Beast-controlling fairy clan.

Chapter 514: The Beast Card [Fourth update, please subscribe]

The transaction with Yuchi Fei really brought a big surprise to Zhou Chun.

He originally thought that the broken sword magic weapon made of [Taibai Silver Star Iron] was a big bargain, but he didn't expect that Yuchi Fei's so-called ancestral sword-controlling technique was also very exquisite.

Although Zhou Chun is not a sword cultivator and does not practice swordsmanship, as a Jindan stage cultivator, his vision is naturally not bad.

The "Han Guang Sword Art" left behind by Yuchi Fei not only contains methods for condensing sword energy, but also methods for cultivating sword intent!
The Zhou family had acquired some sword-controlling techniques before, but they basically only reached the stage of condensing sword energy. As for such a high-end power as sword intent, there were only some speculative records.

Now that this "Han Guang Sword Art" actually contains a method for cultivating sword intent, its value has doubled at once, and it is enough to compare with the Zhou family's inherited beast taming technique!
Of course, compared to the art of taming beasts, the art of taming swords requires too much talent and understanding, and is definitely not suitable as the main inheritance of a family. Its practical value is still lower.

But no matter what, Zhou Chun made a lot of money this time.

At least with the existence of "Han Guang Sword Art", if there is a cultivator in the Zhou family who is particularly interested in the art of wielding swords and has talent in this area in the future, he will not waste his talent and may be able to cultivate a legendary sword cultivator for the family!
After studying the "Han Guang Sword Art" for a while, Zhou Chun got up and left the teahouse with satisfaction.

But when he was about to pay the bill, he found that Yuchi Fei had already paid the bill for him in advance.

This made him feel much better about this person.

After returning to the cave, Zhou Chunqing counted his gains in the Great Zhou Kingdom over the past few years and found that the gains were quite great.

First of all, [Ancient Dust Pill] has been successfully refined, and the efficacy is very satisfactory.

He even harvested sixty-one Foundation Establishment Pills at one time, which was beyond imagination!

Although the [Soul Heart Fruit] could not be refined into a pill as expected, it was exchanged for two [Spirit Opening Pills], which can be considered as achieving the goal.

At the same time, Zhou Mingde’s materials for refining his natal magic weapon were basically collected, and his own materials for refining his natal magic weapon were almost the same.

By this calculation, except for the three things of "recasting the broken cauldron", refining his own magic weapon, and replacing the [Green Wood Divine Evil Banner] with other magic weapons, most of his goals of coming to the Great Zhou Kingdom have been achieved!
Now, the "recasting of the broken tripod" still needs to wait for the arrival of [Taiyi Xuanjin Qi] from Sun Yuanjing. The time has not come yet for the next two things. All in all, Zhou Chun doesn't have anything urgent to do in the Great Zhou Kingdom.

Therefore, after counting the harvest, Zhou Chun decided to go back to his family first and hand over what he had to Zhou Mingde.

So after waiting for two months, when the several spirit pets that had taken the [Ancient Dust Pill] had awakened, Zhou Chun took the spirit pets and returned to the Zhou family first.

The journey was uneventful and Zhou Chun returned to Tuyunling in less than a month.

But he got some bad news as soon as he came back.

However, Zhou Zhengqing, who had been in seclusion to open up the Purple Palace before he left, also failed in doing so, just like Zhou Zhengyuan!

And I don’t know if it was because he used too much force at the time, but after Zhou Zhengqing failed, his soul was injured. He lost some of his memory and was in a daze most of the time.

This situation is undoubtedly the worst one, which basically means that the whole person is ruined.

After Zhou Chun learned about this, he went to visit in person immediately.

Zhou Zhengqing, who had been in charge of the Zhou family's intelligence work for many years and was very smart and capable, was now sitting on the bed with disheveled hair and a head full of white hair. His eyes were scattered and dull, and he didn't even react when he came in.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun had no choice but to subdue him first, and then check his soul.

But after checking him, Zhou Chun couldn't help but sighed: "Alas, the road of cultivation is full of hardships. Twenty-seventh brother is in this situation now, and I have no other choice. From now on, I will confine him to the back mountain and let his younger generations take care of him until the end of his life!"

He has checked and found that Zhou Zhengqing's sea of ​​consciousness was severely damaged, and his soul was also eroded by the evil wind from the outside world, and his essence was slowly lost every day.

In this case, his condition will become worse and worse, and his lifespan will pass much faster.

It can be basically concluded that his remaining life span will definitely not exceed ten years!
Moreover, his amnesia and hysteria will become more and more serious in the future, until he turns into a complete fool!
This is one of the worst situations after failing to open up the Purple Mansion, which is more difficult to accept than death.

