Beast-controlling fairy clan.

Chapter 442 Harvest and Crisis [Subscription Request]

Jiufeng Ridge.

When Zhou Chun opened Jiang Zhong's storage bag, the amount of things that came out of it was beyond his imagination!
He originally thought that this storage bag would contain many materials commonly used by magic monks.

But in fact, it is not like that. There are very few things in it that are specifically for use by magic practitioners. Most of them are items used by various immortal practitioners.

For example, there are thousand-year-old and hundreds-year-old elixirs packed in jade boxes, various magical instruments, elixirs, talismans, some rare mineral materials, and piles of spiritual coins.

At the beginning, Jiang Zhong massacred five immortal cultivation families overnight, including a large Zifu family.

In the following period of time, he had no idea how many times he had participated in the destruction of families and how many monks he had killed.

Everything owned by these dead monks and destroyed families became Jiang Zhong's spoils of war.

Coupled with the spoils that Jiang Zhong had previously gained from killing the monks of the Tianling Legion on the battlefield of Feng Kingdom, the things in his storage bag became even more numerous and diverse.

And Jiang Zhong lied!
He had not only 300,000 spirit coins on him, but more than 400,000!

Zhou Chun found hundreds of thousands of spirit coins in his storage bag.

This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that Zhou Chun actually found a spiritual object for forming a golden elixir in his storage bag!

Yes, a spiritual object that forms a dan!
He didn't think at all as he said. He didn't carry the Jindan spiritual object with him, but just carried it on himself!
This surprised Zhou Chun quite a bit.

He didn't know whether Jiang Zhong was too confident in himself, or didn't trust others, or he felt that if he died, it would be the same to anyone who gave the Jindan spiritual object.

Anyway, this is undoubtedly a great joy for Zhou Chun himself!

As a leader of the younger generation of a major sect like the Corpse Demon Sect, the spiritual objects that Jiang Zhong prepared for himself would naturally not be bad.

There are two kinds of spiritual objects for forming a golden elixir in his storage bag, namely [Extreme Yang Fire Spiritual Liquid] and [Extreme Cold Ice Marrow Liquid]. These two kinds of spiritual objects are also the spiritual objects that most Jindan stage cultivators will prepare before forming a golden elixir.

Any cultivator who can gather these two spiritual objects before forming the elixir and follow the method of "refining the elixir with water and fire" can increase the success rate of forming the elixir by about 10%.

In this way, if the cultivator's practice is a top-level technique, his spiritual roots are not bad, and he has not suffered any serious injuries that would affect the formation of the pill, then the overall success rate of forming the pill can reach more than 20%.

This is already very good.

After all, a treasure like the [Five Elements Spirit Fruit] that can directly increase the success rate of forming a pill by 30% is unique in the world of immortal cultivation and is not something that ordinary Purple Mansion stage cultivators dare to imagine obtaining.

Therefore, most of the immortal cultivators would make up their minds to go into seclusion and give it a try after gathering these two spiritual objects!

But Jiang Zhong was obviously not satisfied with this. With his level of cultivation, after obtaining these two spiritual objects, he could completely retreat and form the elixir.

But he still didn't do it.

Obviously, he did not want to gamble on the 20% or 30% chance of success, but wanted to obtain more spiritual objects that could increase the success rate of forming a pill.

But I didn't expect that Zhou Chun would get the advantage for free!

At this time, after Zhou Chun carefully examined the two kinds of spiritual objects for forming a pill, he suddenly sighed with regret: "It's a pity that the effects of these two spiritual objects for forming a pill overlap with the [Five Elements Spiritual Fruit]. Otherwise, I would be more confident of successfully forming a pill in the future!"

The effect of [Five Elements Spiritual Fruit] can be compatible and superimposed with many kinds of pill-forming spiritual objects, but it happens to overlap with two kinds of pill-forming spiritual objects: [Extreme Yang Fire Spiritual Liquid] and [Extreme Cold Ice Marrow Liquid].

So for Zhou Chun, he has no use for these two things at all.

This is undoubtedly a pity.

However, despite this, it does not mean that the value of the two spiritual objects will be diminished.

After all, even if Zhou Chun couldn't use these two items, he could exchange them for other spiritual objects for forming the golden elixir. At worst, he could leave them for Zhou Mingde or Zhou Daoyi, so that these two elders could also have a chance to break through to the golden elixir stage.

