Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 547 Bloodline Inheritance [Please Subscribe]

Zhou Chun kept the fact that the Wood Spirit had advanced to the fourth rank strictly confidential.

Apart from Zhou Mingde and Lin Hongyu, who are absolute high-ranking members of the Zhou family, no one knows that he now has two fourth-tier spirit pets.

Just as Zhou Chun had expected, the healing abilities of the fourth-tier Wood Spirit were indeed very helpful in the recovery of Lei Jiao Bai Bai's injuries.

After using the new [Sweet Dew] divine power to heal Lei Jiao Bai Bai, his injuries were greatly relieved, and it is estimated that he will be fully recovered in three to five years.

Zhou Chun also took the opportunity to test the effect of the [Sweet Dew] supernatural power on accelerating the ripening of spiritual herbs.

The results were very encouraging.

If you accelerate the growth of a single medicinal herb, you can make a hundred-year-old herb have five or six hundred years of medicinal age overnight!

The reason it's called a hundred-year-old elixir is because if the medicinal plant is too young, it won't be able to withstand the immense vitality contained in the [Heavenly Dew] supernatural power and will be directly overwhelmed and die!

Moreover, after Zhou Chun's risky experiment, he discovered that even a thousand-year-old elixir could have its medicinal life extended by more than two hundred years with the [Sweet Dew]!

That's really impressive.

You should know that many thousand-year-old spiritual herbs may only differ by a few hundred years of medicinal age from becoming thousand-year-old treasure herbs, and many cultivators often cannot wait that long!

If Zhou Chun were to publicize his abilities, many powerful forces would likely seek his help to accelerate the ripening of certain spiritual herbs.

In the herb gardens of those powerful forces, there are many spiritual herbs that are only a few hundred years away from being used as medicine!

What pleased Zhou Chun the most was that, because of the powerful effect of the [Sweet Dew] supernatural ability, the Zhou family could save a lot of time in cultivating the [Millennium Jade Marrow Ganoderma], the main ingredient for Foundation Building Pills.

This means that they only need five or six hundred years to cultivate the [Millennial Jade Marrow Fungus] that meets the requirements for refining Foundation Establishment Pills!

Zhou Chun immediately didn't hold back and had the Wood Spirit use the [Sweet Dew] divine power on the Purple Mulberry Wood, which was already a third-tier high-grade spiritual wood.

As he had hoped, the already exceptional Purple Mulberry Wood, with the help of this opportunity, quickly advanced to become a fourth-grade low-level spiritual wood!

However, this early promotion means that it may not be able to grow much for the next few centuries.

However, for the Zhou family, it meant they could directly plant the Ganoderma lucidum (jade marrow mushroom) on the tree trunk to cultivate the main ingredient of this Foundation Building Pill.

Of course, Zhou Chun also had Mu Mei and Mu Sang use the [Sweet Dew] supernatural power on other spirit fruit trees to see the effect.

This time, however, the result left him somewhat at a loss for words.

The Zhou family's original mid-grade second-tier spirit fruit tree was directly upgraded to high-grade second-tier under the [Sweet Dew] divine power.

This should have been a good thing.

However, the problem is that the fruit tree's flowering and fruiting time has been extended after the advancement, and no spiritual fruit was produced this time!

As a result, Zhou Chun dared not let Mu Mei Mu Sang use her supernatural powers on the Zhou family's [Foundation Building Fruit] tree again, lest something uncontrollable happen.

The good news is that the Wood Spirit Wood Mulberry can still use the "Sweet Dew Rejuvenation" supernatural power it mastered at the third level, which can increase the fruit production of the fruit trees once every few decades.

So in the following period, as soon as Mu Mei Mu Sang recovered, she would use her supernatural powers to increase the medicinal age of some of the spiritual herbs in the Zhou family's medicine garden.

These medicinal herbs whose medicinal life has been extended are usually harvested immediately and used to refine pills.

Because they are destined to have limited lifespan for the next few centuries.

This may be the constraint that the laws of Heaven place on supernatural powers such as "Heavenly Dew and Sweet Rain".

