Cultivating Immortals in the Family: Rising from Beast Familiarity

Chapter 844 Yuan Zun's Calculation [Subscription Request]

Kunwu Peak.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, fifteen years have passed since Zhou Chun returned from the Yuanmo Realm.

During these years, he did not go anywhere. He practiced in his own cave and occasionally listened to information about the conquest of the Yuanmo Realm.

Fifteen years later, the demon-fighting army has occupied two-thirds of the Yuanmo territory and killed nearly 200,000 demon cultivators of all sizes.

Behind such rich results, the demon-hunting army also suffered considerable losses.

The Zhou family sent more than 2,500 of their own cultivators to this battle, accounting for one-third of the total number of members of the clan.

But in just over a decade, more than five hundred people had died, and more than a thousand spirit pets had been killed!

This was because Zhou Chun sent Lu Yuanjun over. Basically, as long as the injuries were not severe enough to kill them on the spot, they could be rescued later. Otherwise, the losses would be even greater!

Among these fallen monks and monsters, there are also many Jindan-stage monks and fourth-order monsters!
Even Zhou Zhiying suffered some internal injuries when he killed an old demon in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul!
From this, we can see how much money the Zhou family invested this time.

Of course, from Zhou Chun's perspective, these sacrifices are worth it.

Because the number of demon cultivators who died at the hands of the Zhou family cultivators was ten times their own casualties.

On the merit list of the demon-hunting army, Zhou family cultivators are at the forefront in every realm!
After the casualties and battle records were reported back to the various countries in the human cultivation world, the Zhou family's reputation was indeed praised.

At this time, when people talked about the Zhou family, the voices saying that they were just hiding under the protection of the cultivators in the God Transformation Stage to make money had basically disappeared.

Those Zhou family monks who died in battle used their blood and military exploits to create a glorious reputation for the Zhou family!

At the same time, after this war, the effect of eliminating the dross and retaining the essence will be revealed. When those Zhou family cultivators who joined the demon-fighting army return, many of them will surely become the future backbone of the Zhou family, and many Jindan-stage cultivators and even Yuanying-stage cultivators will emerge!
On this day, Zhou Chun received a message from Taigeng Divine Lord, inviting him to visit his cave.

After reading the message, he did not hesitate and quickly set off for the cave of Taigeng Divine Lord.

"Greetings, Senior Tai Geng. I wonder what you want me to do for you?"

In the cave, after Zhou Chun saw the Divine Lord Taigeng, he also asked in a very respectful tone the purpose of the other party's invitation.

Generally speaking, a formal invitation between cultivators in the Spirit Transformation Stage must be for a serious matter.

If it is a meeting like visiting a friend or seeking the truth, you should take the initiative to go and visit. There is no reason to invite the person over.

After hearing his words, Tai Geng Divine Venerable also shook his head and said, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, there is no need to be so polite. You and I are fellow Daoists. It's too embarrassing for me to ask you to give me orders or not!"

Although he said this, he immediately made his intention clear.

"Fellow Daoist Zhou, do you still remember that you passed on the inheritance of the Taixuan Sword Sect to me? Now, among the few seedlings that I cultivated, one has finally succeeded in transforming the elixir into a fetus and forming an infant. He can rebuild the Taixuan Sword Sect. Therefore, I want him to meet Fellow Daoist Zhou and ask for your experience in rebuilding the sect."

After hearing what he said, Zhou Chun was also slightly stunned.

If Lord Taigeng hadn't mentioned this matter at this moment, Zhou Chun would have really forgotten about it.

After being stunned for a moment, Zhou Chun nodded and said, "I see, I understand. Senior Tai Geng, please call the person over."

Seeing that he agreed, Tai Geng Divine Lord immediately sent a message to call the person over.

It turns out that this Nascent Soul stage swordsman who is about to reopen the Taixuan Sword Sect is actually a rare female swordsman.

