Beast-controlling fairy clan.

Chapter 536: Both Advance [Subscribe]

Make a deal?

Zhou Chun looked at Zeng Tai with an unchanged expression, and said calmly, "Oh, I wonder what is there in Zhang that is worthy of Zeng Daoyou's attention?"

"The last time Fellow Daoist Zhang treated Zeng's injuries, Zeng discovered that the magical power of Fellow Daoist Zhang's life treasure seemed to have the effect of restraining and dissolving the gold-attributed spiritual power. This made Zeng very curious. I wonder if Fellow Daoist Zhang could tell me about this magical power?"

Zeng Tai looked directly at Zhou Chun with sharp eyes, as if he didn't realize how excessive his request was.

Zhou Chun's face suddenly darkened, and he looked at him gloomily and replied, "Brother Zeng, don't you think this request is a bit unreasonable? If I want to know about the magical power that combines the two attributes of gold and fire that Brother Zeng has cultivated, will Brother Zeng be willing to tell me?"

Hearing what he said, Zeng Tai couldn't help but look at him deeply, then smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist Zhang may have misunderstood. I have no ill intentions. I just want to satisfy my curiosity."

After that, he continued, "How about this, I know that Daoist Zhang has been collecting some spiritual medicine materials recently, and I happen to have a few spiritual medicines that Daoist Zhang needs. As long as Daoist Zhang is willing to satisfy my curiosity, I am willing to use them as an exchange."

He obviously came prepared.

But Zhou Chun was not moved at all, and just said coldly: "Sorry, this is related to Zhang's personal privacy, there is absolutely no room for negotiation!"

After saying that, he stood up and said, "If you have nothing else to do, Mr. Zeng, I will take my leave first."

This firm and resolute attitude seemed to be beyond Zeng Tai's expectations, and his expression turned a little ugly.

As a Jindan elder of a major sect like the Yuanyang Sect, Zeng Tai rarely encounters people who do not give him face in the circle of Jindan-stage cultivators in the Great Zhou Kingdom.

Now, a mere Jindan early stage cultivator from a foreign immortal cultivation family dared to disrespect him like this, which really made him feel embarrassed.

But he seemed to have forgotten that it was precisely because Zhou Chun was not a Jindan-stage cultivator of the Great Zhou Kingdom that he did not need to give him any face.

No matter how powerful the Yuanyang Sect is, its influence can only be used in the Great Zhou Kingdom and several neighboring countries. As long as Zhou Chun does not ask anything of him, what does it matter how noble his status is?

"Friend Zhang, wait a minute."

Seeing that Zhou Chun was about to leave, Zeng Tai finally tried to keep her.

After his expression changed several times, he bowed to Zhou Chun and said, "Fellow Daoist Zhang, please calm down. I was not thoughtful just now and offended you. I apologize to you."

His apology was somewhat unexpected to Zhou Chun.

After being stunned for a while, he said to him with a more relaxed expression: "Fellow Daoist Zeng, you are too serious. It's not that Zhang is unkind, but the magical skills that we cultivators practice are extremely private. If we leak them to others, it may leave fatal risks to ourselves in the future. I'm sure that fellow Daoist Zeng knows this!"

"Yes, yes, of course Zeng knows this."

Zeng Tai nodded repeatedly, then looked at Zhou Chun and said, "But Zeng and Fellow Daoist Zhang have known each other for a while. Fellow Daoist Zhang doesn't trust others, so how could he not trust Zeng? Zeng just wants to know the limit of Fellow Daoist Zhang's magical power, and whether he can really dissolve all gold-attributed spiritual power at will!"

He still hasn't given up the idea of ​​getting to the bottom of it!

This immediately made Zhou Chun feel very bad about him, knowing that he was an arrogant and paranoid guy.

However, although he had begun to dislike this person in his heart, Zhou Chun could not refuse him directly as he had done before.

Because he knew in his heart that with Zeng Tai's arrogance, if he failed to achieve his goal even though he had already lowered his posture, he would probably become really angry and retaliate against him.

That would definitely bring him a lot of trouble!
Therefore, after hesitating for a long time, Zhou Chun slowly said: "Since Fellow Daoist Zeng wants to know this matter so much, Zhang will make an exception and tell you about it!"

