Chapter 1173: 504: Zhou Family's First 3rd Rank High-Grade Demon Beast [Please Subscribe]_3

Chapter 1173: Chapter 504: Zhou Family’s First 3rd Rank High-Grade Demon Beast [Please Subscribe]_3

How could Xu Fu not understand!

He understood Zhou Chun’s intentions all too well!

Without hesitation, he immediately stood up, bowed deeply to Zhou Chun, and said, “Subordinate understands; subordinate has long sworn an oath to never divulge the intelligence regarding the Wasteland Territory to anyone. Over these years, I have kept my lips sealed!”

“Hmm, naturally, I trust you on this matter.”

Zhou Chun nodded his head in agreement, appearing utterly convinced.

But before Xu Fu could breathe a sigh of relief, he heard Zhou Chun say in a deep voice, “However, this matter concerns the fate of the entire family’s cultivators. If mere personal oaths are the only constraint, both I and the other elders in the clan remain uneasy and are unwilling to take such risks!”

Upon hearing these words, Xu Fu’s face instantly changed dramatically.

After a brief moment of hesitation, he raised his head to meet Zhou Chun’s gaze, took a deep breath, and said, “Then what must subordinate do to make the Clan Leader and the Supreme Elders feel at ease?”

Zhou Chun had been waiting for this very sentence.

Immediately, he looked at Xu Fu with a solemn expression and said, “After forming my Core, I mastered a secret technique that can plant a ‘Soul Seed’ in someone’s Sea of Consciousness. If I don’t periodically stabilize the Soul Seed or if I deliberately detonate it, the Soul Seed will explode and obliterate the host’s Divine Soul!”

After finishing, as if fearing Xu Fu might misunderstand, he quickly added in a reassuring tone, “But you can rest assured, the Soul Seed itself is harmless before being detonated. It won’t affect your cultivation nor will external forces be able to trigger its explosion unless someone tries to forcibly destroy it!”

Despite Zhou Chun’s words of comfort, Xu Fu’s expression remained exceedingly grim.

This was unsurprising. After all, according to Zhou Chun’s explanation, accepting the Soul Seed would essentially mean handing his life and death over to someone else—an arrangement that would be hard for any cultivator to accept.

Especially for someone like Xu Fu, who had just successfully established the Purple Mansion and was currently filled with pride and ambition.

Yet no matter how unwilling he was deep down, he knew that Zhou Chun, having brought up such a matter, had already made up his mind.

Direct refusal was simply not an option.

After hesitating for a moment, Xu Fu gritted his teeth, lifted his eyes toward Zhou Chun, and asked, “Subordinate begs leave to ask Clan Leader: once the Soul Seed is planted, approximately how long would it require your assistance to stabilize it? If subordinate cannot seek you in time for stabilization, wouldn’t that mean certain death?”

Hearing this, Zhou Chun confidently replied, “You can rest easy about that. With the current strength of my Divine Sense, once the Soul Seed is planted, it will remain stable for at least fifty years before showing any issues. You only need to seek me for stabilization every twenty or thirty years.”

“Moreover, even if I happen to be traveling and preoccupied elsewhere when the time comes, you can reach out to Elder Lin to temporarily neutralize the Soul Seed. I will leave her the method to do so.”

Clearly, he had considered everything thoroughly.

Faced with this comprehensive arrangement, Xu Fu had no other recourse but to helplessly nod and say, “In that case, subordinate can only comply with your command.”

His words were filled with unwilling resignation.

But Zhou Chun paid no heed to his minor grievances.

At that moment, he instructed Xu Fu to sit cross-legged before him and open his mind to cooperate with the technique.

In less than half a day, Zhou Chun successfully planted the Soul Seed into Xu Fu’s Purple Mansion’s Sea of Consciousness.

Once the Soul Seed was planted, Xu Fu could now genuinely be considered one of Zhou Chun’s own people.

Thus, Zhou Chun wasted no time in offering rewards to sweeten the deal.

He looked directly at Xu Fu and said, “Xu Fu, now that you’ve successfully established your Purple Mansion, you may move on to cultivating the third layer of the Secret of Dragon Transformation. I will impart this technique to you right away, and I’ll prepare the Flood Dragon Spirit Blood you’ll need.”

“Also, you’ve just established your Purple Mansion, so you likely lack a suitable Magic Artifact at hand. This Gale Banner, though only a mid-grade Third Order Magic Artifact, aligns perfectly with the attributes of your cultivation technique; I offer it to you for self-defense.”

“Additionally, if you want to cultivate other secret techniques, feel free to visit the third floor of the Book Collection Tower. There you’ll find various secret techniques compatible with the attributes of your cultivation technique!”

As Zhou Chun spoke, he retrieved the secret art jade slip and the Magic Artifact, handing them to Xu Fu—indicating he had long prepared for this moment.

Even though Xu Fu was well aware of this, it did nothing to diminish his joy at receiving the secret technique and Magic Artifact.

After all, he had nearly emptied his savings to exchange for the spiritual objects necessary to establish his Purple Mansion.

Without Zhou Chun’s gift of the Gale Banner, he would have had to labor for at least another decade to afford even a low-grade Third Order Magic Artifact, let alone a mid-grade one.

Moreover, the third layer of the Secret of Dragon Transformation was indeed the fastest technique to enhance his strength.

“Subordinate thanks the Clan Leader for the precious gifts. Subordinate is eternally grateful for your immense generosity!”

Xu Fu took the secret art jade slip and Magic Artifact, bowed deeply to express his gratitude with a tone full of sincerity.

Zhou Chun simply nodded slightly, accepting his thanks.

Then he asked, “What are your plans moving forward? Will you continue serving as Deputy Commander of the Demon-Slaying Squad, or will you return to serve the family?”

Upon hearing this question, Xu Fu replied without hesitation, “Subordinate will follow the arrangements of the Clan Leader and the family. Wherever the Clan Leader sends subordinate, he shall go!”

This answer clearly pleased Zhou Chun. Smiling, he said, “Then return to serve the family. The Demon-Slaying Squad is merely a place of retirement—it doesn’t suit the ambitions of young talents like you.”