Clan Cultivation: Starting from Beast Taming

Chapter 704: Chapter 359: Target Purple Mansion [Subscribe Requested]_2

Then, with an extremely grave expression, he said in a deep voice, “This matter must be kept strictly secret. Until you are able to wield this spiritual treasure, you must not let a third person besides us know of its existence!”

“This junior understands and will definitely keep the secret tightly guarded.”

Zhou Chun nodded to show he had taken the warning to heart.

An innocent man is guiltless, but possessing a jade makes him guilty; how could he not understand such a principle.

Spiritual treasures are extremely precious, and even cultivators at the Nascent Soul Stage cannot claim to have one each.

If people found out that he, Zhou Chun, a cultivator of the late Foundation Establishment Stage, possessed such a treasure, not only would his life be at risk, but the entire family clan could be implicated.

So whether for his own sake or for the sake of the family, the fewer people who knew about this, the better.

Subsequently, after waiting inside the family clan’s mountain gate for over ten days, Zhou Chun finally saw the person he had been waiting for.

One day, a powerful aura of a Golden Core Stage cultivator suddenly appeared outside the Zhou Family Mountain gate.

Atop Pagoda Peak, Zhou Chun and Zhou Mingde, sensing the unabashed aura of a Golden Core Stage cultivator, immediately rose into the air and left the mountain gate.

After they left the Mountain Gate Great Array, they saw a blue-robed man with a frosty demeanor hovering in the sky, the source of that powerful aura emanating from him.

Seeing this, both of them quickly bowed and saluted the man in blue, “This junior Zhou Mingde and Zhou Zhengchun greet the senior.”

In response to their salutation, the man in blue showed no courtesy and said in a cold tone, “You know where I come from, so let’s skip the unnecessary talk and bring out the Snow Crystal Worm King.”

His attitude was not like someone coming to make a transaction but rather someone coming to rob.

But with his cultivation strength on display, Zhou Chun and Zhou Mingde, despite feeling uncomfortable with his tone, dared not treat him with neglect.

Zhou Chun immediately responded respectfully, “The Snow Crystal Worm King is kept in the family treasure vault. I will fetch it for the senior right away.”

After finishing his words and bowing again to the man in blue, he turned and flew back into the family mountain gate.

Before long, Zhou Chun returned with a box containing the Snow Crystal Worm King.

“Senior, please have a look. Inside here is the Snow Crystal Worm King.”

In front of the blue-robed man, Zhou Chun opened the three-layered box, revealing the Snow Crystal Worm King stored within a Cold Jade box.

Perhaps because it had been away from its comfortable environment for too long, the Snow Crystal Worm King appeared quite listless, almost lifeless.

Yet upon seeing it, the cold-faced man in blue had a glint of light flash in his eyes and immediately used his hand to draw the box containing the Snow Crystal Worm King to him.

Then he slapped his Storage Pouch, took out a white jade Alchemy Bottle as a Magic Artifact, and directly sucked the Snow Crystal Worm King into it.

He then flung his sleeve to send a ray of white light toward Zhou Chun, revealing a white alchemy bottle.

“This is the Snow Soul Pill, a secret elixir of our sect. Keep it safe!”

Watching this scene, Zhou Chun let out a sigh of relief and quickly reached out to grasp the alchemy bottle, then bowed in thanks to the man in blue, “Thank you, senior.”

Zhou Chun thought that with this, the blue-robed man would leave.

Unexpectedly, the man then looked at him and said, “Where the Snow Crystal Worm King resides, there is usually a rare treasure accompanying it. Can you tell me where that place is?”

Hearing this, Zhou Chun quickly explained, “Senior is discerning. This junior discovered the Snow Crystal Worm King while exploring an ice cave. Due to an accidental collapse, I fell into Sunken Sun Lake and then entered the ice cavern where the Snow Crystal Worm King resided. Although the place is exceptionally rich and pure with cold air, this junior truly did not find any unusual treasure.”

After speaking, he continued, “Please wait a moment, senior. I will draw a map for you right now.”

In a short while, Zhou Chun marked the location of the ice cave he had tunneled out as an escape on the snowy plains map and handed the map to the blue-robed man.

At the same time, he did not forget to add, “There were also many Snow Crystal Worms there, but at that time, this junior was only focused on capturing the Snow Crystal Worm King and had no capacity to capture the others.”