As he spoke, he explained, "Although Zhang's magical power can dissolve and melt gold-attributed spiritual power, the prerequisite is that it can only be effective when it enters your body without resistance, just like when I healed you, or it can be effective on some gold-attributed spiritual power that is not under control. This magical power is actually an auxiliary magical power, not an offensive technique!"

"Is that true?"

Zeng Tai's eyes flickered, as if he was a little unconvinced.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Chun immediately said, "If you don't believe me, you can experience this magical power yourself again."

Hearing what he said, Zeng Tai immediately smiled and said, "Then I'll trouble you, Brother Zhang."

Afterwards, the two of them left the teahouse and went directly to Tianbao Pavilion, where there was a special place for testing the power of magical instruments. Only there could they freely display their magical powers without alerting the Immortal City Guards.

Sun Yuanjing from Tianbao Pavilion is a mutual friend of theirs, so he would naturally not refuse such a small matter.

Then, under the witness of Sun Yuanjing, Zhou Chun summoned the [Wanhua Golden Cauldron] and used the "Wanhua Golden Light" to attack Zeng Tai.

Just as Zhou Chun himself said, "Wanhua Golden Light" did not have much offensive power, and Zeng Tai easily blocked the attack with a defensive magic weapon he casually summoned.

Then Zhou Chun also asked him to try his own protective supernatural powers, and he could also defend against the attack of "Wanhua Jinguang".

This made him feel completely relieved, but also secretly disappointed.

"How is it? Now, Brother Zeng believes what Zhang said, right?"

Zhou Chun put away the magic weapon and said to Zeng Tai calmly.

Hearing his words, Zeng Tai's face flashed with embarrassment, and then he laughed dryly and replied: "Haha, Taoist Zhang, you are joking. Of course, Zeng believes you."

As he spoke, he slapped the storage bag on his waist, took out four jade boxes and handed them to Zhou Chun.

"Thank you for troubling me, Fellow Daoist Zhang. These few spiritual herbs will serve as Zeng's apology. I hope Fellow Daoist Zhang will not refuse them."

It's not that he is completely unsympathetic. He knows that the previous incident made Zhou Chun unhappy, and now he wants to make amends.

Unfortunately, Zhou Chun already had a deep prejudice against him. Although he accepted the elixir he gave him, he had already classified him as someone he should not have close friendship with.

Next, the two of them appeared to be in a friendly relationship and pulled Sun Yuanjing to sit and talk for a while, and then Zeng Tai left first.

After sending Zeng Tai away, Sun Yuanjing turned around and smiled bitterly at Zhou Chun, saying, "It was my fault this time. I didn't expect Zeng Tai to be so arrogant and paranoid. He relied on his origin from Yuanyang Sect to ignore other Taoist friends and dared to make any demands. He is really not a human being!"

From the previous trial between the two of them, he roughly understood Zeng Tai's intention of looking for Zhou Chun, and he felt very annoyed about it.

It is true that he wants to make friends with an elder of a big sect like Zeng Tai, but he will not sell out all his other clients just to make friends with this person.

After all, Zeng Tai's status is not enough to make him do something that would destroy his reputation.

Just like Zhou Chun, he didn't want to make friends with such people anymore, but he didn't dare to offend them easily. So he could only apologize to Zhou Chun.

Facing his apology, Zhou Chun just shook his head and said, "Forget it, let's just let it go!"

But I don't want to talk about Zeng Tai anymore.

However, this incident also served as a wake-up call for Zhou Chun.

One must be extremely careful when making friends with cultivators like Zeng Tai who come from top sects in the future, otherwise, if they encounter the same ingratitude as this time, it would be a real disaster for themselves.

After communicating with Sun Yuanjing, Zhou Chun returned to his cave to practice.

On the other hand, after leaving Tianbao Pavilion and returning to his temporary residence, Zeng Tai couldn't help but sigh as he recalled the test between him and Zhou Chun.

"Sure enough, I shouldn't have expected such a cultivator from a small sect. It seems that if I want to restrain and weaken that fellow from the Jiuyuan Sword Sect, I have to start from other aspects!"

He originally had high hopes for Zhou Chun's magical power of "Ten Thousand Changes of Golden Light" and wanted to use this magical power to deal with one of his opponents.

