Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Poor parents in the world!

Wu Yishan's actions left Zhou Chun with nothing but sighs.

He never denied the greatness of paternal and maternal love, and always knew that there were indeed many great parents in the world who were willing to sacrifice everything for their children.

However, it is truly touching that Wu Yishan, a mid-stage Purple Mansion cultivator, is willing to serve as a slave and servant simply because he sees a hope that his daughter can suffer less.

Having seen so many selfish and self-serving cultivators, how can one not be moved when encountering such a selfless and loving cultivator?

Despite being touched, Zhou Chun had no intention of taking in any servants, much less of using this method to make people his servants.

He could only shake his head and say, "I understand what Fellow Daoist Wu means, but I don't have time to treat your daughter often, nor do I have any intention of taking you as a servant. Let's not bring this up again!"

"senior……"

Wu Yishan wanted to say something, but when he saw Zhou Chun's calm yet aloof gaze, he swallowed back the words he was about to say.

In the end, he could only lower his head reluctantly, muttering in a muffled voice, "This junior was too optimistic. How could a person of your stature, senior, be without servants? Why would he willingly add a burden to himself?"

Although what he said was somewhat unpleasant, it was the truth.

Given that most Golden Core cultivators in the cultivation world come from sects and families, it wouldn't be difficult for them to command Purple Mansion cultivators to do things for them.

Wu Yishan's promise to serve as a slave seemed very sincere, but that's all it was—sincere.

Few Golden Core cultivators would willingly add a burden to themselves for a servant who is of no use to them.

"It's not entirely like that."

Looking at the middle-aged man before him, whose expression had shifted from hope to despair, Zhou Chun seemed to feel a pang of pity. He immediately said, "How about this? I'll offer you a scroll of poison cultivation techniques as payment. Please help me guide you through the icy plains."

"A poison cultivation technique? Senior means..."

Wu Yishan's expression shifted, and he looked at Zhou Chun with a mixture of surprise and uncertainty.

Meeting his surprised gaze, Zhou Chun slowly nodded and said, "You're right. In your daughter's condition, unless we can find a Nascent Soul stage cultivator skilled in medicine to help, it's highly unlikely that we can completely eliminate the fire poison in her blood!"

"In that case, why not have her switch to poison cultivation and use poison to fight poison, thereby enhancing her own resistance to poison?"

"If I can successfully endure this, I might even be able to turn this fire poison into an advantage in the future, and cultivate a powerful poison-based divine ability!"

At this point, Zhou Chun glanced at Wu Yuzhu beside him and said in a deep voice, "Of course, cultivating poison skills is a matter of life and death, and it is difficult to succeed without great perseverance and great opportunity. If you are not willing to take the risk, I can also exchange other spiritual items as payment."

"This junior is willing!"

Before Wu Yishan could speak, Wu Yuzhu immediately agreed.

She looked at Wu Yishan with a determined expression and said, "Father, you don't need to say anything more. I've had enough of the torment from the fire poison in my body, and I'm even more fed up with my own incompetence, causing you and Mother to sacrifice your own cultivation paths and lives for me!"

"Now that there is hope of eradicating this fire poison that has destroyed our family, daughter must try her best no matter what!"

At this point, she said loudly, her expression filled with emotion, "If I were to die during the process of converting to poison cultivation, it would be my fate, and it would save me from further implicating you, Father!"

In fact, compared to Wu Yishan, the pressure and pain she endured were no less!

She felt immense guilt and pain because she had personally witnessed her mother sacrifice herself using forbidden techniques to save her, which directly led to her mother's death.

Over the years, in order to obtain spiritual items to suppress the fire poison, his father, Wu Yishan, has repeatedly risked venturing into the icy plains. Even when he was injured, he was reluctant to buy spiritual pills to treat himself and dared not take a long break to recuperate.

She saw all of this and felt the pain in her heart. She felt immense guilt and wished she could kill herself to relieve her father's suffering!

After her first failed suicide attempt was discovered, Wu Yishan told her very seriously that if she committed suicide, it would be as if her mother had sacrificed herself in vain, and he would have no meaning to live on in the world!

