Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Qinglian Mountain Range.

After the Moon Wheel Sect made its stance clear, Zhou Chun's biggest worry was finally gone.

Therefore, he also prepared to make changes to the Zhou family in other ways.

The first thing to change is undoubtedly the Zhou family's protective mountain formation.

The [Yi Wood Coiling Dragon Formation] is clearly far from sufficient for the Zhou family in its current state.

If Zhou Chunruo were to hold a Nascent Soul Ceremony, and other Nascent Soul cultivators were to come, this formation would likely be ridiculed by them.

Moreover, this formation cannot prevent Nascent Soul stage cultivators from spying, which means that Zhou Chun's cave is not safe, and this is intolerable.

However, relying solely on the Zhou family's array masters, it was clear that they couldn't set up an array that would satisfy Zhou Chun.

Zhang Liang, the only formation master in the Zhou family, is now old and his lifespan is running out.

Even if Zhou Chun were to bestow upon him a Core Formation artifact, he probably wouldn't dare to try it.

Therefore, we still need to ask outsiders to set up the formation.

With Zhou Chun's current Nascent Soul stage cultivation, as long as he is willing to pay some price or do someone a favor, it is not impossible for him to ask a formation master to come and help set up the formation.

However, if such an important matter as the mountain-protecting formation is entrusted to outsiders, the issue of trust becomes a major problem.

Those array masters were either Nascent Soul stage cultivators or came from powerful forces.

The formation they set up was, in fact, completely undefended by themselves.

The Zhou family invited them to set up a protective array around the mountain, which was tantamount to giving them a key to their home, allowing them to enter and leave the Zhou family's home at any time.

This is obviously difficult for some cultivators who value their privacy to accept.

Therefore, setting up a mountain-protecting formation has always been a great test of a power's foundation.

The most common scenario is that one finds suitable array blueprints, has one's own array master, and then invites an array grandmaster to assist in setting up the array.

Although this would inevitably allow the array master to discover some of the array's flaws and weaknesses, it would also allow him to conduct targeted monitoring and make amends.

There are also some less common situations, such as finding a master of formations who is about to die, attracting him with a generous reward that he can hardly refuse to help set up a mountain-protecting formation, and then making him commit suicide after the formation is successfully set up.

In this way, we can ensure that the mountain-protecting formation will not leave any future problems.

If possible, Zhou Chun would naturally prefer to choose the second, less common scenario.

However, he also knew that such things depended heavily on chance and required a great deal of patience.

He clearly doesn't have that much patience right now, nor does he have enough channels to collect and understand relevant information, to know which Golden Core stage array masters are nearing the end of their lives.

Therefore, he was still considering the first common scenario.

Fortunately, Zhang Liang, this master of formations, still has some lifespan left and is not yet too old to move. If he could have the opportunity to cooperate with the grandmaster of formations before his lifespan ends and set up a protective formation for the Zhou family that has been passed down for thousands of years, he would be very happy to do so.

As for who should be invited to be the master of this formation, Zhou Chun quickly had someone in mind.

He quickly summoned Zhang Liang to his cave and explained his plans.

After speaking, he consulted Zhang Liang, saying, "Elder Zhang, you are a master of formations. You have seen all the profound formation techniques passed down in the family. In your opinion, if we were to cooperate with someone to set up the family's protective formation, which formation diagram would be the most suitable?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Liang immediately looked thoughtful and did not reply right away.

After pondering for a full quarter of an hour, he slowly said, "To answer your question, Master, with my current skill level, it is unlikely that I can set up a formation that is too advanced, even with the assistance of a formation master. Considering the environment and terrain of the Azure Lotus Mountain Range, there are even fewer formations that can meet your needs. I can only think of three of them."

After finishing speaking, he gave Zhou Chun a detailed explanation of the three types of array diagrams.

After his detailed explanation, and considering the rare spiritual items needed to set up these formations, Zhou Chun didn't hesitate for long before making a decision.

"Then let's choose this [Heavenly Azure Dragon Formation]!"

Zhou Chun quickly stated her choice.

The array diagram of the [Heavenly Azure Dragon Array] is also inherited from the [Mysterious Wind True Man]. It is a forbidden array that combines offense and defense and is biased towards the wood attribute.

