Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 591 The Only Spiritual Root in the World [8,000-word long chapter, please subscribe]

The Valley of Evil Spirits.

When Zhou Chun saw the man in black robes and the burly man with the iron tower appear, his expression immediately became serious.

He would not underestimate any opponent of the same level just because of his own strength.

Moreover, since the two daring individuals dared to rob people in this Demon Spirit Canyon, they must be familiar with the terrain, have a way to ward off evil spirits, and possess extraordinary cultivation and strength.

So before taking action, he looked at the two men with a serious expression and said, "Is this battle today unavoidable? You two should know that this is no peaceful place. After a fierce fight between us, it's hard to say that someone else might reap the benefits!"

Upon hearing this, the man in black robes chuckled and said, "Hehehe, if you don't want to fight, you just need to hand over your storage bag. My brother and I are only after your money; we don't want to force you to fight!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun knew there was no point in negotiating.

For Golden Core cultivators, although their most precious possessions are their natal magic treasures and the magic treasures they have refined, the things in their personal storage bags are also the savings they have accumulated through hard work. They would not be willing to give them away easily unless they had no other choice.

"Hmph, let's see who's the real deal then!"

He let out a cold snort, and with a thought, the [Taibai Dragon-Slaying Sword] shot towards the man in black robes.

"Well done!"

The man in black robes let out a loud shout, and a beam of black light shot out from his mouth, transforming into a longsword burning with black flames that clashed fiercely with the [Taibai Dragon-Slaying Sword] in mid-air.

Then he raised his hand and summoned a black and purple bell-shaped magic weapon. As it swayed, it released rings of soul-capturing demonic sounds to disturb the mind of Master Zhou Chun and his servant.

Behind the man in black robes, the burly man with the iron tower roared, his body instantly growing to a height of three zhang (approximately 10 meters), and his body surface surged with gray-white light, which condensed into a gray-white rock armor that he put on.

Then he raised his hand and a dark gold giant axe appeared in his hand. He swung the giant axe and slashed a sharp and unparalleled blade of energy at Zhou Chun.

Judging from their seamless teamwork, it's clear they've faced off against each other like this more than once.

But this time, their enemy is Zhou Chun, a powerful opponent who has few weaknesses in any aspect.

The soul-capturing demonic sound released by that bell magic weapon was indeed powerful, but for Zhou Chun, whose divine sense was strong, it was far from enough to make his consciousness sink; he only felt a little dizzy and uncomfortable.

A beam of yellow light shot out from his body, and the Mountain Shield immediately materialized into a phantom of a mountain, blocking the sword energy unleashed by the burly man with the iron tower.

Immediately afterwards, several golden rays shot out from the [Myriad Transformations Golden Cauldron], piercing straight towards the burly man with the iron tower.

The Fiery Phoenix, of course, would not let its master face a powerful enemy alone. It immediately let out a clear cry to break free from the influence of the Soul-Seducing Demonic Sound, and opened its mouth to spit out a ball of black and red poisonous flames that burned towards the burly man with the iron tower.

"Be careful, that flame is poisonous!"

The man in black robes had already learned of the power of the black and red poisonous flames through his spirit pet's reconnaissance, so he hurriedly reminded his companion.

At the same time, he quickly formed hand seals and cast a spell. A ball of black flame appeared in his palm and quickly absorbed his magic power and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, transforming into a black fire dragon that pounced on Zhou Chun.

This person, whether it was magical treasures or supernatural powers, gave Zhou Chun a strange feeling, unlike those of the righteous path.

But it was also different from the demonic cultivators he had seen before; it didn't have that eerie, demonic aura.

The burly man with the iron tower was also like that. He seemed to be practicing some kind of technique that focused on the physical body. His magical power was mediocre, but his physical body seemed to be stronger than that of a demon beast.

This aroused his curiosity and vigilance, making him dare not be negligent.

He silently activated his secret technique, opened his mouth, and spat out a white, chilling aura that shot towards the black fire dragon.

