Beast-controlling fairy clan.

Wilderness land.

Shortly after Zhou Chun returned from the Great Zhou Kingdom, he quietly arrived at the wilderness through the underground waterway of Lanzhou.

As Yunzhou was occupied by monsters and turned into a demon domain, the importance of this underground waterway became even more apparent.

Because the situation was unclear and he was concerned about whether his plan to take control of the Qinglian Mountains would be successful, Zhou Chun came to the wilderness immediately after the war.

The Zhou family cultivators who were holding out here did not know that the war was over.

At this time, after Zhou Chun arrived near the Caiyushan stronghold, he couldn't help but feel relieved when he saw the Caiyushan stronghold still operating normally in front of him.

Now that the Zhou family wants to develop the Qinglian Mountains, all kinds of expenses are extremely huge, and they can be said to be spending money like water.

Even with the profits gained from killing a large number of monsters in this beast tide, it is far from enough to sustain it.

Therefore, the importance of the Caiyushan stronghold is highlighted.

If even this stronghold was lost, the Zhou family would basically not be able to spare the manpower to rebuild a pioneer stronghold in the wilderness when people are needed everywhere.

Seeing that the stronghold was safe at this time, Zhou Chun immediately revealed his identity and easily entered the stronghold.

"Your subordinate greets the clan leader."

Inside the stronghold, Xu Fu learned of Zhou Chun's arrival and hurried out to greet him.

"Thank you for your hard work during this period. Now that the beast tide is over, you don't need to worry too much."

Zhou Chun looked at the son-in-law of the Zhou family in front of him, nodded slightly, and told the good news in a gentle tone.

Hearing his words, Xu Fu's face suddenly showed a look of relief and joy, and then he quickly replied respectfully: "It's not hard for me. There haven't been any monsters coming over during this period. The incident should have been just an accident!"

"Since it was just an accident, there is no need for us to stay in the base any longer. We should also prepare to resume the production that was previously suspended."

"Moreover, this beast tide took away most of the monsters in this area. In the next few decades, the number of monsters in the nearby area should decrease a lot. We can try to send people to explore the undeveloped areas farther away to find more resources worth picking!"

Zhou Chun's eyes flashed, and he immediately expressed his opinion.

It's called an opinion, but speaking from his position is actually an order.

Therefore, after hearing his words, Xu Fu immediately responded respectfully: "Yes, I will follow the orders of the clan leader."

"You may not be aware of some situations yet, and the burden on your side may be a bit heavy in the future."

As Zhou Chun spoke, he mentioned that the Zhou family had already taken over the Qinglian Mountains.

After learning this, Xu Fu was surprised and happy, and quickly understood what he meant.

He immediately stated solemnly: "I understand. From now on, I will do my best to manage this source of income for the family and will never hold the family back!"

"Well, I still believe in your ability. During this beast tide war, the family also obtained a lot of third-level demon pills. I have already asked someone to refine those pills that improve magic power. When the time comes, in addition to giving some to Ying'er, the rest of you can exchange with contribution points!"

Zhou Chun nodded with satisfaction. He was also well versed in the art of commanding his subordinates, so he gave them the expected reward on the spot.

After that, Zhou Chun inspected the stronghold again, left some elixirs and talismans, and then left.

He is now quite famous, so he cannot leave the public eye for too long, lest someone discovers something.

And the Zhou family still has a lot of things that need him to solve.

For example, all the spiritual trees and medicinal herbs that had been transplanted to Bamboo Leaf Island in Le Country had to be transplanted back by him and Mu Mei.

He is also needed to communicate with the Su family and other families and to transfer personnel.

In the future, he will still be the main force in collecting materials for setting up the mountain protection formation.

In short, he should be very busy in the next few years.

In the following six months, Zhou Chun was indeed very busy running around, and his daily practice was maintained by squeezing out time.

Not only him, but also Lin Hongyu and Zhou Mingde, also have things to do.

Except for some young people who have just started practicing Taoism, almost every cultivator in the Zhou family is busy with worldly affairs and has his or her own work to do.