Therefore, she could only endure the inner pain and self-blame time and time again, watching her father, Wu Yishan, burn his life and path for her.

Just as she said, she had had enough of this torment, but she couldn't bear to see her mother sacrifice herself and couldn't bear to let her father be buried with her, so she had been enduring it all this time!

Zhou Chun's words gave her a glimmer of hope, a hope that she could take control of herself.

This immediately filled her with immense excitement and joy.

Because of this, she was no longer a useless person, and she no longer had to watch helplessly as her loved ones risked their lives for her!

Perhaps she didn't realize just how dangerous and difficult it was to cultivate poisonous arts.

But that didn't really matter to her.

Because all she wanted was to be a useful person so that she would no longer be a burden to her father!

Even if she were to die from the backlash of the poison, she would be free.

As the saying goes, no one knows a daughter better than her father.

Wu Yishan has taken care of his daughter for a long time and watched her grow up. How could he not know what Wu Yuzhu is thinking now?

His true intention was not to let his daughter take this risk, but seeing her current state, he knew that if he refused, he might only push her to the brink of despair.

My mind is in turmoil right now. I'm touched by my daughter's understanding, but I'm also afraid of losing her forever because of it.

After his wife passed away, his daughter became the person he cared about most, and she is now almost his motivation to live!

He looked at his daughter with a complicated expression for a long time before suddenly turning to Zhou Chun and asking, "Senior Zhang, are you sure that cultivating poison techniques can really help Yuzhu resolve the fire poison in her body? The fire poison in her body is a mutated form of a third-tier demon beast's poison. Can a mere Qi Refining stage poison technique really be effective against this kind of poison?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun immediately replied truthfully, "I dare not guarantee that, but the Poison-Rolling Technique in my possession was created by a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator specializing in poisons. It possesses extremely strong effects in neutralizing poisons. If your daughter can successfully cultivate it, it will definitely greatly enhance her poison resistance, at the very least extending the duration of each poisoning attack will be no problem!"

"If she can successfully establish her foundation, then with the effects of her poison technique, she will most likely be able to completely eliminate the hidden dangers of the fire poison, and even use the fire poison as fuel to improve her cultivation!"

A cultivation technique created by a poison cultivator at the late Nascent Soul stage?

Upon hearing Zhou Chun's words, Wu Yishan was also startled and immediately began to believe his theory of fighting poison with poison to some extent.

If Zhou Chun wasn't deliberately deceiving him, then there is indeed a possibility of completely curing the fire poison in Wu Yuzhu's body.

Thinking of this, he glanced at his daughter Wu Yuzhu's expectant and pleading eyes, hesitated and struggled internally for a moment, and finally nodded with difficulty, saying, "Then thank you for your kindness, Senior Zhang!"

Upon hearing his words, Wu Yuzhu's face immediately lit up with a relieved and joyful smile.

Then, with a face full of gratitude, he knelt down and kowtowed three times to Zhou Chun, saying, "Thank you so much, Senior Zhang! I have no way to repay your great kindness and virtue, so I can only kowtow to you in gratitude!"

"You're too kind, young friend. Please rise."

Zhou Chun's expression shifted slightly, and he quickly raised his hand to help the person up.

The rest was simple. Zhou Chun made a copy of the Golden Core stage cultivation method of the "Ten Thousand Poisons True Scripture" as payment and gave it to Wu Yishan in advance.

After carefully studying this poisonous skill, Wu Yishan was also impressed by its ingenious design and completely believed Zhou Chun's previous statement.

However, he still harbored concerns about the dangers of practicing this poisonous art, worrying whether his daughter, Wu Yuzhu, could withstand it.

Wu Yuzhu herself, however, seemed full of confidence and showed no fear.

Based on Zhou Yuanlian's past cultivation experience, Zhou Chun also offered his opinion at the opportune moment: "Your daughter has suffered from fire poison for a long time, and the fact that she has been able to persevere for so many years shows that she has extraordinary willpower. Her tolerance and resistance to the harmful effects of poison should be stronger than others. It should not be a big problem for her to switch from poison cultivation to Qi Refining stage cultivation!"

Hearing this, Wu Yishan was still somewhat worried, but he could only keep his worries to himself and go to buy the various poisons needed for the medicinal bath.

