Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 664 The Attitude of the Moon Wheel Cult [Please Subscribe]

Just as Zhou Chun had predicted.

The Yan Yang Sect chose to turn a blind eye to Li Mingxuan's being crippled and expelled from the sect by the Zhou family, as if he had never existed within the sect.

Clearly, Master Ziyang's words when he left were just empty words.

He himself knew that after he himself failed to "teach Zhou Chun a lesson" even if he took action, Li Mingxuan could not expect to return unscathed.

Moreover, Li Mingxuan's current predicament is entirely his own doing.

If he hadn't stirred things up, causing Master Ziyang to issue that decree, none of the subsequent events would have occurred, and Master Ziyang wouldn't have become Zhou Chun's stepping stone to establish his authority.

From this perspective, even if he were to return to the Yan Yang Sect, Master Zi Yang would certainly not let him off easily!

Since Yan Yang Sect had chosen to accept defeat, Zhou Chun did not continue to pursue the matter relentlessly.

The tripartite balance of power in Yasukuni needs to be maintained.

Even if the Zhou family were to surpass the Moon Wheel Sect and become the largest power in the Jing Kingdom in the future, possessing the strength to destroy the Moon Wheel Sect and the Flame Sun Sect, it would be best to maintain this situation.

So now that the Yan Yang Sect has chosen to admit defeat, and Zhou Chun has already achieved his goal of establishing his authority, he certainly won't be single-mindedly fighting the Yan Yang Sect to the bitter end.

His return to the family this time had a very clear goal: to completely declare the Zhou family as one of the three pillars of Jingguo, and to allow the Zhou family to fully inherit the status and power that Qinglian Temple originally possessed.

Defeating Master Ziyang is only the first step, but also the most important one.

The next step is to negotiate with the Moon Wheel Sect and the Flame Sun Sect on how to abolish the series of unequal treaties previously signed, how to bring Lingzhou under the jurisdiction of the Zhou family, and how to jointly govern the Jingguo cultivation world with these two families.

After Master Ziyang's defeat and retreat from the Qinglian Mountains, these two families will surely calm down and make further statements.

Several hours after Zhou Chun's battle with Master Ziyang, Su Yuzhen, upon hearing the news, arrived at the Qinglian Mountains with immense excitement.

When Zhou Chun returned, she hadn't had a chance to tell Zhou Mingde about the incident where Master Ziyang's decree threatened him.

It was a Foundation Establishment stage female cultivator from the Su family who married into the Zhou family. After learning that Zhou Chun had returned after achieving Nascent Soul, she relayed the news back to the Su family, and that's how she found out.

So, after her initial shock and joy, Su Yuzhen arrived at the Qinglian Mountains with great excitement.

At this moment, the two Daoist partners met in Zhou Chun's cave. Zhou Chun realized his oversight and quickly apologized to his Daoist partner, saying, "It was my oversight that I forgot to inform you, my wife. Please forgive me."

"My lord, you flatter me. You have just returned and encountered such a major event. It is normal that you did not have time to send me a message. There is no need to apologize to me."

Su Yuzhen shook her head repeatedly, and understandingly offered an explanation for him.

Then, her beautiful eyes widened as she gazed at Zhou Chun, her gaze filled with admiration and wonder, exclaiming, "I still feel like I'm dreaming! I can't believe it's all real! My husband has actually become a Nascent Soul cultivator!!"

At this point, she was so excited that she threw herself into Zhou Chun's arms.

She never had the idea of ​​hoping her husband would become a dragon, but Zhou Chun always managed to shock and excite her time and time again.

From the initial opening of the Purple Mansion to the successful formation of the Golden Core, and then to the display of invincible Golden Core stage strength.

Time and again, Zhou Chun conquered her heart with his performance and strength, letting her know how lucky she was to be his Daoist partner.

As for the fact that Zhou Chun has rarely been by her side over the years, that's not a big deal.

Cultivators have long lifespans and there is no need for them to be together every day. Sometimes, a reunion after a long separation can make the feelings between cultivation partners even deeper.

For example, at this moment, the longing after decades of separation, coupled with the shock and excitement brought by Zhou Chun's return after achieving the Great Completion of the Nascent Soul stage, and his powerful achievement of defeating a veteran Nascent Soul cultivator upon his return, caused Su Yuzhen's admiration for Zhou Chun to reach an unprecedented level of intensity.