On this day, Zhou Chun had a rare moment of free time, so he immediately went to the Qinglian Mountains to look for the Gongsun brothers and sisters to inquire about the layout of the mountain protection formation.

More than half a year is not long, but it is not short either.

What's more, the Zhou family had already conducted relevant explorations on the mountains, landforms, spiritual veins and earth veins of the Qinglian Mountains, which saved them a lot of effort in advance.

"Senior, please be wise. After six months of exploration, we have discovered that the spiritual veins of the Qinglian Mountains belong to the wood virtue, with wood as the main element and earth as the secondary element, accompanied by metal and water, and weak fire virtue. It is suitable for setting up some forbidden formations for defense and trapping enemies!"

On Qinglian Peak, the main peak of the Qinglian Mountains, in response to Zhou Chun's question, Gongsun Yuanji, after communicating with his sister Gongsun Yuanzhi, respectfully expressed their opinions.

Compared to the time when he was in the Great Zhou Kingdom, his respect for Zhou Chun now truly comes from the heart.

Because over the past six months, they have heard various legends about Zhou Chun from the accompanying Zhou family monks.

Especially in the recent battle against the beast tide, Zhou Chun single-handedly killed two fourth-order top-grade monsters, which shocked Gongsun Yuanji.

Now we understand why Zhou Chun dared to be so aggressive when facing Gongsun Xuanlu who could mobilize the mountain protection formation inside the Gongsun family's mountain gate!

Faced with such a strong man, he didn't dare to be negligent at all.

After listening to his analysis, Zhou Chun nodded first, and then asked: "In your opinion, what kind of formation should be set up here?"

Upon hearing this, Gongsun Yuanji looked up at Zhou Chun, then lowered his head and slowly expressed his opinion in a low voice.

"My sister's opinion is that if Senior Zhou can find nine fourth-order stone heartwoods and transplant them to nine spiritual nodes in the mountain as the formation base, and then use materials such as [Earth Crystal Jade], [Earth Mysterious Stone], and [Hundred-Year Brass] to refine three formation platforms, and use fourth-order top-grade spiritual wood, fourth-order spiritual silk, [Yi Wood Essence] and other materials to refine a main formation flag, then we can set up the Gongsun family's secret formation [Wood and Stone Locking Spirit Formation]!"

"This [Wood and Stone Soul-Locking Formation] uses the circulation of wood and earth energies. In addition to having a powerful defense and trapping effect, it can also lock the soul veins and stabilize the earth veins, making it difficult for many formation-breaking techniques that shake the soul veins and earth veins to take effect. It can also regulate the four seasons of the mountain gate and the distribution of soul energy. It has endless uses!"

After the words fell, Zhou Chun's expression changed slightly, and then he didn't speak for a long time.

Honestly speaking, although Zhou Chun had known that setting up the mountain protection formation would not be easy this time, he did not expect it to be so troublesome.

Indeed, the [Wood and Stone Soul Locking Formation] that Gongsun Yuanji mentioned is very extraordinary, and in terms of mystery it is far superior to the forbidden formation [Nine Palaces Yellow Dragon Formation] that the Zhou family once used to protect Tuyun Ridge.

If such a formation could really be set up, even a cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage would find it difficult to break it.

But where can Zhou Chun find the materials to set up such a formation!

Stoneheartwood is a relatively rare spiritual wood. A fourth-level stoneheartwood must grow for at least a thousand years in an area with rich spiritual energy.

That's all.

If Zhou Chun was willing to give up some treasures, it would not be difficult for him to collect one or two fourth-level stone heartwoods.

But asking him to transplant nine fourth-level stoneheart trees would be too difficult for him!

Unless he happened to discover a secret cave where stone heartwoods grew in large numbers, where could he find so many fourth-level stone heartwoods?

Therefore, Zhou Chun was silent for a long time before he shook his head and said, "Other materials are easy to get, but the number of nine stone heartwoods is too large. Even if I can come up with the corresponding exchange items, I have nowhere to find these spiritual woods!"

After saying that, he looked at Gongsun Yuanji and his sister and asked, "Besides this [Wood and Stone Soul Locking Formation], do you two have any other alternative plans? It would be best if it doesn't take too long to collect materials!"

