Beast-controlling fairy clan.

After agreeing on a cooperation plan with the ugly man Qin Yang, the storm was settled.

Now that the two parties have reconciled, even if Zhou Chun's capture of the Yan Yang Sect's disciple alive was a bit excessive, the Yan Yang Sect would not take it too seriously due to his cultivation level and status.

After all, they were the ones who were in the wrong in this matter.

After Zhou Chun brought Zhou Yuanlian back to the family, he asked her to stay inside the mountain gate and not go out, in case Qin Yang changed his mind and kidnapped her and hid her again.

Next, Zhou Chun just needs to wait for Qin Yang to come after preparing everything.

Since this is related to his own path, he believes that Qin Yang must be more anxious to get this done than anyone else.

Sure enough, after Zhou Chun came back, he only waited for half a year before Qin Yang had already exchanged the [Phoenix Eye Fire Grass].

Afterwards, the man personally rushed to Tuyunling to meet Zhou Chun and wanted to take Zhou Chun to the habitat of the Flame Prison Peacock.

The volcanic area of ​​Jingguo is mainly located in the area controlled by Yanyang Sect, and the place where the Yanyu Peacock lives is located at the junction of Jinzhou and Shenguo Yangzhou.

There are many volcanoes in this border area, with dozens of active volcanoes of various sizes, and volcanic eruptions occur every few years.

So this place can be said to be deserted and no mortals live here at all.

However, the figures of immortal cultivators are extremely active here.

When a volcano erupts, the magma may bring out some spiritual objects that are only produced in the magma of the underground fire. The value of these special spiritual objects is not low. If a cultivator in the Qi training stage is lucky enough to find one or two spiritual objects, he can live a good life for a few years.

Therefore, there are often a large number of treasure hunters gathering near the craters of volcanoes that have erupted recently.

According to Qin Yang's speculation, the Flame Hell Peacock appeared in this area after getting lost in the magma of the underground fire.

Because according to the records of Yanyang Sect, the Yanyu Peacock had never appeared in this area before, and there had never been any other fire-attributed peacock monsters.

But now this Hellfire Peacock has made its home here, bringing chaos and danger to the place.

Often, monks with unknown background would accidentally break into the nest of the Hellfire Peacock during their treasure hunt, and then be burned to ashes by its evil fire!
At this time, under the leadership of Qin Yang, Zhou Chun quickly came with him to a volcano emitting yellow-white sulfur smoke.

"This is the place. The Hellfire Peacock now uses this volcano as its home base. Its activity range is approximately 200 to 300 miles around it, and it has the ability to directly emerge from other nearby volcanic craters through the underground magma!"

"Moreover, this beast is now extremely alert and basically will not leave the 100-mile radius of the crater. It has even subdued some low- and medium-level monsters to help it catch poisonous insects, snakes and ants as food!"

On a hilltop about thirty or forty miles away from the crater, Qin Yang pointed to the smoking crater in front and explained the relevant situation in a low voice.

In order to collect information about the Flame Prison Peacock, he specially hired some independent cultivators who often moved around the area to help him monitor the Flame Prison Peacock from a distance.

As long as it is not a close contact, the Flame Prison Peacock will not deliberately kill those Qi training cultivators who are like ants in its eyes.

After hearing his words, Zhou Chun immediately asked, "What do you think? How do you plan to deliver the [Phoenix Eye Fire Grass] to the mouth of the Flame Prison Peacock?"

Qin Yang had certainly thought about this question, and immediately answered after hearing it: "I have thought about it and decided that this matter should not be made too complicated, otherwise it might backfire. Therefore, I plan to arrange for a daredevil to bring [Phoenix Eye Fire Cloud Grass] to the path that the Flame Prison Peacock must pass through, and let it take it by itself!"

"Well, that makes sense. Then go and prepare yourself!"

Zhou Chun nodded slightly, agreeing with his plan.

Anyway, he didn't care about anything else. He only cared about whether the Flame Prison Peacock would evolve through Nirvana as Qin Yang said.

