When Zhou Chun heard the news, all the worries he had due to the war ending too quickly disappeared. He felt refreshed and relieved.
It was like a big rock that had been pressing on my back suddenly disappeared!
People will always grow!
A hundred years ago, even a few decades ago, Qinglian Temple was a behemoth to Zhou Chun, and he did not dare to think about the consequences of being an enemy.
He knew that if he offended Qinglian Temple, just a few golden elixir-level monks could destroy the Zhou family.
But now, after experiencing the battle between the Yuan Demon Army and the Tianling Army, and after personally fighting against the Golden Core Stage monks, Zhou Chun's mentality towards Qinglian Temple has changed dramatically.
In his eyes, the only person worthy of awe in Qinglian Temple is Master Qingxiao.
This is not because he is arrogant, but it is true.
After all, in the Zifu stage, he can already be said to be invincible. The only people he can put his eyes on are the Golden Core stage monks.
And now he has great confidence in forming elixirs, and in his heart he actually regards himself as a golden elixir stage monk.
In addition, the Zhou family has Lin Hongyu, a Jindan monk, and the Su family and other allied Jindan families.
As a result, even though the total number of Golden Core monks in their families is not as large as that of Qinglian Guan, they are no longer something that Qinglian Guan can control at will.
The premise is that Zhenren Qingxiao no longer exists!
But before that, there happened to be a real person named Qingxiao in Qinglian Temple.
Because of the existence of this real person in the Nascent Soul Stage, Zhou Chun could not think of a way to mediate with Qinglian Temple no matter how hard he racked his brains.
The things he had done before were only things that could be successful in theory, but in fact they may not actually be successful.
But things are different now.
Now, with the fall of Master Qingxiao, Qinglian Temple has lost the only Master in the Nascent Soul Stage, and has effectively lost the power to suppress other Jindan families.
In the past, because of the existence of Qingxiao Zhenren, no matter how much Qinglian Temple did, other Jindan families could only endure it silently and did not dare to say anything.
After all, the strength and longevity of the real person at the Nascent Soul stage are much stronger than those at the Golden Core stage. As long as he takes action personally, it is impossible for any Golden Core stage monk to escape.
But without the intimidation of the Nascent Soul Realm, Qinglian Temple is still much stronger than other Jindan families in terms of strength, but it no longer has the crushing effect.
I'm really worried. The middle and low-level monks of the Golden Core Stage who are fighting for their families to hide in the dark and hunt down your Qinglian Temple can also cause your Qinglian Temple to suffer heavy losses and lose all your hearts!
Therefore, once Master Qingxiao falls, any Jindan family will have the qualifications to negotiate terms and prices when facing Qinglian Temple. They will no longer be able to treat themselves as just a vassal for Qinglian Temple to do as they please like before.
Zhou Chun had been worried that after the war was over, Qinglian Guan would find excuses to attack the Zhou family, overtly or covertly eliminate them, the senior leaders of the Zhou family, or even directly find excuses to destroy the Zhou family.
Therefore, he worked hard to kill the enemy and perform meritorious service on the battlefield, trying to use his glory to make Qinglian Guan worry about destroying the Zhou family with some clumsy crimes.
But regardless of whether this approach is effective or not, at least the initiative is completely not in the hands of the Zhou family and him, but in the hands of Qinglian Temple.
If Qinglian Guan is really determined to attack the Zhou family, the Zhou family really has no resistance at all.
It’s different now!
Now that Master Qingxiao has fallen, if Qinglian Temple really attacks the Zhou family again, the Zhou family will have a strong counterattack!
Whether it is Lin Hongyu, a golden elixir stage monk, or the Zhou family's [Nine Palaces Yellow Dragon Formation], they can pose a threat to the golden elixir stage monks of Qinglian Temple, not to mention that the Zhou family has several allies of the golden elixir family.
Zhou Chun believes that as long as those Golden Core monks in Qinglian Temple are not crazy, and as long as the Zhou family does not touch the core interests of Qinglian Temple, they will definitely not face Zhou openly after the war.
Home takes action.
As for the secret actions, at worst, after the war is over, the Zhou family’s several Zifu period monks will not leave the family’s mountain gate!
As long as he waits until Zhou Chun successfully forms the elixir, all problems will no longer be a problem.
"Besides, I still have this in my hand!"
Zhou Chun looked at the secret book in his hand, with a joyful smile on his face.
Then he quickly went to see the commander Wei Yong.