The desire for strength is inherent in all sentient beings, and among humans, women are more prone to this than men.

After Zhou Chun successfully formed his Nascent Soul, even female cultivators like Luo Qingni, who had a strong sense of independence, began to look at him differently, let alone female cultivators like Su Yuzhen who came from cultivation families.

Seemingly sensing his partner's intense love, Zhou Chun stopped himself from saying anything else, only smiling slightly as he picked up his partner and carried him to the bedroom.

The two of them stayed in the bedroom for several days!

Just as Zhou Chun had narrowly defeated Master Ziyang, things unfolded exactly as he had predicted. Three days after his battle with Master Ziyang, Master Baiyue, the leader of the Moon Wheel Sect, personally came to the Zhou family on behalf of the sect.

"Congratulations to Master Zhou on achieving the Great Completion of the Nascent Soul stage and attaining the Dao."

Inside Zhou Chun's cave, after being welcomed into the place by Zhou Mingde, Baiyue Zhenren (a Taoist priest) took the initiative to cup his hands in congratulations upon seeing Zhou Mingde, the person in charge.

According to the rules of the Moon Wheel Sect, the status of the Moon Worshiping Immortal is equivalent to that of a Nascent Soul cultivator, so Zhou Chun did not care that he had never addressed him as a senior.

After all, the Moon Wheel Sect is still the de facto overlord of Jingguo. The Zhou family may not recognize these rules, but there is no need to go against them.

He simply nodded slightly with a calm expression and said, "Thank you for your congratulations, fellow Daoist. May I ask what brings you here today?"

Upon hearing this, Master Baiyue immediately replied humbly, "I dare not accept such praise. I have come here today for two reasons. First, on behalf of the two patriarchs of our sect, I would like to congratulate Master Zhou on his great success in achieving the Nascent Soul stage. Second, I wish to take away the disciples of our sect who are staying in the Qinglian Mountains for exchanges."

Hearing him describe the disciples sent by the Moon Wheel Sect to supervise the Zhou family as "exchanges," Zhou Chun couldn't help but laugh.

However, the relationship between the Zhou family and the Moon Wheel Sect did not become too strained; at least on the surface, things were still acceptable. Therefore, Zhou Chun did not take the opportunity to mock them.

He simply smiled and said, "I see. Then please convey my regards to the two True Immortals of your sect. I hope to meet Fellow Daoist Silver Moon after my Nascent Soul Ceremony."

Seeing that he did not object, Master Baiyue breathed a sigh of relief and immediately replied solemnly, "I will certainly convey Master Zhou's words to the two patriarchs truthfully."

Before he could finish speaking, Zhou Chun spoke up again: "There is one more thing, which I hope you can pass on to Fellow Daoist Yin Yue and Fellow Daoist Cang Yue."

Upon hearing this, Master Baiyue's heart leaped into his throat.

He immediately held his breath and said, "Please speak, Master, I am all ears."

"It's not a big deal, but I feel that the Zhou family now has the strength to make greater contributions to the cultivation world of Jingguo. Therefore, I wish to provide protection for our fellow cultivators in Lingzhou, shielding them from the threats of Yunzhou's demonic beasts. I hope that you two esteemed fellow cultivators can give me an opportunity to share their burdens!"

Zhou Chun spoke casually, as if he were talking about a very ordinary little thing.

But after hearing his words, Master Baiyue's eyes twitched slightly. After a long while, he replied in a low voice, "I understand. I will truthfully convey Master Baiyue's words to the two patriarchs."

"Well then, I look forward to Fellow Daoist Silver Moon's reply."

Zhou Chun nodded, thus ending the meeting.

After seeing off Master Baiyue, Zhou Chun returned to his cultivation room and pondered over the Spirit Eye Spring inside.

When he went out to cultivate in seclusion, he did not take all four six-winged ice silkworms with him. Instead, he left them in the cultivation room of his cave and asked Zhou Mingde to feed them regularly.

Now, decades later, the four six-winged ice silkworms have undergone two more cocooning transformations, and the number of wings on their bodies has increased from one pair to two pairs.

