Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 744 The Demon Clan Enters the Gathering Wind Banner [Please Subscribe]

"Do you know what it means to transform into a spirit?"

Inside the quiet room, after receiving the spiritual treasure from Zhou Chun, Tai Geng Divine Venerable did not rush to use it. Instead, he suddenly looked at him and asked this question.

Zhou Chun was also slightly taken aback by the question, and didn't quite understand what he meant.

But seeing that he seemed very serious, she thought for a moment and then answered softly, "Those who have achieved the Divine Transformation understand the changes of Heaven and Earth, control the five elements of Heaven and Earth, and their divine spirit is immortal!"

These words were recorded in ancient books by Zhou Chun, and can be considered the standard answer.

Among them, "knowing the changes of heaven and earth" refers to space in general. It can be understood that cultivators in the Nascent Soul stage know the changes of space and can use the power of space, thus being able to freely use spatial supernatural powers such as "teleportation".

The ability to control the five elements of heaven and earth is a well-known unique ability of cultivators in the Nascent Soul stage, allowing them to harness the spiritual energy of heaven and earth for their own use.

The idea that gods are immortal is somewhat illusory.

According to Zhou Chun's understanding, this should refer to the fact that the primordial spirit of a Nascent Soul cultivator possesses a certain indestructible quality, making it difficult to be annihilated.

He had seen some records in certain ancient books, the truth of which was unknown. They said that even if the physical body of a Nascent Soul cultivator was destroyed, their primordial spirit could still exist in the world and could freely possess the bodies of others without being limited by the number of times they could possess them.

Other records indicate that some Nascent Soul stage cultivators with powerful primordial spirits are so powerful that their primordial spirits are difficult to completely destroy by violent means. They can only be sealed and their primordial spirits slowly worn away by the power of time!

Of course, whether Zhou Chun's standard answer is correct or not is unknown.

After all, even the descriptions of the Nascent Soul stage in cultivation manuals are quite vague, and many cultivation manuals don't even have a Nascent Soul section.

Therefore, after hearing his answer, Tai Geng Divine Lord did not refute it, but simply nodded slightly and said, "In a sense, your answer cannot be considered wrong!"

He then smiled faintly and said, "Today, let me demonstrate to you what kind of technique it is to control the five elements of heaven and earth!"

After he finished speaking, he raised his hand and gestured. As if he had heard a king's command, the surrounding spiritual energy rushed towards him and quickly formed a colorful ball of spiritual energy.

Then he moved his lips slightly, as if chanting some kind of incantation, and with a wave of his hand, the colorful ball of spiritual energy quickly transformed into a blue ball of spiritual energy.

In Zhou Chun's perception, the colorful spiritual energy cluster that was originally a mixture of various attributes of spiritual energy has now completely transformed into a spiritual energy cluster containing only wind attribute spiritual energy.

At this moment, Tai Geng Divine Lord threw the spiritual treasure banner in his hand into the blue spiritual energy ball the size of a water vat.

As the cyan banner entered, the volume of the spiritual energy mass rapidly shrank, and the spiritual energy within was quickly absorbed by the cyan banner.

Soon the entire cluster of spiritual energy was completely absorbed.

At the same time, the blue banner seemed to have eaten its fill, and without anyone's intervention, it spontaneously emitted a bright blue light, looking radiant.

At this moment, the God of Tai Geng waved his hand, and the blue banner obediently flew back into his hand, as if it had always been his!

Tai Geng Divine Lord simply waved the banner and tossed it back to Zhou Chun, saying, "Alright, I've cleansed the mark left by the original owner of this treasure for you. Now you only need to refine it with a drop of blood to control it. You're quite lucky; there's even a matching spirit communication technique inside!"

Is that all?

Zhou Chun instinctively reached out and took the blue banner, his eyes filled with shock.

He knew that cultivators in the Nascent Soul stage possessed all sorts of unpredictable supernatural abilities, but this was far too simple!

"Most spirit artifacts are, in essence, still immature infants. You could say they'll accept whoever feeds them. As long as you can feed them well, make them feel close, and erase the traces left by their previous owner, they'll easily accept their new owner!"

