Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 778 Defensive Spiritual Treasure Entrusted with Refining [Please Subscribe]

After leaving the Ten Thousand Blade Sword Cave with Tai Geng Divine Venerable, Zhou Chun led him into the most magnificent palace in the secret mansion, which was a place specifically reserved for Tai Geng Divine Venerable's cultivation.

After the two entered the hall, Tai Geng Divine Venerable sat down at the head of the hall, then raised his hand and waved, and a golden light flew towards Zhou Chun.

"As per your request, I have crafted this Nine Luminaries Dragon Scale Shield for you using materials such as sixth-tier golden dragon scales, [Taiyuan Bronze Mother], and [Nine Luminaries True Gold]."

"This treasure possesses three divine abilities: [Nine Luminaries Mystic Light], [True Dragon Protection], and [Undying Primordial Soul]."

"In daily combat, the [Nine Luminaries Mystic Light] combined with this shield is enough to withstand most attacks from spiritual treasures of the same level; [True Dragon Protection] adds an extra layer of protection to this shield and also has a very strong defensive effect against attacks to the soul; [Undying Primordial Soul] is this treasure's strongest defensive divine power. Once activated, this treasure will be destroyed. After activation, the treasure's defensive power can be multiplied several times, enough to withstand several attacks from a Nascent Soul level!"

With a flash of golden light, it landed in front of Zhou Chun and transformed into a golden square shield. Tai Geng God Venerable then revealed the purpose of this treasure.

When it comes to his treatment of Zhou Chun, there's absolutely nothing to say.

Originally, when he accepted commissions to refine magical artifacts, he always had to provide his own materials.

Although Zhou Chun had given him several top-grade spiritual materials he had previously obtained, those materials were clearly unrelated to the spiritual treasure he now possessed.

If one had to pinpoint the exact item, it would be the [Taiyuan Bronze Mother] that Zhou Chun obtained by exchanging the Bloodflame Flood Dragon King's demon core.

However, among the various spiritual materials, the [Taiyuan Copper Mother] is clearly not as precious as the sixth-order Golden Flood Dragon Scale and the [Nine Luminaries True Gold].

Especially the several sixth-order golden dragon scales embedded in the shield, which were knocked off the Golden Horned Dragon Saint by Tai Geng Divine Venerable and Yuan Yang Venerable when they joined forces.

Tai Geng God Venerable poured almost all the dragon scales he had received into this [Nine Luminaries Dragon Scale Shield], thus ensuring that this treasure could be refined into a top-tier defensive spiritual treasure.

Zhou Chun was certainly aware of this as well.

Upon hearing Tai Geng's explanation, he knew that he had truly struck gold this time!

If Tai Geng Shenzun's words were not an exaggeration, this [Nine Luminaries Dragon Scale Shield] is far more precious than the spiritual treasure he had previously requested.

Originally, he only wanted to ask the Tai Geng Divine Lord to refine a defensive spiritual treasure that suited his own attributes, even if it was the lowest grade spiritual treasure.

Unexpectedly, the God of Tai Geng personally used such precious materials to refine this item for him, all for the sake of fulfilling this request.

Looking at the golden shield before him, and then at the Tai Geng Divine Lord seated at the head of the table, he said with a face full of gratitude and emotion, "Senior Tai Geng, you have gone to such lengths; this junior truly does not know how to repay your great kindness!"

"Then you should remember this favor for now; you'll have plenty of opportunities to repay it in the future!"

Tai Geng God Venerable smiled faintly, without denying his special support for Zhou Chun.

This can be considered an investment in advance. If Zhou Chun can really reach his level in the future, then the favor he has given now will definitely bring great returns.

Anyway, he no longer needed those things.

If one can use these things that one doesn't need to gain favor with future Nascent Soul stage cultivators in advance, it would undoubtedly be a very profitable deal.

Hearing his answer, Zhou Chun's anxious heart calmed down.

For Zhou Chun, he wasn't afraid of taking benefits from others, but he was afraid of taking those benefits in a shady way, which would dig a huge hole for himself.

Now that Tai Geng God Venerable has explained the situation clearly—that he is being so kind to him as an investment of goodwill—he no longer needs to worry about any potential problems.

He then solemnly bowed deeply to the Divine Venerable Tai Geng, saying, "I will never forget the kindness and care shown to me by Senior Tai Geng. In the future, if you ever need my assistance, I will go through fire and water without hesitation!"

"Well, I hope you will remember your words in the future."

