Beast-controlling fairy clan.

Chapter 369 The dust has settled [Subscribe]

The sun rises and the moon sets, and in the blink of an eye, three years have passed since Zhou Chun opened up the Purple Mansion and came out of seclusion.

After three years of practice, Lin Hongyu, who had been in seclusion in the Great Zhou Kingdom to consolidate her cultivation, finally returned to the Zhou family with Zhou Daoyi.

At this time, Lin Hongyu had already stabilized his cultivation and could conceal his aura as a Jindan-stage cultivator, disguising himself as an ordinary cultivator and walking in the world of immortal cultivation.

Therefore, under Zhou Chun's arrangement, she easily entered the Zhou family's mountain gate and met with the Zhou family's senior leaders in Zhou Mingde's cave on Pagoda Peak.

This time, in order to welcome Lin Hongyu, the newly promoted Jindan-stage cultivator, even Zhou Daoquan, who was far away in the wilderness, was specially rushed over by Zhou Chun and brought back to the family.

Including Zhou Daoyi, the four Purple Mansion Stage cultivators of the Zhou family all gathered in the cave.

This was the first time that the four Purple Mansion Stage cultivators of the Zhou family had all sat together since Zhou Daoquan went to Longxing Valley to take charge.

"Congratulations to Fellow Daoist Lin (Senior Lin) for achieving the golden elixir, and living a thousand years!"

Outside Zhou Mingde's cave, when Zhou Daoyi and Lin Hongyu arrived here, Zhou Mingde, Zhou Daoquan and Zhou Chun all bowed deeply to them with serious expressions and offered their congratulations.

"Thank you for your congratulations, fellow Taoists. I hope you can also achieve the Golden Elixir in the future."

Lin Hongyu smiled slightly, calmly accepted the congratulations from the three people, and also politely returned the gift.

After some polite exchanges outside, the five of them entered the cave together.

When they arrived at the cave, the five of them sat down. As the junior, Zhou Chun took the initiative to make tea for the four of them.

Then Zhou Mingde took a sip of the spiritual tea, then suddenly looked at Lin Hongyu and asked, "Now that Fellow Daoist Lin has achieved the golden elixir, he can go anywhere in the world. I wonder what you think about the future?"

Hearing his question, Lin Hongyu immediately responded without hesitation: "I was able to successfully form the elixir this time, thanks to the great help of all the fellow Taoists of the Zhou family. Now that I have succeeded, I will fulfill my original promise and do my best to help the Zhou family rise in the future!"

This answer immediately made Zhou Mingde smile with joy, and he couldn't help but cheer: "Great, great, with what Brother Daoist Lin said, I feel completely relieved!"

Zhou Chun and Zhou Daoquan, who were standing by, also looked relieved and couldn't help but smile.

Before this, what they were most worried about was undoubtedly that after Lin Hongyu successfully formed the elixir, she would simply cross the river and destroy the bridge, abandon the Zhou family and run away.

In that case, the Zhou family would really have no way to deal with her, and the huge amount of spiritual coins invested previously would be wasted.

Now that they have received Lin Hongyu's personal promise, they can finally put their minds at ease.

After laughing for a while, Zhou Mingde looked at Lin Hongyu and asked again: "Daoyi should have informed Fellow Daoist Lin about the plan we discussed before. I wonder if Fellow Daoist Lin has any opinion on this?"

"I don't have any major opinions. Although I have successfully formed a pill, I have not made any progress in refining the most important magic weapon after forming a pill. In the future, I may have to run around a lot to find spiritual materials suitable for refining magic weapons. I can't stay in the base in the wilderness forever."

Lin Hongyu didn't hide anything and spoke her mind directly and honestly.

She is now a Jindan stage cultivator, so there is really no need for her to play any tricks in front of Zhou Mingde and others. She can just do what comes to her mind.

I believe that Zhou Mingde and others would not give her a hard time just because she told the truth.

This is the confidence and self-confidence that comes from strength.

Sure enough, after hearing her words, Zhou Mingde quickly said, "Refining one's own magical weapon is indeed the top priority for a newly promoted Jindan-stage cultivator. However, if you just want to collect magical weapon spiritual materials, Fellow Daoist Lin does not need to do everything himself. You only need to inform us of the relevant spiritual materials you need, and the family will naturally arrange for cultivators to gather information for you."

"If the family can help find it, it would be a great thing, but I would be disrespectful to refuse it."

Lin Hongyu nodded slightly and agreed without any hesitation.

At this time, Zhou Daoyi also interrupted and said, "Before coming back, we went to the Yang Kingdom's base. Hongyu had already shown her identity as a Jindan-stage cultivator there. No one should dare to make any plans for that base in the future."

"And Hongyu has decided to give all her income from that base, as well as the remaining share of the output of the [Earth Crystal Jade] mine, to Zhengchun in return for his generosity!"

Hearing this, Zhou Chun hurriedly bowed to Lin Hongyu and said, "Thank you, Senior Lin, for your kindness."