As agreed, he would only take Zhou Chun to the Ice Plains after he personally witnessed his daughter Wu Yuzhu successfully complete the first three rounds of medicinal bath training.

Zhou Chun, moved by his love for his daughter, did not rush into anything.

Three months passed in the blink of an eye.

As expected, Wu Yuzhu did not disappoint Zhou Chun and successfully survived the first three rounds of poisonous water baths.

This is still some distance from fully mastering the "Ten Thousand Poisons True Scripture," but judging from her performance in the three rounds of poisonous water baths and the changes in her body, completing the transformation of poison cultivation should not be a problem.

As an observer, Wu Yishan was aware of the situation and was therefore relieved.

Then he asked Zhou Chun for another month to handle some miscellaneous matters, and Zhou Chun agreed.

Another month passed, and Wu Yishan, having finished dealing with everything, finally left the market with Zhou Chun and headed straight for the Ice Plains.

It is worth mentioning that Zhou Chun originally said he could pledge treasures as collateral according to the rules, but Wu Yishan was grateful for his previous free use of the [Pure Yuan Spirit Water] to help his daughter Wu Yuzhu remove the poison, and was also willing to advance the precious cultivation technique "Ten Thousand Poisons True Scripture" as a reward, so he took the initiative to say that he could waive such collateral.

From this perspective, Wu Yishan is indeed a grateful person.

Zhou Chun knew that during the past month, the other party had actually sold many of his belongings to raise the materials needed for cultivating the "Ten Thousand Poisons True Scripture" and handed them over to his daughter, Wu Yuzhu, giving the impression that he was entrusting her with his final affairs.

Clearly, in the other party's mind, this journey into the depths of the icy plains was fraught with danger, and they worried that if they did not return, their daughter would not be able to complete the transformation of the "Ten Thousand Poisons True Scripture" on her own.

Under these circumstances, the fact that he was still willing to waive the guarantee for Zhou Chun shows his character!

This made Zhou Chun think even more highly of him. If they really encountered any danger on the ice field, he would definitely do his best to save his life within his power.

After the two entered the icy plains, Zhou Chun, in order to conserve his magic power and avoid being attacked by any foolish monsters, immediately summoned the Golden-Winged Tiger for transportation.

When Wu Yishan saw the Golden-Winged Tiger, a third-tier high-grade demonic beast, he was slightly surprised. However, he was a man of experience and quickly composed himself. He listened to Zhou Chun's call and climbed onto the tiger's back to guide the way.

The climate on the ice sheet is unpredictable, with frequent snowstorms.

Although this ordinary snowstorm is not a blizzard, it can still obstruct visibility, making people hesitant to fly too fast for fear of losing their way.

Fortunately, the Golden-Winged Tiger is also a wind-attribute demon beast. While flying, it can mobilize its magic power to form a light blue shield to block the wind and snow, allowing Zhou Chun and Wu Yishan on its back to better observe the surrounding situation.

"The cultivators of the Ice Barbarian Kingdom divided the ice plain into nine sections based on different distances and depths. The distance and depth of each section ranged from two thousand to three thousand li, with the first section being the shallowest and the ninth section the deepest!"

"The deeper you venture into the icy plains, the greater the dangers become. These dangers include the varying strength of the monsters, the probability of blizzards, and even the temperature!"

"Generally speaking, in ice fields below the fourth level, fourth-order demonic beasts rarely appear. They are relatively safe areas for cultivators in the Purple Mansion stage. Blizzards also occur less frequently and with less power. Maps can still be used as a reference."

"After the fifth stage, the temperature on the icy plains drops drastically. Even Qi Refining stage cultivators wearing thick, warm clothing will find it difficult to survive there. Foundation Establishment stage cultivators will also need to expend mana to maintain their body temperature. At the same time, there is a high probability that fourth-tier demonic beasts will appear there!"

"The monsters on the icy plains are different from those outside. Because food is scarce, high-level monsters roam around looking for prey. Therefore, even if you know where their lairs are and deliberately avoid them, you may still encounter them elsewhere!"

"Moreover, the monsters on the ice plains are extremely vengeful. Once you injure them or steal their prey, they can follow you for months, even to within a certain range!"

