Beast-controlling fairy clan.

Chapter 524 Yu Jinghua took the bait [Subscribe]

"Fellow Daoist Xu has trained this Iron-Horned Rhino very well. As far as I know, if this kind of monster wants to advance, the biggest and most suitable direction is the intermediate-level Silver-Horned Rhino."

"There are some successful examples of this kind of monster being cultivated into a silver-horned rhino in our sect, but Zhao is not in the sect now and cannot go to the library to look up information. I can only ask my friends in the sect to help Fellow Daoist Xu look up relevant information. It may take some time before I can give Fellow Daoist Xu feedback."

In the backyard of Yuling Pavilion, after the shopkeeper Zhao Wentang checked the iron-horned rhinoceros he had released for Zhou Chun, he gave him his own suggestions.

Although he is also a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage of the Yuling Sect, there are so many kinds of monsters in the world, so it is impossible for him to know how to help every monster advance.

Normally, when the Yuling Pavilion helps people develop plans to upgrade their spirit pets, they do it just as he is saying now.

However, most of the time, they would only develop such advancement plans for monks who purchased spiritual pets in their stores in order to maintain the competitiveness of their own goods.

Zhou Chun also knew that he should not be too hasty. When he saw that Zhao Wentang agreed to help him retrieve information from the Yuling Gate, he knew that his goal had been achieved.

He immediately bowed to the other party with a grateful look on his face and said, "Then I'll leave this matter to Shopkeeper Zhao. Please take care of this matter. As long as the Iron-Horned Rhino can successfully advance, Xu will definitely reward you handsomely!"

"Okay, okay. With what Fellow Daoist Xu said, Zhao will definitely do his best!"

Zhao Wentang smiled slightly and was very satisfied with Zhou Chun's performance.

After the two exchanged some experiences and insights on cultivation, Zhou Chun left first.

After leaving Yuling Pavilion, Zhou Chun entered an inn in the market town.

The identity he is disguising himself as is that of a cultivator from a small family who, after hearing of the great name of the Yuling Sect, has come from afar in search of an opportunity for his spirit beast to advance.

The reason why he wanted to help the Iron-Horned Rhino advance was because he was afraid that after he passed away, the family would have no strong person to protect it, so he wanted to train this beast to become a guardian beast of the family!

With this identity background, he spared no expense and directly rented a room in the inn in the market town for a long time, trying to make friends with the disciples of Yuling Sect.

“It’s hard to say whether there are other foundation-building cultivators in Yuling Sect who have tamed the silver-horned rhino, but the person who is famous for taming the silver-horned rhino must be Zhou Zhenkun’s descendant Zhou Hui. He must have inherited Zhou Zhenkun’s original third-level silver-horned rhino!”

"So, as long as Zhao Wentang is willing to help, and as long as I am willing to show an attitude of not sparing any cost, I will have a chance to meet Zhou Hui!"

"As long as I can meet with Zhou Hui and gain his initial trust, I can let Mu Mei debut!!"

Inside the room, Zhou Chun was thinking carefully about his plan, his eyes sparkling.

He didn't have much time to slowly build friendships and relationships with Yu Jinghua's disciples.

So there was this plan to lure the snake out of its hole.

He disguised himself as Xu Yun and inadvertently revealed the news about Mu Mei, which attracted Zhou Hui to verify the authenticity.

After Zhou Hui confirmed the existence of Mu Mei, he found that he was not strong enough to take her down, so he would definitely report the news to Yu Jinghua.

Faced with the temptation of a wood ghost, even if Yu Jinghua was still somewhat vigilant in his heart, he would certainly not be willing to share the news with other Jindan stage cultivators of the Yuling Sect.

At that time, as long as Yu Jinghua goes alone to track Mu Mei, he can let Mu Mei lead him into the ambush site and kill him!
This plan is actually very simple, but fortunately, Mu Mei’s appeal is big enough, and Zhou Chun is still very optimistic about the success rate of the plan.

After staying in Xuanqingfang Market for more than a month, when Zhou Chun went to Yuling Pavilion again, the shopkeeper Zhao Wentang invited him to the quiet room.

In the quiet room, after the two of them exchanged some polite greetings, Zhao Wentang took the initiative to speak: "I have already done what Fellow Daoist Xu asked me to do. Now I have three different successful examples in my hands. Fellow Daoist Xu only needs to cultivate the iron-horned rhino according to the successful experience of our sect's cultivators. There is at least a 30% chance of successfully advancing it!"

