Clan Cultivation: Starting from Beast Taming

After the plan was set, Zhou Chun quickly explained his plan to the Fourth Elder of the Zhou Family, Zhou Jiahe.

As a Family Elder of the clan, Zhou Jiahe would, of course, not refuse the family's decision.

She owed Zhou Yu a favor, and she had already repaid it last time.

Although she didn't want to scheme against this former superior of hers, since the family had made this decision, she could only go and execute it.

Thus, the next day she left Jiufeng Ridge and hurried toward Fengguo.

Meanwhile, Zhou Chun didn't quietly leave with Zhou Mingde until the third day after Zhou Jiahe had left the family, both stealthily heading to Fengguo together.

According to the plan, after arriving at Jinchang Marketplace in Fengguo, Zhou Chun was to have a brief meeting with Zhou Jiahe to hand over the Foundation Establishment Pill to her.

Afterward, Zhou Chun would find his own way into the Underground Treasure Exchange Convention.

As the days passed, Zhou Chun, now in disguise, successfully delivered the Foundation Establishment Pill to Zhou Jiahe.

After receiving the Foundation Establishment Pill, Zhou Jiahe went directly to a shop mentioned in Zhou Yu's letter, and obtained from the shopkeeper an item that would grant her entry into the Underground Treasure Exchange Convention.

At the same time, Zhou Chun, after making a purchase, also successfully bought an entry item to the Underground Treasure Exchange Convention from a shop within Jinchang Marketplace.

However, at that time, there was still over half a month left before the start of the Underground Treasure Exchange Convention, so Zhou Chun could only stay temporarily in Jinchang Marketplace.

For the following half a month, Zhou Chun, not wanting to alarm anyone, continued to cultivate in silence and read books in the inn he rented.

It wasn't until the evening of the day the Underground Treasure Exchange Convention began that he, after disguising himself and armed with his entry item, proceeded to a secluded location within the marketplace.

He arrived at the location indicated on the entry item, outside the front door of a shop, and looking up at the signboard hanging above the shop, he saw "Black Flame Refinery Shop" written in large letters, already covered with a fair amount of dust as if it had not been cleaned for a long time.

As he stood gazing at the firmly shut doors of the shop, wondering how to gain entry, the doors suddenly cracked open slightly, and a deep voice emerged saying, "Is senior also here to participate in the underground trading session?"

Hearing this, Zhou Chun's eyes flashed, and he immediately responded, "Indeed, I am, and I have an entry item to prove it."

The voice had been skillfully altered, a neutral tone that made it difficult for one to determine the speaker's gender.

This voice, along with the loose robe he was now wearing and the face-covering hat on his head, would make it difficult for even those familiar with him to recognize him based on his voice and appearance.

At the same time as he spoke, Zhou Chun extended his hand from within his sleeve and presented a round iron badge made of Profound Iron, with difficult-to-replicate silver Spirit Patterns engraved on it.

For the sake of perfection, he had even soaked his palm and wrist in a skin-whitening solution in advance, making it appear exceptionally tender and pale.

"Since you have the entry item, please come in, senior," came the voice from behind the door after a gaze seemed to study Zhou Chun's entry item through the crack for quite a while. Find your next read at My Virtual Library Empire

The door was then pushed open from the inside just enough to allow one person through.

"Thank you for the assistance, fellow Daoist," Zhou Chun said as he stepped through the door.

Only after entering did he see the cultivator he had been speaking with, also wearing a silver-white mask, quite a common sight for Cultivators at the Qi Refinement Realm.

After ushering him in, the man gestured with his hand saying, "Please follow me, senior."

After saying that, he led Zhou Chun through an inner door in the front hall into the backyard, eventually arriving at a well within the courtyard.

Then, pointing to the well, he said, "Going down there, senior will reach the place you seek. I must receive other seniors, so I won't accompany you down."

Zhou Chun looked down at the well and saw that beneath the rippling shimmers, a full-bodied mist gave the impression it was a normal well.

Without asking further questions, he thanked the man with a fist salute saying, "Thanks for showing the way, fellow Daoist."

He then enveloped himself in a Protective Barrier formed by his Mana and leapt down the well.

Only once he truly arrived below did Zhou Chun realize that the water he had seen was merely a ruse to deceive observers.

The actual water in the well was only two to three zhang deep, below which space had been created by water-avoidance treasures.

Having passed through that layer of separation, he reached the true bottom of the well and saw a brightly lit underground passage before him.

He followed this passage for over ten zhang and then entered an Underground Cave Hall.

At this moment, the spacious Underground Cave Hall had already gathered about forty to fifty Cultivators, none with Cultivation Levels lower than the Foundation Establishment Stage.

The majority of these Cultivators, just like Zhou Chun, were disguised to hide their true identities, obviously not wanting to reveal who they really were.

However, there were a few Cultivators who did not take any measures to conceal themselves and showed their true faces openly.

These people were either Purple Mansion Phase Cultivators or late-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivators, clearly very confident in their own strength.

As it was not yet time for the Underground Treasure Exchange Convention to officially begin, these individuals found themselves spots to sit and cultivate quietly, not making any noise.

Seeing this, Zhou Chun did likewise, found a spot to sit down, and waited patiently.

This was, in fact, the first time he was attending the Underground Treasure Exchange Convention.

This event shared some similarities with the underground auctions he had attended before but also had many differences.