Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 529 Repelling the Enemy, The Secret Vault [Please Subscribe]

"You cowardly coward, get out here before Zhou!"

In the sky, Zhou Chun roared and with a wave of his hand, the Taibai Dragon-Slaying Sword shot towards the cultivator hiding in the clouds.

At the same time, he spat out golden light, and his natal magic weapon, the [Myriad Transformations Golden Cauldron], flew out, emitting dense golden light to create layers of protection around himself.

The assassin seemed surprised that his tried-and-true method had failed completely, and his reaction was noticeably slow.

He only came to his senses when the silver-black flying sword was right in front of him, and hurriedly waved his sleeve to summon a white shield magic weapon to block the flying sword.

He then made a sword incantation with both hands, and the transparent flying sword that had been used to assassinate Zhou Chun trembled slightly before disappearing again.

However, even with Zhou Chun's consciousness highly focused, he still managed to detect a peculiar fluctuation.

But even if he caught the trajectory of the flying sword, it was useless, because the sword was flying too fast, more than twice as fast as he could control it!

Almost as soon as his divine sense caught the trajectory of the sword, the flying sword had already torn apart the several layers of protective golden light he had set up.

The [Myriad Transformations Golden Cauldron] was only recently crafted. Despite its extremely high quality and immense potential, its power is still no match for this flying sword magic weapon.

Fortunately, Zhou Chun also had the "Taiyin Protective Immortal Robe" for close protection, which was enough to make it difficult for the flying sword to harm him after breaking through the golden light protection.

After exchanging a few blows, the assassin's figure emerged from the clouds.

It appeared to be a man, dressed in a white robe, and shrouded in a hazy white aura, making it difficult to discern his appearance and figure even with divine sense or spiritual vision.

His cultivation level was one realm higher than Zhou Chun's, at the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm.

After observing the man for a few moments, Zhou Chun immediately became certain that he was not a cultivator from the Jing Kingdom. Otherwise, he would have heard of such a powerful person without even a word about him.

"I'm curious, someone of your cultivation level, do you also need to earn cultivation resources by risking your life for others?"

Zhou Chun's eyes flickered, and while he was doing his best to defend against his opponent's attack, he couldn't help but ask a probing question.

However, his opponent completely ignored him and silently summoned another white magic mirror, unleashing beams of extremely cold light towards him.

Although those extremely cold icy lights were no match for the "Taiyin Extinction Divine Light," each ray of white icy light that landed on Zhou Chun's protective golden light would freeze and break through one or two layers of protection. Combined with the attack of that invisible flying sword, he could basically only defend passively.

But as the saying goes, perseverance will inevitably lead to defeat!

Zhou Chun knew very well that if he continued to play defensively, he would only sink deeper into trouble.

A thought flashed through his mind, and he quickly retrieved the Taibai Dragon-Slaying Sword, attempting to use it to intercept the attack of the invisible flying sword.

Zhou Chun didn't expect to be able to stop the invisible flying sword every time; succeeding three or four times out of ten would be enough for him to achieve his goal.

The only thing he feared was this invisible flying sword.

He didn't really care about the rest, whether it was the assassin's white magic mirror or the ice-attribute divine power the other party cultivated.

With the [Moon Toad Pearl] as his protective treasure, he can withstand most ice-attribute attacks, if not all.

If he were to release the protective golden light formed by the [Myriad Transformations Golden Cauldron] at this moment and allow the extremely cold icy light to shine upon him, it would likely not only be difficult to harm him in the slightest, but might also nourish the [Moon Toad Pearl] and enhance the defense of the "Taiyin Protective Immortal Robe".

Of course, he would never do that unless absolutely necessary. Otherwise, any opponent who wasn't an idiot would be able to guess that the protective treasure he carried must be a top-grade ice-attribute magic weapon, or even a spiritual treasure!

At that point, the assassin who was originally hired to kill him will probably become obsessed with the treasure and fight him to the death for it!

After retrieving his flying sword, Zhou Chun quickly formed hand seals and cast a spell, transforming the [Myriad Transformations Golden Cauldron] into a golden shield to supplement his defense.

This [Myriad Transformations Golden Cauldron] was crafted using various rare spiritual metals. In terms of material alone, it is no less valuable than those top-grade magical treasures.

At this moment, it is used to defend against the attack of that invisible flying sword, so there is no need to worry about being damaged.

With such a full-scale defensive effort, Zhou Chun finally managed to stabilize his position temporarily and no longer had to worry about the enemy suddenly breaking through his defenses and injuring him.

