Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 619 Reclaiming Tuyunling, Encountering Tianjing Again [Please Subscribe]

The unexpected arrival of strong reinforcements lifted the siege of the Su family's mountain gate in an unforeseen manner.

Zhou Chun and his men took the initiative and attacked from both sides with the reinforcements, quickly gaining the upper hand.

After a great battle, the Golden-Winged Tiger and the Fiery Phoenix cooperated perfectly and once again killed a low-grade fourth-order water-attribute demon beast, obtaining a fourth-order demon core and a fourth-order demon beast corpse for him.

He also won a great victory in the battle against the [Jade-Eyed Golden Ape], successfully blinding one of its eyes and destroying its innate spiritual eye!

Unfortunately, this beast had fought him twice before and was prepared for his various methods. In addition, it was quick to react, so he ultimately failed to kill it!

However, the fact that the siege of the Su family's mountain gate was lifted is the greatest gain.

At this moment, after the fourth-tier demonic beasts fled, the cultivators inside the Su family's mountain gate also surged out and scattered to chase after the scattered low- and mid-level demonic beasts.

Zhou Chun did not participate in this matter, but only asked Zhou Mingde, Lin Hongyu, and Su Yuzhen to go and take care of things.

He and the Su family patriarch took charge of receiving the cultivators who came to their aid.

"Fellow Daoist Su, Fellow Daoist Zhou, we need to rest for half a day at your esteemed place before continuing our journey to support other strongholds. We would be grateful if you could grant us this favor!"

Inside the Su Family Mountain gate, Feng Zishan, a late-stage Golden Core cultivator who led the reinforcements, looked at Zhou Chun with a kind expression and made his request after leading his men into the room.

He seemed to have heard of Zhou Chun's reputation and didn't dare to put on airs in front of Zhou Chun.

Since his attitude was so respectful, Zhou Chun naturally wouldn't be hostile. After exchanging a glance with the Su family patriarch, he readily replied, "This is easily resolved. We, the cultivators of the Su and Zhou families, will immediately vacate the area so that you fellow cultivators can rest and recover!"

"Then thank you both in advance."

Feng Zishan smiled slightly and cupped his hands in a respectful gesture towards the two of them.

Half a day later, before the cultivators from the Su and Zhou families had finished collecting the corpses of the demonic beasts outside, Feng Zishan set off with reinforcements, and also conscripted the Golden Core cultivators that Zhou Chun had brought from Baijiang Market.

According to him, the Tianling Alliance has reached a consensus that all countries and factions will send a large number of their disciples to Jingguo to help drive out the beast tide and launch a counterattack on the states of Jingguo that have been occupied by the beast tide.

Jiangzhou, as the front line, was the starting point of the counterattack.

Zhou Chun and the Su family patriarch have not yet received their transfer orders, but it is expected that they will be drawn into the counterattack once Jiangzhou is safe.

This news was encouraging for the Zhou family, meaning they might be able to reclaim their mountain gate soon.

However, Zhou Chun did not show much joy.

Because it felt the speed was too fast, so fast that it wasn't ready!

After all, he was not satisfied with only recapturing the two sacred mountains, Tuyun Ridge and Jiufeng Ridge.

But the reality is that he has never even met a Golden Core cultivator from either the Moon Wheel Sect or the Flame Sun Sect.

If he wants to take control of the Qinglian Mountains, where should he start?

Without the permission of these two families, the Zhou family would never have been able to occupy the Qinglian Mountains!

How can we get these two families to agree to let the Zhou family occupy the Qinglian Mountains?

Zhou Chun looked towards the direction of the Qinglian Mountains with a changing expression, and suddenly felt a little irritated.

He admitted that he was overthinking things and had his hopes too high.

Normally, to plot to occupy a blessed land like the Azure Lotus Mountain Range, one would need at least the cultivation level of the Nascent Soul stage.

But this is a rare opportunity!

Under normal circumstances, spiritual mountains and blessed lands like the Azure Lotus Mountains are already occupied by Nascent Soul stage cultivators, making it impossible for the Zhou family to plot against them.

Now, the Qinglian Temple, the original owner of the Qinglian Mountains, has lost its pillar of support and its mountain gate, making it virtually impossible for it to retake the place.

