Beast-controlling fairy clan.

Chapter 18: Marriage, Attack

Lanzhou, Wild Wolf Ridge.

Yelang Ridge is a mountain range more than 300 miles north of Biyun Mountain. It is named after the wolves that gather there.

On this day, Zhou Chun, who was originally an assistant teacher of the Mu family in Biyun Mountain, followed several Mu family monks riding on the [Black Scaled Horse] and traveled through mountains and rivers to come to this mountain range.

The purpose of their visit this time was very simple. A cultivator from the Mu family discovered a pair of wolf cubs giving birth in the mountains, and was planning to snatch the cubs away to tame them as spiritual pets.

The reason for asking Zhou Chun to accompany him was to prevent any abnormal reactions from occurring after the wolf cubs left the den so that he could take timely action to deal with the situation.

To put it bluntly, he was asked to come and be the wolf cub's babysitter.

For this purpose, he had already been paid ten spirit coins in advance as errand fee.

At this time, a group of five people riding three [Black Scale Horses] came to the foot of a mountain and stopped. The leader, a middle-aged man from the Mu family, said:
"The wolf den is on a mountain ridge more than ten miles ahead. If the [Ink Scale Colt] goes over, it will make too much noise and might alarm those beasts. Fellow Daoist Zhou, you and Ziying should watch the [Ink Scale Colt] here. After we succeed, we will send a signal to notify you to go over."

Zhou Chun was naturally relieved when he heard this, and immediately responded: "Then I wish Brother Mu a successful start."

Then they dismounted together and parted ways.

After the middle-aged man from the Mu family left with two fellow cultivators, Zhou Chun and Mu Ziying threw some raw meat to the three [Black Scale Horses] and started chatting with them.

As they chatted, Mu Ziying suddenly said, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, I heard that recently several young cultivators from your Zhou family have arranged marriages with several immortal cultivation families in Lanzhou. Don't you have any ideas in this regard?"

Zhou Chun was stunned when he heard her words, and couldn't help looking at her in surprise. He never expected that she would ask such a personal question.

The relationship between the two of them shouldn't have reached the point where they would talk about such things.

Seeing that he just looked at her in surprise without answering, Mu Ziying also realized something, and could not help but lower her head slightly and whispered: "If you feel it is inconvenient to answer, then just pretend that Ziying didn't ask."

Seeing this, Zhou Chun immediately shook his head and said in a muffled voice: "I don't know why you suddenly asked this question, Brother Mu, but I really haven't thought about looking for a dual cultivation partner at the moment."

God have mercy on him. After he traveled through time, he finally got rid of the pressure to get married. How could he still have such thoughts?

Isn’t it nice to be free?

Even if they really want to get married in the future, they have to wait until he has had enough of being alone and is lonely before considering finding a partner.

After hearing his answer, Mu Ziying nodded and said, "Ziying understands. Thank you, Brother Zhou, for telling me the truth."

Then he lowered his head and fell silent, as if he was thinking about something.

When Zhou Chun saw this, he couldn't help but feel suspicious.

If he had not come to his senses before, now after what Mu Ziying said, Zhou Chun seemed to understand why she suddenly did this today.

This was because Zhou Chun had already remembered that among those who had recently married into other families, there happened to be two brothers and sisters who had been sent to other families as assistants more than a year ago, just like himself.

Considering that after he came to the Mu family, the Mu family had arranged for the beautiful girl Mu Ziying to be his contact person and take his beast taming classes, everything seemed clear.

"So she is also being urged to get married by her family, and that's why she is confronting me like this today?"

When Zhou Chun thought of this, he couldn't help but feel deep sympathy for Mu Ziying.

He understood very well how much pressure his family put on him to get married. Even many people like him in his previous life who had received higher education could not withstand the pressure and compromised, not to mention this conservative and feudal world.

