Beast-controlling fairy clan.

Chapter 555 Going to Montenegro [Subscription Request]

Tianyuan Fairy City.

However, after Zhou Chun rushed back here, he did not visit Luo Qingni, but went to inquire about the situation of hunting down the two-headed black dragon a few years ago, as well as the situation in Leiya Valley.

After several years, the matter of the two-headed black dragon has come to an end.

The final result was not surprising. The two-headed black dragon successfully escaped. It was said that it fled to a country called Qu in the northeast and disappeared since then without any news.

Judging from the fact that Yan Liao had been hiding in the Black Mist Lake for who knows how many years without being discovered, the chances of finding him again in a short period of time after his disappearance this time are very slim.

Anyway, the Great Zhou Kingdom has basically given up on this matter and just casually issued a high reward notice.

As for the unlucky guy, True Man Kuang Lei, there is still no news coming out. The strategy of closing the mountain in Leiya Valley has not changed, and it is unknown when the mountain will be closed.

From this, it can be seen that Master Kuang Lei was indeed seriously injured, so much so that he could only seal off the mountain to prevent outside forces from spying.

This was of course good news for Zhou Chun, allowing him to contact Luo Qingni with confidence.

Not long after, in "Qingni Residence", Zhou Chun, who had changed his appearance, met Luo Qingni again.

"Haha, Brother Zhou arrived quite quickly."

Inside the cave, Luo Qingni looked at Zhou Chun, who had a new face, and couldn't help but smile, and teased him for a rare moment.

Zhou Chun also jokingly replied: "Brother Luo has summoned me, I dare not not come quickly. If I am late and make you wait for a long time, I will be guilty!"

Hearing this, Luo Qingni couldn't help but purse her lips and smiled, "Fellow Daoist Zhou is really good at joking. How dare Qingni blame you? You are now Qingni's big customer!"

After joking with each other for a while, the two finally got down to business.

Luo Qingni looked at Zhou Chun with a serious expression and said, "Let Brother Zhou know that Qingni has reached an agreement with Huayue Valley on the exchange terms for [Jade Flower Dew]. They really want Brother Zhou's 3,000-year-old medicinal [Jade Marrow Ganoderma] and are willing to exchange it with you!"

"As for the 3,000-year-old golden thread hu, Qing Ni has only recently learned that a sect in Liang Country called Jackdaw Sect has been cultivating this spiritual medicine for generations. It is very likely that they have a golden thread hu that meets our needs!"

"Qing Ni has also inquired about the situation of the Jackdaw Sect. Although there were Yuanying-stage True Immortals in their ancestors, they are now in decline. There are only six Jindan-stage cultivators in the sect, and the highest-level cultivator is in the late Jindan stage."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun immediately said, "It's not a problem to exchange the 3,000-year-old medicinal jade ganoderma for the Jade Flower Dew, but how do you plan to obtain the 3,000-year-old medicinal gold thread hu?"

"This is exactly why Qingni asked Brother Zhou to come here."

Luo Qingni nodded slightly, then looked at Zhou Chun and said, "Liang Country is also separated from Great Zhou Country by several countries. Qingni only learned the general information about Jackdaw Sect from a fellow Taoist who traveled from Liang Country. There is no rule on how to exchange with them."

"So for the sake of safety, Qing Ni would like to ask Brother Zhou to go to Liang Country with me. Let's visit the Jindan cultivators of the Jackdaw Sect and see what conditions they want in order to give up the elixir!"

From what she said, she had no connections to rely on this time, so she planned to use the most direct method to go to the door and ask for medicine.

This kind of thing is not uncommon in the world of immortal cultivation. Many Jindan stage cultivators will do this, either to purchase elixirs or to purchase spiritual materials for refining magic weapons.

However, if one does not have any connections, traveling to a foreign country to purchase precious elixirs can be dangerous.

Especially since Luo Qingni is a casual cultivator with no one to rely on, and she is also a master alchemist, there is no guarantee that there will not be forces with malicious intentions towards her.

So it was only natural for her to ask Zhou Chun to protect her.

After understanding this, Zhou Chun certainly couldn't refuse, and immediately responded: "No problem, Zhou, when will Fellow Daoist Luo set off?"

