Beast Taming Immortal Clan

After two years of observation, Zhou Chun found that although Zhou Xinyan was not as experienced and thorough as the deceased Zhou Xinyi in handling affairs, he was still capable enough to be used, at least meeting the basic requirements.

Moreover, managing family affairs like this requires experience; the more experience one has, the more proficient one will become.

Another point is that, after several optimizations of the management structure at all levels, the Zhou family can now operate normally without major problems as long as the top leaders don't mess things up.

The management skills required of those at the top are not as high as they used to be.

Even without a acting clan leader, Zhou Chun, as the clan leader, no longer needs to worry about everything as before, nor does he need to be involved in every little detail.

Besides, Zhou Mingde is always watching over things!

After more than nine years of secluded training, Zhou Chun has made great progress in several secret techniques and supernatural abilities.

The third level of the "God-Slaying Technique" has been successfully broken through, and now three "God-Slaying Swords" have been condensed. If they are used at the same time, even a mid-stage Golden Core cultivator would be in trouble.

In addition, the first level of "Minor Five Elements Breaking the Restriction Mysterious Light" has also been completely mastered.

This secret technique is indeed extremely profound. The light that breaks through the restrictions generated by the first level alone can pose a great threat to the Five Directions Miro Formation of the Zhou family's Nine Peaks Ridge.

If one possesses the cultivation level of the late Purple Mansion stage, combined with this barrier-breaking profound light, it is entirely possible to forcefully break into and escape this great formation!

This made Zhou Chun even more eager to see the effects of the second-level secret technique.

Unfortunately, in more than nine years, the Zhou family only helped him collect one of the five elemental spiritual objects he needed. He was still missing an earth-attribute spiritual object to complete the collection of all five.

Meanwhile, after more than nine years of cultivation, Zhou Chun has also made great progress in the secret technique of "Sha Yuan Zuan". He has condensed a "Sha Yuan Zuan" with the golden sha energy as its source in his body. In the future, he only needs to continue to use the secret technique to absorb the golden sha energy and integrate it into it to enhance its power.

Other techniques, such as the [Gengjin Sky-Splitting Thunder] and the [Beast Spirit Fusion Technique], have also seen significant improvements, yielding substantial gains.

While these advancements were certainly gratifying, the fact that his cultivation was stuck caused Zhou Chun a hidden worry.

Lin Hongyu, who had successfully formed her core much earlier than him, had also been stuck at this barrier for quite some time and still couldn't see any chance of breaking through.

Two years ago, news also came from Luo Qingni's side that she had not succeeded in breaking through after taking the [Jade Dew Golden Glow Pill].

Adding to the fact that the Su family patriarch, who had been stuck for hundreds of years, and Li Jingxuan, the supreme elder of the Li family, Zhou Chun realized that he might have really underestimated the difficulty of the barrier to cultivation after the Golden Core stage.

No wonder the proportion of mid-stage and late-stage Golden Core cultivators among the many Golden Core cultivators he had encountered was so small.

It may really be as the Su family patriarch said: without any special opportunities, most Golden Core cultivators will only be able to stay at the early stage of Golden Core for their entire lives.

If the Golden Core stage is already this difficult, Zhou Chun simply dared not imagine how difficult it would be to break through the barrier of the Nascent Soul stage!

This made Zhou Chun value the barrier-breaking elixir, the Four Spirits Barrier-Breaking Pill, even more.

If the barrier at the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm is already so difficult to break through, then the barrier at the late-stage of the Golden Core realm will only become much more difficult.

He will need the help of such barrier-breaking elixirs to have any chance of successfully breaking through to the next level.

On this day, Zhou Chun received news that the Moon Wheel Sect's leader, Master Baiyue, was preparing to go into seclusion to break through to the Nascent Soul realm and was about to hold a grand ceremony to hand over power between the old and new leaders!

This news is somewhat surprising, yet it also seems unsurprising.

As the only known cultivator with top-grade spiritual root aptitude in Jingguo, Master Baiyue was already a late-stage Golden Core cultivator.

However, even those with top-grade spiritual roots don't have much of an advantage over cultivators with ordinary aptitudes when it comes to forming the core and nascent soul.

Therefore, even though Master Baiyue cultivated to the late stage of the Golden Core realm at less than six hundred years old, he still did not rush to transform his core and form his nascent soul at that time, but waited for more than two hundred years.

Only now, with his lifespan nearing nine hundred, and knowing that his success rate would be hampered by his lifespan if he didn't complete the Core Formation and Nascent Soul formation soon, did he finally decide to take this desperate gamble.

