Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 608 The Great Beast Tide [Please Subscribe]

The impending outbreak of the beast tide is a matter of great importance, even a matter of life and death.

However, this time Zhou Chun did not intend to inform or report this matter to the Moon Wheel Sect or the Flame Sun Sect.

If this matter is reported now, the Zhou family's preparations will be difficult to carry out, and people will question how he discovered this matter.

After much thought, I decided to pretend I knew nothing and secretly make preparations.

In any case, if a massive beast tide were to break out, the huge commotion would be impossible to keep secret. Several major powers have high-level cultivators stationed at the border, so they would receive the news in advance.

They just couldn't prepare in advance like the Zhou family, by stockpiling supplies and evacuating personnel.

After Zhou Chun and Zhou Mingde reached an agreement, the two went their separate ways.

Zhou Chun was tasked with purchasing war supplies for the Great Zhou Kingdom and informing Zhou Daoyi and Lin Hongyu, while Zhou Mingde was responsible for related family matters.

But before Zhou Chun left, Zhou Mingde returned the item to him intact.

"War is imminent. Give this demon core to Zhengchun's Fiery Phoenix to help it break through to the mid-fourth rank!"

The demon core he mentioned was the fourth-tier [Fire-Scaled Lion] demon core that Zhou Chun had exchanged for with the Fire God Jackal.

Originally, the intention was to use this demon core to make the Fire God Jackal take a gamble and see if it could help him break through to the fourth rank.

As a result, the Fire God Jackal broke through to the fourth rank directly after consuming "Emperor's Elixir," thus saving the demon core.

In terms of potential and strength, the Fire God Jackal is clearly far inferior to the Fiery Phoenix.

That's why Zhou Mingde is doing what he's doing now.

Zhou Chun knew the gravity of the matter, so this time he didn't refuse. He quickly took the demon core and fed it to the Flame Prison Fire Phoenix on the spot.

Speaking of which, the Golden-Armored Mountain-Carrying Turtle Stone has almost finished digesting that fourth-grade low-level demon core, and its cultivation is already close to the edge of a breakthrough.

Perhaps when the great beast tide truly erupts, both of his spirit pets will be able to break through to the middle grade of the fourth rank!

On this trip to the Great Zhou Kingdom, Zhou Chun specially brought his apprentice Zhou Zhiying with him.

Ostensibly, he was taking her to the Great Zhou Kingdom to broaden her horizons, but in reality, he was taking her away from the Jing Kingdom, which was about to become a battlefield.

According to the plan, she would be under the care of Zhou Daoyi in the Great Zhou Kingdom until the war in the Jing Kingdom came to a conclusion.

With her and Zhou Daoyi around, even if Jingguo loses, the Zhou family can still make a comeback.

Zhou Zhiying was completely unaware of all this at the moment, and only embarked on the journey with Zhou Chun with great anticipation.

Unfortunately, Zhou Chun was really in a hurry this time and did not stop for long in the countries along the way. In order not to expose the [Purifying Heaven and Earth Divine Jar], he selectively stopped briefly in a few markets.

This left her feeling quite regretful and frustrated.

Fortunately, as the two arrived at Tianyuan Immortal City, the magnificent city quickly caught Zhou Zhiying's attention.

She had never seen such a magnificent and vast fairy city!

Looking at the magnificent and imposing immortal city, she felt the same awe that Zhou Chun had felt when he first saw it.

Then, out of sheer curiosity, I wanted to go inside and see for myself.

Immediately, she looked at Zhou Chun pleadingly, "Master, could you please allow me to move freely within the Immortal City? I wish to explore this Immortal City thoroughly!"

Upon hearing her request, Zhou Chun calmly looked at her and said, "It's fine for you to move around the city alone, but you must agree to three rules: you must not have any conflicts with others, you must not reveal your background or origins, and you must not leave the Immortal City without permission!"

"If you can accomplish these three things, I will grant you free rein to roam within the Immortal City!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhiying's face lit up with joy, and she nodded repeatedly, saying, "Disciple agrees! Disciple will definitely remember Master's instructions and will never disobey these three points!"

"In that case, you may leave!"

Zhou Chun looked at her in silence for a while, then nodded slightly and said something that made her smile.

The master and apprentice then parted ways and entered the city.