It’s a pity that the result of this personal test really disappointed him, so he completely lost interest in Zhou Chun.

But Zhou Chun didn't know that he was lucky to escape this time because his supernatural power was too weak.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, another two years have passed.

Just as Zhou Chun expected, after swallowing the [Ancient Dust Pill] he bestowed upon them, Lei Jiao Baibai and Golden Armored Mountain Turtle Shitou were both promoted to third-rank top-grade monsters, and their respective strengths improved greatly.

The power of Baibai, a top-grade third-rank thunder dragon, is even more powerful. Now, unless a cultivator in the early Jindan stage ambushes it in advance, there is no way he can catch up with it.

If Zhou Chun and it perform the "Beast Spirit Fusion Technique", their speed will not be much slower than that of a late Jindan cultivator.

When it breaks through to the fourth level, Zhou Chun will merge with it, and then he won’t be afraid of being hunted down by late Jindan cultivators.

The defense of the third-grade top-quality golden-armored mountain-carrying turtle stone is so strong that it can withstand the attacks of ordinary early-stage Jindan cultivators. If it were to stay on the ground, there would be no way that an early-stage Jindan cultivator could do anything about it!

At the same time, its earth escape technique has become even more powerful. If it is given a certain amount of time to activate its ability, it can also take Zhou Chun and escape to a depth of a thousand feet underground, leaving even the late Jindan cultivators helpless!
It can be said that Zhou Chun was very satisfied with the performance of both pets, so for a moment he couldn't help but feel a little difficult to decide which one to support to advance to the fourth level. From a practical point of view, whichever of them was promoted to the fourth level would be of immediate help to him.

If Lei Jiao Baibai is promoted to the fourth level, he will be able to maximize the effect of the "Beast Spirit Fusion Method" and truly complete the fourth level of the "Secret of Dragon Transformation" that has been stagnant for a long time, not to mention his own powerful combat power.

If the Golden Armored Mountain-Carrying Turtle Stone is promoted to the fourth level, one thing is certain: cultivators below the late Jindan stage will have difficulty in hurting it, and its earth escape technique will be qualitatively improved, and it will be able to truly unleash the power of the "Mountain-Carrying Turtle" bloodline and carry the mountain on its body!
"Why not let them discuss it themselves?"

After Zhou Chun hesitated for a long time, he suddenly had an idea.

He called both spirit pets to his side, and then informed them of his current difficulties. He said that only by concentrating resources could he train one of them to advance to the fourth level.

Perhaps it is because of their noble bloodline, or perhaps it is because of Zhou Chun's teaching for more than two hundred years, but except for the inability to speak, the intelligence of these two spirit pets is not much lower than that of ordinary human teenagers.

What Zhou Chun said is not difficult to understand.

Not long after, the golden-armored mountain-carrying turtle Shi Tou gave Zhou Chun feedback, meaning that it was not in a hurry to break through to the fourth level, and if it did break through to the fourth level, it would have to hide in the mountain for decades in order to carry the mountain on its back, and would not be able to provide Zhou Chun with immediate combat power.

Zhou Chun was also very pleased with Lei Jiao's feedback. It meant that the Golden Armored Mountain Turtle Stone had been promoted to the fourth level and could better protect its master. Moreover, its cultivation speed was faster than that of the stone. Even without resources for cultivation, it would have a chance to break through to the fourth level after a hundred years of cultivation.

Such a scene of brotherly love and respect made Zhou Chun feel very happy and he felt that all his efforts over the years were worth it.

Compared to humans, these monsters are often more pure.

Because of the contractual ties between them, they can communicate with their masters to a certain extent. At the same time, they will not be affected by external opinions and environmental pollution, and will always remain loyal and respectful to their masters.

In the world of immortal cultivation, there are some monsters and beasts that have very deep feelings for their masters. Even if they have cultivated to the fifth level, survived the heavenly thunder tribulation, and have the ability to regain their freedom, they will not choose to leave their masters.

What's more, they will continue to protect their master's descendants and family after their master passes away.

An example of this that Zhou Chun knew of was the Huangfu family, the royal family of the Great Zhou Kingdom.

