Beast-controlling fairy clan.

Chapter 534 Qing Weizi's Imagination [Subscription Request]

After a careful search, Zhou Chun and his team actually found the identity of the force that built the secret library.

According to the alchemy notes left by an alchemy master in the alchemy tradition, he should be a cultivator from a sect called "Dongyang Sect".

The "Dongyang Gate" was a sect of immortal cultivation that was destroyed within the territory of Cheng State a thousand years ago.

Unfortunately, there are not many records about "Dongyang Sect" in the Zhou family's collection of books. We only know that this immortal cultivation sect should have never had a cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage, so it cannot be considered a truly powerful force.

A thousand years ago, it was a turbulent era for several countries including Jingguo, Fengguo, and Chengguo. At that time, many such immortal cultivation sects and Jindan families were wiped out.

After the "Dongyang Gate" was destroyed, no one knew what happened. The secret treasure house that was built in advance was not opened. Instead, the treasure map was divided into two parts and scattered, and the token key to open the secret treasure house was also lost.

"He is good at refining pills and weapons. Could it be that the ancestor of the Jiang family was a disciple of the 'Dongyang Sect'?"

Zhou Chun couldn't help but wonder when he thought of the origin of his half treasure map.

But now both Dongyang Gate and the Jiang Family have become a part of history, and the truth of the matter is no longer important.

In short, after making sure that the builder of the secret treasure house would not cause any more trouble to the Zhou family, Zhou Chun accepted this gift with a smile.

He made a copy of the alchemist's inheritance and carried it with him, then asked Zhou Mingde to deal with these ancient inheritance books.

Then he checked the several treasure chests and jade boxes he had brought with him.

As expected, it contained spiritual coins and some talismans and materials that could be sealed for a long time.

However, the size of Dongyang Sect was there, and the real good things were definitely in the hands of the Jindan-stage cultivators of the sect. Therefore, these talisman materials were almost useless to Zhou Chun, so he left them to his family.

However, when comparing the spiritual herbs he had picked before with the inherited pill recipes, he found that many of them were indeed the materials for refining the [Purple Dust Pill], including the main ingredients, the thousand-year-old Yishen Grass and the thousand-year-old Huanxin Orchid. Moreover, the age of the herbs had far exceeded the requirements recorded in the pill recipe.

In addition, some spiritual medicines are materials for refining [Jade Dew and Golden Cloud Pills], such as the Thousand-Year Golden Line Pill.

However, of the two main ingredients needed for [Jade Dew and Golden Cloud Pill], the golden thread dendrobium must be at the level of a thousand-year-old precious medicine. The one Zhou Chun got was less than two thousand years old, which was far from enough.

There is another main ingredient of "Qionghua Yulu", which also needs to reach the level of a thousand-year-old precious medicine.

If Zhou Chun wants to refine this pill in the future, he will probably have to cooperate with others to collect materials and refine it like other Jindan stage cultivators.

And the best partner is Luo Qingni.

After checking the corresponding harvest, Zhou Chun and Zhou Mingde explained some related matters and left the Zhou family gate openly.

Not long after, news came from the Zhou family that the patriarch Zhou Zhengchun had gone out to travel to a foreign country and his whereabouts were unknown.

Since the Zhou family now has three Golden Elixir masters and has strong in-laws like the Jiangzhou Su family as an alliance, outsiders would probably not have any thoughts even if they knew that Zhou Chun had left the Zhou family.

The Jindan cultivators from other Jindan families can only envy this.

If possible, they would naturally like to travel around and look for opportunities.

However, as the pillars and rock of the family, if they leave the family for a long time, it will easily cause instability among the family members and make outsiders have intentions to spy on them.

If they get injured or die outside, it will be even more serious, and it is very likely that the family's foundation of hundreds or thousands of years will be destroyed!
Therefore, for the Jindan-stage cultivators from these Jindan families, the family has actually become an obstacle that hinders their progress.

But even if they knew this, what could they do?

