Clan Cultivation: Starting from Beast Taming-Chapter 775 - 393 Three Years of Change Astonishing News
Chapter 775: Chapter 393: Three Years of Change, Astonishing News [Subscribe Requested]_2
Chapter 775: Chapter 393: Three Years of Change, Astonishing News [Subscribe Requested]_2
“Taoist Friend Zeng, how much longer must we wait here in vain? My Zhou Family is merely a thousand miles from here. If there is nothing to be asked of us, may we return home to cultivate?”
That day, Zhou Mingde once again sought out the Green Lotus Temple’s messenger to inquire about their arrangements and expressed his own wishes.
Upon hearing this, the messenger from the Green Lotus Temple couldn’t help but frown, then consoled him, “Taoist Friend Zhou, please be patient. If the Temple Master has not issued any new orders, it may mean that there is still need for you, so you should be a little more patient.”
Unexpectedly, Zhou Mingde did not back down this time, but said in a serious tone, “It is not that I am lacking in patience, but unlike you, Taoist Friend Xu, I have a family to consider. The cultivation of our family’s Zhengchun cannot be delayed!”
This firm tone instantly changed the countenance of the Green Lotus Temple’s messenger, who couldn’t help but look at him angrily.
But Zhou Mingde met his gaze with a calm expression, showing no sign of yielding.
After a standoff between the two, seeing that Zhou Mingde was resolute, the messenger from the Green Lotus Temple could only suppress his anger and said in a low voice, “Very well, since Taoist Friend Zhou is in such a hurry, Zeng will send another message to consult the Temple Master!”
“You have my thanks, Taoist Friend Zeng.”
Zhou Mingde nodded slightly, satisfied, and left.
It was unclear what the messenger from the Green Lotus Temple had said, but the orders from Temple Master Qingwei came very quickly this time.
According to the latest orders, the two Purple Mansion Phase Cultivators from the Zhou Family were allowed to return home to be on standby, but the three Foundation Establishment Cultivators were to stay at the Little Bear Mountain stronghold to continue waiting for orders.
Given this situation, it seems that Green Lotus Temple might still be contemplating a military move against the Tianjing Sect.
But regardless, at the very least, Zhou Chun and Zhou Mingde would not have to idle at the Little Bear Mountain stronghold anymore.
After receiving the latest orders, the pair immediately set off to return to their family.
When Zhou Chun returned to the family, he gained a much more detailed understanding of the current situation by checking the messages from the Family Intelligence Hall.
After the Zhou Family broke through Tuyun Ridge, many of the major Cultivation clans within Lingzhou had been subsequently attacked, virtually all wiped out, with only a severely injured Purple Mansion and a few Foundation Establishment Cultivators escaping.
Since the Tianjing Sect had not intervened during this process, the other Cultivation families that had not been attacked completely lost heart, with many abandoning their temple gates and migrating north with their clans.
Now, within Lingzhou, besides a few individual Cultivator strongholds, there were hardly any Cultivation family temple gates still manned.
Simultaneously, the Green Lotus Temple was amassing a large force at the border between Yunzhou, Lanzhou, and Lingzhou, seemingly ready to launch a major invasion into Lingzhou to reclaim lost territory at any moment.
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“What on earth is Tianjing True Person thinking? Is he really planning to just hold out, until True Person Qingxiao passes away from old age?”
“But if things continue like this, even if he has the patience to wait until True Person Qingxiao’s death, many of the Tianjing Sect’s disciples surely won’t live long enough to see that day!”
Inside the Central Peace Hall, Zhou Chun looked at the map of Jingguo Country spread out before him, with many areas in Lingzhou marked with a red cross by him.
Although, as a mere Purple Mansion Phase Cultivator, it is taboo to speculate about a Nascent Soul Stage True Person’s motives.
But right now, Zhou Chun really wanted to know what Tianjing True Person was planning.
The current situation was extremely unfavorable for the Tianjing Sect.
Zhou Chun didn’t need to go to the Tianjing Sect’s temple gate to know that at this moment, the disciples were likely unable to eat or sleep, each more anxious than the last.
If the current situation continues, Green Lotus Temple could cause Tianjing Sect’s disciples to be unable to settle down for cultivation, leading to the dissolution of the sect’s unity without even having to attack.
And once the Tianjing Sect starts to collapse from the bottom up, how will Tianjing True Person continue the stalemate with True Person Qingxiao?
“Then let’s wait and see. It should take no more than another three to five years to know the outcome!”
Shaking his head in confusion, Zhou Chun put down the red pen in his hand, packed up the map, and stopped analyzing the situation.
Now it was almost certain that their Purple Mansion Phase Cultivators wouldn’t be needed at the battlefield unless there was a total assault on the Tianjing Sect.
