Clan Cultivation: Starting from Beast Taming

"Forget it, Qingqing, spare his life!"

Just as the Green Flood Dragon's claw was about to rip open the man's abdomen, Zhou Daoyi suddenly spoke up to stop it.

The man who had narrowly escaped death, upon seeing this, was overjoyed and burst into tears as he repeatedly thanked them, "Thank you, Taoist Friend Zhou, for sparing my life, thank you for your mercy!"

Zhou Daoyi, upon hearing this, simply waved his hand and said, "Don't be hasty with your thanks, sparing your life was only for the greater good. Though your death penalty may be waived, living punishment is inescapable!"

Upon hearing this, the man immediately nodded his head repeatedly like a pecking chicken, saying, "Yes, yes, I know I've done wrong, I will surely confess and accept punishment!"

"In that case, show your true face!"

A stern voice rang out from the side, it was Zhou Mingde, who, seeing that the Purple Mansion Phase Cultivator had really escaped, had slightly relaxed his vigilance and joined in on the interrogation.

At these words, the man's body stiffened, and he suddenly fell silent.

Hmm?

Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi both had their expressions darken, and along with them, the gazes of the Green Flood Dragon and the Fire Divine Jackal also turned fierce.

Seeing this, the man felt a jolt of fear in his heart and hurriedly responded, "Yes, yes, I'll do it right away!"

He then dispelled the spell that concealed his face and took off his mask, revealing the face of a middle-aged man.

"So it's you, Zhang Shi'an, Taoist Friend Zhang!"

Zhou Mingde looked at the middle-aged man before him, his tone involuntarily taking on a mocking edge.

Zhang Shi'an, at the early stage of the Purple Mansion, was the Supreme Elder of the Zhang Family of Tiantai Mountain and the leader of the Zhang Family's southern expedition.

The Zhang Family of Tiantai Mountain had always sought revenge against the Zhou Family because Zhang Yunjin, their family's second elder, had failed in his attempt to rob and kill Zhou Jiarui and Zhou Chun and had himself been killed by the Fire Divine Jackal.

Previously, the Zhang Family had also sent spies to infiltrate the Zhou Family, and after being discovered and warned by the Zhou Family, the Zhang Family even sent people to apologize to the Zhou Family.

But the Zhou Family had always known that the Zhang Family's apologies were anything but sincere.

Later, at the "Hundred Clans Conference," it was the Zhang Family who secretly spread the Zhou Family's information, and they even wanted to collude with the Jiang Family of Lingzhou to retaliate against the Zhou Family.

Originally, Zhou Mingde planned to settle the old score with the Zhang Family after the war against the Dragon Transformation Sect had concluded.

However, he hadn't expected that the war was not yet over, and the Zhang Family had already jumped out to confront the Zhou Family again, and furthermore, they had caught Zhang Shi'an, the Supreme Elder of the Zhang Family.

This was indeed interesting!

Clearly, Zhang Shi'an also detected the underlying meaning in Zhou Mingde's words.

With his complexion unnaturally shifting, he then spoke softly with a sincere tone, "Please forgive me, Taoist Friend Zhou, I was confused for a moment and was instigated by others to take part in this, it was never my intention to be an enemy of the Zhou Family!"

However, upon hearing his words, Zhou Daoyi immediately scoffed and said, "Instigated by others? It seems to me that it is you, Taoist Friend Zhang, who are instigating others to come after us!"

"No, absolutely not!"

Zhang Shi'an hurriedly shook his head and shouted, his face full of injustice as he loudly protested, "Taoist Friend Zhou, you are really wronging me, I have absolutely not done such a thing!"

"Hmph, whether you have been wronged or not, you're well aware of it in your own heart!"

Zhou Daoyi snorted coldly, but was too lazy to argue further on the matter, and immediately demanded, "Enough with the nonsense, confess quickly, who was the person that escaped?"

"Fu Mingtao of the Fu Family of Lingzhou, Taoist Friend Fu, he was the one who persuaded me to come here!"

Zhang Shi'an, of course, would not cover for the accomplice who had abandoned him and fled, and without any hesitation, he revealed the other's identity.

Upon hearing this, an image of an old man with a goat beard soon surfaced in Zhou Mingde's mind.

If he remembered correctly, that Fu Family also seemed quite skilled in Beast Taming Skills, and it appears that Zhang Shi'an had convinced the other side to come over and attempt an assassination on the Zhou Family because of this knowledge.

What a pity that they had underestimated the strength of the Zhou Family and had not anticipated that Zhou Daoyi, the newly advanced Purple Mansion cultivator, was even raising a third-tier Flood Dragon.

