Clan Cultivation: Starting from Beast Taming

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Actually, they had all guessed as much before this.

After all, the Dragon Transformation Sect was facing the danger of annihilation at the time; to prevent the cessation of their heritage, it was quite normal for them to entrust the "Dragon Transformation Secret Technique" to missionary envoys to carry out of the sect for succession.

Seeing that the two had not spoken, Lu Ran thought that they were filled with disappointment and didn’t want to speak.

He immediately said, "I will now teach you the spell to open this item, so both of you can verify this matter for yourselves. Additionally, inside this jade slip is the Dragon Transformation Secret Technique for the foundational transfer that Little Friend Zhou was looking for."

With that, he took out a prepared jade slip and handed it to Zhou Chun.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Chun was not in a hurry to look closely but simply slipped it into his storage pouch, then looked at Lu Ran and said, "Senior Lu, I naturally trust your words, so we will not impose on you any longer. Once we are prepared, we will come to obtain the Thousand Year Grass for you!"

"Then I shall wait eagerly for the good news from both of you!"

Lu Ran’s eyes brightened, and he responded with a smile.

After parting ways, Zhou Chun and his companion traveled back upstream along the underground river to return to their family.

At this time, Zhou Chun still did not reveal his whereabouts and directly took up residence in Zhou Mingde’s cave abode.

Inside Zhou Mingde’s cave abode, the three high-ranking members of the Zhou Family examined the contents of the secret foil through the special spell provided by Lu Ran.

Just as Lu Ran had said, the secret foil contained the practice methods for the first four layers of the "Dragon Transformation Secret Technique," including dependent secret techniques like "Dragon Transformation Ascension Mantra," "Dragon Pulse Sensing Technique," "Dragon Soul Implantation Technique," and "Blood Exchange Dragon Transformation Technique," all based on the "Dragon Transformation Secret Technique."

It could be said that, except for the most essential fifth layer of cultivation practices, this secret foil had encapsulated all the foundational techniques of the Dragon Transformation Sect.

Anyone who obtained this secret foil, as long as they were able to tame a Flood Dragon as a spirit pet, could potentially reestablish another Dragon Transformation Sect.

"What do you think, how do you see this item?"

Inside the cave, after all three of them had looked through the contents of the secret foil, Zhou Mingde turned his gaze to the two Clan Leaders of the Zhou Family sitting before him.

"It’s like heaven is helping us!"

Zhou Daoyi said in a deep voice.

Zhou Chun also nodded seriously and said, "Indeed, it’s as if heaven has blessed our Zhou Family, destined for our rise and prosperity!"

The two of them spoke somewhat cryptically, but Zhou Mingde understood their meaning.

He then raised his finger slightly and asked, "One question, what if it was discovered that our Zhou Family was secretly cultivating the ’Dragon Transformation Secret Technique’?"

After asking, he continued, "Once exposed, not to mention the reactions from the various factions within Jingguo Country, the Dragon Transformation Sect itself and the Flood Dragon Clan would certainly not let our Zhou Family off the hook easily!"

After these words, both Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Chun showed a pondering expression.

After some contemplation, Zhou Chun was the first to speak, "I think it’s best if as few of the Zhou Family Cultivators practice the ’Dragon Transformation Secret Technique’; that way, we need not fear this being linked to our Zhou Family."

"At the same time, our Zhou Family could use marriage alliances, or other means, to recruit and win over a considerable number of powerful cultivators from outside the family and loose cultivators, allowing them to cultivate the ’Dragon Transformation Secret Technique’. We could then deploy them to the Wasteland Territory to establish strongholds for our Zhou Family and gather resources."

"Eventually, we could even have them pose as cultivators from the Dragon Transformation Sect to help our Zhou Family handle matters that are inconvenient for our clan members to deal with personally!"

However, upon hearing this, Zhou Mingde shook his head and said, "Zhengchun, your idea is certainly good, but have you thought about it? Once the Green Lotus Temple makes the Dragon Transformation Sect’s practice of raising beasts known, how many cultivators from outside the family would dare to cultivate the ’Dragon Transformation Secret Technique’?"

"This..."

Zhou Chun frowned, temporarily at a loss for an answer.

He indeed had not considered the matter thoroughly and had not taken this aspect into account.

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Fortunately, at that time, Zhou Daoyi spoke up to help him out of the encirclement.

Zhou Daoyi said slowly, "We can do this, wait first to see the movement from Green Lotus Temple, and see how big an impact this matter will create."

