Chapter 1724: Chapter 647: Fire Phoenix’s Advancement
Zhou Chun was utterly surprised by the words, never expecting such a turn of events.
He hesitantly said, "This... please forgive my rudeness, Senior. Since you believe that place might hold a Nascent Soul opportunity, why haven’t you taken it for yourself?"
Opportunities for Nascent Soul formation are not ordinary; even a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator would strive for such an opportunity.
After all, most Nascent Soul Stage cultivators have disciples, and even solo loose cultivators, upon acquiring a Nascent Soul spirit item, could exchange it for treasures with sect-associated Nascent Soul cultivators.
Thus, saying that Tianjing True Person refrained from taking the opportunity because he couldn’t use it after forming his Nascent Soul seems hardly believable!
Fortunately, Tianjing True Person was not offended by Zhou Chun’s skepticism. He nodded lightly and explained, "It is normal for you to have this concern. However, the place I speak of is very special, not within the human clan’s territory. Before I transformed into a Nascent Soul, I did not have the ability to gain the Nascent Soul opportunity from that place. After forming my Nascent Soul, although I have the strength, I dare not risk entering such an alien race region again!"
He then detailed the Nascent Soul opportunity he mentioned.
According to him, this Nascent Soul opportunity is located in a land shared by the demon clan and alien race.
This foreign land is very distant from Jingguo Country, and the location of the Nascent Soul opportunity is also deep within this alien region.
More crucially, Tianjing True Person could only speculate, based on some discoveries, that the place might nurture a Nascent Soul opportunity suitable for cultivators like him and Zhou Chun, who practice golden attribute techniques. He couldn’t be entirely certain.
In such a situation, having already formed his Nascent Soul, he naturally wouldn’t want to risk such a place for an uncertainty.
However, for Zhou Chun, who now sought a Nascent Soul opportunity, even the most dangerous places might be worth the gamble for that slim chance.
That is why he was willing to offer this so-called Nascent Soul opportunity to Zhou Chun for free.
Upon fully understanding the matter, Zhou Chun accepted it. Regardless of whether it would be useful to him, it was polite to first express gratitude.
He quickly showed a look of realization and said, "I see, it’s my mistake to have misjudged you, Senior. Your generosity is too profound for words. Please accept a bow of gratitude from me!"
Having said that, he bowed to show his appreciation.
Tianjing True Person accepted the gesture calmly and then looked at him meaningfully, saying, "There’s one more thing I must remind Taoist Friend Zhou. Whether or not you find a Nascent Soul opportunity outside, if you truly intend to form a Nascent Soul, it’s best not to do it here in the Green Lotus Mountain Range, or else the consequences could be unforeseeable!"
Hearing this, Zhou Chun’s heart shivered, and he immediately responded in a low voice, "I understand, Senior. Thank you for the guidance."
In fact, Zhou Chun was already aware of this, even without Tianjing True Person’s warning.
Since forming a Nascent Soul isn’t as easy to conceal as forming a core, and since it’s uncertain how many people in the Zhou Family have been bribed, if he forms a Nascent Soul in the Green Lotus Mountain Range, the information will surely soon reach Jingguo’s other two major powers.
Their thoughts and actions at that time are hard to predict.
After all, Zhou Chun is not the same as Tianjing True Person at that time.
At that time, Jingguo was a tripartite state, and Tianjing True Person was a loose cultivator who had set up a profound formation to conceal himself.
By the time the Green Lotus Temple, most concerned about his formation of a Nascent Soul, realized the fact, it was too late to take effective measures.
If Zhou Chun were discovered in advance attempting to form a Nascent Soul, it would be hard to say that the weakened Moon Wheel Sect and Sunflame Sect wouldn’t have intentions toward him.
After all, besides himself, he possesses several spirit pets—fourth-order magical beasts with great potential and strength!
The consequences of letting him freely grow into a Nascent Soul cultivator would be unpredictable!
For Zhou Chun now, the best plan might be to take advantage of the time difference.
Without the outside world knowing about his breakthrough to the Golden Core Late Stage or that he had already gathered the Nascent Soul spirit items, to successfully transform and form a Nascent Soul outside silently, then return powerfully with the status of a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator.
By then, with the matter set in stone, even if the Moon Wheel Sect and Sunflame Sect harbored further ideas, as long as he doesn’t openly challenge the position of the two sects, they wouldn’t risk offending this newly minted Nascent Soul Stage cultivator.
Thus, after obtaining detailed intelligence about the so-called Nascent Soul opportunity and a map from Tianjing True Person, Zhou Chun quickly took his leave.
Soon after, a piece of news suddenly spread within the Zhou Family: the Clan Leader’s Flame Prison Phoenix spirit pet had broken through to a fourth-order top-grade magical beast.
Although this news was not confirmed by Zhou Chun himself, due to the unusual fluctuations in nature’s spiritual energy near Zhou Chun’s cave dwelling on that day, many people were inclined to believe it.
And this was precisely the news Zhou Chun released to cover up his breakthrough to the Golden Core Late Stage.
Compared to a spirit pet breaking through to a fourth-order top-grade magical beast, his breakthrough to the Golden Core Late Stage would obviously attract more attention.
Therefore, he chose the lesser of two evils.
Of course, to prevent the truth from being discovered, he still needed to quickly help Flame Prison Phoenix truly break through to a fourth-order top-grade magical beast.
Fortunately, this wasn’t too difficult, as Flame Prison Phoenix was indeed very close to breaking through to a fourth-order top-grade magical beast.
Zhou Chun just needed to find a suitable place for it to consume the Fire Essence Immortal Ganoderma and start its breakthrough.