Hearing this, Zhou Chun did not show any joy, but whispered: "Only a 30% chance? Isn't it too small?"

His words seemed to have stepped on Zhao Wentang's tail, and he immediately shouted excitedly: "A 30% chance is already very high!"

As he spoke, he looked at Zhou Chun with an expression that said "a summer insect cannot talk about ice" and said loudly: "Fellow Daoist Xu, don't you know that it is more difficult for a low-level bloodline monster to break through the shackles of its bloodline and advance to a higher realm than for cultivators like us to break through a higher realm?"

"Think about how difficult it is for cultivators like me to build a foundation. One foundation-building pill can only increase the chance of success by a few percent!"

"I am not bragging. If I did not have these successful examples as reference, you would not have a 30% chance, not even a 10% chance if you tried it yourself! And there is a high chance that the Iron-Horned Rhino would die in the process of breaking through!"

He became more and more excited as he spoke, and his saliva was about to fly onto Zhou Chun's face.

After hearing his words, Zhou Chun's face changed slightly, revealing an embarrassed look. He quickly cupped his hands and said, "Fellow Daoist Zhao, calm down. I have no intention of looking down on you. It's just that whether this Iron-Horned Rhino can successfully advance is of great significance to me and my family, so I want to make it perfect!"

Seeing his sincere apology, Zhao Wentang's expression immediately became much better. He then shook his head slightly and said, "Fellow Daoist Xu, I understand what you mean. However, even if we, disciples of the Yuling Sect, want to cultivate a second-level monster, we still have to gamble on our luck. There is no way to absolutely guarantee success!"

Zhou Chun nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, yes, I understand. However, I have also heard a rumor that if a low-level monster evolves into a mid-level monster and swallows a large amount of the corresponding mid-level monster's blood essence, the success rate can also be increased. Is this true?"

Having said that, he looked at Zhao Wentang with an inquiring expression.

"This is not just a rumor. This is indeed the case. But what Fellow Daoist Xu meant by this is..."

Zhao Wentang looked at Zhou Chun hesitantly, as if he understood what he meant.

"That's right, if Fellow Daoist Zhao can invite fellow Daoists or seniors who have tamed the silver-horned rhinoceros to come and provide their blood to me, I will definitely reward them handsomely!"

Zhou Chun nodded and stated his request solemnly.

Hearing this, Zhao Wentang couldn't help but said hesitantly, "Fellow Daoist Xu's idea is good, but there is only one disciple in our sect who has tamed a silver-horned rhino, and his silver-horned rhino is a third-level monster!"

"Wouldn't that be even better! If I could obtain the blood essence of a third-level silver-horned rhino, the advancement of my iron-horned rhino would surely be much smoother!"

Zhou Chun said loudly with an extremely happy look on his face.

Zhao Wentang smiled bitterly and replied, "That's true, but you also know, Fellow Daoist Xu, that senior brother of his has a third-level monster by his side, so what ordinary cultivation resources would he need? If you want to ask him for help, I'm afraid he may not agree!"

"Since Fellow Daoist Zhao calls me Senior Brother, does that mean that fellow Daoist is also a Foundation Establishment cultivator?"

Zhou Chun asked knowingly.

"Not only is he a foundation-building cultivator, but his current cultivation level is still at the middle stage of foundation-building!"

Zhao Wentang sighed, his face full of envy as he exclaimed, "It's just that he is lucky. Not only does he have a third-level monster beast passed down from his ancestors, he also has a master who is a Jindan-stage cultivator!"

"This... this is really something I can't envy!"

Zhou Chun couldn't help but laugh bitterly.

After a slight hesitation, he said softly: "In this case, let's not talk about obtaining the Silver Horned Rhino's blood. Xu will go and prepare other advanced resources first!"

Hearing his words, Zhao Wentang's eyes flashed, but he quickly restrained his expression, nodded at him with appreciation and said, "That's right, this is a pragmatic statement."

Then he took out the three prepared Iron-Horned Rhino advancement plans and exchanged them with Zhou Chun.

After completing the exchange with Zhao Wentang at the price of two thousand spirit coins per plan, Zhou Chun personally gave him a six-hundred-year-old spiritual medicine, and then left on the pretext of needing to collect advanced resources.

