Clan Cultivation: Starting from Beast Taming

"So be it, as the Elder wishes,"

Zhou Chun spoke, and Baibai had already taken action.

On its forehead, lightning converged around its one-horned, and soon a Thunder Dragon made purely of silver lightning burst forth, flying towards Zhou Daoquan.

At the same time, Baibai’s dragon claws waved continuously, and one after another, silver lightning Dharma Spheres formed in its claws, swirling around it and taking flight.

Before long, there were as many as five lightning Dharma Spheres floating around it.

Meanwhile, Zhou Daoquan was still fully resisting the attack of the Thunder Dragon.

When he finally managed to withstand the impact of the Thunder Dragon’s self-explosion, he saw Baibai’s body flashing with thunder light as it suddenly plunged towards him with the five lightning Dharma Spheres, moving at a speed as fast as lightning!

Boom, boom, boom!

With a series of dense explosive sounds, Zhou Daoquan was directly struck, blood spurting from his mouth, as Baibai’s tail whipped him away.

In fact, Baibai had already held back, or else he might already be dead without a whole body!

"Cough, cough, I was careless, I really was,"

On the ground, after Zhou Daoquan managed to stand firm, he looked at the blood on his garment and felt his old face burning with shame; he could only repeatedly say he was "careless" to cover his own embarrassment.

Not just he was embarrassed, Zhou Chun also felt awkward at this moment.

This test seemed to have turned into an accident!

The injuries on Zhou Daoquan were minor, but the true misfortune was the loss of face!

Just moments before, he was proclaiming "I can withstand it," but now he had been publicly humiliated!

Zhou Chun could imagine just how embarrassed Zhou Daoquan felt inside.

Thankfully, this scene wasn’t witnessed by other clan members!

Zhou Chun looked at the magic practice field, where only a few Elders were present, and could only be thankful for this small stroke of luck amidst the misfortune.

Then, after his face went through several changes, he hurriedly scolded Baibai, "Baibai, you child, how could you strike the Third Elder with such force? Come down this instant and apologize to the Third Elder!"

"There’s no need to apologize, apologize for what? It has done nothing wrong! I was just careless, let’s go again!"

Zhou Daoquan said, his face turning red as he continuously waved his hands, now looking somewhat desperate.

Clearly, compared to a polite apology to maintain his face, he preferred to restore his reputation with his strength.

Yes, he had just been careless!

He still had his trump card Magic Artifacts that he hadn’t used and two Spirit Pets he hadn’t summoned.

That wasn’t his true power, definitely not!

But Zhou Chun didn’t dare to continue fighting.

Zhou Daoquan hadn’t used his full strength, but the same was true of Baibai!

Moreover, if the battle continued, neither would be able to control their power, and any injury would become an accident.

So he decisively ordered Baibai to end its transformation early, in secret.

Then he exclaimed, "Oh no, it seems we cannot continue, Baibai’s transformation time is almost up."

As he finished speaking, the dragon horn on Baibai’s head and the Dragon Claws disappeared, and its momentum plummeted, leaving it in a weakened and listless state.

Whew!

Seeing this, Zhou Jiarui, Zhou Jiahe, and the others present all exhaled in relief.

Honestly, while it’s satisfying to see someone else get humiliated,

they could not disregard the consequences.

Zhou Daoquan, after all, was the third-ranking Elder in the family, respected for his high cultivation level and benevolent nature, and he had shown great kindness to Zhou Chun.

If such a revered Elder truly lost face in front of their juniors, even if he was magnanimous and did not blame Zhou Chun,

it could leave an internal scar that would be extremely detrimental to his future cultivation.

They certainly did not want to see that happen.

So, the current situation was undoubtedly the most appropriate.

Zhou Chun did not have to order the Silver Lightning Python to hold back, and Zhou Daoquan definitely wouldn’t show any intention to battle the now weakened and listless Silver Lightning Python.

"It seems that the kind of attack just now has also taken a big toll on it. Such a secret technique to unleash potential doesn’t come without a cost,"

said Zhou Chongshan, the Second Elder, suddenly speaking, also helping the still embarrassed Zhou Daoquan find a way off stage and giving him a step down.

"That’s true. The ’Ancestral Resurrection’ secret technique can only stimulate the potential of the Demon Beast’s bloodline. Just like its unrestrained bombardment earlier, its power is indeed very great, but it also consumes a lot of mana. After all, it’s still young and doesn’t know restraint!"

Zhou Daoquan gave a slight nod with his expression softening a bit, and he also voiced his assessment.

Then, he waved his hand toward Zhou Chun and said, "Alright, since the testing of the skill is over, bring it back for recovery, and don’t let the child get hurt."