Tai Geng, the Divine Lord, nodded slightly and replied calmly.

He was confident in his judgment and did not believe he could misjudge people.

But he also knew that some things shouldn't be said too definitively.

After all, among the human Nascent Soul cultivators, isn't there now a ruthless Venerable Lingfeng who doesn't recognize his own family?

After this frank exchange, Zhou Chun, under the guidance of Tai Geng Divine Venerable, began to refine the spiritual treasure, the [Nine Luminaries Dragon Scale Shield].

Because it was a newly crafted spiritual treasure, the spirit of the artifact was completely blank, so it was very easy for Zhou Chun to refine it. He quickly mastered the artifact and stored it in his body to nurture it.

After he finished refining the spiritual treasure, Tai Geng God Venerable spoke again: "Now that your cultivation has broken through and you have refined a life-saving spiritual treasure, even if you encounter a top-tier fifth-order demon king or alien race like the Ice and Fire Demon Ape, you should be able to protect yourself without worry. There is something I need to arrange for you to do."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun immediately replied respectfully, "Senior Tai Geng, please give your instructions, and I will do my utmost!"

"The Nine-Blade Barbarian Saint I killed earlier may not have completely perished. His remaining body has suffered a significant drop in cultivation, no longer at the sixth level. He should be hiding somewhere to recuperate and rebuild his strength."

"However, for a barbarian like him who cultivates his body, relying solely on meditation to regain the sixth level is too slow. The best way is to consume and refine various substances that greatly replenish qi and blood!"

"The most common method used by the barbarian tribes is to hunt monsters, boil their bones, and eat their flesh!"

"Therefore, once you return to the Yu Kingdom, you must make use of your demon king spirit pets to help me find the location of the Nine-Blade Barbarian Saint!"

Tai Geng, the Divine Lord, glanced at Zhou Chun and spoke in a low voice about needing his help.

What?

Upon hearing Tai Geng's words, Zhou Chun was also shocked. He hadn't expected that the task he was asked to do would involve a sixth-order being.

But upon closer reflection, it's clear that we've found the right person to do this.

No other Nascent Soul stage cultivator could compare to him in this regard, and no one could be more suitable than him.

Moreover, as Tai Geng Divine Venerable said, if the Nine-Blade Barbarian Saint were to drop to the fifth rank of cultivation, he would indeed not pose much of a threat to him.

After all, the Earth Barbarians specialize in body refinement and are not good at supernatural powers and spells. After falling from the sixth rank to the fifth rank, it is basically difficult for them to exert the power of the sixth rank again.

However, even if human cultivators fall from the sixth rank back to the fifth rank, they may still be able to temporarily unleash the power of the sixth rank by relying on certain secret techniques and supernatural abilities!

Thinking of this, Zhou Chun immediately said solemnly, "This junior understands. I will do my best to handle this matter after I return!"

"Well, don't put too much pressure on yourself, and don't let this delay your cultivation. Even if you can't find that Nine-Blade Barbarian Saint, it's alright. Since I was able to kill him once before, I can kill him a second and a third time in the future!"

Tai Geng God nodded slightly and comforted him in a kind tone, fearing that he might misunderstand his meaning.

This deeply moved Zhou Chun, and he secretly resolved to handle the matter well.

At this moment, Tai Geng Divine Venerable seemed to remember something and suddenly said again, "By the way, regarding the Pure Yang Barrier-Breaking Pill that Yuan Yang promised before, since you don't need it for the time being, I made a deal with him and allowed him to deliver it later."

"But don't worry, he has already collected most of the materials needed to refine this pill, and the remaining materials have also been secured. It's just that they will need to wait another two or three hundred years to mature before they can be harvested. At that time, he will start another furnace to refine another batch of spiritual pills!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun was slightly taken aback, then nodded and said, "This junior understands. Senior Tai Geng, you can arrange this matter. This junior has no objections."

If it were in the past, he might have suspected that the God of Tai Geng had changed his mind and didn't want to give it to him.

But now, he has absolutely no doubt about it.

After explaining the relevant matters, Tai Geng God Venerable let Zhou Chun leave the secret mansion.

After leaving the secret mansion, Zhou Chun thought for a moment and did not immediately return to the Yu Kingdom, but instead went to the Heavenly Fire Gate of the Huo Luo Kingdom.

He also held the title of Guest Elder of the Heavenly Fire Sect, but he had not visited the sect in recent years.

Now that I'm in the cultivation world of the far west, not far from this sect, I might as well go and take a look.

