Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 719 The Intent to Kill Arises [Please Subscribe]

As the saying goes, fortune changes every day.

Since Yin Yue Zhenren couldn't control Zhou Chun on his own, he tried every means to invite Xuan Zhen Zhenren, a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, to force Zhou Chun to give up his idea of ​​seizing power.

Now Zhou Chun is following suit, directly pressuring Xuanzhen Zhenren to warn the Moon Wheel Sect on his behalf.

Xuanzhen Zhenren was also quite troubled by Zhou Chun's strong demands.

He helped the Moon Wheel Sect suppress Zhou Chun because he owed them a favor in the past and needed to repay it.

Although he eventually repaid the favor, he undoubtedly dragged himself into the power struggle among the major forces in the Jing Kingdom.

Now, it's clearly not going to be easy for him to just walk away and get away without a care in the world.

Today, he could certainly ignore Zhou Chun's request and remain a bystander.

But the consequence was that the Jing Kingdom was thrown into complete chaos, and there was even a possibility that Nascent Soul stage cultivators might perish.

He'll still have to step in and clean up the mess, and the situation will only be more complicated and harder to manage then.

So it's not that easy for him to clear his name.

"Fellow Daoist Xuanzhen, I have a legitimate reason for asking you to intervene in this matter."

"The existence of that underground waterway is a double-edged sword. If the commotion caused by our Zhou family and the Moon Wheel Sect is too great, and the Dragon Abyss Demon Clan learns of its existence, and a war between the two clans breaks out in the future, this will become a quick attack route for the demon clan."

"Furthermore, if my Zhou family maintains a stronghold in the wilderness, we can better monitor the movements of the Dragon Abyss Marsh demons and provide timely warnings to our rear!"

Seeing that Xuanzhen Zhenren remained silent, seemingly unable to make up his mind, Zhou Chun offered him another reason to intervene, thus providing him with a way out.

Sure enough, after hearing his words, Master Xuanzhen finally made up his mind and made up his mind.

"Very well, I will accompany Fellow Daoist Zhou to Jing Kingdom and discuss matters with Fellow Daoist Yinyue!"

After making this decision, the two of them headed to Yasukuni together.

However, even with the Xuanzhen Master accompanying him, the cautious Zhou Chun still did not set foot within a thousand miles of the Moon Wheel Sect's mountain gate.

He simply asked Master Xuanzhen to go and discuss the matter with Master Yinyue first.

Yin Yue Zhenren seemed not to have expected that Zhou Chun would retaliate by bringing in Xuan Zhen Zhenren to suppress him.

When he learned the purpose of the visit from Xuanzhen Zhenren, his face instantly darkened.

He looked at Master Xuanzhen with a grim expression and said, "If I do not agree to your mediation, will you attack me and our sect?"

"That's not necessarily true. However, if you, Fellow Daoist Silver Moon, are rational, you should know that once a real fight breaks out, unless Fellow Daoist Zhou risks his life to come near your Moon Wheel Sect's mountain gate, you simply cannot defeat him outside!"

Master Xuanzhen, speaking with a grave tone, advised, "Therefore, I advise you not to act rashly and let things escalate to an irreconcilable point!"

These words are true, but the truth is often the most hurtful.

Yin Yue Zhenren's face darkened even more instantly, and he remained silent, his expression turning ashen.

In fact, after the soul tablets of Hongye Sanren and others were shattered, Yinyue Zhenren knew that this operation against the Zhou family had failed.

Although he felt quite regretful at the time, he still felt that there would be other opportunities to get revenge in the future.

For example, revealing the existence of the Zhou family's strongholds to the Longyuanze demon race would naturally lead to the demon race helping to destroy the Zhou family's strongholds.

However, he never expected that Zhou Chun would go to Xuanzhen Zhenren to confess this matter and persuade Xuanzhen Zhenren to come and pressure him.

At this moment, facing Master Xuanzhen's words, which were full of threats and warnings, one can imagine how terrible his mood was.

He didn't want to compromise, but when he negotiated with the Zhou family, he himself took the initiative to seek help from Master Xuanzhen.

If we refuse now, wouldn't the favor we did back then be wasted?

"If I had known this would happen, I should have just leaked the information to the demon race back then!"

He thought to himself with deep regret.

Unfortunately, there's no going back now, and it's too late to regret it!

After much deliberation, he finally sighed and said, "So be it! Since Fellow Daoist Xuanzhen has stepped forward, I must give him face!"

Then, with a serious expression, he looked at Master Xuanzhen and said, "I can assure you, fellow Daoist, that we will not do anything to the Zhou family's stronghold in the wilderness or that underground waterway again."

"Very good. I hope Fellow Daoist Silver Moon can keep his word. Some things are better left unsaid; one wrong step could bring irreparable destruction to yourself and your sect!"

