Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 561 Returning Home in Triumph, Dao Yi Presents a Gift [Please Subscribe]

Zhou Chun went to Mixianling and stayed there for two months.

If we're talking about people who are worried about him, Luo Qingni is definitely not the only one.

Zhou Shijie, his fellow clansman, was also very worried about him in Heishanfang!

In the past two months, the Earth Fire Sect has not restrained itself despite the Cold Crow Sect's cries for justice. On the contrary, it has launched several fierce attacks on the Cold Crow Sect's mountain gate formation.

Although the Nascent Soul stage cultivator from the Earth Fire Sect has not yet made a move due to the mediation of the True Yang Sect, the pressure on the Cold Crow Sect is already enormous.

Therefore, Zhou Shijie would receive messages from the sect leader and elders every one or two days, urging and inquiring about his progress.

The further he went, the more anxious he became about the wording of the messages.

He even wished he could personally go to Mixianling to find Zhou Chun!

Under these circumstances, after receiving Zhou Chun's message, he hesitated for only a few moments before immediately leaving Black Mountain Market.

After leaving Black Mountain City and flying several hundred miles in a certain direction as instructed by Zhou Chun, Zhou Shijie saw Zhou Chun sitting cross-legged on a mountain peak, waiting for him.

Upon seeing this, he quickly landed and bowed deeply to Zhou Chun, saying, "Zhou Shijie greets Senior Yan and congratulates you on your safe return."

"I have been gone for several dozen days. Fellow Daoist Zhou must be getting impatient."

Zhou Chun smiled slightly, and with a single sentence, he saw through Zhou Shijie's inner thoughts.

Seeing this, Zhou Shijie didn't deny it, but nodded with a wry smile and said, "I'm more than just a little anxious. If you don't appear soon, senior, I'll have no choice but to go to Misty Immortal Ridge to find you myself in order to give the sect leader and elders an explanation!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun chuckled and said, "Hehehe, it seems the pressure from the Earth Fire Sect is quite considerable."

After speaking, his expression turned serious, and he looked at Zhou Shijie with a solemn face, saying, "I have spent dozens of days wandering in the Misty Immortal Ridge, and I have finally lived up to your expectations. I found the storage bag left behind by that elder of the Earth Fire Sect in the lair of the Mountain Moving Bear. The divine sense imprint of that Fellow Daoist Zheng is still inside. I believe this item is enough for your sect to give an explanation to the Earth Fire Sect!"

After Zhou Chun finished speaking, he raised his hand and waved it to take out the bloodstained storage bag and hand it to Zhou Shijie for inspection.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Shijie's face lit up with joy, and he hurriedly replied, "This junior has been disrespectful."

Then he took the storage bag and began to inspect it.

After examining the storage bag briefly, the man said with a delighted expression, "Senior Yan is right, this is indeed Elder Zheng's personal belongings!"

After saying this, he happily said, "This junior will immediately send word to the sect leader and all the elders!"

But Zhou Chun suddenly waved his hand and said, "This matter is not urgent."

"Is there anything else you need, Senior Yan?"

Zhou Shijie was slightly taken aback, then realized something and took the initiative to ask.

Zhou Chun gave him an appreciative look, then said, "Now that Fellow Daoist Zhou has verified the authenticity of this storage bag, please inform your sect's higher-ups that if they want to take it, they must first send someone with the spiritual herbs to the location I have designated to complete the exchange. At that time, we will settle the matter evenly, with neither of us owing the other anything!"

"This junior understands. This junior will convey Senior Yan's words to the sect leader!"

Zhou Shijie nodded, and then tactfully returned the storage bag to Zhou Chun before taking his leave.

It must be said that the fact that this person was allowed to remain outside by the Cold Crow Sect to handle external liaison and communication under such circumstances truly demonstrates his exceptional interpersonal skills.

At least he knows how to handle interactions with Golden Core cultivators without causing annoyance.

