Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 695 Unexpected Changes [Please Subscribe]

Void Realm.

After learning about the circumstances of the murderer who had seriously injured Zhou Mingde, Zhou Chun transformed into himself and took Zhou Mingde back to a mountain forest they had passed through before. He left Mu Mei and Mu Sang in the forest to take care of Zhou Mingde, while he took the Golden-Winged Tiger and went to find the murderer.

While Mumei and Musang are relatively weak in direct combat, their ability to disguise and conceal themselves is exceptional.

In the mountains and forests, it uses magic to conceal itself, so unless a Nascent Soul stage cultivator comes along, or encounters cultivators who have cultivated special spiritual vision abilities, it is basically impossible for them to discover its disguise.

Therefore, Zhou Chun felt at ease knowing that Zhou Mingde had it taking care of him.

As for how to find the murderer, Zhou Chun had some ideas.

Generally speaking, even those naturally formed large void realms will not exceed ten thousand miles in area.

Perhaps in the eyes of ordinary people, or even low-level cultivators, such a region is already very vast, and one may not be able to travel all of it in a lifetime.

However, for a Golden Core cultivator, it would only take a few days to fly across such a region.

So the dumbest way is for Zhou Chun to just explore the entire Void Realm.

Of course, he would never choose such a stupid method.

Now he only needs to make a simple deduction: if he had obtained a large amount of the [Longevity Grass] which is also effective for Nascent Soul stage cultivators, if he were Pang Zhenyue, he would definitely only want to leave this place as soon as possible to avoid being surrounded and attacked after the news leaks out.

Entering the Void Realm is easy; you just need to go through the entrance. Once inside, you will randomly appear in various locations within the realm.

However, the only way to get out is to find the special exit within the secret realm and leave from there.

Zhou Chun knew without even thinking that since this void secret realm had once been owned, its external exit must have been a place under heavy protection.

So now all he needs to do is find that exit before Pang Zhenyue leaves, and then he won't have to worry about not being able to catch him.

The Golden-Winged Tiger was extremely fast, and before long, Zhou Chun returned to the vicinity of the mountain range with a large number of man-made buildings.

From afar, he could see that deep within the mountains, there were Golden Core cultivators with considerable cultivation levels fighting, and there seemed to be quite a few of them.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun immediately ordered the Golden-Winged Tiger to fly towards the vicinity of the battlefield.

Once he reached within a hundred miles of the battlefield, the entire battlefield situation came into view.

There were more than ten Golden Core cultivators on the battlefield, seemingly cultivators from the three major forces, including the Earth Mother Sect, besieging other Golden Core cultivators.

Upon seeing Zhou Chun and the Golden-Winged Tiger arrive nearby, a beautiful woman with mid-stage Golden Core cultivation, who was being besieged by two cultivators of the same level, immediately brightened up as if she had seen a savior. She hurriedly cried out to him for help, "Fellow Daoist, you've come at the right time! These cultivators from the three major sects are preparing to seal off the exit of this void secret realm and slaughter us all. We must not let their conspiracy succeed!"

Before Zhou Chun could react to her words, one of the cultivators attacking her immediately shouted angrily, "Bullshit! It's clearly you thieves trying to sabotage the exit of the secret realm and prevent us from leaving!"

His companion quickly said to Zhou Chun, "Fellow Daoist, please don't be fooled by this despicable person's words. We have absolutely no intention of sealing off the exit of the secret realm. If a powerful expert like you wants to leave, we will not stop you in the slightest!"

Hearing their arguments, Zhou Chun's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he said calmly, "I can't tell for sure whose words are true. However, I am good friends with Fellow Daoist Pang Zhenyue of the Earth Mother Sect. If he were to give his opinion, I would believe him!"

As soon as the words were spoken, the beautiful woman in green's face changed, and a look of despair appeared in her eyes.

The cultivator who had been cursing her suddenly beamed with delight and exclaimed, "So you have a connection with Senior Brother Pang! Senior Brother Pang is currently up ahead with other fellow cultivators, working to break through the final protective array at the exit of the secret realm. You only need to help us capture these thieves, and then you can join us in helping Senior Brother Pang!"

