Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 789 It Was All a Conspiracy [Please Subscribe]

Rotten Poison Swamp.

Above the island, facing the questioning of the old man in black, Wu Yuzhu, hidden in the multicolored poisonous clouds, fell silent.

After a moment of silence, she slowly said, "Since Granny Snake isn't here, I'll come back later."

As he spoke, he turned and rode the five-colored poisonous cloud away, as if to leave this place.

Seeing this, the old man in black quickly called out, "Fellow Daoist Wu, please wait."

"What is it? Fellow Daoist Wu, is there anything else?"

Wu Yuzhu asked in a calm tone.

But then a strange light flashed in the black-clad old man's triangular eyes, and he said in a low voice, "This matter is confidential. Fellow Daoist Wu, would you mind coming into the market with me for a private discussion?"

Upon hearing this, Wu Yuzhu remained silent for a moment before speaking, "There's no need to enter the market. Since Fellow Daoist Wu wishes to have a private conversation, we can simply find a place down below."

As he spoke, he first rode the five-colored poisonous cloud and landed in a forest on the island below.

The vast majority of the plants and trees on this island are poisonous, and many are even poisonous plants and trees that were deliberately planted by the island's poison cultivators.

After the multicolored poisonous clouds fell into the forest, they soon dissipated, revealing a beautiful woman in white holding a poisonous banner.

The old man in black who followed and fell into the woods also showed a look of surprise and doubt in his eyes.

He had previously suspected that there might be other people hiding in Wu Yuzhu's five-colored poisonous cloud, so he took the opportunity to test them.

But now, as he scanned the woods with his divine sense, he found nothing unusual, which made him wonder if he was just being paranoid.

Wu Yuzhu, however, looked directly at him and said, "Alright, it's just the two of us here. Fellow Daoist Wu, please say what you want to say!"

"Well, it's nothing major. Granny Snake mentioned before that the tokens for entering the Myriad Poisons Secret Realm are running low. She went out this time to contact another fellow Daoist who has successfully cultivated the 'Myriad Poisons True Scripture,' hoping to persuade him to go to the secret realm for the trial. So, Fellow Daoist Wu, you shouldn't hesitate any longer; you'd better act quickly!"

After a moment of hesitation, the old man in black whispered a secret in a evasive tone.

"That's it? Is this really something that you, Fellow Daoist Wu, are so careful about?"

Wu Yuzhu stared intently at the old man in black, her tone tinged with sarcasm.

The old man in black, somewhat embarrassed and angry, flicked his sleeve and coldly snorted, "Hmph, I offered you this advice out of kindness, Fellow Daoist Wu, why don't you appreciate it!"

After saying that, he waved his hand angrily and said, "Fine, fine, just consider it me meddling in your business. It's your own problem, worry about it yourself!"

Without waiting for Wu Yuzhu's response, the man left.

Upon seeing this, Wu Yuzhu's eyes flickered slightly. She quickly shook the poison banner in her hand, which regenerated a large expanse of multicolored poisonous clouds to protect herself. She then rode the poisonous clouds away from the island.

After riding the five-colored poisonous cloud away from the island, she flew for thousands of miles through the swamp of putrid poison before finally landing in a forest on the shore.

"In your opinion, Elder Wu, how much of what that person said is true or false?"

In the forest, after Zhou Chun transformed into Lu Yuanjun and sent her out to keep watch, he looked at Wu Yuzhu and asked her about what had happened earlier.

When Wu Yuzhu fell into the woods, it was naturally to make it easier for Lu Yuanjun to conceal his figure. At that time, they were actually just a few feet away from Wu Yuzhu.

However, given Lu Yuanjun's abilities, the old man in black naturally couldn't see anything.

Upon hearing Zhou Chun's question, Wu Yuzhu pondered for a moment before quickly replying, "The first half of the 'Ten Thousand Poisons True Scripture' has indeed been widely circulated in the Yuanmo Realm, if not widely. Therefore, it is possible that Granny Snake is looking for someone else."

