Beast-controlling fairy clan.

Jiufeng Ridge.

After Zhou Chun returned to Jingguo, he naturally went back to the Zhou family’s mountain gate base first.

However, the various news he learned after returning ruined his good mood after his trip, and his brows began to frown.

According to Zhou Jiarui, Zhou Mingde and others, the Tianling Alliance and the Tianling Legion were actually established three years ago.

In other words, at the latest at that time, all the countries in the Tianling Realm had reached a consensus that the Tianling Realm had been invaded by the Yuanmo Realm, so they responded in this way.

However, Zhou Mingde and others did not send anyone to inform him of the news and ask him to come back to take charge of the situation.

Of course, he also understood the thoughts of Zhou Mingde and others.

If a war breaks out between the Yuanmo Realm and the Tianling Realm, Zhou Chun wouldn't make much difference if he was present or absent. Leaving him outside might help preserve some strength for the Zhou family.

Another thing is that a war involving the two major worlds of immortal cultivation will definitely be a protracted war, and it would not be uncommon even if it lasts for decades.

As the intensity of the war is not that great now, there is really no need for the Zhou family to disturb the practice of this golden elixir seed.

So now that things have developed to this point, Zhou Chun cannot blame these elders who only care about him.

What really made Zhou Chun frown was the invader from the Yuanmo Realm.

As the two great immortal cultivation worlds almost openly launched a war, a lot of news about the Yuanmo Realm was released intentionally or unintentionally.

According to the information collected by the Zhou family now, the Yuanmo Realm should be a vast and large world of immortal cultivation.

In terms of overall strength, they are definitely much stronger than the Tianling Dijie.

There are now as many as five large forces that have appeared in Feng Country, namely the Corpse Demon Cult, the Blood and Bone Sect, the Valley of Ecstasy, the Ghost Sect, and the Beast Demon Palace.

Each of these five forces is no weaker than the Yuelun Sect, the largest force in Jingguo, and some are even stronger.

The disciples of the five forces are generally stronger than the cultivators of the same level from the immortal cultivation families and small and medium-sized sects. Even the disciples of the slightly weaker large sects such as Qinglian Temple are often inferior to them.

Moreover, because they seldom fight with these cultivators from the Yuanmo Realm, the cultivators from the Tianling Realm do not have a deep understanding of their various strange methods, and sometimes they may fall into their trap if they are not careful.

Before this, in the conflicts that broke out between the two sides, the losses of the cultivators in the Heavenly Spirit Realm and Earthly Realm were generally greater than those of the other side, which could be said to be a loss of both face and substance.

But this does not mean that Tianlingdijie will definitely lose.

Because the Yuanmo Realm is separated from the Tianling Realm by the long Jueling Desert, it is not easy for troops, horses, and food to get over there.

Secondly, even if the Tianling Realm cannot defeat the invaders from the Yuanmo Realm, it can still call for external assistance.

For example, the cultivators from the Great Zhou Kingdom, Yang Kingdom and other places.

You must know that countries like the Great Zhou and the Yang Kingdom are not separated from the countries in the Tianling Realm by natural barriers like the Jueling Desert.

If they allow the Tianling Realm to be invaded by the Yuanmo Realm, allowing those demonic sects to grow stronger and gain a base, they would be nurturing a tiger to cause harm.

Moreover, once the countries in the Tianling Realm find that they have no external aid and are no match for the Yuanmo Realm, they will definitely choose to abandon their own country and migrate to other countries.

At that time, those countries that do not help will first have to fight with these migrating monks from the heavenly and earthly realms, which means they will still be plunged into war.

But there is a saying that goes, a grain of sand in the era is heavier than a mountain when it weighs on ordinary people!

The war between the two great immortal cultivation worlds, even if the outcome cannot be determined for the time being, will certainly result in the death of many cultivators.

A family of immortal cultivators like the Zhou family is just an ordinary person in this kind of war.

Any small change in the war could lead to the destruction of their families and clans!

As the head of the Zhou family, Zhou Chun cannot but take this seriously!

"Before I came back, I had thought about the possibility of a war in the world of immortal cultivation, so I specially purchased a lot of elixirs and magic talismans to bring back. Now, while the intensity of the war is not high, I will distribute these things to the tribesmen for exchange!"

"In addition, I have already gathered enough [Yellow Dragon Stones], and I need you, the Supreme Elder, to go to the You family and ask Elder You to come and complete the [Nine Palaces Yellow Dragon Formation], and then move all the important members of the family to Tuyun Ridge to practice, to avoid being wiped out in the event of a crisis!"

"As for the three elders from Feng Country who have already joined the army, I will personally send them some things they can use in a while. We can't let them work for the family in vain!"

