Beast-controlling fairy clan.

Chapter 630: Inheritance of the Torch [Subscription Request]

For Zhou Chun now, rescuing Gongsun Yuanzhi is just an easy task.

He only asked Gongsun Yuanji to bring a handwritten letter, and the Wei family in Cangzhou released the person.

This is the influence of the Zhou family in Jingguo today.

Except for the Yuelun Sect and the Yanyang Sect, no other forces dared to fail to give face to the Zhou family.

As long as it does not involve fundamental interests and bottom line of principles, they will definitely be very happy to give face to Zhou Chun.

After bringing Gongsun Yuanzhi out, Gongsun Yuanji did not dare to just leave, and honestly returned to Qinglian Mountains to report to Zhou Chun.

The formation materials that Zhou Chun paid for them this time, if converted into wages for their work, would require them to serve the Zhou family for at least ten years to pay off the debt.

"From now on, you two will be under Zhang Liang's charge. If there is a mission to set up a battle formation, you can go with him."

When the Gongsun brothers and sisters came to express their gratitude, Zhou Chun simply waved his hand and sent them away, without any intention of looking at them any differently.

In fact, for Zhou Chun, there is really no need to look at them differently now.

After all, once the [Yi Mu Pan Long Formation] was successfully set up, the Zhou family no longer particularly needed them in setting up the formation.

Even if you want to set up a stronger mountain protection formation in the future, you can directly go to the Gongsun family’s supreme elder, or other formation master-level figures.

Gongsun Yuanzhi said that Zhou Chun coveted their formation inheritance, which was a complete underestimation of Zhou Chun.

In Zhou Chun's eyes, let alone the formation inheritance mastered by the two of them, even the formation inheritance of the entire Gongsun family was nothing worthy of his special attention.

Because the art of formation has always been difficult to learn and master, and it requires a lot of talent.

The Zhou family's current formation inheritance is not yet fully understood by any of their own trained formation masters, so giving them a more advanced formation inheritance would be useless.

This can be seen from Gongsun Yuanji. Although he is also a member of the Gongsun family, his formation level is just average.

And in Zhou Chun's opinion, the Zhou family will definitely not lack high-end formation inheritance in the future, because the owner of that secret island must be a powerful being who is proficient in formation.

At least that [Qian Kun Reversal Formation] is the strongest forbidden formation Zhou Chun has ever encountered. In terms of its mysteriousness alone, it is estimated that even the Moon Wheel Sect's mountain protection formation cannot compare to it!
Zhou Chun didn't believe that the master of the secret island was not a grandmaster of formations, as he was able to set up such a forbidden formation to protect the cave temple.

So why should he go to such great lengths to acquire the little knowledge of formations that the two juniors possessed?

After this incident, Zhou Chun resumed his normal life of cultivation. On weekdays, he either devoted himself to practice and cultivate his magical powers, or took care of some family affairs. Occasionally, when he had time, he would have fun with his spirit pets and deepen their relationship.

During this period, many foreign monks who had heard the news of the beast tide outbreak traveled to Jingguo, hoping to seek Jingguo monks to exchange high-level demon pills and demon beast materials.

Zhou Chun also met with several Jindan-stage cultivators over the years, and used some precious spiritual materials from fourth-level monsters to exchange for a piece of [Fire Element Crystal Jade] and some other useful spiritual medicines from a Jindan-stage cultivator.

Among them, [Fire Element Crystal Jade] is a rare fire-attributed spiritual material, which meets Zhou Chun's needs for fire-attributed spiritual objects for practicing the third level of "Small Five Elements Breaking the Profound Light".

With this item, he only needs to find gold-attribute spiritual materials and earth-attribute spiritual materials to practice the third level of this secret magical power.

Zhou Chun actually had some ideas in mind about where to obtain these two kinds of spiritual materials, but it would naturally be better if he could obtain them through other means.

In addition to high-level cultivators from other places who came to Jingguo to seek their fortune, some low-level cultivators who felt they could not make it in other countries or who had a hard time living, after hearing the news that the number of cultivators in Jingguo had greatly decreased, took the trouble and braved the dangers to cross thousands of mountains and rivers and rush to Jingguo.

