Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Get rich!

This was Zhou Chun's most immediate thought after reading the list of spiritual items provided by Zhou Zhiying.

Although he had long anticipated that the gains from that secret cave would be extraordinary and would far exceed what he had gained from any of his previous adventures.

However, it turned out that he had far underestimated the quantity and rarity of the various treasures and spiritual objects inside.

He even underestimated the number of spirit creatures that had formed their nascent souls.

He originally thought that it would be quite good if the master of the secret realm cave, [True Man Xuanfeng], could leave his successor a spiritual pill such as the [Infant Transformation Pill].

Who would have thought that the other party's ambitions were far greater than he had imagined?

Even the major powers couldn't complete the refining of the [Nascent Soul Pill] independently, but this person directly planted all the main ingredients and important auxiliary ingredients. As long as they can find a master alchemist with excellent alchemy skills to help them, they can hope to refine a batch of [Nascent Soul Pills]!

At the same time, there are also rare elixirs such as the [Taiqing Immortal Mushroom], which can directly increase the chance of forming a fetus by consuming it raw!

They even prepared spiritual objects and secret techniques for resisting the "Heart Demon Tribulation," which Zhou Chun had only heard of in legends.

The scale of this undertaking is truly astonishing.

Even the Nascent Soul stage cultivators from the top sects of the Great Zhou Kingdom could probably only enjoy something like this, or even slightly inferior!

"A huge investment, truly a huge investment!!"

Zhou Chun murmured to himself, his face filled with shock, unable to calm down for a long time.

Watching his changing expression, Zhou Zhiying felt quite proud.

After all, Zhou Chun's shock this time was entirely caused by her.

She immediately smiled smugly and said, "Master, you are wise. I dared not act on my own regarding the other items, but I did bring back half of those two top-grade magic treasures, three high-grade magic treasures, and those spirit apricots. Please take a look!"

As he spoke, he took all the items out.

If possible, she would like to bring out the spiritual treasure that Master Xuanfeng left her as well.

However, since the treasure already possessed a spirit, and she lacked the cultivation level of the Golden Core stage, there was no way she could take it away. Therefore, she could only leave it in the treasure pavilion.

Looking at the things she took out, the nine spirit apricots were all golden in color and emitted an enticing fragrance. Just smelling the fragrance made Zhou Chun feel that the magic power in his body was somewhat restless, so he hurriedly closed the jade box to prevent the spiritual power from being lost.

The two top-grade magic treasures are a cyan flying sword surrounded by cyan energy and a golden pearl.

The cyan flying sword is named the Azure Sky Phantom Sword. It is a top-grade wind-attribute flying sword, crafted by a master weapon refiner. It was made by someone before the Mysterious Wind True Man entered the late Nascent Soul stage.

That golden pearl is called the "Unfixed Golden Light Pearl". Its only supernatural power is "Unfixed Golden Light", which is said to be unfixed in everything and can hold no person or thing!

Even a fifth-tier demon king would be immobilized in mid-air, as if struck by this "unfixed golden light," just like being under a spell.

This treasure can even freeze the nascent soul of a cultivator!

According to the records left by [Master Xuanfeng] in his own biography, when he was still in the mid-Nascent Soul stage, he had a life-or-death battle with an enemy. He used the [Unfixed Golden Light Pearl] to fix the enemy's Nascent Soul, so that the enemy did not even have a chance to use the "teleportation" supernatural power to escape.

The remaining three superior magic treasures each have their own unique characteristics.

One is a defensive magic weapon called the Nine Palaces Golden Pagoda, which can release nine layers of defensive golden light. When stacked together, it can even withstand several attacks from a top-grade magic weapon!

One is the flying magic weapon [Wind and Cloud Wings], a rare pair of wing magic weapons. After refining this treasure, one can activate it to use wind escape techniques to travel.

One is a special type of magic treasure called the Thousand Illusion Mirror. This mirror can not only cast illusionary spells to trap others in an illusion from which they cannot escape, but it can also use illusions to enhance oneself, changing one's appearance and aura. Its uses are endless.

