Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 718 Zhou Chun's Request [Please Subscribe]

Aside from appearing once in Wuyang Kingdom, Zhou Chun's avatar has never shown itself in public.

The major powers in Wuyang Kingdom, of course, wouldn't come specifically to inform the Moon Wheel Sect about these matters.

Crucially, the Moon Wheel Sect's intelligence, relayed through spies, also confirmed that there were no Golden Core cultivators stationed at the Jade Mountain stronghold.

Therefore, their contingency plan was that after the Caiyu Mountain stronghold was attacked, at most a Golden Core elder from the Zhou family or a fourth-tier demon beast might come to provide support.

In that case, given Hongye Sanren's strength, there's actually no need to worry too much.

Even True Person Silver Moon hadn't expected that Zhou Chun would have an avatar left behind in the wilderness to cultivate in seclusion, and that he could remotely control the avatar from thousands of miles away to provide support to the Jade Mountain stronghold at any time.

Even he couldn't do something like that!

Misled by this information gap and cognitive dissonance, the tragedy of Hongye Sanren and others was actually destined from the very beginning!

At this moment, with Zhou Chun personally taking action, the horse-faced old man and the woman in blue were powerless to resist and were quickly pierced by invisible ice needles, causing their cold poison to erupt and putting them in a dangerous situation.

Only Hongye Sanren managed to block a few invisible ice needles aimed at him, and was still struggling to resist Zhou Chun's transformed attack.

With the three Golden Core cultivators unable to offer any assistance, how could the remaining Purple Mansion cultivators withstand the attack of the [Six-Winged Ice Silkworm]? They followed in the footsteps of the previous four.

After killing those Purple Mansion stage cultivators, the four [Six-Winged Ice Silkworms] seemed to have awakened their ferocity and even wanted to help Zhou Chun transform into and besiege Red Leaf Hermit.

This prompted Zhou Chun to quickly activate his insect-repelling technique to suppress them and put them into his spirit beast pouch.

He had gone to great lengths to cultivate these demonic insects to their current state, and he didn't want anything to happen to them just as they were about to reach maturity.

After all, Hongye Sanren is a late-stage Golden Core cultivator, and it's hard to say how strong a counterattack he might unleash in a life-or-death situation.

The [Six-Winged Ice Silkworm], which has not yet evolved into its complete form, may not be able to withstand that kind of counterattack.

As it turned out, Zhou Chun's concerns were well-founded.

After a fierce battle with his avatar for a while, Hongye Sanren first tried to escape, but when he found it difficult to get rid of his attack, he decisively used a desperate technique.

Even someone like him, a Nascent Soul cultivator, would have to take a little serious action when a late-stage Golden Core cultivator uses a life-or-death technique.

Of course, it's just a matter of paying attention to some things.

The gap in strength and tactics between the two sides cannot be bridged by a single desperate tactic.

Red Leaf Hermit doesn't even have a single top-grade magic weapon!

After a dozen or so exchanges, Zhou Chun suddenly unleashed a powerful ice-attribute divine ability, creating a fist-sized, teardrop-shaped ice crystal that shot towards Hongye Sanren.

At this point, Hongye Sanren, through burning his lifespan and divine soul, was still superior to Zhou Chun in terms of magical power alone.

The key point is that he is determined to fight to the death, and he often doesn't mind exchanging injuries with Zhou Chun, which makes Zhou Chun more cautious.

When he saw the ice crystal hurtling towards him, although he knew he shouldn't judge a book by its cover and underestimate such an attack, he still didn't take it seriously enough.

He simply channeled his magic power to conjure a crimson firebird that swooped down on the ice crystal, and then used several magical treasures to launch a counterattack against Zhou Chun in person.

Unexpectedly, after the ice crystal collided with the crimson firebird in mid-air, the crimson firebird was directly pierced by the ice crystal and then scattered abruptly.

After piercing the crimson firebird, the ice crystals then fell into a crimson cloud of fire that Red Leaf Hermit had used for protection.

As a result, this red glow and fiery cloud were easily pierced and destroyed, revealing a large gap!

Hongye Sanren finally realized the danger, but it was too late to take any further action.

He barely managed to exhale a ball of true fire that surged toward the ice crystal, only to watch helplessly as the ice crystal suddenly exploded, turning into a white, frigid mist that engulfed and froze him, before his consciousness also plunged into eternal darkness.

After killing Hongye Sanren with this one move, Zhou Chun then rushed to the side of the other two Golden Core cultivators who were about to be tormented to death by the cold poison, and helped them to resolve the cold poison in their bodies.

This was certainly not because Zhou Chun was kind enough to spare their lives.

They just wanted them alive so they could interrogate them about their origins.

After dispelling the cold poison from their bodies, he sealed their cultivation.