Once this formation is set up, it will cover an area of ​​three to four hundred miles, enough to encompass the entire essence of the Qinglian Mountain Range. In terms of power, it is no less impressive than the previous protective formation of Qinglian Temple, and may even be stronger.

The biggest challenge in setting up this formation is that it requires a fifth-tier spirit wood as the main base of the formation, and a top-grade wood-attribute magic weapon as the object to suppress the formation's core.

With the Zhou family's current resources and strength, gathering the remaining spiritual items needed for the formation should not be too difficult.

For other Nascent Soul stage cultivators, finding a fifth-order spirit tree is indeed quite difficult, and obtaining a top-grade wood-attribute magic weapon is equally challenging.

However, for Zhou Chun, neither of these two things was particularly difficult.

Regarding the fifth-tier spirit wood, he could directly transplant the ten-thousand-year-old Azure Cloud Wood from the [Mysterious Wind True Man] secret realm cave and use it as the main array base.

As for top-grade wood-attribute magic treasures, the [Azure Profound Seal] that he sent to the Flame Sun Sect back then just happened to meet the requirements.

Therefore, for Zhou Chun, the biggest challenge should be figuring out how to get the Yan Yang Sect to hand over the treasure, the Azure Profound Seal.

"If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have crippled Li Mingxuan earlier. If we had just made them bring the Azure Profound Seal in exchange, even just to appease the people, most would probably have agreed!"

After Zhou Chun dismissed Zhang Liang, he sighed inwardly.

But it's too late to lament now, and besides, Li Mingxuan deserved to die anyway!

"If all else fails, we'll have to use a high-grade magic weapon as a temporary solution!"

He frowned and pondered for a long time, only coming up with this desperate solution.

Using a high-grade magic weapon to suppress the array's core will greatly reduce the offensive and defensive power of the [Heavenly Azure Dragon Array], but it will have a relatively small impact on other aspects.

Therefore, as long as no Nascent Soul stage cultivator attacks the formation, or no formation master who is proficient in formations observes it closely, it can still fool most people.

All Zhou Chun needs to do now is intimidate people and put on a show of strength.

Once his spirit pet successfully transcends its tribulation and becomes a fifth-tier demon king, he can naturally go to the Yan Yang Sect and ask True Person Zi Yang to hand over the top-grade magic weapon, the Azure Profound Seal, which will then replace the superior-grade magic weapon used to suppress the array's core.

Having made this decision, Zhou Chun no longer hesitated. He immediately ordered the Purple Mansion and Golden Core cultivators in his family to collect relevant array materials from surrounding countries and even the Great Zhou Kingdom, while he personally went to the Shen Kingdom.

Shen Kingdom is a neighboring country of Jing Kingdom. Its largest power is called Yuanxu Mountain, which currently has two Nascent Soul stage cultivators, one of whom is at the mid-Nascent Soul stage.

After entering the Shen Kingdom, Zhou Chun went directly to the gate of Yuanxu Mountain.

When he was resisting the beast tide, he had cooperated with the Nascent Soul stage cultivator, Master Qianmu, from Yuanxu Mountain. He was quite appreciated by the other party, so they had some kind of relationship.

It was then that I learned that Master Qianmu was actually a master of formations.

Given this relationship, when considering who to ask for help in setting up the mountain-protecting formation, Zhou Chun naturally thought of Master Qianmu.

Although he had never been to Yuanxu Mountain before, now that he was a Nascent Soul cultivator, it was not difficult for him to visit the other party.

After revealing his cultivation level, Zhou Chun was quickly welcomed into the cave by Master Qianmu.

The two took their seats as host and guest in Master Qianmu's cave, and soon a maidservant came forward to serve tea.

Immediately, Master Qianmu looked intently at Zhou Chun and said, "When I heard about Fellow Daoist Zhou's Nascent Soul formation, my senior brother and I were discussing it. My senior brother was also very surprised after hearing about Fellow Daoist Zhou's performance during the beast tide and wanted to get to know Fellow Daoist Zhou."

He then remarked with emotion, "I never expected that Fellow Daoist Zhou would come to my door so readily before I had even sent him an invitation. This truly makes me feel extremely honored!"

