Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 688 The Spiritual Eye Tree, Phoenix Lord [Please Subscribe]

Heavenly Fire Gate.

When the full moon hung high in the sky and began to shower down its silvery nectar, all the cultivators who were watching the tribulation knew that another fifth-order demon king had been born in the world.

The heavily injured Fiery Phoenix dragged its wounded body through the air, greedily inhaling the falling "Emperor's Dew".

Zhou Chun remembered the precedent of the Thunder Dragon King's successful advancement and subsequent further advancement of his bloodline, so this time he only collected about one-twentieth of the total amount of "Emperor's Essence".

Seeing him collect the silver nectar falling from the sky, Master Liehuo couldn't help but show envy on his face.

"Emperor's Dew" is a rare and precious resource, and people everywhere are willing to pay high prices to buy it.

After all, many high-level cultivators in the cultivation world have the habit of raising spirit pets and mounts, and many of these spirit pets and mounts are affected by bloodline constraints, and their cultivation level remains at the third level and is difficult to break through.

In this situation, if one could obtain a rare treasure like "Emperor's Dew" to help, it would be easy to help those demonic beasts defy fate and break free from the shackles of their bloodline.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but ask Zhou Chun, "Elder Zhou, would you be interested in exchanging this 'Emperor's Essence'? Our Heavenly Fire Sect also raises a rare fire lion with quite good innate abilities, but unfortunately, its lineage and bloodline are slightly lacking. It has failed to break through to the fourth rank several times. If we could obtain this rare treasure of heaven and earth to help us, perhaps we could break through the shackles!"

A third-tier demon beast that is considered to have excellent talent and supernatural abilities by a Nascent Soul cultivator like True Man Liehuo is most likely a variant like the Golden-Winged Tiger.

These exotic monsters are often born or grow up with mutated bloodlines that awaken powerful innate abilities, but because their bloodline rank is not high, they find it difficult to break through the shackles of their bloodline.

Zhou Chun knew the inside story well, so after thinking for a moment, he looked at Fierce Fire Master and said, "Since Fierce Fire Master has spoken, and Xiao Feng's successful tribulation this time was largely due to your help and the Heavenly Fire Sect's assistance, this matter is not something that cannot be discussed."

Upon hearing this, Master Liehuo's expression immediately lit up with joy. He quickly bowed to him and said, "Elder Zhou, you are very kind. On behalf of our sect, I would like to express my gratitude to you, Elder."

After some discussion, Zhou Chunyun gave half of the "Emperor's Elixir" to Master Liehuo, who promised to refine three magic treasures for him free of charge in the future.

After the deal was struck, True Immortal Liehuo quickly bestowed the "Emperor's Elixir" he had obtained upon a Golden Core elder of the Heavenly Fire Sect.

It turned out that the strange fire lion he mentioned was the spirit pet of this mid-stage Golden Core elder, who was also one of his more valued disciples.

Soon after, the Fiery Phoenix absorbed all of the "Emperor's Dew," then cried out to Zhou Chunqing before suddenly diving deep into the large fire vein beneath Heavenly Fire Peak to digest what it had gained.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun greeted the Fiery Immortal and then took the "Emperor's Dew" back to the Zhou family.

He anticipated that the Fiery Phoenix would be cultivating in seclusion deep within the fire veins below Heavenly Fire Peak for some time, and that he himself did not need to wait there indefinitely. He decided to send the remaining "Emperor's Elixir" back to his family first.

The journey was uneventful. When Zhou Chun returned to the Zhou family, even a Golden Core elder of Xu Fu's level was unaware that he had secretly gone out for some time.

After all, in the impression of the Zhou family cultivators, he and Thunder Flood Dragon King Bai Bai had always been inseparable.

He naturally wouldn't make a fuss about it, but instead returned to his cave and fed the remaining "Emperor's Essence" to the four six-winged ice silkworms.

These four six-winged ice silkworms have great potential, and Zhou Chun plans to nurture them well, making them a hidden trump card for him.

After becoming a guest elder of the Heavenly Fire Sect, he issued a mission within the sect, offering a reward for the acquisition of insect pills.