Master Xuanzhen nodded first, then looked at him meaningfully and gave him a warning.

Some things don't need to be explained too clearly; those who have lived for thousands of years understand them.

Just as Yin Yue Zhenren did not try to deny that Hongye Sanren and others were sent by him, he simply would not admit that those people were related to the Moon Wheel Cult.

The fact that the Moon Wheel Sect could instigate the demon race to target the Zhou family's stronghold was clearly known to all three parties.

If they actually do that, it could very well be the seed of their family's annihilation in the future!

Therefore, Master Xuanzhen also warned him about this, lest Master Yinyue really lose his mind and do something irreversible.

Of course, if Master Yinyue continues to act willfully after being warned, then when the truth comes out in the future, Master Xuanzhen will certainly not show any mercy.

Having received Yin Yue Zhenren's guarantee, Xuan Zhen Zhenren was able to give Zhou Chun a satisfactory explanation.

On the other hand, after learning what Yin Yue Zhenren had said through Xuan Zhen Zhenren, Zhou Chun did not insist that the other party swear an oath in front of him.

Because he knew in his heart that it was already very difficult for Master Xuanzhen to step forward and help him here, because he valued his future potential and did not want to offend him too much because of past events.

If he doesn't even understand this, and tries to take advantage of others, he'll only be asking for trouble.

Whether or not Master Yinyue will actually keep his promise is not really important.

After this incident, Zhou Chun would have every reason to wage war against the Moon Wheel Cult if his stronghold in the wilderness was attacked again.

Furthermore, at that time, Master Xuanzhen will absolutely not interfere in the war between the two sides!

After thanking Master Xuanzhen, Zhou Chun returned to his family.

Next, the Zhou family took various measures to deal with the attack on their stronghold in the wilderness.

First, they thoroughly investigated internal spies, and then they adjusted the personnel at the Wilderness stronghold, no longer sending important family members there, but only sending some clansmen who had lost their potential to manage things there.

What annoyed Zhou Daoyi was that the spy seemed to have been informed by the Moon Wheel Sect in advance and had already left the Zhou family under an excuse before Hongye Sanren and the others set off. His whereabouts were now unknown!

As expected, the spy was a female cultivator from the Zhou family, a relative of the Zhou clan, who was at the late Foundation Establishment stage.

This woman used bewitching charms to subtly seduce her partner into revealing the secrets of their stronghold in the wilderness during their dual cultivation.

If she hadn't fled after her scheme was exposed, and the Zhou family hadn't discovered that her Daoist partner had been affected by the bewitching magic, they really wouldn't have known how she learned this secret!

This led Zhou Chun and Zhou Daoyi to make another decision: all members of the Zhou family with a Foundation Establishment cultivation level or above must cultivate a secret technique for calming the mind and focusing the spirit to prevent similar incidents from happening again.

"Even with a thousand days of guarding against thieves, it's impossible to guard against them all. The best way now is for us to plant spies within the Moon Wheel Sect ourselves. The few rogue cultivators that the family secretly sent into the Moon Wheel Sect before are now close to the Foundation Establishment stage. The family can give them a hand and help them advance even further!"

Inside the cave, Zhou Daoyi spoke his opinion in a low voice.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun nodded slightly and said, "Grand Uncle, what you say makes sense. Our Zhou family does indeed need to invest some resources in this area. We can't always let others try to sabotage us, and we can only passively respond!"

Both of them knew that there were never enough spies to catch.

Someone who isn't a spy now might succumb to certain temptations and become one in the future.

Therefore, the only solutions are to increase the level of secrecy and cultivate spies in reverse.

A family like the Zhou family, which cultivates immortality, must have a large number of relatives by marriage, giving them room to be corrupted and manipulated.

Conversely, a cultivation sect like the Moon Wheel Sect, which recruits disciples on a large scale, makes it easier for external forces to plant spies.

The Zhou family is currently at the height of its power, even surpassing the Moon Wheel Sect in influence. If they are willing to invest more resources, it wouldn't be difficult for them to cultivate some spies with certain status and position within the Moon Wheel Sect.

However, Zhou Chun knew even better that these tricks were all beneath him and wouldn't have much effect.

The truly effective method is to completely crush the Moon Wheel Cult's will to resist, forcing them to cower inside their mountain gates and never dare to come out again!

That's right, Zhou Chun has already decided to kill!

He was annoyed by Yin Yue Zhenren's repeated provocations.

He already had the idea of ​​finding an opportunity to eliminate the other party first!

However, since True Person Silver Moon is a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, killing him would be extremely difficult.

Zhou Chun still has a lot to learn.

However, if he could raise another spirit pet to the fifth rank and complete the "Heavenly Absolute Four Symbols Formation" composed of four fifth-rank demon kings, he might be able to achieve this.