The woman was dressed in white and looked ordinary, but the pure sword intent in her body made Zhou Chun nod secretly and acknowledge her identity.

After the female swordsman entered the room, she immediately performed a great salute to the two Divine Masters and said, "Junior Qi Suzhen, I pay my respects to Senior Taigeng Divine Master and Senior Chunjun Divine Master."

However, Tai Geng Divine Venerable nodded slightly and said, "Su Zhen, I have already told you about the situation of Tai Xuan Sword Sect. Your Tai Xuan Sword Sect has a deep connection with Fellow Daoist Zhou, and he happens to have rich experience in rebuilding sects. You should learn from him and don't let me and him down!"

Upon hearing this, Qi Suzhen immediately responded in a solemn voice: "Suzhen understands, Suzhen will definitely not let the two seniors down!"

Zhou Chun also smiled slightly at this time and said: "Don't worry, Daoist Fellow Su Zhen, with Senior Tai Geng and I helping your Taixuan Sword Sect to maintain its reputation, rebuilding the Taixuan Sword Sect will not be difficult."

After meeting Qi Suzhen, Zhou Chun gave her a token and asked her to bring people to Zhou's house to wait for him.

Afterwards, Zhou Chun discussed his cultivation experience with Taigeng Divine Lord and even asked him about some difficult questions and confusions in the way of the sword.

After the two of them had been communicating for several days, Tai Geng Divine Venerable suddenly asked, "Has Senior Changchun contacted you, Daoist Fellow Zhou, in recent years?"

"That's not the case. What's the matter?"

Zhou Chun's eyes flashed, and he looked at Taigeng Divine Lord with some surprise.

"It's nothing, but since he said before that he doesn't have much time to waste, he should be preparing to ascend to the upper realm in the near future."

"If that's the case, isn't it a bit abnormal that he hasn't summoned us yet to explain what to do after his ascension?"

When Tai Geng Divine Lord said this, his face was filled with doubts.

After hearing what he said, Zhou Chun also began to ponder thoughtfully.

After some contemplation, Zhou Chun nodded and said, "Indeed, after listening to Senior Tai Geng's analysis, this matter is indeed a little abnormal. What exactly does Senior Changchun think?"

"There is something. I wonder if you have noticed it, Brother Zhou?"

"There is no news about our human race's ancient predecessor who is said to have been in deep sleep. This is a bit abnormal!"

"I suspect that Senior Changchun's decision to take away the bodies of those sixth-level aliens may not have been his original intention!"

The God Taigeng looked at Zhou Chun and suddenly said these words.

Zhou Chun's expression suddenly changed.

"Senior Tai Geng, what do you mean by this? Are you doubting..."

Zhou Chun looked at Lord Taigeng with astonishment, his tone also very surprised.

However, Tai Geng Divine Venerable shook his head and sighed, "I don't know either. I just feel that although the world of immortal cultivation seems to be calm now, there may be some stormy waves brewing behind the scenes!"

"Although you and I are at the top of the cultivation world, it is precisely because of this that when the sky falls, we will have nowhere to hide!"

A cultivator in the Spirit Transformation Stage would not speak without a purpose. When Divine Lord Taigeng said this, he must have some information.

Zhou Chun was aware of this and realized that the other party was indirectly reminding him to be careful.

Therefore, he did not ask the other party any more questions, but nodded solemnly and said, "Junior understands. Thank you, Senior Tai Geng, for reminding me. I will be more careful."

"Well, you can contact me if you have anything."

Tai Geng Divine Lord nodded slightly and said nothing more.

Not long after that, Zhou Chun returned to his Kunwu Peak.

At this time, the female swordsman Qi Suzhen had already brought four Jindan-stage fellow apprentices to the Zhou family, waiting for his arrangements.

Since Zhou Chun had promised Lord Taigeng to help the Taixuan Sword Sect establish its own sect, he could not be lazy and immediately called several people to his side for a talk.