After cultivating the "Nine Transformations of the Holy Spirit: Moon Toad Chapter", Zhou Chun's ability to utilize the power of the [Moon Toad Pearl] spiritual treasure has reached a new level. Even without using the spiritual treasure to perform supernatural powers, he can still mobilize the power of the spiritual treasure for his own use.

After absorbing and refining a large amount of Xuanming Cold Qi, the [Moon Toad Pearl] can be said to have recovered its full power.

Zhou Chun was only using a portion of its power for his own purposes, yet its power was no less than that of a spell of the same rank.

However, the white, chilling aura that struck the black fire dragon failed to disperse it; it merely dimmed the dragon's form, allowing it to continue its attack on Zhou Chun.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun felt a chill and hurriedly activated the Mountain Shield to block the fire dragon.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the magic weapon came into contact with the flames transformed from the fire dragon, the defensive aura emanating from the magic weapon dissipated, and even the magic weapon itself showed scorch marks.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun's expression changed drastically. Without hesitation, he raised his finger again and unleashed a white blast of cold air onto the Mountain Shield, forcibly freezing the black flames.

The remaining flames quickly receded under the black-robed man's control, transforming back into a small fire dragon that flew back to his side and gradually absorbed his magical power to recover.

This is what makes true fire-based supernatural powers so troublesome!

As long as the fire seed retains its spiritual essence, it can absorb the cultivator's mana to restore its power at any time, and there are almost no limits on the number of times it can be used.

However, after his earlier probing, the black-robed man seemed to sense that Zhou Chun was not easy to deal with. He did not rush to send the fire dragon forward to attack again. Instead, he narrowed his eyes and looked at Zhou Chun probingly, saying, "You clearly cultivate a metal-attribute technique, yet you can use such a pure ice-attribute divine power. That's quite strange. Could it be that you possess some kind of extraordinary treasure?"

"Did you think I would tell you?"

Zhou Chun replied coldly, then suddenly raised his hand and patted the storage bag at his waist, taking out the [Two Dragons Overturning the Sea Bottle].

"A top-grade magic weapon!"

Upon seeing the blue and white treasure bottle appear, the black-robed man's expression changed drastically, immediately recognizing its extraordinary nature.

Immediately, this person said urgently, "Fellow Daoist, please hold your hand. How about we call it quits for today?"

"Let's talk after you've taken this blow from Zhang!"

Zhou Chun uttered a few words, and as he activated his magic power, blue and white divine light surged out from the treasure bottle, transforming into two beams of light, one blue and one white, that chased after the man in black robes.

Upon seeing this, the man in black robes roared angrily, and a piece of dark black spiritual gauze flew out from his sleeve, emitting a dense ball of dark black spiritual light that protected him.

At the same time, black malevolent energy surged around him, condensing into eight black ghost-face shields that swirled and danced around him.

The two beams of blue and white light first collided with the ghost-face shield, and quickly and easily pierced through four of them. Before the remaining four shields could take turns to defend, they landed on the protective spiritual light emanating from the black spiritual gauze magic treasure.

Instantly, the dark protective aura trembled violently, but ultimately could not withstand the power of the superior-grade magic weapon and was forcefully pierced through.

Then a scream rang out, and the black-robed man's left arm and half of his shoulder were severed from his body!

However, this person was also a decisive individual. Upon seeing that he was severely injured, he immediately ignited his severed limbs, turning them into a stream of bloody light that landed on his body. In an instant, his body transformed into a streak of bloody light and fled from the battlefield.

"I, Shan Tianlong, will remember you. Don't let me ever see you again, or I will avenge the loss of my arm and the destruction of my body today!"

The blood-red shadow flashed through the air and was already a hundred miles away in the blink of an eye, with only its unwilling and resentful voice still echoing on the battlefield.

Seeing that he could no longer stop this person, Zhou Chun immediately turned his attention to the burly man with the iron tower.

This burly man was clearly not skilled in escape techniques; it wouldn't be easy for him to escape like the man in black robes.

This man was already struggling to deal with the Fiery Phoenix, and now Zhou Chun turned his attention to him. Zhou Chun quickly pierced his body with the [Taibai Dragon-Slaying Sword], leaving a bloody hole. He then cried out, "Fellow Daoist, spare my life! I surrender! I surrender!"

