Rock Tortoise Advancement

Chapter 59 Rock Tortoise Advancement

The five major cultivation families surrounded the Qiyun Alliance's mountain gate, seemingly preparing to wipe out the Qiyun Alliance in one fell swoop.

Just when the onlookers in the cultivation world of Lanzhou thought they were about to witness a fierce and exciting massacre, the matter suddenly came to an end.

That's right, it's over!

Because the real backer of the Qi Yun Alliance has spoken up.

It turns out that Tang Yuan, the leader of the Qiyun Alliance, is actually a disciple of "Tianjing Sanren," a Golden Core cultivator from Lingzhou in Jingguo. The Qiyun Alliance was also created under his orders.

That "Heavenly Realm Hermit" was a very famous figure throughout the entire Jing Kingdom. His cultivation level was as high as the late Golden Core stage, making him one of the most powerful hermits among the hermits in the Jing Kingdom.

Its own "Tianjing Manor" in Lingzhou is also a large independent cultivator force.

Now that this late-stage Golden Core cultivator, who holds a very high position among the independent cultivators in Jingguo, has spoken, how could the five major immortal cultivation families in Lanzhou dare to touch even a hair on the head of the Qiyun Alliance?

Although they left in a somewhat disheveled state, the higher-ups of the five major cultivation families were not at all panicked at this time; on the contrary, they were very happy.

Since "Tianjing Sanren" was forced to stand up and protect the Qiyun Alliance, the Qiyun Alliance will no longer need them to deal with it.

Neither the Qinglian Temple nor the forces in Lanzhou with Golden Core cultivators would allow the Qiyun Alliance to continue its expansion and causing trouble in Lanzhou.

Therefore, even if the Qiyun Alliance can continue to exist in Lanzhou in the future, it will absolutely not dare to retaliate against the five major immortal cultivation families in a high-profile manner.

This is the tacit rule shared by the cultivation world.

It doesn't matter how much fighting and killing occurs between smaller factions.

However, when it comes to Golden Core cultivators, places like Lanzhou, which are "owned," cannot allow Golden Core cultivators from other places to run rampant.

Otherwise, the Three Absolutes Sect wouldn't have been forcibly dismantled by the Green Lotus Temple.

Not long after the incident, Zhou Jiasheng returned to Hongyafang City.

"Thank God, Uncle Sixteen, you're finally back safe and sound!"

Inside the Spirit Beast Pavilion, Zhou Chun saw Zhou Jiasheng return safely and sighed with emotion.

Then, looking at him with concern, she asked, "How are you? How's the situation with the family? I heard that many people died in the battle with the Qi Yun Alliance. Is our Zhou family alright?"

Hearing this, Zhou Jiasheng sighed with a wry smile, "How could nothing be wrong!"

Then, in a low voice, he said, "In this battle, not only did the clan lose three members, but another lost an arm, many others were injured and require long-term recovery, and many of the clan's spirit pets were also killed or crippled. The losses are considerable!"

At this point, Zhou Jiasheng looked at Zhou Chun and said, "Originally, the clan leader wanted to let you return to the clan to receive your reward after everything was over."

"But now he needs to handle all the follow-up matters, so I'm afraid he won't have time to worry about this for a while. I hope you can understand that."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun immediately replied, "Uncle Sixteen, don't worry, this nephew can certainly understand."

"I'm glad you understand."

Zhou Jiasheng nodded, then looked at Zhou Chun and asked, "How has business been at the store lately? Please bring me the operating records for this period."

As the manager, he will definitely check the accounts when he returns.

Fortunately, Zhou Chun was prepared for this and immediately took out the relevant account books for him to review. He didn't even hide the fact that he had used his personal money to buy and resell Ganoderma lucidum.

This matter can't be kept secret any longer.

Li Siyuan, the owner of Li's Pharmacy, was just waiting for an opportunity to get revenge.

If he's in the market at that time, that's fine, but if he's not, who knows what Zhou Jiasheng will think when he finds out.

Upon hearing about how he resold the Crimson Essence Ganoderma, Zhou Jiasheng, while surprised and envious of his luck, also nodded slightly and said, "This is also your personal opportunity and luck. Even if the clan leader knew, he wouldn't say anything."

In fact, almost every shopkeeper in the market had done this kind of thing.

Otherwise, why would the position of shopkeeper in a market be so sought after by various factions?

However, some people went too far, directly misappropriating funds from the store to do this.

Some people, like Zhou Chun, use their personal savings to do this.

If the former is discovered by their family, they will be directly punished.

Even if the latter is discovered, the various factions generally will not pursue the matter.

After all, if you want a horse to run, you have to feed it grass.

You have to give the shopkeeper and employees some incentives so they will be willing to work hard to run the shop and build its reputation.

For family businesses, the better the store's reputation, the better the turnover, and ultimately they will earn more.

