Beast-controlling fairy clan.

Chapter 413: Duolan Grassland, Multi-Winged Tribe [Subscribe]

How could it be her!
At the west entrance of Tianyuan Fairy City, Zhou Chun looked at the female cultivator in front of him wearing a face-covering hat and cried out in his heart what bad luck he had.

Although the female cultivator covered her face with a hat, although she had changed her height and body shape, and although she concealed the smell of elixir on her body with a strange fragrance, Zhou Chun still easily knew her identity.

She is one of the cultivators Zhou Chun least wants to see in Tianyuan Fairy City, the alchemy master Luo Qingni!

It was actually because of the reaction of the wood spirit in his spirit beast bag that Zhou Chun was able to recognize her so easily.

He had known before that the technique that Luo Qingni was practicing must be a top-level wood-type technique, and it was very attractive to wood spirits.

If it was Luo Qingni who discovered Mu Mei, Mu Mei might have been willing to follow her without her having to do anything.

As an alchemist, Luo Qingni is obviously extremely sensitive to the aura of magic power.

It had only been two years since Zhou Chun entrusted her to refine an elixir, and the elixir he refined was such an unconventional elixir called the "Dragon Transformation Pill". It was hard for her not to be deeply impressed by Zhou Chun.

Therefore, when they met at close range at this time, she quickly recognized his true identity through the magical aura emanating from Zhou Chun.

She did not hide this fact and quickly whispered to Zhou Chun, "I didn't expect that Fellow Daoist Xu would also take on this mission. Should I call you Fellow Daoist Xu or Fellow Daoist Zhang?"

How could Zhou Chun not hear the joking meaning in those words?

By now, Luo Qingni must have known that neither Xu Fu nor Zhang Liang was his real name.

It would be a lie to say he wasn't panicking at this moment.

But with outsiders present, he did not dare to show any abnormality. He could only smile as Yan Qiyang introduced him to the others, while secretly smiling bitterly and whispering back, "Zhang did not expect that Master Luo was the real initiator of this mission!"

If he had known this would happen, he would never have accepted the task.

But now that things have come to this, it is obviously too late for him to regret.

If he quit the mission now and offended Yan Qiyang and Master Luo, it would be a small matter. But if Master Luo used this opportunity to confirm that he had cultivated a third-order dragon and leaked the matter, that would be a matter of life and death.

It can be said that at this point, he is in a dilemma.

Just when he was thinking about whether he should just pretend to be nice and then run away after leaving the city, Luo Qingni seemed to have guessed his concerns.

Suddenly, he took the initiative to say, "Fellow Daoist Zhang, are you worried that I will reveal the information about the 'Dragon Pill'? You don't have to worry about that at all. I can swear an oath to my inner demon that I will never tell anyone other than you and me about the 'Dragon Pill'!"

Hearing her words, Zhou Chun was also shocked. He didn't expect that she would be willing to do this.

After a brief pause, he replied in a deep voice: "Master Luo, you are too kind. Zhang believes that given Master Luo's status and position, he would not do such a thing that would damage his reputation."

At this point, he also expressed his attitude and said: "It is fate. Since the employer of this trip is Master Luo, Zhang will do his best to complete the task to repay Master Luo for his kindness in refining the elixir!"

"Thank you very much for your trust, Brother Zhang."

Seeing that her goal had been achieved, Luo Qingni decided to stop there and responded with a smile.

Not long after, Zhou Chun and his group of five Purple Mansion cultivators left Tianyuan Immortal City from its west entrance, and then flew together on a second-order top-grade monster "Six-Winged Flying Lizard" towards the Dolan Grassland.

Among the five Purple Mansion cultivators, Yan Qiyang and Luo Qingni, who goes by the alias "Meng Qingqing", are both in the late Purple Mansion stage and are also the employers of this trip.

Zhou Chun and two other Purple Mansion Stage cultivators were all hired cultivators.

