Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Tianman Plain.

Although Zhou Chun did not know how valuable the things he took were, he knew that this action would definitely offend a fifth-order being.

Therefore, after leaving that canyon basin, he ordered the Golden-Winged Tiger to advance towards the human territory at top speed.

Just as he had traveled from the Fiery Sands to the Fire Basin Oasis, now that he was returning to the human territory, he no longer needed to identify any mountains or terrain; he only needed to head in the direction of the human territory.

During this period, apart from avoiding some areas that the Golden-Winged Tiger feels are dangerous, you can travel in a straight line in most places.

Therefore, it took him less than three days to reach the border area between Hengguo and Tianmanyuan.

However, at this time, many members of the three major alien races gathered in the border area, and the male of the Golden Spirit Clan personally took charge of the area, intending to seal off the border and find out the thief who stole the sacred artifact.

After Zhou Chun discovered this through the Golden-Winged Tiger, he immediately realized the perilous nature of the situation.

Fortunately, the other party probably couldn't pinpoint his location directly, so they could only use this kind of sweeping search method to capture him.

In that case, given his abilities, there's nothing to worry about.

Finding a nearby direction, Zhou Chun directly ordered the Golden-Winged Tiger to chase a mid-grade third-tier bull demon out of the border area and into the human territory.

This scene was witnessed by many spies from other races, but they didn't pay much attention to it.

The Golden Spirit Clan's Spirit King's decree was very clear: the one who stole the Golden Spirit Clan's sacred artifact was a human cultivator, who also possessed a fire phoenix demon beast spirit pet and a turtle spirit pet skilled in earth-attribute divine abilities.

Neither the Golden-Winged Tiger nor the Bull Demon were among the suspects.

No one could have imagined that Zhou Chun, a living person, could be hidden inside the body space of a mid-grade fourth-order demon beast like the Golden-Winged Tiger!

After returning to the human territory, Zhou Chun had the Golden-Winged Tiger kill the bull demon with a single swipe of its claws, swallow its demon core, and eat a lot of beast meat. After playing his part to the fullest, he then had the tiger slowly fly towards a mountain peak not far away, where it lay down to rest.

After lying there for several hours, the Golden-Winged Tiger got up again and headed deeper into Heng Kingdom, following the contours of the mountain range.

Zhou Chun waited until the Golden-Winged Tiger entered the heart of Heng Kingdom before emerging from its body and putting it away.

After changing his appearance, Zhou Chun dared not stay in Heng Kingdom any longer and left the country at full speed!

Three months later, the Golden Spirit Clan's Spirit King seemed to realize that the thief might have left Tianman Plain. He was furious and crossed the border to a major sect in Heng Kingdom, causing a scene and trying to get the sect to find the thief for him.

But how could the Hengguo sect possibly do such a thing!

Putting aside the fact that this Golden Spirit Clan Spirit King cannot even represent the entire Five Elements Spirit Clan, even if he could, the Heng Kingdom sects would not dare to do something that would easily give others cause for criticism.

After all, those who could steal the sacred artifact of the Golden Spirit Clan must not be ordinary people. If they get involved in this matter, it would be tantamount to making enemies for themselves.

When others come to retaliate against them in the future, they will have a perfectly valid reason and can use the moral high ground of humanity to label them as "traitors."

So after causing a ruckus, the Golden Spirit Clan's Spirit King was forced to retreat back to the Heavenly Barbarian Plains, returning empty-handed.

After leaving Heng State, Zhou Chun was completely relieved and happily headed to Da Zhou State.

Now that the most difficult thing before he could form his Nascent Soul was done, all he needed to do was wait for Luo Qingni to refine the Nascent Soul Pill, and then go to the Ice Plains of the Ice Kingdom before he could officially begin his secluded cultivation to form his Nascent Soul.

Several months later, Zhou Chun arrived at Tianyuan Immortal City without any problems.

His apprentice, Zhou Zhiying, had been waiting for him there for many years.

After meeting his disciple, Zhou Chun didn't say much. He simply handed her the spirit beast bag containing five spirit pets and watched her leave the immortal city.

"Zhengchun, if you were to form your Core and Nascent Soul now, how confident would you be?"