For Jingguo, which was in the reconstruction period, the arrival of these low-level monks undoubtedly solved the problem of "difficulty in hiring workers", and the speed of reconstruction was visibly improved.

In this way, low-level monks received rewards several times higher than what they received in the country, and the reconstruction speed of various forces in Jingguo was also greatly accelerated. It can be said that both sides got what they wanted.

And if you were to ask which force in Jingguo absorbed the most low-level cultivators in this process, it was not the Yuelun Sect and Yanyang Sect.

The mountain gate of a large sect like theirs has not been breached, and they have a large number of middle and low-level disciples, so there will not be a major shortage of manpower.

The force that truly absorbed the most of these low-level cultivators was undoubtedly the Zhou family, which had just taken control of the Qinglian Mountains!

The Zhou family not only offered generous employment conditions, but was even willing to provide lifetime employment contracts to some of those with good conduct and hire them as retainers of the Zhou family.

This is a powerful weapon for those casual cultivators!
From having no fixed place to live and even having difficulty finding a fixed place to practice, to being able to join the Zhou family, which is equivalent to a powerful family, becoming a retainer who eats the Zhou family's food and receives the Zhou family's money, and living a stable life.

It can be said that one step forward can lead to heaven!
Therefore, even though they all know that this step is not so easy to take and they don't know how many tests they will have to go through, those casual cultivators are still willing to fight for this opportunity.

Thanks to the joining of these independent cultivators, many members of the Zhou family have been liberated. They no longer have to work overtime like before, to the point where even their cultivation time is squeezed out and cut by half.

In fact, those members of the Zhou family who survived the beast tide are now all worth a lot of money and have reaped a lot of rewards in the beast tide.

It takes them some time to convert what they have gained into actual growth in their cultivation, and to convert resources into their own cultivation strength.

Just as Zhou Chun has always believed, wars in the world of immortal cultivation have always been filled with dangers and opportunities.

After a war, as long as one does not suffer a crushing defeat like Qinglian Temple, one can basically have a good harvest.

The Zhou family was able to achieve today's success because they made huge fortunes through wars, which allowed them to come from behind and surpass those local Jindan families that had developed steadily for hundreds or thousands of years!
Time passed, and before we knew it, the beast tide had ended for ten years.

After ten years of construction by the Zhou family, the Qinglian Mountains have finally regained some of their original appearance and have a hint of the appearance of a fairyland.

And the new generation of Zhou family was also born here.

This generation of the clan is already the "Bai" generation.

After the Zhou family took root in Jiufengling, Zhou Mingde, Zhou Chongshan, Zhou Daoyi and other elders of the Zhou family discussed together and decided on the sixteen-character generation name of "Heaven and earth are clear and bright, worship Taoism and protect the family, correct the mind and think about the source, and have lofty ambitions", and stipulated that a generation should be replaced every fifty years.

By now, as the Zhou family's cultivators of the "Yuan" generation have begun to give birth to offspring, these sixteen generations are no longer enough.

Fortunately, Zhou Mingde noticed this in his early years and made relevant preparations in advance. He added another sixteen generations on the basis of the original sixteen.

This new generation name begins with "Bai", which means "hundred blessings and celebration, jade music and mysterious light, longevity of literature and martial arts, and eternal grace".

Calculated based on a generation of fifty years, these sixteen generation names mean sixteen generations, which can be used for another eight hundred years!

On this day, accompanied by a long dragon roar coming from Qinglian Peak, a silver dragon suddenly rose into the air from a pool of water somewhere on the mountain, soared into the sky, and flew happily in the sky.

However, after continuing to swallow the fourth-grade medium-quality three-legged thunder gull demon pill, Lei Jiao Baibai finally broke through to the fourth-grade medium-quality level and became the fourth fourth-grade medium-quality spirit pet under Zhou Chun.

It was originally the second spiritual pet under Zhou Chun to break through the fourth level. It also awakened its bloodline inheritance and mastered the breathing practice method. Logically, its practice speed should be much faster than that of other monsters.

