Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 670 A Powerful Dragon Suppresses a Local Tyrant [Please Subscribe]

Don't forget, this is the Great Zhou Kingdom!

This was probably the most unconfident thing that Master Kuang Lei had ever said in his life.

He, a dignified Nascent Soul stage cultivator, has actually fallen to this state!

Protected by their own mountain gate formation, they must rely on the prestige of the Great Zhou Kingdom to scare away powerful enemies!

These humiliating words left the Leiya Valley disciples and Wang family members dumbfounded, their faces filled with disbelief.

Is this still the same Mad Thunder Master they know?

Is this still the family patriarch they know?

From the Taoist name that Master Kuang Lei gave himself, one can tell that he was an arrogant person.

He possessed a top-grade spiritual root of the lightning attribute, and since joining Thunder Cliff Valley, no one among his fellow disciples could compare to him in either cultivation or combat.

Even many of his senior uncles were surpassed and defeated by him after he successfully formed his core.

At the same time, he held his own against the disciples of the top sects in the Great Zhou Kingdom.

Later, he successfully formed his Nascent Soul with just two ordinary Nascent Soul spiritual items, becoming the only Nascent Soul True Person since the founding of Thunder Cliff Valley. He surpassed all the sect's founders and brought Thunder Cliff Valley into the ranks of major powers!

These achievements and experiences make him very proud and he often boasts about them.

Especially when he later saw some of the top sect disciples who could have rivaled him back then, even with the assistance of top-tier Nascent Soul Pills and other Nascent Soul Formation items, many of them still failed and perished, which made him even more proud of his achievements in this life.

Therefore, after successfully forming his nascent soul, when choosing his own Daoist name, he made no attempt to hide it by using the name "Mad Thunder" to refer to himself.

This pride and sense of honor were ingrained in his very being, and his disciples and descendants were well aware of this!

But what do they see now?

The sect and family patriarchs who were so proud and arrogant in their eyes are now begging for mercy in a very weak and humiliating tone!

Yes, beg for mercy!

No matter how Master Kuang Lei tried to cover it up with words, the pleading in his voice was easy to hear.

How could this not shock the Leiya Valley disciples and Wang family members who were familiar with him?

Because Master Kuang Lei didn't gain much advantage when he went to Jingguo, few people in Leiya Valley knew anything about Zhou Chun.

Therefore, the disciples of Thunder Cliff Valley and the Wang family members find it hard to understand why Mad Thunder True Man is so afraid of Zhou Chun, who is also only at the early stage of Nascent Soul cultivation.

Could it be that Zhou Chun, like a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, possesses the power and means to threaten the life of an early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator like Kuang Lei Zhenren?

That's way too much!

However, only Master Kuang Lei himself knows just how strong Zhou Chun is now.

Leaving aside Zhou Chun's own spiritual treasures and fifth-order puppets, the Thunder Dragon Demon King who had transformed into human form beside him alone put immense pressure on him.

He knew in his heart that if he were to face this Thunder Dragon Demon King, he would probably be unable to unleash even 80% of his strength and would be completely restrained by the other party!

However, this is not the real reason why he is so humiliated now.

What truly terrified him, forcing him to set aside his pride and utter such humiliating words, was Zhou Chun's rapid growth and future potential!

Zhou Chun is growing up too fast!

To be honest, when Master Ziyang came to his door and told him that Zhou Chun had successfully formed his Nascent Soul, even the usually proud and arrogant Master Kuanglei was extremely shocked and couldn't help but feel a sense of "I am inferior to him".

Compared to him, Zhou Chun's background was much worse, and his spiritual root aptitude was much worse. However, whether it was the age of his Core Formation or the powerful combat strength he displayed, he surpassed him in every aspect!

So in front of Zhou Chun now, he really has nothing to be proud of!

Therefore, when Master Ziyang mentioned that they should join forces to kill Zhou Chun, Master Kuanglei quickly agreed.

He didn't want Zhou Chun, a powerful and promising opponent, to continue growing and pose a fatal threat to him, with whom he had already formed an enmity.

However, he never expected that in just a few years, Zhou Chun would help his spirit pet successfully overcome its tribulation and advance to become a fifth-order demon king!

