Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 549 The Alchemy Plan: Luring the Snake Out of Its Hole [Please Subscribe]

Tianyuan Immortal City.

Zhou Chun came from Jingguo. After arriving in this immortal city again, he did not visit Luo Qingni as usual, but went to Zhou Daoyi's place of seclusion.

Judging by the time, Zhou Daoyi has successfully formed his core for some time now, and he is now ready to emerge from seclusion and receive guests.

"This junior greets my great-uncle, congratulations on your great achievement of the Golden Elixir, may you live a thousand years!"

Inside the cave, Zhou Chun sincerely offered his congratulations upon seeing Zhou Daoyi.

Among the elders of the Zhou family, Zhou Daoyi was undoubtedly the closest to him.

Now that this elder has also successfully formed his core, he is genuinely happy for him.

Upon hearing his congratulations, Zhou Daoyi couldn't help but laugh heartily, saying, "Hahaha, congratulations to you too! Zheng Chun, you must have brought Bai Bai over, right? Let me see what a fourth-tier Thunder Flood Dragon looks like!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun naturally granted the elder's request and quickly released the Thunder Flood Dragon for him to see.

After observing the strange sights, Zhou Daoyi first had Zhou Chun retrieve the Thunder Flood Dragon, then looked at him seriously and said, "I've heard about what happened in the family before. Let's keep some scores in mind and settle them later when we have the chance!"

Zhou Chun knew that he was referring to the assassination attempt on him by the Qinglian Temple employees and the plot by the Yuelun Sect against the Zhou family.

He nodded slightly and said, "This junior understands. We will settle these scores with them sooner or later!"

After saying that, he told Zhou Daoyi about the emergence of a genius with a top-grade wind attribute spiritual root in the Zhou family.

Like Zhou Mingde before him, Zhou Daoyi was overjoyed and excited upon hearing about this, and immediately asked him for details.

After Zhou Chun finished explaining the relevant details, including his own arrangements and plans, Zhou Daoyi began to carefully consider the arrangements and plans he had mentioned.

After pondering for a while, he looked at Zhou Chun and said, "Zheng Chun, your plan is generally fine, but before Ying'er truly takes control of that secret island, this matter must not be known to Xu Fu and his wife, lest they instigate Ying'er to do things that are detrimental to the family."

"Furthermore, once Ying'er begins to understand things, Zheng Chun, you need to spend more time and effort taking care of her and cultivating a good relationship between master and disciple from a young age. This will make it easier to share the treasures within that secret island with her in the future."

Hearing this, Zhou Chun nodded repeatedly and immediately replied, "That's indeed the case. After I complete my revenge this time, I will return to my family to cultivate in seclusion for twenty or thirty years and properly discipline Ying'er!"

Upon hearing him speak of revenge, Zhou Daoyi frowned slightly and looked at him, saying, "According to what you've said, Zhengchun, Wang Jun is also from a major sect and has a blood relationship with a Nascent Soul stage cultivator. Are you sure you're okay going to seek revenge on him alone? Why don't you let Hongyu and me go with you to help you?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun immediately shook his head slightly and said, "Don't worry about that. I came here fully prepared. Even if he really has a trump card given to him by a Nascent Soul stage cultivator, I'm confident I can keep him here!"

This was his personal matter, and he did not want to involve Zhou Daoyi and his wife.

Moreover, he did not believe that Wang Jun would be his opponent.

"Fine, since you've made up your mind, I won't try to persuade you anymore. Just be careful in everything you do!"

Zhou Daoyi looked Zhou Chun over for a while, then finally sighed softly and didn't insist any further.

"I will be careful."

Zhou Chun responded and then chatted with Zhou Daoyi about some family matters before leaving after staying for a few days.

According to the Zhou family's plan, Zhou Daoyi will no longer make public appearances in the family; he will reside permanently in Tianyuan Immortal City from now on.

With his talisman-making skills, renting a cave dwelling in Tianyuan Immortal City would be no problem at all, not to mention that his family would also provide subsidies.

Moreover, Zhou Chun also discussed something with him this time, preparing to let him take over a shop in Tianyuan Immortal City, and be responsible for selling the resources that the Zhou family developed from the wilderness in the future.

He will be stationed here as the Zhou family's representative for a long time, overseeing the shops and liaising with the forces of the Great Zhou Kingdom.

Similar situations are not uncommon in Tianyuan Immortal City.

