Clan Cultivation: Starting from Beast Taming

Regrettably, before the Demon Beast could overcome the challenge posed by the Wood Charm, Zhou Chun had returned.

At this moment, seeing Zhou Chun return, the "Thunder Wriggle Beast" immediately gave up on the Wood Charm and attempted to escape through the ground using the Earth Escape Technique.

However, within the five elements, the wood element happens to restrain the earth element.

The moment the "Thunder Wriggle Beast" touched the ground, emerald green vegetation sprouted at its landing spot, instantly disrupting the surrounding earth energy and even forming a root network underground, ensnaring it in the process.

Even though it quickly shattered the tree roots with a bolt of lightning from its one-horned head, it was already incapable of initiating the Earth Escape Divine Skill in this place.

Meanwhile, Zhou Chun had already closed in. He waved his sleeve and released several "Skyfrost Cold Bees" that he had previously gathered into his sleeve.

The "Thunder Wriggle Beast" had previously experienced the fearsomeness of the "Skyfrost Cold Bees." Upon seeing them released, it immediately let out a terrified roar.

Then something surprising happened that astounded Zhou Chun.

He saw the "Thunder Wriggle Beast" suddenly surge with yellow light atop its head, and voluntarily it shed its silver-white horn.

As soon as the horn detached from the "Thunder Wriggle Beast," the creature's aura plummeted, and its cultivation level dropped significantly.

Additionally, the silver-white thunder patterns on its body dimmed drastically.

But the "Thunder Wriggle Beast," shaking its head, sent the shed silver-white horn flying towards Zhou Chun, wrapped in mana. It let out a hoarse roar, and its head nodded repeatedly against the ground, seemingly pleading for mercy from Zhou Chun.

"Eh, you beast actually possess quite the intelligence!"

Zhou Chun exclaimed in amazement, equally taken aback by the "Thunder Wriggle Beast's" display of such cleverness.

It was not strange for Demon Beasts to beg for mercy, but for one to show such astuteness like the "Thunder Wriggle Beast" was doing was beyond what ordinary Demon Beasts were capable of.

Zhou Chun guessed that this "Thunder Wriggle Beast" likely had some fortuitous encounter, perhaps having consumed some kind of Spiritual Object that helped awaken its intelligence, thus understanding to sacrifice its most valuable silver-white horn in exchange for its life.

"Well then, considering the hardship of your cultivation, I'll spare your life today out of goodwill and form a connection," Zhou Chun decided after scrutinizing the "Thunder Wriggle Beast."

To him, the most valuable part of the "Thunder Wriggle Beast" was this silver-white horn.

The Demon Core also had considerable value and perhaps letting his Thunder Flood Dragon pet, Baibai, swallow it could boost its cultivation level, but it was not essential.

Moreover, in the Cultivation World, "Thunder Wriggle Beasts" of this caliber were exceedingly rare, and those that had grown to the Third Order were even scarcer.

Perhaps sparing its life today could be of use in the future!

Having made this decision, Zhou Chun raised his hand and summoned the silver-white horn to his hand. He then retracted his attacking Magic Artifact and signaled the Wood Charm to withdraw its aggression.

Seeing this, the "Thunder Wriggle Beast" joyfully bowed continuously to him and then swiftly slithered across the ground for a distance before disappearing underground with a flash of yellow light, using the Earth Escape Technique.

Watching the "Thunder Wriggle Beast" leave, Zhou Chun turned his attention to the silver-white horn in his hands, caressing it fondly and mused, "What a treasure! If found by someone in need, they'd probably be willing to trade a Dharma Treasure for it!"

After all, this was an object that could aid a Fourth Order superior-grade Demon Beast in overcoming the "Heavenly Thunder Tribulation!"

For such Demon Beasts, if they possessed Dharma Treasures, they would gladly exchange not just one, but even two or three pieces for it.

Zhou Chun had no immediate plans for using the item. Considering he had Baibai as his Spirit Pet and that Baibai would probably not need the horn to be crafted into a Magic Artifact, he decided to store it for now and consider its use later.

After securing the "Thunder Wriggle Beast's" horn, Zhou Chun proceeded to handle the corpse of the green-robed swordsman.

The man seemed to have some background, as judged by the words of the middle-aged man in blue robe, he possibly came from a Golden Core family.

But unfortunately, this was the Great Zhou Kingdom, and a Golden Core family unknown to Zhou Chun couldn't make much of a splash.

Even if Zhou Chun had not used his real identity, he wouldn't be too concerned about a Golden Core family.

After all, as long as he wasn't directly confronted by a Golden Core Stage Cultivator, with the help of Baibai who had successfully transformed into a Thunder Flood Dragon, there weren't many within the Purple Mansion Phase who could kill him.

At this time, he casually incinerated the green-robed swordsman's body, and while waiting for Baibai's evolution to complete, he began to crack open the swordsman's Storage Pouch.

Several hours later, while Baibai had yet to finish evolving, Zhou Chun had already opened the swordsman's Storage Pouch.

Since the swordsman had ventured into the perilous Black Mist Marsh, there was not much Spirit Coin in the Storage Pouch, just a few thousand pieces. However, there were numerous Spiritual Objects from within the Black Mist Marsh, as well as various Demon Beast materials. It seemed that the man had stayed there for quite some time, and now all his possessions had fallen into Zhou Chun's hands.

Also, the man's green Flying Sword was a Mid-grade Third Order Magic Artifact, worth quite a number of Spirit Coins.

After a thorough examination, Zhou Chun found some tampered items in the swordsman's Storage Pouch, including an expensive bottle of Healing Pills, a few Spirit Coins, and a seven-hundred-year old Spiritual Medicine.

These items bore covert Divine Sense marks, likely left by the Golden Core Stage Cultivator of the swordsman's family.

If someone had killed the green-robed swordsman and carelessly overlooked these anomalies, they could have run into great trouble.

Regrettably for them, Zhou Chun was always cautious. Having come from a Golden Core family himself, he was not a person with shallow knowledge; such tactics would be impossible to deceive him.

He burned all the compromised items and destroyed the green-robed swordsman's Storage Pouch.

That way, there was no need to worry about being tracked by the Golden Core Stage Cultivator from the so-called Qinglan Li Family after leaving the Black Mist Marsh.

Subsequently, Zhou Chun patiently waited several more hours. Suddenly, a clear Dragon Chant sounded from the sky.

The Thunder Flood Dragon Baibai had finally completed its evolution!