Clan Cultivation: Starting from Beast Taming Chapter 453 - 241: Setting out again, honing the younger gen

Zhou Daoyi also shook his head slightly, as he did not think much of the thod Zhou Mingde had proposed.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Mingde imdiately said, "It’s tough to recruit strong and ambitious loose cultivators, but as long as we offer more money, we should still be able to recruit so who can defend the Spirit Cleansing Pavilion. After all, this war cannot last for several years–there shouldn’t be a problem with them holding the fort for a short ti."

"The Supre Elder is right, as long as we’re willing to spend the money, we can definitely recruit people."

"But how should we arrange the people for this expedition? Together with the Third Elder and myself, we have just enough for six second-order combatants. However, with three third-order combatants needed, Supre Elder, who between you and the Clan Leader should go?"

Zhou Chun looked at the two elders, raising this even more important question.

The content of Green Lotus Temple’s dispatch order this ti was quite intriguing, stating only that the number of personnel should not be less than thirty, with a specified number of third-order and second-order combatants included.

This ant that as long as the thirty people the Zhou Family provided included the required numbers of third-order and second-order combatants, it would be sufficient.

Therefore, the most suitable approach was to count Zhou Chun and Zhou Daoquan, along with their spirit pets, as six second-order combatants. Then, they could add one Purple Mansion Phase Cultivator and bring along the Zhou Family’s two third-order Demon Beasts to et the requirent for third-order combat power.

The remaining number of people could then be filled with twenty-seven Qi Refinent Realm cultivators.

It was clear that the dispatch order had fully considered the Zhou Family having two severely injured mbers, providing them with so leeway.

It was believed that the dispatch orders for other families would also be adjusted according to their actual circumstances, and they wouldn’t be truly pushed to a dead end.

At this mont, having heard Zhou Chun’s words, Zhou Daoyi imdiately said, "I will go. In dealing with the Beast Tide, Qingqing’s abilities are more useful than those of the Fire Divine Jackal. Moreover, I didn’t contribute much in the previous southern campaign."

"Fine then, since Daoyi you have this intention, I won’t argue with you. I’ll stay to guard the sect’s gate on this occasion!"

Zhou Mingde let out a light sigh and quickly agreed.

Having discussed and reached an agreent, every mber of the Zhou Family set out to take action.

Since preparations and announcents had been made a few days earlier, the Zhou Family cultivators who were called upon for the expedition had no complaints. They imdiately bid farewell to their loved ones with their belongings and together rode the Green Flood Dragon towards Misty Swamp.

By the ti Zhou Chun and the others arrived near Misty Swamp, they saw that the Green Lotus Temple’s cultivators had already commandeered a nearby stronghold for individual cultivators and set up a powerful defensive formation.

The cultivator from the Green Lotus Temple assigned to oversee this area was a Golden Elixir Cultivator with the Taoist title Master Qingling, who appeared quite young. Zhou Chun faintly rembered that the man was reputed to be Green Lotus Temple’s youngest Golden Elixir Cultivator, allegedly not even five hundred years old.

Green Lotus Temple sending its youngest Golden Elixir Cultivator to oversee this area clearly had intentions of honing him, but it also indirectly suggested that the dangers in Misty Swamp were probably not that significant.

This provided a private relief to the Zhou Family mbers.

Once Master Qingling noticed the approach of the Zhou Family group riding the dragon, he personally appeared to welco them.

"The Zhou Family’s cultivators have arrived at just the right ti. The frontline of the Beast Tide has already reached Misty Swamp. Many amphibious Demon Beasts have begun to move along the rivers and mountain streams towards the inland, wreaking havoc on mortals. We now need manpower to clear out these Demon Beasts and protect the foundation of our Cultivation World!"

Inside the stronghold, after the Zhou Family mbers had paid their respects, Master Qingling, with no hint of politeness, imdiately began issuing tasks.

Hearing his words, Zhou Daoyi quickly asked, "May I ask Senior, is the task of clearing out the Demon Beasts sothing we arrange ourselves, or will it be done with a team led by Senior Sect cultivators?"

"The personnel from various places are not yet fully assembled. For the ti being, there won’t be any consolidation and reorganization of your ranks, so for now, you can arrange to undertake this task on your own," Master Qingling pondered for a mont before promptly giving a reply.

After finishing, he spread out a map and casually pointed to several places that needed cleaning, ntioning so matters that required attention.

Once the Zhou Family mbers respectfully accepted the mission, he left.

"Clan Leader, please rest here, and leave these minor matters to the juniors and the Third Elder," Zhou Chun, holding the copied map, suggested after Master Qingling had left.