What followed was for him to simply concentrate on his cultivation and wait for new changes in the situation.
Events seemed to be unfolding just as Zhou Chun had anticipated.
In the following two years, Green Lotus Temple cleared out the cultivation world of Lingzhou almost completely, using a variety of overt and covert methods.
Not only had the families that originally belonged to the Tianjing Sect disappeared or fled, but also the strongholds of individual cultivators had largely emptied.
After all, individual cultivators had always maintained a symbiotic relationship with cultivation families. Without these families to purchase spiritual objects from the cultivators and to forge Elixir Talismans for them, it was difficult for these cultivators to stay in Lingzhou.
As a result, what was once a bustling cultivation community in Lingzhou had now become eerily quiet, unsettlingly so.
Zhou Chun even heard rumors that lower-ranked cultivators of the Tianjing Sect had begun to flee.
If this was true, then the events he anticipated and looked forward to might soon unfold.
During these two years, the three clan members the Zhou Family sent to Green Lotus Temple had all attempted Foundation Establishment.
The outcome was much as he had predicted, two succeeded and one failed.
Zhou Xinjian and Zhou Xinhe were successful, whereas Zhou Xinlan failed.
Upon receiving the news, Zhou Chun sent a congratulatory gift of one thousand Spirit Coins to each of the two successful individuals.
As for the unsuccessful Zhou Xinlan, her future outcomes were now up to her alone.
On another note, there were several pieces of good news from the Zhou Family. The first was that following the “Windshadow Dragon Serpent,” the second kind of Dragon Descendant Demon Beast influenced and altered by the aura of the Green Flood Dragon had appeared.
This Demon Beast was a Horned Lizard Beast that Zhou Chun had brought back from Great Zhou Kingdom to hatch. After the transformation, it became the “One-Horned Dragon Lizard” that mastered the Wind Walking Technique, shifting from its original role as a mere mode of transport to a main battle Spirit Pet.
In terms of combat power and speed, the “One-Horned Dragon Lizard” was significantly stronger and faster than the “Dragon Claw Giant Lizard” that the Zhou Family originally had, making it very suitable to be the main battle Spirit Pet for cultivators in the Qi Refinement Realm.
The second piece of good news also came from the Zhou Family’s Beast Garden.
The leader of the Zhou Family’s Dragon Scale Horse herd had evolved, successfully advancing to a second-grade lower-level Demon Beast. It transformed from a low-level Dragon Scale Horse into a mid-level Demon Beast called the Cloud-Stepping Dragon Colt.
The Dragon Scale Horses of the Zhou Family, originally obtained from the Branch Temple Gate of the Dragon Transformation Sect’s White Dragon sub-temple, carried the bloodline of the White Water Flood Dragon within them.
The mid-level Demon Beast, Cloud-Stepping Dragon Colt, did not differ much in appearance from Dragon Scale Horses, except for more durable dragon scales on its body and Flood Dragon whiskers growing beneath its jaw.
This beast, however, had mastered the art of “Cloud-Stepping”, creating white clouds at its feet as it flew, making it not only visually striking but also able to rival the speed of second-grade flying birds.
Crucially, it could also carry a person underwater, capable of diving to depths of a thousand fathoms with ease!
Had it not been the leader of the Dragon Scale Horse herd and the Zhou Family’s need to keep it for breeding and offspring production, its impressive appearance alone would have tempted several Purple Mansion Phase Cultivators of the Zhou Family to take it as their mount.
The third piece of good news came from Zhou Mingde.
It turned out that the two Black Jade Toads which had previously evolved successfully were now finally beginning to produce Toad Cream.
Although Zhou Mingde mentioned that the Toad Cream produced by these two Black Jade Toads was of somewhat lower quality than that of the original pair, it was a good start nonetheless and could still be used to create Secretly-Made Spirit Incense that would assist Purple Mansion Phase Cultivators in their practice.
Besides these three significant updates, other smaller pieces of good news weren’t worth mentioning in detail.
Another half-year passed, and a shocking piece of news suddenly spread across Jingguo Country.
Tianjing True Person, who had been quiet for a long time, suddenly sent out a message: he challenged Qingxiao True Person of Green Lotus Temple to a fight, accompanied by a significant wager.
The contents of the wager were not kept secret; instead, they were revealed along with the announcement of the challenge.
According to the wager proposed by Tianjing True Person, if he could withstand a face-to-face confrontation with Qingxiao True Person for half a day and then escape his pursuit, Green Lotus Temple would seal its temple gates for three hundred years and cede control over Lanzhou and Yunzhou to the Tianjing Sect.
If Tianjing True Person failed to achieve these two goals, he would disband the Tianjing Sect and then, assuming the identity of a Nascent Soul Stage individual cultivator, take his place guarding the southern territories of Jingguo Country!