"If it's a Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure, it won't be so easy. The spirits of treasures at that level already have their own independent consciousness and personality, and they can think for themselves. Even if you can erase their memories of their former masters, they won't easily submit to anyone!"

Seemingly aware of what Zhou Chun was shocked about, Tai Geng God Venerable explained the underlying principles to him in a calm tone.

Even with this explanation, Zhou Chun only vaguely understood it, feeling that things were not as simple as he described.

This simplicity may be relative to Nascent Soul stage cultivators. For Nascent Soul stage cultivators below the Nascent Soul stage, it may not be so easy to achieve.

But now was not the time to dwell on such matters. Zhou Chun quickly regained his composure and hurriedly bowed to Tai Geng, saying, "This junior thanks Senior Tai Geng for his guidance and help."

"Alright, now I will grant your second request. Come and sit down, relax, and do not resist my power!"

Tai Geng, the Divine Lord, waved his hand and then brought up the second matter that Zhou Chun had requested.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun immediately replied respectfully, "Yes, this junior understands."

Then he sat down cross-legged beside the deity Tai Geng, allowing him to cast spells at his will.

Tai Geng, the Divine Lord, raised his hand and placed it on Zhou Chun's shoulder. He first channeled his own magical power into Zhou Chun's body to check on his condition.

Upon inspection, Tai Geng Divine Venerable seemed to have discovered something unusual. He suddenly exclaimed with surprise, "Hmm, the magical power within you, junior, is unusually pure. Could it be that you refined some rare and precious treasure of pure magical power in the past?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun's mind stirred, and he immediately replied in a low voice, "I dare not deceive you, senior. Before I formed my nascent soul, I obtained a special golden liquid in the Tianman Plain. It seems to be something that a certain spirit king of the Five Elements Spirit Clan obtained by condensing natural golden evil energy using a special method."

He then recounted his fortuitous encounter in the Tianman Plains and took out the golden beast bone he had obtained to examine.

As expected of a Nascent Soul stage Venerable, Tai Geng Divine Venerable was able to identify its true origin based solely on some animal bones.

"Ten thousand years ago, each of the Five Elements Spirit Races had its own totem beast. The totem beast of the Metal Spirit Race was the Golden Horned Hou, a powerful and exotic beast that is said to feed on dragons!"

"These beast bones may be remnants left behind by a fifth-tier superior-grade [Golden Horned Hou] that failed to break through to the sixth tier. Therefore, they possess some characteristics of a sixth-tier demon saint, capable of autonomously absorbing the metal element spiritual energy between heaven and earth. The runes on them may be some kind of secret sacred script of the Golden Spirit Clan, which has the function of condensing and purifying spiritual energy!"

"The golden liquid you mentioned might be similar to the [Taiyuan Golden Liquid], but it should be more suitable for the Golden Spirit Clan's physique, helping them break through realm barriers!"

At this point, Tai Geng Divine Venerable suddenly revealed a thoughtful expression, and then abruptly said to Zhou Chun, "How about this, if you can achieve further military merits later, I will personally help you refine a spiritual treasure using these beast bones that can aid your cultivation!"

Is it still possible to do this?

Zhou Chun was also taken aback, not expecting such a good thing to happen.

But then he remembered something and immediately said to Tai Geng, "Senior Tai Geng, you are wise. I originally intended to integrate these beast bones into my natal magic weapon. If, as you say, these beast bones can be used to refine spiritual treasures that aid cultivation, would integrating them into my natal magic weapon have a better effect?"

"That's hard to say. A natal magic weapon is already set in stone. Even if the spiritual materials incorporated have certain characteristics, it's uncertain whether they can inherit those characteristics. There's a chance of failure!"

Tai Geng God Venerable shook his head slightly and said that he was not very optimistic about Zhou Chun's idea.

This made Zhou Chun hesitate.

Seeing the hesitation and uncertainty on his face, Tai Geng Divine Venerable waved his hand and said, "Alright, let's talk about this later. Now, let me seal my sword energy into your body."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun immediately responded respectfully, then focused all his attention on cooperating with the spellcaster.

After several failed attempts, Tai Geng Divine Venerable finally managed to seal a sword aura into Zhou Chun's left arm.

