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Chapter 589 Hidden Dangers! Go to Thunder Lizard Island Again [Subscribe]

[Taibai Zhanjiao Sword] is a mid-grade magic weapon, and Zhou Chun is in the middle stage of the Golden Core Realm.

However, such a combination is still very difficult to achieve when cutting the cocoons and cannot be done in one go.

This shows how tough the cocoon silk is!

Fortunately, after some effort, Zhou Chun successfully cut a small incision, and his spiritual sense could see the situation inside clearly through the incision.

Unexpectedly, there were no six-winged ice silkworms as he thought, but some white insect eggs the size of green beans, a total of nine.

This discovery made Zhou Chun both disappointed and relieved.

He quickly put away all the protective measures, and then took out the nine insect eggs to examine them.

After some inspection, Zhou Chun confirmed that all nine eggs were alive and had the potential to hatch.

But it is only possible to hatch!
Since they have been hiding in the cocoons for who knows how long without hatching, it is obvious that it is not easy for them to hatch.

As far as Zhou Chun knows, some special species of strange insects on the "List of Strange Insects in Heaven and Earth" take hundreds of years to hatch, and also have extremely high requirements for the hatching environment.

If the eggs in front of him were really laid by the six-winged ice silkworm, then hatching them would be a test of luck.

But even so, these insect eggs also represent an opportunity.

If they are really the eggs of the six-winged ice silkworm, then as long as they are hatched and cultivated, Zhou Chun will possess a strange insect with a combat power that can at least rank among the top 40 in the "List of Strange Insects in Heaven and Earth".

This is undoubtedly a good supplement for him who is gradually beginning to look down upon the strength of the [Sky Frost Bee].

Moreover, there is one thing that the Six-Winged Ice Silkworms cannot compare to the [Sky Frost Bees], and that is the value of the silk they produce.

Given the magical properties of the silk on this cocoon, if it is used to refine robes, it is very likely that the legendary "invisibility cloak" can be refined.

Moreover, this "invisibility cloak" not only has the effect of invisibility and shielding spiritual consciousness, but also has powerful defensive capabilities at the level of a magic weapon!
Such treasures would make even a Yuanying stage immortal be tempted and fight for them.

To sum up, after Zhou Chun confirmed that the nine insect eggs were all alive, he quickly identified their owners.

After making sure that the master recognition ceremony was successfully completed, Zhou Chun put the eggs back into the cocoon and glued the cut shut.

After uncovering the secret of the cocoon, there was no longer any reason for Zhou Chun to stay in Bingyi Country.

After collecting and buying some things in the market, he quickly left the market with Wu Yuzhu and officially started his return journey.

On the way back, the golden-winged tiger was still used as the spiritual beast for transportation.

Zhou Chun sat cross-legged on the tiger's back, letting the golden-winged tiger fly in the direction he pointed, while also taking stock of the gains from this trip to the Bingyi Kingdom.

Zhou Chun undoubtedly gained a lot from this trip to Bingyi Country.

First of all, the secret technique "Nine Transformations of the Holy Spirit: Moon Toad Chapter" was successfully practiced to a small degree, and the purpose and power of the "Moon Toad Orb", a spiritual treasure, was completely discovered.

The second thing was that he met Master Yan Cang by chance and helped him out of trouble, gaining great rewards.

A top-grade magic weapon, three chances to refine magic weapons, a magical medicine called [Fire Element Immortal Ganoderma] that is over five thousand years old, and a chance to practice in the Flame Spirit Spring.

The total amount of these benefits is huge, and it is definitely an opportunity that many Jindan stage cultivators will never encounter in their lifetime!
Compared with these two great benefits, whether it is the eggs of the suspected six-winged ice silkworm, or the demon pills of the Ice Crystal Demon Wolf and the [Moon-Gazing Ice Toad], they are nothing.

"It's a pity that Master Yan Cang left too quickly, otherwise he should have been asked to redeem that top-grade magic weapon first!"

Zhou Chun couldn't help but sigh with some regret when thinking back on what he had gained from this trip.

Although he had the magical treasure [Moon Toad Pearl], it could basically only be used as a last resort and he would not use it unless it was absolutely necessary.