If there was no Nirvana evolution, Zhou Chun would have to wait until it had just completed its evolution and then kill it.

Although you won't get a fourth-level spirit pet with great strength and potential, you will be able to get the corpse and demon pill of a fourth-level demon beast, which is equally a huge gain.

After agreeing to Qin Yang's method, Zhou Chun retreated two hundred miles to avoid disturbing the Flame Prison Peacock.

Afterwards, Qin Yang found an old cultivator in the middle stage of foundation building who had not much time left to live to act as the one who dared to die.

After Qin Yang promised him a foundation-building pill as a reward, this cultivator in the middle stage of foundation-building, who had only a few years left to live, directly sold his life to him, allowing him to do whatever he wanted with it!

In the following period of time, the old foundation-building monk who was determined to die pretended to be an ordinary treasure-hunting monk and moved around near the volcano where the Flame Hell Peacock lived.

The picked [Phoenix Eye Fire Grass] was placed in a hundred-year-old flame jade box and carried on his back.

After about fifty days, the Peacock of Hell finally discovered this daring human.

Since it was near the crater, it did not tolerate this human. After observing for a while, it took the initiative to attack and burned the old man to ashes with a breath of demonic fire.

However, the jade box made of hundred-year-old flame jade barely withstood the burning of the demonic fire, and allowed the Flame Prison Peacock to sense the aura of the [Phoenix Eye Fire Grass] inside.

Monsters are very sensitive to scent, and they are naturally able to sense which spiritual creature would be beneficial to them if devoured.

So after sensing the breath of [Phoenix Eye Fire Grass], the Flame Prison Peacock immediately let out a hissing and retracted the still burning demon fire, then quickly landed on the ground and opened the lid of the jade box with its claws.

When it discovered the [Phoenix Eye Fire Grass] collected in the jade box, it couldn't help but let out a long hiss full of joy, and then pecked and swallowed the [Phoenix Eye Fire Grass] in the jade box on the spot.

After swallowing the [Phoenix Eye Fire Grass], the Flame Hell Peacock quickly flapped its wings and flew towards the volcano, then disappeared into the crater.

This scene happened to be seen by Zhou Chun who was observing from afar through the "Insect Puppet Technique".

"Oops, Qin Yang's intelligence information is wrong!"

Zhou Chun's expression changed slightly, and he quickly found Qin Yang who was observing from the front to explain the matter.

Qin Yang himself also saw the Flame Prison Peacock disappearing into the crater through other means, but he seemed to have expected it and was calmer than Zhou Chun.

At this time, facing Zhou Chun's doubts, he just said solemnly: "Senior Zhou, don't worry. According to my speculation, the Flame Prison Peacock should just build a nest in the crater and live there. It didn't really break through and evolve in the magma of the earth's fire!"

Hearing his answer, Zhou Chun couldn't help but look at him deeply and said: "I hope your judgment is correct, otherwise..."

Otherwise, Zhou Chun didn’t say it clearly, but Qin Yang knew it.

He then said solemnly: "Please rest assured, Senior Zhou, I will definitely find the Flame Prison Peacock!"

It was estimated that it would take some time for the Flame Prison Peacock to digest the medicinal properties of the [Phoenix Eye Fire Grass]. Therefore, although Qin Yang was unsure, he still waited with Zhou Chun for another half a month before heading to the crater to look for him.

But what made Qin Yang feel disappointed was that after they arrived at the crater, no matter they used their spiritual sense to explore or ventured down to look for it, they did not find any trace of the Flame Prison Peacock. Instead, they found an empty bird's nest inside.

"Fellow Daoist Qin, what else do you have to say now?"

In the empty bird's nest, Zhou Chun looked at Qin Yang's ugly face calmly and spoke in a slightly weird tone.

At this moment, Qin Yang's face was black and red, which was extremely ugly.

He had promised solemnly that nothing would go wrong, but now that something had really gone wrong, he felt both ashamed and panicked.

