Clan Cultivation: Starting from Beast Taming

Chapter 562: Chapter 292: The Relics of a Golden Core Stage Cultivator [Subscribe Requested]_2

Zhou Mingde, relying on the protection of a third-order Defensive Talisman and a Body Protection Dharma Item, withstood the Green-Faced Zombie’s pounce.

On the other side, Zhou Chun, who was protected by the Fire Divine Jackal, quickly activated the Formation Flags to open a Formation channel after Shen Shiming’s death.

Then Zhou Mingde threw Shen Shiming’s corpse toward the Green-Faced Zombie, while he quickly rushed towards the Formation channel himself.

The Green-Faced Zombie, being of low intelligence, acted entirely on instinct.

When Shen Shiming’s blood-soaked body was thrown in front of it, the heavily injured creature did not hesitate to embrace the corpse and eagerly drank the fresh blood.

This allowed Zhou Mingde to successfully escape from the Formation with Zhou Chun in tow.

Once outside, Zhou Mingde immediately told Zhou Chun to leave first, then he and the Fire Divine Jackal started to pursue Ruan Hongzhuang, who had also escaped from the Formation.

At that moment, Zhou Chun’s heart was filled with shock.

He didn’t know what had happened in the Underground Mausoleum, why Zhou Mingde would kill Shen Borong.

But out of trust and obedience to Zhou Mingde, he immediately activated the “Flowing Light Golden Rainbow” secret technique and started to flee.

Without Zhou Chun as a liability, Zhou Mingde was able to relentlessly pursue Ruan Hongzhuang without any reservation.

Within the territory of Yang Kingdom, no trace of mortals remained, so neither of them needed to worry about the Green-Faced Zombie coming to the surface and slaughtering other beings.

Nor did they have the mind to care about such a matter.

In Zhou Mingde’s view, only by killing Ruan Hongzhuang to silence her, could he monopolize the loot and prevent any leak of information.

However, Ruan Hongzhuang, desperate to survive, naturally refused to sit still and wait for death.

After a chase, Zhou Mingde ultimately failed to take Ruan Hongzhuang’s life, allowing her to successfully elude his pursuit.

Having failed to silence her, Zhou Mingde, despite his reluctance, had to accept reality.

After that, he didn’t linger in Yang Kingdom for long, and after a brief rest, he quickly returned to Dayun Nation.

Not long after Zhou Chun returned to the Marketplace, Zhou Mingde also returned safely to the Marketplace.

“Supreme Elder, what exactly happened inside the Underground Mausoleum? Why did you turn against Shen Borong and Ruan Hongzhuang?”

In the Marketplace, after Zhou Chun waited for Zhou Mingde’s return, he couldn’t help but immediately voice the doubts in his heart, even as he felt a sense of relief.

Actually, Zhou Chun wasn’t completely unprepared for the possibility of internal strife among the three Purple Mansion Phase Cultivators.

After all, countless examples proved that in front of truly precious treasures, it was difficult for cultivators to willingly share the gains with others.

But the situation at that time filled Zhou Chun with confusion.

Because he had personally witnessed the moment Zhou Mingde and Ruan Hongzhuang emerged from the Underground Mausoleum. At that time, it seemed that the two of them were still in a cooperative state.

Facing his barrage of questions, Zhou Mingde showed a weary expression and waved his hand, “I know you’re anxious, but now is not the time to discuss these matters. Let me recover my condition, and then I’ll explain the details to you.”

After speaking, he went alone into the chamber within the courtyard and sat down to meditate and recover.

He sat in meditation for an entire day.

Only after completely restoring his Mana and soothing and recovering his spirit and flesh, did Zhou Mingde take out the Storage Pouch and Spirit Beast Pouch he got from the Green-Faced Zombie to examine his loot.

With anticipation in his eyes, he first opened the Spirit Beast Pouch and projected his Divine Sense into it.

Since the owner had long since perished, both the Spirit Beast Pouch and Storage Pouch could be opened at will.

The Spirit Beast Pouch that Zhou Mingde held was undoubtedly the most high-end one he had ever seen.

The interior space of the Spirit Beast Pouch was vast and had partitions, it seems that it could simultaneously accommodate five Spirit Pets or five different kinds of Demon Insects.