In addition, Zhou Chun also wanted to know whether the Heavenly Fire Divine Pearl of the Heavenly Fire Sect was truly a heaven-reaching spiritual treasure!

He sped along and soon arrived at the Fire Basin Oasis where the Heavenly Fire Sect was located.

When he arrived at the outer perimeter of Tianhuo Peak, because he did not deliberately conceal his aura, the Fiery True Man who was stationed inside quickly sensed his presence and discovered his existence.

Immediately afterward, a burst of laughter rang out from Heavenly Fire Peak, "Hahaha, Fellow Daoist Zhou, your presence is an honor to our sect! Please come in, please come in!"

With a flash of fire, the figure of Master Liehuo appeared in Zhou Chun's sight, and the protective array of the Heavenly Fire Sect opened a gap.

After welcoming Zhou Chun into the mountain gate with a smile, Master Liehuo quickly discovered something he had previously overlooked.

"Ah, Fellow Daoist Zhou's cultivation has actually broken through to the mid-Nascent Soul stage!!"

Master Liehuo opened his mouth, looking at Zhou Chun with a shocked expression, and blurted out.

"Thanks to the favor of the Venerable Tai Geng, and with his support and guidance, I, Zhou, have been fortunate enough to break through to the next realm!"

Zhou Chun smiled faintly and then revealed some details.

He also knew that it was too amazing that he had broken through to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm in just two or three hundred years after he had formed his Nascent Soul, so he attributed the credit to Tai Geng Divine Venerable.

Besides, that's exactly the truth.

Sure enough, upon hearing that he had succeeded in breaking through to the next realm only with the help of the Nascent Soul stage Venerable Tai Geng, the shocked expression on True Person Liehuo's face immediately turned into envy.

He immediately exclaimed with immense envy, "Fellow Daoist Zhou truly lives up to his reputation as a hero of our human race! Even Senior Tai Geng Divine Venerable is willing to take the initiative to mentor and support your cultivation!"

They were no longer surprised or doubtful that Zhou Chun had broken through to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm so quickly.

After all, if he were willing to support him, helping a cultivator in the early stage of the Golden Core realm to quickly break through to the middle stage of the Golden Core realm wouldn't be a difficult task.

The same principle applies to a Nascent Soul cultivator being supported by a Nascent Soul cultivator in breaking through to the middle Nascent Soul stage.

Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Zhou Chun smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist Liehuo's cultivation has also improved considerably. I imagine you have a great chance of breaking through to the mid-Nascent Soul stage in the future!"

"Difficult, difficult, difficult! I, Dong, do not have the same opportunities and abilities as Fellow Daoist Zhou, who was able to receive guidance and support from a Nascent Soul Venerable and is also confined to his sect and unable to leave. Relying solely on myself, I'm afraid my success rate in breaking through to the next realm is less than 30%!"

Master Liehuo shook his head repeatedly, uttering the word "difficult" several times. He wasn't very confident about breaking through to the next realm.

Upon hearing his words, Zhou Chun's heart stirred, and he immediately said, "Actually, if Fellow Daoist Liehuo wants to go out, there is a way. My fire phoenix can completely suppress the underground fire vein for a period of time in Fellow Daoist Liehuo's place."

Upon hearing this, Master Liehuo's eyes first showed a hint of interest, but he quickly shook his head and said, "I appreciate Fellow Daoist Zhou's kindness, but this matter concerns the safety of our sect and the lives of countless cultivators and mortals throughout the Fire Basin Oasis. I really dare not take the risk!"

Seeing his firm refusal, Zhou Chun didn't press the matter further, offered a few words of praise, and then let it go.

The two of them entered Tianhuo Peak together and went directly to the cave of the Fiery Immortal.

To Zhou Chun's surprise, the [Heavenly Fire Divine Pearl] that had been hanging over the crater had disappeared without a trace.

Upon seeing this, he couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, "Huh, where is the [Heavenly Fire Divine Pearl]? Could it be that this treasure has already been refined by Fellow Daoist Liehuo?"

"No, that's not it. When the Triangle Clan invaded before, all the high-level cultivators of our Far West cultivation world were transferred to the front lines. For some reason, a fifth-tier mid-grade Fire Lion Demon King from elsewhere took a liking to this treasure of our sect and wanted to take the opportunity to infiltrate our sect and seize it!"

"Fortunately, Heaven has blessed our sect. That beast's disguise as a disciple was discovered beforehand, and I, Dong, seized the opportunity to activate the mountain-protecting formation, using the power of the precious pearl to suppress and kill him!"

