Cultivating Immortals in the Family: Rising from Beast Familiarity

Chapter 836: The Demon Clan’s Trump Card: The Fire Phoenix Chance [Subscription Request]

Longyuan Lake.

Just as Venerable Changchun went to the Nieling Canyon to awaken "Yuan Zun", the Golden Horned Dragon Saint who returned to Longyuanze suddenly came to the water eye of Longyuanze.

The water eye of Longyuanze is a very mysterious and dangerous place.

This place is unfathomable. Once anyone or anything enters it, they will be sucked down by the huge suction force.

And if he fails to get rid of the suction in time and falls too deep, even a fifth-level demon king will be crushed by the enormous pressure while falling!
However, the water-attributed spiritual energy of the world at the water eye is very rich, and the power of the water law is very active, which can easily breed some very rare spiritual creatures. Therefore, there are often fearless monsters and even demon kings who risk their lives to come to the nearby area to practice and search for treasures.

When the Golden Horned Dragon Saint arrived here, the aura of the Sixth-Rank Demon Saint was released, and the demon beasts near the water eye immediately fled for their lives, not daring to stay here any longer.

After observing for a while outside the unfathomable water eye, he let out a long groan and resolutely threw himself into the water eye.

After entering the water eye, a huge suction force dragged the Golden Horned Dragon Saint downwards. He did not resist the suction and let it drag him down.

After falling for an unknown depth, due to the huge falling speed and the enormous pressure brought by the depth, even the Golden Horned Dragon Saint's True Blood Body felt a little uncomfortable. He then used a little magic power to resist the suction and maintain a constant speed of fall.

Afterwards, he continued to fall to an unknown depth, until the Golden Horned Dragon Saint had to rely on the power of the [Dragon God Pearl] to protect himself. Suddenly, he came to a strange place.

It was a deep, dark watery space, as if one had entered another world.

There is no huge suction here, it is just extremely quiet, so quiet that it is scary!
With the cultivation level of the sixth-level demon saint of the Golden Horned Dragon Saint, once his spiritual sense was released, an area of ​​a thousand miles was entirely within his perception.

However, in this mysterious water space, his spiritual sense was compressed more than ten times, and he could only vaguely sense the movements within a radius of dozens of miles. The range he could truly perceive clearly was less than thirty miles!

What’s even more amazing is that even sound and light seem to be not allowed to exist here.

There was originally a natural aura emanating from the Golden Horned Dragon Saint's body, but now the golden aura would inexplicably dissipate within a foot of his body.

When his huge dragon body swam in the water, not a single sound was heard.

Everything is so eerily quiet!
Fortunately, the Golden Horned Dragon Saint had already learned about this place through the clan's inheritance, and knew that this "Guixu Land" was like this, so he was not panicked.

He didn't wander around here randomly because he knew it would be easy to get lost.

His body was fixed in place like a nail, and then he sacrificed the [Dragon God Pearl], activating this treasure to emit a strange rhythmic sound.

After an unknown amount of time, the Golden Horned Dragon Saint suddenly focused his consciousness and sensed the approach of a gigantic creature.

Suddenly, a huge monster several thousand feet long appeared in the pitch-black waters!
This huge creature looks a bit like a fish, but it has no scales on its body. Instead, it has extremely smooth skin and a large and round head.

He was also very fast. Just as he appeared in the sensing range of the Golden Horned Dragon Saint, he arrived in front of him in the next moment.

Only after close contact did the Golden Horned Dragon Saint feel the terrifying aura coming from this gigantic beast. That aura was definitely no worse than that of the Changchun Venerable who had previously broken through to the late stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm.

He did not dare to neglect it, and quickly bowed his head respectfully and saluted by telepathy: "Junior Jinjiao of the Jiaolong Clan greets Senior Lingzun!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a clear and ethereal voice ringing in his heart: "Why did you call me over? What's the matter?"

Hearing this, the Golden Horned Dragon Saint immediately replied respectfully: "Senior Lingzun, please understand. The world has changed drastically now. Some people in the human race have already broken through to the late stage of the Spiritualization Realm. My Longyuan Water Tribe will be in danger of losing its inheritance. I am here to ask you for help. I beg you to protect my Longyuan Water Tribe from being invaded by humans!"

Hearing his words, the huge creature named "Spiritual Venerable" immediately replied in a deep voice: "I already know about the great changes in heaven and earth. Soon, I will also prepare to ascend to the upper realm."