The two people happened to be a man and a woman. The man was an unkempt middle-aged man who reeked of alcohol and had a yellow wine gourd hanging around his waist. He would take a sip from the gourd from time to time.

His name is Lu Chong, he calls himself "Drunkard", and he has reached the middle stage of Purple Mansion cultivation.

The female cultivator was named Xiao Jinlian. She had a graceful figure and beautiful looks, and truly lived up to the name "Golden Lotus". Like Zhou Chun, she was in the initial stage of Purple Mansion cultivation.

The "six-winged flying lizard" that the five people were riding on at this time was Yan Qiyang's spiritual beast of transportation, and Yan Qiyang was nominally the leader.

Therefore, after setting off, Yan Qiyang also explained the details of this mission to Zhou Chun and the other two.

"For this escort mission, you three Daoists just need to take us to the Muli Lake on the Duolan Grassland. Once there, I will give you the reward."

"I need to explain to the three Daoists that in order to preserve our magic power and maintain our condition, Daoist Yan and Daoist Meng will not take action easily. Therefore, if we encounter monster attacks or multi-winged magicians on the road, we will have to rely on the three Daoists to clean them up."

"Of course, the route chosen by Yan and I has tried our best to avoid those large tribes of the Multi-Winged Tribe and some dangerous places. As long as our luck is not extremely bad, we should not encounter a fourth-level existence!"

Yan Qiyang said this, glanced at Zhou Chun and the other two, and asked, "That's the general situation. Do the three Taoists have anything else you want to ask?"

After hearing what he said, Zhou Chun and the other two couldn't help but look at each other, then shook their heads to indicate that there was no problem.

"Okay, since all three of you are all OK, then that's settled."

Yan Qiyang nodded with satisfaction and the rules were set.

The five of them didn't talk much along the way, they just walked in silence.

When the "Six-Winged Flying Lizard" is tired of flying, Yan Qiyang will let everyone land and rest, and wait for the "Six-Winged Flying Lizard" to recover before setting off again.

Although doing so is somewhat time-consuming, it can undoubtedly maximize the savings of the five people's mana.

Not everyone has spirit crystals on them, and not everyone is like Zhou Chun, who has a purification stone jar and can meditate and practice in the wild to restore magic power.

When normal immortal cultivators go out, they would leave the task of traveling entirely to their spirit beasts, just like they are doing now.

Otherwise, the spiritual beasts used for transportation in the world of immortal cultivation would not be so easy to sell and the prices would not be so high.

Tianyuan Fairy City is not particularly far from the Dolan Grassland, and the straight-line distance is less than three thousand miles.

The "Six-Winged Flying Lizard" took a rest during the journey, and then flew directly to the top of the Dolan Grassland with Zhou Chun and others.

Although it is called Dolan Prairie, it is not just grass.

In fact, the Dolan grassland is vast, with mountains, lakes, rivers and other terrains.

It is just called Dolan Grassland because the grassland here occupies most of the area.

Looking down at the Dolan Grassland from the air, the scenery is undoubtedly spectacular.

I saw the undulating grass slopes connected in a line, just like waves on the sea, except that the color had turned green.

The flat grassland is endless, with herds of cattle, sheep, horses and many flocks of birds.

At the border between the Great Zhou Kingdom and the Dolan Grassland, there are still many human herdsmen grazing.

However, in order not to anger the "Multi-Winged Tribe", the dominant race on the grassland, human cultivators will deliberately control the grazing areas of these herdsmen and prevent them from going too deep into the grassland.

The flight route of Zhou Chun and his companions was carefully selected by Yan Qiyang, and they tried their best to avoid the large tribes of the "Multi-Winged Tribe".

However, after going hundreds of miles deep into the grassland, Zhou Chun soon saw living members of the "Multi-Winged Tribe".

The alien race "Multi-Winged Tribe", just like its name, everyone has wings and is born with the ability to glide and fly.

They are roughly humanoid, with slightly shorter legs and claws on their feet, like wolf claws.

