, First Spirit Pet

Chapter 10 The First Spirit Pet

Jiufengling, Baozhifeng.

After the Zhou family occupied Jiufeng Ridge, they assigned a peak master to each of the spiritual peaks, except for the main peak, Pagoda Peak, where the Supreme Elder and the clan leader resided.

The peak master of Baozhi Peak is named Zhou He, a female cultivator from the Zhou family at the twelfth level of the Qi Refining stage, who is already sixty-seven years old.

Before Zhou Chun arrived at Baozhi Peak, there were twelve Zhou family cultivators who settled and cultivated there, including Zhou Yong, with whom he had a fairly good relationship.

After returning from Pagoda Peak, Zhou Chun, led by Zhou Yong, first went up the mountain to pay respects to Peak Master Zhou He.

As an elder of the Zhou family, Zhou He was extremely pleased to learn that Zhou Chun, a member of the clan with good qualities, had returned to the family and was now under his command.

He even took out his own precious honey tea, which he usually couldn't bear to drink, to treat Zhou Chun.

He then personally led Zhou Chun to a secluded courtyard and arranged for him to stay there.

Afterwards, he took Zhou Chun to visit the other Zhou family cultivators on the mountain, letting everyone on the mountain know that they had gained another member of the clan, Zhou Chun.

Such warm hospitality made Zhou Chun feel flattered and deeply touched.

It wasn't until late at night that he was able to return to his secluded courtyard and calmly process the day's events.

Without a doubt, his experiences today fully demonstrate the correctness of his decision to return to the Zhou family.

Returning to the Zhou family, one will indeed be bound by family rules and will be subject to the control and orders of the patriarch, elders, and others.

However, the benefits he received after returning to the Zhou family were more than enough to justify the restrictions he had been subjected to.

In short, the benefits far outweigh the drawbacks.

Moreover, judging from today's experience and the interactions with Zhou Fei and the others over the past few days, the atmosphere within the Zhou family seems to be quite good.

Intrigue and backstabbing may be unavoidable, but it shouldn't concern them much as ordinary members of their tribe.

Of course, he has only just returned to the family, so it is too early to draw any conclusions. Further observation is needed.

After summarizing the events of the day, Zhou Chun suddenly reached into his storage bag and took out the Rock Turtle Spirit Egg that the clan leader Zhou Guyi had bestowed upon him.

He opened the jade box, and a large, grayish-white beast egg came into view.

This giant egg was even larger than the ostrich egg Zhou Chun had seen in his previous life; it was the egg of a low-level demon beast, the Rock Turtle.

In the cultivation world, demonic beasts are classified into six ranks, corresponding to the cultivation levels of cultivators. They are further divided into four levels: low, medium, high, and top, based on their growth potential.

Generally speaking, the upper limit of the growth potential of low-level monsters is one tier.

Unless they have a special encounter that allows their bloodline to transform and evolve, low-level demon beasts have virtually no chance of growing to the second tier.

Similarly, the upper limit of the growth potential of intermediate-level monsters is the second tier, the upper limit of the growth potential of advanced-level monsters is the third tier, and the upper limit of the growth potential of top-level monsters is the fourth tier.

Therefore, if someone can obtain the egg or cub of a top-tier demon beast, as long as they live long enough for that top-tier demon beast to grow up, they can obtain a fourth-tier demon beast with strength comparable to a Golden Core cultivator as a spirit pet.

Although the Rock Turtle Spirit Egg in Zhou Chun's hand is only a descendant of a low-level demon beast, the Rock Turtle is a very powerful demon beast among low-level demon beasts, at least much stronger than the "Wind Shadow Leopard" he had previously cultivated.

This kind of monster not only has super strong defensive capabilities and tenacious vitality, but also possesses considerable offensive capabilities. Once it reaches adulthood, it is equivalent to a first-tier high-grade monster and can fight against a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator.

It's safe to say that such a rock turtle spirit egg would be worth at least three hundred spirit coins if sold in the market.

Therefore, Zhou Guyi's reward for Zhou Chun's return to the family was quite generous.

After examining the spirit egg of the rock tortoise for a while, Zhou Chun quickly pricked his finger, dripped blood as ink, and used the stone as paper to carve a contract array on a flat stone slab.

The Zhou family, a renowned cultivation family specializing in beast taming techniques, possesses a variety of secret arts that allow cultivators to establish contractual relationships with demonic beasts.

The "Soul Control Blood Array" that Zhou Chun is currently using is one of the safest and most reliable contract techniques.