"When I was brought to the lower world to be hatched, your Jiaolong clan sheltered me for a period of time. I promised to protect your clan until I ascend to heaven."

"Now that I have not yet ascended, this promise is still valid, but I will only protect the safety of your Jiaolong clan and will not fight against other clans for you!"

As soon as the words fell, without waiting for the Golden Horned Dragon Saint to respond, the huge creature named "Spirit Lord" instantly turned into a stream of water and disappeared, leaving behind a teardrop-shaped blue crystal in its place.

"If the Dragon Palace is in danger, you can crush this thing and call me!"

With the voice of "Spirit Lord" echoing in his heart, the Golden Horned Dragon Saint quickly put away the blue crystal, then sprinted upwards with all his strength, forcibly breaking away from this mysterious water world.

Besides, not long after Zhou Chun returned to Kunwu Peak in Yu State, he received news that the Multi-Winged Clan, which had lost Lei Zhen, a sixth-rank strongman, was directly wiped out by their former mortal enemy, the Triangle Clan!
It is said that it was Huo Lan, a sixth-level strongman, who personally took action and wiped out the remaining fifth-level holy mages of the Multi-Winged Clan. Then the fifth-level strongman of the Triangle Clan led the army to quickly wipe out the remaining Multi-Winged Clan tribes, completing the war of genocide against this former mortal enemy race.

As a result, the territory controlled by the Triangle Tribe actually increased a lot, and they gained a lot of resources in the war to destroy the Multi-Winged Tribe.

If they were really given hundreds or thousands of years to digest the gains of this war, I'm afraid they would not only be able to recover to the prosperity of hundreds of years ago, but could even reach a higher level!

It’s a pity that they themselves know that humans will never give them this time.

So according to the information Zhou Chun learned, after the Triangle Tribe destroyed the Multi-Winged Tribe, they also dispersed and migrated personnel and supplies, and even secretly transported a lot of people and supplies to the Wasteland of Ten Thousand Beasts.

It is obvious that they are planning to have three burrows to avoid being easily wiped out by the human race.

Regarding this matter, whether it was Zhou Chun or the human race's deities such as Taigeng Divine Lord, they all watched coldly.

Sooner or later, the human race will unify this world. No matter where the Triangle Tribe migrates, they cannot escape the fate of extinction.

Therefore, there was no need for them to rush into action, so as not to force Huo Lan, the sixth-level strongman, into a corner.

After Zhou Chun returned to the cave to recuperate for half a year, he left the cave again.

This time he went to Yuanyang Temple.

Zhou Chun just wanted to know what was happening to Venerable Yuanyang now that the spiritual energy tide of heaven and earth was approaching!
This time Zhou Chun was fully prepared. He did not alarm the Yuanying stage masters of Yuanyang Temple. Instead, he quietly concealed his cultivation and disguised himself as a disciple of Yuanyang Temple to sneak into the mountain gate.

With his level of cultivation, as long as he passed the mountain protection formation, he wouldn't have to worry about being discovered by anyone when moving inside the gate of Yuanyang Temple.

After observing for a few days, Zhou Chun discovered that there was no change in the situation around Master Yuanyang's cave.

This was undoubtedly very abnormal. After all, if Venerable Yuanyang was still alive, he would at least take advantage of the spiritual energy tide to reach the middle stage of the Spirit Transformation.

Then, as long as he practiced in the cave, it was impossible that Zhou Chun, a cultivator in the Spirit Transformation Stage, would not notice anything unusual.

There was no way he couldn't sense Zhou Chun's infiltration!

Therefore, Zhou Chun can now basically conclude that something must have happened to Venerable Yuanyang!

In other words, the other party was not actually in Yuanyang Temple at all.

After discovering this, Zhou Chun did not rush to take action and left Yuanyang Temple without a trace.

Now that the alien race has not been eliminated, internal strife is a taboo.

Even if he wanted to cause trouble for Venerable Yuanyang, he had to wait until the alien race was wiped out.

We have waited for so many years, there is no need to rush.

The main thing is that now that he has figured out the situation, he feels relieved.

Another three years passed, and Feng Yuanjun finally completely refined the blood bead that Zhou Chun gave her.

Speaking of which, ever since she successfully advanced to the fifth-rank upper-grade demon king after the turbid evil energy dissipated, Zhou Chun gave her the blood bead.

However, because this blood bead contained one-fifth of the blood essence of the Qingluan Demon Saint, the energy contained in it was too huge and high-level, and she had never been able to fully digest it.