After Lei Jiao Bai Bai's injuries had healed considerably, Zhou Chun took the opportunity to learn about the supernatural abilities it had gained after breaking through to the fourth rank.

As a four-clawed thunder dragon with superior bloodline aptitude, the thunder dragon broke through to the fourth rank with great ease, and the supernatural powers it gained were naturally extraordinary.

First of all, the lightning escape technique has been strengthened again. If he were to use the lightning escape technique at full power to fly, his escape speed would be several times faster than that of an ordinary late-stage Golden Core cultivator using a magic weapon!

Then, the "Heavenly Thunder Slash" divine power was upgraded and directly became the "Heavenly Thunder Annihilation Slash". Its power in all aspects was greatly enhanced, and it possessed an unparalleled offensive capability, which was even more domineering and fierce than Zhou Chun's "God-Slaying Golden Spear"!

The original [Heavenly Divine Thunder] divine power has also been upgraded and strengthened, or rather, it has finally been restored to its original power, unlocking multiple ways to use it.

Moreover, in the future, when using this supernatural power, there will be no need to store the power of heavenly lightning in the body in advance.

Of course, if you store up the power of heavenly lightning in advance, you will reduce the mana consumption when using your supernatural powers, and the power of your supernatural powers will be further enhanced.

Like Mu Mei and Mu Sang, Lei Jiao Bai Bai also awakened three other innate divine abilities after breaking through to the fourth rank.

One is the [Lightning Purgatory Claw], a natal divine ability that can be used for both ranged and melee combat. When combined with lightning-based divine abilities, it can unleash extremely strong melee capabilities.

One is the [Thunder Undying Body], which greatly reduces the damage received and can avert a fatal attack!

Unfortunately, the fifth-tier Thunder Flood Dragon attacked very suddenly. Otherwise, if the Thunder Flood Dragon had been prepared and used this divine power in advance, it might not have suffered such serious injuries.

The third supernatural power is the [Nine Heavens Thunder Prison], an offensive supernatural power whose power is difficult to measure.

The reason why its power is difficult to measure is because the power of the [Nine Heavens Thunder Prison] divine power fluctuates greatly.

If one encounters a thunderstorm, the power of the [Nine Heavens Thunder Prison] divine ability can be doubled with the aid of the power of heavenly thunder.

Alternatively, one could use the "Heavenly Thunder Guidance" technique in advance to gather thunderclouds, which would also greatly increase the power of this technique.

However, without the above two environmental enhancements, the power of the [Nine Heavens Thunder Prison] divine ability is not particularly strong; it can only be considered a decent divine ability for trapping enemies and crushing weaker opponents!

Regardless, after breaking through to the fourth rank, Lei Jiao Bai Bai's strength was already extremely powerful.

Zhou Chun estimated that without using the [Moon Toad Pearl], he would most likely be no match for him in a one-on-one fight!

It can only be said that the Four-Clawed Thunder Dragon's bloodline talent is powerful. Before reaching the fifth rank, it can still steadily suppress the vast majority of human cultivators of the same realm.

For Zhou Chun, the stronger Lei Jiao Bai Bai became, the happier he would be.

Thinking deeper, isn't Lei Jiao Bai Bai's supernatural power just his supernatural power?

After he unleashed the "Beast Spirit Fusion Technique," he could use all of Lei Jiao Bai Bai's supernatural powers at will, and then he could truly experience the thrill of crushing cultivators of the same realm!

What surprised and delighted Zhou Chun even more was that after breaking through to the fourth rank, Lei Jiao Bai Bai actually obtained a portion of the bloodline inheritance of the Lei Jiao clan!

You should know that among demonic beasts, bloodline inheritance is a very remarkable thing.

Generally, only extremely powerful demon beast species, such as the dragon, fire phoenix, and mountain-carrying tortoise, with top-tier bloodlines, can possess bloodline inheritance.

As the name suggests, bloodline inheritance is a method of passing on skills and secret techniques through bloodline inheritance.

The advantage of this method of inheritance is that there is no need to worry about the inheritance being cut off, unless all the bloodline descendants you left behind die out!

However, such a thing is practically impossible to happen among monster species that possess bloodline inheritance.

