Clan Cultivation: Starting from Beast Taming

With such thoughts, Zhou Chun felt an intense fervor in his heart.

Especially after he inquired and learned that the Green Flood Dragon had bled profusely and shed many scales from its injuries, his heart was even more stirred.

Without further concern for concealing his tracks, he joined the throng of cultivators who had rushed over upon hearing the news, deploying the "Water Avoidance Technique" to dive into the river. Together, they began searching for any Dragon Blood Spirit Items that might be present.

However, this task was akin to finding a needle in a haystack, all dependent on luck.

The waters of the Cangyun River were dozens of meters deep, and the currents were swift. The Flood Dragon Spirit Blood and scales, having fallen into the river, would either be washed away or sink into the riverbed's mud and silt, making them exceedingly difficult to locate.

Moreover, the river teemed with many fishes, shrimp, and crabs—all members of the Water Clan that could potentially ingest the Flood Dragon Spirit Blood and become demons.

Of course, more often than not, they would simply explode and die.

After searching in the waters for some time, Zhou Chun no longer wished to pursue this needle-in-the-haystack affair.

He had his twenty-seventh Uncle, Zhou Jiapeng, who had also come upon hearing the news, set up a stall by the riverside to purchase Dragon Blood Spirit Items at high prices.

As for himself, he temporarily took up residence in a nearby mortal town to reflect upon the implications of this major battle between man and Flood Dragon.

"According to intelligence reports, aside from a few Purple Mansion Phase Cultivators, no other cultivators were involved in the battle against the Flood Dragons."

"And the Water Demon servants that Xu Kaishan spoke of earlier showed no sign of appearing."

"This suggests that his claim that day was nothing but a complex ruse to deceive others into believing his words!"

"But if his intention wasn't to deceive others into seizing the Dragon Blood Spirit Items, then what was his purpose in deceiving others?"

In his room, Zhou Chun leaned on the table, supporting his chin with his right hand and slightly tilting his head as he fell into deep thought.

Although Clan Leader Zhou Daoyi had instructed him not to delve too deeply into Xu Kaishan's background forces, how could the curiosity that had been aroused in him die completely?

He had reminisced countless times about Xu Kaishan's abnormal behavior that day, and the more he thought about it, the more the pupils of his eyes resembled the vertical pupils of snakes. The more he pondered, the more he felt that the claw his hand had turned into was strikingly similar to a Flood Dragon's Dragon Claw.

If this were true, then Xu Kaishan and the mysterious forces behind him were likely inextricably linked to Flood Dragons.

They probably had designs on the two Flood Dragons that had emerged in the Cangyun River as well.

"It's now almost certain that the high-ranking cultivators of the Green Lotus Temple are not rushing to reveal themselves, mostly because the Flood Dragons have yet to lay their eggs, and they are certainly preparing to wait until after the Flood Dragons have laid their eggs before they make their move."

"After this battle, the high-ranking cultivators of Yunzhou would either completely give up or, unable to accept their defeat, would reach out to even more powerful allies, possibly even inviting Golden Core Stage Cultivators to take action in a dragon slaying!"

"Coupled with the mysterious forces behind Xu Kaishan, it's truly uncertain who will ultimately claim the prize!"

Zhou Chun thought about this and couldn't help but feel somewhat headache.

Upon learning that Flood Dragons had appeared in Yunzhou, he had merely thought about obtaining some Dragon Blood Spirit Items.

However, the response from Clan Leader Zhou Daoyi suggested to him that their aims might not be as simple as just obtaining Dragon Blood Spirit Items.

But now he realized that even acquiring some Dragon Blood Spirit Items wasn't as easy as he had thought.

This was fully confirmed by the lack of findings at the stall run by his twenty-seventh Uncle Zhou Jiapeng in the following days.

Several hundred cultivators had scoured a stretch of the river spanning over a hundred miles, yet no one was heard to have found any Dragon Blood Spirit Items.

If it weren't for the many eyewitnesses who swore confidently that the Green Flood Dragon had bled a lot and lost many scales, Zhou Chun himself might have doubted whether these things had ever existed.

But where had the Dragon Blood and Dragon Scales gone?

Just when Zhou Chun and many other cultivators were puzzled by this matter, at a certain stretch of the Cangyun River downstream where it passed through mountains, variously shaped Water Demons were biting and clawing, gradually excavating a cave that reached into the heart of the mountain from underwater.

Whenever a Water Demon got tired from digging, or too weary to continue, they would head to a nearby cluster of water plants to eat and rest.

And the food they consumed was none other than the bloated and rotten corpses of humans!!

It was visible that within that dense thicket of water plants, there were large and small human corpses, numbering over a thousand.