Then, he turned to Zhou Yuanliang, who was still staring in disbelief inside the Caiyu Mountain stronghold, and shouted in a deep voice, "What are you all still standing there for? Open the formation and let me in!"

Upon hearing his words, Zhou Yuanliang suddenly realized what was happening.

After a slight hesitation, he mustered his courage and said loudly, "Senior, I am deeply grateful for your life-saving grace. However, could you please tell me about your relationship with the Zhou family? I don't recall ever seeing you in the family before!"

Seeing this, Zhou Chun's eyes flashed with a strange light, and he nodded with a satisfied expression, saying, "You're not bad, junior. You still managed to remember the family rules even in this situation. You haven't let the family down."

Having said that, he patted his storage pouch at his waist, took out a token, and tossed it towards the stronghold, saying, "This should prove my identity, shouldn't it?"

Inside the stronghold, after Zhou Yuanliang examined the token, his expression quickly changed, and his gaze toward Zhou Chunhua was filled with surprise and doubt.

He was able to confirm that the token in his hand was the token of an elder of the Zhou family.

This token was specially made by the Zhou family, and only core members of the family have the ability to recognize it. Ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Zhou family do not know what material it is made of or what mysteries it contains.

But this was indeed the first time Zhou Yuanliang had learned that the Zhou family had an elder named "Zhou Yun"!

After a brief hesitation, he finally gritted his teeth and activated the mountain-protecting formation.

He then respectfully presented the elder's token with both hands, bowed deeply to Zhou Chun, and said, "Junior Zhou Yuanliang greets Elder. Elder, we and all the cultivators at the Caiyu Mountain stronghold are deeply grateful for your life-saving grace!"

"Get up. Clean up those corpses outside. I still need to interrogate these two thieves!"

Zhou Chun waved his hand, then took back his elder token and led the two prisoners directly to the garrisoned cultivator's cave on Caiyu Mountain.

With the mountain-protecting formation fully activated, it was difficult for him to enter the stronghold.

However, once inside, he knew how to remove the restrictions and enter the cave dwellings within the stronghold, which were specifically for Golden Core cultivators to rest, so he didn't need Zhou Yuanliang to open the door for him.

After entering the cave, Zhou Chun put down the two prisoners and immediately began the soul search.

Today, Zhou Chun has cultivated the "Taiyi Two-Part Divine Technique" to the second level of mastery. Theoretically speaking, he can now consider transforming into a second nascent soul.

In addition, given his powerful soul essence as a Nascent Soul cultivator, searching the souls of two Golden Core cultivators would be no difficulty at all.

However, as expected, something happened.

When he searched the souls of the two Golden Core cultivators, he easily discovered that both of their souls had been placed with restrictions, and the method was quite sophisticated.

Only Nascent Soul stage cultivators can set up such restrictions, which shows that the two people have extraordinary backgrounds.

Zhou Chun also had a general idea of ​​their origins.

It's nothing more than the Moon Wheel Cult or the Flame Sun Sect causing trouble behind the scenes!

The fact that the two factions were able to discover the secrets of this wilderness area clearly shows that they have infiltrated the Zhou family quite deeply.

It's important to know that the wilderness area is now largely self-sufficient in terms of its population.

After all, there are hundreds of thousands of mortals here, and the number of cultivators produced from among them is quite considerable.

Furthermore, the Zhou family encouraged cultivators to have offspring, which meant that Qi Refining cultivators here no longer needed to be replenished from the Jing Kingdom's mainland.

Naturally, ordinary Zhou family cultivators would no longer have the opportunity to come here for training.

In that case, the number of people who could leak detailed information to outsiders is actually quite limited.

If we further investigate the people who have traveled between the two places in recent years, it shouldn't be too difficult to find out the identity of the spy.

Thinking of this, Zhou Chun's eyes turned cold, and he immediately woke up the two people on the ground.

Then, looking coldly at the two of them, I said, "I know that since you were sent to do this kind of thing, you must be extremely loyal to the forces behind you. I guess the news of your failed operation has already been known."

"However, if you're willing to reveal who's behind you, I wouldn't mind giving you a quick death!"

Upon hearing his words, the horse-faced old man and the woman in blue exchanged a glance. Then, the woman in blue spoke first, saying, "It is indeed beyond our expectations that such a powerful person as you is guarding this place. This time, our defeat was not unjust!"

"If you wish to know our origins, you'd better give up on that idea. We would never reveal a single secret!"

Before she could finish speaking, Zhou Chun suddenly struck and beheaded her!

Zhou Chun then made hand seals and cast a spell, preparing to extract her soul.

Unexpectedly, the restrictions within the blue-clad woman's soul were even more sophisticated than he had imagined. As the blue-clad woman's physical body perished, the restrictions directly collapsed and annihilated her soul.