But before he could even catch his breath, his opponent changed tactics.

The assassin swiftly formed a sword incantation with both hands, and the invisible flying sword suddenly split into dozens of icy sword energies, shooting towards Zhou Chun from all directions.

This seemed to be a sword technique, and Zhou Chun was unable to lock onto the formless flying sword for the time being. He could only hurriedly activate the [Qian Yuan Golden Glow] technique to reinforce his defense.

Unexpectedly, the icy sword energies did not dissipate immediately after colliding with and shattering his protective barrier. Instead, their coldness merged, seemingly trying to freeze him inside.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun hurriedly pointed out, and the [Myriad Transformations Golden Cauldron], which had transformed into a golden shield, immediately shone brightly and burst out with a shock force that dispersed the cold air.

At the same time, he opened his mouth and spat out a ball of golden flames that burned away the cold air.

With this dual approach, the situation of being frozen was finally avoided.

However, the invisible flying sword seized the opportunity to slash fiercely at the golden shield, leaving a shallow sword mark on it.

Fortunately, Zhou Chun's [Myriad Transformations Golden Cauldron] has excellent self-repairing properties, so this damage can be repaired with a little nurturing later, and it's not a big problem.

However, after witnessing his opponent's powerful attack, Zhou Chun lost hope of continuing the fight and only wanted to force him to retreat as soon as possible.

Therefore, he decisively took out the talisman treasure bestowed upon him by the Heavenly Mirror Immortal.

For a Golden Core cultivator, activating a talisman is almost as easy as activating a magic talisman, even if the talisman was made by a Nascent Soul cultivator.

Once the talisman was activated, it immediately formed a golden mirror in mid-air.

Zhou Chun locked onto the assassin with his divine sense, and with a thought, the golden mirror shone a beam of golden light towards the target.

The golden light was incredibly fast; the assassin barely had time to react.

Fortunately, his white shield magic item had an automatic protection effect, and he managed to move it to the front in time to block the golden mirror light.

However, the power of the golden mirror light could not be blocked by the white shield.

When the golden mirror light shone on this mid-grade defensive magic weapon, hair-thin cracks immediately appeared on the once indestructible shield, and the magic weapon's spiritual light dimmed considerably.

This result immediately shocked and enraged the assassin, who cursed inwardly that the sect's intelligence gathering personnel were all useless.

The strength and trump cards that this target has now revealed have completely exceeded the scope of the sect's intelligence.

He was essentially betrayed by his own people!

However, Zhou Chun didn't care what his opponent was thinking. The talisman treasure bestowed by True Person Tianjing only had one chance to be used. The golden mirror light just now only consumed about 20% of the talisman treasure's power, so he still had a few more opportunities to use it.

So he quickly activated another supernatural power of the golden mirror.

A surge of golden light appeared on the golden mirror, and suddenly a ball of golden lightning emerged, transforming into a golden lightning spear that shot towards the object at that moment.

The moment the golden lightning spear appeared, the assassin felt a chill run down his spine, instantly sensing a deadly threat.

Without thinking twice, he hurriedly summoned back the invisible flying sword and slashed at the golden lightning spear.

A deafening roar erupted from the sky as the golden lightning spear was cleaved apart by the invisible flying sword.

But the assassin let out a muffled groan, and blood instantly trickled from the corner of his mouth.

It turned out that although he blocked the attack, the invisible flying sword, which was his natal magic weapon, had its spiritual power destroyed by the golden lightning spear, and even the magic weapon itself had slight cracks that were hard to see with the naked eye.

This result was something he found incredibly unbelievable!

You should know that the material used to forge his invisible flying sword is the top-grade magic weapon material, [Ten Thousand Year Ice Crystal], a material whose hardness is even stronger than most top-grade spirit metals!

The value of just one piece of [Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Crystal] used to forge this invisible flying sword is no less than that of a mid-grade magic weapon!

Even many Nascent Soul stage cultivators would try every means to obtain such spiritual items if they encountered them.

Since he forged this invisible flying sword from the [Ten Thousand Year Ice Crystal], he has risen rapidly in the Ice Prison Sect and become a top assassin. Before that, his mission success rate was one hundred percent, and he had never failed.

At the same time, the invisible flying sword was not damaged in any of its battles with any prey, not even a little bit!

I never imagined I'd suffer such a terrible setback today!

"You're lucky today; I'll come back for you!"

A cold voice came from the assassin's mouth. He moved and immediately transformed into a white streak of light, quickly disappearing into the distance, seemingly having abandoned the assassination mission.