"However, Wu Kui's claim that there aren't many tokens for entering the secret realm is clearly a lie. Sister Lian once said that the tokens aren't actually that important; the main problem is that no one is carrying the entrance to the Myriad Poisons Secret Realm, so we simply can't find it!"

At this point, she thoughtfully began, "However, that old snake woman is indeed very dedicated to this matter. When Sister Lian first approached her, she readily offered many benefits. It's said that her lifespan may be running out; I wonder if she's trying to use the treasures in the Myriad Poisons Secret Realm to break through to the Nascent Soul stage!"

Upon hearing her answer, Zhou Chun pondered for a moment before speaking, "According to what you've said, there are actually inherited spiritual treasures left behind by the True Monarch of Ten Thousand Poisons in the Myriad Poisons Secret Realm. Even some Nascent Soul stage old demons would be very tempted by this. Behind that so-called Snake Granny, there might be some Nascent Soul stage old demon."

He then shook his head and said, "But it doesn't matter. Since even the secret realm set up by the Myriad Poisons True Monarch can't be opened, it means that person's abilities aren't that great. There's no need to pay too much attention to him!"

He had the confidence to say those words.

If it weren't for the fear of those two Nascent Soul stage Demon Lords, Zhou Chun, with his strength, could have walked sideways in the Yuan Demon Realm unless all ten Demon Lords of the Yuan Demon Realm attacked him together.

Even with the assistance of Lord Yishan and Lord Luyuan, his second nascent soul incarnation was still unstoppable unless he encountered one of the "Ten Great Demon Lords".

Therefore, for him, there was no need to spend time and energy investigating many things; he could simply use brute force to overpower everything else.

Wu Yuzhu certainly didn't think Zhou Chun was exaggerating.

The patriarch's astonishing strength had already been proven in previous wars.

If even this clan leader cannot help her solve the problem of inheriting the cultivation technique, then she can only accept her fate.

So for the next two or three months, Zhou Chun didn't go anywhere and just waited in the mountains.

Three months later, Wu Yuzhu once again rode the Five-Colored Poison Cloud, taking Zhou Chun in his incarnation to the Poison Cultivator Market stronghold.

When the five-colored poisonous cloud arrived at the island, a powerful divine sense swept over, but it was blocked by the five-colored poisonous cloud.

Then a streak of dark light flew out from the market on the island, revealing in mid-air the figure of an old woman with white hair, leaning on a cane.

"Fellow Daoist Wu, now that you've arrived, why are you still hiding your face and refusing to show yourself? Are you afraid that I might harm you?"

The white-haired old woman paused in mid-air, her eyes gleaming as she gazed at the multicolored poisonous cloud and posed a question.

However, instead of Wu Yuzhu's explanation, she was met with a burst of emerald green light.

Suddenly, a ball of emerald green light shot out from the multicolored poisonous cloud and exploded near the white-haired old woman.

The white-haired old woman reacted quickly. As the ball of emerald green spiritual light exploded, she activated her protective magic treasure, releasing a ball of dark black spiritual light that shielded her inside.

Unfortunately, she never expected that the one who ambushed her was a fifth-tier demon king!

After the burst of that emerald green light, the white-haired old woman's consciousness was forcibly pulled into an illusion, and the protective light she released had no effect whatsoever.

Lu Yuanjun's [Myriad Manifestations] supernatural power is an illusionary supernatural power that invades the opponent's consciousness.

In other words, as long as the opponent's consciousness comes into contact with that ball of emerald green spiritual light, they will be hit by the supernatural power.

Without exception, high-level cultivators will spread their divine sense throughout their bodies to sense and monitor possible sudden attacks.

So it can be said that the white-haired old woman was completely outmaneuvered.

While her consciousness was trapped by the [Myriad Manifestations] divine power, Zhou Chun appeared nearby in a flash, easily breaking through the dark protective aura that was shielding her, and first capturing her in ice.

After capturing the white-haired old woman alive, Lu Yuanjun swiftly launched a surprise attack on the Poison Cultivator Market below.