Inside the cave, Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Chun sat facing each other. After hesitating for a while, he couldn't help but ask the question.

Having witnessed Zhou Chun's cultivation speed repeatedly defying his own understanding, he no longer had any doubts about Zhou Chun's talent in cultivation.

Zhou Chun's spiritual root aptitude may not be outstanding, but in other aspects he is undoubtedly at the genius level, including breaking through each major and minor realm more easily than the average person.

At least that's how it seems to Zhou Daoyi, Zhou Mingde, and other older generation cultivators of the Zhou family.

However, Zhou Daoyi still dared not make any rash judgments about the matter of transforming the elixir into the nascent soul.

This is something that no one in the Zhou family has ever done before; it is something that the ancestors of the Zhou family have only dared to dream of.

Furthermore, prior to this, two late-stage Golden Core cultivators from major sects in Jing Kingdom had already fallen at this hurdle, including one with top-grade spiritual root aptitude!

Therefore, even though Zhou Daoyi had high hopes for Zhou Chun, he dared not be blindly confident that he would definitely succeed.

But he really didn't dare to think about what a huge blow it would be to the Zhou family if Zhou Chun failed!

This inner unease made him feel incredibly conflicted and uncomfortable when facing Zhou Chun.

That's why I asked this rather abrupt and inappropriate question.

Fortunately, Zhou Chun did not hesitate because of this. Upon hearing this, he simply replied in a deep voice, "The process of refining the core and forming the nascent soul is always extremely dangerous. Although I have made all sorts of preparations and possess several spiritual items for nascent soul formation, I dare not say that I am 100% confident!"

At this point, Zhou Chun quickly changed the subject, continuing, "However, if even with such thorough preparation, I still fail to form the Core and Nascent Soul stage, then it can only be said that it is my fate, and I can't blame anyone else!"

Upon hearing his answer, Zhou Daoyi immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

As an elder who watched Zhou Chun grow up, Zhou Daoyi naturally had a very good understanding of Zhou Chun's personality.

Judging from the confidence in Zhou Chun's tone, he is quite optimistic and confident about the matter of transforming the elixir and forming the nascent soul.

With that in mind, what else did Zhou Daoyi have to worry about?

"Jingchun, you will definitely succeed!"

He looked at Zhou Chun sincerely and said this in an extremely earnest tone.

"Yes, I will definitely succeed in forming my Nascent Soul!"

Zhou Chun replied with the same confident tone.

If someone who is about to form a core and nascent soul lacks confidence, how can they expect to succeed?

Without any unexpected events, after Zhou Chun had been cultivating and waiting in Zhou Daoyi's cave for half a year, Zhou Zhiying returned to Tianyuan Immortal City with all the spiritual medicines he needed.

"Thank you for your hard work, Ying'er. Once I succeed, I will definitely find an even better spirit object for you to form your infant spirit!"

After receiving the spiritual herbs and items from Zhou Zhiying, Zhou Chun made another promise to his disciple.

"Master, you will surely succeed! Your disciple will be here awaiting your return after you have completed your Nascent Soul stage!"

Zhou Zhiying also offered her sincere blessings.

Carrying the blessings of elders and younger generations, Zhou Chun quietly made his way to Luo Qingni's cave.

He had already contacted Luo Qingni in advance, and upon arriving outside "Qingni Residence," he was welcomed into the cave by her.

Luo Qingni has now successfully broken through to the late Golden Core stage using the [Four Spirits Breakthrough Pill].

Zhou Chun had met with him before, and they had congratulated each other and even hinted at the matter of refining the [Infant Transformation Pill].

Therefore, upon being welcomed into the cave, Zhou Chun didn't waste any time and immediately said, "I've brought all the materials needed to refine the [Nascent Soul Pill]. Fellow Daoist Luo, when would you like to begin refining the pill?"

Upon hearing his words, Luo Qingni, despite being somewhat prepared, still couldn't help but tremble, her voice shaking slightly as she said, "As expected, Fellow Daoist Zhou, you do indeed possess the materials to refine the [Nascent Soul Pill]!"

Her tone was full of excitement, and she was extremely excited.

After breaking through to the late stage of the Golden Core realm, she would still need to consider the matter of transforming the core into a nascent soul.