He did not refuse Lin Hongyu's reward.

Because he knew very well that since Lin Hongyu had become a Jindan-stage cultivator, she would definitely not owe him a favor as a Zifu-stage junior.

It was like if Zhou Chun owed a favor to another Foundation Establishment cultivator, he would definitely repay it if he could.

If he refused Lin Hongyu's reward at this time, it would be a very stupid thing to do, and it would easily lead people to misunderstand that he had other intentions.

Sure enough, seeing him accept the reward so readily, Lin Hongyu also smiled and said to him, "I should be the one thanking you, Zhengchun. You have saved my life and Wan'er's life."

From what she said, it was obvious that she had already learned about Zhou Chun's rescue from Lin Wan'er.

After that, they chatted about some things, and then Lin Hongyu went back to Zhou Daoyi's cave to rest.

After she left, the four Purple Mansion Stage cultivators of the Zhou family started discussing another matter.

Zhou Mingde glanced at the three younger generations and whispered, "What do you think? Should the family give the magic weapon that I got from Yang State to Fellow Daoist Lin for sacrifice?"

At the beginning, he obtained two magic weapons from the storage bag of Han Yuan, a Jindan stage cultivator. He gave one of them to the ancestor of the Su family as a betrothal gift to Zhou Chun in exchange for the ancestor of the Su family protecting the Zhou family and blocking the Jindan cultivator from Qi country who came to take revenge on the Zhou family.

However, the other magic weapon has been kept sealed in the Zhou family's secret vault and kept secret from anyone. Only a few of the Zhou family's most core cultivators know of its existence.

At present, several Purple Mansion Stage cultivators of Zhou family are still very far away from forming a golden core, and have no use for that magic weapon at all.

Unfortunately, Lin Hongyu, a newly promoted Jindan-stage cultivator, has no magic weapon to use.

No wonder Zhou Mingde would bring up this matter now.

When Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Chun heard him talking about this, they were still thinking. Zhou Daoquan, who was usually quiet, spoke first, "I think it's not impossible to give the magic weapon to Fellow Daoist Lin for her to refine, but we have to wait until she has been in charge of the family for decades or has made great contributions to the family."

After these words fell, Zhou Daoyi, who was still in deep thought, quickly nodded and said: "What Brother Daoquan said is not without reason. No merit, no reward. Hongyu has already received great favor from the family for her previous elixir formation. Now that she has not made any contribution, how can she take such a treasure?"

"Zhengchun, what about you? What do you think about this?"

Zhou Mingde's gaze suddenly fell on Zhou Chun, asking for his opinion.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun immediately said, "I think what the two elders said makes sense. Even if we want to give the magic weapon to Senior Lin for refining, we should wait until she has been in the family for a while."

"Since all three of you think so, let's do it."

Zhou Mingde ended the conversation between the few people at this point.

A few days later, Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Daoquan accompanied Lin Hongyu to the wilderness through the underground waterway. When Zhou Daoyi came back from the wilderness, he brought Zhou Zhengyong and Xu Fu back with him.

Zhou Zhengyong came back to visit his relatives. His Taoist partner Sun Yujiao was dying, so Zhou Chun specifically asked him to come back to accompany his Taoist partner on his final journey.

Xu Fu was transferred back because Zhou Chun wanted him to be in charge of arresting bandits and revisionists.

With Lin Hongyu's return after completing his Dan-Jie, the expansion of the Caiyu Mountain base could no longer be delayed any further.

Now that the problems with the formation have been solved, all that is needed is a sufficient number of monks to maintain the operation of the stronghold.

Therefore, the arrest of the bandit repairman must be carried out immediately.

Inside the Zhongping Hall, Zhou Chun called Xu Fu, Zhou Zhengbai, and Zhou Xinlan, three foundation-building monks, to the hall. Zhou Chun then looked at the three of them and said, "I called you here today because I have a very important task for you to do."

After saying that, he informed the three of the mission to capture the bandit repairman.

Among the three, only Xu Fu had been consulted by Zhou Chun before, and he also knew his own identity, so he did not express any doubts about the task arranged by Zhou Chun.

However, Zhou Zhengbai and Zhou Xinlan, two foundation-building cultivators of the Zhou family, were very surprised after hearing Zhou Chun's task arrangement and expressed their doubts on the spot.

In response to the questions of the two fellow cultivators, Zhou Chun simply nodded and said, "It is normal for you to have doubts in your heart, but I hope you can remember one thing. There are some things that I don't let you know, not because I don't trust you, but because I want to protect you."

At this point, he emphasized his tone and said, "I assigned this task to you today because I trust you to keep the secret!"

"Yes, I know what to do now."

Zhou Zhengbai and Zhou Xinlan looked at each other, then responded respectfully without asking any more questions.

Afterwards, the two of them left the Zhou family mountain gate with Xu Fu, and with the relevant intelligence information provided by the Zhou family intelligence hall, they went to various places in Jingguo and neighboring countries to lure and capture bandits.

