Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 770 Rewarding Meritorious Service [Please Subscribe]

As the saying goes, life is full of disappointments, eight or nine out of ten times!

Cultivators crave power, desire to reach higher realms of cultivation, and yearn for immortality because the greater the power and the higher the realm, the more unpleasant things in life can be reduced!

Under normal circumstances, once one successfully transforms their core and forms their nascent soul, as long as they do not excessively demand treasures beyond their own level, they will rarely encounter unpleasant things in the cultivation world.

As for a Nascent Soul cultivator as strong as Zhou Chun, who possesses the combat power of a great cultivator, there are very few unpleasant things that might happen to him.

Therefore, ever since Zhou Chun successfully formed his Nascent Soul and gained the combat power of a great cultivator, he once believed that he had the capital to truly roam the world freely and the confidence to control everything!

But reality has now given him a harsh slap in the face!

Even though his strength was comparable to that of a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, and even though his achievements in this battle were unparalleled among humans, he still could not protect the legitimate interests of himself and his family, and could not achieve his desired outcome!

Tai Geng God said he was discussing it with him and letting him decide, but in reality, he was just giving him a way out and saving face!

If he is truly stubborn and insists on returning to Jingguo and Qinglian Mountain Range regardless of the consequences, then even the God of Taigeng will find it difficult to help him.

Therefore, from any perspective, it is not suitable for him and the Zhou family to return to Jingguo!

"So only upon reaching the Nascent Soul stage can one truly be unrestrained and no longer be controlled by others?"

As Zhou Chun pondered these thoughts, his expression gradually calmed down.

He immediately bowed to Tai Geng Divine Venerable and said, "This junior understands. Since the Moon Wheel Sect and Senior Yuan Yang have such a connection, then the Zhou family should naturally give way!"

"If I have the chance to see Senior Yuanyang again, I will definitely apologize to him in person and thank him for not holding a grudge and for sparing my life and the Zhou family's life!"

Hearing his words, which were filled with helplessness and self-deprecation, Tai Geng God Venerable simply raised an eyebrow, nodded without saying anything more, and said, "It's good that you can understand."

He then gave some specific instructions on how to relocate to Tianman Plain and expand the territory, and then Tai Geng God Venerable waved his sleeve to dismiss Zhou Chun.

After leaving the main hall and returning to his temporary cave dwelling on Jinlan Peak, Zhou Chun quickly explained the details to Zhou Daoyi.

After listening to his story, Zhou Daoyi stood there dumbfounded, speechless for a long time.

After an unknown amount of time, he finally let out a long sigh and said, "Well, this will do. Anyway, Jing Kingdom is already in ruins because of the demon race. It might not be any better than Tianman Plain. Besides, when we go there, we'll have the personal protection of Senior Tai Geng Divine Venerable. If we need to set up a mountain-protecting formation, we might even be able to ask him for help!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun nodded repeatedly and said, "That's for sure. Since we're going to establish another country, and it's on the front lines there, it's definitely not just my Zhou family that's moving there. There will certainly be one or two other major forces moving there to guard the border, and they will definitely arrange reliable array masters to help set up the arrays!"

"If that's the case, we'll have to be much more careful when choosing a location for our mountain gate."

Zhou Daoyi nodded slightly and explained his considerations.

Hearing this, Zhou Chun confidently replied, "There's no need to worry about this. Since Senior Tai Geng has clearly stated that the newly established kingdom will honor my Zhou family, then my Zhou family will definitely be given priority in choosing the best location!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Daoyi breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good. Then the things we need to consider are how to relocate the population there and how to clear out the demonic beasts and alien races within our territory!"

Building a new country isn't as simple as just finding a few immortal cultivation sects to relocate there.

Even if the Tai Geng Divine Venerable were stationed in the alien territory of Tianman Plain, and could deter the sixth and fifth-tier alien beings, some third and fourth-tier alien beings would certainly not alarm this Nascent Soul Venerable.

Moreover, such desolate places are teeming with monsters and poisonous insects. Even low- to mid-level cultivators who venture out alone are likely to never return, let alone ordinary people.

It would take generations and centuries to develop such a desolate land into a rich and prosperous nation!

Since the Zhou family is going to become the new masters of this country, they must shoulder this responsibility and demonstrate their abilities.