No one knows how terrified he was when he, Master Kuang Lei, learned that a Thunder Dragon had successfully transcended its tribulation in the Black Mist Swamp and had a master with Nascent Soul cultivation protecting it!

From that moment on, Master Kuang Lei knew that Master Zi Yang's plan was simply impossible to achieve.

He also completely abandoned his plan to fulfill his promise to go to Jingguo and kill Zhou Chun at the Nascent Soul Ceremony.

At that time, Master Kuang Lei still held onto a sliver of hope, thinking that since the plan had not been implemented and he had already sent someone to Jingguo to inform Master Ziyang about it, Zhou Chun should not know about their secret plot.

However, when he learned that Zhou Chun had brought his spirit pet straight to Thunder Cliff Valley, he knew that their plan had already been leaked, and that Zhou Chun had deliberately brought his spirit pet to the Great Zhou Kingdom to undergo tribulation, intending to use him as a scapegoat first!

Faced with this situation, Master Kuang Lei was filled with fear and did not know what to do.

He could certainly just walk away.

But if that happened, not only would Leiya Valley be destroyed, but the Wang family would also be in even greater danger of surviving!

As for him, Mad Thunder True Man, he will become a laughing stock among the high-level cultivators of the Great Zhou Kingdom, and will be despised and scorned by many people.

After all, most Nascent Soul cultivators come from sects or families, and their smooth cultivation journey to Nascent Soul formation is largely due to the support and assistance of their sects or families.

If Master Kuang Lei abandons his sect and family so readily, which Nascent Soul cultivator would be willing to associate with him in the future? Isn't he afraid of tarnishing his reputation?

With all these concerns in mind, Master Kuang Lei pondered for a long time and decided that he had no choice but to admit defeat and see if he could use this as a way to protect himself and his sect and family.

Just as he had just told Zhou Chun, firstly, he hadn't harmed a single member of the Zhou family when he went to their door, and secondly, although he had participated in the plan to murder Zhou Chun, he hadn't actually put it into action.

In fact, in the feud between the two sides, Zhou Chun has always been the one who has the advantage. First, he killed the outstanding member of the Wang family, and later he caused the collapse of the Mad Thunder True Man's body, so that he could only seize another body to cultivate!

Of course, if Zhou Chunzhen were to be completely unyielding and determined to take his life, then Master Kuang Lei would not be so stubborn as to offer his neck for execution.

Although he was no match for Zhou Chun and his servant, he was confident that his ability to escape was top-notch among cultivators of the same level, so escaping with his life would not be difficult.

From then on, the Zhou family had to be on guard against him at all times, as he was a Nascent Soul cultivator who had no ties to his family and was good at escaping!

In this respect, although Mad Thunder Master is arrogant, he is not stupid.

Indeed, those who can cultivate to the Nascent Soul stage may have somewhat extreme personalities, but they are certainly not fools.

Often, what they do may seem foolish, but it is actually a helpless act after careful consideration from multiple perspectives.

Sometimes, just because you know the right method doesn't mean you'll be on the right path!

Zhou Chun was clearly unaccustomed to and somewhat surprised by Kuang Lei Zhenren's admission of weakness.

He looked at Master Kuang Lei with surprise, a series of thoughts flashing through his mind, and slowly he also understood what the man was thinking.

Then he fell into a deep thought.

In fact, when Zhou Chun first learned that Kuang Lei Zhenren and Zi Yang Zhenren were plotting against him, he did indeed have murderous intent.

But now that Master Kuang Lei has taken the initiative to back down and has expressed his desire to settle the grievances between the two sides in other ways, he can't help but have doubts about whether he should continue to do so.

After all, putting aside the fact that killing Nascent Soul cultivators within the Great Zhou Kingdom's territory might anger those Nascent Soul cultivators within the Great Zhou Kingdom, causing them to become hostile towards him and the Zhou family.

He himself admitted that he wasn't entirely confident he could kill Kuang Lei Zhenren.

After all, Master Kuang Lei is clearly terrified now, and it's unlikely that he would fight to the death with him until the very last moment before thinking about running away.

If the enemy flees as soon as the two sides engage in battle, he may not be able to capture them.

