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Chapter 428 Returning to the Family, War Breaks Out [Subscription Request]

After the golden-armored mountain-carrying turtle Stone successfully evolved, it was naturally no longer worthwhile for Zhou Chun to stay in Di Kingdom.

He quickly rushed back to Tianyuan Fairy City day and night.

And because the evolution of the stone did not take long, it took him less than half a year to go back and forth.

Luo Qingni had just helped others refine two batches of pills to get her hand back on track.

However, the refining of Zhou Chun's "Dragon Spirit Pill" has a very high priority, which was something that had been agreed upon long ago.

Therefore, Luo Qingni quickly suspended other alchemy tasks and started to refine this kind of medicine for Zhou Chun first.

The difficulty of refining "Dragon Spirit Pill" is much higher than that of "Zengyuan Pill". It is also the first time for Luo Qingni to refine it, so she is much more cautious than usual.

It took her 49 days to refine the first batch of "Dragon Spirit Pill".

But after all, it was her first time to refine pills of this level. Although she did not fail thanks to her level as a master of alchemy, the number of pills she produced was very poor, with only three pills of normal quality.

This is undoubtedly a big difference compared to what Zhou Chun knew, that Master Ge Yun could produce eight pills at a time.

So when he saw the result, his face looked a little unhappy.

On the contrary, there was no sign of disappointment on Luo Qingni's face, as if the result was not too bad.

After she waved her hand to remove the formation shield, she looked at Zhou Chun, who had a bad look on his face, and said, "Don't worry, Fellow Daoist Zhang. It's impossible for any alchemist master to achieve the normal standard of making an elixir when refining an unfamiliar high-level elixir for the first time. With this experience, the next time will definitely not be so bad."

As he spoke, he handed the jade bottle containing the elixir to Zhou Chun: "Fellow Daoist Zhang, please keep these three genuine 'Dragon Spiritual Pills' first. Qing Ni will carefully review the process of refining the elixir and study the waste pills. The next time we refine the elixir, we will probably have to wait a few months."

"Hey, Zhang, I understand. Fellow Daoist Luo, you should study it carefully. Just call me next time you want to make the elixir!"

Zhou Chun sighed softly, nodded, took the pill, and turned to leave.

He really shouldn't have expected too much.

These two times of refining the elixir can be regarded as repaying Luo Qingni for her help in finding the [Yellow Dragon Stone].

After returning to the cave, Zhou Chun checked the contents of his storage bag and decided to make another purchase before returning to his family.

He immediately went to many well-known stores in the city and bought nearly 200,000 spirit coins worth of elixirs, 80% of which were elixirs that could improve the magic power of foundation-building monks.

The Zhou family now has quite a number of foundation-building cultivators, and the elixirs they take are not so easy to buy in Jingguo.

Although the prices in the Great Zhou Kingdom are a bit higher, there are many more varieties available for purchase.

In addition to elixirs, talismans were also purchased by Zhou Chun.

The invasion of the Yuanmo Realm into the Tianling Realm is likely to trigger a war in the world of immortal cultivators. At that time, the Zhou family will definitely not be able to stay out of it, and many disciples of the Zhou family will have to go to the battlefield.

Although the Zhou family also has Zhou Daoyi who is able to make second-level talismans, firstly, the types of talismans Zhou Daoyi can make are limited, and secondly, he does not have enough time to specialize in making talismans, and second-level talisman paper is not easy to get.

So you still have to buy what you should buy.

Zhou Chun bought two hundred second-level magic talismans and more than a dozen third-level magic talismans in one breath.

As a result, most of the hundreds of thousands of spirit coins in his storage bag were gone.

After completing the purchase, Zhou Chun returned to his cave to practice with peace of mind, and at the same time, he began to figure out how to practice the "God-Slaying Technique".

This "God-Slaying Technique" is naturally extremely powerful. It has a total of four levels. Every time a level is successfully cultivated, one more "God-Slaying Sword" can be condensed, and a maximum of four "God-Slaying Swords" can be condensed.

According to the description of this secret method in the jade book, as long as one can cultivate to the fourth level before the Nascent Soul stage, unless one encounters a cultivator with a powerful soul magic weapon, no cultivator of the same level will be able to withstand the four swords when they are used simultaneously.

However, practicing such a powerful secret technique is naturally extremely difficult.