If the Zhou family makes a mess of this and fails to make any progress, it's hard to say that Tai Geng Divine Lord might change his mind and switch to another power.

At that time, the Zhou family really had nowhere to cry!

Therefore, Zhou Daoyi attached great importance to this matter and immediately began to develop a plan.

To better accomplish this task, he also instructed Zhou Chun to obtain a token from Li Chenxing and specifically go to the Nine Yuan Sword Sect's library to review the experiences and insights of the human ancestors in establishing new kingdoms.

As a top-tier power with a long history, the Nine Yuan Sword Sect's library contains a vast collection of books, as numerous as the stars in the sky. Most of these books are miscellaneous anecdotes, travelogues, and other classics that do not involve cultivation techniques or secret arts.

These classic texts may not seem as useful as divine skills and secret techniques, nor can they enhance the cultivation and strength of disciples, but they can greatly broaden horizons and increase wisdom. In fact, they are the real measure of the difference in foundation between top-tier sects and ordinary sects.

After all, only when the lineage is long enough will there be enough disciples to record what they have seen and heard in books and leave them in the sect, thus allowing for the collection of enough classic texts!

Half a month later, Zhou Chun went to Tianyuan Immortal City to participate in a reward ceremony for the entire human race's high-ranking officials.

His achievements were naturally highlighted at the meeting, and unsurprisingly, he was ranked first in terms of overall merit!

Such a great achievement naturally warrants a substantial reward.

He can choose any one of the magical treasures offered as rewards by several Nascent Soul Venerables, and Tai Geng Divine Venerable will also be entrusted by him to help tailor-make a magical treasure.

Meanwhile, Venerable Yuanyang can help him refine pills five times, and Divine Venerable Tianyi is willing to make five mid-grade fifth-rank magic talismans for him.

This doesn't even include the opportunity that Tai Geng Divine Venerable promised him to break through the mid-Nascent Soul stage barrier, or the Pure Yang Breakthrough Pill that Yuan Yang Venerable compensated him with.

In addition, as the meritorious contributor, he and the second and third ranked cultivators also received additional rewards of varying amounts, all provided by Venerable Changchun.

Zhou Chun's reward consisted of two drops of the sap from the Immortal Pine and a fifth-grade superior spiritual fruit, the Nine-Flower Immortal Plum.

According to the Tai Geng Divine Venerable, the sap of the [Immortal Pine] can extend the life of a Nascent Soul cultivator by fifty years with just one drop, the effect is halved with the second drop, and the third drop can still extend life by another ten years!

Zhou Chun obtained two drops of pine sap; if he were to consume them all, it would extend his life by seventy-five years!

The key point is that this item does not conflict with any longevity-promoting spiritual objects!

That's really impressive!

It should be noted that almost all of those late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators have consumed one or two or three longevity-promoting spiritual items.

They could hardly find any suitable longevity-enhancing items anymore.

The pine sap from the "Immortal Pine" can be effective even in their condition.

Therefore, after Zhou Chun and the third-ranked Cangyue Zhenren obtained the pine sap, they were quickly bombarded with messages from various late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators and some mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators, all wanting them to exchange it for the item, and the conditions they offered included treasures like spiritual treasures!

However, True Person Cangyue had already lost over three hundred years of lifespan by activating the [World-Destroying Moon Wheel], and needed this kind of life-extending spiritual item to recover.

Therefore, having only obtained a drop of pine sap, in order to avoid further harassment and to prevent Venerable Yuanyang from asking him for more, he immediately drank the drop of pine sap without hesitation!

In contrast, after Zhou Chun understood that this substance was difficult for Golden Core cultivators to digest, he completely ignored the telepathic messages from those late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators and immediately took a drop of it.

He didn't intend to exchange the remaining drop; he planned to save it for Luo Qingni, or for Zhou Zhiying, who would eventually achieve Nascent Soul stage!

With his current strength and the powerful backing of the Tai Geng God, he has no need to worry about being caught in a trap by possessing a treasure.

In addition to rewarding them, ten drops of pine sap were also released for exchange. However, to exchange for such a treasure, one would need to pay a large amount of extremely rare spiritual medicines and materials.