He knew very well that if he did not subdue or kill the Flame Prison Peacock, Zhou Chun would never allow Zhou Yuanlian to detoxify him!
After all, his previous actions had greatly offended Zhou Chun and Zhou Yuanlian.

His expression changed for a while, and then he took a deep breath and said, "Senior Zhou, please don't worry. Let me think about it. I will definitely give you an explanation!"

"I am really not in a hurry. Even if this trip is in vain, I will just lose some time."

Zhou Chun said this lightly, but he turned around and left.

For him who was practicing gold-attributed martial arts, the crater was indeed not a comfortable place.

Now that he couldn't find the Flame Prison Peacock, he certainly didn't want to stay here any longer.

Although he said he was not in a hurry, Zhou Chun still cared about the matter in his heart.

After all, he had already put in a lot of expectations for this, and he would definitely be disappointed if he really got nothing.

So after coming out, he also started to think carefully about finding the Flame Prison Peacock.

In fact, Zhou Chun basically did not doubt Qin Yang's judgment, that is, it was impossible for the Flame Prison Peacock to sleep and evolve in the magma of the earth's fire.

Even if a mere third-rank top-grade monster has the innate magical powers to survive in the magma of the earth's fire, once it falls into a deep sleep, it is unlikely to be able to ignore the burning of the magma.

Just like ordinary people can take a bath in a high-temperature hot spring, but if they stay in it for a long time, they will definitely be scalded or even die, not to mention being cooked!
But now the Flame Prison Peacock is missing, and it is certain that it has most likely gone deep into the volcanic magma.

Now facing the volcanic magma that even Jindan stage cultivators find difficult to penetrate into, how difficult it is to find his figure!
"Senior Zhou, I just thought of a possibility. Do you think that the Hellfire Peacock has built a hidden nest somewhere else? Now it has actually gone through the magma sea of ​​fire to that hidden nest to sleep and evolve!"

Just when Zhou Chun was thinking about the whereabouts of the Flame Prison Peacock, Qin Yang suddenly ran over and expressed his thoughts excitedly.

Hearing this, Zhou Chun was slightly stunned, then nodded thoughtfully and said, "It is possible." Then he frowned slightly and said, "Even if this is the case, how can we find its hidden nest?"

Upon hearing this, Qin Yang immediately said, "I think we can start from the nearby volcanoes. If the Hell Peacock wants to successfully evolve into Nirvana, it needs the nourishment of the underground fire veins, so its nest must be closely connected to the magma sea of ​​fire!"

"That does make sense, let's go look for it!"

Zhou Chun nodded slightly, agreeing with this statement.

Then the two of them started to act separately.

However, after the two searched all the craters within hundreds of miles around, they still could not find the possible hidden nest.

Seeing this, Qin Yang said to Zhou Chun, "Since there is no nest in the crater with magma surging, then it must have placed its nest in some hidden caves that are not easy to find. I know that there are many hidden caves in this area that have erupted but have returned to silence. As long as we check them one by one, we will definitely find its trace!"

Hearing this, Zhou Chun frowned and said, "When will you find it? I don't have that much time to accompany you to search slowly!"

It’s not that Zhou Chun intended to shirk his responsibility, but he really couldn’t stay here for a long time.

Qin Yang was much calmer at this moment. After hearing what Zhou Chun said, he quickly said in a deep voice: "Senior Zhou, if you have something to do, I will do it. I will definitely find that beast!"

"In that case, I'll leave this matter to you."

Zhou Chun nodded, then looked at Qin Yang meaningfully and said, "Just to prevent any changes, I need you to swear a Dao Heart Oath not to disclose the news of the Flame Prison Peacock's advancement to anyone else!"

"No problem. I will take the oath now."

Qin Yang agreed without hesitation, very straightforward and decisive.

Of course he understood what Zhou Chun meant. He was simply worried that after he found the Flame Prison Peacock, he would not look for Zhou Chun but instead look for the Jindan stage cultivators from his own sect.

