subscribe]

The deal with Yuchi Fei was a pleasant surprise for Zhou Chun.

He had thought that the broken sword magic weapon made of Taibai Silver Star Iron was a great find, but he didn't expect that Yuchi Fei's so-called ancestral sword control technique was also very exquisite.

Although Zhou Chun is not a sword cultivator and does not practice swordsmanship, as a Golden Core cultivator, his judgment is naturally not bad.

The "Han Guang Sword Manual" left behind by Yuchi Fei not only contains methods for condensing sword energy, but also methods for cultivating sword intent!

The Zhou family had previously acquired some methods for cultivating sword control, but they basically only went as far as condensing sword energy. As for high-level power like sword intent, they only had some vague and speculative records.

Now that this "Han Guang Sword Manual" actually contains a method for cultivating sword intent, its value has doubled, making it comparable to the Zhou family's inherited beast-taming technique!

Of course, compared to the art of beast taming, the art of sword taming relies too much on talent and comprehension, so it is definitely not suitable as the main inheritance of a family, and its practical value is still lower.

Regardless of how you look at it, Zhou Chun really hit the jackpot this time.

With the existence of this "Han Guang Sword Manual," if any cultivator in the Zhou family is particularly interested in sword control techniques and has talent in this area, they will not waste their talent and may even be able to cultivate a legendary sword cultivator for the family!

After studying the "Han Guang Sword Manual" for a while, Zhou Chun got up and left the teahouse with satisfaction.

When he was about to pay the bill, he discovered that Yuchi Fei had already paid it for him.

This improved his impression of the person considerably.

After returning to his cave, Zhou Chun took stock of his gains over the past few years in the Great Zhou Kingdom and found that the gains were quite substantial.

First of all, the [Ancient Dust Pill] has been successfully refined, and its medicinal effects are very satisfactory.

He even obtained sixty-one Foundation Building Pills in one go, which was beyond his imagination!

Although the Soul Heart Fruit failed to be refined into pills as expected, it was still exchanged for two Spirit Opening Pills, which can be considered as having barely achieved the goal.

Meanwhile, Zhou Mingde had basically collected all the materials needed to refine his natal magic weapon, and he had almost finished collecting the materials needed to refine his own natal magic weapon as well.

So, aside from the three things—"reforging the broken cauldron," refining his natal magic weapon, and replacing the [Azure Wood Divine Fiend Banner] with other magic weapons—he has already achieved most of his goals for coming to the Great Zhou Kingdom!

Currently, the "reforging of the broken cauldron" still requires waiting for the arrival of the [Taiyi Xuanjin Qi] from Sun Yuanjing's side. The latter two matters are also not yet ready. All things considered, Zhou Chun doesn't have anything urgent to do in the Great Zhou Kingdom.

Therefore, after taking stock of the harvest, Zhou Chun decided to go back to the family first and hand over the things in his hands to Zhou Mingde.

So after waiting for two months, and until the spirit pets that had taken the [Ancient Dust Pill] had all awakened, Zhou Chun took the spirit pets and returned to the Zhou family first.

The journey was uneventful, and Zhou Chun returned to Tuyunling in less than a month.

But he received bad news as soon as he returned.

However, Zhou Zhengqing, who had gone into seclusion to open his Purple Mansion before he left, also failed to open his Purple Mansion, just like Zhou Zhengyuan!

Moreover, perhaps due to excessive force at the time, Zhou Zhengqing's spirit was damaged after his failure, resulting in the loss of some of his memories and leaving him in a daze most of the time.

This is undoubtedly the worst-case scenario, essentially meaning the person is completely ruined.

Upon learning of this, Zhou Chun immediately went to visit him in person.

Zhou Zhengqing, who had been in charge of intelligence work for the Zhou family for many years and was very shrewd and capable, was now sitting blankly on the bed with his hair all white and disheveled. His eyes were unfocused and lifeless, and he did not even react when he came in.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun had no choice but to subdue him first, and then examine his soul.

After examining him, Zhou Chun couldn't help but sigh, "Alas, the path of cultivation is fraught with hardship. As for Twenty-Seventh Brother's current condition, I have no other choice. From now on, I will confine him to the back mountain and let his descendants take care of him until the end of his life!"

He had already examined him and found that Zhou Zhengqing's sea of ​​consciousness was severely damaged, and his soul was being eroded by external evil forces, with his essence slowly draining away every day.

In this situation, his condition will deteriorate, and his lifespan will also decrease much faster.

It can be basically concluded that he will not live more than ten years!

Moreover, his amnesia and hysteria will become more and more severe in the future, until he completely becomes an idiot!