After some contemplation, Zhou Chun looked at Zhou Mingde and Zhou Jiarui who were waiting silently in the hall, and told them his own arrangements in a deep voice.

Hearing his words, Zhou Mingde was also delighted and couldn't help but said with a smile: "Good boy, your trip was not in vain. You actually collected so many [Yellow Dragon Stones] so quickly!"

He nodded repeatedly and said, "Don't worry, leave this to me. I will go to the You family and invite old man You to Tuyun Ridge to complete the formation. I think he himself wants to set up a complete [Nine Palaces Yellow Dragon Formation] before he dies!"

"Then I'll have to trouble the Grand Elder."

Zhou Chun bowed, and after watching Zhou Mingde leave, he took out some pills and talismans from the storage bag and gave them to Zhou Jiarui, asking him to use them to fill the family treasury and notify clan members from all over to come and exchange them.

Afterwards, Zhou Chun began to carefully look through the various archives of the past ten years in Zhongping Palace to learn in detail about the changes in the Zhou family over the past ten years.

Over the past decade, the Zhou family has naturally changed a lot.

In particular, during this period, the Zhou family first harvested thirty-two "Essence Building Fruits" and then obtained twenty-five "Foundation Building Pills".

Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi were also men of great courage.

After hearing that the Yuanmo Realm might invade the Tianling Realm, after Lin Hongyu brought back twenty-five "Foundation Building Pills", they secretly arranged for those cultivators who had exchanged for the "Foundation Building Pills" to go to the wilderness to build their foundations and temporarily hide there to practice hard.

So on the surface, the Zhou family only had three more cultivators who successfully established their foundation in the past twelve years, but in reality, there were as many as seven more cultivators who successfully established their foundation!

The seven people are Zhou Xinyi, Zhou Xinheng, Zhou Xintong, Zhou Xinchen, Zhou Sizhen, Zhou Siyu and Zhou Simiao.

In this way, the number of foundation-building cultivators in the Zhou family alone has reached seventeen!
And in the wilderness, there was also a servant named Liu Heng trained by the Zhou family who successfully built his foundation by exchanging for the "Zhu Yuan Fruit".

Therefore, if Lin Wan'er, Xu Fu and Liu Heng are also counted, the number of foundation-building cultivators that the Zhou family can command will be as many as twenty!

If we also include Zhou Xinhe and Zhou Xinjian who joined Qinglian Temple, there would be twenty-two people in total.

In addition, the Zhou family now has one more in-law cultivator with the foundation-building stage cultivation level, and that is Zhang Liang who was previously left in the Zhou family by Zhou Chun.

Somehow, this man won the favor of Zhou Xindie, a female cultivator of the Zhou family who was building her foundation. She became his Taoist partner and made him stay in the Zhou family forever.

Originally, this matter required the approval of the clan leader Zhou Chun, but because he was in the Great Zhou Kingdom at the time, Zhou Mingde made the decision to approve it.

At the same time, the older generation of Zhou family cultivators have also made progress in their cultivation.

Zhou Daoyi broke through to the middle stage of Purple Mansion two years ago, Zhou Jiarui's cultivation reached the late stage of Foundation Establishment, Zhou Zhengyong, Zhou Xinyan, Zhou Xinlan and others all broke through to the middle stage of Foundation Establishment.

However, the most powerful one is Xu Fu. This person is worthy of being a top-grade spiritual root aptitude. At this time, he has already reached the late stage of foundation building.

In addition, four years ago, the Zhou family welcomed a member with top-grade spiritual roots and dual attributes of gold and water. She was a girl named Zhou Yuanyuan, a cultivator of the "Yuan" generation.

At this time, the number of registered cultivators in the Zhou family had reached 413, and there were 69 cultivators who were relatives by marriage!
And there are still as many as seventy-eight loyal warriors, servants and monks in the wilderness!
That’s not even counting the Zhou family’s powerful monsters and pets.

Only the most core people in the Zhou family can see all this data; even some elders in the Foundation Establishment Stage do not know it.

There is no doubt that this is a force that is enough to shock many people.

If the Zhou family puts forward the brand name of Lin Hongyu at this time, relying on this power, a Jindan family can be established in an instant!
"So, without us noticing, the Zhou family has already developed to this point?"

Zhou Chun looked at the various family data, muttering to himself in a trance, and his mood suddenly became much better.

Looking back on the past, when we first settled down in Jiufeng Ridge, there were less than a hundred people in the whole clan. Except for Zhou Mingde, who had the cultivation level of the initial stage of Purple Mansion and was considered to be quite capable, there were only four foundation-building cultivators in the whole clan.