Tai Geng Divine Venerable also made it clear that these spiritual herbs and materials need to be collected to refine elixirs and magical treasures, which will be used to reward other cultivators.

Therefore, those late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators who want to extend their lifespan mostly have no choice but to obediently offer up the accumulated resources of their own sects.

Including the [Nine-Flower Immortal Plum] awarded to Zhou Chun, one of which can save a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator a hundred years of meditation effort, four of which were released this time for people to exchange.

After the rewards were agreed upon, some of the rewards that could be cashed out on the spot were cashed out immediately.

The three Nascent Soul stage Venerables brought out a total of seven spiritual treasures for people to choose from, including two metal-attribute spiritual treasures: a black-gold battle sword and a golden gourd.

As the most meritorious contributor, Zhou Chun naturally had the right of first choice.

He already had a mental plan for what kind of magical treasure he wanted to commission from the Tai Geng Divine Lord, so he chose the golden gourd without hesitation.

The gourd is named the "Nine-Nine Mystic Heaven Sword Gourd" and can release up to eighty-one "Mystic Heaven Sword Qi" attacks at once.

The power of a single "Mysterious Heaven Sword Qi" is equivalent to the sword qi activated by a sword cultivator of the same level, except that it does not carry sword intent.

If eighty-one "Mysterious Heaven Sword Qi" were released in one go, even an ordinary fifth-order superior-grade demon king would not be able to withstand such an attack!

However, Zhou Chun is currently only at the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm, and can only unleash a maximum of twenty-four sword energies at a time. When he reaches the middle stage of the Nascent Soul realm, he can unleash forty-nine sword energies. Only those at the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm can unleash the full power of this treasure.

The original owner of this magical treasure was the God Tai Geng, and it was one of his proudest achievements in weapon crafting.

Knowing that Zhou Chun would have priority in choosing, he released this spiritual treasure to Zhou Chun as compensation for him and the Zhou family.

After Zhou Chun finished selecting his spiritual treasures, the other cultivators who had chosen spiritual treasures selected four from the remaining six.

In fact, very few people have made such great contributions that they are eligible to choose spiritual treasures.

Those individuals were able to choose spiritual treasures because they either had made great contributions or paid a heavy price in the war.

For example, the late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator whose physical body was destroyed by the Ice-Fire Demon Ape was granted the right to choose a spiritual treasure.

For example, the Nascent Soul stage cultivator who perished in the Dark City had his fellow disciple choose a spiritual treasure for him!

Even if some people have the opportunity to choose a spiritual treasure, they would rather use that opportunity elsewhere.

When rewarding merits, Venerable Yuanyang had clearly stated that he would refine several batches of [Infant Transformation Pills] to reward merits, and the main ingredient, [Heavenly Infant Fruit], would be provided by Venerable Changchun.

Zhou Chun also coveted those Nascent Soul Pills, but the priority recipients of such spiritual items were the powerful forces that had lost Nascent Soul stage cultivators, and their Zhou family did not meet this requirement.

Furthermore, the benefits he has gained are already extremely enviable, so it's not wise to ask for more in this regard, lest he incur hatred.

After the reward ceremony ended, Zhou Chun also received a telepathic message from the Tai Geng God, instructing him to first refine the magic weapon and prepare for the preliminary relocation of his clansmen.

Since Hengguo had been slaughtered by alien races before, the Zhou family could first relocate their mortal members to Hengguo. Later, after they cleared out the various monsters and poisonous insects within the newly established country and opened up areas suitable for mortals to live in, they could then relocate these mortals there.

This was undoubtedly excellent news for Zhou Chun.

Many of the Zhou family's mortals had previously migrated to the rear states of Cheng and Shen along with the Jing Kingdom's mortal migration army. Although these two states were also ravaged by demonic beasts, they shouldn't have suffered the same devastation as Jing Kingdom, where there was not a rooster crowing for miles.

Given the sheer number of millions of mortals, there must be quite a few left.

Having obtained the treasure and guidance, Zhou Chun returned to the Nine Yuan Sword Sect in high spirits.

Besides refining the newly acquired [Nine-Nine Profound Heaven Sword Gourd], he then personally took charge of relocating the Zhou family's cultivators and mortals to Heng Kingdom.

