Beast-controlling fairy clan.

Tianyuan Fairy City.

Speaking of which, Zhou Chun hasn't been here for many years since he got back the [Huan Zhen Pill].

Nowadays, when the Zhou family delivers goods here, they either ask Zhou Zhengyong or other elders to bring a fourth-level monster to accompany them, or Lin Hongyu escorts them personally. Zhou Chun is no longer needed to do this.

So generally speaking, unless he has something to do here, he doesn't have to worry about these little things.

This time after he entered the city, he went to Zhou Daoyi's cave as usual.

"Not bad, not bad. You have reached the middle stage of Purple Mansion so quickly. It seems that you have not been lazy over the years, Ying'er."

Outside Zhou Daoyi's cave, Zhou Chun immediately smiled with satisfaction when he saw his disciple Zhou Zhiying coming out to greet him.

He could naturally see that Zhou Zhiying was not only in the middle stage of Purple Mansion cultivation at this time, but it also seemed that this breakthrough was not recent, but may have occurred several years ago.

Compared with her previous cultivation speed, she might be able to cultivate to the late Purple Mansion stage within ten years.

Facing Zhou Chun's praise, Zhou Zhiying was not proud, but replied modestly: "Thanks to the elixirs that you asked Senior Luo to refine, otherwise my disciple's cultivation would not be able to improve so quickly!"

"Oh, you even know how to be humble now? It seems like you have made great progress over the years!"

Zhou Chun raised his eyebrows, looked at the disciple in front of him with some surprise, and said with a pleasantly surprised tone.

Although he had strong selfish motives in cultivating Zhou Zhiying, the hard work and affection he put in over the years were genuine and without any falsehood.

He absolutely treated Zhou Zhiying as his own disciple from the bottom of his heart, rather than a tool to achieve certain plans.

Therefore, he was genuinely happy about Zhou Zhiying's growth, both in terms of cultivation and in terms of his character in dealing with people.

After hearing his words, Zhou Zhiying bowed deeply to him with a look of gratitude and said, "I was young and ignorant before, and I caused a lot of trouble, which brought a lot of trouble to Master. Thanks to your generosity, Master, for not holding it against me. Now thinking about it, I am really ashamed and embarrassed!"

Zhou Chun heard this and immediately smiled and said, "There's no need to talk about the past. Who hasn't been young and willful? These are all part of life experience. When you look back on them in the future, they will have a special taste!"

After saying this, he looked at his disciple with encouragement and expectation and said, "Ying'er, you can realize these things, which shows that you have really grown up. I sincerely hope that you can make good use of your spiritual roots and talents, go further in cultivation, and surpass me!"

"Disciple will definitely work hard to cultivate, no matter what Master expects!"

Zhou Zhiying nodded vigorously with a serious face and spoke in a firm tone.

When Zhou Chun saw this, he immediately smiled with satisfaction, like an old father.

After entering the cave, he soon met Zhou Daoyi and Lin Hongyu, whom he had not seen for a long time, and then handed over Qingqing, the green dragon he brought with him to "visit relatives", to Zhou Daoyi.

After staying in Zhou Daoyi's cave for a while and communicating with him about some things that happened in the Zhou family over the years, Zhou Chun gave him the remaining fourth-grade intermediate golden tiger puppet.

As for Lin Hongyu, who had already reached the middle stage of the Golden Core, Zhou Chun gave her the top-grade magical flying sword that he got from Qing Weizi.

Of course, nominally these magic weapons still belong to him, they are just loaned to the two of them temporarily.

Otherwise, Lin Hongyu would not dare to accept such a valuable gift.

During the communication with Zhou Daoyi, Zhou Chun also learned the reason for Zhou Zhiying's change in character.

However, during these years, because of the arrival of Lin Hongyu, Zhou Daoyi also relaxed the control over Zhou Zhiying, allowing her to leave Tianyuan Immortal City and travel around the world of immortals, hiding her cultivation and engaging in some adventurous activities with other cultivators.

Of course, Zhou Daoyi and Lin Hongyu would never dare to let her go out alone. Every time she went out, Lin Hongyu would follow her secretly to protect her.