In fact, Zhou Chun knew some inside information, namely that a certain Nascent Soul stage elder of the Moon Wheel Sect also had little lifespan left.

If Baiyue Zhenren were to break through to the Nascent Soul stage before that Supreme Elder passed away, the Moon Wheel Sect would still maintain its absolute advantage in the number of Nascent Soul stage cultivators.

However, if that Supreme Elder were to pass away first, the Moon Wheel Sect would only have two Nascent Soul stage cultivators left to maintain order, given that a Nascent Soul stage cultivator had been taken away by the self-destruction of a fifth-tier Thunder Flood Dragon.

This number is now on par with the number of Nascent Soul stage cultivators in the Yan Yang Sect.

In that case, even if the Moon Wheel Sect is still stronger than the Flame Sun Sect in terms of overall strength, it will definitely lose a lot of influence in the discourse among top-level cultivators, and give the Flame Sun Sect hope of overtaking it!

Therefore, whether Master Baiyue's decision to go into seclusion to break through to the Nascent Soul realm was due to his advanced age or the sect's needs, outsiders truly have no way of knowing.

For the Zhou family, this matter can be considered neutral; whether Baiyue Zhenren succeeds or fails, it has little to do with the Zhou family.

Several months later, Zhou Chun and the Su family patriarch, along with other important vassal families under the Moon Wheel Sect, gathered at the Moon Wheel Sect's mountain gate to witness the sect's leadership transition ceremony.

According to the rules of the Moon Wheel Sect, the successor to the sect leader is called the Moon Worshiping Immortal.

This new Moon Worshiping Master is not as exceptionally talented as his predecessor. Although his cultivation level is also at the late Golden Core stage, it is said that he was forcibly promoted to that level, which basically eliminates the possibility of him reaching the Nascent Soul stage.

However, this person looked quite young, appearing to be in his early thirties, with a handsome and elegant appearance.

Zhou Chun also chatted with the person who took over and found that he was not an easy person to deal with. At least, he felt that he was not as good as the previous Baiyue Zhenren.

However, it's not Zhou Chun's place to interfere in who the Moon Wheel Sect chooses as its leader. So even if he feels that this new Moon Worshiping Master is not up to par, he can only remind himself to be more careful in the future.

After the ceremony for the change of leadership, the newly appointed Master Baiyue went into seclusion, and Zhou Chun and the others who had come to witness the ceremony also returned home.

However, not long after Zhou Chun returned to his family, Su Yuzhen suddenly came knocking on his door, revealing that his "destiny tribulation" was beginning to descend.

The "desire tribulation" arising from practicing the "Plain Maiden Mystic Art" needs to be resolved through the path of dual cultivation.

Over the years, Zhou Chun and Su Yuzhen have developed many strategies to deal with this calamity.

At this moment, Su Yuzhen's "Desire Tribulation" erupted and came knocking on the door. Zhou Chun immediately sealed off the cave and sent his disciple Zhou Zhiying to Zhou Mingde's place to cultivate, wholeheartedly helping him resolve this tribulation.

It must be said that since "Desire Tribulation" is called a tribulation, it is truly completely different from normal dual cultivation.

Su Yuzhen, a dignified Golden Core cultivator, had less self-control under the "Desire Tribulation" than a teenage girl!

In this state, she was like a female animal in heat, completely dominated by instinct, with no rationality whatsoever!

However, for cultivators practicing dual cultivation, the biggest taboo is becoming completely obsessed with carnal desires, as this will only deplete the essence of both individuals and bring no benefit whatsoever.

Therefore, with Su Yuzhen's wisdom gone, Zhou Chun's task as her Daoist partner was extremely important and arduous. While upholding his own principles, he was also responsible for calming the chaotic magical power within her body and guiding her through the correct dual cultivation ritual.

Otherwise, simply helping her release her desires will not help her overcome the "lust tribulation" at all, and will only amplify the power of the tribulation!

Therefore, when undergoing the "Desire Tribulation," the pressure actually falls entirely on Zhou Chun, the dual cultivation partner.

If he ultimately fails to transcend the tribulation, it will be due to the incompetence of Zhou Chun, his cultivation partner, and he will almost certainly bear the majority of the responsibility for his partner's demise!

This shows how strange the "Plain Maiden Mystic Art" is, and how much cultivators who choose to practice this art place on luck when selecting a cultivation partner.

Su Yuzhen was undoubtedly very lucky.

Zhou Chun's cultivation level was never inferior to hers, and he was superior to her in all aspects.

