Beast-controlling fairy clan.

Chapter 520: The Background of the Great Sect [Subscription Request]

In fact, it should not be said that Qinglian Temple wants to gamble. In fact, Qinglian Temple does not want to gamble.

According to Taoist Yi Yang's original intention, the Yuelun Sect would naturally order the Zhou family to withdraw from Jiufeng Ridge and not to develop their influence in Lanzhou in the future.

He did not expect the Moon Church to completely ignore the Zhou family and allow the Qinglian Temple to destroy the Zhou family.

However, Master Baiyue avoided the question and always used the excuse that the Zhou family were meritorious officials and had been rooted in Jiufengling for hundreds of years, and was unwilling to issue an order to force the Zhou family to withdraw from Jiufengling.

After a lot of tug-of-war between the two sides, Taoist Yi Yang understood the bottom line of Taoist Baiyue, so he took the initiative to propose a gambling solution so that both sides could save face.

After hearing this, Master Baiyue tacitly agreed to this matter.

So after further discussion between the two, the details of the bet were quickly finalized.

This gambling fight was divided into three rounds, two of which were between Jindan-stage cultivators and one between Zifu-stage cultivators.

If either side wins two games, it will be considered the winner.

Originally, according to Taoist Yi Yang's idea, all the participants in the gambling fight should be Jindan-stage cultivators.

But Master Baiyue also knew that Zhou Mingde was just a fake Jindan-stage cultivator. If he really allowed him to play, it would be like giving away points to Qinglian Temple, so he firmly disagreed.

In the end, Taoist Yi Yang had no choice but to give in!
After Su Yunniang finished explaining the rules of the gambling fight, she looked at Zhou Chun with a serious expression and said, "The date of the gambling fight has been set. It will be in a month. Zhengchun, if your Zhou family wants to keep Jiufengling, you must plan carefully!"

"Only one month to prepare?"

Zhou Chun's expression became serious, and he quickly understood the whole thing.

Obviously, Qinglian Temple is afraid that the longer the night, the more trouble it will cause. They are afraid that if they give too much time, the Zhou family will borrow powerful magic weapons or treasures from other places to improve the combat effectiveness of the monks who are fighting in the gambling battle.

There is only one month left. Unless the Zhou family can borrow a few powerful magic weapons within ten days, even if they get the magic weapons later, they will not have enough time to practice and familiarize themselves with them.

Thinking of this, Zhou Chun couldn't help but look at Su Yunniang and asked, "Didn't Senior Baiyue ask you to bring anything over?"

How could Su Yunniang not understand what he meant? After hearing this, she shook her head and said, "The Qinglian Temple knows almost all of our powerful magic weapons. If we lend them to your Zhou family, it would be like helping you cheat. The Qinglian Temple will definitely not give up!"

After saying that, he emphasized, "Moreover, this matter is a feud between your two forces, and the opponent is a powerful force like Qinglian Temple. I'm afraid that there are not many families in Jingguo who are willing to intervene and dare to lend you magic weapons!"

Hearing her answer, Zhou Chun felt extremely disappointed.

But since she's said all this, it's useless to complain to her at this time.

He could only nod with a grim expression and said, "Junior understands. Then I will notify the two elders to prepare for the duel. I won't accompany my aunt any longer!"

But he took the initiative to send the guest away.

This was also the first time that Su Yunniang encountered such treatment in the Zhou family.

She frowned, then shook her head and left without saying anything else.

After seeing Su Yunniang off, Zhou Chun's face suddenly became extremely ugly.

"It turns out that relying on heaven, earth, or people is not as good as relying on yourself!"

"I thought the Moon Church was a big tree that could shelter me from the wind and rain, but I never thought it was just a peacock that cherishes its feathers. If something goes wrong, it's still unreliable!"

He murmured to himself, feeling very heavy-hearted.

It is difficult to turn a big ship around, and this is the current situation of the Zhou family.

Even though Zhou Chun now knew that the Yuelun Sect was unreliable, he was unable to steer the Zhou family's ship and turn around and leave this area.

The Zhou family now has three Jindan-stage cultivators, hundreds of cultivator clansmen, and many captive monsters.

It is so difficult for such a large force to migrate and find a suitable place to settle down!
So even though he knew that the Yuelun Sect was unreliable, the Zhou family could only continue to stay in Jingguo and continue to be a vassal of the Yuelun Sect.

