Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 588 Six-Winged Ice Silkworm [Please Subscribe]

Now that it's confirmed that Wu Yishan has perished, Zhou Chun can no longer go to the vast icy plains to search for a corpse whose existence is unknown.

However, if Zhou Chun told Wu Yuzhu the truth directly, he was worried that she might do something rash.

So he decided to find someone to cooperate in staging a play, a white lie, so that Wu Yuzhu could continue to live.

About a month later, Zhou Chun returned to Wu Yuzhu's home.

"Senior Zhang, you... my father..."

Inside the courtyard, when Wu Yuzhu saw that only Zhou Chun had returned, she swayed and fell to the ground.

"It's regrettable that I, Zhang, was unable to recover Fellow Daoist Wu's body, but I did find some items he had specifically left for you before his death!"

Zhou Chun spoke in a low voice, raised his hand and waved, and several items appeared in front of Wu Yuzhu.

These items were indeed old things that Wu Yishan had owned before, but he had sold them before he set off.

Zhou Chun also sought help from a Golden Core cultivator stationed in the market, and it took a lot of effort to collect them again.

The "recording bead" mixed in with these items is the one that Zhou Chun deliberately forged as a relic from Wu Yishan's body.

When Wu Yuzhu activated the "Record Bead" under Zhou Chun's guidance, she saw Wu Yishan, his clothes stained with blood, sitting in an ice cave, recording his last words in front of the "Record Bead".

"Yuzhu, my poor daughter, I may never see you again in this lifetime!"

"I can't imagine how you would have dealt with the fire poison erupting in your body without my help, I can't imagine the pain you would have endured!"

"I have failed your mother's dying wish; I was unable to take care of you until the very end, and I did not live to see the day when the fire toxins in your body were completely resolved!"

"But Yuzhu, if you are truly destined to see these words I left for you, I hope you will live on strongly and live well!"

"Only if you survive can prove that your mother and father's sacrifices were meaningful and worthwhile; otherwise, all the suffering your father and I have endured over the years has been in vain!"

"Back then, because of the fire poison in your body, I didn't hesitate to break with the family and travel all the way to the Ice Barbarian Kingdom. I truly feel ashamed of the family's upbringing and the elders who trusted me. This is the thing I regret most besides your mother's passing!"

"As the saying goes, a son must repay his father's debts. Since I, your father, am unable to repay the kindness of the family in nurturing me in this lifetime, if you, Yuzhu, are able to live on and if you can achieve success in your cultivation in the future, I hope you can help me repay the kindness of the family in nurturing me, so that my spirit tablet can return to the family ancestral hall!"

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At the end of the video, a monster's roar suddenly broke through, and Wu Yishan's expression changed drastically as he hurriedly ended the photo session.

After watching the entire video, Wu Yuzhu burst into tears.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun did not rush to comfort her, but only told her to let her cry it out first.

The image inside the image-recording bead was naturally forged by Zhou Chun.

He used the [Hundred Illusion Pearl] to transform into Wu Yishan's appearance and recorded this video on the icy plain, all to persuade Wu Yuzhu to live on.

Since it was just a photograph, and with the collected items used by Wu Yishan during his lifetime as evidence, Zhou Chun believed that Wu Yuzhu would have difficulty distinguishing the authenticity now.

As for when she comes to her senses and understands the truth later, she probably won't blame him for deceiving her with lies.

A well-intentioned lie that encourages people to live should not be condemned!

After waiting for a while, until Wu Yuzhu was exhausted, Zhou Chun slowly spoke up and said, "Fellow Daoist Wu must have been chased by demonic beasts and could only leave these things behind before departing in haste."

"You've read his last words. Even on his deathbed, his biggest worry was still you, my young friend Wu!"

"If I were you, young friend Wu, I would never let his sacrifice be in vain, nor would I fail to live up to his last wishes. I would definitely strive to cultivate and fulfill them!"

Having said that, Zhou Chun didn't say anything more and turned to leave.

