Beast-controlling fairy clan.

Chapter 329 Four treasures, chaos [Subscription required]

As early as when Zhou Chun became the head of the Zhou family, he knew in his heart that there were still many secrets in the family that he didn't know.

For example, he was not told about the matter between Zhou Daoyi and Lin Hongyu until many years later.

And now, after Yu Jinghua took Lingshou Villa to Tianjing Sect, another secret of the Zhou family was revealed in front of him.

This time Zhou Mingde no longer hid it from him and directly told him the biggest secret of the Zhou family.

According to Zhou Mingde, he was able to lead Zhou Daoyi and others to become independent and rebuild the Zhou family not because Yu Jinghua was kind-hearted and cared about their old friendship.

The reason why he was able to lead his people to split up and become independent was entirely because he had something in his hand that could check and balance Yu Jinghua.

It turns out that when the Jindan-stage ancestor of the Zhou family chose to train Yu Jinghua to take over, he was also worried that Yu Jinghua might betray the Zhou family after he came to power.

Therefore, before Yu Jinghua formed the elixir, the ancestors of the Zhou family made him swear a solemn oath that he would never betray the Zhou family or bring harm to the Zhou family in this life.

At the same time, after Yu Jinghua successfully formed the elixir, he forced him to separate a strand of his spiritual essence and merge it into a special magic weapon, and then handed that magic weapon to the Zhou family cultivator.

Later, when they moved to Jingguo, the magic weapon fell into Zhou Mingde's hands and became his greatest support for daring to lead his people to split up and become independent.

According to Zhou Mingde, as long as he activated the special magic weapon that had integrated a strand of Yu Jinghua's soul into it and destroyed that strand of soul, Yu Jinghua himself would suffer serious damage.

This severe blow was enough to make it difficult for Yu Jinghua to make any further progress in his cultivation in this lifetime, and would also cause him to suffer tremendous pain due to the damage to the origin of his soul.

It was precisely because of this method of checking and balancing Yu Jinghua that Zhou Mingde dared to use his cultivation level of the initial stage of Purple Mansion to lead his people to split up and become independent.

It was also because of this method that after Zhou Chun found out that Zhou Zhengkang was bewitched by the monks of Lingshou Villa to betray the Zhou family, Zhou Mingde dared to go to him to ask for an explanation after personally clearing up the mess.

It was because of this that Yu Jinghua never dared to do anything to the Zhou family over the years. He even restrained the cultivators of Lingshou Villa and forbade them to target or embarrass the Zhou family.

Even though the Zhou family had been growing more and more prosperous over the years, while Lingshou Villa had been declining, Yu Jinghua just ignored it and never made any small moves.

Zhou Mingde originally thought that this situation would continue until a Jindan-stage cultivator appeared in the Zhou family, or until Yu Jinghua died.

But when he heard that Yu Jinghua had brought the entire Lingshou Villa to join the Tianjing Sect, Zhou Mingde realized that the balance he had always wanted to maintain had been broken.

With the support of Master Tianjing, a Yuanying stage master, Yu Jinghua no longer has to worry about the Zhou family.

Given the current situation of the Zhou family, Zhou Mingde would certainly not dare to risk mutual destruction by destroying Yu Jinghua's spiritual essence unless it was absolutely necessary.

"If my prediction is correct, I'm afraid that within a few days, Yu Jinghua will come to confront me and ask for his soul essence back!"

"And he must have already donated all of my Zhou family's beast taming heritage to Master Tianjing and Tianjing Sect!"

When Zhou Mingde said this, his words were filled with resentment.

After listening to his story, Zhou Chun also fell silent.

Zhou Chun had always felt strange. Since Yu Jinghua had actually betrayed the Zhou family, why would he allow Zhou Mingde and his men to split up and leave?

If Zhou Chun had not been taught a lesson by the ancestor of the Su family, he might have thought that Yu Jinghua was worried that the iron-blooded suppression of Zhou Mingde and others would cause the Zhou family cultivators who were willing to stay with him to become alienated.

But after being taught a lesson by the ancestor of the Su family, Zhou Chun knew deeply that once a Jindan stage cultivator made up his mind to do something, he would not care about any criticism at all.

So he had previously guessed that Zhou Mingde might have some leverage in his hand, forcing Yu Jinghua to compromise.

Now Zhou Mingde's statement has confirmed his guess.

Seeing Zhou Chun not speaking, Zhou Mingde was worried that he might overthink things, so he took the initiative to explain, "Originally, I didn't tell you about this matter because it involves a lot of things. In order to avoid angering Yu Jinghua, the fewer people who know about it, the better!"