This fatal error in intelligence had left Zhang Shi'an with no chance of escaping.

"Quite the Lingzhou Fu Family! We will settle this matter with them later!"

Zhou Mingde's face turned cold; he had already noted this grudge, determined to seek an explanation from the Fu Family in Lingzhou in the future.

Then he glanced at Zhang Shi'an and said indifferently, "There's no need for me to elaborate on the grievances between the Zhang Family and our Zhou Family. I would ask Taoist Friend Zhang to visit our Zhou Family, and we will discuss the matter at length there!"

"I'll follow Taoist Friend Zhou's lead, everything as Taoist Friend Zhou says!"

Zhang Shi'an nodded repeatedly, not daring to utter even half a word of dissent.

He knew very well that being in the hands of the Zhou Family meant being at their mercy.

Acting sensibly at this moment, perhaps he could escape with his whole body intact.

If he didn't show proper understanding, his fate would be worrisome.

Consequently, he obediently handed over his Magic Artifact and Storage Pouch to Zhou Mingde, then seated himself on the back of the Fire Divine Jackal and was thus taken towards Jiufeng Ridge of the Zhou Family.

Since Zhou Daoyi had already exposed the Green Flood Dragon, there was no longer any reason to hide it. He directly allowed Zhou Chun and the others to ride on the back of the Green Flood Dragon, returning to the family on its back.

Watching a Flood Dragon and a wolf ascend into the sky and fly away, some Cultivators hiding in the shadows and observing from afar all revealed expressions of relief.

There were actually many who coveted the gains held by the Zhou Family, but very few dared to act directly against them like the Fu Family from Lingzhou and the Zhang Family.

Some followed in secret, sensing there might be an opportunity to profit.

Little did they expect to stumble upon the Zhou Family's powerful hidden strength.

A Cultivation Family, believed to have only a single Purple Mansion Phase Cultivator as its guardian, had actually nurtured a third-tier Green Flood Dragon!

Those Cultivators watching from the shadows could already imagine the shock this news would cause once it spread.

Not to mention the power of the Flood Dragon itself, but just the potential of the Flood Dragon, was incomparable to any other Demon Beast.

A third-tier Green Flood Dragon could only be considered an advanced Demon Beast for now, but due to the special nature of the Flood Dragon Bloodline, the difficulty for a superior third-tier Green Flood Dragon to evolve into a fourth-tier Flood Dragon in the future was much less than for a typical superior third-tier Demon Beast to break through to the fourth tier.

This meant that in a few hundred years, the Zhou Family might possess a fourth-tier Flood Dragon!

And what would a fourth-tier Flood Dragon represent?

Definitely not something that a Golden Core Stage Cultivator could hope to compare with!

It was precisely because of the knowledge that the exposure of a third-tier Flood Dragon would definitely bring great talk about the Zhou Family, that Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi had kept it hidden until now, delaying the moment of exposure.

Had it not been for Zhou Daoyi's successful establishment of his Purple Mansion, and the fact that the situation had reached a critical juncture, Zhou Mingde might still have chosen not to reveal the Green Flood Dragon.

Leaving aside the shock of outsiders upon learning of the Zhou Family's possession of a third-tier Green Flood Dragon, Zhou Chun and the others rode the Flood Dragon home without encountering any further mishaps along the way, arriving at Jiufeng Ridge in less than half a day.

"We're finally back!"

Inside the gates, looking at the familiar scenery, Zhou Chun and Zhou Daoquan were filled with a sense of emotion as they sighed softly.

Although they had been away from the family gate for less than two months in total,

the events of those two months made them feel as if they had been away for many years, weary from the journey.
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And to a weary person, what could be more relaxing and warming than home?

Just as a few of them thought they could finally relax and rest, they heard Zhou Mingde suddenly say, "Zhengchun, take those Demon Beasts to the Beast Garden with Daoquan and see to their accommodation. I will take Daoyi and Taoist Friend Zhang to my cave dwelling for a chat."

Hearing this, the group came to a realization that the war was not yet over and they did not have much time to rest.

"Yes, junior obeys,"

Zhou Chun and the others assented and then watched as Zhou Mingde and another escorted a dispirited Zhang Shi'an to Pagoda Peak.

After that, Zhou Chun rubbed his forehead with his hand and turned his gaze to Zhou Daoquan, saying, "Elder, the Beast Garden was originally your domain, you decide how to settle these Demon Beasts."

Turning his gaze once more, he looked to Zhou Jiapeng and said, "Uncle Peng, please take the eleventh back to his cave dwelling for recuperation first."

With the Supreme Elder and Clan Leader away, he, as the Vice Clan Leader, naturally became the one to give orders.