Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Qinglian Mountain Range.

That day, the reclusive Master Tianjing, who always lived in seclusion in his cave and never concerned himself with outside affairs, suddenly opened his eyes and shouted in a deep voice, "Which fellow Daoist is spying on us from outside!"

Before the shout had even finished, a golden light shot out from the [Yi Wood Coiling Dragon Formation] and struck a certain spot in the void outside.

Then a silver lightning bolt collided with the golden light, and they both dissipated.

After the silver lightning appeared, a young man dressed in a silver robe also appeared in mid-air.

The young man in the silver robe looked very young, like he was in his early twenties, but his demeanor gave off a sense of vicissitude and weight, which felt very eerie.

If an ordinary cultivator saw this, they might just feel a little strange.

However, for Master Tianjing, who had had a similar experience before, he quickly learned the reason for the strange situation that had occurred to the other party.

The reason is simple: the physical body in this body is not the person's original body.

In short, this is a Nascent Soul stage monster who has used the technique of possession!

Tianjing Zhenren quickly recalled all the Nascent Soul stage cultivators he knew, but did not find anyone who matched the description of the person in front of him.

This confirms that the other party is definitely not a cultivator from the Heavenly Spirit Realm or even the surrounding areas.

Upon realizing this, Master Tianjing immediately knew that this person was most likely after Zhou Chun.

He quickly flew out of the array's range and, facing the enemy from afar, said in a deep voice, "How should I address you? Why were you spying on me with your divine sense from outside just now?"

It turned out that he had just sensed the divine sense released by the other party, which was why he discovered that there was a Nascent Soul cultivator spying outside.

The [Yi Wood Coiling Dragon Formation] is a forbidden formation that focuses more on offense and defense. It is not very good at blocking divine sense. If a Nascent Soul cultivator also knows some formation knowledge, he can project his divine sense into the formation without disturbing the cultivators inside.

This also means that if they want to launch a divine sense attack technique, the formation cannot provide any assistance.

Therefore, this formation is practically useless against Nascent Soul stage cultivators, offering no real obstacle whatsoever.

"I am the Mad Thunder Immortal of Thunder Cliff Valley in the Great Zhou Kingdom, and you must be the Heavenly Mirror Immortal!"

The silver-robed youth glanced at Master Tianjing with a flicker in his eyes, and then introduced himself in a low voice.

His words were overheard by Zhou Chun, who had just emerged from seclusion upon hearing the news.

In an instant, Zhou Chun realized that his past murder of Wang Jun had been exposed.

When he plotted to murder Wang Jun, he couldn't erase the traces of Lei Jiao's actions, which led to the exposure of the fourth-tier Lei Jiao.

Fortunately, Master Kuang Lei stepped on a landmine in the Black Mist Swamp, his physical body was destroyed and his nascent soul was severely injured. This led to Leiya Valley closing its doors and not having time to investigate and follow up on the matter.

However, from the perspective of Master Kuang Lei, whether it was the murder of his cherished bloodline descendant or the destruction of his physical body as a result, this hatred was irreconcilable!

Therefore, once his condition stabilized, he mobilized his connections to investigate the murderer from back then.

During the previous beast tide, Zhou Chun once again displayed his divine power, slaying more than a dozen fourth-tier demonic beasts.

Such a remarkable record naturally spread widely among high-level cultivators, so it's not surprising that it reached the Great Zhou Kingdom.

As an indispensable contributor to Zhou Chun's illustrious achievements, Lei Jiao Bai Bai will certainly be highlighted.

Under such circumstances, the cultivators of Thunder Cliff Valley would naturally report this to True Man Mad Thunder.

So now that Master Kuang Lei has come knocking on our door, the reason and purpose are quite simple.

Thinking of this, Zhou Chun felt a surge of relief.

Fortunately, after the Great Beast Tide ended, he was tied to a war chariot by Master Tianjing. Now, facing Master Kuanglei who came to demand an explanation, he can only rely on Master Tianjing to take the fall!

He quickly communicated with Master Tianjing, explaining his grudge against Master Kuanglei and asking for his help in getting rid of Master Kuanglei.

Of course, he also knew that Tianjing Zhenren would definitely not want to be paired with a Nascent Soul stage cultivator for no reason.

