Beast-controlling fairy clan

The fourth-level [Thunder Lobster] has no significant improvement in combat capabilities. The horn on its head can absorb and store more thunder power and convert it into thunder spells to attack enemies.

On the contrary, its Earth Escape Technique has been greatly strengthened, and is almost no worse than the Earth Escape Technique of the Golden Armor Bearing Mountain Turtle and Stone.

And due to the special characteristics of its own race, its earth escape technique can still be effective even in some swamps and muddy areas.

This is where it excels in this respect.

In addition, this kind of monster has another advantage, that is, its excrement is very helpful in promoting the growth of spiritual plants.

For ordinary monsters, because their feeding habits are too complex and the spiritual power contained in their feces is too complex and even too domineering, most spiritual plants will burn themselves to death if absorbed.

But [Thunder Lobster]'s excrement is different.

Its food habits are simple, and because it likes to live in moist mud, the spiritual power contained in its excrement is relatively pure and soft, making it easy for spiritual plants to absorb.

After Zhou Chun discovered this, he let it excrete in a fixed place, and then at regular intervals, people would use the collected excrement to cultivate those rare elixirs.

This may be its only use for many years to come!

And almost six months after [Thunder Earthworm] was promoted to the fourth level, Zhou Zhiying's Tianfeng Thunder Eagle also successfully promoted to the fourth level with the help of "Emperor Ooze".

This time Zhou Chun didn't have to cover it up.

The fourth-level Tianfeng Thunder Eagle spread its wings and soared over Qinglian Peak, setting off a thunderstorm, displaying its powerful strength after advancement.

In terms of strength alone, although it has just successfully advanced, it has already been able to defeat the Vulcan Jackal who advanced many years before it, and even Zhou Daoyi's green dragon.

After all, the combination of wind and thunder attributes is too powerful, with extreme speed and extreme attack power. Even if Thunder Jiao Baibai was in this realm back then, he would not dare to say that he could suppress it steadily.

However, with Zhu Yu, the fifth-level demon king Silver Dragon Lord, in front of him, and the appearance of a fourth-level demon beast, it could no longer stir up any discussion in the Jingguo immortal world.

That is to say, some monks within the Zhou family are happy about this and are more motivated to cultivate their own spiritual pets.

In fact, there is indeed a wave within the Zhou family in cultivating spiritual pets.

From the Beast Tide War a hundred years ago, the Zhou family benefited greatly from it and harvested a large number of mid- to high-level monster corpses and some demon pills.

Zhou Chun himself even put one of the fourth-level demon pills into the family treasury for the family monks to redeem.

Now in the Zhou family's family treasury, there are quite a few spiritual objects that can be used to help monsters break through the shackles of the second and third levels.

In the past, many Zhou family foundation-building monks and Zifu monks had magical weapons rewarded by family elders after breaking through to the great realm. Therefore, after a few years, they would have so much good deeds that they had nowhere to spend them, and it was difficult to exchange them for them in the family treasury. Something that helps a lot.

But now, many people just hate that their good deeds are not enough to exchange for the truly precious things in the family treasury.

For example, the fourth-level demon elixir, such as the fourth-level high-grade thunder talisman that Zhou Chun put in, are things that even the golden elixir elders of the Zhou family cannot exchange.

After all, except for a few family elders such as Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi, most of the Zhou family's golden elixir elders had just successfully formed elixirs. Even if they had accumulated some good deeds before, they were very insufficient compared to the millions of good deeds required to redeem those things.

But because of these hopes, many members of the Zhou family are now practicing hard and doing family tasks, hoping to accumulate enough good deeds as soon as possible and redeem them for the things they like.

And this is the best operating state within a force.

Only by giving visible support to the disciples of the sect or the children of the family, will they sincerely and actively serve the sect and the family. This is much more effective than using power and responsibility to force them to do things.

Now that there are thousands of monks serving the Zhou family, top monks like Zhou Chun can quietly enjoy the convenience these people bring to them.