Hearing his words, Gongsun Yuanji immediately responded, "The [Wood and Stone Soul Locking Formation] is the most suitable formation for this place among the formations mastered by my sister. If we don't use this formation, we can only set up the [Thousand-Layered Forest Formation], which is much less effective, or the [Yi Wood Panlong Formation]!"

“But to be honest, neither the [Thousand-Layered Forest Formation] nor the [Yi Mu Pan Long Formation] can pose any obstacle to a Yuanying Stage Immortal. The former cannot even trap a Yuanying Stage Immortal for even a quarter of an hour. The latter focuses more on attack and is even more difficult to resist the invasion of a Yuanying Stage Immortal!”

It is not difficult to hear from Gongsun Yuanji's words that he does not agree with Zhou Chun's arrangement of the last two formations.

Zhou Chun had no idea whether he felt that it was a waste of resources to set up such an array in such a blessed place as the Qinglian Mountains, or whether he could earn more by setting up the [Wood and Stone Soul Locking Array].

But Zhou Chun immediately asked him about the relevant materials needed for the last two formations.

Obviously, compared with the [Wood and Stone Locking Soul Formation], the materials needed to set up both the [Thousand-Layered Forest Formation] and the [Yi Wood Panlong Formation] are much easier to find.

If he chooses these two formations, Zhou Chun is confident that he can gather the relevant materials within three years.

This immediately made him interested.

For him, whether the formation can resist a real person in the Nascent Soul stage is not very important.

He just wanted to build a decent formation to set up the mountain gate first and start construction as soon as possible.

As for the mountain protection formation like the [Wood and Stone Soul Locking Formation], if he can successfully transform the elixir into a fetus in the future, he will naturally have plenty of time to slowly collect materials and set it up. Even by then, Gongsun Xuanlu will definitely not dare to refuse his invitation.

But just when Zhou Chun was about to speak out his choice, Gongsun Yuanzhi suddenly spoke up: "If Senior Zhou just thinks that the fourth-level stone heartwood is hard to find, I know that there must be a place where there must be a lot of stone heartwood. With your cultivation strength, maybe I can go there and try to exchange for some!"

"Oh, are you serious, young friend Gongsun?"

Zhou Chun was surprised, and looked at the formation wizard in amazement. He immediately followed his words and asked, "But I don't know where is the place that young friend Gongsun mentioned?"

Gongsun Yuanzhi immediately replied, "Senior, please be wise. Our Gongsun family also had an ancestor who once searched for the fourth-order stone heartwood in order to study the [Wood and Stone Soul Locking Formation]. After years of investigation, we learned that there is a powerful force in Wuyang, near the far west, called the Earth Mother Sect. This sect has a secret realm that is rich in stone heartwood. It is said that there is a vast stone heartwood forest in it, and there may even be fifth-order, ten-thousand-year-old stone heartwood!"

Hearing her words, Zhou Chun suddenly looked thoughtful.

Gongsun Yuanzhi probably didn't know that Zhou Chun had been to the immortal world in the far west, and had passed through the Wuyang Kingdom on his way back.

Although Zhou Chun was busy on the road and did not stay long in Wuyang, he learned about the situations of some countries on the way back when he was in the Far West, and also heard about some things about the Earth Mother Religion.

Therefore, as far as Zhou Chun knows, the Earth Mother Sect is a powerful force with a very long heritage. Although it is not the largest force in Wuyang Kingdom at present, it is also a powerful force with two Nascent Soul stage masters, and one of them is even in the middle Nascent Soul stage.

Even if a powerful force of this level could indeed produce nine fourth-grade stoneheartwoods in one go, Zhou Chun would not dare to go and exchange them!
But he remembered this information.

When he has the strength to no longer fear the Earth Mother Cult, he can go and find people to exchange ideas with, and then he can quickly set up a large mountain protection formation like the [Wood and Stone Locking Soul Formation].

He nodded slightly and said, "I understand. The information provided by you, Gongsun, is very valuable. I will give you a reward. Now, you should start to prepare to set up the [Yi Mu Pan Long Formation]!"