The reason why this clan is able to rank among the top five in the Great Zhou Kingdom, in addition to the two Nascent Soul cultivators of the clan, is because there is also an ancestor, the Demon King, who was passed down from their ancestors.

This old demon king is now a fifth-rank high-quality demon beast, and his strength is comparable to that of a great cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage!

It is precisely because of the protection of this powerful and long-lived demon king that the Huangfu family has been able to produce many Nascent Soul cultivators and has always firmly held the position of the number one immortal cultivation family in the Great Zhou Kingdom.

However, there was very little news from the outside world about the demon king ancestor of the Huangfu family. Zhou Chun only learned about this by chance from a Jindan stage cultivator. He was quite shocked and excited at the time.

For him and the Zhou family, this is undoubtedly a very good example.

If the Zhou family can cultivate such a powerful demon king in the future and make him willing to stay and be a guardian, then the family will truly have the foundation to last for thousands or even tens of thousands of years.

Therefore, when he was at the Zhou family, Zhou Chun was extremely fond of the several spiritual pets, and the other Zhou family cultivators were also extremely respectful and flattering to them.

Sometimes when they encounter Lei Jiao Baibai and Jin Chi Hu wandering inside and outside the mountain gate, some Zhou family cultivators will generously feed them food.

If they are happy with their meal, they will sometimes leave a scale or shed hair as a gift.

Zhou Chun was also very encouraging and supportive of this.

He also hoped that the pets would be able to slowly get used to this way of life over the years, get used to being fed and having their hair washed. That way, even if they could truly become fifth-level demon kings in the future, they would most likely not be willing to go to the wilderness and occupy the mountains as kings, and continue to live in caves and sleep on the floor!

"Very good, since you think so, then let's give priority to Bai Bai's promotion to the fourth level!"

Zhou Chun reached out and touched the heads of the two pets with satisfaction and made a decision on the spot.

Stone, the golden-armored mountain-carrying turtle, said something that convinced Zhou Chun. After reaching the fourth stage, it would have to carry the mountain on its back. It would have to spend dozens or even hundreds of years hiding in the mountains, slowly completing the process of immersing and refining the mountain.

During that period, it cannot move and cannot fight for Zhou Chun, otherwise all previous efforts will be wasted and it will have to start all over again.

In this way, it is not suitable to be the first spiritual pet to be promoted to the fourth level.

After making this decision, Zhou Chun continued to mobilize his connections, traveling around the markets in various parts of the Great Zhou Kingdom, and even in the markets of neighboring countries, purchasing the relevant spiritual medicines for refining the [Ancient Dust Pill] at high prices.

……

In the wilderness, somewhere in the mountains.

Zhou Xinyan and five Zhou family foundation-building cultivators hid on a mountain peak, carefully staring at a grassy slope on the mountain.

On the grass slope grew a large patch of "Wind Grass", a low-level spiritual grass with short stems and long leaves that was not afraid of strong winds.

At this time, a group of strange-looking monsters were eating these spiritual herbs on the grass slope.

This strange monster looks like a zebra, with blue and white stripes, and blue mane on its neck. What's even stranger is that it has a single horn on its forehead like a rhinoceros.

The horn is not long, usually no more than three feet, and is generally white with circles of green threads.

At this time, the six foundation-building cultivators of the Zhou family were hiding in the dark, secretly observing the group of monsters, and heard Zhou Xinyan transmitting a message to the others: "Dear brothers, dear nephews, I found these [One-horned Wind Chasing Horses] with great difficulty. Whether I can make a great contribution this time and obtain the [Mysterious Heart Purple Huan Dan] depends on whether I can capture them all and send them back to the family!"

"As long as you help me complete this task, whether you want to compete for the Purple Mansion Spiritual Items or need help with other things in the future, I, Zhou Xinyan, will definitely not object!"

It turned out that ever since Zhou Chun set the standard for competing for the [Xuanxin Zihuan Dan], Zhou Xinyan and other Zhou family cultivators who were expected to open up the Purple Mansion were all gearing up to compete for it.

Zhou Xinyan had been training outside before and got to know many cultivators from other families and independent cultivators who were building their foundation.

At this time, in order to compete for the [Xuanxin Zihuandan], he mobilized those connections and asked them to help him find monster species worth capturing and taming.