If we acquire insect pills in the future, we can use them to cultivate these four six-winged ice silkworms and accelerate their maturation.

After feeding the spirit insects, Zhou Chun glanced at the "Pure Spirit Immortal Osmanthus" tree stump again.

This thing now only has a small part left that hasn't been completely transformed; perhaps it will be able to successfully transform in a few years.

This made him even happier.

After Zhou Chun came out of the cave, Zhou Daoyi found him and told him that Master Xuanzhen had sent someone to deliver the token.

"Before, Zheng Chun, you were not in the family. To prevent the news from leaking out, I said that you were seriously injured in the previous battle with Master Xuanzhen and needed to rest. I accepted this item on your behalf."

As Zhou Daoyi spoke, he handed a golden token to Zhou Chun.

This golden token was made from the magical materials Taiyi refined gold and gold essence. It is extremely hard and is equivalent to a low-grade magic weapon, possessing the characteristic of recognizing its owner.

After Zhou Chun refined the item with his own magical power and divine sense, he instantly understood its wondrous uses.

The greatest advantage of this item is that it cannot be replicated; only the first person to refine it can activate it.

Even if Zhou Chun were to transfer it to someone else now, that person wouldn't be able to use it at all.

This eliminates the possibility of outsiders impersonating someone else.

In addition, this item also contains a large amount of basic information about the elders of the Heavenly Spirit Alliance, which is convenient for the Lord to consult and understand.

This item also has the function of marking and transmitting messages between each other. If Zhou Chun and another elder of the Heavenly Spirit Alliance who has an elder's token use this item to mark each other, they can use this item to transmit some simple messages to each other within a range of tens of thousands of miles.

Zhou Chun then examined the token in his hand, then raised his hand and patted the storage bag at his waist, taking out another identical token.

He obtained this token from Master Ziyang's storage bag. At the time, he wondered why he couldn't refine it, but now he understands why.

"I wonder if Master Xuanzhen will send another piece to that old thief Ziyang."

He smiled slightly and casually put both tokens away.

Then he said to Zhou Daoyi, "Now that I have become an elder of the Heavenly Spirit Alliance, I no longer need to worry about those two families attacking us at will. From now on, if any Golden Core cultivators of the family want to travel, we can just let them go."

"That's correct. I will inform all the clansmen about this."

Zhou Daoyi nodded, agreeing with the matter.

Not long after, Zhou Mingde, Zhou Zhiying, and Zhou Xinyan all left the Qinglian Mountains separately and went on to travel to different regions.

On this day, while Zhou Chun was meditating, he suddenly received a message from Zhou Yuanlian, an elder of the Zhou family.

After reading the contents, he quickly summoned the other party, who was already outside the cave, in.

"Xiao Lian, why did you come to the family gate today? Did something happen?"

Inside the cave, Zhou Chun looked at the junior who had suddenly come to see him and asked him with curiosity about his purpose.

Zhou Yuanlian is a very mysterious cultivator in the Zhou family. Many of the younger generation of cultivators in the Zhou family only know that there is such an elder in the family, but they have never seen her and do not know what she looks like.

Over the years, she has always followed Zhou Chun's arrangements and stayed in the wilderness to oversee things.

Therefore, Zhou Chun was quite surprised by her sudden visit.

This kind of unexpected event indicates that the matter is definitely not trivial.

Sure enough, after hearing his question, Zhou Yuanlian immediately replied in a low voice, "Clan leader, you are wise. In recent years, when I meditate and cultivate, the toxins in my body often become disordered and unstable, and I almost suffered a qi deviation several times!"

"After careful research, I've discovered that the reason for this situation is that I haven't been able to absorb and integrate more types of toxins in recent years, resulting in stagnation in my main cultivation technique and causing a flaw that wasn't mentioned in the technique!"

"If this problem cannot be solved, I almost dare not continue practicing meditation!"

At this point, her expression turned extremely unpleasant.

After hearing her words, Zhou Chun's expression immediately became serious.

He immediately looked at her with a serious expression and asked, "Are you sure this situation is caused by the 'Ten Thousand Poisons True Scripture' as the main cultivation technique?"

"This junior confirms!"