For example, his spiritual pets all have their own favorite food types, which are now hunted and hunted by Zhou family monks to provide for his spiritual pets.

When he tries to refine elixirs and weapons by himself, he can always take suitable materials from the family treasury. Even if there are things that are not in the family treasury, when a task is assigned, someone will naturally go to help find it immediately.

At the same time, he does not need to inquire and pay attention to any information on the world of cultivators, because the current intelligence hall of the Zhou family has established a branch in the Great Zhou Kingdom. Every six months, some collected information about the cultivators near the Great Zhou Kingdom will be collected. The major events in the fairy world were sorted out and sent back to Jingguo.

As for the information on the world of heaven, spirit and earth, as long as it is information about major events circulating in the world of immortality, such as where someone has formed an elixir again, or where two golden elixir families are fighting over a certain mineral vein, this information will be quickly compiled into a book and sent to them. Return to Zhou's home for Zhou Chun to read at any time.

He possesses the [Pure Heaven and Earth Divine Jar], so he may not need to worry about the influence of the evil energy, but the conveniences that one force can provide him are also difficult for a lone monk to enjoy.

Not to mention the [Tianyi Qinglong Formation] that is about to be successfully deployed.

This level of forbidden formation has strong protective capabilities, but it also requires a large number of manpower to guard and maintain its operation. It cannot be controlled by any lone monk alone.

With such a large formation guarding the cave, it can truly be said to be impregnable. Even if you travel far away from home, you don’t have to worry about the cave being completely taken away when you come back!

When you are doing some important retreats and practice, you don’t have to worry about being randomly knocked on the door by some enemy and disturbing you.

Precisely because of so many conveniences, even those who are in the Nascent Soul stage and are casual cultivators in the world of immortality usually accept some disciples and disciples to establish a small force that serves them to facilitate their own cultivation.

On this day, after spending nearly three years and undergoing many debugging and modifications, Zhang Liang and Master Qianmu finally laid out the [Tianyi Blue Dragon Formation].

On the day the formation was completed, Zhou Chun placed the top-quality magic weapon [Qingxuan Seal] into the formation eye, and then followed the instructions of Master Qianmu to consecrate the main formation flag and make secrets to activate the formation.

Suddenly, thousands of green auras burst out from the evergreen tree on Qinglian Peak, extending towards the sky and the earth, reaching thousands of feet into the sky and hundreds of miles away before stopping. Extension.

Then these green and green spiritual lights flickered together, gradually fading in color, and turned into a colorless and invisible formation that covered hundreds of miles around Qinglian Peak.

From now on, any monk who enters the formation will be monitored at any time and may encounter attacks from the formation at any time.

Of course, if Zhou Chun doesn't want anyone to enter this formation, he can also form a physical barrier to intercept people, but that will consume a lot of spiritual energy in his spiritual veins.

Generally speaking, unless you encounter a very powerful enemy attacking, you will not do such a thing.

But another benefit of this forbidden formation is that its functions are very comprehensive.

For example, Zhou Chun can set up triple functions while maintaining low consumption of the formation.

The first level is the most basic monitoring function. Any immortal cultivator or monster that enters the formation area will trigger the formation reaction and be known by the monks stationed in the nearby area.

The second level is the psychedelic function. Immortal cultivators or monsters that enter a certain depth of the array will automatically trigger the psychedelic prohibition of the array and fall into an illusion.

The third layer is the protective barrier. The eighty-mile area centered on the evergreen tree is protected by an invisible formation barrier at all times. Even if the Zhou family monks in the barrier want to go out through this formation barrier, , and can only be entered and exited through fixed entrances and exits.

Only some people with special access rights can have the power to enter and exit this formation barrier at will.

And this layer of formation barrier has the power to withstand several attacks from the early Yuanying monks even when it is usually at low consumption, and it can also isolate the spiritual consciousness of the mid-Nascent Soul monks from prying eyes!

