Beast-controlling fairy clan.

Just as Zhou Chun expected, the attraction of [Four Spirits Barrier Breaking Pill] to Luo Qingni was extremely great.

Especially after she failed in her attempt to break through the realm barrier with the help of [Jade Dew and Golden Cloud Pill], she became even more eager for this kind of pill that was specifically used to break through the realm barrier.

Just as Zhou Chun said, with her talent and the resources she can mobilize, it should only be a matter of time before she breaks through the barrier of the middle stage of the Golden Core.

However, the barrier of the late Jindan period that we will face in the future will become a very big problem!
There are many Jindan-stage cultivators in Tianyuan Fairy City, but only a handful of them can cultivate to the late Jindan stage.

After failing to break through the realm before, Luo Qingni no longer believed that she was really much stronger than others and that she was special.

Therefore, the preciousness of the [Four Spirits Barrier Breaking Pill], a pill that helps break through the barriers of the late Golden Elixir stage, is immediately apparent.

If she could really refine this kind of elixir and use it to break through to the late Golden Elixir stage, she could even use the advantage of mastering the elixir formula to accumulate resources for herself to form an elixir and form a baby in the future!

Therefore, she knew deeply what a great opportunity Zhou Chun had given her!

And she is a person who knows how to repay kindness.

After calming down, she frowned and pondered for a long time, then looked at Zhou Chun with a serious face and said, "Qingni has no way to repay Daoist Brother Zhou for this kindness. From now on, whenever Daoist Brother Zhou needs Qingni's help in refining pills, Qingni will not charge a single cent for it!"

She had made this promise before when Zhou Chun gave her the recipe for the Jade Dew and Golden Cloud Pill, but it was Zhou Chun who took the initiative to propose it, and it was only valid for a hundred years.

This time, she took the initiative to extend the hundred-year period to a lifetime of free service, which can be said to be a true display of sincerity.

If Zhou Chun was a little more shameless and asked her to make pills more often, she might become the Zhou family's full-time alchemist!
Of course, based on her understanding of Zhou Chun, Zhou Chun would not do such a thing as taking advantage of others’ resources.

But what surprised Zhou Chun even more was the next sentence she added.

Luo Qingni hesitated for a moment, then looked at him and added, "And if there are younger generations in Brother Zhou's family who are talented in alchemy in the future, you can let them come to Tianyuan Fairy City to learn the art of alchemy from Qingni. Qingni will certainly not hesitate to pass on her own experience!"

This almost means that he is willing to pass on his alchemy skills to the Zhou family's alchemist!

After hearing what she said, Zhou Chun's face immediately broke into a smile, knowing that all his efforts had finally paid off.

He immediately bowed to Luo Qingni with a smile on his face and said, "Then I, Zhou, would like to thank Brother Luo on behalf of the younger generations in our clan. Thank you Brother Luo for your trust in me!"

"Brother Daoist Zhou, you are too kind. Qing Ni should thank you for your trust!"

Luo Qingni shook her head slightly and returned a salute to Zhou Chun.

After discussing the alchemy plan with Luo Qingni, Zhou Chun left Tianyuan Fairy City.

But after leaving the Great Zhou Kingdom, Zhou Chun still did not go to the Bingyi Kingdom immediately, but went to the Liang Kingdom.

Liang State, Mixian Ridge.

Coming back to this place after many years, Zhou Chun stood outside and looked at the misty mountains in the distance, his mood was very complicated.

He could sense that Stone, the golden-armored mountain-carrying turtle, had successfully broken through to the fourth level.

It’s just that the other party now seems to be in a "negative mountain" state, his consciousness is dormant, and it is impossible to communicate with him.

In order not to disturb the Chongxuan Demon King and the stone's practice, Zhou Chun did not dare to use secret methods to forcibly wake it up.

"Shitou, Shitou, don't worry. When you wake up, I will definitely come and take you home!"

Zhou Chun muttered to himself and stood outside the Mixian Ridge for a long time before turning around and leaving.