Even a fifth-tier demon king is not qualified to leave behind related inheritances through bloodlines!

Zhou Chun wasn't sure if a sixth-order demon saint would be able to do it. In any case, the saying in the cultivation world was that only demon beast races that had produced extremely powerful beings could leave behind bloodline inheritances.

However, even among the dragon race, it is rare to find a dragon that can obtain bloodline inheritance at the fourth rank.

The vast majority of dragons only obtain bloodline inheritance after cultivating to the fifth level.

Generally speaking, the purer the bloodline and the higher the cultivation level of a dragon, the more complete its bloodline inheritance will be.

Lei Jiao Bai Bai obtained a portion of the bloodline inheritance as soon as it broke through to the fourth rank, which undoubtedly proves that its talent and aptitude are extraordinary.

If the dead Thunder Dragon King knew this, he would probably hate himself even more for not coming sooner to kidnap him for nothing.

According to Lei Jiao Bai Bai himself, the bloodline inheritance he obtained mainly included a demon race cultivation technique and two supernatural power cultivation methods, as well as some survival-related knowledge, such as which types of demon beasts are not to be trifled with, which demon beasts and spiritual herbs and ores can help him grow, and how to recover quickly from injuries, etc.

Of course, due to differences in time and place, most of that survival-related knowledge is not very useful; it's enough to just have a basic understanding of it.

The key is still the cultivation methods and techniques for developing supernatural abilities; these are the real and effective ways to improve one's strength.

The technique is called the "Thunder Dragon Transformation Scripture," which is an exclusive divine power of the Thunder Dragon Clan, and only the Thunder Dragon Clan can cultivate it.

After Lei Jiao Bai Bai cultivates this technique, not only will his cultivation speed increase much faster than those of the same level of demon beasts who have not cultivated the technique, but he will also be able to purify his own magic power and bloodline, and temper his physical body.

The other two cultivation methods for divine abilities are [Thunder Dragon Roar] and [Thunder Armor]. One is a sonic attack divine ability that attacks the soul and body, and the other is a tribulation-transforming divine ability to resist the heavenly tribulation. Both are very practical divine abilities.

Unfortunately, such bloodline inheritances are subject to special restrictions. Lei Jiao Bai Bai was unable to tell Zhou Chun about the cultivation methods and supernatural abilities, and he was even unable to tell the other dragons.

This might be intentional on the part of those powerful demon clans who left behind their bloodline inheritances. It's not only to prevent the inheritance from being stolen, but also because they don't want some descendants with inferior bloodlines to take advantage of the situation, even if they're not worried about the inheritance being cut off!

Although Zhou Chun felt a little regretful about this, he didn't care too much.

He was genuinely happy for Lei Jiao for nothing.

"Bai Bai, you should focus on recovering and cultivating your supernatural abilities. Once you're fully healed, we'll go pull off something big!"

After praising and comforting his beloved pet, he left it in a secret chamber with a spring of spiritual light to recuperate, while he himself went outside to cultivate.

The cultivation world in Jingguo became unusually lively afterward.

After all, the series of events that had occurred were truly shocking.

Whether it was the battle between the Nascent Soul stage cultivators and the Golden Horned Dragon King, or the battle between a dozen Nascent Soul stage cultivators and the allied forces of the Flood Dragon Clan and the Dragon Transformation Sect, these were major events no less significant than the previous decisive battle between the Heavenly Spirit Legion and the Yuan Demon Legion.

The subsequent events, in which the nine Nascent Soul cultivators led their forces to attack the mountain and destroy the sect, annihilating the Dragon Transformation Sect's headquarters, were equally shocking.

The key point is that this time, unlike some major events in the past, many cultivators were not just spectators who could not gain anything.

This time, because the fifth-order thunder dragon left behind so many fragments of scales, bones, and dragon blood after its self-destruction, and the area it covered was so wide, many cultivators who rushed over upon hearing the news gained some benefits.

Perhaps that little bit of gain won't make them rich, but for some Qi Refining Foundation Establishment cultivators, obtaining something from a fifth-order Thunder Dragon, even just a tiny scale the size of a fingernail, is enough for them to brag about for a lifetime!