Having said this, he shouted angrily with a face full of anger: "I didn't expect that the guy didn't appreciate my kindness at all and had to force me to such a point!"

Judging from his words, he seemed to have made some kind of decision.

"So what are you going to do, Grand Elder?"

Zhou Chun asked the question.

"Of course, we should hand that thing over to Qinglian Temple!"

"Does Yu Jinghua think that everything will be fine after he joins forces with a Yuanying-stage cultivator? Don't even think about it!"

Zhou Mingde's face turned grim and he spoke out his plan angrily.

Unexpectedly, after hearing what he said, Zhou Chun immediately shook his head and said, "I think this is inappropriate!"

After that, he explained: "Even if Qinglian Temple accepted that thing, it would most likely not provide the highest level of protection to our Zhou family, and our Zhou family might offend Tian Jing Zhenren, a Yuanying stage cultivator!"

"So Zhengchun, what you mean is..."

Zhou Mingde's expression changed and he looked at Zhou Chun with a slightly unwilling look.

"I think that since the situation has changed to this point and has become like this, we should not expect too much."

"If Yu Jinghua comes to ask for that thing, we can take advantage of the situation and ask him to exchange it for the treasure!"

"For the sake of his own path and life, I think he should be able to accept it as long as the conditions are not too harsh!"

Facing Zhou Mingde's gaze, Zhou Chun calmly expressed his own views.

"What if he pretends to agree first, but then turns against us after getting the things?"

Zhou Mingde did not rush to express his opinion, but he expressed another concern.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun said with a confident look on his face, "No, he brought Lingshou Villa to Tianjing Sect, which has already offended Qinglian Temple. If he dares to attack our Zhou family again, he will be sending a knife to Qinglian Temple to kill the chicken to scare the monkey!"

These words were reasonable and well-founded, and Zhou Mingde was quickly convinced.

Therefore, although he was still somewhat unwilling and angry in his heart, for the sake of his family, he sighed and said, "Okay, then let's do as you say, Zhengchun!"

Zhou Mingde had guessed it right.

On the third day after the Zhou family learned that Lingshou Villa had joined the Tianjing Sect, Yu Jinghua sneaked into Jiufeng Ridge alone and came directly to Zhou Mingde's cave.

"It's been many years since we last met. Mingde, how are you?"

When Zhou Mingde walked out of the cave, he saw Yu Jinghua looking at him with a smile and took the initiative to greet him.

"Thanks to you, Zhou and the Zhou family have always been doing well!"

Zhou Mingde replied coldly, then turned around and walked into the cave.

Seeing this, Yu Jinghua did not get angry, but instead followed him in with an even brighter smile.

He knew from Zhou Mingde's attitude that it should not be difficult for him to achieve his goal today.

To be honest, he was actually afraid that Zhou Mingde would hand over the magic weapon to Qinglian Temple on impulse.

Therefore, he had been squatting around Jiufeng Mountain for the past few days. A wisp of his soul essence was integrated into the magic weapon, which had the closest connection with him, and he could easily sense its location.

If Zhou Mingde really took the things out of the Zhou family’s mountain gate on impulse, he would have to show up and intercept him forcibly.

Fortunately, the situation he was most worried about did not happen.

Next, inside Zhou Mingde’s cave, Yu Jinghua and Zhou Mingde had a fierce bargaining session.

In the end, the two reached an agreement on the terms, whereby Yu Jinghua paid several of the Zhou family treasures that he had embezzled in exchange for his own spiritual origin.

"Look, this is what I got after bargaining with him!"

In the cave on the top of the mountain, facing Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Chun who came here in response to his summons, Zhou Mingde didn't say much and directly took out the gains from the negotiations.

He just waved his hand and took out four treasures and placed them on the table.

The four treasures were a milky white jade pendant the size of two fingers. Once taken out, it automatically began to gather the spiritual energy of the surrounding heaven and earth. The rich spiritual energy flowed around it, revealing a white spiritual light, which was truly magical.

The second treasure was a talisman about a foot long. The spiritual patterns drawn on this talisman were so complex that Zhou Chun had never seen anything like it in his life. The numerous spiritual patterns drawn on it with exquisite brushwork made Zhou Chun feel a little dizzy just by staring at it for a few more seconds.

Even if this talisman has not been activated, it will still slightly gather spiritual energy and emit a dazzling fiery red glow.

The third treasure is a broken pale yellow flag. It looks like most of the flag is missing, and the remaining part is engraved with countless tiny runes, which looks very mysterious.

The fourth treasure is a talisman with a green spear pattern engraved on it. It is an offensive talisman.