On the other hand, perhaps driven to desperation by the Earth Fire Sect, the leaders of the Cold Crow Sect made a decision shortly after receiving Zhou Shijie's message.

They had communicated with the Zhenyang Sect beforehand, asking them to keep an eye on the Nascent Soul cultivator from the Dihuo Sect and prevent him from making a move.

Then, taking advantage of the lull after the Earth Fire Sect's attack, they arranged for an elder with a mid-stage Golden Core cultivation to break through the encirclement with spiritual herbs and go to the location designated by Zhou Chun for the transaction.

The transaction location was situated on the border between Liang and a neighboring country, a location specifically chosen by Zhou Chun.

Furthermore, when the elder from the Cold Crow Sect arrived, Zhou Chun appeared with Luo Qingni, who had revealed her Golden Core stage cultivation.

Under such circumstances, the transaction went very smoothly, and Zhou Chun quickly obtained two Dendrobium nobile medicinal plants that were over three thousand years old.

Even after the transaction was completed, the elder of the Cold Crow Sect was still worried that they would harm him, so he hurriedly took his leave and went to Black Mountain Market as quickly as possible.

For the Cold Crow Sect, obtaining the storage bag of the Earth Fire Sect elder was not enough to eliminate the danger. They also needed the mediation and assistance of the True Yang Sect to make the Earth Fire Sect admit that their elder had died at the hands of a demon beast and withdraw their troops.

To achieve this, it will definitely require a significant financial sacrifice.

But this is the world of cultivation, where the strong make and break the rules, while the weak can only obey them!

However, this has nothing to do with Zhou Chun.

After obtaining the elixir, he returned directly to the Great Zhou Kingdom with Luo Qingni to prepare for refining the pills.

The journey was uneventful. After returning to the Great Zhou Kingdom, Luo Qingni first took the three-thousand-year-old [Jade Marrow Ganoderma] given to her by Zhou Chun and went to exchange it for the [Qionghua Jade Dew], which was over three thousand years old. Then, she used her network of connections to gather the remaining auxiliary spiritual medicines.

Once all the medicinal herbs were gathered, she went into seclusion again to deeply study and comprehend the refining method of the Jade Dew Golden Glow Pill.

Meanwhile, Zhou Chun returned to the Zhou family first, preparing to fulfill his promise to Zhou Daoyi and take Zhou Zhiying to Bamboo Leaf Island in Leguo to meet him.

Upon returning to the Zhou family, Zhou Chun discovered that in just a few months since he left, Zhou Zhiying's cultivation had advanced further, breaking through to the eighth level of the Qi Refining stage!

If this continues, it won't even take five years; she'll probably be able to break through to the late stage of Qi Refining in just over four years.

Fortunately, Zhou Chun has now gotten used to his disciple's rapid increase in cultivation and has developed a considerable immunity to it.

After praising him as usual and bestowing upon him some delicious spiritual fruits brought back from the Great Zhou Kingdom, he then mentioned taking him abroad to inspect the family's territory.

Given Zhou Zhiying's talent, Zhou Chun would not allow her to take any pills to improve her cultivation before she successfully established her foundation, lest her foundation become unstable, since her cultivation breakthrough speed was simply too fast.

However, in order to enable her to establish her foundation in the safest and fastest way, Zhou Chun often had people buy various spiritual fruits that were beneficial to cultivators in the Qi Refining stage for her to consume.

In any case, the cost of purchasing these kinds of spiritual fruits was a drop in the ocean for Zhou Chun, and was not worth mentioning at all.

Zhou Zhiying is still young, and her love of eating and playing is inevitable.

Upon receiving several kinds of spiritual fruits she had never tasted before, and hearing that she could also travel abroad, she was overjoyed. She immediately threw herself into Zhou Chun's arms, nuzzling him excitedly and exclaiming, "That's wonderful! Master, you're so good to your disciple! Your disciple loves you the most!"

Seeing this, Zhou Chun gave her a brief hug before pushing her away and then earnestly admonished her, "Alright, alright, you're not a child anymore. You must be mindful of your words and actions and not be too unrestrained."