"Above the seventh level, it is said that even Golden Core cultivators dare not easily venture there. The extreme cold alone is enough to freeze Foundation Establishment cultivators to death, and the resulting extreme cold storms can even trap and kill Golden Core cultivators!"

Amidst the swirling snow, Wu Yishan guided the Golden-Winged Tiger, while also sharing as much information he knew about the Ice Plains as possible with Zhou Chun, lest Zhou Chun unknowingly commit any taboos.

Zhou Chun, however, did not underestimate the survival experience summarized by these local cultivators just because he had a high level of cultivation.

While Wu Yishan was describing the situation on the ice field, he also took the initiative to ask, "Fellow Daoist Wu, could you tell me about blizzards and extreme cold storms? If we were to encounter these two natural disasters, how should we avoid them?"

Upon hearing this, Wu Yishan immediately replied, "Blizzards vary in size. Small blizzards only affect an area of ​​less than a thousand miles, and are common on the ice plains. Generally, someone with Foundation Establishment cultivation can simply break through the ice and dig a hole to take shelter when the blizzard forms, and it will subside in a few days or ten days!"

"As for major blizzards, there's no certainty. I once encountered a particularly severe blizzard on the Sandan line. It's said that the Erdan, Sandan, and Sidan areas in the same direction were all covered and affected by this blizzard, which lasted for more than a month!"

"When the blizzard ended, dozens of feet of ice and snow had appeared above the ice cave we had dug. When we came out, we found that the surrounding environment had completely changed. It took us more than two months to return to the Ice Kingdom, and we even lost two companions who were at the late Foundation Establishment stage!"

"As for the extreme cold storm, it basically doesn't occur below the seventh-dash line, and I've never seen one myself. I've only heard that if you encounter one, it's not advisable to chisel through the ice, because the ice there is extremely hard and difficult to dig, and the ice layer can easily shift during the extreme cold storm, putting you in unpredictable danger!"

Is that so?

Zhou Chun nodded thoughtfully and didn't ask any more questions.

Over the next month, Wu Yishan led the Golden-Winged Tiger on a stop-and-go journey, venturing thousands of miles into the ice plains and entering the so-called four-segment line in one go.

The reason it took so long was naturally because we were delayed in avoiding the blizzard and figuring out the direction.

And this was after Zhou Chun intervened and forced his way through several small-scale blizzards.

Otherwise it will only take longer.

At this time, Zhou Chun also deeply realized the importance of a good mentor.

Even Wu Yishan, who was familiar with the area, often had to travel hundreds of miles to find some particularly iconic tall snow-capped peaks and glaciers to pinpoint his location in order to successfully locate the Fish Eye Ice Lake.

If it were just Zhou Chun alone, simply flying in one direction, he might not be able to find his destination even if he were given one or two years!

The ice field along the fourth line is extremely cold. Even if ordinary people are wrapped in thick fur coats, it is difficult for them to survive here. Even wild animals such as ice field bears, wolves, and foxes, which are good at keeping warm, have disappeared from this place.

Most of the beasts that can appear here are demonic beasts.

Their main food consists of fish and shrimp living in icy lakes, as well as other monsters.

There are many lakes and rivers beneath the ice sheet, otherwise there wouldn't be enough water vapor to condense into such a thick ice layer.

In terms of terrain, the terrain of Bingyi Kingdom is much lower than that of the surrounding countries. Therefore, it is speculated that the underground water veins of the countries eventually converge on Bingyuan, and Bingyuan assumes a similar role to Longyuanze, storing the huge amount of water vapor as ice and snow.

Although the ice on the ice sheet is thick, it can also flow. Sometimes, the flowing ice can create a lake or a huge basin out of thin air.

At the same time, there are some places on the ice sheet with special environments that can form unfrozen lakes.

In short, this ice field is a place devoid of life yet full of miracles.

Zhou Chun was not a natural scientist and did not care about how ice sheets were formed or how those phenomena that did not conform to meteorological laws came into being.

After all, there are too many strange and wonderful things in the cultivation world. Using knowledge from the previous life to forcibly explain these strange phenomena is not only far-fetched, but also absurd!