The journey from Liang State to Bingyi State is tens of thousands of miles long, spanning six or seven countries.

It took Zhou Chun nearly two months to set foot into the territory of Bingyi Kingdom.

This place is indeed as rumored. Most of the country is covered with snow all year round, and most mortals live in a small area where they can grow crops and graze.

The various immortal cultivation sects and families of Bingyi Country are mostly located in areas with perennial snow.

Perhaps due to environmental reasons, the spiritual attributes of people born in this country tend to be towards ice, wind, water, gold, etc. There are very few cultivators with wood, earth, or fire attributes, and they usually do not choose to practice in this country.

As for the cultivators from the surrounding countries who have the spiritual roots of ice and wind attributes, they will mostly choose to come to Bingyi Country to practice.

Zhou Chun had a feud with the Bingyu Sect before, and this country was the base camp of the other forces. After he came to Bingyi Country, he specially used the [Hundred Illusion Pearls] to change his appearance and transformed into the identity of Zhang Liang that he used to use in the Great Zhou Country.

I dare not use this identity in the Great Zhou Kingdom, but it is okay to use it in this distant Bingyi Kingdom.

After some inquiries, he soon arrived at a place called Snow Lotus Valley in Bingyi Country.

The Snow Lotus Valley is the largest base of independent cultivators in the Bingyi Nation. There are as many as five independent cultivators at the Jindan stage alone, and among them there is even a late Jindan cultivator!
Under the protection of these five Jindan-stage monks, the Snow Lotus Valley developed into a special place that was half a market and half a stronghold.

Many middle and high-level cultivators from Bingyi Country chose to settle down here to practice, exchange cultivation experiences and exchange items with each other.

However, according to the rumors Zhou Chun had heard, most of the five Jindan-stage cultivators in the Snow Lotus Valley were not independent cultivators, but cultivators of ice-attributed techniques from some major forces in other countries.

Because the environment here in the Snow Lotus Valley is particularly suitable for the cultivation of people with ice spirit roots, these people occupied this place and established a place for cultivation.

However, in order to avoid provoking hostility from the local forces of Bingyi Country, they did not dare to turn this place into a branch of their own sect or family. They could only establish a base as independent cultivators and open it to all cultivators.

This pattern is said to have continued for thousands of years.

And this is also the reason why Zhou Chun chose to come here.

For him, since those Jindan-stage cultivators in the Snow Lotus Valley only lived here for a long time in order to have a suitable place to practice, and were not native cultivators of the Bingyi Country, it should be easier to deal with them.

Moreover, there are a large number of independent cultivators gathered here, which makes it convenient for him to collect information about the bloodline of the demon beast [Taiyin Yuechan].

The Snow Lotus Valley got its name because there are many snow lotuses growing in the valley.

After Zhou Chun entered this place, he saw that many places in the valley had retained their original landforms, with large areas of snow lotus spiritual medicine growing on them, some of which were even precious spiritual medicines that were more than 500 years old.

It is said that in the deepest part of the Snow Lotus Valley, there are even thousand-year-old precious medicine-level snow lotus!

The place where the monks in the valley gather and carry out activities is a walled city.

This city has ice walls and is divided into two cities, the North and South. The North City occupies two-thirds of the area and is the residential area, where all the monks who live or stay in the city for a long or short period of time live and practice.

The South City is the commercial area with various fixed shops and free trade areas.

"Senior Zhang, the third elder in the valley is free now. If you don't have anything else to do, I can take you to visit him now!"

Outside the Ice City, Zhou Chun was looking at the situation in the Ice City. A Purple Mansion cultivator from the Snow Lotus Valley who was hosting him suddenly raised his hand to receive a beam of communication fire, and then respectfully told him the information he had just received.

"Then I'll have to trouble you to lead the way."

Zhou Chun retracted his gaze and waved his hand, then followed the man around the Ice City and headed straight to the deepest part of the Snow Lotus Valley, where the caves of several Jindan-stage elders were located. The Snow Lotus Valley was vast, covering hundreds of miles in radius, and the Ice City area that Zhou Chun had seen before only occupied one-third of it.