At the same time, the Multi-Winged People have longer faces, hooked noses, pointed chins, small eye sockets, thin eyeballs, small ears, and their eyeballs are usually sky blue, but also emerald green and silver.

They also have a lot of body hair, probably to help them keep warm and protected from wind while flying in the air.

Compared to their short legs, their hands seem a little too long and have only four fingers.

The biggest feature of the "Multi-Winged Tribe" is obviously their wings.

Ordinary "multi-winged people" usually have a pair of feathered wings. The colors of the wings are roughly black, gray, green, white, blue, and red, and occasionally there are other mixed colors.

These ordinary "multi-winged people" are just like mortals among the human race. Even their lifespan is shorter than that of humans in general, only about fifty or sixty years.

But if the newly born "multi-winged tribe" has four wings, he will have the qualifications of a wizard and can become a wizard similar to an immortal cultivator.

Above the four wings, there are six wings and eight wings. The number of wings represents the qualification of the magician of the "multi-winged clan".

The mage inheritance of the "Multi-Winged Clan" is extremely complete, with an orderly inheritance from the first to the fifth level. From low to high, they are low-level mages, intermediate mages, senior mages, great mages, and holy mages. Each realm is also divided into three small realms: elementary, intermediate, and high.

They can also make magical instruments and talismans, tame monsters, grow elixirs, set up magic arrays, and even refine potions.

It is precisely because of their perfect cultivation system similar to that of immortal cultivators that the "Multi-Winged Tribe" has been able to become the overlord of the Dolan Grassland and one of the few powerful alien races in this world that can coexist with humans.

It is said that if it were not for the pressure from the human race, the "Multi-Winged Tribe" might have already wiped out the "Tattooed Face Tribe" an alien race on the other side of the Dolan Grassland.

It is hard to say who is stronger between the "Multi-Winged Clan" magician and the human cultivator of the same level.

Because both sides have geniuses and mediocrity.

But compared to human cultivators, the advantage of the "Multi-Winged" mages is that they are born with the ability to fly, and their flying speed is not slow, which gives them a lot of advantages when they are at the first and second levels.

But their disadvantage is equally obvious, that is, their lifespan is still not as long as that of human cultivators.

The upper limit of the lifespan for a low-level wizard is only eighty years old, a mid-level wizard can only live to one hundred and fifty years old, a high-level wizard can only live to three hundred years old, and a great wizard is said to be able to live to six hundred or seven hundred years old.

This is obviously much worse than that of human cultivators of the same level.

Like human cultivators, mages of the "Multi-Winged Tribe" will gather in places where spiritual energy gathers, and will not live together with ordinary "Multi-Winged Tribe" people.

It’s just that the mortals and mages of the “Multi-Winged Tribe” have a closer connection. The magic group and the mortals exist in the form of tribes, sharing the same tribal name. The mortal tribes usually live around the magic tribes to obtain the protection of the mages.

On this day, after flying tired, the "Six-Winged Flying Lizard" landed in a forest to rest under the command of Yan Qiyang.

Everyone in the "Multi-Winged Tribe" can fly, so in order to avoid their sight, it is not wrong to choose a lush forest to rest.

Moreover, the forest is definitely a place that the "Multi-Winged Tribe" are unwilling to set foot in, as their wings can easily get caught on tree branches in the forest.

However, the "Multi-Winged Tribe" mages also know how to tame beasts and can train monsters for hunting and riding.

After Zhou Chun and his companions had rested in the forest for about two hours, several "Multi-Winged Tribe" mages who had brought their pets into the forest to hunt monsters came near them, and one of the monster wolves with a keen sense of smell even smelled the scent of the "Six-Winged Flying Lizard".

So the group was naturally exposed to those "Multi-Winged" mages.

To be honest, this encounter was definitely something that neither side wanted to happen.

Because when the five "Multi-Winged Clan" mages brought their pets to find Zhou Chun and others, they were shocked to find that each of the five human cultivators here had the cultivation level equivalent to that of a high-level mage, but there was not even a single high-level mage among them.