To relocate those mortals more efficiently, he might need to borrow some large-scale transport magic weapons from major sects like the Nine Yuan Sword Sect.

"Fellow Daoist Zhou, please wait!"

Just as Zhou Chun was leaving Tianyuan Immortal City, shouts came from behind him.

His expression shifted, and he turned around to look, only to see that it was none other than the True Man Xuanzhen who had called out to him.

Seeing this, he immediately asked, "Fellow Daoist Xuanzhen, do you have any further instructions?"

But then Master Xuanzhen looked at him earnestly and said, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, can you really not exchange that last drop of pine sap from the [Immortal Pine]? I have some acquaintance with you, and as long as you are willing to lend a hand, I will absolutely not let you suffer any loss!"

Sure enough!

Zhou Chun thought to himself, then looked at Xuanzhen Zhenren with a serious expression and said, "Fellow Daoist Xuanzhen, you should know that I currently have neither a lack of magic treasures nor pills. Why would I exchange such a priceless treasure with someone else?"

Upon hearing this, Master Xuanzhen's face darkened, and he was speechless.

Just when Zhou Chun thought he would give up, he suddenly gritted his teeth and said, "How about a Spirit Eye item? I'm willing to exchange a Spirit Eye jade for it!"

This surprised Zhou Chun.

It should be known that spiritual eye items are treasures that only a very small number of Nascent Soul stage cultivators would never consider exchanging with others.

Because such treasures can truly be passed down through generations and continue to benefit future generations.

Furthermore, many Nascent Soul stage cultivators possess spiritual eye items inherited from their sects or families, and they don't actually belong to them.

If all of these things were exchanged, perhaps while he was alive, none of his descendants would dare to say anything.

But once he passes away, I'm afraid his descendants will have to scatter his ashes!

This is far more serious than losing a treasured heirloom!

After all, spiritual treasures are unusable until the Nascent Soul stage, and even Nascent Soul stage cultivators rarely use them.

However, the spiritual object is something that anyone can enjoy, and that benefits from every day!

Therefore, it's easy to imagine how surprised Zhou Chun is now.

So, even though he wasn't really considering exchanging pine sap, he now had to think about it.

After pondering for a moment, he looked at Master Xuanzhen and asked, "May I see the actual object?"

"Of course, no problem. However, this item is kept in my cave. If Fellow Daoist Zhou wants to see it, I will have to trouble you to go to my cave."

Master Xuanzhen readily agreed.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun immediately replied, "Then when I return to Jing Kingdom, I will visit Fellow Daoist Xuanzhen's residence again!"

"Excellent! In that case, I will await Fellow Daoist Zhou's arrival at my cave dwelling!"

Master Xuanzhen was overjoyed and immediately made an agreement with him.

Not long after, Zhou Chun returned to his temporary cave dwelling inside the Nine Yuan Sword Sect's mountain gate.

Inside the cave cultivation room, Zhou Chun held the spiritual treasure, the [Nine-Nine Profound Heaven Sword Gourd], and with his divine sense entering it, he quickly obtained the Spiritual Treasure Technique for refining this treasure.

He then briefly studied the Spirit Communication Technique and began refining the treasure.

After nine days of seclusion and refining the spiritual treasure, he was finally able to begin refining it and use it in battle.

As a sword-cultivation sect, the Nine Yuan Sword Sect naturally has no shortage of testing stones to test the power of sword energy.

The sword-testing stones on Jinlan Peak range from those used in the Qi Refining stage to those used in the Nascent Soul stage.

The sword-testing stone used by Nascent Soul stage cultivators to test their swords is the same [Mysterious Iron Mother] stone platform that Ye Qingxuan used to test the power of his sword intent.

This stone platform is certainly not as large as the one inside the Xuan Tie Hall, but it is still ten feet long and seven feet wide.

This object has been here for who knows how many years; it has been marked with dozens of sword marks of varying depths left by previous generations.

Zhou Chun stood a dozen feet away from the sword-testing stone and summoned the [Nine-Nine Mystic Heaven Sword Gourd] with a wave of his hand.

With a surge of his magic power, the lid of the golden gourd opened automatically, and a sharp, incomparably powerful golden sword aura shot out from the hole, landing precisely on a blank spot on the testing stone.

