Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 802 Both Breakthrough [Please Subscribe]

Kunwu Peak.

Since Zhou Chun began to try to comprehend the wonders of "Void Manifestation", various strange phenomena have frequently appeared in the sky above Kunwu Peak.

At first, many Zhou family cultivators were amazed and observed it closely, even using it as a topic of conversation.

However, as time went on and various unusual phenomena began to appear frequently on Kunwu Peak, no one discussed them as often anymore.

Zhou Chun wasn't just working in isolation; he frequently consulted the avatar of the Tai Geng Divine Venerable, and even traveled to other countries to visit other late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators for guidance.

While others might not be as open and honest with him as the incarnation of Tai Geng, they would still share some valuable information with him.

By drawing on the strengths of others and through his own diligent practice and comprehension, Zhou Chun indeed made significant progress.

In the seventeenth year that Zhou Chun devoted himself to comprehending the Dharma, Feng Yuanjun, with the help of the "Flesh Spirit Mushroom," also successfully advanced to become a mid-grade fifth-order demon king.

That "Flesh Spirit Mushroom" is also a rare object, containing the power of the Great Dao Law of Fire. If Feng Yuanjun consumes this object, she can use it to comprehend the Great Dao Law, accelerate her cultivation, and purify her bloodline.

Moreover, after advancing to become a mid-grade fifth-tier demon king, Feng Yuanjun successfully refined her own natal magic weapon, the Phoenix Feather Mystic Light Sword, based on the treasure-refining method she obtained from her bloodline inheritance.

This sword was forged using one of her own fire phoenix feathers as the main material, without adding any other materials.

Unlike the magical artifacts refined by human cultivators, it has no rank; it is more like a supernatural power than a magical artifact.

What's even better is that, since no other materials are added, as long as this Fire Phoenix True Feather is not damaged, Phoenix Lord will not suffer the same severe loss of vital energy as if a Fire Phoenix True Feather were plucked.

Furthermore, thanks to the "Flesh Spirit Mushroom," Feng Yuanjun's bloodline purification has also yielded remarkable results. Perhaps soon, she will have the opportunity to condense her ninth Fire Phoenix Feather.

At that time, her supernatural powers will surely increase again.

However, the "Flesh Spirit Mushroom" consumes a lot of food, and only the flesh and blood of fourth-rank or higher demon beasts can nourish it and restore the flesh and blood that Feng Yuanjun ate.

Over the years, the Zhou family's stockpiles of various high-level demon beast meats have been almost entirely consumed.

From now on, Feng Yuanjun may have to eat more sparingly and can no longer take food as recklessly as before.

Three years later, the three large transport magic treasures that Zhou Chun had entrusted the Heavenly Fire Sect to refine were finally completed.

After receiving the news, he sent his apprentice Zhou Zhiying to the Heavenly Fire Sect to retrieve the three magical treasures.

These three magical treasures were a giant metal ship, a giant spirit wood boat, and a giant white bone bird.

Among them, the metal behemoth and the spirit wood behemoth are relatively common transport magical artifacts, but the white bone behemoth is extremely rare.

When fully activated, this giant skeletal bird has a wingspan of hundreds of feet, capable of holding tens of thousands of people, and its speed is even faster than that of metal behemoths and spirit wood boats.

With these three large-scale transport treasures, the development and construction of the Yu Kingdom proceeded much more smoothly.

Whether it's transporting various spiritual objects produced in Yu Kingdom out of the country, or bringing in immortal cultivation families and mortals from outside who are willing to relocate to Yu Kingdom, large-scale transport magic treasures can handle the task very well, and they are also fast.

It's worth noting that the Zhou family's original business was transportation services.

Now, with the establishment of cultivator strongholds in various parts of the Yu Kingdom, the "Zhou Tong Tian Xia" trading company has resumed operations and is expanding into the neighboring Heng Kingdom.

With the Zhou family's current power, they could easily monopolize the express delivery industry in several nearby countries.

Of course, the Zhou family's most profitable business right now is still refining talisman jade and selling spirit beasts.

Leaving aside the talisman jade, the income from spirit beasts has exceeded the expectations of many Zhou family cultivators.

After acquiring a large area of ​​land in the Yu Kingdom as their own spiritual land, the Zhou family's scale of taming spirit beasts increased several times over in just two hundred years.

Not only have many new types of monsters been added that were not there before, but the production of monster species that had already established mature breeding systems has also increased significantly!