After entering the city, Zhou Chun naturally went first to the cave dwelling rented by Zhou Daoyi and his wife.

At this time, only a few years had passed since the last time "Emperor's Dew" was planned, and Zhou Daoyi and his wife were still in the city to avoid trouble.

Zhou Chun met with the two of them without any trouble.

"Zhengchun, since you've come here, the results of your spirit pet's breakthrough must be out, right? How did it go? Did you succeed?"

Inside the cave, upon seeing Zhou Chun, who had come to visit, Zhou Daoyi immediately inquired about the Golden-Winged Tiger's breakthrough results with a concerned expression.

Although Zhou Chun was preoccupied with his own thoughts, he wasn't in a hurry to speak. He simply smiled and nodded, saying, "That's right, not only has the Golden-Winged Tiger successfully broken through to the fourth rank, but the Supreme Elder's Fire God Jackal has also successfully broken through!"

Upon hearing his answer, Zhou Daoyi's face immediately lit up with delight, and he couldn't help but clap his hands and exclaim, "Excellent! This is truly double happiness, we should raise a toast!"

Seeing this, Zhou Chun took the opportunity to ask, "Grand Uncle, where is your Azure Dragon? It should have successfully advanced to a third-tier high-grade demon beast by now, right?"

"Thanks to you, Zheng Chun, Qingqing has not only successfully advanced to the third-tier superior grade, but its bloodline quality has also improved. Although it is still far inferior to your Thunder Flood Dragon Bai Bai, breaking through to the fourth tier in the future should not be a problem!"

As Zhou Daoyi spoke, his face was also filled with a smile.

He used to worry that he was holding Qingjiao Qingqing back and might not be able to accompany his beloved pet to the fourth tier.

Unexpectedly, by sheer luck, he himself successfully formed his core first, while his spirit pet Qingqing suffered a setback in cultivation due to taking forbidden medicine, greatly hindering its progress.

This matter has always been a regret in his heart, and he feels guilty for failing his beloved pet.

Now, with the help of the third-grade high-quality demon core and "Emperor's Dew" given by Zhou Chun, the Azure Dragon has finally caught up in cultivation and its bloodline quality has also been greatly improved. It has finally reaped the rewards after all its hardships.

He was relieved and in a great mood.

Unfortunately, his good mood was destined not to last long.

Because Zhou Chun quickly explained the purpose of his visit!

As expected, when they heard that the Dragon Rising Valley stronghold had been attacked and destroyed, and that a massive beast tide was brewing, not only Zhou Daoyi's expression changed, but even Lin Hongyu, who had not spoken before, changed her expression.

Both of them were well aware of the immense harm that the Great Beast Tide would bring to Jingguo and the Zhou family if it were to erupt.

That would absolutely be a catastrophe that could lead to the destruction and extermination of the Zhou family!

"This is truly a disaster!"

Zhou Daoyi muttered to himself, his face looking very unpleasant.

But after all, he had been the clan leader for a long time and was now a Golden Core cultivator. After a brief moment of shock and disorientation, he quickly regained his composure.

After a moment's thought, he looked at Zhou Chun and asked, "So, how does the family plan to deal with this matter? Is there anything we can do to help you?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun immediately replied, "This junior has already discussed it with the Supreme Elder. The family is making preparations on two fronts: on one hand, we are actively preparing for war, and on the other hand, we are arranging for promising young members of the family to leave Jing Kingdom, so as to preserve a glimmer of hope for the family!"

"After these young clansmen leave Jingguo, they will need your secret care and protection, Grand Uncle."

"Furthermore, my great-aunt may also need to return to join the younger generation in fighting the beast tide, lest she give others cause for gossip!"

At this point, he added, "This time, I brought Ying'er out with me. For the foreseeable future, I will need you, Grand Uncle, to look after and protect her, and ensure that nothing happens to her before she reaches the late stage of the Purple Mansion realm."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Daoyi quickly nodded solemnly and said, "I understand. Leave these matters to me with confidence. I will certainly not fail the family's trust!"

After making this promise, he looked at Zhou Chun with a solemn expression and earnestly instructed him, "But Zheng Chun, you must also be careful. If things really become unmanageable, it is alright to make the difficult decision to evacuate Jingguo!"