"I will come again in three days. If you have come to a change of heart by then, you may leave Bingyi Kingdom with me and cultivate under my guidance. This is the last thing I can do for Fellow Daoist Wu!"

Zhou Chunping's calm voice echoed in Wu Yuzhu's ears, and his figure quickly disappeared into the courtyard.

At this point, Zhou Chun has already done everything he could to be kind and righteous.

If Wu Yuzhu is truly still determined to die, then he has nothing to say.

Three days later, Zhou Chun reappeared outside the Wu family's courtyard.

Wu Yuzhu seemed to have been waiting for him all along.

He had barely made a sound when the door opened.

"Very well, it seems you've come to your senses. In that case, you may leave with me!"

Zhou Chun looked at the female cultivator in white mourning clothes in front of him, nodded slightly, and turned to walk out of the market.

Seeing this, Wu Yuzhu simply followed behind him silently, turning back every few steps to look at the small courtyard behind her until it was completely out of sight!

After leaving the market, Zhou Chun released the Golden-Winged Tiger to carry him and Wu Yuzhu on their journey.

Soon after, the two arrived at another market town within the territory of the Bingyi Kingdom, which was also the largest market town in the country.

Zhou Chun had previously learned that a large-scale auction would be held in this market in two months, at which time many rare items from the Ice Plains would appear.

For Zhou Chun, who currently needs to collect materials for alchemy and weapon crafting, there's no reason not to miss this auction since it's happening now.

"I come from a cultivation family very far from the Ice Barbarian Kingdom. Young friend Wu, after you return to my family, you will temporarily serve as my maid. Regarding the 'Ten Thousand Poisons True Scripture' that you are cultivating, there are already people in my family who have reached the Purple Mansion stage. At that time, you can ask her for cultivation insights, and you can also obtain relevant cultivation resources from my family!"

"Of course, while you are cultivating by my side, you should also do what you can for me or my family."

"Once you've cultivated to the point where you're no longer threatened by the internal fire poison, you can decide for yourself whether to stay or leave!"

In a secluded courtyard rented by Zhou Chunxin, he looked at Wu Yuzhu, who had followed him there, and spoke in a deep voice about his background and his plans for her.

For Zhou Chun, taking in Wu Yuzhu was simply out of pity for her background, coupled with a sense of guilt towards Wu Yishan.

He didn't say he wanted to use him for anything, nor did he ever say he actually intended to take care of the other person's food and drink for the rest of his life.

Therefore, taking care of the other party so that they are not threatened by the internal fire poison and can live alone outside is already considered to have done everything possible.

After listening to Zhou Chun's words, Wu Yuzhu bowed deeply to him and said, "Senior Zhang's kindness and virtue are beyond my ability to repay. Meeting you is the greatest blessing of my life!"

"To receive your protection, senior, is already an immense honor; I dare not ask for more!"

This answer satisfied Zhou Chun. He was afraid that Wu Yuzhu would be unreasonable and not know when to stop, and would try to rely on him from then on.

Then he would have to seriously consider whether he really wanted to bring the other person back to the Zhou family.

He nodded and said, "Then you should cultivate diligently. If you have any questions about cultivation, you can ask me when I have free time."

For the next two months, Zhou Chun waited for the auction to begin while also strolling around the market, preparing to buy a batch of special spiritual items from the Bingyi Kingdom before leaving.

Because the Ice Kingdom has a large number of cultivators who practice ice-attribute techniques, it also has many unique spiritual items that are hard to find elsewhere.

For example, there are magical artifacts suitable for cultivators using ice-attribute techniques, elixirs to enhance cultivation, and some ice-attribute demonic beasts.

The Zhou family also has some cultivators who practice ice-attribute techniques, and there will continue to be cultivators who practice such techniques in the future. Therefore, after Zhou Chun discovered that there are some special spiritual items in the Bingyi Kingdom that are suitable for these clansmen, he prepared to purchase more of them and bring them back to the family treasury for the clansmen to exchange.