"Maybe half a month later. This trip is expected to be quite long. Qing Ni still needs to explain things to all parties and deal with some matters at hand!"

Luo Qingni pondered for a moment and then gave the answer.

"Then Zhou will meet fellow Taoist outside the city in half a month."

Zhou Chun nodded and agreed readily.

Then he said goodbye to Luo Qingni and went to Zhou Daoyi's cave.

Several more years passed, and Zhou Daoyi's injuries had completely recovered. He was now living a very comfortable life in Tianyuan Fairy City.

Zhou Chun came over mainly to talk to him about the family's development over the years and some things worth mentioning in the family.

For example, the popular "Tianling Morning Post" founded by the Zhou family attracted the covetousness of the Yuelun Sect and the Yanyang Sect.

For example, what were the considerations behind placing Lei Jiao Baibai's nest outside the gate of Sujia Mountain?

Zhou Chun talked about all kinds of things, picking out the more important ones.

However, Zhou Daoyi was still more concerned about the situation of Zhou Zhiying, a younger generation with excellent spiritual roots, and specifically asked Zhou Chun about this matter.

Zhou Chun could only explain the relevant situation again.

As he spoke, Zhou Daoyi's eyes lit up more and more, and he couldn't help but said, "Tsk tsk, after hearing what you said, Zhengchun, I want to meet Ying'er even more. How about when you return to the family, I can hide my identity and meet her in secret?"

Hearing what he said, Zhou Chun couldn't help but reply helplessly: "If you really think so, can I stop you?"

After thinking for a while, he continued, "How about this, it's not appropriate for you to go back to Jingguo directly. When I return to Jingguo, you will go to Zhuye Island in Leguo first. Then I will take Ying'er there to meet you in the name of inspecting the family territory!"

"Then it's settled."

Zhou Daoyi's eyes lit up and he decided on the matter immediately.

He then talked about his activities in Tianyuan Fairy City.

After his injuries gradually healed, he followed Zhou Chun's advice and began to make friends with the Jindan-stage cultivators in Tianyuan Immortal City.

Because of Zhou Chun's previous experience and experience as a reference, the progress was quite smooth.

Moreover, he has also started investigating the matter of purchasing shops in Tianyuan Fairy City. He has already set his eyes on several places and plans to observe them for a while longer and make a decision after considering all aspects comprehensively.

After all, every inch of land in Tianyuan Fairy City is worth a lot of money, and the transaction price of a store can easily be millions or even tens of millions of spirit coins!

Although he could choose to pay in installments, the initial payment amount would be no less than one million spirit coins, so he had no choice but to be cautious.

Zhou Chun also advised him to be cautious. After all, the Zhou family’s current finances are not very abundant, and the large-scale development of the wilderness has not yet started, so there is no need to make a decision in a hurry.

In this way, Zhou Chun stayed in Zhou Daoyi's cave for half a month, and then met Luo Qingni in the wilderness outside the city, and the two rushed to the location of Liang Kingdom together.

Liang State is a small country, and its overall strength is not as good as Jing State. There are only four Nascent Soul cultivators in the country, and they belong to three different forces.

However, this country's land area is larger than Yasukuni, and half of its land is uninhabited desert!
The strength of the Jackdaw Sect is also among the top five in Liang Country, second only to the three major forces with Nascent Soul cultivators.

After Zhou Chun and Luo Qingni arrived in Liang Country, they easily found out some information about this gate, and then they both frowned.

It turns out that according to what the two had inquired about, the current situation of Jackdaw Gate is quite bad.

This sect recently offended the Dihuo Sect, a major sect in Liang Country, and was forced to close its mountains to protect itself.

The ancestors of the Jackdaw Sect had a Nascent Soul cultivator, and they were once wealthy. The mountain gate protection formation is quite powerful. Under the leadership of a late Jindan cultivator, and with the assistance of other Jindan cultivators and many disciples, even the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Earth Fire Sect would not be able to break through their mountain gate so easily.

Moreover, such acts of clearing mountains and exterminating families are generally not carried out unless the hatred requires a life-and-death struggle.

The other two major forces in Liang Country probably won't sit idly by and watch the Dihuo Sect easily destroy the Jackdaw Sect.