It would be fine if Mu Ziying herself had excellent qualifications, but the Mu family would definitely not be in a hurry to marry off such a female cultivator who might be able to build a foundation in the future.

But as far as Zhou Chun knew, Mu Ziying's spiritual root aptitude was actually of inferior quality. Now at the age of nineteen, she had only reached the fourth level of the Qi Refining Stage.

This means that she will not have much chance of successfully building a foundation in the future.

If this is the case, the elders of the Mu family will definitely want to find a good marriage for her while she is still young and beautiful.

Sympathy is sympathy, but Zhou Chun obviously does not have the noble sentiment of "sacrificing oneself to save others".

So after staring at the girl's slim figure for a few seconds, he shook his head slightly and lowered his head to count the ants.

Just as the two were thinking about their own things and were silent, suddenly a fireball flew into the air and exploded.

This was a signal that had been agreed upon in advance, but didn't it appear too quickly?
Zhou Chun felt something was wrong, so he did not rush over to join them immediately. Instead, he raised his hand and released the "Red-billed Finch" that he had been raising to check the situation.

After a while, the "Red-billed Sparrow" flew back and chirped and communicated some reconnaissance intelligence with Zhou Chun.

After Zhou Chun heard the results of the investigation by the "Red-billed Sparrow", his face suddenly changed and he blurted out: "Oh no, Fellow Daoist Mu and his men are in trouble, that's a signal for help!"

When Mu Ziying heard what he said, her expression suddenly changed, and she said anxiously, "What should we do? Brother Zhou, do you know who the enemy they are facing is?"

"The enemy is also a cultivator, most likely a casual cultivator who ventured into the mountains. There are as many as six or seven of them."

As Zhou Chun explained the situation, his brows were furrowed, as if he was having difficulty making a decision.

When Mu Ziying heard that the enemy were cultivators and their number was twice as many as the Mu family cultivators who had entered the mountain, her face turned pale and she didn't know what to do.

After a while, Zhou Chun suddenly made up his mind, looked up at Mu Ziying and said, "How about this, Brother Mu, you stay here and keep an eye on [Mo Lin Ju] so that he doesn't move. I will go over to take a look at the specific situation. If I can help Brother Mu and the others leave, that would be the best. If not, I will also take a closer look at who the enemy is!"

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Brother Daoist Zhou. You should be careful too."

Mu Ziying looked at Zhou Chun with worry in her eyes, and she knew that this was the best way. She was only at the fourth level of Qi Refining Stage, and there was no way she could help with this matter.

But Zhou Chun is an honored guest of the Mu family, and the Mu family has the responsibility to protect him. How can they expect Zhou Chun to sacrifice himself to save others?

Now that Zhou Chun is willing to help, she and the Mu family should be grateful.

After giving Mu Ziying these instructions, Zhou Chun immediately hurried towards the battlefield.

Half a quarter of an hour later, he climbed up a big tree and looked down at the situation on the battlefield clearly.

On the battlefield, the situation was very bad for the three members of the Mu family.

The enemies the three of them faced did not seem to be ordinary cultivators. Not only did each of them have a cultivation level of the seventh or eighth level of the Qi Refining Stage, they also had sophisticated magical weapons in their hands, and some even tamed spiritual pets.

The three members of the Mu family were besieged by enemies that outnumbered them by many times. Even if they tried their best to resist, they were no match for them.

"Who are you? Do you know that we are cultivators from the Mu family of Biyun Mountain? You harmed me for no reason today. Aren't you afraid of revenge from my Mu family?"

The roar came from the mouth of the middle-aged man from the Mu family. He glared at the enemy opposite him with anger and unwillingness on his face. He didn't understand what these people were doing.

The two parties clearly have no hatred or grudge against each other, do not know each other, and have no conflict of interest. Why do they want to kill each other as soon as they meet?
However, the enemies who heard his roar turned a deaf ear to him and did not answer any of his words. They just sneered or looked at him with disdain, as if they were looking at a dead man.