Moreover, due to various reasons, the Zhou family could only do business with Jingguo and neighboring countries in the past. Now, the forces willing to come to the Zhou family to purchase spirit beasts may come from tens of thousands of miles away!

This is not only because the spirit beasts raised by the Zhou family are very unique and have good potential, but also because many forces want to establish connections with the Zhou family in this way.

Anyway, it doesn't matter whose spirit beast they buy.

Although buying the Zhou family's spirit beasts will cost more money and take more effort, it will allow you to establish a connection with the Zhou family.

If this long-term cooperation continues, it is not impossible to seek help from Zhou Chun, this great supernatural being, through this connection in the future.

For powerful figures in power, this kind of vision for investing in the future is still essential.

Zhou Chun usually doesn't concern himself with how his family establishes relations with other forces, as long as they don't needlessly antagonize those top-tier powers.

He would only occasionally check the results, take a look at the family's personnel and financial situation, and summon some of the family's middle-level managers to understand the situation.

If he hadn't promised his two deceased elders, he probably wouldn't have wanted to do these things.

After all, for him now, those things only take up his time and do not help or benefit him in any way.

Five years later, Zhou Chun finally received confirmation from the avatar of Tai Geng Divine Venerable that Yuan Yang Venerable had successfully refined a batch of [Pure Yang Barrier-Breaking Pills].

Upon learning of this, Zhou Chun did not delay and immediately went to Yuanyang Temple to pay respects to Venerable Yuanyang and receive his own elixir.

It must have been Tai Geng Divine Venerable who gave prior notice, because after Zhou Chun presented his visiting card, he easily met Yuan Yang Venerable.

However, after meeting him, Venerable Yuanyang did not rush to hand over the elixir. Instead, he scrutinized him with a gleam in his eyes and said, "Fellow Daoist Taigeng seems to value Fellow Daoist Zhou highly. The elixir was just refined here, and he already reserved one for young Fellow Daoist Zhou. It seems that Fellow Daoist Zhou possesses some extraordinary talent that I have not yet discovered!"

Zhou Chun felt a chill run down his spine, and a bad feeling welled up inside him.

He quickly replied, "Senior Yuanyang, you flatter me. It is my honor to be valued by Senior Taigeng."

He originally wanted to say that Tai Geng God Venerable was happy to mentor younger generations, but he was afraid of offending Yuan Yang Venerable, so he could only carefully choose his words and answer, trying not to give the other party a chance to find fault.

After hearing his answer, Venerable Yuanyang looked at him intently and said, "Fellow Daoist Zhou seems to harbor deep resentment towards me. Is it because I forced your Zhou family to leave their homeland?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun's expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly lowered his head, replying, "Senior Yuanyang, you flatter me. How could I dare to have such disrespectful thoughts! The Zhou family is now developing very well in the Yu Kingdom, and the territory and resources we possess are incomparable to what we had in the Jing Kingdom. All of this is thanks to Senior Yuanyang and Senior Taigeng!"

Is that really the case?

Venerable Yuanyang smiled, seemingly not believing it.

Zhou Chun immediately replied without hesitation, "Every word I said is true; there is not a single falsehood!"

"hehe……"

Venerable Yuanyang chuckled again, shook his head, and said nothing more.

He then raised his hand and waved it, and a pill bottle appeared in front of Zhou Chun: "This is the [Pure Yang Barrier-Breaking Pill] you wanted. Check it yourself!"

Upon seeing this, Zhou Chun hurriedly accepted the elixir bottle, bowed, and said, "Thank you very much, Senior Yuanyang, for bestowing this elixir!"

After briefly inspecting the pills inside, he put away the bottle and said respectfully, "If Senior Yuanyang has no further guidance, then this junior will not disturb Senior Yuanyang's cultivation any longer."

"Fellow Daoist Zhou, please go ahead."

Venerable Yuanyang waved his hand and agreed.

After leaving, Zhou Chun didn't dare to linger and left Yuanyang Temple immediately, heading straight for his family.

Throughout the journey, Zhou Chun remained highly tense and extremely vigilant.

But when he returned to the Zhou family, he did not encounter anything unusual, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.

Upon returning to his family, the first thing he did was to visit the incarnation of the Tai Geng God on Chang Geng Peak.

"Senior Tai Geng, this is the Pure Yang Breakthrough Pill that I received from Senior Yuan Yang. I would like to ask you to help me appraise it."