Therefore, once this [Tian Yi Qinglong Formation] is successfully deployed, even in normal state, it is enough to prevent the surprise attack of an ordinary Yuan Ying early stage monk.

If the power of the formation is fully activated, even if there is no Nascent Soul monk in charge, it can still exclude an early Nascent Soul monk from the formation!

Moreover, if you activate the large formation with all your strength, you can also use the power of the formation to activate the [Qing Xuan Seal], the best magic weapon, to suppress powerful enemies. It is equivalent to a monk in the Nascent Soul stage using the best magic weapon to fight against the enemy. In addition, you can also use various formations to kill the enemy. trick.

It can be said that after the [Tian Yi Qinglong Formation] is successfully deployed, as long as you don't encounter the kind of Nascent Soul early stage monks who are proficient in the formation, or the other party has some special formation breaking method, otherwise even if there are no Nascent Soul stage monks Sitting in charge, the Zhou family's mountain gate is not something that a monk in the early stage of Nascent Soul can chew down.

Once this formation is completed, the last shortcoming of the Zhou family to become a powerful force will be completed.

From now on, even if Zhou Chun is not in the family sect, with the existence of this formation, the Zhou family does not have to worry that a random Nascent Soul stage monk will cause the family to be wiped out.

"Very good, very good. The power of this formation is indeed not exaggerated. It's not in vain that the family has spent so much resources and strength on it!"

After personally inspecting the various functions of the array, Zhou Chun ended the inspection with great satisfaction.

Seeing that he had no objection, Master Qianmu also showed a relaxed smile, and continued: "This [Tianyi Qinglong Formation] is indeed an ancient formation with extraordinary power. What is rare is that it is extremely consistent with the terrain of the Qinglian Mountains, and it is extremely powerful. Chang Qingmu is also a relatively excellent base for carrying formations, and even the mountain-protecting formation that Qinglian Temple spent hundreds of years perfecting to build is probably nothing more than this!"

Hearing this, Zhou Chun immediately saluted him solemnly and said, "I was able to arrange this formation this time thanks to the help of fellow Taoist Qianmu. Zhou will definitely remember this kindness from fellow Taoist."

"You're too polite. Fellow Daoist Zhou is too polite. I'm just doing this out of loyalty!"

Qianmu Zhenren waved his hands with a smile on his face, speaking politely, but in his heart he was very satisfied with Zhou Chun's attitude.

You must know that he has spent a lot of energy in assisting Zhang Liang in setting up this formation in the past few years, and even taught Zhang Liang some advanced formation formation skills step by step in many places.

If it weren't for Zhang Liang's insufficient cultivation and his short lifespan, he might have the opportunity to see the realm of a grandmaster in the future!

Zhou Chun knew these things in his heart, so he thanked him.

"Speaking of loyalty, now that the formation is complete, it's time to hand over the reward promised to Fellow Daoist Qianmu. I also ask Fellow Daoist to check it himself and see if he is satisfied."

When Zhou Chun said this, he also raised his hand and patted the storage bag on his waist, took out two jade boxes and handed them to Qianmu Zhenren.

This jade box contains two different elixirs, but they are also the auxiliary drugs needed to refine the same elixir. Those are the auxiliary drugs needed for the [Huaying Dan]!

If it weren't for such a remuneration condition, how could Zhou Chun, who had just returned to the Zhou family at that time, be able to ask Master Qianmu, a Nascent Soul formation master, to help him work so hard to set up the mountain protection formation.

Seeing that he had paid him as promised, the smile on Master Qianmu's face became even brighter.

After briefly checking the appearance of the elixirs in the two jade boxes, he accepted the jade boxes with a smile on his face, nodded repeatedly to Zhou Chun and said: "The things are not wrong, they are indeed exactly as Zhou Daoyou said, I That would be disrespectful!"

Afterwards, he was polite to Zhou Chun, left a note he had written on the daily maintenance of [Tianyi Qinglong Formation], and then took the initiative to say goodbye and leave.