"To surrender when you can't win? There's no such thing as a free lunch!"

Zhou Chun smiled coldly, completely ignoring the man's shouts.

A short while later, he unleashed the "Golden Soul-Destroying Spear," piercing the man's heart in one strike, and then captured the severely injured man alive.

Of course, Zhou Chun captured this person not to subdue him, but to search his soul.

He was still very curious about how these two were able to survive in the Demon Spirit Canyon, and at the same time, he wanted to find their lair and wipe out the guy who had just escaped.

However, this was Zhou Chun's first time attempting a soul-searching technique on a cultivator at the same level, and he wasn't sure if he could succeed.

At this point, we have no choice but to give it a try.

Sure enough, when he tried to search the soul of the burly man, the man resisted fiercely, and the progress was very slow.

It wasn't until Zhou Chun had a sudden inspiration and released a "God-Slaying Sword" to attack his soul that his defenses were breached and his will to resist was successfully suppressed.

However, because the other party's resistance was too strong, Zhou Chun was unable to obtain a large amount of the other party's memories through soul search as he had done in the past. He could only view the information he wanted to know within a limited time.

After about fifteen minutes, Zhou Chun wearily withdrew his hand from the burly man's head, then beheaded him with a single sword stroke, ending his wicked life.

After killing the burly man with the iron tower, Zhou Chun recalled the information he had obtained from the soul search, and his eyes narrowed slightly, revealing a hint of excitement.

"I never imagined they would use this method to resist the erosion of the evil energy. It seems this Demon Spirit Canyon isn't entirely useless after all!"

"In that case, we really do have to go there!"

Zhou Chun muttered to himself as he collected the belongings from the burly man and had the Fiery Phoenix burn his body to ashes.

He then put away the Fiery Phoenix and, based on the Iron Tower Strongman's memories, quickly flew towards a certain area within the Demon Spirit Canyon.

After flying for over a thousand miles, Zhou Chun arrived at the outside of a valley filled with malevolent energy.

From a feng shui perspective, this valley is a typical inauspicious place.

The surrounding mountains are either steep and piercing the clouds like sharp swords, or their terrain is broken and disjointed, creating a sense of fragmentation.

Furthermore, the area around the mountain is sparsely vegetated and lacks vitality.

If Zhou Chun hadn't known from the memories of the burly man with the iron tower that there was actually a hidden world inside the valley, he wouldn't have given this place a second glance, even if he were just passing by.

He stood on a mountain peak outside the valley, and after gazing at the valley shrouded in gray-white mist, he raised his hand and flipped it over, revealing a pure white leaf.

This leaf looks like an osmanthus leaf and has a faint fragrance.

After Zhou Chun put it in his mouth and held it there, he immediately felt refreshed, as if he had taken some kind of stimulating drug.

Then he moved and flew directly towards the valley filled with malevolent energy!

Then a strange scene unfolded.

After Zhou Chun entered the malevolent mist formed by the malevolent energy, the malevolent energy did not surge into his body. Instead, it subtly avoided him, making it easy for him to enter the valley.

Inside the valley, there was a vast area completely devoid of any malevolent energy!

In the center of this vast area, there is a white spring, and next to the spring grows a tall white jade osmanthus tree, with many leaves on it that look like the leaves Zhou Chun held in his mouth.

The black-robed man who had escaped was now meditating and healing his wounds under the tree.

When Zhou Chun appeared in the valley, the man in black robes was immediately startled and woke up.

"It's you! You actually found this place!"

The man in black robes, Shan Tianlong, stared at Zhou Chun in shock. When he saw the leaf in Zhou Chun's mouth, his pupils shrank, as if he understood everything.

"Did Shan Meng tell you about this place? He's so stupid!!"

Dan Tianlong said angrily through gritted teeth, his words filled with hatred for the burly man with the iron tower.

After Zhou Chun scrutinized the white jade osmanthus tree with a gleam in his eyes, he slowly said, "You've misunderstood him. He didn't want to say anything, but unfortunately, he ran into me, Zhang!"