As for Zhou Chun and the others, they just wanted to reach Muli Lake safely, and naturally did not want to encounter the "Multi-Winged Tribe" magician on the grassland. But now that they had met him, they could only kill him to silence him.

"Kill them!"

Following Yan Qiyang's order, Zhou Chun, Lu Chong and Xiao Jinlian attacked at the same time and directly slaughtered the five intermediate mages of the "Multi-Winged Clan".

Zhou Chun did not need any other means. As soon as the "Golden Rainbow Sword" came out, he pierced through the protective spells hastily released by two "Multi-Winged Clan" mages like cutting melons and vegetables, and killed them with the sword.

Lu Chong casually flicked out two red fire snakes, easily burning the two "Multi-Winged" mages into ashes.

The last "Multi-Winged Clan" wizard had his head pierced by a flying needle magic weapon used by Xiao Jinlian.

Afterwards, several people took action one after another and killed all the pets brought by these "Multi-Winged Clan" mages.

"Friend Yan, what should we do now?"

After the murder was completed, the "drunkard" Lu Chong changed his previous lazy appearance, looked at Yan Qiyang with a serious expression and asked what to do.

Judging from his appearance, it seems that killing someone to silence them is not the end of the matter.

Zhou Chun noticed this and frowned slightly and looked at Yan Qiyang.

Yan Qiyang's face flashed with gloom, and he sighed softly and said, "Hey, it seems that Brother Lu also knows the legend of the 'Vengeance Blood Eagle'!"

"That's not just a legend. I was hunted down myself. A good friend of mine who I had known for many years died on this grassland!"

Lu Chong curled his lips and said with a melancholy tone.

"I see. Then, let Brother Lu tell Brother Zhang and Brother Xiao about this matter of the 'Vengeance Blood Eagle'."

Yan Qiyang nodded and handed the popular science matter over to Lu Chong.

Hearing what he said, Lu Chong did not refuse. He immediately told Zhou Chun and the others about his experience with a complicated expression.

It turned out that he and two other good friends had ventured into the Dolan Grassland to search for treasure. After they had jointly killed a third-level monster, they were attacked by two high-level mages of the "Multi-Winged Clan".

Later in the battle, they were outnumbered three by two and had the upper hand, and even killed a high-level wizard of the "Multi-Winged Clan".

But who knew that this would cause such a disaster!
Some large tribes of the "Multi-Winged Clan" would offer sacrifices to a special ghost creature called the "Vengeance Blood Eagle" and require all intermediate and above mages in the tribe to feed this creature with their essence and blood.

If a wizard who feeds the "Blood Eagle of Vengeance" with his essence and blood dies unexpectedly, the "Blood Eagle of Vengeance" will quickly sense it and point out the direction of his demise.

Some "Blood Eagles of Vengeance" that have been trained to be extremely powerful will even create clones to hunt down the murderers.

Lu Chong and his companions were chased by the great wizard of the Multi-Winged Clan with his clone of the "Vengeance Blood Eagle". As a result, the murderous Purple Mansion cultivator was caught up and killed.

After listening to Lu Chong's story, Yan Qiyang also said: "I don't know which tribe these young people of the Multi-Winged Tribe came from, but if their tribe really has a ritual to refine the Blood Eagle of Vengeance, they should have known about their demise by now. We should move away from here immediately and leave the territory of this tribe as soon as possible!"

"Fellow Daoist Yan, do you mean that as long as we leave the territory of this 'Multi-Winged Tribe', everything will be fine?"

Zhou Chun suddenly interrupted and asked with a curious look on his face.

Hearing this, Yan Qiyang couldn't help but shook his head and said, "That's not necessarily true, but the relationship between the tribes of the Multi-Winged Tribe is not harmonious. If we leave the territory of this tribe, they shouldn't send out great mages to other tribes to hunt us down for the sake of a few junior mid-level mages!"

After saying that, he looked at everyone and said, "I'll let Yan give you a ride!"