Seeing this, Zhou Chun also hurriedly nodded in agreement, "Third Elder is right. We will end the skill test here for today, I will take Baibai and excuse ourselves."

He then left the scene of the accident as if escaping, taking the Silver Lightning Python, Baibai, with him.

"This kid!!"

Watching Zhou Chun’s retreating back, Zhou Daoquan’s beard trembled in irritation. n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

No matter how you put it, his reputation had taken a serious blow today.

Thinking about how he was injured by a mere teen-aged Demon Snake, Zhou Daoquan, who was always renowned for his Beast Taming Techniques, felt unbearably stifled.

Where would he go to reason this out!

It really was a bitter tale he could tell no one!

"I myself will go back to rest."

In the end, he left the scene without any mood to stay, returning to Flying Rock Peak with a gloomy face.

Seeing the involved parties leaving like this, Zhou Chongshan suddenly said to the other two Elders, "Today’s matter must be kept strictly confidential and must not be known by more people."

"Yes, we understand."

Zhou Jiarui and Zhou Jiahe hastily nodded in response, indicating that they understood the gravity of the situation.

On the other side, after returning to his place, Zhou Chun first carefully checked Baibai, the Silver Lightning Python, for any injuries.

Once he confirmed that it was indeed just weakness and listlessness due to the after-effects of the secret technique, he then relaxed and took out some Demon Beast meat for Baibai to eat, and let it rest at home for recovery.

Regarding today’s unexpected accident, Zhou Chun naturally would not blame his own Spirit Pet.

After all, even Baibai itself was unclear about how strong its own power was at the time.

Of course, it wasn’t fair to blame Zhou Daoquan for being too weak either, for it was out of good intentions and concern for his junior that he hadn’t gone all out.

The accident was just too sudden for anyone to react to it.

The tremendous strength that Baibai, the Silver Lightning Python, displayed after transforming into a Thunder Flood Dragon using the "Ancestral Resurrection" delighted and amazed Zhou Chun.

Without a doubt, the Thunder Flood Dragon, Baibai, at that moment, definitely possessed the power to directly confront a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, and even some of the weaker ones might not be a match for it.

Such immense strength could not help but fill Zhou Chun with immense joy and surprise.

And this was only the power gained from the "Ancestral Resurrection" secret technique that stimulated the potential in their bloodline, not a true bloodline evolution into a Flood Dragon.

If Baibai truly transformed into a Thunder Flood Dragon, how powerful it would become was something Zhou Chun hardly dared to imagine!

Among the various types of Flood Dragons, Thunder Flood Dragons were already one of the strongest, ranking as powerful beings even among their own kind.

"I wonder if my strength could surpass Baibai’s if I cultivate the Golden Cauldron Profound Technique?"

This thought suddenly emerged in Zhou Chun’s mind.

While Demon Beasts like Flood Dragons are inherently strong and powerful,

it didn’t mean that cultivators had no chance at all of defeating them on an equal footing.

Some cultivators who had practiced powerful top-tier cultivation techniques and learned formidable secret techniques, wielding several powerful magic artifacts, could still have the chance to defeat a Flood Dragon of the same level on their own.

However, such cultivators in the Cultivation World were even rarer than Flood Dragons themselves.

At this time, Zhou Chun was merely contemplating the idea; he didn’t actually believe he could reach such a level at the moment.

After all, the secret techniques he was currently practicing were meant to enhance the strength of his Spirit Pet.

A few days later, Zhou Chun personally went to Flying Rock Peak to apologize and privately endured a good scolding from Zhou Daoquan.

He scolded him for lacking martial ethics, for not mentioning Baibai’s new abilities before going all out in their test.

If he had been mentally prepared and knew about Baibai’s "Lightning Flash" move in advance, he would have taken precautions and not been so careless to let it approach so closely with a body full of thunderous Dharma Spheres.

Of course, Zhou Chun had come to be scolded and to let Zhou Daoquan vent his anger.

He could only sheepishly stay silent, letting Zhou Daoquan scold him until he felt better, to disperse the pent-up frustration in his heart.

And it proved effective.

After Zhou Daoquan had vented his anger by scolding him, the resentment that had built up in his heart was greatly alleviated.

Afterward, he even started to plan the future training methods for the Silver Lightning Python, Baibai, including how to uncover more innate spell uses and ways to further strengthen its bloodline.

In this aspect, Zhou Daoquan’s experience was unparalleled and Zhou Chun couldn’t compare.

Zhou Chun greatly admired Zhou Daoquan’s noble conduct and character and held the Family Elder in even higher esteem.