According to the rules of the Zhou family, if a clan member can offer the family a population of extremely high-value monsters, he can obtain a lot of good deeds for the family.

Zhou Xinyan was very lucky. A Qi Condensation cultivator team under the command of one of his cultivator friends accidentally discovered the trace of the Unicorn Chasing Wind Horse here, so they informed him of the news.

You should know that this group of [One-horned Wind-Chasing Horses] are not ordinary. Although there are only twenty-six of them, there are three second-level monsters, and the leader among them is a second-level middle-grade monster.

This situation shows that this group of [One-horned Wind-chasing Horses] all have the potential to be promoted to the second-level monsters, and their bloodline levels can reach the intermediate level.

The only monster species that the Zhou family can currently have that can reach this level are the offspring of the Cloud-Stepping Dragon Colt that evolved from the Dragon Scale Horse.

The key is, even if the [Unicorn Wind-Chasing Horse] only grows to the first-grade superior quality, it can still fly with the wind for a period of time. This is a talent that even a first-grade dragon-scale horse cannot match!
If Zhou Xinyan could capture these [One-horned Wind Chasing Horses] alive and send them back to the Zhou family for taming, that would be a great achievement.

"Uncle Nineteen, don't worry. With the six of us in the Foundation Establishment Stage, plus you, a late Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator, it will be easy for us to capture these beasts!"

Beside Zhou Xinyan, a man in a green robe confidently spoke to comfort him.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Xinyan looked at him seriously and said, "My dear nephew Siming, don't be careless. Although the second-level [One-horned Wind Chaser] is not as strong as us, its flying speed is extraordinary, even better than my Blue-feathered Fire Kite. If one or two of them escape, my credit will be reduced by half!"

Hearing his words, the green-robed man Zhou Siming's face suddenly froze, and he smiled awkwardly and was unable to speak.

Now Zhou Xinyan has placed all his hopes of obtaining the [Xuanxin Zihuan Dan] on this group of [Unicorn Wind Chasing Horses]. They all know how much psychological pressure they are under, so they have to be careful with what they say.

But someone just kept talking about something else, and suddenly sighed, "Oh, if only we could borrow Elder Zhengyong's second-grade superior golden-feathered eagle. With its strength and flying speed, these [One-horned Wind Chasing Horses] will never be able to escape no matter how hard they try!"

As soon as these words fell, Zhou Xinyan's expression changed and a hint of displeasure flashed in his eyes.

He turned his head to look at Zhou Xinchen who was speaking, forced himself to take a deep breath to suppress the unhappiness in his heart, frowned and said: "Brother Chen, what nonsense are you talking about? That golden-winged eagle is the spiritual beast that the clan leader gave to Elder Zhengyong. How can we lend it to him? Besides, if we do that, doesn't it mean that I, Zhou Xinyan, am incompetent and need the help of my elders to do such a thing!"

After that, he said in a deep voice: "Okay, now act according to the plan, be alert and don't be careless!"

Following his order, the six Zhou family foundation-building cultivators rushed out at once and headed straight for the group of [Unicorn Wind-Chasing Horses] that were grazing.

Although there were only six of them, Zhou Xinyi alone owned two second-level spiritual pets, and the others also tamed one or two first-level top-quality spiritual pets.

With the help of some magic talismans and magic weapons prepared in advance, they quickly captured and trapped all the twenty-three first-level [One-horned Wind-chasing Horses].

However, what Zhou Xinyan was worried about did not happen.

These [Unihorn-Chasing Wind Horses] obviously belong to the same family, and those first-level [Unihorn-Chasing Wind Horses] are the offspring of the second-level [Unihorn-Chasing Wind Horses].

After seeing their descendants being captured, several second-order [One-horned Wind-chasing Horses] did not abandon them and run away, but fought desperately to rescue these descendants.

In the end, they were all captured alive by Zhou Xinyan and his gang who were outnumbered and well-prepared!
After personally capturing the strongest second-level mid-grade [One-horned Wind Chaser], Zhou Xinyan could no longer contain his inner joy and could not help but laugh to everyone: "Hahaha, thank you all brothers and nephews for your help this time. Next, I will trouble you to help transport these beasts back to the family mountain gate. When this matter is settled, I will definitely prepare a feast to entertain you all!"

(End of this chapter)