This allowed her to travel around the world of immortal cultivators, experience the hardships of those independent cultivators and cultivators from small forces, and see how those people would use any means and all kinds of intrigues to get certain treasures. Naturally, she was no longer as straightforward and simple as before.

Zhou Chun did not intend to blame Zhou Daoyi for his self-willed behavior.

After all, Zhou Zhiying is a member of the Zhou family. Even if she is burdened with a heavy responsibility that she is not aware of, in the eyes of elders like Zhou Daoyi, they cannot treat this junior like a canary.

As long as her safety can be guaranteed, she should be allowed to experience and participate in some necessary trials.

Zhou Chun also absolutely believed that Zhou Daoyi must care about Zhou Zhiying's safety more than he did.

After staying in Zhou Daoyi's cave for a few days, Zhou Chun contacted Luo Qingni in advance and then went to visit him in person.

"I haven't seen you for many years. It seems that Brother Zhou has made great progress in his cultivation. It seems that the effect of the [Zhenzhen Pill] should still satisfy Brother Zhou!"

Inside "Qingni Residence", Luo Qingni personally brewed a pot of spiritual tea for Zhou Chun, then looked at him with a smile and told him about this old story to open the topic.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun first took a sip of tea, then smiled and replied: "The [Huanzhen Pill] is indeed very effective. It is thanks to the help of Fellow Daoist Luo that I was able to obtain this elixir."

After saying that, he looked at the other person with a strange look in his eyes and asked, "I see that Brother Luo is full of vitality and vigor. Could it be that he has had some strange encounters recently? Or has he mastered some powerful magical power?"

Hearing what he said, Luo Qingni was also slightly startled, and then looked at him with surprise and nodded, saying: "Daoyou Zhou, you have good eyesight. Qingni has tried her best to cover it up, but I didn't expect that I still couldn't hide it from Daoyou's discerning eyes!"

Zhou Chun just smiled and said nothing, without further explanation.

In fact, he could only rely on his powerful spiritual sense to vaguely discover that there was something wrong with Luo Qingni's aura. The one who really discovered the changes in Luo Qingni was Mu Mei Mu Sang in the spirit beast bag on his waist.

If he hadn't secretly comforted it, the spirit pet would have jumped out by now.

The fact that Mu Mei and Mu Sang were so agitated showed that Luo Qingni's opportunity this time must be quite great.

Sure enough, after a brief pause, Luo Qingni smiled at Zhou Chun and said, "Well, Daoist Fellow Zhou is not an outsider either. Qingni will tell Daoist Fellow about this opportunity. Daoist Fellow, just treat it as a curiosity."

After saying that, he began to talk in detail about his own opportunity.

It turned out that the abnormal aura in her body was all due to the fact that she had refined a spiritual object.

Just seven years ago, she attended an exchange meeting and unexpectedly found a top-level wood-attribute spiritual item called "Mu Jingxin Core" from a Jindan-stage cultivator!
The "wood core" was hidden in a piece of fourth-grade top-grade spiritual wood. Its aura was completely integrated with the spiritual wood, and even the other Jindan stage cultivators present did not discover it.

Luo Qingni also had a special physique and her cultivation technique was very advanced, so she sensed something unusual and decisively took action to exchange for the spiritual object.

When she discovered the "wood core" inside, she was extremely surprised, and then she secluded herself for several years to refine it.

Although Luo Qingni did not say what benefits she gained from refining this substance, judging from the fact that she had to deliberately conceal the changes in her own aura, as well as the joy that came from her heart when she talked about it, it is likely that the benefits she gained were enormous, and were definitely not as simple as improving her cultivation and magic power.

However, although Zhou Chun was curious about this, he did not deliberately pry into other people's privacy.

Although the two have a good relationship, even if they are husband and wife, there are some things they will not tell each other. If they try to spy on them, it will only ruin their relationship.

But in this way, Zhou Chun also understood why Mu Mei and Mu Sang were so agitated.

After all, the "Mu Jingxin Core" is equivalent to the demon pill of a monster, and Mu Mei himself also has one.