It was just because he had been bleeding and having his scales plucked all the time before, which delayed his cultivation for a long time. He was not like the Fire Phoenix in the Hellfire and the Stone, the Golden-armored Mountain Turtle, who had many adventures and whose cultivation level increased rapidly like a rocket.

It was not until Zhou Chun killed two fourth-level thunder-attributed monsters in a row in the beast tide last time and obtained two fourth-level monster pills for it that it had the opportunity to break through.

Before it, Mu Mei and Mu Sang relied on the opportunity they had in Mixianling and a small opportunity in the wilderness two years ago to barely break through to the fourth level of intermediate quality.

Since then, among Zhou Chun's five spiritual pets, only the golden-winged tiger has not yet made a breakthrough.

But in fact, the golden-winged tiger is the least panicked one.

Because it possesses the dual attributes of gold and wind, among all the demon pills in Zhou Chun's hand, the most suitable ones are for it.

It only needs to refine the demon pill and practice step by step, and it won't take long before it can break through to the fourth-order intermediate-grade demon beast realm.

Even as long as Zhou Chun keeps the fourth-grade superior golden unicorn demon pill for it, it will be very easy for it to break through to the fourth-grade superior demon beast realm in the future.

At this time, Lei Jiao swam freely in the sky, venting his inner joy, then quickly flew down from the clouds and landed in Zhou Chun's cave.

Zhou Chun and Su Yuzhen had already been alarmed by the noise it made, and now they came out of the training room.

Seeing it fall, Zhou Chun clapped his hands with a smile on his face and said, "Not bad, not bad, Bai Bai, you finally succeeded in breaking through."

"Congratulations, husband, you have gained another strong helper."

Su Yuzhen also congratulated Zhou Chun with a smile.

She now lives in the Zhou family almost permanently. Not only because the cultivation environment here is better, but also because the ancestor of the Su family is no longer afraid of her living in the Zhou family for a long time as before, which led to her estrangement from the younger generations of the Su family.

As Zhou Chun's Taoist partner, she was naturally happy and delighted about Zhou Chun's improvement in cultivation and strength.

Next, Zhou Mingde, who was also in the Qinglian Mountains, came over to congratulate and was also very happy about this matter.

A few years ago, Zhou Daoyi's Green Dragon Qingqing successfully broke through to the fourth level and was sent back to the Qinglian Mountains by Lin Hongyu. Now it is placed in a water lake in the Qinglian Mountains and is fed and cared for by a special person.

Now that Lei Jiao Baibai has broken through to the fourth-level intermediate-grade monster, the Zhou family is able to rely on these two fourth-level dragons to create a production line of dragon-blood spiritual objects and dragon-blood monsters.

This will play a huge role in improving the overall strength of the family. After congratulating Zhou Chun, Zhou Mingde also took this opportunity to say, "By the way, Zhengchun, a member of the family recently proposed an idea and wanted to apply to you for a few drops of Fire Phoenix blood to cultivate new species of monsters. Do you think you should support and encourage them?"

After hearing what he said, Zhou Chun's expression also changed, and he couldn't help asking: "Oh, what is the idea?"

"Do you still remember the five-colored pheasant, a low-level monster in our family? It was the monster bird we got from the mountain gate of the Jiang family in Lingzhou after we wiped out the Jiang family in Lingzhou!"

Zhou Mingde said in a low voice.

"I seem to have some impression." Zhou Chun nodded slightly to indicate that he remembered.

Seeing this, Zhou Mingde continued, "Five years ago, a tribe member found that a rooster in a group of colorful pheasants had died, and found a second-level feather in the chicken farm. He suspected it was a feather of a second-level monster, the Red-feathered Fire Pheasant. Later, he found several eggs that were different from the other eggs!"

"When those eggs hatched, they gave birth to a kind of colorful fire pheasant that could spit out magic fire. Not only was it bigger than the ordinary colorful pheasant, it also had much stronger flying ability and combat power far stronger than the ordinary colorful pheasant!"