A cloud of dust flew up, and a sword hole more than a foot deep immediately appeared on the sword-testing stone!

Compared to the sword hole several feet deep that Ye Qingxuan casually left on the [Mysterious Iron Mother] stone platform that day, this one seems insignificant.

However, it should be noted that Ye Qingxuan is a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, and his actual combat strength has reached the level of a Great Cultivator. His sword intent even surpasses that of ordinary late-stage Nascent Soul sword cultivators!

In reality, even a Nascent Soul stage sword cultivator like Li Chenxing, when unleashing the full power of his top-grade magic weapon flying sword with the enhancement of his own sword intent, could only achieve what Zhou Chun is currently at!

But Zhou Chun is not a sword cultivator, and this sword energy is not the full power of the [Nine-Nine Profound Heaven Sword Gourd]!

He quickly continued to activate the golden gourd, and one after another, golden sword energies gushed out from the gourd's mouth. In an instant, twenty-four sword energies were unleashed in succession, landing one after another on the testing stone.

Because the impact points were too dense, a loud explosion immediately came from the sword-testing stone. The entire sword-testing stone was blasted into a crater the size of a water vat by the twenty-four sword energies, with the deepest part reaching five or six feet!

Then Zhou Chun activated his magic power again, and another twenty-four sword energies surged out.

However, this time he did not waste the testing stone. He simply used his divine sense to control it and make it fly in the air for a while before dispelling his supernatural powers.

He didn't know anything about sword control techniques, otherwise these sword energies would have been more powerful.

"It seems I'll have to practice sword control when I have time. I don't need to comprehend the sword intent, but at least I need to be able to fully unleash the power of this magical treasure!"

With these thoughts in mind, Zhou Chun put away the golden gourd with satisfaction and left.

Over the next month, Zhou Chun successfully borrowed seven large transport magic treasures from the Nine Yuan Sword Sect and the Huangfu family by visiting and lobbying within the Great Zhou Kingdom.

If squeezed in, these large-scale magical artifacts can transport 100,000 mortals at once!

In this way, even transporting a million mortals would only require ten trips!

Having solved the transportation problem, Zhou Chun did not linger at the Nine Yuan Sword Sect any longer and soon left the Great Zhou Kingdom with Zhou Daoyi and other Zhou family cultivators.

Two days later, Zhou Chun returned to Yang Kingdom and reunited with Zhou Mingde.

After a brief discussion, Zhou Mingde and others were tasked with gathering manpower in Shen and Cheng, while Zhou Chun went to Zhenxuan Sect to visit Xuanzhen Zhenren.

"This is the Spirit Eye Jade I was talking about. It was something I obtained during my adventures years ago, and it is not a treasure passed down through the sect."

Inside the cave, facing Zhou Chun who had come to visit as promised, Master Xuanzhen quickly took out the treasures he had promised to exchange and showed them to him.

The jade of spiritual eyes was only about the size of an infant's fist, crystal clear and pure white.

Once this item is taken out and placed in a certain place, it will automatically gather the spiritual energy of the surrounding world within a short time, generating a misty spiritual fog!

Compared to the Spirit Eye Spring, which cannot be easily moved or placed, this Spirit Eye Jade, which can be carried around, is undoubtedly much more precious!

After briefly experiencing the effects of the treasure, Zhou Chun nodded to Xuanzhen Zhenren and said, "It is indeed a rare and precious treasure. I agree to this deal."

After saying that, he took out a small wooden bottle, about the size of a fingernail, and handed it to Xuanzhen Zhenren.

It wasn't that he didn't want to package it properly, but the pine sap of the [Eternal Pine] would lose its effectiveness once it left the area of ​​this acquired spiritual root.

To ensure the best results, the only way is to use branches from the [Immortal Pine] to craft a container for preservation.

So when Zhou Chun obtained this item, it was in a small wooden bottle, and he even ate the bottle along with it when he took it!

However, Master Xuanzhen clearly didn't care about that. Upon catching the small wooden bottle, he was overjoyed and repeatedly exclaimed, "Excellent, excellent, Fellow Daoist Zhou is indeed a trustworthy person!"

He then swallowed the small wooden bottle in one gulp and drank the pine sap inside.

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