Then he slapped the storage bag on his waist, and a blue-black flying boat magic weapon appeared in his hand. He threw the magic weapon into the air, and the original one-foot-long magic weapon immediately turned into a two-meter-long flying boat, which was more than enough to accommodate five people.

"A third-level flying magic weapon!"

Zhou Chun looked at the dark blue flying boat in the air, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

Generally speaking, after cultivators reach the foundation-building stage, they use flying instruments less frequently.

The reason for this is, firstly, that controlling the magic weapon still consumes mana and spiritual consciousness, so it is not as safe as using a spirit beast for transportation; secondly, because the second-level flying magic weapon is more expensive and rarer than other magic weapons.

In terms of value, a second-grade low-grade flying magic weapon may be more expensive than a second-grade high-grade attack magic weapon.

The blue-black flying boat magic weapon that Yan Qiyang released now is an extremely rare third-grade lower-grade flying magic weapon. The value of this item is incomparable to third-grade upper-grade magic weapons such as the "Golden Rainbow Sword".

This made Zhou Chun more curious about Yan Qiyang's origins.

But curiosity aside, neither he, Lu Chong, nor Xiao Jinlian said much after being surprised, and they just got on the flying boat.

It has to be said that flying magic tools are expensive for a reason.

Although it was only a third-order, low-grade flying magic weapon, the flying speed of the blue-black flying boat was several times faster than that of an average Purple Mansion late-stage cultivator, and this was when it was carrying five people.

Zhou Chun estimated that his speed of escape when he used the "Flowing Golden Rainbow" secret technique at his full strength might be only slightly faster than this.

But if you say that a third-level flying magic weapon has no additional acceleration power, he won't believe it at all.

Almost two hours after Zhou Chun and his group left the forest, a giant blue eagle suddenly descended over the forest and soon landed on the place where several "Multi-Winged" mages fell.

Then two "Multi-Winged" wizards, a man and a woman, landed on the eagle's back. The male wizard even had six wings on his back!

"It's the smell of a human cultivator. Chaha and the others all died at the hands of a human cultivator!"

In the forest, the male "Multi-Winged" wizard's hooked nose twitched a few times, and then he spoke of his discovery in an angry tone.

Then he quickly continued, "To be able to silence Chaha and the others so easily, those human cultivators must be high-level mages at the Purple Mansion Stage. I smelled the scent of at least three of them!"

Hearing what he said, the female magician immediately followed up with, "It's not surprising that they are human cultivators. What's strange is that there seem to be more human cultivators recently. A few days ago, I heard that a big battle broke out in the Silver Lake Tribe, and a high-level magician died in it. Moreover, the 'Vengeance Blood Eagle' of the Silver Lake Tribe actually lost its people!"

After that, he said with some regret: "It's a pity that Chaha and his men are too low-profile to call on the 'Vengeance Blood Eagle' clone to be dispatched. Otherwise, we might be able to use the Blood Eagle clone to track the whereabouts of this group of people!"

When the male mage heard this, he shouted angrily, "These human cultivators are really abominable. They don't stay in their own territory and always come to the grassland to plunder our holy clan's resources. When I become a great mage, I will definitely go to their country to plunder!"

The female mage was not as easily angered as he was. She just shook her head and said, "Let's go. Let's go back and report the situation here to the Grand Mage and see if we should join forces with the Silver Lake Tribe to kill these daring human monks!"

"Ina, you are right. We should go back and ask the Archmage and the Silver Lake Tribe to jointly kill those human monks and use their flesh, blood and souls to feed the Holy Eagle!"

The male wizard's eyes lit up and he nodded in applause.

Then the two of them rode the giant blue eagle out of the forest together.

On the other side, after Yan Qiyang controlled the flying boat and carried Zhou Chun and others for thousands of miles in one breath, he stopped again to rest.

This time the few people learned their lesson. After stopping, they set up a formation to conceal their breath and whereabouts to prevent being found by any monster with a sensitive nose again.