The array formation in this market is quite extraordinary. It also harbors many poisonous insects and demons. Even a typical early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator might not be able to break through it in an instant.

Unfortunately, Lu Yuanjun's Wood Escape Technique was already incredibly advanced, and even ordinary forbidden formations could hardly stop his escape technique.

He immediately entered the market and then displayed his supernatural powers, killing or capturing all the hundreds of poison cultivators in the market.

Many poison cultivators don't even know how they died when they died!

A moment later, in a large hall inside the market, the white-haired old woman and the old man in black were both left inside with their consciousness sealed.

When Zhou Chun attempted to search their souls, he indeed discovered that both of them had restrictions placed by Nascent Soul stage cultivators to prevent their souls from being searched.

However, this did not stump him. He directly instructed Lu Yuanjun to use the same trick as before, just as he had used on the hidden lineage successor of Qinglian Temple, to create an illusion and induce the two to confess.

Because Wu Yuzhu had previously expressed her desire to go to the Myriad Poisons Secret Realm, and with her there to cooperate, even the white-haired old woman was easily manipulated by the illusion to hand over the token to enter the Myriad Poisons Secret Realm, and then led Zhou Chun in disguise and others to the entrance of the Myriad Poisons Secret Realm.

The entrance to the Myriad Poisons Secret Realm is located in the Corrupt Poison Swamp.

In fact, neither Zhou Chun nor Wu Yuzhu were surprised by this result.

However, without a guide, they obviously wouldn't be able to find the location of the entrance.

At this point, led by the "Snake Granny" who had lost her mind, they wandered through the swamp and soon arrived above a black body of water emitting a gray-black poisonous miasma.

Then the "snake granny" plunged headfirst into the water below.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun frowned slightly and had no choice but to take Wu Yuzhu with him into the water.

After diving hundreds of feet underwater, they found themselves inside an illusion array!

This illusion array is set up underwater, using the real water above as cover. It blends reality and illusion, making it difficult for even Nascent Soul cultivators to detect its existence when they release their divine sense above the water's surface. They are unable to find anything unusual in this place.

However, the existence of the illusion array indicates that there are other cultivators here.

So when the obviously abnormal "Snake Granny" led Zhou Chun and the others underwater, the other cultivators in the area had already discovered them.

Of course, there would be no Nascent Soul stage cultivator stationed in such a remote place.

The cultivator stationed here is at most a mid-stage Golden Core demon cultivator.

The fact that a demonic cultivator is stationed in such an important place proves that Zhou Chun's previous speculation was correct. The controller of the entrance to the Myriad Poisons Secret Realm is indeed a Nascent Soul stage cultivator from the Yuan Demon Realm.

Naturally, a mid-stage Golden Core demonic cultivator and some low- to mid-level cultivators who didn't even have Golden Core cultivation couldn't possibly pose any obstacle to Zhou Chun's transformation.

Soon, Zhou Chun personally captured the underwater stronghold, and the mid-stage Golden Core demon cultivator was also captured alive.

"You've already informed your master, haven't you? Now, could you tell me who your master is?"

Inside an underwater stone palace, Zhou Chun, now a fully-fledged man in black whose cultivation he had sealed, began his interrogation.

"As a cultivator, you dare to venture deep into my Yuanmo territory? Your audacity is a bit too great. Are you truly not afraid of losing your life here?"

Seemingly knowing he couldn't survive, the man in black didn't answer Zhou Chun's question. Instead, he questioned him in a tone of shock and anger.

This made Zhou Chun himself laugh.

"You have quite the nerve! Then I'll let you experience the soul-refining torture that you demonic cultivators love most!"

He let out a cold laugh, and in the black-clad man's terrified gaze, he directly killed the man's physical body with a single finger, then extracted his soul and burned it with yang fire.

Under Zhou Chun's precise control, the Yang Fire would not quickly refine the black-clad man's soul, but would slowly deplete his soul power and bring him endless pain.

This lasted for less than a quarter of an hour before the black-clad man, seeking a swift death, revealed the origins of his master.

"Azure Demon Lord, my lord is the Azure Demon Lord of the Beast Demon Palace! Please, just give me a quick death!"