Seeing that he finally gave up the [Wood and Stone Soul Locking Formation], Gongsun Yuanji couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

But he did not dare to question Zhou Chun's decision, so he could only helplessly reply: "Junior understands, and my sister and I will start the work according to your instructions. Please arrange enough manpower for me to use!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun nodded without hesitation and said, "That's easy to say. I'll have Zhang Liang take all the formation masters and apprentices of the Zhou family to the two of you for deployment. If there are still not enough people, you can also have Zhang Liang find someone in charge of the Zhou family to borrow them!"

Then he asked Gongsun Yuanji for a list of relevant materials needed to set up the [Yi Mu Pan Long Formation] and went to prepare the relevant materials himself.

The materials needed to set up this [Yi Mu Pan Long Formation] are mostly various spiritual woods, and the most core material must be fourth-level dragon blood wood or dragon scale wood, but only one plant is enough.

As far as Zhou Chun knew, there were originally several fourth-order dragon blood trees inside the mountain gate of the Hualong Sect, but no one knew who eventually took them away.

He planned to mobilize his network to find out whether he could exchange the item back from the monks who had taken it away in the first place, if they had not used it or sold it yet.

As for other materials, the Zhou family can collect most of them, and Zhou Chun will definitely be able to collect the rest after a trip to the Great Zhou Kingdom.

In this way, as long as the fourth-level dragon blood wood is obtained, the arrangement of the [Yi Mu Pan Long Formation] will only depend on when the Gongsun brothers and sisters can complete it.

Next, after some inquiries, Zhou Chun had a detailed understanding of the whereabouts of the fourth-level dragon blood trees of the Hualong Sect, and then began to visit the owners of those spiritual trees one by one.

These people are all Jindan-stage cultivators. Even if they come from large sects, they will still give some face to Zhou Chun at this moment.

However, after many years, some people have already used the fourth-level dragon blood wood to refine treasures or exchanged them.

Finally, I was able to exchange this item from a late Jindan cultivator from the Shen Kingdom, and for this I reluctantly paid the dragon horn from a fourth-grade mid-quality blue dragon in exchange!

After obtaining the most important materials, Zhou Chun handed them over to the Gongsun siblings, and then rushed directly to the Great Zhou Kingdom to purchase the remaining materials.

After arriving at Tianyuan Fairy City, Zhou Chun did not rush to purchase materials, but went to Luo Qingni's "Qingni Residence" first.

Calculating the time, it has been more than half a year since he last left Tianyuan Fairy City. Luo Qingni's [Jade Dew and Golden Cloud Pill] should have been refined long ago.

Zhou Chun is also looking forward to the results of her alchemy.

However, when he knocked on the door of "Qing Ni Ju", he received no response. He didn't know whether the owner was not at home or was in seclusion making medicine.

Seeing this situation, Zhou Chun had no choice but to leave a communication talisman and then go to purchase the relevant supplies first.

In this way, after he had stayed in Tianyuan Fairy City for more than a month and purchased all the other materials needed for the [Yi Mu Panlong Formation], the message from Luo Qingni finally arrived.

After receiving the message, Zhou Chun quickly arrived at "Qingni Ju".

"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time, Brother Zhou. Qing Ni was in seclusion refining pills and was unable to sense the outside world, so I was unable to reply in time."

Inside the cave, Luo Qingni, whose face showed a trace of fatigue, welcomed Zhou Chun into the cave. She then explained to him apologetically why she replied so late.

Zhou Chun also waved his hand and said, "Brother Luo, you are too polite. We have been friends for many years. It is not worth mentioning such a small matter."

Then he looked at her expectantly and asked, "Did Fellow Daoist Luo successfully make that furnace of [Jade Dew and Golden Cloud Pill]? I wonder what the result was?"

Hearing his question, Luo Qingni immediately smiled and said, "Thanks to Brother Zhou's trust, Qingni has fulfilled the mission. This pill was successfully produced several months ago. The number is the same as last time, still six!"

The last time she made six pills, she had used a lot of auxiliary methods and also damaged some of her vitality.

This time, the alchemy was performed normally.