Zhou Yuanlian nodded emphatically and replied with great certainty.

"This 'Ten Thousand Poisons True Scripture' was obtained by me from an enemy years ago. The cultivation methods recorded on it can only be used to cultivate up to the Golden Core stage at most. Since you are experiencing this situation while cultivating, it is most likely because you are missing the later parts of the cultivation method!"

While explaining the details of the cultivation technique, Zhou Chun looked at Zhou Yuanlian and asked, "Do you have any way to temporarily suppress this hidden danger?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yuanlian immediately replied, "I dare not meditate and cultivate now. However, if I need to circulate my cultivation techniques to restore my mana and fight with others, I should be able to temporarily harmonize the toxins in my body by taking some poison pills that I have refined myself."

"In that case, the situation hasn't reached the worst point yet!"

Zhou Chun's expression relaxed slightly, and he nodded gently, expressing his opinion.

After a moment's thought, he said to Zhou Yuanlian, "Since the problem lies with the cultivation technique, the only way to completely eliminate this hidden danger is to find the missing parts of the technique."

"That's what I think too. That's why I've come to see the clan leader to ask for permission to leave the clan and go to the Yuanmo Realm to find the rest of the cultivation technique!"

Zhou Yuanlian nodded and immediately whispered her thoughts.

After hearing her words, Zhou Chun fell silent.

Even for Zhou Chun today, the term "Yuanmo Territory" is only something he knows from other people's words and from ancient books; he doesn't actually know what the situation is like there.

However, considering the ferocity and ruthlessness of those demonic cultivators, that place is definitely not a peaceful place.

Although Zhou Yuanlian's cultivation level is not low now, her methods are even more unpredictable and difficult to guard against.

However, it's hard to say how likely one is to succeed if one goes to the Yuanmo Territory alone to search for the sequel to the "Ten Thousand Poisons True Scripture".

However, since it concerned his personal life, safety, and future path, Zhou Chun obviously had no reason to stop him.

Therefore, after remaining silent for a while, he looked at Zhou Yuanlian and said, "I do not object to your going to the Yuanmo Territory to find the next cultivation method, but the success rate of doing such a thing alone is undoubtedly extremely low."

"Therefore, I suggest you visit the family of that young friend Wu Yuzhu, inform her of the hidden dangers in the cultivation technique, and take her with you to the Yuanmo Realm to search for the next cultivation technique, so that you can look out for each other."

At this point, Zhou Chun raised his hand and patted the storage bag at his waist, taking out two fourth-grade high-quality thunder talismans that he had previously collected and handing them to Zhou Yuanlian.

"Take these two thunder talismans; consider them my assistance for your journey. I hope you will act cautiously and return safely!"

Heavenly lightning can subdue demons. If a fourth-grade high-level lightning talisman is used well, it can severely injure or even kill some late-stage Golden Core demon cultivators.

In the Yuanmo Territory, a place teeming with demonic cultivators, these two thunder talismans would undoubtedly give Zhou Yuanlian a trump card to escape unscathed when facing any demonic cultivator below the fifth rank, and could save her life!

She was fully aware of this, and immediately bowed deeply to Zhou Chun: "Clan leader, I have no way to repay your kindness, please accept my bow!"

After saying that, he knelt down and kowtowed three times to Zhou Chunlian.

"There's no need for such formalities."

Zhou Chun waved his hand, and an invisible force helped Zhou Yuanlian up.

He then told Zhou Yuanlian everything he knew about the Yuanmo Territory, as well as all the information and books about the Yuanmo Territory collected by his family.

A month later, Zhou Yuanlian bid farewell to Zhou Chun and, following his instructions, went to find Wu Yuzhu, who had also mastered the art of poison.

The fact that four Golden Core elders left the family to travel in succession caused quite a stir within the Zhou family.

However, with Zhou Chun and Lei Jiao Wang Bai Bai both stationed at their respective family mountain gates, and three Golden Core elders—Zhou Daoyi, Lin Hongyu, and Xu Fu—guarding key locations, the situation was still relatively stable.

Time flies, and three years have passed in a flash.

On this day, under Zhou Chun's watchful eye, the "Qingling Immortal Osmanthus" tree stump finally completed its final transformation.