More importantly, the aura emanating from any one of them is now no weaker than that of a late-stage Purple Mansion cultivator, and their actual combat power is probably far greater than that of an ordinary third-tier high-grade demon beast!

Such a peculiar way of growth and evolution seems to indicate the extraordinary nature of the six-winged ice silkworm clan.

Therefore, even though Zhou Chun's cultivation level is now at the Nascent Soul stage, his interest in these four six-winged ice silkworms has not diminished in the slightest.

If they continue to grow at this rate, it doesn't seem impossible that they will eventually grow six wings and become true six-winged ice silkworms, possessing the strength to easily defeat late-stage Golden Core cultivators!

The key point is that Zhou Chun has now successfully formed his Nascent Soul, and his lifespan will be very long. He will have plenty of time to wait for these four six-winged ice silkworms to grow up.

"It seems we can feed them those insect pills now; this should accelerate their evolution process a bit!"

He looked at the four white ice silkworms, each about two feet long, clinging to the tree stump in front of him, and immediately raised his hand and took the insect pills that were placed in the treasure room of the cave.

Sure enough, when he poured the insect pill out of the sealed jade bottle, the four six-winged ice silkworms, which had been motionless, suddenly flew to him like vicious dogs that had smelled meat, flapping their four wings and trying to pounce on him to snatch it.

This is the flaw of demonic insects. Even if they are powerful, they are easily controlled by their bloodline instincts due to their low intelligence, thus ignoring the existence of their master.

If one doesn't know how to repel insects at this point, perhaps the only way to suppress them is through a contract.

However, such forced suppression, apart from temporarily suppressing the demonic insects, does not help to control them at all.

Zhou Chun knew how to expel insects.

He first emitted a golden light to protect the insect pill, then formed hand seals and used an insect-repelling technique to guide and control the four six-winged ice silkworms, helping them suppress their instinctive impulses and establish their master's supreme consciousness.

Zhou Chun used to do these things when feeding them, and the six-winged ice silkworms performed very well at that time.

This time, however, he had not seen them for decades, and the tacit understanding they once shared was long gone. Although the six-winged ice silkworms would not be hostile or attack him because of their contract, they were not particularly close to him either.

Now he needs to come back and help them awaken their old memories.

After this training, Zhou Chuncai rewarded each of the six-winged ice silkworms with an insect pill.

After the four six-winged ice silkworms finished eating the insect pills and returned to the tree stump to sleep and digest, Zhou Chun also turned his gaze to the "Pure Spirit Immortal Osmanthus" tree stump.

Decades have passed, and after absorbing countless spiritual springs and spiritual veins from the Azure Lotus Mountains, this tree stump is finally nearing the end of its complete transformation.

Zhou Chun specifically asked Zhou Zhiying to come and take a look. Compared with the Spirit Eye Stone in that secret island, the current tree stump is not much different.

It is likely that in a few decades at most, this object will be able to truly transform into a spiritual eye.

By then, Zhou Chun will have two spiritual eye items to aid his cultivation.

In the days that followed, Zhou Chun handed over the task of organizing the Nascent Soul Ceremony to Zhou Daoyi. He put some unused items into the family treasury and then paid his respects to the deceased Zhou Zhengyong and his son, as well as Lin Wan'er, an elder of the Zhou family who had also passed away.

Lin Wan'er is Lin Hongyu's adopted daughter, but Lin Hongyu put in a lot of effort to help her open her Purple Mansion, but didn't help her much with the matter of forming her Golden Core.

Although she had made a name for herself in running her shop in Tianyuan Immortal City, her life savings were not enough to exchange for a set of Core Formation spiritual items.

Therefore, he passed away peacefully at the end of his life.

However, after realizing that she had no hope of forming a Golden Core, she found a Qi Refining stage cultivator with good aptitude to be her son-in-law and had several descendants, including some with spiritual roots.

Before her passing away, she used her connections with the Zhou family to secure a spiritual land in Lianzhou for her Lin family, establishing a small clan there. She also helped her son-in-law successfully achieve Foundation Establishment.

Zhou Chun and Zhou Mingde were both happy to see this happen.

