Clan Cultivation: Starting from Beast Taming

For it, this pure vitality of grass and wood was more useful in healing wounds than any panacea.

In less than half a day, the essence energy it had drained due to Zhou Chun's torment had largely recovered, a speed of recovery that also greatly shocked Zhou Chun.

Afterward, Zhou Chun began to order the Wood Charm to use its innate ability to search for Spiritual Medicine on his behalf.

Perhaps because it had already suffered enough, or perhaps because it cherished the hard-won freedom, the Wood Charm showed little resistance to Zhou Chun's commands and quickly set out to follow his orders.

As a result, in just a short span of half a day, it had found for Zhou Chun a three-hundred-year-old Spirit Ginseng, five two-hundred-year-old Yellow Essence and Ginseng among other Spiritual Medicines, as well as fifteen Spiritual Medicines with a hundred years of medicinal age.

These Spiritual Medicines were practically all the high-aged ones that could be found within a hundred-mile radius.

Zhou Chun was very pleased with the outcome.

He was well aware that the forest he had chosen was not any Spirit Mountain nor a land of great fortune and had surely been visited by many Loose Cultivators over the years.

Under such circumstances, for the Wood Charm to find so many Spiritual Medicines in half a day abundantly demonstrated its formidable ability in locating them.

"This is really great, truly great; all the effort I spent subduing you was not in vain, Lu'er, you really are a treasure-hunting deer!"

Pleased, Zhou Chun stroked the Azure Deer's head and smiled as he gathered the Spiritual Medicines into his Storage Pouch.

Right now, he was merely testing the Wood Charm's ability to locate Spiritual Medicines. Once he returned to the Zhou Family, that would be the time for him to truly show his prowess.

With the Wood Charm present, all the Spiritual Medicines that were difficult for ordinary people to find in the Wasteland Territory would have nowhere to hide from him in the future!

Zhou Chun then had the Wood Charm demonstrate the various Divine Skills and Spells it knew.

All the Divine Skills and Spells that the Wood Charm mastered were related to the wood element, encompassing attack, defense, binding, illusion, stealth, Escape Techniques, healing, and many other areas.

However, being a jack of all trades meant that it had no specialization.

In terms of attack, the lethality of the Wood Charm's offensive spells wasn't too strong, especially the direct attacks targeting empty space.

Its defensive and binding capabilities, on the other hand, were considerably stronger than its offense, especially in a forest environment where it could greatly benefit from homeground advantage.

As for illusion and healing, the Wood Charm could only be said to possess these spells, but in reality, it didn't use them much.

Escape Techniques and stealth were its strongest talents, and Zhou Chun had already experienced how formidable these two were.

The Wood Charm also possessed a special Divine Skill which was the same one Zhou Chun had seen that could significantly enhance its Cultivation Level, Mana, and Divine Skills.

This Divine Skill, called "Life's Grace," was one that could only be used under special circumstances.

As a child of the forest, the Wood Charm was pampered and blessed by the forest, which also imbued it with the responsibility to protect the forest.

When the forest faced a destructive threat or the Wood Charm itself was in a life-threatening situation, the sentient consciousness of the forest's flora would sacrifice itself, transferring their very essence energy to the Wood Charm to enhance its Cultivation Level and strength, so that it could gain the power to protect the forest and itself.

From both its description and actual effects, the Divine Skill "Life's Grace" was undoubtedly extremely domineering and powerful. It would not, like "Ancestral Resurrection," leave the enhanced Demon Beast weakened as an after-effect, and its duration was also quite long.

Unfortunately, the preconditions for activating this Divine Skill were somewhat too difficult.

If the Wood Charm or Zhou Chun were to directly create a disaster destroying the forest, it would definitely fail to meet the conditions; on the contrary, it would cause the sentient consciousness of the flora to abandon the Wood Charm, preventing it from even using Spells like the Wood Escape Technique.

And for the Wood Charm to engage the enemy in direct combat, putting it into a life-threatening situation, would also be a reckless gambit, one misstep, and the Wood Charm might indeed perish.

Therefore, despite the strength of "Life's Grace," it could not truly be considered a regular combat tactic.

Therefore, considering the Wood Charm's special abilities, Zhou Chun decided to position it as a support Spirit Pet. Using it in a fight for crowd control and to bolster defenses was feasible, and it could also heal other Spirit Pets after a battle, but there was no need for direct confrontation.

