Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 523 Luring them out and killing them [Please subscribe]

Yan Lingzi wanted to compete in magical power, and Zhou Chun naturally granted his wish!

In terms of profound magical power, Zhou Chun, who had only recently formed his core, was naturally no match for Yan Lingzi.

However, he consumed less mana than his opponent when using two low-grade magic weapons, not to mention he also had the assistance of a spirit pet.

We'll wait until Yan Lingzi's magic power is depleted, then unleash a powerful attack on him!

However, Qingweizi seemed to have seen through Zhou Chun's plan. Half an hour after Yiyang Daoren's attempt to persuade him failed, he spoke up again and asked the others to join in the persuasion.

At that time, Yan Lingzi's defeat was no longer concealed, and he was caught in a dilemma.

After being persuaded by Qingweizi and her fellow disciples, she finally took the opportunity to back down and conceded defeat.

This left Zhou Chun quite disappointed.

"In the third match, the Zhou family emerged victorious. The Zhou family is the winner of this contest, and the sacred land of Jiufeng Ridge will continue to belong to the Zhou family. Qinglian Temple shall not forcibly reclaim this land for any reason!"

Master Baiyue glanced at Yan Lingzi, who had conceded defeat and returned to the team, then fixed his gaze on Daoist Yiyang, and solemnly announced the result of the duel.

Yi Yang Daoist and the others were naturally dissatisfied with this result, but they dared not say anything more.

He could only say with a stern face, "I understand. Now that the duel is over, I and my fellow disciples will take our leave."

After saying this, he gave a perfunctory bow to Master Baiyue and then left with the people from Qinglian Temple.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Chun bowed to Master Baiyue with gratitude and said, "Thank you, Master, for upholding justice for my Zhou family. We and the entire Zhou family are deeply grateful."

"Young friend Zhou, you're too kind. You earned all of this through your own abilities; I dare not take credit for it."

Master Baiyue waved his hand and then said, "If young friend Zhou is not in a hurry to return, would you be interested in returning to our sect's main gate with me for a chat?"

"Since it is the sect leader who has extended the invitation, this junior naturally has no reason not to accept."

Zhou Chun replied without hesitation, agreeing immediately.

So the group immediately turned back and returned to the Moon Wheel Sect's mountain gate.

After arriving inside the mountain gate, Lin Hongyu went to Su Yunniang's cave to take care of her Daoist partner Zhou Daoyi, while Zhou Chun went to Baiyue Zhenren's cave.

As the leader of the Moon Wheel Sect, Master Baiyue's cave dwelling, though not as grand as the dojos of the three Nascent Soul stage elders, was still one of the top cave dwellings in the Moon Wheel Sect.

This was Zhou Chun's first time being invited to this place, and the rich spiritual energy inside was even better than the secret islands he had visited before!

Of course, this is also related to the fact that he has never actually been to the core area of ​​that secret island.

"If I could meditate and cultivate here year-round, my cultivation speed should increase by more than 10%!"

He thought to himself, feeling extremely envious.

Increasing cultivation speed by 10% may not seem like much, but when combined with the lifespan of a Golden Core cultivator, it's equivalent to gaining nearly a hundred years of cultivation time out of thin air!

Such a top-tier cave dwelling cannot be rented outside, no matter how many spirit coins you have!

However, such a top-tier cave dwelling is probably rare even within the Moon Wheel Sect. At least, the cave dwelling of Elder Su Yunniang, a Golden Core cultivator, is far inferior to it.

As long as one is willing to spend spirit coins, it is not difficult to rent a cultivation cave in Tianyuan Immortal City that is comparable to Su Yunniang's cave.

Just as Zhou Chun was thinking about these things, Master Baiyue had already invited him to sit down.

After he thanked him and sat down, he saw the man looking at him with a face full of emotion and saying, "Young friend Zhou, your display of superb skills today has truly broadened my horizons. I never imagined that in addition to your beast-taming skills, you also possess such extraordinary abilities!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun immediately showed a look of shame and bowed, replying, "Sect Leader, you flatter me. My meager abilities are hardly worthy of such praise. Everyone in Jing Kingdom knows that Sect Leader possesses great supernatural powers, comparable to a Nascent Soul cultivator!"

Whether Baiyue Zhenren could actually match the power of a Nascent Soul cultivator, Zhou Chun didn't know; he was just bragging about it anyway!

He could roughly guess why Master Baiyue had invited him to his cave for a chat, and now he was just waiting for the other party to get to the point.

