Beast-controlling fairy clan.

Chapter 366 New Secret Technique, First Exploration of Dragon's Nest [Subscription Request]

Although they decided to talk to Lu Ran about cooperation between the two tribes, Zhou Mingde and Zhou Chun were not in a hurry to travel.

They had to give Lu Ran some time to think and act cautiously, so that they could gain a dominant position in the subsequent conversations and obtain more benefits.

At this time, Zhou Chun also went to the Zhou family library to look for records about the dragon grass and the dragon's nest.

The one guarding the library at this time was still the green wood spirit ape.

After many years, this green wood spirit ape, nourished by the abundant spiritual energy in the Zhou family's mountain gate, has been promoted to a second-level top-grade monster.

However, the Zhou family is now very powerful, and its strength is actually not ranked high in the Zhou family.

When Zhou Chun went to read a book, he called Mu Mei out to play with it.

Speaking of which, among Zhou Chun's four spiritual pets, the Silver Lightning Thunder Python, the Golden-Armored Rock Turtle, and the Golden-Winged Tiger are all quite playable, and there is no barrier between them.

But I don’t know whether Mu Mei still remembers the beating caused by the three of them or he hates their aura and never wants to play with them.

Among the many monsters in the Zhou family's mountain gate, only the old ape, the Qingmu Spirit Ape, can please it and is willing to play with it.

Zhou Chun was helpless about this situation and couldn't force anything.

These monster beasts and pets are like teenagers, they all have strong personalities. Their owners can restrain them but cannot make them change their personalities.

Even if Zhou Chun forced them to stay in a yard, they still couldn't play together. Most likely they would just close their eyes and lie down, trying to turn a blind eye to what was happening.

Zhou Chun’s requirement is that they can not get along well with each other in normal times, but they must cooperate with each other in war, help and take care of each other, and not let each other down.

Otherwise, he would definitely not be lenient in dealing with it.

After staying in the library for a few hours, Zhou Chun put the unsatisfied Mu Mei into his spirit beast bag and left.

After returning to his residence, Zhou Chun began to think about the focus of his future practice.

With his success in opening up the Purple Mansion, most of the Zhou family affairs were handed over to Zhou Jiarui, the "Executive Deputy Clan Leader". Only some relatively important matters would be sent to his residence for his review and confirmation.

This was also Zhou Mingde’s special request.

Zhou Chun himself is not the kind of person who is greedy for power, so he certainly would not refuse this.

In the past, he had to do everything himself because the Zhou family was indeed in a difficult situation at the time, with a lot of work to be done and no room for mistakes.

But now the Zhou family is strong and powerful.

Even if someone with less ability is replaced to manage the family, it will not shake the family foundation.

What's more, after decades of governance by Zhou Chun and many reforms and consolidations, the Zhou family's management system has become very mature.

As long as this management system is maintained and Zhou Chun occasionally takes some time to check, it will be enough to ensure that no major problems will occur.

Now that he no longer had to devote a lot of energy to handling clan affairs, Zhou Chun had plenty of time to practice secret arts and spells.

As for magic, Zhou Chun felt that he was not talented and did not want to spend too much energy on it. He just wanted to be able to get started and master it.

As for the secret arts, he has tasted the sweetness many times and has a very high enthusiasm for practicing in this area.

After his cultivation reached the Purple Mansion Stage, he had many more secret techniques to choose from.

At this time, Zhou Chun was thinking about which ones he should practice.

People's energy is always limited. Even if he doesn't have to deal with clan affairs, the extra energy he has after cultivation is only enough for him to practice two or three secret techniques.

After thinking about it for a long time, Zhou Chun made a decision in his heart.

He decided to first practice the two secret techniques recorded in the four chapters outside of "The Mysterious Art of the Golden Tripod", two secret techniques that he had coveted for a long time.

The two secret techniques are "Golden Gang Slash" and "Concentric Golden Lock".

"Golden Gang Slash" is a domineering and fierce attack secret technique, somewhat similar to the "Xin Jin Sword Qi" that Zhou Chun practiced before, but its power is many times stronger.

This secret technique can only be used once, but it can be used as a trump card to kill.

"Concentric Golden Lock" is a secret technique to lock up the enemy. Once the enemy is locked by the chain, he will be in a dilemma of competing with Zhou Chun in magic power, just like martial arts masters competing with their palms in internal strength.

This move is very suitable for dealing with enemies whose cultivation level is equal to Zhou Chun's, or slightly higher.

While the two of them were competing in magical power, his pet could easily take down the enemy.

It is obvious that the two secret techniques chosen by Zhou Chun are both focused on improving his own offensive capabilities.

And it is normal for him to make this choice.