Therefore, after stating his request, he also said meaningfully, "If you can get rid of this Mad Thunder Master, I might have a way to help you break free from your bonds!"

As expected, the Heavenly Mirror Master, who had been indifferent to Zhou Chun's request, was shaken after hearing his suggestive words.

He couldn't help but turn back, forgetting that he was still inside the formation, and said with a slightly agitated tone, "Are you serious? Do you know what kind of constraints I am under?"

In his excitement, he no longer denied that he was not free.

Hearing his excited tone, Zhou Chun immediately knew that she had made the right move.

He immediately replied, "Senior, you are wise. Although I do not know the reason for your constraints, my method can free people from most of the restrictions on their soul!"

Upon hearing this, Master Tianjing's eyes flashed with a strange light, and he said in a firm and powerful voice, "Very well, I will trust you this time. We'll discuss this matter again after I've dealt with this person!"

After saying that, he looked at the Thunder God opposite him and said in a deep voice, "So it is Fellow Daoist Thunder God. But what is the meaning of Fellow Daoist Thunder God's abrupt visit to spy on this old man?"

"Does Fellow Daoist Tianjing truly not know why I've come? If not, then summon Zhou Zhengchun and we'll find out!"

Master Kuang Lei's eyes flashed with a sharp light as he responded calmly.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun immediately flew out of the [Yi Wood Coiling Dragon Formation], then bowed slightly to Kuang Lei Zhenren and said, "Junior Zhou Zhengchun greets Kuang Lei Zhenren."

Then he asked, "I wonder what brings Senior Master Kuang Lei from the Great Zhou Kingdom to my Jing Kingdom to find me?"

"You're Zhou Zhengchun?"

Master Kuang Lei glanced at Zhou Chun, then said indifferently, "I've heard you're raising a fourth-tier thunder dragon. Why don't you summon it so I can have a look?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun immediately shook his head and said, "That's truly unfortunate. My spirit pet consumed a spiritual object a few days ago and is currently in seclusion digesting its power. I'm afraid it's not suitable to summon it to meet you, senior!"

"You're lying!"

Master Kuang Lei's face darkened, and he glared at Zhou Chun, saying in a cold voice, "Since you dare not summon that beast to confront me, it seems you are the murderer of Jun'er. You have quite the audacity!!"

Before he finished speaking, a silver lightning bolt flew out from his sleeve and shot towards Zhou Chun.

However, Master Tianjing had long been prepared for him to make a sudden move.

Before he could make a move, Master Tianjing had already set up a defense, intercepting the silver lightning bolt.

That was clearly a silver, long cone-shaped magic weapon, of superior grade!

Seeing that the magic weapon had been intercepted by True Person Tianjing, True Person Kuanglei glared at True Person Tianjing and demanded, "Fellow Daoist Tianjing, what is the meaning of this? Are you perhaps protecting this boy and making him your enemy?"

"So what if it is!"

Master Tianjing replied calmly, his attitude made clear in just a few words.

This answer made Master Kuang Lei frown immediately, and he couldn't help but suppress his anger.

It turns out that his previous demeanor was also a disguise, an attempt to scare away Master Tianjing with his attitude.

But now that Master Tianjing has made up his mind to protect Zhou Chun, he knows things are going to get complicated.

This is, after all, the Jing Kingdom, and Master Kuang Lei is not a rogue cultivator without a family or sect.

If they insist on making things difficult for Zhou Chun under the protection of Master Tianjing, even if he manages to do it, Master Tianjing's retaliation afterward will cause Leiya Valley great distress!

This consequence forced him to think twice before acting.

After a moment of contemplation, he looked at Master Tianjing and said, "As far as I know, Fellow Daoist Tianjing and the Zhou family are not related by blood, and their relationship is not particularly close. Why would you make an enemy of me for such a mere brat?"

Having said that, he gritted his teeth and said, "How about this? If Fellow Daoist Tianjing can let me kill this boy, then I will owe you a favor. Furthermore, I will not take any of his treasures; they will all be yours."

Since he traveled thousands of miles to Jingguo to cause trouble for Zhou Chun, he must have already gathered relevant intelligence.