As expected, Master Baiyue didn't engage in much banter with him. After making a brief introduction, he quickly looked at him and said, "Young friend Zhou, are you aware of a rule within our sect? Any disciple who acquires a cultivation technique or secret art from outside the sect can, upon offering it to the sect, choose any cultivation technique or secret art of the same level from the sect's library, depending on the quality of the inheritance, and will also receive corresponding merit rewards!"

"This junior really doesn't know."

Zhou Chun replied calmly.

Whether he knew it or not is not important; what's important is that he knows now.

Then Master Baiyue said again, "Today, I watched young friend Zhou fight with someone. His skills and treasures are unique and truly eye-opening. Therefore, an elder of our sect suggested that we exchange skills with young friend to see if we can learn from each other and improve ourselves."

"If young friend Zhou is willing, our sect is willing to exchange with you the treatment due to a disciple of our sect."

The so-called exchange is just a nice-sounding way of putting it.

Zhou Chun and Baiyue Zhenren were fully aware of the situation.

Therefore, Zhou Chun quickly replied, "Since the sect is interested in my cultivation method, I am naturally willing to offer it to the sect. However, there is only one artifact for this cultivation method, so I can only offer a replica jade slip to the sect!"

"The jade slip is sufficient; young friend Zhou is indeed a person who understands the bigger picture!"

Master Baiyue responded with a satisfied expression, and also praised Zhou Chun.

Actually, he didn't care much about Zhou Chun's cultivation technique, because he knew in his heart that no matter how powerful the technique was, it depended on who was practicing it.

What he cared more about was Zhou Chun's attitude toward the matter.

Zhou Chun's attitude now undoubtedly satisfied him.

Right then and there, in front of Master Baiyue, Zhou Chun recorded the four cultivation methods from the "Golden Cauldron Profound Technique" on a jade slip and then handed it to him.

In any case, the first two chapters of this skill have already been collected by Qinglian Temple, and Tianjing Manor probably has them too, and even Yuling Sect probably has them.

What harm is there in having another month of rotational teaching!

Zhou Chun was not afraid of anyone targeting him by studying his cultivation techniques, because his true strength did not come from his cultivation techniques or his natal magic weapon.

Anyone who thinks they can easily defeat him by exploiting the weaknesses in his techniques and natal magic weapon will surely suffer a great loss!

After receiving the jade slip, Baiyue Zhenren did not shy away from Zhou Chun and immediately began to examine its contents.

With his late-stage Golden Core cultivation, he wouldn't need to spend much time just to skim through it.

Only a quarter of an hour passed before he put down the jade slip, looked at Zhou Chun with a sigh, and said, "So that's how it is! I never imagined that the cultivation technique you, young friend Zhou, would be such a profound and mysterious art, one that even in ancient times few dared to cultivate! No wonder your magical powers and treasures look so formidable!"

The Heavenly Mysterious Skill?

Zhou Chun was taken aback; it was the first time he had ever heard of this.

He looked at Master Baiyue with a puzzled expression and asked, "May I ask, Master, what is the Tongtian Xuan Gong?"

"The so-called Tongtian Xuan Gong is what we later cultivators call some ancient cultivation techniques."

"The Golden Cauldron Profound Technique that young friend Zhou is practicing is a profound technique passed down by some immortal venerables who descended to the mortal realm in ancient times. This type of technique does not place much importance on spiritual root aptitude, but rather on the cultivator's comprehension and opportunities."

"If one possesses exceptional comprehension and fortuitous opportunities, cultivating this technique will be smooth sailing, often leading to the formation of the Golden Core and the Nascent Soul, granting immense supernatural powers!"

"If one's comprehension and opportunity are ordinary, practicing this skill will easily lead to death in calamity!"

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Master Baiyue spoke eloquently and quickly answered Zhou Chun's questions.

According to him, all ancient cultivation techniques, such as the "Heavenly Profound Skill," require a life-or-death ordeal similar to "shattering the cauldron and reforging" after each successful completion of a chapter or level.

Those who can overcome this tribulation will have a smooth path ahead, and there will be no more hidden worries about cultivation techniques within that realm. Those who cannot overcome it will naturally be reduced to ashes!

The reason why Zhou Chun's Dao Cauldron had to be reforged every time he broke through a major realm was because if it wasn't reforged, it simply couldn't suppress the various hidden dangers that arose during the cultivation process.