"Is that so? Then I, Zhou, should go and help Fellow Daoist Pang first!"

Zhou Chun's expression shifted, and he immediately uttered words that left the Earth Mother Cult cultivator somewhat stunned.

As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately steered the Golden-Winged Tiger around the battlefield and headed towards a place in the mountains behind where a strong magical energy fluctuation was erupting.

Seeing this, his companion's expression changed slightly, as if he had realized something, and he suddenly exclaimed, "This is bad! This person's behavior is suspicious; there might be a trap!"

The sound quickly startled the somewhat dazed Earth Mother Cult cultivator, who hurriedly shouted, "I'll immediately send a message to Senior Brother Pang explaining this matter!"

He immediately sent out a long-distance communication talisman after speaking.

However, the place they were in was not far from the exit of the Void Realm.

Just as the teleportation talisman flew into Pang Zhenyue's hand, Zhou Chun had already arrived nearby on his golden-winged tiger.

Above a towering mountain, several Golden Core cultivators from the Wuyang Kingdom were attacking a silver-white array shield.

Inside the protective array was an octagonal altar, above which floated a silver-white vortex of light, about half a zhang in size!

It was obvious that the silvery-white vortex of light was the exit to the Void Realm leading to the outside world.

Zhou Chun's arrival quickly attracted the attention of a tall, imposing man in yellow robes outside the mountain.

He frowned as he stared at Zhou Chun on the back of the golden-winged tiger, and said in a deep voice, "Just who are you, and why are you impersonating my friend to deceive my junior brother?"

"Oh, so you must be Pang Zhenyue of the Earth Mother Cult?"

Zhou Chun pulled his gaze away from the Bagua altar and turned his eyes to Pang Zhenyue.

Upon hearing his clearly hostile words, Pang Zhenyue's face immediately darkened, and he stared intently at him, saying, "I seem to have never seen you before. May I ask what I have done to offend you?"

As he said this, a thousand thoughts raced through his mind. He quickly thought of that mid-stage Golden Core cultivator who, despite not being particularly skilled, possessed numerous tricks up his sleeve.

Given that person's abilities, he shouldn't possess so many methods that even surprised him.

The only plausible explanation is that the other party has an extraordinary background and a distinguished origin.

"It seems you already have a good idea, which saves me the trouble of explaining!"

Zhou Chun noticed the slight change in Pang Zhenyue's eyes and immediately knew that the other party must be thinking of Zhou Mingde, so he said this.

Without waiting for Pang Zhenyue's reply, he raised his sleeve and waved it, sending a white, icy light shooting towards the other party.

At the same time, the Golden-Winged Tiger roared, and a blue light bullet pierced the air and blasted towards Pang Zhenyue.

"How dare you!"

With a roar, Pang Zhenyue unleashed a burst of earthy-yellow spiritual light that instantly transformed into an earthy-yellow light shield, protecting him within.

The white ice light landed on the light shield, causing it to shake violently, but it failed to actually break through it.

It was only after the cyan light bullets that bombarded the shield exploded on it that the shield was finally shattered.

However, a set of rock armor reappeared on Pang Zhenyue's body, easily withstanding the impact of the explosion.

Immediately afterwards, he raised his hand and waved, and a large, earth-yellow magic weapon slammed down on the Golden-Winged Tiger.

Then, a yellow clay pot magic weapon appeared in his hand. He made a hand seal and a beam of yellow light shot out from the pot, quickly sweeping towards Zhou Chun.

His reaction, from accepting the attack to launching a strong counterattack, was remarkably swift.

But he clearly didn't realize how strong the enemy he was facing was.

With a flash, the Golden-Winged Tiger easily dodged the attack of the giant staff magic weapon, and then spat out a golden gale that blew towards Pang Zhenyue.

Zhou Chun then formed hand seals, and a ball of white ice light condensed in front of him, rushing towards the yellow glow like a torrent, instantly freezing it into solid ice.