As a rogue cultivator, she faced even greater difficulties in obtaining a Nascent Soul spiritual item than Zhou Chun, given her unwillingness to reveal her identity as a master alchemist.

Not to mention top-tier Nascent Soul Pills like the [Nascent Soul Pill]!

But now, an incredible opportunity has been presented to her.

Entrusted by Zhou Chun, she can personally refine the [Infant Transformation Pill].

As long as she doesn't perform terribly, she should be able to produce at least two [Infant Transformation Pills].

As is well known, once a cultivator begins the process of transforming their core and forming their nascent soul, there is no stopping them once they enter the nascent soul stage; there are only two outcomes: successful formation of the nascent soul or failure and death.

Therefore, Zhou Chun can only use one [Infant Transformation Pill].

Given Luo Qingni's friendship with Zhou Chun and the fact that she personally refined the pills, exchanging one of the remaining [Nascent Soul Pills] from Zhou Chun would obviously not be difficult.

How could she not be excited under such circumstances!

Any late-stage Golden Core cultivator would be just as excited as she was to encounter such a golden core opportunity that came knocking on their door!

Zhou Chun was not surprised by Luo Qingni's reaction; it was all expected.

He abandoned his usual polite demeanor and said solemnly, "Fellow Daoist Luo, you must know the origin of this [Nascent Soul Pill] ingredient. I can tell you definitively that there is only one copy, so we have no room for failure!"

Then, in a solemn tone, he promised, "At the same time, I, Zhou, can also promise Fellow Daoist Luo that as long as you produce more than three Nascent Soul Pills, I am willing to offer you a [Nascent Soul Pill] as a dowry to serve as a guest elder of the Zhou family, and to provide you with a place to form your Nascent Soul!"

His subsequent words sounded as if they were an act of charity.

However, Luo Qingni did not feel offended at all.

If a powerful organization were willing to offer her such treatment, she would definitely be willing to join.

But that's actually impossible!

Those powerful factions already have a never-ending supply of Nascent Soul Pills, how could they possibly give them to an outsider who joined halfway through!

Moreover, after she broke through to the late stage of the Golden Core realm, when faced with the problem of transforming the Golden Core into a Nascent Soul, she was already inclined to agree to Zhou Chun's invitation.

So after hearing Zhou Chun's words, she immediately nodded and replied without hesitation, "Please rest assured, Fellow Daoist Zhou, Qing Ni will do her utmost to ensure the success of this alchemy and live up to your trust!"

"Then I'll leave everything to Fellow Daoist Luo. I await your good news!"

Zhou Chun nodded slightly and immediately took out the materials for refining the [Nascent Soul Pill] and handed them to the other party.

But just as Zhou Chun handed over the materials and was about to leave, Luo Qingni hesitated for a moment, then called out to him.

"Fellow Daoist Zhou, please wait."

Zhou Chun was slightly taken aback, and couldn't help but look up at her to ask, "Is there anything else, Fellow Daoist Luo?"

But then Luo Qingni suddenly chuckled and said, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, you entrusted these materials to Qingni so readily. Aren't you afraid that Qingni will abscond with the money?"

She was clearly joking, so Zhou Chun chuckled self-deprecatingly and said, "If Fellow Daoist Luo is truly that kind of person, it only proves that I, Zhou, am blind, and deserve not to have the destiny to reach the Nascent Soul stage!"

Seeing this, Luo Qingni couldn't help but shake her head with a wry smile and say, "But Qingni doesn't want to test herself!"

After saying that, he looked at Zhou Chun with a serious expression and said, "So, Fellow Daoist Zhou, if you don't have anything else to do, you should stay here with Qing Ni and supervise her. That way, Qing Ni can focus more on refining the pills!"

This meant that he was offering to let Zhou Chun stay overnight in his cave to keep an eye on him!

Zhou Chun was surprised by her words and looked at her intently, asking, "Fellow Daoist Luo, are you sure you want to do this?"

"Sure."

Luo Qingni nodded slightly and replied with a serious expression.

"In that case, I, Zhou, will humbly accept your invitation and continue to disturb Fellow Daoist Luo."

Zhou Chun nodded and agreed on the spot without further ado.

After explaining the situation to Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Zhiying, he stayed in Luo Qingni's cave to cultivate.