For example, other cultivators who practice top-level metal-element techniques are often easily affected by these techniques, either becoming cold and hard in temperament, or suffering various hidden injuries to their bodies under the erosion of metal energy, or even becoming metal-like!

To cope with this situation, they can only alleviate it by practicing other secret techniques or avoid it by taking special elixirs.

Although Zhou Chun absorbed a large amount of metal energy during his cultivation, his personality and physical body were not affected by the metal energy. On the contrary, his physical body was tempered.

This is all because of the Dao Cauldron suppressing it!

"Although these kinds of profound and mysterious techniques have great benefits, they often require a lot of resources, and it becomes more and more difficult to cultivate them as you progress."

"Take your cultivation technique, young friend Zhou, as an example. If you are able to form a Nascent Soul in the future, the quality of the metal energy required for 'Rebuilding the Broken Cauldron' will be so high that it will be hard to find anywhere in the world!"

"Furthermore, we cultivators have finally succeeded in breaking through the nascent soul and transforming into an infant, and we've barely survived the 'inner demon tribulation' and the lightning tribulation. We're destined to live for two or three thousand years. Who would be willing to gamble their life and cultivation path on the success rate of 'breaking the cauldron and reforging'?"

"Therefore, nowadays, almost no cultivator with outstanding talent and aspirations to form their Golden Core or Nascent Soul dares to cultivate such a profound and transcendent technique!"

Master Baiyue shook his head at this point, having completely lost interest in the "Golden Cauldron Mystic Art" technique.

But at the same time, he was completely relieved.

Since Zhou Chun is cultivating such a "heaven-reaching profound skill", he can forget about reaching the Nascent Soul stage in the future.

Even if Zhou Chun were to eventually achieve the Nascent Soul stage, the third "shattering and reforging" would be virtually impossible, posing no threat whatsoever to the Moon Wheel Sect.

And there's something he hasn't told Zhou Chun.

The tribulation lightning for cultivators who cultivate the "Heavenly Profound Technique" to form their Nascent Soul is often more severe than that for other cultivators!

Considering both of these points, Zhou Chun's greatest achievement in the future will likely stop at the late Golden Core stage.

Without reaching the Nascent Soul stage, he poses no threat to the Moon Wheel Sect, and there is no need for them to be wary of Zhou Chun and the Zhou family!

Thinking of this, Master Baiyue immediately said to Zhou Chun, "Our sect's scripture pavilion does indeed house several ancient and profound martial arts techniques, as well as some legendary and powerful cultivation methods. Since young friend Zhou has offered this 'Golden Cauldron Profound Technique,' you may enter and choose one to take away!"

"Furthermore, I will exempt the Zhou family from paying tribute for the next ten years, as a reward for young friend Zhou's contribution of his cultivation technique!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun quickly bowed and thanked him, saying, "This junior thanks the Sect Leader for the reward."

He then took the letter from Master Baiyue and went straight to the Moon Wheel Sect's scripture library to select the text.

The person guarding the Moon Wheel Sect's scripture pavilion was also a Golden Core elder of the Moon Wheel Sect, who looked quite old and about to die.

After reading the letter written by the Moon Worshipper, the man led Zhou Chun to a quiet, private room in the library and then casually brought out dozens of jade slips for Zhou Chun to choose from.

"Only one-third of the cultivation techniques and supernatural abilities contained in these jade slips are available for public viewing. If Fellow Daoist Zhou chooses one, I will remove the restriction for you!"

After the old man finished speaking, he closed his eyes to rest.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Chun immediately began to examine each jade slip one by one.

The "Mysterious Pure Heavenly Thunder Jade Book" draws the power of heavenly thunder into the body, condensing it into a Heavenly Thunder Treasure Scroll, which allows one to manipulate the power of heavenly thunder... Each successful cultivation level requires drawing ten times the power of heavenly thunder to condense a new Heavenly Thunder Treasure Scroll...

The "Mysterious Yang Heavenly Fire Scripture" draws the power of heavenly fire into the body, forming the Heavenly Fire Mystic Pearl, which can unleash heavenly fire to burn enemies... Each successful completion of one chapter requires rebirth through fire, and the Heavenly Fire Mystic Pearl must be refined again...

The "Ancient Wood Longevity Technique" requires one to seal oneself within an ancient tree for a hundred years. If, after a hundred years, one can merge with the wood and forge a foundation for longevity, the technique will be successful. Each successful level of cultivation can extend one's lifespan by 30%... Each level must be resealed within the ancient tree...