Most of the rest of the area is the private cave territories of several elders, and even ordinary Snow Lotus Valley monks are not allowed to set foot in it easily.

After Zhou Chun followed the guide and went around the Ice City for hundreds of miles, they came to an area shrouded in white fog.

As soon as the two of them landed outside the white fog area, a female cultivator in a white dress with a cold temperament immediately walked out.

After she appeared, she immediately bowed to Zhou Chun and said, "Junior Zhang Xue Ning, I am honored to meet you, Senior Zhang. My master has prepared tea and is waiting for you in the cave. Please follow me inside and have a chat!"

"Then I'll trouble you, Mr. Zhang."

Zhou Chun nodded slightly, then followed the female cultivator, who was only in the late foundation building stage, into the white fog ahead.

The white mist was formed by the power of the formation. Inside it were actually several snow-capped peaks connected together. The tallest one was about six or seven hundred feet high. The mountain was also planted with snow lotus, a specialty of the valley!

Zhou Chun followed the female cultivator in white to an ice crystal palace on the top of the mountain. Suddenly, a figure flashed out from the palace and appeared on the steps in front of the palace door.

He looked carefully and saw that the man was an old man in white clothes with white hair and a youthful face. His cultivation was in the middle stage of the Golden Core, just like him, but he had just entered this realm, while the other party was only one step away from entering the late stage of the Golden Core.

After walking a few steps out of the palace gate, the man immediately bowed to Zhou Chun and said, "I am sorry for not welcoming you, my distinguished guest. I hope you will forgive me, Brother Zhang."

"Fellow Daoist Zhang, you are too polite. It was Zhang who came to your house and disturbed your meditation. It is Zhang who should apologize to you."

Zhou Chun politely returned the greeting and then followed the old man into the ice crystal palace.

Since he chose to come to Snow Lotus Valley, he naturally had already made some knowledge about the five Jindan stage cultivators here before coming.

According to the information Zhou Chun had gathered, the third elder who was now receiving him was named Zhang Mengde. He had been in Snow Lotus Valley for more than three hundred years, and had successfully joined the group after passing the assessment and certification of other elders with his Jindan cultivation.

After leading Zhou Chun into the hall, Zhang Mengde clapped his hands lightly, and Zhang Xue Ning, the female cultivator in white dress who had brought Zhou Chun in earlier, came into the hall with tea and served the two of them fragrant tea.

Then Zhang Mengde picked up the tea and took a sip. He smiled at Zhou Chun and said, "This [Xuezhen Xianhao] is a special tea from my Snow Lotus Valley. It is a rare product outside of this place. Fellow Daoist Zhang may wish to try it."

"Oh, then Zhang must give it a try."

Zhou Chun said this and immediately picked up the tea and looked at it in front of him.

Inside the teacup, there were strands of golden tea leaves as thin as silver needles sinking in it, dyeing the tea water golden.

It turns out that this so-called "Snow Needle Immortal Hair" is actually made from the stamens of snow lotus.

After looking at it like this, Zhou Chun brought the tea to his lips and took a sip. A refreshing floral fragrance immediately rushed into his mouth, nose and mind, and his mouth was full of sweet tea aroma, which was quite similar to Zhou family's honey flower tea.

After drinking the entire cup of tea in a few gulps, he immediately nodded with a smile on his face and praised: "It is indeed a good tea! The fragrance is pleasant and leaves a lingering taste on the lips and teeth. It is indeed a unique flavor!"

Seeing that he really drank the tea, Zhang Mengde was slightly surprised. Then he laughed and said, "Hahaha, as long as Brother Zhang likes it."

After laughing, he said to his disciple Zhang Xue Ning: "Xue Ning, go to my tea room and get half a pound of top-grade [Xue Zhen Xian Hao] tea. It's rare that a Taoist friend likes this tea, so I can't be stingy!"

"Yes, the disciple obeys."