“Therefore, some tribesmen have speculated that the tiny amount of phoenix blood in the five-colored pheasant may have been stimulated by the red-feathered fire pheasant’s blood, causing some obvious mutations. Perhaps by feeding it the fire phoenix’s blood essence, it can be encouraged to evolve and evolve into a mid-level demon beast with fire phoenix blood!”

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Chun understood.

Then he said happily: "If that's the case, then of course there is no problem with this matter on my side. If that young man wants blood anytime, as long as I'm in the family, I can give him blood at any time!"

"There is no rush. Those five-colored fire pheasants have not yet grown to the first-class upper grade, and have not left any offspring. When the time comes, I will come to find you."

Zhou Mingde waved his hand to indicate that there was no need to rush.

Then the two chatted about some family matters, and Zhou Mingde left first.

Nowadays, Zhou Mingde personally takes care of all the affairs of the Zhou family, while Zhou Chun, like he used to be, has become a hands-off boss.

All of this was done to allow Zhou Chun to concentrate on his cultivation and break through to the late Jindan stage as soon as possible.

Generally speaking, Zhou Mingde would only come to Zhou Chun to discuss and ask for his opinion on matters that he considered to be important.

Zhou Chun himself usually doesn't get distracted by family affairs.

He is also under a lot of pressure now. He must break through to the late stage of Jindan as soon as possible and transform the elixir into a baby as soon as possible.

Because he knew very well that if he could not form an elixir and a fetus as soon as possible, the Qinglian Mountains, which the Zhou family had invested huge amounts of money and manpower to build, would most likely become a wedding dress for others in the end!
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, another seven years have passed.

Zhou Chun and his five spirit pets have been practicing in silence and rarely leave the family's mountain gate.

Occasionally, there would be Jindan-stage cultivators from Jingguo, or Jindan-stage cultivators who traveled to Jingguo who would come to visit him. He would only discuss Taoism with them, but would basically not travel far.

Even when a late Jindan cultivator from the Yuelun Sect invited him to an exchange meeting, he declined.

The reason for doing this is, firstly, that he doesn't want to be distracted, and secondly, he wants to keep a low profile.

On this day, Zhou Chun met in his cave a clan member whom he had not seen for a long time, a descendant who had left the family and traveled far away for decades.

"Junior Zhou Zhiqian, greets the clan leader."

Inside the cave, a middle-aged man with a long beard and a silver robe bowed respectfully to Zhou Chunshen to express his respect.

The person was none other than Zhou Zhigan, the Zhou family member with superior spiritual roots who had embarked on the path of sword cultivation.

When this man was determined to pursue the path of sword cultivation, Zhou Chun allowed him to leave the family and travel around the world to hone his swordsmanship.

Now, dozens of years have passed, and this person has successfully opened up the Purple Palace. His aura is even more sharp and fierce. It is obvious that he has made considerable achievements in the way of swordsmanship.

At this time, Zhou Chun carefully looked at this junior and nodded with satisfaction, saying, "Not bad, you have successfully opened up the Purple Mansion without the help of your family. It seems that your decades of travel have not been wasted, and you have successfully found your own path!"

Hearing his words, Zhou Zhiqian quickly replied respectfully: "I can achieve such success thanks to your guidance and care. If it weren't for the life-saving items you gave me, I would have died long ago!"

After that, he said in a low voice with a guilty look on his face: "It's a pity that when the beast tide broke out a few years ago, I was in a faraway place, and I happened to be in seclusion to break through a great realm, so I couldn't rush back to the family to contribute to the family. I am really ashamed of you and the family's cultivation!"

"You don't need to feel guilty about this. Under the circumstances at that time, one more person wouldn't make a difference, and one less person wouldn't make a difference either. Even if you came back in time, it wouldn't have made any difference to the overall situation."

Zhou Chun shook his head slightly, without any intention of blaming this junior.

Then he smiled at him and said, "On the contrary, the fact that you are able to open up the Purple Mansion and return to the family when the family needs people just shows your loyalty to the family!"

"Yes, I will definitely serve the family well in the future and live up to the cultivation and high expectations of the clan leader!"