On Chang Geng Peak, after Zhou Chun met the incarnation of Tai Geng Divine Venerable, he immediately offered him the elixir he had just received less than two days ago and asked him to help him verify its authenticity.

Although he was knowledgeable and experienced, even a master alchemist like Luo Qingni wouldn't dare to claim she could distinguish the authenticity of a elixir like the Pure Yang Barrier-Breaking Pill without a formula to refer to.

Therefore, we can only ask a cultivator like Tai Geng Shen Zun, who has experienced this pill, to help with its identification.

The avatar of the Tai Geng Divine Venerable looked at the pill bottle he handed over and couldn't help but shake his head, saying, "It seems you still have some dissatisfaction with Fellow Daoist Yuan Yang. How could he possibly fool you with something like this?"

Despite saying this, the person still took the elixir bottle and examined it carefully.

A moment later, he tossed the pill bottle back to Zhou Chun, saying casually, "The pill is fine, you can keep it yourself."

"Thank you very much, Senior Tai Geng!"

Zhou Chun thanked him and then put the pill bottle away with peace of mind.

Although he obtained the Pure Yang Breakthrough Pill, he was still in no hurry to take the elixir to break through.

Zhou Chun was well aware that even though he was very close to Tai Geng Divine Venerable, it was highly unlikely that he would be able to obtain a second Pure Yang Barrier-Breaking Pill.

Therefore, he must succeed on the first try!

To succeed on the first try, he must master the "Void Manipulation Technique".

Therefore, in the time that followed, he continued to devote all his energy to comprehending the "Void Manifestation Technique".

On this day, Zhou Chun was cultivating and comprehending the Dharma when he suddenly received a message from Luo Qingni, who had come to visit him. He immediately stopped his cultivation and went out to greet her.

"Haha, Qingni, you're a rare guest! What brings you here to Zhou's place today?"

Outside the cave, Zhou Chun saw Luo Qingni waiting outside and immediately welcomed her into the cave with a big smile.

After Luo Qingni followed him into the cave and sat down, she smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, you are focused on your secluded cultivation. I wouldn't dare to disturb you if I had nothing to do. I have something to discuss with you today."

Hearing this, Zhou Chun shook his head repeatedly and said, "Hey, Qingni, you're being too polite. Given our relationship, when you come to visit, would I ever turn you away?"

After speaking, he looked at Luo Qingni with curiosity and asked, "But Qingni, you said you came to visit. What is it about?"

"It's nothing major, I just wanted to talk to Fellow Daoist Zhou about whether Qingni could go to Xuanfeng Island again? Qingni wants to see if she can take advantage of the opportunity presented by the advancement of that Heavenly Fragrance Purple Sandalwood to try and break through to the mid-Nascent Soul stage again!"

Luo Qingni lowered her eyebrows and softly stated her purpose.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun immediately nodded and replied, "This is easy to arrange. I will have Ying'er accompany you to Xuanfeng Island, Qingni."

"Then thank you very much, Fellow Daoist Zhou."

Luo Qingni thanked him, then casually asked, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, how confident are you about breaking through to the late Nascent Soul stage?"

Hearing her words, Zhou Chun didn't think much of it and immediately replied with a smile, "To be honest, Qingni, I have a Pure Yang Breakthrough Pill that can increase the chance of breaking through by 30%. My own divine sense has also long reached the Divine Sense Transformation Realm. If I were to force a breakthrough, I should have a 40% to 50% chance of success."

At this point, he shook his head slightly and said, "However, even a 40-50% chance isn't safe. I plan to wait until I have completely mastered the 'Void Manifestation Technique' and have at least a 60% chance of success before forcibly breaking through!"

Luo Qingni was slightly taken aback by his answer, and couldn't help but look at him and sigh, "A 40% or 50% chance is already very high. Fellow Daoist Zhou is still able to remain calm and not rush to try. This composure is truly admirable!"

"Hehehe, you only get one chance, it's always better to be cautious."

Zhou Chun chuckled and expressed his thoughts with a smile.

Luo Qingni nodded slightly in agreement.

After the two chatted for a while, Luo Qingni took her leave.

Half a month later, Zhou Zhiying took Luo Qingni and left Kunwu Mountain, heading to Xuanfeng Island on the Duolan Grassland.

However, Luo Qingni's attempt still ended in failure.

She stayed on Xuanfeng Island for eight years and successfully waited for the Heavenly Fragrance Sandalwood to advance to the fifth-grade mid-level spiritual wood.