The luckiest thing about Zhou Zhengqing is that he is a family cultivator and has his own blood descendants.

Therefore, he can still slowly pass away under the care of his descendants.

If it were any of the independent cultivators or the cultivators from a sect, they would most likely die soon due to various reasons after encountering this kind of fate!

After Zhou Zhengqing's funeral was arranged, Zhou Chuncai and Zhou Mingde met in the cave and talked about their gains in the Great Zhou Kingdom.

As Zhou Chun expected, when Zhou Mingde saw him take out sixty-one Foundation Establishment Pills, he was shocked on the spot and didn't say anything for a long time.

“This is really, this is really…”

Zhou Mingde looked at the dozen or so pill bottles containing Foundation Establishment Pills in front of him, muttering to himself. His words were a little slurred, and he was so excited that he could hardly calm down.

It was not until a long while later that he let out a long sigh and said, "This is really an eye-opener!"

After saying this, he could not hide his excitement and continued, "Even if the three families of the Three Absolute Sects worked together to refine the Foundation Establishment Pill, my Zhou family could only get seven or eight at a time, and we only have such an opportunity every few decades!"

"Who could have thought, who could have thought, that our Zhou family could produce dozens of Foundation Establishment Pills at a time!"

At the end of his speech, a smile suddenly broke out on his face.

Only the older generation of cultivators like him who had experienced the Zhou family’s most difficult period knew how difficult and tough the Zhou family once was.

Only then did I realize what these sixty-one Foundation Establishment Pills meant to the Zhou family today.

To put it bluntly, for the next hundred years or so, the Zhou family won’t have to worry about the Foundation Establishment Pill anymore.

In the next hundred years or so, there will definitely be dozens more foundation-building cultivators in the Zhou family!
Zhou Chun was also very happy when he saw his happy look, but he still reminded him: "These matters about the foundation-building pills must be kept strictly confidential. Otherwise, if outsiders know about it, it may arouse suspicion from the upper sect!"

Hearing his words, Zhou Mingde nodded repeatedly and said, "Of course, I will personally keep these foundation-building pills, and every few years I will release one or two to the family treasury and say that they were bought from the outside world at a high price!"

"I am naturally confident in your work." Zhou Chun complimented with a smile, and then took out several magical weapons and spiritual materials that he had collected for him.

Seeing the various magical treasures and spiritual materials he took out, Zhou Mingde's smile became even brighter, and he couldn't help but applaud again and again: "Good, good, with these magical treasures and spiritual materials, I can start refining my own magical treasure."

Then he put away all the things with a smile on his face.

But just when he thought it was over, Zhou Chun took out the [Soul-Nourishing Wood] that he had bought at a high level.

"Is this the Soul Nurturing Tree? Such a big piece of the Soul Nurturing Tree!"

Zhou Mingde was also a connoisseur of valuables. He had seen the [Soul-Nourishing Wood] before, so when Zhou Chun took out this spiritual object, he cried out in surprise.

Zhou Chun also spoke at the right time: "This piece of [Soul Nurturing Wood] was bought at a big auction at a high price. With its size, it is enough to refine dozens of 'Nativity Soul Tablets'. From now on, all the Purple Mansion Stage cultivators and cultivators with superior spiritual root qualifications in our Zhou family can leave a 'Nativity Soul Tablet' in the family!"

Hearing his words, Zhou Mingde nodded again and again, "Yes, it is time to refine the 'Nativity Soul Tablet'. With this piece of [Soul-Nourishing Wood], the elders of the family can leave a 'Nativity Soul Tablet' in the family for hundreds of years to come."

After that, he happily went on to talk about another matter: "And this piece of [Soul Nourishing Wood] also came at the right time. Daoquan's Blood Flame Dragon Python has reached the limit of a second-level upper-grade demon beast, and needs to use the [Millennium Dragon Transformation Grass] in your hand. If it can successfully transform into a dragon, Daoquan can extract its demon soul essence and refine it into a 'natal beast card', so that it can be driven by the family in the future!"

By extracting the essence of the demon soul of high-level demon beasts and refining them into a "natal beast card" that can control their life and death, this is the key for various sects and families to raise and drive the high-level demon beasts left behind by their predecessors.

Otherwise, given the unruly nature of high-level monsters, it would be difficult for them to be willing to be enslaved and driven by human monks after their masters' death.

Sects like the Yuling Sect of the Great Zhou Kingdom rely entirely on this method to retain the fourth-level monsters trained by their predecessors.

