Beast-controlling fairy clan.

Chapter 27: Qi Refining Stage

Thanks to Zhou Jiapeng's advice, Zhou Chun had half a year to prepare in advance.

He first sought out the master of Baozhi Peak, Zhou Jiahe, to inquire about the relevant rules of the fighting competition.

Soon I learned from him that, in such fighting competitions that were held to test younger monks, either the use of magic talismans was not allowed, or there were restrictions on the number and grade of magic talismans that could be used.

As for spirit pets, there will definitely be no restrictions, otherwise even magical tools would be restricted and their use would be prohibited.

Therefore, if you want to get a good ranking in this kind of fighting competition, in addition to your own cultivation level, you must also work hard on the training of magic weapons, spirit pets, and spells.

Zhou Chun's current configuration of magic tools is actually quite good, and is considered to be among the top among the Zhou family's mid-stage Qi-refining cultivators, but it cannot be said that he has much of an advantage.

As for the practice of spells, registration for the youth group is limited to cultivators under the age of 30. Everyone is about the same age, so the difference is estimated to not be too big.

If you really meet someone who is talented in practicing magic, you can only blame yourself for being unlucky.

There is no need to say much about spiritual pets. Unless you are from a family like the Zhou family that passes down the art of taming beasts, most Qi Refining cultivators cannot afford to raise a spiritual pet, or raise it well.

So Zhou Chun thought about it carefully. In addition to ensuring that he could be promoted to the eighth level of Qi Refining Stage before participating in the fighting competition, he also wanted to try to get himself a first-grade superior magic weapon.

In this case, as long as the top ten in the youth group are not all cultivators above the tenth level of Qi Refining, he should have a great chance of entering.

To get a first-grade top-quality magic weapon, Zhou Chun has only two options: one is to buy it at Hongya Market, and the other is to exchange it from his family.

Although the Zhou family no longer issues spiritual coins to their clansmen as welfare offerings, the family's good deeds that are distributed as a substitute every year can still be exchanged for things from the family treasury.

However, a first-grade, top-quality magical weapon is extremely precious, with a market price of at least three hundred spirit coins.

The Zhou family has only implemented the good deeds system for more than two years. As an ordinary member of the family, Zhou Chun can only receive 20 points of good deeds as welfare offerings every year.

Even if he took into account the good deeds he had gained from his previous trip to Hongtaoling, it was still far from enough to exchange for a first-grade top-quality magic weapon.

Fortunately, even if his good deeds are not enough to exchange, he can use spirit coins to make up for the shortfall.

So Zhou Chun checked his own assets and found that thanks to the compensation he received from his previous trip to the Mu family, he still had nearly eighty spirit coins on him.

In this way, he only needs to collect about one hundred spirit coins and he can exchange them for a first-grade top-quality magic weapon from the family treasury.

As for how to collect a hundred spirit coins, the first thing Zhou Chun thought of was to borrow money.

This is what most people think when they don't have enough money to buy something they need.

But after Zhou Chun thought about everyone he could borrow money from, he hesitated again.

There are actually not many cultivators in the Zhou family who have a good enough relationship with him to borrow money from.

And those monks who can lend him money seem to be able to sign up for this fighting competition.

If Zhou Chun goes to them to borrow money now, unless they do not plan to participate in the event, it seems that whether they lend the money or not will affect the relationship between the two parties.

"Let's find out the truth first and tell them the news. If they are ready to participate, then don't ask for money."

When Zhou Chun thought of this, he immediately started visiting each household one by one.

The result was just as he expected. After learning that the five immortal cultivation families were going to jointly hold a martial arts competition, Zhou Zhengyong and several others expressed their desire to sign up and participate to bring glory to their families.

There were two people who were not planning to sign up because they were over the age limit or knew that their cultivation was low.

But when Zhou Chun mentioned borrowing money, the two of them together could only give him less than thirty spirit coins.

It turned out that they were their own spiritual coins, which had been used to buy elixirs and other items.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun felt embarrassed to spend all the remaining emergency spirit coins they had, so he gave up the idea of ​​borrowing money.

Since he couldn't borrow spirit coins from his family, Zhou Chun had no choice but to turn to the market town.

He had several magical instruments on him that could be sold at the market place in exchange for spirit coins. If he took a risk and used purifying spiritual water to purify a hundred-year-old spiritual medicine and sold it, the shortfall of more than a hundred spirit coins would be completely made up.

After making up his mind, Zhou Chun began to practice with peace of mind, preparing to go to the market town to implement his plan after he reached the eighth level of Qi Refining.

After nearly another month, all members of the Zhou family were finally notified of the joint martial arts competition organized by the five major families, and the relevant rules were announced.

According to the rules, all monks participating in the fighting competition can only bring five magic talismans into each battle, and they are only allowed to bring one first-grade top-quality magic talisman.