This is something that the senior members of their family do when they travel.

That day, while Zhou Chun was strolling around the free trading area of ​​the market, he suddenly sensed that the [Frostbee] in his spirit beast pouch was acting strangely agitated, as if it had been stimulated in some way.

This made him stop in his tracks, and with a look of astonishment and doubt, he used his divine sense to communicate with these demonic insects.

After communicating with them, Zhou Chun learned that the reason these demonic insects suddenly became unusually agitated was because they sensed the presence of a natural enemy.

It should be noted that the Frostbee is a rare insect listed on the "List of Wonderful Insects of Heaven and Earth".

The being that can make these strange insects restless and regard them as natural enemies must be much stronger than them!

This immediately aroused Zhou Chun's great curiosity.

He glanced at the free trade zone and found that he was the only Golden Core cultivator there, with the highest cultivation level among the others being a Purple Mansion early stage cultivator.

Without further hesitation, he immediately and quietly released his divine sense to scan the various stalls.

Given the vast difference in their cultivation levels, no cultivator could detect Zhou Chun's divine sense.

After several scans, he identified some suspicious items and then approached them one by one to investigate.

After a thorough investigation, Zhou Chun stopped in front of a burly man with a thick beard and mid-Foundation Establishment cultivation level.

The burly man was wearing a warm fur coat commonly worn by cultivators from the Ice Barbarian Kingdom, which appeared to be made from the pelt of an ice-attribute demon wolf.

On the stall in front of him were some materials such as claws, teeth, furs, and minerals, wood, and spiritual herbs from demonic beasts, all of which were probably second-tier items.

Upon seeing Zhou Chun, whose cultivation level he couldn't fathom, standing before his stall for a long time without moving, the burly man's expression changed slightly. He quickly spoke up, saying, "Senior, if you see anything you like, I'm willing to sell it to you at market price, without ever taking a penny more!"

Upon hearing the burly man's words, Zhou Chun narrowed his eyes, then looked at him with a half-smile and said, "Is that really what you think? Aren't you afraid of missing out on some treasures that I might snatch up?"

Upon hearing this, the burly man's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly replied with a serious expression, "This junior would not dare to deceive you, senior. I have carefully inspected these items many times before selling them. If there is anything I have overlooked, it simply means that I am not destined to own them, and it is your turn to find a bargain and make a fortune!"

"Interesting, you're quite the smooth talker, young man."

Zhou Chun smiled faintly, then patted his storage pouch at his waist, took out a second-tier high-grade defensive magic weapon shield of unknown origin, and threw it onto the stall. "This magic weapon is enough for you to exchange for everything on your stall?"

"That's enough! Absolutely enough! Thank you so much for your gift, senior!"

The burly man's face lit up with joy, and he nodded repeatedly in thanks. Then, he quickly took out a spare storage bag, packed up everything on the stall, and handed the bag to Zhou Chun with both hands.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun didn't stand on ceremony, directly accepted the storage bag, and turned to leave.

Watching Zhou Chun's departing figure, and then looking at the magical shield on the stall, the big man felt both melancholy and joy.

He knew in his heart that he must have misjudged the situation and overlooked some treasure.

But he was even more aware that if he raised the price on the spot, or simply closed the stall and stopped selling, the consequences would probably not be good!

He had already made a huge profit by exchanging these items, which were originally worth less than a low-grade second-tier magic weapon, for a high-grade second-tier defensive magic weapon, and he should indeed be happy.

The Great Han was able to cultivate to his current level as a rogue cultivator, so he naturally had a very clear understanding of the principles of making choices, and he had seen many examples of people losing their lives because of excessive greed!

Meanwhile, after returning to his temporary residence, Zhou Chun took out everything he had obtained from the big man's stall.

He casually tossed aside the monster materials without even glancing at them, placing only the ores, wood, and herbs in front of him. Then, he took out a [Heavenly Frost Frost Bee] from his spirit beast bag and sent it near the other things.