Now, after spending nearly a hundred years, she finally succeeded in refining this blood bead.

And with the help of the enormous energy contained in this blood bead, she not only raised her cultivation to the fifth level of perfection, but also condensed the tenth Fire Phoenix True Feather in advance!
This tenth Fire Phoenix True Feather is different from the previous Fire Phoenix True Feathers.

It looked a little illusory, as if it was unstable, with the rhythm of Tao flowing on it, as if it had condensed into several immature forms of Taoism, emitting a faint aura of the laws of the Dao of Fire.

This means that Feng Yuanjun can already mobilize the power of the Law of Fire!

At this point, her cultivation has reached its limit, and she can forget about making any further progress in her comprehension of the power of the laws of the universe.

After all, if you are below the sixth level, you can only comprehend and apply the power of the laws of the universe in a superficial way.

If she wants to go further, she can only strive to become a sixth-level demon saint!

But becoming a sixth-level demon saint is easier said than done!

Not to mention the "Calm of Vitality" and the "Calm of Heart Demons", the forty-nine calamities, which are caused by the arrival of the tide of spiritual energy of heaven and earth and lead to a huge increase in power, are not easy to overcome.

With the current strength of the forty-nine calamities, no one can say they can get through it safely without the all-powerful magic treasure in hand!

But Zhou Chun now only has one magical treasure, which he only has the right to use.

[Dapeng Lingxiao Sword] would definitely not be willing to help Feng Yuanjun survive the thunder tribulation!
Lei Zhen had fallen before, but his staff was left behind, but it was also the spoils of Changchun Zun, and it was not compatible with Feng Yuanjun's attributes, so Zhou Chun had basically no chance of getting it. So if he wanted to help Feng Yuanjun overcome the calamity, Zhou Chun could only start from other aspects.

He actually had two choices in his mind.

One option is naturally to start from Venerable Yuanyang and see if they can get the omnipotent magic treasure [Samadhi True Fire Gourd] from him for safekeeping first.

Since Venerable Changchun can keep the [Nine Heavens Wind and Thunder Fan] and Venerable Xuanwu can keep the [Thousand Mountains Map], it is reasonable for Venerable Chunjun to keep the [Samadhi True Fire Gourd].

This can also be said to be an important reason why Zhou Chun set his sights on Master Yuanyang.

The second choice is the [Skyfire Divine Pearl] of the Skyfire Sect!

This treasure only needs an opportunity to be promoted to a universal spiritual treasure, and Zhou Chun happens to know that Venerable Changchun has the remains of the true blood body of the Qingluan Demon Saint.

If he could obtain the remains of the true blood body of the Qingluan Demon Saint, he would be able to help the [Heavenly Fire Divine Pearl] transform and become a universal spiritual treasure.

The first choice is not easy for Zhou Chun to make now, and whether he can succeed in doing it when the time comes is actually also a question.

After all, the [Samadhi True Fire Gourd] has been passed down among the human race for many years, and the spirit of the weapon probably knows the rules. As long as it refuses to recognize its master Feng Yuanjun, Zhou Chun will be unable to do anything to it.

If it is the latter option, the attitude of the weapon spirit is not a problem. After all, Feng Yuanjun will definitely sacrifice and refine it before it is promoted to a Tongtian Lingbao, and will also subdue it on the condition of helping it to be promoted to a Tongtian Lingbao.

But the question is, how can Zhou Chun get the [Heavenly Fire Divine Pearl]?
This treasure is the Tianhuo Sect's inherited spiritual treasure, and they are definitely not willing to give it to outsiders for sacrifice. Zhou Chun has a good relationship with the Tianhuo Sect, so it cannot be robbed.

Moreover, it is against the rules for a cultivator in the Spiritual Transformation Stage to rob the Tongtian Lingbao.

If Zhou Chun did this, when he ascended to heaven or passed away in meditation in the future, there would definitely be cultivators in the Spirit Transformation Stage who would not give him face and would also snatch the things he left for the Zhou family!

So Zhou Chun was quite troubled by this.

For this purpose, he specially wrote a letter to his disciple Zhou Zhiying to explain his troubles, and asked Luo Qingni, Zhou Xinyuan and other close people to help discuss it together, and even other demon kings' spiritual pets got involved.

They discussed it, but after considering various suggestions, they all felt that some of them were inappropriate.