Each family and each group can only send ten people to participate in this fighting competition. In other words, even if all the qualified cultivators of the Zhou family signed up, they could only send a total of 20 family members from the elite group and the youth group to participate.

Because of this restriction, a selection competition must be held within the Zhou family first.

The time for the trials has also been set, which is one month before the event officially begins.

With the announcement of this news, those monks in the Zhou family who were eligible to participate in the event were gearing up and preparing for the battle.

Any Zhou family cultivator with some brains knows that this joint activity of the five major families will be an important performance for the Zhou family after it has established itself in the Jingguo Lanzhou cultivation world.

If they can represent the Zhou family and get a good ranking in the event, they will not only be able to obtain the prizes prepared by the five major families for the event, but also gain the favor of the clan leaders and elders, and there will be countless benefits in the future.

In this situation, Zhou Chun soon learned some very bad news for himself.

Those were the remaining first-grade, top-quality magic weapons in the family treasury. Most of them had been exchanged away, and the few remaining ones were the kind that no one wanted.

"It seems that we can no longer rely on the family. Now we can only find a solution from the market."

A gloomy look flashed in his eyes, and Zhou Chun couldn't help but shook his head, giving up the plan of exchanging magic tools from his family.

Time passed slowly, and when Zhou Chun took the eighth [Spring Yang Pill], his cultivation finally broke through to the eighth level of Qi Refining Stage as expected.

At this time, his twenty-fourth birthday had just passed less than two months ago.

A 24-year-old cultivator at the eighth level of Qi Refining Stage, his cultivation speed is considered to be among the fastest among the many members of the Zhou family.

Zhou Zhengyong, who is a few years older than Zhou Chun, has just recently broken through to the eighth level of the Qi Refining Stage, and he did so with the help of elixirs.

However, after taking the [Blood Spirit Pill], Zhou Zhengyong's pet, the red-tailed monkey, has successfully been promoted to a first-class top-grade monster, and its strength has greatly increased.

After Zhou Chun's Rock Turtle consumed all three bottles of [Beast Spirit Pills], its cultivation level has now barely caught up with that of its master.

If Zhou Chun only relied on his eighth-level Qi Refining Stage cultivation and a first-rank intermediate-grade monster Rock Turtle, facing those late-stage Qi Refining cultivators from other families participating in the duel competition, the possibility of his winning was not high.

After all, the late-stage Qi-refining cultivators from other families who participate in the magic competition will definitely have first-grade, high-quality magic weapons in their hands.

In view of this, after his cultivation broke through to the eighth level of the Qi Refining Stage, Zhou Chun went to Pagoda Peak to pay a visit to the clan leader Zhou Daoyi and told him that he was planning to go to Hongya Market.

"There are all kinds of people outside Hongya Market, and bandits are rampant. Zhengchun, if you want to go to the market, it's best to find someone to go with you. Be careful when you go out, and don't let anyone follow you and ambush you."

Inside the "Zhongping Hall", Zhou Daoyi looked at Zhou Chun in front of him and hesitated for a while, but still did not reject his application to go out. He just warned him earnestly to be careful when going out.

After hearing his words, Zhou Chun also responded solemnly: "The younger generation will definitely remember the clan leader's teachings."

Then he left Jiufengling and headed straight for Hongyafang Market.

Zhou Chun naturally would not ignore Zhou Daoyi's warning, but what he was going to do this time was really not suitable for having a Zhou family cultivator following him.

About a hundred miles after he left Jiufeng Ridge, he changed his clothes, summoned his flying magic weapon and started on his journey.

In this way, every time he flew a hundred or two hundred miles, Zhou Chun would stop and meditate for an hour to restore his magic power.

After spending most of the day like this, Zhou Chun arrived outside the Hongyan Mountains.

He stood on the outskirts of the mountain range, looking in the direction of Hongyafang City, and couldn't help but recall the first time he came here more than three years ago.

When he went to the market town, he was extremely frightened and cautious.

But this time, that situation will definitely not happen again!
Zhou Chun first found a place to meditate and recover his magic power. After his magic power was fully restored, he took a big gulp of purifying spiritual water, then controlled the flying magic weapon to a height of more than 300 feet, then held up a protective shield and flew directly to the Hongya Market.

This action undoubtedly exposed him to the sight of many cultivators in the mountains below.

But when they saw the flying height, the bandits gave up the idea of ​​taking action.

Flying at such a high altitude, they would not be able to lock onto the target and would also expose their location.

Moreover, those who possess flying magical instruments will more or less be wary of their backgrounds and will not act rashly.

In this way, until Zhou Chun flew to the outside of Hongyafang Market in one breath and landed, he had not encountered any attacks.

(End of this chapter)