This is also a problem faced by many medium-sized forces. They are neither high nor low, and face all kinds of difficulties and pressures in upward development. They can only try their best to maintain the stable inheritance of power and wait for the right time!

If the opportunity arises and with the help of others, he might be able to transform into a dragon and become a powerful force that will last for thousands or even tens of thousands of years!
If they fail to wait for that opportunity to appear and instead go down the path of regression, they will become just like the Three Absolute Sects in the past, falling apart, declining completely, or even disappearing!

Not long after, Lin Hongyu, Zhou Mingde, Zhou Daoyi and others gathered in Zhou Chun's cave to discuss how to deal with the gambling fight.

In fact, there is nothing to discuss about this. The Zhou family does not have many options for candidates to fight. The only three people can be Lin Hongyu, Zhou Chun, and Zhou Daoyi.

Among them, Zhou Daoyi has the help of Qing Jiao, which is a third-level intermediate-grade monster, so his chances of winning are quite good.

But Qinglian Temple also knows this and will most likely make relevant responses, so it should not be underestimated.

As for Lin Hongyu and Zhou Chun, Zhou Chun was still confident of winning the match, even though he knew clearly that the people sent by Qinglian Temple would definitely have magical weapons.

But it’s hard to say about Lin Hongyu.

Her own strength is not bad, but in terms of treasures, she cannot compare with the people sent by Qinglian Temple.

Even if Zhou Chun temporarily lent her the magic weapon [Blazing Gloves], she still had no advantage at all.

"It's a pity that once my [Three Yang True Fire Pot] changes its owner, the 'Three Yang True Fire' stored inside will dissipate first, otherwise this treasure will also become a killer move for Fellow Daoist Lin!"

Zhou Mingde sighed with regret and was helpless in doing anything about it.

After Zhou Chun thought about it for a while, he said in a deep voice: "Then I will hand over the [Earth Diamond Shield] to my great-aunt for her to refine. She has also refined this defensive magic weapon before, so it will save her time to familiarize herself with it!"

Hearing his words, Lin Hongyu immediately shook her head and said, "No, Zhengchun, if you give me this treasure, what will you do?"

Then he looked at Zhou Chun with a serious face and said: "The key to this battle is not me, but you, Zhengchun and Daoyi. As long as you can win, I will lose because of my inferior skills, and the final winner will also be the Zhou family!"

Zhou Mingde nodded and advised, "Yes, Brother Lin is right. Zhengchun, you still have to make sure you can get a point. Brother Lin, we just need to do our best!"

After being persuaded by the two, Zhou Chun did not insist any more, because he was not 100% sure of winning.

If he could use the [Moon Toad Orb], he would definitely have complete confidence. After all, Qinglian Temple would not give the spiritual treasure to an early Jindan cultivator for refining.

Moreover, even if Qinglian Temple is willing to do so, the spirit of the spiritual treasure may not agree.

However, the third-party witness of this gambling fight was the Moon Wheel Sect's leader, Master Baiyue, and there were also many other Moon Wheel Sect Jindan elders present.

No matter how bold Zhou Chun was, he would not dare to reveal his magical treasure, the Moon Toad Pearl, in front of the Moon Wheel Sect's Golden Core Elder.

The Zhou family, a mere family, is not qualified to own such a magical treasure!
After such a discussion, Zhou Chun finally handed over the magic weapon [Blazing Flame Gloves] to Lin Hongyu for refining, and then equipped Zhou Daoyi with several talismans and fourth-level magic talismans.

He then went to the wilderness again and brought back all the mature and adult "Sky Frost Bees" with him.

One month passed quickly.

On this day, Zhou Chun, Lin Hongyu and Zhou Daoyi went to the gate of the Moon Wheel Sect together.

After seeing the three of them off, Zhou Mingde sat on Tuyun Ridge with a worried look on his face, waiting for news.

Over there, Zhou Chun and the other two rode on the golden-winged tiger and flew towards the Moon Wheel Sect's mountain gate. They arrived at their destination soon after.

Su Yunniang was still the one responsible for receiving the three people. She took them directly to the cave that the Yuelun Sect used to specially entertain distinguished guests.