"You performed a soul search on him?"

Dan Tianlong immediately realized what was happening, his tone filled with shock and anger, and a hint of fear flashed in his eyes.

Zhou Chun did not deny it, but looked at him with a sigh and said, "You two are indeed fortunate to have discovered such a treasure land and spiritual objects, but unfortunately you are not following the right path. You only want to kill and rob, and now you are going to waste your opportunity!"

Zhou Chun said this without any intention of mocking the other party; it was truly what he thought.

As the discoverers of this white jade osmanthus tree, Shan Tianlong and his companion could easily use this secret place and those leaves to become merchants traveling between the two places. They could take advantage of their ability to be unafraid of evil spirits to cross the Netherworld Valley and earn resources by trading spiritual items between the two places.

Unfortunately, the two of them put the cart before the horse and took advantage of this to engage in banditry, frequently traveling between the two places to rob and kill cultivators from various sects and families, and even looting the entire market!

Then, by taking advantage of the special environment of the Demon Spirit Canyon, they could evade the powerful pursuers behind the victim.

In Zhou Chun's view, such behavior of buying the box and returning the pearl was undoubtedly extremely foolish!

However, Shan Tianlong obviously didn't think so; he only felt that Zhou Chun was mocking him.

He immediately roared angrily, "Do you really think you've won? At worst, we'll part ways, and I'll just destroy this Pure Spirit Osmanthus!"

"Pure Spirit Osmanthus" is the name that Shan Tianlong gave to that white jade osmanthus tree. As for the actual name of this spiritual root, it is probably unknown to anyone in the entire cultivation world.

This is because it is likely unique in the world, a spiritual plant that has mutated and formed in the special environment of the Sinful Spirit Valley.

But facing his threat, Zhou Chun smiled faintly and said, "So what if you destroy it? Anyway, I'm not a cultivator from the Xia Kingdom, so I can't benefit from this osmanthus tree, and I never intended to cultivate in this desolate place like you!"

"Hmph, stop trying to fool me with your empty words! I don't believe you don't know the true value of this item and don't want to monopolize it!"

Dan Tianlong didn't believe Zhou Chun's words at all, convinced that he was bluffing. He immediately summoned the black flame flying sword and slashed at Qingling Xiangui.

To his disappointment and horror, Zhou Chun remained completely calm, watching him without showing any sign of panic, even after the black flame flying sword severed a branch.

"Aren't you afraid that I, Shan, will destroy this pure and beautiful osmanthus tree?!"

Dan Tianlong stared at Zhou Chun in disbelief and roared, finding it hard to understand Zhou Chun's thoughts.

If it were him, he would believe that he would not stand idly by and watch such a spiritual root of heaven and earth be destroyed, even if there were only a sliver of hope.

Little did they know that Zhou Chun possessed the [Purifying Heaven and Earth Divine Jar], which could produce [Purifying Essence Water] with effects even better than this Pure Spirit Osmanthus at any time. So why would he care so much about such a spiritual root that was difficult to transplant and take away?

For Zhou Chun, obtaining this Pure Spirit Osmanthus would be ideal, but not obtaining it would not be unacceptable.

With this mindset, how could they be threatened by Shan Tianlong?

Faced with Shan Tianlong's angry roar, Zhou Chun merely shook his head slightly and sighed softly, "Pathetic, laughable, lamentable!"

Before he finished speaking, he immediately activated his magic weapon and launched an attack on the opponent.

Seeing that he acted so decisively, Shan Tianlong roared and cut the Qingling Immortal Osmanthus in half with a single sword stroke, then turned and fled.

He knew in his heart that he was no match for Zhou Chun, so he didn't dare to fight Zhou Chun at all.

Unfortunately, he underestimated Zhou Chun's murderous intent towards him.

Zhou Chun didn't even glance at the Qingling Immortal Osmanthus he had cut down, and immediately unleashed all his skills to pursue and kill him.

The two fought their way out of the valley and soon disappeared into the valley.

As the Pure Spirit Osmanthus was severed, the malevolent energy that had previously been unable to enter the valley surged towards the spiritual spring in the center of the valley, seemingly intent on defiling it.