After successfully casting the spell, Tai Geng Divine Venerable looked at Zhou Chun solemnly and warned, "Although this sword energy of mine has incorporated a trace of your magic power, it is ultimately a tree without roots. At most, it can only be sealed within your body for about thirty years. After that, there is a risk of backlash, so you'd better use it before it expires!"

"This junior understands. Thank you for your hard work, Senior Taigeng."

Zhou Chun nodded in agreement and then put on the robe he had taken off earlier.

At this moment, Tai Geng Divine Venerable waved his sleeve, and a golden jade talisman landed in front of Zhou Chun. "Keep this talisman safe. When you see Fellow Daoist Yuan Yang, you can give this talisman to him, and he will then bestow upon you the Pure Yang Barrier-Breaking Pill that I promised."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun hurriedly put away the golden jade talisman and thanked him profusely once again.

Compared to the previous two gains, this one was undoubtedly more practical for him.

He had never heard of the [Pure Yang Breakthrough Pill], but since even the Tai Geng Divine Venerable said that this pill could be used to help break through the barrier of the late Nascent Soul stage, and only the Yuan Yang Venerable, a Nascent Soul stage Venerable, possessed it, it must be true.

If Zhou Chun were willing to exchange such a spiritual pill, someone would surely be willing to trade it for a spiritual treasure!

Seeing that Zhou Chun had put away the jade talisman, Tai Geng God Venerable said nothing more and simply waved his hand to dismiss him, "Alright, I have now fulfilled all three of your requests. You may leave."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun immediately replied tactfully, "Yes, this junior will take his leave."

Then he backed away from the quiet room.

After returning to his temporary residence, Zhou Chun first touched the spot on his left hand where the sword energy was sealed.

He didn't know how Tai Geng God Venerable had managed to do that, but in any case, this sword energy did not affect his normal cultivation or his battles with others at all.

It was also very simple for him to activate this sword energy; he only needed to use the method taught by the Tai Geng Divine Venerable to activate it.

With this sword energy by his side, Zhou Chun will no longer be afraid of not having a means to threaten the enemy's life if he encounters an enemy like a fifth-tier superior barbarian king in the future.

Zhou Chun then took out the cyan banner spiritual treasure to examine it.

After being refined by the Tai Geng Divine Lord, this treasure could be easily refined and used by others. Zhou Chun obtained the "Spirit Communication Treasure Technique" and related information about this treasure without much effort.

This treasure was originally called the "Hundred Rivers Gathering Wind Banner," which was originally the natal magic weapon of a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator named "Master Baichuan," and was later refined into a spiritual treasure by him.

This treasure possesses three properties: wind gathering, wind stabilizing, and wind concentrating. It can gather most of the evil winds and gales in the world, as well as calm various winds, whether they are ownerless or controlled, and it also has the effect of concentrating wind.

At the same time, this treasure is both offensive and defensive. It can condense a protective gale shield, release highly offensive wind-attribute spells, and has a killing move called "Chaotic Wind Domain," which was the situation that Zhou Chun and his servant encountered.

In summary, this treasure is similar to the [Moon Toad Pearl], but slightly inferior.

At least, even a non-ice attribute cultivator like Zhou Chun can unleash the true power of the Moon Toad Pearl by cultivating the "Nine Transformations of the Holy Spirit: Moon Toad Chapter".

Only cultivators using wind-attribute techniques or demon kings can unleash the true power of this [Hundred Rivers Gathering Wind Banner].

If it were in Zhou Chun's hands, its effect might not be much better than a top-grade magic weapon.

In fact, this is the case for most spiritual treasures in the cultivation world.

In the cultivation world, the classification of spiritual treasures is not as detailed as that of magic treasures; there are no specific rank classifications.

The main problem is that the power of a magical artifact fluctuates greatly, and its power can vary significantly depending on the owner.

Just like the [Two Elements Wind and Fire Fan] in Zhou Zhiying's hands, if she successfully forms her Nascent Soul, the power of this treasure in her hands will be completely different from the power in Zhou Chun's hands.

Furthermore, spirit treasures have a certain degree of growth potential, and the growth of the spirit treasure's power will also affect the spirit treasure's power.

