Beast-controlling fairy clan.

Chapter 8 Returning to the Family, Ambush on the Road
Hongyafang Market.

After discussing Zhou Chun's return to the family, Zhou Fei also took the initiative to talk about their mission in Hongyafang City this time.

It turned out that after the Zhou family established their family residence in Jiufengling, they began to develop their business.

The mission of Zhou Fei and his two companions in coming to Hongya Market was to investigate the business intelligence in the market, to see which items were easier to sell here and which items the Zhou family could get involved in.

After learning this, Zhou Chun also offered to help with the investigation.

So the four of them split up and went to various shops to investigate.

After staying in the market town for about seven days, the four of them had basically figured out the basic business intelligence in the market town and were ready to return to their family to report.

This time, with three Zhou family cultivators traveling with him, Zhou Chun didn't have to worry about encountering bandit cultivators like he did when he came here.

After the four of them left the market, Zhou Fei slapped the spirit beast bag on his waist and released a blue-black demon wolf that was over ten feet long to scout the way ahead.

At the same time, Zhou Jingwen took off the spirit beast bag from her waist and released more than a dozen red birds the size of turtledoves. They spread out around the four people and took on the duty of guarding.

With this kind of coordinated ground-to-air reconnaissance, most of the bandits would have no chance of ambush them.

Even ordinary bandits would actively avoid them when they saw this situation, so as not to be regarded as their prey.

This situation was a complete reversal of the previous situation when Zhou Chun came to the market, where he was extremely nervous.

At the same time, this also made Zhou Chun secretly determined that after returning to the Zhou family, he must get one or two more spiritual pets to raise.

You should know that when the Zhou family was still the Three Absolute Sect, they were famous for their ability to taming beasts, and almost every disciple in the family had one or two spiritual pets.

These spiritual pets can not only greatly increase the strength of cultivators, but also provide transportation, vigilance and other purposes when traveling.

Therefore, when the Three Absolute Sects were still in existence, the Zhou family was most of the time the strongest of the three.

Although the Zhou family is not as powerful as before after the split, it should not be a problem for them to provide Zhou Chun with one or two monsters as pets.

In this way, the group relied on their spirit pets to lead the way and provide vigilance, and then they swaggered on their way by performing the "light body technique".

The reason why they didn't use the "Wind Control Technique" which could make traveling faster was, of course, because it consumed more mana, and Zhou Fei and his companions didn't dare to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the outside world to restore their mana like Zhou Chun did.

But even with the help of the "Light Body Technique", the group left the Red Rock Mountains in less than a day.

When they reached the flat area outside, Zhou Fei found a few high-quality war horses from the mortal city for them to serve as mounts.

Then he gave the warhorse a secret medicine that stimulates potential, which increased the horse's speed by 40% to 50%, as if it had endless physical strength.

But the consequence of doing so was that after running for only half a day and covering a distance of three or four hundred miles, several war horses collapsed to the ground due to exhaustion.

If this kind of behavior happened in Zhou Chun's previous life, once it was exposed to the public, I'm afraid several people would be ruined immediately.

But in this world of cultivating immortals, no one cares about human life, let alone the lives of a few animals.

"We are now less than 300 miles away from Jiufeng Ridge. Let's use the wind control technique to hurry on."

Without even looking at the dead warhorse lying on the side of the road, Zhou Fei just looked up at the sky and stated the next action plan in a deep voice.

It was less than three hundred miles, and if they continued to use the "Wind Control Technique", they could finish the journey in less than a day.

When the time comes, when I return to the family residence which is protected by the Spirit Purification Array, I can naturally meditate in peace to restore my magic power.

Zhou Chun had been looking forward to this for a long time. You know, he had been riding his horse at full speed all the way. In order to prevent several people from noticing his abnormality, he gritted his teeth and endured the double pain on his buttocks and mentally, and even used his magic power to hold on so as not to make a fool of himself.

If you use the "Wind Control Technique" to travel, you rely entirely on the power of the spell to carry you, and it consumes very little physical energy, which is about the same as a normal walk.

I saw a group of people immediately making hand gestures and casting spells, each of them flying in the wind, like a group of immortals traveling, dancing in the mountains with their sleeves fluttering, looking so free and easy.

By chance, some farmers who were working outside saw this scene and were so shocked that they knelt down and kowtowed, thinking they had seen a real immortal.

In this way, they rode the wind for nearly two hundred miles, and just when they were about to rush to Zhou's house in Jiufengling in one go.

"Awooo" a shrill wolf howl of warning suddenly rose from the mountains several miles ahead.

"Oh no, there is danger ahead!"

The leader Zhou Fei's face changed, and he quickly stopped, letting out a long howl to recall the demon wolf pet that was exploring the way.

At this time, Zhou Chun and others who received his warning also stopped, and some used hand gestures to cast protective spells on themselves, or took out magic weapons and released their pets to prepare for battle.

After a while, Zhou Fei's wolf spirit pet knocked down several trees as thick as wrists and returned to his side.

After hearing the wolf's roar, he said to Zhou Chun and the others with a serious expression, "They are immortal cultivators, and there are five or six of them!"

Hearing his words, Zhou Jingwen on the side immediately analyzed: "This place is less than a hundred miles away from Jiufeng Mountain. Moreover, when we passed by here on our way here, we didn't see anyone living on the mountain. These guys may be coming specifically for us!"

"Whether it is or not, just be prepared for a fight. They will be here soon anyway."

Zhou Fei shook his head slightly, and immediately reached out and patted the storage bag on his waist to take out the magic weapon. Sure enough, after just a few dozen breaths, six cultivators wearing various clothes chased after the demon wolf spirit pet from the direction it came back.

