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Chapter 661 Zhou Chun's Sharp Edge Revealed [Please Subscribe]

Qinglian Peak.

While the entire Zhou family was cheering for Zhou Chun's return after achieving Nascent Soul, no one noticed that Li Mingxuan, the arrogant and domineering Golden Core Elder of the Yan Yang Sect, was quietly running away.

Yes, they ran away!

Li Mingxuan couldn't understand how Zhou Chun could successfully form a Nascent Soul, or how she could achieve it so quickly.

However, he was very clear in his heart how excessive his previous behavior had been!

Even if Zhou Chun had not returned as a Nascent Soul cultivator, but instead returned as a late-stage Golden Core cultivator, his status as an elder of the Yan Yang Sect would have allowed him to leave the Zhou family unscathed.

However, the status of a Nascent Soul stage cultivator is quite different.

Now that Zhou Chun has successfully formed his Nascent Soul, the foundation and base of the Zhou family's great power have been firmly established, making them a powerful force that can stand shoulder to shoulder with the Yan Yang Sect.

Under such circumstances, it's hard to believe that a Nascent Soul cultivator who has just returned from the Nascent Soul stage wouldn't take revenge on Li Mingxuan after learning about his actions within his family!

Although the real source that forced Zhou Mingde to his death was the decree issued by Master Ziyang.

But Zhou Chun obviously couldn't do anything to Master Ziyang!

Then Li Mingxuan, as his pawn, was undoubtedly the best target to vent his anger and establish his authority!

So if you don't run now, even if you don't die later, you'll most likely suffer a fate worse than death!

Li Mingxuan was aware of this, so he quickly concealed his aura, preparing to quietly leave the Zhou family while they were all cheering and Zhou Chun hadn't noticed him yet.

As long as he can leave the Zhou family in time and escape back to the Yan Yang Sect, he still has a chance to live.

Even for the sake of his own reputation and the sect's honor, Master Ziyang obviously could not hand him over.

At most, he would have to kowtow to Zhou Chun a few times in person, and the Yan Yang Sect would have to offer a substantial apology. That would likely be enough to settle the matter peacefully and let it go.

However, just as Li Mingxuan slipped to the entrance of Zhou Family Mountain and was about to leave,

Zhou Xinyan's teasing words suddenly rang out in the sky.

"Fellow Daoist Li, where are you headed, acting so suspiciously? Why haven't you come to congratulate our clan leader?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Mingxuan immediately felt Zhou Chun's gaze upon him.

In an instant, cold sweat broke out on his back.

He glanced at the mountain gate exit that was so close at hand, his eyes dimmed, and he abandoned his adventurous idea.

Even if he could break out of the Zhou family's mountain gate under the watchful eyes of a Nascent Soul cultivator, so what?

Could he possibly escape the pursuit of a Nascent Soul stage cultivator?

At this moment, he truly understood what it meant to have nowhere to turn.

A feeling of despair welled up inside, but it was quickly suppressed by the desire to survive.

He slowly turned around, revealing a smile more painful than a grimace, and bowed respectfully towards Zhou Chun, saying, "Junior Li Mingxuan of the Yan Yang Sect congratulates Senior Zhou on achieving the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul stage and attaining true enlightenment!"

"What's going on? Why is an elder from the Yan Yang Sect in the family?"

Zhou Chun turned his gaze to Zhou Xinyan, who had just spoken up and revealed Li Mingxuan's whereabouts.

He naturally sensed the hatred in Zhou Xinyan's words and also gleaned some information from Li Mingxuan's furtive actions, thus forming certain guesses in his mind.

Of course, Zhou Xinyan couldn't say anything good about Li Mingxuan. She immediately recounted how the Yan Yang Sect had tested and pressured the Zhou family over the years, and how Zhou Mingde had almost sacrificed himself for the cause.

As he spoke, Zhou Chun's previously displeased smile immediately turned gloomy.

After Zhou Xinyan finished speaking, he immediately said in a cold voice, "Good, very good! What a fine Yan Yang Sect, what a fine Zi Yang Zhenren!!"

Upon hearing these chilling words, Li Mingxuan trembled and immediately knelt down, pleading, "Senior Zhou, please calm down! I was only acting under orders and had no other choice. I did not intend to target the Zhou family, and I have no prior grudge against them!"

He, a dignified Golden Core cultivator and an elder of a major sect like the Yan Yang Sect, was now kneeling and begging for mercy like a dog, which showed how terrified he was.