These people are not like Zhou Chun. Most of them were able to open up the Purple Palace and form the Dan successfully because their elders put all the strength of the entire family to help them succeed. It can be said that they owed the family a huge favor.

Another thing is that most of them have had the experience of getting married and having children, and now have many children and grandchildren and various concerns and ties.

It is difficult for them to abandon these concerns and seek an opportunity for progress that they have no idea how likely it is.

And taking a -step back, what if they found further opportunities outside?
Is it possible for them to transform the elixir into a baby?
This is basically impossible!
Therefore, the Jindan-stage cultivators from these Jindan families can often only place their hopes on their younger generations.

If I could train one or two younger generations to form a golden elixir before I pass away, then they would have hope of pursuing things that I never dared to step out to pursue!
Zhou Chun actually knew this in his heart, so he had always wanted to train a few more Jindan-stage cultivators for the Zhou family, so that he could expand the family and liberate himself at the same time.

However, although the general forces did not have any special reaction to Zhou Chun's travel far away from home, Qinglian Temple was different.

Although she had reached a commission with the Bingyu Gate, Qing Weizi only knew that the Bingyu Gate had sent assassins to lie in wait in Jingguo, but she had no idea about the assassins' whereabouts.

According to the commission agreement, he would only pay the remaining remuneration after confirming that Zhou Chun had died.

So before this, Qing Weizi could only follow the progress through Zhou Chun's movements.

After Zhou Chun encountered the first assassination attempt more than a year ago, Qing Weizi was extorted by the Ice Prison Gate for providing inaccurate information and was forced to pay additional compensation.

Although he was very unhappy with the Ice Prison Gate's behavior at the time, he still endured it in order to achieve his goal.

When Qing Weizi heard that Zhou Chun seemed to have returned to his family with serious injuries, she was happy for a moment and felt that there was hope.

But then, he didn't see the killer from the Ice Prison Gate activate the token to contact him, and he also didn't hear any news of Zhou Chun's death, so he became anxious.

When Qing Weizi heard that Zhou Chun could actually travel far away, she became completely upset.

"What's going on? What do those assassins from the Ice Prison Gate do for? Didn't they say that this attack would be foolproof?"

Inside the cave, Qing Weizi started cursing in a rage.

He paid a huge price to hire the killer from the Ice Prison Gate to assassinate Zhou Chun.

Even though most of the agreed remuneration has not yet been paid, the deposit has already been a considerable amount.

And more importantly, after this assassination, there is almost no possibility of easing the relationship between Qinglian Temple and the Zhou family, and they may suffer the same revenge in the future!

Therefore, the assassination must be successful, and Zhou Chun, the Zhou family's most potential and powerful genius, must be killed!
But the result now is happening in the direction that Qing Weizi least wants to see.

Not only did Zhou Chun escape assassination attempts twice in a row, he also seemed determined to stay away from his family and hide in the dark.

In this way, Qinglian Temple could be said to have lost more than it gained, and would have to worry about Zhou Chun's revenge in the future.

How could Qing Weizi not be furious!
Unfortunately, he only had the token that the Ice Prison Gate killer wanted to contact him, but no other way to contact the other party.

Otherwise, he must find the killer now and ask him what he is doing!
After waiting in frustration and anxiety for nearly a month, Qing Weizi finally received contact from the people of the Ice Prison Gate.

It's just that the way the other party contacted him made his heart skip a beat, and his face darkened instantly.

Because the message from the other party asking him out for a meeting was not sent through a token, but was delivered directly to him by a disciple of Qinglian Temple.

what does this mean?
This meant that all his previous cover-ups were completely useless. In fact, the Ice Prison Gate already knew who commissioned them to kill!
"Humph, is this a warning to me?"

Qing Weizi snorted coldly with a gloomy expression, and anger flashed in her eyes.

Of course, he didn't want to use his real identity to deal with the people from the Ice Prison Gate. If any evidence was left behind and exposed, it would have very serious consequences for both him and the Qinglian Temple.