Zhou Chun had already understood the ins and outs of the matter, which was why he dared to openly and casually sell the Red Essence Ganoderma at Li's Pharmacy back then, and now he dares to talk about it directly with Zhou Jiasheng.

After the matter was dropped, Zhou Chun returned to his job as a shop assistant.

More than a month passed, and Zhou Chun's first spirit pet, the Rock Turtle, finally awoke from its slumber and advanced to a first-tier high-grade demon beast.

Entering the ranks of first-tier superior-grade demon beasts signifies adulthood for the Rock Turtle race.

At this moment, the rock tortoise's back was nearly eight feet wide, and its length from head to tail was thirteen feet. Its body was covered with inverted triangular spikes, the shortest of which was a finger's length.

Such a giant tortoise, armed to the teeth, would leave ordinary monsters with nowhere to bite.

And it's not just physical size that's increased, but also the strength.

After advancing to a first-tier superior-grade demon beast, the Rock Turtle awakened and mastered several innate earth-elemental spells, including the "Falling Rocks" spell with considerable attack power, the "Stone Armor" spell with extremely strong defense, and even a relatively rare earth-elemental spell for trapping enemies called "Earth Prison".

With these spells at his disposal, coupled with his own powerful defense, the Rock Tortoise can now hold its own against a cultivator at the ninth level of Qi Refining, even if they face each other alone, and has a good chance of winning.

If Zhou Chun is also included, the master and servant working together would be able to put up a fight even against those with cultivation levels of the eleventh or twelfth level of the Qi Refining stage.

"What a fine stone! It was worth raising you for nothing. Very good, very good!"

In the backyard of the shop, Zhou Chun looked at the enormous, yellowish-brown tortoise that occupied one-fifth of the yard, his face full of smiles.

He actually wanted to go up and touch the giant tortoise's head, but looking at the head full of spikes, he gave up the idea.

The only thing I could do was kick the gap on the giant tortoise's back with my foot, which was considered a sign of affection.

At this moment, the Silver Lightning Python, Bai Bai, sensed its master's arrival and crawled out of the open bedroom window. It quickly climbed up Zhou Chun's legs and onto his shoulders, its forked tongue leaving several wet streaks on his face.

"Bai Bai, don't be silly, I can't carry you now."

Zhou Chun reached out and patted the silvery-white python's head, signaling it to get down quickly.

The python is now nearly two zhang long and weighs two to three hundred jin!

Even though Zhou Chun was a cultivator and his physical abilities were far superior to those of ordinary people, it was still very uncomfortable for him to be under such weight.

Hiss~ Hiss!

After letting out two reluctant hisses, Bai Bai slid down to the ground and conveyed a desire to eat to Zhou Chun.

It turned out that it hadn't eaten for several days.

Pythons can typically go without food for several days or even more than ten days after eating once.

However, Bai Bai is not even a year old yet, which is a time when she is developing rapidly, so her feeding frequency will be much higher.

Zhou Chun had to watch over the shop and couldn't take it out hunting, so he spent some spirit coins to buy monster meat from independent cultivators to feed it.

Because of the presence of turbid and malevolent energy, even the flesh of demonic beasts is something that ordinary cultivators cannot eat.

Often, after hunting monsters in the wild, independent cultivators only take the hides, claws, and other items that can be used for making talismans, refining weapons, and refining pills. They only take some of the meat and bones if their storage bags have a large enough capacity.

As a result, it wasn't easy for Zhou Chun to buy these things at any time in the market.

He had even considered placing a special order with the wandering cultivators in the market, asking them to bring him some monster meat when they came to the market.

After all, the nutritional value of demon beast meat is much higher than that of ordinary wild animal meat, and many of the Zhou family's spirit beast rations are made primarily from demon beast meat.

However, since the sales volume of spirit beast food is limited, the Zhou family cultivators have enough monster meat from hunting monsters to meet their needs, so the Spirit Beast Shop has not yet purchased such items.

The main problem is that it's not very convenient to preserve this kind of thing for a long time; a cold storage facility is necessary.

However, if a large underground ice storage facility is to be built within the market area, then a considerable amount of rent will have to be paid to the market management.

Therefore, the Zhou family is now buying beast meat from outsiders, specifically from independent cultivators who come to the Zhou family to cultivate.

Seeing the large python raise its head and stare longingly at him, Zhou Chun hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Alright, since you're hungry and Stone has broken through, let's take the day off and go hunting ourselves!"

After saying that, he put both spirit pets into his spirit beast bag and went to the shop in front to ask Zhou Jiasheng, the shopkeeper, for leave.

Upon learning that Zhou Chun was going out hunting to feed his spirit pets, Zhou Jiasheng didn't say much, only telling him to be careful and not to stray too far from the market area.

(End of this chapter)