He was very unsettled when he said these words.

Although they were not in the same country and had no vested interests with each other, these Nascent Soul cultivators from other countries did not react as strongly to Zhou Chun's successful formation of his Nascent Soul as the Nascent Soul cultivators from Jing Kingdom.

However, after learning the general information about Zhou Chun, they could not help but be shocked.

After all, when Zhou Chun first appeared decades ago, he was only at the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm. However, in just a few decades, he successfully crossed the late-stage Golden Core realm and formed his Nascent Soul.

The speed at which his cultivation has improved is truly astonishing.

Considering that he is not even six hundred years old, this makes him even more worthy of respect.

Moreover, after hearing that Zhou Chun had just successfully formed his Nascent Soul and then defeated Master Ziyang, others might find it somewhat exaggerated and unrealistic.

However, Qianmu Zhenren, who had personally witnessed Zhou Chun's incredible prowess in the Beast Tide War, believed that this was most likely true.

That's why he felt so uneasy sitting face-to-face with Zhou Chun.

Upon hearing his words, Zhou Chun immediately replied humbly, "Fellow Daoist Qianmu, you are too kind. Before I had even formed my Nascent Soul, you took great care of me and protected me during the Beast Tide War. I have always remembered this kindness and gratitude, and it is only right and proper for me to personally visit you and express my thanks."

He had said this before, but at the time, Senki no Masato didn't pay much attention to it.

Hearing him say this now, Master Qianmu immediately smiled with relief and waved his hand repeatedly, saying, "Fellow Daoist Zhou is too kind. Back then, it was Fellow Daoist Zhou who earned my trust through his strength and performance. I dare not take credit for it."

That's what he said, but the smile on his face clearly said it all.

Seeing that he didn't seem inclined to inquire further about his purpose, Zhou Chun could only take the initiative to say, "To be honest, Fellow Daoist Qianmu, I've come to visit today not only to thank you for your past protection, but also because I have a favor to ask of you."

Upon hearing this, Master Qianmu narrowed his eyes, but remained expressionless as he replied, "Oh? What is it?"

"It is like this, Fellow Daoist Qianmu, you must be familiar with the situation of my family. Although I have successfully formed my Nascent Soul, and the Azure Lotus Mountain Range is sufficient to serve as my Daoist temple and cave dwelling, I still lack a mountain-protecting formation that is worthy of the spiritual veins of this place and my status."

"It's a pity that my Zhou family has a shallow foundation. Although we have a few decent array diagrams, we lack a grandmaster of array formations who can set them up, making it impossible for us to complete the array formation independently!"

"As I know, Fellow Daoist Qianmu's mastery of array formations is among the best in the Tianling Kingdom. Therefore, I would like to ask Fellow Daoist to guide my Zhou family's array masters in setting up the mountain-protecting array."

Zhou Chun looked at Master Qianmu with a sincere expression and softly stated his request.

Upon hearing his request, Senki no Makoto neither immediately refused nor immediately agreed, but instead showed a thoughtful expression.

All he could do was wait quietly.

After waiting for about fifteen minutes, Master Qianmu looked at him and said, "In principle, I have some acquaintance with Fellow Daoist Zhou, so I shouldn't refuse this matter. However, the mountain-protecting formation is of great importance, and if something happens in the future, it will be difficult to explain!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun immediately replied solemnly, "I understand what Fellow Daoist Qianmu means. As long as you are willing to lend a hand and successfully set up the great formation, everything afterward will be none of your concern, and you will certainly not be shortchanged in terms of reward!"

Seeing that he said this, Master Qianmu could no longer refuse and immediately nodded, saying, "Very well, since Fellow Daoist Zhou is already prepared, then this old man will do his best to help you try!"

"Then thank you very much, Fellow Daoist Qianmu."

Zhou Chun was delighted and quickly bowed to express his gratitude.

After finalizing the formation, Zhou Chun felt relieved. Soon after, through the introduction of True Person Qianmu, he met True Person Yuanhe, a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator from Yuanxu Mountain.