However, there are not so many taboos for top-grade magic weapons. With his cultivation level of the middle stage of the Golden Core and several fourth-level spiritual pets by his side, he is fully qualified to own such treasures.

In this way, when he encounters some enemies at the late Jindan level, he may be able to win without using the [Moon Toad Orb], thus reducing the possibility of the spiritual treasure being exposed and discovered.

Fortunately, ten years later he will be able to go to Huo Luo Country to find Master Yan Cang to fulfill his promise, so Zhou Chun doesn't need to worry too much about this little regret in his heart.

Since he was not in a hurry, Zhou Chun stopped and walked on his way back, visiting various countries along the way to see if he could collect some necessary alchemy materials.

After such a traveling journey, when Zhou Chun returned to Jingguo, it was already three years after he left Bingyi Kingdom!

It is worth mentioning that after several years of practice, Wu Yuzhu's "True Book of Ten Thousand Poisons" has been successfully transformed and his poison skills have entered the late stage of Qi training.

During this period, the fire poison in her body broke out again. Zhou Chun used the method her father Wu Yishan had used before, using several ice-attribute spiritual objects to help her suppress the fire poison in her body.

According to Zhou Chun's estimation, she should be able to try to build her foundation before the next fire poison outbreak.

If he could successfully build his foundation, not to mention being able to completely suppress the outbreak of the fire poison with his own cultivation, at least he could greatly prolong the duration of the outbreak.

Moreover, after arriving at the Zhou family, he will be looked after by Zhou Yuanlian, who has superb poison skills. Even if the fire poison breaks out, there will probably be no need for Zhou Chun to help.

After arriving in Yasukuni, Zhou Chun returned to his original appearance.

This surprised Wu Yuzhu, who had been with him for several years and had become accustomed to his disguise.

"Don't be surprised, it's just a trick to deceive people."

Zhou Chun smiled faintly and quickly took the other party back to Tuyunling.

At this time, Zhou Chun had only been away from home for six or seven years, and there had not been many changes in the family. His disciple Zhou Zhiying was still in the middle stage of foundation building and had not given him any unexpected surprises.

Zhou Chun first briefly told Zhou Mingde about his gains from the trip and explained Wu Yuzhu's origins. Then he called Zhou Yuanlian to the cave and introduced Wu Yuzhu to her, asking the two to get closer in the future.

Maybe it was because they practiced the same martial arts together, or maybe it was because after listening to Zhou Chun talking about Wu Yuzhu's tragic experience, she felt a sense of identification in her heart. Zhou Yuanlian, who was always rude to other people, had a very good attitude towards this little sister and easily agreed to take care of her.

This made Zhou Chun feel even more that it was the right thing to do to hand the person over to her.

After settling Wu Yuzhu down, Zhou Chun went to the wilderness.

He first put the [Sky Frost Bee] back into the nest, and then went to the place where Zhou Daoquan was practicing.

At the original location of the Blood Dragon Branch Mountain Gate, Zhou Chun had just stepped into this evil place when a gust of cold wind blew in front of him, revealing the figure of Zhou Daoquan.

This is the art of ghost escape, an ability that ghost cultivators are almost born with.

Within the range of the Yinsha Land, ghost cultivators can easily transform into wind and escape, which is more mysterious and efficient than the wind escape technique.

This is because the body of a ghost cultivator has no substance, and in some sense is similar to the Nascent Soul of an immortal cultivator.

"I just arrived here, and you have sensed it. It seems that your mastery of the way of ghost cultivation is getting deeper and deeper!"

Zhou Chun looked at Zhou Daoquan who suddenly appeared and couldn't help but smile and compliment him.

Zhou Daoquan couldn't help but smile when he heard what he said, "This ghost cultivation method is indeed unique. I underestimated it before!"

After saying that, he looked at Zhou Chun and said, "Zhengchun, didn't you say you were going on a long trip? How come you're back so soon?"

"Everything went well on this trip, so I came back much earlier than expected."

While answering Zhou Daoquan's words, Zhou Chun said softly: "And this time I came here because I want to ask you something!"