"The Taixuan Sword Sect is a sword-cultivating sect. When it comes to recruiting disciples, sword-cultivating sects always prefer quality over quantity. Especially for a newly-established sect like yours, you must keep a tight control and not damage your reputation!"

"I will set aside a piece of land on Tianman Plain for your Taixuan Sword Sect to serve as the mountain gate, and let the Zhou family help you spread your reputation and even recruit disciples for you."

At this point, Zhou Chun seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly looked at the few people and asked, "By the way, do you have any experience in teaching disciples?"

The five people who were listening attentively were stunned by his question. Then Qi Suzhen said, "That's not the case, but we have all been trained and instructed by Senior Tai Geng's incarnation. We have also been to the Jiuyuan Sword Sect and other sword sects for exchanges. We generally know how sword sects teach their disciples!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun immediately shook his head and said, "That's different. Although I have never learned how those sword sects teach their disciples, I know that for those new disciples who have no basics, they all have sect instructors and old disciples to guide and teach them. Those people may not be as good as you in cultivation, but at least they have experience and know how to teach people!"

At this point, he looked at them meaningfully and said, "You should know that sometimes a Jindan-stage cultivator may not be able to teach a Qi-training-stage cultivator as well as a Foundation-building-stage cultivator!"

It is a simple truth that people who can read may not necessarily be able to teach.

Qi Suzhen and the other four were chosen by the Great Divine Venerable Taigeng to become the heirs of the Taixuan Sword Sect. Needless to say, they had talent in cultivation and swordsmanship. However, it was impossible to tell at a glance whether they had talent in teaching others to practice.

Therefore, under Zhou Chun's arrangement, the five people first stayed in the Zhou family as instructors, responsible for teaching the Zhou family members the art of sword-wielding and observing how the Zhou family's instructors did it.

Good things are worth waiting for. After they have gained experience in teaching people to practice, it will not be too late to establish their own school.

Before that, Zhou Chun also instructed the Zhou family to keep an eye on those independent cultivators and immortal cultivation families with clean backgrounds outside to see if there were any potential sword cultivators. If so, they could be accepted into the Zhou family for further training first, and then directly converted into disciples of the Taixuan Sword Sect.

Even those members of the Zhou family who want to become Taixuan sword practitioners can be allowed to go.

After making arrangements for Qi Suzhen and the other four people from Taixuan Sword Sect, Zhou Chun frowned as he thought of his previous conversation with Taigeng Divine Lord.

The words of Lord Taigeng seemed a bit nonsensical, but they made the most straightforward point clear.

Now that the human race has unified the world, if any earth-shaking changes really occur, these cultivators in the God Transformation Stage will certainly not be able to avoid them.

It is indeed a bit abnormal that there is no news at all about Venerable Changchun, a cultivator in the late stage of the Jindan stage.

But even knowing this, neither Zhou Chun nor Taigeng Divine Lord could ask Changchun Venerable what he was planning. They could only be more vigilant.

Three years later, something happened that made Zhou Chun feel a little regretful.

Zhou Yuanxin, who was in seclusion to form a baby, unexpectedly died in the "heart demon calamity"!
Even with the help of the "Purple Flower Demon-Subduing Spiritual Light" and the [Purifying Holy Water], he still perished in the "Heart Demon Tribulation". It can be seen that there must be something wrong with his state of mind and there must be some flaws.

"Inner Demon Tribulation" is like this, once the state of mind is imperfect or there are certain flaws, the power will be greatly enhanced, and no matter how many auxiliary spiritual objects there are, they will be useless!
Zhou Yuanxin previously held great power in the Zhou family and was extremely powerful. The people and things he experienced were beyond the reach of ordinary cultivators.

What on earth had he done that made it so difficult for him to get over the "heart demon calamity"? With his death, I'm afraid we will never find the answer!

This incident also served as a warning to other Zhou family cultivators. Even though they now have the support of the Zhou family and can obtain excellent spiritual resources for forming a baby, if they themselves are not strong enough, it will still be impossible for them to form a baby successfully.