However, only high-level monsters with long lifespans and considerable strength are worthy of the sects and families doing so.

For those second-level monsters, it is not worth doing this at all because of their limited lifespan and strength.

The Zhou family used to have high-level monsters left behind by their ancestors, but even for these high-level monsters, most species only had a lifespan of seven or eight hundred years.

The last third-level monster left by the Zhou family's ancestors died of exhausted lifespan more than two hundred years ago!
If the Blood Flame Dragon Python can evolve into a third-level Blood Flame Jiao, its lifespan will be as long as a thousand years, and it may even be able to break through to the fourth level!
But Zhou Daoquan's hope of forming a pill was very slim.

The situation is also unclear for Zhou Daoyi!
Therefore, if you don’t want to let go or kill the Green Dragon and Blood Flame Dragon that you have successfully cultivated with great difficulty, using the "Birth Beast Card" to enslave and drive them to continue working for the Zhou family is the best choice!
After hearing Zhou Mingde's words, Zhou Chun immediately responded, "I have kept the Millennium Dragon Grass for the Great Elder. It's a pity that Brother Luo is in seclusion. If you want to refine the Dragon Pill, I'm afraid you'll have to wait a few more years!"

Hearing his answer, Zhou Mingde immediately waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter. Daoquan has waited for so many years, so there is no need to rush."

Afterwards, he took the initiative to take over the task of refining the "natal soul tablet".

Zhou Mingde also learned some weapon refining techniques in his early years, and specialized in this technique after successfully forming the elixir. In addition, his own practice of fire-based exercises also made it easier to refine weapons. Now his weapon refining skills are even better than Zhou Chun's.

As for refining the "natal soul tablet", it is basically foolproof if you have the level of a second-level weapon refiner.

The main reason is that materials like [Soul-Nourishing Wood] are hard to find!
In this way, when Zhou Mingde was wholeheartedly refining the "natal soul tablet", Zhou Chun temporarily stayed in the clan and handled clan affairs.

Later, in the process of handling family affairs, Zhou Chun learned that Zhang Liang, the Zhou family's son-in-law who had a relationship with him back then, had actually successfully comprehended the method of setting up the [Five-Directions Miro Formation] that the You family had given him at the Golden Elixir Ceremony, and had pushed his attainments in the art of formations to the master level!
After learning about this, Zhou Chun immediately summoned the man to talk.

Zhang Liang has top-grade spiritual roots. After joining the Zhou family, he has much better resources than independent practitioners. Especially after he became friends with Zhou family formation master Zhou Xindie and became their Taoist partner, he obtained even more resources for cultivation.

Therefore, even though he is only over 180 years old now, he has already been promoted to the late stage of foundation building for many years.

When Zhou Chun summoned him alone at this time, he felt a little excited, knowing that the opportunity he had been waiting for had come.

After he entered Zhou Chun's cave, he only glanced at Zhou Chun, then immediately bowed and said, "Junior Zhang Liang, greetings to the clan leader."

"No need to be polite, young friend Zhang. Please sit down and talk first."

Zhou Chun waved his hand with a smile on his face, and his attitude seemed very kind.

This calmed Zhang Liang's somewhat excited and nervous mood, and he immediately bowed again and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Chief Patriarch, but I will just stand."

Zhou Chun appreciated his cautiousness, but continued, "No need to be so formal. Just sit down if I tell you to."

The tone was more resolute than before.

This made Zhang Liang's face change slightly, and he quickly responded: "Yes, junior obeys your command!"

Then he sat down on a chair nearby.

After he sat down, he heard Zhou Chun looking at him with a smile and said, "It's fate. I brought your wife back to my family from Feng Country, and you met me in Shen Country. Then, by chance, you joined the Zhou family, and became a Taoist partner with your wife!"

Hearing his words, Zhang Liang immediately stood up and replied respectfully: "What the clan leader said is absolutely right. My wife Xindie and I have all been saved by the clan leader. I will never be able to repay you for your kindness to me and my wife in this lifetime!"

The words were full of gratitude.

In fact, seriously speaking, this is also one of the reasons why the couple got together, and they are both very grateful to Zhou Chun for this.

Zhou Chun already knew this, and he brought it up now only to pave the way for what he would say later.

Seeing that the time had come, he waved his hand and said, "Sit down first. I called you here today not just to reminisce about the past, but also to discuss some important matters with you."

"Yes, Patriarch, please give me your instructions. I am all ears!"

Zhang Liang responded respectfully, then returned to his seat and listened respectfully to Zhou Chun's explanation of the real purpose of calling him over.

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