But now the killer from the Ice Prison Gate came directly to his door. If he continued to avoid them, he was afraid that the other party would really announce that he had hired a killer to kill someone.

Even if there is no evidence, it will cause great damage to his and Qinglian Temple's reputation.

So after thinking for a long time, Qing Weizi decided to go out and meet the other party.

Of course, even if she went out to meet the other party, Qing Weizi would not show her true appearance, but would still conceal herself in all aspects.

Anyway, no matter whether the other party already knows his true identity or not, he will definitely not reveal his true identity in front of the other party.

One day, Qing Weizi, disguised as an old man, arrived at the agreed location. After waiting for just half a quarter of an hour, he suddenly saw a figure in a white robe appear in front of him.

After seeing this person, Qing Weizi immediately asked in a sharp tone: "Is this how you do things in the Ice Prison Sect? Last time you asked for additional rewards, I agreed to it, but now the target is not only fine, but has even gone on a long journey to avoid disaster. You must give me an explanation for this matter!"

Upon hearing this, the white-robed monk replied calmly, "Please be patient, sir. I, the Ice Prison Sect, will certainly give you a satisfactory answer to this matter. But before that, you have to give me your bottom line!"

"Hand in hand? Hand in hand what? What do you mean by that?"

Qing Weizi's expression changed and she looked at the white-robed monk with puzzled eyes, not understanding what the other party meant.

The white-robed monk looked at him coldly and said, "Do you know that the fellow disciple we sent out to assassinate the target has now disappeared, and according to the results of tracking him, he is now in the depths of Longyuanze!"

"What? Are you sure you are not kidding me? How is this possible?!"

Qing Weizi looked at the white-robed monk with shock in her eyes, and couldn't help being shocked by his words.

You know, although he didn't know which assassin the Ice Prison Sect sent to assassinate Zhou Chun, he also knew that the assassin he hired at such a huge cost would definitely not be lower than the middle stage of the Golden Core, and his strength must be the best among the middle stage of the Golden Core cultivators!
Such a powerful mid-stage Jindan cultivator, even if he failed to assassinate Zhou Chun, logically speaking, there is no possibility that he would be injured or die!

The white-robed monk certainly understood why Qing Weizi was shocked, but he couldn't help but snorted coldly, "Humph, what's the point of me teasing you? I have personally visited the bank of Longyuan Lake before, and went thousands of miles deep into it but still couldn't find that junior brother. It can be basically concluded that he is now in the legendary Longyuan!" At this point, he also looked at Qing Weizi fiercely and said, "Now that the soul tablet of my junior brother is vibrating, and the soul light is dim, it is expected that someone has sealed his soul!"

"But you also know how difficult it is to capture and seal the soul of my junior brother alive! Not to mention putting him in the Dragon Abyss!"

"Such a skill is definitely not something that the younger generation with the Jindan initial stage cultivation can possess. There must be a master behind him!"

After hearing what he said, Qing Weizi was stunned and didn't know how to respond to him for a moment.

Is there someone more expert behind the Zhou family?

How come he doesn't know this!
In an instant, the two forces of Yuelun Sect and Tianjing Zhenren flashed through Qing Weizi's mind, but he quickly denied them.

He had already investigated it clearly. The talisman that Zhou Chun took out was given by Tianjing Zhenren. It was a reward from Tianjing Zhenren to reward the Zhou family for offering the head of the traitor Yu Jinghua.

Moreover, it is absolutely impossible for Master Tianjing to protect the Zhou family and make the Qinglian Temple their enemy. Qing Weizi, who knows some of the inside story, is extremely sure of this.

As for the Moon Wheel Sect, if they really wanted to protect Zhou Chun and the Zhou family, there seemed no need to go through so much trouble.

As the overlords of Jingguo, they only need to spread the word and the Ice Prison Gate will most likely give up this business!

By the way, Long Yuanze, could it be the Dragon Transformation Sect?
Qing Weizi suddenly shuddered and thought of some terrible possibility, and her eyes changed instantly.

