Clan Cultivation: Starting from Beast Taming-Chapter 645 - 332: Missing, The Cold Cave

Chapter 645: Chapter 332: Missing, The Cold Cave

However, after the Green Flood Dragon carried Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Chun away from Thunder-Lizard Island, it followed Zhou Daoyi’s guidance, retreating along the same path they had flown in on back to the mainland.

But they had flown for less than five hundred miles when they discovered Zhou Mingde catching up to them using the “Flowfire Meteor Escape Technique.”

Upon learning from Zhou Mingde the possibility that a fourth-tier Demon Beast might be pursuing them, the group briefly discussed and then decided to have Zhou Chun, the weakest in terms of cultivation level, escort the Foundation Establishment Fruit Tree back to the mainland.

Of course, to ensure Zhou Chun’s safety and to guard against any mishaps, Zhou Mingde gave him the Fire Divine Jackal to carry with him.

Then Zhou Daoyi and Zhou Mingde each split up and fled towards the mainland using different routes.

In this way, the risk was once again dispersed.

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If a fourth-tier Demon Beast was indeed in pursuit, it was highly unlikely to go after a human cultivator with second-tier cultivation.

Zhou Mingde and Zhou Daoyi were left to rely on luck, however.

If a fourth-tier Demon Beast caught up, one of them would definitely become its target.

Whether they could shake off their pursuer depended greatly on luck.

At this moment, Zhou Chun could only offer silent prayers for his two elders from the Zhou Family in his heart.

After parting with the two elders, he mounted the Golden Winged Tiger and escorted the Foundation Establishment Fruit Tree back along the way they had come.

This path had been traversed previously without encountering any noteworthy dangers.

Considering that just an hour had passed since Lu Ran had taken the same route back, Zhou Chun’s journey back should be relatively safe.

Indeed, Zhou Chun’s return trip along this path was uneventful. Although he encountered several first and second-tier Demon Beasts that attacked him, he easily dispatched them.

Until he safely reached the shore of Dragon Abyss Marsh, he faced no dangers worth mentioning.

Shortly after his return, Lu Ran quickly made an appearance to meet him.

“It seems you and your companions were successful, Taoist Friend Zhou. Why have the other three not returned with you?”

By the waterside, after revealing himself, Lu Ran glanced at the Foundation Establishment Fruit Tree carried by the Golden Winged Tiger, and with a curious look in his eyes, questioned Zhou Chun about the whereabouts of Zhou Mingde and the others.

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Zhou Chun considered for a moment before candidly responding, “As Senior Lu had forewarned, that group of Thunder Lizard Beasts was indeed protected by a fourth-tier Demon Beast. Upon discovering that the Thunder Dragon Lizard had requested help, the three Supreme Elders decided to split into four groups for the return to the shore. By chance, I was assigned the route Senior Lu had previously taken, which is why I arrived first.”

Though he was worried about the three elders, he did not believe that all three would fall within Dragon Abyss Marsh.

Thus, he was not afraid that Lu Ran would dare to scheme against him.

In fact, if he had been evasive in his words, attempting to hide the truth, it could have had the opposite effect.

As expected, after listening to his words, Lu Ran nodded thoughtfully and said, “Is that so? Then let’s wait here for the other three.”

“If Senior Lu is willing to wait with me, that would be most appreciated.”

Zhou Chun readily agreed without any hesitation.

After that, the two of them patiently began to wait on the shore.

It was almost two hours later that Zhou Mingde finally returned.

“Supreme Elder, you have finally returned!”

Upon seeing Zhou Mingde, Zhou Chun let out a sigh of relief and quickly approached him to inquire about the situation.

Zhou Mingde looked pale and drained as if his essence energy was severely depleted.

Confronted with Zhou Chun’s concerned questions, he simply waved his hand and said, “I am not seriously harmed, only somewhat depleted from using the escape technique on my body’s essence energy; I should recover after resting for a month or two.”

After speaking, he exchanged a nod with Lu Ran as a greeting, then looked at Zhou Chun, saying, “What, Daoyi and Daoquan haven’t returned yet?”

“Yes, so far I have only seen you return,” Zhou Chun replied with a worried nod.

“Perhaps I was fortunate in choosing my route and arrived first,” said Zhou Mingde, his eyes flickering as he spoke nonchalantly as if he had no worries about Zhou Daoyi and the other.

After speaking, he glanced at the Foundation Establishment Fruit Tree placed on the ground and suddenly continued, “We can’t just leave the Foundation Establishment Fruit Tree here; we need to transplant it back to our family as soon as possible. Zhengchun, you take it back to be planted first. I will wait here for Daoyi and the others.”

“This…” Zhou Chun hesitated slightly, looking at Zhou Mingde’s face.

But all he saw was a resolute look in the other’s eyes, brooking no argument.

So, swallowing any words of demur, he nodded and said, “I understand. Then I will take my leave first.”

He then bid farewell to Lu Ran and released the Golden Winged Tiger again, riding it and the Foundation Establishment Fruit Tree towards the underground waterway exit.

After Zhou Chun had been gone for some time, Lu Ran abruptly turned to Zhou Mingde and asked, “Doesn’t Taoist Friend Zhou have the Soul Tablets of the other two?”

The Soul Tablets he referred to were special artifacts that could hold a strand of Divine Soul from a Purple Mansion Phase Cultivator.

If the cultivator were to fall unexpectedly, the Soul Tablet would shatter, letting others know of the mishap.

Typically, Purple Mansion Phase Cultivators of major sects leave such Soul Tablets in their sects to enable prompt awareness of their life and death status.

The Zhou Family did have Soul Tablets in the past, like the one Zhou Mingde himself possessed.