The gambling match will be held tomorrow, so the three members of the Zhou family came here today to adjust their status in advance.

But after Zhou Chun settled down, he still went to visit the real person worshiping the moon.

"I know you must have some complaints about this gambling fight, but don't worry. Even if your Zhou family loses this time, I and my sect will definitely find a place for your Zhou family that is no worse than Jiufengling to build a separate courtyard!"

In the main hall, after Zhou Chunxing paid his respects to Master Baiyue, he simply glanced at him and made a promise in a calm tone.

But to be honest, Zhou Chun didn't take his promise seriously at all.

Because only the top leaders of the Zhou family know how important the Jiufengling spiritual land is to the Zhou family.

But since Master Baiyue has expressed his attitude, Zhou Chun still has to cooperate on the surface.

Immediately, with a look of joy in his eyes, he solemnly bowed to him and said: "On behalf of the Zhou family, the junior thank you, Master Master!"

True Man Baiyue waved his hand, then looked at him meaningfully and said, "My dear Zhou, you are a smart man with great potential. If you can cultivate to the late Jindan stage in the future, the Zhou family's position as the number one Jindan family in Jingguo will be as solid as a rock. So you must not be too impatient when doing things."

"In recent years, the Zhou family has produced two Jindan-stage cultivators, several more Zifu-stage cultivators, and many foundation-building-stage cultivators. It's already a big tree that attracts the wind. From now on, we must pay attention to the long-term and not be too ostentatious!"

These meaningful words made Zhou Chun feel a chill in his heart.

In fact, he himself noticed this.

But whether he himself or Zhou Mingde forms the elixir, it is something that must be done.

The same is true for Zhou Zhengyong and other newly promoted Purple Mansion cultivators.

But looking at the history of the immortal cultivation world in Jingguo over thousands of years, there is probably no immortal cultivation family like the Zhou family, which suddenly had so many Jindan-stage cultivators and Zifu-stage cultivators emerge in succession in just a few decades!

Even though many people knew that this was all because the Zhou family had caught up with good times and made a fortune from the war, knowing it was one thing, but jealousy was still inevitable.

At the same time, it will also make forces like Qinglian Temple feel threatened and feel uneasy.

At this time, Master Baiyue’s reminder can be said to be a reminder, but it is also a warning.

If the Zhou family continues to expand at this rate, I'm afraid even the Yuelun Sect will be unable to sit still.

There must be someone who wants to get to the bottom of this and find out the real secret of how the Zhou family could explode like this!

At this moment, Zhou Chun's mind was full of thoughts, and he quickly responded with a respectful look: "Junior understands, the Zhou family will definitely keep a low profile and take things slow in the future, and will never let the upper clan worry about it again!"

"That's good to understand. I still have high hopes for you and the Zhou family."

Master Baiyue nodded with satisfaction, talked to Zhou Chun about some things, and then let him leave.

The next day, people from Qinglian Temple also arrived at the gate of Yuelun Sect.

A total of seven people came to Qinglian Temple this time. Except for one late Purple Mansion cultivator, the remaining six were Golden Core Stage elders.

Among them, Taoist Yi Yang and Qing Weizi are both middle-stage Jindan cultivators, and the other four are in the early-stage Jindan stage.

Zhou Chun soon learned the identities of the three monks from Qinglian Temple who participated in the gambling fight.

Among them, two Jindan stage cultivators were named Yan Lingzi and Xuan Shuangzi, and the late Zifu stage cultivator was named Hongyang Taoist.

The Zhou family has collected general information about the two Jindan stage cultivators. Among them, Yan Lingzi formed his Jindan the earliest, more than three hundred years ago, and Xuan Shuangzi formed his Jindan more than two hundred years ago. One of them practices fire-based techniques, and the other practices ice-based techniques. It seems that they want to specifically restrain Lin Hongyu and Zhou Chun.

As for the Taoist Hongyang, the information collected by the Zhou family showed that he was the descendant of a deceased Jindan-stage cultivator from Qinglian Temple, and he might have a fake magic weapon on him!
In short, none of the three are easy bones to chew!

At this time, the personnel from both sides, led by the monks of the Moon Wheel Sect, came together to a desolate mountain area outside the Moon Wheel Sect's mountain gate.