Now, only a hundred or so years have passed, and the Zhou family, from top to bottom, has increased several times in terms of the number of cultivators and the number of cultivators in various realms. Even compared to before the separation, it is not inferior in the slightest.

It is estimated that not only Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi did not dare to think of such changes when they split up, but even Zhou Chun himself did not dare to think of it at the beginning.

But when you think about it, it all seems so natural.

With chances and good fortune time and time again, coupled with the unity of the whole family, it is not surprising that after more than a hundred years of brewing and sublimation, there is such a rich harvest.

However, in this case, the Zhou family must be even more cautious in dealing with this war between the two great immortal cultivation worlds.

We cannot allow this war to destroy the Zhou family, which has finally been revived.

Just like the Wang family of Hongyao Valley, everything was originally developing stably, but because of a war with the Hualong Sect, the family was severely damaged. Now it has fallen out of the ranks of the great immortal cultivation families, and it is only relying on the good relationships formed in the past to keep the family gate intact.

Such examples can be found everywhere, and Zhou Chun has seen quite a few over the past century.

In the next half month, Zhou Chun first sent Shitou and Mu Mei, the golden-armored mountain turtles, back to Tuyunling for practice, and then met with the family cultivators who had newly established their foundations one by one, giving them encouragement and rewards.

Afterwards, he was busy receiving important members of various friendly families who came to visit him after hearing the news.

After being busy like this for nearly two months, he finally had time to deal with some personal matters.

The first thing to do, of course, is to go to the Su family in Jiangzhou to visit his Taoist partner Su Yuzhen, and by the way, to pay a visit to his aunt Su Yunniang who had successfully formed a pill, and give her a sufficient gift.

During this round of visiting relatives, both the Su family's ancestor and Su Yunniang were a little surprised that Zhou Chun's cultivation level broke through to the middle stage of Purple Mansion so quickly.

Then naturally, the mother-in-law looked at her son-in-law and became more and more satisfied.

After all, the higher Zhou Chun's cultivation level is, the less likely he is to hold Su Yuzhen back.

However, the two of them never thought that Zhou Chun would be able to successfully form the elixir.

After all, Zhou Chun has no advantages in forming a pill, whether in terms of spiritual root qualifications or family background.

But as long as Zhou Chun can cultivate to the late Purple Mansion stage, in their eyes he can be considered worthy of Su Yuzhen and will not bring shame to the reputation of their Su family.

Zhou Chun also didn't want to expose the Zhou family's true strength before he succeeded in forming the elixir, so he just tried to perform well and not go too far.

However, because he had a lot of things to do, he only stayed with his Taoist partner in the Su family in Jiangzhou for less than half a month before returning to his family.

After coming back this time, Zhou Chun went directly to the wilderness.

Considering the trouble he had caused in the wilderness last time, Zhou Chun kept the Thunder Dragon in his spirit beast bag this time and just controlled the water himself.

After taking a lot of effort to reach the wilderness, he first went to the Caiyu Mountain stronghold to visit Lin Hongyu. "In your opinion, Elder Lin, what is the chance of success for Elder Lin Wan'er to open up the Purple Mansion during her retreat?"

In the cave of Caiyu Mountain, after exchanging pleasantries, Zhou Chun directly asked Lin Hongyu about Lin Wan'er's retreat.

Previously, Lin Hongyu went to the Great Zhou Kingdom to look for spiritual objects to help her adopted daughter open up the Purple Mansion, and she actually found a pretty good spiritual object.

After some adjustments, Lin Wan'er went into seclusion in Caiyu Mountain a year ago.

After hearing his words, Lin Hongyu was not sure and shook her head slightly, saying, "It's hard to say. Although Wan'er is well prepared, it is not easy to open up the Purple Mansion. It all depends on her luck!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun remained silent.

When he opened up the Purple Mansion, everything went smoothly and was not too difficult because of his own special reasons.

But he also knew that it would definitely not be as smooth for others to open up the Purple Palace as it was for him.

Even if Lin Wan'er failed, that would be normal.

After being silent for a while, Zhou Chun quickly calmed down and looked at Lin Hongyu again and said, "Elder Lin, you should also know about the invasion of the Tianling Realm by the Yuanmo Realm. I have found enough [Yellow Dragon Stones] from the Great Zhou Kingdom. The [Nine Palaces Yellow Dragon Formation] in Tuyunling will soon be able to fully exert the power of the forbidden formation."

"So after discussing with the Grand Elders, I want to ask Elder Lin to go to Tuyun Ridge to take charge after the formation is successfully set up. What do you think, Elder Lin?"

