Beast-controlling fairy clan.

Chapter 407 Black Water Turtle Shield [Subscribe]

The Yanzhou Zhu family is a Jindan family with considerable wealth in the Yanyang Sect's territory. This family is a loyal supporter of the Yanyang Sect, and the founder of the family is a disciple of the Yanyang Sect.

By the time of Zhu Wuya's generation, the Zhu family had produced its own Jindan-stage cultivator, which completely established the reputation of the Jindan family.

Zhu Wuya single-handedly brought the Zhu family into the ranks of the Jindan family. Not only does he have a high level of cultivation, he also has a good vision.

After hearing about the achievements of the "Zhou Tong Tian Xia" trading company, he found out after a little investigation that this business was definitely profitable.

Moreover, once you become the leader in this industry, it will be of great help in enhancing the family's reputation and expanding other aspects of the family's business.

The Zhu family passed down the art of refining instruments, and Zhu Wuya was a master at refining instruments, able to refine third-grade, top-grade magical instruments.

If the Zhu family could become a partner of the "Zhou Tong Tian Xia" trading company in the Yanyang Sect area like the Jiangzhou Su family, they could use the couriers of the "Zhou Tong Tian Xia" trading company to reach all parts of Jingguo to help promote the Zhu family's magic weapons, which would definitely boost the sales of the Zhu family's magic weapon business.

So after learning that there was no "Zhou Tong Tian Xia" trading company in the Yan Yang Sect area, and after learning that some local immortal cultivation families were in contact with the Zhou family, Zhu Wuya immediately decided to go to the Zhou family in person to discuss the matter and make the Zhu family a partner of the "Zhou Tong Tian Xia" trading company in the Yan Yang Sect area.

After listening to Zhu Wuya's explanation of his purpose, Zhou Chun immediately replied, "Senior Zhu came here in person to discuss this matter. This sincerity touched me and the Zhou family. In addition, the Zhu family's strength and background are indeed in line with our Zhou family's requirements for partners."

"But if the 'Zhou Tong Tian Xia' business wants to enter the Yan Yang Sect area now, I'm afraid it will be a bit difficult!"

Upon hearing this answer, Zhu Wuya's expression did not change at all. He just looked at Zhou Chun calmly and asked, "Oh, I wonder what the difficulty is that young friend Zhou is referring to?"

"It's a problem of insufficient spiritual beasts. Our Zhou family has already reached the maximum number of spiritual beasts that can be invested in the 'Zhou Tong Tian Xia' business. There is no way to add more spiritual beasts for delivery in the short term!"

Zhou Chun explained the difficulty with difficulty.

In fact, over the years, the Zhou family has accumulated quite a few spiritual beasts for transportation.

Including those spiritual beasts that have been contracted by the Zhou family's cultivators, the total number of the Zhou family's various spiritual beasts has exceeded three hundred.

However, the territory of Jingguo is also very vast. Some large states, such as Yunzhou and Jiangzhou, require nearly twenty spirit beasts to serve as means of transportation.

In addition, the Zhou family also wants to leave some spiritual beasts for the family monks to use to expand the population.

Now we really don’t have the spare capacity to continue to take over the express delivery industry in the Yanyang Sect area.

"This is indeed a more serious problem!"

Zhu Wuya frowned slightly, also feeling the situation was tricky.

Since he had learned about the situation of the "Zhou Tong Tian Xia" trading company, he naturally understood the importance of spiritual beasts for transportation to this business.

It can be said that the reason why he came to the Zhou family for cooperation was not only because the Zhou family had already made the "Zhou Tong Tian Xia" business famous and occupied the market in most areas of Jingguo, but another important reason was that only the Zhou family could provide so many spiritual beasts for transportation.

Zhou Chun observed his expression and saw that he didn't seem to give up, so he spoke again: "In fact, if Senior Zhu is really in a hurry, there is a way to temporarily replace him!"

"Oh, could you elaborate, Mr. Zhou?"

Zhu Wuya's eyes lit up and he looked at Zhou Chun expectantly.

"That's actually quite simple. We just need to pay a high rent and rent spiritual beasts from other families for a few years. After a few years, when the new demon beast cubs of my Zhou family grow up and can be used, we can gradually replace the rented spiritual beasts."

"I've calculated that with the area of ​​Yanyang Sect, we only need about 70 spiritual beasts. Even if we lower the efficiency of sending letters, 50 spiritual beasts would be enough!"

"In this way, even if each spiritual beast pays a hundred spiritual coins for rent every year, it only costs a few thousand spiritual coins a year."

"According to the profit of our Zhou family's 'Zhou Tong Tian Xia' business in the past two years, including the remuneration paid to relevant personnel, we only need to subsidize about 3,000 to 4,000 spirit coins each year in the past few years, and we can make it all back later!"

Zhou Chun spoke eloquently and explained his own method of substitution.

Hearing his answer, Zhu Wuya was delighted at first, then frowned and said, "It's not impossible, but will other families be willing to rent spiritual beasts to us?"

