Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 611 The Fall of Tuyunling [Please Subscribe]

The breach of the Qinglian Temple's gate is not something that cannot happen.

But if it's breached so quickly, things will get really bad!

Tuyunling and Qinglian Mountain Range are located on a horizontal line from east to west, at the beginning and end of the line.

With Qinglian Temple at the forefront, even if Tuyun Ridge becomes the main target of the beast tide, the pressure will not be unbearable.

However, after the Qinglian Temple gate was breached, the Zhou family of Tuyunling became the most conspicuous group of beasts advancing northward!

Even if the fifth-tier demon king didn't intervene, the Zhou family wouldn't be able to withstand the massive beast tide of hundreds of thousands, nor would they be able to hold out against the siege of twenty or thirty fourth-tier demon beasts.

Therefore, Zhou Chun could only activate the backup plan and take the initiative to evacuate Tu Yunling before the beast tide that came to support arrived at Tu Yunling!

Leaving Tuyunling means abandoning this sacred mountain and the mountain gate that the family has managed for one or two hundred years.

This represents a significant loss for the Zhou family, both in terms of morale and material resources.

If it weren't for a last resort, Zhou Chun really didn't want to make this decision.

But now things have truly reached a point where there is no other choice.

If we choose to preserve the land but lose the people, then we will lose both the land and the people.

Only by saving lives and reclaiming lost territory can we have a chance to make a comeback and regain our lost land!

However, the real reason that made Zhou Chun decide to voluntarily withdraw was because the gate of Qinglian Temple was breached!

After the Qinglian Temple's gate was breached, even if a large number of disciples had been evacuated beforehand, like the Zhou family, it would be difficult to reclaim the lost territory.

In this way, if the demonic beasts are driven back to the wilderness in the future, the Zhou family can rightfully replace the Qinglian Temple and occupy the Qinglian Mountain Range.

In order to better occupy and develop the blessed land of Qinglian Mountain Range, Zhou Chun must now do his best to preserve the Zhou family's living strength!

Therefore, while it may seem like we will lose a lot by voluntarily withdrawing from Tuyunling now, in the long run, it will allow the family to advance further.

Having made up his mind, Zhou Chun quickly took action.

It should be noted that the Zhou family had learned of the impending beast tide several years in advance, and thus had naturally prepared various countermeasures long ago.

Zhou Chun had already instructed the Golden Armor Mountain-Carrying Turtle Stone to dig several escape tunnels deep underground around Tuyun Ridge for use during evacuation.

These escape tunnels are located hundreds of feet underground, and even a fifth-order demon king would have difficulty detecting them.

Furthermore, they are not directly connected to Tuyun Ridge, so even if someone discovers them from the outside, they cannot use them to attack the Zhou family's mountain gate from underground.

However, when they are needed, the Golden Armor Mountain-Carrying Turtle Stone can carve out a tunnel dozens of miles long in just half a day to connect with them, forming a complete escape tunnel!

Once Zhou Chun made his decision, the Golden Armor Mountain-Carrying Turtle Stone immediately sprang into action.

At the same time, the Zhou family cultivators inside the mountain gate also received the evacuation notice and began to hurriedly pack their belongings.

Actually, there's not much to pack up, because the truly precious things have already been packed up.

The same applies to Jiufengling.

A year ago, Zhou Chun secretly transplanted several rare spiritual fruit trees, including the [Zhu Yuan Fruit] tree, and some rare spiritual herbs to Bamboo Leaf Island in Le Kingdom.

Although doing so will damage the vital energy of these medicinal herbs and fruit trees, the losses can be minimized by the life-giving and conditioning provided by the Wood Spirit and Wood Mulberry.

When the beast tide recedes and the Zhou family settles down again, they can transplant them all back.

So packing up at this time basically means packing up everyone's personal belongings, as well as packing up the things in the family treasury, secret vault, and library.

Even if you are prepared, you still have to give up a lot of things at this point.

For example, there are some demonic beasts inside the mountain gate that cannot be taken away, and the fourth-order purple mulberry tree in front of Zhou Chun's cave!

In fact, Zhou Chun hesitated for quite some time about whether to transplant the purple mulberry tree.

Transplanting this sacred tree is not difficult; the challenge lies in preserving the jade marrow fungus that has already been planted on it.

These Jade Marrow Fungus have been planted for quite some time. If the spirit wood is transplanted, these delicate plants are likely to wither and die, which would be a great loss.