After all, none of his spirit pets have been promoted to the third level yet, and thus cannot be of much help when he fights against opponents of the same level. So he has no choice but to improve his own strength first.

In addition to these two secret techniques, Zhou Chun actually has another secret technique that needs to be practiced, which is the "Flowing Golden Rainbow" secret technique that he has been practicing hard before.

The "Flowing Golden Rainbow" secret technique that Zhou Chun practiced before was only the first part of it. The second part requires the Purple Mansion Stage to practice.

Only after mastering both parts, the "Flowing Golden Rainbow" secret technique can truly achieve the level of "a thousand miles of golden rainbow returning in an instant" as mentioned in the secret technique.

After making his choice, Zhou Chun spent all his time outside of his daily practice on these three secret techniques.

Half a year later, the Zhou family held an internal celebration for Zhou Chun's opening of the Purple Mansion.

In fact, according to Zhou Mingde's original intention, he wanted to hold a grand ceremony, more grand than the one held by Zhou Daoquan.

But Zhou Chun felt that it was already a very impressive thing that he had opened up the Purple Mansion at the age of over a hundred.

If we continue to hold a grand ceremony and celebrate with excessive fanfare, it would be too much and would be unpleasant.

After he said this, Zhou Mingde no longer mentioned any grand celebrations, and only held celebrations within the tribe so that all the tribesmen could have fun together.

After the celebration was over, Zhou Chun and Zhou Mingde went to Longyuanze to negotiate with Lu Ran.

"I think the concerns of the two Taoist friends are totally unnecessary."

“Although the sorcerers of the Scale Frog Clan are not as smart as the human cultivators, they also know the status of the Scale Frog Clan in Longyuanze. Even if they betray the Zhou family, they will never be favored by the Jiaolong Clan.”

"As for your two Taoist friends' concerns about them being too greedy, there is no need to worry about that. If they really become too greedy in the future, they will bring about their own destruction. With the current strength of the Zhou family, they are simply not a match for them!"

"Moreover, Ukulu is an orthodox Black Spear tribe warlock trained by Lu. He knows very well how much benefit the cooperation with the Zhou family can bring to the Scaled Frog Tribe and the tribe. As long as he is the chief elder of the tribe, he will never do anything to undermine the cooperation!" In the Water Palace, facing the concerns raised by Zhou Mingde, Lu Ran did not take them seriously and gave answers without hesitation on the spot.

But his answer was actually just his one-sided statement.

The Zhou family had never dealt with those alien scaly frog warlocks, so they had no idea what kind of personalities those guys were.

His guarantee is actually not binding at all.

However, although this was the fact, Zhou Mingde and Zhou Chun did not say it out loud on the spot, but instead discussed it secretly through telepathy.

After discussing for a while, Zhou Mingde said, "What Fellow Daoist Lu said is not without reason, but my Zhou family has been able to develop steadily over the years because we acted prudently."

"If we follow what Fellow Daoist Lu said, there will be no problem in continuing the cooperation after Fellow Daoist Lu passes away. However, the contact can only be unilateral between our Zhou family and the successor chosen by Fellow Daoist Lu. Fellow Daoist Lu must not let them know where our Zhou family's base is located, so as to avoid bringing disaster to our Zhou family!"

Maintaining only one-sided contact means that if the Zhou family does not want to contact anymore, they can cut off contact at any time.

By doing this, the Zhou family has the initiative.

Of course Lu Ran knew this very well.

So he just hesitated for a moment, and then quickly replied: "No problem, I can agree to this on their behalf."

"That's it, then. Next, I'll have to ask Brother Lu to help us learn the language of the Scale Frog Tribe so that we can communicate normally with the successor you choose."

Zhou Mingde nodded and agreed immediately.

"Of course. I will also tell Brother Zhou about the situation of the thousand-year-old dragon grass!"

As Lu Ran spoke, he started talking about the relevant situation.

According to Lu Ran, he once found a dragon's nest in an underwater forest somewhere in the outer waters of Longyuanze, and it is certain that a fourth-level dragon lives there.

Just outside the dragon's lair, he saw a lot of dragon grass that was hundreds of years old.

Therefore, he concluded that there must be thousand-year-old dragon grass in the nest.

However, he could not be sure of the specific grade of the fourth-order black dragon. He didn't know whether it was a fourth-order low-grade dragon or a fourth-order high-grade dragon.

After hearing this, Zhou Chun immediately asked him to take him to the area to check out the place first.

Lu Ran did not refuse and immediately took Zhou Chun and Zhou Mingde to the location of the dragon's lair.

After following Lu Ran for nearly two days, Zhou Chun and the other two dived with him into the water as deep as six or seven hundred feet.