But to him, there is actually no difference between the two.

Even if he went to find a Jindan-stage cultivator from his own sect, the greatest benefit he would probably gain would only be to cure his own stubborn illness.

This would only offend Zhou Chun for no reason!
And if he fails to subdue the Flame Prison Peacock and some other accident occurs, causing the Flame Prison Peacock to run away, then he will suffer a great loss.

You have to know that among all the Jindan stage cultivators in Yanyang Sect, no one can help him get rid of the stubborn disease in his body!

After supervising Qin Yang to take the oath, Zhou Chun returned to his family with peace of mind.

That is, two months after Zhou Chun returned to the family, Luo Qingni sent someone to deliver a letter to Zhou Chun, indicating that the furnace could be used to refine the [Jade Dew and Golden Cloud Pill].

Upon learning of this, Zhou Chun immediately put aside all the matters at hand and rushed to the Great Zhou Kingdom in person to participate in this important event.

"【Jade Dew Golden Cloud Pill】is a high-level elixir. It is estimated that it will take 9981 days to refine the pill. If everything goes well, we should be able to produce more than five pills!"

In the alchemy room, after burning incense and bathing, Luo Qingni entered the room with Zhou Chun and briefly explained the situation of the alchemy to him.

Zhou Chun was not good at alchemy, so he just listened to what she said and said, "Brother Luo, just go ahead and do it. I believe your skills will not disappoint you!"

"Don't worry, Brother Zhou. Qing Ni will definitely do her best."

Luo Qingni nodded, then activated the forbidden formation in the alchemy room and officially began refining the elixir.

[Jade Dew and Golden Cloud Pill] This high-level elixir requires an extremely large amount of materials.

In addition to the two main medicines, the three thousand year old golden thread dendrobium and [Qionghua Yulu], there are as many as sixty-four other auxiliary medicines needed, of which twenty-four are thousand year old elixirs!
With so many spiritual medicines, even the initial refining and extraction of their essence would take seven or eight days.

Alchemy is a profound science, and extracting elixirs is an even more delicate job. It is by no means as simple as melting the elixirs into liquid medicine.

Different kinds of elixirs require different extraction methods, not just melting them with fire.

Moreover, some elixirs themselves are toxic, so alchemists have to use alchemy techniques to remove the toxicity before using them as medicine.

In order to retain the essence of some precious elixirs to the maximum extent possible, the alchemist needs to be highly concentrated during the refining process, and remove the impurities bit by bit with extremely slow techniques.

Therefore, when refining a high-level elixir like the [Jade Dew Golden Cloud Pill], it is a huge challenge to the energy of the alchemist himself. Without the support of the Golden Core Stage cultivation, it would be absolutely difficult, and even lead to failure due to excessive energy consumption.

In order to ensure the success of this alchemy, Luo Qingni also made sufficient preparations.

When she started to refine the elixir, she lit a precious spiritual incense that could focus her mind, relying on the effect of the incense to focus her mind and restore her spirit.

When refining some spiritual medicines, he took out several specially prepared spiritual waters and used the gentlest "water refining method" to refine several precious materials such as the golden thread hukou and [Qionghua Yulu].

When she started to combine the medicine, she even used the "Great Replenishing Pill" while using the extremely mana-consuming secret alchemy technique to activate the alchemy furnace and improve the efficiency of combining the medicine!
During the subsequent elixir-forming process, she was also extremely hard-working, and she worked tirelessly to recite the elixir-forming spell over and over again, with all her energy focused on the elixir inside.

Zhou Chun couldn't help much with this, and knew he couldn't intervene, so he just waited patiently.

This went on for 9981 days. Then, with a flick of her sleeve, Luo Qingni opened the lid of the alchemy furnace and cast a spell to collect the elixir. Six balls of golden light flew out of the furnace and began to circle and dance in the air with great spirituality.

Zhou Chun looked carefully and saw that inside these golden light balls were light golden elixirs the size of lychees.