Although Luo Qingni had already obtained the materials, she did not rush to take action. Instead, she devoted herself to studying the formula for the [Infant Transformation Pill].

Whether this alchemy attempt succeeds or not depends not only on Zhou Chun's trust in her, but also on her own chance to form her Nascent Soul, so no amount of seriousness is too much.

Moreover, the materials provided by Zhou Chun were of a higher quality and had a higher potency than the normal required standards. This could lead to some unexpected situations during the alchemy process, and she needed to carefully consider what to do then.

Zhou Chun knew nothing about alchemy, so he didn't inquire about it.

He focused solely on his cultivation in the secret chamber Luo Qingni had set aside for him, striving to cultivate his magical power to the Golden Core stage as soon as possible.

Two years later, Luo Qingni felt that the research on the pill formula was complete, so she began to refine pills and search for the best state for pill refining.

To ensure there were no problems, she specially used thousand-year-old spiritual herbs to refine a batch of pills meant for Foundation Establishment cultivators, in order to test what unexpected situations might occur during the actual refining process if the medicinal materials were too old.

Having meticulously considered all aspects and refined two batches of high-grade pills to get a feel for the process, Luo Qingni finally summoned Zhou Chun to the alchemy room to prepare for refining the [Nascent Soul Pill].

Before the formal alchemy process began, Zhou Chun calmly encouraged Luo Qingni, saying, "Fellow Daoist Luo, just go for it! With your alchemy skills, refining the [Nascent Soul Pill] is not difficult at all. There's no need to put too much pressure on yourself!"

"Qingni will definitely do her best!"

Luo Qingni nodded, immediately activated the array restrictions of the alchemy room, and sat down cross-legged in front of the magic treasure alchemy furnace.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun also sat down in meditation, took out a fourth-grade spirit pear and ate it, silently refining the spiritual power contained in the fruit.

The 【Nascent Soul Pill】is no ordinary pill. It takes 108 days to refine and can only be made by a master alchemist!

About three months later, when Zhou Chun had finished refining the spiritual power contained in the two fourth-tier spirit pears and successfully pushed his magical power cultivation to the Golden Core Perfection realm, the refining of the [Infant Transformation Pill] also reached its final stage.

Beside the alchemy furnace, Luo Qingni waved her hand, and the last unopened jade box next to her opened on its own, revealing a white spiritual fruit shaped like a baby.

This is the most important ingredient in the [Infant Transformation Pill], the "Heavenly Infant Fruit".

This "Heavenly Infant Fruit" has been cultivated for over eight thousand years. The fruit is covered with rings of pale golden spiritual patterns and radiates a jade-like glow.

With a flick of her jade hand, Luo Qingni threw the whole fruit into the alchemy furnace, whose lid was slightly ajar.

Then she opened her mouth and spat out a breath of her vital energy, which landed on the emerald green flames beneath the alchemy furnace.

In an instant, the power of the emerald green alchemical fire surged violently, and the flames turned the entire alchemy room emerald green.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Chun's expression also turned serious.

When alchemy reaches this stage, it's like the transformation of the elixir into a nascent soul; there are only two possible outcomes: success or failure.

The failure was something neither he nor Luo Qingni could accept.

Time passed day by day, and soon the 108th day arrived.

At this moment, the emerald green flames beneath the alchemy furnace had transformed into a blue fire lotus, supporting the furnace base within it.

Suddenly, Luo Qingni's hands moved swiftly, forming hand seals like butterflies flitting among flowers, casting a series of alchemy incantations onto the alchemy furnace.

After unleashing dozens of different spells in one go, consuming nearly half of her own magical power, she solemnly raised her hand and waved it to extinguish the pill fire.

The instant the fire went out, she swiftly cast a set of pill-collecting spells and opened the lid of the alchemy furnace.

The instant the furnace lid was opened, four beams of white spiritual light shot out from inside the furnace and flew rapidly towards the outside of the alchemy room.

Zhou Chun's eyes narrowed at the sight, revealing surprise and delight.

"As expected of the [Infant Transformation Pill], it has actually developed sentience!"

He muttered to himself, but through the white light he had already clearly seen the true appearance of the four spiritual pills inside.