Because Zhou Zhiying's future development was related to whether he could hope to achieve Nascent Soul status, Zhou Chun always paid great attention to her ideological education.

He hoped that Zhou Zhiying would entrust him and the family with the resources of the secret island out of genuine filial piety and loyalty, rather than through oaths or other constraints or coercion.

Therefore, while Zhou Zhiying is still young, it is essential to instill in her the values ​​of respecting teachers and elders and being loyal to her family. If this continues subtly and gradually, she will surely reap abundant rewards in the future!

After staying in the family for about two or three months, Zhou Chun took Zhou Zhiying to inspect the family's enclave on Bamboo Leaf Island in Le Kingdom.

The Zhou family's enclave of Bamboo Leaf Island has been exchanged for decades, but Zhou Chun had never been there before.

The main problem is that the island is not very big, and the spiritual veins on it are not very good. It is barely enough to accommodate even a cultivator at the Purple Mansion stage.

Zhou Chun naturally didn't take it too seriously, only regarding it as a potential refuge for his family. In previous years, he would arrange for one or two Foundation Establishment cultivators to lead some Qi Refining cultivators to oversee the area.

After leaving Tuyunling with Zhou Zhiying, Zhou Chun did not rush on his way. He took her on a journey of stops and starts, letting her experience the customs and traditions of different places, or helping her understand the dangers of the cultivation world.

Outside many markets in the cultivation world, bandit cultivators lie in ambush, ready to kill and rob at any time.

Zhou Chun hid high in the air with Zhou Zhiying, watching how those bandit cultivators attacked and killed other passing cultivators, letting her see the most common and cruel side of the cultivation world.

This kind of on-site teaching is much more effective than the warnings from the teachers in the family academy. After seeing it a few times, any young monk will become more vigilant in this regard.

If Zhou Zhiying weren't still quite old, and if Zhou Chun didn't intend to let her leave the family and go on adventures before she completed her mission, Zhou Chun would have had to spend some time taking her deep into the lower-level cultivators so that she could truly experience the various intrigues and deceit in the cultivation world and broaden her life experience.

After traveling for about half a year, stopping and starting along the way, Zhou Chun finally arrived at his family's enclave, Bamboo Leaf Island, in the Kingdom of Le.

Just like its name suggests, Zhuye Island resembles a bamboo leaf floating on the water. When viewed from the air, this alluvial island located at the mouth of a river and a lake looks like a small boat.

After surveying the island from the air, Zhou Chun led his apprentice Zhou Zhiying to land on the island.

There are no ordinary people on Bamboo Leaf Island. The Zhou family has only set up an array at the location of the spiritual vein on the island and arranged for dozens of cultivators to guard it.

Zhou Chun had not concealed his presence, so the whereabouts of him and his disciple had long been discovered by the Zhou family cultivators on the island.

Upon seeing the master and disciple land on the island, Zhou Sijun and Zhou Yuanxia, ​​the two Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Zhou family who were guarding the place, hurriedly came forward to pay their respects.

"Junior disciples Zhou Sijun and Zhou Yuanxia pay their respects to the clan leader and welcome him to Bamboo Leaf Island!"

The two Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Zhou family, a man and a woman, bowed deeply to Zhou Chun, their faces filled with surprise and joy.

For the two of them, Bamboo Leaf Island was undoubtedly a remote place. After being assigned to this place by their family, they knew in their hearts that they were now far away from the true center of power of the Zhou family.

Although the two knew that with their qualifications and abilities, they had little chance of becoming high-ranking members of the family, they still couldn't help but feel secretly saddened and resentful after encountering this situation.

Now that Chief Zhou Chun has suddenly arrived on Bamboo Leaf Island without prior notice, a glimmer of expectation and hope has risen in the hearts of the two.

They all knew that Zhou Chun, the clan leader and a Golden Core cultivator, couldn't have come here on a whim because he had nothing better to do; there must be some deeper meaning behind it.