For example, at this moment, Zhou Chun's powerful physical body allowed him to avoid ruining his body while dealing with his Daoist partner's endless demands.

It should be noted that Su Yuzhen's consciousness was in a state of deep depression at this time, and during dual cultivation, she would involuntarily engage in sexual intercourse with her partner. As a dual cultivation technique, the "Su Nu Xuan Gong" inherently has this effect.

If Zhou Chun were even slightly inferior to her, she could have ruined her health from Zhou Chun's daily tonic extraction.

On the other hand, Zhou Chun's spiritual power is strong. Even if he does two jobs at once, distracting himself to guide her in the dual cultivation ritual and help her calm the chaotic magical power in her body, he can still persevere.

However, one thing is certain: after this experience, Zhou Chun will likely be somewhat reluctant to engage in dual cultivation for the next few decades or even centuries.

After countless times of dual cultivation in the cave, on this day, when Zhou Chun was cultivating with Su Yuzhen again, his consciousness suddenly wavered, and he instantly entered a wonderful state.

He seemed to have left his body and entered Su Yuzhen's Purple Mansion Sea of ​​Consciousness, where Su Yuzhen's soul was actually awake.

Upon seeing him enter, Su Yuzhen's soul immediately turned to him with deep affection, and then she took the initiative to kiss him.

The dual cultivation of spirit and soul is the most superior method of dual cultivation, which is rare and hard to come by. Only high-level cultivators with cultivation levels above the Purple Mansion stage can enter this wondrous realm during dual cultivation.

The benefits of dual cultivation of spirit and soul are numerous. The greatest benefit is that it can directly strengthen the origin of the spirit and soul and enhance the strength of divine consciousness through dual cultivation of yin and yang.

Furthermore, after cultivating both spirit and soul, the Daoist partners will have a kind of telepathic connection. When one of them encounters mortal danger or experiences strong emotional fluctuations, the other will feel it even if they are thousands of miles apart.

It is said that if both parties have high cultivation levels and have undergone multiple spiritual cultivation sessions, they can even communicate certain information across vast distances through this telepathic connection.

In addition, dual cultivation of the soul and spirit greatly helps to stabilize the relationship between Daoist couples. After experiencing dual cultivation of the soul and spirit, it is as if they have left an imprint on each other's souls, and they are intertwined.

Although Zhou Chun and Su Yuzhen had been cultivation partners for over two hundred years and had cultivated together many times before, they had never engaged in dual cultivation of their souls because their feelings for each other were not deep and their fate was not yet sealed.

This time, whether it was because the two of them cultivated together too frequently, or because Su Yuzhen was in a special state of "desire tribulation", the two of them finally had the opportunity to enter the blissful realm that countless dual cultivation partners dream of, and embarked on the most superior dual cultivation path!

After an unknown amount of time, Zhou Chun's consciousness returned to his body.

He opened his eyes, and a glimmer of spiritual light flashed within them.

Looking at his Daoist partner Su Yuzhen sitting on his lap, she had also opened her eyes, which no longer held only desire as before.

"Does this mean the 'desire tribulation' has passed?"

Zhou Chun asked softly, his voice slightly hoarse.

"Yes, that's all in the past. Thank you for your hard work these past few days, my husband!"

Su Yuzhen nodded with a slight blush, revealing a rare, girlish shyness.

It's likely that he was recalling the various licentious and absurd things he did when he was caught in the "desire tribulation."

However, Zhou Chun didn't care about those things. When he learned that her tribulation had really passed, he breathed a sigh of relief and was genuinely happy for her.

He immediately replied, "That's good. My lady, you should rest well. I'll also go into seclusion to digest what I've just learned."

"Um."

Su Yuzhen responded softly and immediately stood up from Zhou Chun's body.

Zhou Chun then got up, dressed, and left the bedroom to go to the cultivation room in the cave.

Upon entering the cultivation room, Zhou Chun sat cross-legged beside the Spirit Eye Spring, calmly meditating to digest the gains he had made from his previous dual cultivation of spirit and soul.

The dual cultivation of spirit and soul is a rare and precious occurrence, and the first time is the most effective.

For cultivators at the Purple Mansion stage and above, each strengthening of their divine soul origin greatly helps to improve their cultivation.

Zhou Chun felt that after this dual cultivation of spirit and soul, his originally solid and thick barrier of realm had begun to loosen.

That's why he was in such a hurry to go into seclusion to digest what he had learned.

After meditating and regulating his breathing, and carefully sensing his surroundings, Zhou Chun confirmed that his feelings were correct.

With the help of this dual cultivation of mind and soul, his realm barrier has indeed begun to loosen.