Cleansing the wandering Demon Beasts didn’t warrant the involvent of a Purple Mansion Phase Cultivator like Zhou Daoyi, and Zhou Chun’s suggestion was also a proactive effort to share the concerns of his superiors.

And Zhou Daoyi naturally would not let down his good intentions, imdiately nodding along and saying, "That’s a good idea, then you two take those juniors to gain so experience, but pay attention to safety."

Thereupon, Zhou Chun and Zhou Daoquan each took twelve Zhou Family Qi Refinent Realm Cultivators and set off for the areas in need of clearing.

Because the location was less than two hundred miles from the stronghold, Zhou Chun simply let Baibai, the Silver Lightning Python, consu its mana to fly the twelve juniors there.

They flew for less than two hours and arrived at the confluence of a river and the Misty Swamp.

Normally, although the Misty Swamp was ho to many Demon Beasts, these creatures seldom ca to such places near the riverbank.

But now, before they had even descended, they saw more than a dozen dark shadows moving upstream.

"Those are first-order Blackwater Crocodiles, just right for you to practice your skills on!"

With a sweep of his Divine Sense, Zhou Chun imdiately recognized the true identities of those shadows and then ca up with a plan. Stay connected through .Côm

The Blackwater Crocodile is a common Demon Beast in the Misty Swamp, capable only of water-based spells like "Water Arrow Technique," "Water Blade Technique," "Impact Water Column,"—its strength in the water cannot be said to be weak, but it’s not very strong either.

Having devised a plan, Zhou Chun left the twelve Zhou Family Qi Refinent Realm Cultivators ashore and had Baibai dive directly into the water, driving the group of Blackwater Crocodiles towards the Zhou Family Cultivators on the bank.

"This is both a trial and a test for you. Although I will co to your aid if you are in danger, if it does co to the point where I have to make a move, it ans you have failed the test. Therefore, I hope you can deal with these Demon Beasts on your own!"

In the sky, Zhou Chun’s deep voice rang in the ears of the twelve Zhou Family Qi Refinent Realm Cultivators, making them all tense up.

At present, among these twelve Zhou Family Cultivators, none were of the ’family’ generational rank. The highest in cultivation level was Zhou Zhenglan of the ’Zheng’ generational rank, the fifteenth in order, at the seventh layer of the Qi Refinent Realm, with her husband, Pang Chong, being of equal cultivation level.

And the lowest in cultivation was Zhou Xinlan, the son of Zhou Zhengyong, with only a fourth layer Qi Refinent Realm cultivation level and being just fourteen years old this year.

There was no choice; the Zhou Family’s late-stage Qi Refinent Cultivators had mostly been taken to Yunzhou, and the family still needed so late-stage Qi Refinent Cultivators to remain at the "Spirit Cleansing Pavilion" to supervise the recruited Loose Cultivators.

This ant that the Qi Refinent Realm Cultivators that Zhou Chun and his group brought with them this ti were basically all at the mid-stage level.

Fortunately, although the cultivation levels of these Zhou Family Cultivators were not outstanding, the Spirit Pets they had contracted with were still quite capable, and at this ti, Zhou Chun also released the Golden Winged Tiger, which was nearly grown into a first-order high-grade Demon Beast, to assist in the fight.

Roar!

At this mont, facing the fourteen Blackwater Crocodiles being driven ashore by Baibai, the Golden Winged Tiger let out an impassioned roar and spat out a golden light arrow, firing the first shot.

The roar of the king of beasts seed to boost the confidence of the other Zhou Family Cultivators and their pets, who quickly took out their Magic Artifacts and cast spells to attack the Blackwater Crocodiles.

However, due to a lack of tacit cooperation and experience, several Zhou Family Cultivators chose to target the sa Demon Beast, or they misjudged the distance, causing their spells and Magic Artifacts to miss.

As a result, after the first wave of attacks, aside from the Golden Winged Tiger that reigned from above and pierced a Blackwater Crocodile’s head with a golden light arrow, inflicting serious damage, the rest of the Zhou Family Cultivators’ attacks only caused minor flesh wounds to several other Blackwater Crocodiles.

These attacks, however, only agitated the panic-stricken Blackwater Crocodiles fleeing ashore, and they quickly turned and rushed toward the Zhou Family Cultivators.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Before even getting close, streaks of blue Water Arrows broke through the air and were rapidly fired towards the twelve Zhou Family Cultivators.

At this point, several of them made mistakes.

Seeing the Water Arrows shooting toward them, many hurriedly turned and ran, forgetting that they had already cast protective spells on themselves before the battle comnced, and there was no need to worry about the attack from a single Water Arrow.

This not only disrupted the formation and conveyed a sense of panic but also squandered the opportunity for a second attack.

"Indeed, they all lack experience!"

In the sky, Zhou Chun watched and shook his head in disappointnt.