Only then can you see that the yellow glow is actually made up of tiny yellow grains of sand, smaller than sesame seeds!

After neutralizing Pang Zhenyue's attack, Zhou Chun waved his sleeve again, and the temperature in the world instantly dropped, white snowflakes began to fall, and white ice spikes shot towards the target like a storm.

At the same time, several invisible beams of ice light flew out from his sleeves, mixed with white ice cones, and shot towards the target.

With Pang Zhenyue's cultivation level, he naturally couldn't detect the existence of those invisible ice lights.

However, being cautious, he activated the earthenware pot magic weapon in his hand again, releasing a yellow glow to shroud himself within it as a supplementary defensive measure.

The golden gale spewed by the Golden-Winged Tiger swept across the yellow glow, instantly scattering most of it.

But then a new yellow glow burst forth from the earthenware pot, filling the void.

It wasn't until several invisible beams of ice light easily pierced through the protection of the yellow glow that Pang Zhenyue inside suddenly realized something was wrong.

Unfortunately, the invisible ice light was already too close to him, and he couldn't make any other moves.

His rock armor was quickly pierced by the invisible icy light, leaving several holes.

Even the low-grade magical defensive inner armor he wore under his robes was pierced by the invisible icy light!

To Zhou Chun's surprise, Pang Zhenyue's physical body was just like his own, far stronger than that of an ordinary Golden Core cultivator, almost comparable to a low-grade fourth-order demon beast.

As a result, although the nine invisible ice needles successfully pierced the person's body, they only slightly broke through the skin and flesh by a few inches before they could not go any further!

Since the needle failed to pierce the vital organs, the cold poison attached to the Nine Annihilation Ice Needles could not quickly invade the heart, consciousness, and other critical areas, resulting in actual damage that far exceeded expectations!

Pang Zhenyue roared, and his body suddenly emitted an earthy yellow spiritual light, forcibly expelling the nine ice needles from his body.

Immediately, while suppressing the cold poison erupting within his body, he unleashed his top-grade magic weapon without holding back.

It was a grayish-white stone mill artifact.

After Pang Zhenyue unleashed this treasure, it spun rapidly in the air before suddenly hurtling towards Zhou Chun like a shooting star.

Zhou Chun had already learned about the power of this stone mill magic weapon from Zhou Mingde. He knew that it was not only incredibly hard, but also as heavy as a mountain, and could even use the petrification technique.

Therefore, when Pang Zhenyue brought out this treasure, he hurriedly opened his mouth and spat out a white pearl, which was the spiritual treasure that made him famous, the Moon Toad Pearl!

Since Zhou Chun himself did not cultivate the secret technique "Nine Transformations of the Holy Spirit: Moon Toad Chapter", he was naturally unable to unleash the true power of the [Moon Toad Pearl].

However, with the cultivation level of this avatar, he can now unleash nearly 50% of the power of the spiritual treasure, which is enough to deal with a top-grade magic weapon!

But then, the white pearl shimmered with an icy light, and a beam of white icy light instantly struck the stone mill magic weapon that was hurtling towards it like a meteor.

Immediately, this top-grade magic weapon was frozen inside a block of solid ice, and no matter how much Pang Zhenyue urged it, it was difficult to break free.

Just then, the Golden-Winged Tiger's head also shone with a bright silver light, and a pale silver blade of light cleaved through the void and appeared in front of Pang Zhenyue.

After its cultivation level was promoted to the fourth-tier superior-grade demon beast, the Golden-Winged Tiger's charging time for using the [Spatial Blade] divine ability was also greatly reduced, making this spatial divine ability even more unpredictable and difficult to defend against.

However, Pang Zhenyue seemed unaware of the danger and continued to activate the earthenware pot magic weapon, releasing a yellow cloud that swept towards the pale silver light blade.

The results are obvious.

The pale golden blade of light easily sliced ​​a passage through the yellow clouds, leaving a hole in his abdomen that was both open from front to back!