Zhou Chun will send another batch of Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining cultivators from the Zhou family to help out here in the future. It can be considered one of the three burrows of a cunning rabbit!

At this time, after leaving Zhou Daoyi's cave, Zhou Chun soon went to visit Luo Qingni's "Qingni Residence".

He had contacted her yesterday and arranged to visit her today. So, shortly after arriving outside "Qingni Residence", he saw Luo Qingni, whom he hadn't seen for some time.

"It's been many years since we last met. Fellow Daoist Luo's cultivation has become even more refined. I, Zhou, am truly envious!"

Looking at Luo Qingni, whose cultivation aura had increased significantly, Zhou Chun couldn't help but sigh with envy.

He wasn't just being polite; he was genuinely envious.

After reaching the Core Formation stage, his cultivation progress slowed down considerably because he no longer had any pills to take.

After all, his true spiritual root aptitude is only a mid-grade spiritual root!

Judging from his cultivation achievements over the years, even if everything goes smoothly, without the aid of elixirs, it would take him at least 150 years to reach the peak of the early Golden Core stage.

How to break through the barrier of the mid-stage Golden Core realm will be a severe test!

In other words, Zhou Chun formed his core relatively early, succeeding in doing so at just over two hundred years old, and he still has plenty of time ahead of him.

Otherwise, he would probably have been frantically searching for spiritual objects to enhance his cultivation and magical power long ago.

Faced with Zhou Chun's exclamation, Luo Qingni couldn't help but smile and say, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, you're too kind. I'm different from you. I don't need to worry about trivial matters. Just focus on cultivation, and it's only natural that my cultivation will steadily improve."

At this point, she looked at Zhou Chun with surprise and said, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, even with your family affairs on your side, your cultivation has not lagged behind. Qing Ni truly admires you!"

Hearing her words, Zhou Chun sighed softly and said, "Alas, I also wish I could be as carefree as Fellow Daoist Luo, but being in a family and enjoying its offerings, I have to be distracted by some things!"

After saying that, he shook his head, smiled at the other party, and said, "Alright, let's not talk about these annoying things anymore. Let's talk about my visit to Fellow Daoist Luo today."

He then explained the purpose of his visit.

His main purpose in visiting Luo Qingni was to ask her to help him refine a batch of [Purple Dust Pills], and also to see if he could gather the necessary spiritual herbs for another batch of [Ancient Dust Pills].

Regarding the collection of materials for the [Ancient Dust Pill], he had previously asked Luo Qingni to keep an eye out for it. If any such materials appeared, she was willing to help him acquire them as long as the price was right.

Finally, let's show off the auxiliary ingredients for the [Jade Dew Golden Glow Pill] that we've collected, and see what other materials we're missing when the two of us refine this pill together.

Upon hearing his purpose, Luo Qingni readily agreed to refine the Purple Dust Pill, and then showed Zhou Chun the spiritual herbs she had collected for the Ancient Dust Pill.

After comparing the ingredients, Zhou Chun discovered that as long as he found another thousand-year-old spiritual herb, he could gather enough materials to refine another batch of [Ancient Dust Pill].

This made him extremely happy.

After looking at the auxiliary ingredients of the Jade Dew Golden Glow Pill that he had collected, Luo Qingni's eyes lit up and she showed a look of joy.

He couldn't help but clap his hands and exclaim, "Wonderful! If we add the auxiliary ingredients that Fellow Daoist Zhou collected, we have already gathered eighty percent of the essential auxiliary ingredients needed for the [Jade Dew Golden Glow Pill]. We only need to find the two main ingredients to try refining this pill!"

Hearing this, Zhou Chun also showed a happy expression, but quickly seemed to think of something and couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "If we're going to start refining the [Jade Dew Golden Glow Pill], are you confident, Fellow Daoist Luo?"

These words might be offensive, but since the matter was of great importance, he naturally had to say what needed to be said.

Fortunately, Luo Qingni was a reasonable person and didn't take his doubts to heart. She immediately replied, "Qingni has been studying that pill formula whenever she has free time over the years. If she can really gather all the materials, and then uses some rare spiritual items to assist in the alchemy, she should have a 70% chance of succeeding!"

Hearing her answer, Zhou Chun's eyes lit up, and he nodded repeatedly, saying, "A 70% chance is already quite high. Since Fellow Daoist Luo is so confident, then we should speed up the collection of the two main ingredients. Does Fellow Daoist Luo have any news about those two spiritual herbs?"