In addition to the two extremely precious spiritual objects that can form the elixir of life, there are also as many as eight thousand-year-old spiritual medicines in Jiang Zhong's storage bag, two magical treasure spiritual materials, and a total of fifty-nine spiritual medicines with a medicinal age of more than five hundred years. There are also eight third-level magic tools and dozens of second-level magic tools.

Adding these things together, including the more than 400,000 spirit coins, it is conservatively estimated that Zhou Chun can obtain 700,000 to 800,000 spirit coins.

Back then, Lin Hongyu only spent more than 800,000 spirit coins to purchase three kinds of spiritual objects for forming elixir!
This shows how lucrative war profits are!
In addition, Zhou Chun also collected hundreds of thousands of spirit coins, five third-tier magic weapons, six thousand-year-old spiritual medicines, and many other miscellaneous items from the storage bags of the three middle-aged men in blood-red robes.

Adding all these things together, the harvest is about 300,000 or 400,000 spirit coins!
And this does not even include the bounty on the heads of these several demon cultivators!

"Thanks to your timely arrival, I was able to survive. I think half of the harvest should go to you. What do you think?"

After counting the harvest, Zhou Chun did not take the initiative to take all the harvest for himself, but quickly went to Lin Hongyu's residence, reported the harvest truthfully, and expressed his own suggestions.

He was also a man who had seen the world. More than one million spirit coins was certainly a huge gain, but it was not worth it to make Lin Hongyu, a Jindan-stage cultivator, feel resentful towards him and the Zhou family.

After all, even if he succeeds in forming a golden elixir in the future, Lin Hongyu will still be very important to the Zhou family!
Facing Zhou Chun's proposal, Lin Hongyu shook her head slightly and said, "Zhengchun, you don't have to be modest. With your strength and means, you can save your life even if I don't come. Besides, you killed Jiang Zhong alone, so you should get the lion's share according to your merit!"

Then he slowly said, "I no longer have any need for spiritual coins and other things, and I don't expect to be able to form a baby in the future. I don't need these things. I just hope that Zhengchun can help Wan'er find one or two more spiritual objects to help her open up her purple mansion, so that she can also open up her purple mansion successfully!"

She was telling the truth.

Even among the Jindan stage cultivators of the major sects, few dared to hope to form a fetus.

Therefore, if they are not magical weapons, fourth-level magic talismans, thousand-year-old elixirs and other spiritual objects that are useful to them, they don't care much about ordinary spiritual objects and spiritual coins.

Lin Hongyu also knew that the Zhou family had made great efforts in her forming the elixir and refining her natal magic weapon, and that the Zhou family's income was greatly reduced due to the impact of the war.

As the Zhou family's supreme elder, she naturally didn't want to take more of these things that were of little use to her since she had no obvious needs of her own.

It can be said that if she had not been worrying about the path of her adopted daughter Lin Wan'er, she could almost be said to have no desires or demands.

After listening to her words, Zhou Chun understood her thoughts.

He immediately said with a serious face: "Junior understands, leave this matter to me, I will definitely do my best to help Elder Lin Wan'er open up the Purple Mansion!"

When saying this, Zhou Chun felt a little emotional.

Considering that there are so many foundation-building cultivators in the Zhou family, no one dares to say that they will be able to successfully open up the Purple Mansion in the future. At most, Zhou Xinyan, a cultivator with superior spiritual roots, has a much greater chance.

Lin Wan'er, who had already failed once, wanted to be ahead of everyone in this regard.

But what can we do about it!

Who told Lin Wan'er to have a good godmother!
When Lin Hongyu was in the most difficult time, Lin Wan'er ran around for her regardless of her own safety. Later, in order to support her in forming the Dan, she took the initiative to go north to Yangguo to manage the Hongyu Peak stronghold for her. It can be said that she worked hard and made great contributions.

Now that Lin Hongyu has succeeded in forming the elixir, she naturally wants to reward her goddaughter and help her make further progress in her spiritual path.

After the two of them discussed the disposal of the spoils, the people at Qinglian Temple also learned that "Corpse Evil General" Jiang Zhong had been killed by Zhou Chun.

Then, just as Zhou Chun expected, Qinglian Temple first quickly sent people to the vicinity of Jiufengling to investigate the situation and question some people who had seen the battle.

Only after getting the preliminary investigation results did the Jindan stage cultivators from Qinglian Temple come to Jiufeng Ridge.

It was also a coincidence that the Jindan-stage cultivator from Qinglian Temple who came to Jiufengling this time was also someone Zhou Chun was quite familiar with.

The person was Qing Lingzi, who had come to Jiufeng Ridge to support when resisting the beast tide.