After seeing off Master Qianmu, Zhou Chun turned around and looked at Zhang Liang, the Zhou family's formation master who was obviously much older.

Although Master Qianmu has worked hard to set up formations in the past few years, the one who really consumes the most energy is undoubtedly Zhang Liang, the Zhou family's own formation master.

His cultivation level was originally low, and his attainments in formations were much lower than those of Master Qianmu. In many cases, in order to fully understand what Master Qianmu explained, he had to think hard and study hard.

Immortal cultivators are also human beings. Once they work hard for a long time to do something, their longevity will be depleted faster.

Therefore, although only three years have passed, Zhang Liang's lifespan has passed by far more than three years!

He now gives Zhou Chun the feeling that he may pass away at any time. His actual lifespan may not exceed three years!

Thinking of this, Zhou Chun also asked in a concerned tone: "Elder Zhang, are you in a good condition now?"

Hearing his words full of concern, Zhang Liang also bowed his head slightly and replied respectfully: "Thank you, patriarch, for your concern. This junior should not be dead for a while. I should be able to live for another year or two, so that I can survive this time." Sort out what you learned from Senior Mu!"

Hearing this, Zhou Chun immediately waved his hand and said: "This matter is not urgent. Since you have nothing to do for the time being, go and visit Elder Luo after a few days of rest. She is a master of alchemy. She should know how to help you regulate your body and can prolong your life as long as possible." of longevity."

Luo Qingni is busy cultivating now and will not leave the cave easily without seeing outsiders.

But Zhou Chun will definitely give him face.

And Zhou Chun also needs Zhang Liang, the formation master, to completely hand over his most precious formation knowledge in his life to the next generation of formation masters in his family.

Naturally, Zhang Liang would not refuse this, and he quickly saluted and thanked him: "Thank you, patriarch, for your kindness. I understand."

"Okay, then you go and rest first."

Zhou Chun nodded slightly and sent him to rest.

In the next few months, Zhou Chun, Zhou Mingde, Zhou Daoyi, and Zhou Xinyan, the four golden elixir stage monks of the Zhou family, all became familiar with the control methods of the [Tianyi Qinglong Formation].

After Zhou Chun was completely familiar with the formation control, he handed the main formation flag to Zhou Mingde and let them continue to take turns to get familiar with it, while he returned to the cave to meditate.

After another year passed like this, the Flame Hell Fire Phoenix finally completely refined the fourth-level high-grade demon pill, reaching a level that was enough to trigger a thunder catastrophe from heaven.

"Feng'er, how is your [Fire Spirit Incarnation] secret technique training going? Is it enough to deal with the catastrophe now?"

In the cave, Zhou Chun looked at the Flame Hell Fire Phoenix with its full aura. While he was pleased and happy, he was also concerned about its practice in the secret method of transcending tribulations.

In fact, the shortcomings of the Flame Hell Fire Phoenix are more obvious, that is, the time it took to awaken its bloodline inheritance was too short, less than a hundred years.

And Lei Jiao Baibai had awakened his bloodline inheritance as soon as he broke through the fourth level, so he had enough time to practice the secret method of overcoming the tribulation.

Sure enough, after listening to his words, Yan Jing Huo Feng immediately replied with some anxiety: "Reply to the master, because I have invested too much energy in the "Tian Jue Four Symbols Formation" before, [Fire Spirit Incarnation] The secret method still needs a lot of time to be completed!"

It actually didn't expect that Zhou Chun would be able to get it a fourth-level high-grade fire attribute demon elixir to swallow and refine.

And if it grows according to its normal practice, by the time it reaches the fourth level of perfection, it should be almost enough to successfully practice the secret method of [Fire Spirit Incarnation].

After hearing its answer, Zhou Chun couldn't help but fell silent.

After witnessing the power of the Heavenly Tribulation when the Thunder Dragon Baibai passed through the Tribulation, he no longer dared to underestimate the power of the Heavenly Thunder Tribulation of these top monster races.