"There's still no news about the 3,000-year-old Golden Thread Dendrobium, but we do know that both factions are cultivating the 3,000-year-old Jade Dew of Qionghua in their herb gardens. If we can offer something attractive in exchange, we might be able to try trading with them!"

Luo Qingni didn't hide anything and quickly revealed the results of her investigation.

As a renowned alchemy master in Tianyuan Immortal City, she has a very wide network of connections, making it much easier for her than Zhou Chun to inquire about high-end spiritual herbs.

However, when it comes to rare and precious medicinal herbs like the Millennium Treasure Medicine, she can often only gather information; actually getting her hands on the item is not an easy task.

After listening to her story, Zhou Chun perked up and immediately said, "Now that we have information about a main ingredient, Fellow Daoist Luo might as well inquire about their exchange terms. If they're not too outrageous, we could exchange them for a slightly higher price."

Upon hearing this, Luo Qingni couldn't help but smile wryly and said, "It would be great if we could exchange for such a high-level spiritual medicine, but since we are the ones who take the initiative to come and exchange, I'm afraid even spiritual medicines of the same level wouldn't be enough. We would need even rarer spiritual medicines."

"Although Qingni possesses several thousand-year-old precious herbs, they are unlikely to catch the other party's eye!"

At this point, he looked longingly at Zhou Chun.

She also knew a little about Zhou Chun's situation, and knew that when Zhou Chun participated in the exchange meeting in Tianyuan Immortal City, he often brought out thousand-year-old spiritual herbs and thousand-year-old precious herbs to exchange.

Therefore, they hope that Zhou Chun can offer a sufficiently rare and precious thousand-year-old medicine in exchange for the [Qionghua Jade Dew].

Upon seeing this, Zhou Chun hesitated for a moment before meeting her expectant gaze and saying, "I do indeed possess some rare thousand-year-old medicinal herbs, but if I were to provide the main ingredient, how would the resulting elixirs be distributed?"

Upon hearing his words, Luo Qingni quickly replied, "Currently, Fellow Daoist Zhou has contributed the majority of these materials. If Fellow Daoist Zhou provides one main ingredient, we will split the pill in half after it is completed. If Fellow Daoist Zhou provides both main ingredients, Qingni will only take one pill after it is completed. What does Fellow Daoist Zhou think?"

After all, she has the advantage of "technology as equity," so even if she doesn't contribute any elixirs, she's guaranteed to receive at least one elixir.

This can be considered an unspoken rule in the alchemist industry.

Therefore, Zhou Chun didn't feel cheated after hearing her words, and quickly nodded, saying, "That's excellent!"

Then he made a list of the spiritual items he could exchange and handed it to Luo Qingni.

When Luo Qingni saw the list of seven or eight rare medicinal herbs, including the three-thousand-year-old Jade Marrow Ganoderma, the four-thousand-year-old Phoenix Blood Vine, the Thousand Gold Fruit, and the three-thousand-eight-hundred-year-old Earth Dragon Ginseng, her beautiful eyes widened in surprise as she looked at Zhou Chun.

Although she knew that Zhou Chun was wealthy and must possess some rare and precious medicines, she never expected him to be so "extremely rich".

Even if she were stupid, she would know that these spiritual herbs were definitely not the rarest ones Zhou Chun possessed.

"Fellow Daoist Zhou, have you perhaps obtained a medicinal garden left behind by a senior cultivator?"

After hesitating for a long time, Luo Qingni couldn't help but ask the question out of curiosity.

"More or less!"

Zhou Chun gave a vague reply, not wanting to say anything more.

He dared not tell Luo Qingni the truth, otherwise he was sure Luo Qingni would immediately ask him for the jade talisman that allowed her to enter the secret island.

Even if he gives the jade talisman to the other party, it is unlikely that the other party will be able to replicate his experience.

Fortunately, Luo Qingni remained rational and did not delve further. She simply said with envy, "Fellow Daoist Zhou's luck is truly enviable. With this list you provided, I am quite confident that I can exchange it for [Jade Dew of the Jade Flower]!"

"Then I'll leave this matter to Fellow Daoist Luo."

Zhou Chun cupped his hands in greeting, entrusting the matter to the other party.

In the following days, Luo Qingni first refined the [Purple Dust Pill] at Zhou Chun's request.

Because it was the first time refining this kind of pill, the yield was not very high, only five pills were produced.