So Luo Qingni simply said to Zhou Chun: "Zhou Lang is worried about this matter, why not call the Liehuo Zhenren of the Tianhuo Sect to ask him?"

“I believe that as long as there is enough benefit, True Man Liehuo and the ordinary disciples of the Heavenly Fire Sect should be willing to give up the [Heavenly Fire Divine Pearl]!”

Hearing her words, Zhou Chun was also slightly stunned.

He really hadn't thought about this.

After all, in his opinion, since the [Skyfire Divine Pearl] was a foreshadowing left by the founder of the Skyfire Sect, and now it was only one step away from transforming into a universal magical treasure, True Man Liehuo really had no reason to hand it over to outsiders!

But this is all wishful thinking on his part!

Maybe True Man Liehuo doesn't regard the [Heavenly Fire Divine Pearl] as important as he thinks!
Thinking of this, Zhou Chun smiled at the beauty beside him and said, "Qing Ni, you are really my good wife. I have never thought about this."

Then he called Feng Yuanjun and said to her, "Feng'er, go to Tianhuo Sect in person and invite Master Liehuo to have a chat!"

This is worrying about himself, so Feng Yuanjun certainly works very hard.

In less than a month, she brought True Man Liehuo back to Kunwu Peak.

When Zhou Chun saw Master Liehuo, he was also slightly stunned.

Because at this time, Master Liehuo was already very old, and it seemed that his death was not far away.

Only then did he suddenly remember that the other party's life span was indeed not long.

It can even be said that the reason why the other party is still alive today is mostly because he has taken some spiritual substances that can prolong his life.

After being stunned for a moment, he spoke apologetically: "Daoyou Liehuo is so old, and I still trouble you to go on such a long journey. It is really my fault. I hope you will not blame me!"

Hearing his words, Liehuo Zhenren hurriedly replied: "Senior Chunjun, please don't say that. It is my honor to see you again before you die!"

After hearing this, Zhou Chun stopped being polite and looked at him and said, "After I became a god, I was really busy with various things and had no energy to pay attention to the situation of Tianhuo Sect. I wonder how Tianhuo Sect is doing now? Have more Nascent Soul cultivators been born?"

Hearing him ask this, Master Liehuo's face suddenly turned bitter, and he couldn't help but sigh, "Ah, thank you Senior Chunjun for your concern, but it's a pity that those younger disciples are unlucky. Three younger disciples who tried to reach the Nascent Soul stage all ended in failure, and two of them died under the 'Heart Demon Tribulation'!"

"It is difficult to overcome the inner demons. This calamity is indeed the worst for the bad guys to cultivate!"

Zhou Chun nodded and commented lightly.

Then his eyes flashed again, and he said slowly: "So, when Fellow Daoist Liehuo leaves, won't Tianhuo Sect only have one Nascent Soul cultivator?"

"Yes, once I leave, Junior Brother Hongyan will be the only one left in the sect!"

Master Liehuo nodded bitterly and admitted this.

"In the situation of the Tianhuo Sect, with only one Yuanying Zhenren, they may be able to maintain the status quo, but if they want to make progress, I'm afraid they don't have much chance."

Zhou Chun also shook his head slightly and made his comment in a flat tone.

True Man Liehuo did not deny this, but nodded and said, "Senior Chunjun is right. Fortunately, after the spiritual energy tide of heaven and earth has arrived, various spiritual objects of heaven and earth have increased. Maybe in a few hundred years, our sect will be able to produce another Nascent Soul cultivator. Before that, Junior Brother Hongyan will have to work hard!"

After Zhou Chun talked about this, he felt that the time was right, so he looked at Master Liehuo and asked, "Fellow Daoist Liehuo, have you ever thought about solving the hidden dangers under the Skyfire Peak once and for all?"

Hearing his words, Master Liehuo suddenly felt a chill in his heart, realizing that the main part of the play was about to begin.

After stealing a glance at Zhou Chun, he immediately replied generously: "Of course I have thought about it. Not only I have thought about it, but all the Yuanying stage cultivators of Tianhuo Sect have dreamed of doing this!"

After saying that, he raised his head and looked at Zhou Chun, and said respectfully: "Please forgive my shallow knowledge. I really don't know any way to resolve the hidden dangers below without destroying the spiritual land of Tianhuo Peak!"