Both the Moon Wheel Sect and the Flame Sun Sect have their own sects, and as two powerful forces vying for dominance, neither would allow the other to occupy such a sacred and blessed land.

This gave the Zhou family an opportunity!

If the Zhou family fails to seize this opportunity to take control of the Azure Lotus Mountain Range, whether the Moon Wheel Sect and the Flame Sun Sect choose to jointly occupy the Azure Lotus Mountain Range, or they bring in a Nascent Soul cultivator from a foreign country to establish a sect here, it will be difficult for the Zhou family to have another chance to take control of this place.

Unless he successfully forms his Nascent Soul and his spirit pet becomes a fifth-tier demon king, he might not have that chance!

But that was hundreds of years later!

Therefore, it's understandable that Zhou Chun is feeling irritable right now.

Time flew by, and in the following days, news of the Heavenly Spirit Alliance's defeat of the beast horde and the recapture of the land reached the Su family one after another. Zhou Chun also soon received orders to go to Tanzhou with Lin Hongyu and the Su family patriarch to participate in the battle to recapture Tanzhou.

Upon receiving the order, Zhou Chun did not delay and immediately led his men to Tanzhou to rendezvous.

Over the next two weeks, Zhou Chun fought his way through various parts of Tanzhou, participating in several major battles. He also took the opportunity to kill a mid-grade fourth-tier water-attribute demon beast and obtain a fourth-tier demon core.

The cultivation world of Tanzhou was also recaptured through their valiant efforts.

After recapturing Tanzhou, the next place to be recaptured is Lingzhou.

Zhou Chunxin thought of the purple mulberry tree on his own Tuyun Ridge, and when the army was resting, he volunteered to go into Lingzhou to investigate the situation first.

He did this because he was worried that when the monsters retreated, they would cruelly destroy the purple mulberry trees on Tuyun Ridge.

After all, judging from the previous situation in Tanzhou, such things do exist.

Therefore, Zhou Chun planned to put the Golden Armor Mountain-Carrying Turtle Stone and the Wood Spirit back to protect the Purple Mulberry Tree and prevent it from being destroyed by the retreating demon beasts.

Of course, having accepted the task of investigating the situation, he couldn't just do nothing.

Prior to this, the Wood Sprite had been sent to conduct a covert reconnaissance mission in various locations.

The result made Zhou Chun frown slightly.

The investigation revealed that there were not many fourth-tier demonic beasts in Lingzhou, and no fourth-tier high-grade demonic beasts were even found.

"Could it be that these demonic beasts are planning some kind of trick again?"

Zhou Chun remained vigilant and quickly returned to Tanzhou to explain the intelligence he had gathered.

The allied forces did not ignore the intelligence he brought, and the late-stage Golden Core cultivator leading the army immediately reported it to the Nascent Soul stage cultivator who was secretly protecting him.

Not long after, a Nascent Soul stage cultivator ventured into Lingzhou, Yunzhou, and Lanzhou to investigate and learned the truth.

It turned out that the main force of those high-level demon beasts had retreated to Yunzhou, Lanzhou, and Lianzhou, especially the Qinglian Mountains and several well-known spiritual mountains and blessed lands in Yunzhou, where a large number of high-level demon beasts and beast groups had gathered.

It seems that the beast tide has given up on continuing its attack and only wants to hold onto the territory it has already occupied.

Or perhaps they want to concentrate their forces and fight several battles with the Heavenly Spirit Alliance on those blessed mountains and lands!

Upon discovering this situation, the allied forces, who were still resting, immediately launched an attack, intending to take Lingzhou as well.

The operation went very smoothly once again. All the sacred mountains and blessed lands in Lingzhou were easily restored, and the high-level demonic beasts could be said to have fled at the mere sight of them.

Zhou Chun's worries indeed came true.

The fourth-tier demon beast that originally occupied Tu Yunling did indeed intend to destroy the spirit fruit trees and spirit wood left behind by the Zhou family before fleeing.

However, the Golden Armor Mountain-Carrying Turtle Stone and the Wood Spirit intervened in time to stop the beast, and even killed the fourth-tier low-grade demon beast, the Xunfeng Eagle, on Tuyun Ridge!

With the recapture of Tuyunling, this place naturally became a temporary base for the Allied forces.