Even so, she still failed to break through that barrier, falling just short. As a result, she was tainted with a lot of turbid evil energy and had to return to use spiritual objects to dispel the turbid evil energy in her body.

In the second year after Luo Qingni returned from Xuanfeng Island, Zhou Chun finally succeeded in mastering the "Void Manifestation Technique".

After he successfully mastered the "Void Manifestation Technique," his confidence in breaking through the barrier of the late Nascent Soul stage reached its peak.

Therefore, after making some preparations, he notified his disciples Zhou Zhiying and Luo Qingni, among others, to prepare for seclusion and attempt to break through to the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

However, just as Zhou Chun was preparing to go into seclusion, Luo Qingni suddenly came to visit him late one night.

"Qingni, is there something you need?"

Outside the cave, Zhou Chun looked at Luo Qingni, who had come to visit late at night, with a puzzled expression.

"There is indeed something I would like to discuss with Fellow Daoist Zhou."

Luo Qingni replied calmly in a low voice.

Zhou Chun glanced at her, then nodded and said, "In that case, Qingni, please come inside with me for a chat."

After saying that, he welcomed Luo Qingni into the cave.

After welcoming Luo Qingni into the cave and serving her spiritual tea, Zhou Chun looked at her with curiosity, waiting for her to speak.

She took a sip of tea, closed her eyes to savor it, and then opened them to look at Zhou Chun, saying, "I've come tonight with something I wish to give to Fellow Daoist Zhou. You'll understand once you've seen it."

After saying that, he waved his hand and handed a jade slip to Zhou Chun.

This action surprised Zhou Chun slightly, then he chuckled and said, "Then I, Zhou, will have to take a good look."

After saying that, he reached out and took the jade slip, and began to examine it carefully.

It was only after taking a look that Zhou Chun's expression changed drastically.

It turned out that this jade slip was left by his deceased Daoist partner, Su Yuzhen.

After he finished reading all the contents of the jade slip, he gripped it tightly and looked at Luo Qingni with a strange expression.

Facing his gaze, Luo Qingni lowered her head slightly, seemingly avoiding his eyes.

After staring at her for a long time, Zhou Chun finally asked in a low voice, "Qingni, what are you thinking?"

Upon hearing his words, Luo Qingni remained silent for a long time before finally speaking in a low voice, "What I think is not important; what matters is what Fellow Daoist Zhou thinks!"

As soon as he said this, Zhou Chun immediately felt reassured.

After a long silence, Zhou Chun seemed to have figured something out, and suddenly laughed heartily, saying, "We cultivators seek the Great Dao, freedom, and longevity; why should we care about the opinions and words of others!"

After laughing, he solemnly bowed to the beautiful woman before him and said, "For the sake of the Great Dao, I beg Qingni to lend me a hand!"

These words received no response, but the fact that they were not rejected was undoubtedly the best response.

Zhou Chun immediately got up, slowly stepped forward, picked up the beauty, and carried her straight to the bedroom.

After a night, before dawn, Luo Qingni quietly returned to Xuandan Peak and went into seclusion.

After she left, Zhou Chun quickly sealed off his cave and entered a state of seclusion.

The fact that the two of them went into seclusion at the same time surprised Zhou Zhiying, but she didn't think much of it.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Xinyuan's expression changed slightly, then she sighed softly, suppressed her distracting thoughts, and continued to practice her swordsmanship diligently.

Three years later, a small-scale surge of spiritual energy first appeared on Xuandan Peak, lasting for more than a month before it ended.

An elder of the Zhou family at the Golden Core stage sought confirmation from Zhou Zhiying, the Supreme Elder of the Zhou family, who confirmed that it was indeed the family's guest elder, Luo Qingni, who had successfully broken through to the mid-Nascent Soul stage.

The news spread quickly, and almost all the Zhou family cultivators who learned of it were genuinely happy about it.

It must be said that although Luo Qingni was very low-key in the Zhou family, because of her status as a master alchemist, she took charge of almost all the high-grade elixirs in the Zhou family, which meant that all the important members of the Zhou family had enjoyed the benefits she brought. Therefore, she was naturally highly respected by the Zhou family cultivators.

Even though she was just a guest elder of the Zhou family, the Zhou family cultivators who had benefited from her all respected and loved her as much as they would their own clan's elders.

In the second year after Luo Qingni broke through to the mid-Nascent Soul stage, a large-scale surge of spiritual energy also appeared on Kunwu Peak.