When the two sides met, Zhou Jingwen immediately shouted, "They really came here specifically for us. These guys are all independent cultivators from Jiufeng Ridge."

On the other side, after seeing the four Zhou family cultivators, a strong man in a black robe roared with red eyes: "Zhou family bastards, you occupied my cave and killed my fellow cultivators. Today I will make you pay with blood!"

"That's right, blood debt must be repaid with blood. We must let these foreign bastards from the Zhou family know that we, the Jingguo cultivators, are not so easy to mess with!"

"Blood debt must be paid with blood, kill them!"

……

The six independent cultivators roared and shouted, and directly attacked the four people from the Zhou family.

The cultivation bases of these six casual cultivators were not low. One of them, like Zhou Fei, was at the tenth level of Qi Refining Stage. There was also one cultivator at the ninth level of Qi Refining Stage and two cultivators at the eighth level of Qi Refining Stage. The remaining two were both at the seventh level of Qi Refining Stage.

Faced with the attack of six people at this time, the Zhou family members could only fight hard.

However, before the actual fight, Zhou Fei quickly released a communication firework into the sky just to be on the safe side.

This kind of communication fireworks is not powered by gunpowder, but is made using the refining methods of cultivators. It can fly hundreds of feet into the sky. The pattern formed after the explosion can last for a quarter of an hour, and the sound of the explosion can be heard hundreds of miles away.

This place is less than a hundred miles away from Jiufeng Ridge. Once the communication fireworks explode, the Zhou family cultivators on Jiufeng Ridge will definitely be able to discover it, and reinforcements will definitely come immediately.

After seeing the communication fireworks explode, several independent cultivators instantly realized the danger of the situation.

Therefore, they were even more unreserved when they started to fight, using all kinds of means at once, preparing to end the battle quickly and kill Zhou Fei and his men before quickly evacuating the area.

In this situation, Zhou Chun suddenly became the most unlucky person.

Because he looked the youngest and his cultivation seemed to be quite high, he was mistaken for a talented disciple of the Zhou family by several wandering cultivators and was besieged by an eighth-level Qi Refining cultivator and a seventh-level Qi Refining cultivator.

The two men looked as if they wanted to kill him as soon as possible, and they attacked him with magical weapons and talismans.

Zhou Chun had originally only cast an earth-based protective spell called "Earth Spirit Shield" on himself. When he saw this situation, he was so frightened that he immediately used the "Vajra Shield" talisman that he had bought from the market at a high price.

There was a burst of explosion, fire and the sound of heavy blows. The "Earth Spirit Shield" that Zhou Chun first cast disappeared directly, and the "Vajra Shield" that was added later was shaking violently.

Because his protective shield was broken, he felt a tightness in his chest due to the traction of the Qi and almost vomited blood.

At this time, several Zhou family cultivators also saw the plans of those wandering cultivators.

Zhou Yong, who was fighting with a Qi Refining Level 7 cultivator, saw this and shouted, "Brother Chun, hold on, I'll come to help you!"

As he said this, he told his pet "Red-tailed Monkey" to stop attacking the opponent and instead help Zhou Chun to restrain an enemy.

At the same time, Zhou Jingwen also promptly sent five scarlet birds to help.

Zhou Yong’s spiritual pet “Red-tailed Monkey” is a first-class intermediate-grade monster, equivalent to a cultivator in the middle stage of Qi Refining. It can cast several fire spells and has the power to tear tigers and leopards apart.

Although Zhou Jingwen’s five “Fire Birds” were only first-grade inferior monsters, when they worked together, they were comparable to cultivators in the middle stage of Qi Refining.

With the help of these two spirit pets, Zhou Chun focused on defense and quickly stabilized his position. No matter how hard the two cultivators attacked, they could not take him down in one go.

He even had time to take a look at other people's battlefields.

Zhou Fei was alone against the casual cultivator at the tenth level of Qi Refining and another casual cultivator at the eighth level of Qi Refining.

Among them, he and a demon snake spirit pet he released later dealt with the casual cultivator at the tenth level of Qi Refining, while the demon wolf spirit pet dealt with the casual cultivator at the eighth level of Qi Refining alone. Both sides seemed to have the upper hand.

Zhou Jingwen was dealing with a ninth-level Qi Refining cultivator who was one level higher than her. With the help of nine "fire birds", she was not at a disadvantage at all and beat her opponent hard.

Only Zhou Yong had a hard time dealing with the seventh-level Qi Refining cultivator alone because he had asked his pet "Red-tailed Monkey" to help Zhou Chun, and the fight between them was a draw.

It all seems normal.

After all, several people from the Zhou family were formal disciples of the Three Absolute Sect before. The magic spells they mastered, and the magical instruments and spirit pets they owned were not comparable to those of casual cultivators.

If they were defeated by a few casual cultivators, it would be a real shame for the Sanjue Sect and the Zhou family.

After fighting like this for a while, they realized that they could not gain any advantage and became worried that reinforcements from the Zhou family of Jiufengling might arrive at any time.

The casual cultivator who was fighting with Zhou Fei immediately raised his voice and shouted, "This is a tough idea. Brothers, retreat first. We'll find a chance to get back at you next time!"

After saying that, the lunch boxes withdrew one after another.

Seeing this, the other wandering cultivators dared not stay any longer and immediately followed suit, quickly leaving their opponents behind and fleeing into the forest.

Zhou Fei, who saw this scene, did not choose to chase after them. He just snorted coldly and said, "Humph, you want to run? Do you really think they can get away?"

(End of this chapter)