Currently, the Golden-Winged Tiger lacks sufficient resources and needs to continue accumulating experience.

The only suitable candidate for training is probably Mumei Musang.

Mu Mei and Mu Sang had already accumulated enough resources, but because they knew that their Heavenly Tribulation would be extremely difficult to overcome, they had never attempted to undergo it.

Over the years, it has not wasted its time, but has been diligently honing its skills and improving its strength.

With Zhou Chun's unwavering support, it has now used sixteen fourth-tier spirit trees to refine sixteen fourth-tier [Heavenly Wood Dao Soldiers].

The Daoist army formation composed of these [Heavenly Wood Daoist Soldiers] is strong enough to withstand several attacks from a Nascent Soul stage cultivator.

Even with these preparations and the magical treasures and other items provided by Zhou Chun, its chances of surviving the Heavenly Tribulation are still no more than 50%.

After all, its biggest flaw compared to the Silver Dragon Lord and the Mountain Lord is that it does not have a powerful physical body.

This will cause it to suffer a great loss when it undergoes tribulation.

Unfortunately, its Heavenly Tribulation Lightning is the most powerful type!

Zhou Chun had never urged it to do anything before, because he was also worried that if the Wood Spirit and Wood Mulberry failed to undergo the tribulation in a hurry, it would cause irreparable damage.

After all, the current Wood Spirit and Wood Mulberry are already able to bring huge benefits to him and the Zhou family.

But now, facing the complex external situation, Zhou Chun feels that he must have a sense of urgency and can no longer be as lax as before.

He wanted to wait out the time to improve his strength and outlive some of his opponents, but his opponents wouldn't just stand by and watch him improve!

Furthermore, if a war between humans and alien races were to break out in the future, even Nascent Soul stage cultivators would be in great danger without the combat power of a Grandmaster.

"If only I could obtain the Azure Lotus Temple's inherited spiritual treasure, the Azure Lotus Tribulation Armor! As a rare defensive spiritual treasure, it would be the best tribulation-crossing artifact for a spirit like Mu Sang who doesn't have a physical body. With this treasure, it could increase his tribulation-crossing success rate by at least 30%!"

After carefully reviewing the methods available for the Wood Spirit and Wood Mulberry to overcome their tribulations, Zhou Chun couldn't help but sigh inwardly and thought of this famous spiritual treasure.

Over the years, the three major powers of the Jing Kingdom have never given up their search for this magical treasure.

Unfortunately, the hidden lineage of Qinglian Temple is very cautious and has never revealed any of Qinglian Temple's methods. It can also be confirmed that the other party is not in Jingguo or the surrounding countries.

This left the three major forces searching for a needle in a haystack, finding nothing.

At this point, Zhou Chun was only thinking about it.

In reality, he secretly traveled to the cultivation world in the far west with some precious spirit wood materials to meet with True Person Liehuo of the Heavenly Fire Sect and entrust him with the task of refining several high-grade wood-attribute magic treasures.

Because it lacks a physical body, Mu Mei and Mu Sang were unable to withstand the tribulation lightning during their tribulation, so they could only use magical artifacts as consumables to resist the first and second rounds of tribulation lightning.

Therefore, Zhou Chun planned to equip it with more high-grade magic treasures that suited its own characteristics, so that it could conserve some power to deal with the even more terrifying tribulation lightning later on.

The weapon-refining skills of Master Liehuo were, of course, far inferior to those of the late Grandmaster Yancang.

Zhou Chun prepared enough materials to refine more than ten high-grade magic treasures, but he only succeeded in refining three of them. Two of them were successful because he used fifth-grade spirit wood.

But Zhou Chun couldn't really criticize him, since the other party's willingness to help with weapon forging was already a huge favor.

When Zhou Chun returned to the Zhou family with the refined magical treasures, someone he had been paying close attention to was already waiting for him there.

This person was none other than Wu Yuzhu, who had gone to the Yuanmo Territory with Zhou Yuanlian!

At this time, Wu Yuzhu had successfully formed her core.

When she went to the Yuanmo Territory with Zhou Yuanlian, her cultivation level was only at the mid-stage of the Purple Mansion realm.

This shows that she must have gained a lot in the Yuanmo territory.

Her return from the Yuanmo Realm brought back information that Zhou Chun had always wanted to know: the truth behind Zhou Yuanlian's demise!

I'm so frustrated! I finally managed to chat with a local girl online during the Chinese New Year, and she agreed to meet up today. But it all fell apart after we met! I've been reflecting on this for ages since I got back. When chatting with girls on blind dates, you really can't be too honest. You have to lie when you need to, and even if you don't lie, you can't just tell the truth whenever someone asks you a question!

(End of this chapter)