Afterwards, Zhou Chun first collected resources for the Iron-Horned Rhino evolution plan in Xuanqing Market, and then left Xuanqing Market, apparently intending to continue collecting resources in other places.

But in fact, he returned to Zhou's house to ask for help!
Half a year later, Zhou Chun, with everything arranged, returned to Xuanqing Market and went to Yuling Pavilion.

"Friend Zhao, I have already gathered all the evolutionary resources required for this plan. Now all we need is the blood of the Silver-Horned Rhino, and then we can let the Iron-Horned Rhino begin its evolution!"

Inside the quiet room, Zhou Chun told Zhao Wentang the purpose of his visit with a happy look on his face.

Seeing him like this, Zhao Wentang couldn't help but smile and praised: "Friend Xu is really quick in doing things!"

Then he shook his head and said, "It's just the blood of the silver-horned rhino. Didn't I tell you, Brother Xu, about this last time? This is something that I cannot handle!"

Zhou Chun heard this and said confidently: "Don't worry, Brother Zhao. I am very confident that I can impress your senior brother this time. You just need to help me ask him to come over and meet him!"

"Oh, but I wonder how Brother Xu plans to impress Brother Zhou?"

Zhao Wentang's curiosity seemed to be aroused as well, and he looked at Zhou Chun with surprise.

But Zhou Chun kept it a secret, shook his head and said, "Fellow Daoist Zhao, please forgive me, what I prepared is not a treasure, but an important piece of intelligence, which is not convenient for third parties to know!"

"An intelligence tip?"

Zhao Wentang frowned, then looked at Zhou Chun with a serious face and said, "Friend Xu, please don't lie to me. What kind of news is worthy of Senior Brother Zhou giving you the blood of the third-level silver-horned rhino? If you let him make a wasted trip, Zhao will be greatly offended!"

Seeing this, Zhou Chun also replied confidently: "I will definitely not let that fellow Taoist make a wasted trip. If he is not interested in this news, not only can I not give up the blood of the silver-horned rhino, I am also willing to offer an 800-year-old spiritual medicine as an apology!"

His words made Zhao Wentang even more curious, but looking at his expression, it was obvious that he would not give in easily.

"Forget it. If it's really as he said, as long as this thing succeeds, I can also establish a good relationship with that Senior Brother Zhou!"

Zhao Wentang muttered to himself in his heart, but a look of hesitation appeared on his face.

It was not until Zhou Chun could no longer hold back his plea again that he nodded reluctantly and said, "Okay, then Zhao will try to write a letter to Senior Brother Zhou to ask about the situation."

"Thank you, Brother Zhao!"

A flash of joy appeared on Zhou Chun's face, and he quickly thanked him.

Almost half a month later, Zhou Chun came to Yuling Pavilion again.

In addition to Zhao Wentang, there was also a burly young man in black in the quiet room.

"Fellow Daoist Xu, you are here. Let me introduce you. This is our sect's true disciple, Senior Brother Zhou Huizhou!"

Zhao Wentang said this, and with a flattering look on his face, he bowed to the young man in black and said, "Senior Brother Zhou, this is Fellow Daoist Xu Yun." Seeing this, Zhou Chun also hurriedly took the initiative to bow to the young man in black and said, "Xu Yun greets Fellow Daoist Zhou. Thank you for giving me this opportunity."

"Fellow Daoist Xu, you are too polite. Junior Brother Zhao said that you want the blood of the silver-horned rhino and is willing to exchange it for an important piece of intelligence. What is that important information?"

The young man in black waved his hand without exchanging pleasantries with Zhou Chun and went straight to the point.

Little did he know that this was exactly what Zhou Chun wanted, so he immediately sent a voice message to him and said, "To be honest, Brother Zhou, when I went back to my family, I received a report from my clan members that they found a spirit deer that looked like a wood spirit in a mountain range. Later, I went to look for it and indeed found a demon deer that could use the wood escape technique!"

After saying that, he added, "Although I am not sure that the demon deer is definitely the legendary wood spirit, I think the whereabouts of a third-level deer demon is enough to exchange some silver-horned rhino blood with Brother Zhou!"

"What? Fellow Daoist Xu, are you sure that it was really a wood spirit?"