Naturally, a master array formation expert will be able to rearrange the array here.

However, this temporary formation is certainly no match for a forbidden formation like the Nine Palaces Yellow Dragon Formation. In the future, the Zhou family will have to find a formation master to set up a new forbidden formation themselves.

Considering that the remaining states had gathered the elite forces of this beast tide, the allied forces, after recapturing Lingzhou, did not rush to continue to recapture Yunzhou, Lanzhou, and Lianzhou. Instead, they split into two groups: one group stayed in Lingzhou to monitor the beast hordes in the three states, while the other group went to the west to help recapture the territories occupied by the beast tide in the Yanyang Sect region.

As the master of Tuyunling, Zhou Chun naturally stayed in Lingzhou with the team.

"Zhengchun, you seem a bit restless these past few days. Is something on your mind?"

On Tuyun Ridge, when the Su family patriarch was talking to Zhou Chun about rebuilding the Zhou family's mountain gate, he noticed that Zhou Chun seemed to be in low spirits, so he couldn't help but ask him in a low voice.

Upon hearing the question from the Su family patriarch, Zhou Chun hesitated slightly, but still nodded and said, "Patriarch's insight is excellent. This junior is indeed troubled by a matter that troubles me, and I do not know how to proceed!"

Seeing that he did not deny it, the Su family patriarch became even more curious and asked in a low voice, "Could you tell me? Although my cultivation and strength are inferior to yours, I have lived for hundreds of years longer than you, and I may be able to offer some advice for your consideration!"

"this……"

Zhou Chun hesitated for a moment.

He had only mentioned his plot to seize the Qinglian Mountains to Zhou Mingde; even Zhou Daoyi was unaware of it.

Although he had a special relationship with the Su family patriarch, the patriarch was, after all, the Su family patriarch.

But then he thought about it again. Now that the situation had changed, his plan to seize the Qinglian Mountains was almost deadlocked. Even if he spoke up, it wouldn't be a big deal anymore.

Even if the Su family patriarch knew, he would just laugh it off.

Therefore, after hesitating for a moment, he nodded with a wry smile and said, "Since you want to hear it, then this junior will speak!"

After saying that, he revealed his plan.

As he expected, the Su family patriarch was shocked upon hearing his plan, staring at him in disbelief for a long time.

But just as Zhou Chun was preparing to accept some criticism, he suddenly nodded and said, "That's true. If I, Ancestor, had your strength, and the Su family had the Zhou family's current strength, and we encountered such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, we would indeed be tempted to take this step!"

Zhou Chun looked up at him in astonishment, her eyes also showing surprise.

"Don't look at me like that, I'm just stating the facts!"

The Su family patriarch smiled slightly, then sighed with emotion, "Who didn't have dreams when they were young! When I first successfully formed my core, I was also full of vigor, believing that even if I couldn't transform my core into an infant spirit, I should be able to cultivate to the late Golden Core stage, surpassing all the ancestors of the Su family!"

He then chuckled self-deprecatingly, "Unfortunately, you've seen the result now. Even a mid-stage Golden Core barrier has been able to hold me back for hundreds of years, preventing me from breaking through!"

At this point, he couldn't help but look at Zhou Chun and say, "If I had your cultivation level and strength when I was your age, I would have been even more daring and ambitious than you are now!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun turned her head slightly, somewhat embarrassed, and did not respond.

It's understandable that the Su family patriarch would express such sentiments and complaints, but as the object of the other party's envy, it would be best for him not to respond at this time.

Fortunately, the Su family patriarch did not get caught up in the chaos. He quickly composed himself and looked at him with a serious expression, saying, "Just as I said, this is indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. It's perfectly normal for you to want to profit from the chaos."

He seemed somewhat reluctant after speaking, but ultimately told the truth: "However, I can tell you with certainty that unless you possess the strength to fight a Nascent Soul stage cultivator, there is simply no way you can take control of the Azure Lotus Mountain Range!"

"Given the current situation in Jingguo, it's highly likely that after the beast tide is driven out, the Moon Wheel Sect and the Flame Sun Sect will discuss and invite a Nascent Soul stage rogue cultivator with decent cultivation to establish a sect in Jingguo, or even directly invite a Nascent Soul stage force to relocate here!"