"As long as we Golden Core cultivators are still alive, even if the family is reduced to only a few dozen or a hundred people, we can rise again within three hundred years and regain our former glory!"

When the Zhou family first settled in Jiufengling, there were only a few dozen members.

Now, three hundred years later, the Zhou family has achieved its current prestige.

Therefore, Zhou Daoyi's statement was not unfounded.

Of course, both Zhou Chun and he knew that this was a last resort, a desperate choice.

If they really had a choice, they would definitely still want to preserve the foundation of Yasukuni.

After all, those who have experienced it firsthand know all too well how difficult it is to start all over again.

"I understand, please don't worry!"

Zhou Chun nodded slightly, responding with a solemn expression.

He then handed over the spirit coins and related spiritual items he had brought to Zhou Daoyi, asking him to contact the relevant war supplies.

He quickly left Zhou Daoyi's cave and went to Luo Qingni's place.

Luo Qingni was also cultivating and refining pills normally in her cave.

As an alchemist, she basically doesn't need to go out on adventures to obtain good cultivation resources, so she can stay in her cave most of the time.

However, while this approach ensures stability, it also means missing out on opportunities for rapid advancement, making it difficult to say whether it's ultimately a good or bad thing.

After exchanging pleasantries, Zhou Chun looked at the beautiful woman before him with a solemn expression and said, "I've come to visit today because I need your help, Fellow Daoist Luo!"

"Oh, Fellow Daoist Zhou, why are you so solemn? What brings you here?"

Luo Qingni's expression shifted, and she looked at Zhou Chun with slight surprise, asking for details.

Zhou Chun trusted her implicitly and readily revealed information about the brewing beast tide.

Upon hearing this, Luo Qingni was also somewhat shocked.

In a place like the Great Zhou Kingdom, it's simply impossible for such a beast tide to break out.

But that doesn't mean she was unaware of the dangers of the beast tide.

After all, there are many places in the cultivation world where monsters live in groups, just like the wilderness, so beast tides are not unique to that place.

After the initial shock, she looked at Zhou Chun with a puzzled expression and said, "Since you knew that a great beast tide might break out and that Jing Kingdom might not be able to hold out, why did you still take the risk, Fellow Daoist Zhou? Why not take advantage of your foresight to move your family members and belongings to another place and avoid this calamity!"

Hearing her words, Zhou Chun was both amused and exasperated.

This is just an outsider talking nonsense, a typical example of individualistic thinking from a self-taught practitioner!

As a rogue cultivator, if faced with this situation, one's first thought would naturally be to flee to another place and escape, regardless of whether Jingguo lives or dies!

However, as a family of cultivators, this approach is clearly a last resort.

After all, putting aside local sentiments and social networks, just abandoning the two sacred mountains and blessed lands that the family had worked so hard to acquire, as well as a large number of ordinary family members, would leave the Zhou family crippled!

Moreover, if they leave Jingguo, where will the Zhou family find a spiritual mountain and blessed land in a short period of time that can accommodate several Golden Core stage cultivators to cultivate?

Furthermore, with such a blatant desertion in the face of battle, how could the Moon Wheel Sect and the Flame Sun Sect possibly stand idly by!

As for other bandit groups that might be encountered on the way to escape, there's no need to elaborate further!

The Zhou family is protected by the Moon Wheel Sect in Jingguo, and the Nascent Soul stage cultivators from other countries will abide by the rules and not attack them.

Once you abandon Yasukuni and choose to flee, whether you're passing through another country or trying to settle down there, you're very likely to be swallowed whole by those local tyrants!

This is completely different from a lone cultivator fleeing to another country.

Therefore, unless absolutely necessary, the whole family should never flee!

There was no need to explain all these matters to Luo Qingni. Zhou Chun simply waved his hand with a wry smile and said, "Fellow Daoist Luo, you are all alone and do not understand the difficulties involved. Just understand that it is simply impossible for Zhou Chun and his family to migrate and flee Jingguo right now!"

Hearing this, Luo Qingni nodded as if she understood, then said softly, "Qingni is usually devoted to cultivation and alchemy, and truly doesn't understand these worldly matters. Since Fellow Daoist Zhou says so, may I ask how Qingni can help you?"

"I, Zhou, would like to ask Fellow Daoist Luo to help me refine pills, mainly high-grade healing pills and pills to restore mana, the more the better!"