However, his behavior has crossed Zhou Chun's bottom line, so how could she forgive him?

With a single finger, Zhou Chun sealed the golden core within his body before he could react, effectively sealing his cultivation level.

He then instructed Zhou Xinyan, "Suppress this man and keep him under control for now. I'll deal with him later!"

"Yes, junior obeys."

Zhou Xinyan responded loudly with excitement, and immediately stepped forward to pick up the ashen-faced Li Mingxuan and take him away.

Zhou Chun led everyone back to his cave dwelling, where he continued to share the joy of returning to his Nascent Soul stage with Zhou Mingde and the others.

However, after what happened with Li Mingxuan, Zhou Mingde and the others' enthusiasm clearly waned, and they calmed down after a short while, their passion gone.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Chun then introduced Luo Qingni, who had come with him: "You have met Fellow Daoist Luo before. This time, Fellow Daoist Luo has agreed to serve as a guest elder of my Zhou family and will reside in the Qinglian Mountains to contribute her own strength to the alchemy of my Zhou family."

Upon hearing his words, Luo Qingni, who had remained silent and had not disturbed their celebration, immediately bowed to Zhou Mingde and said, "Qingni greets Ancestor."

However, like Zhou Chun, he considered himself a junior.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Mingde quickly stepped aside and said repeatedly, "Fellow Daoist Luo, you are too kind. Your friendship with Zheng Chun is your own business, how could I take advantage of you for that? From now on, let's just address each other as fellow Daoist."

After speaking, he smiled sincerely and said, "It is a great honor for the Zhou family to have a master alchemist like Fellow Daoist Luo join us. On behalf of the Zhou family, I welcome Master Luo!"

Zhou Chun also spoke up at the right time: "What the ancestor said makes sense. Qingni, you don't need to restrain yourself because of our friendship."

Upon hearing their words, Luo Qingni did not refuse any longer and immediately nodded, saying, "Qingni understands. I hope you fellow Daoists will take good care of me in the future."

As a late-stage Golden Core cultivator, she naturally didn't want to have an elder whose cultivation level was lower than hers for no reason.

Therefore, the actions of the two members of the Zhou family made her, who had just arrived at the Zhou family, feel a little more at ease.

At least the beginning doesn't look bad!

After introducing the surrounding Zhou family leaders to her, Zhou Chun quickly instructed Zhou Zhiying, "Ying'er, take Elder Luo to choose a cave dwelling first. Also, have Xinyan select a few clever juniors to serve Elder Luo and help her familiarize herself with the family environment."

"Your disciple obeys."

Zhou Xinyan readily agreed and immediately led Luo Qingni away from Zhou Chun's cave.

After Luo Qingni left, Zhou Chun, Zhou Mingde, Zhou Daoyi, and the others sat down in the cave to discuss the upcoming Nascent Soul Ceremony and other matters.

Before that, Zhou Chun first learned from Zhou Mingde about how the Moon Wheel Sect and the Flame Sun Sect had tested the Zhou family during the years he had been away from the family, in order to determine his attitude towards the two families in the future.

Zhou Mingde, of course, did not hide anything from this and quickly recounted in detail the probing process of the two families.

After listening to Zhou Mingde's account, Zhou Chun thoughtfully remarked, "It sounds like the Moon Wheel Sect isn't too concerned about my disappearance for so long. Their probing is quite normal. Perhaps it's because they've had more dealings with me and assume I couldn't have formed my Core and Nascent Soul so quickly?"

Because we understand, we are not worried, which is indeed in line with human nature.

Zhou Mingde agreed with Zhou Chun's assessment and nodded, saying, "That should be right. The previous leader of the Moon Wheel Sect had top-grade spiritual root aptitude, yet he still failed to form his Core and Nascent Soul. It's normal that they think you, Zheng Chun, won't be able to form your Core and Nascent Soul so quickly!"

"So the Yan Yang Sect still resents our Zhou family's entry into the Qinglian Mountains, which ruined their plans, and is deliberately trying to interfere with and prevent our junior from breaking through to the late Golden Core stage through these means?"

Zhou Chun said in a low voice, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

He knew in his heart that no matter how much the two Nascent Soul stage cultivators of the Yan Yang Sect valued him, they certainly wouldn't believe that he could form a Core and Nascent Soul within a hundred years.

Therefore, the previous probing and coercion were probably more to prevent him from breaking through to the late stage of Golden Core too quickly, so that he would have more time and opportunities to prepare for the transformation of the Golden Core and the formation of the Nascent Soul.