Once inside the fourth section of the Ice Plains, the Golden-Winged Tiger is no longer a suitable mount. It consumes too much energy here, and its recovery speed cannot keep up with its consumption. Moreover, it is easily targeted by fourth-tier monsters.

Therefore, Zhou Chun had no choice but to summon the Azure Sea Silver Boat to carry Wu Yishan on his journey.

Above the vast ice plain, a streak of silver light streaked through the wind and snow, covering hundreds of miles in an instant.

In this way, although the location became more difficult to find, the speed actually increased.

In just seven days, Zhou Chun led Wu Yishan into the five-dash line area.

The Fish Eye Ice Lake they were going to was located at a dividing point between the five-dash line and the six-dash line.

But as Wu Yishan said before, at this depth, blizzards occur quite frequently.

On this day, Zhou Chun was flying when suddenly his divine sense stirred and he discovered that another blizzard was approaching from ahead.

In the past, he might have avoided it.

But Wu Yishan had said half an hour ago that as long as they flew another five or six hundred miles in this direction, they would reach their destination.

Therefore, after a slight hesitation, he did not dodge and instead maintained his speed, plunging headlong into the blizzard.

But then they saw the silver-blue flying boat cutting through the air against the wind and snow. Zhou Chun, who was controlling the flying boat, clearly felt that his magical power was being consumed much more.

But thinking that it was only a few hundred miles away, I figured I could just tough it out.

Unexpectedly, after traveling hundreds of miles against the direction of the blizzard, his divine sense still failed to find the Fish Eye Ice Lake that Wu Yishan had mentioned.

You should know that it is a rare unfrozen lake. In the most extreme cases in the past, the lake surface could remain unfrozen for dozens of miles!

"Oh no! We might be lost!!"

Wu Yishan's expression changed, and he said something that made Zhou Chun's heart sink.

"Fellow Daoist Wu, I'm certain the direction is correct. Could it be that you misjudged it before?"

Zhou Chun stared intently at Wu Yishan, her tone somewhat grave.

He didn't directly blame the other person, but his words alone were enough to put pressure on them.

Wu Yishan, his face also pale, said, "This shouldn't be the case. The temperature and ice hardness around the iceberg I referenced are the same as before!"

After saying that, he suggested to Zhou Chun, "Senior Zhang, I suggest we land here immediately and wait for the blizzard to pass. It's not advisable to move around recklessly at this time, lest we make a wrong turn!"

"Alright, I'll do as you say."

Zhou Chun nodded, knowing that blaming the other party was useless at this time, and immediately landed on the ground with the other party.

Just as Zhou Chun unleashed the Taibai Dragon-Slaying Sword and began carving ice caves in the ground, his divine sense suddenly stirred, and he hurriedly roared, unleashing a burst of brilliant golden light that protected himself and Wu Yishan within it.

At the same time, a beast claw gleaming with a cold white light slammed down on the golden glow, instantly tearing apart a large section of the glow and almost touching Wu Yishan's back!

"A fourth-tier demonic beast, the Ice Crystal Snow Wolf!"

Wu Yishan, who had narrowly escaped death, had no time to celebrate his good fortune before his expression suddenly changed drastically and he cried out in alarm.

Outside the golden glow, a wolf-shaped demon beast, its entire body crystal clear as if formed of ice crystals, stared at the two with its wide blue wolf eyes, its gaze cold and ferocious.

Having missed its target, the wolf-like demon beast swiftly retracted its claws, then a burst of white light erupted from its body, and it vanished from their sight in an instant.

Seeing this, Wu Yishan immediately shouted a warning: "Senior Zhang, be careful! This Ice Crystal Snow Wolf's ice escape technique is very special; it possesses both ice escape and invisibility effects!"

"Invisible?"

Zhou Chun's expression shifted slightly, and he immediately unleashed his full divine sense, then breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, his powerful divine sense, equivalent to that of a late-stage Golden Core cultivator, did not disappoint; the opponent's invisibility was still somewhat inadequate in front of him.

Happy National Day!!! I'm not happy at all! I don't get any holidays at all. Since I started writing this book, I've lost all my holidays!!!