His change naturally did not escape the sight of the white-robed monk. Seeing this, he immediately looked at him and asked, "How is it? From your appearance, it seems that you have already got the answer?"

"I'm not sure, I just had a bold guess just now, I don't know if it's the answer fellow daoist wants!"

Qing Weizi looked at the white-robed monk with complicated eyes and said.

"tell me the story."

The white-robed monk's eyes moved, and he immediately asked for details.

Upon hearing this, Qing Weizi immediately whispered in a complicated tone: "I don't know if there is really a so-called master behind the Zhou family. If there is, combined with what fellow Taoist said about my junior brother being sealed deep in Longyuanze, I think it might be the Dragon Transformation Sect!"

"The Dragon Transformation Sect?"

The white-robed monk whispered to himself, then looked at Qing Weizi and said, "If I remember correctly, the target seems to have a deep hatred for the Hualong Sect. A late Jindan cultivator from the Hualong Sect has died because of him before?"

"That's why I never thought that the target would be mixed up with the Hualong Sect. But on the other hand, if the Hualong Sect is willing to spend a lot of money, this is really possible!"

When Qing Weizi said this, she began to believe it a little more.

Then my heart was filled with bitterness.

Because he knew that even if his guess came true, he would not be able to take advantage of this opportunity to eliminate the Zhou family.

Unless he intends to reveal the fact that he hired a killer to assassinate Zhou Chun!
Moreover, everything is just his own speculation now, and he has not got any real evidence. Even if he tells others about it, it will be hard to gain the trust of the Moon Wheel Sect.

But he didn't expect that something even more distressing was yet to come.

After hearing his speculation, the white-robed monk was silent for a while, then looked at him and said, "I will report this matter to the sect master. Since my junior brother's life and death are currently unknown and the target's danger level has risen to extremely dangerous, this commission will not be accepted for execution for the time being. Your deposit will also be paid as compensation to my junior brother's relatives. Let's stop with this matter!"

After saying this, without even waiting for Qing Weizi to argue, he turned into a beam of white light and quickly left.

Qing Weizi, who was originally angry and wanted to curse after hearing his words, held back the curse after seeing the speed at which he transformed into the escape light.

The speed of the white light could be described as lightning fast. It flew dozens of miles away in the blink of an eye.

Even an ordinary late Jindan cultivator may not be able to achieve this speed!
Thinking about how he had just had a close conversation and argument with a late Jindan killer, Qing Weizi couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, and all his anger disappeared.

"Forget it, just consider it as burial expenses for that killer!"

He cursed inwardly and left the place in a hurry.

The news he received today was so shocking that he had to go back and sort it out and think about it carefully.

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Tianyuan Fairy City.

When Zhou Chun returned to this place, he immediately felt much more relaxed.

Although Tianyuan Immortal City has never used "Once you enter the immortal city, all grudges will be forgotten" as a propaganda slogan, for some monks seeking refuge, this place does serve as a refuge.

As long as you haven't committed any heinous crime or offended any of the top powers in the Great Zhou Kingdom, hiding in Tianyuan Immortal City basically means you'll be safe if it comes to personal grudges and revenge.

No matter how much your enemies hate you, they basically won't dare to touch you in Tianyuan Immortal City!
And assassin sects like the Ice Prison Sect would never assassinate their targets within the Tianyuan Immortal City.

That would be tantamount to directly offending the entire Tianyuan Immortal City and the powerful forces behind the Immortal City!
For Zhou Chun, he has done everything he can now. There is nothing he can do for the Zhou family now. He can only try his best to improve his strength.

If he could train all three of his spirit pets to the fourth level, he would be able to fight back even if he encountered a late Jindan killer!
As usual, after Zhou Chun entered the city, the first place he went to was the shop where Luo Qingni had placed an order.

What made him happy was that Luo Qingni finally came out.

After learning about this, he went to "Qing Ni Ju" to visit the other party without saying a word.

Luo Qingni was in the cave at this time. After receiving the message that Zhou Chun was coming to visit her, she immediately welcomed him into her cave.