Zhou Chun solemnly stated his request.

Hearing this, Luo Qingni seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and immediately replied with a smile, "If it's just about alchemy, Qingni can certainly help."

Upon seeing that she had agreed, Zhou Chun breathed a sigh of relief and immediately bowed in thanks, saying, "Then I will trouble Fellow Daoist Luo!"

Then he asked Luo Qingni to provide a list of various spiritual herbs needed for alchemy, and prepared to collect and purchase the relevant materials in a big way.

The Zhou family is now facing a significant impact on their profits from the wilderness, so they need to cut costs wherever possible.

Therefore, it is definitely better to ask Luo Qingni to help refine pills than to spend a lot of money to buy ready-made pills.

Once Luo Qingni's list of medicinal herbs was ready, Zhou Chun and Zhou Daoyi began to prepare the herbs according to the prescription. They first purchased a batch of medicinal herbs in the Great Zhou Kingdom and sent them to Luo Qingni so that she could start refining them immediately.

Then Zhou Chun asked Zhou Daoyi to look after Zhou Zhiying and purchase talismans and other items, while he himself immediately returned to Jingguo to purchase a large quantity of related spiritual medicines.

In the following two or three years, many forces in Jing Kingdom discovered that the various Zhou family specialty spirit beasts, which were previously difficult to obtain, were now much easier to acquire.

The Zhou family seemed to have suddenly become very short of money. They not only reduced the welfare and offerings to the clan members and cut expenses in various aspects, but also started to sell off all kinds of spirit beasts in the family!

This matter aroused the curiosity of many forces that paid attention to the Zhou family, and some wanted to investigate the reason. However, since most of the Zhou family cultivators themselves were unaware of the reason, they ultimately gained nothing.

Even if someone wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to manipulate the Zhou family, they would be unable to do anything because there were too many buyers who wanted to purchase the Zhou family's spirit beasts.

In less than three years, the Zhou family sold off most of their available spirit beasts, leaving only a few for breeding in many species.

Meanwhile, during this period, the Zhou family held many martial arts competitions under various pretexts, and sold a number of Foundation Establishment spiritual items and spiritual items that helped people break through to higher realms at a discount to some of the winners and those who performed well.

This led to the remarkable achievement of producing five Foundation Establishment cultivators in three consecutive years!

However, since the cultivators involved were all low-level cultivators, this matter only caused discussion in some low-level cultivator circles and did not attract much attention from high-level cultivators.

However, family leaders such as Zhou Zhengyong and Zhou Xinlan gradually noticed that some outstanding family members were quietly transferred out of the mountain gate under the pretext of going out for training or official business.

This made them feel uneasy, but they didn't dare to ask too many questions.

On this day, Zhou Chun, who was stationed at the Caiyu Mountain stronghold, suddenly received a message from Bahar, the high priest of the Scaled Frog Clan, informing him that an anomaly had occurred in the Dragon Abyss Marsh. A large number of demonic beasts were flowing upstream from several rivers and waterways that led directly to the Jing Kingdom, and their whereabouts were unknown!

"Is it finally starting?"

Zhou Chun muttered to himself, suddenly feeling a sense of relief as if a huge weight had been lifted from his heart.

Sometimes it's like that; before things happen, we're always suspicious, doubting this and that, and preoccupied with worries.

When everything becomes inevitable, you can calm down and face it with a clear mind.

In the past two or three years, Zhou Chun has been busy with various matters, including frequently traveling to the Great Zhou Kingdom to deliver alchemy materials to Luo Qingni, and also taking care of various internal family affairs. He has not even been able to focus on his cultivation.

Now that the beast tide has occurred as expected, he no longer has much time to make further preparations, but can instead focus on preparing for a tough battle.

Fortunately, although his personal cultivation had not improved much in the past few years, the Fiery Phoenix and the Golden Armored Mountain-Carrying Turtle Stone both broke through to become mid-grade fourth-order demon beasts after refining the demon core, which greatly increased his strength.

It's a pity that the "Heavenly Absolute Four Symbols Formation" he obtained before was too profound, and his spirit pets haven't learned it yet, otherwise his strength would definitely have increased even more!