The old man with the horse-like face, whose face was splattered with blood, showed undisguised fear in his eyes, but he did not utter a sound.

Just then, a glint flashed in Zhou Chun's eyes, and he suddenly said with a look of realization, "I understand now, you are from the Moon Wheel Sect. Only a long-established sect like the Moon Wheel Sect could master such a profound and mysterious soul-binding technique!"

Upon hearing this, the old man with the horse-like face's pupils contracted, and his eyes involuntarily changed slightly.

These subtle changes were enough for Zhou Chun to confirm his guess.

He immediately let out a heavy snort and said, "Hmph, that old bastard Silver Moon is still determined to destroy my Zhou family. It seems I acted too weakly before, making him think I wouldn't dare to turn against him!"

Upon hearing this, the old man with the horse-like face instantly changed his expression, his eyes widening in terror as he stared at him and exclaimed in disbelief, "You...you are Master Chun Jun, Zhou Zhengchun!!"

Looking across the entire Zhou family, Zhou Chun is clearly the only one who dares to speak to Yin Yue Zhenren in such a tone.

Therefore, it is not surprising that the old man with the horse-like face was able to guess his identity from his words.

He saw no need to deny it, and simply glanced at the horse-faced old man, saying, "Now that you know this, do you want to live?"

"Defeated by a Nascent Soul stage cultivator, Guo and the others died without injustice!"

The old man with the horse-like face muttered to himself before closing his eyes.

Seeing his reaction, Zhou Chun understood his meaning and immediately ended his life with a slap.

After annihilating the invading enemies, Zhou Chun fell into deep thought.

For him and the Zhou family, killing all the invading enemies was only a temporary measure to protect the Caiyu Mountain stronghold.

The secret is a secret precisely because it is not known to outsiders.

Now that the underground waterways and the outposts in the wilderness have been exposed, the enemy will naturally have plenty of ways to continue causing damage in the future.

Therefore, Zhou Chun's current priority is whether to temporarily close the outpost in the wilderness and withdraw his personnel back to the family.

But this decision was not easy to make.

Even now, the income provided to the Zhou family by the wilderness is still very considerable.

If the stronghold here is closed, not only will the Zhou family's income decrease significantly, but the cultivators who have withdrawn will also be difficult to manage.

In addition to their economic value, outposts in the wilderness also have significant strategic value.

If the demon race of Longyuanze really intends to attack the human cultivation world, this place will be the place where they gather their beast hordes, and the Zhou family will be able to know the information immediately.

"It seems I should pay a visit to Fellow Daoist Xuanzhen!"

On Qinglian Peak, Zhou Chun's eyes flickered, and he already had an idea in mind.

Now that the secret of the underground waterway has been discovered by the Moon Wheel Cult, and he can no longer destroy the Moon Wheel Cult, the only way to maintain the Zhou family's interests in the wilderness is to force the Moon Wheel Cult to give up through external pressure.

Having made up his mind, Zhou Chun immediately set off for the True Mystery Sect, where True Master Xuanzhen resided.

He moved extremely fast, and soon arrived near the gate of the True Mystery Sect, and directly sent a message to True Master Xuanzhen himself.

Master Xuanzhen gave him face and soon came out to meet him outside.

"In short, that's the situation. Master Silver Moon and the Moon Wheel Sect must give me a satisfactory explanation, or don't blame me for disregarding the bigger picture and completely breaking ties with them!"

On a mountain peak, Zhou Chun and Xuanzhen Zhenren met up and, without embellishment, directly recounted the events that had occurred not long ago.

After listening to his account, Master Xuanzhen looked at him and comforted him, saying, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, I understand your anger. However, you say that Fellow Daoist Yinyue was behind this, but you have no direct evidence to prove it!"

"Of course, I have absolutely no intention of protecting Fellow Daoist Silver Moon. I just want to say that Fellow Daoist Zhou, your use of this reason to target the Moon Wheel Sect is morally untenable!"

This answer certainly didn't satisfy Zhou Chun. Upon hearing this, he immediately expressed his dissatisfaction, saying, "I only came to discuss this matter with you first because I respect you, Fellow Daoist Xuanzhen. If you find this matter difficult and don't want to get involved, I can only retaliate in kind against the Moon Wheel Sect. I believe they will definitely not be able to find any evidence that I took action!"

Upon hearing this, Master Xuanzhen was no longer calm and looked at him, asking, "Then what do you want me to do, Fellow Daoist Zhou?"

"My demand is simple: make that old scoundrel Silver Moon swear before me and Fellow Daoist Xuanzhen that the Moon Wheel Sect will no longer openly or secretly tamper with the Zhou family's stronghold in that underground waterway and the wilderness, otherwise it will be considered a full-scale declaration of war against the Zhou family!"

Zhou Chun gave a low reply.

(End of this chapter)