Under the pressure of the malevolent energy from all directions, the spring water suddenly surged violently like boiling water, as if it were under immense pressure.

After Zhou Chun chased the man for hundreds of miles and successfully killed the black-robed man, Shan Tianlong, he returned to the valley and witnessed a strange scene.

The vast majority of the valley had been eroded by the evil mist, except for the location of the spiritual spring and the surrounding ten zhang area, which were still resisting the erosion of the evil mist.

The lower half of the severed Qingling Xian Gui tree was now emitting a shimmering jade-like light, as if undergoing some kind of transformation.

"It seems like the spiritual energy from the spring is surging into the tree trunk in large quantities. Is this to make the tree sprout new buds?"

Zhou Chun's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he quickly discovered the source of the tree's strange changes.

This piqued his interest, and he wanted to see what the tree trunk would eventually mutate into, so he didn't even touch the fallen half of the trunk.

Upon closer observation, Zhou Chun discovered that the erosion by the evil mist had not been completely blocked and was still slowly advancing inch by inch.

He only waited for a little over an hour, and the evil mist advanced another three zhang (approximately 13 meters) before encountering increasing resistance.

After about a day, only the area within three zhang around the location of the Pure Spirit Osmanthus tree stump remained unaffected by the evil mist, while even the spiritual spring had been partially defiled by the evil mist.

However, the Qingling Immortal Osmanthus Tree stump did not sprout new buds as Zhou Chun had expected; it seemed to have merely become a container for spiritual energy.

At this moment, Zhou Chun only regretted not bringing the Wood Spirit Wood Mulberry with him, otherwise he might have been able to help this Pure Spirit Immortal Osmanthus Tree.

Zhou Chun waited for another two days, and the evil mist completely eroded and submerged the area within a zhang of the Qingling Immortal Osmanthus Tree stump, even corrupting and eroding several of the underground parts.

Seeing this, he no longer hesitated, immediately drew his sword and dug the tree stump out of the ground, then took it with him and left the valley.

From then on, this idyllic valley was completely transformed into a place of evil!

Half a day later, Zhou Chun flew out from the other end of the Nieling Canyon and successfully entered the territory of the Shayan Kingdom, which was separated from the Xia Kingdom by the Nieling Canyon.

Like the Kingdom of Huoluo, the Kingdom of Shayan belongs to the cultivation world of the far west, and one of the major borders of the cultivation world of the far west is the Valley of Evil Spirits.

In fact, Zhou Chun was able to cross the Netherworld Canyon so quickly thanks to Shan Tianlong.

While waiting for the evil mist to erode the Qingling Immortal Osmanthus tree stump, he opened the storage bag on Shan Tianlong's body and obtained a relatively detailed map of the Evil Spirit Canyon, which marked many shortcuts that made it easy to cross the two places.

Of course, this shortcut refers to a shortcut that does not require worrying about being eroded by evil energy.

If others do not have such means and rashly take this shortcut, they may easily perish along the way.

"Is this the Sayan Kingdom? Let's find a place to rest for a bit!"

Looking down at the severely desertified Gobi Desert, Zhou Chun immediately flew towards a towering mountain in the distance.

After flying for more than 300 miles, Zhou Chun arrived above a range of mountains.

Overall, this mountain range is still somewhat desolate, with exposed and severely weathered mountains, sparse vegetation, and low concentration of spiritual energy. It is not a blessed land or sacred place.

However, there are many nomadic tribes camped here, and you can also see some low-level cultivators moving around in the mountains.

Zhou Chun had no immediate plans to seek information from others, so he simply carved out a temporary cave on an uninhabited mountain peak for his own shelter.

He first meditated in the cave for two days to recover his condition, and then began to take stock of his gains in the Demon Spirit Canyon.

He suffered a lot and was frightened during his traversal of the Demon Spirit Canyon, but the gains were equally significant.

First, there were the magical artifacts and storage bags contributed by Shan Tianlong and Shan Meng.

Shan Tianlong himself possesses four magical treasures: a black flying sword, a purplish-black bell, a jet-black veil, and a flaming pearl.