It's easy to see from the uses of these magical treasures that Master Xuanfeng has put a lot of thought into his successor, considering every aspect.

After examining the five magical treasures one by one, Zhou Chun nodded repeatedly and said, "Not bad, not bad. These magical treasures are all good things. After you, Ying'er, reach the Core Formation stage, you won't need me to give you any more magical treasures."

Although Zhou Zhiying had already guessed that he would say this, she was still deeply moved to see that he remained unmoved in the face of so many magical treasures.

He immediately smiled wryly and said, "Master, you overestimate your disciple. How could I possibly need so many magic treasures!"

He then shook his head slightly and said, "Besides, even if I successfully form my core, I still need to refine that spiritual treasure. Where would I find the extra energy to refine these other magical treasures!"

"So what do you mean?"

Zhou Chun's expression shifted, and he looked at the disciple thoughtfully.

Zhou Zhiying immediately pushed the two magical treasures, the [Boundless Golden Light Pearl] and the [Wind and Cloud Wings], towards him, saying, "I probably won't need these two treasures much for the time being, so please refine and use them, Master!"

Zhou Chun was slightly moved by this, but then waved his hand and said, "I appreciate your kindness, but I already have enough magic weapons, and Bai Bai can make up for my shortcomings. There's no reason for me to covet my disciple's things!"

He wasn't bragging. In terms of magical treasures, he might not have as many as Zhou Zhiying, but their quality might not be inferior.

However, Zhou Zhiying seemed to have made up her mind, and immediately looked at him earnestly and said, "This is all from your disciple's filial piety. If you don't accept it, Master, you would be treating your disciple like family!"

As soon as she said that, Zhou Chun was caught off guard and naturally couldn't admit it.

After hesitating for a moment, I could only smile and nod, saying, "Alright, then I'll accept this [Unfixed Golden Light Pearl]. As for the [Wind and Cloud Wings], you should keep them yourself; their attributes are more suited to you."

Having said that, he reached out and took the golden pearl, saying in an unquestionable tone, "It's settled then. Ying'er, don't try to trick me anymore. I have my pride too!"

"Alright, since you've said so, Master, I won't force you. But you must accept all these spirit apricots; I have no use for them!"

Zhou Zhiying looked embarrassed and had no choice but to put the [Wind and Cloud Wings] magic weapon back.

After hearing her words, Zhou Chun nodded and said, "These spirit apricots are indeed of great use to me, so I won't stand on ceremony with you."

Now, decades later, Zhou Chun only has two [True Core Pills] left, but his cultivation level is still quite far from the late stage of Golden Core.

The appearance of these spiritual apricots came at just the right time, allowing him to save decades of arduous cultivation.

Furthermore, animals such as the Golden-Armored Mountain-Carrying Turtle Stone, the Golden-Winged Tiger, and the Fiery Phoenix that have not yet consumed them can also consume them.

There's never too much of these spiritual items that can enhance the magical power and cultivation of Golden Core cultivators.

After accepting the nine spirit apricots, he pondered for a moment and then looked at Zhou Zhiying and said, "According to the list you provided, Ying'er, there are many spiritual herbs in that cave that can be used to refine rare pills that can improve one's magical power. However, our family does not have enough outstanding alchemists, so I'm afraid it will be difficult to truly bring out the uses of these spiritual herbs."

"Therefore, I wish to present a copy of the alchemy inheritance of the [Mysterious Wind True Man] that you obtained to Fellow Daoist Luo Qingni, so that she can help refine the relevant pills. What do you think, Ying'er?"

This was originally his plan, but since the owner of that secret cave is Zhou Zhiying, and the harvesting of spiritual herbs will have to go through him in the future, he felt it was necessary to respect his disciple's wishes.

Of course, he knew in his heart that Zhou Zhiying would most likely not refuse.

Sure enough, after hearing his words, Zhou Zhiying immediately replied without hesitation, "This disciple has no objection; I will leave it entirely to Master's decision."