Therefore, after much deliberation, Zhou Chun decided not to transplant the spirit tree.

His thinking was simple: even if the demonic beasts occupied Tu Yunling, they would at most destroy the human buildings, and they probably wouldn't deliberately damage the fourth-order spirit wood, the Purple Mulberry Wood.

They might even occupy this place as the lair and territory of some fourth-tier demon beast.

Besides the purple mulberry tree, Zhou Chun would definitely take the Spirit Eye Spring and the "Pure Spirit Immortal Osmanthus" tree stump from his cave with him.

At this point, Zhou Chun didn't care how much damage moving these two items would cause to the spiritual veins and the items themselves. He first put the tree stump into his storage bag, and then forcibly put away the Spirit Eye Spring as well.

Now that he is at the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm, and can use the power of the great formation to sever the connection between the Spirit Eye Spring and the spiritual veins, putting away the Spirit Eye Spring will not take much time.

In just half a day, Zhou Chun successfully packed up the Spirit Eye Spring.

Meanwhile, the Golden-Armored Mountain-Carrying Turtle Stone had already dug an escape route, connecting it to the previously dug tunnel.

After inspecting the tunnel and confirming there were no problems, he said to Zhou Mingde, who had already arranged for people to pack everything, "Alright, the tunnel is open. Elder, you and your great-aunt should leave first. I will follow shortly!"

"Then I'll take my leave first. Zhengchun, please be careful!"

At this critical moment, Zhou Mingde did not hesitate at all. After giving Zhou Chun a few words of advice, he led his men out through the tunnel.

Zhou Chun, along with dozens of elderly cultivators with limited potential, remained inside the mountain gate, continuing their bluff to distract the beasts outside.

He was skilled and daring, and even if he were surrounded by enemies ten times his size, he was confident he could escape.

When the other cultivators agreed to stay, they were already prepared to die. The Zhou family will take good care of their descendants and relatives!

In less than two hours, Zhou Mingde and his men retreated through the tunnel to a secluded mountain stream two or three hundred miles away from Tuyun Ridge.

This place is not far from the beast hordes surrounding Tuyun Ridge, and there is still a possibility of being exposed.

Therefore, Zhou Mingde and several hundred others did not act together, but instead split into several groups and withdrew separately.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, they will eventually reunite at the Su family residence in Jiangzhou.

Jiangzhou is located in the north-central part of Jingguo, which is considered the rear area. If we retreat there, we will not have to face the main force of the beast tide for the time being, and we will have more time to observe.

Five hours after Zhou Mingde and the others withdrew, the beasts outside seemed to have received reinforcements and launched another attack on Tuyun Ridge.

This time, the beast horde also chose to advance simultaneously from the east and west, and many fourth-tier demonic beasts appeared one by one. Zhou Chun saw the figure of a fourth-tier flood dragon for the first time.

In the sky to the east of Tu Yunling, three dragons—one blue, one silver, and one red—soared through the air, unleashing their supernatural powers to attack Tu Yunling.

These fourth-tier demonic beasts seemed to have learned from their previous mistakes and no longer entered the formation themselves. Instead, they used their numerical advantage to launch an attack from the outside in.

In an instant, all sorts of lightning, wind blades, and fire rain attacks rained down on the yellow-cloud-covered Tuyun Ridge, creating an incredibly powerful spectacle.

"Thirteen fourth-tier demonic beasts, they really think highly of my Zhou family!"

Zhou Chun glanced at the fourth-tier demonic beasts that had appeared, his expression becoming very solemn.

Judging from the number of these fourth-tier demonic beasts that appeared, it is easy to see that his judgment was very accurate.

After the gate of Qinglian Temple was breached, Tuyun Ridge became a key target of the beast tide.

Even if the Zhou family can withstand the current onslaught of these demonic beasts, there will definitely be more fourth-tier demonic beasts arriving later.

Zhou Chun's gaze was quickly drawn to the silver dragon outside.

That silver dragon was much larger than the Thunder Dragon Bai Bai; it was a genuine fourth-tier high-grade Thunder Dragon.

Zhou Chun specially released the Wood Spirit to verify that it was the Thunder Dragon that had chased him all the way from Thunder Lizard Island!

This made him want to kill.

"If we could kill this demon..."

A cold glint flashed in Zhou Chun's eyes as he involuntarily began to assess the likelihood of success.