Zhou Chun was aware of the situation he described, but he was still somewhat unwilling to accept it.

After hearing his words, he fell silent and remained speechless for a long time.

Seeing his silence, the Su family patriarch knew that he had not given up yet.

He couldn't help but sigh softly, then said, "Very well, since you're so determined to accomplish this, I'll show you the way!"

"Ancestor, do you have a solution?"

Zhou Chun looked at the Su family patriarch with a surprised expression, somewhat unable to believe it was true.

"Don't look at me like that. Of course, I can't help you, but someone else can!"

The Su family patriarch waved his hand and then offered his suggestions.

"Zheng Chun, if you truly wish to seize the Qinglian Mountains, there is only one feasible plan: find a Nascent Soul stage cultivator to support you and agree to serve as a guest elder of the Zhou family. Ideally, this cultivator should be a Nascent Soul stage cultivator from the Jing Kingdom itself!"

"In that case, as long as your Zhou family is willing to give up some benefits, the Moon Wheel Sect and the Flame Sun Sect will most likely agree to this!"

At this point, the meaning behind the Su family patriarch's words was quite clear.

Zhou Chun quickly realized what was going on and said, "Ancestor, do you mean that I should ask Senior Master Tianjing to become a guest elder of the Zhou family?"

Zhou Chun's expression became very strange as he spoke.

He vaguely knew something about the Heavenly Mirror Master, but he hadn't considered this matter.

But now, listening to what the Su family patriarch said, it seems that it is indeed worth a try.

Even if we fail, we won't lose anything!

The Su family patriarch quickly nodded and said, "That's right. After destroying his physical body, True Person Tianjing will find it difficult to seize another body and cultivate again. From now on, he can only maintain his nascent soul form through some special means!"

"But even if there are special means to replace the physical body, it will certainly greatly reduce its lifespan, perhaps only allowing it to live for a few hundred years!"

"In this way, as long as you, Zheng Chun, can complete the transition to the Nascent Soul stage within the next few hundred years, you can fully seize control of the Azure Lotus Mountain Range, this blessed land of spiritual energy!"

After hearing his analysis, Zhou Chun was completely convinced.

Indeed, if the Heavenly Mirror Master only had a few hundred years to live, the Zhou family could cooperate with him, even if some of his conditions were harsh.

But then he suddenly remembered something and frowned, saying, "But we don't know where Master Tianjing is right now. How can I contact him?"

"This old ancestor can't help you with this. Perhaps you could consult some Nascent Soul stage cultivators; they might know the answer."

The Su family patriarch shook his head, unable to help with this matter.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun did not bring up the matter again. He simply bowed gratefully to the Su family patriarch and said, "This junior understands. Thank you for your guidance today, patriarch. If this matter succeeds, this junior will surely repay you handsomely!"

Upon hearing this, the Su family patriarch chuckled and said, "Hehehe, then I'll remember your words. If this matter can truly be accomplished, I'd like to ask you to reserve one or two cave dwellings for my Su family in the Azure Lotus Mountains to facilitate the training of our clan's younger generations!"

"If this can truly be accomplished, then your request, Ancestor, is nothing to worry about!"

Zhou Chun also laughed heartily, feeling much better immediately.

In the following period, Zhou Chun also used this channel to inquire about the situation of Master Tianjing, and even went to ask Master Qianmu for advice.

But no matter how he inquired, he didn't get the results he wanted.

After the destruction of the Qinglian Temple, all that was known about Master Tianjing was that he abandoned his physical body and used the "teleportation" supernatural power to escape the battlefield, but where he went remained a mystery.

They are likely hiding somewhere to recover their strength and will come out again when the war is over.

After all, he only has a Nascent Soul left and cannot possess another body to cultivate, making him arguably the weakest Nascent Soul cultivator. In the eyes of those fifth-order demon kings, he is a walking ten-thousand-year-old spiritual herb, and everyone who sees him would want to take a bite!

Despite this, Zhou Chun was not too disappointed.

After all, the Azure Lotus Mountain Range has not yet been recovered, and the Moon Wheel Sect and the Flame Sun Sect probably have no intention of considering the future allocation of this land.

As long as the Zhou family can contact the Heavenly Mirror Master and reach a cooperation agreement before the two factions finalize the matter, there is still hope.