As he spoke, he told him about the transaction he had made with Master Yan Cang using the [Netherworld Soul Contract].

Honestly speaking, Zhou Chun was still wary and worried about the Netherworld's will adding a new condition to the contract.

But the situation was complicated at the time and he didn't have time to think too much, so he could only agree.

Now thinking back carefully, this matter might leave some hidden dangers, so I am ready to consult Zhou Daoquan, who has switched to ghost cultivation.

"In addition to my cultivation over the years, I have also carefully read all the books about ghost cultivation in my family many times. Combining the inherited knowledge of ghost cultivation that you brought back, I have also summarized some of my own views on the netherworld mentioned by ghost cultivators!"

"In my opinion, first of all, the so-called netherworld must exist, otherwise the netherworld will and netherworld ghost energy cannot appear out of thin air!"

"And the saying that the netherworld and the real world overlap and are two sides of the same coin is probably not groundless. It may be true!"

"But the saying that after our generation of cultivators die, all their souls return to the netherworld is probably a misunderstanding. Not everyone can enter the netherworld!"

"And in my opinion, even if the soul really enters the underworld, it may not be easy to reincarnate. It is likely to become food for some special beings in the underworld!"

"In fact, after we became ghost cultivators, we were also marked with the Netherworld mark. We may be led into the Netherworld at any time and become food for certain beings. That wisp of Netherworld ghost energy is proof of this!"

“I suspect that the ghost cultivation method appeared in this world because it was a conspiracy of the Netherworld. They wanted to spread this method to attract people to practice, and then wait for the need to harvest!” Zhou Daoquan said here, looking at Zhou Chun with a serious expression and said: “As for you, Zhengchun, because you used [Netherworld Soul Contract] to attract the attention of the Netherworld Will and the contents of the Soul Contract were modified by it, I guess you were branded with the Netherworld Mark just like the ghost cultivators like me!”

“But Zheng Chun, you are not a ghost cultivator after all. Even if I have left a mark in your soul through the soul contract method, I think the netherworld cannot directly take your soul away. At most, it can lead your soul into the netherworld when your soul has nowhere to go after your physical body perishes!”

That's it!

After listening to Zhou Daoquan's words, Zhou Chun suddenly felt enlightened.

He was wondering how the Netherworld's will could bestow such benefits out of thin air!
It turns out that all gifts have already been marked with a price!
His feeling at that time was not wrong. He had indeed made a deal with the devil regarding his soul.

He immediately said, "In that case, as long as I protect my physical body and prevent my soul from leaving my body, I don't have to worry about the hidden dangers brought by the [Netherworld Soul Contract]!"

"That's right!"

Zhou Daoquan nodded and confirmed this.

Then he looked at him with a serious face and advised: "But Zhengchun, you are not a ghost cultivator after all. Even if this ghost cultivation technique can be used, it is best not to use it in the future, so as to avoid a deeper cause and effect involvement with the Netherworld and plant hidden dangers for your future path!"

"I understand. I will keep your advice in mind and try not to use this kind of ghost cultivation technique in the future!"

Zhou Chun nodded seriously and responded, he really took Zhou Daoquan's words to heart.

After Zhou Daoquan’s previous explanation, he was also full of fear of the rumored underworld. He didn’t want his soul to really enter the underworld and become food for some existence.

Then he said, "Oh, by the way, I got the eggs of a rare insect during my travels this time, but I don't know how to hatch them. I'm worried that I don't have the time to study them, so I would like to ask you to help me study how to hatch them."

After saying that, he told how he obtained the insect eggs and the information he had obtained about the six-winged ice silkworm.

Zhou Chun has always trusted Zhou Daoquan's professional knowledge and skills in taming beasts.

The spirit beast egg that originally bred the white thunder dragon was kept by the Mu family of Biyun Lake for many years but could not be properly hatched. In the end, it could only be given to Zhou Chun as a reward for his help in saving the family spirit beast.

After Zhou Chun obtained this item, he relied on Zhou Daoquan's years of research to successfully hatch snake eggs with his guidance and help.