Approximately 60%!

This is Zhou Chun's estimation result.

The reason it's so low is because the opponent, being a fourth-tier high-grade Thunder Flood Dragon, must be far more skilled in Thunder Escape Techniques than Thunder Flood Dragon Bai Bai.

Even if he transforms into a moon toad, he might not be able to hit his opponent, and even if he does, he might not be able to kill him instantly!

As long as he can't instantly kill or even trap the opponent, he absolutely cannot catch up if the opponent tries to escape.

The invincible strength of the Golden Core stage only means that he can defeat any fourth-tier opponent, but whether he can kill the opponent is not necessarily true.

Even if a Nascent Soul stage cultivator takes action, sometimes some fourth-order demonic beasts or cultivators who are particularly good at escaping can still escape!

Therefore, after some deliberation, Zhou Chun suppressed his murderous intent and gave up his plan to kill the fourth-tier high-grade thunder dragon.

After all, transforming into a moon toad was a very important trump card for him, and its importance became even more apparent during this beast tide invasion.

If we rashly reveal this trump card, many things may become difficult to do later.

After giving up on the attempt, Zhou Chun focused on manipulating the formation, working with his several spirit pets to harvest the demonic beasts that had rushed into the formation.

Normally, Zhou Chun would easily get into big trouble by going to the wilderness to kill third-tier monsters, so he had to restrain himself.

Now that he has a rare opportunity to kill a large number of these high-level demonic beasts, he will not show any mercy.

With the combined efforts of his several spirit pets, not a single third-tier demon beast that dared to rush into the formation was able to leave alive!

After he killed eight third-tier demonic beasts, the fourth-tier demonic beasts belatedly realized that the third-tier demonic beasts should stop entering the formation and instead attack from the outside like them.

However, without these third-tier demonic beasts entering the formation, the low and mid-level demonic beasts that entered the formation collapsed at the first touch when faced with the pressure emanating from Zhou Chun's fourth-tier demonic beasts, and were unable to form an effective attack at all!

This is one of the drawbacks of the beast tide.

Because they rely solely on the pressure of high-level demonic beasts to drive low- and mid-level demonic beasts, if they encounter a situation where the opposing side also sends out high-level demonic beasts, and there are no high-level demonic beasts of their own kind present to lead them, then these low- and mid-level demonic beasts will find it extremely difficult to muster the courage to launch an attack.

The Azure-Eyed Golden Ape quickly noticed this through its spiritual eyes, and the beast horde's attack soon ceased, with only a dozen or so fourth-tier demonic beasts continuing their fierce assault.

Fortunately, Zhou Chun had already taken precautions against the demon beast's spiritual vision ability, and deliberately activated the power of the great formation to form a dense spiritual light that concealed the core area of ​​Tu Yunling, preventing it from seeing the truth within.

This pure spiritual light barrier is difficult to see through, no matter how powerful your spiritual eyes are, but it consumes a great deal of the array's power.

However, Zhou Chun was just stalling for time, and he would buy himself as much time as he could.

Seeing that the beast horde was no longer coming in to die, he spared no expense to push the power of the great formation to its limit, focusing all his efforts on shrinking the formation's coverage area to defend against the beasts' long-range attacks.

Relying on the powerful defensive force brought by the self-destruction formation, Zhou Chun and dozens of old and weak cultivators managed to resist for nearly three hours.

When the great formation could no longer be maintained, Zhou Chun ceased his efforts. He simply bowed to the cultivators who had volunteered to remain and said, "Thank you all for everything you have done for the Zhou family. The Zhou family and I will never forget the sacrifices you have made today!"

Then he and the Golden Armored Mountain-Carrying Turtle Stone used earth magic to leave Tu Yunling.

Without Zhou Chun's supervision, the Nine Palaces Yellow Dragon Formation was quickly breached. Most of the cultivators who remained inside died from the backlash caused by the broken formation, and the survivors were soon killed by the attacks of the demonic beasts.

Zhoujiashanmen Tuyunling has now completely fallen!

Furthermore, after Zhou Chun left Tuyun Ridge using earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a technique used in Chinese fantasy novels), he did not reveal himself along the way. He traveled north for thousands of miles using earth-遁 before finally showing himself, and then rushed to the Su family in Jiangzhou.