"However, the pearl also lost a lot of power in that battle and had to sink into the underground fire vein to recover."

After hesitating for a moment, Master Liehuo, thinking that quite a few people in the sect knew about this matter, whispered the details.

These words startled Zhou Chun slightly, then he looked at him with a look of realization and smiled, "No wonder Fellow Daoist Liehuo's cultivation has improved so much, it turns out that you have inherited the legacy of that Fire Lion Demon King."

"Hehehe, I guess you could say that."

Master Liehuo smiled and did not deny it.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Chun hesitated for a moment, but ultimately gave up on asking whether the Heavenly Fire Divine Pearl was a Heavenly Treasure.

He may simply want to satisfy his curiosity, but he's afraid that others won't see it that way.

After all, he was only a guest elder of the Heavenly Fire Sect, and he still had to avoid suspicion in this regard.

As True Immortal Liehuo entered his cave and took his seat, Zhou Chun drank the fiery dragon liquor that True Immortal Liehuo had brought out, while also inquiring about the details of the war between the cultivation world and the Triangle Clan in the far west.

Although True Immortal Liehuo was unable to go to the battlefield because he had to stay at the Heavenly Fire Sect, as a Nascent Soul cultivator, he naturally had access to relevant intelligence channels regarding the situation on the front lines, so satisfying Zhou Chun's curiosity was not a problem.

As they talked, Zhou Chun steered the conversation toward Venerable Xuanwu, a Nascent Soul cultivator.

Zhou Chun then asked with a curious expression, "I only know that the Holy Fire Sect used to be a major sect in the Holy Land, but I have never heard of any other major sect in the cultivation world of the far west. Senior Venerable Xuanwu, are you also not from a sect?"

Upon hearing his words, Master Liehuo shook his head and said, "I am not aware of this matter either. I only learned of the existence of Venerable Xuanwu during this invasion of alien races. I had never heard of this senior's name before!"

Hearing his answer, Zhou Chun became even more curious.

However, since Master Liehuo couldn't answer, it was naturally inappropriate to continue the topic.

Then he brought up his other purpose for coming to the Heavenly Fire Sect.

He then slowly began to speak, saying, "As Fellow Daoist Liehuo knows, I, Zhou, have killed many fifth-tier alien experts, and thus obtained quite a few high-grade magic treasures and spiritual materials. These things are currently useless to me, so I would like to ask Fellow Daoist Liehuo and the fellow Daoists of the Heavenly Fire Sect to refine them into magic treasures to enrich our family's resources!"

Upon hearing this, True Immortal Liehuo immediately replied, "That's simple. Fellow Daoist Zhou, just hand over the materials to me, and when I and several other master craftsmen from our sect have some free time, we can begin refining the weapon for you!"

They didn't even mention compensation to Zhou Chun.

Zhou Chun is now famous throughout the world, and with the backing of Tai Geng Divine Venerable, a Nascent Soul stage Venerable, he can do things for him and gain favors. Of course, True Person Lie Huo is more than happy to do so.

However, Zhou Chun was not about to easily accept a favor, and immediately said, "Fellow Daoist Liehuo, please rest assured, I will absolutely not shortchange you on any refining fees. Furthermore, I know that your disciples are suffering from the torment of fire poison and evil energy, so I have specially brought some spiritual items to help alleviate this burden!"

"Fellow Daoist Zhou is too kind. On behalf of the younger generation, I, Dong, thank you."

Although Master Liehuo felt some regret, he did not show it and simply thanked him with a smile.

After the deal was agreed upon, Zhou Chun took out the refining materials.

Although True Immortal Liehuo had some mental preparation beforehand, his expression changed when he actually saw the rare magic treasures and spiritual materials that Zhou Chun had taken out.

The scales, horns, bones, and claws of a mid-grade fifth-tier dragon...

Fifth-tier mid-grade Heavenly Roc feathers, eagle claws, sharp beak, eagle eyes...

Fifth-tier low-grade black dragon horn, dragon bone, dragon claws...

There are also rare spirit metals, spirit ores, and spirit woods such as [Fire Crystal Divine Iron], [Ink Abyss Profound Iron], [Dragon Blood Profound Iron], [Cold Iron Essence Stone], and fifth-order spirit wood.

If you were to take out any one or two of these materials individually, even someone as knowledgeable as Master Liehuo wouldn't be alarmed.

But now that they've all been brought out together, and in such large quantities, it's truly shocking.