Seeing this, Zhou Chun smiled and said, "It's normal that you don't know. In fact, there is a way to solve this problem. We only need a cultivator in the Spiritualization Stage who has mastered the power of the Great Dao of Fire to sit in the Sky Fire Peak and regulate and guide the fire veins below from the level of the Great Dao. After doing this for hundreds or thousands of years, the hidden dangers below can be resolved once and for all!"

"And after being adjusted and guided by the cultivators in the Spiritualization Stage, the spiritual energy environment of Tianhuo Peak will definitely be further improved, which will be more conducive to the cultivation of fire-attributed cultivators here!"

Hearing his words, Liehuo Zhenren was delighted at first, then shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Senior Chunjun's idea is good, but where can I and Tianhuo Sect find a Divine Master who has mastered the power of the Great Law of Fire to help with this? How can we ask such a senior to help with such a time-consuming and laborious task!"

Zhou Chun was waiting for him to say this, and nodded immediately, saying, "Indeed, if Daoist Yuan Yang could still function normally, he might be an option, but he has everything he needs, and you, the Tianhuo Sect, can't possibly ask him to do such a thankless task!"

Then he changed the subject and continued, "However, I cannot help you find a Spiritualization Stage Venerable who has mastered the power of the Fire Element Law. But if you are willing to save yourselves, a Sixth-Rank Demon Saint who also has mastered the power of the Fire Element Law and is more suitable in this regard may be able to help you accomplish this!"

"Sixth-rank Demon Saint? Could Senior Chunjun be referring to..."

True Man Liehuo was stunned at first, then looked at Feng Yuanjun who brought him here with a look of shock.

Feng Yuanjun, who had transformed into a human form, also gave him a rare smile.

At the same time, Zhou Chun nodded with certainty and said, "Yes, it is Feng Yuanjun. She has accumulated enough knowledge and can try to reach the level of Demon Saint at any time!"

After receiving such an affirmative answer from him, Master Liehuo was greatly shocked and fell into a trance.

Back then, Feng Yuanjun was promoted to the fifth-rank demon king in their Tianhuo Sect. It was also the first time that he witnessed a demon beast going through the heavenly thunder tribulation with his own eyes.

Who would have thought that after thousands of years, the fire phoenix that survived the heavenly thunder tribulation would be about to reach the realm of the sixth-rank demon saint!

However, he had already successfully formed a Nascent Soul for hundreds of years at that time, but his cultivation level stagnated at the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, and his life span was coming to an end and he was about to pass away!
This huge sense of contrast and loss made Master Liehuo feel extremely complicated, and he was unable to recover for a long time.

Zhou Chun waited for a while, and seeing that he still hadn't come back to his senses, he could only take the initiative to speak:
“I will not hide it from Fellow Daoist Liehuo. Although Feng Yuanjun is confident of reaching the Demon Saint realm, the spiritual energy tide of heaven and earth is coming, and the power of the 49th calamity has greatly increased. With her current magical powers and treasures, it is hard to predict whether she will be successful if she forcibly overcomes the calamity. Therefore, I have set my eyes on the [Heavenly Fire Divine Pearl], the sect-guarding spiritual treasure of the Heavenly Fire Sect, and want to obtain this treasure for her to deal with the thunder calamity!”

"I also know that your Heavenly Fire Sect's [Heavenly Fire Divine Pearl] is only one step away from being promoted to a Tongtian Lingbao, but it is a crucial step. This step requires the integration of a rare treasure of fire attribute that contains the power of the great Dao law. Your Heavenly Fire Sect does not even have a great cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage, so it is unlikely that you will obtain such a rare treasure."

"But if Zhou gets the [Heavenly Fire Divine Pearl], he will be able to find the rare treasures here and help it transform into a true heavenly magical treasure!"

At this point, Zhou Chun paused for a moment, then said solemnly, "However, Fellow Daoist Liehuo, you also know me well. I am not the kind of person who will do anything to achieve my goal. Although I really want the [Heavenly Fire Divine Pearl], I will not take it by force."

"So if you, the Tianhuo Sect, agree to the exchange, in addition to what I just said about resolving the hidden dangers, you can also propose some other conditions, as long as they are not too excessive!"

"Of course, if you don't agree to the exchange, then Zhou will definitely not force you. You can only look for other treasures!"

After he finished speaking, Zhou Chun picked up the tea beside him and started drinking it.

Feng Yuanjun stared at Master Liehuo with a nervous look on his face, without blinking.

Looking at Master Liehuo again, his expression changed drastically after hearing Zhou Chun's words, and his face kept changing as he fell into deep thought.