Many Golden Core cultivators also reaped considerable benefits when the Dragon Transformation Sect's headquarters was destroyed, reaping substantial advantages as well.

Therefore, Jingguo is now unusually lively, with people selling materials from fifth-order thunder dragons in various markets, some genuine and some fake.

If that fifth-tier thunder dragon knew about this, it would probably be so angry it would come back to life!

Zhou Chun didn't pay any attention to the scattered materials; they were too fragmented to be of much use.

He already possesses a fourth-tier thunder dragon; what kind of material can't he obtain!

What Zhou Chun is trying to do now is to take advantage of the fact that all the Golden Core cultivators in Jing Kingdom have gained a lot in the battle to destroy the headquarters of the Dragon Transformation Sect, and collect a batch of related spiritual medicine materials from them.

At that time, he saw that some Golden Core cultivators of the Dragon Transformation Sect had planted many rare and precious medicinal herbs in their private and sect medicine gardens, including materials for refining the Ancient Dust Pill, Purple Dust Pill, and Jade Dew Golden Glow Pill.

However, the circumstances at the time did not allow him to fight for those things, so he could only keep them in his heart.

Now that they were back in a safe area, he naturally had to act immediately to prevent those items from being exchanged or used up.

After making some preparations, Zhou Chun sent invitations to many Golden Core cultivators from Jingguo, inviting them to participate in the exchange meeting he organized.

To entice those people, Zhou Chun generously included some items he would exchange in the invitation, such as millennium-old precious medicines and top-grade magic weapons and spiritual materials—things that Golden Core cultivators need.

Perhaps it was because Zhou Chun's reputation was indeed great enough, or perhaps it was because the notes he added to the invitation had an effect, but this time, more than thirty Golden Core cultivators came at his invitation, which could be said to be half of the Golden Core cultivators in the Jing Kingdom!

At this exchange event, Zhou Chun successfully acquired many of his desired spiritual herbs. He calculated that he now had nearly enough herbs for a batch of [Ancient Dust Pills], and he had also gathered enough herbs for a batch of [Purple Dust Pills], with some even left over.

In addition, the auxiliary ingredients for the [Jade Dew Golden Glow Pill] were also successfully exchanged.

Meanwhile, most of the other Golden Core cultivators also benefited from this opportunity, making it a truly enjoyable occasion for both host and guests.

After the exchange meeting, Zhou Chun received a decree from the Moon Wheel Sect.

For the next hundred years, the supply of dragon spirit blood as tribute can be suspended, but eighty-one complete fourth-order thunder dragon scales must be handed over within a hundred years!

Upon seeing the imperial edict, Zhou Chun's face immediately darkened.

The dragon scales on the dragon's body are not impossible to remove, but each dragon scale is something that has been tempered and refined by the dragon's own magic power. Once a scale is lost, even if it can be regenerated, it will take decades or even hundreds of years for the new dragon scale to achieve the same defensive power as the original dragon scale.

Moreover, removing dragon scales and then allowing them to grow back would delay the dragon's own cultivation.

If we follow the Moon Wheel Sect's requirements, Lei Jiao will have to shed a complete dragon scale almost every year and give it to Zhou Chun!

As a result, its cultivation level will likely increase extremely slowly over the next hundred years!

"These guys are really ruthless!"

Zhou Chun couldn't help but curse out loud, but there was nothing he could do.

This decree was issued by a Nascent Soul stage cultivator from the Moon Wheel Sect, clearly indicating that he had no chance to bargain.

Now all that can be done is let Lei Jiao suffer!

Of course, Zhou Chun would not forget Lei Jiao's futile efforts and would definitely find a way to find nourishing spiritual objects for it during these hundred years so that this matter would not truly hinder its cultivation.

For the next three years, everything seemed quite peaceful.

The fervor surrounding the destruction of the Dragon Transformation Sect gradually subsided, and the Flood Dragon Clan seemed to have accepted their fate, taking no further action.

On this day, Zhou Chun was cultivating when a message from the Jade Gathering Valley stronghold shocked and delighted him so much that he immediately set off for the wilderness.

(End of this chapter)