Pang Zhenyue's pupils contracted, and he looked down at the hollow hole in his abdomen with disbelief in his eyes.

His overconfidence in his own defenses became the biggest reason for his death.

"Who exactly are you?"

Knowing he was doomed, he looked at Zhou Chun with resentment and asked a question.

At the same time, he slapped his palm towards the storage bag at his waist, intending to destroy it before he died, so as not to give Zhou Chun the chance to obtain the [Longevity Grass] inside.

Unfortunately, Zhou Chun had anticipated his actions. Having learned his lesson before, Zhou Chun was determined not to repeat the same mistake this time!

With a thought, the invisible ice needles that Pang Zhenyue had forced out of his body shot into Pang Zhenyue's hands, freezing his arms as he reached for his storage bag at his waist.

Then, Zhou Chun, in disguise, used the snowflakes falling in the sky to unleash the Ice Escape Technique and arrived in front of Pang Zhenyue. He then exhaled a breath of white cold air, turning Pang Zhenyue into an ice sculpture.

It all sounds like a long story, but in reality, from the moment Zhou Chun made his move until Pang Zhenyue died, the two sides exchanged less than ten moves, taking no more than a hundred breaths.

The battle was already over when the cultivators who had been attacking the protective array at the exit of the Void Realm alongside Pang Zhenyue were still debating whether to interfere in Pang Zhenyue's personal feud with others.

Seeing that Pang Zhenyue, whose cultivation level was already at the strongest level below the Nascent Soul stage, was so easily killed by Zhou Chun's servant, those cultivators whose cultivation and strength were not as good as his were also extremely shocked. They hurriedly transformed into various colored lights and flew away from their master and servant.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Chun immediately reassured the group, saying, "There's no need for you to panic. Pang Zhenyue harmed one of my elders, which is his own doing. As long as you don't become my enemies, I naturally won't kill innocent people indiscriminately. In fact, we can even cooperate to open a passage out of this place!"

They realized the power of the protective array, which was not something their master and servants could easily break, and they wanted these people to help them break it.

As for the other treasures in this void secret realm, Zhou Chun had some interest in them, but he also knew that now was not the time to be greedy.

If he stays here too long and kills too many people, even if he manages to escape, the three major powers of Wuyang Kingdom will certainly not let him off easily.

If the other side chases him all the way to Yasukuni, he will have created another major enemy for himself.

With the Longevity Grass from Pang Zhenyue's storage bag as a reward, this trip to the Void Secret Realm was definitely worthwhile!

Unexpectedly, after hearing his words, one of those people quickly mustered up the courage to reply, "We have no intention of interfering in your feud with Fellow Daoist Pang. However, our three sects are currently exploring this Void Realm together, and your sudden intrusion and killing of the leader of the Earth Mother Sect is something that will be difficult to explain to the two True Immortals of the Earth Mother Sect!"

"Therefore, before you, sir, speak, we must admit we dare not cooperate with you!"

What these people are hearing now is only Zhou Chun's side of the story. Naturally, they dare not easily believe Zhou Chun's words, nor dare they easily cooperate with a tiger for its skin.

If Zhou Chun were to suddenly attack again, they would have no chance of surviving.

This is what is meant by a wise person not standing under a dangerous wall.

Zhou Chun frowned slightly upon hearing their answers.

After pondering for a moment, he gave up on trying to persuade them, and simply smiled faintly, saying, "Since you don't believe my words, then I won't bother explaining further. Do as you please!"

After saying that, he first collected Pang Zhenyue's belongings, and then put them into his storage bag along with Pang Zhenyue's body.

Zhou Chun was a man of principle. Since Pang Zhenyue had almost killed Zhou Mingde, he naturally wouldn't let him live.

However, if we want to avoid serious consequences after killing this person, we need to give the Earth Mother Cult a way out.

Therefore, he will return the body and the top-grade magic weapon.

In that case, as long as the two Nascent Soul stage cultivators from the Earth Mother Sect haven't gone mad, they shouldn't be able to travel thousands of miles to Jingguo to cause trouble for a deceased Golden Core elder.