This is undoubtedly very exciting news.

If the boundary barrier is a wall, then the current loosening means that cracks have appeared in the wall and the bricks are starting to loosen.

Each time Zhou Chun attacked the barrier in the future, he would make the bricks of the wall looser until the wall collapsed completely!

In other words, all he needs to do now is to slowly and methodically break through the barrier and reach the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm in no time!

Compared to this enormous benefit, the increase in the range of divine sense coverage by one or two miles is nothing.

At this moment, a quick calculation revealed that the couple had actually been in the cave for over five hundred days, nearly a year and a half, in order to help Su Yuzhen overcome the "tribulation of desire"!

When Zhou Chun walked out of the cave and saw his disciple Zhou Zhiying again, his disciple had already broken through to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.

At this rate, she will probably be able to attempt to open her Purple Mansion before she is fifty years old, even earlier than Zhou Chun's prediction of sixty or seventy years old.

"Now that you've emerged from seclusion, has Yuzhen already overcome her tribulation?"

Upon seeing Zhou Chun emerge, Zhou Mingde inquired about Su Yuzhen's tribulation with concern.

This matter is of great importance, and he is very concerned about and attaches great importance to it.

"Yes, Yuzhen has successfully overcome her tribulation and will be able to return to the Su family soon."

Zhou Chun nodded slightly, confirming his guess.

As for the matter of him and Su Yuzhen entering a state of dual cultivation of spirit and soul, which caused the barrier between their realms to loosen, Zhou Chun did not mention it, as it involved personal privacy.

Even if this were told, it wouldn't help others much, because it's impossible to replicate.

"That's good, that's good. Now both I and Fellow Daoist Su can rest assured."

Zhou Mingde applauded repeatedly, and also breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he began to talk about several important events that had occurred in the past year or so.

Firstly, his spirit pet, the Fire God Jackal, has finally broken through to the third-tier superior-grade demon beast level. He only needs to wait a few more years to consume the fourth-tier [Fire Scale Lion] demon core and attempt to break through to the fourth tier.

Secondly, the Zhou family has gained another cultivator at the Purple Mansion stage, Zhou Yuanlian, who cultivates the "Ten Thousand Poisons True Scripture".

Thirdly, Lei Jiao Bai Bai successfully infected and mutated into a dragon blood demon beast, which was a dragon turtle demon beast mutated from the intermediate-level demon beast [Azure Water Turtle].

These three things can all be described as joyous and happy events.

After Zhou Yuanlian broke through to the late Foundation Establishment stage a few years ago, she helped Qin Yang, a Purple Mansion cultivator from the Yan Yang Sect, resolve the Yan Hell Peacock Poison in his body. Thanks to the nourishment of this special toxin, his cultivation of the "Ten Thousand Poisons True Scripture" went very smoothly.

After taking the Purple Dust Pill given to her by Zhou Chun, she successfully opened her Purple Mansion in one go.

This was actually something Zhou Chun had anticipated.

After all, having cultivated the "Ten Thousand Poisons True Scripture," she actually has a strong advantage in terms of willpower and soul, and her success rate in opening the Purple Mansion is much higher than that of many cultivators with superior spiritual roots.

The fact that Lei Jiao Bai Bai had actually been infected and mutated into another mid-level demon beast was a pleasant surprise for Zhou Chun.

The intermediate-level demon beast, the Azure Water Turtle, is not actually a very powerful demon beast. It is only because of its docile nature and skill in defensive spells that it can be considered a decent spirit pet.

Now that it has been transformed into a dragon turtle monster by the Thunder Dragon, it must have gained the Thunder attribute, greatly enhancing its attack power and thus its value as a spirit pet has been greatly increased.

According to the rules, Zhou Chun is responsible for naming this new type of dragon-blooded monster.

He immediately and without hesitation decided on the name "Silver Electric Dragon Turtle".

Later, when Zhou Chun escorted Su Yuzhen back to the Su family, he took the opportunity to reward and praise Lei Jiao Bai Bai for his great contribution.

In fact, besides the ability of dragons to infect demonic beasts with their aura and transform them into dragon-blooded demonic beasts, the Fire Phoenix clan can also create phoenix-blooded demonic beasts with fire phoenix bloodlines by bestowing their life essence blood.

However, the life essence is also very important to the Fire Phoenix itself, and it will not be given away easily.

Moreover, there are many other factors involved. For example, if the demon beast that swallows the phoenix blood has too high a cultivation level, the phoenix blood will most likely be directly refined by it to increase its cultivation level, making it difficult to successfully modify it.