After resting for a while, the five of them changed into the "Six-Winged Flying Lizard" and set off again.

In this way, over the next ten days, the group flew and stopped, covering a distance of nearly 20,000 miles.

This was naturally not because they had penetrated so deep into the Dolan grassland, but because they had to take a detour to avoid the territories of some large "Multi-Winged" tribes on the way.

During this period, Zhou Chun, Lu Chong and Xiao Jinlian also took action several times, repelling and killing many monsters and "multi-winged" mages who blocked the way.

Until one day, a group of five people came to a vast body of water.

Looking down from a high altitude, you can see the boundless water in front of you, just like the sea where you can't see the other side. The lake water ripples in the sunlight, presenting a holy silver-white color.

This is Muli Lake, a very famous lake on the Dolan grassland, and it is also the end point of Zhou Chun and his team’s escort mission.

"Okay, we have arrived at Muli Lake. The three Taoists have completed their mission. This is the reward for the three Taoists' mission. Please accept it."

At the edge of the lake, Yan Qiyang let the "Six-Winged Flying Lizard" land, and without saying much, he took out three "Zengyuan Pills" in jade bottles and handed them to Zhou Chun and the other two, asking them to inspect them.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Chun and the other two opened their jade bottles, took out the pills, and examined them. After confirming that they were pills that would help their cultivation, they each showed a look of satisfaction and put them away.

Then the "Wine Man" Lu Chong said first: "Fellow Daoist Yan is straightforward, so I will go first. Fellow Daoists, please take care of yourselves, and we will meet again in Tianyuan Fairy City if we are lucky!"

After saying this, he clasped his fists towards everyone and turned into a streak of fiery red light and left.

Obviously, this escort mission was just a task he took on along the way, and he must have had other plans for coming to Dolan Prairie.

Seeing this, Xiao Jinlian immediately followed up and said, "I still have some things to do, so I won't be traveling with you fellow Taoists. Please take care of yourselves!"

After saying that, he released a giant black bird from the spirit beast bag and quickly left riding on the second-level low-grade monster.

After watching the two escorting monks leave one after another, Yan Qiyang's gaze naturally fell on Zhou Chun.

Zhou Chun saw this and quickly moved his eyes. He then bowed and said, "Zhang has something else to do. I'll take my leave now."

Then he transformed into a beam of golden light and left the lake.

After watching Zhou Chun leave and disappear without a trace, Yan Qiyang turned around and said to Luo Qingni: "Fellow Daoist Luo, let's set off as well."

Upon hearing this, Luo Qingni did not answer, but just nodded slightly, which was considered as her agreement.

Then she raised her hand and patted the spirit beast bag on her waist, and a giant blue-black turtle monster was released and landed on the lake.

Then she and Yan Qiyang jumped onto the turtle's back together, and were quickly carried underwater by the giant turtle, and soon disappeared.

On the other side, after Zhou Chun flew out for nearly a hundred miles, he descended and landed on the grass.

Then he slapped the spirit beast bag on his waist and released Mu Mei first to let him be on guard.

The Dolan grassland is covered with lush green grass and is also the home ground of the Wood Spirit. Here it can communicate with the grass and trees and perform wood escape techniques at will.

After Mu Mei conveyed the information that everything was safe, Zhou Chun raised his hand and revealed a token in his hand.

Luo Qingni had secretly given him this token on the way, telling him that he could take it with him and wait around Muli Lake. If the token was activated, he could follow it to find her.

Zhou Chun never asked Luo Qingni why she came to Muli Lake on the Duolan Grassland with Yan Qiyang.

But he knew that what the two were planning must be of great importance, as it could have caused Luo Qingni, the master of alchemy, to risk his life.

Luo Qingni handed him the token on the way and told him a lot of things. It was obvious that she did not completely trust Yan Qiyang and intended to keep a backup plan for herself.

"But why does she think I will follow her arrangements?"

Zhou Chun looked at the talisman in his hand with a strange expression, his eyes flickering.

(End of this chapter)