Another situation is that spiritual treasures, which are sublimated from the natal magic treasures of Nascent Soul stage cultivators, will have different powers when they fall into the hands of different people.

If a cultivator practices the same technique as that Nascent Soul stage cultivator, they can unleash ninety percent or even ten percent of the power of the spiritual treasure.

Otherwise, even with the "Spiritual Treasure Technique," it would be difficult to unleash the true power of a spiritual treasure to this extent.

Of course, although spiritual treasures are not classified into grades, they are still divided into higher and lower levels.

Based on the spiritual treasures Zhou Chun had come into contact with, the Moon Wheel Sect's [Holy Moon Wheel], the [Two Elements Wind and Fire Fan] in Zhou Zhiying's possession, and the [True Dragon Treasure Seal] were clearly superior to spiritual treasures such as the [Moon Toad Pearl], the [Two Elements Wind and Fire Fan], the [Blazing Sun Treasure Mirror], and the [Hundred Rivers Gathering Wind Banner].

An even more advanced spiritual treasure might be the Heavenly Fire Divine Pearl, the sect's most prized spiritual treasure!

Zhou Chun suspected that even if that treasure wasn't a Heavenly Treasure, it should at least be a near-Heavenly Treasure!

An ordinary early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator with a spiritual treasure like the Moon Toad Pearl can gain a significant advantage in combat against other cultivators of the same level who lack such treasures. If they possess a spiritual treasure of the caliber of the Sacred Moon Wheel, they can even put up a fight against a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

If a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator possesses a spiritual treasure of the caliber of the [Sacred Moon Wheel], they are considered among the strongest cultivators of their level.

However, if you want to challenge a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, having only one or even two [Holy Moon Wheel] level spiritual treasures is not enough.

Nangong Wuqing was able to do that not only because he possessed two spiritual treasures of the [Sacred Moon Wheel] level, but also because these two spiritual treasures complemented each other perfectly, one for offense and one for defense. Either one could elevate his offensive and defensive capabilities to the level of the late Nascent Soul stage.

At the same time, his physique and the cultivation method he mainly cultivated were particularly compatible, allowing him to bring out the full potential of the method. In terms of both the purity and total amount of his magical power, he was a cut above ordinary cultivators of the same level, thus narrowing the gap between him and late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators.

People like him are probably one or two out of a hundred Nascent Soul stage cultivators in the cultivation world.

After learning a little about the [Hundred Rivers Gathering Wind Banner], Zhou Chun put the treasure away again.

This treasure won't be of much use to the Golden-Winged Tiger until it successfully transcends its tribulation; we should wait until then.

However, Zhou Chun felt that the animal bones, which resembled those of a Golden Horned Beast, would be very useful.

Tai Geng Shenzun said that this item could be used to refine spiritual treasures to aid cultivation, and Zhou Chun had no doubt about it.

But he really wanted to use this item to enhance his natal magic weapon, the Myriad Transformations Golden Cauldron.

Tai Geng, the Divine Lord, probably didn't know that although his natal magic weapon had already taken shape, it had the function of fusing other treasures to generate more supernatural powers.

When a typical natal magic weapon is incorporated into the bone of the Golden Horned Beast, it may not be able to inherit the characteristics of that weapon.

Zhou Chun felt that the [Myriad Transformations Golden Cauldron] had a great chance of succeeding.

If successful, the compatibility between the natal magic weapon and the cultivator will obviously make it much more effective in assisting cultivation than other spiritual treasures!

"When we have time, we can give it a try. We can start with one or two animal bones to test the effect. If it doesn't work, we can always ask Senior Tai Geng to forge a magic weapon!"

Zhou Chun's mind raced, but he decided to test the effect when the time came, otherwise his thoughts would easily become blocked.

On the seventh day after Zhou Chun returned from Tai Geng Divine Venerable, the next destination for these Nascent Soul stage cultivators was also clarified.

Forty percent of the personnel remained to continue monitoring the alien races of Tianman Plain, preventing them from launching a counterattack.

Of the remaining 60% of the manpower, 30% went to Tianling Territory to provide support, 20% went to the cultivation world of the Great Zhou Kingdom to fight against the "Multi-Winged Clan", and 10% returned to their hometowns to await further orders.