Now that Zhou Daoquan has turned into a ghost cultivator, his lifespan is comparable to that of a Yuanying stage cultivator. He cannot leave this evil place, so he has more time to study the art of taming beasts, and his attainments in this area will only become deeper and deeper.

Therefore, it is obviously most appropriate to give the eggs suspected to be six-winged ice silkworms to him to study the method of hatching them.

After listening to Zhou Chun's story, Zhou Daoquan also became interested. He nodded solemnly and said, "I understand. Leave this matter to me. I will do my best to complete it."

But he did not ask Zhou Chun to give him all the eggs, he only took four of them.

According to him, he cannot leave this evil place now. There is no guarantee that there will be no abnormalities when the insect eggs hatch here, so it is safest to act separately.

In this way, even if the eggs he was hatching died unexpectedly, he would not completely lose the possibility of hatching six-winged ice silkworms.

Zhou Chun naturally would not object to his cautious approach.

After leaving four eggs, Zhou Chun took the remaining eggs away.

However, after leaving Zhou Daoquan's secluded place, Zhou Chun did not return to his family immediately. Instead, after hesitating for a while, he headed towards Longyuanze.

He was seen standing at the edge of Longyuan Lake, looking at the vast lake ahead and pondering for a long time. Soon, as if he had made up his mind, he suddenly displayed the magical power of "Moon Toad Possession" and turned into a white Taiyin Moon Toad.

Then the Taiyin Moon Toad that he transformed into bounced into the water and soon disappeared without a trace.

The second time he transformed into a moon toad, Zhou Chun had already gotten very used to this state.

He slightly used the powerful innate ability of the toad-like monsters to conceal his breath, and then according to his memory, he headed straight for the Thunder Lizard Island deep in Longyuanze.

This time he didn't need to deliberately take a detour or avoid anyone. He just went straight all the way. On the way, he passed by the habitats of some third-level monsters, and they were frightened by the fourth-level aura he emitted and fled in a hurry.

Just over an hour later, he arrived at the Thunder Lizard Island where he had been once before.

More than two hundred years have passed, and the number of third-level thunder dragon lizard monsters on Thunder Lizard Island has increased again. Now there are a total of four third-level thunder dragon lizards.

The two thunder dragon lizards that the Zhou family had fought against have now grown into third-grade top-quality monsters.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun didn't hesitate and directly froze the two third-grade top-quality lightning dragon lizards to death with his cold air, leaving their bodies intact.

Afterwards, they collected all the eggs laid by the Thunder Lizards on the island, and also picked up some spiritual herbs that were beneficial to the growth of the Thunder Lizards.

After doing all this, he didn't care how terrified and angry the remaining two third-level thunder dragon lizards and other thunder lizard beasts were, and he quickly left the island.

Just over an hour after Zhou Chun left, the thunder dragon that had appeared more than two hundred years ago rushed to the island in great anger.

At this moment, the aura emanating from this thunder dragon had already reached the level of a fourth-rank upper-grade monster!
After it learned what had happened from the remaining two thunder dragon lizards, it was immediately furious!

Who doesn't know about the fourth-level monsters in Longyuanze? The Thunder Lizard Beast tribe on Thunder Lizard Island is protected by it?
Where did this toad come from? How dare he attack its descendants!
It flew into the water angrily and chased in the direction Zhou Chun left.

But after it chased to the shore, it had completely lost its target. Even after capturing several monsters on the shore and questioning them, it could not get any useful information. It was so angry that it directly slaughtered a nearby scaly frog tribe to vent its anger!

However, the thunder dragon did not notice it. After it left, a green light flashed in the nearby forest, and a trace of abnormal escape technique fluctuations appeared.

"What? A fourth-rank upper-grade thunder dragon is chasing us!"

On a mountain somewhere in the wilderness, Zhou Chun was shocked after hearing the news brought back by Mu Mei and Mu Sang.

He also guessed that the reason why Thunder Lizard Island could develop so smoothly was probably because of the protection of a fourth-level monster.

Therefore, after killing two third-grade top-quality thunder dragon lizards this time, it feels like this might attract the fourth-grade monster behind them.