Murong Luo practiced hard for decades before he succeeded in cultivating the first level and condensed a "God-Slaying Sword".

With just this "Sword of God-Slaying", he earned a great reputation and killed many Purple Mansion Stage cultivators.

Although Zhou Chun was very envious of the power of this "God-Slaying Technique", he also knew that it was difficult to practice and had never thought about getting started quickly.

If there is any shortcoming between him and other Purple Mansion Stage cultivators, it is that he is too young.

Being young and having a high level of cultivation is naturally a good thing.

However, because he was young and focused on improving his cultivation, he could not compare with older monks in practicing various esoteric techniques.

Zhou Chun has practiced quite a few secret arts now, but except for the "Flowing Golden Rainbow" secret art which he has practiced to the third level after hundreds of years of hard work, and the "Secret of Dragon Transformation" which has a quick method of mastering, the rest of the secret arts are only entry-level and have not been practiced too deeply.

When it comes to practicing secret arts, there are rarely any shortcuts. Everything can only be improved slowly through the cultivator's own understanding, talent, and time.

Zhou Chun’s comprehension talent cannot be said to be bad, but he is not at the genius level either. To practice these secret techniques, he can basically only rely on time.

After meditating like this for several months, he could only say that he had made some minor gains and was still far from getting started.

Five months later, Luo Qingni called Zhou Chun over again and began to refine the second batch of "Dragon Spirit Pill".

This time she still refined it for 49 days before opening the furnace.

The harvest from this furnace opening was four "Dragon Spirit Pills", which was a slight improvement over the previous one. However, considering that the one used this time was the inner elixir of a third-grade medium-quality monster, her progress was actually not that great.

So after seeing this situation, Zhou Chun decided in his heart that this was the end of it.

Zhou Chun no longer planned to waste the remaining third-grade, top-grade silver-armored dragonfish demon pill.

Instead of letting Luo Qingni waste the demon pill, he might as well give it to Lei Jiao Baibai to take. Maybe it would allow Baibai to break through to the third-level intermediate-grade demon beast in one fell swoop.

After waiting for the results to come out, Luo Qingni's expression was finally not as calm as last time.

She was seen staring at the alchemy furnace with frowned brows, and she did not open the formation shield for a long time.

Zhou Chun was also very patient. He never rushed her and waited quietly for her for most of the day before she opened the formation shield.

After she opened the array shield, she immediately bowed to Zhou Chun with an apologetic look on her face and said, "There were some problems with the refining this time. Qingni feels ashamed of Fellow Daoist Zhang's trust. I am really sorry!"

Seeing her like this, Zhou Chun felt bad, but he quickly comforted her: "Brother Luo, you are too serious. Alchemy is a delicate job. It is normal to have some problems sometimes. Besides, no matter what, this pill has been successfully refined, so it is not a waste of effort."

"Fellow Daoist Zhang, there is no need to comfort Qingni. The number of pills produced twice in a row is lower than the normal level. This shows that Qingni's alchemy level still needs to be improved. There is still a lot of room for improvement."

Luo Qingni shook her head slightly and said that she was quite dissatisfied with her two poor performances.

But after she finished speaking, she quickly looked at Zhou Chun and said, "Qing Ni said before that if the pills were lower than the normal level, she would give Daoist Zhang a subsidy for the material loss. Now that only seven pills were produced in two times, Qing Ni should subsidize Daoist Zhang 30% of the materials."

"How about this, doesn't Fellow Daoist Zhang still have a third-grade middle-grade demon pill in his hand? Fellow Daoist, take out some more materials, and Qingni will help you make up the remaining materials, and will help you refine a furnace of 'Zeng Yuan Dan' for free. What do you think of this, Fellow Daoist Zhang?"

And such a good thing!

Zhou Chun was delighted, and then he nodded and said, "That's great, that's great!"

So after the two of them reached an agreement, they went their separate ways.

More than three months later, Luo Qingni, who had gathered all the materials, called Zhou Chun again to start refining the elixir together.

This time, she was refining the "Zeng Yuan Dan", a pill that she was already very familiar with. She finally showed her mastery of alchemy and made eight pills at once. And because it was made from the inner pills of a third-level middle-grade monster beast, the medicinal power of this batch of "Zeng Yuan Dan" was stronger than the one she had refined for Zhou Chun before.

With eight "Zengyuan Pills" and seven "Longling Pills", plus the few remaining "Zengyuan Pills", Zhou Chun had almost enough pills to cultivate to the late stage of Purple Mansion.