"My subordinates pay homage to the Commander."
In the main hall, Zhou Chun bowed and paid homage when he saw him, his face couldn't hide the joy.
"There is no need to be polite, Zhengchun. Looking at your happy face, could it be that something happy has happened to you?"
Wei Yong took one look at his expression, waved his hand gently, and asked with a smile.
"Ahem, it's not really a happy event. I just have something I want to present to the commander."
Zhou Chun coughed slightly in embarrassment and handed over the secret book in his hand.
After all, Master Qingxiao died for the sake of righteousness. Although Zhou Chun knew that there must be some transactions involved, he certainly could not say that he was happy about his death.
Even facing Wei Yong.
Fortunately, Wei Yong didn't mean to get to the bottom of it. He just opened the secret book he handed over and looked at it.
At this sight, the expression on Wei Yong's face became ugly.
After he quickly read the contents of the secret book, he looked at Zhou Chun with a gloomy expression and asked, "Where did you get this thing?"
"I got it from the 'Young Master Netherworld' Yin Shaotian. At that time, my subordinates and Li Qianyang worked together to deal with this beast. In the end, the beast was killed by the fourth-level ghost king I summoned. The relics on its body were obtained by my subordinates and Li Qianyang. This
The original secret book fell into the hands of the younger generation, and Li Qianyang just made a copy!"
Zhou Chun told the details in a calm tone without adding any extraneous details.
After learning about the death of Master Qingxiao, there was no need for him to try his best to discredit Qinglian Temple.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After hearing his answer, Wei Yong also looked at him deeply, then nodded and said: "I understand, I will understand this."
Submit it to Patriarch Yinyue and see what he thinks."
"My subordinate understands."
Seeing that his goal was achieved, Zhou Chun also looked at Wei Yong and asked what happened after the war.
"Although the war is basically over now, many demonic monks are still hiding in remote places, lurking in the world of heaven and spirit. Therefore, according to the wishes of the commanders, the heaven and spirit army cannot be disbanded so quickly."
"But even if we don't disband now, we won't need so many people. After all, some people will be needed to guard the rear!"
"Therefore, I estimate that all countries will send some of their own monks back to station in order to hunt down the demonic cultivators who are causing trouble."
Wei Yong did not hide anything from Zhou Chun, and immediately told what he knew about the situation.
After hearing his answer, Zhou Chun put his heart back in his stomach.
This is an official announcement that the war is over!
So he quickly asked: "Then how do you calculate the rewards? My subordinates still have accumulated many battle achievements and [Evil Demon Orders] that have not been used!"
"Don't worry about this. The rewards will definitely be based on the original standards, and more optional benefits may even be added later. If you don't have anything special that you need to redeem now, you can wait a little longer!"
Wei Yong smiled slightly, which was another reassurance for him.
Zhou Chun was also very sensible and immediately saluted and thanked him: "This junior is relieved. Thank you very much for the command, sir, for clearing up my confusion."
Then he handed Wei Yong the photo beads and related magic materials that recorded his previous killings of various demon cultivators, and asked him to repay his merits.
Ever since they used the Shadow Bead to record their achievements during the battle in the Jueling Desert, subsequent users like them have strongly requested the Legion to develop an exchange for this treasure.
The upper echelons of the legion also complied with public opinion and put a batch of photo beads on the shelves for exchange by the monks below.
However, due to the trouble of refining and the high demand, at that time only monks in the Zifu period were eligible to redeem it.
After Wei Yong accepted what he handed over, Zhou Chun didn't bother him much and just took the initiative to leave.
After waiting for several days, further orders were finally issued.
According to the order, all monks who have served for more than ten years, as well as monks with outstanding merits, can directly retire and return to their place of origin. Those who do not want to retire can also continue to serve in the legion.
Among them, Zhou Chun undoubtedly meets the criteria of outstanding meritorious service.
Not only him, but Zhou Zhengyong also met the retirement criteria for outstanding meritorious service for monks in the foundation-building period.
It's a pity that Zhou Daoyi didn't meet the requirements and could only continue to serve in the legion.
But this is not unacceptable to the Zhou family.
Therefore, after learning that he could retire, Zhou Chun approached Zhou Zhengyong and prepared for the two of them to return to the family first.
But when the two of them set off, Zhou Zhengyong suddenly looked at Zhou Chun and suggested: "If we go back to the family here, we will just pass by Sanxian Mountain. I haven't gone back for many years, so why not stop by and have a look this time."