If it could devour something of the same origin, the benefits would definitely be enormous.

After listening to Luo Qingni's story, Zhou Chun sighed with emotion: "I often go out for adventures, but I often get little. Brother Luo is devoted to practicing in seclusion at home, and only occasionally participates in an exchange meeting, and he can get such treasures. I can't help but envy him!"

Hearing this, Luo Qingni rolled her eyes at him and said, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, you are too modest. In terms of opportunities, who can compare to you? If Qingni had your ability, she would not just sit at home and practice. She would have traveled around the world like you, exploring the wonders!"

She also vaguely knew something about Zhou Chun's strength. After all, the things that Zhou Chun often gave her were not something that ordinary people could obtain.

And she knew the Zhou family's background and was clear that those things could not possibly be the Zhou family's own assets.

So she didn't believe a word of Zhou Chun's sigh.

Zhou Chun couldn't help but smile awkwardly when she said that, but she didn't try to defend herself.

He just changed the subject and asked, "It's been many years since we last met. I wonder if Brother Luo has any information about the remaining two main ingredients of the Four Spirits Barrier Breaking Pill?"

Hearing his words, Luo Qingni nodded immediately and said, "A few years ago, Qingni learned from a Jindan-stage cultivator from the Huangfu family that in the private medicine garden of a branch of their family, there was a Turtle Yuanzhi that had reached maturity."

After saying that, he couldn't help but shook his head and said, "Unfortunately, I later found out that this Gui Yuan Zhi is one of the auxiliary medicines for refining the rumored [Infant Transformation Pill]. The Huangfu family will never take it out to exchange with outsiders!"

"Turtle Yuanzhi is actually an auxiliary medicine for refining the [Infant Transformation Pill]? That's really troublesome!"

Zhou Chun's expression changed slightly, and his mood suddenly became heavy.

[Infant Transformation Pill] This famous elixir is a treasure revered as an elixir by countless Jindan-stage cultivators in the world of immortal cultivation. Just one pill in hand can increase the success rate of forming an infant by 20%.

Therefore, any elixir that can be used to refine the [Infant Transformation Pill], even if it is just an auxiliary medicine, is extremely precious in the world of immortal cultivation, and no one will easily take it out to exchange with others.

Generally speaking, each major force prepares several kinds of auxiliary medicines according to their own conditions, and then everyone gathers together related spiritual medicines to make pills together.

There are only a handful of powerful forces in the entire world of immortal cultivation that can gather all the materials for the [Infant Transformation Pill] on their own. Only those powerful forces that have truly been passed down for thousands of years can do it.

The main ingredient for refining the [Four Spirits Barrier Breaking Pill] is actually also the auxiliary ingredient for refining the [Infant Transformation Pill]. This is something Zhou Chun never expected.

In this way, the difficulty of him obtaining this elixir will undoubtedly increase greatly.

"It is indeed very troublesome! Now it seems that we have no chance of refining the [Four Spirit Barrier Breaking Pill] just by the two of us. We must find a monk from a big sect with connections to join us!"

Luo Qingni also expressed her thoughts in a low voice. Hearing her words, Zhou Chun couldn't help but frown and said, "It's not impossible to add one more person, but how to distribute it after adding more people? This pill is not like the [Jade Dew Golden Cloud Pill]. Even if you, Brother Luo, perform well, you can only produce four pills at most at a time!"

"If only two pills are produced, how should we distribute them?"

As the person who provided the elixir formula and the two main ingredients, he must secure a spot for the elixir no matter what, even if he can only produce one pill.

As an alchemist, Luo Qingni definitely has the second right of choice.

If a third person is added and there is no guarantee that more than three pills will be produced, then the distribution will become very difficult.

However, since Luo Qingni made the suggestion, she must have naturally considered this matter.

After hearing this, he quickly said: "Qing Ni's alchemy skills have improved over the years. When the time comes, I will prepare some more auxiliary means. I think it should not be a problem to produce three pills!"

At this point, she gritted her teeth and said, "If it's because Qingni's craftsmanship is too poor that the number of pills produced is insufficient, then at most Qingni will pay for this mistake herself and won't participate in the distribution!"