Things are different now. In the past, the Zhou family was afraid of exposing their relationship with Lin Hongyu, the guardian of the Hualong Sect, so they had to use the Qingmu Lingyuan, a monster beast, to catch bandits.

Now, arresting bandit cultivators is for the purpose of the family's own development. Even if they are discovered, it is not a big deal. At most, it will cause some independent cultivators to become hostile to the Zhou family.

That was why Zhou Chun dared to boldly employ the Zhou family's foundation-building cultivators to do this matter.

After arranging the tasks, Zhou Chun pondered for a moment, then set off for the Zhou family's Baiyitang headquarters.

The Zhou family's Baiyitang headquarters is located on Zhenxuan Peak. Most of the Zhou family monks who practice the skills of refining weapons, making talismans, and setting up formations do so here.

After Zhou Chun arrived at Baiyitang at this time, he went directly to the "Fireworks Institute", which was the weapon refining area.

Large sects like Qinglian Temple would open up underground fire veins and draw in the underground fire thousands of feet deep for their monks to use in refining elixirs and weapons.

But it is not easy to achieve this, and ordinary Jindan families do not have this ability.

In order to build the underground fire rooms, the Sanjue Sect had to work together with the Jindan stage cultivator of the Li family, who was good at alchemy, and the formation master of the You family, who was good at formation, and they were able to barely open up three underground fire rooms.

Without the power of the Underground Fire Chamber, if one wants to refine elixirs and weapons, they can only use other methods.

Taking the Zhou family's cultivators as an example, there are generally three ways to get fire when the Zhou family's Qi-refining cultivators are refining weapons and pills.

The first method is to burn something called Yang Fire Stone. This thing is like the coal in Zhou Chun's previous life. It is brown-red in color and has a very high ignition point. It needs to be ignited with magic flames. After being ignited, it can continuously release high-temperature flames comparable to the temperature of magic flames.

The second method is to use a magical weapon that can set fire. As long as this magical weapon is steadily injected with magic power, it can release high-temperature flames.

The third method is to use the demon fire of monsters, such as the flames spewed by red flame wolves, fire pigs, fire pheasants and other monsters.

Among these three methods, the first and third are the most commonly used by Zhou family cultivators.

Choosing these two methods means that they can devote themselves fully to the process of refining weapons and elixirs, without having to be distracted by activating magic weapons and setting fires.

After reaching the foundation-building stage, one has a new option because one's own magic power can be transformed into foundation-building true fire.

After Zhou Chun entered the Pyrotechnics Institute, he quickly found the person he was looking for.

Beside a well, Zhou Xintie, the current head of Zhou Family's Baiyi Hall, was seen brushing the hair of a giant red-haired wild boar. This red-haired wild boar was a great helper for him in refining weapons, and it was a first-class, top-grade monster, the Flame Pig.

At this moment, as if sensing something, Zhou Xintie suddenly turned his head and looked behind him, and then saw Zhou Chun who was looking at him.

"Ah, why are you here, Chief?"

His face was startled, and while exclaiming, he quickly turned around and walked towards Zhou Chun.

"Did you just finish refining the weapon?"

Zhou Chun waved his hand, indicating that there was no need to be polite, and asked a question.

Hearing his words, Zhou Xintie also complimented him, "Patriarch, you have a keen eye. I have indeed just finished refining a weapon not long ago."

After that, he smiled awkwardly and said, "Every time this beast finishes refining, it has to come over to take a cold shower to feel comfortable, otherwise it will not cooperate with its full strength next time. I can't do anything about it, so I can only satisfy it!"

"This shows that it is very smart. No wonder your success rate in refining equipment is much better than others."

Zhou Chun smiled slightly and also praised this junior.

Then he told her the purpose of his visit today, "Do you still remember what I told you before? When you complete the weapon refining task I assigned to you, I will give you a great gift."

As he spoke, he patted the storage bag on his waist, took out a jade bottle and handed it to Zhou Xintie, "This is my gift to you, please keep it!"

Seeing this, Zhou Xintie couldn't help but reach out to take the jade bottle, then looked at Zhou Chun and pulled out the cork under his encouraging eyes.

“This is, this…”

Zhou Xintie took a quick look at the contents of the jade bottle, then looked at Zhou Chun in shock, his eyes full of excitement and disbelief.

Facing his shocked and excited eyes, Zhou Chun said calmly: "This foundation-building pill was obtained by me outside, and I did not use any family property or connections, so it should be at my disposal."

"Xintie, although your aptitude is average, your talent in refining equipment is superior to others. The Zhou family needs talents like you to help the family make up for its shortcomings. This is why I am willing to give you this foundation-building pill."

After hearing this, Zhou Xintie didn't know how to respond.

He immediately grasped the jade bottle in his hand and nodded heavily, saying: "Junior understands, junior will definitely live up to the clan leader's high expectations and love!"

(End of this chapter)