Zhou Hui's expression changed and he looked at Zhou Chun in surprise, with a hint of joy in his eyes.

Obviously he also knew how valuable Mu Mei was.

Zhou Chun said cautiously, "I am not sure either. After all, I am only a foundation-building cultivator. But seeing how the demon deer easily performed the Wood Escape Technique and did not actively hurt anyone, I think it is possible!"

Hearing his words, Zhou Hui's expression suddenly changed, and then he nodded and said: "Okay, if what Fellow Daoist Xu said is true, then the blood of the silver-horned rhino will naturally not be a problem, but I have to see the demon deer you mentioned with my own eyes first!"

"No problem. Xu can take Fellow Daoist Zhou to the mountain where the demon deer appeared at any time!"

Zhou Chun agreed readily.

After the two of them had reached an agreement, Zhou Hui quickly explained everything to Zhao Wentang, and then couldn't wait to urge Zhou Chun to take him to the scene.

After thanking Zhao Wentang, Zhou Chun quickly took Zhou Hui to a mountain range about three or four thousand miles away from Xuanqingfang City.

Since he wanted to lure Yu Jinghua out, he naturally had to choose the ambush location carefully.

The selected mountain range was indeed an adventure park for independent cultivators in the Great Zhou Kingdom.

For some reason, there were no particularly high-quality sacred mountains and blessed lands in the mountain range that stretched for thousands of miles, so it did not attract some major sects and families to establish mountain gates there.

Only some small and medium-sized families and individual cultivators search for spiritual places in the mountains to build mountain gates and strongholds, and then share the resources in the mountains.

After two days of traveling, Zhou Chun brought Zhou Hui to a lush mountain area, and then they began to search for the trace of Mu Mei in the same way.

After about three days of searching, Zhou Chun deliberately arranged for Mu Mei to appear and attack him.

Boom boom boom!
A series of explosions suddenly sounded in the mountains.

When Zhou Hui, who had separated from Zhou Chun from searching for the trace of Mu Mei, arrived riding on a silver-horned rhino, he just happened to see Zhou Chun being knocked off a cliff by Mu Mei's magic, and his life or death was unknown.

After discovering the silver-horned rhino, Mu Mei seemed to be frightened and began to flee in a hurry.

"Chase!"

Zhou Hui didn't have time to think about it, and hurriedly drove the silver-horned rhino to chase after it.

After he chased for a distance, he was quickly shaken off by Mu Mei using the Wood Release Technique.

After witnessing Mu Mei's wood escape technique, Zhou Hui no longer had any doubts about her identity.

"It's a relief, it's actually Mu Mei!!"

In the forest, the figure of the green spirit deer had completely disappeared, but Zhou Hui was shaking with excitement, his eyes full of joy.

He just wanted to confirm the authenticity of the information and did not think that he could catch a third-level wood ghost.

Now that this matter has been confirmed, he will definitely be rewarded greatly when he presents the information to his master Yu Jinghua.

After a moment of excitement, Zhou Hui seemed to remember that there was a person named Xu Yun, so he hurried back to the place where Zhou Chun fell off the cliff to check the situation.

But in the end, apart from a pool of blood on the ground, no other figure was found.

"So he's hiding because he's seriously injured? This guy is really cautious!"

Zhou Hui frowned slightly, feeling it was a pity.

He originally wanted to come over and silence the witness. After all, Mu Mei was too valuable, and he didn't want anyone else to know about it.

But I didn't expect it to be empty-handed.

"But since that person is seriously injured, I think he must focus on healing first. Besides, he also wants the blood of the silver-horned rhino in my hand!"

"In this way, as long as Master acts quickly enough, there is no need to worry about the news leaking out!"

Thinking of this, Zhou Hui immediately returned to Yuling Gate in a hurry.

At the same time, in another valley about a hundred miles away, after Mu Mei came back, Zhou Chun immediately smiled at the elders who had been waiting there for a long time and said, "Okay, the target has been bitten, and now we just have to wait for Yu Jinghua to come over!"

Hearing his words, the Su family ancestor who had been waiting for a long time immediately looked at him and said with a sigh, "Tsk tsk tsk, Zhengchun, you are really good at hiding. If I hadn't needed you this time, I'm afraid that you would have kept Yu Zhen and I in the dark. I didn't know you had a rare pet like Mu Mei, and a Mu Mei that is about to be promoted to the fourth level!"