After hearing her words, Zhou Chun knew that she had really made up her mind.

So after a moment of silence, he sighed and said, "Well, since Brother Luo has said so, I can't say anything more. I'll trouble you to take care of finding another partner."

"This is Qingni's job, and I will do my best to make it happen!"

Luo Qingni nodded solemnly without any hesitation.

She wanted to get a share of the profits, so besides her own alchemy skills, she also had to contribute in other areas.

Now that no other main medicine can be produced, she will have to be the one to coordinate the alchemy collaboration.

After the matter was settled, Zhou Chun spoke again, "Brother Luo has a wide range of friends and a deep network of contacts. I wonder if any of you have spiritual objects that can help me improve my magical power? I recently got a few thousand-year-old precious medicines and several good magic weapons. I am willing to exchange them for them!"

"Brother Zhou, with your level of cultivation, there are not many spiritual objects suitable for you to use to improve your cultivation. Let Qing Ni think about it first."

As Luo Qingni spoke, she closed her eyes and thought deeply, recalling the relevant information she knew.

After thinking about it for a while, she gave Zhou Chun a few clues.

As for how Zhou Chun planned to exchange, she did not ask much, respecting her personal privacy.

After this conversation, Zhou Chun took out several third-level demon pills and related materials, and asked Luo Qingni to help refine a few more batches of pills that could improve the magic power of Purple Mansion stage cultivators.

There are also five thousand-year-old [Jade Marrow Ganoderma] obtained from Qing Lingzi's storage bag, and I asked him to help refine them into foundation-building pills.

These pills are mainly made for the Zhou family's Purple Mansion Stage cultivators, so that the few people who have some hope of forming a pill can have more time to try.

Now that the Zhou family has taken over the Qinglian Mountains, they no longer have to be secretive as they did before, fearing that the addition of one or two more Jindan-stage cultivators might touch the sensitive nerves of certain forces.

If there could be one or two more Jindan-stage cultivators, it would actually help stabilize people's hearts and enhance the family's cohesion and reputation.

Luo Qingni naturally would not refuse Zhou Chun's request to refine the elixir, and she agreed readily.

Seeing that she agreed to this matter so readily, Zhou Chun thought about it, and suddenly looked at her and said, "I recently got a top-grade magic weapon that is very suitable for Brother Luo. I wonder if Brother Luo is interested?"

Hearing what he said, Luo Qingni was also stunned, then looked at him with surprise and joked: "Brother Zhou, this is a thousand-year-old precious medicine and a top-grade magic weapon. Could it be that you robbed some sect?"

But Zhou Chun looked at her in surprise after hearing what she said and said, "Hey, Brother Luo, do you have the ability to predict the future?"

"Is it really like this?"

Luo Qingni was shocked and couldn't help but widen her eyes.

Seeing her like this, Zhou Chun couldn't help but laugh: "Isn't that right?"

However, he did not go into detail about the matter. After all, wiping out an entire family was not something to brag about.

He just raised his hand and patted the storage bag on his waist, and took out the wooden spear magic weapon that Qing Lingzi had used.

Then he introduced: "This magic weapon is made of the extremely hard fifth-level Qingxuan wood. Although it does not use the most important trunk wood core, it is also very good. Even if it collides with a gold-attributed flying sword of the same level, it is not much inferior, and it is easier to recover!"

"The cultivation method that Brother Luo has practiced is extraordinary. If it can be paired with this magic weapon, it should be able to take my strength to a higher level!"

There was no boasting in what he said.

If he didn't already have the [Tiangang Thunder Sword], and if his own gold-attributed magic power was not naturally in conflict with this wood-attributed magic weapon, he would definitely have refined this treasure as a commonly used magic weapon.

Luo Qingni could not take her eyes off him after he took out the wooden spear.

As a mid-stage Jindan cultivator practicing wood-attributed techniques, Luo Qingni could sense that the wooden spear in Zhou Chun's hand was a perfect match for her own body without even having to touch it.