Because he was alone, he arrived at the Su family's residence before many of the Zhou family cultivators who had evacuated earlier. Only the two groups led by Lin Hongyu and Zhou Mingde arrived before him.

Just as the Zhou family was very happy to accept other cultivators to Tu Yunling, the Su family was naturally very welcoming to the arrival of the Zhou family's cultivators.

"I have heard about what happened at Tuyunling. Zhengchun, you should stay here in peace. At this critical moment, our Su and Zhou families should join hands to fight against the national crisis!"

Inside the Su family's mountain gate, after receiving Zhou Chun, the Su family patriarch clearly expressed the Su family's stance.

Zhou Chun responded firmly, "What the ancestor said is absolutely right. This junior and the Zhou family will certainly do our utmost to join the Su family in defending this place and protecting our family and clan!"

Then he inquired with the Su family patriarch about the Moon Wheel Sect and the alliance's reinforcements.

The Su family is relatively close to the Moon Wheel Sect's mountain gate, and with Su Yunniang, a Golden Core stage elder from the family, as their protector, they should theoretically be much more well-informed than the Zhou family.

But in fact, even the Su family patriarch had no idea what the current situation of the Moon Wheel Sect was. He only knew that many demon kings were besieging the Moon Wheel Sect's mountain gate.

The intelligence regarding reinforcements was entirely relayed through the Moon Wheel Sect; they themselves were simply not qualified to communicate with the higher-ups of the Heavenly Spirit Alliance.

This situation also made Zhou Chun frown deeply.

Anyone with a basic understanding of warfare knows the importance of intelligence in war.

With intelligence unclear and unable to assess the enemy's strength, they are unable to formulate a battle plan based on the actual situation.

They could only defend the city in complete darkness!

The problem is that the Su family is not a fortified city like the Moon Wheel Sect's mountain gate!

Although the Su family's mountain-protecting formation is slightly better than the Nine Palaces Yellow Dragon Formation in terms of power, its strength is still extremely limited and cannot truly resist attacks from fifth-tier demon kings or Nascent Soul stage cultivators.

In fact, this was the result of deliberate actions by powerful forces such as the Moon Wheel Cult.

They will not allow their vassal forces to possess the power to resist them, lest they nurture a tiger that will eventually become their threat!

Those array masters who can set up arrays to resist attacks from Nascent Soul stage cultivators are basically only trained by these major sects.

In this situation, Zhou Chun believed that holding the city to the death was undoubtedly the worst possible strategy.

If a fifth-tier demon king were to arrive, aside from him being able to escape with a few people using the earth-遁神通 (earth-遁神通, a magical ability of earth-遁, a magical ability of earth-carrying tortoise and stone), everyone else would probably perish along with the city!

After frowning and pondering for a while, he looked at the Su family patriarch and asked, "Patriarch, have you tried to contact Auntie first?"

"I tried. I tried to contact her using a flying sword, but the sword was destroyed halfway there; it must have been intercepted by those fifth-tier demon kings!"

The Su family patriarch replied in a low voice with a helpless expression.

Upon hearing his answer, Zhou Chun fell silent.

The communication flying sword flies at extremely high speeds, making it generally difficult for Golden Core cultivators to intercept.

However, this does not include Nascent Soul stage cultivators.

To avoid being intercepted by Nascent Soul stage cultivators, only certain special communication magic items and talismans can achieve this.

However, such magical treasures and talismans are extremely rare, and many require special activation techniques, which neither the Su family nor the Zhou family could possibly possess.

Previously, the Moon Wheel Sect was able to notify its various vassal forces when the Demon King besieged the mountain because it used such a treasure to first notify the sect's Golden Core elders in each market, and then relay the message through it.

In the end, he could only helplessly say, "Since that's the case, I'll have to resort to the same old trick and have my spirit pet dig an escape route outside!"

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Masaharu."

The Su family patriarch nodded slightly, but did not object to this point.

Over the next day, the other Zhou family teams that had dispersed also arrived at the Su family's mountain gate one after another.

Some of these people encountered small groups of beasts on the way and it took them some time to break through the encirclement.

Some people traveled slowly and it took them longer to reach the Su Family Mountain Gate.

Overall, however, it was a very successful evacuation.

It was at this moment that the message from the Moon Wheel Sect finally arrived, albeit belatedly, and reached the hands of the Su family patriarch.