Even so, Zhou Chun was very satisfied.

With these five Purple Dust Pills in hand, at the very least, the Zhou family can gain another Purple Mansion stage cultivator.

Moreover, unlike Foundation Establishment Pills, these spiritual items are not something that families must provide to cultivators within their clans.

If they use it sparingly, the Zhou family won't have to worry about assisting in the opening of the Purple Mansion spiritual objects for the next hundred years.

After obtaining the pill, Zhou Chun quickly left Tianyuan Immortal City and headed straight for the area where the Thunder Cliff Valley gate was located.

Leiya Valley's overall strength is not particularly strong in the Great Zhou Kingdom. This sect used to be a mid-level sect like the Yuling Sect. It was only after the current Supreme Elder, Kuang Lei Zhenren, successfully formed his Nascent Soul that it was promoted to a major power.

After Mad Thunder Master successfully formed his Nascent Soul, the Wang family, from whom he came, took over Thunder Cliff Valley with his support, gradually turning the sect into a family-style sect.

Currently, the Golden Core cultivators in Thunder Cliff Valley are either members of the Wang family or sons-in-law, or direct disciples of True Person Mad Thunder.

Ordinary disciples of Leiya Valley who want to obtain Core Formation resources can only choose to marry into the Wang family or become disciples of a Core Formation cultivator in the Wang family.

Such instances of cultivation families overtaking and merging with sects are not uncommon in the cultivation world, but those that can truly last are rare.

Taking Thunder Cliff Valley as an example, once that Mad Thunder Master passes away or perishes, Thunder Cliff Valley, without him in charge, will immediately regress to a mid-level sect.

Whether the Wang family will still be able to control the sect by then remains to be seen.

Even if they can still control it, the conflicts between the sect's disciples and the Wang family's disciples will continue to drain the strength of both sides, causing both to decline together.

But that was a long time later.

At least for now, thanks to the prestige of Master Kuang Lei, the Wang family of Leiya Valley is a renowned cultivation family in the Great Zhou Kingdom, and many forces will give them some face.

As a powerful force with a Nascent Soul stage cultivator in charge, Thunder Cliff Valley naturally has its own market.

Minglei Market is a market under the jurisdiction of Leiya Valley. This market is not very large. It is located on a spiritual mountain about five or six hundred miles away from the gate of Leiya Valley. Usually, most of the cultivators coming and going are disciples of Leiya Valley.

Because the Leiya Valley sect is famous for its lightning-attribute supernatural powers and spells, lightning-attribute talismans and magical artifacts can often be bought in the Minglei Market. This feature often attracts cultivators from other regions to visit.

After all, thunder magic is fierce and domineering, and its power far surpasses that of other five elemental spells. If one has a thunder talisman of the same level in hand, one will have a much greater chance of winning when facing an enemy.

When Zhou Chun arrived at Minglei Market, he had already used the [Hundred Illusion Pearl] to transform into a mature-looking middle-aged man, and his cultivation level had been reduced to the late stage of the Purple Mansion realm. He changed his name to Qi Changfeng.

Thunderclap Market was just a small market in a region. When a cultivator of his level entered it, he naturally attracted the attention of the Purple Mansion stage cultivator from Thunder Cliff Valley who was in charge of the market.

When Zhou Chun entered the official shop opened by Leiya Valley and expressed his desire to purchase a third-tier thunder talisman, he easily met Wang Long, a mid-stage Purple Mansion cultivator from the Wang family.

Wang Long was a stout middle-aged man wearing a golden robe and seven rings of different colors on his ten fingers, which appeared to be magical artifacts.

After receiving Zhou Chun in the private room, the man first subtly inquired about Zhou Chun's background.

After feeling that he had a good understanding of the situation, he looked at Zhou Chun with a smile and said, "Fellow Daoist Qi, we do not have any third-tier thunder talismans in stock at the moment. If you really want them, I can apply to my family for them on your behalf."

At this point, he narrowed his eyes and continued, "However, Fellow Daoist Qi should know our shop's rules: third-tier thunder talismans are generally only for exchange, not for sale. You will need to offer a matching spiritual item to exchange for the treasures here!"

"Since I have come all this way, I am naturally aware of your establishment's rules."

Zhou Chun nodded slightly, then said in a deep voice, "However, the thunder talismans I want to exchange are not ordinary third-tier thunder talismans, but high-grade third-tier thunder talismans, and I need at least three of them!"