Hearing his words, the blue-clad man seemed to understand his intentions and glanced at him briefly before speaking indifferently, “If you have any Snow Crystal Worms left, you can bring them out as well. I’ll settle with you for one thousand Spirit Coins each!”

One thousand Spirit Coins for each Snow Crystal Worm; this was much lower than the reward price offered by the Snow Essence Palace at the time.

However, Zhou Chun knew that the circumstances were exceptional then and therefore had no complaints about the lower price now, promptly taking out forty Snow Crystal Worms he had captured and exchanging them for forty thousand Spirit Coins.

As for the remaining ten Snow Crystal Worms, Zhou Chun intended to place them in that icy cave in the Wasteland Territory to see if they could propagate there.

If successful, this would become another stable source of income in the future.

After completing these two transactions, the Snow Essence Palace’s envoy in blue robes left without even leaving his name.

Once back inside the mountain gate, Zhou Chun and Zhou Mingde discussed the acquired “Snow Soul Pill.”

Zhou Mingde was the first to speak, “This ‘Snow Soul Pill,’ although said to aid in the opening of the Purple Mansion, its medicinal effect is not easy to ascertain. In my opinion, Zhengchun, it would be better for you to wait a few more years and find another Spiritual Object to use in conjunction with it for assurance.”

His advice was cautious and considerate of Zhou Chun’s well-being.

But Zhou Chun had his own perspective.

Zhou Chun spoke slowly, “The ‘Snow Soul Pill’ is an auxiliary Spirit Pill used by disciples of the Snow Essence Palace for opening their Purple Mansion. If it is designated by such a prominent sect as the essential medicine for their disciples to use for opening the Purple Mansion, its effectiveness must be exceptional and unlikely to be inferior to the ‘Mysterious Heart Purple Return Pill’ refined by the three major sects.”

“Therefore, I believe it is worth trying now; success might come at the first attempt!”

Just as a Qi Refinement Realm cultivator who acquires a Foundation Establishment Pill would find it irresistible not to consume it and attempt Foundation Establishment.

Now that Zhou Chun had obtained the treasure that was the ‘Snow Soul Pill’ and his cultivation level was sufficient to challenge the Purple Mansion, he naturally wanted to give it a try.

In fact, Zhou Chun harbored his own unique confidence when it came to opening the Purple Mansion.

After all, his soul originated from another world.

For a Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator to open the Purple Mansion and manifest their Divine Soul is essentially to awaken the human soul and relocate it to the Purple Mansion, where it becomes the central hub that commands everything.

After fully understanding the process of opening the Purple Mansion, Zhou Chun had a feeling that it might be easier for him to achieve it compared to others.

Because his soul should already be awakened, lacking only the breakthrough of the upper Dantian’s Niwan Palace and the opening of the Purple Mansion.

However, these issues being central to his deepest secrets, he couldn’t reveal them to others. At that moment, he could only argue based on reason, using firm words to persuade the elder Zhou Mingde.

In the end, Zhou Mingde was also persuaded by him.

“So be it! Since you are so determined, what can I do to forcibly stop you? I can only hope you will act cautiously and not force a one-time success!”

Zhou Mingde showed a bitter smile and shook his head, ultimately agreeing with Zhou Chun’s decision.

Although he was an elder, he couldn’t forcefully stop the younger generation from attempting to reach a higher realm. He could only try his best to advise them.

If the advice failed, then he had no choice but to agree.

To reassure him, Zhou Chun nodded solemnly, “Don’t worry. I am not reckless. If it turns out that my strength is insufficient, I will stop in time!”

However, opening the Purple Mansion is not an overnight matter. Even if successful, it requires a year or half a year of secluded cultivation to solidify one’s cultivation level.

Moreover, for Zhou Chun, the most dangerous part wasn’t the opening of the Purple Mansion, but the ‘Reforging of the Shattered Cauldron’ that he would have to face after opening the Purple Mansion when cultivating the second chapter of the ‘Golden Cauldron Profound Technique.’

If he failed in this challenge, it meant the destruction of the cauldron and his death, with no chance of luck.

Therefore, before he truly began the seclusion to open the Purple Mansion, he had a lot of preparation work to do.

He also had to ensure Lin Wan’er’s safety at the Yang Kingdom’s Hongyu Peak Stronghold to prevent a recurrence of the past events.