For example, if a demon beast that swallows the phoenix blood has too low a cultivation level to withstand the power of the phoenix blood, it will be burned to ashes by the power of the phoenix blood.

In short, in practice, it is only more difficult than the process of a dragon using its aura to infiltrate a monster and create a dragon-blooded monster.

Most importantly, Zhou Chun feared that if he raised a Phoenix Blood Demon Beast, people would discover that he possessed the Fiery Phoenix, which would bring endless trouble.

Based on various considerations, he has no plans to cultivate this Phoenix Blood Beast for the time being.

For the next two years, Zhou Chun would attempt to break through the barrier of his realm every few days in order to increase its loosening.

Over the course of two years, he clearly felt that the barrier to his realm had loosened considerably, and the effect of each subsequent breakthrough was better.

If things continue like this, he should be able to break through to the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm in just a few years.

But just as Zhou Chun was preparing to break through the barrier of the realm in one go, news suddenly came from the wilderness that the high priest of the Scaled Frog Clan, Ukuru, requested to see him, saying that he had important matters to discuss.

When Zhou Chun received the news, his heart skipped a beat, and he had a bad feeling.

But he couldn't help but think of an important matter he had once asked Ukuru to handle, and worried that something had gone wrong with that matter.

Then he rushed to Longyuanze to meet with Wukuru.

When he saw Ukuru, the other person's appearance surprised him even more, and he became even more worried.

At this moment, Ukuru looked as if he was about to die, with death energy emanating from his body.

Seeing this, he couldn't help but ask, "Ukuru, what's wrong? Why have you suddenly become like this?"

Hearing this, Ukuru gave a bitter laugh and said, "Senior Zhou has also realized, hasn't he? Ukuru is already failing; I'm afraid my remaining lifespan won't last more than a year!"

Then she began to explain why she had become like this.

The reason was not what Zhou Chun was worried about, but rather that he made a mistake when he was forcibly trying to break through to the third-tier high-grade sorcerer realm, which caused him to fall into a state of demonic possession, as often mentioned by cultivators.

Although he eventually managed to break free from his demonic possession state with the help of a treasure, it also caused his lifespan to be greatly reduced, and he was already nearing his end!

Hearing his explanation, Zhou Chun breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at him thoughtfully and said, "So, you contacted me here this time to settle your affairs and elect a new high priest?"

"Yes, that's exactly what Ukuru thinks."

High Priest Ukuru nodded, confirming this.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Chun immediately nodded and said, "Alright, as long as the people you choose are willing to continue implementing the friendly policy between the two races, we can remain the same as before."

After saying that, he continued, "However, you must make it clear to your successor about the matter that Zhou asked you to handle in Longyuan, that he will be the one to take over this task from you in the future!"

Upon hearing this, Ukuru quickly and solemnly replied, "Ukuru understands. Ukuru will definitely take him there personally before his life ends!"

Then, after hesitating for a moment while looking at Zhou Chun, he spoke again, "Furthermore, Ukuru has another request, and would like to ask Senior Zhou for your help!"

"Oh, tell me about it."

Zhou Chun's expression shifted, and she couldn't help but look at him a few more times before nodding noncommittally.

Seeing his reaction, Ukuru cautiously whispered, "The thing is, our people have discovered through experiments that the Black Lotus Pills the Zhou family exchanged with us are most effective at improving the cultivation of our sorcerers. Therefore, Ukuru would like to ask Senior Zhou to agree to increase the number of Black Lotus Pills in future exchanges, ideally to more than half of the total!"

"【Black Lotus Pill】?"

Zhou Chun carefully recalled the information in his mind and quickly found the information about the [Black Lotus Pill].

The real name of this "Black Lotus Pill" should be "Water Lotus Pill". The original recipe uses a water-attribute spiritual lotus as the main ingredient, which is suitable for cultivators of water-attribute cultivation techniques in the Qi Refining stage.

Later, after Zhou Chun obtained the lotus seeds from the secret island and planted a batch in the Zhou family, a special black lotus grew. The [Water Lotus Pill] made from its lotus seeds was bluish-black in color, so the Zhou family also called it the [Black Lotus Pill].

However, the Zhou family had previously used [Water Lotus Pills] to exchange for things with the Scaled Frog alien race, but they never mentioned this matter. It seems that the special black lotus has some special help for the cultivation of these alien races.

Thinking of this, Zhou Chun nodded slightly without showing any emotion and said, "I understand about this matter. I will have the family refine more [Black Lotus Pills]. However, this pill is not easy to refine, and the material yield is small, so don't have too high hopes!"

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