This statement more or less implied some resentment towards Zhou Chun for treating him as an outsider.

But what I said is still the fact.

Therefore, Zhou Chun was a little embarrassed and didn't know how to explain it.

Fortunately, Zhou Mingde quickly helped him out: "Friend Su, please don't blame him. The Wood Demon is too important. If people knew that he had this kind of spirit as a pet in addition to the Four-clawed Thunder Dragon, they would be jealous and bully him. That's why Zhou specifically asked him to keep this secret so that more people wouldn't know!"

Having said this, he paused and said, "Of course, this matter should not be hidden from anyone except Yu Zhen!"

Then he bowed to Su Yuzhen and said, "Yuzhen, I didn't let Zhengchun tell you about this matter. If you want to blame someone, blame me. I apologize to you here!"

Seeing this, Su Yuzhen quickly dodged and said, "Senior, you are too kind. I am not an unreasonable person. How can I care about such excusable things!"

After saying this, he glanced at the Su family's ancestor with some anger.

When the Su family ancestor saw the fire burning on himself, he could only cough twice in embarrassment and said, "Ahem, I was just saying it casually. Fellow Daoist Zhou, don't take it seriously. As a cultivator, who among us doesn't have things in our hearts that we can't tell others?"

Then they skipped over the matter and didn't mention it again, so as to avoid embarrassing everyone.

On the other hand, Zhou Hui knew that the matter was of great importance, so he traveled with both man and pet along the way. In less than a day, he returned to the gate of Yulingmen and reported to Yu Jinghua about Mu Mei.

"Hui'er, are you sure that's really Mu Mei? Don't make any mistake!"

Inside the cave, after listening to Zhou Hui's report, Yu Jinghua was surprised and happy. However, he looked at his disciple worriedly and confirmed it again and again.

"Master, I dare not say that I am 100% sure, but I am at least 90% sure that it is a wood spirit!"

Zhou Hui responded respectfully.

After that, he added, "Besides, even if it's not the rumored wood spirit, a third-level spirit deer that is proficient in the art of wood escape is also of great value, and it's worth it for you, Master, to personally take action once!"

"Well, what you said makes sense."

Yu Jinghua couldn't help but nodded, expressing his approval of his apprentice's words.

However, he was cautious and suspicious, so he did not decide to set out immediately. Instead, he instructed Zhou Hui: "Well, go to the Yuling Pavilion in the market and call the shopkeeper over. I have something to ask him!"

"Yes, the disciple obeys."

Zhou Hui responded and left quickly.

Then in less than half a day, Zhao Wentang was brought to Yu Jinghua's cave.

"...Uncle Yu, please understand. This is all I know!"

Inside the cave, after Yu Jinghua finished recounting the entire story of his dealings with Xu Yun, he waited anxiously for Yu Jinghua to continue.

He didn't know why Yu Jinghua, a Jindan-stage cultivator, would suddenly become so interested in a late-stage foundation-building cultivator. He guessed that it might be related to what Zhou Hui had done before, but he didn't dare to ask more.

After Yu Jinghua carefully pondered Zhao Wentang's words, although he felt that Xu Yun's personal information was still a little vague, he could not find any loopholes.

As time was running out, he was also afraid that Xu Yun would leak the news about Mu Mei after he recovered from his injuries.

Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons in his mind, he nodded and said, "I understand. Junior Brother Zhao, you have worked hard to come here in a hurry. You can rest in my cave for a day. I will let Chen'er come to accompany you!"

"This...disciple obeys your command."

Zhao Wentang hesitated for a moment, but ultimately he did not dare to disobey the order of the Jindan-stage cultivator, so he could only agree with trepidation.

After calling another disciple, Wang Chen, to look after Zhao Wentang, Yu Jinghua immediately found an excuse to tell the grand elder of Yuling Sect that he was going out for a while, and then took Zhou Hui out of the gate of Yuling Sect and headed straight to the place where Mu Mei appeared.

With Yu Jinghua's current cultivation level of the middle stage of the Golden Core, it would only take him one or two hours to travel thousands of miles. Soon, under the leadership of Zhou Hui, he arrived at the place where he had fought with Mu Mei before.

Afterwards, the master and disciple separated to search for the trace of Mu Mei.

(End of this chapter)