Hearing his words, Zhou Chun was also slightly startled.
Sanxian Mountain is where the original gate of Sanjue Sect was located, and it can also be said to be the ancestral land of the Zhou family.
However, Zhou Chun was already in Jingguo when he came to this world. Although he had merged the memories of his original body, he had never really lived in Sanxian Mountain after all, and he didn't actually have much special feelings for it.
However, when he glanced at Zhou Zhengyong, who had white hair on his head, Zhou Chun immediately understood what the other person meant.
So he quickly nodded and said: "Brother Yong, you are right, you should go and have a look."
Then they asked the Golden-winged Tiger to take the place, and the two brothers went to the location of Sanxian Mountain together.
The Golden Winged Tiger was extremely fast, and it took Zhou Chun and the two of them to arrive near Sanxian Mountain in less than half a day.
After the Sanjue Sect was forced to leave Jingguo, the Sanxian Mountain fell into the hands of the She family, a cultivating family close to the Corpse Demon Cult.
Later, with the invasion of the Yuan Demon Realm, the She family followed the Corpse Demon Cult to join the Yuan Demon Army, and this place also became the residence of the Yuan Demon Army.
But now this place has long been conquered by the Tianling Legion and has become the headquarters of a certain battalion.
Although Zhou Chun and Zhou Zhengyong had retired from the Tianling Legion and handed over their identity tokens, Zhou Chun's reputation was loud enough after all.
After learning that he had come to pay his respects to his family, the Jindan monk who was stationed here also let them in without hesitation.
When entering Sanxian Mountain, the first thing you see are the three thousand-foot peaks. They are an important part of the origin of the name "Sanxian Mountain".
After the spiritual veins of Sanxian Mountain were smoothed by Master Gao Mingzhen, there was a spiritual eye on each of the three peaks. The concentration of spiritual energy on the three peaks was basically the same.
At the beginning, the three families of the Sanjue Sect each occupied a mountain peak as their family foundation.
It’s just that more than a hundred years have passed, and during that time, it was devastated by wars. Except for the mountains and rivers of the Sanxian Mountain today, which are still comparable to the Sanxian Mountain in Zhou Chun’s memory, the rest of the Sanjue Sect’s traces are almost completely gone.
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"Hey! Just over a hundred years have passed, and things have completely changed!"
Looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar mountains and rivers under his feet, even though Zhou Zhengyong had thousands of words in his heart, they could only turn into this sigh in the end.
Zhou Chun had already expected this.
But he didn't comfort Zhou Zhengyong, he just walked with him silently in the mountains, remembering the past.
After Zhou Zhengyong had visited the places he wanted to visit and felt that it was enough, the two of them went to say goodbye to the Jindan monks stationed here.
Unexpectedly, just as they were saying goodbye, the stationed Golden Core monk suddenly looked at Zhou Chun and said, "Actually, if Fellow Daoist Zhou wants to regain his family's hometown, there is no chance."
Hearing this, Zhou Chun was also shocked, and immediately exclaimed: "Why did Senior Lu say this?"
"Isn't this simple? Although the demon cultivators in the Yuan Demon Realm were driven away this time, the original forces in the Fengguo Immortal Realm were also completely shuffled. Only the top management and some elites of the most powerful Corpse Demon Cult successfully escaped.
, these vacated territories cannot be occupied by the Jingyang faction alone, new forces must move in!"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Friend Daoist Zhou, you have made outstanding achievements in this battle, and the Zhou family is the former owner of Sanxian Mountain. If you can find someone who can speak in the army,
Senior, please help me, it shouldn’t be difficult to take back the family’s homeland here!”
The Jindan monk surnamed Lu smiled slightly and expressed his opinion.
After hearing his words, Zhou Chun quickly calmed down.
Yes, what Brother Lu Jindan said sounded right and very reasonable at first glance.
But the problem is that the existence that even he wants to call senior must be a real person in the Yuanying stage.
But Zhou Chun didn't have the ability to find a real person in the Yuanying stage to help the Zhou family. Even if he went to the real person worshiping the moon, the other party would not agree to the matter.
So this thing seems feasible, but in fact it is impossible to do it at all.
What's more, Sanxian Mountain is not only the hometown of the Zhou family, but also the family hometown of the Danyao Li family and the Zhenfa You family.