The Moon-Wheel Sect's leader, Zhenren Baiyue, has been waiting here with Wei Yong and seven or eight other Moon-Wheel Sect's Jindan-stage elders.

After both parties arrived, Master Baiyue looked at them and said in a deep voice, "Since both of you trust our sect and are willing to let me be the witness of this gambling fight, then I will explain the rules of this gambling fight."

"First of all, when one party admits defeat, the other party must not continue to fight. Those who violate this rule will be declared the loser!"

"Secondly, both of you are the pillars of Jingguo and have made great contributions in the previous war between immortals and demons. Therefore, I hope that you can stop fighting when necessary and not kill each other."

"Third, after the fight, everything must be done according to the winner. The loser must not use any excuse to retaliate against the winner, otherwise the sect will punish him severely!"

These three points have already been notified to both parties in advance, and are only brought up again as a warning.

Immediately, the leaders of both Zhou Chun and Taoist Yi Yang expressed their agreement.

Seeing this, Master Baiyue nodded in satisfaction and said, "Okay, since both of you agree, let's start the first gambling match between Purple Mansion Stage cultivators now!"

After the words fell, Zhou Daoyi and the Taoist Hongyang looked at each other, then immediately flew away from the team and confronted each other from a distance of thousands of feet.

Zhou Daoyi was also not vague. Before Master Baiyue announced the start of the war, he directly summoned the Green Dragon.

However, what the Zhou family did not expect was that Taoist Hongyang actually slapped the spirit beast bag on his waist and directly released a third-level monster from it, a third-level mid-grade monster, the Golden Flame Lion!

"What's going on? Where did this golden flame lion come from? Could it be the inherited spiritual beast left behind by the senior monks of Qinglian Temple?"

Zhou Chun's expression changed slightly, and he looked at the red-gold fire lion with suspicion, his heart sinking.

The Golden Flame Lion itself is also a strange monster. Its actual combat power is not much worse than his Golden Winged Tiger. It should have no problem fighting against the Green Dragon for the time being.

And without Qingjiao's help, Zhou Daoyi probably wouldn't be the opponent of Taoist Hongyang!
No one on their side had expected that Zhou Daoyi, who was originally thought to have a high chance of winning, actually had the highest probability of losing at this time!
When Zhou Chun thought of this, he immediately bowed to Master Baiyue and said, "Senior Baiyue, Qinglian Temple is cheating! That Golden Flame Lion is not the contracted spirit beast of Taoist Hongyang at all. How can Qinglian Temple let this spirit beast fight with him!"

After hearing his words, before Master Baiyue could respond, Taoist Yiyang smiled confidently and said, "Who said that this golden flame lion is not Junior Brother Hongyang's contracted spirit beast? Fellow Daoist Zhou, your Zhou family is well-known in Jingguo for its beast-taming skills. Now it seems that the reputation is not worthy of it."

Hearing his confident words, Zhou Chun's expression changed.

Then, Master Baiyue nodded and said, "What Daoist Yi Yang said is unnecessary. This golden flame lion has indeed signed a contract with Daoist Hong Yang, and it can now be considered Daoist Hong Yang's spiritual pet!"

"You heard it, didn't you? The Moon Worshiping Sect Leader's words are golden. Could they be false?"

Taoist Yi Yang glanced at Zhou Chun with a smug look on his face, and said in a mocking tone: "Don't think that just because your Zhou family got lucky and cultivated a few third-level monsters, you really think that you are the best in the world in beast control. The foundation of a real big sect is not something that you small families can compare to!"

Zhou Chun was speechless for a moment, feeling regretful and hateful!
The Zhou family had considered a lot beforehand, for example, Taoist Hongyang might have a fake magic weapon and a fourth-level magic talisman.

However, the third-level monsters were not taken into consideration.

After all, only they themselves know how difficult it is to cultivate a third-level monster.

But who could have imagined that Qinglian Temple could actually allow the inherited spiritual beasts left behind by their predecessors to recognize Taoist Hongyang as their master again!

Generally speaking, there is basically no possibility for this kind of inherited spiritual beast left by the ancestors to recognize its master again.

One is that it was raised by its original owner since childhood and has long regarded the original owner as its closest person. After the original owner passed away, it is impossible for it to recognize a new owner.