Even a master craftsman like Master Liehuo, with his vast knowledge and experience in weapon crafting, could not help but be moved by the sight of so many top-tier magical treasures and spiritual materials.

He stared intently at the magical treasures and materials, like a beautiful woman looking at a priceless jewel, unable to look away.

Looking at those incredibly rare magical treasures and materials, he couldn't help but conceive of various crafting plans for magical treasures based on their properties.

After quite some time, he seemed to realize that the owner of these things was still nearby.

He hurriedly turned to Zhou Chun and said excitedly, "These materials are all capable of forging top-grade magic weapons! Fellow Daoist Zhou, are you asking me to forge a top-grade magic weapon?"

"That's right, Fellow Daoist Liehuo, haven't you always wanted to refine top-grade magic weapons? This time, I, Zhou, will give you my full support, allowing you to try it without any worries!"

Zhou Chun nodded and waved his hand with a heroic air.

Among the weapon refiners he knew, excluding Tai Geng Divine Venerable, Lie Huo Zhenren was the most skilled.

Even with his current reputation and strength, he could easily find those grandmasters of weapon crafting and they would likely not refuse to help him.

But doing so would inevitably leave you indebted to the other party.

For him, it wasn't worth incurring favors for the sake of a top-grade magic weapon.

In that case, why not take a gamble on Master Liehuo!

If Master Liehuo can successfully refine multiple top-grade magic weapons with his support, then when he seeks his help to refine weapons in the future, the other party will probably be too embarrassed to even ask for payment.

After all, such opportunities to practice with a large number of top-tier magic weapons and spiritual materials are not something that come around every day.

Upon hearing Zhou Chun's words, Master Liehuo was both excited and somewhat apprehensive.

After a moment's hesitation, he said in a low voice, "To be honest, Fellow Daoist Zhou, I have tried eight times before, but I have not succeeded even once!"

"Therefore, if you, Fellow Daoist Zhou, entrust these materials to me for refining, I truly dare not offer you any guarantees!"

However, he was also afraid that if he ruined these materials, he would have a hard time explaining it to Zhou Chun, so he gave Zhou Chun a heads-up in advance!

However, Zhou Chun was much more magnanimous than he had imagined.

Zhou Chun immediately waved his hand and said, "It's alright, Fellow Daoist Liehuo, just do your best. If you fail completely, then it's because I'm not fortunate enough to have it, and I will absolutely not blame you in the slightest!"

"Very well, since Fellow Daoist Zhou has said so, what else is there for me to hesitate about?"

Master Liehuo gritted his teeth and solemnly replied, "Please rest assured, Fellow Daoist Zhou, I will use all my knowledge to process these materials and strive to live up to your trust, successfully refining a magic weapon that will satisfy you!"

"Excellent! Then these materials will be left to Fellow Daoist Liehuo to handle."

Zhou Chun nodded, then cupped his hands in a gesture of respect to True Immortal Liehuo and said, "I also wish Fellow Daoist Liehuo a speedy fulfillment of his long-cherished wish, so as not to disappoint the spirit of Grandmaster Yan Cang in heaven!"

"Thank you for your trust, Fellow Daoist Zhou. I will certainly do my best!"

Master Liehuo nodded and returned the greeting with a solemn expression.

In addition to top-grade spiritual materials, Zhou Chun also left a lot of materials for Fiery True Man to refine mid-grade and low-grade magic weapons. He generously stated that some of the Heavenly Fire Sect's weapon-refining masters could also use them to practice, and that no compensation would be required if they failed.

These materials are mostly from the bodies of demonic beasts, obtained from scraps of fourth-tier demonic beasts and some fifth-tier demonic kings killed in previous wars.

Zhou Chun finally understood that instead of placing all his hopes on the weapon refiners within the family, it would be better to make some diversified investments outside.

Moreover, these demon beast materials are troublesome to preserve, and their spiritual power tends to dissipate significantly over time. Since the Zhou family cannot digest them now, it would be better to use them for external investment.

If we could develop the Heavenly Fire Sect into the Zhou family's official weapon refiners, that would be a very good thing!

Anyway, unlike formations, the magic weapons and treasures made by outsiders are no different from those made by family members, so there is no need to worry about any future troubles.

After leaving the Heavenly Fire Sect with such a generous gift, Zhou Chun, accompanied by True Man Liehuo and several Heavenly Fire Sect weapon-refining masters, quickly transformed into a golden light and left the Fire Basin Oasis.

(End of this chapter)