By using the fear conveyed by the [Frosty Cold Bee] as evidence, he quickly identified his target.

The target was a section of yellowish spirit wood, possibly a kind of spirit wood specializing in the Bingyi Kingdom. Zhou Chun couldn't identify the species, but judging from the spiritual energy it contained, it should be the heartwood of a second-tier spirit wood, about five feet long.

Zhou Chun concentrated his divine sense and scanned the piece of spirit wood with all his might. After examining it carefully many times, he finally discovered its mystery.

Suddenly, he raised his finger and gestured, cutting the piece of spirit wood into several pieces, until only a palm-sized piece remained, which was then placed in front of him.

Then he lit a piece of spirit wood and held the flame near the palm-sized piece of spirit wood to heat it. Soon, a faint white and transparent cocoon appeared on the wood!

The cocoon was only the size of a thumb, and it stuck to the spirit wood just like an ordinary silkworm cocoon.

It cannot be seen with the naked eye unless it is heated by flames, and its existence will be completely ignored by divine sense!

Even though he could see it now, Zhou Chun's divine sense was unable to penetrate the thin layer of the cocoon to observe the creature inside.

This demonstrates the extraordinary nature of this object!

"What kind of demonic insect has spun this cocoon? Even with my late-stage Golden Core divine sense, I almost couldn't completely see through its invisibility, let alone penetrate its thin layer of silk to see what's inside!"

Zhou Chun stared in shock at the cocoon in front of him, instantly recalling the descriptions of all the strange insects in the "List of Strange Insects of Heaven and Earth".

However, even after searching through all the records of demonic insects in the "List of Strange Insects of Heaven and Earth," he could not find a single one that matched.

Thinking about it carefully, it doesn't seem so strange.

After all, the Thousand Spirits Sect, which compiled the "List of Strange Insects of Heaven and Earth," is located very far from the Ice Barbarian Kingdom, and has never produced a Nascent Soul stage cultivator.

It's perfectly normal that no information about the strange insects that might originate from the ice plains was collected.

Even whether the cultivators in the Bingyi Kingdom know about this strange insect is still unknown.

After hesitating for a while while looking at the cocoon in front of him, Zhou Chun did not immediately open it to check the contents. Instead, he put the wooden block in a jade box and put it back into his storage bag.

He planned to first gather relevant information in the Bingyi Kingdom. If he couldn't find any records about this strange insect, he would then dismantle the cocoon.

For the next ten days or so, Zhou Chun went to many bookstores in the market and looked up various books about the monsters and insects that were special to the Bingyi Kingdom, but he was unable to find any record of that strange insect.

This forced him to temporarily put the matter aside and focus his attention on the auction.

Soon after, the auction officially began, and Zhou Chun entered his reserved private room early on.

At this auction, Zhou Chun made three bids and won two kinds of magical materials and a special elixir, the Ice Soul Resurrection Pill.

Among them, the [Ice Soul Returning Pill] can be said to be an unexpected surprise, as it is a rare spiritual item that can replenish the essence of the soul!

Although this item can only restore and replenish the damaged essence of the soul, and cannot strengthen it, it is still an extremely rare elixir.

Zhou Chun spent a full 550,000 spirit coins to win this item from among a group of competitors!

Fortunately, he didn't have to pay for these spirit coins; they were deducted directly from the cost of the magical treasures and materials he had consigned for auction.

That's right. When Zhou Chun participated in the auction, he also consigned most of the materials from the Ice Crystal Demon Wolf and the Moon Gazing Ice Toad that he had previously killed for auction.

These high-end magical artifacts and spiritual materials are not sold cheaply just because they come from their place of origin. On the contrary, they are easier to sell at a higher price than in other places because the Ice Barbarian Kingdom itself has gathered a large number of ice-attribute cultivators from other places.

After all, not every Golden Core cultivator has the ability to hunt fourth-tier demonic beasts on the icy plains!

However, Zhou Chun did not take out the most precious demon core.