Secondly, as high-level monsters, they already have considerable intelligence. Even if they are restricted by their "natal beast card" and have to become the inherited monsters of a certain sect or family, they would not be willing to have another master.

After all, there are still many inconveniences in using the "Birth Beast Cards", and the restrictions on their freedom are not that great.

After signing the contract and acknowledging the master, you will truly become a slave and there is no room for bargaining at all.

But now that things have come to this, it is useless for Zhou Chun to feel regretful.

Even if he knew this in advance, it would be useless.

He can't possibly transfer his own Thunder Dragon to Zhou Daoyi!

For the Zhou family's beastmasters who regard their spirit pets as their relatives, this kind of thing is simply impossible!

"let's start!"

Taoist Baiyue did not pay too much attention to Zhou Chun's change of expression. After confirming that the Golden Flame Lion was already Taoist Hongyang's spiritual pet, he quickly announced the start.

As he finished speaking, Zhou Daoyi immediately raised his hand and slapped the storage bag on his waist, and a purple-green spear turned into a flash of lightning and shot towards the Hongyang Taoist Cave.

At the same time, a green gourd appeared in his hand. As his magic power was activated, a blue-black evil wind turned into countless wind blades and shot towards Taoist Hongyang.

Taoist Hongyang also attacked almost at the same time as him.

He just raised his hand and threw it. A black mountain magic weapon suddenly flew out into the air. In the blink of an eye, it turned into a mountain more than ten feet high and slammed towards Zhou Daoyi.

The purple-green spear shot at the black mountain magic weapon, barely piercing through a layer of black light emanating from its surface before being blasted away!

Everyone in the Zhou family had guessed correctly. This Taoist Hongyang indeed had a fake magic weapon in his hand!
After knocking the purple spear away, the black mountain magic weapon went on to smash most of the oncoming wind blades, and still had enough power to continue smashing towards Zhou Daoyi.

Seeing this, Zhou Daoyi could only immediately activate the "Dingshan Seal" talisman in his hand, which turned into a giant ochre-colored seal to withstand the attack of the black mountain.

But just as he intercepted the fake magic weapon, the Black Mountain, Taoist Hongyang sacrificed a fiery red gourd talisman. Red flames spewed out of the gourd, and in the blink of an eye they turned into flaming thunderbolts that blasted towards him.

Fortunately, Zhou Daoyi had an extremely fine third-grade top-grade defensive magic weapon [Qingyun Treasure Umbrella] on him. At this moment, he opened the umbrella, and a ball of green mist protected him inside, blocking the bombardment of the fiery thunder.

In short, it would be difficult for the two late Purple Mansion cultivators, who had received full support from the forces behind them, to defeat each other in a short period of time.

It is likely that the winner will be determined only when both sides have used up all their consumable cards, or one side has run out of mana first.

While the two late Purple Mansion cultivators were fighting fiercely, a fight between two third-order mid-grade monster beasts also began.

As a wind-attributed dragon, Qing Jiao has mastered the art of wind escape and undoubtedly has the initiative in the battle.

While it continuously cast various third-order wind-attribute spells to attack the Golden Flame Lion, it would also suddenly sneak up behind the Golden Flame Lion to launch a close-range sneak attack.

Many of the Golden Flame Lion's attacks cannot hit it.

However, as an alien monster, the Golden Flame Lion also has its own unique abilities.

The golden flame spewed from its mouth was of extremely high temperature, only slightly inferior to the elixir fire of a Jindan stage cultivator. Even if a dragon like Qingjiao was infected by it, the dragon scales on its body would not be able to withstand the burning.

At the same time, it can also use this golden flame for defense and physical attacks. If the claws and tail of the green dragon attack it, it will inevitably be contaminated by the golden flame.

Its own claws and fangs can also cause golden flame burning effect when attacking the target.

In addition, it also has a sonic attack ability. The lion's roar from its mouth can shake the soul and break the green dragon's wind escape ability.

So after fighting with it, although Qing Jiao took the initiative, it was not so easy to defeat it.

But everyone present at this moment knew that facing Taoist Hongyang who possessed fake magic weapons and numerous talismans and magic symbols, Zhou Daoyi's only chance of victory lay in his pet Qing Jiao.

Only if Qing Jiao joins forces with him can they take down Taoist Hongyang!

(End of this chapter)