If he fails to form his Nascent Soul and is forced to return to his family, he will likely never dare to leave his family again after this incident, and he will have to devote most of his energy to playing mind games with the Yan Yang Sect.

This makes the hope of transforming the elixir into an infant even more remote.

No matter how skillful he was in manipulating things, without the cultivation of the Nascent Soul stage, he obviously couldn't cause much damage to the Flame Sun Sect.

Therefore, the Yan Yang Sect's plan can be described as an open conspiracy.

However, Yan Yang Sect obviously never expected that Zhou Chun had not only broken through to the late stage of Golden Core long ago, but also successfully formed his Nascent Soul in just a few decades.

Now that he has returned with the cultivation of the Nascent Soul stage, the Yan Yang Sect's originally impeccable scheme has become a joke, and has greatly offended Zhou Chun and the Zhou family!

Thinking of this, a cold glint flashed in Zhou Chun's eyes, and he immediately looked at Zhou Mingde and said, "Where is the decree of True Man Ziyang? Ancestor, please let this junior see it."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Mingde immediately patted his storage bag at his waist and took out the golden edict.

When Zhou Chun saw the purplish-red characters formed by Master Ziyang's magical power, he immediately snorted coldly, "Hmph, what arrogance! He thinks he can get me to offer up three Fire Phoenix Feathers with just a piece of scrap paper!"

As soon as he finished speaking, golden light surged from his palm and swept across the golden silk, instantly erasing all the purplish-red characters.

Then he used his magic as ink to leave a message on the gold and silk.

"I am delighted to hear that you wish to refine a top-grade magic weapon. Now that my Nascent Soul cultivation has been completed and I am about to hold the Nascent Soul Ceremony, I hope you can use this to congratulate me. I would be extremely gratified!"

After writing his message on the gold and silk, Zhou Chun handed it to Zhou Mingde, saying, "Have the Yan Yang Sect disciples still in the family return this item to you, and return it to you as is!"

Seeing this, Zhou Mingde hesitated and said, "Zhengchun, aren't you going a bit too far? You've only just successfully formed your Nascent Soul..."

He only said half of what he meant, but the rest was easy to understand.

This is because of his special status that he dared to question Zhou Chun's strength to his face.

Even if someone else thought that way, they certainly wouldn't dare to say it.

Zhou Chun smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, sir. Although I have only just successfully formed my Nascent Soul, my strength is definitely not much inferior to that old scoundrel Ziyang. Besides, we are both at the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm, so what can he do to me?"

After saying this, he sighed softly and said, "The Zhou family has been restricted for too long, and I have long been fed up with the life of having to be subservient to everyone. Now that I have successfully formed my Nascent Soul, I should enjoy life to the fullest and seek revenge!"

Hearing his words, Zhou Mingde felt both worried and excited.

Indeed, just as Zhou Chun said, the Zhou family has been restricted for too long.

Despite being the third largest power in the Jing Kingdom, even within the family's mountain gate, there are cultivators from other forces stationed to supervise it. Half of the output earned through hard work and investment of manpower and resources is taken away by others!

The Zhou family's higher-ups had long harbored resentment over being colonized and oppressed.

They had to endure it only because their family didn't have a true Nascent Soul cultivator to back them up.

Now that Zhou Chun has successfully formed his Nascent Soul, what reason does the Zhou family have to continue to tolerate this inequality?

Thinking of this, Zhou Mingde nodded emphatically and said, "Yes, Zheng Chun, you're right. We've endured this for far too long; we've almost forgotten what it feels like to be in charge!"

He said excitedly, "Since you've already successfully formed your Nascent Soul, what's wrong with a fight? If we don't fight them, why would they easily give up the meat they've eaten?"

Zhou Mingde was never a coward who feared death, nor was he someone who lacked the will to take risks.

He had been able to endure it before because only by being patient could he protect his family, and only by being patient could he wait for the hope of a counterattack to appear.

His patience was not for the sake of patience itself, but for a more fierce counterattack!

Now that the Zhou family has the strength and confidence to fight back, how can he still shrink back!

"Haha, this is the kind of elder I remember, this is the kind of spirit you should have!"

Zhou Chun laughed heartily, expressing his agreement and praise for Zhou Mingde's statement.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Mingde waved his hands repeatedly and laughed, "I'm getting old. With Zheng Chun in charge of the Zhou family and Dao Yi returning to assist, I can finally relax and rest. I'll also travel around sometime then, so that my life won't have been in vain since I've achieved Core Formation!"