"Junior Zhou Zhengchun greets Senior Qing Lingzi and welcomes Senior to the Zhou family."

Outside Jiufeng Ridge, Zhou Chun bowed and paid homage to Qing Lingzi with a respectful look on his face, and his etiquette was very considerate.

In the past, Qing Lingzi would not have felt anything about it, as he fully deserved it.

But now, looking at the respectful Zhou Chun, he felt quite complicated.

To be honest, if he didn't know that Zhou Chun would never fake such a thing, he would never believe that a figure like "Corpse Evil General" Jiang Zhong would be killed by Zhou Chun, a mid-stage Purple Mansion cultivator.

Perhaps Zhou Chun, who had never been to the front line, did not understand the status of the "Seven Demons of Yuanmo".

But Qing Lingzi knew it very clearly in his heart.

Characters like the "Seven Demons of Yuanmo" and the "Seven Heroes of Tianling" are the most outstanding cultivators of the same realm in each major force, and are specially promoted to serve as a show-off.

In terms of strength alone, these people are stronger than many Jindan stage cultivators before they form a golden core.

Once they form their elixir in the future, they will most likely quickly catch up with those predecessors who have less potential in terms of strength.

Especially, now is the time when the two major immortal cultivation worlds are in the midst of a war. As long as these people can maintain their rankings, they will naturally be able to obtain various benefits that are difficult for ordinary Purple Mansion stage cultivators to obtain. After they successfully form a pill in the future, their path will be much smoother than that of ordinary Golden Core stage cultivators.

However, such a talented and promising young man has now died at the hands of the "unknown" Zhou Chun.

How could Qing Lingzi not be shocked!
He looked at Zhou Chun with mixed feelings at this time. After a while of silence, he put on a smile and raised his hand to support him, saying, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, please stand up quickly. You have made a great contribution this time. I came here specially to commend you."

As he said this, he returned to Jiufeng Ridge with Zhou Chun with a smile on his face.

When he followed Zhou Chun into the Pagoda Peak, he quickly discovered another Jindan-stage cultivator's aura hidden on the Pagoda Peak. After discovering this, he glanced at Zhou Chun inconspicuously, but did not say much. He just pretended not to know and followed Zhou Chun into the guest hall.

Originally, because Qing Lingzi was a Jindan-stage cultivator, he should have sat on the main seat in the guest hall.

But Qing Lingzi no longer dared to look down on the Zhou family at this time. He also knew that the Zhou family had a Jindan-stage cultivator in charge, so he naturally would not offend the Zhou family for such a trivial matter.

Therefore, he insisted on not accepting it, and finally he and Zhou Chun sat down on the guest seat, leaving the main seat empty.

After taking his seat, Qing Lingzi didn't say any more nonsense. He just looked at Zhou Chun and said, "Although I know that Fellow Daoist Zhou will not lie, I am entrusted by the headmaster to come to the Zhou family to confirm. I would like to ask Fellow Daoist Zhou to take out the corpses of those demon cultivators first so that I can confirm their identities!"

"As I should, I will do as you say."

Zhou Chun responded, and immediately raised his hand to pat the storage bag, taking out Jiang Zhong's head and the other three mummies that had been packed in wooden boxes.

Although the four of them have been dead for several days now, Qing Lingzi, as a Jindan-stage cultivator, can naturally tell their cultivation level and general techniques through the remaining aura and corpse characteristics on them.

And when Zhou Chun was identifying the corpses, he took out the magic weapons that several of them had used during their lifetime as evidence.

Although these magic weapons can earn a lot of spirit coins if sold to magic monks.

However, Zhou Chun did not want to do such a thing to aid the enemy. With the current size of the Zhou family, there was no need to do such a thing that would leave room for criticism and suspicion.

Handing them over generously and allowing Qinglian Temple to be destroyed would actually improve the Zhou family's impression points.

Sure enough, when Qing Lingzi saw the "Xuanyin Corpse Gourd", the blood-colored flying sword, the Yinhun Banner and other iconic magical instruments representing the identity of the deceased, he no longer had any doubts.

He immediately nodded to Zhou Chun and said, "That's right. The identities and abilities of these demon cultivators are exactly the same as what Fellow Daoist Zhou said in the victory report. I will personally testify for Fellow Daoist Zhou at the Alliance Rewards Department!"