Beside the Spirit Eye Spring, a cloud of spiritual mist suddenly rose from the jade-like tree stump. Several six-winged ice silkworms seemed to sense something and hurriedly flew towards the cloud of spiritual mist, devouring it greedily.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun's expression changed, and he hurriedly suppressed them. Then he absorbed a wisp of spiritual mist and refined it into his body.

He was surprised when he tried it.

That wisp of spiritual mist, once refined, was equivalent to a whole day of his meditation and cultivation!

Moreover, the spiritual energy contained in this misty spiritual mist is extremely pure and very easy to refine.

"Is it because this thing has just completed its transformation and formed this misty spiritual fog by chance, or is this misty spiritual fog capable of being produced continuously in the future?"

Zhou Chun looked at the white jade tree stump with a mixture of surprise and delight.

If it's the latter, then that would be truly remarkable.

He gazed at the swirling spiritual mist for a long time, seeing that it showed no signs of dissipating, merely floating above the white jade tree stump like water clouds. He nodded repeatedly, saying, "In any case, the appearance of this thing at this time is an unexpected opportunity for Qing Ni. Perhaps it will make her path to Core Formation and Nascent Soul formation smoother!"

As someone who has been through it all, Zhou Chun knows very well how much the "Nascent Soul" stage requires from the external spiritual energy of heaven and earth during the process of transforming the core and forming the nascent soul.

Without the aid of a spiritual object like the [Taiqing Immortal Mushroom], Luo Qingni could only rely on the medicinal power of the [Number Transformation Pill] and the absorption of spiritual energy from the outside world to strengthen her nascent nascent soul.

Then these wisps of spiritual mist will come in very handy.

Therefore, although Zhou Chun knew that the six-winged ice silkworms would benefit greatly from eating this item, he still decided to save it for Luo Qingni to use in her Nascent Soul formation.

He quickly and forcefully put the four six-winged ice silkworms into his spirit beast bag and sealed them away. Then he went to visit Luo Qingni's cave.

Soon after, Luo Qingni arrived at Zhou Chun's cave.

Upon seeing the Spirit Eye Spring and Spirit Eye Tree inside the cave with her own eyes, even though she had already learned of their existence from Zhou Chun, Luo Qingni couldn't help but slightly open her mouth wide.

"See that spiritual cloud? This is something that condensed after the Spirit Eye Tree completed its transformation. It contains incredibly pure spiritual energy, which is quite beneficial even to us Nascent Soul stage cultivators!"

"Qingni, if you can absorb and refine this item when you are forming your Nascent Soul, it should increase your chances of success!"

Zhou Chun was also satisfied with the reaction of the beauty beside him, and immediately smiled and pointed to the misty spiritual cloud, explaining its origin.

After hearing his words, Luo Qingni was deeply moved.

The thing that the Spirit Eye Tree condensed when it first transformed—just hearing its name, you know it must be incredibly precious and rare.

Moreover, according to Zhou Chun, this item can even be used directly to improve the magical power cultivation of Nascent Soul stage cultivators.

Now Zhou Chun has voluntarily given up this opportunity and given it to her, how could she not be deeply moved?

She couldn't help but look at Zhou Chun and say, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, your kindness is too great for me to bear! I truly don't know how to repay you!"

"If Qingni can successfully form her Nascent Soul, that will be the greatest reward for me!"

Zhou Chun smiled slightly and spoke frankly about his inner thoughts.

He has already invested too much in Luo Qingni. If Luo Qingni fails to achieve Nascent Soul, much of his previous investment will be wasted.

Therefore, even from a purely self-interested perspective, he genuinely hoped that Luo Qingni could successfully achieve Nascent Soul formation.

However, Luo Qingni didn't seem to think about all that, taking it as just politeness, and was even more touched.

She looked at Zhou Chun with a face full of emotion, her mouth slightly open, as if she wanted to say something, but seemed to find it difficult to speak.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Chun immediately waved his hand and said, "Qingni, there's no need to say more. Just focus on preparing for your Nascent Soul formation in seclusion. We can discuss everything else after you successfully form your Nascent Soul!"