However, in this situation, if Zhou Chun and his companions rashly arrived, let alone whether the Jackdaw Sect would dare to open the mountain protection formation to let them in, even the Earth Fire Sect would probably not let them go easily.

Faced with such a situation, Zhou Chun could only say to Luo Qingni: "It seems that we can only stay in Liang Country temporarily and find out more detailed information."

Then he added: "Even if a sect like Jackdaw Sect is forced to close its mountain for self-protection, it will still retain some communication channels outside. If we patiently inquire slowly, we should be able to get in touch with the top leaders in their mountain sect!"

Hearing his words, Luo Qingni could only sigh helplessly and said, "Alas, this is the only way now. Brother Zhou, you have a lot of experience in this area, so you can arrange it."

Zhou Chun did not refuse and accepted the offer without hesitation.

Then, according to Zhou Chun's suggestion, the two of them restrained their cultivation and transformed into a pair of late Purple Mansion cultivators. Luo Qingni also disguised herself as a man. The two claimed to be a pair of good friends who came to Liang Country to travel, and used the aliases of Zhang Peng and Li Qing. In order to gather information, the two of them directly moved into the largest cultivator market in Liang Country, the "Black Mountain Market".

The Black Mountain Market is controlled by the Zhenyang Sect, the largest force in Liang Country, but its location is very far away from the Zhenyang Sect's mountain gate, so the Zhenyang Sect must station several Jindan elders here for a long time to ensure the sect's control over this place.

Less than 500 miles away from the Black Mountain Market is the most dangerous place in Liang Country, the Mixian Ridge. It is said that even a Jindan-stage cultivator would be in danger of life and death if he entered it. There is even a fifth-level demon king in it!
However, although the Mixian Ridge is dangerous, it has rich spiritual energy from heaven and earth, and grows many rare spiritual medicines. There are also many rare birds and animals that are rarely seen in the outside world and active there, and there are even ancient caves for cultivators. Therefore, it has always been a place where cultivators from the Liang Kingdom compete to go for adventure.

The Black Mountain Market is the place that these cultivators must pass through when going to and from the Mixian Ridge. It is by relying on the control of this market that the Zhenyang Sect firmly occupies the throne of the largest force in the Liang Kingdom and has been steadily suppressing other forces.

After Zhou Chun and Luo Qingni rented a temporary cave together in the Black Mountain Market, they began to contact local cultivators and collect intelligence about the Jackdaw Sect.

Because the Black Mountain Market is very far away from the gate of the Jackdaw Sect and is also the territory of the True Yang Sect, they can collect intelligence here without worrying about attracting the attention of the Dihuo Sect.

After several days of investigation, Zhou Chun and his team had a deeper understanding of the situation.

According to the intelligence obtained, the sudden conflict between the Dihuo Sect and the Jackdaw Sect was because the Jindan stage cultivators from both sides entered the Mixian Ridge together to adventure. As a result, due to different opinions on the distribution of the harvest, the two sides chose to fight.

The result of this fierce fight was that the Jindan-stage cultivator from the Jackdaw Sect was seriously injured and fled back to the sect, while the Jindan-stage cultivator from the Earthfire Sect died in the Mixian Ridge!

Although the Jindan elder of the Jackdaw Sect swore solemnly that he had never killed the Jindan elder of the Earth Fire Sect, there were people who had clearly seen the two of them fighting from afar!
So the Dihuo Sect refused to give in and directly asked the Jackdaw Sect to hand over the Jindan Elder to them for interrogation and punishment.

The Jackdaw Sect would definitely not do such a thing that would bring loss of power and disgrace to the sect. If they did so, what would be the reputation of the sect in the future? How could they make the disciples trust the sect?

Therefore, after several fruitless negotiations, facing the threat from the Dihuo Sect, the Jackdaw Sect directly activated the mountain protection formation and closed the mountain, while also seeking the help of the Zhenyang Sect to mediate the matter.

"This is all the information we can gather about Jackdaw Sect at the moment. Fellow Daoist Zhou, do you have any ideas?"

In the private room of the teahouse, Luo Qingni and Zhou Chun drank tea together and talked about the important matters that brought them to Liang Country.