Another point to consider is what to do if other Nascent Soul stage cultivators intervene to help True Person Kuang Lei in the event of a fight between the two sides.

With so many Nascent Soul stage cultivators in the Great Zhou Kingdom, who knows if True Immortal Kuang Lei has already found helpers in advance? Has he made two preparations?

If we fail to kill Mad Thunder Master, the consequences will be extremely serious!

After weighing the options in his mind for a long time, Zhou Chun made a decision.

He sneered, "You old fool, you really have no shame! According to you, should I thank you for not killing me when I grew up? Should I kill you and then apologize? You don't even deserve the title of 'gentleman'!"

At this point, he made no attempt to conceal his hostility, unleashing his Nascent Soul aura and coldly staring at Mad Thunder True Man, saying, "Even a powerful dragon can't suppress a local snake, but a mere reptile dares to provoke a true dragon; it should be prepared to die a gruesome death!"

As if in response to his words, Bai Bai, who was standing to the side, also took to the air and quickly reverted to its dragon form in the sky, letting out a powerful dragon roar.

A silver dragon, tens of feet long, soared through the air, its roar like thunder. Even through a protective mountain array, the low-level cultivators of Thunder Cliff Valley inside were still shaken, their faces contorted in pain, their hands exploding as they screamed in agony.

Seeing this scene, the disciples of Leiya Valley and the members of the Wang family, who had just been filled with righteous indignation, felt a chill in their hearts and instantly calmed down.

They then realized that an enemy who could make even the sect's and family's patriarch, Master Kuang Lei, humiliate and show weakness was someone they could not fathom.

As Mad Thunder Master listened to Zhou Chun's harsh insults and threats, his face twitched and trembled uncontrollably.

Although he was prepared to back down and admit defeat, being insulted and threatened in front of so many juniors still made him feel extremely ashamed, angry, and indignant.

He couldn't help but glare at Zhou Chun and growl, "So what exactly do you want? Although I know I'm no match for you, you'd better see if you have the ability to kill me!"

Judging from his expression, he seemed to be somewhat driven to desperation.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Chun's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he slowly said, "It's not that I, Zhou, want to do anything, but rather, Kuang Lei, have you regretted your foolish actions? Have you thought about how to make amends?"

At this point, he glanced indifferently at Master Kuang Lei and said, "Or do you think that by hiding inside the mountain gate and not coming out, you can pretend that nothing happened?"

Upon hearing this, Master Kuang Lei was slightly taken aback, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

He had just thought that Zhou Chun was determined to make an example of him to establish his authority, and his heart was filled with despair and anger.

Now that he has received the reconciliation signal from Zhou Chun, he has gone from great sorrow to great joy, feeling a sense of relief and joy in his heart.

After scrutinizing Zhou Chun for a few moments, he suddenly spoke, "If I were to activate the mountain-protecting formation, would Fellow Daoist Zhou dare to visit me for a chat?"

"Why wouldn't we dare? With the strength of Master Zhou and his servant alone, we could easily storm even the most dangerous places, let alone a mere gate to Thunder Cliff Valley!"

Zhou Chun answered without hesitation, his words revealing strong confidence.

Looking at his spirited and arrogant demeanor, as if he regarded all the heroes of the world as nothing, Master Kuang Lei seemed to see himself shortly after he had formed his Nascent Soul.

Then, comparing herself to her current self, her eyes dimmed, and her mood became extremely complicated.

However, being a Nascent Soul cultivator, he quickly adjusted his mindset and calmly looked at Zhou Chun, saying, "In that case, please come to my cave for a chat, Fellow Daoist Zhou!"

After saying that, he took the initiative to open an opening in the mountain-protecting formation.

Zhou Chun kept his word and immediately rode the dragon into the gate of Leiya Valley without hesitation.

This action completely intimidated Master Kuang Lei, and he couldn't help but feel a greater sense of respect for him.

It should be noted that the forbidden array of Thunder Cliff Valley is extraordinary. If it is activated at full power, and with the assistance of many Golden Core cultivators, Purple Mansion cultivators, and Foundation Establishment cultivators, even if a Nascent Soul cultivator cannot be killed, it can still trap him for a considerable period of time.