The three Nascent Soul stage cultivators enjoyed tea and discussed the Dao together in Yuanhe Zhenren's cave, chatting about various strange tales and secrets, and each gained something from the conversation.

As the conversation continued, it naturally came to mind the great battle between Zhou Chun and Master Ziyang.

Although Shen is a neighboring country of Jing, they are still separated by a country. In addition, the battle that day did not last long, so very few people were able to see the whole process clearly. The information they had was also very limited and could not be guaranteed to be true.

Now that Zhou Chun is right in front of them, they naturally become curious and want to learn more about him.

The main question is: what skills did Zhou Chun use to defeat Master Ziyang, who possessed a spiritual treasure?

Zhou Chun, however, still needed Qianmu Zhenren's help, and given the circumstances at the time, Ziyang Zhenren might not cover for him, and the methods he used would eventually be known to the Nascent Soul cultivator circle, so he didn't really hide anything and gave a general account of the situation when the two fought.

After listening to his story, Master Yuanhe's expression suddenly changed, as if he had thought of something. He couldn't help but look at him deeply, and then he showed a thoughtful expression.

Upon noticing this, Zhou Chun's heart stirred, and he immediately asked, "Was there something I said wrong just now? It seems that Fellow Daoist Yuanhe has something to say."

Upon hearing his question, Master Yuanhe immediately shook his head and said, "It's not that Fellow Daoist Zhou's words are wrong, but after hearing Fellow Daoist Zhou's words, I thought of a rumor I had heard before, and now it seems that the rumor may not be unfounded!"

"Oh, what is this rumor? I would be honored to have your guidance, fellow Daoist."

Zhou Chun focused his mind slightly and immediately pressed for more information.

Master Yuanhe gave him a strange look and then slowly said, "That rumor is related to the Tianling Sect, the former overlord of this region. Legend has it that when the Tianling Sect dominated the entire Tianling region, it possessed a renowned divine power called 'Nine Transformations of the Holy Spirit.' After mastering it, one could freely transform into various powerful demonic beasts and fully inherit the divine abilities and talents of those beasts!"

"In order to maximize the power of this great divine ability, the Heavenly Spirit Sect devised a crazy plan: to use the inner cores and primordial spirits of the demon kings from nine powerful demon beast races as materials to forge nine powerful spiritual treasures. Then, through this great divine ability, they would fuse the power of the nine spiritual treasures into one, making it an unprecedented set of spiritual treasures!"

"It is said that this plan was only halfway completed when the Heavenly Spirit Sect was attacked by a Nascent Soul Demon Saint leading a large number of powerful demon kings. After an earth-shattering battle, the Heavenly Spirit Sect's mountain gate was razed to the ground!"

"After that, apart from the [True Dragon Seal] which was later learned to be inherited by the Dragon Transformation Sect, all the spiritual treasures refined by the Heavenly Spirit Sect disappeared without a trace. It is unknown whether they were destroyed or taken away by the Demon Kings."

"And even the [True Dragon Seal] disappeared after the first destruction of the Dragon Transformation Sect!"

After these words were spoken, not only Zhou Chun's expression changed drastically, but even Master Qianmu looked at him with surprise.

Only then did Zhou Chun realize why Yuanhe Zhenren's gaze had been so strange.

It was only at this moment that he learned that the [Moon Toad Pearl] and his cultivation technique, "Nine Transformations of the Holy Spirit: Moon Toad Chapter," had such an origin!

At that moment, he didn't know whether he should be happy or annoyed.

If he had known about this earlier, he wouldn't have so easily transformed into the Moon Toad during his battle with Master Ziyang.

After all, no one knows whether any of the enemies that Tianlingmen made back then will survive, or whether they will target him because of it.

This is the flaw of having a shallow foundation in cultural heritage; they are completely unaware of many secrets and records within the upper echelons of society.

If Master Yuanhe hadn't brought this up today, Zhou Chun might still be completely unaware of the truth.

Seeing his expression change drastically and his silence for a long time, Master Yuanhe seemed to understand his feelings and immediately comforted him, saying, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, don't worry. The Heavenly Spirit Sect has been destroyed for more than six or seven thousand years. With so much time gone by, even if there were demon kings who survived the great war and later broke through to the sixth rank, they are probably nearing the end of their lifespan now."