If they can seize this opportunity and perform well, gaining the clan leader's favor, they might have a chance to be transferred back to the clan.

But Zhou Chun's next words quickly disappointed them.

"I'm just here to inspect the family territory. You may all return to your posts and continue as usual."

As Zhou Chun spoke, he waved his hand and led Zhou Zhiying on a leisurely stroll around the island.

Bamboo Leaf Island is certainly not much to see; there are no special spiritual creatures on the island, and the scenery isn't particularly beautiful.

Zhou Chun did this purely as a formality, to facilitate his upcoming meeting with Zhou Daoyi.

After all, Zhou Daoyi's current identity cannot be revealed, and he cannot meet Zhou Zhiying in his true form.

However, if they met within the grand formation on Bamboo Leaf Island, it was hard to guarantee that the two Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Zhou family, who had seen Zhou Daoyi many times, wouldn't notice anything amiss.

Therefore, they can only try to meet outside.

Zhou Chun had not concealed his figure beforehand in order to inform Zhou Daoyi, who had arrived earlier.

Sure enough, after taking Zhou Zhiying for a while on the island, he encountered Zhou Daoyi, who had transformed into an old man with white hair and was fishing, on a beach by the lake.

"Ying'er, this is Fellow Daoist Yi whom I met while I was away. You can just call him Senior Yi."

On the beach, after exchanging nods with Zhou Daoyi, Zhou Chun smiled and patted the shoulder of the girl beside him, then took out a tea set and asked her to brew tea for the two of them.

Seeing this, Zhou Zhiying was quite sensible and didn't ask any more questions. After bowing to Zhou Daoyi as Zhou Chun had instructed, she obediently knelt down to the side and began to brew spiritual tea for the two of them.

Zhou Daoyi then openly sized up the talented younger generation of the family. After Zhou Zhiying served him the brewed tea, he smiled kindly and said, "So this is Fellow Daoist Zhou's disciple? Judging by his age, he should be under twenty. To have such cultivation at such a young age is truly remarkable. His future achievements are limitless!"

Upon hearing his words, Zhou Zhiying couldn't help but reveal a smug smile.

Then, glancing discreetly at Zhou Chun, she stuck out her tongue lightly and said, "Senior Yi, you flatter me. I am able to achieve this level of cultivation thanks to my master's excellent teaching. Ying'er will never forget my master's guidance and nurturing!"

Upon hearing her words, even knowing that she was deliberately trying to please him in front of outsiders, Zhou Chun couldn't help but smile with satisfaction, and Zhou Daoyi felt extremely gratified and happy for him.

He chuckled and said, "Hehehe, what a sensible and good girl! Fellow Daoist Zhou, I am truly envious that you have taken in such a disciple!"

After saying that, he suddenly raised his hand and patted the storage bag at his waist, took out a jade box and handed it to Zhou Zhiying.

At the same time, he said, "I once received a great favor from Fellow Daoist Zhou, but unfortunately I have never had the opportunity to repay it. Today, I feel a connection with you, little girl, so I will give this item to you. I believe Fellow Daoist Zhou will not mind my way of repaying your kindness!"

"this……"

Zhou Zhiying couldn't help but look at Zhou Chun, and didn't dare to accept the offer on her own.

Although Zhou Chun was curious about what Zhou Daoyi had given her, she immediately nodded and said, "Since it's a token of Fellow Daoist Yi's kindness, Ying'er, please accept it!"

Upon seeing this, Zhou Zhiying immediately said with delight, "Then this junior thanks Senior Yi for his kindness!"

Without hesitation, he took the jade box from Zhou Daoyi and opened the lid in front of Zhou Chun.

Inside the jade box was a white monster egg covered with blue and silver patterns.

Judging from the rich life force contained in this monster egg, it is actually a high-level monster egg!

Alright, everything's taken care of. I'll resume updates tomorrow and try to make up for the word count I missed these past few days!

(End of this chapter)