Liu Shiyun's Fortuitous Encounter, The Mystery of the Dragon Shadow [Please Subscrib

Chapter 89 Liu Shiyun's Fortuitous Encounter, The Mystery of the Dragon Shadow [Please Subscribe]

"May you have a safe journey, Fellow Daoist Liu, and may we meet again someday."

Outside Jiufeng Ridge, Zhou Chun bowed to Liu Shiyun and the other two as they left, bidding them farewell.

"Fellow Daoist Zhou, please wait. We'll meet again someday."

Liu Shiyun returned the greeting and then rode away from Jiufeng Ridge with her two fellow disciples on two [Inkscale Steeds].

After watching the three people and two horses depart, Zhou Chun turned back to the Pagoda Peak, where he pondered the news brought by Liu Shiyun.

The news Liu Shiyun brought him this time was very simple: the image of a dragon had appeared in the lower reaches of the Cangyun River in Yunzhou, Jingguo, and it was said that there was more than one.

After observing the area, a high-ranking cultivator from the Qinglian Temple concluded that there was likely a dragon nesting there in preparation for laying eggs.

Therefore, some high-ranking cultivators of Qinglian Temple are already making preparations to kill the dragon and seize its eggs after it lays its eggs.

This news was originally a secret within the Qinglian Temple, circulating only among high-level cultivators.

Liu Shiyun learned about this by chance from her master.

The reason Liu Shiyun relayed this news to Zhou Chun was because she had learned by chance when she worked at the Spirit Beast Shop that Zhou Chun was looking for spiritual items such as dragon blood grass and dragon blood stone.

At the time, she wanted to repay Zhou Chun for saving her and her father's lives, so she kept this matter in mind.

Therefore, upon learning that a high-ranking cultivator from the Qinglian Temple was going to slay a dragon in Jingguo Yunzhou, he rushed to the Zhou family to relay the news to Zhou Chun so that he could make preparations as soon as possible.

After all, if a high-level cultivator were to slay a dragon, the dragon's blood would spill onto the river and the land, surely giving rise to spiritual objects such as dragon blood grass and dragon blood stone.

Whether Zhou Chun seeks them out himself or hires someone to buy them, he will have the opportunity to obtain these things.

The premise is that he is well prepared.

Liu Shiyun was right; Zhou Chun was indeed tempted after hearing the news.

Bai Bai, the Silver Lightning Python, is now Zhou Chun's main spirit pet. After he started feeding it Beast Spirit Pills and other cultivation-enhancing pills, its growth rate has been very fast.

He will likely advance to the second tier earlier than Zhou Chun himself established his foundation.

If you can give him spiritual items such as dragon blood grass and dragon blood stone before he advances to the second tier, you can help purify the dragon bloodline in his body.

This will not only make it easier to advance to the second tier in the future, but will also make it stronger after advancing to the second tier.

However, Zhou Chun also knew that since the matter involved high-level cultivators of the Qinglian Temple, he absolutely could not act on his own. He had to explain the situation to the clan leader, Zhou Daoyi, and listen to the elder's advice.

"Everyone has their own destiny. I never expected that Liu Shiyun, a female cultivator whose spiritual root aptitude wasn't particularly outstanding, would be so highly regarded by a noble person after going to the Qinglian Temple, directly becoming an inner disciple and surpassing the status of many family cultivators!"

Recalling Liu Shiyun's account of her experience after joining the Qinglian Temple, Zhou Chun was amazed and full of emotion.

According to Liu Shiyun herself, less than a year after she became an apprentice at Qinglian Temple, she was noticed by a female Daoist at the Purple Mansion stage and taken in as a disciple.

Because her master was a cultivator at the Purple Mansion stage, she, who was originally just a newly initiated outer disciple, was directly transformed into an inner disciple, and her status and treatment became completely different.

The two outer disciples of Qinglian Temple who accompanied him this time were actually bodyguards arranged for her.

After leaving the Zhou family, her next stop was Hongyafang City to pick up her father, Liu Qingshan, and take him to the Qinglian Temple.

This is also a benefit of Qinglian Temple's inner disciples, allowing their close relatives to cultivate in their own caves within the mountain gate.

However, although Zhou Chun felt sorry for Liu Shiyun's fate, she was not particularly envious.

Although he doesn't have a master at the Purple Mansion stage, he's basically been designated as the next patriarch of the Zhou family, so his future achievements won't be too bad.

In his words from his previous life, they all have a bright future!

After pondering alone for a while, Zhou Chun waited until the clan leader Zhou Daoyi returned from his cultivation and then relayed the message Liu Shiyun had told him to him.

"If the information is correct, then this matter really deserves our attention!"

After hearing Zhou Chun's words, Zhou Daoyi's expression immediately turned serious.

The Zhou family possesses not only Zhou Chun's Silver Lightning Python, but also his spirit pet, the Azure Cloud Python, which has the bloodline of a dragon.

Moreover, according to the records in the ancient books and his own research, if the Azure Cloud Python wants to evolve into a dragon, it either needs to take the "Dragon Transformation Pill" made from the rare spiritual object "Dragon Transformation Grass", or it needs to risk taking the inner core of a third-order dragon.