If it is known that the Zhou family is occupying Sanxian Mountain on the grounds of recovering their old land, these two families will intervene even if they have no choice but to do so.
But for Zhou Chun, even if he doesn't want the spiritual land of Sanxian Mountain, he doesn't want to rebuild the Sanjue Sect with these two families.
After all, the current Zhou family has every hope of reaching the heyday of the Sanjue Sect as a family.
These thoughts went through his mind quickly, but Zhou Chun still saluted and thanked the Jindan monk surnamed Lu: "Junior understands, thank you Senior Lu for your guidance."
"Easy to say, easy to say, Fellow Daoist Zhou, walk slowly."
The Jindan monk surnamed Lu watched Zhou Chun and the others leave with a smile on his face.
After leaving Sanxian Mountain like this, Zhou Zhengyong suddenly proposed that he wanted to see the mortals of the Zhou family nearby.
After Zhou Chun hesitated for a while, he agreed.
Just because the demonic cultivators wantonly killed people and practiced martial arts in the Feng Kingdom, the number of mortals in these areas ruled by the demonic cultivators was reduced compared to before.
The cities and villages where the mortals of the Zhou family used to live are now in ruins, with no one alive.
Seeing this scene, Zhou Zhengyong couldn't help but shook his head and sighed: "These demon cultivators are so heartless, I don't know how the mortals in the Yuan Demon Realm survived!"
Zhou Chun knew a little bit about this.
As far as he knew, the mortals in the Yuan Demon Realm could not form a country at all. They all existed in the form of city-states and tribes, and they often fought with each other.
The corpses and souls of those mortals who died on the battlefield will be used by the demon cultivators accompanying the army to practice martial arts.
Most of the time, the materials for magic cultivation are obtained in this way.
Only when certain special circumstances require large-scale blood sacrifices, the demonic cultivators in city-states and tribes will massacre the city directly.
From this point of view, it is obvious that demonic cultivators are just bad, not stupid, and they all know that they cannot rest on their laurels.
It is a pity that in the world of heaven, spirit and earth, these demonic cultivators chose to stick to the situation and fish. Maybe they never thought that they could truly occupy this place in the first place!
"Since we can't find anyone, let's forget it."
Zhou Chun looked at the ruins at his feet and tried to persuade Zhou Zhengyong.
He was also anxious to go back and discuss relevant matters with Zhou Mingde, not wanting to waste time on trivial matters anymore.
However, just as he persuaded Zhou Zhengyong and the two were about to start their journey back to Zhou's home, suddenly a roar of fighting rang out from the mountains not far away.
Seeing this scene, Zhou Zhengyong immediately said: "Let's go over and have a look. Maybe there are mortals of my Zhou family there."
"Then let's go and have a look."
Zhou Chun nodded, and immediately grabbed Zhou Zhengyong and flew to the place where the battle took place.
Relying on his powerful spiritual consciousness, Zhou Chun discovered the situation on the battlefield from a long distance away.
It turned out that a small team of the Heavenly Spirit Army was surrounding and killing several demon cultivators, and there was indeed a settlement of mortals near the battlefield.
Seeing this situation, Zhou Chun immediately took action from a distance to capture the demon cultivators and handed them over to the cultivators who were surrounding them.
Then he sent them all away with huge thanks from those people.
After that, he and Zhou Zhengyong went to the place where mortals gathered, and shouted to the surviving mortals here: "Is there anyone named Zhou among you? Does anyone still remember the Zhou family of the Sanjue Sect?"
Hearing his words, the mortals suddenly became commotion.
Many people seemed to have something to say, but they seemed to be worried about something and did not dare to really speak out.
Seeing this, Zhou Zhengyong immediately said: "You don't have to worry about anything. Our surname is also Zhou, and we are descendants of the Zhou family of the original Sanjue Sect. Even if you are not surnamed Zhou, we will not take action against you mere mortals!"
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As soon as these words were spoken, a middle-aged man who seemed to be severely deficient in energy and blood stood up, looked at the two of them with surprise and said tremblingly: "Really? You, no, are two immortal masters.
Is he really a monk of the Zhou family of the Three Ultimate Sect?"
"Of course it is true, why should we monks deceive you mortals for this!"
Zhou Zhengyong nodded slightly, not caring about the other party's rudeness.
After hearing what he said, the middle-aged man immediately fell to his knees and shouted with tears of joy: "The Immortal Master is here, the unworthy descendant Zhou Dongyun pays homage to the Immortal Master!"