The Zhou family currently has no shortage of Foundation Establishment and Purple Mansion cultivators. These cultivators, who are close to the Zhou family, are willing to establish families within the Zhou family's jurisdiction, which is a good opportunity for the Zhou family to cultivate its own direct lineage.

In the future, these vassal families can be firmly bound to the Zhou family's chariot through intermarriage between cultivators and mortals of the two races over generations.

These vassal families could also thrive by relying on the Zhou family as a powerful force.

From this perspective, families have an advantage over sects.

Although those cultivation sects sometimes use marriage alliances to strengthen their influence over vassal cultivation families, such marriage alliances are usually one-sided.

Typically, male cultivators from sects marry female cultivators from their own families, or high-ranking cultivators take female cultivators from their families as concubines, in order to increase their control over the cultivation families.

While it's not unheard of for female cultivators from sects to marry cultivators from immortal cultivation families, it's extremely rare.

In this way, those cultivation families are not actually forming marriage alliances with sects, but rather with cultivators from a particular sect.

After paying his respects to his deceased friends and relatives, Zhou Chun concealed his cultivation and went to a desolate place.

Through his previous conversation with Master Tianjing, Zhou Chun basically confirmed that the Dragon Clan of Longyuanze did not have the same means as the alien race of Tianmanyuan to sense and monitor fifth-order beings entering the wilderness and even Longyuanze on a large scale.

However, according to the tacit agreement between the top experts of both sides, under special circumstances, human Nascent Soul stage cultivators are not allowed to easily enter the wilderness or even the Dragon Abyss Swamp without cause.

Similarly, the demon kings of Longyuanze are also prohibited from entering the human kingdom.

If someone violates this rule and is ambushed and killed on the other side's territory, no one will stand up for them.

Furthermore, if they are subsequently pursued and killed by the other party deep into the country in retaliation, they will still be unprotected.

Therefore, Nascent Soul stage cultivators of the human race who have families and households generally do not take this risk.

This trip by Zhou Chun's main body to the wilderness may be the last time he goes there after successfully forming his Nascent Soul.

Instead of going to the Jade Mountain stronghold, he went directly to the habitat of the "Frostbee".

Decades later, the newborn queen bee has grown up and the colony size has increased again.

The corpses of the demon bees that died of old age over the years were all frozen in a corner of the ice cave as Zhou Chun had instructed.

Zhou Chun collected all the corpses, which he could later feed to the four six-winged ice silkworms as tonics.

Then he patted the spirit beast pouch at his waist and released the Snow Demon clone.

At present, this Snow Demon clone does not significantly enhance his combat power, nor is it convenient to expose it.

The environment here is perfect for his cultivation, so he can cultivate quietly here and improve his progress in the "Taiyi Two-Part Divine Technique".

Moreover, with his clone stationed here, Zhou Chun can be informed of any important events occurring at the wilderness stronghold immediately, saving him the trouble of relaying messages.

After settling his clone in this way, Zhou Chun returned to his cave in the Qinglian Mountains.

On the other hand, when Baiyue Zhenren returned to the Moon Wheel Sect, he immediately went to meet Yinyue Zhenren and conveyed the message that Zhou Chun had asked him to pass on.

After listening to what Master Baiyue had relayed, Master Yinyue remained silent for a moment before saying calmly, "After returning from the Nascent Soul stage, he first defeated Master Ziyang, and then demanded that our sect reclaim control of Lingzhou. This Master Zhou's style of doing things is quite similar to that of my old friend, Master Qingxiao!"

"So, what do you mean, Ancestor...?"

Baiyue Zhenren was somewhat unsure of his thoughts, so he looked at him cautiously and asked for his guidance in a low voice.

"Judging from what Tianjing said, and considering the information Ziyang conveyed to me, it's basically certain that the Zhou family's Linlong has reached a point of power, and it's not convenient to confront them head-on now!"

"Since he wants Lingzhou, then let him have it."

"Anyway, the Zhou family only has so many people. This large territory is enough for them to manage for hundreds of years."

Yin Yue Zhenren glanced at Bai Yue Zhenren and calmly expressed his opinion.

Upon hearing this, Master Baiyue immediately nodded and replied, "This junior understands. I will send a message to inform them of your opinion later."