Hearing what he said, Lin Hongyu fell silent for a moment, looking thoughtful.

Of course she understood what Zhou Chun meant.

Once the war between the two great immortal cultivation worlds enters a stalemate, harassment and sabotage behind enemy lines are sure to occur.

Especially the Yuanmo Realm, they came from afar and were invaders, and they didn’t mind even if they destroyed the Tianling countries.

At that time, they will definitely send monks to find ways to bypass the front line of defense and wreak havoc behind enemy lines.

If something like this happens, the Zhou family, which is now considered a prominent family in Jingguo, will definitely become a target.

Unfortunately, the Zhou family does not have a Jindan stage cultivator in charge.

Such an "unworthy" immortal cultivation family may be used as an example to scare the monkeys by the evil cultivators.

"There's nothing wrong with me going to Tuyunling, but aren't you afraid that if I take action, the Zhou family will get into trouble?"

After thinking for a long time, Lin Hongyu finally expressed her concerns.

The reason why she was asked to come to the Caiyushan stronghold to take charge was because the Zhou family was worried that her identity would be exposed and bring disaster.

Now that she has to go to Tuyunling to take charge, this matter is still inevitable.

"This is a different time. Now the Yuanmo Realm is invading the Tianling Realm. The two great immortal cultivation realms will start a huge war. In this war, if a Jindan-stage cultivator like you, Elder Lin, is willing to help the Tianling Realm, I think Qinglian Temple will be happy to accept it."

"And when Elder Lin really takes action, it will be the time when my Zhou family will encounter a great disaster. At that time, everything should be focused on surviving the disaster, and there will be no time to worry about what happens next!"

When Zhou Chun finished speaking, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

If he had a choice, he certainly didn't want Lin Hongyu to be exposed so quickly.

Unfortunately, things in this world cannot always go as we wish.

The situation is complicated now. If Lin Hongyu remains in the wilderness, she may not be able to provide support when the Zhou family is in danger.

So even if he had to take some risks, he could only choose the lesser of two evils.

"Okay, then after Wan'er comes out of seclusion, I will go to Tuyunling to take charge."

Lin Hongyu nodded and finally agreed to this matter.

"Elder, you are so generous. On behalf of the Zhou family, I would like to thank you in advance!"

Zhou Chun's face lit up with joy, and he immediately bowed deeply to Lin Hongyu to express his gratitude.

Then the two chatted about some other things, and Zhou Chun took the initiative to leave.

After coming out of Lin Hongyu's cave, Zhou Chun called Xu Fu, his capable general, to his side.

"I have been away from the family for these years, and I have not been able to fulfill my promise to you in time. Do you have any complaints in your heart?"

At the top of a mountain, Zhou Chun stood on the mountain with his hands behind his back, overlooking the monks doing their work in the stronghold below, and asked in a calm tone.

Xu Fu, who was about ten feet behind him and looked like a middle-aged man, heard his words and lowered his head quickly and said, "I dare not."

"It's just that I don't dare, not that I don't have it, right?"

Zhou Chun asked again.

Xu Fu's face turned pale with fear after hearing these words. He quickly knelt on the ground and said in a deep voice, "Absolutely not. From the beginning to the end, I have never had any complaints against you, Chief. If I have lied in the slightest, I will..."

Before he could finish his words, Zhou Chun raised his hand to interrupt him: "Okay, you don't have to swear."

Then Zhou Chun turned around, looked at him with deep eyes and said, "It's normal for you to have some complaints. After all, the contributions you have made to the Zhou family over the years are beyond the reach of many Zhou family members. But you have been bound in this wilderness and have not been able to truly enjoy the treatment and freedom you deserve!"

At this point, Zhou Chun's tone suddenly changed again, and he said sternly: "But Xu Fu, you should also remember that the reason you can achieve your current level of cultivation is not only because of your outstanding talent and hard work, but also because of the care and concern of our Zhou family."

"Otherwise, not to mention the time when I helped you to dissolve the turbid evil spirit in your body, you are a casual cultivator, wandering alone without a fixed place to live, without even a fixed place to practice, how could you have achieved your current level of cultivation in less than a hundred years!"

When these words came out of Zhou Chun's mouth, they naturally carried a captivating power that no one could ignore.

That was the majesty and murderous aura he developed from being in a high position for many years and having experienced many battles.

Even someone like Xu Fu, who had experienced countless life and death situations, was frightened and terrified by his imposing manner.

He quickly lowered his head and whispered, "Yes, I will remember it. I will definitely remember the instructions of the clan leader and will never do anything to forget my roots!"

Facing Zhou Chun, he was truly in awe from the bottom of his heart.

