Beast-controlling fairy clan.

Zhou Chun was somewhat curious and wary about why Wukulu asked to trade more [Black Lotus Pills].

Therefore, after separating from Ukulu and agreeing on a date for a meeting and handover, Zhou Chun quietly went to the Black Spear Tribe and secretly captured a second-level warlock who was out leading a hunting team to search his soul.

After a detailed soul search, Zhou Chun easily found out the true purpose of the [Black Lotus Pill] for the scaly frog alien race.

"Is that so? The [Black Lotus Pill] can actually strengthen the bloodline of the Scaled Frog Alien Clan and even stimulate the power of the bloodline, allowing some Scaled Frog Alien Clan members who originally had difficulty becoming warlocks to become warlocks!"

Zhou Chun's eyes narrowed, and he finally understood why Ukulu did that.

Fortunately, he was more careful and discovered this. Otherwise, not only would the overall strength of the Scaled Frog Tribe greatly increase due to obtaining a large amount of [Black Lotus Pills], but the Zhou Family would also become a victim.

A simple example, if there is a certain elixir in the world of immortal cultivation that can enable mortals without spiritual roots to grow spiritual roots and embark on the path of immortal cultivation, and it is not difficult to refine, then this elixir can definitely change the pattern of the entire world of immortal cultivation and the pattern of the entire human race!

Although spiritual roots and bloodlines are not the same thing, the significance of the [Black Lotus Pill] to the Scaled Frog alien race is as important as the elixir mentioned in the example.

So after understanding this, Zhou Chun not only could no longer trade large quantities of [Black Lotus Pills] to the Scaled Frog aliens, but he also had to significantly increase the selling value of this elixir.

He was not in a hurry to expose the matter, but returned to his family to investigate the situation of the [Black Lotus Pill].

After the lotus seeds that Zhou Chun brought back from the secret island were planted, a total of four kinds sprouted and grew. Two of them were the [Clear Fire Lotus] and [Golden Silk White Jade Lotus] recorded in the Zhou family's collection of classics.

The other two types have not been included in the Zhou family. They may be some mutated lotus species, or they may be unknown lotus species.

The black lotus used to refine the [Black Lotus Pill] is one of them, and the other grows very slowly and has yet to bloom and bear fruit.

The black lotus has also been studied by the alchemists of the Zhou and Su families. Apart from the fact that it contains relatively pure water-attributed spiritual power, making it suitable as the main ingredient for refining the [Water Lotus Pill], no special effects have been found. It is not as highly valued as the [Clear Fire Lotus] and [Golden Silk White Jade Lotus].

The former can be used to refine [Fire Clearing and Poison Removing Pills], which are very effective in removing fire poison. The Yanyang Sect purchases large quantities of such elixirs all year round for their disciples to use in their cultivation.

Although the latter's lotus seeds are not a rare thing, the golden thread generated inside the stems is a rare spiritual object, very suitable for making flags and robes for formations. At the same time, the white jade lotus root is also sweet and delicious. It can be eaten raw as a spiritual fruit, or cooked into soup as a spiritual meal.

Therefore, the Zhou family now has limited land suitable for growing these spiritual lotuses, and they plant more of the [Clear Fire Lotus] and [Golden Silk White Jade Lotus] types of spiritual lotuses, while the number of black lotuses is relatively much less. The same is true for the Su family.

After clarifying the relevant situation, Zhou Chun was not in a hurry to order the family to increase or reduce the production of black lotus. He would make a decision only after meeting Ukulu again.

Two months passed like this, and Zhou Chun met Ukulu and his chosen successor again.

"Senior Zhou, this is the Bahar that Wukulu told you about before. He will be the new high priest of our clan. He will be responsible for trade and mutual assistance with your family in the future!"

It was in the water palace that Lu Ran had originally built that Zhou Chun met with two third-level warlocks.

After hearing what Ukulu said, he couldn't help but look at Bahar.

This person is similar to Ukulu who had just taken over as the high priest of the Scaled Frog alien tribe. He has the cultivation level of a third-rank low-grade warlock. He should be a rising star cultivated by the Black Spear Tribe and a direct subordinate of Ukulu.