As a fire phoenix demon bird with seven true feathers of the fire phoenix, the power of the heavenly thunder tribulation should not be less than the thunder tribulation experienced by the thunder dragon in vain.

But its current preparations for overcoming the tribulation are obviously not as complete as Lei Jiao Baibai!

"In this case, don't be in a hurry to overcome the tribulation. First, practice the secret method of overcoming the tribulation. Master, I will see if I can think of ways to prepare a few more magic weapons for you to overcome the tribulation!"

After Zhou Chun was silent for a while, he whispered his suggestion.

If possible, he certainly wanted the Flame Hell Fire Phoenix to overcome the tribulation immediately.

However, based on the current preparations of Yanjing Huofeng, if he rushes through the tribulation, the success rate will probably not be more than half.

Of course he wouldn't do such a risky thing.

Yan Jing Huo Feng obviously knew how much he weighed and had no objection to his suggestion.

When it comes to overcoming the tribulation, these monsters will be very serious.

After soothing the Fire Phoenix in this way, Zhou Chun couldn't help but think about helping his pet survive the disaster.

According to his estimate, Bai Bai should be able to cultivate the [Tiangang Thunder Sword] into a top-quality magic weapon in a few years. By then, this treasure will naturally be necessary for the Fire Phoenix to overcome the tribulation.

However, considering that the Flame Hell Fire Phoenix is ​​not particularly suitable for this treasure, and that a top-quality magic weapon was destroyed during the tribulation in vain, it is obvious that such a top-quality magic weapon alone is not enough.

Moreover, he only has one drop of [Ten Thousand Years Spiritual Milk] left, and the Flame Hell Fire Phoenix will not be able to have the luxury of taking this thing one after another to restore mana like Bai Bai.

Therefore, in addition to the treasures to overcome the tribulation, some elixirs to restore mana must also be prepared for the Flame Hell Fire Phoenix.

On the other hand, there is no need to deliberately prepare healing spiritual objects. Anyway, the Flame Hell Fire Phoenix possesses the magical power of [Immortal Body], and its own recovery ability is very strong.

Thinking of this, Zhou Chun couldn't help but sigh with a headache: "I used to think that there were too many magic weapons in my hand and I couldn't use them all. Now it seems that I am still too optimistic!"

Now he and his apprentice must have twenty or thirty magic weapons in their hands.

Unfortunately, most of them are low-grade magic weapons and medium-grade magic weapons, which cannot provide any help for monsters to overcome the thunder tribulation of heaven.

Taking the power of thunder dragon Baibai as a reference, only high-grade magic weapons have the chance to withstand one or two thunder disasters. It is estimated that middle-grade magic weapons can weaken the power of one thunder disaster by 20 to 30%, which is not bad. It is not as powerful as using their own magical powers. .

Nowadays, the only high-grade magic weapon in Zhou Chun's hand that can be used by the Flame Hell Fire Phoenix to overcome the tribulation is a fire-attribute flag banner magic weapon compensated by Master Ziyang. This magic weapon is also a natal magic weapon left by a certain late-stage Jindan monk. It has its own power. Get a discount.

And the [Dragon-Tiger Golden Ring] he had used before was completely incompatible with the properties of the Fire Phoenix itself, so it was not cost-effective to use it to overcome the tribulation.

"Why don't you find an opportunity to go to the far west to cultivate the world of immortality again?"

Thinking of the magic weapon that matched the attributes of the Fire Phoenix, Zhou Chun couldn't help but think of the world of immortality in the far west.

There are a lot of fire-attribute martial arts cultivators over there. With his current cultivation and wealth, if he exchanges with several Nascent Soul stage cultivators there, there are too many to say, but he should still be able to exchange for one or two high-grade magic weapons.

But after thinking about it carefully, he suppressed this plan for the time being.

The Flame Hell Fire Phoenix has not yet succeeded in cultivating the secret method of overcoming the tribulation. There is no need to rush to do this. Otherwise, unless he is willing to sacrifice a top-quality magic weapon, there is not much chance of helping it to successfully overcome the tribulation.