Zhou Chun was naturally granted permission to return to Jing Kingdom to prepare for the attack by the Longyuanze demon race.

Nangong Wuqing was also assigned to support the Tianling region, so the two traveled together.

"The demon race of Longyuanze is indeed a formidable opponent. If we could obtain a few fifth-tier demon cores, and if Senior Yuanyang is as easy to talk to as Senior Taigeng, we might be able to ask him to help us refine some extremely rare spiritual pills!"

On the way back to Jingguo, Nangong Wuqing and Zhou Chun rode together on a silver dragon. When talking about the upcoming war, he appeared unusually optimistic.

It was probably the victory in the war against the alien races of Tianman Plain that gave him confidence!

Compared to him, Zhou Chun, whose own family's safety was at stake, could not be so optimistic.

After all, Zhou Chun knew very well that the demon race of Longyuanze had a deep-seated hatred for his family, and if they invaded the human race this time, they would definitely target the Zhou family.

However, since the other party was in a good mood, Zhou Chun didn't want to spoil their fun, so he went along with the topic and said, "That's true, but fifth-tier demon cores are not easy to obtain, and even if you have demon cores, you can't refine spirit pills, right?"

Upon hearing this, Nangong Wuqing chuckled and said, "Hehehe, Fellow Daoist Zhou, you don't know this!"

"A fifth-tier demon core contains the essence of a demon king's power. If it is refined and cultivated by a grandmaster alchemist using a secret formula, even without any other auxiliary ingredients, it can produce some great pills!"

"These powerful pills are too potent for ordinary cultivators to consume, but their effects are extraordinary. It's quite common for a single pill to increase one's cultivation by a hundred years!"

At this point, with anticipation in his eyes, he said softly, "Senior Venerable Yuanyang is the number one alchemist of our human race, and a Nascent Soul stage expert. The great pills that ordinary alchemy grandmasters need to spend several years or even more than ten years to refine, he may be able to refine in just a few days, and the effect will only be more outstanding!"

After hearing his words, Zhou Chun's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but exclaim, "So that's how it is! I've learned something new!"

Then I started to feel a little tempted.

Just as Nangong Wuqing said, once they fight a great battle with the Longyuanze demon race, they will have the opportunity to kill a fifth-tier demon king and obtain a fifth-tier demon core.

If we can actually obtain the demon core and have Venerable Yuanyang refine it into a great pill, that would be quite an opportunity.

If Nangong Wuqing wasn't exaggerating, then Zhou Chun only needs to obtain one more large pill, plus the [Purple Flower Crimson Pearl Pill] he still has left, and he could potentially break through to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm within a dozen years.

He wouldn't have dared to imagine this before.

Meanwhile, just as Zhou Chun returned to his family, a dramatic change occurred in the wilderness adjacent to Longyuanze.

The trees in the forest lay fallen, each one having carved a path through the forest floor.

The creatures responsible for all of this were none other than giant, gray-black beasts, each over ten zhang long and two or three zhang tall.

This black behemoth resembles a wild boar, with protruding tusks and a single horn like a rhinoceros on its head. However, its body is covered with a layer of grayish-black bony shell, as if a piece of bone armor is encasing its entire body.

The giant beasts leading the way each exuded an aura no less than that of a third-tier being.

Behind these colossal beasts followed many smaller versions of their kind, as well as numerous other beasts of various sizes.

Looking at them, the number seemed endless!

Meanwhile, in the sky, all sorts of demonic birds, blotting out the sun, took flight in flocks, one after another, over the beasts on the ground, heading towards Jingguo Yunzhou.

Every hundred miles, a demon king in human form would ride on a fourth-tier demon beast, using his demon king aura to control and drive the herd forward.

In addition, on the Yunjiang River, which flows from Yunzhou to Longyuanze, waves are also rolling, and all kinds of aquatic monsters and beasts are swimming upstream, stretching for hundreds of miles!

All of this points to one thing: the beast tide has broken out!

Moreover, the scale of this beast tide far exceeds that of any beast tide in thousands of years.

The number of low- and mid-level monsters deployed, as well as the number of fifth-level monster kings, exceeded the record of any beast tide in Jing Kingdom's thousands of years of history!