Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 717 The Ice Silkworm Unleashes Its Power [Please Subscribe]

In the cultivation world, any major sect with a history of over a thousand years will plan ahead and, when the sect is at its peak, arrange for some loyal disciples to fake their deaths and go out to establish branches and hidden lineages.

The cultivators of these branch sects practice different cultivation methods and secret techniques from the main sect, in order to avoid people associating the two with each other.

Often, apart from a few core high-ranking members within a branch, other members of the branch are unaware that their faction is actually a branch of a larger power.

At the same time, in order to ensure the smooth development of the branches and to prevent the branches from becoming too powerful and threatening the main sect, the main sect will both support and suppress the branches.

For example, when a branch faces difficulties in development, the main sect will secretly provide resources, or even directly send children of the appropriate age.

When a branch produces a disciple with exceptional talent, they are recruited into the main sect to prevent the branch from becoming too powerful.

As for the hidden branch, as the name suggests, it is a very secretive branch.

This branch is often passed down to a single person or only a few people. Their cultivation resources depend entirely on the support of the main sect, and they also cultivate the sect's techniques and supernatural abilities. It is an important branch that can reconnect with the main sect's lineage when necessary.

For example, several branches of the Qinglian Temple were wiped out by Zhou Chun.

However, the most important inherited spiritual treasure of Qinglian Temple, the Qinglian Tribulation Armor, has been nowhere to be found, most likely because it has been collected and preserved by the hidden disciples.

And a powerful force with a long history like the Moon Wheel Cult would have even more branches secretly cultivated.

As the leader of the Moon Wheel Sect, Master Baiyue is one of the few people in the sect who knows how to contact the cultivators of those branch sects.

At this moment, having received instructions from Master Yinyue, he immediately summoned a trusted confidant and handed him several handwritten letters, instructing him to deliver them to the heads of several branch sects.

These handwritten letters are protected by special seals, and only a few branch leaders know how to unlock them using the correct methods.

Not long after, several leaders of the Moon Wheel Sect branch who had received a message from the Moon Worshiping Immortal quietly led their best members into the Jing Kingdom and met up in a wilderness in Lanzhou.

These people were strangers to each other before, but after meeting and comparing their tokens, they realized that the other person was a cultivator from a branch of the Moon Wheel Sect, just like them.

"Senior Brother Hongye, you have the highest cultivation level, so please lead the team on this trip. We will all follow your instructions."

In the desolate wilderness, an old man with a horse-like face and the cultivation level of the early Golden Core stage fawned over another old man in a red robe.

Although both were leaders of branches of the Moon Wheel Sect, his early-stage Golden Core cultivation was clearly far inferior to that of the red-robed elder, who was at the late-stage Golden Core level.

Even in front of Master Baiyue, the sect leader, the latter could still stand tall and speak with confidence.

Moreover, their lineage has been plagued by misfortune for the past thousand years. His success in forming his core was largely due to the sect's tireless assistance. Now, there seems to be no one among the younger generation who can take over, which makes him even less confident.

"Junior Brother Song, you're too kind. We're all serving our sect. As long as we can complete the tasks assigned by our sect, it doesn't matter who's in charge."

The old man in the red robe replied calmly, showing little reaction to the old man with the horse-faced man's flattery.

Admittedly, with his cultivation level, he was perfectly capable of handling the horse-faced old man's flattery and compliments.

However, the old man with the horse face was, after all, the same lineage leader as him, and theoretically, their status was equal. If he really treated the other party as a subordinate and told the sect leader about it, it was hard to say what the sect leader, Master Baiyue, would think, or what Master Yinyue would think!

So even though he appreciated the old man's words, he couldn't say anything that would give others cause for criticism.

Besides the red-robed elder and the horse-faced elder, there was another woman in blue, who was also the leader of a lineage and had a mid-stage Golden Core cultivation.

These three individuals, along with several of their capable disciples, constituted all the branch members of the Moon Wheel Sect who had been summoned to cause trouble.

After some polite discussion, the three of them, led by the red-robed elder "Red Leaf Hermit," and a dozen others, followed the map and headed towards the entrance of the underground waterway.

The underground river that flows directly from Lanzhou to Longyuanze could not possibly have only one entrance, the pool discovered by the Zhou family.

In fact, after hundreds of years of excavation and exploration, the Zhou family alone has discovered several waterways that lead directly to underground rivers within Lanzhou.

With the help of intelligence provided by spies, and after investigation and excavation by Golden Core cultivators, the Moon Wheel Sect has reopened a secret entrance that leads directly to the underground river.

At this moment, Hongye Sanren and his group entered the underground river through this secret entrance and then went downstream to Longyuanze.