"Then we can take two steps from now on. The first is to start gathering those mortals with Spirit Root Aptitude and train them as the family’s secret agents, making sure they don’t come into contact with other cultivators outside."

"In the future, when they are almost ready, we’ll send them to the Wasteland Territory to establish a new stronghold. If any of them turn out to be remarkably talented, we will wholeheartedly draw them in and send them back to the family to serve our cause."

"As for the second step, we can continue to capture Bandit Cultivators and send them to the stronghold in the Wasteland Territory, letting them cultivate the ’Dragon Transformation Secret Technique’ to collect resources for the family and give them some rewards and hope in the process."

After he finished speaking, the eyes of Zhou Mingde who was beside him lit up, he couldn’t help clapping and commending, "These two methods are excellent. The ’Dragon Transformation Secret Technique’ is indeed the best secret technique for training secret agents, not only enhancing their combat abilities but also making it hard for them to betray the family and flee!"

Secret agents, huh?

Zhou Chun listened to the words of the two elders in silence.

If it had been when he first transmigrated to this world, he would have strongly opposed the idea of training secret agents.

But now he realized that secret agents indeed were indispensable to a family and a power.

It was not just families and sects - even high-level cultivators would train such secret agents to protect their significant kin.

If the Zhou Family could train a group of secret agents, then indeed the family’s strength would see a very significant improvement in the future.

After being silent for a while, he finally spoke, "Training secret agents consumes a lot of resources, and it also takes time. Although our Zhou Family has some savings now, I’m afraid it will not be easy to undertake this!"

Unexpectedly, Zhou Daoyi shook his head slightly and said, "There should be no problem. If it’s only the resources for Qi Refinement Realm cultivation we’re talking about, without considering the provision of other benefits, our Zhou Family should be able to support twenty or thirty secret agents."

"Moreover, won’t our Zhou Family be exchanging aquatic treasures with senior Lu Ran later? If we can earn a large amount of Spirit Coins by trading the treasures from Dragon Abyss Marsh, then we needn’t worry about the resources for training secret agents."

With that said, Zhou Chun had no more objections.

If there were no other benefits to provide, indeed supporting a Qi Refinement Realm secret agent would not be difficult; one would only need to instruct them in meditation methods and the cultivation of spells and secret techniques.

"Let’s go ahead with that for now. The capturing of Bandit Cultivators can be put off, but recruiting mortals with Spirit Root Aptitudes should be arranged immediately."

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Zhou Mingde quickly made a decision on the matter.

Neither Zhou Chun nor Zhou Daoyi would oppose this. n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Then Zhou Daoyi left the cave dwelling to handle this matter, while Zhou Chun stayed in Zhou Mingde’s cave dwelling to cultivate and comprehend the ’Blood Exchange Dragon Transformation Technique’, preparing to convert his Flood Dragon Bloodline into that of the Green Flood Dragon, Qingqing.

Qingqing was the Spirit Pet of Clan Leader Zhou Daoyi. By using its Flood Dragon Spirit Blood to transform his foundation, Zhou Chun didn’t have to worry about being controlled by others.

If his own Spirit Pet, the Silver Lightning Python Baibai, could transform into a Flood Dragon in the future, he could even use the ’Blood Exchange Dragon Transformation Technique’ to switch his own Flood Dragon Bloodline to Baibai’s bloodline.

In doing so, he truly wouldn’t be subject to others’ control in the future.

On the other hand, without the "burden" of Zhou Chun, Taoist Mingxia returned to Green Lotus Temple in less than five days and handed the Profound Light Projection Mirror over to the Temple Master, Master Qingwei, for inspection.

After witnessing the scenes captured by Zhou Chun using the Profound Light Projection Mirror, Master Qingwei was at once shocked, enraged, but also immensely pleased.

"Good, very good!"

"With this evidence, not only will the Moon Wheel Sect and the Sunflame Sect no longer dare to harbor any luck with the Dragon Transformation Sect, but we also have the opportunity to persuade other countries’ powers to send help!"

"When the time comes, if we publicize the Dragon Transformation Sect’s act of human sacrifice, sparking outrage among Cultivators of human clans across nations and fear within their own members, we will be able to launch a just crusade against the Dragon Transformation Sect’s headquarters."

"Then, I’d like to see if the Flood Dragon Clan will really risk an all-out war with our entire Human Clan to aid the Dragon Transformation Sect wholeheartedly!"