After being stationed on Tuyun Ridge for more than a month, the war in the Yanyang Sect region came to an end.

In fact, for many of the monster species in the beast tide, the Yan Yang Sect's territory was not a suitable place to live, so not many beast groups attacked that area.

At this point, the allied forces concentrated their forces on that side, making it easy to wipe out and drive away the invading beast hordes.

The real highlight is actually in Yunzhou and Lianzhou!

As time went on, the situation of the beast herds in Yunzhou, Lanzhou, and Lianzhou was gradually investigated and clarified.

Leaving aside the situation in Yunzhou, which is crisscrossed by waterways and is currently blocked by the "Dragon Court Warriors" and many aquatic monsters swimming upstream, it is the most difficult place to conquer.

Lianzhou and Lanzhou can be considered as one entity, because Lianzhou needs to pass through Lanzhou to enter the wilderness.

Meanwhile, the Azure Lotus Mountain Range in Lianzhou was now filled with dozens of fourth-order demonic beasts. The total number of beasts in Lianzhou was over 100,000, and there were also several fifth-order demonic kings in charge.

Taking this nut will be a considerable challenge for the coalition forces.

After all, many Golden Core cultivators were injured in battles against demonic beasts of the same level, or their magical artifacts were severely damaged in the battles.

Therefore, after the allied forces returned to Lingzhou and Tanzhou from the Yanyang Sect territory, the subsequent war did not immediately begin, but instead they first rested and recuperated.

Zhou Chun was also happy to see this happen.

He was the last person who wanted to attack the Qinglian Mountains immediately, because it was not in his or the Zhou family's interest.

Furthermore, his spirit pets were all injured, and he himself had not yet fully repaired the damage to his natal magic weapon. Being able to have more time to recuperate was naturally the best thing.

Once he recovers to full strength, he will have the opportunity to kill more fourth-tier demonic beasts when he attacks the Azure Lotus Mountain Range.

Of course, while recuperating, Zhou Chun did not forget to communicate with other Golden Core cultivators and seek to exchange demon cores that matched the attributes of his spirit pets.

He may not be the one who gains the most from this war, but he will certainly gain a great deal!

The acquisition of a large number of demon cores will make the cultivation of his several spirit pets much smoother in the future, unlike when they were in the third-tier demon beast realm, when they all had to wait for him to collect materials everywhere to refine pills and feed them.

If he is able to form a core and nascent soul in the future, his spirit pets may soon catch up with his cultivation progress and overcome the Heavenly Tribulation to become a fifth-order demon king!

After resting and recuperating for more than half a year, and receiving several waves of reinforcements, the allied forces finally decided to start their attack again.

This time, once they acted, it was as swift and decisive as thunder.

More than a hundred Golden Core cultivators and tens of thousands of Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, and Purple Mansion cultivators set off from Lingzhou and marched across Lianzhou.

Although their speed of movement was not very fast, they still managed to clear out the beast hordes within Lanzhou in just over twenty days, and then advanced all the way to hundreds of miles away from the Qinglian Mountains!

On this day, the army set up camp hundreds of miles away from the Qinglian Mountains, and several Nascent Soul stage cultivators descended from the sky and landed in the camp.

Thanks to his current fame and strength, Zhou Chun was able to enter the central military tent along with several late-stage Golden Core cultivators and meet these Nascent Soul stage cultivators.

Among these people, he was pleasantly surprised to find a "familiar face"—the very person he had been searching for but could not meet, the Heavenly Mirror Immortal.

However, since the Heavenly Mirror True Man could no longer possess another body, he could only have his nascent soul reside in a puppet and act as a puppet.

That puppet itself seemed to be extraordinary, with the Nascent Soul of the Heavenly Mirror True Person residing within it, and the aura it emitted was no weaker than that of the puppet Zhou Chun had seen before!

"Could this be the legendary fifth-tier puppet?"

Zhou Chun couldn't help but glance again at the humanoid puppet body of the Heavenly Mirror True Man, which was covered in scales, and secretly speculated in his heart.

It seemed that Master Tianjing also sensed his gaze and couldn't help but turn his head slightly to look at him. His amber puppet beast eyes were devoid of any emotion.

(End of this chapter)