Zhou Chun first looked at the so-called "Heavenly Profound Techniques". These techniques were indeed as Baiyue Zhenren had said, each one seemingly incredibly powerful and promising longevity.

But in reality, many techniques are even more dangerous and unpredictable than his "Golden Cauldron Mystic Art," and they don't seem to be for normal people to cultivate at all!

If the Zhou family had offered Zhou Chun these cultivation methods to choose from, he probably wouldn't have dared to choose them!

Now that he knew the drawbacks of this "Heavenly Profound Skill," he naturally no longer wanted to choose such a skill to take with him.

So they quickly turned their attention to those supernatural powers and secret techniques.

These supernatural abilities and secret techniques are indeed methods of cultivating supernatural powers that can only be heard of in legends.

For example, "Samadhi True Fire," "Great Sun True Fire," and "Primordial Yang Divine Thunder"...

However, while the methods for cultivating supernatural powers are easy to obtain, the gateway to supernatural powers is difficult to enter!

Zhou Chun had experience practicing the "Golden Escape Technique" and was well aware of how difficult these supernatural abilities were to master.

Therefore, he did not devote much energy to the rumored methods of cultivating supernatural powers, but focused his attention on some supernatural powers that he might still have a chance to cultivate successfully.

After making this selection, he finally chose the "Gengjin Sky-Splitting Thunder" supernatural power cultivation method.

This "Gengjin Sky-Splitting Thunder" is a variant of the "Gengjin Divine Thunder" among the Five Elements Divine Thunder.

Zhou Chun valued it because once this supernatural power was mastered, it could be combined with some materials to refine a Thunder Pearl for later use.

In the previous battle between Zhou Chun and Yan Lingzi, the three "Earthly Fiend Fire Thunder Pearls" used by the opponent belonged to this kind of supernatural power application.

If Zhou Chun can master this supernatural ability in the future and refine several thunder pearls to suppress his natal magic weapon [Myriad Transformations Golden Cauldron], the effect of using them all at once when fighting against others will definitely be very good.

"I've made my choice; this is the method for cultivating this supernatural power."

Zhou Chun took the jade slip and handed it to the old man guarding the scripture pavilion.

Upon seeing this, the old man immediately formed hand seals and sent a beam of spiritual light towards the jade slip, removing the restrictions on it. He then handed it back to him, saying, "Alright, Fellow Daoist Zhou, you can take it now."

"Thank you for your trouble, fellow Daoist."

Zhou Chun cupped his hands in greeting and quickly left the Sutra Repository.

Afterwards, he visited Zhou Daoyi at Su Yunniang's cave dwelling, and then returned to the family with the two elders.

As the Zhou family members returned to their clan, news of their victory in the gambling match against Qinglian Temple quickly spread.

Those cultivators who heard about this for the first time were all extremely surprised and inquired everywhere for details.

However, because it concerned the reputation of Qinglian Temple, although some people deliberately spread the news, no one was willing to reveal the details.

So those busybodies gave full play to their imaginations and started making all sorts of guesses and discussions.

Many Zhou family cultivators who had just heard about this matter were also discussing it in various ways.

Zhou Chun ignored these comments.

After returning to his family, he held a small meeting with several senior family members.

This small meeting mainly discussed three things.

The first question is how to continue concealing those outposts in the wilderness.

Secondly, when should we surround and kill Yu Jinghua?

Thirdly, it concerns Zhou Daoyi's formation of the elixir.

During this duel with Qinglian Temple, Zhou Chun, reminded by Master Baiyue, realized that the Zhou family was now too conspicuous.

After Qinglian Temple lost the bet, the attention paid to the Zhou family will only increase significantly.

Therefore, contact with the wilderness must be reduced to a minimum, and those who know about it should be transferred there or placed in a safe location as much as possible.

Nowadays, quite a few Zhou family cultivators know about the stronghold in the wilderness.

In particular, many of the younger Foundation Establishment cultivators have gone there to train.

Therefore, Zhou Chun decided to secretly transfer these people to the wilderness under the guise of training, and let them stay there for ten or twenty years until the situation calmed down before deciding whether to transfer them back.

Internally, they will announce their disappearance, which can also mislead and lull those forces with ill intentions towards the Zhou family.

After discussion, it was decided to carry out the operation to ambush and kill Yu Jinghua as soon as possible!

Qinglian Temple has just suffered a defeat, so even if they want to take revenge on the Zhou family, it's unlikely they can do so quickly.

The Zhou family can take this opportunity to send out all their elite forces to the Great Zhou Kingdom to eliminate the traitor Yu Jinghua.