Unlike cultivators who form their Golden Core at the Golden Core stage, demon beasts can form an inner core similar to a Golden Core at the third stage. This inner core is also known as a demon core.

The inner core of a demon beast is a product formed from the essence of its bloodline. It can be used not only for alchemy and weapon crafting, but also for enhancing the cultivation of other demon beasts.

Some demonic beasts with the same bloodline can even purify and advance their bloodline level by consuming the inner core of higher-level demonic beasts.

However, the power contained in the inner core of a demon beast is extremely strong and violent. It is not easy for a low-level demon beast to consume the inner core of a high-level demon beast. If it is not careful, it may be overwhelmed by the violent power contained in the inner core and die from the explosion!

Therefore, after hearing the news that the high-level cultivators of Qinglian Temple were going to slay a dragon, Zhou Chun was thinking about how to obtain some scraps.

Zhou Daoyi, however, was considering whether he could obtain a dragon's inner core.

However, Zhou Daoyi knew in his heart that this idea of ​​his could only remain a thought.

Putting aside whether the high-level cultivators of Qinglian Temple can successfully slay the dragon, even if they do, given the preciousness of the dragon's inner core, I simply cannot offer anything in exchange that would tempt them.

But everyone has to have some ideas, right?

Therefore, after pondering for a long time, Zhou Daoyi nodded to Zhou Chun and said, "Well then, since it was you who discovered this matter, you should take some people to Yunzhou to settle down and gather information."

"If there are indeed high-level cultivators from the Qinglian Temple preparing to slay the dragon, then send the message back to the family as quickly as possible."

"I will personally lead a delegation to Yunzhou then, to see if we can gain anything!"

First, send someone to scout the location and gather information before deciding whether to participate.

Zhou Daoyi's arrangement was pretty much what Zhou Chun had expected.

After hearing Zhou Daoyi's words, he immediately replied, "This junior understands, but I wonder who the clan leader wishes to accompany me?"

"Let Jiapeng and Zhengyu go with you!"

After a moment's thought, Zhou Daoyi named two Zhou family cultivators.

"Uncle Twenty-Seven and Fourth Brother?"

Zhou Chun's mind stirred, and he instantly understood Zhou Daoyi's meaning.

Uncle Zhou Jiapeng's pet Iron Feather Eagle can carry people in flight, making it perfect for transmitting messages.

Although Fourth Brother Zhou Zhengyu's cultivation level is low, he is eloquent and shrewd, making him the most suitable person to deal with local rogue cultivators and gather information.

The two of them were indeed very suitable for him to go to Yunzhou to scout and gather information.

After finalizing the selection of those to accompany Zhou Chun on his scouting trip to Yunzhou, Zhou Daoyi's expression shifted, and he suddenly looked at Zhou Chun and said:

"And that Miss Liu, since you saved her life and she is a grateful person, you two might as well keep in touch and maintain this relationship."

"Well, once the family's Jade Spirit Bees produce honey, I will save some for you to give as gifts. At that time, you can also see if you can get in touch with Miss Liu's master through her connection."

"If there are people of sufficient standing within the Qinglian Temple willing to speak on behalf of our Zhou family, then in the future, our family won't need to be so hesitant to act in any way!"

His words sounded somewhat snobbish, but they were words a clan leader should say.

As the clan leader, one should consider the big picture and make the best use of the clan's network of contacts to seek benefits for the clan.

Just like when he helped Zhou Chun hire someone to refine magical artifacts, he also used his personal connections.

Therefore, Zhou Chun did not show any rejection after hearing Zhou Daoyi's words.

There are many kinds of friends. Just because two people have an exchange of benefits doesn't mean they can't be friends.

A healthy exchange of benefits can actually strengthen the bond between friends, and in the future, it may even evolve into a life-or-death friendship where they can stand up for each other!

Therefore, he quickly nodded and replied, "I understand, and I will pay more attention to this in the future."

"It's good that you understand."

Zhou Daoyi nodded with satisfaction, quite pleased with Zhou Chun's answer.

He understands the bigger picture and prioritizes the overall situation; all the effort he put into cultivating him was worthwhile!

Immediately, Zhou Daoyi summoned Zhou Jiapeng and Zhou Zhengyu and informed them that he would accompany Zhou Chun to Yunzhou to scout the area.

At this time, Zhou Chun was no longer the unknown young man in the family he once was.

Neither the elder Zhou Jiapeng nor the cousin Zhou Zhengyu had any complaints about him leading the scouting trip to Yunzhou.

He has already gained the recognition of many family cultivators through his own efforts and achievements.

After the plan was finalized, Zhou Chun and his two companions quietly left Jiufeng Ridge and headed straight for Yunzhou.

Back when Zhou Chun first transmigrated to this world, he was weak and lacked ability.

In addition, there are descriptions of various dangers in the cultivation world from my memory.

This made him extremely cautious when traveling from Yunzhou to Lanzhou.

I would rather be among ordinary people, hiding in their ranks and moving forward slowly, than walk alone on a desolate road.