The man in black, wailing in agony, revealed the origins of his master, but Zhou Chun himself had to judge for himself whether it was true or not.

His eyes flickered, then he sighed softly, "Fine, since that's how it is, I'll grant you a quick death!"

After saying that, he completely burned the black-clad man's soul into green smoke.

He then turned his gaze to Wu Yuzhu.

He didn't know much about the Nascent Soul stage demonic cultivators in the Yuanmo Realm, but Wu Yuzhu had lived in the Yuanmo Realm for many years and should know something about it.

Sure enough, after sensing his gaze, Wu Yuzhu immediately explained, "Clan leader, you are wise. I don't know much about that Biyou Demon Lord. I only know that he is one of the five Nascent Soul stage demon lords of the Beast Demon Palace, and he seems to be a Nascent Soul stage cultivator."

"It seems? They can't even determine his cultivation level?"

Zhou Chun frowned, seemingly dissatisfied with her answer.

This made her even more uneasy, but she really only knew this little bit of information.

Poison cultivation is not mainstream in the Yuanmo region. As an outsider, she dared not inquire too deeply, lest she arouse suspicion and expose her true origins after an investigation.

Therefore, she didn't know much about the powerful figures in the Yuanmo Realm.

Fortunately, Zhou Chun didn't dwell on these matters too much. He quickly shook his head and said, "Forget it, if I don't know, I don't know. As long as it's not that Dragon Devouring Demon Lord from the Beast Demon Palace who comes in person, I can still protect him."

The Dragon-Devouring Demon Lord he mentioned was one of the "Ten Great Demon Lords" of the Yuanmo Realm, a great demon with a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivation.

Guided by the "Snake Granny," they quickly arrived at a courtyard deep within the underwater stronghold.

The entrance to the Myriad Poisons Secret Realm is inside the courtyard.

The so-called entrance to the Myriad Poisons Secret Realm turned out to be a deep well, but the well was shimmering with silver light, making it seem as if there was actually well water inside.

In reality, only the immeasurable spatial power manifests as spiritual light within.

"Flying Tiger, take a close look. Is it possible to bring people inside?"

After Zhou Chun took a look at the situation inside the well, he summoned Lord Yishan and left the professional matters to the professionals.

Upon hearing his words, Lord Yishan immediately lay down on the well opening and carefully sensed the situation inside.

After probing with this sense, Lord Yishan spoke in a low voice: "Master, you are wise. This seems to be a one-way spatial teleportation channel, but because it is too fragile, it can only accommodate power of the fourth level."

"If it were Feihu himself, with his compatibility with spatial power, he should be able to barely pass through. But for you, Master, or Musang to pass through, I'm afraid it's somewhat unrealistic!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun's expression shifted, and he immediately asked in surprise, "A one-way spatial passage? Are you sure?"

"Flying Tiger is confident he won't misjudge this point!"

Yishan-kun nodded affirmatively.

After thinking for a moment, Zhou Chun asked, "If you go in from here, can you come back the same way?"

Upon hearing this, Lord Yishan immediately nodded in agreement, saying, "If we leave a mark beforehand, there shouldn't be any problem."

"Then keep this [Taiqing Detoxification Pill] safe. Let's go in and check out the situation first!"

After a moment's thought, Zhou Chun transformed into a human and handed a pill bottle to Lord Yishan, explaining his thoughts.

Upon hearing this, Lord Yishan immediately accepted the elixir bottle and replied, "Flying Tiger obeys."

He then left a drop of blood essence and a few tufts of hair for Zhou Chun to transform into, and directly activated the [Void Walking] supernatural power to enter the well.

However, to Zhou Chun's surprise, Yishan Jun disappeared for less than a quarter of an hour before emerging from the well with a body full of injuries.

"Quickly, Mu Sang, use the [Life and Death Mystic Light] to save me!"

In the courtyard, as soon as Lord Yishan emerged from the well, he hurriedly begged Lord Luyuan for help in a panicked tone.