Especially for powerful figures like Zhou Rongjiu who hold great power, they should think more about whether their actions will have an impact on their future path.

There are some things, even if you can hide them from everyone in the world, but you cannot hide them from yourself or from the "demon in your heart"!
After another two years, the demon-fighting army that had been on an expedition to the Yuanmo Realm finally broke through the last stronghold of the demon cultivators and eliminated all the obvious strongholds of the demon cultivators in the entire Yuanmo Realm!
Since then, no demon cultivator dared to openly establish a sect and teach demonic skills.

After Zhou Chun learned about this, he was also very happy. He immediately issued a decree to commend them and asked all countries in the immortal cultivation world to take out some resources to reward the demon-hunting army.

Then, following his decree, the demon-fighting army continued to advance into the Stone Highlands, clearing out the demon cultivators and giant alien races that had escaped in, in order to eradicate all evil!
At the same time, they began to organize the second batch of demon-suppressing army, and went to the conquered Yuanmo territory to take charge of all parties, eliminate the remaining demon cultivators, break and purify those evil places, and completely cut off the foundation of the demon cultivators!
This time, the purpose is just to suppress and eliminate the remaining demonic cultivators. The danger is not great, but there are quite a few cultivators who have signed up.

It is mainly due to the publicity. Some rare resources in the Yuanmo Realm that are useful to cultivators, such as the soul-nourishing wood, soul-heart fruit, soul-resurrection grass and other spiritual objects, are advertised to have extremely large yields and seem to be easy to obtain.

This will naturally attract many monks to go and take risks.

Another year passed, and Venerable Guanghan came to visit the Zhou family.

She did not come alone, she also brought a boy and a girl who looked quite similar.

"Fellow Daoist Zhou, these two brothers and sisters are my disciples. I hope you can take good care of them in the future."

In the cave, while Master Guanghan introduced the identities of the young man and woman to Zhou Chun, he said to the two of them, "Shuangxue, Shuangyue, why don't you quickly pay your respects to Uncle Master Chunjun!"

Hearing his words, the boy and girl bowed deeply to Zhou Chun and said, "Disciples Shuangxue and Shuangyue greet Uncle Master Chunjun!"

Seeing this, Zhou Chun immediately smiled and waved his hand, saying, "No need to be polite. If you have any difficulties in your practice in the future, you can come to the Zhou family to find me, your uncle."

"You all heard it, right? From now on, if there is nothing important, don't come to disturb your Uncle Chunjun."

Venerable Guanghan also followed suit and gave instructions.

After meeting Zhou Chun and receiving the token from Zhou Chun, Venerable Guanghan asked his two disciples to wait outside first.

Then she looked at Zhou Chun, and after a moment's hesitation, she whispered, "I probably only have a dozen years left to live. Before I die, I will send a message to Fellow Daoist Zhou. I hope that Fellow Daoist Zhou can come over in time to collect the treasures that I leave behind!"

"Of course, I will go there in person to see Senior Guanghan off!"

Zhou Chun nodded in agreement without hesitation.

Reverend Guanghan seemed a little hesitant and conflicted at the moment. She hesitated for a long time with a tangled look on her face before she sighed and said in a low voice, "There is something I don't know how to say. A few months ago, Daoist Fellow Changchun sent me a message and asked about my life span. At that time, I said I had 20 to 30 years to live!"

At this point, he looked at Zhou Chun seriously and said, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, you also know that Fellow Daoist Changchun is a person who is determined to ascend to heaven. He suddenly asked me about this matter, which really made me a little confused and uneasy, so I dare not tell the truth!"

After hearing her words, Zhou Chun's expression changed a little, and he followed her words and said, "This is indeed a bit strange. Senior Changchun's question is indeed a bit presumptuous."

"Right, Fellow Daoist Changchun has been acting strangely since he broke through to the late stage of the Spiritualization Stage. It's incomprehensible and worrying!"