Looking back now, it still evokes a sense of感慨 (gǎnkǎi, deep emotion) in him.

This time, the situation was completely different from what he had experienced when he set off from Jiufengling to Yunzhou.

The three of them set off on this journey riding well-bred rams, which could travel two to three hundred miles a day.

Furthermore, among the three, Zhou Chun and Zhou Jiapeng are both Qi Refining stage cultivators with extremely high cultivation levels, so they don't need to worry about encountering any highway robbers or bandits on the road, and they don't need to take detours.

So, after a rapid journey, the three of them traveled more than a thousand miles, crossing mountains and valleys, in just five days, and arrived at the lower reaches of the Cangyun River in Yunzhou.

The Cangyun River is the largest river system in the southern part of Jingguo. It originates in the Jianzhou mountainous area of ​​Jingguo in the northwest of Yunzhou and flows south into Yunzhou. The width and depth of the river within Yunzhou are much wider than within Jianzhou.

The final destination of this great river is the Dragon Abyss Marsh in the southeastern part of Yasukuni.

The Dragon Abyss has been a land overrun by demonic beasts since ancient times. It is home to the dragon clan and many dragon-blooded demonic beasts, including many powerful demons whose strength rivals that of Nascent Soul stage cultivators.

The lower reaches of the Cangyun River within Yunzhou are actually thousands of miles away from Longyuanze, so in theory, there shouldn't be any dragons nesting there.

After all, within the human realm, demonic beasts are prey, and demonic beasts like the Flood Dragon, whose entire body is a treasure, are even more coveted by human cultivators.

The dragons that can build nests and lay eggs are at least third-tier dragons, and their intelligence is already quite high, so it is impossible for them not to understand this matter.

However, the information from Qinglian Temple is definitely correct.

Even if Zhou Chun had this doubt in his heart, he would only keep it buried deep inside.

After arriving at the lower reaches of the Cangyun River, he, Zhou Jiapeng, and Zhou Zhengyu immediately split up and began their respective actions.

Under Zhou Chun's arrangement, Zhou Jiapeng took Zhou Zhengyu to some of the strongholds of cultivation families and independent cultivator organizations in Yunzhou to inquire about the appearance of the dragon.

Zhou Chun himself traveled down the river to gather information from ordinary towns.

The dragons in this world are basically the same as those in his previous life.

Wherever a dragon appears, a flood is bound to occur, because this kind of monster is naturally fond of "causing floods".

Therefore, if a dragon were to appear in the lower reaches of the Cangyun River, ordinary people would actually find out about it relatively easily.

Of course, without the news from Qinglian Temple, Zhou Chun wouldn't have believed it even if he heard mortals spreading such rumors.

Because ordinary people have limited knowledge, they can easily mistake some water demons for dragons.

Furthermore, if they haven't seen it with their own eyes, they are more likely to spread misinformation when disseminating the news, in order to show off their knowledge.

However, listening to the news spread by mortals at this time can be quite helpful in finding the dragon.

The results of the investigation were exactly as Zhou Chun had expected.

The news of the dragon appearing in the lower reaches of the Cangyun River has indeed spread along both banks of the river in the downstream area of ​​Yunzhou, and many towns and villages are discussing it.

However, there are many conflicting accounts regarding the location where the dragon appeared, making it difficult to determine its authenticity.

It's possible that the dragon did indeed appear in those locations, but the true location of its lair is beyond the knowledge of ordinary people.

After all, even a third-tier dragon can escape by using water. As long as it doesn't want to show itself, it can disappear into the riverbed for thousands of miles without anyone noticing.

After gathering information on the locations where the dragon had appeared, Zhou Chun left the mortal world and went directly to the previously designated location to meet up with Zhou Jiapeng and Zhou Zhengyu to see what they could gain.

The three met at a training base established by a group of independent cultivators in Yunzhou, called Silverstone Mountain.

Similar to the "Qingyun Valley" that Zhou Chun visited in Lanzhou, this Silver Stone Mountain was also established by several Foundation Establishment stage cultivators.

In addition to providing for their own cultivation, they can also collect rent to earn some spirit coins, and incidentally, it can also serve as a place for trading and exchanging among Qi Refining stage cultivators in the vicinity.

Such places can be found all over the cultivation world.

When Zhou Chun arrived at Yinshi Mountain, he easily found Zhou Jiapeng and his companion who were waiting there.

The three of them booked a private room in a teahouse and began sharing the information they had gathered.

"Let's start by telling you what we've gathered."

"According to our investigation, the news that the dragon has appeared in the lower reaches of the Cangyun River has already spread throughout the cultivation world in Yunzhou, and many local cultivators in Yunzhou are also searching for the dragon."

"However, the news of the dragon building a nest and laying eggs has not spread far. I don't know if it's because no one noticed it, or if those who did notice it didn't want more people to know about it."

"Here are some locations where we've collected information on the appearance of the dragons. Zhengchun, you can take a look."

Inside the private room, Zhou Jiapeng shared the information he and his companion had gathered while handing Zhou Chun a list and a map.

The first update of the day is here!

(End of this chapter)