"What?! Three top-grade, third-tier lightning talismans!"

Wang Long's eyes widened, and he looked at Zhou Chun with a face full of surprise.

Immediately, the man's expression turned serious, and he looked at Zhou Chun with a solemn expression, saying, "Fellow Daoist Qi, do you know what you're saying? A third-tier high-grade thunder talisman is no less valuable than an ordinary fourth-tier low-grade talisman, and is even harder to obtain!"

At this point, he couldn't help but ask, "Fellow Daoist Qi, what do you have to offer in exchange for three high-grade, third-tier thunder talismans?"

Faced with the doubts, Zhou Chun calmly replied, "Of course I know how valuable a third-grade high-level thunder talisman is, but I have even more confidence that what I have is absolutely worth this deal!"

Upon hearing his answer, Wang Long couldn't help but twirl the rings on his finger, then asked curiously, "Oh, but I wonder what exactly this 'bargaining chip' that Fellow Daoist Qi is referring to?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun immediately shook his head repeatedly, "Fellow Daoist Wang misunderstands. My bargaining chip isn't some treasure, but rather information about a certain treasure!"

Having said that, his eyes gleamed with greed as he added, "If that treasure were truly in my hands, I wouldn't just be asking for a high-grade third-tier thunder talisman; I would demand a fourth-tier thunder talisman in exchange!"

"You think you can exchange just a piece of information for three high-grade third-tier thunder talismans?"

Wang Long was slightly taken aback, then his expression darkened, and he coldly looked at Zhou Chun, saying, "Fellow Daoist Qi, are you perhaps making fun of me? What kind of information could be worth three high-grade third-tier thunder talismans? Do you know the value of three high-grade third-tier thunder talismans? They're almost enough to exchange for a Core Formation spiritual item!"

He was genuinely angry at this point, thinking he had encountered a con artist trying to deceive him.

Although such scammers are rare at the Zifu stage, they do exist.

Zhou Chun, however, showed no sign of panic. He simply patted his storage bag, took out an item, and handed it to him, saying, "Fellow Daoist Wang, don't be angry. You can take a look at this first."

Wang Long looked closely and saw that it was a "Phantom Pearl" magic artifact.

This "Phantom Bead" is similar to the "Record Bead," except that the "Phantom Bead" can imprint the scenes that a cultivator has experienced into it through divine sense, and then make them available for other cultivators to view.

Filled with curiosity, Wang Long reached out and took the "Phantom Bead" magic artifact handed to him by Zhou Chun. After refining it slightly, he poured his divine sense into it.

Instantly, he saw a giant black earthworm-like monster in his mind. This monster had silver-white lightning patterns on its body and a silver-white horn on its head, which could release lightning magic.

In the video, the giant earthworm monster is fighting a green deer monster and appears to be gaining the upper hand.

"This is... Could that earthworm-like monster inside be the legendary Thunderworm Beast?"

Wang Long's pupils contracted, and he couldn't help but withdraw his divine sense to look at Zhou Chun, letting out a low gasp of disbelief.

As a cultivator from the Wang family of Thunder Cliff Valley, although he did not have a thunder-attribute spiritual root and could not cultivate thunder-attribute spells, he was very familiar with information on various thunder-attribute demonic beasts.

After all, the Wang family's lightning-attribute cultivators often had to obtain materials from these demonic beasts to refine magical artifacts and treasures.

He had naturally read about extremely rare monsters like the Thunderworm Beast from ancient texts.

Faced with Wang Long's exclamation, Zhou Chun calmly replied, "Fellow Daoist Wang, you have great insight. That is indeed a [Thunderworm Beast], and a mid-grade third-tier demonic beast at that!"

Having said that, he looked at the other party with a confident expression and said, "Regarding the uses of the [Thunderworm Beast], I think I don't need to explain it to Fellow Daoist Wang. For those thunder-attribute cultivators in your sect, the value of the unicorn horn on this beast's head is probably far greater than ten high-grade third-tier thunder talismans!"

It's not just ten high-grade third-tier thunder talismans, even ten fourth-tier thunder talismans would be worth it!

Wang Long sighed inwardly, but kept a straight face and said, "Fellow Daoist Qi is joking. If you really brought that unicorn horn, it would naturally be no problem. However, to think you can exchange three high-grade third-tier thunder talismans for just a piece of information is far too greedy!"

He immediately used all his skills to bargain with Zhou Chun.

(End of this chapter)