Then he turned his gaze towards the magic tools and said, "However, I will take these magic tools back with me as evidence and hand them over to the alliance for unified destruction. I hope you can understand, Brother Zhou."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun said with a righteous look on his face, "Of course I understand. The elders of my Zhou family died at the hands of the demon cultivators. Back then, the Zhou family was forced to abandon their ancestral land and migrate because of the Corpse Demon Cult. We have long since forged an irreconcilable feud with these demon villains. I and the entire Zhou family hate those demon villains to the core and will never do anything to aid the enemy!"

These words really made Qing Lingzi very satisfied.

His tone softened a bit, "I admire Brother Zhou's righteous heart. If every Tianling cultivator could be as righteous as Brother Zhou, and every family could sacrifice their home to protect the country like the Zhou family, then we would be able to drive these invading demon thieves back to the Yuanmo Realm!"

His words seemed a bit empty and pretentious, but his attitude was revealed.

After hearing this, Zhou Chun naturally made another righteous statement.

After the two of them expressed their attitudes and had a pleasant conversation, Qing Lingzi waved his sleeves and collected the corpses and magic weapons.

After a moment of hesitation, he looked at Zhou Chun and said, "Where is the fellow Taoist from the Zhou family from? Can I meet him?"

Zhou Chun naturally knew who he was talking about.

At this time, he said calmly, "That is the Grand Elder of my Zhou family, Elder Lin Hongyu. She was originally the Red Dragon Protector of the Hualong Sect. Later, after learning about the sinister intentions of the Hualong Sect in training these people, she resolutely refused to be used by them, and took the initiative to leave the Hualong Sect after the Hualong Sect was defeated."

"When I was undercover in the Hualong Sect, I met Elder Lin, so we had a chance encounter. She knew that her identity would not be tolerated by most forces, and she wanted to make further progress on the path of Taoism, so she took the initiative to contact me and wanted to join the Zhou family."

"Because the Zhou family had always been resentful of the traitor Yu Jinghua, the younger generation and the two elders were worried that they would fall into his hands one day. In addition, the Red Dragon Hall of the Dragon Transformation Sect had been destroyed, and the 'Dragon Soul Heart Seed' in Elder Lin's body had become ineffective. So they took the initiative to take her in and help her form the elixir."

“Now it seems that Elder Lin has lived up to the trust of the younger generation and the Zhou family. She stayed in the Zhou family after successfully forming the elixir, and is willing to fight against the demon cultivators for the Zhou family, and jointly protect the safety of the Tianling Xiuxian World and Jingguo!”

At this point, Zhou Chun also stood up immediately, bowed to Qing Lingzi and said, "I also know that taking in the Red Dragon Guardian of the former Hualong Sect without permission is against the rules of Qinglian Temple. I just beg Senior Qing Lingzi to help ask the head of Qingwei Temple for mercy on the grounds that Elder Lin has reformed. Ask him to show some leniency. If so, the Zhou family and Elder Lin will be grateful!"

Qing Lingzi was already stunned by his words at this time.

Although Qing Lingzi knew before coming that the Zhou family had a Jindan-stage cultivator, they had been keeping it a secret. It must be that there was something wrong with that person's background, and it was not convenient to make it public.

But he never imagined that the Zhou family would be so bold as to take in the remnants of the Hualong Sect!
If Zhou Chun had not made great contributions this time, and he knew that since the Zhou family dared to expose this matter, they must have confirmed that Lin Hongyu had no connection with the Hualong Sect anymore, he would probably have been unable to resist taking action to capture Zhou Chun!

So after listening to Zhou Chun's request, he immediately waved his hand with an unpleasant expression and said, "I can't make the decision on this matter. If Brother Daoist Zhou really wants to ask Brother Master to show some leniency, you should go to the mountain gate of our sect and discuss it with him in person!"

It was obvious that Qing Lingzi had a deep prejudice against the monks of the Hualong Sect and he hated that kind of people from the bottom of his heart.

Even though Zhou Chun's previous performance made him very fond of her, his good expression instantly turned sour when he learned that Lin Hongyu was actually a remnant of the Hualong Sect.

However, Zhou Chun was prepared for this. Seeing that he was unwilling to help, he did not say anything more. He just nodded and said, "Of course, I was also planning to go to Qinglian Temple in person to apologize to Senior Qingweizi!"

Originally, Qing Lingzi wanted to meet the Jindan stage cultivator from the Zhou family, and even ask about the details of the battle between Zhou Chun and "Corpse Evil General" Jiang Zhong, but at this moment he had no such intention at all.