But how could Zhou Chun sit idly by and watch him escape so easily?

"Don't leave!"

With a thought, Zhou Chun activated all the remaining power of the golden mirror, and a golden beam of light shot out towards the white escape light that had already fled more than ten miles away, quickly catching up with it.

But at this moment, the assassin used some kind of supernatural power, and his figure instantly split into three. The golden beam of light only shattered one of the fake bodies before losing its target.

In the end, Zhou Chun could only watch helplessly as the other party disappeared into the horizon.

"Such a formidable assassin! I wonder where the Green Lotus Sect found him. It seems I'll have to make a trip to the Moon Wheel Sect's headquarters!"

Zhou Chun turned his gaze away from the direction the assassin had left, a hint of worry appearing in his eyes.

He knew without a doubt that the assassin was hired by the Qinglian Temple, which explained why the Qinglian Temple hadn't used any means to attack the Zhou family for over a year.

Moreover, to hire such a skilled assassin requires extraordinary connections and comes at an extraordinary cost; within Yasukuni, apart from a few major sects, no one else could do it.

Even if he knew the assassin was hired by the Qinglian Temple, without evidence, the Yuelun Sect certainly wouldn't be able to help him.

Next, he, or any other Golden Core cultivator from the Zhou family, or even a Purple Mansion cultivator, could become the assassin's target!

This made Zhou Chun extremely worried.

If it weren't for the fact that the treasure in Cheng Kingdom was still waiting for him to decipher, and that the assassin had been injured by him and needed to recuperate, he might have already gone directly to the Moon Wheel Sect's mountain gate to seek help!

And so, after traveling for another two hours with a heavy heart, Zhou Chun, after several reconnaissance attempts and confirming that he was no longer being followed, finally followed the connection between himself and the Golden Armored Mountain Tortoise Stone and headed to the location of the treasure.

When Zhou Chun arrived at the location of the treasure, everything was normal, and there were no unexpected situations.

After testing the defensive power of the formation, he instructed the Zhou family members to disperse and keep watch to prevent the commotion from attracting the attention of other cultivators.

Then they released Lei Jiao Bai Bai and Jin Chi Hu, and the master and servant launched a strong attack on the formation together.

According to Zhang Liang's assessment, the defensive strength of the formation here is not up to the level of the Forbidden Formation, so for Zhou Chun, it's really just a matter of unleashing a barrage of attacks.

In less than half an hour, he activated the Taibai Dragon-Slaying Sword and cleaved through the dark brown protective shield, tearing a gap large enough for one person to pass through.

He then told the others to wait outside while he entered the formation alone.

To Zhou Chun's surprise, there was another formation within the formation, but it was an illusion formation.

This formation is equally powerful. If one's spiritual sense does not reach the standard of a Golden Core cultivator, one will inevitably fall into it. Whether one can break free before one's consciousness is completely submerged depends entirely on luck and personal will.

However, for Zhou Chun, this illusion array was naturally harmless and he simply ignored it.

After easily breaking free from the illusion array, he saw the details inside.

Inside, a large portion of the mountain had been hollowed out to create numerous stone chambers.

Zhou Chun initially thought this might be a cultivator's cave dwelling, but after opening some of the stone chamber doors, he discovered that this might really be a treasure vault, as the stone chambers were filled with a large amount of unrefined ore!

Fine gold ore, silver ore, copper ore, fire crystal iron ore...

Each type of ore was categorized and stored separately in the stone chamber warehouse.

Because they are all unrefined raw ores, as long as they are piled up in large quantities and stored in an environment rich in spiritual energy, they can still be used even after a thousand years.

Moreover, these ores are all rich mines, and with a little refining, finished materials can be obtained with extremely low loss rate.

As far as Zhou Chun knew, some forces would plan ahead and deliberately allocate some resources to build secret treasure vaults when their sects and families were at their peak.

In addition to storing cultivation manuals and other items, these secret treasure troves also contain treasures and spiritual resources that can be preserved for a long time.

The purpose of the secret treasure vault is to ensure that, in the event of the decline or even extinction of a family or sect, the survivors can continue their legacy and rise again!

Throughout the long history of the cultivation world, some sects and families have been able to rise again after their demise by relying on such secret treasures.

"If it really is a secret treasure trove, then the harvest will be substantial."

Zhou Chun's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he immediately headed towards the deeper stone chamber.

It goes without saying that the best things must be hidden in those deeper stone chambers!

(End of this chapter)