So after going ashore, they specially left Mu Mei Mu Sang, who was good at covert reconnaissance, to keep watch.

Unexpectedly, this move actually brought back important information!
"In that case, I was really lucky to be able to take away that [Essence Building Fruit] tree!"

Zhou Chun recalled the time when all the senior members of the Zhou family went out to seize the [Zhu Yuan Fruit] tree, and he couldn't help but feel scared for what would happen next.

If the Zhou family had known at that time that there was a fourth-level thunder dragon protecting the Thunder Lizard Island, they would not have dared to take the [Establishing Yuan Fruit] tree even if they had ten times the courage!
If they had been caught by this fourth-order thunder dragon at that time, there would probably be no Zhou family today.

All I can say is that this is how the world is. Sometimes a successful adventure or a bit of luck can lead to two completely different situations.

The Zhou family successfully seized the [Zhu Yuan Fruit] tree that year. Over the years, the number of family members who successfully built their foundation by relying on the [Zhu Yuan Fruit] tree is no less than two handfuls, thus greatly enhancing the family's foundation.

On the contrary, if one or two senior executives had died at the hands of the fourth-order thunder dragon at that time, then in the series of events that followed, the Zhou family might not have been as stable as it is today.

“Although I don’t know if there are any fifth-order dragons left in the Longyuanze Thunder Dragon Clan after the death of the Thunder Dragon King, but since that Thunder Dragon has grown to the upper fourth-order, it will definitely be valued and cared for by the fifth-order dragons. It seems that I can no longer go to this Thunder Lizard Island!”

"Fortunately, we got quite a few Thunder Lizard eggs this time, which is enough to breed a population within the family. We don't have to worry about the Thunder Lizards on the island anymore."

Zhou Chun couldn't help but smile when he thought of this.

He had been thinking about the Thunder Lizards on Thunder Lizard Island for more than a year or two. He was filled with regret that he failed to seize the beast eggs when he seized the [Establishing Origin Fruit] tree.

After discovering that even the fourth-level monsters could not recognize his identity as a human cultivator when he was in the "Moon Toad Possession" state, he came up with the idea of ​​using this identity to seize the beast eggs.

I tried it myself this time, and it turned out to be very useful.

It's a pity that now that I have offended that fourth-grade top-grade thunder dragon, I must be extremely careful next time I use this identity in Longyuanze and the wilderness, so as not to be caught on the spot!
A few days later, Zhou Chun returned to the family and handed the 18 thunder lizard eggs he brought back to Zhou Xinyan, asking him to arrange for the tribe members to hatch and cultivate them, and take good care of and expand this population.

As for the two third-grade top-quality thunder lizard beasts that he killed instantly, Zhou Chun took their demon cores as rewards to the Thunder Dragon, allowing the Thunder Dragon to devour them to increase its cultivation. The remaining materials were given to Zhou Mingde for refining weapons.

Lei Jiao Baibai was very happy to get two third-grade top-quality demon pills with properties that matched his own as supplements at once.

Because it had to satisfy the Moon Wheel Sect's tribute of eighty-one dragon scales, it had made little progress in cultivation over the years.

After swallowing two third-grade top-quality demon pills, it can almost be equivalent to the effect of twenty to thirty years of practice, which is much better.

The key is that Zhou Chun kept his word and said he would make up for it, and he really did it.

This unique favor naturally makes it particularly enjoyable and happy.

As Zhou Chun did not want to expose his mid-stage Jindan cultivation, he practiced and trained his disciples in the family in a very low-key manner for the next few years.

That is, in the third year after his return, Zhou Zhiying's cultivation made another step forward and she broke through to the late stage of foundation building. At this time, she was not yet fifty years old!

This extremely rapid cultivation speed made Zhou Chun worried that if she stayed in the family, the secret of her top-grade spiritual root qualification might be exposed. So he had no choice but to send her to the wilderness in the name of traveling to isolate her from outsiders.

Not long after, Wu Yuzhu also successfully established her foundation with the help of Zhou Yuanlian, and her ability to resist the fire poison in her body was greatly enhanced, so Zhou Chun basically didn't have to worry about her anymore.

(End of this chapter)