As for Zhou Daoyi's Core Formation, Zhou Chun had already mentioned the Core Formation item to Master Baiyue, and the other party promised to deliver a Core Formation item, [Extreme Yang Fire Spirit Liquid], to the Zhou family as soon as possible.

Lin Hongyu also had a portion of [Extreme Cold Ice Marrow Liquid] in her possession.

In this way, if we can obtain one more spiritual item that helps with the formation of the core, we will be able to collect a complete set of spiritual items for the formation of the core.

After finalizing the plan, Zhou Chun went to the Great Zhou Kingdom to scout ahead, gather intelligence, and devise a plan to ambush and kill Yu Jinghua.

Zhou Mingde then proceeded with the plan to arrange for family members to travel to the wilderness in batches.

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Tianyuan Immortal City.

When Zhou Chun returned to this place, he went to the shop where Luo Qingni had placed her order, as usual, to see if she had left the pass.

The result was disappointing; Luo Qingni did not emerge from seclusion.

So he had no choice but to go to Tianzhilou to find out about Yu Jinghua's latest movements.

The information Zhou Chun had gathered this time was quite satisfactory.

According to intelligence reports, Yu Jinghua has basically returned to his normal life and is no longer going out as frequently as before.

This shows that their vigilance has decreased significantly, and they are no longer suspicious.

For Zhou Chun now, the key is to figure out a way to lure Yu Jinghua out of the Yu Ling Sect's mountain gate alone, and then gather helpers to surround and kill him.

He returned to his temporary residence with the information he had gathered, and then carefully studied the intelligence about the people around Yu Jinghua.

More than two hundred years have passed, and those who followed Yu Jinghua from the Three Absolutes Sect era are now mostly gone for various reasons, including Zhou Zhenkun, a Purple Mansion stage cultivator from the Zhou family who once joined him, and Xiao Lingyan, a Purple Mansion stage cultivator.

Currently, this person has three trusted confidants: Wang Chen, a disciple he took in after joining the Yuling Sect; Zhou Hui, a descendant of Zhou Zhenkun; and Cai He, a former disciple of the Sanjue Sect.

Wang Chen and Zhou Hui are both Foundation Establishment cultivators, while Cai He is a Purple Mansion cultivator. All three are now Yu Jinghua's personal disciples.

If Zhou Chun wants to lure Yu Jinghua out to kill him, he basically has no choice but to start with these few of his personal disciples.

Unfortunately, Tianzhi Tower only had a general understanding of the information about Yu Jinghua's disciples. Zhou Chun only knew their names, cultivation levels, and backgrounds, but was completely clueless about their personalities.

If Tianzhilou were to gather information about these three people now, it might alert them again.

After some deliberation, Zhou Chun decided to personally go and make contact with these people.

With the Hundred Illusion Pearl in hand, as long as he doesn't come into contact with Golden Core cultivators, it's impossible for these juniors to discover his true identity.

Two months later, Zhou Chun, using the alias Xu Yun, appeared in Xuanqing Market with the appearance of a middle-aged man and the cultivation level of a late Foundation Establishment cultivator.

As the largest market town closest to the Yuling Sect, Xuanqing Market Town is a place where Yuling Sect disciples frequently appear.

There are also shops belonging to the Spirit Control Sect here, specializing in selling spirit beast cubs, spirit beast eggs, as well as various spirit beast rations and pills.

After entering the shop called "Yu Ling Ge", Zhou Chun easily found some of the Zhou family's unique spirit beast food and pills for sale.

Fortunately, he was mentally prepared for this situation. After pausing for a moment, he pretended to be an ordinary customer, bought some spirit beast food, and then used the excuse of asking for advice on raising and advancing demon beasts to get close to the shopkeeper.

As a newcomer, Zhou Chun's initial attempts to get close to her were naturally ineffective.

However, in the following months, he visited the "Spirit Pavilion" many times, bought a lot of things, and acted very sincerely, repeatedly pestering the shopkeeper for advice and promising that as long as he could help his spirit pet advance successfully, he would definitely receive a generous gift.

After his persistent pleading, the shopkeeper finally agreed to take a look.

The demonic beast that Zhou Chun deliberately prepared was a first-tier high-grade demonic beast, the Iron Horned Rhinoceros, which he brought from his family through a contract. The advanced demonic beast of this beast was the mid-grade demonic beast, the Silver Horned Rhinoceros!

(End of this chapter)