The flying sword and the gauze scarf are both mid-grade magic treasures, with the flying sword being its natal magic treasure.

However, during the battle, the black gauze scarf was first torn apart by the attack of the [Two Dragons Overturning the Sea Bottle], and then torn to shreds by the [Taibai Dragon-Slaying Sword] during Zhou Chun's pursuit of Shan Tianlong, almost resulting in its destruction.

At the same time, the Flame Pearl was damaged at its source by the "Taiyin Extinction Divine Light" when Zhou Chun killed Shan Tianlong, resulting in a significant loss of its power.

In addition, Shan Tianlong's cultivation method is very special, and his natal flying sword is probably difficult for other Golden Core stage cultivators to refine and use. This thing will probably not be of any use in the short term.

So, of all the magical treasures Zhou Chun actually obtained, only the purplish-black bell was functional.

However, because Dan Meng was dealt with quickly by Zhou Chun, his natal magic weapon, the dark gold giant axe, was preserved in excellent condition. He also contributed a slightly damaged black iron ring defensive magic weapon. Both of these magic weapons were low-grade magic weapons.

With gains come losses. Zhou Chun's Mountain Shield was severely burned by Shan Tianlong's true fire, and it is estimated that it will take decades of nurturing to fully recover.

Even the Taibai Dragon-Slaying Sword was injured by demonic flames in its clash with Shan Tianlong's natal flying sword, its sharpness slightly diminished, and it will need several years to recover.

Of course, these losses are insignificant compared to the gains.

Besides the magic weapon, Zhou Chun also obtained the storage bags of the two Shan brothers.

These two were bandits who had committed numerous crimes, so naturally their storage bags contained a great many valuable items.

There are as many as thirteen magical treasures and spiritual materials alone!

The reason there are so many is that the far west region naturally produces various kinds of spirit gold ores, and the number of cultivators is far less than that of countries like the Heavenly Spirit Realm.

Moreover, four or five of the thirteen magical artifact materials are made of the same type of material.

Even so, this is still a huge gain.

Compared to the quantity of magical treasures and spiritual materials, the number of spiritual herbs in their storage bags was much smaller, consisting of only one thousand-year-old treasure-level ginseng and a dozen or so thousand-year-old spiritual herbs.

However, Zhou Chun found two spirit crystals in Shan Tianlong's storage bag, which was a great gain.

If Zhou Chun hadn't searched Dan Meng's soul, he might have been puzzled by the small amount of items in their storage bags, finding it hard to believe that two Golden Core cultivators who made a living by robbing would be so poor.

But during the soul search, he happened to learn something.

A hundred years ago, the two sold a large amount of their wealth to help Shan Tianlong buy a spiritual pill that could help him break through the barrier of the late Golden Core stage, but unfortunately, he ultimately failed to break through.

This incident caused their assets to shrink significantly. In addition, in recent years, both the Shayan Kingdom and the Xia Kingdom have set traps for them, making them less willing to plunder in those two countries.

This explains why they were so eager to pull off a heist after discovering Zhou Chun in the Demon Spirit Canyon.

Unexpectedly, the two of them ran into a brick wall this time, and ended up losing their lives!

After counting the contents of the two storage bags, Zhou Chun put the treasures aside and focused his attention on several ancient books.

The Shan brothers' storage bags contained a considerable number of books, including a rather exquisite weapon-refining manual, which belonged to some unfortunate cultivator who had died at their hands.

However, the Zhou family is not actually lacking in this kind of inheritance, but rather lacks a master-level figure who can truly carry forward these inherited skills.

The texts Zhou Chun is currently focusing on are the cultivation techniques of Shan Tianlong and Shan Meng.

He had previously discovered that the cultivation methods practiced by the two were quite different from those popular among the general public, and this was later confirmed when he searched the souls of Dan Meng.

Among them, the cultivation technique practiced by Shan Tianlong is called "Black Flame Fiend Pill Technique". During the cultivation process, it is necessary to collect various poisonous fire and fiend energy to refine. After forming the core, one will definitely master the true fire supernatural power called "Black Sun Fiend Fire", which is extremely powerful.