Zhou Zhiqian responded in a deep voice with a serious expression.

After hearing his firm and powerful words, Zhou Chun admired this junior even more.

Soon he nodded and said, "Since you have successfully opened up the Purple Palace, you should be promoted to the family elder according to the family rules. This sword sharpening stone will be regarded as a gift from me to you. It will belong to you in the future."

As he said this, he took out the sword-whetstone from the treasure room in the cave and gave it to Zhou Zhiqian.

Zhou Zhigan was extremely surprised to see that he had fulfilled his promise and gave him the sword-grinding stone after he opened up the Purple Mansion.

He quickly held the stone in both hands, as if holding a holy object, raised it above his head, bowed deeply to Zhou Chun and said, "Thank you, clan leader, for your kindness and the gift of treasure!"

"Work hard. If you can really follow this path of sword cultivation and successfully form an elixir with this method in the future, then my Zhou family will have another lineage to inherit. By then, you will be the ancestor of the lineage and will be remembered and praised forever by the descendants of my Zhou family!"

Zhou Chun took the opportunity to encourage this junior, painted a big picture for him, and then let him leave.

For him, who has now set his sights on transforming the elixir into a fetus, a junior in the Purple Mansion Stage would at most give him a few compliments like this, and he would not pay too much attention to him.

Another two years passed, and when Zhou Chun was practicing as usual, his mind suddenly moved, and he vaguely established connections with several weak consciousnesses.

When he found the target through this weak mental connection, his mouth opened in surprise.

I saw four white and transparent insects crawling on the stump of the "Qingling Xiangui" tree next to the Spirit Eye Spring.

Each of these four small worms is less than a finger long and about the thickness of a chopstick. They look like silkworms that have not yet spun silk.

Their entire bodies were white and transparent, and there was not a trace of black even in their eyes. If it weren't for the fact that the tree stumps beneath them were different in color from theirs, Zhou Chun might not have been able to see them with his naked eyes.

But if you sense them carefully, you will find that they have a faint aura of magical power.

"Are these really six-winged ice silkworms? Where are their wings?"

Zhou Chun looked at the four white silkworms on the tree stump, his face full of surprise and uncertainty.

It turns out that these four small white insects were hatched from eggs that were suspected to be "six-winged ice silkworms".

At this time, the cocoon wrapped with these insect eggs is still on a piece of tree root. The original nine insect eggs inside, now there is no one left!
As for why only four insects hatched from nine eggs, this is easy to understand.

Many egg-laying creatures have the habit of devouring their own compatriots after birth.

Maybe more than four little worms hatched at the beginning, and maybe these four little worms ate the other unhatched eggs.

In short, now only these four little bugs survived.

However, Zhou Chun was not sure whether these four small insects were the legendary six-winged ice silkworms.

After all, he didn't see any wings on them.

But what is certain is that the origin of these little white bugs must be extraordinary.

So after Zhou Chun looked at them with surprise, he began to try to feed them with various foods.

After some experiments, Zhou Chun discovered that these little white bugs did not seem to be picky eaters. They would eat everything, whether it was the leaves of spiritual trees containing spiritual power, or the rations and meat of monsters, but they did not eat much.

Moreover, they particularly like to stay on that tree stump. Once they are placed somewhere else, even on the [Millennium Cold Jade] that Zhou Chun deliberately took out, they will become a little restless.

This also surprised him very much.

He could only explain that the four little bugs were "recognizing their bed" and, due to their weak awareness, they only regarded the tree stump as a safe place.

He just quietly observed and recorded their growth and changes to see what they would look like in the future.

Half a year after the four little insects broke out of their cocoons, the Zhou family achieved another important breakthrough in the art of taming beasts.

After receiving a few drops of Fire Phoenix blood from Zhou Chun, a descendant of the Zhou family named Zhou Gaoping successfully cultivated a second-level Phoenix-blood monster, the Five-Colored Pheasant!
The appearance of this colorful pheasant represents that in addition to the dragon-blood monster beast, the Zhou family has a new development direction: the phoenix-blood monster beast.

(End of this chapter)