Upon hearing this, Luo Qingni took a deep breath, suppressing her excitement, and nodded earnestly, replying, "Qingni understands. Even if it's just to avoid disappointing Fellow Daoist Zhou, Qingni will definitely do her best!"

"Yes, I, Zhou, also believe that you, Qingni, will succeed!"

Zhou Chun nodded and said in a very firm tone.

Then he raised his hand and patted the storage bag at his waist, and a dark blue stone jar appeared in his hand.

Inside the stone jar was a pool of azure spiritual water shimmering with tiny silver specks.

Zhou Chun held the stone jar in his hands and said in an unusually calm tone, "This jar of 'Mind-Cleansing Water' is the spiritual item I prepared for you, Qingni, to deal with the 'Inner Demon Tribulation.' I obtained this item from a certain alien race; it was a spiritual item they prepared for themselves to overcome their tribulation. It is said that only by storing it in this special stone jar can its effects be preserved!"

At this point, he handed the stone jar to Luo Qingni: "Qingni, after you successfully transform into your Nascent Soul, you can immediately drink the entire jar of spiritual water to see if it truly works!"

"Qingni understands. If Qingni is able to achieve enlightenment this time, it will all be thanks to your kindness, fellow Daoist!"

Luo Qingni accepted the stone jar with eyes full of gratitude, then bowed to him and solemnly expressed her thanks.

"Then I, Zhou, will not disturb you any longer as you begin your Nascent Soul formation, Qingni. I wish you a swift attainment of enlightenment!"

Zhou Chun stopped there and politely took his leave.

Then he moved out of his cave dwelling and temporarily moved to another empty cave dwelling to cultivate, and activated all the protective restrictions and formations related to his own cave dwelling.

Considering that Luo Qingni's transformation into a Core Formation and Nascent Soul would inevitably cause a great stir, Zhou Chun quickly went to the Heavenly Fire Sect again after she began her seclusion to transform into a Core Formation and Nascent Soul, and brought back the Flame Prison Fire Phoenix that had been there for several years.

In the sky above the fiery sand sea, the Golden-Winged Tiger, which had already advanced to a fourth-tier superior-grade demon beast, still served as a mount.

Zhou Chun and a woman in feathered robes were sitting on the tiger's back, talking quietly.

This woman in feathered robes is none other than the transformed Flame Phoenix.

Perhaps due to their race, or perhaps because females are naturally more vain, the Fire Phoenix after its transformation was much more beautiful than the Thunder Dragon King.

Apart from her pale gold vertical eyes, hooked nose, and fiery red bird feathers on her head, her appearance was no different from that of a normal human beauty, and even had a kind of exotic beauty!

Her fiery red feathered robe was actually made entirely of feathers clinging to her body, but on the surface it looked just like a feathered robe, and no one would associate it with the Demon King.

When Zhou Chun first saw her transformed appearance, he was quite amazed and lavished praise on her, making her beam with joy.

At this moment, the master and servant returned to the family on the back of the golden-winged tiger. Zhou Chun, just like before, first gave her a new name.

"From now on, Feng'er, your name will be Zhou Xiaofeng, and your title will be Feng Yuanjun!"

Looking at the demon king's beloved pet in front of him, Zhou Chun directly stated the name and title he had already thought of.

Since he named the Golden-Winged Tiger Zhou Feihu, there's no need to be bound by the "Zheng" generation name of the Zhou family. As long as the Zhou family cultivators know how to address these demon king elders according to their seniority, that's fine.

However, it took Zhou Chun quite a bit of effort to come up with the title "Feng Yuan Jun" before it was finally decided.

Upon hearing his words, the feathered woman who was the Fire Phoenix immediately nodded obediently and replied, "Yes, Little Phoenix thanks Master for bestowing a name upon me."

"Well, since you have no objection to the name, then tell me about what you've gained since becoming a Demon King."

Zhou Chun nodded slightly, and then asked about the matter she was concerned about.

After Lei Jiao Wang became a demon king for nothing, his cultivation level skyrocketed. Yan Yu Huo Feng, the Phoenix Lord, shouldn't be too bad either.

(End of this chapter)