Even so, as long as he doesn't encounter a fifth-tier demon king, Zhou Chun is confident that even if he faces multiple fourth-tier high-grade demon beasts, he will not be at a disadvantage and may even be able to turn the tables.

Now it remains to be seen how the two major powers in Yasukuni will deal with this beast tide!

Immediately, Zhou Chun ordered all the remaining cultivators in the wilderness to gather at the Caiyu Mountain stronghold for closed-door cultivation. He then left Xu Fu, who had volunteered, to oversee and lead the cultivators, while he himself quietly returned to his family by land.

There will be no further action at the Jade Mountain outpost until the beast tide ends; everything will have to wait until the beast tide is over before resuming.

At the same time, just as the demonic beasts in Longyuanze began to surge upstream towards Jingguo, a massive group of demonic beasts that had already migrated to various places also rushed towards Jingguo at the same time.

The scene of countless beasts galloping was quickly discovered by the cultivators adventuring in the wilderness, who then sent messages back to notify the various pioneering outposts.

The intelligence information was then passed through layers of transmission and spread to various parts of Yasukuni.

As the vanguard of the beast tide began to engulf various pioneering strongholds and reached the border of Yunzhou, news of the approaching beast tide had already spread throughout the cultivation world of Jingguo.

At this moment, the Moon Wheel Sect and the Flame Sun Sect made a decision that did not surprise Zhou Chun.

That means directly sealing off all the northern states of Jing Kingdom, prohibiting any Jing Kingdom cultivators from leaving Jing Kingdom without permission!

This was clearly done to prevent the small families and independent cultivators from disbanding and leaving no one available.

The order to conscript cultivators from various affiliated forces was quickly issued to cultivation families across the land. The Zhou family alone was conscripted two Golden Core cultivators and six Purple Mansion cultivators, who were ordered to immediately lead twenty Foundation Establishment cultivators and two hundred Qi Refining cultivators to the front lines in Yunzhou to resist the invasion of the beast tide.

But Zhou Chun knew in his heart that the scale of this beast tide far exceeded the expectations of the Moon Wheel Sect and the Flame Sun Sect. Yunzhou, such a major front line, would definitely not be able to be defended, and even Lanzhou might not be able to be defended!

So although he obeyed the order to gather manpower, he deliberately delayed his journey to Yunzhou.

As expected, although Zhou Chun only delayed for less than half a day, the first wave of resistance from Yunzhou had completely failed, and it is said that several Golden Core cultivators perished on the spot!

Then news spread that a fifth-tier demon king was besieging the Moon Wheel Sect and the Flame Sun Sect's mountain gate.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun decisively led his people back to Tuyun Ridge, preparing to wait for further news before making a decision.

He understood that the beast tide was coming suddenly and fiercely, and it was normal that the Moon Wheel Sect and the Flame Sun Sect were unable to cope with it.

However, Yunzhou spans thousands of miles, enough to delay the beast tide for a day or two. At that time, both factions will surely release relevant countermeasures.

Moreover, after capturing Yunzhou, the beast tide will inevitably split up and surge towards various states, and there are various markets and family strongholds along the way to resist, so it won't be so fast for it to reach Tuyunling.

The Zhou family is currently calm and prepared, so even if they are besieged by a beast tide, they can hold out for quite some time.

As Zhou Chun had predicted, things turned out exactly as he had expected.

The beast tide surged in from the wilderness and conquered Yunzhou. After that, the massive beast horde was no longer under the control of the fourth-tier beasts. They could only carry out the tasks assigned by the fifth-tier demon kings, each driving the portion of the beasts they could control and influence toward the heart of Jingguo, flattening any cultivator strongholds they saw along the way!

But what truly determined the course of this war was not the massive beast tide of millions, but those fifth-tier powerhouses.

As the beast tide raged across Jingguo, the mountain gates of the three major forces—the Moon Wheel Sect, the Flame Sun Sect, and the Green Lotus Temple—were also besieged by fifth-tier demon kings.

Under the siege of these fifth-tier demon kings, the mountain gate protection formations of several forces were under immense pressure. Not only were the disciples unable to leave the mountain to organize manpower to resist the beast tide, but even Nascent Soul stage cultivators were trapped inside the mountain gates.

Even now, their primary concern is whether their own sect can withstand the attacks of these fifth-tier demon kings!

(End of this chapter)