What’s rare was that the material of the Spirit Beast Pouch itself was also very tough, so much so that even the attacks of Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivators would likely not easily damage it.

A Spirit Beast Pouch with interior space that could be divided like this was much more difficult to make than an ordinary one, and it was hard to buy in the marketplace.

If he were to sell this Spirit Beast Pouch, it would probably fetch a price even higher than an ordinary third-order high-grade Magic Artifact.

After carefully inspecting the Spirit Beast Pouch and not finding any Demon Beast or Demon Insect within, Zhou Mingde set it aside and then opened another Storage Pouch.

A Storage Pouch of a Golden Core Phase Cultivator is naturally extraordinary.

Such a Storage Pouch not only has an extremely vast internal space but also possesses unique protective restraints. When the owner is still alive, it’s difficult for others to open the Storage Pouch without damaging the contents within, even if they acquire it.

However, now that the owner of the Storage Pouch had passed away many years ago, Zhou Mingde easily opened the pouch without any effort.

When he invested his Divine Sense into the Storage Pouch, a smile quickly appeared on his face.

With a flick of his hand, he shook out all the contents stored inside the pouch.

Compared to the vast ten-zhang square storage space inside the pouch, there were not many items inside.

However, treasures are valued for their quality, not their quantity.

The few items inside could be said to be treasures, each and every one!

It must be said, the methods left by the Tomb Master indeed gave Zhou Mingde and the others quite some hardships.

But the treasures that he left behind also brought significant gains.

Inside the Storage Pouch, Zhou Mingde found a large number of well-preserved Classics, including Cultivation Techniques, secret techniques, atlases, travel journals, and various other Classics.

He even found two Dao Carrying Artifacts among them!

Without any surprises, among these Classics, Zhou Mingde easily found the Insect Expelling Technique controlled by the Tomb Master. In fact, many of the Classics were about the inheritance of this skill.

However, now was not the time to study these Classics.

After a brief glance, Zhou Mingde turned his attention to the other treasures.

Perhaps considering the damage that the long passage of time could cause to the treasures, the Tomb Master had specifically sealed them in jade boxes.

Zhou Mingde first opened the two jade boxes made of the finest material, and the contents did not disappoint him; they were indeed the two Dharma Treasures left by the Tomb Master.

These two Dharma Treasures were a green-black Banner and an earthy yellow Protective Barrier.

Both Dharma Treasures were quite spirited. Even after being sealed for an unknown number of years, they instantly burst into spiritual light and flew out of the jade boxes on their own as soon as Zhou Mingde opened them.

However, Zhou Mingde was well-prepared for this scene and immediately reached out to grasp and suppress the two Dharma Treasures with Mana.

Although he was a Purple Mansion Phase Cultivator and could not refine Dharma Treasures, suppressing these two ownerless Dharma Treasures was not difficult.

After examining the two Dharma Treasures for a while, Zhou Mingde put them back into the jade boxes and sealed them up again.

He then proceeded to open the other dozen or so jade boxes, and the contents that had been sealed within them were all revealed to him.

Contrary to his expectations, among these dozen or so jade boxes, the ones actually containing Magic Artifacts and Spiritual Objects were not many—just a mere four.

Inside the four jade boxes were two third-order high-grade Magic Artifacts, three Spirit Crystals, and a fist-sized golden ore.

The rest of the jade boxes were all filled with various insect eggs!

The Tomb Master obviously cared very much about these insect eggs. Not only were they sealed in jade boxes, but he also used unique sealed Spiritual Objects for each of them.

Some insect eggs were sealed within Spirit Jade, some within gold stones, and some were specially contained and sealed within Medicinal Pills.

Under the protection of these special sealed Spiritual Objects, despite the unknown number of years that had passed, most of the insect eggs still retained vitality and could be hatched.

From this, it wasn’t difficult to see that the Tomb Master actually hoped that the Cultivator who obtained his relics would inherit his Insect Expelling Technique, so that this skill wouldn’t be lost to history.

Upon inventorying up to this point, Zhou Mingde couldn’t help but exclaim, “Worthy of being the inheritance of a Golden Core Phase Cultivator, though the items aren’t numerous, their value is beyond measure!”

Then, restraining his joy, he opened another Storage Pouch.

It was Shen Borong’s Storage Pouch.

Now, he needed to verify something.