Facing Zhou Chun's scrutiny, the High Priest Bahar quickly leaned over and saluted him, saying, "Junior Bahar, greetings to Senior Zhou."

The human language he spoke was quite correct, and it seemed that he had put in a lot of effort.

Zhou Chun did not try to intimidate the other party. He smiled kindly and said, "Fellow Daoist Bahar, you are too polite. I hope you will take care of the trade exchanges between our two tribes in the future."

Hearing this, High Priest Bahar immediately responded with a serious expression: "I will definitely do my best."

After the two of them had met, Zhou Chun turned his gaze to High Priest Wukulu again, looked at him meaningfully and said, "Fellow Daoist Wukulu, you probably didn't tell the truth about the specific uses of the [Black Lotus Pill] last time. As far as I know, the facts are quite different from what you said!"

Hearing what he said, Ukulu and Bahar's faces changed color, and panic suddenly appeared in their eyes that was difficult to conceal.

The two of them looked at each other, and then Wukulu bowed deeply to Zhou Chun and said, "I am guilty of deceiving Senior Zhou. I hope Senior Zhou will forgive me."

Seeing this, Zhou Chun waved his hand and said, "When doing business, it is normal to conceal product information in order to buy low and sell high. I don't have any intention of blaming fellow Daoist Wukulu."

Then he changed the subject and continued, "However, since the real effect of the [Black Lotus Pill] is not simply to improve the cultivation of mana, then the price cannot be exchanged at the low price as before."

"And if you want to exchange for such treasures, the nobles will have to take out some treasures that are sincere enough, otherwise it will violate the principle of fair exchange!"

Judging from what he said, it was clear that he had no intention of completely prohibiting the sale of [Black Lotus Pill] to the Scaled Frog aliens.

After Ukulu and Bahar realized this, they felt relieved.

What they were most worried about was that after Zhou Chun knew the true effect of the [Black Lotus Pill], he would find an excuse to stop selling it to the Scaled Frog Tribe.

Since there is still room for discussion now, it's easy to talk about it.

Wukulu nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, yes, what Senior Zhou said is absolutely right. I completely agree with your point of view."

Then he looked at Zhou Chun cautiously and said, "But I wonder what Senior Zhou thinks the price of a [Black Lotus Pill] should be?"

"Then what do you think is a suitable amount, Brother Wukulu?"

Zhou Chun looked at the other person with a smile, but threw the question back.

"This, this..."

Ukulu stammered with his mouth open, and he kept saying “this” for a long time, but he couldn’t utter a complete sentence.

Of course he wanted to set a low price, but he knew in his heart that Zhou Chun would never let them take advantage of him.

But he really didn't dare to decide how high a price to offer.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun smiled and said, "It seems that fellow Daoist Wukulu also knows that treasures like this cannot be easily measured by money!"

After saying this, without waiting for Wukulu to deny it, he immediately continued, "In this case, Zhou has a preliminary plan. Fellow Daoist Wukulu, please see if it is feasible!"

Hearing his words, Wukulu swallowed back the words of denial that were about to come out of his mouth. He could only look at him helplessly and said, "Please give me some advice, Senior Zhou."

Zhou Chun raised his finger and said, "My plan is very simple. My Zhou family does not want the Scaled Frogs to pay a very high price for this [Black Lotus Pill]. Instead, we will include it as a gift in every trade exchange."

"The more rare and precious things the Scale Frogs bring out in each trade exchange, the more gifts our Zhou family will give them. Otherwise, we will give them less, or even no gifts at all!"

After these words were spoken, both Ukulu and Bahar frowned and thought about the pros and cons.

Then the two of them quickly changed their expressions and figured out the key.

Wukulu immediately said with a sad face: "Senior Zhou, can you change the plan? My clan is willing to exchange [Black Lotus Pill] for ten times the original price, and I only ask that the Zhou family can give more purchase quotas!"

But he also understood the "sinister intentions" of Zhou Chun's plan.

If they really followed Zhou Chun's plan, not only would it be difficult to guarantee the number of [Black Lotus Pills] that their Scaled Frog Tribe would obtain, but they would also have to sacrifice their own sorcerers to obtain precious spiritual objects from dangerous areas in Longyuan Lake, thus weakening the power of the tribe in disguise.