The elixir possesses spiritual energy; this is a phenomenon unique to top-grade elixirs.

Even a master alchemist might not have the chance to refine such top-grade elixirs even once in their lifetime.

After all, the medicinal herbs that can be used to refine such elixirs are usually not something that Golden Core cultivators can collect.

Those Nascent Soul stage cultivators who want to refine such precious elixirs either do it themselves or ask other Nascent Soul stage alchemists to do it; it's basically very difficult for Golden Core stage cultivators to refine them.

Luo Qingni really benefited from his help this time, which gave her the opportunity to refine the precious elixir here.

Otherwise, even the top alchemists at the Golden Core stage from those major sects would never have had the opportunity to refine such elixirs.

Although Luo Qingni did not expect that the four freshly made spirit pills would have such spiritual power, the alchemy room was already under the protection of the array, so the spirit pills could not escape. She quickly came to her senses and used a jade bottle to collect them one by one, sealing them with magic talismans.

After doing all this, Luo Qingni breathed a sigh of relief, then smiled slightly at Zhou Chun outside and waved her hand to release the array restriction.

"Congratulations, Fellow Daoist Luo, on successfully refining a top-grade elixir! Your alchemy skills have advanced once again!"

Zhou Chun looked at Luo Qingni as she walked out and offered her congratulations with a big smile.

Upon hearing this, Luo Qingni looked at him with gratitude and said, "It is Qingni who should thank Fellow Daoist Zhou. If it weren't for Fellow Daoist Zhou's trust, Qingni would probably never have had the opportunity to refine such a top-grade spiritual pill in her life!"

After speaking, he sighed with regret, "It's a pity that Qingni still lacks some refinement and hasn't reached the perfect level of producing five pills!"

Hearing this, Zhou Chun quickly comforted her, "Fellow Daoist Luo, it's already a very good achievement that you were able to refine four Nascent Soul Pills for the first time. I am very satisfied with that!"

"If Fellow Daoist Zhou is satisfied, that would be the best outcome."

Luo Qingni nodded, and then handed four jade bottles containing the [Infant Transformation Pill] to Zhou Chun.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun only put three of the jade bottles into his storage bag, and then pushed the remaining jade bottle back to her.

Then, with a smile, he looked at her and said, "Fellow Daoist Luo, please keep this [Nascent Soul Pill]. I hope that next time we meet, Fellow Daoist Luo will be able to return to the Zhou family with me!"

Upon hearing his words, Luo Qingni hesitated only slightly before raising her hand to put away the pill bottle, which was considered her tacit agreement.

After accepting the Nascent Soul Pill, she looked at Zhou Chun and asked, "So, what are your plans next, Fellow Daoist Zhou? Are you preparing to return to your family and immediately go into seclusion to cultivate and form your Nascent Soul?"

"It is true that Mr. Zhou is preparing to go into seclusion to cultivate his core and form his nascent soul, but he will not be doing so at the Zhou family residence."

Zhou Chun glanced at her and still revealed some of the truth.

Then, turning to her, who showed a hint of confusion, he said, "As for the reason why I, Zhou, am not forming my core and nascent soul within the family, it is inconvenient to tell you, Fellow Daoist Luo. In short, if I, Zhou, do not come to bring you back to the Zhou family within a hundred years, then you, Fellow Daoist Luo, do not need to go to the Zhou family to fulfill your agreement. In the future, you only need to help my disciples or elders refine pills for free!"

"Qingni understands, but Qingni believes that Fellow Daoist Zhou will definitely succeed in forming his Core and Nascent Soul!"

Luo Qingni nodded thoughtfully, then offered her sincere blessings.

"Haha, then I'll accept your kind words, fellow Daoist!"

Zhou Chun laughed and quickly left Luo Qingni's cave.

After leaving Luo Qingni's cave, he returned to Zhou Daoyi's cave and handed the two [Nascent Soul Pills] to Zhou Zhiying and Zhou Daoyi for safekeeping.

He then dismissed Zhou Zhiying and solemnly handed something to Zhou Daoyi, saying, "This is my life-bound soul tablet. If anything happens, Grand Uncle, you can go to Mirror Lake in the Ice Kingdom. Bai Bai and the others will be waiting for you there!"