In the distance, Zhou Chun felt a sinking feeling in his heart when he saw this situation, knowing that there was no hope of rescuing the three members of the Mu family.

He suspected that those people were not ordinary independent cultivators, but were likely members of an independent cultivator group or a cultivation family, and possessed the strength to not fear the Mu family.

Moreover, they killed several members of the Mu family for no reason. This either meant that they had a grudge against the Mu family, or that there was some treasure in Wild Wolf Ridge and they were worried that the news would leak out and wanted to silence them.

No matter which one it is, if Zhou Chun wants to save people, he will definitely be hunted down crazily by these people.

So he quickly climbed down from the treetop and prepared to go back and tell Mu Ziying to leave quickly.

But just as Zhou Chun got down from the tree, a falcon circling in the sky suddenly looked at him intently, then opened its mouth and let out a sharp and fierce howl.

"Oh no, they have accomplices outside!"

On the battlefield, a cultivator who heard the eagle's cry suddenly changed his expression. He looked at the eagle in the sky with shock and anger, then followed the eagle's guidance and looked in the direction of Zhou Chun and shouted.

At the same time, Zhou Chun's expression changed drastically.

He glanced at the falcon in the sky with a grim expression. He didn't expect that he, a cultivator from a beast-taming family, would be pecked in the eye by an eagle today.

"There are indeed many talented people in the world. We must learn from what happened today and take it as a warning in the future!"

Sighing like this in his heart, Zhou Chunren rushed to where Mu Ziying was as fast as he could.

When they arrived at the place, he jumped onto the back of the [Mo Lin Ju] horse without waiting for Mu Ziying to ask about the situation, and shouted: "Run quickly, the enemy is chasing us."

After saying this, he rode out on his horse.

Seeing this, even though Mu Ziying had many doubts in her heart, she could only jump on the horse and run away with him.

Two men and three horses galloped all the way, not daring to stop for a moment.

In order to speed up the horse, Zhou Chun and the other man even used the "Light Body Technique" on the [Ink Scale Horse].

If the "Wind Control Technique" could be used to bless others, they would probably use this too.

The enemies who were chasing Zhou Chun looked very ugly when they saw their backs riding away on the [Ink Scaled Horses].

He looked at the two men with an unpleasant expression and hesitated for a while. Suddenly, he gritted his teeth and shouted, "Don't even think about running away!"

Before he finished speaking, he patted the storage bag on his waist, took out a magic weapon shaped like a bamboo leaf and threw it in front of him.

Under the power of magic, the magic weapon instantly grew to the size of a skateboard, emitting a hazy white light.

Then he leaped onto the enlarged bamboo leaf magic weapon and directly controlled the magic weapon to fly towards Zhou Chun and the others.

Flying magic weapon!

It turned out to be a flying magical weapon!
On the back of the [Ink Scaled Horse], Zhou Chun was shocked and extremely surprised when he saw the enemy chasing him with a flying magic weapon.

Among the cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage, it is rare to find one who possesses flying magic tools.

Firstly, it is because flying magic tools are difficult to refine, and have high requirements for materials and refining skills; secondly, this kind of magic tool consumes too much mana for cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage, and has little practical significance.

After all, when a Qi Refining cultivator is out, he will try to save as much mana as possible, so how could he be willing to use a flying magic tool to travel faster?

Now, in order to hunt them down and silence them, the enemy even took out flying magic weapons, which made Zhou Chun feel miserable.

Although the speed of the [Ink Scale Horse] is very fast, it is obviously not as good as the flying magic weapon.

He looked back with an unpleasant expression at the enemy who was getting closer and closer. Finally, he made up his mind and shouted to Mu Ziying, "Friend Mu, the enemy is coming aggressively. Let's run separately and let life and death be decided by fate!"

After saying that, he took the initiative to change direction and fled in two different directions with Mu Ziying.

(End of this chapter)