This is one of the worst outcomes after failing to open the Purple Mansion, something even harder to accept than death.

Zhou Zhengqing's greatest fortune is that he is a family cultivator and also has his own bloodline descendants.

Therefore, he can slowly pass away under the care of his descendants.

If it were a rogue cultivator or a sect cultivator, they would most likely die soon after such an outcome for various reasons!

After Zhou Zhengqing's funeral arrangements were completed, Zhou Chuncai and Zhou Mingde met in the cave and talked about their gains in the Great Zhou Kingdom.

As Zhou Chun expected, Zhou Mingde was stunned when he saw him take out sixty-one Foundation Establishment Pills and remained silent for a long time.

"This is really...this is really..."

Zhou Mingde stared at the dozen or so bottles of Foundation Establishment Pills in front of him, muttering to himself, his words becoming somewhat incoherent, his excitement barely contained.

Quite some time later, he finally let out a long sigh and said, "This has truly broadened my horizons!"

Unable to contain his excitement, he continued, "Even when the three families of the Three Absolutes Sect jointly refined Foundation Establishment Pills, my Zhou family would only receive seven or eight at most at a time, and such an opportunity only came once every few decades!"

"Who would have thought, who would have thought! Our Zhou family is now producing dozens of Foundation Establishment Pills at a time!"

By the end, a wide smile had spread across his face.

Only older cultivators like him, who experienced the Zhou family's most difficult period, know how impoverished and struggling the Zhou family had been in the past.

Only then did they realize what these sixty-one Foundation Establishment Pills meant to the Zhou family in their current state.

To put it bluntly, for the next hundred years or so, the Zhou family will not have to worry about Foundation Establishment Pills anymore.

In the next hundred years or so, the Zhou family will definitely have dozens more Foundation Establishment cultivators!

Seeing his happy expression, Zhou Chun was equally pleased, but still cautioned, "These Foundation Establishment Pill matters must be kept strictly confidential. Otherwise, if outsiders find out, it might arouse suspicion from the upper sect!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Mingde immediately nodded repeatedly and said, "Of course, I will personally safeguard these Foundation Establishment Pills. Every few years, I will release one or two into the family treasury, saying that they were purchased from outside at a high price!"

"I can rest assured that you are handling things properly."

Zhou Chun smiled and offered a compliment, then took out several magical treasures and spiritual materials that he had collected for him.

Seeing the various magical treasures and spiritual materials he took out, Zhou Mingde's smile widened even more, and he couldn't help but exclaim repeatedly, "Excellent, excellent! With these magical treasures and spiritual materials, I can also begin to refine my own natal magical treasure."

Then, with a big smile on his face, he put everything away.

But just when he thought it was over, Zhou Chun took out the [Soul Nourishing Wood] that he had bought at a high level.

"This is Soul-Nourishing Wood? Such a large piece of Soul-Nourishing Wood!"

Zhou Mingde was a discerning person and had seen the Soul-Nourishing Wood before, so when Zhou Chun took out this spiritual item, he exclaimed with delight.

Zhou Chun then spoke up at the opportune moment, saying, "This piece of [Soul Nourishing Wood] was purchased at a high price from a major auction. Its size is enough to refine dozens of 'Life Soul Tablets.' From now on, all cultivators in our Zhou family who are at the Purple Mansion stage or possess superior spiritual root aptitude can leave behind a 'Life Soul Tablet' within the family!"

Hearing his words, Zhou Mingde nodded repeatedly and said, "That's right, the 'Life Soul Tablet' should indeed be made. With this piece of 'Soul Nourishing Wood,' the elders of the family can leave a 'Life Soul Tablet' in the family for the next few hundred years."

After saying that, she happily continued, "Moreover, this piece of [Soul-Nourishing Wood] has arrived at just the right time. Daoquan's Bloodflame Dragon Python has already reached the limit of a second-tier high-grade demon beast and needs to use the [Millennial Dragon Transformation Grass] that you have. If it can successfully transform into a dragon, Daoquan can extract its demon soul essence to refine it into a 'Natal Beast Token,' so that it can serve the family in the future!"

By extracting the essence of the demonic soul from high-level demonic beasts, a "Life Beast Talisman" can be crafted, which allows one to control the life and death of the beast. This is the key to how various sects and families can raise and command high-level demonic beasts left behind by their predecessors.

Otherwise, given the arrogance of high-level demonic beasts, it would be difficult for them to be enslaved and driven by human cultivators after their masters' deaths.

Sects like the Yuling Sect of the Great Zhou Kingdom rely entirely on this method to retain the fourth-tier demonic beasts cultivated by their senior cultivators.

However, only high-level demonic beasts with long lifespans and considerable strength are worth such efforts by sects and families.