Although she didn't like fighting with others and seldom went out to take risks in battle, she naturally wanted to obtain such a self-defense treasure that could greatly enhance her own strength.

However, it was precisely because this treasure was too precious that after she carefully thought about her own wealth, she could not help but smile bitterly at Zhou Chun and said, "This is indeed a very rare treasure! It's a pity that Qing Ni's wealth is not enough, and I'm afraid I can't come up with an equivalent item to exchange with Brother Zhou!"

The value of a top-grade magic weapon is no less than that of some less effective spiritual objects for forming infants.

Although Luo Qingni had gained a lot in the secret island at the beginning, she had almost exhausted all her savings after practicing for so many years.

The reason why she had been hiding in Tianyuan Fairy City to refine pills for people was because she knew very well that her strength was not much better than other Jindan stage cultivators, so she had no choice but to do so.

Since she couldn't go out and take risks to get opportunities, she naturally couldn't take out corresponding treasures in exchange for this top-grade magic weapon.

However, Zhou Chun had already guessed this, so he immediately said, "It doesn't matter if Brother Luo can't come up with a suitable treasure to exchange. Just consider it as Zhou using this item to exchange the ownership of the token for entering and leaving the secret island with Brother Luo. In the future, the token will belong to Zhou. What do you think, Brother Luo?"

"This one……"

Luo Qingni was slightly stunned and couldn't help looking at Zhou Chun with suspicion. She didn't answer immediately.

If Zhou Chun hadn't mentioned this matter, she would have almost forgotten the agreement they had made.

After all, she has been alone all this time and has never needed the token again.

As for whether Zhou Chun used the token during this period, she really didn't know.

For a moment, I couldn't figure out what Zhou Chun meant.

Did he really get some huge benefit from that secret island, or did he deliberately use this as an excuse to make her do him a favor?

Facing Luo Qingni's suspicious gaze, Zhou Chun said calmly, "I won't hide it from Fellow Daoist Luo. In a few years, I will let my disciple go to that secret island to try her luck. With my support, she should be able to gain a lot. In the future, the Zhou family may have the opportunity to obtain Dan-forming spiritual objects from the secret island in a stable manner through this token!"

“So if Brother Luo is willing to give up this one, let alone a top-grade magic weapon like this, even if it’s just one more, it’s fine!”

After hearing what he said, Luo Qingni suddenly realized and remembered the [Five Elements Spiritual Fruit] tree on the secret island.

In his heart, he just thought that Zhou Chun wanted to monopolize the output of the [Five Elements Spiritual Fruit] tree to pave the way for the family's future.

Indeed, for a family of immortal cultivators, this deal is a sure win.

After all, given the Zhou family's current situation, there will be no problem in passing it down for a thousand years.

After a thousand years, the [Five Elements Spiritual Fruit] tree will most likely produce a few spiritual fruits again.

But for a casual cultivator like Luo Qingni, if she were still alive a thousand years later, she would have already transformed into an elixir and formed a fetus. Then the [Five Elements Spiritual Fruit] tree would not be that important.

So the deal was totally done!

It can even be said that he had earned a top-grade magic weapon for free!
After figuring this out, she immediately smiled and raised her hand and said, "Since Daoist Fellow Zhou is so sincere, Qing Ni will not be polite to you!"

Seeing this, Zhou Chun couldn't help but laugh and said, "Hahaha, thank you Brother Luo for your help!"

After saying that, he handed the wooden spear in his hand to Luo Qingni.

To be honest, his behavior is somewhat bullying honest people.

But in fact, he could even not give this top-grade magic weapon.

After Zhou Zhiying successfully inherited the mantle of the owner of the secret island, even though Luo Qingni knew about this, she could not say anything.

After all, the two had agreed at the beginning that each of them could arrange people to go to the secret island for trial.

Since Zhou Zhiying was able to pass the trial and inherit the mantle of the master of the secret island, that was her chance and ability.

So Zhou Chun doesn't feel guilty about it.

The fact that he was able to compensate with a top-grade magic weapon was a clear indication of how much he valued the friendship between the two.

I believe that when Luo Qingni learns the truth, she will understand all this.