At most, it would just mean that the two sides would become enemies, and that cultivators from both sides would find it difficult to be friends when they meet in the future.

After collecting the spoils, Zhou Chun used telepathy to signal Mu Mei and Mu Sang to come and join him.

He then calmly took out a spirit crystal to restore his magical power.

Just as Zhou Chun was recovering his magical power, the impact of Pang Zhenyue's death was so great that the cultivators who had been fighting earlier quickly stopped their battle.

Both sides arrived near the exit of the Void Realm with great tacit understanding, watching Zhou Chun recovering his magic power from afar.

They are now also worried about one thing: whether Zhou Chun will take advantage of his strength to occupy the exit of the Void Realm and prevent others from leaving.

It should be noted that since Nascent Soul stage cultivators are not allowed to enter this place, Zhou Chun's strength is practically invincible here.

If he were to forcibly seize the exit of the Void Realm, it would be very difficult for others to muster the courage to take the initiative to attack him!

Zhou Chun didn't take these people seriously, so he didn't care about their stares.

Once his magical power was fully restored, and sensing that the Wood Spirit and Wood Mulberry would need some more time to arrive, he looked around at the group and asked loudly, "Do you all know which faction this Void Realm originally belonged to? Who was its original owner?"

He spoke, but received no reply for a long time.

This immediately darkened his expression. He then turned his gaze directly to the beautiful woman in green who had tried to drag him down, pointed at her, and said, "It's you. You answer my question."

"I rely on..."

The beautiful woman in green frowned angrily, as if to say why should she answer.

But when he saw the cold glint in Zhou Chun's eyes, he immediately swallowed the rest of his words, realizing that the other party was someone he couldn't afford to provoke.

She swallowed hard, then glanced at the other cultivators, only to find that none of them paid any attention to her.

So she could only grit her teeth and force a smile at Zhou Chun, saying, "Fellow Daoist, you are wise. I don't know who the original owner of this place was. I only know that when we entered this Void Realm, there was no one left inside, only some demonic beasts dwelling in various places!"

Upon hearing her answer, Zhou Chun looked at her as if she were a fool and said, "Do you think I'd believe that?"

Upon hearing this, the beautiful woman in green was filled with anger and resentment, but she had to feign a wronged expression as she replied, "But every word I said is true, without the slightest falsehood!"

"If you only want to know which faction this Void Realm originally belonged to, I do know some clues."

Suddenly, a slightly hoarse voice broke through, rescuing the beautiful woman in green from her predicament.

The person who spoke was none other than an elderly man in black who had previously cooperated with her to deal with the three major forces.

This old man, also at the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm, spoke up to help her out of the predicament. He quickly met Zhou Chun's gaze and said, "I discovered a cultivator's notebook in an abandoned cave here. It tells me that this place originally belonged to a force called the Jin Yue Sect. Later, this force suffered a major upheaval and could no longer secure its control over this Void Realm. Therefore, they withdrew all their disciples and sealed the entrance to the Void Realm, intending to reopen it once they regained their strength!"

"Is that so?"

Zhou Chun's eyes showed a thoughtful look, feeling that this explanation made sense.

Sometimes, sealing off naturally formed void realms like these and letting them operate on their own might not be such a bad thing.

However, since the Jin Yue Sect sealed off this place and never returned, and no other force occupied this place, it is clear that some unknown accident happened later.

He didn't dwell on what might have happened, but instead looked at everyone and asked another question: "Does anyone know why the entrance to the Void Realm appeared this time?"

After he finished speaking, there was another awkward silence.

I wonder if it's because these people themselves are also unaware.

But just when Zhou Chun thought he was destined to get no positive answer to this question, a confident voice suddenly rang out: "Of course, I opened it with our sect's secret token!"

As the sound faded, a figure suddenly flew out from the Bagua altar below the exit of the Void Secret Realm, revealing a blond-haired youth wearing golden armor.

(End of this chapter)