After spending a few days in the remote mountains of the Dayun Nation, allowing the Wood Charm's essence energy to fully recover, Zhou Chun then returned with it to the Hongyu Peak Stronghold.

And upon returning to the Hongyu Peak Stronghold, Zhou Chun learned of a piece of news that surprised him greatly.

"What did you say? Snow Essence Palace is now even putting out elixirs that assist in opening the Purple Mansion as a reward?"

In the stronghold, Zhou Chun looked at Lin Wan'er in amazement, shocked by the words she had just uttered.

It turned out that during the few days he had been away in Dayun Nation, the reward quest from Snow Essence Palace had undergone another change.

This time, Snow Essence Palace had put out another reward quest, stating that anyone who could deliver a Snow Crystal Worm King could exchange it for one Snow Soul Pill that assists in opening the Purple Mansion.

As soon as the reward notice was released, Fu Changqing of the Hongyu Peak Stronghold immediately reported to Lin Wan'er and had already set off for the Snowy Plains.

And Lin Wan'er, knowing that she couldn't stop him, reluctantly agreed to the matter.

"What kind of use do these Snow Crystal Worms have to make Snow Essence Palace put forth such a huge amount of resources?"

Zhou Chun muttered to himself, his eyes revealing a look of temptation.

An elixir that assists in opening the Purple Mansion is precisely what he is currently unable to obtain!

"If the Clan Leader wishes to go, then just go. This humble one can handle the stronghold alone," Lin Wan'er said softly, immediately supporting his intention.

After hearing these words, Zhou Chun's gaze flickered, and then he nodded and said, "Then I leave it in Elder Lin's capable hands."

Having made a decision, Zhou Chun did not delay and set out on his journey after resting briefly for half a day.

During the previous "Thousand Extinct Ant Calamity," the Snowy Plains of the northwest region of Yang Kingdom was the only area not harmed by the "Thousand Extinct Ant," and could be regarded as the last piece of untouched land in Yang Kingdom.

The Snow Essence Palace, having established their gates on the Snowy Plains, was thus able to preserve their sect's strength and became the best-preserved sect in Yang Kingdom after the catastrophe.

On Zhou Chun's journey from the Hongyu Peak Stronghold to the Snowy Plains, he also encountered many fellow travelers—there were Qi Refinement Realm cultivators, Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators, and even Purple Mansion Phase cultivators.

The latest reward quest released by Snow Essence Palace was maxing out its appeal to cultivators below the Golden Core Stage.

Even for Purple Mansion Phase cultivators, capturing a Snow Crystal Worm King could net them a profit of at least one hundred thousand Spirit Coins.

To facilitate the acquisition of Snow Crystal Worms, it was said that Snow Essence Palace had dispatched over a hundred Inner Sect Disciples of the Foundation Establishment Stage to set up acquisition points all over the Snowy Plains.

As long as someone caught a Snow Crystal Worm, they could bring it to the nearest acquisition point to exchange it for a reward from the Snow Essence Palace disciples.

Snow Essence Palace even thoughtfully prepared free materials detailing the living habits of the Snow Crystal Worms, which anyone could obtain without charge.

All these actions unmistakably conveyed their current eagerness for Snow Crystal Worms.

It took Zhou Chun roughly three days of travel to reach the Snowy Plains, mainly because there were too many people on the road, and he did not dare to draw attention by rushing through the journey too conspicuously.

After all, Yang Kingdom was not Jingguo Country; if he attracted too much attention, he might stir the interest of some Purple Mansion Phase cultivator, and that would spell big trouble.

While it wasn't Zhou Chun's first time stepping onto a snow-covered mountain, it was indeed his first time setting foot on the Snowy Plains.

The Snowy Plains of Yang Kingdom covered a vast area, significantly larger than the four provinces under the jurisdiction of the Green Lotus Temple, with a very high average altitude exceeding one thousand eight hundred zhang.

Most of the terrain on the Snowy Plains was enveloped by permanent snow, with glaciers that had never thawed anywhere to be found.

Only in some lower-lying valleys could flora thrive, fauna bustle, and humans settle.

These valleys with growing vegetation were scattered like lakes on the earth's surface across the Snowy Plains, countless in number.

The large ones could support tens of thousands of mortals, while the small ones were merely a hundred acres in size.

The disciples sent by Snow Essence Palace to purchase Snow Crystal Worms were stationed in these various Snow Valleys.

Upon arriving at the Snowy Plains, Zhou Chun's first task was to seek out these people to gather information about the Snow Crystal Worms.