But now that Zhou Chun understood the true purpose of the [Black Lotus Pill], he would definitely not sell it in large quantities to the Scaled Frog Tribe.

So at this time, he changed his previous friendly expression and said with a stern face: "Fellow Daoist Wukulu, you are joking. If you can produce an elixir that can allow a mortal of the human race to develop spiritual roots and cultivate immortal arts, let alone ten times the price of the original [Black Lotus Pill], even if it is a hundred or a thousand times the price, Zhou will buy as much as you can and will not bargain even a penny!"

Hearing this, Wukulu immediately became anxious and quickly explained: "But the [Black Lotus Pill] can't make every ordinary member of our tribe become a warlock, it just has a very low probability!"

Then he added, "Moreover, for the tribesmen who rely on the [Black Lotus Pill] to become warlocks, it is almost impossible for them to break through to the second level!"

But no matter what he said, Zhou Chun had already made up his mind.

After all, the Zhou family does not necessarily have to rely on the [Black Lotus Pill] to earn the wealth accumulated by the Scaled Frog Clan. Even if they do not sell the [Black Lotus Pill] to the Scaled Frog Clan, they can still earn the wealth they deserve through other things.

Therefore, he simply looked down upon the small profits that could be obtained from directly selling the [Black Lotus Pill].

He just shook his head slightly and said, "Fellow Daoist Wukulu, there is no need to say more. I have made up my mind. Either you do as I say, or I will remove the Black Lotus Pill from the trade materials in the future. Fellow Daoist, you can choose one!"

After saying this, both Ukulu and Nabahar's faces turned extremely ugly and they fell silent for a moment.

Zhou Chun was not in a hurry to urge them, as he believed that the two had no better choice.

In terms of trade between the two tribes, it has always been the Scaled Frog Tribe that has asked the Zhou family for help, rather than the Zhou family begging the other party.

Even if trade was cut off, the Zhou family would at most just lose a source of income.

Sure enough, after a while of silence, Wukulu said in a hoarse voice: "In this case, everything will be carried out according to Senior Zhou's decision!"

"Very good, then it's settled. I will explain this matter to the tribe members when I return, and we can start implementing it the next time the two tribes conduct material trade!"

Zhou Chun nodded in satisfaction, and the matter was settled in a few words. After that, he did not pay any attention to the two frustrated alien warlocks of the Scaled Frog race, and returned to his family to practice in seclusion.

"High Priest Wukulu, this Zhou family is really too bullying. We have sacrificed so many lives of our people over the years and offered them so many rare treasures from the water, but now we are still being teased and humiliated by them at will. This is simply too much!"

In the Black Spear Tribe, High Priest Bahar, who had returned to the tribe, recalled his previous meeting with Zhou Chun in the Water Palace. He could no longer conceal his resentment and could not help but complain loudly to High Priest Ukulu.

Wukulu, who didn't want to hear his complaints, immediately changed his expression. He looked at him with cold eyes and scolded him: "Bahar, shut up! Have you forgotten what I warned you about? Have you forgotten your promise to me?"

"I didn't, I just..."

Bahar opened his mouth and waved his hands to try to explain, but Ukulu interrupted him with a wave of his hand, "Okay, stop explaining. Now you need to face the wall for three months and recite my teachings to you. This is for the good of you and the tribe!"

The words were full of unquestionable meaning.

"Yes, Bahar will obey the order of the high priest!"

Bahar opened his mouth, but finally agreed in a low voice with his head down.

But just when he was about to face the wall and reflect on his mistakes, Wukulu called him again, "Wait a moment."

Wukulu looked at Bahar with a serious face and said in a very solemn tone: "Bahar, remember, the Zhou family is not someone we, the Scale Frog Clan, can afford to offend. At least before a fourth-level warlock appears in our clan, we must not offend them in the slightest!"

"You must know that only through trade and exchanges with the Zhou family can our clan obtain those elixirs and magical tools, and only then can there be hope for the emergence of a fourth-level warlock in our clan!"