If it were Master Kuang Lei himself, he certainly wouldn't dare to rashly enter the enemy's home, which has such a forbidden array.

What happened next remains unknown; no one knows what terms were discussed between Master Kuanglei and Zhou Chun inside his cave. All that is known is that Master Kuanglei personally escorted Zhou Chun out of the mountain gate.

Furthermore, after leaving Leiya Valley, Zhou Chun embarked on his journey home in a cheerful mood.

Master Kuang Lei was quite sensible; after realizing he couldn't afford to offend him, he decisively chose to appease and reconcile.

Not only did he swear a solemn oath in front of him that he would never be an enemy of him and the Zhou family again, but he also promised to offer a generous apology for the things he had done to offend him.

The apology included a top-tier lightning-attribute spiritual material, [Heavenly Thunder Meteorite Iron], ten fourth-tier superior-grade lightning talismans, and a fourth-tier superior-grade fire-attribute demon core.

Among them, the [Heavenly Thunder Meteorite Iron] and the Thunder Talisman have already reached Zhou Chun's hands, and the fourth-grade high-quality fire attribute demon core has also been promised by Mad Thunder True Man to be delivered to him at the Nascent Soul Ceremony in about half a year.

"Keep this piece of [Heavenly Thunder Meteorite Iron] safe, Bai Bai. I'll teach you how to refine it and integrate it into a magic weapon later. If that [Heavenly Gang Thunder-Slaying Sword] can be integrated with this, and then nurtured by you personally, it should be able to advance to a top-grade magic weapon in less than ten years!"

On the back of the Golden-Winged Tiger, Zhou Chun examined the spiritual object in his hand and then handed the blackish-purple meteorite iron, whose surface was marked with numerous silver lightning patterns, to his beloved pet.

That's why Nascent Soul stage cultivators are said to be very wealthy!

Zhou Chun had only read about this piece of [Heavenly Thunder Meteorite Iron] in ancient books; he had never actually heard of it before.

Unlike top-tier spiritual materials such as [Gengjin] and [Ten Thousand Year Ice Crystal], which are rare and precious, they can still be found if one is willing to put in the effort to search.

The birth of such spiritual objects is accidental; they are formed when fragments of meteorites from outer space fall into this world and are struck by heavenly lightning.

This object is not only incredibly hard, but also contains special heavenly lightning power, making it ideal for integration into flying sword magic weapons like the [Heavenly Gang Thunder-Slaying Sword] to enhance its power.

Zhou Chun didn't ask how Master Kuang Lei obtained this item.

However, this item is far rarer than top-tier spiritual materials such as [Gengjin], and crucially, it is also a perfect match for the magic weapon [Tiangang Thunder-Slaying Sword].

After being integrated with this item, the [Heavenly Gang Thunder-Slaying Sword] will become a top-tier magic weapon, and it might even have the chance to be upgraded to a spiritual treasure in the future!

Getting this item was a pleasant surprise.

Including the fourth-grade high-quality fire-attribute demon core promised by Master Kuang Lei, there are also ten fourth-grade high-quality thunder talismans.

For Zhou Chun, the benefits he gained far exceeded those of acquiring a top-grade magic weapon.

He didn't pay any price, and he didn't even make a move.

Therefore, he was generally very satisfied with the outcome of his trip to Leiya Valley.

Another crucial point is that Zhou Chun learned the entire process of his battle with the two-headed black dragon from Master Kuang Lei, and confirmed that the seal and spiritual treasure used by the two-headed black dragon at that time was the legendary [True Dragon Seal]!

According to Master Kuang Lei, the True Dragon Seal possesses an extremely powerful soul-capturing dragon roar divine power. The reason his physical body was destroyed was because the two-headed black dragon used this treasure's soul-capturing dragon roar divine power to capture his mind, preventing him from even using the Thunder Escape Technique.

If he hadn't also cultivated a divine sense secret technique similar to the "Heart Lotus Orthodox Method" and hadn't woken up from his daze in time, he might not have even been able to escape with his nascent soul!

However, he only tested one of the supernatural powers of the [True Dragon Treasure Seal]. What the other supernatural powers of this spiritual treasure are remains unknown.