After hearing her question, Zhou Chun answered the question irrelevantly: "I heard that the spiritual energy in the Mixian Ridge is as rich as that of the mountain gates of major sects, and the terrain is complex, with various special terrains interspersed. There are many rare and precious spiritual medicines that are rarely seen in the outside world, and some people have seen them picked. As a master of alchemy, don't you want to stay in Liang Country for a while to see if you can collect some rare spiritual medicines?"

Hearing this, Luo Qingni couldn't help but shake her head and said, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, you are joking. Even if there are really all kinds of rare spiritual medicines produced in the Mixian Ridge, the cultivators of Liang Country have continued to venture into it for so many years, and they have already picked all the spiritual medicines that catch your eye. Although Qingni likes to collect all kinds of spiritual medicines, she won't collect all the junk!"

At this point, she changed the subject and continued, "Besides, with the existence of the Black Mountain Market and the True Yang Sect, even if someone really brought out some rare elixirs from there, it would not be something that outsiders like Qing Ni could get their hands on. Fellow Daoist Zhou would understand this, right?"

At the end of the words, there was a hint of complaint in his voice.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun immediately laughed and said, "Haha, don't be angry, Brother Luo. I just said it casually and didn't mean to tease you."

Then he said seriously, "I plan to reveal my true cultivation level and visit the Jindan elder of the Zhenyang Sect who is in charge here to see if I can get more important information from him and find out how to contact the Jackdaw Sect."

Hearing his words, Luo Qingni was slightly startled, then looked at him with a slightly changed expression and said, "Is it necessary to be so anxious? What if the Jindan elder of the Zhenyang Sect is unwilling to speak?"

Zhou Chun replied calmly, "If the Jackdaw Sect was destroyed by the Earth Fire Sect, it would not be something the True Yang Sect would like to see. So unless the True Yang Sect's Golden Core Elder hates the Jackdaw Sect, he will most likely do them a favor."

"If he really is unwilling to help at all, then we can only return to the Great Zhou Kingdom first and come back after Jackdaw Sect has survived this crisis!"

His tone was firm, and it was obvious that he had made plans.

After hearing this, Luo Qingni couldn't persuade him anymore and could only agree.

So after some discussion between the two, Zhou Chun left the Black Mountain Market first, and then returned to the outside of the Black Mountain Market as Yan Changfeng, a Jindan-stage cultivator.

Liang Kingdom is not the Great Zhou Kingdom, and Heishan Market is not the Tianyuan Fairy City.

There are only a few dozen Jindan-stage cultivators in this country. Even if they have no friendship with each other, most of them have met each other or seen each other's portraits.

When Zhou Chun, a Jindan-stage cultivator who was not native to Liang Country, came to the Black Mountain Market, the cultivators who were responsible for maintaining order in the market did not dare to let him in easily. They just hurriedly informed the Jindan elder of the Zhenyang Sect who was in charge of the market of the news.

Soon, a bald man in a fiery red robe came out to greet Zhou Chun personally.

This person was also at the early stage of the Golden Core Cultivation Stage. When he saw Zhou Chun, he immediately took the initiative to speak: "Excuse me, fellow Daoist. I am Gu Lie from the True Yang Sect. What is your name? Where are you from?"

"So it's you, Fellow Daoist Gu. I'm honored to meet you. I'm Yan Changfeng, from Dayun Country. I'm traveling here to collect spiritual medicines."

Zhou Chun bowed slightly in return and calmly explained the origin and purpose of the fictitious story.

After all, he had stayed in Dayun Country for some time before, so he was familiar with the general situation of the country. If he encountered relevant questioning, it would not be a problem for him to deal with it.

It seems unlikely that the Jindan cultivators of Liang Country would be very familiar with a country thousands of miles away.

As expected, the bald man Gu Lie did not ask Zhou Chun about his origins. He just nodded and said, "Since you are a distinguished guest who has come from Dayun Country, we cannot neglect you at the Black Mountain Market. I will take you to the Qizhen Building opened by our sect to see if there is anything you need. If not, you can go to the market to look for it yourself. What do you think, Yan Daoist?"