At this time, after Zhou Chun and the other person looked at the four treasures on the table for a while, Zhou Mingde began to distribute these things.

He just raised his hand and waved it, and the milky white jade pendant was picked up and moved in front of Zhou Chun.

"This Lingyuan precious jade will be worn and used by you, Zhengchun, from now on. This item is a rare item obtained by an ancestor of my Zhou family. It is said to be made of a piece of Lingyan jade. Wearing it has a very strong spiritual gathering effect and can greatly improve the efficiency of cultivation."

"But this item is precious and only useful for cultivation. If you leave the family in the future, it is best to leave it in your residence."

Hearing that it was a treasure that could improve the efficiency of cultivation, Zhou Chun did not hesitate to accept it. He really needed this kind of treasure to assist him at the moment.

He immediately reached out to take the item and put it in the jade box, saying thank you: "Thank you for your kindness, Grand Elder. I will keep this item for the family!"

Treasures like the Lingyuan Jade are often public property that cannot be privatized within a family and can only be distributed according to demand to those who need it most and are the most useful.

Therefore, Zhou Chun is only holding the funds for safekeeping and has no right to control the funds.

Then Zhou Mingde raised his hand and took the talisman into his own hand.

"As for this fourth-level magic talisman, I will keep it for now."

The fourth-level magic talisman is also a very precious item, but it is a bit difficult for an early Purple Mansion cultivator like Zhou Daoyi to use this treasure.

Only Zhou Mingde, who has reached the middle stage of Purple Mansion cultivation, can normally activate and use a treasure of this level.

So it is most appropriate for him to keep it.

Then Zhou Mingde looked at the broken flag again and said slowly: "Although this flag is a broken thing, it is the origin of the family's beast-controlling heritage and represents the most orthodox inheritance of the family. Let's enshrine it in the ancestral temple to pay respect to our ancestors!"

The Zhou family's beast-taming heritage was obtained by the Zhou family's ancestor from an ancient cave.

The broken flags in front of Zhou Chun and the others were exactly what the ancestors of the Zhou family brought out from the ancient cultivator's cave.

It is said that this item is a powerful magic weapon, but it is too broken to be refined and used.

Now it is just a symbolic thing, symbolizing the orthodoxy of the Zhou family.

Of course, the best way to dispose of things like this is to enshrine them in the ancestral temple.

Finally, Zhou Mingde looked at the talisman again.

After looking at the item in silence for a while, he finally said, "As for this talisman, give it to Daoquan. He is alone in Longxing Valley and really needs such a treasure for self-defense!"

After saying that, he looked at Zhou Daoyi and asked, "Daoyi, what do you think?"

"I have no objection. Compared to me, Brother Daoquan really needs this item more!"

Zhou Daoyi nodded slightly, fully agreeing with his suggestion.

"That's it. You will deliver this item to Daoquan in person."

As Zhou Mingde spoke, he picked up the talisman and handed it to Zhou Daoyi.

After dividing the treasure, he let the two leave.

After Zhou Chun returned to his residence, he immediately took out the Lingyuan jade and tested it.

He wore the jade on his chest and meditated as usual.

As soon as he entered into a state of meditation, all the rich spiritual energy of heaven and earth gathered by the Lingyuan Jade was absorbed into his body.

After a period of meditation, Zhou Chun was pleasantly surprised to find that the effect of his meditation this time was at least half as good as before he obtained the Lingyuan Jade.

In other words, if he wears the Lingyuan jade to practice now, his practice speed will increase by 50% compared to before.

This huge improvement is truly gratifying.

"Great! This way, maybe in less than ten years, I will be able to break through to the late stage of foundation building!"

Zhou Chun clenched his fists tightly, his face full of joy.

However, Zhou Chun's happiness did not last long before something happened that made him frown deeply.

"The Jingyang faction colluded with the Zhengyang Palace to declare war on the Corpse Demon Cult?"

Looking at the Eagle News sent from Yunzhou by the Intelligence Hall, Zhou Chun opened his mouth in surprise.

Although he felt from his previous experience in Fengguo that Fengguo was likely to fall into chaos again.

But no one expected that the chaos would come so quickly and appear in such a form.

He recalled the power of Zhengyang Palace in his mind, but found that he had never heard of it. It was very likely not a power of the nearby countries.

But the force that dares to help the Jingyang Faction deal with the Corpse Demon Cult is definitely not an ordinary force. It must be at least a force of the level of the Moon Wheel Cult to dare to do so!
"This is really messy!"

Zhou Chun rubbed his head and had no choice but to go to the cave on the top of the mountain again with the news.

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