Clan Cultivation: Starting from Beast Taming

Battle merit had to reach a certain standard before one could purchase rare spiritual objects at market price.

It was said that to attract people to join the Heavenly Spirit Legion, the Heavenly Spirit Alliance not only placed large orders for Foundation Establishment Pills in countries like Great Zhou but also prohibited marketplaces and Sects within the country from selling Foundation Establishment Pills and assisting Foundation Establishment Spirit Items.

Therefore, any cultivator who wanted to use Foundation Establishment Spirit Items had no choice but to dutifully enlist in the army and join the Heavenly Spirit Legion.

Zhou Chun could understand such measures, as he would have done the same.

After all, talking about patriotism with those Loose Cultivators was utterly useless; they had nothing to lose. If Demon Element Realm forces invaded, they could simply defect or flee to other countries.

Expecting them to voluntarily enlist to protect their country was a joke.

However, now while on one hand enabling the purchase of "Foundation Establishment Pills" and other spiritual objects, on the other hand, private buying and selling of these items was prohibited.

Any Loose Cultivator who still harbored thoughts of Foundation Establishment would surely enlist in the army to secure a future.

At that moment, after the Golden Winged Tiger had finished chasing down the enemies and returned, Zhou Chun had no intention of interacting with the Heavenly Spirit Legion cultivators who had come looking for him and soon drifted away.

Watching the golden Escape Light that flashed by fleetingly, the victorious cultivators from the Heavenly Spirit Legion realized Zhou Chun's intentions and all bowed in the direction he left, as a form of thanks.

Over the following day's journey, Zhou Chun encountered Demon Path Cultivators several more times, even suffering an attack by a group of them.

But those Demon Cultivators, lacking any Purple Mansion Phase Cultivators among them, easily perished under his hands.

After traveling for a day or two, Zhou Chun arrived at the location where Zhou Jiapeng was stationed and soon entered to meet this uncle.

However, upon seeing him, Zhou Jiapeng didn't show any joy but instead looked at him helplessly and sighed lightly, "Zhengchun, you shouldn't have come yourself. Now that Fengguo is in chaos, even Golden Core Stage Demon Cultivators occasionally patrol the battlefield. If something were to happen to you, we would be beyond redemption!"

"What are you talking about, Uncle 27? You and Aunt 13 along with others have disregarded their own lives for the sake of the family. As a member of the Zhou Family, why couldn't I come to see you?"

Zhou Chun retorted with feigned displeasure.

Then, without waiting for Zhou Jiapeng to say more, he patted his Storage Pouch on the waist, took out a brocade box that he had prepared earlier, and handed it over.

"These are some Talismans that I brought back from the Great Zhou for you, Uncle 27. Keep them safe, and don't hesitate to use them if you face any danger!"

Seeing this gesture, Zhou Jiapeng felt warmth in his heart and his expression softened considerably.

After hesitating briefly, he ultimately took the brocade box and said in a soft voice, "I understand these principles well and will take good care of myself. Zhengchun, you must also be careful; the family's future relies on you to protect it."

"I will, Uncle 27, take care of yourself. I won't stay here any longer."

Zhou Chun nodded and quickly bid his farewell.

Half a day later, Zhou Chun found where Zhou Jiahe was stationed and also delivered a brocade box containing life-saving Talismans.

However, just as Zhou Chun continued on his way to the location where Zhou Daoquan was stationed, he happened upon a massive battle!

On a plain, hundreds of Heavenly Spirit Legion cultivators and hundreds of Demon Path cultivators had set up battle formations and were fighting incessantly, with the sounds of their combat echoing hundreds of miles away.

The reasons for this grand battle were still unknown, and perhaps unimportant.

But as the battle between the two sides continued to drag on, more and more cultivators from both sides arrived to reinforce.

Zhou Chun happened to be passing nearby when the booming sounds drew him to the scene.

Given the presence of many powerful cultivators on the battlefield, including those in the Purple Mansion Phase, Zhou Chun, wary of being noticed, watched from a distance using the "Insect Puppet Technique".

Soon, he was drawn to two particular areas of the battlefield.

In the sky above the battlefield, a scantily clad witch wearing a pink gossamer outfit and holding a jade pipa Magic Artifact continued to play the Enchantment Demon Melody, causing two Purple Mansion Phase Cultivators besieging her to mistake each other for enemies and attack one another.

Even though the two were quickly awakened by others using the Clear-Hearted and Focused Spirit technique and resumed their assault on the witch, they still occasionally became enchanted, mistaking others for enemies.

Without a doubt, this witch was a cultivator from Enchantment Valley Zhou Chun had never encountered before, a practicer of profound Demon Techniques.

In another part of the sky, a two-meter-tall Demon Cultivator fought alone against two Purple Mansion Phase Cultivators and also held a slight upper hand.

This fiend had utilized some kind of Secret Technique and transformed into a half-human, half-beast monster.

With his height reaching two meters and ribs extending into six arms—aside from two human arms, four furry black monkey arms—he was immensely agile. Each of the monkey arms held weapons like swords and shields, able to multitask between attack and defense.

His physical body seemed just as strong as that of a Demon Beast of the same rank, further adorned with pitch-black iron armor. For weaker attacks, he wouldn't even dodge, simply taking them head-on.

The two Heavenly Spirit Legion Purple Mansion Phase Cultivators fighting him constantly had to guard against his sudden charges.

"So this is a cultivator from the Beast Demon Palace? It's said that these Demon Cultivators would seek out a suitable Demon Beast as a Spirit Pet to raise before their Foundation Establishment. Once they've succeeded at Foundation Establishment, they would use the Beast Demon Palace's Secret Technique to devour the essence, blood, and soul of the Demon Beast, merging it with their own Demon Techniques to cultivate the Demon Beast Battle Body and thus achieve dual cultivation of technique and body, gaining strength far surpassing that of ordinary cultivators!"