However, the poisonous fire and evil energy are not so easy to refine. Directly refining them can easily lead to qi deviation and death.

Therefore, there is a cruel and vicious method in the "Black Flame Fiend Pill Technique" that allows other cultivators to collect a certain poisonous fire fiend energy and refine it. If a person can refine the poisonous fire fiend energy, he can condense a fiend seed in his body.

At that time, all that is needed is to extract the evil seed from its body using a secret method and refine it with one's own "Black Flame Evil Pill Technique," and one can obtain the cultivation results of others with little danger!

The cultivator whose evil seed was taken away was naturally doomed to die!

Dan Tianlong successfully formed his core using the "Black Flame Demonic Core Technique," causing the deaths of countless "Demon Slaves"!

It can be said that although the "Black Flame Demon Pill Technique" is not a demonic cultivation method, it is more cruel and vicious than many demonic cultivation methods!

As for the cultivation technique that Shan Meng practiced, it was called "Earthly Fiend Slaughtering Spirit Technique," which was also an evil technique that required killing to improve one's cultivation.

Zhou Chun has traveled all over the country and visited many places.

This was the first time he had ever seen such unorthodox cultivation techniques as "Black Flame Demon Pill Technique" and "Earthly Fiend Slaughtering Spirit Technique." For a moment, he could only marvel at the vastness of the cultivation world and how anything could be possible!

He estimated that these two cultivation methods were probably from the cultivation world in the far west. Only in the relatively isolated environment of this place could there be a space for practitioners of these methods to survive.

Otherwise, in a place like Jingguo, if the inside story of cultivating this kind of technique were to be spread, it would definitely be met with hostility and rejection from other cultivators in the cultivation world.

After briefly glancing at the cultivation content of the two techniques, Zhou Chun quickly shook his head and put them away. He planned to keep them only in his private library as a collection and would not allow any Zhou family cultivators to practice them.

After taking stock of the Shan brothers' spoils, Zhou Chun took out the Pure Spirit Osmanthus.

To be honest, if this Qingling Immortal Osmanthus were intact, it would be absolutely priceless!

The special barrier formed by this tree in that valley not only isolated it from the erosion of evil energy, but also allowed spiritual energy to gather there, making it a blessed place for cultivation.

Furthermore, even the turbid and malevolent energy cannot enter that valley!

If one possesses this complete Pure Spirit Osmanthus, then the Demon Spirit Valley will no longer be an insurmountable danger, and the malevolent energy within will no longer be an obstacle, but rather a protection.

Unfortunately, this Qingling Immortal Osmanthus could not be transplanted and could only exist in that valley, which greatly reduced its appeal to Zhou Chun, so he never thought of trying to save it.

Now that the Pure Spirit Osmanthus has been destroyed, the shielding and isolation effect of its leaves against evil energy will expire and disappear within six months. There will never be such a wonder again!

However, the destroyed Qingling Immortal Osmanthus still has its uses.

After studying the Qingling Immortal Osmanthus tree stump, Zhou Chun easily discovered that it had the effect of gathering spiritual energy, naturally gathering the surrounding spiritual energy to enhance cultivation effects.

Furthermore, sitting cross-legged on a tree stump is equivalent to having a treasure for calming the mind and focusing the spirit with you, greatly reducing the chance of going into qi deviation, and even nourishing and accelerating the recovery of consciousness!

Furthermore, a large amount of spiritual energy has been deposited inside the tree stump, and slow changes are still occurring inside, so there may be other gains in the future.

Zhou Chun felt that its ability to isolate the evil energy in the Demon Spirit Canyon should continue to exist in the future, and would not become ineffective after half a year like the leaves that were picked.

In short, this is definitely a rare and invaluable artifact for aiding cultivation!

Zhou Chun felt that the remaining part of the tree trunk could perhaps be used to make some calming beads for the family's cultivators to wear in the future, provided that the calming and concentration effects could last for a long time.

"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush," and this outcome might be better for me.

Zhou Chun looked at the white jade tree stump he was sitting on and muttered to himself.

(End of this chapter)