As Luo Qingni made hand gestures, the golden rays of light were suddenly restrained and sent into the jade bottles, restoring their true form as pills.

After putting away all the pills, Luo Qingni, who was already looking tired, lifted the restriction of the formation and walked in front of Zhou Chun.

"Fortunately, I have accomplished my mission and successfully made six pills, which is considered a normal performance!"

She showed a faint smile on her face, and with a wave of her hand, she handed five jade bottles containing pills to Zhou Chun.

According to the agreement between the two, if Zhou Chun provided two main medicines and most of the auxiliary medicines, she would only take one pill. Now she was fulfilling her promise.

But after Zhou Chun looked at the five jade bottles in front of him, he only waved his sleeves to take away four of them, and returned the remaining jade bottle to her.

At the same time, he said, "Brother Luo has worked hard in refining the elixir this time, and now Brother Luo is only one step away from reaching the middle stage of the golden elixir. I will use this elixir as a gift to Brother Luo for reaching the middle stage of the golden elixir!"

Unexpectedly, Luo Qingni shook her head and said, "I appreciate Daoist Zhou's kindness, but it's not right to accept gifts before I've achieved a breakthrough. Since we agreed to take only one pill, I'll just take one!"

"But if there is only one elixir, Brother Luo, are you sure you can break through to the middle stage of the golden elixir?"

Zhou Chun frowned slightly and whispered his worries.

"My cultivation is almost reaching the barrier of the middle stage of the golden elixir. If one elixir doesn't work, taking more elixirs of the same kind will be useless!"

When Luo Qingni said this, she looked at Zhou Chun with a serious face and said, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, if you can take all five elixirs, you may be able to touch the barrier of the middle stage of the golden elixir!"

Hearing her words, Zhou Chun no longer forced himself and nodded immediately, saying, "Okay, since Fellow Daoist Luo said so, then I won't be polite."

After saying that, he put away the jade bottle.

Afterwards, Luo Qingni went to rest and recover because she had consumed too much energy in refining the elixir. Zhou Chun also left her "Qingni Ju" cave and went to Zhou Daoyi's cave.

It's a rare opportunity to come to Tianyuan Fairy City, and the Zhou family has now begun a full-scale land reclamation operation. Zhou Chun feels that it is time to take over the shops in Tianyuan Fairy City.

Therefore, after a long talk with Zhou Daoyi, Zhou Chun handed over the one million spirit coins he had brought with him to him.

Thanks to the launch of the "Tianling Morning Post" and the successful sales activities previously carried out, the Zhou family's financial situation is now much better.

Of the one million spirit coins Zhou Chun brought this time, 400,000 were taken out from the family treasury, and the remaining 600,000 were paid for by him.

In addition, Zhou Daoyi and Lin Hongyu also paid approximately 300,000 spirit coins.

With this huge sum of money, Zhou Daoyi quickly bought a shop in the city that he had previously favored.

This store is not located in the most prosperous area, but it is also an area with a large flow of people. The total purchase amount is as high as 2.6 million spirit coins!
Zhou Daoyi first paid half of the spirit coins to obtain the title deed, and the remaining 1.3 million spirit coins needed to be paid within 50 years, otherwise the shop would be taken back!

It is also worth mentioning that based on the size of this store, the store has to pay a tax of three thousand spirit coins to the Xiancheng management department every year!
As for how Zhou Daoyi plans to run the store after taking over it, no one cares.

However, according to Zhou Chun's suggestion, Zhou Daoyi temporarily ran the store as a talisman shop, specializing in selling various mid- and low-level talismans, and occasionally putting a few third-level talismans on display to attract popularity.

After the Zhou family has stockpiled all kinds of supplies to a certain extent, they will officially start transporting supplies here for sale.

After seeing Zhou Daoyi take care of the shop affairs, Zhou Chun did not stay in Tianyuan Fairy City for long and returned directly to his family.

He couldn't wait to try out the effects of [Jade Dew and Golden Cloud Pill]!