"So I hope you must remember one thing. As long as the Zhou family is still willing to trade with us and can provide what our tribe needs, no matter how much humiliation you personally endure, you must endure it and never offend the Zhou family. Otherwise, you will be the sinner of the entire tribe and will be despised by all the Scale Frogs!!"

At this point, Wukulu raised his hand and gently placed it on Bahar's head, then whispered, "Do you understand what I said?"

"Yes, Bahar understands. Bahar will definitely remember the teachings of High Priest Ukuru!"

After Bahar looked at Ukulu, he couldn't help but nodded heavily and responded in a serious tone.

Then he went to face the wall and reflect on his mistakes.

Looking at Bahar's departing back, Ukulu's eyes suddenly became deep.

Only half a year had passed, and Zhou Chun had received the "sincerity" of the scaly frog aliens.

"This [Renshui Mysterious Pearl] is the most precious spiritual object that the Scaled Frog Tribe brought out in this trade. It is said that it was a treasure that High Priest Ukulu obtained from the depths of Longyuan Lake at the cost of his own life!"

"According to the standards set by you, clan leader, and taking into account other rare spiritual objects, Xu Fu, who is in charge of trade, gave the other party 55 [Black Lotus Pills] as a reward!"

Inside Zhou Chun's cave, Zhou Xinyan came forward with a jade box containing a water-white spirit bead, and respectfully reported on the trade between the Zhou family and the alien scaly frogs.

Originally, there was no need to report this kind of thing to Zhou Chun, as his authority was more than enough to handle it.

However, the [Renshui Mysterious Pearl] obtained this time was too precious, so in order to show off his achievements, Zhou Xinyan made a special trip to pay a visit and report the matter.

After seeing the water-white spiritual bead, Zhou Chun's eyes lit up. He immediately raised his hand to take it in his hand and examine it carefully.

After tasting it, he nodded repeatedly with a smile on his face, saying, "Not bad, not bad. This [Ren Shui Xuan Zhu] is indeed a rare water-attributed spiritual object. It will be of great use to me!"

As he spoke, he nodded slightly to Zhou Xinyan and said, "You did a good job on this matter. It's thoughtful."

The words "thoughtful" immediately made Zhou Xinyan smile, and he quickly lowered his head and replied respectfully: "It is my honor to serve the clan leader."

Then he tactfully said goodbye and left.

After he left, Zhou Chun looked at the [Renshui Mysterious Pearl] in his hand, and became more and more satisfied.

This item contains extremely pure Ren water power and is a very rare water-attributed spiritual item of the magic weapon spiritual material level.

But more importantly, this item can also be used as an auxiliary material for the third level practice of "Small Five Elements Breaking the Profound Light".

In this way, Zhou Chun now has the [Green Wood Spirit Heart] of wood attribute and the [Ren Water Mysterious Pearl] of water attribute in his hands. As long as he can gather the three spiritual objects of gold, fire and earth attributes and practice the second level of "Small Five Elements Breaking the Prohibition Mysterious Light" to perfection, he can practice the third level secret technique that even Lin Canghai has never set foot on.

With the [Black Lotus Pill], a treasure that can be used to control the Scaled Frogs, the Zhou family will no longer have to worry about the Scaled Frogs being unwilling to take out rare spiritual objects in exchange.

Perhaps spiritual objects of the level of [Ren Shui Xuan Zhu] are hard to come by, but spiritual objects of the next level will surely become more numerous in the future.

……

On an arena covered by a magic array, two young monks, a man and a woman, were fighting fiercely.

This young couple both look very young. The man is handsome and the woman is heroic. Judging from their faces, they seem to be only in their early twenties, but their cultivation has reached the foundation-building stage.

The young man made hand seals with his hands, and white mist submerged the vast arena. Then the spell in his hand changed, and several white water snakes about ten feet long hissed and pounced on the female cultivator in the mist.

The female cultivator in green was not at all panicked when she suddenly saw the mist rising. Instead, a hint of sarcasm appeared in her eyes.

She also did not use any magic weapon, but just made hand gestures and swung her sleeves.

Suddenly, a gust of green wind appeared out of nowhere and blew away most of the mist in the arena in the blink of an eye.

Several white water snakes that pounced over were blown away by the green gale.