Not far from where the human bodies were stored, there was another underwater pit filled with broken green Dragon Scales and many patches of mud tainted with Flood Dragon Spirit Blood.

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Some aquatic creatures—such as loaches, eels, turtles, alligators, and water snakes—were engaged in ceaseless combat around that sandpit, yet only the victors were allowed to enter and gnaw at the dragon scales and dragon blood.

However, the vast majority of them burst their blood vessels and died after nibbling on just a little of the dragon scales and dragon blood.

The lucky survivors quickly grew Power Demon Qi on their bodies, and simultaneously experienced rapid growth and mutations.

Some turtles grew horns on their heads and scales on their bellies.

Some loaches and eels swelled in size, growing fine scales all over and developing sharper teeth.

Some alligators ballooned in size, their bodies sprouting dragon scales and their claws becoming sharper and more lethal.

These water demons, transformed from ordinary creatures, would soon be incorporated into the ranks of the water demons excavating the cave.

The masterminds behind the water demons digging the caves were naturally the two Flood Dragons.

At this time, the Green Flood Dragon lay mostly buried in the riverbed's mud and sand, deep in slumber.

The Dark Flood Dragon, on the other hand, stood vigilant nearby, continuously expelling essences of water that fell upon the Green Flood Dragon's body, moistening and healing its injuries.

It was evident that the two Flood Dragons were using their own Spirit Blood to create water demon servants to excavate caves, evidently planning to build their nest here.

Once the dragon lair was complete, the Female Flood Dragon, being the Green Flood Dragon, would soon lay a Dragon Egg and settle in the lair to incubate it.

Only after the offspring emerged would the Female Flood Dragon surface again.

The recent attack and injury to the Green Flood Dragon had undoubtedly sounded a massive alarm for the two Flood Dragons, prompting them to become much more cautious.

Moreover, after causing "floods" several times before, they had amassed enough "food" for the water demon servants, eliminating the necessity to engage in such activities.

Now, all they had to do was focus on building the dragon lair and cultivate the guards to protect it.

Now back to Zhou Chun.

After waiting many days without acquiring any Dragon Blood Spirit Items, Zhou Chun completely abandoned this idea.

He surmised that if he truly wanted to get his hands on Dragon Blood Spirit Items, he probably had to wait until the high-ranking cultivators of the Green Lotus Temple made their move.

Only a genuine dragon battle could yield an abundance of Dragon Blood Spirit Items.

If the high-ranking cultivators of the Green Lotus Temple succeeded in slaying the dragons, the Flood Dragon carcasses would surely be divided up and sold.

By then, as long as he was willing to spend Spirit Coins, he would have no trouble buying some Flood Dragon Spirit Blood and flesh.

In light of this, Zhou Chun was not in a hurry to find any Flood Dragons and simply asked his cousin, Zhou Jiapeng, and his fourth brother, Zhou Zhengyu, to keep an eye on the news and stay in touch regularly.

After almost three months of staying put in Yunzhou, sudden news shook the entire Cultivation World of Yunzhou!

A rumor from an unknown source spread, claiming the nest of the two Flood Dragons was located underneath the Cangyun River downstream near the Flying Horse Mountain segment, and that the Female Flood Dragon had already laid a Dragon Egg.

This detailed rumor once disseminated, quickly attracted many cultivators to go and verify the situation.

Subsequently, many water demons were spotted in the stretch of water near Flying Horse Mountain, with many of them clearly exhibiting dragon descendant characteristics.

With this, the cultivators who initially harbored skepticism about the rumor no longer had any doubts, and in a short period, nearly half of the cultivators in the Yunzhou Cultivation World had flocked to the previously obscure Flying Horse Mountain.

Upon confirmation of this news, Zhou Chun immediately sought out his cousin, Zhou Jiapeng.

"Uncle Peng, you must return to the family clan as quickly as possible and inform the Clan Leader about the emergence of the Flood Dragon lair," Zhou Chun said.

Upon hearing Zhou Chun's words, Zhou Jiapeng immediately nodded with a grave expression, "I understand. Zhengchun, take care of yourself too and don't recklessly place yourself in danger!"

"Don't worry, Uncle Peng. I'll take good care of myself," Zhou Chun assured him and watched as Zhou Jiapeng rode away on an Iron Feather Hawk into the sky.

Once Zhou Jiapeng had departed, Zhou Chun also hastened his journey toward Flying Horse Mountain.

He was acutely aware that no matter which faction released the news, the high-ranking cultivators of the Green Lotus Temple had to act now that the rumor was confirmed.

Soon, Flying Horse Mountain was destined to become famous throughout Yunzhou, and even Jingguo Country!

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