"And I, too, am a descendant of the Zhou family!"
"Zhou Hu, a descendant of the Zhou family, pays homage to the Immortal Master!"
"Zhou Mei, a descendant of the Zhou family, pays homage to the Immortal Master!"
As if a hole had been opened, as the middle-aged man prostrated himself on the ground, many Zhou family mortals followed suit and prostrated themselves on the ground.
Seeing this, other mortals with non-Zhou surnames showed signs of panic, and many of them also prostrated themselves on the ground, but did not dare to say a word.
And just when Zhou Chun wanted to ask these people to get up, a young man kneeling on the ground suddenly kowtowed to him and begged: "Master Immortal Master, Master Immortal Master, please save Lian'er! She is also Zhou Chun.
Family descendants, please save her!
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After the young man finished speaking, among the other kneeling mortals of the Zhou family, some people soon followed him and began to plead for mercy.
"Yes, Master Immortal, please save Lian'er. She is a good girl. She has saved many of us before!"
"That's right, Master Immortal Master, since you are the immortal master of the Zhou family, please be sure to save Lian'er. She is also an immortal cultivator of my Zhou family!"
Listening to these pleading voices, Zhou Chun also became a little curious.
He knew that mortals were generally very afraid of immortal cultivators and did not dare to take the initiative to make requests to immortal cultivators. Not to mention that these mortals of the Zhou family should have been tortured by demon cultivators. Logically speaking, they would be more afraid of immortal cultivators.
Under such circumstances, for them to be able to unite and plead with him to save someone, that person must have something extraordinary.
Dangjiang waved his hand and said: "Don't be anxious, please explain the matter clearly first. If you want Zhou to save someone, you must see the person first before talking!"
After the words fell, the young man who begged first hurriedly told him about the situation and took him to the place where the woman named "Lian'er" was.
When he followed the young man outside a cellar, Zhou Chun almost understood the situation.
His consciousness swept inside the cellar, and he saw that in the cellar, which was nearly two feet deep, a beautiful woman was quietly lying on her back on a small bed, with her eyes closed and her face pale.
The woman looked extremely beautiful at first glance, but because Zhou Chun was scanning with his spiritual consciousness, he easily discovered the shocking situation in this beautiful face.
I saw that the woman's body, which was covered with a quilt from the neck down, was covered with all kinds of hideous bloodstains. The bloodstains seemed to have been slowly cut open with a knife. In addition to the bloodstains, there were also many healed scars.
This woman also has a cultivation level in her body, she is probably around the third level of Qi refining stage, but she has the aura of magic power.
But the breath of life in her body is now extremely weak, almost extinct.
The young man who brought Zhou Chun here obviously also knew about the condition of the woman. When he saw Zhou Chun just standing still at the entrance of the cellar, he knelt down again and begged with tears: "In order for Lian'er to cooperate with them in practicing magic, those demons sacrificed all of our lives."
Threatening her, Lian'er endured endless pain and refused to commit suicide just to save us. Please, Master Immortal, you must save her!"
Zhou Chun probably understood the situation clearly at this time.
Those demon cultivators should have been the ones who escaped from the nearby battlefield after the Sanxian Mountain stronghold was breached.
Because a few people did not have time to escape to the rear, and they just happened to establish a secret stronghold here in advance, they have been hiding here, controlling these mortals as slaves to supply for cultivation.
The woman in the cellar should have spiritual qualifications and was trained as a blood slave by one of the demon cultivators of the Blood and Bone Sect.
In order to make the woman willing to become his blood slave, the demon cultivator threatened the lives of her relatives and friends.
As for the scars on the woman's body, they were probably caused by some perverted hobby of the demon cultivator.
Zhou Zhengyong was beside Zhou Chun and heard the situation clearly. At this time, after discovering the miserable condition of the woman in the cellar, he couldn't help but sigh: "In order to feed the demons for my relatives and friends, I will not give up even if I am cut into pieces. This woman is really a good character."
He has a noble nature, but it’s a pity that he was born at the wrong time!”
After speaking, he looked at Zhou Chun and said, "Thirteenth brother, if you can save her, let's save this girl, even if her cultivation is abolished in the future and she becomes a mortal!"
He would never call Zhou Chun this easily.
Now that it is called this, it can already explain a lot of things.
Therefore, after Zhou Chun listened to his words, he nodded slightly and said, "I'll try my best to give it a try!"