After speaking, he looked at Zhou Chun earnestly and said, "Master, I am deeply grateful for your care and love for me. However, as I said before, as long as I can truly inherit the mantle of the master of the secret realm cave, apart from the treasures I need for myself, all other treasures are at your disposal. You don't need to ask my opinion on everything!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun was pleased with his disciple's filial piety, but at the same time, he didn't forget to admonish her, saying, "Ying'er, you don't understand. Although we are master and disciple, the things inside that secret cave were left to you by Senior [Xuanfeng Zhenren]. Therefore, even if you don't mind sharing the treasures with your master, I cannot take them without asking. This is a matter of principle!"

Zhou Chun knew that people's hearts are fickle. Even in close relationships like husband and wife or father and son, there are times when they quarrel and even fight over their own interests.

Because of his childhood environment, his personal talent and aptitude, and his deliberate influence, Zhou Zhiying is now not very concerned about the spiritual herbs in those caves and is quite willing to use them to help his master.

However, if she encounters setbacks or special circumstances on her path of cultivation in the future, and recalls what happened, she might have some complaints about her master who took things without asking.

At that time, the relationship between the master and disciple, who are now as close as father and daughter, may very well develop into a rift.

So Zhou Zhiying, who is still relatively young, may not care, but as his master, he must adhere to his principles and not plant any seeds of future discord in their master-disciple relationship.

Zhou Zhiying was a quick-witted and intelligent person. When Zhou Chun spoke to her in a serious tone, she immediately understood and nodded, saying, "Disciple understands. Disciple will definitely remember Master's teachings."

"You're a promising student! Then you should first form your core here in Tianyuan Immortal City. After you successfully form your core, go to that secret cave and retrieve some things for me!"

Zhou Chun nodded slightly and immediately explained his arrangements.

"Yes, disciple will obey Master's instructions!"

Zhou Zhiying's face lit up with joy, and she immediately agreed respectfully.

She is currently surrounded by treasures, but she is unable to use them due to insufficient cultivation, which makes her extremely frustrated.

Now that Zhou Chun has asked her to go into seclusion to form her core, this is exactly what she wanted. She quickly and happily accepted the core-forming spiritual item from Zhou Chun and went into seclusion.

Although it's almost certain that someone with top-tier spiritual root aptitude will successfully form their core, without the aid of a core-forming spiritual object, it will definitely take her much longer to succeed, and she may need to spend a lot of time consolidating her cultivation after forming her core.

After all, those Core Formation spiritual objects themselves contain rich spiritual power, which can provide cultivators with a large supply of spiritual power when they form their core.

Therefore, she still needs to use the necessary Core Formation spiritual items.

After sending Zhou Zhiying into seclusion, Zhou Chun began to ponder the list of medicinal herbs on his own.

While pondering, Zhou Chun was also browsing through the alchemy legacy left by [Master Xuanfeng], mainly looking up the pill formulas to decide how to utilize the rare spiritual herbs on the island.

The alchemy legacy left by [Master Xuanfeng] is undoubtedly extremely profound and exquisite, with four formulas that can even enhance the cultivation of Nascent Soul stage cultivators.

Zhou Chun took a look and discovered that some of the spiritual herbs in his herb garden were actually the main and auxiliary ingredients recorded on one of the pill formulas, but one or two other important auxiliary ingredients were still missing.

As for other pill formulas, we can only look at them, as some of the spiritual herbs required for them may have already become extinct in the cultivation world!

Besides the Nascent Soul Pill and the Nascent Soul Condensation Pill, which are several types of pills that help Nascent Soul formation, there are also six or seven other types of pills that can improve the mana and break through barriers for Golden Core cultivators. There are also several other pill formulas for healing and detoxification.

Similarly, many of the medicinal herbs on the island meet the material requirements of those elixir recipes.

Clearly, this was also a result of [Master Xuanfeng]'s deliberate actions.