"The families in the Yanyang Sect may not be very willing, but the families in the Qinglian Temple and Yuelun Sect are no longer able to shake the position of the Zhoutongtianxia business in this industry. If we pay a high rent and promise to waive part of their family's communication fees during the lease period, I think they are likely to agree!"

Zhou Chun smiled slightly and expressed his opinion.

No one has trouble with money.

By renting out a spiritual beast, one can steadily earn hundreds of spiritual coins a year and also receive discounts on communication. At least many immortal cultivation families that only have foundation-building cultivators for protection would be willing to do this.

After all, before this, the purchase price of an adult first-level black-scaled colt would not exceed one thousand spirit coins.

The lifespan of a black-scaled colt can be as long as sixty or seventy years.

If it weren't for the fact that it was unrealistic to purchase such spiritual beasts on a large scale and no one could provide so much stock, and that the Zhou family would only need a few years to recover, Zhou Chun would have simply spent one hundred thousand to purchase hundreds of such spiritual beasts.

Zhu Wuya was a Jindan-stage cultivator after all, so he understood Zhou Chun's meaning immediately and nodded without delay, "Okay, if that's the case, then there's no problem. As for renting a spiritual beast, I'll leave it to the Zhou family. My Zhu family is willing to pay the relevant rent according to the corresponding share!"

"With Senior Zhu's words, I feel relieved."

Zhou Chun smiled and immediately took advantage of the opportunity to discuss the profit-sharing issue with Zhu Wuya.

After some bargaining, the two families decided to proceed according to the cooperation model of the Zhou family and the Su family, with the Zhou family accounting for 60% and the Zhu family accounting for 40%.

However, because the Zhu family took the initiative to come to the door and seek cooperation, the concessions they made in some aspects were naturally greater than those of the Su family. For example, they had to pay the lion's share of the rental for the spirit beast in the early stage, and they also had to bear more of the remuneration of the corresponding staff in the early stage.

After all the major directions were agreed upon, Zhu Wuya couldn't help but look at Zhou Chun and sighed sincerely, "I didn't expect that Zhou Xiaoyou not only has outstanding talent in cultivation, but his ability to manage the household is even more amazing. It's really enviable that the Zhou family has a patriarch like Zhou Xiaoyou!"

"Senior Zhu, you are too kind. It should be said that being able to be reborn in the Zhou family is a blessing for the younger generation."

Zhou Chun replied modestly, and his words were extremely beautiful.

Upon seeing this, Zhu Wuya couldn't help but shake his head repeatedly and could only sigh in his heart why his family didn't have such an outstanding younger generation.

Then he pondered for a moment and spoke again: "Apart from my cultivation, I have no other specialties. I only know a little about refining techniques. If my dear Zhou has any needs in refining in the future, you can come to the Zhu family to find me. I can help you once for free, as a reward for your agreement to cooperate with my Zhu family!" He said this to keep a good relationship, but after hearing what he said, Zhou Chun's expression moved, and he immediately slapped the storage bag on his waist and took out a black tortoise shell.

"Senior, what do you think of this material? Can it be refined into a third-level high-quality magical weapon?"

Seeing this, Zhu Wuya was slightly stunned, then he reached out to take the tortoise shell and examined it.

After a while, Zhu Wuya looked at Zhou Chun with a face full of surprise and said, "My dear Zhou, you are really capable. If I am not mistaken, this should be the shell of a third-grade high-quality monster black turtle. Judging from the natural scales on it, this monster may also have the blood of a dragon. It is difficult to remove the shell of such a powerful monster so completely even if it is a Jindan stage cultivator himself, let alone it is so complete!"

Zhou Chun did not respond to his words, nor did he intend to explain the origin of the item. He just smiled and said, "Since Senior Zhu highly praises this item, it seems that there should be no problem."

"More than no problem, with the quality of this thing, plus the fact that I personally made it, it is definitely a third-grade high-quality magic weapon. If some magic weapon spiritual materials can be incorporated into it during refining, it is even more likely that this treasure will gain the power to resist attacks from magic weapons!"

Zhu Wuya couldn't help but shake his head slightly when he said this, and then said with some regret: "It's a pity that this thing is not a spiritual material from a fourth-level monster after all, otherwise I might be able to try to refine it into a magic weapon!"

For him, who is already a master of weapon refining, reaching the realm of a grandmaster weapon refining is more important than making a breakthrough in his own cultivation.

After all, with his current age and cultivation level, there is no possibility of him forming a fetus at all.

But if one can be promoted to a weapon refining master, his status will immediately surpass that of most Jindan stage cultivators.

Unexpectedly, after hearing what he said, Zhou Chun suddenly said, "I happen to have a piece of 'Black Abyss Iron' in my hand. Senior Zhu, do you think it can be compatible with this tortoise shell?"

"What? You still have a piece of 'Black Abyss Iron' in your hand!"