Seeing that Zhou Chun seemed prepared, he didn't say anything more. He just let Zhou Chun pack up and explain himself, and then follow him to the gate of Qinglian Temple to pay a visit to Qingweizi.

Actually, Zhou Chun didn't have much to pack, so he just gave his storage bag and spirit beast bag, which contained many things, to Lin Hongyu for safekeeping.

Then he went to Qinglian Temple alone with Qing Lingzi and another storage bag containing his magical tools.

Accompanied by a Jindan-stage cultivator, Zhou Chun arrived at the Qinglian Temple in less than two hours, and was brought directly to the master's hall without any notification.

"Oh, Junior Brother Qing Lingzi is back so soon?"

In the master's hall, Qing Weizi looked at Qing Lingzi with some surprise, and then turned his gaze to Zhou Chun.

He smiled and said, "My dear Zhou, we meet again. You really gave me a big surprise this time!"

Just as he finished speaking, Qing Lingzi said coldly: "Master, don't be too happy yet, but listen to what Daoist Zhou did behind your back!"

Hearing Qing Lingzi's words, Qing Weizi was also slightly stunned, then frowned and looked at Zhou Chun, saying lightly: "Then I'd like to listen carefully!"

Upon seeing this, Zhou Chun immediately knelt down and kowtowed respectfully, saying, "Master, please forgive me. I know I was wrong in this matter and I don't want to make excuses. I also ask Master to forgive me and the Zhou family for the crime of deceiving since Elder Lin has reformed!"

When Qing Weizi saw this, his eyes suddenly fixed, and he immediately said in a deep voice: "What do you mean, Brother Zhou? What did you and the Zhou family do without telling me and our sect?"

"What else could it be? Master, you would never have thought that the Jindan-stage cultivator of their Zhou family is actually a remnant of the Hualong Sect!"

Qing Lingzi stated the result directly on behalf of Zhou Chun in an angry tone.

"What? This happened!"

Qing Weizi's expression changed, and the way she looked at Zhou Chun changed instantly, and her expression suddenly became ugly.

After Zhou Chun felt this, he hurriedly said, "Master, please understand, this matter is complicated. Please listen to me and I will explain it slowly!"

As he said this, he repeated what he had said to Qing Lingzi before, only in more detail and with more confident words.

And at the end, he promised earnestly, "I am willing to use my own life and the lives of hundreds of people in the Zhou family to guarantee that Elder Lin has absolutely no connection with the Hualong Sect anymore. If I lie, I and everyone in the Zhou family will die!"

After hearing what he said, Qing Weizi and Qing Lingzi were also slightly moved.

Although both of them hated the cultivators of the Hualong Sect because of their positions, they were both Jindan-stage cultivators after all, and would not be easily controlled by hatred.

Since Zhou Chun promised so confidently, the two of them already believed it about 70% of the time.

After all, there are only a few big cats and small cats left in the Hualong Sect now, and the Zhou family is located in the heart of Jingguo.

If Zhou Chun dared to lie, as long as they caught any clues or evidence, the now powerful Zhou family would be wiped out in an instant!
Zhou Chun, the patriarch who led the Zhou family to revival and prosperity, could not have failed to understand this consequence.

But no matter how much we believe it, it is also true that the Zhou family deceived the clan.

As the headmaster of Qinglian Temple, how could Qingweizi tolerate what was happening here?

He immediately looked at Zhou Chun and said coldly: "Even if it is as you said, Lin Hongyu has no connection with Hualong Sect anymore, she is still an unwelcome person in our three sects and is not allowed to practice in Jingguo!"

After that, he said in a murderous voice: "Moreover, your Zhou family dared to secretly hide the remnants of the Dragon Transformation Sect. You know that this has already committed the crime of genocide!"

The murderous intent of a late Jindan cultivator was not something Zhou Chun could easily resist.

In an instant, he felt his heart tighten and his heart was sending out wild alarms.

Not daring to delay, he reached into his shirt with trembling hands and pulled out an exquisitely shaped jade token. On one side of the token was carved a twelve-petal green lotus, and on the other side was written the word "Qinglian".

After seeing the green jade token, Qing Weizi's murderous intent suddenly disappeared, and Qing Lingzi's face also showed surprise.

"This [Green Lotus Jade Token] was originally awarded to the Zhou family by you, the Master. If I remember correctly, this item can help the Zhou family avoid a serious crime. I wonder if you still remember this, Master!"

Zhou Chun held up the jade token in his hand and spoke respectfully.

But after hearing what he said, Qing Weizi remained silent.

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