Then he made some spiritual tea and apologized to him, "I'm so sorry. This retreat lasted longer than expected. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for so long."

Seeing this, Zhou Chun quickly returned the greeting and said, "Daoyou Luo, you are too polite. I am here to trouble you with something. Why not wait a little longer?"

After saying that, he looked at the other person carefully again, then congratulated him with a smile on his face: "It seems that Brother Luo has gained a lot from this retreat. I think it won't be long before he breaks through to the middle stage of the Golden Core!"

However, he discovered that the opponent's magic power had greatly improved, and his aura was much stronger than before.

Luo Qingni had already formed the Golden Core several decades earlier than him, and her aptitude was also stronger than his. Her cultivation resources were probably better than his. If nothing unexpected happened, she would definitely be promoted to the middle stage of the Golden Core before him.

Facing his congratulations, Luo Qingni waved her hands and smiled bitterly, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, you are joking. When one's cultivation reaches our level, a hundred years is not enough to break through a small realm, not to mention that there is a realm barrier there. Qingni is still far from the middle stage of the Golden Core!"

She is a family member and knows her own business. Although her cultivation and magic power have indeed increased, it will take at least another thirty to fifty years of hard practice to reach the barrier of the middle stage of the Golden Core.

Moreover, it is unknown how much time it will take to break through the realm barrier by then.

But Zhou Chun didn't expect that after hearing her words, he suddenly smiled mysteriously and said: "If Daoist Luo is worried about the barrier problem of the small realm, I happen to have something that can help Daoist Fellow!"

"Oh, are you serious, Brother Zhou? I wonder what it is?"

Luo Qingni's eyes lit up, and her curiosity was immediately aroused by Zhou Chun's words.

But Zhou Chun just smiled without answering. He just patted the storage bag on his waist, took out a jade slip and handed it to her.

Seeing this, Luo Qingni was stunned for a moment, then quickly took the jade slip and began to look at it.

Then her expression began to change drastically, filled with surprise.

Zhou Chun waited for nearly two quarters of an hour before he saw her withdraw her consciousness from the jade slip, then took a deep breath to calm her mind.

Then he looked at Zhou Chun with a complicated look and said, "Brother Zhou gave such a precious thing to Qingni so easily. Qingni really doesn't know how to respond to Brother Zhou!"

Zhou Chun seemed to have expected her to say this, and immediately smiled and said, "Let's be frank. Daoist Luo and I have worked together many times, and we have similar personalities. I am worried about giving this treasure to others, and I don't have the ability to refine it myself. If I give it to Daoist Luo, Daoist Luo will definitely not treat me unfairly given his character!"

Having said that, Zhou Chun slapped his storage bag again, then took out several other jade slips and handed them to Luo Qingni.

"This is a complete set of alchemy inheritance that Zhou obtained from a secret treasure trove. After being sorted out by two generations of alchemy masters, this set of alchemy inheritance should be a standard master-level inheritance. It also contains the recipe for the important elixir [Purple Dust Pill]!"

"I would like to ask Brother Luo to refine the required elixirs for me for free for the next 100 years in exchange for this alchemy inheritance and the recipe for Jade Dew and Golden Cloud Pill. I wonder if Brother Luo is willing to make the exchange?"

A set of master-level alchemy inheritance, plus two extremely precious pill recipes, [Purple Dust Pill] and [Jade Dew and Golden Cloud Pill], in exchange for his free help in alchemy within a hundred years.

Luo Qingni knew that she had definitely made a lot of money from this deal.

She immediately responded solemnly: "Okay, Qing Ni agrees. In the next hundred years, as long as it is Daoist Zhou's alchemy commission, Qing Ni will not charge a penny, and will be given the highest priority. After a hundred years, Qing Ni will only charge 50% of the original price for Daoist Zhou's alchemy commissions!"

"Hahaha, it's Zhou who made the money, and Fellow Daoist Luo has never let Zhou down!"

Zhou Chun laughed and immediately handed the jade slip in his hand to Luo Qingni.

(End of this chapter)