Among the group, the woman in blue was a practitioner of water-attribute techniques. She controlled a water-splitting flying boat, carrying everyone on their journey. In less than half a day, they arrived at Dragon Abyss Marsh.

Then, Hongye Sanren used a long-distance communication talisman to directly contact the Moon Wheel Sect elder who was lurking in the area, and under his guidance, he found the Zhou family's Caiyu Mountain stronghold.

After bringing the person to the location, the Moon Wheel Sect elder parted ways with Red Leaf Hermit and his group.

Meanwhile, Hongye Sanren and the others launched a joint attack on the Caiyushan stronghold.

Today, the Zhou family has deployed as many as two to three hundred people in the wilderness. The vast majority of them have lived and grown up here since childhood and can be said to have regarded this place as their hometown.

Although there were quite a few people, most of them were Qi Refining stage cultivators, with fewer than ten Foundation Establishment stage cultivators and only one Purple Mansion stage cultivator.

Before Zhou Yuanlian ventured far into the Yuanmo territory, there were Golden Core cultivators stationed here.

But now only one cultivator at the Purple Mansion stage is left to carry the load.

Of course, the reason for this is not only because the Zhou family is now too powerful and attracts too much attention, making it difficult for those Golden Core stage elders to come over, but also because Zhou Chun's avatar is cultivating inside the ice cave.

At this moment, the stronghold was suddenly besieged by Hongye Sanren and others, and the mountain-protecting formation quickly began to shake violently.

Because there has never been a particularly outstanding array master, the protective array of Caiyu Mountain stronghold has not been strengthened for many years.

Under normal circumstances, it can withstand the attacks of two or three early-stage Golden Core cultivators, or one or two fourth-tier demonic beasts, without much problem.

However, there are currently three Golden Core cultivators besieging the stronghold, including a late-stage Golden Core cultivator and a mid-stage Golden Core cultivator.

This level of attack power has exceeded the upper limit that the mountain-protecting formation can handle.

Therefore, when Zhou Yuanliang, a Purple Mansion stage cultivator from the Zhou family stationed at Caiyu Mountain, discovered that the enemy was powerful, he hurriedly ordered all the cultivators in the stronghold to go to various array bases to help him maintain the array, while also quickly activating the long-distance communication talisman left behind by Zhou Chun's incarnation.

To prevent the communication talismans from being intercepted, and also to demonstrate the urgency of the situation, he specifically activated all three of his long-distance communication talismans from three different directions in succession.

But in truth, he himself felt somewhat hopeless about the arrival of reinforcements.

Given his status and position, he was not even qualified to know who he was asking for help from.

When the previous garrison cultivator handed him the communication talisman, he only said that after activating the talisman, a powerful elder from the family would come to his aid as soon as possible.

Given the formidable strength displayed by the enemy outside the stronghold at this moment, the mountain-protecting formation probably wouldn't last even an hour!

Despite this, he still dutifully shouted in a deep voice, "Listen up, everyone! The enemy is powerful. Without a stronghold to protect you, even if you manage to escape after the stronghold is breached, you will certainly struggle to survive in the wilderness. Therefore, put away any thoughts you shouldn't have and work together to overcome this calamity—that's the best course of action!"

"And don't panic too much. I've already asked the family elders for help, and they'll be here to rescue you soon!"

However, they knew in their hearts that many of the cultivators in these strongholds harbored resentment towards the Zhou family because they were trapped here.

If we don't explain the situation to them now, and they do something stupid, it will only drag everyone down with them!

Regardless of whether Zhou Yuanliang's words had any effect, Hongye Sanren and the others immediately felt a sense of urgency after seeing the flame of the Thousand-Mile Communication Talisman fly out from the stronghold.

After all, the Zhou family is now a powerful and well-equipped force, with top experts that even their main branch cannot match.

They no longer dared to openly suppress the Zhou family, but could only secretly send their branch cultivators to sabotage the Zhou family's assets and resources.

If the message talisman is sent and the recipient is Zhou Chun, the head of the Zhou family, then at the speed of a Nascent Soul cultivator, it wouldn't take too long for him to arrive from Jing Kingdom.

If they fail to break through the stronghold and retreat in time, they may all perish in the wilderness!

Therefore, Hongye Sanren, with a serious expression, quickly transmitted his voice to the crowd and shouted, "Stop being stingy! Use whatever tricks you have! Whatever we use today, our sect will naturally make up for it tenfold later!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he took out two fourth-tier magic talismans and activated them one after another, striking the protective array of Caiyu Mountain stronghold.

Inspired by his lead, the horse-faced old man and the woman in blue also took out magic talismans and intensified their attack.