Because since he was a teenager of eleven or twelve years old, he had witnessed Zhou Chun's extraordinary power, and then watched Zhou Chun improve his skills step by step and display all kinds of methods.

In his heart, he might have looked down upon Zhou Zhengyong, Zhou Xinlan and other members of the Zhou family, thinking that these people were just luckier than himself and were born in the Zhou family, but in fact their abilities were not as good as his.

But towards Zhou Chun, he had only full of awe.

"Get up. I called you here today not just to warn you, but also to fulfill my promise to you and bring you back to the Jingguo Xiuxian World!"

As Zhou Chun spoke, he personally reached out and helped Xu Fu up from the ground.

This made Xu Fu feel surprised and happy. He looked flattered and bowed quickly, saying, "I am very grateful for your kindness, Chief!"

Zhou Chun patted him on the shoulder and said, "Regarding the matters here, you should talk to Liu Heng first. When I come back from my business, I will take you back to Lanzhou."

"Yes, I understand."

Xu Fu nodded heavily with a look of surprise, his tone revealing an unprecedented lightness.

Zhou Chun just smiled faintly and left the Caiyushan stronghold.

Half a day later, Zhou Chun appeared in the ice cave.

what!
As soon as he entered the ice cave, Zhou Chun couldn't help but let out a cry of surprise.

Because when he came here, he found that the queen bee of "Tian Shuang Han Bee" had laid eggs again.

This time, the queen bee laid eighteen eggs, all of which were frozen in the thousand-year-old cold jade and never hatched.

This was the order he gave to the queen bee. After laying eggs, they must not hatch immediately. They must wait until he comes and gets his permission before they can hatch.

The reason he issued this order was naturally to make it easier for himself to contract these strange insects.

At this time, looking at the bee eggs, he clapped his hands happily and said, "Not bad, not bad. It seems that the reproduction of these ancient strange insects is not as difficult as the classics say. It has only been a few decades. Will they lay eggs again soon?"

Although the number of bee eggs laid this time is a little small.

Immediately, Zhou Chun first put the "Sky Frost Bees" in the spirit beast bag back to the hive to rest, and then contracted all the bee eggs on the spot.

In this way, the number of this group of "Sky Frost Bees" has reached 212, and the number of mature demon bees has reached 20!
Next, Zhou Chun did the same thing again, taking out ten mature "Sky Frost Bees" from the bee colony and putting them into the spirit beast bag. He also fed the queen bee some ice-attribute pills to replenish her vitality and left the ice cave.

Speaking of which, these "Sky Frost Bees" are definitely the most worry-free pets he has. They never require him to worry about anything, and can provide him with help at certain critical moments.

Two days later, Zhou Chun brought Xu Fu back to the Zhou family gate in Jiufengling, and then formally announced the appointment of Xu Fu as the honorary elder of the family.

However, it was announced to the public that Xu Fu was a casual cultivator from a foreign country like Zhang Liang, and he joined the Zhou family because Zhou Chun saved his life.

After temporarily placing Xu Fu in Jiufengling, Zhou Chun went to Tuyunling to check the upgrade status of the [Nine Palaces Yellow Dragon Array].

When he arrived at Tuyun Ridge, Zhou Chun learned that Master You of the You family had gone into seclusion on Tuyun Ridge to refine the formation plate after obtaining the [Yellow Dragon Stone], and it would probably take some time to succeed.

So he had no choice but to go to his own cave.

Inside the cave, Shitou had used the earth escape technique to escape underground, burying himself beneath Tuyun Ridge to absorb the spiritual energy from the earth's veins to practice.

It will be Zhou Chun's trump card. With it here to regulate and sort out the earth veins, the actual power of the [Nine Palaces Yellow Dragon Formation] in the future will definitely be stronger than what Master You said.

And Mu Mei continued to plant trees.

More than ten years later, the purple mulberry tree that sprouted from the roots of the "Ten Thousand Year Purple Mulberry Tree" has successfully grown into a second-level spiritual tree.

It is said that this tree produced mulberries two years ago, which Zhou Mingde gave as rewards to some outstanding younger generations in the clan, and the response was very good.

The mulberry fruit of the purple mulberry tree is not only delicious, but also an excellent spiritual object for cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage to enhance their cultivation. It is even better for assisting in breaking through the barriers.

After Zhou Chun visited the two spiritual pets, he discussed with Zhou Mingde who was in charge here, and then took the stone with him and went to Fengguo alone.

He wanted to go to the front line to deliver some life-saving items to Zhou Daoquan and the others. If there was a chance, he also wanted to see the methods of those evil monks so that he would have some idea of ​​what to do.