Seeing this scene, the young man was slightly stunned.

Then he looked at the blue-clothed female cultivator opposite him with a smile and said, "Fairy Zhou, your wind attribute spell is so powerful. I have met my match today!"

But the green-clothed female cultivator only replied calmly after hearing what he said: "You are not bad, barely qualified to fight with me."

As soon as these words came out, the usually arrogant young man suddenly felt a little embarrassed, and immediately let out a long roar and said, "In this case, let me, Su, learn from Fairy Zhou's skills!"

Before he finished speaking, he gathered his magic power, made hand gestures and formed seals, and in a blink of an eye he completed the casting of a second-level intermediate spell, directly summoning a white mermaid that was five or six feet long and pounced towards the green-clothed female cultivator.

Facing his somewhat angry attack, the green-clothed female cultivator smiled and casually pinched some magic spells with both hands, and a green wind dragon of the same size roared towards the white water dragon.

But the two dragon shadows collided with each other in mid-air, and soon the green wind dragon tore the white water dragon into pieces from head to tail. Then the green wind dragon, whose size had been reduced by half, continued to pounce on the young man.

The young man's face turned dark when he saw this scene. He waved his hand hurriedly to activate his martial arts and magical powers, setting up a white water wave shield to protect himself.

But he soon discovered that the green-clothed female cultivator opposite him had far greater attainments in magic than he had expected, and the power of her magic was inexplicably strong.

He had just blocked the green wind dragon whose strength had been greatly weakened when a green wind spear shot towards him again.

This kind of attack had a strong targeted effect on the shield, so the young man did not dare to rely on the shield to resist it, and he had no choice but to use his magic weapon first.

However, he didn't expect that just as he used a black tortoise shell magic weapon to block the green wind spear, more than a dozen green wind blades shot towards him.

Then the young man found that he seemed to have become a target for his opponent to practice spells. Wind-attribute spells were cast at him one after another without repetition, leaving him no chance to fight back at all.

In the end, the young man tried his best, but he could only force the opponent to take out a green spear magic weapon, and then he lost!
"Zhou Zhiying wins!"

As Zhou Zhengyong, the elder of the Zhou family who served as the referee, announced the result, the two people on the stage flew back and handed the stage to the next pair of monks.

Then the two of them flew to the main stand and landed next to Zhou Chun and Su family ancestor, two Jindan stage cultivators.

It turned out that today was a martial arts competition held by the Zhou family. They invited the Su family and many other immortal cultivation families to participate, and also allowed foundation-building cultivators who met the age requirements to go on stage and fight.

Just now, the young foundation-building cultivators from the Zhou family and the young foundation-building cultivators from the Su family were fighting.

Seeing his younger generation looking like an eggplant hit by frost, drooping their heads and not daring to look at him, the Su family ancestor looked at this younger generation with a look of disappointment and taught him a lesson: "Look, the ancestor has long told you younger generations that there are always people better than you. Don't underestimate the heroes of the world just because you have achieved a little and are ahead of your peers in the family!"

After that, he looked at Zhou Chun with envy and said, "Zhengchun, your disciple is really amazing. He has reached the middle stage of foundation building at such a young age, and has such profound attainments in magic. It is really amazing and enviable!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun waved his hands and said, "Grandmaster, please don't praise this girl. The more you praise her, the more proud she becomes! It was also because I didn't supervise her strictly that I allowed this girl to secretly swallow a third-level [Phoenix Yuan Fruit]. Although she was lucky enough to break through to the middle stage of foundation building, she overdrew her potential. It's really annoying!"

The [Phoenix Yuan Fruit] he mentioned was naturally fabricated. It was a fabricated reason to cover up the fact that Zhou Zhiying broke through to the middle stage of foundation building so quickly.

To be honest, he originally did not agree with his disciple's participation in this fighting competition, but the Zhou family's cultivators had not performed well before, and no one could overshadow the Su family.

So Zhou Zhiying was so angry that she ignored his previous opposition and forcibly helped the tribe members to get back their face, so he had no choice but to make up the story of the [Phoenix Yuan Fruit], a strange fruit in the world of immortal cultivation, to help him cover up his true talent.