Inside the stronghold, Zhou Yuanliang's face paled considerably upon witnessing this scene. A deep sense of powerlessness welled up within him, and his eyes were filled with despair.

On the other side, the long-distance communication talismans sent out by Zhou Yuanliang quickly fell into the hands of Zhou Chunhua in person.

After reading the contents of the Thousand-Mile Communication Talisman, Zhou Chun's main body, far away in the Azure Lotus Mountains, quickly learned about the attack on the Caiyu Mountain stronghold by human cultivators.

"How dare you!"

Inside the cave, Zhou Chun's face darkened, his heart filled with fury.

A cold glint flashed in his eyes, and he immediately ordered his avatar to rush to the Caiyu Mountain stronghold at top speed to carry out the rescue.

The ice cave where the Ice Moon Toad was kept was not far from the Jade Gathering Mountain base.

At Zhou Chun's full speed, he could arrive in about half an hour.

Therefore, when his avatar arrived near the Caiyu Mountain stronghold, the stronghold's protective array was not yet completely destroyed.

His arrival in this avatar quickly caught the attention of Red Leaf Hermit.

"Not good, the newcomer is a late-stage Golden Core cultivator!"

Based on his own experience and knowledge, Hongye Sanren did not need to use his divine sense to detect the speed and momentum of the white light. He immediately recognized the approximate cultivation level of the newcomer and then issued a warning with a drastic change in expression.

Upon hearing his warning, the others' expressions changed drastically, realizing they were in deep trouble.

Perhaps Red Leaf Hermit could hold off a late-stage Golden Core cultivator for a while.

But everyone knows that the Zhou family has passed down their skills in beast taming.

Who knows if this unidentified late-stage Golden Core cultivator has any fourth-tier demonic beasts or spirit pets on him?

The situation didn't allow them much time to think, and Zhou Chun quickly flew to the battlefield.

He didn't bother with unnecessary words to Hongye Sanren and the others. He simply raised his hand and patted the spirit beast pouch at his waist. Four six-winged ice silkworms with four wings flew out together, transforming into four almost invisible white phantoms that pounced on the enemy.

These four Six-Winged Ice Silkworms have been cultivated by Zhou Chun for many years and are now very close to maturity. It is estimated that after one more molt, they will grow six wings and evolve into complete Six-Winged Ice Silkworms.

Therefore, in order to accelerate their maturation and strengthen the avatars' combat capabilities, Zhou Chun had previously sent the avatars to the ice cave to cultivate.

Now, half of the Frostbee swarm inside the ice cave has already been devoured.

The strength of a single one of them already surpasses that of an ordinary low-grade fourth-order demonic beast.

What's frightening is that their current adversaries are unaware of their strength!

At this moment, whether it was the Red Leaf Hermit, the horse-faced old man, or the woman in blue, their main attention was focused on Zhou Chun's transformation. Although they also paid attention to the four alien insects, they didn't care too much about them.

After all, the aura emanating from them is still somewhat inferior to that of fourth-tier demonic beasts.

This deceptive nature meant that none of them paid much attention to the transparent ice silk spewed from the mouths of the four [Six-Winged Ice Silkworms], and they simply activated their magical artifacts to protect themselves.

As a result, the disciples with the Purple Mansion stage cultivation that the group brought with them became the first batch of victims.

The transparent ice silk swung rapidly in the air, easily slicing the third-tier magic weapons and even talisman treasures in two as if cutting mud with a knife.

Whether it's a flame shield or a rock shield, they all instantly crumble when twisted by that transparent ice silk.

In the blink of an eye, the four Purple Mansion stage cultivators were torn in two by the ice silk!

Even more terrifying is that there was hardly any blood flowing from the wounds of the four corpses, because the extreme cold air attached to the ice silk had frozen the wounds while severing their bodies!

"Hiss... What kind of demonic insect is this! How can it be so terrifying!"

The old man with the horse-like face gasped in shock, his expression changing drastically as he exclaimed in surprise.

Then he hurriedly activated a blue bronze bell magic weapon to protect himself, no longer daring to underestimate it.

But the one who was most furious was Hongye Sanren.

Because among the Purple Mansion stage cultivators who had just died, there happened to be one of his beloved disciples.

"You beast, you're asking for death!"

With a roar, he spewed out a ball of crimson true fire, which transformed into a crimson firebird that swooped down on a [Six-Winged Ice Silkworm].

Upon seeing this, Zhou Chun himself coldly retorted, "It's you who deserve to die!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he opened his mouth and spat out a beam of white ice light that extinguished the crimson firebird.

At the same time, nine invisible ice needles flew out from his sleeves and silently shot towards the three Golden Core cultivators.

They didn't even bother to ask where the group came from; they just wanted to kill them first.

(End of this chapter)