"Besides, the reason those demon saints and demon kings targeted the Heavenly Spirit Sect was because the Heavenly Spirit Sect truly possessed the strength to threaten their respective races. Even if you inherited some of the Heavenly Spirit Sect's legacy, it's highly unlikely that you would possess that kind of power!"

However, these words, which seemed to be meant to comfort Zhou Chun, were actually full of probing intent.

Therefore, upon hearing this, Zhou Chun immediately became wary and hurriedly shook his head in denial, saying, "Fellow Daoist Yuanhe, you misunderstand. My [Moon Toad Pearl] may indeed be related to the Heavenly Spirit Sect, but I swear that I have absolutely not obtained the Heavenly Spirit Sect's inheritance or other treasures. It was only when my cultivation was weak in the past that I happened to find this item in a frozen corpse!"

Upon hearing this, Yuanhe Zhenren acted as if nothing had happened and immediately replied, "If that's the case, Fellow Daoist Zhou has even less to worry about. Now that you have successfully formed your Nascent Soul, you are considered an important member of our human race. With the protection of the various Nascent Soul Venerables above you, even the Demon Saints of the Demon Race wouldn't dare to attack you casually within the borders of our human race's various countries!"

Master Qianmu chimed in, "Senior Brother is absolutely right. Everyone knows that the Dragon Transformation Sect obtained the True Dragon Seal, yet no demon saint attacked them. How could they possibly harm the Moon Toad Pearl, which you've hardly even heard of!"

Whether they believed Zhou Chun's words or not, they certainly couldn't let Zhou Chun misunderstand them because of this.

After all, when Master Yuanhe told Zhou Chun this secret, it was in good faith, even though it was not without a hint of testing.

After hearing what the two said, Zhou Chun realized that he had been worrying too much.

He quickly composed himself and said, "What you two fellow Daoists say is absolutely right. I was indeed a bit out of line just now."

Then, looking at Yuanhe Zhenren with curiosity, he asked, "Just now, Fellow Daoist Yuanhe mentioned the Dragon Transformation Sect and some kind of [True Dragon Treasure Seal] spiritual treasure. Could it be that the Dragon Transformation Sect is the one that inherited the legacy of the Heavenly Spirit Sect?"

At this point, he couldn't help but smile wryly and say, "To be honest, I had some unusual experiences in the past, and I also had a fourth-tier Thunder Flood Dragon spirit pet. Therefore, I also cultivated the 'Dragon Transformation Secret Technique' of the Dragon Transformation Sect!"

Upon hearing his question, Master Yuanhe immediately replied, "The Dragon Transformation Sect must have indeed obtained a portion of the Heavenly Spirit Sect's inheritance; otherwise, their 'Dragon Transformation Secret Technique' couldn't have been created out of thin air. Although the sect's destruction was due to its own path to self-destruction, it's hard to say that the Flood Dragon Clan wasn't behind it!"

"This is probably why the [True Dragon Seal], the sect's most treasured artifact, mysteriously disappeared after the Dragon Transformation Sect was first destroyed."

"It's likely either gotten its hands on by the Flood Dragon Clan, or it was taken away by a high-ranking member who didn't want it to fall into their hands!"

Compared to the ancient Tianlingmen, the records of the Hualong Sect are extremely detailed, especially those of a major sect like Yuanxu Mountain. Therefore, Master Yuanhe's tone was very certain.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun simply took the opportunity to ask the other party to allow him to read and copy a record of information about the Hualong Sect from Yuanxu Mountain.

Neither Master Yuanhe nor Master Qianmu objected to his request and readily agreed.

After all, the Dragon Transformation Sect has now been completely destroyed. Even if Zhou Chun gets his hands on this intelligence, it will only be another topic of conversation in the future.

They certainly wouldn't refuse such a favor.

Zhou Chun was also very grateful for the help and guidance from the two Nascent Soul stage cultivators from Yuanxu Mountain. He not only invited Yuanxu Mountain to attend his Nascent Soul Ceremony, but also promised to provide Yuanxu Mountain with some high-grade dragon spirit blood or phoenix blood materials in the future as a way of thanking them.