The fact that she was able to make six pills showed that her alchemy skills had improved compared to last time.

Of course, this is definitely related to the experience I have already had.

After all, the first time is new, the second time is familiar.

Zhou Chun also understood the truth behind this, and couldn't help but clap his hands in delight, saying, "Well done, Brother Luo is really skilled! I really didn't trust the wrong person!"

"It is all thanks to Brother Zhou Daoist for giving us these opportunities."

Luo Qingni replied with a smile, then raised her hand and patted the storage bag on her waist, then took out a few pill bottles and handed them to Zhou Chun.

He said, "In addition to the [Jade Dew Golden Cloud Pill], there are also two furnaces of [Zeng Yuan Pill] and one furnace of [Long Ling Pill]. All the pills are here."

"Thank you, Brother Luo!"

Zhou Chun nodded, without opening the bag to check, and simply waved his hand to put all the elixirs into the storage bag.

After a moment's hesitation, he looked at Luo Qingni and asked, "Regarding the elixir that Zhou used, when will the alchemy master be able to produce the elixir?"

"Grandmaster Xu is still collecting the remaining auxiliary materials. It will probably take another year or two before he can start refining the elixir."

When Luo Qingni said this, she looked at him seriously and said, "If Brother Zhou is in a hurry to use it, I can personally deliver it to Brother Zhou after the pill is ready."

Hearing her say this, Zhou Chun felt a little embarrassed, and felt that he did rush her a little too much, so he waved his hand and said, "That's not necessary. When the pill is ready, Daoist Luo just needs to give it to my great uncle."

"Qing Ni understands. Since Fellow Daoist Zhou believes in Qing Ni, Qing Ni will definitely take responsibility for this matter to the end!"

Luo Qingni nodded seriously and made the assurance in a solemn tone.

When Zhou Chun saw this, he was very pleased and felt that he had not chosen the wrong person.

Afterwards, he discussed with her about collecting materials for refining the [Four Spirits Barrier Breaking Pill]. Zhou Chun did not bother the beauty any further and took his leave.

After leaving "Qingni Ju", Zhou Chun went to Zhou Daoyi's cave and first gave eight [Zengyuan Pills] and seven [Longling Pills] to Zhou Zhiying, letting him take them slowly to improve his cultivation.

Then he talked to Zhou Daoyi about the current reconstruction of the family and his own choice of the mountain protection formation.

After listening to his story, Zhou Daoyi suddenly said, "In another year or two, Qingqing should be able to digest the fourth-grade inferior demon pill that Hongyu sent. When it successfully advances to the fourth grade, let it return to the family. There should be many places in the Qinglian Mountains that are suitable for it to build a nest and live!"

Zhou Chun was also stunned when he heard what he said.

After careful thought, I finally understood his intention.

He couldn't help but say, "That's not necessary. Qing Jiao has lived with you for hundreds of years. It would be inappropriate to separate the two places!"

But Zhou Daoyi seemed to have thought about this matter seriously a long time ago, and he quickly waved his hand and said: "There is nothing inappropriate. It follows me and can only live in the small spirit beast room. This is even more unfair to it. It is better to let it return to the family. It can also be regarded as my contribution to the reconstruction of the family!"

"Well... well, when I get back, I'll have someone find a suitable place for it to build a nest!"

Zhou Chun hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded and agreed.

It’s not that he and the Zhou family need the benefits of a fourth-order green dragon so much, but they just don’t want to refuse Zhou Daoyi’s kindness and desire to repay his family!
But this incident did remind him.

The Qinglian Mountains are so vast that perhaps he should look for a good place to build exclusive nests for his spirit pets.

At least Lei Jiao Baibai can no longer be kept in the Su family’s small lake.

However, Stone, the golden-armored mountain turtle, and Wood Spirit cannot appear in front of Master Tianjing, who is in the Nascent Soul stage. Perhaps they can only be kept in Tuyunling.

After that, he stayed in Zhou Daoyi's cave for another half a month, and maintained the master-disciple relationship with his apprentice Zhou Zhiying. Then Zhou Chun returned to his family with his gains.

Getting ready to change the title of the book on Friday!