What delighted Zhou Chun the most was that the island actually had the other two main ingredients needed to refine the [Four Spirits Barrier-Breaking Pill]!

Among them, Guiyuanzhi is one of the important auxiliary medicines needed to refine the "Huayingdan". There are five of them growing on the island. The oldest one is over six thousand years old. Two of the remaining four are over three thousand years old and two are over one thousand years old.

This situation likely indicates that the 6,000-year-old Guiyuanzhi plant has spawned new Ganoderma lucidum buds, giving rise to new medicinal herbs.

This also applies to some other auxiliary elixirs used in the [Infant Transformation Pill].

The only exception is the "Heavenly Infant Fruit," the main ingredient of the [Infant Transformation Pill], which, being a special spiritual root of heaven and earth, can only produce one spiritual fruit at a time.

The "Heavenly Infant Fruit" is now over eight thousand years old, far exceeding the minimum requirement of three thousand years!

Given that the medicinal age is so far beyond what is expected, this "Heavenly Infant Fruit," even if taken directly, would likely have six or seven tenths the effect of the "Transforming Infant Pill."

If it is used as the main ingredient, along with other auxiliary ingredients of similarly high quality, the resulting [Infant Transformation Pill] will be more potent than the normal [Infant Transformation Pill]!

According to the records in the pill formula, if a master alchemist were to refine the [Nascent Soul Pill], as long as the process is normal, there would generally be at least three pills, and in the best case, even five.

Only legendary alchemy masters can be confident in refining six [Nascent Soul Pills] in one batch.

However, alchemy masters are even rarer than weapon crafting masters. At Zhou Chun's current level, he has no idea where to find such a person.

Moreover, given how precious and important the [Nascent Soul Pill] is, he simply couldn't just find alchemists he couldn't fully trust to refine it.

Therefore, in the future, if he wanted to refine the [Infant Transformation Pill], he would almost always have to let Luo Qingni refine it.

At the same time, in order to enable Luo Qingni to perform well in the alchemy process, it is necessary to have her refine some other rare spiritual pills before refining the [Nascent Soul Pill] to improve her alchemy skills, and even raise her cultivation level to the late Golden Core stage!

Thinking of this, Zhou Chun couldn't help but shake his head with a wry smile and sigh, "This really proves the saying, 'Every bite and every sip is preordained!'"

Luo Qingni had unwittingly traded the jade talisman to him, and was already at a huge loss.

However, after all the twists and turns, a large portion of the benefits that Zhou Chun and her apprentice gained will ultimately benefit her!

Even if Zhou Chun wasn't a believer in fate, encountering something like this at this moment would inevitably make him question whether things like cause and effect and retribution truly existed in the world.

However, this way, Zhou Chun no longer needed to feel guilty when facing Luo Qingni.

After all, even if Luo Qingni finds out about this later, she'll still have to thank him!

Thinking of this, Zhou Chun carefully compared the prescriptions again and gradually came up with an idea.

Of course, even though he was prepared to tell Luo Qingni the truth, he would not reveal the news in advance before Zhou Zhiying successfully formed her core and before Zhou Zhiying brought back those spiritual herbs. He would not even give her the alchemy inheritance.

Therefore, Zhou Chun did not wait for Zhou Zhiying to complete her Core Formation in Tianyuan Immortal City, but instead returned to his family first.

The safety of Tianyuan Immortal City is guaranteed, so there is no need for him to stay here to guard it. Besides, it is not very convenient for him and his spirit pet to cultivate here.

Furthermore, Zhou Chun should promptly inform Zhou Mingde of the good news so that he can be at ease.

Unaware of anything amiss, Zhou Chun quietly returned to Qinglian Peak without alerting anyone.

Apart from a few close friends, not many people even knew that he had left his family for more than ten years!

When Zhou Chun told him that Zhou Zhiying had successfully inherited the mantle of [Master Xuanfeng] and showed him the list, Zhou Mingde was shocked and extremely excited.

"This is truly a blessing from heaven! All your years of hard work, waiting, and planning have finally yielded a delightful result!"