It is very clear that before Tianjing Zhenren formed his nascent soul and achieved the Nascent Soul stage, he had no interaction or deep friendship with the Zhou family.

Even before taking control of the Qinglian Mountain Range, there was no indication of any in-depth cooperation or exchange between the two forces.

Having thoroughly investigated these matters, he came directly to the outside of the Azure Lotus Mountain Range to probe the situation inside with his divine sense.

According to his own judgment, after revealing his origins and methods and expressing his determination, he should only be the Heavenly Mirror True Man who cooperated with the Zhou family to take over the Qinglian Mountain Range. He probably wouldn't turn against him for the sake of Zhou Chun.

Even if he helped Tianjing Zhenren kill Zhou Chun, it might be more advantageous for the other party to completely seize the Zhou family.

So in his mind, he would play the villain, launch a surprise attack, and then have Master Tianjing pretend that he couldn't stop him in time and then chase after him in a rage. He would just put on a show.

However, he did not expect that Master Tianjing would so clearly express his intention to protect Zhou Chun, which completely deviated from his expectations.

This has left him with no choice but to adapt his strategy to the circumstances, gritting his teeth and doing a favor in exchange for Tianjing Zhenren standing idly by.

However, to Kuang Lei Zhenren's surprise, even after he had backed down, Tianjing Zhenren refused without the slightest hesitation.

Master Tianjing looked at him with a serious expression and said in a deep voice, "Fellow Daoist Kuang Lei, watch your words! I hit it off with young friend Zhou at first sight, and now I am a guest elder of the Zhou family. If you continue to sow discord between me and young friend Zhou, don't blame me for being impolite!"

These resounding words left Master Kuang Lei stunned and somewhat bewildered.

Did he really guess wrong?

The relationship between Master Tianjing and Zhou Chun is so good that they are like master and disciple.

The thought flashed through his mind, and then he became genuinely angry.

Regardless of the relationship between Tianjing Zhenren and Zhou Chun, this statement is undoubtedly a betrayal of his "good intentions".

Since that's the case, don't blame him for being impolite!

He immediately sneered, "Very well, since Fellow Daoist Tianjing is so protective of his own, then let me experience your supernatural abilities!"

As he spoke, he raised his hand and summoned his natal magic weapon, the Thousand Thunder Bottle.

The silver bottle floated in the air, and bolts of silver lightning, driven by Mad Thunder Master, transformed into various forms of lightning beasts that pounced on Heavenly Mirror Master.

Even though they are both top-grade magic treasures, they have completely different meanings in the hands of a Nascent Soul cultivator and a Golden Core cultivator.

Nascent Soul stage cultivators possess profound magical power, enabling them to continuously unleash the power of top-grade magic treasures, resulting in extraordinary bursts of power.

Even if a late-stage Golden Core cultivator can unleash the full power of a top-grade magic weapon, it is difficult to sustain such a burst for more than a few rounds.

Zhou Chun looked at the various lightning beasts, such as the Thunder Roc, Thunder Dragon, and Thunder Tiger, which were formed from lightning. Each one gave him a feeling that was not much worse than when he activated the [Heavenly Gang Thunder Slashing Sword] to transform into a lightning sword dragon.

Yet, even with such an attack, Master Kuang Lei unleashed it more than a dozen times in one go!

This clearly shows how big the gap is between the two in terms of magical power cultivation!

Faced with the fierce offensive of Mad Thunder Master, Heavenly Mirror Master ordered Zhou Chun to retreat into the [Yi Wood Coiling Dragon Formation] while also activating his own natal magic weapon to fight back.

A golden mirror in front of him flashed with golden light, emitting beams of light that met the lightning beasts. Each beam of light shattered a lightning beast, scattering it into tiny bolts of lightning that fell to the ground.

At the same time, the black dragon scales on his puppet body suddenly emitted a black light, which quickly formed a layer of metallic light film that protected him.

Master Kuang Lei unleashed one of his cultivated lightning-attribute divine abilities, suddenly condensing a lightning spear that shot towards Master Tian Jing.

However, the lightning spear was shattered by a single punch from the puppet body of the Heavenly Mirror Immortal!