Therefore, after thanking Luo Qingni, he told her that he was leaving.

"After this separation, we may not see each other again for decades. Fellow Daoist Luo, please take care of yourself!"

Inside "Qingni Residence", Zhou Chun bowed solemnly to Luo Qingni and said goodbye.

After learning that he was leaving Tianyuan Fairy City to return to his family, Luo Qingni was stunned for a moment, then her expression became serious. She saluted him solemnly and said, "Daoyou Zhang, please take care of yourself. I hope that when we meet again next time, you will also have achieved the Golden Elixir!"

"Hahaha, then I'll borrow Brother Luo's good words!"

Zhou Chun smiled, nodded to Luo Qingni again, and left.

A few days later, Zhou Chun, who had no more concerns in Tianyuan Fairy City, left this place and headed south back to Jingguo.

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Fengguo, Jinchangfang City.

On this day, outside the Jinchang market, a green ship several dozen feet long suddenly flew in and landed directly outside the market entrance.

Immediately afterwards, rays of light shot out from the green ship and landed on the ground, transforming into monks with different appearances.

These are all Foundation Establishment cultivators and Purple Mansion cultivators. They are the first batch of reinforcements sent by the Qinglian Temple of Jingguo to support the Jingyang Sect of Fengguo.

Just when these monks appeared outside Jinchang Market, a red flame suddenly shot out from inside Jinchang Market and landed in mid-air, revealing a large man with a curly bun and wearing a fiery red robe.

As soon as the big man with curly hair appeared, he bowed towards the green ship and laughed, "Hahaha, I wonder which Taoist friend from Qinglian Temple is leading the team this time. Guo Shaokang from Jingyang Sect is here to show his respect!"

"So it's Fellow Daoist Guo. I'm Shan Yangzi, the leader of this team. Now, twenty Purple Mansion cultivators and two hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators under my Qinglian Temple have arrived. Fellow Daoist Guo, please check them!"

But a yellow light flashed in the green building ship, and an old man with slightly gray hair and a goatee appeared in mid-air. He was none other than Shan Yangzi, a Jindan cultivator from Qinglian Temple who had once visited the Zhou family.

And the big man with curly bun was able to call him fellow Taoist, so it was obvious that he was also a Jindan stage cultivator.

As Shanyangzi spoke at this time, he raised his hand and waved it. A jade slip containing relevant information and a photo bead flew towards the big man with curly bun, Guo Shaokang.

After hearing Shanyangzi's words at this time, the big man with curly bun, Guo Shaokang, immediately used his spiritual sense to sweep over the Purple Mansion cultivators and Foundation Establishment cultivators who were lined up in the air, and browsed through the information in the jade slip. He quickly confirmed that the facts were exactly the same as the information he had received.

So the smile on his face became more sincere, and he immediately nodded and said, "Yes, it is indeed consistent with the news sent by your sect. Thank you, Brother Shanyangzi, for seeing me off all the way!"

Upon hearing this, Shan Yangzi also nodded and said, "Since Fellow Daoist Guo has confirmed that everything is correct, I will return to the sect to report. I'll ask Fellow Daoist Guo and your sect to take care of these younger generations!"

"It's easy to talk about."

The big man with a curly bun agreed readily, but his tone sounded a bit perfunctory.

Although Shanyangzi clearly heard this, he pretended not to hear it. He immediately said some high-sounding words to the monks he brought with him, and then boarded the ship and returned to Jingguo.

After watching Shanyangzi go away, Guo Shaokang, the big man with a curly bun, who had a smile on his face just now, suddenly became gloomy.

He unreservedly released the coercive aura of a Jindan-stage cultivator, which made the cultivators sent by Shanyangzi tremble and fall to the ground like dumplings.

Then he looked down at the monks on the ground with the eyes of an eagle and shouted, "You have all heard my name just now. Now I will announce three rules. You all listen carefully to me. Otherwise, if you lose your life, don't blame me for not telling you in advance!"

"The first rule is, no matter who you were before, now that you have come to Feng Country and become a member of the Tianling Army, you must strictly abide by the rules of the Tianling Army and act according to the military rules. You must not act according to the rules of your own sect or family. Otherwise, if you violate the rules, you will be punished by military law!"