After a long period of excitement, Zhou Mingde, who had come to his senses, looked at Zhou Chun with a face full of joy and emotion and sighed.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun echoed his sentiments, saying, "Yes, this result is a wonderful surprise and delight for me. After so many years of planning, it's all finally worth it!"

"Opportunity always favors the prepared mind. You've planned for this day for a hundred years, and now everything has gone as you wished. It's clear that this is all destiny!"

Zhou Mingde stared intently at Zhou Chun, and said firmly, "As long as you, Zheng Chun, can cultivate step by step to the late stage of the Golden Core realm, I believe that with your foundation and luck, you will definitely be able to pass the stage of Core Formation and Nascent Soul Formation without any obstacles!"

"That's what I thought too, which is why I returned to the family to cultivate in seclusion!"

Zhou Chun nodded slightly and replied calmly.

With the Nascent Soul spiritual items left behind by [True Man Xuanfeng], Zhou Chun was full of confidence about his own Nascent Soul formation.

After telling Zhou Mingde about his plans, Zhou Chun focused on cultivating in his cave.

He first consumed a fifth-grade spiritual apricot, and after spending about half a year refining it, he immediately achieved the results of his usual thirty or forty years of meditation and cultivation. His cultivation level was much closer to touching the barrier of the late Golden Core stage.

Afterwards, he kept one spirit apricot fruit for himself and distributed the remaining seven equally among the four spirit pets besides Mu Mei and Mu Sang, so that each spirit pet could take two.

The effects of these spiritual fruits will be halved after being taken in succession. Taking two is already the limit; taking more would be too wasteful of spiritual resources.

While refining spiritual fruits and pills to improve his cultivation, Zhou Chun also suspended the practice of most other secret techniques and supernatural abilities, focusing most of his spare time on comprehending the "Taiyi Two-Part Divine Technique" and the secret technique that helps with Nascent Soul formation.

The secret technique left behind by Master Xuanfeng to assist in the formation of the Nascent Soul is called "Purple Flower Demon-Subduing Spiritual Light," a precious secret technique specifically used to help overcome the "Inner Demon Tribulation."

These secret techniques are extremely precious in the cultivation world, comparable in value to spiritual treasures!

Even many ancient and powerful sects of immortal cultivation may not possess such secret techniques.

To cultivate this "Purple Flower Demon-Subduing Spiritual Light," one must go to the top of the Azure Heaven every day to collect the purple energy of the rising sun at sunrise, and then collect the essence of the moon at full moon. Using a secret method, one must refine the essence of the sun and moon, and it takes twenty-four years to condense a single "Purple Flower Demon-Subduing Spiritual Light"!

This method doesn't actually require high aptitude or comprehension from cultivators. The only difficulty is that once you start cultivating, you can't waste even a single day before you condense a "Purple Flower Demon-Subduing Spiritual Light," otherwise all your previous efforts will be in vain!

In this way, once you are ready to cultivate this secret technique, you must go to a place far away from people and sit in seclusion for twenty-four years. You will not come out of seclusion until you succeed!

After studying this secret technique, Zhou Chun temporarily put aside his research.

His main goal now is to break through to the late stage of the Golden Core realm. He can use this method after he has completed all other preparations.

Subsequently, Zhou Chun focused all his energy on the "Taiyi Two-Part Divine Technique" in his cultivation of secret arts.

Zhou Chun had a very strong interest in this secret technique that could cultivate a "second nascent soul".

If a cultivator truly cultivates a "second nascent soul," not only will they have an extra helper when fighting others in the future, but they can also use the second nascent soul to do many dangerous things that their main body cannot easily do.

Even when the main body is in mortal danger, the second nascent soul will be the best substitute for the tribulation, able to save one's life at a critical moment!

So even though he knew that cultivating a second nascent soul was not so simple, Zhou Chun still had a very strong interest in this secret technique and was willing to spend a lot of time cultivating and comprehending it.

(End of this chapter)