It would be better for him to wait until Yan Jing Huo Feng successfully mastered the secret method of overcoming the tribulation, and then he would take advantage of the situation to complete this matter.

Two years later, Zhang Liang, the Zhou family's master of formations, was on his deathbed.

Before he passed away, Zhou Chun, who learned the news, also came to visit him with Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi.

This kind of treatment is extraordinary in today's Zhou family.

In the room, Zhou Chun looked at the old junior who could no longer stand and could only lie on the bed. He recalled the scene when the two met for the first time and felt very sad.

Then he couldn't help but whisper: "Elder Zhang, you and I are the earliest people in the family who have known each other. It was only through our first encounter back then that we became what we are today. Your contribution and merit to the Zhou family over the years are greatly appreciated by Zhou and everyone in the Zhou family." It’s obvious to all, and I’m extremely grateful. I wonder if you have any last wishes that you need Zhou’s help to fulfill?”

Hearing his words, Zhang Liang's cloudy eyes suddenly shone with light. He looked at him with some excitement and murmured in a low voice: "It's difficult for you, Patriarch, to remember what happened back then. In those days, I was lucky enough to meet the Patriarch. Thanks to the Patriarch, Only by rescuing him can he survive. I will never dare or forget this kindness in my life!"

As he spoke, he murmured to himself: "Patriarch, you are kind to the younger generation for saving lives, and the Zhou family is kind to the younger generation for taking in and preaching. Although the younger generation is from a different surname, he has already regarded the Zhou family in his heart." Treat it as your own destination!”

"Being able to meet the clan leader in this life is the greatest blessing for this junior generation. Being able to live a long life in the Zhou family, this junior generation has no regrets!"

"Therefore, I have nothing to ask for now. I just want to be buried in the same cave as my deceased wife, Xindie, and to have the descendants of the Zhou family sweep and pay my respects. I am already satisfied!"

His answer also moved Zhou Chun quite a bit.

You know, he also left descendants with Zhou Xindie, and now his descendants also have a foundation-building monk and several Qi-training monks.

If he opens his mouth now and promises to guarantee that his descendants will have foundation-building monks for three generations, Zhou Chun is completely able to do it.

But he didn't say this, and he didn't have any idea of ​​taking advantage.

This is enough to fully demonstrate that the repayment he talks about is by no means just a matter of words!

A person may be good at pretending in normal times, and may be able to pretend throughout his life, but if he continues to pretend before his death, there is no need!

This made Zhou Chun feel a little regretful. If Zhang Liang could have been supported more back then, perhaps the result would have been different now.

But there is no regret in the world. At this time, he could only nod his head with a heavy face and said: "Elder Zhang, don't worry, as long as the Zhou family still exists, your and Xindie's tombs will never be abandoned!"

"If you can get this from the clan leader, this junior, this junior will die without any regrets!"

The old man on the bed grinned, and then closed his eyes permanently with a smile on his face.

"Ancestor, uncle, you two have also heard what I just said. It is a blessing for our Zhou family to have such talented people who are loyal and dedicated all their lives. Therefore, this junior suggests that as long as there are monks in his lineage, we should protect his status. The best person in each generation in the same lineage has a foundation-building pill, which will remain unchanged for ten lifetimes!!"

Zhou Chun looked at the old man who had passed away on the bed, and spoke his thoughts to the two elders beside him in a low tone.

After hearing his suggestion, Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi couldn't help but look at each other, and then they saw Zhou Mingde sighing with emotion: "Hey, if I had known that this son was so loyal, why would I have supported him to try to form pills back then? Yes, even Xin Die should do his best to help her open up Zi Mansion!"

After saying that, he nodded solemnly and said: "I have no objection to Zhengchun's suggestion. The whole family will be notified of this matter to commend his loyalty and contribution to the family!"

"That's how it should be!"

Zhou Daoyi also nodded and expressed his agreement.