The fact that he said these words shows how relaxed and happy he was at that moment.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Chun and Zhou Daoyi couldn't help but burst out laughing together.

Zhou Daoyi then said at the opportune moment, "Since you've said so, then I'll take care of the proper procedures for the Nascent Soul Ceremony. You should rest well!"

"Haha, that's great! Dao Yi, you're back to your old ways. It'll be a good opportunity for the younger generation of the family to get to know you."

Zhou Mingde laughed heartily and readily agreed.

After the higher-ups discussed and finalized some matters, Zhou Chun secretly went to the cave of the Heavenly Mirror Master and met with him in secret.

"Congratulations, Fellow Daoist Zhou, on achieving the Great Completion of the Nascent Soul stage and attaining true enlightenment!"

Inside the cave, when Master Tianjing saw Zhou Chun, he congratulated him with a heartfelt tone.

After a period of reflection, Master Tianjing's mind calmed down, and he stopped thinking about how Zhou Chun had managed to form his nascent soul so quickly.

Because he knew that none of that mattered anymore.

Most importantly, Zhou Chun successfully achieved Nascent Soul formation, and his waiting finally bore fruit!

In response to Tianjing Zhenren's congratulations, Zhou Chun smiled and said, "I must thank Fellow Daoist Tianjing for his insights and information on Nascent Soul formation; they have been of great help to me!"

"Oh, Fellow Daoist Zhou, did you go to that place I mentioned before? Could it be that there really is innate golden evil energy there?"

Tianjing Zhenren's mind stirred, and he couldn't help but look at Zhou Chun with some surprise.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun immediately said, "I haven't discovered any innate golden evil energy, but I have discovered these things. Fellow Daoist Tianjing is very knowledgeable; do you know what these are?"

After saying that, he summoned his natal magic weapon and showed the remaining golden liquid in the golden bone bowl to True Person Tianjing. He also took out the golden beast bones for True Person Tianjing to examine.

Seeing this, Master Tianjing became very curious and began to examine the origins of the two items.

As expected of the person who had once received the mantle of the mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator "Mysterious Mirror Master", after a thorough examination, Tianjing Zhenren actually gained something.

His eyes gleamed as he looked at Zhou Chun and said, "The golden liquid in this bowl is somewhat similar to the [Taiyuan Golden Dew] that is rumored among our human race. If it really is that kind of spiritual object, Fellow Daoist Zhou will have struck it rich. This is a legendary immortal spiritual object that is said to help break through the barrier of the Nascent Soul stage!"

"As for these beast bones, judging from their characteristics, they are either the remains of a fifth-tier high-grade demon king possessing the bloodline of some kind of metal-attribute divine beast, or the remains of a metal-attribute spirit demon king who has survived the Heavenly Tribulation and cultivated to the fifth-tier high-grade realm!"

At this point, he couldn't help but look at Zhou Chun and ask, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, was able to successfully transform your core and form your nascent soul? Could it be because you used the spiritual item in this bowl that seems to be [Taiyuan Golden Dew]?"

Clearly, he was still very curious about how Zhou Chun managed to achieve Nascent Soul transformation so quickly.

Zhou Chun could have chosen not to answer the question, but after thinking about it, he shook his head and said, "That's not it. My successful formation of the Nascent Soul was due to the consumption of the [Nascent Soul Transformation Pill], which did indeed help my subsequent cultivation techniques!"

As he spoke, he put away the golden bone bowl and the golden animal bones.

Upon seeing this, Master Tianjing felt immense regret.

Unfortunately, his path to enlightenment was destined to end; otherwise, that spiritual object, which resembled the "Taiyuan Golden Dew," would have been of great use to him, as he also cultivated a metal-based cultivation technique.

If those golden beast bones are as he guessed, they were left behind by a fifth-order high-grade metal-attribute spirit monster king, making them even more extraordinary refining materials, which would be perfect for crafting spiritual treasures!

This made him envious of Zhou Chun's good fortune. He was the one who discovered the treasure land first, but in the end, it benefited Zhou Chun!

Despite his envy, he didn't show any signs of dissatisfaction.

He looked at Zhou Chun with surprise and said, "Fellow Daoist Zhou actually took the [Nascent Soul Pill]? Could it be that you, like me, received the mantle of a senior cultivator?"

He actually revealed the truth in one sentence.