"The second rule is that the capable will be promoted and the weak will be demoted in the legion. You will be temporarily given different military positions according to your cultivation. If you perform well in the future, your position will be fixed or promoted. If you perform poorly, even if you are a Purple Mansion cultivator, you may have to obey the orders of a Foundation Establishment cultivator!"

"The third rule is that once you join the Corps and assume military duties, you must obey the Corps' jurisdiction in the future. Without the approval of your superiors, no one may leave the station, leave the team without permission, or leak the Corps' mission information to irrelevant people without permission!"

After he finished speaking, he didn't care whether those people heard it clearly or not. He waved his hand towards the market and said, "Open the formation and let them in."

Afterwards, the formation of Jinchang Market opened a passage, and everyone quickly flew into the market under the gaze of Guo Shaokang.

A few days later, these monks from Jingguo all received an identity token, which recorded their basic information and was also an important proof for them to travel around Fengguo in the future.

"I never thought that we would set foot on Fengguo's land again in this way!"

Inside a barracks, Zhou Daoquan looked at the silver identity token in his hand and couldn't help but sigh, his expression full of emotion.

Beside him, the two elders of the Zhou family, Zhou Jiahe and Zhou Jiapeng, each held a blue-black identity token in their hands, their expressions equally complicated.

This time the Tianling Alliance and the Tianling Legion were established. As a member of the alliance, Jingguo, in order to help Fengguo resist the invasion of the Yuanmo Realm, the three major forces in the country also each selected their best soldiers to the front line and incorporated them into the Tianling Legion.

Naturally, immortal cultivation families like the Zhou family were allocated a certain number of quotas.

The cultivators sent by the Zhou family were Zhou Daoquan, Zhou Jiahe, and Zhou Jiapeng.

The three of them are all elders of the Zhou family. They are more familiar with Feng Country than the younger generations. Moreover, in terms of lifespan and potential, they are younger and smaller than the others.

The most important thing is that all three of them are willing to make sacrifices for the family at this time.

"There is no need for me to say any more words. From now on, you two can only take care of yourselves and try to survive!"

After a long silence, Zhou Daoquan casually hung the token around his waist and gave his final instructions to the two juniors in a low voice.

Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi had said what needed to be said many times before coming to Feng State, and the three of them had already prepared to die on the battlefield.

So at this time Zhou Daoquan really had nothing more to say.

"I understand, uncle, please take care of yourself too."

Zhou Jiahe and Zhou Jiapeng looked at each other, nodded together, and sent their blessings to Zhou Daoquan.

Then the two of them bowed solemnly to Zhou Daoquan, left and returned to their own barracks.

In order to prevent the occurrence of collusion, the Tianling Legion deliberately mixed up the monks from different forces in various countries. Therefore, it was impossible for Zhou Daoquan to be assigned to the same team with his two juniors.

It is worth mentioning that the Tianling Legion now has three types of organization: battalion, battalion, and squad. A battalion has at least 5,000 soldiers, a battalion has at least 300 soldiers, and a squad has 20 to 30 soldiers.

The battalion commander and deputy commander are generally Jindan-stage cultivators, the brigade commander and deputy commander are generally Zifu-stage cultivators, and the squad leader and deputy leader are generally foundation-building cultivators.

That is to say, under normal circumstances, in a battalion of soldiers, there must be two Jindan-stage cultivators, twenty to thirty Zifu-stage cultivators, and three to four hundred Foundation-building-stage cultivators!

Jinchangfang City is now a battalion-level garrison, and the big man with curly bun, Guo Shaokang, is the battalion commander.

Zhou Daoquan, who has reached the initial stage of Purple Mansion cultivation, is now temporarily serving as the deputy commander of the brigade, while the two Zhou family foundation-building cultivators are the team leaders.

Fortunately, after the establishment of the Tianling Legion, it used foundation-building pills and foundation-building spiritual objects as bait to recruit soldiers on a large scale, attracting a large number of Qi-refining cultivators from various countries to join the army. For the time being, immortal cultivation families like the Zhou family have not yet reached the point where they are forced to share the number of Qi-refining cultivators in the army.

At the same time, Zhou Chun, who had been rushing all the way back to his family, suddenly heard the news of the establishment of the Tianling Alliance and the Tianling Legion, and learned that several elders were forced to join the army.

I updated 200,000 words this month! It’s really tiring! Today I also gave myself a half-day break to rest and relax!

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