After speaking, seeing that Yin Yue Zhenren did not react, Bai Yue Zhenren hesitated for a moment before saying with some worry, "It's just that this junior is worried that Zhou Zhengchun's ambition is not limited to this, that he doesn't just want to become a new Qinglian Temple!"

The person who was most shocked by Zhou Chun's successful Nascent Soul formation was Baiyue Zhenren.

Because of Zhou Chun's outstanding performance, he had specially summoned Zhou Chun to inquire and investigate the situation. After learning that the cultivation technique Zhou Chun practiced belonged to the "Tongtian Xuan Gong", he was relieved and believed that Zhou Chun had no chance of forming a Nascent Soul.

Furthermore, even if they successfully form a Nascent Soul, they should not pose any threat to the Moon Wheel Cult.

But when the news of Zhou Chun defeating Master Ziyang came, he was completely stunned.

So now he has a kind of compensatory mentality. The more he underestimated Zhou Chun back then, the more he values ​​him now.

Deep down, he was also very worried that Zhou Chun would become increasingly monstrous in the future, threatening the Moon Wheel Sect's rule in Jingguo.

In this situation, even if he knew that it was unfair to speculate about Zhou Chun in this way, he still couldn't help but speculate about Zhou Chun with the utmost malice.

Master Yinyue seemed to understand his thoughts, and shook his head slightly, saying, "I understand what you mean, but the Zhou family's Linlong has already gained considerable power. Even if I personally take action and can defeat him, I have little confidence in killing him!"

"If we fail to kill him, I'm not afraid of his revenge, but I'm afraid none of you will ever be able to leave the mountain again!"

After saying this, he looked at Master Baiyue meaningfully and said, "Furthermore, the ones who are most worried about the Zhou family growing stronger right now are not us. There's no need for us to rush into playing the villain!"

"You mean the Yan Yang Sect...?"

Master Baiyue seemed to understand something, and a thoughtful look appeared in his eyes.

But then Master Yinyue slowly nodded and said, "That's right, let the Yan Yang Sect test Zhou Jialinlong's trump card. I have already agreed to hand over the Heavenly Mirror Primordial Spirit Restriction Token to the Yan Yang Sect ahead of schedule. I think that after Zi Yang suffered a loss this time, he will not give up easily!"

Upon hearing this, Master Baiyue's eyes lit up, and he said with heartfelt admiration, "Ancestor's insight is profound; it seems I have been overthinking things!"

Seeing that he had understood, Master Yinyue stopped there and waved his hand, saying, "In short, there's no need to show any hostility towards the Zhou family for now. After all, our two families have always had a good relationship, and there's no need to block our own path because of something that might happen in the future!"

"Furthermore, even if Zhou Zhengchun is only at the early Nascent Soul stage and his spirit pets have the potential to advance to the fifth-tier demon king level, even if he cultivates to the mid-Nascent Soul stage and his spirit pets all become fifth-tier demon kings, he still can't bully our Moon Wheel Sect. Don't forget how those fifth-tier demon kings died before!"

Having said that, Master Yinyue has said everything he needed to say.

The Moon Worshiping Immortal was also quite sensible and quickly took his leave.

Not long after, Zhou Chun received a message from Baiyue Zhenren, who agreed to the transfer of Lingzhou to the Zhou family.

However, Master Baiyue also said that this was only the Moon Wheel Sect's agreement; whether the Flame Sun Sect would agree was something Zhou Chun himself would have to persuade.

"Is this a plan to sit back and watch the tigers fight, while letting the Flame Sun Sect test my strength first?"

After reading the message from Master Baiyue, Zhou Chun's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he quickly understood the Moon Wheel Sect's plan.

To be honest, this result was not unexpected, and it was even the outcome he hoped for.

After all, he wouldn't dare to confront the Moon Wheel Cult right now.

The fact that several fifth-tier demon kings perished at the Moon Wheel Sect's mountain gate was only a hundred years ago.

Before Zhou Chun cultivated to the late Nascent Soul stage, or before he possessed a powerful defensive spiritual treasure, he certainly wouldn't dare to wander around the Moon Wheel Sect's mountain gate.

"That's good, it gives me more time to accumulate experience and grow!"

He nodded slightly, deciding to proceed according to plan from now on.

(End of this chapter)