However, this is not surprising, because a cultivator of Zhou Chun's background would be unlikely to obtain a spiritual item like the [Infant Transformation Pill] except by inheriting the legacy of his predecessors.

Even if he were willing to exchange his spiritual treasures for such spiritual items, and even if someone were willing to exchange with him, he might not be able to keep such spiritual items!

Zhou Chun was also aware that with his rapid success in forming his core and nascent soul, the outside world would definitely speculate about what kind of opportunity he had obtained.

Instead of letting them speculate wildly and let the rumors become more and more exaggerated, it's better to give them the "truth" ourselves.

Therefore, he nodded calmly and said, "What Fellow Daoist Tianjing said is not entirely wrong, but it is not far off!"

Although the details were not disclosed, it was almost an admission that he had received the legacy of a senior cultivator.

Upon hearing his answer, Master Tianjing nodded in realization and said, "No wonder, no wonder Fellow Daoist Zhou has been able to create miracles time and again, achieving Nascent Soul formation so quickly. It turns out you possess such a fortuitous opportunity!"

He himself was a cultivator who had received such an opportunity, so he knew very well how great the benefits were.

If I hadn't been a bit out of my mind back then and rashly confronted the Qingxiao Zhenren who had been hiding his strength, I don't know how carefree I would be now!

The thought of this only fueled my hatred.

His gaze darkened, and he quickly looked at Zhou Chun and said, "I have already informed the Moon Wheel Sect and the Flame Sun Sect of the news of Fellow Daoist Zhou's successful Nascent Soul formation and return. I expect they will react soon."

At this point, he looked intently at Zhou Chun and asked, "Now that Fellow Daoist Zhou has successfully formed his Nascent Soul, I wonder if the promise you made to me back then still stands?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun immediately raised an eyebrow and said, "I always keep my word. Since I promised Fellow Daoist Tianjing, I will naturally not go back on my word."

After saying that, he solemnly warned the other party, "However, Fellow Daoist Tianjing, you should also be aware that you shouldn't make any unreasonable demands!"

"Rest assured, Fellow Daoist Zhou, I have everything under control."

Master Tianjing grinned, seemingly very happy.

On the other hand, the news of Zhou Chun's successful return after reaching the Nascent Soul stage was relayed to the Nascent Soul stage masters of the Moon Wheel Sect and the Flame Sun Sect by the Heavenly Mirror Master, instantly shocking the patriarchs of both sects.

"This is impossible! How could that kid have successfully formed his Nascent Soul?! How could he have achieved this so quickly? This is absolutely impossible!!"

Inside the Moon Wheel Sect's mountain gate, Silver Moon True Person, upon seeing the message sent by Heavenly Mirror True Person, stood up from the jade couch in a state of shock, exclaiming incredulously, "Impossible!"

Fortunately, he was inside a cave with array formations that isolated him from the outside world; otherwise, if the younger disciples of the Moon Wheel Sect had overheard him, it would have greatly damaged his image.

Of course, at this moment, Yin Yue Zhenren didn't care about her image anymore. All she could think about was how Zhou Chun managed to do it!

He did not doubt the authenticity of Master Tianjing's information, because Master Tianjing would never dare to play tricks on him on such an important matter.

But how exactly did Zhou Chun manage to do that?

Yin Yue Zhenren had personally met Zhou Chun and knew about the cultivation technique Zhou Chun practiced, as well as what kind of spiritual root aptitude Zhou Chun possessed.

In his view, even if Zhou Chun were to find an ordinary Nascent Soul spiritual object, his success rate in transforming his core and forming his Nascent Soul would probably be less than 10%, far less than that of the Heavenly Mirror True Man back then.

Moreover, decades ago, Zhou Chun was only at the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm.

Even if the intelligence was wrong at the time and Zhou Chun concealed his cultivation level, it was only a few decades. How could Zhou Chun have successfully formed his Nascent Soul so quickly?

Even the previous leader of their Moon Wheel Sect, who possessed top-grade spiritual root aptitude and had long since cultivated to the peak of the Golden Core stage, and was certain that he could take the [Nascent Soul Pill] to form his nascent soul, still patiently prepared for nearly a hundred years before daring to take that step!

Even so, it still failed in the end!

So how did Zhou Chun manage to achieve Nascent Soul formation so quickly?

What kind of extraordinary encounters did he have during those decades of disappearance?

Thinking of this, Master Yinyue almost couldn't resist the urge to immediately travel to the Azure Lotus Mountains to find out the truth.

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