"Good news! The siege of the Moon Wheel Sect's mountain gate has been lifted. True Master Kunxu personally led seven Nascent Soul stage True Masters from the Alliance to help the Moon Wheel Sect resolve the crisis. Reinforcements from various Alliance countries are also on their way. The first batch of reinforcements arrived in the country today and is currently resting and recovering in Yuezhou!"

After quickly reading the message, the Su family patriarch immediately spoke of its contents with a joyful expression.

Hearing this, Zhou Chun breathed a sigh of relief.

He hoped that Qinglian Temple would be destroyed, but he absolutely did not want the Moon Wheel Sect to perish.

Otherwise, if the Moon Wheel Cult were to perish, the future prospects of the Jing Kingdom would truly be bleak.

Even if a new powerful force moves here, it will not be a good thing for the Zhou family. At the very least, their attempt to seize the Qinglian Mountains will definitely be futile.

He then looked at the Su family patriarch and asked, "Now that the siege of the Moon Wheel Sect's mountain gate has been lifted, have any orders been issued regarding our vassal forces?"

Upon hearing this, the Su family patriarch immediately nodded in agreement: "Yes, the Moon Wheel Sect's message clearly states that the alliance will set up defensive lines along the Cangzhou and Jiangzhou lines to first block the beast tide's northward and westward advance!"

"That's a good thing! If that's the case, our two families can stay in one place, and we won't have to be transferred to other areas anymore."

Zhou Chun's face lit up with joy, and he immediately shared his opinion.

"Yes, that's what I think too!"

The Su family patriarch nodded repeatedly with a smile, feeling very happy inside.

But this joy didn't last long, as it was shattered by two subsequent messages.

One message came from the Moon Wheel Sect, a flying sword message sent proactively by Su Yunniang.

According to her, although the Moon Wheel Sect survived the siege of the Demon King, the battle not only resulted in the loss of a Nascent Soul stage cultivator, but also caused serious injuries to a number of Golden Core elders and disciples who were fully committed to maintaining the mountain-protecting formation. There were even many deaths and injuries. She herself also suffered serious internal injuries.

Another piece of news came from the scouts ahead: the main force of the beast tide has completely captured Lingzhou and Tanzhou above, and is heading towards Jiangzhou!

"The Mysterious Moon Immortal has actually perished?"

Upon hearing the information relayed by the Su family patriarch, Zhou Chun was also shocked and extremely surprised.

Unfortunately, Su Yunniang seemed to have some reservations, and apart from explaining the situation, she did not elaborate on the details, so he did not know exactly what happened at the Moon Wheel Sect at that time.

"The beast tide is about to arrive, Masaru, what are your thoughts?"

At this moment, the Su family patriarch had no time to care about why Xuan Yue Zhenren had perished; he was only concerned about whether the Su family's mountain gate could be defended. He immediately humbled himself and asked Zhou Chun for advice on how to defend against the enemy.

The Su family is not like the Zhou family. They have been cultivating the sacred land of the mountain gate for over a thousand years, and many of the spiritual herbs in the herb garden are almost a thousand years old.

Once the mountain gate is breached, even if the lives of the main members of the family can be saved, the losses will be immeasurable!

Therefore, he was determined not to give up the sacred land of the mountain gate.

To his surprise, Zhou Chun simply smiled and said, "Don't worry, Ancestor. As long as it's not a fifth-tier demon king who participates in the battle, and as long as the alliance reinforcements can reach the Jiangzhou front, I guarantee that the Su family's mountain gate will remain as stable as Mount Tai!"

Such a confident demeanor and words immediately stunned even the Su family patriarch.

He stared blankly at Zhou Chun for a while, then, still somewhat uneasy, asked again, "Zheng Chun, are you hiding something from me? Where does your confidence come from?"

These were originally taboo words, but for the sake of the safety of the family's sect, the Su family patriarch disregarded them.

He felt he had done Zhou Chun and the Zhou family a great favor, so it wouldn't hurt to ask about these things under these extraordinary circumstances.

Zhou Chun, as expected, didn't give him a hard time. He simply nodded and said, "Since things have come to this point, then this junior will no longer hide it from the Ancestor!"

After saying that, he summoned the fourth-tier Golden-Winged Tiger and the fourth-tier Fiery Phoenix, and also revealed the two magic treasures, the Heavenly Gang Thunder-Slaying Sword and the Two Dragons Overturning the Sea Bottle!

(End of this chapter)