Reverend Guanghan said with emotion, and then whispered: "So before I came to Fellow Daoist Zhou, I had already visited Fellow Daoist Taigeng. We have already discussed it. Before I pass away, I will directly choose to transform into heaven and earth, leaving no remains in the world!"

Zhou Chun immediately understood what she meant when she heard it, and quickly responded, "I understand. I will follow Senior Tai Geng and watch the ceremony and see Senior Guanghan off!"

Hearing his words, Guanghan Zun also breathed a sigh of relief and said, "With Daoist Fellow Zhou's words, I feel relieved!"

After saying what he wanted to say, Venerable Guanghan did not stay long and soon left the Zhou family with his two disciples.

After she left, Zhou Chun looked towards the direction of Changchun Valley with a gloomy expression.

"Senior Changchun, what exactly are you planning? Is our human race going to be in turmoil as well?"

Zhou Chun muttered this to himself, and his mood became a little heavy.

A few months later, Zhou Chun left Zhoujia Kunwu Peak in the name of inspection and went to Xuanfeng Island above the Dolan grassland to take charge.

He was also worried about something and didn't want to stay in the family gate for fear of bringing harm to his clansmen.

At this time, Venerable Changchun once again came to the bottom of the deep ravine of Nieling Canyon.

He looked at the two stone doors that were still tightly closed in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "Senior Yuanzun, the spiritual energy tide of heaven and earth is about to dissipate. Can you give me a definite answer as to when you can come out of seclusion and take me to ascend? I have already wasted a lot of my life in this world, and I dare not continue to waste it in vain like this!"

"It will be soon. If you can send me two more sixth-level corpses, I will be able to complete my retreat within a few years!"

The voice of the mysterious "Yuan Zun" sounded leisurely, without any haste or impatience.

And the Changchun Master replied in a low voice: "It's not that I don't want to help Senior Yuanzun, but now that the alien races in all directions have been pacified, there are really no more sixth-level alien races to hunt!"

Unexpectedly, after hearing what he said, the mysterious "Yuan Zun" said leisurely: "If there is no sixth-level alien race, then a cultivator in the Spiritualization Stage will do. The human race should have many cultivators in the Spiritualization Stage whose lifespan is short. See if you can persuade them to sacrifice themselves for your great cause of ascension!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Venerable Changchun's expression suddenly changed drastically.

He blurted out, "This is not allowed! This is absolutely not allowed!"

After saying that, he looked at the two stone doors with a serious face and said, "Senior Yuanzun, I will pretend that I have not heard what you just said, but I also want to tell you one thing. The reason why our human race was able to wipe out the alien races from all directions and unify this world is because of unity!"

At this point, he said in a firm tone: "Changchun would rather not ascend to heaven in this life than do anything to let down the human race!"

After these words were spoken, the place fell into a long silence.

The mysterious "Yuan Zun" was silent for an unknown period of time before he spoke again: "Not bad, not bad. You are able to become a secret keeper and cultivate to the late stage of transformation. It seems that you have indeed inherited the good fortune of the human race, and are not inferior to those ancient saints!"

"But in this case, just wait another hundred years. A hundred years should be enough for me to come out of seclusion!"

Have to wait another hundred years?

Venerable Changchun's expression suddenly changed, and his look instantly became extremely ugly.

He opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but in the end nothing came out.

After being silent for an unknown amount of time, he sighed and said, "Junior understands. Then I will think of another way. There are two more demon saints in the demon tribe. If we can hunt them down, we should be able to gather what Senior Yuanzun needs!"

"That's your business. I can't care about that!"

The mysterious "Yuan Zun" replied calmly and then said nothing more.

When Venerable Changchun saw this, he left the place with a heavy expression.

Not long after, all the human race masters in the God Transformation Stage, including Zhou Chun, received an invitation from Master Changchun, inviting them to the Changchun Valley for meetings.