Although the Zhou family did not have a decent ice-attribute demon beast, high-level demon cores were a kind of hard currency.

Whether it's used to exchange for fourth-tier demon cores suitable for spirit pets like Lei Jiao Bai Bai, or to exchange for other precious treasures, it's an excellent bargaining chip.

After leaving the auction and returning to his residence, Zhou Chun quickly took the [Ice Soul Resurrection Pill].

Seven days later, Zhou Chun opened his eyes, having completely refined the medicinal power of the [Ice Soul Returning Pill].

"The spiritual power I lost when casting the [Netherworld Soul Pact] has been recovered by half. As long as I find a spiritual item similar to the [Ice Soul Returning Pill] in the future, I should be able to fully recover it!"

He muttered to himself, finding the result somewhat acceptable.

The power of the soul is extremely important to cultivators, especially when breaking through to a higher realm.

Since Zhou Chun's original spiritual power was stronger than that of other cultivators, he would have a better chance of succeeding in forming his core and nascent soul in the future.

If he cannot replenish the lost spiritual power before then, this advantage will disappear, and may even become a disadvantage.

Therefore, if he encounters spiritual items like the [Ice Soul Rejuvenation Pill] that restore the power of the soul again in the future, he will definitely do his best to obtain them.

Zhou Chun had originally planned to leave Bingyi Kingdom after the auction.

But in order to find out the origin of the cocoon, he decided to stay for another six months and ask around to find out more information.

So he had Wu Yuzhu cultivate in the courtyard he rented, while he went to various places to look up relevant information and books, and to find people to talk to and inquire about the cocoon.

Persistence pays off. After more than five months of investigation, Zhou Chun finally obtained some useful information from a late-stage Purple Mansion cultivator from the Ice God Palace, a major sect in the Ice Barbarian Kingdom.

According to that late-stage Purple Mansion cultivator, he once saw a record in the Scripture Pavilion of the Ice God Palace about a strange demonic insect that originated from the ice plains.

According to the records left by that senior cultivator from the Ice God Palace, there exists a special demonic insect on the ice plain that resembles a silkworm and has six wings. He called it the Six-Winged Ice Silkworm!

This kind of demonic insect possesses a powerful ability to hide. The silk it spins also has a hiding effect and is difficult to detect with divine sense. It is also very tough.

That senior cultivator from the Ice God Palace was able to see through the Six-Winged Ice Silkworm's invisibility ability because he had cultivated a powerful spiritual eye technique.

According to the records he left behind, he once witnessed a six-winged ice silkworm almost playfully tearing a fourth-tier ice claw giant bear, known for its thick skin and tough flesh, into a pile of minced meat with its silkworm silk!

Having witnessed the power of the six-winged ice silkworm firsthand, the senior cultivator from the Ice God Palace, despite possessing a late-stage Golden Core cultivation level and being able to see through its invisibility ability, still dared not fight it. He chose to stay away and recorded the incident to warn the younger generation of his sect.

"So this thing could be a six-winged ice silkworm?"

In the quiet room, Zhou Chun stared at the cocoon in front of him, which was barely visible to the naked eye, his eyes filled with solemnity.

After hesitating for a while, he still did not choose to make a move in the market, but instead left the market and entered a deserted mountain.

Zhou Chun then carved out a stone chamber inside the mountain peak. He first used the "Dragon Transformation Secret Technique" to condense silver dragon scales to protect himself. Then he activated the "Moon Toad Pearl" to enhance his "Taiyin Protective Immortal Robe" divine power. He also summoned the "Mountain Shield" for self-defense. Finally, he even summoned the "Myriad Transformations Golden Cauldron" to transform it into a golden armor and put it on.

After setting up several layers of protection, and confirming that even a late-stage Golden Core cultivator wielding a high-grade magic weapon would find it difficult to break through these multiple layers of protection in one strike, Zhou Chun activated the [Taibai Dragon-Slaying Sword] to begin cutting along the edge of the cocoon.

(End of this chapter)