Zhu Wuya looked at Zhou Chun in surprise. He never expected that his casual sigh would actually come true.

He looked at Zhou Chun with strange eyes for a few seconds before nodding and saying, "Of course, 'Black Abyss Iron' is famous for its hardness and excellent resistance to magic. If we can add some 'Black Abyss Iron' to this magic weapon, both the hardness of the magic weapon itself and its defense ability will be greatly improved!"

"Then please decide for yourself how much to use!"

As Zhou Chun spoke, he took out the millstone-sized piece of "Black Abyss Iron" from his storage bag.

Such a big piece of "Black Abyss Iron"!
Looking at the black ore that Zhou Chun took out, Zhu Wuya was shocked again.

Then his eyes moved slightly, and he looked at Zhou Chun with a fiery gaze and said, "To refine the magic weapon that you need, you probably only need one third of this piece of 'Black Abyss Iron'. Can you sell the rest to me? I am willing to buy it at a high price!"

For a weapon refining master like him, there is never too much magical weapon and spiritual materials.

If you can successfully refine a magic weapon, then it will be worth it no matter how much spiritual materials are wasted!

Since Zhou Chun had taken out the "Black Abyss Heavy Iron", he was prepared for this, and quickly did a favor and said, "This item is not something that I and the Zhou family can use right now. Since Senior Zhu wants it, I will accept it."

"Okay, Mr. Zhou, that's straightforward!"

Zhu Wuya's face lit up with joy, and he immediately agreed with Zhou Chun on the time to get the magic weapon, and then took the two treasures back to the Zhu family.

Even for a master of refining like him, refining a top-grade third-grade magical weapon is not something that can be done in a few days. It requires careful planning.

Therefore, he asked Zhou Chun to wait for news first, and then notify Zhou Chun to go and get it after the magic weapon was refined.

Naturally, Zhou Chun was not afraid that a Jindan-stage cultivator like him would deny his responsibility in this regard.

Next, Zhou Chun personally started looking for other families to rent spirit beasts.

In fact, this is not difficult for the Zhou family to do.

Because over the years, many families have purchased spiritual beasts such as the Eight-Angled Water Deer from the Zhou family as a means of transportation.

Now the Zhou family wants to rent their family's spiritual beast for transportation, and the price they offer is quite good. Even if it means they can buy high-quality spiritual beasts from the Zhou family in the future, they will not completely ignore the offer.

In less than half a year, Zhou Chun rented eighty spiritual beasts for transportation.

As soon as he rented the spirit beast for transportation, the Zhu family immediately arranged the recruited couriers and worked intensively to open a branch of the "Zhou Tong Tian Xia" trading company in the Yan Yang Sect area.

On this day, Zhou Chun received a message from Zhu Wuya, asking him to go to Zhu's house to get the treasure.

After receiving the news, Zhou Chun immediately rushed to Zhujiashan Gate in Yanzhou.

In a cave somewhere at the Zhu Family Mountain Gate, Zhou Chun saw Zhu Wuya who had finished refining his weapon.

When the other party saw him coming, he didn't waste any words and simply slapped the storage bag on his waist and took out the magic weapon.

This magic weapon looked no different from the original tortoise shell, except that there was an extra layer of iron sheets in the shape of dragon scales on the surface of the tortoise shell. These iron sheets were completely embedded in the tortoise shell and merged into one with it, as if they had originally grown inside the tortoise shell.

At the same time, mysterious and complex spiritual patterns and refining runes were imprinted on the surface of the dragon scales, and the inside of the tortoise shell was no exception.

When Zhu Wuya saw that Zhou Chun's eyes were attracted by the magic weapon, he immediately sent a stream of magic power into it, activating the power of the magic weapon.

Under the power of the Jindan stage cultivator, the tortoise shell magic weapon, which was originally about ten feet long, instantly changed to three feet in length, and then quickly shrank to just three feet.

Then Zhu Wuya urged his magic power again, and a black spiritual light rose from the tortoise shell magic weapon, quickly condensing into a black light curtain shield that protected him inside.

At this time, he explained to Zhou Chun: "My dear Zhou, please look, this is the third-grade top-grade magic weapon [Black Water Turtle Shield] that I spent half a year conceiving and refining!"

"This item is made from the shell of a third-grade turtle monster and 'Black Abyss Iron'. It can be large or small, and its body is so hard that no magic weapon can damage it!"

"In addition, this item has two major defensive abilities. One is the 'Black Water Mysterious Light' that comes with it, which can form a defensive light curtain that is stronger than a third-level top-grade defensive spell. The other is the 'Shadow of the Black Turtle', which can summon the shadow of a black turtle to protect it, and can block the attack of an ordinary Jindan early stage cultivator's magic weapon!"

"But you should be careful, my friend Zhou. The Shadow of the Black Turtle is a heavy burden on the magical instrument itself. Using it multiple times in a short period of time may damage the magical instrument. It is better not to use it unless you have no other choice!"

(End of this chapter)