Under the deep water, there are giant kelp-like water plants all over the bottom of the water. They can grow up to hundreds of feet high, taller than many thousand-year-old trees on land.

The lair of the fourth-level dragon is located deep in this underwater forest.

"About a hundred miles from here, there is an open area with less lush grass and water. That's where the dragon's lair is."

Above the underwater forest, Lu Ran pointed in a direction and explained to Zhou Chun and the others the location of the dragon's lair.

They could only stop here, because if they got any closer, the fourth-level dragon might discover their presence, and then no one would be able to escape.

The reason why Lu Ran was able to get out by luck was because the scaly frog alien race belonged to the same Longyuanze water tribe, and his cultivation level did not pose a threat to the fourth-level dragon, so it was too lazy to attack him.

However, Zhou Chun and Zhou Mingde are serious human cultivators. If they dare to appear in the sight of the dragon clan in Longyuanze, they will definitely die.

So after hearing what Lu Ran said, the two of them just looked deeply in the direction he pointed, and then returned to the land together.

Afterwards, Lu Ran returned to Lanzhou with Zhou Chun and the others. He would stay there for a while and teach Zhou Chun and the others the language of the scaly frog tribe.

For a Purple Mansion cultivator, learning a foreign language is not difficult.

When it comes to learning ability, no matter how smart an ordinary person is, he or she can never compare to a Purple Mansion Stage cultivator.

Therefore, Zhou Chun and Zhou Mingde only spent about a month learning from Lu Ran before they were able to communicate in the language of the scaly frogs.

After Zhou Chun learned the language of the Scaled Frog Tribe, he followed Lu Ran to the Black Spear Tribe and had his first meeting and communication with Ukulu, his designated successor.

This scaly frog alien who is valued by Lu Ran looks quite different from ordinary scaly frog alien sorcerers.

It is much stronger than ordinary scaled frogs. It stands ten feet tall, and the scales on its body are dark blue, which is very beautiful and mysterious.

"Hello, Lord Ukulu. It's our first meeting. This small gift is not enough to show respect."

Inside the water palace, Zhou Chun took a look at the extraordinary Scaled Frog Warlock in front of him, then smiled slightly, took the initiative to greet him, and presented him with a special trident magic weapon made of cold iron.

This magical weapon was specially made by Zhou Xingtie, the younger generation in the family with the best weapon-making skills. Its simple structure allows the Scaled Frog alien warlock to activate the attached freezing effect simply by injecting magic power.

This kind of simple magical weapon has always been a hot commodity in the trade between the Zhou family and the scaly frog alien race.

After receiving the magic weapon, the Ukulu warlock on the opposite side immediately activated it to test its power.

When it saw that the freezing effect released by the trident weapon instantly condensed the surrounding water vapor into frost, a look of joy and satisfaction instantly appeared in its eyes.

But when Lu Ran saw it doing this, his face immediately darkened, and he said in an annoyed tone: "Ukulu, don't be rude. Have you forgotten the etiquette I taught you?"

Hearing his words, the joy on Wukulu's face froze, and he immediately knelt down to the ground with a look of panic in his eyes and apologized to Lu Ran, "Great Elder, please forgive me. I know I was wrong."

Seeing this, Lu Ran snorted coldly: "Humph, why are you apologizing to me? You should apologize to Brother Zhou!"

Hearing this, Wukulu quickly stood up and bowed to Zhou Chun to apologize, saying, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, please forgive me for being rude for a moment."

After he finished speaking, he hesitated for a moment, then took off a fist-sized sea blue pearl from his neck and handed it to Zhou Chun: "Ukulu doesn't have anything good to give to Daoist Zhou, but this pearl is rare. Please accept it."

This fist-sized sea-blue pearl is a gem that has been nurtured by a second-grade, top-quality clam monster for thousands of years. It contains extremely pure and rich water-based spiritual power.

Even without any refining, this item can release a powerful spiritual shield, which is definitely a rare treasure.

In terms of value, the Cold Iron Trident given by Zhou Chun can be said to be less than one-tenth of it.

Zhou Chun was naturally a connoisseur of valuables. Seeing this, he did not care what Lu Ran thought about the matter and immediately took the gem in his hands.

Then he quickly pulled up the frog sorcerer Wukulu and said with a smile: "Mr. Wukulu, I like this gift very much, and I also like dealing with straightforward people like you. You don't have to be so polite in the future."

Upon hearing this, the frog sorcerer Wukulu also smiled and said, "I also like Brother Zhou's gift. I hope that the friendship between the two tribes will be as indestructible as these two treasures and last forever!"

I feel unwell and have a headache today, so there will only be one update!
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