After the Nascent Soul entered this fifth-order puppet body, True Person Tianjing's explosive power was stronger than before, but his endurance and recovery were far inferior to those of a Nascent Soul cultivator with a physical body.

He himself was very clear about this, so once he made a move, he did so without holding back and had no intention of fighting for a long time.

At this moment, he shattered the lightning spear that Mad Thunder True Man had condensed with a punch. He immediately let out a long roar, and dark black spiritual light surged from his body, gathering on his arms. Then he swung them with all his might.

Instantly, two streaks of dark black spiritual light transformed into two dark black demonic dragons and pounced towards Mad Thunder True Man.

After sensing the terrifying power contained in the two jet-black demonic dragons with his divine sense, Master Kuang Lei dared not be negligent in the slightest. He immediately let out a low shout, and lightning surged around his body, forming a lightning sphere that protected him within it.

At the same time, two more lightning dragons flew out from the lightning sphere and met the two dark black demonic dragons.

As a result, after the four dragons collided, the two lightning dragons were easily shattered into scattered lightning by the black demonic dragon, and then they all pounced on the lightning sphere.

Instantly, blinding silver lightning flashed rapidly. After holding off the two jet-black dragons for less than two breaths, the lightning sphere was finally shattered and scattered!

Fortunately, the Thunder God inside sensed the danger and used his Thunder Escape Technique to avoid being strangled by the two dark dragons.

However, this retreat indicates that he is undoubtedly slightly inferior to Master Tianjing in terms of strength.

Therefore, although he avoided injury, he showed no joy whatsoever.

Of course, it's absolutely impossible to make him back down just because he's slightly off by one move!

He quickly formed hand seals, and streaks of silver lightning shot out from his hands, quickly coalescing into a silver lightning ball in front of him.

Immediately afterwards, he spat out a breath of his vital energy onto the silver lightning ball, which immediately burst into lightning, and silver runes faintly appeared inside.

"go!"

As he raised his hand and pointed at Master Tianjing, the enormous silver lightning ball, as big as a wheel, flashed and streaked across the sky, appearing in front of Master Tianjing. Its speed was so fast that it was impossible to dodge!

Rumble!

With a deafening explosion, the surging silver lightning could be clearly seen in the sky throughout the entire Qinglian Mountain Range.

The aftershocks that fell on the Zhou family's mountain gate not far away caused the blue dragon formed by the [Yi Wood Coiling Dragon Formation] to shrink rapidly, as if it would shatter at any moment!

This scene caused the Zhou family cultivators inside the mountain gate to change their expressions drastically, their eyes filled with terror.

Generally, when Nascent Soul stage cultivators engage in combat, they tacitly agree to go to the highest heavens to conduct their battles. That way, even if there are aftershocks, they will be mitigated by the strong winds above and will not affect the lower-level cultivators below.

However, since Master Kuang Lei came with the intention of annihilating the entire clan, he naturally would not intentionally abide by this tacit rule.

If we can use the aftershocks of the battle to destroy the Zhou family's mountain gate and kill all the members of the Zhou family, that would obviously be an excellent thing.

Master Tianjing naturally discovered this very quickly.

After emerging somewhat disheveled from the epicenter of the explosion, he looked at the [Yi Wood Coiling Dragon Formation] swaying precariously amidst the aftershocks and immediately roared at Master Kuang Lei, "Master Kuang Lei, if you dare to continue this shameless bullying of the weak, don't blame me for seeking you out in Thunder Cliff Valley one day!"

As he spoke, he soared straight up to the heavens.

Threatened by him, Mad Thunder Master's expression changed slightly before he had no choice but to follow him up to the Azure Heaven.

"Phew, finally they're gone. Is this the power of a Nascent Soul cultivator? Even the aftershocks of their battle were difficult for a Golden Core cultivator to handle!"

Inside the Zhou family's mountain gate, Zhou Mingde breathed a long sigh of relief, his eyes filled with fear and awe.

This was the first time he had ever witnessed a battle between Nascent Soul stage cultivators so closely. He felt that compared to them, he was like a chick in front of a lion. Although he could hop around a few times, he could easily be slapped to death!

As for cultivators below the Golden Core stage, they are truly no different from ants.