Zhang Xue Ning knew that the two Jindan stage cultivators wanted to have a private conversation, so she responded obediently and immediately left.

After sending his disciples away, Zhang Mengde looked at Zhou Chun calmly and said, "Fellow Daoist Zhang, since you are cultivating the power of the metal element, I guess you didn't come to Bingyi Country to practice. I wonder if I can help you in any way!"

“Fellow Daoist Zhang has good eyesight. I am indeed not here to practice in Bingyi Country. Instead, I want to come here to look for an ice-attributed monster. I hope to use the power of Snow Lotus Valley to help issue a bounty among the independent cultivators!”

Zhou Chun nodded and frankly stated his purpose.

He was just looking for a monster and would not have any conflict with anyone, so there was nothing unspeakable.

Zhang Mengde was slightly surprised when he heard his words. He couldn't help but follow his words and said, "Oh, I wonder what kind of monster you want to find, Brother Zhang?"

"A demon beast with the bloodline of the [Taiyin Moon Toad]. The descendants of this demon beast must be toad-type demon beasts with ice-attributed magical powers, and most of them have the talent to absorb the power of the Taiyin Moonlight!"

Zhou Chun gave a brief description of the situation and told all the information he knew.

Zhou Chun had also looked up a lot of information about the monster [Taiyin Yuechan], but there was very little recorded information.

All we know is that this is a very special monster that seems unable to reproduce in normal ways and can only mutate by reverting to its ancestral bloodline.

Moreover, once this kind of monster appears, its strength will not be lower than the fourth level!

But what Zhou Chun didn't expect was that as soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Mengde looked at him strangely and said, "According to what Daoist Fellow Zhang said, I actually know where there might be something that Daoist Fellow wants!"

"Really? Please give me some advice, Brother Zhang!"

Zhou Chun perked up and immediately looked at the other party with sharp eyes.

"I think Fellow Daoist Zhang has also heard of the Feixue Palace, a major sect in Bingyi Country. In the Snow Mountain Heavenly Pond inside the sect's mountain gate lives a toad-like monster called the Ice Moon Toad, some of which are of the fourth rank!"

"As far as I know, the Ice Moon Toad has the habit of floating on the ice at night to absorb the power of the moonlight, and it can also spit out pure cold air!"

Zhang Mengde did not keep Zhou Chun in suspense and quickly told him the information he knew.

After hearing his answer, Zhou Chun's face suddenly brightened up, and he was extremely happy.

Judging from Zhang Mengde’s description, the so-called [Ice Moon Toad] is indeed very likely to have the bloodline of [Taiyin Moon Toad]!
He immediately bowed solemnly to the other party and thanked him, "Thank you, Mr. Daoist Zhang, for telling me about this. I will remember this."

"Fellow Daoist Zhang, you are too serious. This matter is not a secret in Bingyi Country. Many fellow Daoists in the Jindan stage know about it. Fellow Daoist Zhang only needs to contact a few more people to learn about it."

Zhang Mengde waved his hands repeatedly, indicating that he did not dare to take credit for it.

Then he kindly reminded, "But what I want to tell you is that the Ice Moon Toad is also extremely important to the Feixue Palace. It is a very important source of income for their sect. I have never heard of this kind of monster being sold to the outside world!"

Zhou Chun easily understood the hidden meaning in these words.

He immediately nodded and said with a serious face: "Zhang understands, thank you for your reminder, Brother Zhang."

Then, in order to return the favor, Zhou Chun immediately proposed that the two of them exchange spiritual objects, and took out some spiritual medicines and magical weapons that were relatively rare in the Bingyi Kingdom to exchange with Zhang Mengde.

In this way, the two of them actually completed several exchanges, and each of them obtained some useful spiritual medicines and materials.

Afterwards, Zhou Chun exchanged some thoughts on cultivation with Zhang Mengde, and then left the other's cave with satisfaction.

Well, it's a holiday, so I'm going to be lazy! I'm going to take a walk and enjoy the moon. Happy holidays everyone!