Moreover, because Master Kuang Lei deeply resented the two-headed black dragon for destroying his physical body and causing great damage to his nascent soul, he had been paying close attention to the whereabouts of this evil dragon.

According to him, after the two-headed black dragon fled to Heng Kingdom, it should have directly fled into Tianman Plain, thus escaping the pursuit of the Nascent Soul stage cultivators of Great Zhou Kingdom.

This was not good news for Zhou Chun, because the alien regions like Tianman Plain were even more dangerous than the demon-infested wilderness.

After all, the demon kings in the demon realm don't actually have very good relationships, their connections aren't particularly close, and there's still room for them to scheme against each other.

However, such opportunities are rare in alien regions like Tianman Plain.

Besides, he had just stolen something from a fifth-tier Golden Spirit Clan king there not long ago!

So for now, he can only keep this information in mind and see if there will be an opportunity to plot against that magical treasure in the future.

After speeding along like this, Zhou Chun soon returned to his family.

Since Master Kuang Lei had already sent someone to inform Master Zi Yang that Bai Bai had successfully transcended the tribulation, Zhou Chun no longer bothered to hide Bai Bai's existence.

When they saw him return after disappearing for several years, bringing with him a demon king in human form, the entire Zhou family was once again in an uproar.

"Grandfather, Granduncle, this is Bai Bai. I have named him Zhou Zhengbai, and he will officially become a member of our Zhou family from now on!"

Inside the cave, facing Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi who came to see the strange sight, Zhou Chun generously introduced Bai Bai in her transformed form to them.

After he finished his introduction, Bai Bai, who had received his prior advice, also took the initiative to bow to the two of them and said, "Zheng Bai greets the Ancestor and the Grand Uncle."

"Very well, on behalf of the Zhou family, I welcome Zheng Bai to the family and congratulate you on your successful transformation and attainment of kingship!"

After a slight pause, Zhou Mingde smiled broadly and repeatedly cheered, offering his congratulations with overflowing joy.

Zhou Daoyi, standing to the side, also said with a smile, "With Zheng Bai joining the Zhou family, it's truly like adding wings to a tiger. From now on, the family will rely on Zheng Chun and Zheng Bai to protect it."

They were among the few remaining members of the Zhou family who had witnessed Bai Bai's growth from a silver lightning python to who he is today. They were all old acquaintances of Bai Bai, so naturally they had no objection to accepting Bai Bai into the Zhou family.

As for the other Zhou family cultivators, they didn't dare to have any opinions, nor were they qualified to offer any.

Next, Zhou Chun introduced Bai Bai to some of the Golden Core and Purple Mansion cultivators from the Zhou family, informing them of Bai Bai's identity, and then stopped making a big fuss about it.

Because the day of his Nascent Soul Ceremony is approaching, he will naturally have Bai Bai attend the ceremony with him to announce the matter to all the Zhou family cultivators and invited cultivators present.

What annoyed and disappointed Zhou Chun was that, because he was not in the family, the Zhou family did not have any beings of the same level who could connect with True Person Qianmu. As a result, the mountain-protecting formation [Tianyi Azure Dragon Formation] was only in the initial preparation stage. It was simply impossible to set it up successfully before the Nascent Soul Ceremony.

And all of this is the fault of the Yan Yang Sect and Master Zi Yang!

Thinking of this, he immediately instructed Zhou Daoyi, "Grand Uncle, please arrange for someone to send this item to the Yan Yang Sect and tell them that I sent it. I hope to receive a satisfactory explanation before my Nascent Soul Ceremony!"

After saying that, he handed a memory bead to Zhou Daoyi.

This recording bead contains footage that he specially commissioned Master Kuang Lei to record, in which Master Kuang Lei details how Master Zi Yang took the initiative to approach him and persuade him to deal with Zhou Chun.

Zhou Chun wanted to see what kind of expression Master Ziyang would have after watching the images inside.

"I understand. I will arrange for the cultivators in my clan to send it to the Yan Yang Sect immediately."

Zhou Daoyi didn't ask what was recorded inside the recording bead, and immediately agreed.

Then he talked to Zhou Chun about his arrangements and plans for the Nascent Soul Ceremony, and asked him to see what aspects needed improvement.

(End of this chapter)