However, this method is only suitable for contracting with rock turtle spirit eggs, which are monster eggs that have not yet developed sentience. It is difficult to work on monster cubs and adult monsters that have already been born and opened their eyes.

After spending about 15 minutes inscribing the contract array, he then began inscribing related spirit patterns on the eggshell of the rock turtle spirit egg.

Once the grayish-white surface of the rock tortoise spirit egg was covered with various blood-red spirit patterns, Zhou Chun placed the spirit egg on a stone slab inscribed with a contract array. Then, using blood as a catalyst, he performed hand seals and chanted incantations to activate the contract array.

As the contract array was activated, the array patterns carved with Zhou Yang's blood on the stone slab instantly turned into blood mist, rising up like dried-up water and surging towards the rock tortoise spirit egg in the center.

Soon, the entire rock turtle spirit egg was enveloped in a misty blood fog.

At this moment, the previously motionless rock tortoise spirit egg seemed to sense something and suddenly emitted a suction force, absorbing the blood mist outside into the spirit egg and turning it into nutrients for its own growth.

As all the blood mist was absorbed, the Rock Turtle Spirit Egg returned to its previous grayish-white color.

However, at this moment, Zhou Chun had already established a mysterious connection with the Rock Turtle Spirit Egg, and could faintly sense that the life inside, which had been sealed away from growth, was rapidly gestating and growing.

Generally speaking, if a demon beast spirit egg is obtained but a suitable owner is not found for the time being, a cultivator who has mastered a special sealing technique will use the technique to temporarily seal the spirit egg's life force, greatly delaying its growth and hatching time.

The seal will only be broken and invalidated after a master contracts with the monster spirit egg. At this time, the monster spirit egg will gestate and hatch at a speed many times faster than normal.

After observing the rock tortoise spirit egg for about an hour, Zhou Chun concluded that the demon beast spirit egg would hatch successfully in two to three days.

So he didn't put it away, but placed it under the bed and let it hatch on its own.

In the latter half of the night, Zhou Chun only slept lightly for less than two hours before getting up and rushing to the cliff at the top of Baozhi Peak.

He thought he had arrived early enough, and that it should not be 5 a.m. yet.

But when they arrived, they discovered that Zhou Yong and the other two Zhou family cultivators from Baozhi Peak were already waiting for them.

"It seems the world has no shortage of hardworking people!"

Zhou Chun sighed inwardly and found a place to sit down cross-legged.

Around 5:45 AM, as the sky gradually turned white, seven Zhou family cultivators had gathered on the cliff.

At this moment, the seven people sat cross-legged on the cliff, formed mudras with their hands, and quickly entered a meditative state.

As the sun rose and purple energy came from the east, the seven of them were already in a state of perfect concentration, and in the best possible condition, they collected a wisp of the morning sun's purple energy and refined it into their bodies.

When Zhou Chun opened his eyes again, finished his practice, and stood up, it was already bright daylight, and the time was four quarters past Chen Shi (7:40 AM).

At this time, three Zhou family cultivators had already finished their practice and left, while the other three, including Zhou Yong, were still meditating.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Chun immediately left the cliff at the top of the mountain and went to the public dining room on Baozhi Peak to have breakfast.

The Zhou family migrated from Feng Kingdom. The vast majority of their mortal relatives remained in Feng Kingdom and could not be brought over. Only a few Foundation Establishment stage elders and other high-level cultivators' mortal relatives were able to be brought to Jing Kingdom.

Now that the Zhou family is rebuilding from ruins, these mortals, even relatives of the Zhou family's high-ranking cultivators, must contribute their own strength to the Zhou family.

Therefore, the people in charge of things like the dining halls and drying rooms at each peak are the ones who do the work.

These people were used to a life of luxury, so naturally their actions are not satisfactory.

Zhou Chun took a few meat buns for breakfast, but two of them were undercooked. It was only because he didn't pay for them and didn't want to cause trouble since he had just arrived that he was able to get away with it. Otherwise, he would have started cursing.

Finally, he angrily threw down a few steamed buns and left, deciding that he would simply cook for himself from now on.

After casually finding some edible wild fruits in the mountains to fill his stomach, Zhou Chun hurried to the residence of Peak Master Zhou He.

What exactly is the current situation of the Zhou family? Although Zhou Fei and the others had mentioned some things before, they hadn't gone into too much detail, especially regarding the various rules and regulations.

Now, we still need Peak Master Zhou He to give Zhou Chun a detailed explanation so that he can have a clear understanding.

Haha, one of our readers actually guessed some of them! Let's all guess what other main battle pets there will be later. I've already set up about seven different pets!

(End of this chapter)