Upon hearing his plea for help, Lu Yuanjun immediately activated her divine power to cast a [Life and Death Mystic Light] to replenish his life force and vital energy.

As the emerald green spiritual light entered his body, the grayish-white fur on Yishan-jun's body immediately regained much of its vitality.

He continued shouting, "Not enough, not enough! Bring me another one!"

Seeing this, Lu Yuanjun could only replenish his life force with another ray of spiritual light.

After receiving two doses of vital energy, Yishan-jun's hair returned to its normal color, and he looked much more energetic.

Zhou Chun, who had remained silent until now, finally spoke up, asking, "What exactly happened? Why is Fei Hu's body filled with such a large amount of deathly and annihilating power?"

Upon hearing his words, Lord Yishan cried out in terror, "It's a ghost! There's a powerful Ghost King hidden in that secret realm, at least a high-grade fifth-tier Ghost King! It's most likely that damned Ten Thousand Poisons True Monarch transformed into one!"

"If it weren't for the [Taiqing Detoxification Pill] you gave me, Master, which neutralized the poison in that fellow's magic, I, Feihu, might not have had the chance to return!"

"However, besides his poisonous magic, that fellow also possesses the power of death. I, Flying Tiger, was caught in the aftershock of his divine power and almost didn't survive!"

What?! A fifth-tier superior ghost king!

Zhou Chun himself was also taken aback, shocked by Yishan Jun's words.

Wu Yuzhu, standing to the side, gaped in astonishment, her eyes filled with fear.

Obviously, if Yishan-jun hadn't gone in to investigate, she, unaware of the inside story, would have rushed in and died at the hands of that Ghost King!

This also seems to explain why, over the countless years, so many cultivators who successfully formed their cores by practicing the "Ten Thousand Poisons True Scripture" have failed to bring out the subsequent inherited cultivation methods from this Ten Thousand Poisons Secret Realm.

It turns out that all of this was just a trap set by the True Lord of Ten Thousand Poisons!

"Besides that ghost king, what else is inside?"

After the initial shock, Zhou Chun regained his senses and continued to press for more information.

Upon hearing this, Lord Yishan's expression immediately turned unnatural as he exclaimed in a low voice, "So many fourth-tier poison corpses! I even saw the poison corpse that your junior has transformed into. They've all become that Ghost King's minions!"

After saying that, he seemed to remember something, and suddenly took out an object and placed it in front of him, saying, "That's right, this is something I, Feihu, snatched from that secret realm. It should be the 'Ten Thousand Poisons True Scripture' that you wanted, Master!"

Zhou Chun looked closely and saw that the thing he had taken out was a dark green stone tablet with countless tiny purple characters engraved on it. It was indeed the complete copy of the "Ten Thousand Poisons True Scripture" that Zhou Chun and Wu Yuzhu had been searching for.

"This thing was originally placed in a conspicuous spot within that secret realm, guarded by those poisonous corpses. When I saw it, I knew it was what you wanted, so I went over and retrieved it immediately. I didn't expect that this would alert the Ghost King, and I almost got killed by it!"

Seeing that Zhou Chun and Wu Yuzhu's attention was drawn to the dark green stone tablet, Yishan Jun proudly boasted about his achievement.

That's just his personality; whatever he does, he can't wait to tell the whole world, as if he's afraid others won't know.

In contrast, Lord Fushan and Lord Yinlong both possess the gentlemanly demeanor of their master Zhou Chun, and are extremely humble.

However, he had indeed made a great contribution this time, so Zhou Chun didn't hold it against him.

After briefly glancing at the inscription on the stone tablet, he swept it away with a flick of his sleeve under Wu Yuzhu's regretful gaze, then nodded slightly and said, "Not bad, not bad, Feihu, you have indeed rendered a service this time. I, your master, will certainly reward you later!"

After saying that, he glanced at the teleportation well again, and after a moment's thought, said to Lord Yishan, "Since all of this is the conspiracy of the Myriad Poisons True Monarch, let this fiend be completely sealed inside that secret realm. Feihu, you destroy this well!"