Zhou Chun remained relatively calm, having seen quite a bit of the world and having dealt with Nascent Soul stage cultivators many times.

At this moment, he only said in a low voice, "Senior Tianjing should be able to force back that Mad Thunder True Man, but in the future, if any cultivators from our family go to the Great Zhou Kingdom, they must be careful and not reveal their identities!"

Nascent Soul stage cultivators are mutually deterrent. As long as Mad Thunder True Person cannot defeat Heavenly Mirror True Person today, he will not be able to take action against Zhou Chun and the Zhou family in Jing Kingdom.

Even in private!

If he dares to do that, True Person Tianjing will dare to go to the Great Zhou Kingdom to ambush the Golden Core cultivators of the Wang family of Leiya Valley.

However, if Zhou Chun leaves Jingguo, or if any of the Zhou family cultivators leave Jingguo, they will no longer be within this protection area.

Zhou Chun himself is powerful and has many ways to disguise himself, so he is not too worried about himself. He is more afraid that other cultivators of the Zhou family might accidentally expose their identities and be secretly harmed by the cultivators of Leiya Valley.

"Zhengchun, rest assured, after this matter is over, I will warn all the cultivators of the clan to be careful of the hostile force, Thunder Cliff Valley!"

Zhou Mingde nodded slightly, indicating that he understood.

For the next half hour, the booming sounds of the battle between the two Nascent Soul stage cultivators in the Azure Sky resounded incessantly, causing all the birds and beasts in the Azure Lotus Mountain Range to tremble in their nests, not daring to utter a sound.

Half an hour later, the roaring sound finally stopped, as if the battle had come to a conclusion.

Not long after, the Heavenly Mirror Immortal, whose body was covered with scorch marks from lightning and whose dragon scales had even fallen off in some areas, returned to the Azure Lotus Peak.

Upon seeing his appearance, Zhou Mingde immediately showed worry, thinking that he had been defeated.

Unexpectedly, he quickly looked at Zhou Chun and said, "I have already driven away that Mad Thunder Master. After today's battle, he should not dare to come to Jing Kingdom to cause trouble again!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Mingde's face lit up with joy, and Zhou Chun's slightly tense expression relaxed.

Zhou Chun immediately bowed to Master Tianjing and said, "Thank you very much, senior, for helping me resolve this calamity. I will never forget your great kindness!"

"Yes, yes, yes, the Zhou family is eternally grateful for Senior Tianjing's great kindness and virtue, and will never forget it!"

Zhou Mingde repeatedly bowed and thanked him.

Master Tianjing made no response to their thanks, but simply stared intently at Zhou Chun and said, "I have done what I should do. Now it is your turn, young friend Zhou, to fulfill your promise!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun immediately nodded and replied, "Of course, senior. Please follow me to the quiet room for a talk."

As he spoke, he raised his hand and led Master Tianjing to a quiet room.

When only the two of them remained in the quiet room, Zhou Chun directly raised his hand and patted the storage bag at his waist, taking out the ghost-faced token made of fifth-grade soul-nourishing wood.

Then he handed it to Master Tianjing and said, "To be honest, senior, the method I used to help you break free from your constraints is actually the ghost cultivation method recorded here. If you are willing to become a ghost cultivator, I believe most restrictions on the soul will no longer be able to bind you!"

"The art of ghost cultivation? I never imagined you possessed such a lineage!"

Master Tianjing looked at Zhou Chun with surprise, then raised his hand and took the ghost-faced token to examine the ghost cultivator's inheritance inside.

He was a Nascent Soul cultivator, and with the wondrous power of the Nascent Soul, he didn't need to cultivate demonic arts like Zhou Chun did to access the inheritance within the Ghost Face Token.

Before long, he had read through the entire ghost cultivation inheritance within the Ghost Face Token, and then said in a low voice, "This ghost cultivation inheritance is indeed quite unique, and it's worth it for me to take action today!"

After saying that, he raised his hand and put the ghost-faced token into his storage bag, showing no intention of returning it to Zhou Chun.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun's eyelids twitched slightly, but in the end she still chose to acquiesce.

After carefully storing the Ghost Face Token, Master Tianjing returned directly to his secluded mountain peak without discussing anything further.

(End of this chapter)