"Then I, Yan, will respectfully obey your order and trouble you, Taoist Gu."

Zhou Chun smiled faintly and agreed readily.

Next, the bald man Gu Lie personally led him into the Black Mountain Market, and arrived at the most imposing shop in the market. He directly called the shop manager to the quiet room to accompany him.

In fact, Zhou Chun had been to this Qizhen Tower before and inquired about the spiritual medicine needed to refine the [Ancient Dust Pill], but he returned empty-handed.

At this time, in order to fit in with his character, he also reported all the materials needed to refine the [Ancient Dust Pill], [Purple Dust Pill], and [Jade Dew and Golden Cloud Pill].

As he listened to him naming dozens of rare spiritual medicines in one breath, the bald man Gu Lie also took a deep breath.

Then he couldn't help but ask, "Could Fellow Daoist Yan be a master of alchemy? Otherwise, why would he need to collect so many rare and precious elixirs at one time!"

"Although Yan is not an alchemist, I have a close friend who is an alchemy master, so during my travels, she asked me to help collect some rare spiritual medicines!"

Zhou Chun replied with a slight smile.

"I see!"

Gu Lie nodded slightly, and then did not ask any further questions. He just turned to look at the chief steward of the Qizhen Building and asked, "Junior Brother Xu, can you see if our building has the spiritual medicine that Fellow Daoist Yan needs?"

The chief steward of Qizhenlou was a beautiful middle-aged woman. After hearing what Gu Lie said, she hesitated for a moment and then whispered, "We do have a few spiritual herbs that meet Senior Yan's needs, but they are all kept as treasures and will be put up for auction in the future!"

The so-called "store-building item", to put it another way, is that it is not for sale but is used to attract popularity.

Zhou Chun didn't know whether the steward was lying or not, but he immediately said, "Don't worry, Fellow Daoist Xu. I never take advantage of others when exchanging spiritual medicines. If you take out the spiritual medicine I need, I will exchange it with spiritual objects of equal value!"

Upon hearing this, the beautiful middle-aged woman couldn't help but look at Gu Lie standing beside her.

Gu Lie frowned slightly, then nodded and said, "Since Fellow Daoist Yan has said so, Junior Brother Xu, you should take out the things and let him have a look, and listen to his price."

Hearing his words, the beautiful middle-aged woman no longer hesitated and immediately responded respectfully: "Yes, junior obeys your command."

Then he took out five or six thousand-year-old spiritual herbs, three of which happened to be the spiritual herbs needed to refine the [Ancient Dust Pill].

This kind of situation of choosing dishes according to the situation also made Zhou Chun speechless.

However, although he was unhappy with the woman's actions, he did not show it on his face. He just immediately listed some spiritual objects that he was willing to exchange.

Afterwards, under the witness of Gu Lie, Zhou Chun exchanged the three spiritual herbs needed for the [Ancient Dust Pill], but did not insist on exchanging the remaining auxiliary herbs needed for refining the [Jade Dew and Golden Cloud Pill] because he still had them in his hands and the other party's price was too high.

After exchanging the spiritual medicine, he did not wait for Gu Lie to thank him, but immediately took the initiative to look at him and said, "By the way, I have one more thing I want to ask you, Daoist Gu. Before I came to Liang Country, I heard that the Jackdaw Sect had cultivated the spiritual medicine Jinxianhu on a large scale. I wonder if Daoist Gu knows if they have a 3,000-year-old Jinxianhu in their medicine garden?"

"A three thousand year old golden thread herb?"

Gu Lie was slightly stunned, then he looked at Zhou Chun with a look of sudden realization and said, "I'm afraid this is the real reason why Fellow Daoist Yan came to Liang Country!"

Zhou Chun did not deny this, but just bowed and said: "Please help me, Brother Gu. If it works, I will definitely give you a thank you gift!"

"Well..."

Gu Lie couldn't help showing hesitation on his face, and he weighed the options in his mind.

After a while, his expression suddenly changed, and he immediately nodded to Zhou Chun and said, "Okay, I can make some connections for Fellow Daoist Yan, but I can't help you with whether Fellow Daoist Yan can convince the Jackdaw Sect to trade with you."

(End of this chapter)