For second-tier demonic beasts, whose lifespan and strength are limited, it's simply not worth doing this.

The Zhou family also had high-level demonic beasts left by their predecessors, but even high-level demonic beasts, most species only have a lifespan of seven or eight hundred years.

The last third-tier demon beast left behind by the Zhou family's ancestors died more than two hundred years ago after exhausting its lifespan!

If the Bloodflame Dragon Python can evolve into a third-tier Bloodflame Flood Dragon, its lifespan will be as long as a thousand years, and it may even break through to the fourth tier!

However, Zhou Daoquan's hope of achieving the Core Formation stage was extremely slim.

The situation regarding Zhou Daoyi is also unclear!

Therefore, if you don't want to release or kill the Azure Dragon and Blood Flame Dragon that you have painstakingly raised, using the "Born Beast Talisman" to enslave and drive them to continue serving the Zhou family is the best choice!

Upon hearing Zhou Mingde's words, Zhou Chun immediately replied, "I've been saving the Millennium Dragon Transformation Grass for the Grand Elder, but unfortunately, Fellow Daoist Luo is currently in seclusion. If you wish to refine the Dragon Transformation Pill, I'm afraid you'll have to wait several more years!"

Upon hearing his reply, Zhou Mingde immediately waved his hand and said, "It's alright. Daoquan has waited all these years, so there's no rush."

He then took the initiative to take on the task of refining the "Life Soul Tablet".

Zhou Mingde had also learned some weapon crafting techniques in his early years. After successfully forming his core, he focused on this technique. In addition, his cultivation of fire-based techniques made weapon crafting easier, so his weapon crafting skills are now even better than Zhou Chun's.

As for crafting "Life Soul Tablets", having the skill level of a second-tier weapon refiner is basically enough to ensure success.

The main problem is that the material [Soul Nourishing Wood] is hard to find!

While Zhou Mingde was wholeheartedly refining the "Life Soul Tablet," Zhou Chun temporarily took charge of the clan affairs.

Later, while dealing with clan affairs, Zhou Chun learned that Zhang Liang, the Zhou family son-in-law with whom he had formed a bond years ago, had actually successfully comprehended the method of setting up the Five Directions Miro Formation that the You family had given him at his Golden Core Ceremony, thus advancing his mastery of formations to the threshold of the master level!

Upon learning of this, Zhou Chun immediately summoned the person to speak with him.

Zhang Liang possesses superior spiritual root aptitude. After joining the Zhou family, he enjoys significantly better resources than independent cultivators. In particular, after forming a bond with Zhou Xindie, a formation master from the Zhou family, and becoming her Daoist partner, he receives even more cultivation resources.

Therefore, although he is only over 180 years old, he has already advanced to the late stage of Foundation Establishment for many years.

When Zhou Chun summoned him for a private audience, he was quite excited, knowing that the opportunity he had been waiting for had finally arrived.

After entering Zhou Chun's cave, he only glanced at Zhou Chun briefly before bowing and paying his respects, saying, "Junior Zhang Liang greets the clan leader."

"Young friend Zhang, there's no need for such formalities. Please sit down and let's talk."

Zhou Chun waved his hand with a smile, his attitude appearing very friendly.

This calmed Zhang Liang's somewhat excited and uneasy heart, and he quickly bowed again, saying, "Thank you for your kindness, Clan Chief, but I will remain standing."

Zhou Chun admired his caution, but said aloud, "No need for such formality, please sit down."

His tone was more resolute and unyielding than before.

This caused Zhang Liang's expression to change slightly, and he hurriedly replied, "Yes, junior obeys!"

Then he sat down on a chair nearby.

After he sat down, Zhou Chun looked at him with a smile and said, "It's quite a coincidence. Your wife was someone I brought back to my family from Feng Kingdom, and you met me in Shen Kingdom. Later, by chance, you joined the Zhou family and became Daoist partners with your wife!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Liang immediately stood up and respectfully replied, "What the clan leader says is absolutely right. My wife Xin Die and I have both received your life-saving grace. We can never repay your kindness in this lifetime!"

His words were full of gratitude.

In fact, this was one of the reasons why the couple met, and they were both very grateful to Zhou Chun for it.

Zhou Chun had known this all along, and bringing it up now was merely a prelude to what he would say later.

Seeing that the time was right, he waved his hand and said, "Sit down first. I called you here today not just to catch up, but also to discuss some important matters with you."

"Yes, Chieftain, please give your instructions. I am fully prepared to listen!"

Zhang Liang respectfully responded, then returned to his seat and listened attentively as Zhou Chun explained the true purpose of summoning him.

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